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Garona Character Video, Proving Grounds in Legion, Updated Run Animation for Old Models, Movie Novel Prequel and Funkos On Sale
Today we have a new Garona Character Video as well as more movie merchandise on sale! For Legion news, we have blue posts on Proving Grounds and videos of updated run animations for many old character models.
Patch 6.0.2 Survival Guides: How to Play Your Class, Prelaunch Event, New Content, and Gearing Up
Warlords of Draenor is nearly here with The Iron Tide prepatch. In this patch, you will find all systems changes, including class buffs and nerfs, the Toy Box, new character models, and the Group Finder!
Perculia and Olivia hosted a 6.0.2 Q&A yesterday covering popular topics like Garrosh heirlooms, character models, and the new UBRS:
We also have a video of Blizzard's own 6.0.2 Survival Guide :
Below we've listed our most popular guides for the prepatch, covering what's new, the event in the Blasted Lands/UBRS, gearing changes, and how to play your class in the patch.
Also do keep in mind that if you do not see 6.0.2 information on a database page or some links look odd, it is most likely due to cache. The database is updated on our end, just clear your browser cache to update the page.
We've also started up a blog documenting all the
known bugs, hotfixes, and patch note clarifications
.
This guide covers all the content and system updates coming in the Warlords of Draenor prepatch--before the expansion hits.
This patch contains many system and UI changes for Warlords of Draenor--you just can’t access Draenor content or level to 100.
Here are the improvements:
Bag Space Improvements
Character Models
Class and Glyph Changes
Group Finder
Guild Leveling Removed
Item Changes
Raid Changes
Racial Traits
Skirmishes
Toy Box
Transmog Improvements
Undelete Character
Unified Auction Houses
Changed Old Raids
UI Improvements
View this Guide
With currency changes coming in the prepatch and an item level requirement for the special version of UBRS, we thought we’d put together a guide on some easy new ways to get gear.
We’ve also put in a refresher course on item changes relevant to the prepatch as well--including changed gem stats and removed combat perks.
Gearing up Quickly:
Justice Gear for Gold
New UBRS
First Garrosh Heirloom 100% Chance
PvP Gear for Honor
Gear Changes:
Item Scaling
Hit and Expertise Removed
Gem and Enchant Changes
Profession Combat Perks Removed
Additional Detailed Item Changes
View this Guide
Patch 6.0.2: The Iron Tide hits with a special prelaunch event featuring the Iron Horde. This features an instance with special armor and a new Blasted Lands questline that can only be completed for a few weeks.
Completing the level 90 version of
Upper Blackrock Spire
rewards special ilvl 550 loot, some of which resembles popular old items. We've included loot tables and strategies in our guide.
Completing the Blasted Lands questline rewards
Iron Starlette
and
<Of The Iron Vanguard
>.
View this Guide
Class information
is a crucial resource for players in the prepatch with all the spell changes, so our expert guide writers have updated their beginner class guides for the prepatch and level 100. We've gone for brevity, to give you just the core facts you need to get started, without bogging you down with hugely detailed strategies.
We also have extensive list of class changes throughout the Warlords of Draenor beta. They are organized by spell type and then what's new, changed. and removed. We've also included pictures of changed spell effects and new Tier armor.
View this Guide
Guide to What's Coming in the Warlords of Draenor 6.0.2 Prepatch
This guide covers all the content and system updates coming in the Warlords of Draenor prepatch--
before
the expansion hits.
The Warlords of Draenor prepatch is coming on
October 14th
. This patch contains many system and UI changes for Warlords of Draenor--you just can’t access Draenor content or level to 100. You can access things in the prepatch like new character models, the 6.0 prelaunch event, the Toy Box, and new raid difficulties.
The prepatch also removes some Mists of Pandaria content, such as starting the legendary questline, finishing MoP Challenge Modes, obtaining the
Reins of the Kor'kron War Wolf
, and purchasing heirlooms for Justice Points. We’ve
put together a guide
documenting everything that’s going away if you want to obtain some vanity gear and achievements before it’s too late!
Character Model Previews of Five New Models, Tom Chilton Interview
As we always do, we've put together previews of the new character models' faces, poses and animation - check them all out below. We've got Human Male, Night Elf Male, Troll Female, Troll Male and Tauren Female models for you today.
You can also check out videos of all the new Warlords of Draenor models coming in 6.0 on our
YouTube Channel
-
subscribe to be notified of new videos
!
Human Male
Night Elf Male
Updated Character Models Preview: Female Draenei and Female Undead
Updated character models are a much-anticipated feature in Warlords of Draenor. Our
Warlords of Draenor Modelviewer
now shows new Draenei and Undead female, so we put together some previews! We've got videos of the new character model emotes as well as screenshots of the updated facial features on the Beta.
Do note that these models are not final or completed - they are in-progress versions which will be subject to further iteration.
You can expand these videos by clicking the player resize in the bottom right, or
visit our YouTube Channel
. You can even subscribe to be notified whenever we upload new videos.
Draenei Male Model Artcraft
Don't forget to enter our
Beta Key Giveaway
! You just need to explore two Outland zones, and verify your character on our Profiler! There's more details in the
Giveaway Post
.
The Draenei Male Model is hardly a new appearance, having been in the beta for several builds we're relatively familiar with his
new face
, body, and animations. But until now, we haven't known much about the thinking behind the model's revamp, and Artcraft is here to change that.
If you're interested in seeing the model in motion, and his face variation check out our video and images below, and the
Model Viewer
on any armor set, or piece.
<p>Welcome once again to Artcraft! I’m Chris Robinson, art director of World of Warcraft. This Artcraft is another quick one, but still packed with goodies. Today we’re showing you our work on the male Draenei. The original was one of the better character models in the game, so it didn’t require a ton of translation—but with higher-resolution textures and more polygons to work with, we were able to bump up his fidelity quite a bit, as well as improve how we convey emotion through a new animation rig.</p>
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Character Model Tweets, UBRS changes, Gemming and Enchanting, Hearthstone Expansion
Don't forget to enter our
Beta Key Giveaway
! You just need to explore two Outland zones, and verify your character on our Profiler! There's more details in the
Giveaway Post
.
Character Model Tweets
We usually put our tweets into tabbed sections, but the series of tweets on the Character Models from Senior Art Director Chris Robinson and Lead Character Artist Tyson Murphy were so interesting that we thought they needed their own section.
Live
Warlords Character Model Videos
Warlords of Draenor will bring in new character models for all but the Worgen, Goblin and Pandaren. Thanks to the Wowhead Model Viewer, where you can see all the currently available new models, we've put together several videos for you! They show off the new animations, and in some cases put the new models side by side with the current versions for comparison.
All these videos can be expanded and watched full-screen by clicking the box to the bottom right of the video player, and the quality increased using the cogwheel once the video is playing. You can also view all these on
Wowhead's YouTube Channel
- subscribe to be notified of new videos!
Everything here has been made using the
Wowhead Model Viewer
. You can use it to load current characters via the
Profiler
as well as
all new Warlords of Draenor NPCs, armor sets, battle pets
and more!
Female Gnome
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