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The Crimson Hall Unlocked
The third section of
Rocca della Corona di Ghiaccio
unlocks today, after waiting 2 weeks since The Plagueworks opened.
Inside the
Crimson Hall
you will find the three Blood Princes-
Principe Keleseth
,
Principe Taldaram
and
Principe Valanar
. After you beat the princes you will have a chance to use your 15 attempts at killing
Regina del Sangue Lana'thel
.
Good luck and happy raiding!
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Arena Season 7 Ends, 8 to Start Soon
With arena season 7 coming to an end tomorrow (Jan 19), it is about time we all look forward to the next arena season.
Gladiatore Infuriato
will become the new season's high-end set costing arena points and having rating requirements on most of the pieces.
Relentless Gladiator
pieces will have a lower arena point cost than the previous season and rating requirements lowered or removed. Next,
Furious Gladiator
will be moved to the honor point system. Finally the
Deadly Gladiator
set will be removed off all vendors.
New Damage/Healing Debuff?
There is also a major change that might happen for the last season before Cataclysm. Blizzard is considering experimenting a little bit, as mentioned in the recent Twitter
#BlizzChat
:
Q. If damage and healing is too much per health ratio, then why don't you have battlegrounds/arenas give a -30% damage/healing debuff?
A. We have been talking about solutions
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Jan 15 #BlizzChat Developer Chat Transcript
The
#BlizzChat
developer chat on Twitter just ended a little over an hour ago and a lot of good questions where put forth and answered.
Here's an overview of some good ones:
Q:
Guild housing?
A:
Not at this time.
Q:
Increasing backpack size?
A:
Something we discuss a lot, no plans yet.
Q:
Balance druids screwed by RNG?
A:
Plans in the works for Cataclysm.
Q:
New warlock pets?!
A:
I hear warlocks are going to be getting some new spells for the next expansion...
Q:
Improving old world dungeons to be more friendly?
A:
Not overhauling them all but some minor fixes in Cataclysm.
Q:
Personal bank storage similar to guild bank for all your characters?
A:
Something being discussed.
Q:
Why so empty Crystalsong?
A:
Dalaran is too resource intensive.
Q:
Better pet scaling?
A:
Trying for next patch but better scaling in planned for Cataclysm.
Q:
Can
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Armory-Related Scams
Boubouille
over at
MMO-Champion
recently posted a piece concerning a new type of scam going around. It is a rather sophisticated attack, according to forum posters on the SomethingAwful forums.
The way it went down was a paid ad went up shortly on Google after the new features on the Armory went live. If you searched for Armory on Google it was listed in the sponsored section up at the top, as seen in the screenshot on the right. The entire site was a cleverly masked phishing site; it actively mirrored by proxy everything the real armory did. So it in reality looked like it should including all of the log in only content.
As of my recent check at 1:30pm EST on January 15, 2010 the ad seems to have been pulled by Google, but definitely keep your eyes out for scams like this!
Source:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/armory-scams-blue-posts-free-character-moves-147499/
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Armory Gets New Features: 3D Viewer and Character Feeds
The
Armory
has released a slew of new features today. Things like a 3D model viewer, which might be
familiar
eh? They also have added RSS feeds for both your character's activity and ingame calendar, this means you can now have external viewing of that information on all kinds of other devices and programs. New features include:
3D model viewer
- You can even customize your pose!
Character activity feed
- A la Facebook
Character calendar feed - Lets you export your in-game calendar outside the game.
Read on after the break for all the details!
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Twitter BlizzChat on Friday, Jan 15
The fine folks over at Blizzard are social networking with the best of them. So with the success of the previous developer chat on
Twitter
, which you can read about
here
, they are going to be holding another one on
January 15, 2010
.
To get your question answered you will need to tweet a question with the #BlizzChat hashtag between 5:00pm and 6:00pm PST on Friday, January 15 2010. Due to the limited space available in a tweet, all answers will be posted on the official forums for everyone to read.
You can read more information on this event and the original post after the break. If you're looking to ask a question but you're not sure it will get answered, you can always post it here, and we'll be asking the best ones from our own Twitter account, which you can follow at
http://twitter.com/Wowhead
.
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9th Battlecry Mosaic Tile Unlocked!
The
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
, which we last mentioned a week ago
here
, has had another tile unlocked. With
9,082
out of 20,000 pictures gathered we reached a new milestone and the new tile was unlocked. Along with this new tile we also had a piece of artwork made available on the site.
This piece of art is a crashed zeppelin sketch shown at World of Warcraft’s E3 reveal some years back which can be seen
here
.
We are 45% of the way complete and Blizzard still needs your help in collecting the remaining
10,918
pictures to complete the mosaic. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Cataclysm Alpha NOT Starting Tuesday
Several websites have reported today that the F&F alpha test for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
may
begin this upcoming Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Along with these rumours is a DVD (as seen on the right) that is
supposedly
a copy of the alpha that will be distributed to testers instead of being a digital download to deter people from getting the data easily.
According to sources close to us here at Wowhead, we can confirm that all of these rumours are false and the alpha
will not
be starting Tuesday. Also, the supposed alpha DVD has been confirmed to be fake.
As always, be careful with what you read on the interwebs!
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Blizzard Giving Thought to Mandatory Authenticator?
According to
this
recent article over at WoW.com, Blizzard is giving serious consideration to making authenticators mandatory for all accounts.
While I personally think this would be a great idea and could almost eliminate hacking attempts, I still see some problems with it. First there is the entire logistical operation involved with this, even if they provided an authenticator with every copy of the game from now on how would they get it to current customers. They also have a lot of trouble even keeping them in stock currently in the Blizzard Store. One way to combat that would be to make this go into effect during Cataclysm and bundle it with the new expansion and give some kind of grace period before they lock it down. Another issue I foresee happening is a lot of people really just plain dislike having to enter a second "password" that is random every time you login, this is especially bad if you have two accounts that you keep switching between.
Overall I personally welcome our new authenticator overlords when they
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2 More Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic Tiles Unlocked!
Once again the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
, last mentioned
here
, has reached a new milestone and this time
two
tiles have been unlocked. The picture count reached
8,277
over the holidays which puts us at about 41% of the way there and along with the two tiles that where unlocked two pieces of artwork also where made available.
One is an early black and white concept piece of
Mulgore
shown
here
. The other is a "moody" deception of Alliance architecture and boats originally shown at E3 which can be seen
here
.
There are
11,723
pictures left to be collected for the mosaic to finally be completed. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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The Crimson Hall Available on January 19
Now that the Plagueworks is open in
Rocca della Corona di Ghiaccio
, we know when the next wing will open.
By visiting
Muradin Barbabronzea
on
Araldo della Morte Faucisaure
's platform, you can find out how long until the next wing opens—and according to him the Crimson Hall, which contains the
Blood
Prince
Council
and
Regina del Sangue Lana'thel
, opens 2 weeks from today. That puts the release on January 19, 2010!
If Blizzard stays consistent with the last wing that would put the release of The Frostwing Hall and The Frozen Throne, which has
Valithria Vagasogni
,
Sindragosa
and
Re dei Lich
himself, to be released on February 2, 2010—2 weeks after the release of the Crimson Hall.
Edit:
Blue confirmed!
This is correct.
Then the next wing of Icecrown Citadel opens in 2 weeks.
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Arena Season 7 Ending Soon
According to a post by Bornakk on the official forums, Arena Season 7 will be ending as early as January 19. When that time comes around it will take one week for Blizzard to calculate who will be eligible for end-of-season rewards, such as
Dragone del Gelo del Gladiatore Implacabile
and season titles.
We are currently planning to end Arena Season 7 as early as January 19. At that point we will go through our normal process to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. This process should take approximately one week. It's very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the arena-specific titles and/or Relentless Gladiator’s Frostwyrm to refrain from transferring their character to another realm until after Arena Season 7 ends.
The following Arena Season will not begin for at least one week after the current season ends. During this time between seasons, all rated matches will be turned off and only skirmishes will be available. When Arena Season 8 begins, all team ratings, personal rating, and arena points will be wiped, but matchm
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Oculus Loot Improved!
Oculus
recently had a hotfixed deployed that will make it more attractive for players to stay and finish the dungeon as compared to the usual occurrence I have seen of leaving the second the loading screen lets you.
Once
Guardiafaglia Eregos
is defeated, a loot bag will be provided to each player present. Each bag contains 2 additional
Emblema del Trionfo
, a chance at rare gems and a chance at obtaining
Redini del Draco Blu
. Note that this bag will only drop when you get the dungeon when selected
randomly
with the Dungeon Finder.
Also,
Redini del Draco di Zaffiro
will now have a chance of dropping from both 10- and 25-player
Malygos
.
Read on after the break for the original post.
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World of Warcraft Magazine 40-Page Preview
The fine folks over at Future US have been working on getting the first volume in the new
World of Warcraft magazine
ready for release. Now it's finally time to see the fruits of that labour!
They've released
40 pages
(out of 148) of the magazine for everyone to read. It contains all kinds of interesting stuff from the table of contents of the full magazine to several pages dedicated to companion pets. Also touched on are stories from the past from early beta of the game, the Zombie Invasion, there is even articles on all three play styles (tanking, DPS and healing), and much more.
http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1M4b2f964fedde4012.cde
If that's enough to make you want to get the magazine itself (I know it is for me!) you can head over to their
official site
and order it for yourself.
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Happy Holidays From Blizzard
With the Holidays upon us Blizzard has released a
wallpaper
based on the artwork featured on this year's Blizzard holiday card. It is a beautifully done piece of art done by Samwise featuring a rocket ship being flown by an orc,
Uovo di Murloc Pesante
surfing on the side and a
Monaco Pandaren
hanging onto the back.
You can download it here:
http://us.blizzard.com/_images/frontpage/en-us/misc/holiday2009.jpg
"4-DA-HORDE!!!"
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6th Battlecry Mosaic Tile Unlocked!
Yet again another tile for the Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic, which you have seen us post about recently
here
, has been unlocked. The picture count reached
6,470
today, along with the tile that was unlocked a new piece of art was also made available -- this time, it's a
piece
out of the White Wolf RPG Book (Alliance Player's Guide) that depicts a steadfast night elf druid standing proud.
There are still
13,530
pictures that need to be gathered before the mosaic can be completed. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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5th Battlecry Mosaic Tile Unlocked!
Yes! Another tile has been unlocked for the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
, which you saw us post about
last
at the beginning of this week. The picture count reached
5,018
which unlocks the new tile but also unlocked a piece of art -- this time, it's a piece done by Samwise which depicts the gathering of the tribes as seen on the cover of the Warcraft RPG book "Manual of Monsters".
We've already reached 1/4 of the way there, but we still have
14,982
pictures to go. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Q&A With Tom Chilton at Champions' Carnival in Taiwan
Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft, was in attendance at the recent
Champions' Carnival
in Taiwan.
While he was there he had a
Q&A session
with players at the event and some of the questions covered current and future armour tiers to the future of arenas and even a little about Cataclysm.
Read on after the break for the full Q&A.
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Interview With Samwise: Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
As most of you might know
Sam "Samwise" Didier
is the art director over at Blizzard. In this interview they talk about the process in designing the exclusive
Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
and they also mention pandarens past, present and future.
If you really like pandareans or just like looking at Samwise's artwork (I know I do!) you can read the interview after the break.
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Interview With Lead Game Designer Tom "Kalgan" Chilton
Over at
wow.gamona.de
, an official German fansite, they had a chance to have a chat with Tom "Kalgan" Chilton who is the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft. They touch on a lot of things including everything from player housing (no it's not in the plans) to Cataclysm and the the future.
There is even mention that there may be a
content patch before Cataclysm
but it won't be like a major content patch and could contain class balance fixes, bug fixes, implementation of new Battle.net features, and maybe even a new raid boss? A new Wyrmrest Temple boss? Who knows.
Read the whole interview using the link below!
http://wow.gamona.de/media/interviews/exclusive-interview-with-world-of-warcraft-lead-designer-tom-chilton/
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