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Shadowmourne!
Shadowmourne
For real.
Want to know how to get it? See
here
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Icecrown Raid Access Progression Revealed!
Lead Encounter Designer Daelo has published a lengthy post on the official forums that outlines Blizzard's plans for
access progression
in the Icecrown Citadel raid. The citadel will be broken up into four sections, and all of them won't immediately be available when
patch 3.3
goes live.
We believe a staggered release of the content will allow players to experience Icecrown Citadel at a sustainable, measured, and ultimately more enjoyable pace.
Here's a list of the noteworthy points Daelo mentions in his post:
The Lower Spire will be the only section that is available initially.
Plagueworks will open several weeks later, followed by the Crimson Hall and Frostwing Halls.
Players may not attempt the Heroic 10/25-player encounters until they defeat the Lich King in the Normal 10/25-player encounters.
The Lich King may not be attempted until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, and Sindragosa are defeated
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Official Shadowmourne Preview!
Blizzard has posted a preview of
Shadowmourne
on the official website! It's got some awesome screenshots and some interesting lore info.
You may also be interested in checking out Shadowmourne's
proc
.
The official Shadowmourne preview is right after the break!
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Blue Pugs Round 3!
That's right, you get a third opportunity to go PUGging with a blue poster!
This one is
Wednesday, November 18th, at 4:00PM PST.
Since our first two tests went so well, we’d like to invite everyone out again for round 3! Come join the fun on the PTR and instead of getting the PUG blues, you could end up grouped with a blue. Members of the Development Team (including the encounter designers themselves), the QA team, and the Community Team will be on the PTR to test out the new dungeon system and want you to come join in the fun.
To have a chance to group up with one of us, just queue up for a random heroic through the Dungeon tool. We will be playing both Alliance and Horde and since the Dungeon tool allows players to group cross-server, it doesn’t matter which of the two PTR realms you join from.
Join us Wednesday 11/18/09 at 4:00pm PST.
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A Hint At Even More Mr. T Commercials?
After poking around the
official site
for the
new advertising campaign
, we have found hints that the next 2 commercials released might be involving most excellent Mr. T.
Below are what might be the images for the next 2 commercials. You might be able to gleam an idea of what they might be about!
Commercials
Nov 16
Nov 22 (speculated)
Nov 29 (speculated)
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Mr. T Commercial #1 - Mohawk Grenade
The Night Elf Mohawk himself has infiltrated the game to hand out
Mohawk Grenades
to anyone who wants to pity a fool. Along with this comes a new ad campaign with new commercials featuring Mr. T himself.
Get Your Own Mohawk Grenade!
Night Elf Mohawks can be found outside of every starter zone, such as the Northshire Abbey in
Elwynn Forest
and Deathknell in
Tirisfal Glades
. Each Mohawk Grenade lasts 1 day and when used on an unexpecting player grants them the
Mohawked!
buff which lasts for 60 minutes and gives the player the face of a Night Elf Mohawk. Even after using them all up the Night Elf Mohawks will gladly give you more! An official F.A.Q. on the grenades has also been setup
here
.
You can watch the
commercial
and read the original post about this after the jump!
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Did Somebody Say My Name?
2 years ago
A little while ago, the very talented Keydar from
Dark Legacy Comics
created a fine piece of art.
Since we did not have a blog to post about it at the time, we felt like we would share it again for everyone to enjoy!
http://www.darklegacycomics.com/105.html
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New Items in Patch 3.3!
We've made some updates to the
New Items
page! You can now conveniently see all of the items we've gathered from the PTRs, neatly sorted by item level. It displays a tab for each major item level tier, and allows you to filter the results to your heart's content.
You can filter globally using the quick search box, or on a per-column basis by right-clicking them. Remember that not all of these items have drop data yet. This will come in time, but we need your help—so be sure to send us your
cache files
, and be sure to run the
Wowhead Client
on your PTR installation of WoW!
Go check out the list, and keep checking back—you might just find something no one else has caught yet...
http://ptr.cuckhead.com/?new-items=3.3
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Wowhead Blog: 1 Year Old Today!
That's right, the Wowhead Blog is 1 year old today!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you guys for your readership, your comments, and your support for the past year—as well as a huge thank you to all of our
bloggers
for their ceaseless contributions. I'm proud of what the blog has become (from our
humble beginnings
last year), and I'm looking forward to another year. :)
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Quest Tracking Feature Preview
Blizzard has released a
preview
of the new quest tracking feature on the official website!
The new page gives a full rundown on what you can expect to see in the Quest Tracker that's scheduled to come out with the new patch.
We've been testing out an all-new Quest Tracking feature which we plan to include in content update 3.3. Read our preview to learn how the World of Warcraft questing experience will be vastly improved in content update 3.3 for characters of all levels here:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/3p3/newquestui.xml
For more information on patch 3.3, check out our
extensive guide
!
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Jace Hall Blizzard Interview Video
So Blizzard has provided us with a video from their archives!
This is an interview that
Jace Hall
did with the Blizzard staff which originally aired on December 15, 2008—just a month or so after the release of Wrath of the Lich King. He explores the Blizzard offices (which they never let me take pictures of!), talks about the decisions they made for Wrath, and settles an old rivalry.
Check out the
video
after the break!
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Blizzard Holiday Card Contest
Well it looks like Blizz is having another contest! This time, you have to design a holiday greeting card!
Every holiday season, Blizzard Entertainment creates a special holiday card to spread some seasonal cheer to little murlocs, zerglings, and imps everywhere. This year, we’re inviting you to catch the spirit by creating a Blizzard-ly holiday card of your own featuring the Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo series. We’ll provide the template -- all you need to do is add your personal touch.
You can go
here
for more information, or you can continue reading after the break!
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Blizzard Authenticators: Are They Worth It?
The Authenticator is an excellent tool that keeps unwanted hackers out of your account through a nearly infallible method. However, this device also has the potential to cause a
lot
of inconvenience for the account holder, oftentimes more trouble than it would cause for a hacker. I can say from this personal experience because I’ve gone through it twice already. After the second incident, it really made me reconsider whether or not the Authenticator was worth the hassle.
The first time happened was when I went on a trip to Northern California.
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Tentative BlizzCon 2010 Info Leaked
So the crew at
WoW.com
have done a bit of sleuthing, and have discovered that
BlizzCon
is (tentatively) scheduled at the Las Vegas Convention Center next year, for July 30th and 31st!
Check out the source
here
!
Edit:
Blizzard has sent us an official response to this story:
We haven’t announced any details regarding our next BlizzCon -- though we can confirm that it will not be held in Las Vegas -- so we recommend everyone refrain from making any BlizzCon-related travel plans at this time.
Looks like we won't be meeting in Vegas this year—a shame, I was rather looking forward to the trip.
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BFF Report Episode 5—Forge of Souls
Episode five of the
BFF Report
is now available for viewing!
This week, Fony has turned his attention to a subject near and dear to our hearts—Icecrown Citadel. In this episode he tackles the new LFG system, a 5-man trip through the
Forge of Souls
, and a few of his own insecurities.
Check out the
video
after the break!
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PTR Build 10805 - TONS of New Models (And 2 New Icons)!
I'm sure we can all tell that Icecrown is coming soon, and these PTR patches are getting bigger and more cram-packed with awesome! This latest patch included a plethora of new items so we've got some brand spankin' new models to share with you guys. Not too many new item icons have been added, but I'm sure we'll be seeing even more soon!
Edit:
We've added a few new models! Check again for some more cool recolors. Be sure to check out all of the awesome new weapon and armor models in 3D (!) after the break!
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Item Drops Now Available on the PTR
The item drops are now up on the PTR!
For those of you who are playing on the PTR right now, please please PLEASE go run the content, and send us your cache files! That's the entire contents of the "World of Warcraft/Cache/WDB" folder—ideally zipped up. Send them on to our address at feedback@cuckhead.com—that's the quickest way we can use to get the data up on the site.
We need your help—the more info we get, the faster we can get the
PTR site
updated!
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What's New Page Updated
The
What's New
page has been updated with our latest projects, and some shiny new artwork!
We've actually been stealth-fixing this page for a while. We originally had an "Under Development" page in its place, but we decided we'd rather keep the big things a surprise (stay tuned for some cool surprises this month, btw). We've changed the page over to a "
What's New
" page now, so you can always check there and see the latest things we've added.
Go take a look!
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More Blue Pugs!
Apparently the previous episode of
PUGging with the blues
went so well, they've decided to do it again.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4pm Pacific Standard Time, the Blizzard dungeon team will be testing out their own new LFG feature on the PTR—so all you have to do is hop in the queue, and who knows? You might get the chance to personally ask Ghostcrawler for that pony he promised you.
For a chance to group with the Blizzard team members, you need to use the Dungeon system and choose the "Random Heroic" option. All employees will have the <GM> tag next to their names and be able to choose whichever class, realm and faction he or she wants.
Source:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21043884910
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Last Day to Merge Battle.Net Accounts!
For those of you who want their
Unhatched Mr. Chilly
, today is your last day to sign up!
Get your WoW account merged onto a Battle.net account today and get your companion pet! Head on over to
http://www.battle.net/
right now and get signed up, before it's too late!
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