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News Roundup: Patch 5.4 Hotfixes, BlizzCon Merchandise on Sale 10/11
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted last night, as well as a change to the arena tiebreaker spell
The Crowd Chose You!!!
. It will be replaced with
Dampening
where if a match should last for 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive a stacking debuff that reduces healing done by 1% every 10 seconds.
Yesterday's hotfixes had a few raid tweaks, as well as fixes for outdoor bosses. The Ordon Sanctuary gate will no longer close when
Ordos
is in combat, which is great for players farming Shaohao reputation who got locked out when running back from the graveyard. The number of wolves that can be summoned by
Moonfang
's
Call the Pack
ability now has a limit as well.
The BlizzCon online sale also starts tomorrow for attendees and Virtual Ticket holders at
October 11 at 10 a.m. PT
. We won't know what the store items are until tomorrow, but so far the teaser image looks great!
Click the cut to read more about recent hotfixes and the virtual sale!
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Siege of Orgrimmar: LFR Underhold Open 10/8, New Bosses and Loot
The third wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR, "The Underhold," opened October 8th on US servers. This overview covers The Underhold's LFR loot, Dungeon Journal, loot satchels, and vanity items.
For LFR, you will need ilvl 496 to queue up and the bosses drop ilvl 528 loot. If you're stuck on how to get there, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Gates of Retribution LFR
and
Vale of Eternal Sorrows LFR/Gates of Retribution Flex
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as WoW Insider's 5-second guide to Und
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 7th and PvP Discussion
In addition to
launching Hearthhead yesterday
, there were hotfixes and tweaks as usual. Vanity collectors will be happy to know that
Moonfang
should now always drop something when defeated. There were also some PvP topics addressed by Lore, such as the controversial
The Crowd Chose You!!!
buff and RBG rating loopholes.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes and PvP discussion!
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Welcome Hearthhead to the Wowhead Family!
The
Hearthstone
beta has been so popular that we've decided to expand our Hearthstone database and tools! Please welcome
Hearthhead
to the Wowhead family.
Over on
Hearthhead
, you'll find our card database and popular deckbuilder, as well as the following new features:
Arena Practice
: Test your arena-drafting skills with our arena tool that simulates the card-picking process! Track your mana curve, selected cards, and discarded cards as you're building your deck, then view your finished deck in our deckbuilder. Select from one of three randomized classes just like in-game drafting, or choose a particular class that's giving you trouble.
Deck Guides
: Tell us more about your favorite decks! It's as simple as hitting the new
Save as Deck Guide
button on the
Deckbuilder
. This generates a Guide View that automatically that organizes your
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Blizzard Video: Patch 5.4 Developer Round Table
We've had WoW developer roundtables before, but this patch Blizzard is trying something new with a video! Morgan Webb sits down with Production Director J. Allen Brack, Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas, and Game Director Tom Chilton to talk about Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar and beyond. They touch upon the success of Flex raiding, the upcoming RAF promotion, and the innovative aspects of the
Timeless Isle
.
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Darkmoon Faire: Updated Guide and Moonfang Loot
The
is back in town this week and there's a new boss to kill for vanity loot--
Moonfang
!
Moonfang
can be summoned by first killing
Moonfang Snarler
and then a bunch of elite
Moonfang Dreadhowl
. Like the
Timeless Isle
rares, Moonfang is a shared tag.
Players can loot
Moonfang's Pelt
from
Moonfang
which starts
Den Mother's Demise
. This rewards 10x
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
, bringing the total number of tickets you can get per faire up to 155 per character.
Moonfang drops a variety of vanity loot:
Shimmering Moonstone
: Temporary mount that can be used during the Faire and disappears afterwards. Mount is a white wolf with glowing moon.
Moon Moon
: Summons the
Moon Moon
Beast battle pet with the following abilities:
Moon Fang
,
Howl
,
Moon Tears
,
Bite
,
Crouch
,
Moon Dance
.
Moon Moon
will do a special dance if you /dance with him!
Moonfang's Paw
: Disguise yourself as Moonfang for 10 minutes.
Moonfang Shroud
: Transform your helm.
To learn more about the Darkmoon Faire, check out our updated guide to the Dark
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Hearthstone Interview with Eric Dodds and Jason Chayes
Along with Hearthstone's
significant beta patch
and card wipe this past week, we interviewed Lead Designer Eric Dodds and Production Director Jason Chayes today! We touched on some of their favorite changes in the beta, the success of , possible features in the future like alternate Warcraft hero options or co-op mode, how successful players are who haven't spent money on packs, and the fate of
Hearthsteed
.
If you're curious about this week's beta patch, check out the
closed beta patch notes
and browse our
updated database
!
What's your favorite change in this week's patch? Any particular hero or card you think players will really enjoy a lot more after the changes?
Jason Chayes
: One of the changes that we're pretty excited about on the team was getting in some new music during the matchmaking as you're waiting to get a match in Play mode. For players who have played Warcraft 2 in the past, it's a reference back to
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 3rd
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes went live tonight.
Heroic raiders will be pleased to know
Garrosh Hellscream
on 25-player difficulty will now drop 2
Kor'kron Juggernaut
instead of one. Several other
Siege of Orgrimmar
bosses got changes as well.
PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.
Players can now win the Celestial Tournament and complete
The Celestial Tournament
while in a raid group.
Weekly treasure chests on
Timeless Isle
(the chests needed for
Where There's Pirates, There's Booty
and
Extreme Treasure Hunter
) no longer have bugs that sometimes make them non-interactable.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 2nd
We've had a break from Patch 5.4 hotfixes for a few days, so today there's a ton! Don't forget, we also got a pretty huge
Hearthstone closed beta note
update today as well.
Many
Timeless Isle
vanity items that were BoP yet tradeable to players in on rare spawn kills are no longer tradeable. This includes the coveted
Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent
and useful
Burden of Eternity
.
A new round of class changes went out, including nerfs to Brewmasters who now deal 5.6% less damage with all attacks (-15% in total) and a 15% nerf to
Agony
.
General Nazgrim
got a lot of tweaks on Raid Finder difficulty to be a bit easier.
No more mood lighting in your instance:
Rain Stone
,
Blizzard Stone
,
Ashen Stone
, and
Sunset Stone
are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.
Click the cut for the latest hotfixes!
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Hearthstone Closed Beta Patch Notes
Today is the day for our Hearthstone Closed Beta patch! This patch also includes the account wipe, so when the servers are available for play once more, you’ll be starting again as if you were a new player. For more information on the wipe itself, please revisit our Account Wipe Incoming blog post,
found here
. Now, onto the patch notes!
General
The maximum level is now 60, and you can earn XP in
any
game mode up to max level.
Chat has been rejiggered.
Gold gained in Play mode has changed from 5 gold per 5 wins to 10 gold per 3 wins.
You can now acquire Golden Basic minions at higher experience levels.
Arena rewards now give less dust and more cards.
More gold is guaranteed at 5 & 6 Arena wins.
At 9 Arena wins, you are now guaranteed an extra pack or a Golden card.
The animations for Secrets and Fatigue have been sped up dramatically.
All cards now have flavor text when you view them in your collection.
“Spell Power +1” has been re
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Warcraft Film Date and BlizzCon 2013 In-Game Goodies Announced
Blizzard just
announced a release date
for the upcoming
Warcraft
film!
Blizzard
We’re pleased to announce that @Legendary Pictures’ WARCRAFT will be released by @UniversalPics on December 18, 2015.
We also got some teasers today on the most important part of BlizzCon 2013--the loot!
World of Warcraft
: Murkalot pet--an armored murloc paying tribute to the Crusader in the upcoming Diablo III expansion. Murkalot is the latest in a series of murlocs paying tribute to Blizzard games, like
Murkablo
and
Deathy
.
Diablo
: Mark of Death banner with the BlizzCon logo.
StarCraft II
: Portrait and Decal of Tearin' Stitches and Stitches' Hook.
Hearthstone
: Special Mystery Minion card that's legendary quality--TBA!
The Virtual Ticket costs $39.99 and also includes on-demand replays and coverage of the panels, opening/closing ceremonies, and contests. Buy it here