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A Fond Farewell
I wanted to take a moment to inform you that as of today, I am resigning as Wowhead's Head of Content and Community.
I have been offered another position working in the Community department at
Zynga
(yes,
that
Zynga), and I will be starting there on Monday.
I am leaving on 100% good terms with everyone here on the team, and I fully intend to stay in touch. Fortunately, because I am NOT going to work for Blizzard, I'm not required to keep my mouth shut about WoW-related things, so you'll still see me hanging around the forums here—I just won't have blue text any more. :)
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for making my time here so enjoyable and productive. I was here for the birth of these forums and this blog, and you guys are the reason I'm here. I know we've had our moments, and I know there are times when it seems like the forums are full of trolls—but Wowhead's community will always be my home, and there's no other online community that's more helpful, friendly, and respectful.
I love every one of you guys, and I'll miss you—but be
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Patch 4.0.6 Next Week!
I know we were wrong
last time
about when we thought 4.0.6 was going to drop, but this time we're definitely lead us to believe that Patch 4.0.6 will be dropping onto live realms during maintenance next week!
Now, we
could
be wrong again (and if I am you can feel free to blame me personally and send me angry emails) - but this time we're 99% sure! The patch (a moderate 141mb) has just hit Blizzard's download servers, which means we'll most likely see it piped into our Background Downloader with the upcoming Tuesday maintenance!
Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to weekly maintenance!
PTR Patch Notes
PTR Site
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Love is in the Air Guide! (Feb 6 - 20)
Ah, love is in the air - along with horrible chemicals and poisons as well! What the heck! Love is in the Air starts on Sunday, and (as usual) we've got an updated
guide
for you guys!
This year, the
Love is in the Air
event runs from
February 6th
through
February 20th
. So far, the event looks to be the same as last year's updated event, which features a special seasonal boss -
Speziale Hummel
! You can queue up for this encounter by speaking to Steamwheedle Shyster, located in
Roccavento
(by the Trade District Auction House) or in
Orgrimmar
(near the path to Grommash Hold). Each day you'll have a chance to receive special, fun items from the
Scatola a Forma di Cuore
- maybe even a
Spezzacuori X-45
! In addition, the necklaces dropped by Hummel have been updated to level 85 and are now item level 346 and rare quality!
Occhio Ammiccante dell'Amore
Ciondolo del Cuore Infranto
Frammento della Felicità Radiosa
Spilla del Dolce Profumo
Girocollo del Cuore Puro
http://www.wowhead.com/guide=love-is-in-the-air
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Dungeon Finder's Luck of the Draw Buff Increased up to 15% in 4.0.6
Blizzard is taking another step towards improving the quality of random pickup groups and hopes to increase their success rate in Heroic dungeons with their latest plan to increase the effect of the
Fortuna degli Audaci
buff. Apparently, this buff (which is applied whenever you have a random player in your Dungeon Finder group) wasn't even working properly in Cataclysm dungeons, which caused some encounters and dungeons to be harder than intended for pickup groups. This has been corrected, and the buff will now increase 5% per random player up to a maximum of a 15% increase in damage, healing and health.
Of course, this increase is by no means a way to "fix bad" and some groups will still experience issues, however hopefully this buff, combined with the plethora of dungeon and encounter changes coming with the patch, will make the random dungeon experience more enjoyable (or at least bearable).
What do you think? Is this a step in the right direction?
Check out Ghostcrawler's detailed blog on the subject after the break!
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News Roundup: Rated Battleground Format Change, PVP Balance, Epic Gem Slots and more!
Quite a few new Blue posts today on a bit of a wide variety of topics. Most important to note is the change of the rated battlegrounds format from 15vs15 to 10vs10. Be sure to read the detailed Blizzard post below for more information! Also, a reminder from Blizzard that threatening people over the Internet is absolutely absurd and you shouldn't do it unless you want the FBI banging down your door. And you'd deserve it.
Today's topics include:
Real-Life Threats
Rated Battleground Weeks Changing from 15vs15 to 10vs10
Bandaging in Raids
Gem Slots Being Added to Epic Craftables
Why Tundra Mammoth Doesn't Sell 85 Food/Water
PvP Balance (or Lack Thereof)
Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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BFF Report - StarCraft 2 - Custom Maps
If you own StarCraft 2 and are looking for a multiplayer experience that doesn't require a bajillion actions per minute, or if you are just bad, I think I've found the custom maps you've been waiting for. Outside of Left2Die needing a major difficulty buff, this is a pretty solid set of custom maps from Blizz... now sup with the DOTA mod I played at Blizzcon huh??
True story: Played a game of Starjeweled last night with Draknorr (president of ZAM) on my team and he is SO BAD OMG GET CARRIED MOAR
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News Roundup: Blizzard Posts on New Ink Traders, LFD, Tol Barad and more!
Yay for Blue posts finally starting up again! Unfortunately, it seems that most of the threads addressed today involve topics which have already been commented on in the past. However, further clarification from Blizzard on
anything
is always appreciated!
Today's topics include:
Ink Traders Coming to Stormwind and Orgrimmar
Improving Looking For Dungeon Queues
"Linear" Cataclysm Leveling Content
Potential Tol Barad Changes
Improving Outland Leveling
Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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News Roundup: J!NX Shirt Design Contest & Detailed Conquest Points Guide
Still relatively quiet before the imminent release of patch 4.0.6 - until then, not a whole lot going on, unfortunately. Blue posts on the forums are sparse and hardly worth mention, but you can always check out our
Blue Tracker
for the latest fix.
Latest news from Blizzard includes the announcement of
yet another
contest (you can view details of other recently announced contests in
this blog
) as well as a detailed and informative guide on the new PVP Conquest Points system!
Check out the full Blue posts after the break!
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Imageshack Links Installing Malware, Blocked on Wowhead
We've gotten a number of reports in the last week or so indicating that
Imageshack
is inadvertently installing malware on user's computers!
While we recognize that this MAY be a false positive, we don't like to take risks with our users' info, so
we are blocking imageshack links on the site.
Future imageshack links will be scrambled, and links will not go through!
For those of you who are hosting your images with imageshack, we apologize for the inconvenience. In the meantime, we encourage you to use an alternative image-hosting solution, like
imgur
,
Min.us
, or
CloudApp
.
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The Weekly Marmot - How Addons Alter Game Design
This week, we look at addons from a little bit different of a perspective than usual. Instead of looking at what addons can do to affect the way you play directly, I get into some behind-the-scenes discussion of how addons change the way the developers have to approach their design of things like class and encounter balance. Does allowing players to create addons like DBM hurt the game? Or is there actually some benefit?
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PST - Episode 14
This week:
How do I show pride in my performance when my class is "overpowered"?
Should PVP gear be allowed in raids?
Should I stay with my casual guild, or look elsewhere?
How is Ret looking in 4.0.6?
and (many) more!
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News Roundup: Blizzard Contests! J!NX, SteelSeries and iPad Giveaways!
Blizzard has been quiet lately, but there's some pretty awesome contests going on!
Blizzard has launched an EU version of the
Core Hound Pup Adoption Campaign
- the
Guardian of Account Art Contest
! Blizzard decided to give our EU friends some love as well, and are giving away two iPads every month this year to the best artistic shows of your character's account protection! Two words: authenticator chainmail. Make it happen!
Blizzard is also hosting a Cataclysm Dungeon screenshot contest for both US and EU players, giving out awesome J!NX and SteelSeries swag! Check out the full contest details after the break!
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No Patch Tomorrow, Rolling Restarts Instead
Looks like RSS feed leaks have deceived us!
Despite our
last post
, it looks like patch 4.0.6 is
not
coming next week—there will be a batch of rolling restarts instead. See the blue post below:
We will be performing rolling restarts for our weekly maintenance on Tuesday, February 1st, beginning at 05:00 AM PST. Downtime for each realm is expected to be minimal, and the overall process should conclude at approximately 06:00 AM PST.
Thank you for your patience.
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Patch 4.0.6 Coming Next Week?
MAYBE.
An interesting blog showed up in our RSS readers and (for a brief moment) on the official World of Warcraft website. This placeholder blog post, which obviously wasn't supposed to go live (oops), features none other than the Patch 4.0.6 Official Notes! Blizzard are obviously getting ready to post these official patch notes - does this mean the patch is coming next week? Hopefully!
(Thanks Civrock!)
Be sure to stay with us for all of the latest patch info!
PTR Patch 4.0.6 Notes
PTR Site
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PTR Patch 4.0.6 Notes Updated (1/28)
Just a quick batch of Friday night PTR patch notes updates! Notable changes include:
Tol Barad
Attacking forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control 2 keeps.
Defending forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps.
Normal PvE helms (item level 359) no longer have a chance to drop from Nefarian or Cho'gall on Heroic difficulty. Instead, the Heroic PvE helm and shoulder pieces (item level 372) only require their associated Crown/Shoulders of the Forlorn tokens to purchase, and do not require players to obtain the normal helms or shoulders first.
As always, you can find the full patch notes right here on Wowhead!
http://www.wowhead.com/patchnotes=4.0.6-ptr
Be sure to check out the full list of tonight's changes after the break!
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BFF Report - RIFT - It Has PvP.. Just like WoW!!
If you've ever been in an MMO beta, you know that everyone in it is terrible at PvP. It's not that the terrible players from current games are looking for a new MMO (although it seems like it at times), it's that players are simply testing out different facets of gameplay.
"Oh look, I can kill people!"
*keyboard turns*
*clicks auto-attack*
*holds S until passes out*
It's the equivalent of someone grabbing the flag, running out the tunnel, making a 90 degree left and going right up the ramp. THIS IS EVERY GAME IVE PLAYED.
So, consider this a PSA for
non-PvP'ers
who are looking into getting into RIFT..
and PvP'ing
:|
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News Roundup: Core Hound Pup Adoption Campaign & Blue Posts
A few quick Blizzard posts today, most notable being the Core Hound Pup adoption campaign! Send Blizzard your best Core Hound Pup screenshots for a chance to win an iPad! Yes, please!
If your account is protected by a Battle.net Authenticator or the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, then you already know how safe and secure your Core Hound Pup pet can make you feel. But there are plenty of players out there who can still benefit from the companionship and peace of mind that our infernal puppy provides.
We're kicking off a Core Hound Pup adoption campaign and we need your help! Simply send us funny, cute, or just plain epic screenshots featuring your fiery two-headed buddy. We'll be picking two of the most memorable images each month in 2011 and awarding the winners with a brand new iPad.
If you have yet to adopt a Core Hound Pup of your very own, then don't wait a moment longer, or we just might have to give you the big puppy-dog eyes. Visit our
account security site
to learn how to get a [url=
http://us.blizzard.com/s
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PTR Patch Changes and Additions (Jan 27)
A mini PTR patch snuck its way onto the servers, and we've got the latest spell changes! There's nothing incredibly mindblowing and not nearly as many changes as
last time
. Notable changes include:
Criteria changes to Master of Tol Barad achievements
(
Mago
) Mana cost reductions to
Fireball
and
Frostfire Bolt
(both now cost 9% base mana)
You probably won't believe me when I say that's basically it, so be sure to check out the full list of changes after the break!
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Legendary - The WoW Video Podcast - Ill Take An Album Cover for $1000
Good afternoon!
On this week's LEGENDARY on
GameBreaker.TV
:
All tier 1 content is cleared, and there is alot of controversy surrounding it. Do you feel that it didn't take long enough?
Latest 4.0.6 updates wants you to spend your Honor and JP on shiny new dirt! (It's so shiny!!)
World of Starcraft gets a minor seal of approval from Blizz..
And yeah, another giveaway.
Go Go Go!
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Jan 19-26)
Latest Cataclysm hotfixes have been posted!
Notable hotfixes include:
Heroic set tokens have been moved to earlier bosses on 25-player Heroic difficulty (chest from Halfus, legs from Maloriak, gloves from Magmaw, helm from Nefarian, shoulder from Cho'gall).
Tokens for normal versions of the helm and shoulder set pieces (item level 359) now drop from Nefarian and Cho'gall on Heroic difficulty, as they are required to purchase the Heroic helm and shoulder pieces (item level 372). An additional change to this functionality is slated for patch 4.0.6.
Horde players now correctly gain 75 Bilgewater reputation as well when completing the Lunar Festival elder quests as part of the Horde reputation gain.
Check out the full list of hotfixes after the break!
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