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Loremaster Skosiris!
So a little while back, right around the release of
Ulduar
, some of you may remember a little tribute that Blizzard implemented to our
founder
and fearless leader: one
Loremaster Skosiris
in Shattrath City.
You may remember him for his amusingly relevant quote,
"Here I have amassed what may well be the greatest depository of lore in all of Outland. Even the grand libraries of Silvermoon City pale in comparison. Please... look, read, browse to your heart's content. You'll find everything organized and clearly labeled."
Well as we all know, Skosiris
hates
when things are inconsistent...so he embarked on the quest to get a matching title of his very own. We're proud to announce that, thanks to the help of our new
Completion Tracker
, Skosiris has finally completed his
Loremaster title
!
We thought you'd join us in a small celebration. Tacos for everyone, eh?
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Wowhead Pride Contest Winners
And the results for the winners of the
Wowhead Pride Contest
are in!
Ladies and gentlemen, we've had a ton of wonderful submissions for this contest, and I'm really excited to present them to you now. The winners will be contacted to confirm their addresses.
You can see a gallery of all the winning submissions after the break!
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Echo Isles and Gnomeregan Official News!
For those of you who haven't been following the spoilers, The pre-Cataclysm world event is coming up soon—and from the looks of it, it will be revolving primarily around the efforts of the Alliance to retake Gnomeregan, and the Horde to retake the Echo Isles!
Blizzard has just released a sneak preview of both events on the official site, with some awesome screenshots and a little background for those who don't know the history:
High Tinker Mekkatorque, betrayed by Mekgineer Thermaplugg and forced to flee the irradiated city of Gnomeregan with the few of his fellow gnomes who managed to survive, is preparing to reclaim his once glorious city. Meanwhile, in distant Durotar, Vol'jin of the Darkspear trolls is determined to exact revenge upon the witch doctor Zalazane for dividing the Darkspears and seizing the land bestowed to them by Thrall: the Echo Isles. Read more about the ongoing struggles of the
gnomes
and the
trolls
... and their
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Wowhead Pride Contest: 1 Day Extension
An apology is in order for those of you who tried to submit your contest entry over the weekend! We had a site bug which prevented the contest page from displaying properly for a few hours during the day.
Since we lost a few hours of accepting entries, we have decided to apply a
one day extension
to the contest! You now have until the end of
Thursday, March 18th
to submit your entries! That's two days from now, so you shutterbugs best get moving!
http://www.wowhead.com/?contest=wowhead-pride
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Anniversary Player Interview: Luek
In the spirit of Blizzard's Anniversary celebration, they have released another player interview.
Luek
is from the US realm The Underbog and sports titles such as
Lieutenant General
and
the Kingslayer
.
In this interview, they talk about how he was brought into World of Warcraft and some of his most memorable events in the game. They also talk about his early PvP experiences and many other subjects. You can read the whole interview on the official
Anniversary Mini Site
.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/interview/luek.xml
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GDC: Rob Pardo Speaks About Blizzard Game Design
At tenth annual Games Developer Conference
Rob Pardo
, Executive Vice President of Game Design at Blizzard, hosted a panel where he spoke about design philosophy at Blizzard. The fine folks over at
WoW.com
were able to get some nice info on some of their key successes and failures.
He spoke about how they succeeded in creating a good economy in World of Warcraft through the "taxing" for deaths, the auction house, and making money-sinks (such as mounts, titles and pets). This made the concept of gold
matter
, while on the flip side in Diablo II death, took away half your gold - but people just ended up keeping it in town unless they needed to buy something, therefore making gold pretty useless.
He also spoke about key design concepts like making everything overpowered, the default UI being a failure and several other subjects that are well worth the read.
If you weren't able to get into GDC, see it for yourself below!
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/12/rob-pardo-speaks-about-blizzard-game-design/
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More Patch 3.3.3 Models & Icons: Lil' XT, Halion's Servants and More!
We've dug up some new 3D animated models and icons out of the latest batch of PTR data - no amazing celestial horses this time, but instead a strange and quirky little addition to the cute pet armada -
Lil' XT
! This pint-sized version of everyone's favorite
Ulduar
mic-spammer
XT-002 Deconstructor
could possibly be a new
Blizzard Store
pet, following in the footsteps of
Lil' K.T.
, the miniaturized version of
Kel'Thuzad
, of
Naxxramas
fame.
Tip: Last week's patch update blog can be found
here
.
Check out the new models and icons after the break, along with some of my own lore-tinged speculation. You can see previous models and icons we've posted
here
!
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Cataclysm Mastery System Preview
Last week
Blizzard went into detail about the changes into the stats system for Cataclysm and now they have finally revealed their plans for the
Mastery
system.
In a nut shell the mastery system will basically give you bonuses that increase damage, healing or survivability according to the amount of points spent in the tree. Along with it you will get a secondary bonus to a stat that is most desirable to you, like haste or crit. There is even a third bonus which will be completely unique to the tree and will benefit from the mastery rating on high-level gear.
Eyonix then goes into detail about how talents such as
will stay and
will go away in favor of more fun and interesting talents while being merged into the new mastery system.
After the break you can find the entire post along with examples for the mastery bonuses for Holy and Discipline Priests and Frost Death Knights!
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Which Direction Is Our Game Heading?
As many of you know, the original pitch for World of Warcraft was an epic adventure where you would band together with your peers and defeat a common enemy, be it a huge dragon, or an opposing faction's army. This is the reason that a lot of players initially bought the game, but it's also one of the aspects of the game that seems to be disappearing.
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Patch 3.3.3 Models & Icons: Halion, Celestial Steed and More!
Hey there Wowhead readers! We just wanted to take the opportunity to share with you some cool 3D (animated!) models and icons that we have discovered so far in the Patch 3.3.3 data! Sadly there's not too many icons yet for all our forum-goers' avatars, but the ones we've found are
incredible
!
We've got models for some amazing new mounts, including a beautiful spectral steed, a strange two-seating rocket mount, a blazing hippogryph and a big ol' wooly rhino! We've also found a new model for Anduin Wrynn (the only character ever to "age" in WoW?), a cute celestial wyrmling pet and the violet dragon
Halion the Twilight Destroyer
- a new boss in the upcoming
Ruby Sanctum
!
Check out the models and icons after the break!
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Gear Check: Peregrine Gaming Glove
So I'm going to be taking over and doing my own tech review this time, because I was excited about this product and I didn't want
Miyari
to get the only one, like she did with that
Razer Naga
!
This time I've got ahold of a
Peregrine Gaming Glove
. These things are new, you can't buy them yet—although you can pre-order them from the
Peregrine website
. Join me after the break while we put this thing through it's paces!
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Battlecry Mosaic Complete, New Interviews, Noxy Artwork
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Battlecry Mosaic is complete
!
A total of 20,000 submissions have come in since the
Warcraft Anniversary
site opened, and the full mosaic is now available for viewing! You can look at it through the Mosaic Viewer on the Battlecry page, or by downloading the truly epic
14400 x 6150 pixel raw file
(also available in various
wallpaper
formats).
They've also unlocked two brand new
interviews
: one with
Tom Chilton
, who we all know and love, talking about the design and creation process for the game—and the other with forum MVP
Palehoof
, talking about his gaming history and the experience from the player's perspective.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/
Bonus:
If you're looking closely at Palehoof's interview, you'll find some artw
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Pawn, Now with Added Wowhead Awesome
Some of you may know about this little addon from the last time we
mentioned
it, but for those who don't here's a little explanation:
Pawn
is an addon that takes the stats from an item you are looking at and gives it a score based on a weight scale, very similar to our own stat weighting system. The higher the score the "better" the item is according to the weight scales you design.
And now, Pawn users will be happy to know that the team over there has added a little extra awesome into the addon by using our
stat-weights
by default!
To get Pawn you can find it on our sister site
WoWInterface
.
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7296-Pawn.html
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3.3.3 PTR Patch Notes Updated
The PTR is currently down and is being updated to a new build, but in the mean time Blizzard has updated the PTR Patch Notes!
http://www.wowhead.com/?patchnotes=3.3.3-ptr
Included in this new build are several changes to some classes, such as
Mangle
's debuff duration increased from 12 seconds to 60 seconds. There are also other class changes for Mages, Rogues and Warriors.
Another little gem was added in this build was the ability to your frame rate to an eye blistering
200 frames per second
.
Read on after the break for all of the changes!
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Icecrown Citadel Raid Buff Now Live
The buff promised by Blizzard to make
Icecrown Citadel
easier has finally been enabled on live realms as of this morning's rolling restarts!
Strength of Wrynn
for the Alliance and
Hellscream's Warsong
for the Horde
increase damage, healing and health by 5%
. From looking at related spells it will slowly increase over time to finally reaching its top out point of
30%
.
These buffs will hopefully help out those raid groups that are having issues progressing through the raid encounter. But those who wish to do this without help still have the option to turn it off by speaking with your respective faction leader to disable the buff.
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Stat Changes in Cataclysm Announced
Quite a few of you have heard about the changes coming to stats in
Cataclysm
, and out of that few many have wondered what exactly is changing.
Eyonix has gone into detail about each and every change you will be seeing in the upcoming expansion, including spell power coming from intellect, and haste rating doing "more stuff" for melee users than just increasing attack speed.
You can read on after the break for the original post and the full changes.
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fundraiser for WoW Players
About a week ago I got a letter that was very affecting. It almost got lost in the inbox shuffle, but fortunately I caught it only a few days late, because I found it really affecting.
It warms my heart to see gamers coming out to do something really good for society, and considering the way mainstream media only seems to notice when a gamer shoots up a school, it's more important than ever that we work together to get the word out.
Here's the message:
Hi guys,
My name is a Maria, a SF Bay Area geek and a very avid gamer. From the age of 7 when my Dad got me into gaming and bought me an NES Action Set/Bundle, I’ve been hooked. Aside from the typical console gaming and having a day job, I am still very active playing PC games especially within World of Warcraft. I was recruited into the guild Conquest on Kilrogg (US) and have since then learned how to split group mobs and teleport through walls. :P
Anyway, the reason I’m writing is because I’m reaching out in hopes that you could help me promote a little fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I’m running a triathlon this
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Feb 26 #BlizzChat Developer Chat Transcript
The
#BlizzChat
developer chat on Twitter just ended, and we have a recap on some of the best questions that were answered below.
Q:
Moonkin/tree form graphical updates?
A:
Tree is maybe, no promises.
Q:
Revamp old races to be more like new races starting zones?
A:
Not on same level but a little.
Q:
Removing cap on honor like emblems?
A:
More likely to cap emblems.
Q:
Will we see pre-launch events in 3.3.3?
A:
We don't have an exact time yet but a few months before release.
Q:
Multiple raid released at the same time, will we see that?
A:
Multiple raids will ship with
Cataclysm
initially.
Q:
Dance studio?
A:
Still on the list!
Q:
Where's my moose?!
A:
We might have to do a moose now...
Q:
More resilience enchants?
A:
Enchanting seems lik
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WSG Experts: The Official WoW Magazine Wants Your Tactics!
The industrious gnomes and goblins at the
World of Warcraft Official Magazine
are currently working on issue two. One of its regular features is
Battlegrounds Back to Basics
—this time around, covering
Warsong Gulch
.
As part of that feature, they're looking for hints and tips from WSG veterans. Is that you? If so, please feel free to post your favorite Warsong Gulch
one-line
strategies, tactics and tricks that help give you the winning edge! These can either be team oriented, or even class specific.
The best suggestions will be incorporated into the feature as quotes - and of course your character will be fully credited (please include character and realm name!). Remember, these should be straightforward one-liners—we’re not looking for long paragraphs packed with intricate details.
Leave your comments and thoughts
here in the post
, and be on the lookout for posts from
wowthemagazine
themselves!
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Let's Fight! Players vs. Blizzard in PTR Battlegrounds
Have you ever wanted to stomp on some
Blizzard employees in PvP
? Well now is your chance!
Today between 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (Pacific time) members of the Blizzard Community Team and QA staff will be queuing up with the Random Battleground Finder on the US PTR realms of Broxigar and Anasterian. So bring your main or alt or even one of the premade characters, and show them what you got!
Hey all,
Ever wanted to Pwn a Blizzard employee in WoW PvP? Now's your chance because tomorrow from 4:30PM to 6:30PM (PST) a few of us will be queuing up for BGs via the new Random Battleground Finder on the US realms! Bring your main/alt/premade and show us what you got!
What: Random Battleground Finder
Who: Blizzard Community Team and Blizzard QA
Place: US Servers Broxigar and Anasterian
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 PST
Date: 2-26-2010
(Note: Time/Event is subject to change.)
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