Warcraft Weekly
by Aeus | 28/08/2006 09:58:23 Seeing the incredible job Anvilbeard is doing every week, compiling the Warcraft Weekly, I decided to start compiling and archiving all the editions, for posterity so to say. (Keep in mind that the older the news is, some links might not be actual anymore) So here goes: Episode 1: Warcraft Weekly  Episode 2: Warcraft Weekly Episode 3: Warcraft Weekly Episode 4: Warcraft Weekly Episode 5: Warcraft Weekly Episode 6: Warcraft Weekly Special Edition A: Warcraft Weekly Episode 7: Warcraft Weekly Episode 8: Warcraft Weekly Episode 9: Warcraft Weekly Episode 10: Warcraft Weekly Episode 11: Warcraft Weekly Episode 12: Warcraft Weekly Episode 13: Warcraft Weekly Episode 14: Warcraft Weekly Special Edition B: Warcraft Weekly Episode 15: Warcraft Weekly Episode 16: Warcraft Weekly Episode 17: Warcraft Weekly Episode 18: Warcraft Weekly Episode 19: Warcraft Weekly Episode 20: Warcraft Weekly Episode 21: Warcraft Weekly Special Edition C: Warcraft Weekly Episode 22: Warcraft Weekly Episode 23: Warcraft Weekly Episode 24: Warcraft Weekly Episode 25: Warcraft Weekly Episode 26: Warcraft Weekly Episode 27: Warcraft Weekly Episode 28: Warcraft Weekly Episode 29: Warcraft Weekly Episode 30: Warcraft Weekly Episode 31: Warcraft Weekly Episode 32: Warcraft Weekly Episode 33: Warcraft Weekly Episode 34: Warcraft Weekly Episode 35: Warcraft Weekly Episode 36: Warcraft Weekly Episode 37: Warcraft Weekly Episode 38: Warcraft Weekly Episode 39: Warcraft Weekly Episode 40: Warcraft Weekly Episode 41: Warcraft Weekly Episode 42: Warcraft Weekly Episode 43: Warcraft Weekly Episode 44: Warcraft Weekly Episode 45: Warcraft Weekly Episode 46: Warcraft Weekly Episode 47: Warcraft Weekly Episode 48: Warcraft Weekly Episode 49: Warcraft Weekly Episode 50: Warcraft Weekly 1 Year - Part 1: Warcraft Weekly 1 Year - Part 2: Warcraft Weekly 1 Year - Part 3: Warcraft Weekly Episode 51: Warcraft Weekly Episode 52: Warcraft Weekly Episode 53: Warcraft Weekly Episode 54: Warcraft Weekly Episode 55: Warcraft Weekly Episode 56: Warcraft Weekly Episode 57: Warcraft Weekly [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 09:59:07 I saw it suggested in these forums a while back. And if supreme overlord Aeus won't do it, I'll have a crack at it. Warcraft Weekly is just a digest about what the frig happened this week, and I hope to release one every tuesday, or whenever I can be bothered. <3 Patch 1.6.0 On wednesday the new patch was released after being tested on the test realms. Patch notes are here: http://wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-13-07-2005.html The main news is Black Wing Lair(Abbreviated 'BWL'), a new epic instance area for high levels to farm some phat lewtz. The storyline is that the black dragon flight, commanded by Nefarian is trying to create super dragons to defeat Ragnaros. Expect big dragons and some cool epic drops, definately a must see. Although you should group up with a few friends(Screenshot Reference: http://wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/blackwing/ss05.jp The Darkmoon Faire are out and about. Moving between Mulgore and Elwyn. Notification in Orgrimmar and Ironforge by 'barkers'. There are some cool items on sale and nice repeatable quests. But if all else fails, Darkmoon Faire also has cheap booze. http://wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/darkmoon.html for more information. Other patch extras are Battlemasters in each city. You lazy PvPers no longer have to travel vast distances to get to the BattleGrounds. The game can now remember your account name, and there are some loveleh fixes for the Mac O/S. There is also a nice Honour Rank Bar to measure your ganki... erm, killing progress :) Dupes = Rollback? It seems the new patch has introduced a bug which can be exploited for some free stuff. Because of the nature, I will not post it here, and I am sure no-one reading this is evil enough to do such a thing. A rollback to the beginning seems in order. This will mean that all progress since the patch will be lost. Darn. Luckily, this will restabilise the economy, and Blizzard will fix this bug before then. Expect it in the maintenance tomorrow. Keep watching http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general-en&T=40 Realm Forumz Aeus has announced(Link: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=40 Hotfix Plz Blue The instances have been bugged for a bit, and Blizzard are taking Tauren sized steps to fix it. BWL has been repaired(Link: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=39 RP/PVP Servers - So Close That's right, the new realms that you can roleplay and PVP on are just around the corner. These new realms will offer a fun alternative to normal Role Playing realms, while encouraging avid PVPers to get in touch with their RP side. Hopefully these new realms will not be overrun with people who don't know how to Role Play(Read this if you don't: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-role-playing-en& Minisite Update The popular Honour Minisite has been updated to show some awesome new artwork for weapons. It has been neglected for a while, but the Honour site contains a vast amount of information, for example: The basics of Honour, the (ample) Rewards for getting Honour, and some neat graphics. The minisite can be found here: http://wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/pvpminisite/en/index.htm Forum Watch This week, Aeus directs us to some nice threads. There is a great guide to the mining profession here: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-tradeskills-en& After the patch there are some bugs, as normal. Unfortunately it's the Warlock that came off worst. This thread by Aeus highlights some of the more serious points which the QA department are looking into: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-warlock-en&t=56 The You Ess Eh Peeking over the ocean, I spy some Blizzard USA employees posting some sweet nothings. Free the Pig - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=405 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:01:19 Realm To Realm Transferring - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=405 Hooray For Hunters - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-hunter&t=4909 The RPSA Have you ever seen something remarkably Beautiful, Cool or Funny in World Of Warcraft? If you have, don't forget the RPSA! The Royal Photographic Society of Azeroth strives to find the best screenshots ever. Their page gives you rules and instructions on how to capture the moment seamlessly and in the best way possible. If it passes, your screenshot will be shown for all to see! They are now looking mainly for screenshots in the PVP, Raid, Group/Guild, and Comedy categories, although there are many others that they will also accept. http://wow-europe.com/en/screenshots/submit.html for the official site. I hope you've enjoyed the first ever episode of Warcraft Weekly. Post any comments or suggestions. Trying to cater to Europe, so don't compare me with Eyonix, who has a dragon fetish. [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:02:00 I've decided I will release the WW on Mondays for no apparant reason. <3 to all my phans. Batlleground Special Feature There has been alot of talk about BGs recently, with some blues pitching in too. The main talking point is 'AFK'. We all know that going AFK means you=booted, but some people are abusing the slack rules. An evil 3rd party program, or a book on the forwards arrow could mean you can go out for a night on the town while your character steals honour from your team. Blizzard have since issued a statement on both the US(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=408 People who have been exploiting terrain(Especially in Warsong Gulch) to bypass the intended routes to either base or render themselves 'unattackable' has also been denounced as against the Terms Of Use(Link: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=410 Ignoring the imbalanced shamans *cough*, some forum-goers claim to have found a reason for a small Alliance presence in the Warsong Gulch(Link: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=41 Duping Update A topic that I'm sure alot of you will want to know about is the supposed Duping. Aeus' post is still stickied(Link: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=40 One of the most popular theories is that it was a rumour invented by the evil Warcraft Cheat sites to entice new members to pay a large sum for absolutely nothing. Disgraceful! PVP-RP Concerns First, if you still don't know what I'm on about. Make sure you check the almighty Thundgot's sticky in the RP forums(Link: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-role-playing-en& The question is: "Is an R-PVP(I coined the term) realm an RP realm with PVP features, or a PVP realm with RP rulesets?" Disussions have appeared about how the rules will be enforced, and how they will effect the realms. They seem to center around PvPers wanting a new start with more Mature colleagues, and RPers wanting them to go away. Blizzard plan to simultaneously release a PvP realm at the same time to syphon off the PvP players, but is it enough? We want your Point of View. Open Realm Transfers Blizzard have introduced plans to create an Open Realm Transfer system, where the players can freely move from realm to realm(See Last Episode) But, there has been a crotch-grabbing piece of new news. They want you to pay for it. Let's not get confused, there will still be the occasional opportunity for players to transfer freely from overpopulated realms to pre-determined ones, but the Open Realm Transfer system may have a price(Link: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=415 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:03:01 Site Updates Some small site updates are up. Most noticeably is the improved Mount Pages(Link: http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/mounts.html) At first it was heavily bugged, but it seems the web team have swooped down and fixed the problems, except the one that says that Tauren can ride all horde mounts. Also, some new MP3s have been added to the Download section(Link: http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/#c), which are often neglected. Forum Watch Yar! Avast! Threads ho! The USS Whinelock explains why 'locks must be buffed or else. I feel an iceberg coming: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=41 The best reason yet to Nerf Shamans: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general-en&T=41 TechLead reveals himself to be the second evilest force in the world: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=40 The You Ess Eh Our female spybots are back with some classified information! Watch the awesome power of Blizzard cinematics combined with some hot asian chicks(I think they're famous or something): http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/movies.html A top secret report reveals that World of Warcraft now has over 3.5 million players worldwide: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com BlizzCon FAQ. If you are thinking about going: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=blizzcon&t=28 Other News Not big, but still important. If you want to goto BlizzCon(You get a free badge with your name and char name/realm on), buy the tickets(Officially) here: https://www.rcsreg2.com/blizzcon2005/ga/top.html Blizzard Europe want j00. Currently looking for Customer/Billing Support, but there is a load of opportunities: http://www.blizzard-europe.com/jobopp/index.shtml#1 The Screen Shot that won a lucky guy the life-size Night Elf Female statue(Pic: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/05-06-09/images/lifesize-ne.jp [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:04:32 It's that time of the week again folks! I'd like to dedicate this episode to the raccoon that crawled into my trash can and died last night. God bless Europe. <3 to Thundgot, who's coming home today. Arathi Basin Special Feature The new battleground that's a-coming with the next patch was announced recently, and I've been prowling the interweb and torturing the Devs, finding out as much as I can about it. This information is pre-notes and can be changed at any time. The Arathi Basin is a 'smallish' open map surrounded by mountains, with rolling plains and a river flowing through it. The bases will be on opposing sides of the map, and there are several graveyards spread out through it. The map focuses on the Horde-Alliance resource struggle. The opposing factions seem to be Humans and the Forsaken(Undead) but we're unsure what the cool sounding names the factions will have. It's a medium-high end map, so it's likely to be for roughly 20 level 40+ characters. It's unknown whether it will be level grouped as Warsong Gulch, but critics declare it 'not probable' Gameplay will be in traditional Battlefield 1942 style. "Teams will need to capture and hold strategic objectives to gather resources for their side." This will probably mean that the teams must overcome the defenses of a resource producing area(E.G. Blacksmith), both PC and NPC(assumed) and capture it, not dissimilar to the graveyard routine. After it has been captured, it will start 'producing' resources for your faction. "The first team to reach their resource goals wins." Expect a more laid-back strategic battleground, but one not without it's share of frantic moments. Tentative ETsA Using a proven mathematical formula and some mighty fine guesswork, here's what the WW team has come up with. Realm Forums: Mid/Late August Patch 1.7: Mid September R-PvP Realms: As Patch 1.7 Next Warcraft Weekly: Monday 9th August Thundgot's Return: Today Hunter Preview As reported in a previous WW, Hunter's are being altered. But for the better? Or for the worse? Well, here is a new Interactive Hunter Tool to help you decide for yourself: http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/hunter/talents.html There are some updated talents, and some brand new ones. This will certainly tip the class balance. Forum's Fixed! The bug that prevented people from posting with characters from specific realms has been fixed. The community is split between 'Yay Blizz' and 'Finally...' answers. As someone else said, now you have a reason to flame people posting with Lv1 alts. This could be a sign for the coming realm forums, or it could be an accident. Either way, that's one bug squelched. Duskwallow Is this a new zone? No, just a typo. A new piece of wallpaper was released, but the web team forgot to check the Warcraft dictionary. Own this priceless piece of Blizzard memorabilia by right clicking this link, and downloading it: http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/images/duskwallow/dusk [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:04:51 Forum Watch WW Episode 1 made it onto the Community Forum Watch last week, whoopee! With realm forums coming soon, say goodbye to realm threads! http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=63 What does your name mean? Post it here: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=37 Discuss the Faction Imbalance issues here: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=36 The You Ess Eh Our Female Spybots thwarted Caydiem once again, and came back with this information Zul'Gurub revealed: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=98 Black Wing Lair changes: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=98 Is PvP broken? Find out: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=423 Other News Because it is. More fanart! Check it out: http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/page22.shtml Blizzard Insider has come out! Read it here: http://www.inforelais.com/fweb/01300671/i_indexen.html JudgeHype got an interview with the devs! Good read: http://worldofwarcraft.judgehype.com/index.php?page=interviews23-en [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:06:14 Apologies for the lateness/shortness of this one, I'm tired(zzZzZZzZZZ) <3 to all the whiners out there, whose lack of respect for the system, inspires us all to hallucinate about causing them great bodily harm. Zul'Gurub The awesome new instance is being prepared for the next patch. Catch a glimpse of it here: http://wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/zulgurub.html V00D00 powar! http://wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p7/zulgurub Patch.1 A quick patch to fix Raid and Mac bugs was released. A few bugs have been spotted since, but it could have been worse. Patch Notes here: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-13-07-2005.html Talen Going to roll a new character? Or do you just want to see where your main is going? Whatever! Check out the new Talent Calculators, for all classes, not just hunter(Which has been changed.... again) View the main talents page here: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/index.html There's Ever wondered if there was something more to fishing? Well, there is. A new fishing event is coming. Taking place in a contested territory there's bound to be a good amount of PvP action. But, in the end, it all comes down to the fishing. Don your funny hat, equip your epic fishing rod, and get catchin'. You can read up on the event here: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/fishing.html Darmoon Faire The Faire has arrived in Elwynn Forest! And tis a beautiful sight. Collecting cards and tickets, dancing, killing Horde. Go there fast though, it leaves at the weekend! If you are still confused on the timings of the Faire, Thundgot can help you out! Read his thread, here: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=44 Realm Forums The realm forums have arrived! It's been a while, but they have finally been created. With both Factions in a forum knowing each others faces, some smack talk is likely, but so far everything seems to be going fine. The perfect neutral area. I've created a Realm Guide on each Realm Forum to give some information on the forum/realm to newbies, and to compile a guild list. If you are in a guild, visit your Realm's Thread and post it! Find your Realm Forum here: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/realmforums.shtml Forum Watch The WW has become a regular feature on the Community Forum Watch, thanks alot to everyone that's contributed so far! Want to create your own MMORPG? Easy, just follow this step by step guide - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=43 Guest Accounts got nerfed. Level 20 max. View the carnage - https://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=4 The big discussion: What does WoW scan my machine for? And it it legal? - https://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=4 Technical Problems? This FAQ might contain your solution - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-tech-support-en& The You Ess Eh The hot Female Spybots leapt at the chance to get inside Eyonix's office when he carelessly left the door opened. This is what they found. Druid forms are on the change list, omgz - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-druid&t=34387 BEST NEWS EVAAAR! Tauren are getting more mounts - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=435 Ph33r is gonna be ph1xed - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=432 Other News Mostly BlizzCon, but I like rubbing your nose in it. Oh, wait, I'm not going either. /cry The BlizzCon panel is up! Rob Pardo will be there, along with similar design folks from the SC, WoW and Blizzard teams - http://www.blizzcon.com/panel.shtml Art Contest Announcement. Too poor to buy tickets to BlizzCon? Unleash the artist within and get some free ones, and a trip on stage! - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/blizz-con.shtml And for no reason - http://70.85.12.163/albino_flash01/thellamasong(www.albinoblacksheep. |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:07:26 Vell hello there my European friends! What a beautiful day it is today, the war continues! 'How Am I Posting': Do you prefer the old Thread oriented Anvilbeard, or the new post one? <3 to the 56k till 09' campaign Arathi Basin special Special We all remember that kick ass preview I gave you in Episode Three? Well Blizzard, bless their little hearts, owned it. They even wrote a half-page story. Korea got the goods first, but it recently appeared on our site(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/arathi.html) The entrances can be seen on this neat little map(http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p7/arat The game will be 15v15 and it WILL be split into Level Groups(Our skeptics here at the WW were beaten again). First team to 2000 resources wins! Haumarush A new Realm you say? A PvP realm you say? Wednesday you say? That's right! A new PvP realm called Haumarush is coming. Expect it to magically appear after the maintenance this week. It will be fresh, meaning everyone starts at Level One, so no migration. The siphoning off of the PvP players begins! Free Time I really shouldn't have taken last weekend off :( Everyone that played on the 6th and/or 7th of August now have a Two-Day time extension, whoopee! This gesture helps the public image, but the money lost may not be such a great idea. It's a nice surprise though, especially to the people who have demanded 'compensation' for downtime. Test Realm: Soon? It's almost that time again folks! WW astronomers have found that the Blizzard star orbits close the the test realm nebula on the thirtieth rotation of the August planet. What does this mean, you ask? Well, we're guessing that the Test Realm will reopen soon. Keep your eye on the Test Realm Forum(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-test-realm-en) for more information when it comes. Forum Watch Platinum Threads - Must Read - Maybe The Hidden Jokes and Real Life References in game thread makes a come-back - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=18 Get your girl playing WoW, Now! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=46 Blizzard's comments, and discussion on, the 'Nude Patch' - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=46 Story Time! Help the n00bomiser upgrade - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= The You Ess Eh Whatever you say, I will stick by my Female Spybots. Nothing happened! Statement on the Hack-Scanning Process - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=443 Dragons? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=432 World Of Workcraft - She's an Orc IRL - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=446 Other News "Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied" Blizzcon Tournament, Big Bucks($10000) to the winners - http://www.blizzcon.com/news.shtml#6 Reminds me of Worms. You know, if she had super powers... - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/images/screens/ss256.jpg Fire *Find browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs and double click it to change it to 'true' *Find network.http.pipelining and double click it to change it to 'true' *Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests double click it and enter 100 instead of 4 You'll find some extras in your Preferences menu, and your browser will be faster, hooray! Flintlocke's Guide To Azeroth (Episode Guide) - http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/578/578734p1.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:13:29 Good evening... I bring you tales of unspeakable horror, unthinkable evils and of Thundgot's socks. <3 to whoever invented toast Patching... 1, 2 , 4 The 1.7 patch is now in the open test phase. Get a character copied to the Test Realm now(http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/character-copy.html)! The Test Realm Patch Notes can be viewed here(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=47 Any comments on the patch? Post them! The Expansion It's official that we are getting an expansion, but what should we expect in it? Here are some rumors circulating the community: The resident psychic here at the WW claims that there will be an announcement at BlizzCon about the expansion. And that the upcoming beta test is for the expansion. Expect more news as we gues... get it. World Of Warcraft : The Trading Card Game They said it would never happen... Yes, that's right. WoW now has a TCG in it's name(http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/) OMG< EXPANZHUN PAKZ World Map Blizzard have combatted the various 3rd party sites with it's own interactive map(http://wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/basics/flight/en/index.htm It's a little late, understandably, but it certainly blows the competition out of the water. It currently shows travel routes(Continental and Flight Path), cities/towns, instances and battlegrounds for all current areas(Plus some future bits) Paladins Rejoice The Paladin Class Concern thread is still open, so get your concerns in quick! http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-paladin-en&t=31 Forum Watch Eye Spy Valuable Posts Submit your ideas for an EU Blizzard Convention - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-blizzcon-en&t=3 Haumarush Plan Is Over, Updated - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=46 Thundgot discusses new realms - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 The You Ess Eh The female spybots eliminated the evil Block and stole his phat lewtz Instance Limit to stop farming - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=454 Blizz comments on the Murloc Pet - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=452 The discussion on Itemization Dependency continues - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=405 Other News Read this or dye Blizzcon goodies, bah - http://www.blizzcon.com/swag.shtml Shashdot has to ask the devs some Qs, submit your suggestions - http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/08/15/1639227.shtml?tid=209&tid Muzack - http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/WoW/Mp3s/Human1.mp3 - http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/WoW/Mp3s/Human2.mp3 Oh, and me - http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper42.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:15:03 *cough* Welcome to the Warcraft Weekly Special Edition. Why? Because I'm away next week and I need to compensate for the WW that's going to be missed. Sorry folks, I've tried to make up for it as best I can. <3 to Tacos! What - Why - When Here's some nice information for you all. The warriors were feeling a little down after it was announced that equipment would provide, on average, 1/3 less defense. Thundgot explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 Thundgot also reveals(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 Healers beware(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 My First Realm Another realm has been announced(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 We're expecting it after the Wednesday maintenance, but it may make Monday/Tuesday if we're lucky. There shouldn't be too much of a queue this time, but don't count on getting in after the first 10 minutes. Testing, still The crashin' problems that were ruining most of the testing should be fixed in the new test realm patch(Aptly named 1.7.0 v2), which Thundy announced recently(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-test-realm-en&t The patch can be downloaded here for the PC(http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/downloads/files/pc/WoW-1.6.1.4 Remember to delete the WoWTest folder before putting the downloader in your game directory and running it. That Lewt Is Crunk Fo' Shizzle The rewards page for the Arathi Basin Battleground is up. Choose your class and view the tasty rewards! -Warrior & Paladin Rewards - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/rewards-arathi0 -Hunter & Shaman Rewards - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/rewards-arathi0 -Druid & Rogue Rewards - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/rewards-arathi0 -Mage, Priest, & Warlock Rewards - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/rewards-arathi0 -PvP Honor Rewards - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/pvp/rewards-weapons.html Rations and bandages can only be used inside the battleground, but all other items can be taken out. View a nice little map of the place here: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/map-arathi.html [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:15:25 FAQ You We have a new support site(http://faq.wow-europe.com/en/) I don't want to brag, but it's thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis many times better than the US one. Search through Type of Article, or by keywords. You'll have your problems solved in no time! Cheaters = 0 In the past several weeks, more than 1500 accounts have been permanently banned! Whether they be hax0ring, or trading in-game stuff for real money, these abusive players have now been removed from the game. If you think you were banned unfairly, contact the Account Review Team(WoWAccountReviewEU@blizzard.com) Level 30 n00bs Beware! The level groups for Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin have been changed(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-pvp-en&t=120006 This is to fix the unfairness of mounts at level 40/60, and the big equipment imbalance at level 60. Plus, honor grinders have to level up again, wewt! MAEG Concerns The class concerns are open for mages! When I promised them earlier I was hoping they would, otherwise I would be poly'd by mages for a few hours. Post your concerns(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-mage-en&t=48335 Also, discuss the class concerns in the other thread, as to not spam the first(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-mage-en&t=48334 Cookies B-Gone Unfortunately, it was too late to save cookies. In a recent election(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= Also, the old /hug is now replaced by /gnome So... Someone been nice? *Give Taco*, someone soft and cuddly, give them a /gnome Forum Watch Rarer than the female dwarves( :( ), we search for good posts... Groping 101, learn it the easy way - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 What would your ideal expansion contain? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=48 Best/Worst Dungeons Poll(Ish) - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons-en&t=4 How to kill a hunter - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-pvp-en&t=103847 The You Ess Eh This photo was found on Tyren's desk(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a172/Sheshie/EyoCay.jpg) Eyonix is on the left, Caydiem is on the right. Some girl is in the middle. Personally, I prefer our CMs(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4022/supercms3uz.png) Soul Shards = Want Bag - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=462 Tyren explains the BG change better than me - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=459 Salvation is upon us! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=11 It's settled, Multiple Shaman are Shaman - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=459 Other News Misc Warcraft Radio Wants j00 - http://www.wcradio.com/news.php?id=124 The, disputed, winner of the screenshot contest - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/news/2005-08/bgssconte More Muzack - http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/WoW/Mp3s/Human3.mp3 The Official Sountrack to the game is now available - http://www.blizzard.com/market/wow-cd.shtml [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:16:41 Woopdedoo! As many of you will have undoubtedly noticed, I am back. I hope you enjoyed the SE last week, and I hope to improve the quality in this and future week's WWs. <3 to Vaneras What - Why - When Here's some cool information for ya'll Lag, Lag and more Lag. Seems that there are some server issues, aw noes. You can keep up to date(almost) in the SS forum(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-server-status-en&am I want epix. No, not epic items, epic quests! Aeus explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=49 Aeus announces(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=49 Two dwarves are better than three Vaneras arrives(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=50 He came from Techsupport to represent our community in the court of trolls. Unfortunately, Aeus was killed in a fight with him, so you'll have to wait until Thundy resses him(Unlikely, Thundy is like that) Muzack Not content with delivering you 1-3 songs per week, I have h@x3d blizz's mp3 collection, wewt! Feast on them, my retro Blizz gamers! You can find it here: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/WoW/Mp3s/ There is also a competition(http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/blizzcon-movie/) for Blizzcon to make a movie with one of those songs. Not only will you win some merchandise, you will get a beast of a graphics card, and 2 tickets to blizzcon. Not sure whether this is US only though. Dynamicallynessfullinged A PvP rankings page is out(http://www.wow-europe.com/pvp/index.html) Some people are having problems, especially the incredibly devious Mac users, but when it is back up, expect to see just how much you are pwning noobs. Search by name or race, or just brink up the rankings. Neat! I concern us. Um, we. Yea, them. Mage discussions(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-mage-en) are nearly at an end, nip in quick!! Also, Warlock(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-warlock-en) and Pally discussion(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-paladin-en) is still open too, meh. For a list of completed concerns: Hunter: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-hunter-en&t=559 Druid: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-druid-en&t=4506 Forum Watch Post hoooo, avast. Yea, pirate ninjas are still cool. 'Frail Taurens' have been blown away(oh, and the DMF) - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=50 You may say he has no life, but I see him as a visionary. Lore rocks - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=50 Ruins of Lordaeron can now be rode in, wewt - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=49 World's hardest question(Still going on) - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= The You Ess Eh Bow our heads and support the RC(http://www.redcross.org/) Top in-game issues - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=469 Player feedback works, nuff said - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=468 Zul'Gurub Bugs - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=12 No enchants for off-hand - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=465 Other News Different, yet the same Wallpapers - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper44.html - And - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper43.html Warcraft radio talked about me, I feel popular. TB rocks and his show is now more EU oriented than ever! Listen to it - http://www.wcradio.com/ Satan is called in - http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-08-26 One million Americans, how could they be wrong? - http://www.blizzard.com/press/050829-wow.shtml |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:17:25 Buenos dÃas! Thanks for all the volunteers, but I've decided to take on Surf as my new 'minion'. He'll be doing a movie review a week, say hi! It's a hothothot day, enjoy! What - Why - When You want infoz? Unofficial patch notes! Wait a second, it actually nerfs shaman? hah, nice try. That's right kidz, the so called 'leaked' patch notes are fake. Ignore them all, unless written in Blue Text. Thundgot clarifies(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=51 Will people ever be happy? In light of the problems last week, everyone in europe gets 2 free days, which is a very generous gesture from Blizz. It may seem little, under a £, but £1*(Players) is a lot, more than you make in a year, easy. So please, take this as it's meant to be taken. And remember that Blizzard's policy covers less than this. Thundgot wants us to enjoy our game-play, he claims(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=51 Realms are down. Cooling problems. Hate mail to be forwarded to Santa Claus. Thundy's post(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general-en&T=52 War Games Shane Dabiri is back with his second battleplan(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=51 Well there are a lot of big changes, so I recommend you read it all. View my rushed response(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=51 New Test Realm Bugs Implemented Here you can read the list of new bugs implemented on the test realm(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-realm-test&t= BlizzCon Competitions While the competition for making starcraft maps for the tourney is over(http://www.blizzcon.com/scmap-winners.shtml), there is another one. That's right, the Costume Contest is open(http://www.blizzcon.com/contests-all.shtml#4) once again! Okay, so maybe the winners are all going to be female(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/screenshots/imageviewer.aspx?ImageIn View the winners from the old WoW costume contest on the site(http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/04-10-costume-reallife/04-winn What's On The Box? One time intro from Anvil: This is Surf's first shot at doing a movie review, which doesn't actually contain any spoilers, yay. Please leave criticism for him! I think he did great :) Enjoy! Hello there fellow readers! I am Surf, Anvil's new minion, and I will be writing weekly movie reviews! For my first review I thought I would start with something that alot of people seem to moan about, ROGUES(sp? - Ed)! With the release of the new World of Roguecraft, episode 3, it easily claims Movie of the Week. This movie basically starts off from a normal rogue, and slowly down grades and shows that with a rogue, gear is not what helps you the most. A full equipped rogue who owns, to a rogue with no armor and 1 worn dagger and still owns. This movie however just comes to show with skill anyone can play any class they want. I don’t see this film's moral as “NERF ROGUES”, but as an understanding of how to actually defeat a rogue. I used to think it was 3 button kills for rogues, but I was wrong. Summary: Try every class before you judge them. Rating: 4/5 - Lasts quite a while. Warning: Countains some slight profanity Download it here: http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=6140 (Second mirror recommended) Class Forums Are Not Toys Vaneras clears up(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-paladin-en&t=40 Nerf threads, anti-nerf threads threads and suggestion threads are some of the posts forbidden. The general purpose of the forums are also clarified. [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:18:52 Greetings to you all. I am Anvilbeard, and this is Warcraft Weekly, Episode 9. Hold on tight, or you might fall out. 0.7.1 Hctap Last Wednesday, the patch(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-170.html) went live. The main new features are Zul'Gurub, a high-level 20-man raid instance, deep in the forests of Stranglethorn. Arathi Basin, the third battleground, which is a tiered 15-man fight for resources in the Arathi Highlands. Also, the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza is sure to attract a crowd, at an appropriate time. With the patch, comes new realms(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=52 We get: Laughing Skull (PvP) Defias Brotherhood (R-PvP) The Venture Co. (R-PvP) As you can see, two are R-PvP realms, which involve RolePlaying in a PvP environment. Thundy reminds us that both policies(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=52 What - Why - When It was Vaneras in Orgrimmar [sic] with the Gnomish Death Ray, World of Kluedo rocks. Unfortunately for those who logged on straight after the patch, your honor for the day was calculated not(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=53 The new patch changed a lot of Interface features, if you are having problems with the game, uninstall your addons. Gamemaster describes(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-gmmessages-en&t Ever had problems with looting? Well, Gamemaster posted(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-gmmessages-en&t The Patch Notes Lie Horror! Shock! If you have seen an earlier version of the Patch Notes, or Blizz still haven't fixed them, the following notes are Incorrect:
The Plague As some of you may know, there are a lot more Corpses in IF/Org than usual. Why is this, you say? The forsaken have released the Plague! Well, almost. It was the evil Trolls of Zul'Gurrub, via the Corrupted Blood status(http://www.thottbot.com/?sp=24328). Blizz tried to Hotfix, but it didn't work(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=492
Expansion Suggestions! Thar be a new sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-suggestion-en&t Forum Watch Avast, tis talk like a pirate day, arrrrrrr. http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html The Aeus bot pretends to care, how was your Weekend? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=53 Watch out for this scam - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&a This is one big cooldown you do not wanna get - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-gmmessages-en&t [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:19:31 The You Ess Eh Female Spybots reportin' for duty sar Outdoor PvP. Me wanty - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=490 Upgrade your addons without losing your settings, essential - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-interface-customi Blizzard have officially spoilt my fun - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=487 Other News I like pie Which wallpaper? I prefer ours - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper46.html - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper46.html Try Savage when you can't play WoW - http://databox.topcities.com/ Blizz just updated two pages when I was about to post this, lucky I refreshed - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/index.html - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/realmtypes.html [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:20:03 Because shammys are hax. What - Why - When Confuddlevision Hear ye, Hear ye, Hear ye. So speaks the Presidenté of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime(Blue as intended). But this isn't any announcement, he's directly speaking to us Euros. He talks(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&a /cheer Mike Character migration. No, not the OMS(Open Migration System), but some preliminary free moving from problem realms to nice ones. Thundgot explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=54 Prepare yourselves to be confused. Thundgot releases(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=54 Mini Me Patch Patch 1.7.1 has been released! What is it you ask? It fixes an Arathi Basin 'ploit, and that's it. It may not sound like much, but It's a good fix. AB rocks! Druid Talent Calculator Got a Druid? Or going to reroll one next patch? This is for you! A new talent calculator(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p8/druid/talents.html) for Druids has been released. Play around with it and spec yo druid. These changes are not definite, but probably won't be changed too much. Current Druids will be given a free respec after the patch, so you won't have to pay up. Email Scam My post here was deleted(Why o Why!?), but the US forums have a topic stickied. The post(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=500 If you have been caught be this scam, send a message via the Webform(http://www.wow-europe.com/support/webform/index.html) as soon as you can. Tseric advises(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=501 Extended Forum Guidelined (AKA 'Thank God') Forum elves have been struck a blow. Ouch. Thundgot(has anyone else noticed his avatar stopped moving?) just went and dealt a winning hand to the posters of yore. Big changes(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Thundy wins this week's 'Good Smartian' award How? He compiled lots of support thingies into this excellent sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Forum Watch Land Ho! What is +spell hit chance? Find out here! (Eyonix is lv26 really) - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=54 Battleplan #2 has been destickified, last chance to catch a glimpse - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=51 Replace plz with plx, that's my suggestion - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 The You Ess Eh Hello Darkness My Old Friend Warlocks only, no girlz allowed GROLFLMOA - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=500 Blizzcon is sold out, for now - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=499 Posting misinformation is dumb - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=504 Other News Bkoz yt yz The official WoW Idol - http://www.blizzcon.com/song-contest-rules.shtml Orcy new wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper47.html It's pronounced 'Gooey Comix' - http://www.gucomics.com/ |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:21:45 Sponsored by the Pandaren Empire Character Migration We're going to Hawaii! Thundgot has announced(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Shadow Moon + Burning Legion --> Magtheridon Bloodscalp + Stormscale + Daggerspine --> Twisting Nether and they will be open until October 7th. On October 10th phase two will begin, and will last until October 14th. The realms for migrations will be Bladefist, Burning Blade, Crushridge, Deathwing, Ravencrest and Skullcrusher. The destination realms have yet to be named, but they will either be the three opened already(Magtheridon, Neptulon, Twisting Nether) or completely new ones. Remember, You can only migrate between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST each day. Use the Account Management Page(http://www.wow-europe.com/account/) if you want to move a character. Silithus Welcome to the desert. A while back it was said that Silithus would be getting a much needed makeover. Well, it'll be there next patch. There is a preview(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p8/silithus/silithus-intro Expect high-end outdoor quest areas for solo, 5 man groups and mini-raids. There will be some nice repeatable quests to get rep with Cenarion Circle, which is good for Druids. A 'neutral' city, with both a graveyard and flight point(Usable by Horde and Alliance) will be the hub for all adventuring. Oh, and Quest Chains, Cults, Elementals, triggered outdoor raid content, silithids and a whole lot more. Interested? Of course you are. Confused? Probably. Check out the new interactive map(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p8/silithus/silithus-map.h Boredrassil Actually: Nordrassil. Nordrassil is a new PvE realm, created just for you, hurrah. Vaneras, the dwarf hunter, says(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56 Peon Day Celebrations are at hand! 4 minutes early though. One year ago last friday(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/news/wow-oldnews2004.html#3), the World of Warcraft European Closed Beta Tests began. It was a long time ago, and a lot has changed. But all the other Beta Testers will agree with me, that although World of Warcraft has grown to heights never thought possible with an MMO, it still retains the same thrill all Blizzard games have. Even one year from the 'launch', World of Warcraft is showing no signs of slowing down. Congratulations to us, the players, who are the real 'makers' of games. Three cheers for everyone. Oh, and happy Peon Day ya'll! Test Realm V1.8.0 The test realm is up once again. Everyone get testing. The patch notes(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html) detail all changes, but they can be altered at any time, be wary. Apart from the Silithus change, we feel a Disturbance at the Great Trees(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p8/fourdragons/fourdragons If you made your account before October 2nd, and you haven't changed your password since October 16th(Um, yea), then you are eligible to play on the test realm. Go here now: http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/character-copy.html [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:22:39 Temporary Search Feature Better than nothing. The search function may be broken, but here's a temporary fix. You can use google. Search for site:forums-en.wow-europe.com inurl:wow-general-en Anvilbeard and it will find pages in the general forum that contain the word Anvilbeard. Change Anvilbeard to the word you want to search for and general to the forum you want to search in. Remember that normal google codes work, for example you can put double quotes "Around a phrase" to search for that exact phrase. Forum Watch Eye Spi What is your favourite PvE enemy? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Remember, if ya need help - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Who is the l33test boss - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=38 The You Ess Eh Infiltrated Priority Debuffs are almost fixed - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=509 Racials are being looked at - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=499 On that subject - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=498 Other News Blah Silithus/Silithid Wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper48.html Blizzcon has some juicy prizes - http://www.blizzcon.com/prizes.shtml Get your google homepage set up - http://www.google.com/ig [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:25:32 Now with more cheesy opening lines What - Why When Everyone's favorite pile of mud returns! Today is the grand opening(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56 Deathwing (PvP) --> Twisting Nether (PvP) Ravencrest (PvP) --> Twisting Nether (PvP) Bladefist (PvP) --> Genjuros (PvP) Crushridge (PvP) --> Genjuros (PvP) Burning Blade (PvP) --> Balnazzar (PvP) Skullcrusher (PvP) --> Balnazzar (PvP) Thundgot wholeheartedly begs(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56 TechLead brings us a message(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56
Expansion at Blizzcon Fr33 tckets plx For those of you lucky enough to be heading to Blizzcon, you have an extra treat. The expansion to World of Warcraft will be PLAYABLE. That means it's time to either break in the day before, or sleep outside, if you want to get a go. On top of that you will get a beta pass to an 'unnamed blizzard game'. Definitely a good enough reason to fly to America. Remember the good old days? Warcraft 2, 3 and Frozen Throne, Starcraft and Brood War, Diablo 1, 2 and LoD. "10.7.05" said the mysterious words, adorned on the face of various Blizzard characters from all the most recent games(W3:TFT, SC:BW, D2 LoD). The O rly? bird followed, along with his NO WAIII!!! friend. All fans of the old games took this as an omen of a big announcement, and stayed up aaaaall night to wait for the day to begin.... Of course, I'm talking about battle.net(http://www.battle.net), one of the leading online gaming services in the world. And late on that fated day, we saw what we had been waiting for, and sighed. Battle.net had a new suped up homepage(http://www.battle.net/index.shtml#welcome). Flash, animations, familiar easter eggs, the normal Blizzard sight. Most people were dissapointed, but at least the old days haven't died yet. [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:26:21 One for the record books Rejoice! You know that WW rocks, as good as me. The problem is that most of the old WWs have vanished of the face of the forums, horror! Well, me and Aeus were talking about this, and this(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-blizzard-archive-en Forum Watch Don't drag your heels Sexiest Male And Female, Cast Your Votes! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=57 Zomg. Best... Dings... Ever!!!! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Scared, eh? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56 The You Ess Eh The female spybots now look like nude Night Elves. To better Infiltrate the US, of course... Eyonix clarifies the Trial Account information - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=515 They have some problems with the Faire, and don't get an RP reason, boooo - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=522 Blizzard breaks forum rules. Oh, and no pictures of Hyaj - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=517 Other News Included, but not limited to, are pictures of ugly people I laugh at. 'An Orc' - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper49.html Blizzcon tickets are sold out - https://www.rcsreg2.com/~rcsreg2c/blizzcon2005/ga/top.html Don't worry though, WoW radio are going too! - http://www.wcradio.com/blizzcon/ [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:30:26 What - Why - When You did what!? The migration continues. From today until friday, from 03:00 to 15:00 CEST each day, you will be able to migrate. There's been some delays(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=57 Twilight's Hammer <PvP> –> Neptulon <PvP> Stormreaver <PvP> –> Balnazzar <PvP> And after that, it's onto Phase 4(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 Al'Akir <PvP> –> TBA <PvP> Shattered Hand <PvP> –> TBA <PvP> For those who missed the Ravencrest to Twisting Nether migrations, there is new hope(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 Ravencrest <PvP> –> Twisting Nether <PvP> Unfortunately, for those who missed other migrations or want different ones, there will be no individual migrations. Thundgot explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 Were your professions missed out of the Darkmoon Faire turn-in quests? Well, they won't be added(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=57 There's some more High Latency, mostly on the newer realms. The panda begs(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-server-statu Patching, 1 8 0 8/10 patches done! Patch 1.8.0 is now out. There are alot of new features to check out, including some big dragons, a big revamp for Silithus, and moreeee. Some of the big ones can be seen here(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/implemented/1p8.html) Patch Notes(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-180.html) Warning Gamer Robinson Alert! Here are some nice tips from tha Blizz team to help you avoid losing your account to hackers: • Never give out your account name and password (To anyone. That includes friends and family) • Only download add-ons from reputable sites (Such as http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php or http://ui.worldofwar.net/ - And even then you have to be careful) • Never download an add-on that requires you to run an executable (.exe) file (Addons should just be a folder that you can drop in your WoW/Interface/AddOns directory) • Always keep your firewall up-to-date and running • Always keep your anti-virus(anti-malware) programs up-to-date and run them frequently • Never use a power-leveling or gold buying service (Not only is this against the ToU and will get you banned, but they will have your password!) • Frequently change your password and use both alphabetic and numeric characters (There are some good random password generators out there, but remember not to lose it!) Forum Watch Out Of Linen OT forum has a sticky. The 5317th sigh of the apocalypse - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= New races revealed. Can't wait for the lore - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 He finally chose a t-shirt, hurrah - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 The You Ess Eh Buff FSBs Warriors got bugged again, and a free respec - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=526 It's not an exploit. All casters are ghosts - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=523 Outdated BG items aren't completely worthless - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=525 Other News It's Different Have a tour of Zul'Gurub - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/pc/ZulGurub_E Blizzcon AB tournament, and merchendise - http://www.blizzcon.com/battleground-rules.shtml - http://www.blizzcon.com/merchandise.shtml Nelf boobies. Nice staff too - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper50.html Life on GM island, where it's summer all year! - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/recruitment/gm-island.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:38:59 What - Why - When Ghastly! Lag Issues? What Lag Issues? Vaneras is talking(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=58 That's a hot fix! Aeus informs(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=59 Thundgot is collecting(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-tech-support Hallow's End When the decorations of Hallow's End light up Azeroth's cities, you know there's mischief afoot! Hallow's End is upon us! Go trick or treating or apple bobbing at the inns, admire the pumpkins and stock up on rare candy! Spend the Hallowed Month is style. Help Deathcaller Yanka(Horde) or Sergeant Harman(Alliance) keep the enemy out of their holiday affairs. Twenty gold to the first person to get a screenshot of someone wearing the Anvilbeard Hallow's End Mask! Character Migration Phaser Fourer This week, until Friday, you can migrate from the following realms: Al’Akir <PvP> –> Balnazzar <PvP> Shattered Hand <PvP> –> Genjuros <PvP> Keep an eye on the migration thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&a Zandalar Trolls with added pjumykuib The Zandalarians(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/zandalar/index.html) were the earliest known trolls. The first tribe from which all other tribes originated. Looking to defeat Hakkar? These friendly trolls will assist you in the nicest way possible, by poking you with their horns. New InternalFace Wowzer! On our homepage(http://www.wow-europe.com), our traditional hyper-linking sidebar has been vanquished! But not by the clone of the US sidebar. Instead, we have our very own interactive one, which is much better! Tell Aeus(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=59 Forum Watch Mine is two minutes fast. Jokes! About WoW? I feel dirty. - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=59 Remove DKs, Raiding Towns? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Constructive Mage Discussion? Neva! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=59 What is your forum popularity? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= The You Ess Eh FSB, the best money can buy Why did you delete my fake expansion thread? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=540 US has lag too! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=543 Lore - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=508 Teamspeak for Mac is out - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=544 Other News Never again! Seems familiar... Wallpaper - http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper51.html Blizzcon is almost here! Contests and $!$%tails - http://www.blizzcon.com/news.shtml#38 Warcraft comics archive - http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/community/comics.html Google is not evil - http://www.google.com Happy Hallow's End! |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:40:05 Special. Why? We don't know. Greetings from Mar Sara(http://www.BlizzCon.com/images/greetings-from-mar-sara.jpg)! What - Why - When Aeus has been conducting a one man investigation of the lag issues plaguing the EU realms. After the revelation that there may be more lag at peak times, the investigation is chuggin' along nicely. The investigation (Updated Today: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=61 Aeus reminds(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=60 Vaneras asks(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=60 Migration News Character migration has been temporarily disabled. Because of this, Phase Four will probably(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=60 Al'Akir <PvP> --> Balnazzar <PvP> Shattered Hand <PvP> --> Genjuros <PvP> Phase Five has been postponed(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=60 Kor'gall <PvP> --> TBA <PvP> Zenedar <PvP> --> TBA <PvP> Two for the price of One On patches. Patch 1.8.1 fixes fonts, a UI error message wrapping bug, Per Character saved variables(for non-English character names), the tooltip fir Lightforged Blade(Minimum level 47, Bind on acquire), geometry exploits in Arathi Basin, and allows players to turn in their old Battleground victory tokens, for the new Marks of Honor implemented in the 1.8.0 patch(These exchange quests are available on the new Horde Warbringers and Alliance Brigadier Generals, respectively) The controversial Patch 1.8.2 fixes a problem with the German Client, which caused the game to crash with loot roll messages. This patch is known to cause problems with EU players(illegally) using the US game, because the Patch is EU compatible only(See What - Why - When). Hallow's End Contests We have contests, Hurrah! But we only have Monday and Tuesday to enter them. There is a Screenshot Contest, which involves you traveling to enemy territory in a clever disguise(E.G. Hallow's End mask/costume) and snappy a screeny. The other contest is a recipe contest! Think up a cool Hallow's End recipe for an item, using reagents or items currently found in the world. I entered this one. Read the main contest page(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/halloween-contests/index.html) and the rules(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/halloween-contest.html) for more information. Enter quickly! You can be one of the 8 players to win a World of Warcraft t-shirt and a World of Warcraft baseball cap (worth approximately € 40, tax included) Pre-Order! Already? Oh Em Gee. Bezt gaem evar! Latency, Patches, Ninjas, Gankers et cetera. Ever wished you could play offline? Now you can! I proudly present, the D&D destroyer, the M&M muncher, the IANAA ice-breaker, the KISS king, World of Warcraft: The Bored Game! Now available for pre-order. Get your order in now(http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/worldofwarcraft_preorder.html) and receive a limited edition character model and Lordaeron map completely free of charge! Did I just advertise a board game based on a RPG video game? I feel dirty, and not Christina Aguilera dirty either *shudder* Forum Watch Archimonde was a tree-hugger rumor confirmed - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=60 Filming a WoW movie, step by step - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=61 Erm... IMBA? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=61 The You Ess Eh Vote Starcraft! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=549 "Warriors are only as good as their healers." - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=547 The grass is greenerer on the other side - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=555 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:40:28 Other News C B LO Previous Episodes http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-blizzard-archive-en Sorry ta keep ya'll waiting :) BlizzCon Last week was the first ever Blizzard Convention(BlizzCon) Thousands of Blizzard fans, players of Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo, attended. Panels, contests, demos, concerts and more awaited them. Contests: Dancing(http://www.wowguru.com/movies/BlizzCon-dance-contest-id107/http://www. Costume(http://80.75.65.69/BlizzCon6.zip) Original Song(http://80.75.65.69/BlizzCon4.zip) Pictures can be found on the official BlizzCon site(http://www.BlizzCon.com/imageviewer.shtml?http://www.BlizzCon.com/phot Tournament Results: Starcraft(http://www.BlizzCon.com/brackets-starcraft.shtml) Warcraft(http://www.BlizzCon.com/brackets-warcraft.shtml) Articles on the event can be found here: Gamespy(http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/662/662528p1.html) GameSpot(http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraftexp1/news.html?sid=61368 GameSpot(http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136853.html) IGN(http://pc.ign.com/articles/662/662143p1.html) 1UP(http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145157&did=1) 1UP(http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145155) GamePro(http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/previews/49472.shtml) Attendees received the coveted BlizzCon 'Goody Bag' containing BlizzCon playing cards, a souvenir show guide, a BlizzCon T-shirt, A Murloc in-game pet, a Beta-Test for an upcoming Blizzard game and much more! BlizzCon babes(Courtesy of Wcradio): http://wcradio.com/images/blizzcon/babes/blizzcon2005-babes-3524.jpg http://wcradio.com/images/blizzcon/babes/blizzcon2005-babes-3527.jpg http://wcradio.com/images/blizzcon/babes/blizzcon2005-babes-3629.jpg The Burning Crusade What you've all been waiting for. The World of Warcraft expansion has been confirmed! Facts: *The game is called "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" - The Burning Crusade refers to the Burning Legion(Demons) efforts to kill everyone. *The level cap will be raised to 70 - Just raising the level cap would be stupid, so don't underestimate Blizzard. Appropriate game changes will be made to make this work. *The new horde race is Blood Elves, and their starting zone is Quel'Thalas - The Blood Elves went to the Horde to ask for help getting to the Outland(see below) because the Alliance distrust them. *A new continent is available: Outland - For those who don't know, this is reachable through the Dark Portal, and is where Illidan lives. Flying mounts can only be used here. *New profession: JewelCrafting - Probably for making jewels to put in socketed items. What is the Alliance race? We don't know. Simple. Of course, it's rumored to be Draeni, Pandaran, Murlocs and even weirder! The level cap is being raised. This will not 'destroy' talents, raids, et cetera. Appropriate game changes will be made. Talents will be added, new 50-60 skills will be added, new instances will be added, but not just for high level players. Life begins at level 1, not 60. Read the official site(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/index.html) for more information. A trailer can be downloaded for PC(http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/pc/WOWEx_Bliz Sprawl over at IGN has posted a great article(http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Columns.Detail&id=125) about BlizzCon and the expansion! If you have any questions about the expansion, post them here, or email me(Tapotski@gmail.com) Happy Hallow's End! [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 10:41:27 Brought to you by the bringers of Warcraft Weekly What - Why - When Thundgot explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=62 Personally I haven't got the ranking page to work ever. But there have been more problems recently that Aeus is campaigning(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=62 Aeus has compiled the two Trojan stickies into one bite-size thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=62 Migration Update Just before I posted this, Thundy has retaliated against Aeus' attack on the sticky count with two updates to the migration. Phase 4(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=63 Al'Akir (PvP) --> Balnazzar (PvP) Shattered Hand (PvP) --> Genjuros (PvP) Phase 5(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=63 Kor'gall (PvP) --> TBA (PvP) Zenedar (PvP) --> TBa (PvP) Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. Hot Hot Hot Fix The Druid spell 'rejuvenation' has been hotfixed. Previously, the spell was affected by talents lost during the talent reset, giving Druids an extra 15% effectiveness to their spell. If you had the Improved Rejuvenation talent before the 1.8 reset, then your rejuvenation amount will be reduced, whether or not you have the talent now. Naming and Shaming: Exceptions Vaneras has heard your input in his Naming and Shaming thread, and has replied(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=61 • A person named and shamed in-game can defend themselves on the forum in a thread in their realm forum. Accusers can post evidence in that thread. • A person can create a thread in their realm forum accusing someone. They must provide evidence. They cannot show the name of the accused in the thread or in the evidence. Players can message the accuser in-game for the name. Got any more suggestions? Post em! Forum Watch I voted for this song to win the contest. It's Jexz with LFG UBRS - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=54 Filming a WoW movie. I got this thread recognition last week, and now it's stickied. More updates to come - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general-en&T=61 Extensive FAQ on 1.9+ and the Expansion *Stickied* - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=61 The You Ess Eh Learn to assist nub - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=557 Raptors are capitalists FACT - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=566 EU WW > US WW : FACT - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=563 Other News Blizzcon may be over, but blizzcon.com sure isn't - http://www.blizzcon.com/ Mages FTW indeed. Busty human shield - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper52.html {1. LookingForJob} {Aeus}: WorldofWar.net and Wcradio are recruiting, send PM- http://www.worldofwar.net/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid1131050217, |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:00:47 Now viewable in Interweb Expilortre v1.7 What - Why - When 9/11 - Terms Of Use Violations. Vaneras has posted(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=63 The next wave of scams are here, this time sporting the official email template. Thundgot gives(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=64 Note to possible residents of Executus: It is a migration realm(See Migration Update). Thundgot advises(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&a Migration Update The migration continues(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=63 Kor'gall <PvP> --> Executus <PvP> Zenedar <PvP> --> Executus <PvP> Executus is a brand new migration realm. More realms may migrate to it in the future, so expect a lot of higher level action. The migration will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) from Monday to Friday. They are having some technical problems today, so it will be from Tuesday instead. Remember to migrate as soon as you can, the migration can close at any time! New Data Center Oh, and new realms too! A new data center has been brought online, hurrah! Accompanied comes a range of new realms! • Khadgar <PvE> • Bronzebeard <PvE> • Chromaggus <PvP> • Dentarg <PvP> (Undead Mage!) • Moonglade <RP> These new realms should have an improved connection, and are fresh realms. They are low populated too, but no-where near empty Patch 1.9 Patchnotes? Nah, but we have some key features! The Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj is a 20 man raid dungeon, and the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj is a 40 man raid dungeon. A realm specific world event will trigger the open these instances. Ironforge and Orgrimmar have been long overpopulated. This change will stop this. New Auction houses in all capitals(http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Some battlegrounds take ages to finish, so you can watch the WSG queue go down and down, while the AB queue is not even moving! With this new feature, you can enter both queues(http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Paladins are getting massive talent changes to all trees and more! Talent Calculator will be up in a while. Many high level class armor sets are being overhauled completely! Here are a few concepts: Judgement Set (Paladin) - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Ten Storms Set (Shaman) - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Dragonstalker Set (Hunter) - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Bloodfang Set (Rogue) - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:01:09 New Faction Pages Who are the Argent Dawn? What is the Thorium Brotherhood? Where is the Darkmoon Faire? All these questions will be answered on the new faction pages for those three elusive Crime Fighting teams. • Argent Dawn : http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/argent/index.html • The Thorium Brotherhood : http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/thorium/index.html • Darkmoon Faire : http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/darkmoon/index.html • The Zandalar Tribe : http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/zandalar/index.html • Battleground Factions : http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/index.html#battlegro Read up on these strange fellows, for you will certainly encounter them at some point in the game! Concerns about what? Updated list of completed Concern Threads by Class: Hunter: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-hunter-en&t=559 Druid: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-druid-en&t=4506 Mage: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-mage-en&t=72658 Warlock: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-warlock-en&t=84 Paladin: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-paladin-en&t=47 Open Concerns: Priest (Open) : http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-priest-en&t=470 Forum Watch The thin red line - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=55 Operation KaL (Anvilbeard does not condone the CCing of Lowbies, but he does find it extremely amusing) - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=64 PK Realms, What and Who - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=62 The You Ess Eh Possibly one of the funniest US threads evar - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=576 Most Valuable Gnome Program - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=574 Low Realm Pop Sucks - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=571 Other News Receive a Recruit A Friend Email? Don't know what to do with it? - http://www.wow-europe.com/recruitafriend/faq.html Tauren Racial Shield - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper53.html They're taking the Murlocs to Creature Labs! - http://www.wowinterface.com/index.php?section=zeta Fastest Guns >new< Posting 'First', '2nd' et cetera, not only wastes time, but also space for other valid comments. This has become increasingly annoying over the WWs, until now. From now on, the first 20 posters will be immortalized in the next WW under this section title. There's a catch though. Posts must be valid constructive attempts at discussion. This is not a thread to post random words, or groundless insults/praises. Like the WW? Say why instead of posting "WW PWnS LOL". Don't like me? Say why instead of posting "LOL JU SUX". Find a specific topic interesting? Say why instead of posting "LOL RELM TING COOL". Want to have my babies? That doesn't need an explanation. I know these are generalizations, but I hope this will encourage the correct sort of behavior. Have a good week! [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:01:59 Delivered door to door with lalol What - Why - When Vaneras has posted(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=65 'Naming and Shaming' is accusing another player of Ninja-Looting(Taking loot that they should not have), scamming, cheating et cetera. Now, there are only two types of thread that are allowed. • If a player is being named and shamed in-game they may create a thread to defend themselves. In this thread, others can freely post claims and evidence pointing to guilt or innocence. • If a player wishes to accuse another, then they may create a thread and post evidence(Screenshots/Video) in it. The post and the evidence must not contain the name of the accused. Anyone wishing to know the name must contact the accuser in-game. These threads should be posted in the appropriate realm forum. This policy protects the innocent from being falsely accused, while allowing the guilty to be exposed. Patch 1.8.3 has introduced a new program, called the WoW Launcher. It is basically a program that 'launches' World of Warcraft. First, it shows a page with news and links on it, then you can press play to continue to WoW. This will help players who do not regularly check the website. It also scans your computer for viruses and cheats. If a cheat it found, the game will warn you without sending any information to Blizzard, allowing you to delete the file and play safely. Remember, the scan is not definite, and may not find all viruses and cheats on your system. In-game scans will find cheats, and that information will be transmitted, so it's a good idea to get rid of them. If you wish to bypass the launcher for any reason, simply change the location of your shortcut to WoW.exe instead of Launcher.exe View the official page(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/misc/launcher.html) and the FAQ(http://faq.wow-europe.com/en/article.php?id=883) for more information. The War of the Shifting Sands The gates of Ahn'Qiraj will soon open, and the war with the Qiraji will resume(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p9/ahnqiraj/shiftingsands. Parental Miscontrol Kids beware, should you parents find out about this you will be in for a scare. WoW now has parental controls(http://worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/parental-control-faq-small.html). The account owner can now set a parental control password and use it to create a schedule for playtime. Got homework at 5? There'll be no games for you then. The parental control system is separate from normal account management, so will not affect gameplay unless the parental controller wills it. Hour blocks can be set up for 'Accessible' or 'Inaccessible' game time. Regular breaks can be forced in between. There are also some presets to choose from, such as evenings and weekends. New armor models? Gief plx! Warrior: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Druid: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Rogue: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Paladin: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Mage: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Priest: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Hunter: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Shaman: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main Warlock: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/underdev/patch1p9/main [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:02:20 New Realm Forums Having trouble locating the new realm forums? Here they are! Bronzebeard: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-bronzebeard-en Chromaggus: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-chromaggus-en Dentarg: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-dentarg-en Executus: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-executus-en Khadgar: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-khadgar-en Moonglade: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-realm-moonglade-en There are still some problems posting with characters on the new realms, but that should be fixed soonish. Forum Watch Almost there. A list of to-do items for WoW's development - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=65 Keep joking around! As long as it's WoW related - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=59 Spamtacular. OT forum is dead - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= The You Ess Eh Alliance race hint revealed - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=563 Resists and Survivability. A mage's tale - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-mage&t=502900 The racial abilities are to be improved - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=574 Other News Own the official Ahn'Qiraj wallpaper now! - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper54.html Screenshot of the day - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/screenshots/screens.html Wired Web Maazine - http://www.wired.com/ Fastest Guns Last weeks fastest guns: Kawaii, Jushak, Tehwarrior, Foleor, Deathbringer, Olorin, Vidarelf, Rosara, Ironstrong, Tampler, Killah, Bobos, Highlander, Rhaegar, Cassiun, Cuthroat, Silvertale, Mirilon, Genex and Hexax Posting 'First', '2nd' et cetera, not only wastes time, but also space for other valid comments. This has become increasingly annoying over the WWs, until now. The first 20 posters will be immortalized in the next WW under this section title. There's a catch though. Posts must be valid constructive attempts at discussion. This is not a thread to post random words, or groundless insults/praises. Like the WW? Say why instead of posting "WW PWnS LOL". Don't like me? Say why instead of posting "LOL JU SUX". Find a specific topic interesting? Say why instead of posting "LOL RELM TING COOL". Want to have my babies? That doesn't need an explanation. I know these are generalizations, but I hope this will encourage the correct sort of behavior. Have a good week! [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:09:06 It's like CNN, just completely different. And we got orcs. What - Why - When Pretty large armor changes coming up in 1.9 to tier 1/2 class set drops from Molten Core, Blackwing Lair and Onyxia's Lair. The changes effect set bonuses on the following sets: Arcanist, Netherwind, Transcendence, Felheart, Nemesis, Cenarion, Stormrage, Bloodfang, Giantstalker, Dragonstalker, Ten Storms, Lawbringer and Judgement. You can see the list with the changes in Thundy's thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=66 A few technical hiccups last week. On wednesday(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=66 Thungot has announced(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=66 Migration Update Phase 6(of more) is ready. It starts today and lasts to(and includes) Fryday. The migration realms are as follows: Dragonmaw <PvP> --> Executus <PvP> Dunemaul <PvP> --> Executus <PvP> Silvermoon <Normal> --> Kul Tiras !NEW! <Normal> Emerald Dream <Normal> --> Kul Tiras !NEW! <Normal> More migrations are to come! Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. The Ninth Point It's Patch Notes day! That's righto folks, we have the official PTR patch notes for ya. These are not the final patch notes, they can be changed at any time, but they give the major details and a good idea about how the patch is going to go. Patch Notes(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html) Too Long - Didn't Read? Here are some digestible bullet points(Some of the importanter ones) for those hard of reading: • The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Two new raid dungeons! • Linked Auction Houses - In every capital city(and neutrals)! • Multiple Battlegrounds Queues - Be in three queues at once! • Soul Shard Bags - Specifically for shards! • Raid Calendar System - New lock-out times! • Civilians that assist non-civilians have been fixed! • Aspect of the Pack/Cheetah no longer affected by DoT • Paladin Changes - Biiiig list. They get a free respec! • Shaman get a new threat reducing totem! • Racial Traits reworked! • New tier 2 class set art! • Can disenchant to create 'Nexus Crystals"! • Timbermaw Hold Faction revamped! • Noxxion(Maraudon) is now social and will bring friends! • Guild UI has been improved heavily! • Add-ons, Macros and Keybindings can be saved on a per-char basis! • Confirmation window on Master Looted Epic+ items! • No more walking up cliffs and through doors! • Nida Winterhoof in Thunder Bluff now sells Flowers for the sensitive Horde player! • Chests in Maraudon have been disabled for good. This digest only shows a orderless collection of some of the true patch notes. Please read the linked page(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html) for the well formatted others. [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:15:14 Test Realm Open Did you like the look of the yummy patch notes? Too bad. Still another couple of weeks till the patch. But do not fret, for the PTR is open for business! The Public Test Realm allows you to test out the smashing new content before it is released to the commoners. You will be able to check the new areas for bugs, and, failing that, be running around as a cool Level 60. All previous copied characters have been deleted, and the previous test clients will not work. Copy a character to the Test Realm on this page(http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/character-copy.html), which may be a little busy, understandably. Download the Test Realm Patch for the: PC(http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/downloads/files/pc/WoW-1.8.3.4 During the first week of testing, only players who created their accounts before November 8 will be able to login to the public test realms. Any problems? Read the fabulous FAQ(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/ptr/index.html)! On His Own Both Vaneras(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=66 Forum Watch What is the extra disk for? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=67 She got the lag - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=67 Are we really that dumb? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=67 The You Ess Eh Explanation on Raid Reset changes - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=589 More water for mages! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-mage&t=533815 World events. Updated! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=591 Other News NEW ALLIANCE RACE REVEALEDOMG!!one!11!11 - http://ki7.us/wbkzb/ Preview of the WoW bored game - http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/worldofwarcraft_preview11.html Parental Controls EU support page - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/parentalcontrols.html Fastest Guns Last weeks fastest guns: Toldo, Araj, Kahlan, Kawaii, Limbeck, Tokar, Nia, Zaran, Rosara, Koishi, Blandur, Tersar, Varul, Aoe, Silvertale, Goosen, Trigen, Genex, Khadan and Doorknob. Posting 'First', '2nd' et cetera, not only wastes time, but also space for other valid comments. This has become increasingly annoying over the WWs, until now. The first 20 posters will be immortalized in the next WW under this section title. There's a catch though. Posts must be valid constructive attempts at discussion. This is not a thread to post random words, or groundless insults/praises. Like the WW? Say why instead of posting "WW PWnS LOL". Don't like me? Say why instead of posting "LOL JU SUX". Find a specific topic interesting? Say why instead of posting "LOL RELM TING COOL". Want to have my babies? That doesn't need an explanation. Note: Posting 'first page', '19th unique poster' etc, even as part of a valid post, excludes you :) I know these are generalizations, but I hope this will encourage the correct sort of behavior. Have a good week! [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:17:14 Frog Blast the Vent Core! What - Why - When Cheaters. Every game has them. Luckily, Blizzard are keeping their numbers low by perma-banning their asses back to EQ. Over 2500 have been banned in the past weeks, and it won't stop there. Watch the policies(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/legal/), otherwise you might be next. If you suspect someone is breaking the policies, report them in-game by clicking the red ? button on the panel bar and contacting a Game Master. If you have been banned, and you seriously have not cheated(even unbeknownst to you), then contact the Account Review team(WoWAccountReviewEU@blizzard.com) now. Read Thundy's post(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-blizzard-archive-en Did I hear you say 'Compensation'? Good. Last week during maintenance, a network issue was detected, and caused issues on 20 realms, and delayed the maintenance. The (English) realms affected are Balnazzar, Bloodfeather, Darksorrow, Defias Brotherhood, Frostwhisper, Genjuros, Haumarush, Hellscream, Kor’gall, Laughing Skull, Lightning’s Blade, Magtheridon, Neptulon, Nordrassil, Ragnaros, Sylvanas, The Maelstrom, The Venture Co., Twisting Nether and Vashj. This time, coupled with the sincere apology, is one full day of compensation to everyone who had a playable character on the above realms. Read Aeus' post(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-blizzard-archive-en Migration Update Phase 7 begins today. It started today and will continue until(and including) Friday. You can only migrate between 03:00 and 15:00 CET (GMT/UTC +1) each day, and migration may not be up on wednesday due to maintenance. Migrate fast! You never know when the migration may be stopped suddenly for technical reasons, or if you are unavailable that day. The realms this week are all migrating to new realms, hurrah! Here they are: Bloodscalp <PvP> --> Trollbane ¡NEW! <PvP> Burning Blade <PvP> -->Trollbane ¡NEW! <PvP> Daggerspine <PvP> --> Mazrigos ¡NEW! <PvP> Stormreaver <PvP> --> Mazrigos ¡NEW! <PvP> Rebating Most of you should have received an email from Blizzard by now. "It's Christmastime" It's not a scam, it is really from Blizzard. Are you trying to get your friend hooked on WoW? Well, the game isn't free ya know. But this is a great way to take a chunk out of the price-tag. If you buy the game between November 23rd and February 15th, you are eligible to receive a £13 rebate! Simply click the link in your email, print off a coupon, add your bank details to it, and post it to Blizzard with a receipt(Proof of Purchase) - and you will receive a £13 rebate via Direct Deposit. Tis the season eh lads? Anvil's UI Recently a friend convinced me to corrupt my game with AddOns. Problem was, I liked it. So now I'm an AddOn nut, adding and replacing AddOns all the time. For the curious few, here's a list of what I've got running, a brief description about what it does and a link. Answering Machine - Shows all missed tells when you get back from AFK - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1583 Atlas - Get lost in an instance? Atlas will save you. Good instance maps with bosses highlighted - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=539 AuraAspects (Hunter) - Uses the Aura bar to hold your aspects. Great room saver - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=6 ChatClear - Adds a simple command in the chat window menu to clear it all - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2431 ChatTime - Adds a Time Stamp to all chat messages. Very useful for determining how long ago you received a message, or for identifying chat spoofers - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1106 Chronos - Function library for time based addons - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=594 CleanChat - Great chat organization tool. Color names according to class, social status et cetera, and remove unwanted channel names - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2029 CleanMinimap - Choose the position of the minimap buttons around it, and choose whether to show various things - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1521 Clock - What's the time Mr. AddOn? Now you now. Small clock with experience tooltip - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=128 cMinimapCoordinates - Shows the coordinates on the minimap, instead of just on the main map - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1306 Confab - Introduces options for the chat line box. Undock it and change length simply - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=912 Dismount - Automatically dismount at the flight master - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1099 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:18:22 EmptyLootGone - Automatically closes empty looting windows - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1188 Gypsy_PartyFrame and Gypsy_PlayerFrame - Adds alternate frames to players and party members. I get a small error with this, but it looks great - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=136 HideArt - Hide the art and xp bar at the bottom of the screen. Doesn't look any better, but gives you more room - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=754 Jotter-K - Write a diary, or just keep notes. This is a great AddOn which allows you to write 254 pages of text per character. Includes a bookmark feature - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=323 LootLink - Searchable database of items you encounter - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=130 MetaMap - Various map options - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2742 MoneyDisplay - Nice money window without having to open your backpack - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1075 MoveAnything - Just that, move any Interface objects anywhere you want. Great AddOn for creating your own unique setup - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=601 QuestLevels - Adds the level of the quest to the quest log - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=769 QuestTextFade_Bda - Neither a slow quest text fade, or instant. Smooth text fading for the avid quester - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2196 ReagentData - Function Library for tradeskill AddOns - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=851 ScrollingCombatText - Nice text above your head of damage and abilities used - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=222 Slash_GM , Slash_SS and SlashRL - Gives simple slash commands for the Game Master petition window, screenshots and reloadui features, respectively - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1030 , http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1865 and http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=766 Speed - How fast are you going? % of normal speed window - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2467 SystemMessageControlTool - Which system messages go where. Decide with this AddOn - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2719 WoWWiki : EU Forums Who am I? Who was Wormsborough? What is the O Rly bird? These questions and more can be answered at the new EU Forums Wiki Page(http://www.wowwiki.com/EU_forums) at WoWWiki! Started by Patrigan, it now contains even more info on all your favorite posts. If you know something you don't see there, then register with WoWWiki and edit the page! It's a community project, help out :) Forum Watch Gamon's grand day out! See it here - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=68 When did you first die? - https://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=6 Kicked for not using AddOns? Wierd - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=68 The You Ess Eh One CM has fallen - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=607 Why Cliff Walking is wrong - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=602 Look at the gnome's hat. And the PTR bugs - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-realm-test&t= Other News Buy the Atlas. We order you - http://www.bradygames.com/title/0744004411 Hallow's End Contest Winners - http://wow-europe.com/en/contests/halloween-contests/hallowsend-contes Vaneras has been captured by the danes! - http://www.wowi.dk/news.php?extend.63 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:19:40 Thumbs of steel What - Why - When Coming with the 1.8.4 patch(see below) was a nasty little rule. "No Mark of Honor for losing before 10 minutes of a Battleground." It was a mistake, I kid ye not. Aeus describes(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=69 Thundgot has answered(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=69 Migration Update Thundgot has released(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=69 This week it's Phase 8! It started today and will continue until(and including) Friday. You can only migrate between 03:00 and 15:00 CET (GMT/UTC +1) each day, and migration may not be up on wednesday due to maintenance. Migrate fast! You never know when the migration may be stopped suddenly for technical reasons, or if you are unavailable that day. Phase 8: Deathwing <PvP> --> Talnivarr ¡NEW! <PvP> Stormscale <PvP> --> Talnivarr ¡NEW! <PvP> Bladefist <PvP> --> Emeriss ¡NEW! <PvP> Kor'gall <PvP> --> Emeriss ¡NEW! <PvP> We don't have all the info on Phase 9, but we do know the realms that are migrating. Phase 9 starts next monday and will continue until(and including) Friday. Phase 9: Crushridge <PvP> --> Unknown ¡NEW! <PvP> Skullcrusher <PvP> --> Unknown ¡NEW! <PvP> Burning Legion <PvP> --> Unknown ¡NEW! <PvP> Ravencrest <PvP> --> Unknown ¡NEW! <PvP> <class> nerfed Patch 1.8.4 has been released. You can find the patch notes here(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-180.html), but disregard the Battlegrounds change, as it was deleted in a hotfix. Most of the patch prepares the world for the Feast of Winter Veil, with some quest/item fixes. Also, preparation for the next content patch has begun. The Christmas decorations should be up this week, hopefully. Make a Furbolg Your Friend! Those adventurers, who seek out Timbermaw Hold and prove themselves to be friends of this shamanistic tribe of Furbolgs, can learn from them the ways of crafting powerful armor and the secrets of their healing talismans. Hugs on request. The Timbermaw Hold faction(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/timbermaw/index.html Paladin V2.000001 As we all know, in Patch 1.9 the Paladin class will be buffed to some kind of super pally. The whole of Azeroth lies in wait for their appearance, knowing not whether to fear them, or laugh at them. Luckily, we can have a pretty good look in the new talent calculator(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p9/paladin/talents.html) preview for the Paladins from the future. Take a peak there, and decide for yourselves! Hug a blankety blank Last week, the English and their allies attacked(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= Eventually, we made headway into the Germans OT forum, hugging all opposition, even the German CMs fell. Aeus put down the English flag(http://forums-de.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-de&t= Forum Watch Anvilcraft? FTW! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=70 Blizzard are fairies - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=70 Whoever bumps this thread will die - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=53 The You Ess Eh I'd dye my armour pink - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=612 Int to crit (Boring Math) - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=614 The age old question - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=620 Other News 100 needles wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper55.html WoW the role playing game. Let me be GM - http://shop.blizzard.com/?=#r4 Get FireFox or lose - http://www.mozilla.com [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 11:20:42 C=2E(L+1)/(R*G)+MH-5 What - Why - When If you're planning on migration, please read Aeus' thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 The US has coined(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=625 The Q&A about the expansion and future patches(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 Migration Update Phase 9(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 It starts tomorrow(Tuesday. It was delayed) and will continue until(and including) Friday. You can only migrate between 03:00 and 15:00 CET (GMT/UTC +1) each day, and migration may not be up on wednesday due to maintenance. Migrate fast! You never know when the migration may be stopped suddenly for technical reasons, or if you are unavailable that day. Phase 9: Skullcrusher <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> Warsong <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> Crushridge <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Shattered Hand <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Burning Legion <PvP> --> Drak'thul ¡NEW! <PvP> Ravencrest <PvP> --> Drak'thul ¡NEW! <PvP> Feast of Winter Veil The later seasons of Azeroth are marked as a time of change in many cultures. The Dwarves and the Tauren especially look to a legend of the coming Winter Veil - the blanketing of the land in snow, thus heralding a time of renewal - as a time for celebration. Merry FoWV to you all! We have a special page(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/winterveil/index.html) dedicated to this special holiday. Look out for the great new seasonal quests and items. Snowball fight! The term "Winter Veil" is said to stem from a supernatural being referred in many cultures to as Greatfather Winter. As he would walk the land late in the seasons, winter itself would be his billowing cloak. In his wake was the blanketing of the land in snow, and thus it is said that Greatfather Winter would cast his wintry veil over the land. Though parts of Azeroth may lie in snow, it gives the land time for rebirth and renewal. Don't Forget - Anvilbeard's Egg Nog recipe! http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= Muzack Returns - With Dancing Ogres! This(http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/sound-window.html) has to be the best media player ever. Almost all the music from Warcraft 2 to WoW in an easily accessible window. Luverly stuff. My favorites are StormWind, Christmas 2004, The Calm, Carrion Waves, Doomhammer Legacy and Intro Warcraft 2. What're yours? Pity there are no L60ETC songs, but meh. Realm Forums If you've migrated recently, it's always good to be friendly with your new community. Select your realm from this(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/realmforums.shtml) list and start chatting with your friends, and enemies. make sure you read the rules! Newest realm forums: Forum Watch Ultimate Guide on "How to kill a rabbit" - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 Kawaii compiles the Alliance Race candidates - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=68 Another discussion on Need before Greed etiquette - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 The You Ess Eh Beyond 60 - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=627 So.... what does a CM do? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=625 Honor System = Skill? No? Revamp needed - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=614 Other News Tirismal Glades wallpaper - http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper56.html New Arathi Basin gameplay movie - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/movies.html Major quote database - http://www.quotationspage.com/ [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:21:50 a.k.a. Warcraft Weekly – Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to you! What - Why - When Vaneras has kindly posted an extract(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 Both Vaneras and Teleios manage to spell Nefarian incorrectly. What is in the game for level 60+? Well, a lot, but there is more on the way, and you won't have to wait for the expansion either. Vaneras has posted a mighty message(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 Before Thundgot vanished, he left an explanation(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 He still recommends the current recommended realms for new players, as they still have room for more. New RP and R-PvP realms are unlikely. Whether a new realm will be opened at Christmas is unknown, because although there may be an influx of players, many will choose to join a realm with their friends on. Migration Update A new compilation sticky has been created by Aeus containing all the information about migrations. Check it(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=72 There is, however, no migration this week. But look in the sticky for the January Migration plan. Merry Feast of Winter Veil! Today is the day, people all over Azeroth will be waking up to a feast worthy of a Dwarf. But let's not let the modern interpretation of this Holiday cloud the true purpose. Gifts and Feasts aside, the Feast of Winter Veil marks the blanketing of the land in snow, thus heralding a time of rebirth and renewal. Though the Dwarves and Tauren especially look to the legend, other races are happy to celebrate with them. Failing that, I, and Greatfather Winter(The harbringer of commercial exploit rather than the supernatural titan), wish you a very Merry Feast of Winter Veil! Flintlocke(http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/678/678094p1.html) and some random children(http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper57.html) agree. Reading Materials, for the Gnome who has it all Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a Game Master? Well now you can find out! Read this page(http://wow-europe.com/en/support/gm-article.html) to learn about the mysterious ways of the sacred few support professionals who climb the ranks to obtain the legendary Game Master status. Once you've played the game long enough, you will find a bunch of great storylines all over the place! What you might not know, is that the roots of them go quite a way back, even to before the creation of Azeroth! Read the tomes of knowledge(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/story/) to gain insight to this great story of the Warcraft Universe. Banned Camp Over 18,000 accounts have been banned in the US. The banned accounts were using Third Party Programs or were trading gold for real money. Most of the banned accounts were reported by players, so for all the cynics: Crime doesn't pay. If you suspect someone of cheating, report them and a Game Master will launch an investigation. All Alone - Part 2 This time it is Aeus' turn to hold the fort. Thundy and Vaneras have fled North for the Winter, leaving poor Aeus in control of the community. Vaneras tells(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=72 Forum Watch What is the dumbest message you ever received, except for this one? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=67 Hogger's grand day out! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&a All the Com Reps have had their images stolen - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=72 The You Ess Eh Warriors should not be nerfed - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=637 +spell damage is death - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=637 Are the Undead really evil? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=636 Other News Honor Rankings are fixed! - http://wow-europe.com/pvp/index.html Class Guides - http://worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/classlinks.html The downloads section has been updated - http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/ |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:24:06 This episode is dedicated to Slanik, who I almost killed(Sorry about that). Slanik hosts the Vendor Trash show on WoW Radio every Friday. http://www.wcradio.com What - Why - When Concerning Speculation, Aeus has posted a thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=74 In other news: [Q u o t e] The new race is Anvilbeard clones. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/586301p1.html C0NFURMD [/quote] The Game Masters experienced 'Technical Difficulties' on New Year's day. Gamemaster explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=74 Migration Update There will be no migration this week. The realm numbers will be analysed and depending on their status there will probably be migrations next week. There should be an announcement mid-week. Read the Migration Sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=72 New Year Happy new year! It's 2006 and we have another fruitful year ahead of all of us, except the wacko's that think the world is going to end this year. If you were in-game on the night, you would have seen a spectacular fireworks show, drank a few gallons of Potent Potables and kissed a cute reveler. Whatever you did, I hope you had a great time. I know I did ;) Happy New Year! http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/basics/events/newyear/ Comp-e-tit-ion There's only a week left until the Christmas Decoration Contest(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/christmas/index.html) ends. You can win up to 6 months of free game time! The xfire contest is now working(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=73 Norkov - Kor'gall Forum Watch New realms. A comment, or two - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=74 Did you buy some runecloth on the Skullcrusher realm on the AH for 166g? Contact his guy. - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-realm-skullcrusher- Where would you live in Azeroth? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=74 The You Ess Eh Tseric kicks ass. Best US thread in a while(Read all blue posts) - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=646 A Hidden Room!!! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=648 Various blue posts in the 60+(Casual vs Hardcore) discussion: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=624 http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=624 http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=623 http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=624 Other News Shameless plug number 2 - http://www.wcradio.com/ It's the Ultimate Showdown! - http://t!!*%zoid.hostdime.com/lemondemon/The%20Ultimate%20Showdown%20 (The above link should be http://t r a p e z o i d etc.) Moo! A new wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper58.html [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:26:45 In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. What - Why - When Please don't submit inappropriate tickets! Gnorog explains(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=75 Having problems adding game time to your account? It's a known bug, as confirmed by Thundgot(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Migration Update We have a big update for you today! Blizzard have decided to continue the migration program, and we have the schedule for January, haxored. Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! Also, the migration may be closed on wednesdays due to the extra load on the servers after maintenance. The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. Phase 10 will be from January 9th to January 13th: Argent Dawn <RP> --> Steamwheedle Cartel !NEW! <RP> Earthen Ring <RP> --> Steamwheedle Cartel !NEW! <RP> Zenedar <PvP> --> Drak'thul <PvP> Shadow Moon <PvP> --> Drak'thul <PvP> These migrations are not definite yet. Phase 11 will run from January 20th to January 21st, and is a rerun of the December 5th-9th 2005 that had some bugs: Bloodscalp <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Burning Blade <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Daggerspine <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Stormreaver <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> These migrations are not definite yet. Phase 11 will run from January 23rd to January 24th, and is a rerun of the December 12th-16th 2005 that had some bugs: Deathwing <PvP> --> Talnivarr <PvP> Stormscale <PvP> --> Talnivarr <PvP> Bladefist <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> Kor'gall <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> FAQ on Character migration: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/charactermove.html Another Patch Bites the Dust! Last wednesday Patch 1.9.0 was implemented. Whoohoo! Here are some of the main points to keep you away from the whole patch notes(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/patch-190.html) for a while: Molten Core: Resets every 7 Days during weekly maintenance. Blackwing Lair: Resets every 7 Days during weekly maintenance. Onyxia: Resets every 5 Days. Zul'Gurub: Resets every 3 Days. Temple of Ahn’Qiraj (40-man): Resets every 7 Days during weekly maintenance. Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj (20-man): Resets every 3 Days. All resets will occur at off-peak times. Raid Calender: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/raidcalendar/index.html The current list of Patch 1.9 Issues is now up(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=75 Having problems with the Blizzard Downloader? Nefari has posted a thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=75 New Realms Two new realms have been ninja-added(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=75 Quel'Thalas <Normal> Ahn'Qiraj <PvP> Server Changes Some of the game servers have been under scrutiny recently, and for good cause. Luckily, Blizzard are making some changes.
The realms that will be receiving the hardware upgrade(EU_GB) are: Earthen Ring Ravencrest Runetotem Shadow Moon Shadowsong Shattered Hand Silvermoon Skullcrusher Spinebreaker Stormrage Stormreaver Stormscale Terenas Thunderhorn Turalyon Good for them! But what about the other realms, you say? Well, the short term changes mentioned above are being implemented as we speak. Firstly, all realms on affected data centres have been tagged 'Full'. Secondly(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Agamaggan Aggramar Al'Akir Arathor Argent Dawn Aszune Azjol-Nerub Bladefist Bloodhoof Bloodscalp Burning Blade Burning Legion Crushridge Daggerspine Deathwing Doomhammer Draenor Dragonblight Dragonmaw Dunemaul Emerald Dream Sunstrider Twilight's Hammer Warsong Zenedar There was a thirdly(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 This is a good step in the direction of better servers. Props to Blizz, but there is still more work needed to be done. Forums V2 The plans for Forums V2 are under way. All the features missed in V1 should make an appearance. Do you have any suggestions for the Forums? A feature, Bug Fix, or similar? Then check out my sticky in the suggestion forum and add your items to the growing list! http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-suggestion-en&t Forum Watch Are healers that superior? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 The Deserter Debuff Discussion, enter if you dare - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 What would you do if you found an [EPIC]? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 The You Ess Eh Trolling is now illegal! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=659 Define your role through effort, nub - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=635 What 'will' Americans do? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=658 Other News Organize your raids with the help of this great raid calendar - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/raidcalendar/index.html Undead racial wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper59.html Official War Supplies page - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/wareffort/servers.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:28:38 Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. What - Why - When Data centres are back online! The transfer has finished and all seems to be okay, if not even better with less load on the backend systems. Thundy elaborates(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=77 Remember, character creation is still blocked(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Agamaggan Aggramar Al'Akir Arathor Argent Dawn Aszune Azjol-Nerub Bladefist Bloodhoof Bloodscalp Burning Blade Burning Legion Crushridge Daggerspine Deathwing Doomhammer Draenor Dragonblight Dragonmaw Dunemaul Earthen Ring Emerald Dream Ravencrest Runetotem Shadow Moon Shadowsong Shattered Hand Silvermoon Skullcrusher Spinebreaker Stormrage Stormreaver Stormscale Sunstrider Terenas Thunderhorn Twilight's Hammer Turalyon Warsong Zenedar Migration Update Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! Also, the migration may be closed on wednesdays due to the extra load on the servers after maintenance. The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. Phase 11 will run from January 16th to January 17th, and is a rerun of the December 5th-9th 2005 that had some bugs: Bloodscalp <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Burning Blade <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Daggerspine <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Stormreaver <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> It will be rerun again on January 23rd (and possibly 24th) for those that missed it or received errors. Thus migration is not definite yet. Phase 12 will run from January 23rd to January 24th, and is a rerun of the December 12th-16th 2005 that had some bugs: Deathwing <PvP> --> Talnivarr <PvP> Stormscale <PvP> --> Talnivarr <PvP> Bladefist <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> Kor'gall <PvP> --> Emeriss <PvP> FAQ on Character migration: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/charactermove.html Kommunities are fun! The WoW-EU community has been buffed! We now have our own special community page(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/) linking to all the speshul areas of the site that we hang out in, and also adds some new features. The links go to: The Forums - Self Explanatory - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/ Community News Archive - Missed a Community/Forum Watch recently? Find them with ease in the archives - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/news2006.html Screenshot of the Day - "Archive of Awesomeness" - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/screenshots/screens.html Fan Sites - Browse all the great EU fansites - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/links/fansites.html Contests - Win Big, Win Fast - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/contests.html Fan Art - Now EU specific, a fan art directory! Lurverly - http://www.blizzard.co.uk/inblizz/fanart/ Christmas come late Christmas has come and gone, but the christmas spirit is for life! Get into it right now... by getting Blizz to give you 20€ now! Remember that email you got last year from Blizzard? Well, I hope you haven't deleted it. If you've bought a copy of WoW for a friend, relative, or yourself(Don't lie, I know it wasn't Santa), you can fill in the coupon linked in the email and send it away. Wait a few weeks, and suddenly 20€ will appear, just like magic(No mages were harmed in the conju... erm, production, of this money) FAQ(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/rebate.html) you! But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts(Where you probably linked to here from *blushes*)? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Forum Watch Devilsaur has a day out - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=78 Bored? Not for long - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&t= Censorship, zamg! - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=77 The You Ess Eh OOC Rezzing is dead - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=30 RPer Concerns - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=657 Tseric is on a rampage - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=643 Other News Sylvanas Wallpaper, noice - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper60.html The WoW Radio forums(Home of Madal) are back online - http://www.wcradio.com/forums/ Submit your fan art here - http://www.blizzard.co.uk/inblizz/fanart/rules.shtml |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:30:27 There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on! What - Why - When Slugs, tails and puppy dog's snails, that's what cheaters are made of. Luckily, WoW now contains five thousand less of them(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=79 Some faulty hardware has been discovered by the commando hamster squad and stealth fix0red(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=79 Technical issues struck once more(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=78 Migration Update Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! Also, the migration may be closed on wednesdays due to the extra load on the servers after maintenance. The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. Last week's disaster is being rerun from January 23rd to January 24th(Also a rerun of the December 5th-9th 2005 that had some bugs) Bloodscalp <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Burning Blade <PvP> --> Trollbane <PvP> Daggerspine <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Stormreaver <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Phase 11 runs from January 26th to February 3rd, and will relieve some of the pressure on Crushridge: Crushridge <PvP> --> TBA !NEW! <PvP> Ravencrest <PvP> --> TBA(same as above) !NEW! <PvP> FAQ on Character migration: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/charactermove.html New Realms! Yarrr, we have been blessed with two new English realms(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=79 The realms are: Xavius <PvP> Scarshield Legion <RP PvP> For the lore junkies, Xavius(http://www.wowwiki.com/Xavius) was a Night Elf who assisted the Burning Legion in the first invasion. The Scarshield Legion is a group of orcs that reside in UBRS. Thanks A Million Since we in Europe are a tight-knit bunch, what does 5 Million worldwide players mean to us? What we want to know is how many people are playing our game, with us. Well whup-de-do, we have a benchmark. WoW EU has hit a massive One Million Paying Customers! People with expired/cancelled subscriptions or on a free trial are not counted either, so it looks like we may be looking at over a million players actually playing the game. How much does that rock, eh? Read the press release(http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/060119.shtml) The Round Table of Silithus The Cenarion Circle(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/cenarion/) is recruiting able bodied men and women to fight the Qiraji and push them back off our turf, and eventually off the face of Azeroth! If you aren't in it this for fame, glory and unconditional love from NE gals, then they have one more thing to give you: Phat Lewt(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/cenarion/rewards.html)! Anvil's UI This feature was surprisingly popular last time, although it was just a space filler, so here we have it again. The mods that I use, and a link/explanation. And guess what, I finally managed to compress a screenshot enough to display my sexy hunter(Current Main) in all his glory. Some I am still using from the last feature, so you may notice similarities(Okay, you got me, I didn't bother to rewrite explanations) Aimed Shot Alert (Hunter) - When my Aimed Shot finally Crit, I get a nice confirmation - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2782 Answering Machine - Shows all missed tells when you get back from AFK - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1583 All In One Inventory - One big bag, instead of many - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=117 AntiDaze (Hunter) - Disables Aspect of Cheater/Pack when hit - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1500 Atlas - Get lost in an instance? Atlas will save you. Good instance maps with bosses highlighted - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=539 AuraAspects (Hunter) - Uses the Aura bar to hold your aspects. Great room saver - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=6 Beastmaster (Hunter) - Sorts pet abilities in the list - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2154 CallToArms - A great LFG AddOn. Fight groups faster and better - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1440 CastingBar - Smoother casting bar - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=726 CastTime - Adds time to casting bar(Needs to be reconfigured to work with the above mod) - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=632 ChatClear - Adds a simple command in the chat window menu to clear it all - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2431 ChatLink - Allows item linking in private channels - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=896 ChatTimeStamp - Adds a Time Stamp to all chat messages. Very useful for determining how long ago you received a message, or for identifying chat spoofers - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1106 CleanChat - Great chat organization tool. Color names according to class, social status et cetera, and remove unwanted channel names - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2029 CleanMinimap - Choose the position of the minimap buttons around it, and choose whether to show various things - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1521 Clock - What's the time Mr. AddOn? Now you now. Small clock with experience tooltip - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=128 cMinimapCoordinates - Shows the coordinates on the minimap, instead of just on the main map - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1306 Confab - Introduces options for the chat line box. Undock it and change length simply - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=912 ImprovedErrorFrame - Gets rid of the annoying red errors - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=170 DiivSkins - Great skins for bars etc. Simple to set up and use - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1298 EmptyLootGone - Automatically closes empty looting windows - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1188 FastQuest - Improves quest UI - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=812 Gypsy Unit Bars - Adds alternate frames to players and party members - http://gypsymod.the-mad.net/?id=download Jotter-K - Write a diary, or just keep notes. This is a great AddOn which allows you to write 254 pages of text per character. Includes a bookmark feature - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=323 LootLink - Searchable database of items you encounter - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=130 MoneyDisplay - Nice money window without having to open your backpack - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1075 MoveAnything - Just that, move any Interface objects anywhere you want. Great AddOn for creating your own unique setup - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=601 MyTarget - Keeps your target so you don't accidentally click off it, or be feared/poly'd off it - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2179 PetXPBar (Hunter) - Gives improved info on Pet Status - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=422 RedOut - Reds out skills that are out of range - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=472 ScrollingCombatText - Nice text above your head of damage and abilities used - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=222 Slash_GM , Slash_SS and SlashRL - Gives simple slash commands for the Game Master petition window, screenshots and reloadui features, respectively - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1030 , http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=1865 and http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=766 TheoryCraft - Enhanced ability info - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=3031 ToolTipPlacer - Manually place the tooltip and lock it - http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=105 Screeny: http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7224/ssanvilbeard10ii.jpg [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:33:25 The TASG-Friendly publication What - Why - When To continue the great improvements in performance on most realms, two data centres are receiving(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 The following realms will be down for an extended time for the February 1st maintenance: Neptulon, Twisting Nether, Ragnaros, The Maelstrom, Sylvanas, Vashj, Bloodfeather, Darksorrow, Frostwhisper, Kor'gall, Defias Brotherhood, The Venture Co., Lightning's Blade and Haomarush. The following realms will be down for an extended time for the February 8th maintenance: Runetotem, Shadowsong, Silvermoon, Stormrage, Terenas, Thunderhorn, Turalyon, Ravencrest, Shadow Moon, Shattered Hand, Skullcrusher, Spinebreaker, Stormreaver, Stormscale, Earthen Ring, Genjuros, Balnazzar, Nordrassil, Hellscream, Laughing Skull, Magtheridon and Quel'Thalas. Thundy has posted(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 Last week the following realms were opened again: Earthen Ring, Ravencrest, Runetotem, Shadow Moon, Shadowsong, Shattered Hand, Silvermoon, Skullcrusher, Spinebreaker, Stormrage, Stormreaver, Stormscale, Terenas, Thunderhorn and Turalyon. We will get an update this week on the progress of these closed realms: Agamaggan, Aggramar, Al'Akir, Arathor, Argent Dawn, Aszune, Azjol-Nerub, Bladefist, Bloodhoof, Bloodscalp, Burning Blade, Burning Legion, Crushridge, Daggerspine, Deathwing, Doomhammer, Draenor, Dragonblight, Dragonmaw, Dunemaul, Emerald Dream, Sunstrider, Twilight's Hammer, Warsong and Zenedar. Migration Update There is no migration currently planned. If there was, this post(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 Watch this space! And yes, combined with my illness(Damned flu) and lack of news this week, this really doesn't help my words per episode count. Although by writing this I'm bumping it back up, so it won't stop for a while. Let's see, the weather forecast for the Hinterlands tomorrow is about 20 Azerothian Degrees during the morning, where there will be a cloudy sky and some mist, improving to a warm 26AD in the afternoon, with some small occurrences of troll raids around the low pressure system coming in from the west. Still here? You win a cookie flavored pie. Ahn'Qiraj War Effort Progress
How is your realm doing? Check out the rankings(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/wareffort/servers.html Three realms have already finished collecting the resources, and a fourth is very close. Hurry and you might get your realm a place in the record books. Got some screenshots related to the Ahn'Qiraj event? Thundgot demands(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 If you are too impatient, and would rather let somebody else do all the work, then I don't like you. Nevertheless, here(http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wareffort/medivh/) are some awesome screenshots from the main event on the US realm 'Medivh' - The first to finish. Let's get Festive! The beast of Omen was once a hero of this world. A wolf of great strength and fortune, Omen fought beside the heroes of the War of the Ancients until he succumbed to demonic magics. Turning against his allies, he raged across Azeroth and carried death and terror in his wake. Finally defeated in Moonglade, Omen now sleeps among the silt of Lake Elune'ara. But each new year, during the festival, he stirs... The Lunar Festival(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/lunarfestival/index.ht A night of fighting Omen, honoring the Elders, firing fireworks at goblins and flirting with revelers awaits! Elder Coin Walkthrough: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 Database - Guild With Blizzard EU being uberly secret with the database feature, we can only theorise what it could involve. Luckily, Thundy(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 If you want your guild in on the action, and let's face it who doesn't, submit it via the community webform(https://wow-europe.com/community/webform/index.html) containing the following information: Guild Name Website URL Realm Name Faction Approximate No. of Members (Accounts, not characters) Guild Focus (Raid, PvP, RP, Gnome Squishing, etc) But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Forum Watch Evil Incarnate for the whole family - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=81 Tigole Speaks - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 Schwick's FAQ about the future - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 The You Ess Eh Tigole meant well - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=687 Eyonix: "Priests have no use as of now" - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=675 It's the barrens fotoshop challenge! Sponsored by the fat elf in the corner - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=664 Other News World Events List - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/worldevents.html Warlocks are opening the dark portal! (Wallpaper) - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper62.html What a nice pond (Wallpaper) - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper60.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:34:58 22g of fat per 100 words What - Why - When Good news for players not playing on the same language realm as their client. Aeus goes on to explain(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=81 Vaneras brings more news(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=81 Migration Update There is no migration currently planned. If there was, this post(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=80 Watch this space! The weather forecast for Northrend tomorrow is about -36 Azerothian Degrees during the morning. The temperature will continue to decrease throughout the day to a low point of -49AD in the afternoon, with minor scourge attacks around the low pressure system coming in from the west. Still here? You win a cookie flavored pie again. So you want a casually obtained max-level class-specific 4-rare 4-epic set with soloable pieces reward from a quest line? Ah, it seems Aeus has posted(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=81 In Patch 1.10 a new quest chain will be implemented for maximum level players for "really good" class-specific armor sets. But wait, this time it's for non-raiders(AKA Casuals, AKA Softcores, AKA Lazy) and some parts(An epic included) can be soloed! In the same post, our little green friend reveals that some existing dungeons are being re-itemized and given new bosses. [EPIC] indeed. Karazhan Between Duskwood and the Swamp of Sorrows lies the desolate region of Deadwind Pass, where jagged, brooding spires of granite loom over petrified, lifeless forests. As its name suggests, it is a land devoid of life. But it was not always so... Karazhan, tower of Medivh(the last guardian), is set(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/townhall/karazhan.html) to appear in the Burning Crusade as a level 70 raid instance. Expect your money's worth of brand new monsters, items, and fun as you battle through the cursed tower to solve the mysteries of Karazhan and challenge your teamwork. Gadgetzan Times - Episode One Warcraft Weekly's sister publication has been launched! Ignore the egoistic nonsense such as "most informative and entertaining magazine in all of Azerothian history" ;) A purely RP publication with the most evil little creatures at the wheel: Gobbos! The GT will compliment the purely informative WW with a bit of ker-pazzle only possible with goblins. GT Episode 1 Contents: Editor's Letter - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/editorsletter.html Jetsett Spannerwork's Guide to Azeroth - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/jetsett.html Ask Auntie Fizzle - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/auntiefizzle.html Goblin Engineering 101 - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/goblinengineering.html Gnomish Speed Racer - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/speedracer.html A Day in the Life of a Bruiser - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt001/bruiser.html Wether to weather the weather One of the yummy goodies slated for Patch 1.10 is weather effects. These beauties will improve the quality of the environment with minimum impact on frame rate. Of course, if you want to be a spoil sport, there will be an option to turn it off. We have two videos of these effects now in the open. Critique as you will, I think they're lookin' good :) Snow • Mac - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/mac/WOW_Snow_ • PC - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/pc/WOW_Snow_E Rain • Mac - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/mac/WOW_Rain_ • PC - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/pc/WOW_Rain_E But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Forum Watch How to kill warlocks - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=81 What was your first epic drop? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=82 Chuck Norris does PvP - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=82 The You Ess Eh Shoulders are there to stay - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=671 Bank slot confirmation! - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-suggestions&t Design Philosophies remain the same - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=642 Other News Warcraft and Starcraft Tournament Results - http://www.battle.net/tournaments/wwi2006/brackets.shtml Dianius' Guide Collection - http://www.playthingofthegods.com/DianiusGuides/DianiusGuides.htm And... wallpapers! Silithus and Dragon Hunting - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper61.html http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper63.html |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:35:37 The best burgers anywhere What - Why - When Tooltip mixup alert. Vaneras sounds the alarm( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=84 The competitions are underway. Bad news( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=84 The FAQ(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=19 Q: Are you planning on opening any new realms very soon? A: Unless there's a sticky thread about it in the General forum or news about it on the website; no. Q: Why can't players from all countries participate in your contests? A: Unfortunately there are restrictions outside our control that apply to contests of this kind, and we as well as our sponsors have to abide by the laws and regulations of the different countries in Europe. Some restrictions apply due to the value of the prizes, some due to the nature of the contest - wherein the definition of "game of chance" is a tricky one. We do our best to work with (or around) this and adapt our contests to the different regulations, but we will not gamble with the law and must therefore exclude some countries from our contests. We will continue to adapt our contests, gather additional information and look into the fine details of national lottery and contest laws to try include as many countries as possible in the future. My bag has a -300 Ton spell on it Bags are an important part of adventuring. The bigger, the better. How often have you had to get rid of a good item for one only slightly better, or even worse, got rid of one that you thought was worthless, but wasn't? I know it's happened a few times to me. Well, help is at hand for a few causes of limited bag space. First, we have the Soulshard Bags(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-warlock-en&t=15 And we also have Profession Bags(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-tradeskills-en& These bags can only hold what they are designed to hold, e.g soul shards, herbs etc. All these bags will be tailor made, so look out for the recipes soon available at crazy prices on the AH :) I am the Beta and the Omega The world renowned TIC(Custom Interface Toolkit) has been(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-interface-en Try out the Beta now! http://www.digitalexperiments.com/InterfaceAddOnKit.exe There is a mac version in production, but unfortunately it is not yet ready for beta It will be fully released with Patch 1.10. Please give feedback in this thread( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-interface-en And the winner is... Our lore competition is over. Thank you everyone who took part, you know who you are, for the surprisingly large interest in it. The winner is Alex Poulsen. Congratulations! The prize is on it's way to you now, an official 10-Day EU guest pass. Didn't win this time? Don't worry, there will be more competitions soon, with more prizes ;) But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Forum Watch This guy had a big surprise on V-Day - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=84 This is why WoW sucks, obviously... - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=84 Unhappiness leads to PvP - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=84 The You Ess Eh How WoW changed the world - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=719 Now where did I put my keys... - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=716 Moonkin cannot cure poison - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=714 Other News BWL Trailer Mac and PC - http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/downloads/files/mac/Nefarian_ Wallpapers! Moonglade and Druid Forms - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper63.html and http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper65.html F |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:36:12 What - Why - When: Patch 1.10 Due to lack of ANY news this week (/glare TAV), I'm dedicating this column to the Patch 1.10 notes. That's right folks, we have the official class 1.10 notes straight off the press. There is currently no English announcement, but we do have a translation from the Taiwanese forums. You can find the translation here( http://www.partingvisions.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&a I recommend you read the site if you want all the changes. This is just a digest of the main changes. Priesting Didn't see anything about priests above? That's because this is where the holy action be at. First, let's look at the patch changes: Race Abilities: Info on Talent Changes( http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-priest&t=6488 You can find the new talent calculator here(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/1p10/priest/talents.html ), but if you use FireFox, I recommend the US one(http://worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/priests2/talents.html) Glu Murloc origins are shrouded in mystery. This is due not only to the fact that these creatures appeared on Azeroth's shores fairly recently (as far as world history goes, anyway) but also because murlocs shun mortals and rarely, if ever, speak anything but their own garbled language. More Murloc lore has been released(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/story/murlocs.html) for all to see. It documents everything commonly known about the race's history, and goes into a conspiracy about what they are 'invading' for. Several indicators from the murlocs themselves point to the possibility that the fish-men are but worshippers or underlings of perhaps several deep-sea monstrosities that currently lie sleeping, or at least waiting, in the murky fathoms— and even more disturbing, that the murlocs' emergence is an indication of their incipient awakening. This may spell a new area to fight murlocs and their masters, rather than the new Alliance race. Instance is likely, but probably won't be a large raid one. The Informant This is Schwick's new column. Most of you know him as the guy who brought you the 'Info About Expansion +1.10/1.11/..' sticky( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=71 Blizzard finally gave us a word about the legendary "ashbringer". Its not currently ingame, but maybe one day it will. Before they will add it into the game, they will first add a casters legendary. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=725 The next class for buff & nerf is: Mages! Yes, mages will get their turn to be reviewed in Patch 1.11 Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=716 More then 16 debuffs? not going to happen. Apparently they are having technical problems with having more then 16 debuffs at the same time. To compensate, they will add debuff priority. It's still in the works, and is not easy to make, but it will be in a live update sometime. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=725 Another word has fallen about one of the most upcoming wanted item: the keyring. Its still in the works, but alas, they are having problems with them. It will be available in a live update ones they overcome the problem Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=716 The Dwarf Female shoulders are all wrong? Yes, they know. It will be fixed in an upcoming patch (not known which one) Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=723 Blacksmiths will also get some sweet loving in 1.10. What it will be? we don't know :-) Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=721 DotA Much? Before WoW, there was WC3. And on that game a great custom map was created. And it was called: Defense of the Ancients! In memory of this fun game, some of us gamers like to get together every so often and play a few games. Interested in playing with me and other cool people? Check this thread for more info: http://www.wcradio.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=262&st=0 But You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:37:56 Vaneras likes big steamtanks and he cannot lie... What - Why - When First you wanted high-pop realms to be closed, then you wanted them to be open. Well now we have the perfect compromise pour vous. At peak times, when a realm has a queue, the character creation for that realm will be closed for anyone that does not already have a character on that realm. Therefore, if somebody really wanted to create a character on a queued realm, or an alt, they can. But if it's just a random re-roll, it won't be possible. Thundy describes( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=86 Some realms are not showing honour points from the Sunday before last. Aeus tells(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=86 Is your realm performance slowing you down? Good, you deserve it. But worry not, gentle <enter race here>, on help way the is. Currently some new hardware is being tested on the PTR, and by the end of April a new site will be opened with this new hardware installed from the get-go. You never know, some of the older realms may get a buff too later on... Migration Update The migration system is back! Remember that Blizzard can close down or redirect any migration at any time based on the population of the involved realms, so move fast! Also, the migration may be closed on wednesdays due to the extra load on the servers after maintenance. The migrations will be open only between 03:00 and 15:00 CEST (GMT/UTC +2) each day. Phase umpteen runs from March 9th to and including March 10th: Spinebreaker <PvP> --> Mazrigos <PvP> Bladefist <PvP> --> Shadow Moon <PvP> FAQ on Character migration: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/charactermove.html PTR 1.10 The Public Test Realm is now operational. What is a PTR, you ask? It's a realm created specifically for testing a new patch before it is released on the normal realms. You are free to test it if you want, but you will require a special PTR client and some Pre-Made level 60 test characters. Create some test characters and download the client here(http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/en/copy/character-copy.html) if you are interested. Read the FAQ( http://wow-europe.com/en/ptr/) if you're not certain on anything. There are some contests(http://wow-europe.com/en/contests/ptr-contest/ ) on the Test Realms, which will start Tuesday. You could win an expansion beta test! The dungeons are getting revamped in 1.10, as Thundy points out( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=87 The test realm patch notes( http://wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html) are not definately the ones going to be put onto the normal realms after testing. Bugs will be fixed, content will be added, skills will be balanced, et cetera. If you have any questions about the patch notes, post them in my FAQ thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=87 ¿Usted habla español? The spanish reign of terror is over! Or English, whatever way you look at it... Spaniards all over Spain rejoice as a new localized game was announced( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=86 "We look forward to offering Spanish-speaking players in Europe a version of World of Warcraft tailored specifically for them," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "The enthusiasm for the game here has been overwhelming, and we're pleased that this new localized version will make World of Warcraft accessible to an even wider audience." Need more information? Read the flipping FAQ(http://wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/spanish.html), you know you want to. Also available in spanish( http://wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/espanol.html) Guides Galore Are you struggling in modern day Azeroth, with no idea how to l2p your class well? Tough. But if you just want a booster on some great class information from some top notch guides, this( http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/classlinks.html) is the place for you. Oh, and do you see that little box where words come up in, like 'wtf' and 'bbq'? That's the 'chat box' where information is shown and you can chat to other players. Most players know that, but I bet they won't know all the chat customization tips embedded deeply in this guide's( http://worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/chat.html) belleh. [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:38:21 The Informant It costs a lot of work and changing a lot of core work to create new rule sets. It would also increase the chance of bugs landing in new patches. No new rule sets are coming. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=732 Known Warrior issues which the QA team are currently investigating: - Sword Specialization does not proc from a special attack. - Some 'Area of Effect' spells with a specified number of affected targets will sometimes choose a Shaman's totem as one of the targets, (Intimidating Shout, Whirlwind). - The warrior ability Heroic Strike will sometimes show that it is cooling down even when it isn't - Warriors who are forced into Berserker Stance by Nefarian's Warrior class yell (Berserk debuff) do not correctly return to a stance. Planned for a fix in a future content patch: - The warrior ability Retaliation is not properly countering attacks at maximum melee range. - Warrior's Flurry talent does not proc off special attack crits unless it is fully talented. Sweeping strike Working as Intended: - Charges used up with minor damage skills like Hamstring, Pummel (no effects). - Tooltip states, "Next 5 melee attacks will hit an additional target." - Charges used up even if theses attacks hit only one enemy.(If there was an additional target there, it would have been hit.) Issue which the QA team are currently researching: - Sweeping strike: Charge used up when performing Sunder armor Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-warrior&T=842 Currently, there are no plans to make a Linux client. Source: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en&T= WoW's heart lies with the PC, there will be no XBox 360 port. There would also be some hardware problems (keyboard + mouse etc) Source: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=581 Rajax will be fixed Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=39 Blizzard are looking into more Nature Resistance gear for AQ. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=39 We can expect a beta for the expansion Source: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=87 But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 Forum Watch April 1st approaches - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 Why don't spaniards speak english? - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=87 New race, reloaded - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=87 The You Ess Eh The original thread - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=652 Shaman FTD - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-shaman&t=4437 What? You have to pay for upgrades!? - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=739 Other News Wallpapers! Kodo and Maeg - http://worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper65.html and http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper67.html Conte Come, play DotA - http://www.wcradio.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=262 [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
| by Aeus | 28/08/2006 14:43:06 Warcraft Weekly – Thirty One ...you otha dwarfs can't deny... What – Why – When Aeus brings us word(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 ) from Tigole! In Patch 1.10 there will be the 'Final Destination' feature for long adventures. You will only have to choose where to go once, and you will be taken their on one big route, as long as you have it on the flight web. If you have found any bugs on the test realm, post in the linked thread. We also have some information(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 Warcraft Weekly's sister publication comes back for it's second monthly episode. The Gadgetzan Times(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/gadgetzan/gt002) is back, and better than ever. Once again I pray you ignore their funny jokes about it being the 'best', we all know where our loyalties lie, right guys? Guys? Check here( http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 Guild Relations The WoW com team has released(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 ) the Guild Relations Program. Wewt. What is this program you ask? Why, it's salvation for all guilds. You now have the chance to make your guild know. You will receive benefits including: To get invited(Yes, invited. We don't let any old riff raff in) to this exclusive program, you must make a valid contribution to the community. Some tips to get in: http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-guildrelations-en) forum. For more information, check out the FAQ(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/guildrelations.html) The Informant: Yet another word has fallen about outdoor PVP. Besides that they are still working on it, they also said they are paying a lot of attention on PVP in the upcoming expansion Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=39 You using a mouse look mod? Well you can cheer up, in 1.11 a mouse look mode is in the making. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-interface-customi Here's a list of issues that are currently being looked into on the PTR: - Channelled spells that change the camera's Point of View are freezing players in place after the spell ends or is cancelled - Health/Mana don't go down - WOW keeps freezing on me (Mac + Win) - Players are no longer able to turn around while under the effects of an immobilization ability. (Entangling Roots, Frost Nova, etc) - If a Battleground ends while a priest is the Spirit of Redemption he will zone out dead and have to pick up his corpse - Priest's ability Blessed Recovery resets when the priest recieves a critical hit more than once - The Talent Holy Reach has no movement allowance which is inconsistent with other spell allowances - Night Elves have different eyebrows - The Troll racial ability Shadowguard, is not receiving the mana reduction from the Discipline talent Mental Agility - Tier 0.5, killing Lord Valthalak quest is broken - Blocked mod message keeps apearing - Weather effects don't stop accros zones - Spell casting is not interrupted if you jump while rooted. - When a pet does all the damage to a mob a player still receives reputation. - Certain channeled spells are being completely interrupted on any damage. - Using Priest's Mind Control ability on any player/mob will disconnect the Priest from the server. - If a priest Hearthstones or accepts a summon while under the effect of the Levitate spell buff, that character disconnects from the server and is unable to reconnect until the buff fades. - Priest's spell Inner Fire is getting consumed even when all melee/range damage are absorbed by Power Word: Shield. - The Eye of Kilrogg cannot be moved once summoned - Weather effects are not functioning in Darkshore. - If a random suffix item is linked into chat, the player gets disconnected. - Sudden changes in velocity are causing player disconnects. - The Horde version of the new Dungeon Set quest "Anthion's Parting Words" is available to Alliance mages. - Kormok's spawned adds do not despawn after a wipe. - Blinking while controlling a Tonk will disconnect you from the server. - When a tonk is shielded, it still takes damage from the mines. - Players are no longer able to turn around while rooted. - Dismissing a tamed Plague Swine will cause it to lose its Charge (Rank 6) ability. - Priests dying while in ghost form will trigger Spirit of Redemption and lose control of the character after the buff runs out. - Damage from wands will consume Inner Fire charges. - Druids no longer lose movement impairing debuffs like improved wing clip/improved hamstring/crippling poison after shapeshifting. - Priests in Spirit of Redemption form are unable to cast Renew Rank 1 and Prayer of Healing Rank 2. - The Warlock pet Succubus will auto-cast Seduction on enemies with damage over time effects on them. - The rested indicator is displaying on the reputation bar. - There are several mobs falling through the world in Ashenvale. Here's a list of issues that are currently flagged as fixed for the next PTR: - Eyes of the beast breaks instantly - the Soulforge Gauntlets are to high level - 2 <br/> <br/> bug (interface) - Game locks up when using the boat/zepplin/elevators - Weather + Windows mode disables weather Here's a list of things that are listed "working as intended" on the PTR: - Traps can been seen (by all classes, traps in stealth) - Use Holy Shock with Divine Favor - Remorseless attacks doesn't work on "grey" mobs anymore - Blue quests (repeatable quests) don't give any gold (when being L60) - When using "RegisterForSave()" it gives me a " SavedVariables.lua isn't loading" - Applying Poisen on daggers while stealth But who watches the watcher? You know that weekly post on the front page about the best of the best forum posts? Well, now is your chance to nominate a post for 7 days of fame on it. When you see a really really really really really really good post, post a link to it in this thread(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=76 ) and watch the magic happen as you have the chance to make your nomination famous! How am I driving? We have just hit 35 issues(Including the special editions) and still going strong. But no matter how well we think we do, there is always room for improvement. For a moment, push back the urge to have my babies, and rip the WW into shreds. We are taking any and all constructive criticism from our readers. Have something to say? Something to ask? Something to talk about? Mail me: Tapotski@gmail.com and help make us the best us we can be. Forum Watch Schwick, author of the Informant, is back with his compilation thread - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 Warcraft booooks? Get em while they're luke warm - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=88 Help the Famous Last Words thread have it's last words - http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=56 The You Ess Eh When you can't do Y to get Z, just do a X - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-guild-relations&a Stacking trinkets is a no no - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=730 Info on 1.10 raid changes - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-guild-relations&a Other News EU event calender, very useful - http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/calendar.html AQ mooovie - http://wow-europe.com/en/downloads/index.html New TBC wallpaper - http://wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/wallpapers.html [ Post edited by Aeus ] |
by Vaneras | 05/12/2006 19:22:45 - “This is the world we live in and these are the hands we're given. Use them and let's start trying to make it a place worth living in.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Nothing to report :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Greetings, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When It’s been a couple of weeks since South Park: Make love not WOW has been aired. The makers, South Park Studios, sat down with Machinima and held an interview. Really cool details can be read how they made the episode. Link: http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=459 Loads of bans are being reported by various people. However, some people blame Blizzard for banning people using Cedega (a Linux emulator program). Blizzard investigated the case and said this isn’t the case. Blizzard does NOT ban people for using Cedega (although Linux is not a supported operating system). Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47009071 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/83668953.htm 2 Months left? Burning Crusade you say? A new preview page has been uploaded by Blizzard. This time it’s a summary of all things coming in the expansion. It contains some new eye candy but nothing much new news. Check it out anyways. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/burningcrusade/index.html Ommra updated her PVP FAQ for the expansion. That’s not all she did, she also answered a few most asked questions. Be sure to read it! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/82099871.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/82099907.htm Kalgan was nice enough to answer a few Mage questions. Mages, go read it! Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/84418659.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47160568 Hunter’s pets received normalized attack speed. This to remove the need to get certain pets for attack speed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46949911 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83668461.htm 40 debuffs for the expansion is still on schedule. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46948158 People who are planning on buying the expansion need to lookout for their language. If you buy TBC you will need to buy the same language version as the original World of Warcraft client. Language packs don’t count as original client!. The only exception are the Spanish players. They can buy the Spanish client if they bought the English client. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83668585.htm Battlegrounds will be a no-fly zone. So you can’t use flying mounts in the battlegrounds. Not even in the Eye of the Storm. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47136895 The same rules in Outland apply in the Eye of the Storm. If you fall of the edge, your corpse will return on the edge of the cliff. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46947335 Falling off Outland will result in 10% durability loss (if it's not caused by a player). Like any other death. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46947335 Warriors want to know how to calculate their rage regeneration? Be sure to check out the link. Link: http://www.blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/83678537.htm For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12851751&sid=1&am The Informant There are plans to improve the Totem UI so that it wouldn't take up 4 inventory slots. However, these are plans. Meaning it won’t happen anytime soon. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83668508.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46948185 The Beta Informant Eager to try out the flying mount? Well you can now. A temporarily flying mount vendor has been pleased in Honor Hold and Thrallmar. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1256392.ht The Heroic difficulty setting for Hellfire Citadel is almost done. The difficulty setting is finally hard enough. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1256370.ht Karazhan is finally open. A temporarily vendor has been places within Shattrath to get the key. Either that, or do the key quest. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1255532.ht A friendly request for the beta users not to visit the PTR servers with the beta client. This can cause problems for the PTR servers. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47504872 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83678763.htm A new background downloader test is going on. For more information, check the link. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1254987.ht 2.0.1 PTR 2.0.1 PTR has gone live. 2.0.1 is the preparation patch for the expansion and will patch various tweaks and new models/UIs. To read what the patch change log are, read the link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46947052 Currently there are no plans to support pre-made characters for the PTR. This to test out the PTR more. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47137261 It seems there are some problems with /quit on the PTR. If you use /quit please let the timer run out or relog and let the timer run out. The bug will be fixed in the PTR patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1254917.ht The Arenas are indeed in the PTR. However, you can’t use them in the PTR. However, once 2.0.1 goes final, you can do the Arenas. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/47139939 Some people were worried the “tired” debuff would launch world wide and affect everyone. This however is not the case. The tired debuff is for countries like China/Japan were they got laws against playing a lot. So rest assure, Europe nor America will get this debuff. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/46968652 Having problems with the character copy? Well it seems the server managing this is really busy. Please try to use the character copy on a non-busy hour of the day. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83668582.htm For more frequent asked questions, see http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=82139529&sid=1 Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html No extended-maintenance-announcement for certain realms was a mistake. Aeus explains in the link. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=82139804&pageNo=2 |
| by Vaneras | 05/12/2006 19:23:23 BC Me A Question Mattaro from Boulderfist asked the following:
Yes, you will the 3rd skill level. Cam'Ron from Twisting Nethe asked the following:
Pre-expansion PVP mounts will stay skill 75. After the expansion new PVP mounts will require skill 150. Meaning people who already own a PVP mount, won't require to upgrade to 150. Eldariel from Genjuros asked the following:
No. However, this is still something on the to do list of Blizzard. Seijin from Aggramar asked the following:
Level 65 TERRMITh from Drak'thul asked the following:
No Isabeau from AD asked the following:
I haven't checked if the outdoor bosses have been buffed. I doubt it though. I can tell you however, that there are indeed new outdoor bosses. A new Lord Kazzak can be found in Hellfire. Magnafax from Dreanor asked the following:
I haven't PVP grinded myself yet, nor did I see people with it. However, according to Blizzard each season, there will be ladder systems. The highest will get a special armor. If I'm also not mistaken, you indeed would get a special rank. Zeatrix, from Sylvanas asked the following:
This will be balanced to discourage it. Not to mention +360 experience isn't much in the expansion. Wasdax from Stormrage asked the following:
No. The ranks from AQ can be learnt from the class teachers. Deadwing from Stormscale asked the following:
You will require 2 copies of TBC to upgrade both your accounts. Evarogue from Talnivaar asked the following:
It’s a separate profession. If you going to do Jewelcrafting, then it’s best to pick Mining with it. Darkcaster from Terenas
That’s the way Blizzard described it. So yes. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=84618843&sid=1 BC preview me one more time baby! Please note, this section may contain spoilers. Also notice that all information given are beta material, meaning details and such can change Some stuff Not much this week. So I just did some small things. Socketing an item. http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/UI/?action=view& Did a small dungeon called Ramparts in Hellfire Citadel: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Hellfire%20Citadel/? Here’s the 1st boss: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Hellfire%20Citadel/? 2nd boss: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Hellfire%20Citadel/? Final boss: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Hellfire%20Citadel/? Some people asked me this, so here’s a screenshot of the starting reputation of the Blood Elves and Draenei (L8/L9): http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Draenei/?action=view http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Blood%20Elf/?action= It seems epic mounts have their costs lowered: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a New bag types: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Jewelcrafting scrolls are called Designs: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a 3 new items: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Temporarily flying mount vendor: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Proof guards are now L65: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/General%20screens/?a Finally, here are some skill stats: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Misc/?action=view&am |
| by Vaneras | 05/12/2006 19:24:35 -“Burning oceans, melting faces, melting faces, why?” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Yes, there isn’t much news this week :-) I blame me being sick and the calm before the storm. Anyways, I added 1 new section called “site content”. It will contain new content from sites. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night! Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When If you didn’t know yet or noticed, background downloader is downloading parts of 2.0.1. The reason why the download may seem slow is because this way it won’t affect system performance much. Sources: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=48665276&sid http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87108944&sid=1 Want to know more regarding the Blizzard downloader or 2.0.1 itself, then check out the links. links: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87819106&sid=1 http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=82139529&sid=1 It seems some Cedega users were indeed banned innocently. This was only regarding a specific Cedega version and of course, people who didn’t use bots. The security program from Blizzard has been adjusted to filter out non-bot-Cedega-users. The people who got banned because of this will get some extra playtime credits. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/83668953.htm Blizzard released a small new commercial. Not about the Burning Crusade, but WOW itself. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/85178798.htm Blizzard will be attending Dreamhack this year (again). For more details, check the link. Link: Blizzard at DreamHack! Isn’t it cute… People who met ingame and fell in love. Blizzard dedicated a special section for it. You can read up how it all happened and such. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=86818692&sid=1 http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/wowparents.html New job openings are on the Blizzard recruitment page. Looking for a job? Then be sure to check it out and apply for it! Link: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/jobopp/index.shtml Smells like a Burning Crusade you say? Blizzard updated the official FAQ. Nothing new news so far. Still a nice little read. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/faq.html That’s not all Blizzard updated this week. They also added new eye candy. Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/screenshots.html Atom Link: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?SCID=27&CIID=67480&p=1 New keys are coming in. Also temporarily keys can be stored within the keyring. Like always, the keyring size will increase. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/49447232 http://blue.cardplace.com/cache/wow-general/8885961.htm New and old characters are able to receive the collectors edition pet. Not just new characters. Also, this time, you will receive them in your mailbox. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/48686211 You can chose between 3 ranks in the expansion. No rank, your maximal achieved rank and a special ranks that you get for being exalted with 3 battleground factions. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/49627122 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/49487017 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12851751&sid=1&am 2.0.1 PTR Looking for a 2.0.1 PTR bug list? Then look no more. Arafina from Scarshield Legion made a list of bugs in the current PTR. Be sure to check it out! Link: Buglist of 2.0.1, part 1 (28/11) Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html Som Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=88829296&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 05/12/2006 19:25:06 BC Me A Question Esila from Stormreaver asked the following question
Well, new gear and levelling up will help you achieve to get more stamina. So yes, it’s possible. DcM from Trollbane asked the following question
Yes, everyone will have access to the end-41-talentree. Of course, you will be capped at 51 talent points (unlike the expansion which will give you 61 points). Daridos from Draenor asked the following question
Yes, it’s true. Don’t got any examples, but I know it’s possible. Kroqgar from Ravenchest asked the following question
Currently all specs provide something for the raid. Even BM gives something for the raid now. It all depends on which role you want to provide in the raid. Me from Kilrogg asked the following question
Currently, no. However, there are plans to re-introduce the ranks back. When? No idea, but they are thinking about it. Eldariel from Genjuros asked the following question
No, there is no FP to Outland. However, the LVL 60 elites you speak about, are gone. Meaning you can just walk through the portal without having any mob on you (assuming you stay on the path). Orcslayer from Vashj asked the following question
Yes ShadowRonin from Frostmane asked the following question
Currently in the beta they aren’t added to the PVP-vendor. However, this can still change. Eventually I do think we can get them. Zaorish from Frostwhisper asked the following question
Old quests will stay unharmed. This aspect will stay the same. Not to mention there will be people without the expansion. FeedingTime from Chromaggus asked the following question
There will be no separate servers made for TBC. Meaning you can just play on your current realm. The realm will be mixed with people that have the expansion and those that don’t. magnafax from Dreanor asked the following question
“Past Mount Hyjal” and “Current Mount Hyjal” are both different locations (server wise). Meaning the past one will be open for all (if you have the expansion). The current one will stay untouched and await it’s destiny for another expansion or maybe a future patch. keyne from dentarg asked the following question
Yes, you do require the data from the CD/DVD. However, it is still unknown if it will be possible to download the expansion content (legally). Ramses from Arathor asked the following question
No Eitry from Defias Brotherhood asked the following question
Yes, they will stack. How? Like any other item + enchant will :-) Nyarlathotep from Emeriss asked the following question
No Adrenas from The Venture Co asked the following question
Both actually. There will be a world event (the how and what is unknown). However, if you don’t want to wait for the event to end, then you are freely to enter Outland. Jaroen from Frostwhisper asked the following question
No, it’s a 1-way-portal. There are no permanent portal from a city to Shattrath. Exception is a Mage portal of course. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=88809370&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:32:16 -“One word, a voice unheard. You can change the world with everything I know you're made of. One word, a voice unheard. You can change the world If everyone would stop and listen” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Warcraft Weekly is going Spanish! Sherinda and I agreed that he/she will be allowed to repost Warcraft Weekly on the Spanish forums. Of course he/she will be translating Warcraft Weekly each week and providing feedback on the Spanish forums. Here’s the 1st issue, Warcraft Weekly – Issue Sixty Eight: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89569599&sid=4 Greetings, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Blizzard uploaded a much requested site feature. I’m talking about Census data. Blizzard added a page that shows you information which things are most done. For example most killed by mob, most conjured item etc. Check it out, I’m sure it will give you a couple of laughs. Link/Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/88829773.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/gamestats/index.html It’s been a while since we had a battleplan. Luckily a new version was released this week. This brings us to version 4. Version 4 is about the upcoming expansion & the upcoming patch (2.0.1). Be sure to read the story and get a glimpse of what’s coming. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89609901.htm Always wanted to walk around with a shirt that just says WOW, well Jinx is your store then. They added various new gears and such. Link: http://www.jinx.com/blizzard/holidayrelease.htm Seeing a hardware survey somewhere from Blizzard? Well don’t worry, Blizzard does that sort of thing often. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/88830019.htm No Christmas Burning Crusade you say? An official page has been uploaded containing information about the Arenas. It contains basic stuff like rules, how to play, how to make a team etc. It contains nice information, so I would suggest you read it. Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/arena/index.xml A new week, some new eye candy for the wicked. Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/screenshots.html Ommr Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89459153.htm A little clarification has been posted which dungeons will make the final and which won’t. The only dungeons that won’t make the final of the expansion are the Black Temple and Zul'Aman. These dungeons will be patched in later in live updates. It seems Gruul’s lair will make the expansion after all. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1700281.ht A little reminder that AV will indeed be accessible for L61+. It will however be patched in later. And also a reminder that the brackets are L60-69 & L70. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/49617832 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant Guild banks were originally planned for the Burning Crusade. However, after some while it was planned to push it back to a live update some time after the release of the expansion. So expect it in a live update. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/920214.htm Matching system is also something for the near future. It will not come in 2.0.1 nor the expansion. It will however come in a live update. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89609901.htm The Beta Informant Birds being cubes? Talong king Ikiss to hard? Well just wait a little longer. Birds will be fixed in the next patch and Talong king Ikiss is being looked at. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1590808.ht Blizzard is asking to stress test the LFG/LFM system. For more details check the link. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/51007966 The Arcatraz key quest broken? It’s being looked at. Also only one person in the group needs it. This will be fixed also. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1590747.ht Had some problems with the reputation when doing Sethekk Halls? Well, it’s been hotfixed luckily. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1590860.ht The resevoir key will be in the next patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1590862.ht Tigole had a couple of announcements to make. - Heroic difficulty is currently for Neutral or higher. In live it will be Revered. - More dungeons will get Heroic difficulty. - More fixes incoming. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1520314.ht Heroic difficulty will give reputation in the next patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1700364.ht 2.0.1 pre-release 2.0.1 will indeed have the 40-debuff slots. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/50955989 A little notification that a lot of UI in the background has been changed. Ommra explains it all. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89459532.htm Yes, 2.0.1 (final) will have the beta talent builds and not the current PTR ones. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/50957297 A little note that L60 will only be able to do Skirmish mode in the Arena. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89459110.htm Not only PVP’ers will get a rank above their heads, but also AQ40-first-gong-ringers will get a special title. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/50728069 Vaneras made some announcement about PVP in 2.0.1. Be sure to check it out. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/88829997.htm Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html A little warning that Wednesday will be an extended maintenance day. It will be down from 1AM until 1PM. This is of course, to apply the new upcoming patch (2.0.1). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89460970.htm |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:32:44 BC Me A Question Nethris of Trollbane asked the following:
Don't see why not. Arkenshield of Frostmane asked the following:
Mobs will evade yes. Players, will receive damage. Although, if I'm not mistaken, it can be reported if abused to much. Arkenshield of Frostmane asked the following:
Yes. The Black temple & Zul'Aman. Also there seem to be a couple of mini-Dark-Portals which are closed down and not active. Arkenshield of Frostmane asked the following:
Some zones do, and some don't. Also you can see multiple moons :-) Savior asked the following:
Yes. I've seen cases of 20G quest reward. Begin quests mostly give 2/3G. Medief of Shadow Moon asked the following:
They are talking about providing a download service and be able to buy it online and simply download it. Nothing solid yet though. Shicca of Magtheridon asked the following:
Depends on the realm population. If they think it's needed, they will launch new realms. However, I don't think they will do it right before it goes gold. Flame of Burning Blade asked the following:
I'd say yes. They will indeed require to get riding skills. However ,currently (if I'm not mistaken) you do get the riding skill if you completed the quest. Schniepel of Frostwolf asked the following:
Temporarly portals maybe. Nothing known yet. Aaxc asked the following:
Currently, no. Maybe in the near future they may add something like this. However, the current focus is on new content. Doomhamma, Bloodfeather asked the following:
Yes, you can kee on collecting PVP sets. Also, currently in beta (don't know about PTR) you can enter the barracks without having the ranks. The door is also open. Pinkspear or Darkspear asked the following:
See the BC preview section of WW. Finalstrike asked the following:
According to Blizzard, yes. Lycien of Shadowsong asked the following:
Currently the 25-people instances are limited. It will only be: - Eye of the Storm - Serpentshrine Cavern - Magtheridon's Lair The rest will indeed be patched in later (Gruul's lair, Black temple & Zul'Aman). Sigfrid of The Venture CO asked the following:
Yes. You will see them like any other player. Models from TBC and such will be patched in 2.0.1. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89400773&sid=1 BC preview me one more time baby! Please note, this section may contain spoilers. Also notice that all information given are beta material, meaning details and such can change Mounts Here’s some screens of some mount costs and such. Riding skill 75: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Riding skill 150 (yes new price) (note: This is honoured price): http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Screens of the (epic) flying mounts: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a The costs for riding skill 225: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Costs for riding skill 300: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Final but not least, the mount costs themselves: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Some people asked me what races can ride an Elekk: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a And also the Hawkstrider: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Shadowmoon valley The road towards the Black Temple: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Gate is closed though, and it stay like that for a long while: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Gnomes.. you will find them anywhere: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Infernal invasion going on: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Flying mobs everywhere: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Alliance town: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Some misc screens: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Shadowmoon%20Valley/ Misc Auchindoun outdoor PVP buff: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/PVP/?action=view& Little UI addition. Easier PVP on/off way: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/UI/?action=view& Some people asked me if they could see specific schools of magic spell crit. Yes you can: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/UI/?action=view& Some asked for screens of Velen (Draenei leader): http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Draenei/?action=view Prospecting , an easier way to get gems for jewelcrafting: http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Profession/?action=v |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:33:37 -"Holy jumping weasel critters on a hot cross bun! Look at that!" Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Warcraft Weekly is still looking for writers for the French and German versions of Warcraft Weekly: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89479862&sid=1 Greetings, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Blizzard updated their PVP FAQ to make it compatible for 2.0.1. Be sure to read it if you still got questions about the 2.0.1 PVP. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/honor/honor-system-faq.html Seems the real Leeroy (yes, THE Leeroy) held an interview with GGL. Good times. Link: http://www.ggl.com/leroy.php We are still Burning Crusade you say? Yup, a new week, some new eye candy you can drool over. Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/screenshots.html A little reminder that your character slots on a realm will NOT increase. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54937369 New Mage Conjured Food and Water will be available. New Food level will be available at L70 and Water will be at L65. There will also be a book drop that will take it a rank higher. No numbers are given yet, how much mana and HP it gives. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/13091454.htm Aeus posted a reminder about which language you should buy if you going to get TBC. You need to buy the same language version as the original client (regardless of language pack). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/93930115.htm Yes, you do require WOW if you want to play the Burning Crusade. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54887421 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant Iriel is making a list again, of upcoming UI changes. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54916062 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: SOON The Beta Informant The Heroic difficulty will receive some changes. A badge will be added to the end boss and the item level rewards will be higher. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1650224.ht Tempest Keep reputation will be added in the next beta patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1700527.ht Be quick if you still want the Karazhan (Heroic) key from the vendor, cause in the next patch it will be removed. In the next patch you either need the reputation or do the quest. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1800619.ht 2.0.1 Aftermath The much awaited pre-expansion patch (2.0.1) was finally released previous week. To read what was implemented, read the link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/implemented/2p01.html Co - Prevent players from disconnecting in battlegrounds - Patchwerk received a hot-fix to prevent him hitting you for 9/10K Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54977382 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52827556 Slouken released the new Interface Addon Kit for version 2.0.1. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52717004 Hunter’s Wyvern Sting not resetting when activating Readiness, is a bug. Also Hunter’s laying a freeze trap and keep auto attacking, is also a bug. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54916842 Yes, if you didn’t know, 2.0.1 contains the 40-debuffs (although you may not see them yet). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/89610960.htm Although you may already see the dungeon difficulty, they aren’t affecting current dungeons. They are there for expansion dungeons. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52717687 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52937587 Currently enchants may look like they have been deleted, however, they currently look like normal stats. Luckily they will be fixed an upcoming patch. 2.0.2? Not sure yet. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52867039 Currently throwing weapons are all labelled as broken and considered vendor trash. New throwing weapons in the future however, will contain the new throwing weapon system (the more you throw, the more durability you lose). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52938153 Although you can visit the Caverns of Time itself, you can not enter the instances before you are L66. Meaning you got to have the expansion before you can enter the instance. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52858566 Wondered what the honor point limit is? It’s 75.000 honor points. Meaning if you reached the limit, you can not get more honor anymore. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55007397 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54938351 What? You don’t have that 3-exalted-battleground-rank? For shame.. It’s a bug that will be squashed in the next patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54859987 You are still receiving XP2gold conversion, however, because of a display bug, it’s not shown. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52938278 Today’s honor is having some display issues and will be fixed in the next patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52937742 Alliance seeing Shaman loot drops and Horde Paladin loot? It’s working as intended. Remember that 2.0.1 is a pre-patch for the expansion. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52857543 Holy bugged stealth-ing Rogues Schwickman. Yes, Rogues stealth is bugged and will be fixed in the patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52776189 Click.. Click… Click… BLOODY CLICK!!! Erm.. yes.. another bug which will be fixed in the next patch ;-) (in the meantime, go to curse-gaming and get the klickfix mod) Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52777717 A little reminder that you need to be L70 to make a team for Arenas. Pre-L70 can only do Skirmish. Also the buffs and conjured food not disappearing is a bug. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54857285 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52825848 The Holy fire animations is a bug. The old animation will return in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54885658 Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html PCT Source: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=92320018&pageNo=1 |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:34:05 BC Me A Question Nowai asked me the following question:
Arenas are crossrealm, meaning you will fight multiple realms. No specific details regarding the “top-ranked” have been released. Theolddruid Asked me the following question:
Arenas can be visited pre-L70, however, they can only do Skirmish mode. Once L70, you can do the real deal. Kittymewmew of Magtheridon asked me the following question:
Currently there will be no quest involved in getting flying mounts or the flying mount skills. However, the Nether Drakes require you to get on the top-list op the Arenas at the end of the season. Kulsprutejoj of Nordrassil asked me the following question:
Currently Draenei can ride all mounts except the Gnome mount. Haven’t checked Blood Elves yet. Leihug from Ragnaros asked me the following question:
This rumour is false. Currently I’m in a guild that contains 432 accounts in the TBC beta. Mesana of Shattered Hand asked me the following question:
No, in the TBC beta enchants are green. Currently in 2.0.1, there is a display bug that renders the enchants white. The battleground reputation can reward you an extra rank title. Aletta of Wildhammer asked me the following question:
The Darkmoon Faire is still roaming around Azeroth. Currently there is no known detail if there will be additional items for L61+. Node of Skullcrusher asked me the following question:
Each account requires a separate copy of TBC. Shintu of TarrenMill asked me the following question:
No known details are known yet, whether it will happen in final or not. I think it will be a TBC exclusive discount. Saprovr of ZdC asked me the following question:
You can still hand in rune cloth. Currently there are no new-cloth-quests. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=94860239&sid=1 BC preview me one more time baby! Please note, this week’s preview contains speculations and aren’t confirmed by Blizzard. Some information is confirmed though, but these will be noted if they are confirmed. Intro Instead of the usual preview of TBC, lets look a quick glimpse at the future after TBC. TBC beta Lets start with the current TBC beta. With still 2/3 weeks to go (assuming gold status will be 2 weeks before 16th January) we are nearing the end. What’s still to do? - Gruul’s lair - Various Heroic tweaks - Class tweaking - Boss encounter tweaks - Reputation tweaks - XP/Quest fixed/tweaks - Various bug squashing - Flesh out Blade's Edge Mountains with quests - Itemization tweaks Future Dungeons Zul’Aman Already promised to be patched in later. Zul’Aman will be an instance that resembles Zul’Gurub. Only this time it will be Forrest Trolls who will be giving you a hard time. Some people will ask how does this tie in with Outland? Well it doesn’t. But it does however, tie in with the Blood Elves (constant invasions by the trolls to reclaim Quel'Thalas). The Black Temple (AKA Black Citadel) Another instance promised to be patched in later. This instance will hold the Outland lord himself, Illidan Stormrage. This will be the BWL of Outland in my eyes. Or if they want to make it extra hard, they will save it for last and make it a Naxxramas like instance. Oshu'Gun Currently there is a huge diamond in Nagrand. Some quests and lore talk about this diamond. It used to be a vessel. Currently it contains a Naaru called K'ure. With a lot of Burning Legion plundering a lot of powers and diamonds there, it can be easy to agree that K’ure can be tainted. By the looks of it, it may be a Onyxia size dungeon. http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/General%20screens/?a Caverns of Time Aah, the favourite dungeon of the Burning Crusade. It can hold endless options what will be introduced. Currently there’s already 1 instance buried away behind scenery. What will it contain? Who knows. But here’s a few ideas of mine: - Invasion of Dalaran - The Mages showdown with Deathwing/Neltharion (who feigned his death) - Invasion 10.000 years ago - Showdown with the fallen Old God in Dark Shore I could go on. Dalaran Dalaran, the biggest magical city there ever was. Why release the dungeon now? Well with the Blood Elves always craving for more power/energy, they might as well go to Dalaran. It may still contain enough powerful artifacts. Not to mention the Undead still crave for more artifacts. Deathwing's lair On one of the old maps of “Warcraft 2: Behind the Dark Portal” is a place called “Deathwing's lair”. I’ll doubt old Deathwing/Neltharion is still there, but it might still contain Nether Drakes and the likes of it. Not to mention it might contain information where old Deathwing/Neltharion is. Others I know there are more unfinished instances such as Grim Batol, The Vault, Uldum etc. However, these don’t make a obvious choice when it comes to making connections between Outland, Draenei or Blood Elves. Future places Outland Portals Some places contain portals that are shutdown. One can believe it can be opened and visit the places beyond Outland. Who knows, but it’s a proven fact that Blizzard already said that Outland can be expanded a lot. http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/General%20screens/?a http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/General%20screens/?a Sunwell Plateau Already promised to be patched in later. This will contain the Blood Elf’s magical fountain called the “Sunwell”. What it will be? Who knows. Outdoor boss, Dungeon, Just a level-up place, PVP etc. Future battlegrounds/PVP Azshara Crater Why release Azshara Crater now? Well, for one, it contains Blood Elves buildings. Also it could be a good place to introduce a RTS based battlegrounds (build buildings and such, then duke it out). The Battle of Hellfire Peninsula A battleground promised back before details were final of Caverns of Time. Not much details were given about the battleground itself. But one can thing that it will contain the “Warcraft 2: Behind the Dark Portal” last defence between Azeroth and Outland. Siege weapons With Outland introducing a lot of war, it might be a good time to introduce siege weapons. The models and such are already in place. Where introduce them? Maybe The Battle of Hellfire Peninsula or a big outdoor PVP area. Flying mount battlegrounds With flying mounts being introduced in TBC, it would be the ultimate cool thing to introduce aerial combat. Of course, Blizzard already said that currently there are no plans to do so (to much modelling work), it could still be possible to duke it out in the air. Future UI Class timers With 40-debuffs introduced in 2.0.1 it would be hard to monitor the debuffs. Some mods currently already provide timers and such. But Blizzard already said they have plans to introduce something similar. |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:34:31 BC preview me one more time baby! (continuation) Misc Hero Classes A much promised feature that would postpone the need for new classes. After much delaying it might still go live after TBC. Although the question still remains, how will it work. Future expansions It’s already been said, each year a new expansion. So what’s left then? - The great sea (+islands) - Emerald dream - Northrend - Beyond Outland Who knows, (World of) Warcraft is a huge place filled with enough places and lore to come up with enough content. Or how about these classes: - Tinkermaster - Witchdoctor - Necromancer - Monk Although new classes can be a tricky thing. Guild banks A feature that was planned to TBC but in the end didn’t make the cut. This feature has been delayed till a live update. (Guild) Housing A much desired feature in WOW. It has been promised a lot of times (even back in WOW beta). Who knows, it may appear in a live update before the next expansion. Wild hunt An event that was promised around 1.11. This world event let you go hunting the whole Azeroth around. It might still return in a live update after the expansion. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=94780238&sid=1) and follow the steps there. Forum Watch What kind of whiner are you? – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89820869&sid=1 Guild Policies on Happy Fun Rocks? – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89611067&sid=1 Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Warrior questions - These Questions Need Official Answers IMO Warrior solutions - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89611262&pageNo=1 LFG/LFM-UI ideas - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=93859437&pageNo=1 Druid balancing - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89820984&pageNo=1 To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Beer guzzling topics Got any Ventrillo/Teamspeak mishaps to share? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89481350&sid=1 Your very own Deathcoil (non-Warlock) - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=94880420&sid=1 Site content AFK magazine - http://www.afkmagazine.com/browse.php Free DKP & raid management site - http://www.gsdkp.com/ Worldofwar.net updated their TBC Wiki - http://bc.worldofwar.net/content/index.php/Main_Page Weekly returns Azerothian Weekly #24 - http://www.azerothianweekly.com/ The Instance #45 - http://www.myextralife.com/wow/ Blizz talks Arena PVP CC - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52825667 Aggro - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55008358 Priest design - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54978274 New enchanting rule - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52905900 Warrior issues - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/49567912 Priest issues - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55006548 Why no 1VS1 Arena - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54940554 LFG - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55010518 Humor R & impressive R WOW Leeroy Leeroys the meeting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiBfF0cSEeM Leeroy Leeroys the cake – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTDqClH0zGo Leeroy Leeroys the elevator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LtObIjZYg 40 Shamans VS 40 Paladins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZypVmfR91dE World of Comiccraft Pay your taxes! - http://www.gucomics.com/archives/view.php?cdate=20061205 Happy patch day - http://www.actiontrip.com/comics/at_comic161.phtml There is no such thing as technology - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/ Another x-mas special - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=30 Deleted scenes - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=29 How to escape from GMs - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip229.html Even in non-WOW games people roll Shamans - http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/12/11 Let the resurrecting begin - http://www.lfgcomic.com Wallpaper/Fanart/Contest WOW TCG wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/tcg-wallpapers/tcg-wallpaper7.h Flight machine artwork - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=438& Comic contest honourable mention - http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=114&Set=64 Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:38:51 “We've run with wolves, we've climbed K2, even stopped a moving train. We've traveled through space and time my friends, to rock this house again. Rock!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling A new Warcraft Weekly translation has been lifted from the ground! Cortazar will be providing the French translation and feedback for the French WOW-EU boards. Expect the first issue soon. Meaning, we are still looking for a German translation. Want to apply for the job? Then go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89479862&sid=1 Also 1 new addition has been added to Warcraft Weekly called Schwick’s tips. It will feature various small handy tips. Also blame my study for me not being able to play TBC beta. Or in other words, no TBC preview this week. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Greetings, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=98720249&sid=4 G F What – Why – When Dreamhack Winter 2006 is over again. Of course, some pictures were made. Also Ommra made a short overview what happened there and who won. Links: Blizzard Europe at Dreamhack Winter 2006 http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=96559841&sid=1 Blizzard’s Rob Pardo held a general interview with Gamedaily. Nothing really mind blowing, but still a nice read. Link: http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14745 Ho ho ho, it’s Christm… Winter Veil again. The Front-page has been revamped to a winter theme. The forum winter theme will come soon here (the USA already has it). Don’t know what Winter Veil is? Well then go read this page and feel the supri… Winter feeling. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/events/winterveil/ A new contest is being held by Blizzard-EU this week. The contest is about filling in a pre-rendered comic. One overall winner will receive an 80 GB Blizzard-themed iPod. Four additional winners will receive Blizzard-themed iPod Nanos with 2 GB of storage. The contest will end at January 5, 2007. Source: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/christmas-comic/ Thundgot has been nice enough to post a few tips that could help you with the Winter V.. Christmas contest. Be sure to read it if you are thinking of entering the contest. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=98630026&sid=1 Ho ho ho, Santa Burning Crusade you say? Still not done drooling over new Burning Crusade screenshots? Well, then get your weekly shots right here. Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/screenshots.html Can& Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/96859778.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/ Rejoice for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Blizzard and Soft-World International Corporation made an agreement to launch The Burning Crusade in those countries. The9 however, is another partner of Blizzard. The discussion is still being done for mainland China which is provided by The9. Good luck guys! Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ A little reminder that you will need the expansion before you reach the Draenei/Blood Elf lands. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57519012 For those that fear the beginning mobs of Hellfire Peninsula are to hard, they are just L58 and have the difficulty of L58. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57608091 Expansion weapons/gear can indeed be used by non-expansion users. However, they of course need to match the right class, level, etc. So it will be a limited options for non-expansion users. Of course, you can trade, sell, disenchant (assuming you got high enough skill) the weapons/gear if you don’t have the expansion. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/56637176 You need to be L58 before you can enter the Dark Portal. Although currently it’s L55, there are plans of raising it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54922982 There will be no honor reset when the Burning Crusade gets released. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55831681 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant A little reminder that Blizzard isn’t ignoring (Guild) Housing. They however, haven’t come around making it yet. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/97160139.htm Warlock’s soul shard replacement for the Arena and cost at zero aren’t currently in 2.0.1. However, they will implement this in a upcoming patch. Also other problems like buffs and conjured food lasting through zoning in the Arena will be fixed in a upcoming patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/54983987 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: Still working on it The Beta Informant Got 2 beta keys? Lucky you. So what to do with it? Sell? No. Selling is not allowed. However, it’s allowed to give it to a friend. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/97090134.htm If you haven’t heard yet, Gruul’s lair is open since 2.0.3. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1861145.ht No ETA when the next batch of beta keys will be given. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/95730291.htm PVP healing gear is coming in the next beta patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1860887.ht The Shattrath tour quest is currently bugged. Expect it to be fixed in an upcoming patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1860313.ht 2.01 Aftermath Little reminder that currently, the estimated honor is having display issues. Of course, it will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57477701 The PVP vendors will not be moved to a non-instance environment. Also, yes, there are plans to update various websites to make it compatible with the new honor system. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57608052 A hot-fix was applied that reduces the disconnects some people were having when instancing. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/56636770 Another hot-fix was applied nerfing the Warrior’s mace process. But, they buffed the rage award. According to internal testing, it was a process of 32% (+/-). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55818050 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/96359767.htm And yet another hot-fix. Now it’s a tool-tip hot-fix. It will fix some performance issues that wasn’t intended to be so high. To get the hot-fix, you need to launch the WOW launcher. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55818179 Vaneras posted a reminder that the current Arenas are Skirmish only, will not reward Arena points nor Honor points. Of course, rated matches are L70 only. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/95969819.htm Yes, Blizzard does know there are some lag issues with battlegrounds. Luckily they have been checking various logs and what not. You’ll see huge improvements in upcoming maintenance days. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/95969947.htm A change has been applied after the patch has gone live. Blizzard reduced the honor gain by 30%. During beta/PTR it was already buffed a lot. What does this mean? Well instead of 10 honor for 1 kill, you will get 7 honor for 1 kill. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/55975614 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/95730296.htm Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will not accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html A new realm has been released. The realm is called Burning Steppes and will be a PVP realm. It will be put in the Nightfall Battlegroup. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/96859955.htm New realms will be made available once the expansion has been launched. NOT prior to the expansion. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/96859955.htm |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:39:33 BC Me A Question Mazetar of Burning Blade asked me the following question:
The same way you swim Turiel of Shadowsong asked me the following question:
Unknown yet. I presume it will be a mixed system of both Server-only and Cross-realm. Kanonkulan on Ragnaros asked me the following question:
Currently, it will only be new instances. Blizzard has said that currently there are no plans to revisit old dungeons and such a thing (MC/BWL/etc..) Azmodanii from Emeriss asked me the following question:
Unknown yet. Currently in beta, the epic (ground) riding skill is reduced to 540/480G. I assume the reduction will be TBC exclusive. Gamemaniak from Frostwhisper asked me the following question:
Regular training :-) Xire of Boulderfist asked me the following question:
If I’m not mistaken, you can enter with more then 5 players in an Arena. However, when 1 disconnects/exits/etc. another play will step in. Sakrifizer of Sylvanas asked me the following question:
Nope. However, Blizzard is working hard on something called matching system which will match you with people who are equally or almost equally geared as you. Magnafax of Draenor asked me the following question:
Currently the new rank is bugged. It will be fixed in an upcoming patch. The rank will be obtained by achieving exalted with all BG factions (except Eye of the Storm). Implosion of Bronzebeard asked me the following question:
Blood Elves can take a portal to the Undercity city. The Draenei however, can take a boat to the Dark Shore. Sherinda of Zul'Jin asked me the following question:
The new Blood Elf mount will NOT be available for Taurens. Bluray of The Venture Co asked me the following question:
The gold flow (or currency if you will) will increase a lot. For example an elite quest around L70 will give 30G. The beginning quests in Outland will even give you 2/3G each. The trash is also worth a lot. So getting 5K gold for the epic flying mount isn’t that hard. Kerbala of Skullcrusher asked me the following question:
Normally, each expansion will indeed include previous patches. However, no official word has fallen yet. I would say yes though. Akercocke from Wildhammer asked me the following question:
Yes, various 5 people (heroic) instances will drop them. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=98720212&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:42:01 -“Ho Ho Ho, SchwickedieHO” Schwick’s Yearly Rambling It’s time for a special edition called Warcraft Yearly :-) Nuff said. If you just want to read the regular Warcraft Weekly, skip the first 2 posts :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Yearly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102400609&sid=4 A look back at WOW 2006 Written by Sherinda (WW-Spanish) January
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WOW 2006 review WOW-2006 was a good year with a lot of much wanted changes. 1.9 was the first patch to be released in 2006. The last patch of 2006 was 2.0.1 (excluding 2.0.3 PTR). Patch 1.9: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj 1.9 introduced a lot of things that people wanted since the dawn of WOW. Things like: - Linked Auction Houses - The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Multiple Battlegrounds Queues - Soul Shard Bags - Paladin revamp Although the world event of Ahn'Qiraj wasn’t that a big of success according to some, it did introduce a much wanted thing in WOW, an Azeroth-wide-event. It required both the Horde and Alliance to earth various reagents. Once that was done, the war of the gate would begin. Of course, not a lot of realms survived the event. Besides the event, the dungeons, AQ20 and AQ40 were a success. The boring old aggro-bosses were not more. Instead each boss was an unique fight. The dungeon also introduced alternative tier 2. Linked auction houses were a most welcome feature. Who can still remember the hell of only having one auction house for each faction. Well, no-more since 1.9. You can now finally breath and visit various cities and check your auctions. Besides these big changes, it also held some small changes. Who can remember such changes as: - Deserter debuff - Racial talent revamps - New tier 2 art - Nexus crystals were born - Fishing spots were born - Tip of the day - Detailed auction mail Patch 1.10: Storms of Azeroth And there it was! Weather! Although 1.10 wasn’t that big of a patch, it did hold various changes that were most welcome. Changes such as: - Weather effects - Priest revamp - Dungeon set 2 (AKA tier 0.5) - Final destination Flight path - Quest experience to gold - Dungeon cap changes Weather effects were a much welcomed change. It finally felt like Azeroth was a little more alive. Although it only introduced Snow, Rain & Sandstorm, promises were made that more will be added overtime. Dungeon set 2 was the final solution for raiders versus casuals. DS2 made it possible for you to upgrade your DS1 with better gear. You did this by doing various quests. Some say it still remains very hard to do, but hey, work for your epics ;-) Final destination was a good change. Who can still remember to go AFK and find yourself 3 flight paths away from your destination. No more! With Final destination it was possible to just fly by various Flight paths so that it looked like 1 flight path. Still doing quests at L60? Well since 1.10 it was possible to get some extra gold for the experience you received for doing the quests. Not a big change, but most welcome non of the less. Still remember the days of UBRS with 15 people? Well say goodbye. 1.10 made various changes to the limit of raids. For example UBRS turned in 10-people-raid. Some said it was a nerf, some say it was a good change. Non of the less, it made doing the instance easier. And how about the fine print? Did they introduce anything good?: - Relics for Druids, Paladins, and Shaman - Reputation UI revamp - Display all set bonu |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:42:42 -“Ho Ho Ho, SchwickedieHO” Schwick’s Yearly Rambling It’s time for a special edition called Warcraft Yearly :-) Nuff said. If you just want to read the regular Warcraft Weekly, skip the first 2 posts :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Yearly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102400609&sid=4 A look back at WOW 2006 Written by Sherinda (WW-Spanish) January
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WOW 2006 review WOW-2006 was a good year with a lot of much wanted changes. 1.9 was the first patch to be released in 2006. The last patch of 2006 was 2.0.1 (excluding 2.0.3 PTR). Patch 1.9: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj 1.9 introduced a lot of things that people wanted since the dawn of WOW. Things like: - Linked Auction Houses - The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj - Multiple Battlegrounds Queues - Soul Shard Bags - Paladin revamp Although the world event of Ahn'Qiraj wasn’t that a big of success according to some, it did introduce a much wanted thing in WOW, an Azeroth-wide-event. It required both the Horde and Alliance to earth various reagents. Once that was done, the war of the gate would begin. Of course, not a lot of realms survived the event. Besides the event, the dungeons, AQ20 and AQ40 were a success. The boring old aggro-bosses were not more. Instead each boss was an unique fight. The dungeon also introduced alternative tier 2. Linked auction houses were a most welcome feature. Who can still remember the hell of only having one auction house for each faction. Well, no-more since 1.9. You can now finally breath and visit various cities and check your auctions. Besides these big changes, it also held some small changes. Who can remember such changes as: - Deserter debuff - Racial talent revamps - New tier 2 art - Nexus crystals were born - Fishing spots were born - Tip of the day - Detailed auction mail Patch 1.10: Storms of Azeroth And there it was! Weather! Although 1.10 wasn’t that big of a patch, it did hold various changes that were most welcome. Changes such as: - Weather effects - Priest revamp - Dungeon set 2 (AKA tier 0.5) - Final destination Flight path - Quest experience to gold - Dungeon cap changes Weather effects were a much welcomed change. It finally felt like Azeroth was a little more alive. Although it only introduced Snow, Rain & Sandstorm, promises were made that more will be added overtime. Dungeon set 2 was the final solution for raiders versus casuals. DS2 made it possible for you to upgrade your DS1 with better gear. You did this by doing various quests. Some say it still remains very hard to do, but hey, work for your epics ;-) Final destination was a good change. Who can still remember to go AFK and find yourself 3 flight paths away from your destination. No more! With Final destination it was possible to just fly by various Flight paths so that it looked like 1 flight path. Still doing quests at L60? Well since 1.10 it was possible to get some extra gold for the experience you received for doing the quests. Not a big change, but most welcome non of the less. Still remember the days of UBRS with 15 people? Well say goodbye. 1.10 made various changes to the limit of raids. For example UBRS turned in 10-people-raid. Some said it was a nerf, some say it was a good change. Non of the less, it made doing the instance easier. And how about the fine print? Did they introduce anything good?: - Relics for Druids, Paladins, and Shaman - Reputation UI revamp - Display all set bonu |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:43:51 WOW 2006 review (continuation) Patch 1.11: Shadow of the Necropolis The last raiding patch before the expansion. It housed a couple of most welcome changes: - Keyrings - Shamans/Mages revamp - Naxxramas - Tier 3 - Stackable items and cooldown revamp - Caster legendary weapon Keyrings.. How many times I’ve seen that idea being tossed around. Luckily it finally came in 1.11. With this extra bag, it was possible to store keys such as SM-key, Gnomeregan-key etc. It opened some much needed bag space. Naxxramas, the last frontier before the expansion. It is still today, the hardest dungeon ingame, where a lot of guilds haven’t conquered it yet. Naxxramas holds one the famous Warcraft 3 character, Kel’Thuzad. Finally it was a famous character’s return. That was not all Naxxramas held. It also introduced tier 3. Along with tier 3, the much wanted caster’s legendary weapon was available. 1.11 was also the patch of trying to clear up a lot of bagspace. Besides keyrings, it also made changes to various items. A lot of items had their stack number changed. It also changed the cooldown of various potions. And the rest?: - No more release timers in dungeons - Raid warning (/rw) - Raid reset timers UI - Raid icons - Target of a target - Logitech G15 support Patch 1.12: Drums of War Supposedly this would be the last patch before the expansion. It was also dubbed as the PvP patch. - Cross-Realm Battlegrounds - World PvP - Rogue revamp - Mount skills - Floating Combat Text Cross-realm battleground… Aaah yes.. the endless game of waiting before entering a battleground. This was a much much much wanted feature since the introduction of battlegrounds. This feature made sure that a certain bundle of realms could interact with each other when it came to battlegrounds. It reduced waiting times a lot. World PVP was another much wanted feature. Although a lot of people agreed that it wasn’t what they hoped for. Easter Plaguelands introduced a capture the towers gameplay. While Silithus introduced a capture the tokens and get 200-points gameplay. Although the mount skills change was small, it made sure that it was easier to get multiple mounts without spending a lot of gold. Instead, the roles changed. You paid a lot of money for the skill but low money for the mount. A lot of people used Scrolling Combat Text (still do). Blizzard thought it was a good idea to implement a similar feature. And so, we received Floating Combat Text. It displayed various information such as damage taken, damage given, buff received etc. All in a scrolling text display. Was there also some small welcome changes?: - Threat system changes - Slow and Haste changes - Various confirmation UI for certain actions Patch 2.0.1: Before the Storm Last but not least, we end up with 2.0.1. The pre-expansion patch. - PvP revamp - New talent trees - LFG-UI - Various class tweaks - Mod changes The PvP revamp. How many people preyed for it. No longer is it required to do endless hours of PvP grinding. Instead, you get honor points that will work the same like Gold. We also say goodbye to PvP-ranks. Some say the revamp was a success, some say it doesn’t. Because it is a pre-expansion release, it also holds the end-41-talenttree talents. Resulting in making 51 builds. Of course, various class tweaks had to be performed to compensate with these new talents. One of the changes for example would be the Hunter’s way of dealing damage with stats. Goodbye 4.LFG, welcome LFG-UI. Finally it isn’t required anymore to spam countless times for a group. Instead you do a couple of simple steps and it results in finding a group. Some like the LFG-UI, some ignore it, some like it but want a little more improvements. Over the past year, a lot of mods were made. Some actually made WOW look like botting. Luckily, Blizzard implemented various standard things and also made various mod-actions illegal. Did you forget the fine-print? Nope: - Enemy casting bar - Alt self cast (a good version this time) - New macro additions - Auto-loot key - Disenchanting skills All in all 2006 was a good year for World of Warcraft. Playing was made a lot easier thanks to a lot of additions. What will 2007 hold? Well besides new challenges such as TBC, who knows. I say “YOU ARE PREPARED!” Warcraft Weekly 2006/7 2006 was a great year for Warcraft Weekly. Of course, we are looking forward to 2007. Here is a small lay-down that has happened in 2006. Warcraft Weekly #41 The last issue Anvilbeard ever made. He departed (for a while) because of PC issues. Luckily he came back after a while, and told me I should continue writing Warcraft Weekly. Warcraft Weekly #42 The first issue ever made by Schwick. It lacked a lot, but hey, it was the first time writing the whole Warcraft Weekly. Warcraft Weekly #43 After receiving a couple of pointers from Anvilbeard and receiving more time to write the new edition, Warcraft Weekly was back where it should be. Warcraft Weekly #44-49 Couple of changes and additions made it’s way to Warcraft Weekly. Additions like: Forum Watch Nominations (non-blue), Various other community sections, special TBC section, Informant revamp etc. Warcraft Weekly: The big one special 1 Year has passed since the introduction of Warcraft Weekly in Europe. Of course, we celebrated with a special edition. Warcraft Weekly #50 Yup, 50 episodes had past. There was no special edition made because 1 week before was the 1-year special version. Still, it was a milestone. Warcraft Weekly #64 The fist edition in green. Nuff said. Warcraft Weekly #69 Sherinda joined the crew after some serious thought of making translated Warcraft Weekly. Of course, we came to an agreement. Warcraft Weekly 69 was the first issue translated in Spanish. Warcraft Weekly #71 Two weeks after announcing more support for other languages such as German and French, Cortazar & Ananya joined the crew. Cortazar would be doing the French Warcraft Weekly and Ananya the German. And in the future? Well, what can be said about Warcraft Weekly in 2007? - Better support for Spanish/German/French - Warcraft Weekly issue 100! - Warcraft Weekly – The big 2 special Of course, Blizzard-EU and I are constantly in discussion of making Warcraft Weekly more then it is currently. When will we see results? Soon.. ish… sometime… ooh look something shiny over there! (â„¢) Happy holidays! The Warcraft Weekly crew wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. We hope to see you back in 2007 with all 11 fingers. And now back to the regular broadcast |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:44:20 What – Why – When Each year Blizzard does something special with Christmas. This year, it was a wallpaper (found way below) and a holiday skit. The holiday skit is about finding crew that will tell the Winter’s Veil story. YOU ARE NOT PREPARED! Link: http://media.worldofwarcraft.com/xmas06/NightBeforeWintervale.mp3 A Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/100430242.htm Blizzard’s Rob Pardo made the top 5 of “2006's Persons of the Year” by Gamedaily Biz. He ended up in the 3rd place. Source: http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14799 A new sub-forum has been released on our forums. The sub-forum is about community events and related. It will be a nice addition for role-players planning new events. Link/Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/99820624.htm http://forums.wow-europe.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=110221 http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/events.html Santa Schwick brings you Burning Crusade you say? In recent news, Thundgot revealed that there is a Gnome in the BC cinematic trailer. He’s the one holding the hammer for the Paladin. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102400258.htm Moving on to more serious news, there is no expansion news this week. Calm before the real storm ;-) In the meantime, help me compile a FAQ that will help once the final TBC gets released. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101930570&sid=1 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant Yes, Blizzard knows that the amount of battleground tokens can be annoying and they currently don’t get used much. Luckily, they are acknowledging it and are discussing a possible way of more usage. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/99420133.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: SOON The Beta Informant You recently downloaded the beta client? Have problems with installing TBC beta? Then please re-download the client patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1990540.ht If you seen that your explored areas have been reset, this had to be done. Seems there was some effects that made some people see explored areas in Outland in the 2.0.1-WOW. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1950441.ht 2.0.1 Aftermath Thundgot reminds us that there are some display issues with the honour tab: - Estimated Honour does not include diminishing returns - Honour total wraps to 0 at 6554 - Previous day carries over if logged in during calculations As already said last time, this will be fixed soon. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102480476.htm There’s another display bug with displaying honour. This time it’s the additional honour bonus of a battleground weekend. Don’t worry though, it’s just a display issue. Meaning you do get the bonus, it just isn’t showing. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59326273 Hot-fixed snowballs Schwickman! Snowballs received a hot-fix previous week. Group mates can not longer be knocked away by the snowballs. Also in Alterac Valley you can get Hardpacked Snowballs. This was done because there was to many griefing. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57519793 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/98630351.htm 2.0.3 PTR 2.0.3 PTR has been launched this week. The PTR will test the latest changed as well as the expansion VS non-expansion usage. TBC beta users can participate with the PTR without even downloading the PTR. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59665995 To read what has changes for PTR 2.0.3 as well as TBC beta 2.0.3 read the link. And as always, there are people compiling undocumented changes. Links: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1950374.ht http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=59427560&sid Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will not accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html The Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/59665994.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102480265.htm A lot of technical things went wrong when the new patch was applied. To compensate, every active account has been giving 2 day credits. Additionally, people with an active character on Earthen Ring will receive another 1 day credit. This because Earthen Ring had some realm problems. The credits will be given in the upcoming weeks. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/100460066.htm |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:44:58 BC Me A Question Implosion of Bronzebeard asked me the following question:
I would watch it mate ;-) Sherinda is turning in a red bull now.. Anyways, Blizzard promised the city would get some changes that would make it more populated. Haven’t heard anything about again. Sirnikolaj of Laughing Skull asked me the following question:
No new cities belong to the Steamwheedle Cartel. Sirnikolaj of Laughing Skull asked me the following question:
One of the undocumented changes is that reputation will no longer have diminishing returns. Meaning a L10 quest will give you the full reputation. Even when you are L60+. This change is also live currently in 2.0.1 (current version). In general, the new reputation are easier to achief. For example I did 8 (or so) quests for honor hold and did 4 dungeon runs. I’m currently ½ way honoured. I don’t know about the reputation of Tranquillien but I think this will be the same. Puc of Draenor asked me the following question:
There will be NO honour reset when TBC gets released. This was already confirmed by the blues. Graverot of Shadowsong asked me the following question:
No idea. I have included this question in my general TBC FAQ in the hope somebody knows the answer to it :-) Shakalele of Azjol-Nerub asked me the following question:
For the raid instances you start with Karazhan and Gruul’s Lair. TBC beta currently has all instances open except the Black temple and Zul’Aman (because they will be patched in later). Dadoweth of Genjuros asked me the following question:
Paladins and Warlocks get the riding skill for free once they’ve completed the quests. Idylla of Jaedenar asked me the following question:
Like I said last week, this is unknown info. As soon as I know, you will know ;-) Alexil of Balnazzar asked me the following question:
Runecloth remains the highest reputation turn in. And yes, you can hand them in with the Draenei. Chibito of Hellscream asked me the following question:
Last time I encountered Cairne in 2.0.1, he was L67. Penesh from Frostmane asked me the following question:
Yes, it’s possible to remove an already placed gem with a new one. However, if you do that, you will lose the old gem. Asked me the following question:
MC/BWL/etc.. will remain unchanged. Meaning that current gear will also remain untouched. Do note though, that tier 1/2/3 won’t be immediately be replaced once you encounter new epics. They will maybe last 2/5 levels. Jenya of Shadowsong asked me the following question:
Details are unknown. Blizzard has said that after the launch they will take a look if new realms are needed. Zulusha of SSL asked me the following question:
A whole new faction. Although lore-wise, they are related. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102380315&sid= |
| by Vaneras | 03/01/2007 19:45:38 But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102380307&sid=1) Forum Watch The Battle of Mount Hyjal (song) - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=98720324&sid=1 Ganker's Paradise - Ganker's Paradise (lyrics) Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Anvilbeard suggests you to use the suggestion forum - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=100760115&pageNo= To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Beer guzzling topics Happy holidays - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101670899&sid=1 Post your Christmas tree - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101440579&sid=1 Site content Blizzplanet lists the Alliance heroes in TBC - http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/655/ UI.Worldofwar.net virus free once again - http://ui.worldofwar.net/ Blizz talks Realm queues - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59246246 Account security - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59869522 Premade VS PUG - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59377758 Battleground forums - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57440212 Humor R & impressive R WOW The Gnomisch Crusade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kK3bVpDpc 12 Days of Winter’s Veil - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDu-1N1hqKM World of Comiccraft A Gnomish Christmas - http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/752/752287p1.html Noobcow’s anti-AFK - http://manic.comicgenesis.com/ Captain Placeholder’s revenge - http://www.backbreaker.com/~smudge/WoWBlanc/AoBIndex.htm I’m in beta! Yay! - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/72.html Christmas isn’t finished - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip232.html Yet again a Christmas special - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=35 New Rez Sick comics - http://www.monster-minutes.com/rezsick.html Wallpaper/Fanart/Conte Paladin TCG wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/tcg-wallpapers/tcg-wallpaper9.h Christmas/New Year wallpaper - http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper93.html Orc Warrior fanart - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=443& Comic contest honourable mention - http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=118&Set=64 Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Vaneras | 09/01/2007 15:56:34 -“Dear Santa, I have been ever so good this year. I would like a new mallet and a shiny brass anvil.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling What? No new years special? Nope, we already done a special last week ;-) (Warcraft Yearly). If you missed it: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101930570&sid=1 Still, I wish everyone a happy new year and I hope we will keep you informative in 2007. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104700565&sid=4 What – Why – When Good news for goldseller-haters (who isn’t). Korea is currently working on a law to make goldselling illegal. Korea is one of the biggest countries that has goldsellers active for various games without any legal problems. Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061227-8503.html Blizzard uploaded three new E-cards that you can send towards your friends, family and related. Enjoy! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/ecard2/menu.html?locale=en_GB If you notice that your background downloader is downloading something called 2.0.3, don’t worry. Background downloader is just downloading a portion of 2.0.3 that’s already done. As always, if you think the download speed is to slow, just use an external bittorent client. The slow speed is done to not effect your performance to much. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59332195 Happy new Burning Crusade you say? Good news! The Burning Crusade has gone GOLD. Gold? Why not silver? It’s an expression that goes back to the early days. It means that The Burning Crusade is ready to be copied, boxed, shipped and distributed. The launch date of the 16th is still on. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/59493945.htm http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102850917&sid=1 The Burning Crusade server-part of the realms should launch exactly on the release date of The Burning Crusade. At least, that’s the plan. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1991964.ht Yes, there is a Dark Portal event planned. Want more information? Wish I had more information :-) Blizzard is keeping their lips tight. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/52828242 Some new years goodies were released in a form of Burning Crusade screenshots. Go check them out! Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/screenshots.html Anot Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102770427.htm For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant There is currently no plan to support cross-realm-LFG. A LFG addition for PvP battlegrounds may be implemented. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59333893 Weapon mastery for the Warriors is indeed bugged. It already has been fixed, but won’t be live till the next future patch after the expansion. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59494203 Your character screen shows 0 spell penetration? Don’t worry, the mechanic is working as intended, however, it’s a display issue. Don’t worry though, it’s already fixed, but won’t be available till the a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59331810 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: SOON The Beta Informant If you ever wondered if you could keep your beta character and transfer it to a live environment, then ponder no more. It is not possible. Not to mention you already have a lead over non-beta-users, because you knowledge of TBC. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1862332.ht 2.0.3 PTR If you missed the patch notes of 2.0.3 PTR, here it is again. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59332765 Also yes, the 2.0.3 PTR is live this time for the EU. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102770963.htm Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will not accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html Onc Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102480771.htm |
| by Vaneras | 09/01/2007 15:57:03 BC Me A Question Daesor of Draenor (US) asked me the following question:
Currently in beta there are no new PvP mounts. However, I think they will add them soon. Gamemaniak of Frostwhisper asked me the following question:
As soon if you got through the Dark Portal, you will encounter your first flightpath. It will take you to the first Alliance/Horde town for free and without discovering the town first. Briest of Kilrogg asked me the following question:
Unlike other dungeon keys, Heroic dungeon keys have to be in possession of every party member. Meaning one person in the party can’t unlock the Heroic mode for you. Bimmer of Ahn'quiray asked me the following question:
Yes, the requirements are a little higher. For details see http://wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/faq.html#technology You won’t need to buy TBC if you wish to play WOW (unless you want Outland and such). The monthly payment will not increase nor decrease. It will stay the same. Tsora of Ahn Qiraj asked me the following question:
Currently in beta, yes. http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/SchwickWOW/Items/?action=view&a Mitear of Sunstrider asked me the following question:
No. Tier 4 requires tokens from Gruul’s Lair and Karazhan. Unknow of Dranor asked me the following question:
She can be found in the Warden’s Cage. She is no faction leader. She does not give any quests (yet). Fukla of Sunstrider asked me the following question:
Who knows :-) Blizzard already announced multiple expansions will come in the upcoming years. Tavyia of The Venture Co asked me the following question:
Don’t see why not. Toteschurke of Scarshield Legion asked me the following question:
Currently, it’s only 1 per side (+different colour versions). Kibou of Kilrogg asked me the following question:
The rules still apply. Because levelling on a PvE server is easier then PvP (think ganking and such). Dev of Talnivarr asked me the following question:
It will remain the same as always. Greymist of Dragonmaw asked me the following question:
Blood Elves are possible because they stole the magic from a Naaru. Draenei have been thought the way of Shamans by a lost brother of the Draenei. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104210543&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 09/01/2007 15:57:35 But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104130510&sid=1) Forum Watch Christmas PvP – A story - Christmas PvP - a story. Do you have [Lore Questions] ? - [Lore Questions] Suggest a tip for the login screen - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104270480&sid=1 ALAMO teeches u 2 Burnin Croosaid! - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101720344&pageNo= Beer guzzling topics What will your 16th of January be like? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=103820408&sid=1 Site content WOWeconomy.com keeping track of the economy - http://www.woweconomy.com/ WOWhead.com a thottbot beater? - http://www.wowhead.com Blizzplanet is accepting questions for Christie Golden - http://blizzplanet.com/news/1168/ WOWinsider TBC countdown contest - http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/01/01/countdown-to-burning-crusade-gran Blizz talks Goldsellers fix - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59333684 Why no Arena 1vs1 - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1992182.ht LFG/LFM-UI - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/59312512 Humor R & impressive R WOW Outdoor PvP - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/stream.php?id=33247 A Pimpin Christmas - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-699297390985781923 World of Comiccraft I summon Soomba! - http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/8 So what now? - http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/9 Good businessman - http://www.actiontrip.com/comics/at_comic167.phtml Old friends reunited - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip233.html AV is fun - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/73.html Wallpaper/Fanart/Contest Orc keep fanart - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=446& Horde family fanart - http://www.blizzard.co.uk/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=03 Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:53:48 -“ I love it when a plan comes together!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling This will be the last issue of BC Me A Question. Instead, we will continue with a section called “Ask Uncle Schwick”. It will maintain the same aspect of you ask questions, I answer them. Only this time, it will not only be about TBC. We also say goodbye to Burning Crusade you say, and BC preview me one more time. What will come for in its place? We’ll see :-) Also in recent news, I joined the Blizzplanet (a fansite, not Blizzard themselves ;-) ) crew. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registered is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107521597&sid=4 What – Why – When The website received a couple of updates when it comes to content. The new and updated PvP rewards from Altarec Valley, Arathi Basin & Warsong Gulch have been added. And not to forget the general PvP rewards! Check it out! Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/honor/rewards-weapons.html http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/alterac/rewards http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/arathi/rewards. http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/battlegrounds/warsong/rewards Interested in working for Blizzard EU? You think you have what it takes? Then what are you waiting for! Check the link for job openings. Link: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/jobopp/index.shtml No more PTSR on these forums! Also, yes, the no-character-bug will be fixed soon on these forums. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/107631437.htm The background downloader is at it again! What is it now? Well, this time it’s a piece of the expansion and it’s still busy with 2.0.3 Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/105990838.htm Realm splitting? What's that? Well Tseric brought us news that they will be conducting tests on the beta realms. They will make one realm into two realms. This is being tested for eventually live realms. Blizzard is worried that some realms may get too overpopulated (because of TBC) and that it will make the queues unacceptable. So they are resort to this. People who are worried that Guilds will be broken by this, don't worry. Guilds will stick with guilds. If that still isn't enough reassurance, then you can still pick which part of the realm split you want to join. You won't lose things like mail, auctions or ignore list. It won't also have an effect on the PCT cooldown. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1993892.ht 1 week! 1 more week till Burning Crusade you say!? Still looking for a "The Burning Crusade Collector's Edition"? Well you are in luck, but you have to be quick. Blizzard's own online store still holds a limited stock of Collector's Editions. Of course, it also holds the normal edition. I must warn you though, the order you place for EU won’t mean you will get TBC on the 16th (because of shipping and such). Not to mention you will get the USA edition. Link/Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62051435 http://www.blizzard.com/market.shtml For those of you that have wondered what the new battleground level ranges will be for the Burning Crusade: - AV: L61 - L70 (in addition to the old 51-60 level range) - WSG: L60-69 + L70 (in addition to the old 50-59 level range) - AB: L60-69 + L70 (in addition to the old 50-59 level range) For the people who are thinking that if you don't have the Burning Crusade, that you are screwed, think again. After the launch of TBC, Blizzard will implement a feature called matching system. Matching system will make sure you will be against an equal geared (or close) opponent. Or in other words, it won't almost occur that you will be playing against a level 70 in full tier 4 or a level 64 with TBC gear. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/60759504 A silent hint was released this week that there will be no downloadable version of the Burning Crusade at launch. What about after launch? No idea, but you’ll know when I know. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62056946 Worried that the first Outland zone will be extinct of mobs? Don’t worry. The zone is big enough and not to mention you can always move over to Zangarmarsh. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62078693 Do I need to reinstall the Burning Crusade when I have beta? The answer to that is yes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62539655 And if you think you don’t have to pay for The Burning Crusade if you have the beta, think again. You do need to pay for The Burning Crusade because you do need the CD-key. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/60749206 For an archived what’s coming in the expansion, see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=89570241&sid=1&am The Informant Got no pet bar? Well, it will be fixed for 2.0.4. It seems there are some bugs when using CTmod and various other mods. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62188847 For an archive of “what’s coming 2.1/2.2/..” , see: SOON The Beta Informant A new beta patch has been launched containing various fixes. Not much news to go on, but hey, it’s something. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1993148.ht 2.0.3 PTR Not much news about 2.0.3 PTR either. Except that it received a new patch which contain various fixes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62176317 Realm (migration) update All realms are currently able to move a character from a realm. However, not all realms will accept you. To see a list of realms who will not accept you this week, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17792218&sid=1 T For more information regarding paid character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html Wed Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/107651780.htm |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:54:21 BC Me A Question Ilathud of Moonglade asked we the following question:
There will always be grey quests or quests you will not play. But I think it will be alright. In the beginning you will be begging for quests :-) Tsora of Ahn Qiraj asked we the following question:
Because how many times have we seen “race X has a better mount then race Y”? Not to mention I rather have a Gryphon then a Hippogryph (seeing it from an Alliance point of view). Daxson of Skullcrusher asked we the following question:
As Joda would say: Look at stickies, you must. http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102480771&sid=1 Cece of Kul Tiras asked we the following question:
If you have the English edition of WOW then you need to buy the English TBC edition. http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=93930115&sid=1
If I knew, I would tell you. But alas, the information you seek isn’t known (yet). Wisnoe of Bloodhoof asked we the following question:
There will be NO new pre-L60 dungeons. So yes, you are stuck with the same old instances for pre-L60. However, rest assure, levelling is made easier since 2.0.1 because it features new quests. Of course, there are new zones for BE and Draenei. Craten from Tarren Mill asked we the following question:
Levelling from L1 too L60 will stay the same in rates. However, there are more quests available and new Draenei/Blood Elf zones that will make it easier to level. In general TBC mobs in Outland will give more experience then mobs in Azeroth. Briest of Kilrogg asked we the following question:
Dungeon set 3 (DS3) will remain plain old item drops. No tokens are involved in acquiring DS3. The tokens falling from Heroic dungeons are used for non-set epic items. Implosion of Bronzebeard asked we the following question:
For this time, I will answer this personal question, but will also be the last one. I do go out with friends, mostly shooting some pool and having a drink. I also go too college. The reason why I have much time is because I have free-lance work, no girlfriend (yeah I know what you thinking, but it has nothing to do with WoW) and being a student it gives me low school hours. Vampireest of Dragonblight asked we the following question:
Already answered in this week’s Burning Crusade you say ;-) Darkforge of Al'Akir asked we the following question:
A undocumented change in 2.0.1 is that reputations have been buffed. For example you are level 60 and you are doing a level 10 quest. It will award you the same reputation gain it would back when you were level 10. This could be same case for the Scourge Stones. Nehriaz of Dragonmaw asked we the following question:
New bag slots and types are introduced in TBC. For example, the 18 and 20 (normal) slots bag can be made by Tailoring 340/375. For specific details, read my TBC FAQ: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101930570&sid=1 Zaon asked we the following question:
According the USA CMs, theirs will be open since 16th January 2007 00:00. I think it’s safe to say it will be same for us (if everything goes right). Toteschurke of Scarshield Legion asked we the following question:
No Murlocs will be found in Outland. Although inn the new Blood Elfs/Draenei zones, they can be found. Strasner of Defias Brotherhood asked we the following question:
I don’t see why this would change. No official words have been released that this will change. So I think it would be safe to say it won’t. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107651620&sid=1 |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:54:55 Schwick’s Tips - Grinding for money? Tired of grinding? How about doing some quests on level 60/70. Remember, they give extra cash once completed. - If it isn’t included in the standard user interface, try UI-addons. - Stuck with levelling? Try doing some dungeon runs or do some green quests. - Want fast mob pulling? Try getting a Hunter to Arcane shot pull and Feign Death near the Warrior. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107631502&sid=1) Forum Watch Do you still remember the days of - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=105010557&sid=1 The Battle of Stormwind (Open RP) - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=103730729&sid=1 Legacy of Heroes: The Series - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104430531&sid=1 Battlegrounds for dummies: AB - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102800474&sid=1 Exact flying mount and skill prices+pictures! - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102870554&sid=1 R.I.P. Nogg-Aholic - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107541176&sid=1 Ethens Guide to making a GM ticket - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107571475&sid=1 The Borat Of Bloodhoof - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102850834&sid=1 Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Paladin talent review 2.0.3 - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104550463&sid=1 Warrior decisions - 3/1 Tseric on warriors To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Beer guzzling topics When do you spend most of time on forum..? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107521463&sid=1 Site content Blizzplanet.com Consortium Reputation Rewards - http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/665/ Weekly returns The Instance 47 - http://www.myextralife.com/wow/ Azerothian Weekly #23 - http://www.azerothianweekly.com/ Blizz talks Development over the past two years - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62148634 L1-L70 levelling - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/beta.worldofwarcraft.com/1992961.ht What will TBC teach us - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/61407005 Model changing - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/107541440.htm TBC is more then a patch - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/61276953 Humor R & impressive R WOW 1-man Mage Stratholme Archivist Run - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=34171 Huntology the Movie - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=34150 World of Comiccraft How to gain power over the internet - http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070102 We fought the Legion? - http://www.lfgcomic.com/ The Metzen awards 2006 - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=36 Power levelling…. - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/74.html What do you mean E-bay? - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip234.html Flintlock is back in action! - http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/752/752900p1.html Wallpaper/Fanart/ Comic contest honourable mention - http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=122&Set=64 Tauren fanart - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=447& Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:55:42 -“Techlead: Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? Techlead: Well, the button on the side, is it glowing? Techlead: Yeah, you need to turn it on. Techlead: The button turns it on. Techlead: You DO know how a button works, don't you? Techlead: No, not on clothes.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling A new section has been added called “Just a reminder to remind you”. It contains information provided by blues that are old news or a re-cap of news. Kolphes will be joining the WW-crew. His job is to spell check and grammar check the newest English issues. According to him I don’t make many mistakes, but there are mistakes :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=116561840&sid=4 What – Why – When A new World of Warcraft Insider has been released this week. We are currently on issue 11 (January). This issue contains: - Future of private information - The Dark Portal opens - Collectors edition preview - TGC deckbuilding - Inside look in PvP Arenas - The Webspot light - On the horizon Go read it! It contains some nice information. Link: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/insider/11_1/index.html Nethaera (a USA CM) thanked everyone who participated in The Burning Crusade beta. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/65219648 There are some problems with the EU-version of the Collector’s edition Nether whelp. Blizzard is asking you to retain your proof of purchase, along with the box and CD/DVD. Blizzard is working on a fix for the problem. There’s only a problem with the Nether whelp. Source: http://www.wow-europe.com/en The website received a couple of updates concerning TBC content. What has been updated?: - Mounts – Check out the new racial, flying, and special mounts in this massive update - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/mounts/index.html - Outdoor PvP – Learn more about the new outdoor PvP objectives of Outland - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/worldpvp/outland.html - Talents – We've updated the talent calculators with the most recent data and upgraded the point total to 61 talent points - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/index.html - Region Levels – See the new regions and their level ranges - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/regionlevels.html - Races – New race pages for the blood elves and draenei - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/races/index.html - Classes – Updated with new race/class combinations - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/classes/index.html Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/116331992.htm The Informant Jeff Kaplan held an interview with Firingsquad. Any new news? - They are working hard on unannounced projects - New content will come after the expansion For the rest, it goes on about design decisions. Source: http://www.firingsquad.com/games/burning_crusade_interview/ The exalted with all battlegrounds title is still bugged and planned to be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/64187209 Yes, the 10% for "Curse of Agony" and "Corruption " reduction is no bug. It’s an intended change. Please note though, that it’s an average of 10%. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62082150 Rested XP will go active at level 60 once you upgraded your account. However, to be sure, login and stay at a rested place. You won’t accumulate rested XP if you don’t have the expansion at level 60. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62540657 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108731896.htm If you have to reinstall WoW and TBC you won’t have to patch between installations. However, once you installed WoW and TBC, you do require 2.0.3 and any subsequent patches. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/66367063 Once you entered a TBC key, you won’t have the option again. For example you can not upgrade your normal TBC account to a TBC collector’s edition account. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/64956680 Save your 2.0.3 (and upwards) patches. This because you will need to re-patch 2.0.3 (and upwards) once you installed the Burning Crusade. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/63256343 Priest’s Circle of Healing is being looked at. Pain Suppression however, will remain the same. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108440976.htm Aeus/Nethaera posted a FAQ containing various answers to questions. It is all about the Burning Crusade. Be sure to read it! Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/65106559 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/109291454.htm And if you are looking for a general FAQ about the Burning Crusade game-play, check the link. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=101930570&sid=1 For an archived what’s coming in 2.1/2.2/.. , see: Work has begun.. it is coming soon 2.0.5 A new patch has been released this week. This time we are at version 2.0.5. It contains minor corrections that don’t really affect the gameplay. What are the patch changes? Read the link. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/67406742 Just a reminder to remind you You don’t have to buy the expansion! However, if you wish to visit TBC content and get to level 70, you need to have TBC. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/65016640 Pre-TBC items won’t have sockets where you can put socketed gems in; Only Outland items will. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/62062025 Pre-TBC repeatable quests will award XP once you have upgraded your account. However, they had the amount of XP given lowered. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/66207113 Dialup is still supported in TBC, however, it’s recommended to have broadband because of the growing patch sizes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/66187114 All characters on a CE account are able to get the collector’s edition Nether Whelp, not just new characters. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/65156619 You require both a CD/DVD of the Burning Crusade and also a CD-key. This is because not all of TBC is patched in - some content is only installed via the CD/DVD. The CD/DVD is not required to stay in the CD/DVD-Drive Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108440857.htm Gear/Team-matching system is still being worked on. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/67326782 Realm (migration) update The paid character transfer service will receive a cooldown reset over night for people who have used the service within the last 3 months. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/116332041.htm New realms will launch on the 16th around 12PM. The realms are: - Hellfire (PvE) - Ghostlands (PvE) - Nagrand (PvE) - The Sha'tar (RP-PvE) - Auchindoun (PvP) - Karazhan (PvP) - Shattered Halls (PvP) - Sporeggar(RP-PvP) All these realms will be no-migration realms. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108440927.htm |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:56:23 Ask Uncle Schwick Gamemaniak of Frostwhisper asked me the following:
It’s easier then existing factions; however, I don’t have any numbers for you. I do know that I was half way honoured with Honor Hold by just doing 3 dungeon runs and a couple of quests. Cydonia of Darkspear asked me the following:
It can still be used for end raiding, because the new resistance gear is only +stamina and +resistance. Resistance gear however, isn’t much used in TBC. Dobmeister of Thunderhorn asked me the following:
Hunter trainers currently teach it. Grendizer of Doomhammer asked me the following:
The system will check your bank/mailbox/bags/etc. Nice try though ;-) http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/30085329.htm Deathra of Aerie Peak asked me the following:
I don’t see why the aura will be removed during flight. The enchants will remain an AQ20/40 exclusive drop. Tsora of Ahn Qiraj asked me the following:
Unknown. It could be an exclusive drop, or reserved for bosses. The Phoenix was used in the past by Kael in WC3 TFT. Henki of Stormreaver asked me the following:
It won’t be possible. Kurzal of Dragonblight asked me the following:
Currently (pre-TBC), the biggest bag you can get is “Satchel of Cenarius” (24 slot). In TBC there are no bigger herb bags. It might still come though. Garock of Bladefist asked me the following:
Not sure about this, but I don’t see why the new Draenei/Blood Elf zones shouldn’t hold new, lower level items. Regarding the new realms: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=108440927&sid=1 Kurzal of Dragonblight asked me the following:
Doubt it, but it’s possible. Magnafax of Draenor asked me the following:
It’s still not fixed. Soon ;-) Vatoral of Bloodfeather asked me the following:
Currently there are no new ones. I do think however, that the Elekk and Hawkstrider will be added soon. Akercocke from Wildhammer asked me the following:
They said that they are working on plans for a second expansion. It all depends on what they will put in the second expansion. For example, they may add the Emerald Dream; It’s a zone they have been working on for a long time. Currently I’m working on the 2.1/2.2/.. information thread. One thing I’m planning on adding is a speculation on the second expansion. http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/57439311 Akercocke from Wildhammer asked me the following:
I haven’t found any information yet. However, they aren’t that useful in the first place. Maggotbreath of Thunderhorn asked me the following:
Level-up my main (L60 Night Elf Hunter) first. Then I don’t know. Either keep levelling my L53 Night Elf Priest or make a Draenei Shaman (purely for Socketed Gems). Julios of Vasjh asked me the following:
As far as I know, yes. Akercocke from Wildhammer asked me the following:
375 to be exact. The title is Master. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=116351650&sid=1 |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:56:46 Schwick’s Tips - Even though Hunter’s pets have all the same attack speed now, you can still increase its DPS by teaching him claw and bite. - Every item is worth something. So before you throw away something to make enough bag space, simply sell it. A buck is a buck. - If you are too lazy to grind for Timbermaw Hold and want to go through the tunnel, simply kite your way through the tunnels. Use the grass patches along the sides to make it easier. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=116501690&sid=1) Forum Watch Guide To Making A GM Ticket – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=107571475&sid=1&a Not another rogue movie - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=104430641&sid=1 Vashj Player's Videos - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=13091412&sid=1 Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Warrior 2.0.1 revision - Warrior Revision as of 2.0.1 To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Beer guzzling topics What's the VERY first thing you'll do in TBC? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=115762001&sid=1 Site content Blizzplanet interview with Christie Golden - http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1201 MMODB, yet another item database - http://wow.mmodb.com/xp/ Worldofwar.net Outland map - http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthread.php?p=3852758#post3852758 The Instance #48 - http://www.myextralife.com/wow/ Azerothian Weekly undergoing changes? - http://www.azerothianweekly.com/ Blizz talks Tidal charm nerf - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/63896998 Demon pet naming - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/102470330.htm Titles - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108440914.htm Realm population - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/107652215.htm Humour R & impressive R WOW 3 people Onyxia - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=34385 Tonk wars? - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=35106 End of beta - http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=34942 World of Comiccraft It’s not prepared? - http://www.vgames.co.il/images/ComicsImages/NotPrepared.jpg We are going down! - http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/754/754175p1.html Still got rez sick - http://www.monster-minutes.com/rezsick.html The Horde has a hostage! - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=38 A quest nerf - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip235.html Good gear = Good player - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/75.html A Tauren to the rescue! - http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/11 Wallpaper/Fanart/Contest Pandare Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Kolphes – English Grammar/spell checker Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:57:26 -“I'm a paladin with eighteen charisma and ninety-seven hit points. I can use my Helm of Disintegration and do 1D4 damage as my Half-Elf Mage wields his +5 Holy Avenger.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Nothing to repo….. gotta… play…TBC.. LEAVE ME ALONE!!! *bites* *uhum* Like I was saying, nothing to report :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=119044192&sid=4 French – Still being worked on What – Why – When A load of interviews and articles were done last week. All interviews and articles go about the release of TBC. - Brian Morrisroe Interview: http://www.gamona.de/video/detail/id-brian_morrisroe_interview_180525. - BC Launch at Universal: http://www.worldofwar.net/articles/bclaunch/ - Jeff Kaplan Interview: http://www.firingsquad.com/games/burning_crusade_interview/ - Jon LeCraft & Itzik Ben Bassat interview: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=155628 - Another Jonathan LeCraft interview: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/pc/wow_the_burning_crusade/preview-308.html - And another one: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164192.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news& - Gamehelper video interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG8oZZNMAtE Bernard 'Gullerbone' Amaury was the first person to ding level 70 in the world. He did a couple of interviews with some sites on how he did, what he did before, etc. Now we got that out of the way, the race is over :-) Link: http://www.worldofraids.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3441 http://www.gamingjunky.com/article/2007/1/19/lord-of-warcraft/ Beca Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/118331991.htm You still don’t know how to get the Collector’s edition pets? Then go read http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/activatepet.htm and follow the steps. It’s heading towards Valentine. Feel the love! For that, Blizzard has started a new contest. This time you need to make a Valentine card. What can you win? A Gurky! What are you waiting for, getting card making! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/valentine/ http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/valentine-contest.html The Informant Currently there are no plans for new classes. However, it is possible that we’ll see them in the future. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69427067 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: SOON 2.0.5 Aftermath Ghaz'an has received a hot-fix this week. It seemed the acid spit rate was on the Heroic, even when you weren’t playing the Heroic mode. All is back to normal now. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69808520 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/119043230.htm And a couple of more hot-fixes were applied: - Khorium has been added back into the game. - Lady Palanseer in the Hall of Legends and Captain Dirgehammer in the Champion’s Hall have returned and are now selling level 70 PvP rewards. - The drop rate of Draenei Prayer Beads for the quest "Digging for Prayer Beads" has been increased. - Fixed an issue where players were not getting rested experience in Shattrath on select realms. - Reduced the respawn time of the Zangarmarsh quest targets: Boglash, Lord Klaq, and Blacksting Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69682712 2.0.6 PTR A new PTR has been released this week. This time we landed on version 2.0.6. 2.0.6 holds a couple of fixes and some minor class tweaks (buffs/nerfs). To read the patch changes, read the link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html Just a reminder to remind you There are no plans to give Draenei Shamans their own model version of Ghost Wolf. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69869403 Realm (migration) update To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. You can find a free realm transfer list here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=119043315&pageNo= To transfer, go to the following URL: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:57:58 Ask Uncle Schwick Tyranox of Shadowsong asked me the following question:
Don’t see why not. Obright of Xavius asked me the following question:
Beats me. I think that it has to do with the myth that the Horde are better in PvP, so some people roll Horde for that. Sirsarevok of Dunemaul asked me the following question:
Back in beta, it was possible. However, they removed it. I highly doubt it will be back. Gamemaniak of Frostwhisper asked me the following question:
If you are close enough to the ground, the mobs will attack you. Aizen asked me the following question:
You’ll get a mail when it’s activated. Magnafax of Draenor asked me the following question:
I know it’s possible for Blacksmith and Leatherworking, not sure about Engineering though. Carighan of Emerald Dream asked me the following question:
Coming soon near you, in the TBC FAQ ;-) Concrete of Khadgar asked me the following question:
Currently there are no plans to alter or add Heroic mode to those dungeons. Dapprshot of Dragonblight asked me the following question:
As far that I know, no. It’s still 600/540G for the epic (ground) mount skill. If you are referring to the honor rank 3 discount, that has been removed from the game since 2.0.1. Mylla of Steamwheedle Cartel asked me the following question:
The lore has been altered and added to make this possible for the Draenei. sshadowflash @ laughing skull asked me the following question:
The regular L20+ place you go too in Azeroth. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=118923582&sid=1 |
| by Ommra | 31/01/2007 15:58:15 Schwick’s Tips - Want to view the intro again when TBC starts up? Simply go to “config.wtf” in your WTF folder and SET movie "0" to SET movie "1". - Remember, each uneven level (61/63/..) gives you a new spell upgrade and each even level (62/64/..) gives you a new spells. - When you can’t win a tag war in a crowded place, simply join a group and try to tag the mobs. - Too lazy to go back too Azeroth for the auction house? Make a level 1 character to do the job for you. - Don’t listen to “Griftah” in “Shattrath City”. He isn’t selling quality stuff. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=118923583&sid=1) Forum Watch The Alliance Herald TBC special - http://www.theallianceherald.co.uk/ Premade of Doom: The movie! - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=108700904&sid=1 Vashj Weekly Comics - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=116331888&sid=1 Gutrot - naked and unarmed - Still going strong - Gutrot (lvl70)..3.0.2 the end of the road? While you are in Outland - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=118401886&sid=1 Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Warrior vs Druids - An explanation of feral druids To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Beer guzzling topics Whats your biggest "WHOA" moment in wow? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=119113039&sid=1 Site content MMOtube, the MMO youtube - http://mmotube.com/ Worldofwar.net updated their TBC dungeon WiKi - http://bc.worldofwar.net/index.php/Main_Page Blizzplanet.com talks Zul’Aman lore - http://blizzplanet.com/news/1206/ Weekly returns The Instance #49 - http://www.myextralife.com/wow/ Blizz talks Why no TBC DVD - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/67819124 Priest notes - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69872226 Shattrath City - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69842315 World of Comiccraft Puppy love is back! - http://puppylovecomics.blogspot.com/ What do you mean crowded? - http://www.gucomics.com/archives/view.php?cdate=20070116 Dunain has a new pet - http://www.backbreaker.com/~smudge/WoWBlanc/AoBIndex.htm Yet another rez sick - http://www.monster-minutes.com/rezsick.html For the Horde! - http://www.lfgcomic.com/ Chidori is still being held hostage - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=39 Exploit lectures? - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip236.html No time to draw; need to play TBC - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/76.html Eve of the Burning Crusade - http://manic.comicgenesis.com/d/20070116.html Wallpaper/Fanart/Con Fishing fanart - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=449& Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Kolphes – English Grammar/spell checker Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Vaneras | 06/02/2007 16:22:11 -“Do you think the expansion will make me fat?” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling And DING LEVEL 70!… I mean, nothing to report. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=120755463&sid=4 What – Why – When A couple of new interviews were given this week. We start with Empire who interviewed Itzik Ben Bassat. Empire asked some general questions surrounding World of Warcraft. Nothing new except the next MMORPG will not be from the Warcraft genre (assuming a new MMORPG will be made). MTV also joined the band wagon and interviewed Jeff Kaplan. Also here, nothing new. Link: http://www.empireonline.com/interviews_and_events/interview.asp?IID=62 http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/news/story.jhtml?id=1550175 Go Link: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/run-wow-steam-games-on-linux/ Bec Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/120332434.htm The Informant Feign Death is currently bugged and will be fixed in the next patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/65156879 There are future plans to update the auction interface, but there are limitations. Currently, adding a gem category, for example, requires too much work. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71760251 It seems there are a couple of quests bugged for the Draenei. Various quest items aren’t dropping exclusively for the Alliance or in this case the Draenei. This affects quests like “Flute of Xavaric” & “A crumpled up note”. This will of course be fixed in the future. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71749371 Omor (the Doomguard) has been judged as being to easy. In a next patch the difficulty will be a little harder. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71647297 Class reviews are history. In the future we won’t see any class specific patches, but rather tweaks/fixes here and there. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71848442 Blizzard acknowledges that Warriors do have performance issues regarding PvP. However, before they start making additional changes, they first want to see more Warriors in action at level 70. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/120335254.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: SOON 2.0.6 Aftermath A new week a new hot-fix; the Rogues have their “Remorseless Attacks” talent point fixed. The fix means that Remorseless Attacks now properly applying the critical strike bonus to Hemorrhage. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71917192 But that’s not all. The “Felsworn Gas Mask” has also been hot-fixed. It should now be re-obtainable from Wildlord Antelarion, even if you fail the quest. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/70867371 OK just one more hot-fix for the road. Wild Quillvine can be bought from vendors, for real this time. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69683028 Realm (migration) update To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer a existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=120335128&sid=1 For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html Couple Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/120333726.htm Ask Uncle Schwick To of Deathwing asked me the following question:
http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71577485 Goldfist of Sunstrider asked me the following question:
Various quests give you the opportunity to sit on the back of one. However, you can not control them. Besides the Nether drakes from the Arenas, I don’t know how to get hold of any others. Rampagea of Ahn'Qiraj asked me the following question:
I’m not a Blizzard employee nor related. Gamemaniak Frostwhisper asked me the following question:
Funny thing.. I haven’t tried it yet :-) But I think it will be a "can't do that when moving"-thing. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=120475129&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 06/02/2007 16:22:31 Schwick’s Tips - Got an Aldor or Scryer reputation item while you are allied with the opposite faction? Simply sell it on the AH. - When you are in doubt where to level up next, simply look around previous zones. Most times they will contain hints about where you can level up. - Try checking various sites for information regarding white quality items if you don’t know what they do. It can sometimes be something important that can be sold on the auction house. - Getting frustrated of dying? Simply take a break and later bring a friend to help you out. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=120475128&sid=1) Forum Watch Warlock DPS calculator - Warlock DPS Calculator HOWTO: Install WoW and TBC in different langs - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=120334385&pageNo= Feel free to discuss Please participate in this discussion but do make a constructive reply, thank you. Priest’s Vampiric Touch - Vampiric Touch summary. Engineering, is it dead? - http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=118402240&sid=1 To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Weekly returns The Instance #50 - http://www.myextralife.com/wow/ Blizz talks Flying mount speed - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71577485 Priest decisions - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69843837 Hunter decisions - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/70847794 Why no flying mounts in Azeroth - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/69684527 Hybrids - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/70698697 WOW on dialup - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71849327 Warrior PvP - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71819175 Reputation - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/70708491 Boss scale - http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/70809126 World of Comiccraft I have this Burning Crusade - http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/01/24 We named a staff after him? - http://www.actiontrip.com/comics/at_comic174.phtml BurningCrusade-it N Pin the Tauren - http://www.monster-minutes.com/rezsick.html (click the Tauren) Quick! To the cave! - http://lfgcomic.com/page/13 Will someone rescue Chidori? - http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=40 It’s all about the stats - http://www.darklegacycomics.com/77.html Guild housing FTW - http://www.thenoobcomic.com/daily/strip238.html A Darn-eye? - http://puppylovecomics.blogspot.com/ New flying mounts? - http://manic.comicgenesis.com/ Wallpaper/Fanart/Contest Warlock TCG wallpaper - http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/tcg-wallpapers/tcg-wallpaper10. Undead birthday fanart - http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=450& Previous Episodes Warcraft Weekly Credits Schwick – Author and co-creator of Warcraft Weekly (EU) Sherinda – Spanish translator & Spanish feedback Cortazar – French translator & French feedback Ananya – German translator & German feedback Kolphes – English Grammar/spell checker Additional credits Anvilbeard – Founding father of WW-EU Blizzard EU – Support and sticky’ing EU community – For countless times of support |
| by Ommra | 16/02/2007 21:58:55 “I reject your reality & substitute my own” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling I’m hard at work in getting the 2.1/2.2/.. Information thread going. It will be finished around next week. I finally made some adjustments to the 3rd post (community section). Hopefully it will now look less “Wall of text crits you for 1 smack in the face”. Let me know if it’s better. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations Spanish – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=122514230 German – Still being worked on French – Will return soon! What – Why – When The Christmas Comic contest winners have been announced. Check out if you won! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/christmas-comic/winners.html http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/121882487.htm A much awaited feature has finally arrived. I’m talking about a downloadable version of World of Warcraft and also the Burning Crusade. To download the files, simply go to your account page and click “download the Burning Crusade”. Along with the downloadable files, you can also buy a CD-key online. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452304.htm Talk about a grand opening. 2 million copies of the Burning Crusade on the launch date. Blizzard held a couple of late night launch parties. Of course the Gnomish news crew was there. Go watch it for some fun. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/index.html#midnightopenings2007 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452622.htm The PvP rewards website page has been updated yet again. This time it features the items, item-stats and the prices. Want to grind for your ultimate PvP set? Then set your eyes on this page! Links: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452411.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/honor/rewards-70-armor.html http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/honor/rewards-class-armor.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/honor/rewards-general.html It’s time to party.. or like Jack Black would say “partey”. World of Warcraft Europe is TWO years old on February 11th. Of course Blizzard celebrates with gifts. Blizzard is holding two contests. The first contest is a lore contest which will award 5 times an Alienware Gaming PCs. The second contest is a wallpaper contest which also awards 5 times an Alienware Gaming PCs along with 10 times Nvidia GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics cards for second places. Good times and graduations Blizzard Europe! Links: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452533.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/twoyear/index.html#lore http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/twoyear/index.html#wallpaper http://www.wow-europe.com/en/legal/contests/twoyear-contests-07.html The Informant The current ETA when the first Arena season starts is February the 16th. Along with this announcement, it has also been said that Blizzard is working on new Arenas and they are doing various stuff for battlegrounds. What stuff? We’ll have to wait… Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73440990 A much wanted macro option will be implemented in 2.1. The new macro will be able to tell if your current area is 'flyable' or not. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73389235 Good news for flying locks.. or well Warlocks on a flying mount. Their Imp will soon be changed to disappear once a Warlock takes off. When will this change come? It’s still unknown, but it will come. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122453929.htm The LFG-system is getting some changes. Well… stop teasing us, what are they? I wish I knew. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73391274 We have an ETA for an update for the raid calendar. The USA will get theirs somewhere around the end of this week. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71823566 Deep Wound is currently bugged. According to Crezax, they are looking into it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/77277979.htm It’s possible the level 58 cap on Outland will be lifted in the future. The level cap was there in the first to ease the load on the Outland-realm-part. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73458243 All professions will get a revamp over time! And this is good news for Engineering, ' because that’s the first one that will get looked at. When? You’ll know when I know ;-) Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=71823635&pag New Hunter’s pet abilities are under development. When I say abilities, I don’t mean family abilities, but rather abilities you can buy at the trainer. When will it be? It will be in one of the next upcoming patches. Along with this news, there was also said there will be no bigger pet stable slots. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71751880 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: Next week! 2.0.6 Aftermath Getting tired of getting ganked at Tempest Keep? Well lucky you then. There’s a hot-fix now that will resurrect you at the nearest graveyard like you would in an instance. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73457877 It seemed the Warlock’s Imp was getting too much spell damage coefficient. A hot-fix removed this. Don’t worry though, they are working on a proper fix for this, which will come in a next content patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/73438030 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452460.htm Realm (migration) update To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer an existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=122452348&sid=1 For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html |
| by Ommra | 16/02/2007 21:59:21 Ask Uncle Schwick Saemund of Argent Dawn asked me the following:
I really doubt they’ve shrunken the world; Unless Dr Evil is up to some evil schemes again. Anyways, Flight paths change a lot of times to decrease the flight time. Banjomuz of Tarren Mill asked me the following:
Ask Techsupport. Flabbergast from Genjuros asked me the following:
Blizzard never gave a solid time to reach level 70; they said it would vary per person and game-style. It took me two weeks to reach level 70. Gamemaniak from Frostwhisper asked me the following:
I’ve flown pretty high, not sure how high though. Of course there’s a limit of how high you can go, not to mention it can be affected by your PC (bad PC means bad drawing distance). Shacklya of Earthen Ring asked me the following:
Well they weren’t really used for anything. So they could have been removed for a couple of reasons. Either that or they will finally be implemented soon. I haven’t read anything official yet. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=122554214&sid=1 |
| by Ommra | 16/02/2007 21:59:48 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 21/02/2007 19:38:43 -"I'm too old for this... ugh." Schwick’s Weekly Rambling If you missed it, I made a new weekly topic that contains reviews of features from WoW. You can find it in the community forum and it’s called “Community's review”. Information about 2.1/2.2/..-thread is coming along nicely and will be finished by next week. And last but not least, my apologies for a late WW :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) Warcraft Weekly translations The translation projects are undergoing some changes. The Spanish, German and French Warcraft Weekly’s will return soon! What – Why – When Good news for lore junkies, especially those who love the Warcraft lore. A new lore book is in the making. The name of the book is “World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness”. Sound familiar? It should. The book is about the events happening during Warcraft two. Yes, a game-to-book conversion. We’ll see such names as Lothar, Orgrimm Doomhammer, and Gul'dan. The book is written by Aaron Rosenberg. Current release date is August 2007. Source: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1228 http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1228 Your prays have been heard. A new forum has been added to the current forums. The new forums are about the battlegroups. Enjoy! Link/Source: http://forums.wow-europe.com/child-forum.html?forumId=136731 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/125012646.htm None other then Shane Dabri visited our forums and posted to congratulate us on 2 years existence. Go read what he wrote! Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/133643363.htm The Informant Last week there was a blue-post that said that Warlock’s pets would disappear once a Warlock used their flying mount. Luckily Ommra quickly made an addition to the news and said that Hunter’s pets would also receive the same change. Hallelujah! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122452745.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122453929.htm We’ve received some information about the Netherdrake received. It was already known that an armoured version of the Netherdrake could be obtained by doing PvP Arena and being first at the end of a season. But we forgot one thing: There’s also an unarmoured version. The unarmoured one can be obtained by doing (not yet implemented) quests. The armoured will have a flying speed of 310% and the unarmoured 280%. A final hint was also given that there will be another mount obtainable that will be 310%. More hints were not given. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/74478239 Still want to do the Onyxia chain quest? What? It’s bugged? You can’t find the crumpled up note? It’s a known bugged and it will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/75341486 Another known bug that is known is the Silvermoon guards speaking random languages except their own. Blizzard is working on a fix. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/75341290 You’re an engineer and need Spellfire Cloth for making things? Well it’s a bug and it will be fixed soon. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/75309068 Dying on a floating island results in ressing at the spirit resser (since you can’t reach the rock). Luckily Blizzard is working a fix. Currently they are looking into it, if the corpse can’t drop on the ground instead of the island. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/74260314 The Matchmaking system has a current ETA of the next upcoming content patch (2.1). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/75208750 The PvP Elekk and Hawkstrider are coming… soon! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/122443438.htm There are LFG-UI changes happening behind closed doors. What is being changed? Apparently many of the requested changes are being tested and implemented. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/123012787.htm Druids will get an epic flight form! The speed will be 280% and will maintain the same rules as its previous form. A prerequisite required is that you need the epic flying mount skill before you can get the form (the 300-skill, 5000G). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/74727492 Shamans are being looked at. Looked at what; their appearance? How they work of course ;-) Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/126682852.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: Next week, I promise! 2.0.6 Aftermath A new hot-fix this week. People that have been wiping at Pathaleon the Calculator in Tempest Keep Mechanar will no longer be stuck with the door. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/123382494.htm 2.0.7 PTR A new patch meaning a new PTR. This time we are at 2.0.7 PTR. What has changed? Just a few minor fixes and changes. Best change in my opinion is the no more COD surprise item. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html Realm (migration) update To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer an existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=122452348&sid=1 For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html Ask Uncle Schwick Roffel of Spinebreaker asked me the following question
Both Warriors and Druids can tank and have advantages. A Druid in general has more health but can’t block certain attacks, while a Warrior has lower health but can block certain attacks. But I would say yes, both work great. Nëstor of Argent Dawn asked me the following question
Nothing official yet, but it’s possible there may be some RP changes coming. Nëstor of Argent Dawn asked me the following question
Still on the to-do-list :-). Ignatus of Earthen Ring asked me the following question
Tome books can be found from various instances and mobs. Alison of Jaedenar asked me the following question
If I’m not mistaken, both. Daenne of Aszune asked me the following question
Don’t see why not. To submit your own questions for the next WW issue, go to: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=141524285&sid=1 |
| by Vaneras | 21/02/2007 19:39:23 But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=141884189&sid=1) Forum Watch
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| by Vaneras | 27/02/2007 15:28:50 -“ Mmm, shiny buttons” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Warcraft Weekly translations are no more. Don’t worry though; the Spanish forums have Sherinda who made his own version of Warcraft Weekly (It happened on Azeroth). To keep you informed, we’ll keep linking the article each week. “Ask Uncle Schwick” is going into retirement. The concept might return one day, but for now it’s gone. Don’t worry, I make sure I’ll stay a sugar uncle for the ladies ;-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – Still being worked on What – Why – When And we are off! I’m talking about the PvP Arena’s first season. It has finally started! Enjoy your PvP action! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/158535878.htm Ommra is at again. This time she made an Arena PvP FAQ. Check it out! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/152195247.htm Tom Chilton held another interview this week with WoWwarcry.com. Any new information in the interview? Not really. Still, it’s an interesting read. Link: http://wow.warcry.com/news/view/68791 The Informant A couple of weeks back Blizzard said that currently there are no plans to add a gem section to the auction house. The plan would be a future feature. This week Blizzard said they are adding a gem section in a future patch. Or in other words, soon ;-) Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77710475 So you joined 3 Arena teams (5/3/2 VS 5/3/2). But what will count as Arena points at the end of the week? The highest rating will give you the points. For example if your 2vs2 matches gives you 10 points and your 5vs5 yields 20 points, then you will get 20 points. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77778614 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.8 Aftermath Karazhan received a new hot-fix. It seemed players were losing control of the chest piece event. It has been fixed now. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77038182 Another instance that received a hot-fix is Tempest Keep Mechenar. The elevator door will now no longer be stuck when wiped to Pathaleon. And while we are at Tempest Keep, the Bloodwarder Protectors in Botanica were removed near Laj. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/75213707 For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag Realm (migration) update Some accounts are unable to create new characters. This is a known problem and Blizzard is working to resolve it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/156715783.htm Ask Uncle Schwick Flawless of Shadowsong asked me the following question:
It’s possible, but I think that designers chose not to. Many complaints were made about that kind of concept. Heele of Chromaggus asked me the following question:
How would you feel to haul a person on your back? The riders also need a rest now and then ;-). Anyways, I think it’s because this way it’s easier to implement new flight paths. The developers also said they like to add scenery here and there. Mørk asked me the following question:
Well I’ve seen a documentary where somebody’s uncle was 3 years old :-) But no. Strohm of Scarshield Legion asked me the following question:
Some weapons have their own “glow”-effect. And some it’s possible it didn’t get added to the models. This was the last issue to have “Ask Uncle Schwick”. I might revisit this section in the future. |
| by Vaneras | 27/02/2007 15:29:17 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 06/03/2007 22:09:37 -“God bless you newbie. You helped me get a new perspective on everything.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling 80 episodes of WW already :-) 100 episodes is nearing fast! If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=194229443&sid=4 What – Why – When The Arena rewards page has been added. If you are interested in buying some PvP Arena gear, I would recommend checking it out. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/rewards-weapons.html The Informant Tremble in fear mortals! The Black Temple is coming in content patch 2.1. The Black Temple will be a 25-people-raid and will house the lord of Outland, “Illidan”. Tier 6 gear will be introduced in the instance. Source: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/index.html A new graveyard is incoming in Blade’s Edge Mountains. Flight paths will also receive various changes over all sorts of zones. Both changes will come in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79190636 Rogues’ stealth animations are getting an overhaul. The old animations will go away and new ones will come. This will fix the current aesthetic problems with stealth. Expect the change to come in 2.1 or in a future patch (depending if the animators get it fixed). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/108700897.htm Looking For Group (LFG) UI changes are incoming. Only known change so far, is that the famous spam channel…. er…. pardon me, I mean the LFG channel, is coming back. You will auto-join the channel ONCE you enabled the LFG/LFM UI. Additional changes are also coming, but Blizzard is keeping their lips tight. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77786799 Blizzard is keeping their Eagle Hawk eye out for Magtheridon (the boss). It seems the encounter isn’t really of right difficulty. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77556707 "Charge", "Intercept", and "Intervene" now remove all snaring effects. This was a patch note from 2.0.10 PTR. Unfortunately it wasn’t finished and it was scrapped from the notes. Luckily this change will return in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/78517913 Talbuks currently don’t have a mount sound. This will be corrected in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77584933 The tier sets are receiving a review. Blizzard is currently increasing stats on some sets to prevent tier sets being worse then previous gear. But that’s not all. The scaling of sockets are also undergoing a review. Both changes will come in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/191879302.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/78517926 The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the Warlocks’ Imp again. Although it’s a little lower, at least it does more damage again. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/76848280 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.8 Aftermath Magtheirdon’s Lair has been hot-fixed. What was fixed then? Hellfire Channeler’s spell “Dark Mending” healed more then intended. This has been reduced now. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/77596855 For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag 2.0.10 PTR Some quick fixes some nerfs and some changes; 2.0.10 PTR has it all. Check out the notes! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html It is still unknown if Paladin’s Forbearance has been nerfed or if it’s a bug. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79169105 If you really want to know where 2.0.9 is, it’s a Taiwan exclusive patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79168496 |
| by Vaneras | 06/03/2007 22:10:04 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 13/03/2007 13:17:00 -“Good moaning, I have a massage” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Yes, I’m late yet again. But this time it wasn’t my fault ;-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=218771878&sid=4 What – Why – When Cake for the Horde! Wait…. Cake? Yes. Seems somebody is making art with cake. Check it out! Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87916288@N00/ Mike Morhaime has done it again. He has ended on the top 50 most important people on the web. He ended up in fourth. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070305/tc_pcworld/129301 The website has received various updates. We got the following new pages: - Socketed Items Guide: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/items/socketeditems.html - Arena Reward Pages (armour): http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/rewards-class-armor.htm - Arena Reward Pages (weapons): http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/rewards-weapons.html - Guilds - Players - Arena teams - Arena ladders The page doesn’t require any mod or manual update! It all gets updated automatically. You can find the page here: http://armory.wow-europe.com . If you wish to give feedback go too: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=202520390&sid=1 . The Informant Tigole is massively spreading around hints again. Blizzard is working on something where people who just started raiding can easily catch up with current raiding people. Tigole also agrees that consumables are currently a problem. But that’s not all. Blizzard is also looking at the current raiding gear. Last but not least; Magtheridon and Gruul's Lair’s difficulty will be toned down. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79221587 A while back it was noted the Gem section on the Auction House would come in a future patch. The only thing that has changed so far is that it will come in the next content patch (2.1). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/80451399 Players downranking Windfury on two weapons to gain separate cool-downs is a bug with a fix incoming; this to fix the extra DPS Shamans had. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79216389 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/203980451.htm The mana regen effect from 'Enchant Chest - Restore Mana Prime' does not stack with various items that also grant 6 mana per 5. This will be a future change in a upcoming patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79175365 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.8 Aftermath A new hot-fix this week; this time it’s the Hunters turn. Lightning Breath’s damage has been lowered when affected by +damage gear. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/213051308.htm The Priests also received a hot-fix this week. Gladiator's Satin Hood and Gladiator's Satin Mantle now correctly give +Damage and Healing. However, the tooltip isn’t updated, so to reduce confusion it was removed from the vendor. The tool-tip will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79822599 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/206110985.htm Last but not least; Druids’ Cyclone will no longer tag an affected player to be listed as dead. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79221934 For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag 2.0.10 PTR A lot of changes have been added to the 2.0.10 PTR. Make sure to check out the latest changes here: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html Realm (migration) update The maintenance on Wednesday 7th March will be extended. The realms will be done from 03:00 until 11:00, Paris time (CET). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/217851787.htm |
| by Vaneras | 13/03/2007 13:17:26 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 20/03/2007 10:36:35 -“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling I will soon make some changes to WW. I’ve Been busy the last couple of days. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – Still being worked on What – Why – When Leeeeroooy Je…. Aah you know who I mean. Westword Denver published an article about our good old Leeroy. Interesting read if you are bored. Link: http://westword.com/2007-03-08/news/the-legend-of-leeroy-jenkins/ W Source: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=232233221&sid=1 Some website updates were released this week. What’s new? - You can finally change your email address without calling the billing department; - The Cenarion expedition reputation page has been added. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/cenarionexpedition/i The Informant Yes, the consortium’s monthly gem bag is still bugged. This will luckily be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81948869 The adjusted flight paths will be introduced in the 2.1 patch. The same can be said about the Blade’s Edge Mountain graveyard. But that’s not all. An Alliance graveyard will be moved closer to Shadowfang Keep. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/82041000 Mini-games are still on the long to-do-list. One Mini-game has already been scrapped: an ingame clone of the WoW TCG is no longer on the cards. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81881061 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/240294038.htm The changes coming for Gruul’s Lair will feature in patch 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81969660 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/228633008.htm Not to forget the LFG changes are still on schedule for 2.1 (the next major content patch). It was never said the changes would come in 2.0.10 (a minor patch). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81378163 Good news for Paladin tanking (they can tank? ZOMG!). The developers are looking in to the role of Paladin tanking and will make adjustments. What are the adjustments? We’ll soon know. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/240294041.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81920651 Good news for Hunters also. The Survival talent tree will get looked at. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/113941397.htm The way flasks and elixirs function will change. The what, who and how is still unknown. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/228633010.htm The Mechanar elevator is still bugged in some situations. The development crew is looking in to it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/228283005.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.10 Aftermath Some areas where there were fishing spots didn’t include any fish in the fishing spots. Luckily this has been hot-fixed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/239813980.htm Druids received some hot-fix-loving. Mangle (Druid) will now generate 50% bonus threat. But that’s not all. Lacerate now lands a small amount of instant damage on bleed-immune creatures, thus applying the threat from the ability (previously, lacerate did not affect bleed-immune targets). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/220712071.htm The hot-fix loving doesn’t stop there. Miners rejoice, because the amount of ore mined from small and rich thorium veins is now increased. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/228282989.htm Last but not least, high end raiders can relieve their anger when it comes to Serpentshrine Cavern. The spawning issues with the Lurker Below are hot-fixed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81879698 For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag |
| by Vaneras | 20/03/2007 10:37:05 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 27/03/2007 11:18:15 -“He's a genius, huh?” -“That's what they tell me.” -“Well, he looks like a fruitcake to me.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling I am still working on various changes; nothing new this week. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – Still being worked on What – Why – When It’s time for an interview. This week it’s Shane Dabiri’s turn to be interviewed by Play.tm. No new information, but still a good read if you want to know about design decisions. Link: http://play.tm/story/9710 The Informant The bugs that mean players are not receiving certain quest items when playing Draenei will be fixed in the next content patch (2.1). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/85308630 It’s possible we’ll see new additional quests for Caverns of Time instances. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81976129 Good news for Warlocks. Their succubus will be able to crowd control more humanoid mobs that previously weren’t possible. When? The change will come in 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/82085698 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/260746076.htm Both the Golden Hare crafting and Spellcloth will be fixed in 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/81926424 Vaneras assured us that more items will be corrected in the future. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/262306377.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.10 Aftermath There were some problems that the Hunter’s pet’s health values wouldn’t update. Luckily this has been hot-fixed and it should work again. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/242454243.htm The Mongoose enchant has been hot-fixed. The haste effect will no longer reduce damage. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/263306388.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag Realm (migration) update A new realm maintenance schedule has been posted. The maintenance will be a rolling restart (server reboot and will be back in 15 minutes) each week and each two weeks a maintenance where the realms will go down for a couple of hours. For a full description and list see the post. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/253655391.htm |
| by Vaneras | 27/03/2007 11:18:40 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Ommra | 03/04/2007 10:16:31 -“And the National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do,” but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that…” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling I’m working on new things for Warcraft Weekly. One of those things is a UI and lore section. Both will be in the kind of fashion like Community review. When will it be done? We’ll see… Of course more additions and changes are coming soon. I’m still figuring out details and how it all will work. I will keep you updated! If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – Still being worked on What – Why – When It’s time for a new website update. This week the Zangarmarsh outdoor PvP rewards have been added. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/zangarmarsh/pvp-rewa The Trading Card Game (TCG) is receiving its first expansion. The expansion deck is called the Dark Portal (what a big surprise). It will contain new content such as Blood Elves, Draeneis, new heroes, new equipment and new abilities. A sneak preview of this new deck can be seen at the new upcoming tournaments. Check the link for more information. Link: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/organizedplay/tournament/sne The Informant A first person perspective isn’t in the making. However, you can zoom in to the max. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86908940 The Enigmatic Skyfire socket gem isn’t providing its proper bonus once socketed. This will be fixed in a future content patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/79824848 Our love couple from the Opera event are having some changes made. I’m talking about Romulo and Julianne from Karazhan. In content patch 2.1 they will be changed so that they will be in par with the other Opera events. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/85661312 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/263836846.htm It was already announced that there would be a change coming for Hunters and Warlocks when it comes to their pets and using a flying mount. Good news for these people then, the change will go live in the next content patch (2.1). The pets will be dismissed upon flying and re-summoned when dismounting. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/263836806.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/263836807.htm Happy days for melee classes; mobs that used cleave in the past will no longer do a 360 degree cleave. Instead it will only hit people in front of the mob. But that’s not all! Cleave will also have a chain length equal to the combat reach of the creature. Both changes will come in content patch 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86009546 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.10 Aftermath Another week another boss encounters nerfed. This week it’s Lady Vashj’s turn. Her adds have had their health points lowered. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/85661255 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/263836617.htm We can’t of course forget old Magtheridon this week. This week he has been nerfed so that he will be a little easier to raid. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86689248 Hot-fixes can’t all be about boss nerfs. Gruul should do his Hurtful Strike ability again. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86839934 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/265186843.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag |
| by Ommra | 03/04/2007 10:16:56 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 10/04/2007 12:13:04 - "I've got an excellent idea!" - "What is it?" - "PANIC! AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Schwick’s Weekly Rambling The changes have been delayed this because of a mystery guest helping out with the UI section for WW ^_^ The other changes are still in progress. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – Still being worked on What – Why – When The website has received a couple of new pages. The following sections are new: - Lower City Rewards - Aldor and Scryer Rewards - Arena Tournament webpage Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/shattrath/lowercity. http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/shattrath/aldor-scry http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/shattrath/aldor-scry http://armory.wow-europe.com/arena-tournament.xml It was April first last weekend. As always, Blizzard couldn’t resist a good prank. - The Tinfoil Hat - Black Temple Attunement - Blue posters turned white and white turned blue posters. - The Baari faction All of it isn’t real (or maybe partial lie.. you never know). Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/items/tinfoilhat.xml http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/btattunement/index.html http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/baari/index.html The Informant Healer PvP weapons are on their way. No ETA has been given except it will come in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86813543 There are some problems with patch 2.0.12. It seems if you swap an item during eating it will break the eating state. Also when equipping a Moonglade set item Druids go out of Prowl. Luckily both problems are fixed in 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/268087018.htm The Mask of Veiled Death and Gladiator's Felweave Raiment both have their graphical issues fixed in patch 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/186858698.htm Imbued Netherweave Robes won’t be unique anymore in 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/173637402.htm More 2.1 news gets released this week. - Reducing the Glancing Blow damage penalty (PvE only!) for Rogues - Sweeping Strikes have been removed from mobs. - A load of end-gear items have their stats changed - Trash mobs have been nerfed (respawn timer wise and also difficulty) - 2.1 PTR (aka 0.2.1) will go live in the upcoming weeks The rest was old news. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/89378961 For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.10 Aftermath A long awaited hot-fix has been released this week. Thrall has been fixed so that he won’t give wrong texts or halt during the events. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/86643836 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/266236866.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag Realm (migration) update to ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer a existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: 28/03 Free Character Migration For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html |
| by Vaneras | 10/04/2007 12:13:35 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Aeus | 17/04/2007 06:55:33 -“So far this quest is a *censor*' breeze. I've already killed a dead monster, what's next? We're going to open an unlocked door? Rescue a princess from herself?” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling A new topic has been launched this week. It’s called “Pimp my UI” and can be found on the UI forums. Hope you like it (feedback appreciated). First issue can be found here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=273238299&sid=1 More new stuff coming soon (â„¢) along with some improvement in Warcraft Weekly itself! If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com or I’m sometimes online on the following IRC channel “uk.quakenet.org #wow” (registration is required). Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) News Brothers It happened on Azeroth (Spanish) – http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=273238445&sid=4 What – Why – When A new week a couple of new website updates. The following pages have been added: - Keepers of Time reputation - The Sha’Tar reputation Both new pages show the reputation awards you can get. Enjoy! Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/shattrath/shatar.htm http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/keepersoftime/index. The Informant The player suggested emotes are still on their way. Currently there is no ETA. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/89399271 It was already announced that the Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond would be fixed. This week we have an ETA. It will be fixed in content patch 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/89410758 Last week it was reported that the Mask of Veiled Death and Gladiator's Felweave Raiment would have their graphical issues fixed. This week a couple more items make the list. The Ancient Terokkar Hood, Gladiator's Felweave Handguards & Gladiator's Plate Helm are also fixed in 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/186858698.htm The poison cleaning bug has been fixed in content patch 2.1. This means Rogues’ poison can finally be dispelled. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/89430412 A Priests’ Arena PvP helm (Gladiator's Satin Hood/Gladiator's Satin Mantle) was removed a couple of weeks ago because it had errors in its tooltips. Both items will make their return in the next content patch (2.1). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/93189900 A sneak preview of the professions’ changes has been released this week. There are a couple of nerfs, buffs and additions. To read them, click the link. All these changes will come in the next content patch (2.1). Please note that these aren’t all changes for professions, it’s just a preview. Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/93032551.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.1/2.2/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.12 Aftermath Ice Block and Divine Shield will no longer processes the Flame Wreath’s explosion effect from the Shade of Aran. This has been hot-fixed this week. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/93082745.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag Realm (migration) update To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer a existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: 04/04 Free Character Migration For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/charactermoverealms.html |
| by Aeus | 17/04/2007 06:56:07 Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 25/04/2007 07:14:05 -“Dude, it's a llama!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Pimp my UI is a success (at least in my eyes) so I will continue making new episodes. I also adjusted the Warcraft Weekly layout a little. Comments are always welcome. More new stuff coming soon! If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When A couple of weeks back we’ve seen the amazing work of chef Meekrob’s Horde cake. This time he’s back with more. Of course, what else is there to do then make an Alliance cake! He did it and I must say, who’s in for some cake? Link: http://flickr.com/photos/cakecraft A new Blizzcon is upon us this year. All sorts of activities will be planned again. Blizzcon 2007 will be held in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 3 and 4. The price will be 100 US dollars. What can we expect this year? A 2nd WoW expansion? Starcraft 2? Diablo 3? We’ll soon know! Source: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/070412.shtml http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/276207621.htm The Informant Druids’ consumables are still under evaluation. No known ETA is given yet. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/273098271.htm Better bot reporting is something that is being worked on. The new changes will allow Blizzard to locate and spot botters faster and at the same time make it easier for the reporters to report botters. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/95979957 We’ll be seeing more unique-equipped gems in the future. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/94010595 Some people aren’t satisfied with the Engineering changes. Do note though, that more changes are on their way. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/273248297.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.12 Aftermath A quick hot-fix made its way before 2.1 PTR. Serpentshrine and The Eye (TK) have had certain mob respawns after killing certain bosses fixed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/94849717 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/276207662.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77588515&pag 2.1 PTR The 2.1 PTR has arrived this week! To read the change log and/or copy a character, click the links. Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html http://www.wow-europe.com/en/ptr/ Please note that not all patch notes have made it into the PTR notes. The Black temple & Mount Hyjal will also be ready for testing next week. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/276207829.htm Of course some players started collecting unannounced changes. Do note though, that not all changes are intended changes. Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=94204815&sid Auto-dismounting when casting a spell causes a few camera problems. Luckily it’s under investigation. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/276207916.htm [nocombat] in a macro can cause the tooltip icon to not update. This is fixed in the next PTR. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/96142570 Hunters’ steady shot rotating the player is a known problem currently under investigation. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/278687914.htm SecureStateDriver.lua, line 133 lua problem is fixed in the next PTR patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/94073758 Another lua problem that’s fixed in the next PTR patch is UnitIsSameServer("unit", "otherUnit"). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/94921311 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 25/04/2007 07:14:36 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 09/05/2007 12:53:22 -“crescat scientia vita excolatur” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Yes I’m once again late :-) But better late then never! If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Yet again the website received a couple of new faction updates. This time it’s the Consortium’s and the Sporeling’s turn. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/zangarmarsh/index.ht http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/consortium/ That Blizzard loves machinimas was made clear with the Gnomeregan Gnews Gnetwork. This week they return with a news report about the crisis at da portal. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/index.html#crisisattheportal Still haven’t got the Burning Crusade yet? Feel like trying it out first? Well this is your lucky day. Blizzard has decided that people with an active account can get a free trial for 10 days to try out TBC. Link: http://media.wow-europe.com/bctrial/index_en.html Never heard of Richard A. Knaak and Jae-Hwan Kim? Never seen the Sunwell Trilogy? Well you should! That’s why Blizzard added a preview of the first part of the trilogy. For a full list of books you can buy, check out the other link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader/ http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=14551560&sid=1 And the second qualification round is off! I’m talking about the Arena qualifications. Check out the link to see who will be fighting each other. Link: http://armory.wow-europe.com/arena-tournament-brackets.xml The Informant Floating corpses in space: weird, isn’t it? The developers agree. They are working on a fix that will put the corpses on the ground upon dying. No ETA is given. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/281588425.htm The Priests’ Circle of Healing is still being looked at and being improved. Along with that, Priests’ discipline and holy trees are being looked at. Last but not least, the Priests’ racial is also being examined. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/97833393 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.0.12 Aftermath A small hot-fix this week. Children’s week has been postponed until patch 2.1.0. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/282518334.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 2.1 PTR A good change has come for the Druids in the 2.1 PTR. Druids can now cast Barkskin in Treeform. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/282488953.htm The Warriors’ Devastate change in the 2.1 PTR has been reverted. The change will be undone once the patch goes live. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/96001547 The pets not giving a buff when dismounting has been fixed in the latest PTR patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/282138229.htm The long awaited matching system for battlegrounds has finally arrived. The patch note makers forgot to include the change. Or in other words, the change can be found in patch 2.1. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/96004634 Sometimes the client crashes. Luckily the bugs were reported and it will be fixed in the next PTR. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/279228187.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/280768174.htm A few chat settings aren’t saved. It’s a known problem and it’s being worked on. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/282258971.htm The AI from the Priests’ Shadowfiend has been improved a little. The fiend won’t attack shackled targets anymore. Rejoice for the Moroes fight! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/97833393 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/283258388.htm Currently in the 2.1 PTR, Frostbite affects diminishing returns for all other frost spells. This is a known core issue. Frostbite only has diminishing returns with itself instead with all other frost spells. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/96073604 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 09/05/2007 12:53:48 Warcraft Weekly news network
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But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=283068469&sid=1) Forum Watch
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| by Vaneras | 09/05/2007 12:54:17 -“I’m lazy and at a LAN party.. sue me..” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Not much news this week. Silence before the storm ;-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When A couple of weeks ago the first chapter of sunwell trilogy was added as a preview. This week the second chapter was added. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader A couple of website updates were done this week. - The armour set page has new gear - The Violet Eye reputation section has been added Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/violeteye/ http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/armorsets/ 2.0.12 Aftermath Alchemy discovery is currently disabled after a hot-fix. In the next content patch this is enabled again and the discovery rate has been increased. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/285038678.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 2.1 PTR The +20 spelldmg on gloves enchantments still doesn’t work for healing. This is luckily fixed in the next PTR patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/285209110.htm Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 15/05/2007 09:39:26 -“Fine. No one ever listens to me. If the package is this pretty, no one cares what's inside.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Yes another small WW this week, this because of too few news. Also my apologies for the missing Pimp my UI issue 4. I was at my best friend’s LAN party and in the middle of the loads of fun I kinda forgot to post it :-) So this week a re-post. And yes, we are back to regular posting hours :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Ban! Ban Ban! BAN!!! 114,000 accounts in the month of April received an account suspension. Most bans were done because they used illegal 3rd party addons (IE: Bots). Of course, additional bans will be done in the upcoming weeks. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/index.xml Previous week a 2nd preview was put online of the sunwell trilogy. This week we welcome a 3rd preview of the amazing manga comic. For a full list of books you can buy, check out the other link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=14551560&sid=1 One of the most astounding things from the Burning Crusade would be the music. There’s a lot to say about the music and sounds. So music4games.net interviewed Russell Brower. Russell Brower is a man with a lot of experience (more then 25 years). It’s definitely a recommended read! Link: http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=137 What do you get when a WoW-fan playing around with a 3d program? You get a life-like CGI Night Elf. Max Kor made this for a fan-art submission and I must say he would definitely win. See it and believe it! Link: http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4006&page= The Informant In recent events, new news has received a debuff called silence. Source: My head For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 05/06/2007 07:47:08 -“For pony!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling I might stop using blue.cardplace and start using the curse-gaming one. I’m not sure yet :-) Feedback is welcome. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Two new exciting lore books are on their way. Non other then Richard A. Knaak is writing both of them. One will be a manga and the other will be a novel. The novel will be a sequel to Day of the dragon and the manga will be about Tyri and Jorad Mace. It will be a while before both will be available. Current ETA for the novel is November 2008. Source: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1334 Guess what? Yup: a new week means a new preview of the Sunwell Trilogy. This week chapter 4! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader Blizzard will be attending the World Wide Invitational (WWI) in Seoul, Korea. The event is free of charge, you only need to bring a valid ID-card (IE: Passport). Of course we can expect a Blizzard booth with various goodies and Blizzard-celebs (*cough*Thundy*cough*). Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/1461/ Rememb Link: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/jobopp/index.shtml The Informant There are currently no plans to revisit old quests like The Missing Diplomat or Chained Essence of Eranikus. However, these are still on the table. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10293159 Things like guild banks and such are in the making is old news; but VOIP (Voice over IP) for WoW? Seems it will come one day! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10273351 Tseric posted some feedback for the Shamans. Check it out! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10273197 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1 PTR 2.1 will gain a last minute feature. In recent events, things were changed so that mods could no longer submit a GM ticket, meaning there was a huge uproar about such mods as spamsentry no longer being functional. However, Blizzard have responded by adding more anti-spam measures. Reporting players/botters/gold-sellers is made easier by just right-clicking on their name. Whispering a player will also be limited. For more information and details, check the source. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/1538/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/1519/ 2.1 Aftermath Patch 2.1 will not see any classes getting a free respec. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/286939534.htm Background-downloader at it again? No worries, it’s a valid download. People who will allow the download to proceed will get a part of patch 2.1. This will result in faster download once the final patch is released. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10285477 |
| by Vaneras | 05/06/2007 07:47:30 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 05/06/2007 07:48:15 -“Hell, it’s about time” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Nothing to report. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When A new preview of the sunwell trilogy this week? You bet! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader/ The Informant
Lots of information was released from the IRC chat with the developers. Here’s what we can expect: 2.0.12 Aftermath A hot-fix removed a chest from Arcatraz because it could be looted without encountering any mobs. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/4184/ http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/05/21/stratics-chat-live-with-the-devs/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. Schwick’s Tips
But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=286873304&sid=1) Forum Watch
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| by Vaneras | 05/06/2007 07:48:50 -“And this one time at WoW camp…” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Nothing to report :-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When That Blizzard is capable of fulfilling dreams is something we all knew along. But this story proves it once more. Blizzard made a wish come true for a boy who is in Make-A-Wish Foundation. It made me go “aaaah, how nice”. For the full story, check the link. Link: http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/article_1702706.php http://www.gametab.com/news/914033/ It’s that time of the week again; time for a new preview of the Sunwell Trilogy. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/comicreader/ Blizzard added a new Q&A to their website about the spam-report-feature. Check it out if you are still unsure about the feature. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/squelch.html The fight goes on with Blizzard versus gold-sellers. This time Blizzard filed a lawsuit against peon4hire, one of the biggest gold-sellers in WoW. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/8959/ Last but not least, Blizzard asks you to only use the spam-report-feature for just spam and not other things (IE: Bots). Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/6962/ The Informant Disabling auto-join before you select something from the dropdown list in the LFG-tool is a known bug and will be fixed in an upcoming patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/7419/ The Gladiator's Hotpants currently has a graphical bug. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/7497/ http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/287013645.htm Current ETA for the second PvP Arena season is 12 of June. This because there will be a mini-patch before the new season will launch. Along with this news, it has also been confirmed that we’ll get new PvP Arena gear and miscellaneous rewards. Ratings will be reset but players will keep their Arena points. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/8773/ The guild names and levels of forum characters are currently not being updated. This is a bug. A fix is being worked on. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/9490/ Not being able to cast spellthread on pre-level 35 items is an unintentional change and will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10657086 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1 Aftermath High King Maulgar received a small adjustment in a hot-fix. He attacks faster but hits softer. The overall damage will still remain the same. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/7471/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/7180/ Gruul& Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/7185/ While we are in Gruul’s Lair, Krosh Firehand's Spell Shield is now an instant cast again when a Mage spellsteals it. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/6619/ Serpen Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/7567/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 05/06/2007 07:51:00 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. Schwick’s Tips
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| by Vaneras | 12/06/2007 08:38:19 -“Better late then never I always say” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Better late then ever ;-) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Last week the Worldwide Invitational 2007 was launched. Amped Esports was there to watch the event and also did an interview with Paul Della Bitta (Senior CM). The interview is about the event and the future of it. Interesting read. Link: http://www.ampedesports.com/news/3573/Blizzard-Interview-Della-Bitta/ Blizzard isn’t the only one filing lawsuits against goldselling-websites. The Escapist interviewed the lawyer who’s filing the report in the case of Hernandez v. IGE. It’s a nice interview even if you are not into the whole lawsuit stuff. Link: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/72365-Plaintiffs-Attorney-in The Informant The Paladins’ Improved Concentration Aura only works for 15% instead of the intended the 30%. It also doesn’t reduce the Felhunters’ Spell Lock silencing effect. Both are known bugs and will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/286593633.htm Misdirection only transfers the first two threats and not all three. This will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/12245/ Caver Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/290059148.htm Druids in Flight Form are able to pick herbs. This isn’t intended and will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/289999408.htm When crafting Spellcloth it’s a custom that you will spawn Angered Nether-wraiths. However, instead of spawning just one, Spellcloth spawns two Angered Nether-wraiths. This will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/286854826.htm Rogues are able to sap a target that is PvP enabled on a PvE realm without getting PvP flagged. A Shaman will also get neutral guard aggro for laying down a totem. Both these bugs will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/10586/ Rogue Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/286874187.htm Priests’ Pain Suppression is not gaining the benefit of Silent Resolve. Along with not gaining benefit, Pain Suppression isn’t giving the right amount of resist value. Last but not least, both the Silent Resolve and the Pain Suppression will provide a correct resist value. All these 3 bugs will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/10671/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/12223/ For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1 Aftermath The Lady Vashj encounter in Serpentshrine Cavern will now work correctly in spawning the Coilfang Strider during phase 2 and not reset the event. But that’s not all. The Al'ar encounter in Tempest Keep has its charge damage reduced so that it won’t instant-kill the cloth wearers. Both hot-fixes should be live now. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/11950/ The Commander's Badge, Captain's Badge, and Ancient Cornerstone Grimoire can no longer be used in the PvP Arena. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/289879007.htm The Arena PvP point system was changed in 2.1. For a new calculation check the link. Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/10333 That&r Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/10940/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 12/06/2007 08:38:38 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=291860038&sid=1) Feel free to discuss
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| by Vaneras | 19/06/2007 11:32:02 -“We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Plans are forming for Warcraft Weekly episode 100. The Warcraft Weekly 2-year issue will be held on the same date as the 100th issue. Current date for the issue will be July the 17th. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Gamespot interviewed Jason Hayes, a WoW music composer, this week. No new information but still a nice read. Link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6172231.html A new Blizzard’s Insider was released. This time it’s issue 23. The article features a cool interview with the artists behind the Starcraft 2 cinematic intro. In relation to WoW, it goes a little into the Black Temple. Still a nice read. Link: http://media.wow-europe.com/insider/23/en/index.html It’s been a while since the Armoury was introduced on the official WoW website. This week we received an update. The update introduces the following things: - New Search Categories - Find an Upgrade - "Desired by" filters - Pin-a-character - The World of Warcraft Item Database A most welcome series of changes I might add. Check it out for yourself! Source/link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/14026/ http://armory.wow-europe.com/item-search.xml http://armory.wow-europe.com The Informant The much discussed VOIP-feature is currently slated to be released in content patch 2.2. Macintosh users will also be happy to hear that this feature is cross-platform. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10841505 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1.1 Aftermath A hot-fix was released this week so that several Hunters’ pets’ abilities will no longer crash the client when the debuff is still active upon logging in. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/13458/ The new spam-report that was introduced in 2.1 has received a small update. It will now be possible to report players that are in your group/raid. This will help to report invite-bots that spam in party or raids. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/13721/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 19/06/2007 11:32:22 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 26/06/2007 08:53:40 -“And now for something completely different.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling To make finding Warcraft Weekly (plus the rest) easier on the forums, I made a RSS feed. You can find the RSS feed on http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml . Please note, this is my guild’s website, so I don’t know how long I can host this service. If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When WoWinsider interviewed Ben Drago this week. Ben Drago is the Manager of Organized Play of WoW TCG. Interesting read if you are into the trading card games. Check it out! Link: http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/06/17/wow-tcg-interview-with-ben-drago- The European Regional finals are almost here! The event will be on June 22 to 24 in Hamburg. Check it out if you want to see some fast paces PvP Arena action. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/17203/ http://wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/season01/index.html 2.1 A while back Lady Vashj and Al'ar got hot-fixed. Lady Vashj had her spawns fixed so that they don’t evade any more and Al’ar won’t one-shot cloth wearers any more when charging. These fixes are now back again. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/16905/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 Realm (migration) update On May 30th an extended maintenance took place; this resulted in extended downtime. To make up for the extended downtime, every player will receive an extra day credit. Source: https://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=292921463&sid=1 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=296440864&sid=1) Forum Watch
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Previous Episodes As always: Have a nice week and enjoy this week's issue! Schwick (Shadowsong-EU) schwickster@gmail.com MVP (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87109062&sid=1) Credits
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| by Vaneras | 10/07/2007 08:02:06 -“[singing] Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! Lovely Spam, wonderful Spam!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling A little late then usually, but better late then never ;-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When And the finals are off! The European Regional Finals at the Congress Center in Hamburg have started on the 22th of June. Check the links out for some sweet “pwnage” Source/Links: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/17949/ http://www.giga.de/2/live/free/ http://blizzard.co.uk/battlenet/tournaments/season5/brackets.shtml http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/arena/season01/index.html Links: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/17941 http://www.thecgs.com The Informant The Mages’ PvP Arena 2 set doesn’t have the correct stats value. This will be corrected in a future patch. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/17357/ http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/11052733 There are still a few items with model glitches. One of those items is the Nordrassil helms. The helm currently has some hair issues. This item’s model will be fixed in a future patch. This will make sure the hair glitch won’t happen again. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/10991428 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299011280&sid=1 2.1.2 Aftermath Unstable Affliction won’t be removed anymore by the PvP trinket. This fix has been released in a hot-fix. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/299060692.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 Realm (migration) update Nagrand will lose its recommended tag. The current PvE realms who can possibly be nominated for receiving the commended tag are Ghostlands and Hellfire. Sources: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/298910559.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/299061631.htm Sneaking into a preview
OK, so some people asked me what Warcraft Weekly 100 (+ 2 years) will contain; well here’s a sneak preview: (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 10/07/2007 08:02:37 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299061824&sid=1) Forum Watch
Feel free to discuss
Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299061823&sid=1 Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Weekly returns
Blizz talks
Machi
World of Comiccraft
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Previous Episodes As always: Have a nice week and enjoy this week's issue! Schwick (Shadowsong-EU) schwickster@gmail.com MVP (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87109062&sid=1) Credits
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| by Vaneras | 10/07/2007 08:03:03 -“Victory is mine!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling WW 100 is well on its way. No spoilers for now, soon! ;-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Some news about the World of Warcraft movie is slowly starting to get released. Although the new news isn’t that big, it’s something. Rob Pardo confirms that Blizzard is still happy with Legendary (the studio making the movie). Besides Rob Pardo, Legendary’s chairman Thomas Tull confirms Blizzard and Legendary are working close to together to make sure the movie stays true to the lore and feel. I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t wait to see how this works out. Sources: http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14491 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14506 The Informant Warcry’s second interview with the World of Warcraft developers has been released. The interview doesn’t provide any new information; it just provides some inside knowledge behind some development decisions. Still a good read! Link: http://wow.warcry.com/news/view/73421-Exclusive-Interview-with-Lead-De Blizzard hasn’t forgotten about the Scourge invasion! However, other events are being worked on before this one. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/19931/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/19594/ For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1.3 PTR A new mini-PTR was released this week. 2.1.3 PTR contains a few fixes and improvements. Check out the link for the change-log. Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/20433/ Warc
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299063804&sid=1) Forum Watch
Feel free to discuss
Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299063820&sid=1 Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Blizz talks
Machinima this!
World of Comiccraft
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Previous Episodes As always: Have a nice week and enjoy this week's issue! Schwick (Shadowsong-EU) schwickster@gmail.com MVP (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87109062&sid=1) Credits
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| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:31:46 -“Most people talk a lot; few are up for the moment. Welcome to Warcraft Weekly Ninety-nine.” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling 1 more week until Warcraft Weekly 100! In the meantime here’s WW99 ;-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When The replacement for ex-Blizzard Community Representative (CR) Crezax has finally arrived! His name is Salthem and he can be recognized by.. er.. well.. just his name for now; but an avatar for Salthem is on its way! From Warcraft Weekly, good luck, You’ll need it with these trolls ;-) Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/21597/ While Link: Time to… The Informant The Mages’ Evocate is apparently working as intended. It seems spirit enhances the spell effect. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/21736/ Dustw Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17462818 There are no plans to update existing spell graphics. Minor changes might however still happen. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/22436/ The developers agree that more variations on forms sound cool. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/298914147.htm Another thing the developers agree on is that the Druids in Arena PvP are currently a little under-represented. Blizzard is currently looking into the overall performance. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/299064950.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1.2 Aftermath A hot-fix went live this week that made it possible to buy the Mystic Dawnstone jewelcrafting recipe. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/21630 For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 Sneaking into a preview part 2
1 more week and then Warcraft Weekly 100 (+2 years old)! Here’s a recap of what I said last time: (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:32:13 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299055782&sid=1) Feel free to discuss
Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=299055762&sid=1 Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Weekly returns
Machinima this!
World of Comiccraft
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Previous Episodes As always: Have a nice week and enjoy this week's issue! Schwick (Shadowsong-EU) schwickster@gmail.com MVP (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87109062&sid=1) Credits
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| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:33:24 -“What’s Warcraft Weekly’s powerlevel!? OVER 100!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling
Well it’s been a great 2 years and 100 issues! And it still is great :-) So I tried to make this a special issue. I got the following specials for you: What – Why – When Salthem finally has an avatar! You can recognize Salthem by his walking Boglord. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/24662/ L70 Elite Tauren Chieftain will rock Blizzcon! Check out the link for a preview. Link: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/26317/ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/movies.html# The Informant Blizzard was at E3 this year and they revealed some new information for us. Zul’Aman will be a 10 man raid instance (old info). The new news is that Zul’Aman will have a time-based quest. To be able to complete the quest(s) you have a couple of minutes to get from point A to point B (Like the Stratholme time run). The faster you complete it, the better the rewards are. Further more Zul’Aman will feature six bosses; four liberated animal gods and two normal bosses including Zul’Jin. The loot will be slightly better then Karazhan and it won’t require any attunement whatsoever. Because the instance is time-based, it will be a mix for hardcore players as well as casuals. The reset timer is 4 days. Source: http://e3.gamespot.com/story.html?sid=6174183&pid=928901&tag=t http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/24723 http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/24674 Accord Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=167873 There are plans for more PvP content along with new Battlegrounds in the future. As always, details remain unknown. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/24640/ A couple of new details have released about the VOIP-feature and the Guildbank-feature. Guild Masters will be able to set permissions to specific persons for the guildbank but it can also be done by guild-rank. The VOIP has a separate UI. It will also mute any background sound once somebody is talking. The guildbank-feature will come some time after 2.2. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/24790/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/25431/ The developers agree that counter-spelling the heals once in spirit of redemption (the big angel form once a Priest dies) is working as intended; however they agree it’s too counter intuitive. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/23765/ Blizz Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/11480518 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1.3 Aftermath A change didn’t make the 2.1.3 patch notes. All mail (items and money) between the same account characters (alts if you would like) will receive their mail directly. Mail between other people will stay 1 hour, this also includes money now! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/299006372.htm For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 2.2 PTR The 2.2 PTR has started! Go read the change-log in the link! Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html The VOIP (Voice Over IP) feature will still come in 2.2 but hasn’t been enabled yet. Blizzard is still ironing out this feature. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/24935/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/24934/ The Rogues’ 2.2 Blind change wasn’t intended. The note has been removed and the change has been reverted. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/25373/ The 2.2 fix for the Orcs’ shoulders has been delayed. Expect it to get fixed in an upcoming 2.2 PTR build. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17460656 Realm (migration) update
To ensure a smooth realm population, Blizzard is offering free realm transfers. Free realm transfers means that you can transfer an existing character on a realm to another realm. You can find a free realm transfer list here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=302061409&sid=1 For more information regarding free character transfers, read the FAQ: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/charactermove.html On June 27th an extended maintenance occurred which caused 8 extra hours of downtime. The following realms have received an extra day of game time credit. (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:33:47 Forum Life Like I said in the first post, Forum Life is a bi-weekly comic made by Chidori (from Flaming Ruby) and me. Forum Life will be a comic surrounding the WoW Europe forums as well as some WoW-related stuff. The comic is a mix between reality and fiction (for example, I don’t really work for Blizzard). Chidori will of course try to make a weekly issue if possible, but she won’t make any promises. This week we thought it would be cool to make a short introduction. Without further delay, here’s the comic! (An unique website is in the making... SOON!) http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=53 Make sure to thank Chidori for the comic! Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. But who watches the watchers? Each week a few topics or good links get chosen to be on the front-page of http://www.wow-europe.com and also have a chance to be included in the upcoming Warcraft Weekly. To submit links that you think are worth mentioning, go to this link (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=301791379&sid=1) Forum Watch
Feel free to discuss
Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=301791377&sid=1 Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Weekly returns
Blizz talks
Machi
World of Comiccraft
Wallpaper/Fan-art
As always: Have a nice week and enjoy this week's issue! Schwick (Shadowsong-EU) schwickster@gmail.com MVP (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=87109062&sid=1) Credits
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| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:35:49 -“Special delivery!” Regular Warcraft Weekly 100 can be found here => http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=301911572&sid=1 Content of WW 100
Here’s what’s in store for you in this special edition of Warcraft Weekly 100! Interview with the Blue boys My apologies, the interview has been delayed until next week! Expect this interview to show up in Warcraft Weekly 101! (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:36:19 Developer notes from Blizzard (part 1) One thing that I really tried to arrange was a Q&A with a developer but alas, this wasn’t possible. Luckily Vaneras was able to pull some strings and came up with some developer notes for me to publish. Enjoy! Q1: Griftah is cool! Are there plans for putting more of these flavour type NPCs into different areas?
Q2: What is the status on the BG exalted rep title?
Q3: Some believe there has been an increase to the chance for a mob to daze a player in Outland. Is there any truth to this?
Q4: How about a dance for aquatic form! Perhaps a Flipper type dance of standing up and flailing its arms… er, flippers…? And what about flying acrobatics?
Q5: The chest that drops from Vazruden in Hellfire Ramparts is a bit annoying, since it makes it much easier for ninja looters. Why can’t he just drop loot that we can use the standard UI rolling interface for? Is this intended design or are there other factors involved for why there is a chest drop and not regular loot drops?
Q6: Several bosses are immune to poisons, and as a “mutilate spec” rogue it’s difficult to compete in specific raid encounters. What is the intent with allowing or not allowing poisons on bosses?
Q7: We, the players, feel that the non-epic flying mounts should be just a tad faster; maybe 10%-15% because they are a bit sluggish and unresponsive. Are there any plans to possibly adjust them somewhat?
Q8: Blackfathom Deeps. Are there any plans for improving or changing this instance to attract more players?
Q9: Any plans to include "Super" potions as honour rewards at an increased cost?
Q10: Why are there only female concubines in The Guest Chambers? You should add male concubines as well – we’re sure Medivh would have been sensitive to our needs.
Q11: Elekk and Hawkstrider pvp mounts. When can we expect these?
Q12: Will Hyppogryphs and Bats be available for players as flying mounts at some point?
Q13: Would it be possible to have an anonymous toggle for when you don’t want to be disturbed. It would feel a bit less rude than to just ignore tells or putting up DND.
Q14: There should be an easier way to respec for going from Arena specs to PvE/Raid specs, as it takes time and money to switch between them. Additionally it would be nice to be able to ‘save’ a spec, so that it’s at least easier to switch between them.
Q15: Where do Gruul’s Lair and Magtheridon rate in difficulty?
Q16: Why are there no weather effects in Outland? Are there any plans for this?
Q17: Is the Rage formula the same for Druids as it is for Warriors?
Q18: For some armour sets, such as Assassination set, the characteristics are clearly for Rogues, however Druids can equip it. Wouldn’t it be more practical to link sets like that to only one class (Rogue in this case)?
Q19: It seems like some classes get new ability ranks with uneven levels and others don’t. The priest, for example, gets a new rank of Greater Heal, Mana Burn and Mind Blast with level 63, the rogue doesn’t get new ranks for his abilities with level 63. What’s the reason behind this and why are there actually new ranks for uneven levels for level 61+?
Q20: When playing on a powerful computer, it is not possible to see the landscape that is a bit far, nor to see the nice landscape under us while flying…whereas in BG (for example Alterac) it is possible to see all the ground/landscape around the player, even the most far away. Will it ever be possible for players having a good computer to have the choice in the video interface of seeing something different from grey fog when wanting to see far away (not for characters but only for landscapes)?
Q21: Shamans would like to see the implementation of a Totem UI, to make it easier to manage all those totems. Is this something that has been considered?
Q22: Should hunters expect more pet abilities over time and will more family abilities be available for pets other than cat types. (Sporebats, raptors, spiders etc.)
Q23: Will the Force of Nature talented ability ever get a pet bar, so that you can select the targets of the treants?
Q24: With the change to the PvP trinket, what are thoughts on classes such as Hunters and Rogues who have some longer cooldown CCs? The rogues who already see their place in the arenas as near non-existent, some of their new CC ability with imp sap is felt to be more than counteracted with this change. Are there any intentions to make changes based purely on the broader scope these trinkets function on now?
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| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:36:47 Developer notes from Blizzard (part 2) Q25: Would it be possible to change the order of their characters in the selection screen of the game? That way you could decide the order in which their characters are listed and put the main character in the top of the list.
Q26: Will there be faster ground mounts at any point?
Q27: Some engineers aren’t too happy about rolling for locked chests since they feel that Seaforium is a bit expensive to begin with.
Q28: Solo & small group content and Skettis in particular, currently it takes about 22 days or so to get exalted. It feels a bit extreme to many players, what are your thoughts on this?
Disclaimer: Please note that the information given above might be subject to change and should therefore not be taken too literally. World of Warcraft is under continuous development and changes are therefore likely to occur. Interview with a comic that’s LFG When going through a list of people who I should interview I came to a stop and got bored. I started reading the latest Looking For Group of that week. So I thought, what the heck, why not. So I arranged a Q&A with Ryan Sohmer, the talented writer behind LFG (http://www.lfgcomic.com) Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: From which games/books/movies are LFG-comic based on?
Q3: Who came up with the idea to start the comic and how did it happen?
Q4: Are the characters based on real-life friends/family/..?
Q5: Whose alter ego did Richard spawn from?
Q6: Recently you did a short ad with WoWhead.com, how did this come to mind?
Q7: Is a short cartoon of LFGcomic something you want to do more often? (Seeing the success of both the short ones)
Q8: Some have wondered what race Benny (aka Grid) actually is. Is she an Orc or Troll?
Q9: Will more history be unveiled about Benny and Krunch?
Q10: Are there any plans for a hard-cover comic of LFGcomic?
Q11: Any future plans you can tell us about?
Q12: Any tips out there for newly starting artists wanting to create a comic of their own?
Q13: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q14: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
(Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:37:36 A Dark interview with Legacy Of course when interviewing LFG, you got to include the funny WoW comic, Dark Legacy (http://www.darklegacycomics.com)! I had a chat with Keydar and this is the result: Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: Who came up with the idea to start the comic and how did it happen?
Q3: Are the characters based on real-life friends/family/..?
Q4: Ever had an own Dark Legacy moment ingame?
Q5: Are you a key-tuner? *shuffle shuffle shuffle*
Q6: Go go threat-meter or go go DPS meter?
Q7: Will poor Donald ever have his IQ back?
Q8: Are there any plans for an epic tale Dark Legacy style?
Q9: How do you come up your jokes every time? There hasn't been one comic I didn't laugh or at least smiled.
Q10: Are there any plans for a hard-cover comic of DarkLegacy?
Q11: Any future plans you can tell us about?
Q12: Any tips out there for newly starting artists wanting to create a comic of their own?
Q13: What would you like to achieve with DarkLegacy and what would you like to achieve in the near future?
Q14: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q15: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
Interview with a bearded anvil (part 1) When celebrating Warcraft Weekly 100, you got to include the founding father. So I asked Anvilbeard a couple of question: Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: So what are you up to these days?
Q3: Is the level 17 Anvilbeard still around?
Q4: How does it feel to be the granddaddy of WW-EU?
Q5: Are you happy how Warcraft Weekly after 100 episodes turned out?
(Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:38:18 Interview with a bearded anvil (part 2) Q6: Got any future plans for the WoW community?
Q7: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q8: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
Interview with Flaming Chidori’s Ruby (part 1) And last interview I had for this special episode of Warcraft Weekly is with Chidori (http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi). She’s doing “Forum Life” for Warcraft Weekly currently, so I had to include her in the interviews. Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: Who came up with the idea to start the comic and how did it happen?
Q3: Are the characters based on real-life friends/family/..?
Q4: Did any of your guild members ever had a moment of "Hey, aren't you that licking NE pervert?" or something similar?
Q5: Ever had a Flaming Ruby (comic) moment?
Q6: Did the comic increase the fun-aspect a little in the guild?
Q7: Why did you pick the kind of art-style you currently use? It works very well and adds a unique flavour.
Q8: Were you really kidnapped by the Horde?
Q9: Are there any plans for an epic tale Flaming Ruby style?
(Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:38:47 Interview with Flaming Chidori’s Ruby (part 2) Q10: How do you come up your jokes every time? There hasn't been one comic I didn't laugh or at least smiled.
Q11: Any future plans you can tell us about?
Q12: Any tips out there for newly starting artists wanting to create a comic of their own?
Q13: What would you like to achieve with Flaming Ruby and what would you like to achieve in the near future?
Q14: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q15: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
A special thanks and a note
I like to thank a couple of people for making Warcraft Weekly hit 100: |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:40:06 -“Time to keep on moving” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling The 100th issue was a success I would say :-) Like I said in the past, the interviews will be a weekly addition to Warcraft Weekly. Also, as I said, Forum Life unfortunately won’t be a new issue each week! So for now, enjoy the old one. RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml (working now!) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Warcraft board-games, Trading cards, lore books, mangas, etc; What’s next? A comic book! Yup, Blizzard and WildStorm will be releasing a comic series based on World of Warcraft. The comic is written by Walter Simonson and the art is done by Ludo Lullabi and inker Sandra Hope. The comic will be in stores on October the 14th. For more details read the link. Link: http://www.dccomics.com/dcunlimited/wow/?action=the_comic The Informant Blizzard is looking at the abilities Druids can use in Tree of Life form. Nothing is certain yet though. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/38809198 More weather effects are still coming. A timeframe is of course not available at this time. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/38782093 A little note from the blues that the new Stealth animations will come in a future patch and aren’t scrapped yet. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/304220765.htm Once more, Guild/Player-housing is still being planned for the future (how many times have I repeated this news in my WW-career?). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/38339025 Hunters are currently a little under-represented in Arena PvP. The developers agree with this and they are discussing it; no information nor ETA yet. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/38801073 For an archived what’s coming 2.2/2.3/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 2.1.3 Aftermath A hot-fix was released this week to make sure Warlocks can’t summon people in Battlegrounds. Apparently a lot of people were using this ability to exploit. A future fix may come though to prevent the exploiting and re-enabling the summoning within Battlegrounds. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/2/en/details/26707/ http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/26628/ For a compilation of hot-fixes see: Latest hotfixes - updated 04/07 2.2 PTR Not all notes are in the patch log yet. One of the changes that weren’t included yet is that some Inns have new music sounds. Source: http://wow-en.curse-gaming.com/devtracker/1/en/details/26426/ The PTR still has quite a few problems. Hortus made a list of current problems with 2.2 PTR. Do note though that this list hasn’t been verified yet by Q&A. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/44315431 For unbelievers who still say VOIP (Voice chat) will not come in 2.2, here’s another blue source. VOIP will come in 2.2; however, it hasn’t been activated yet in the current build of 2.2 PTR. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/38342004 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 31/07/2007 14:41:19 An interview with… The blue guys (the CM and CRs of these forums)! Originally this interview was intented to be featured in Warcraft Weekly 100. Due to time issues, the interview didn’t make the cut. Luckily they rescheduled it. Without further delay, here’s it is! Q1: 100 issues of Warcraft Weekly and going strong for 2 years now! Did you expected it to come this far?
Q2: Looking forward to another year of Warcraft Weekly?
Q3: Has much feedback been taken from the Community Reviews? What about other topics?
Q4: Is the EU-English (forum) community currently where you want it to be?
Q5: Can we expect more MVPs soon and are you satisfied with the MVP program?
Q6: How does a CM's work day look in general?
Q7: Care to reveal a few future plans for the EU community?
Q8: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q9: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers?
Thanks goes out to Thundgot, Vaneras, Aeus and Salthem (Ommra also helped!). Next week on “An interview with…”: No idea yet. We’ll see ;-) Forum Life As I said in Warcraft Weekly 100, Forum Life won’t be a weekly comic (Chidori has personal things to do). So here’s the first issue in case you mist it last week. http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=53 An unique website is in the making. I have no ETA yet. I will keep you updated :-) (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 07/08/2007 07:20:27 -“Now included with 102 Dalmatians souls!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Chidori is working a second Forum Life. Expect it to be ready for the next issue. RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Nine, negen, neun, nio, nueve… or in other words; Nine-million WoW subscribers worldwide! Yes, another milestone for Blizzard/WoW. Before you jump the bandwagon and say that this isn’t possible; the nine-million subscribers are people with an active paid account (including pre-paid card users, one month free game-play with a new account and even Internet Game Room players from the last 30 days). Free promotional players (such as guest passes) aren’t included in the milestone. Source: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/070724.shtml It’s time to extend the lore again! This time it’s done with a free online story about Nobundo. What are you waiting for?! Go read for 41 pages worth of backstory! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/story/unbroken/index.xml Don&rsqu Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/squelch.html That the Comic Con was last week is no news for the comic fans out there. Blizzard also attended the con with intention of promoting their latest project; the WoW comic. At the panel you could find Chris Metzen (Blizzard VP of Creative Design) and Mickey Mielson (Blizzard Senior Writer & Voice Director). They discussed various aspects from the comic-book itself till Warcraft lore. It’s an interesting read. Be sure to read the report from Blizzplanet or either listen to the podcast itself for a good laugh here and there. Links: http://blizzplanet.com/news/1550/ http://dccomics.com/media/podcasts/DCComics_2007-07-28_Wow_Its_World_o Blizzard interviewed Kness (the winner of the Valentine contest 2007). She is known for her Café Salé (a non-profit association and a gathering of true artistic talent). It’s an interesting read how something small turns big. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/spotlight/cfsl/index.html T Some new Zul’Aman news popped up this week. Zul’Aman will be a winged dungeon like Naxxramas; this will make sure you can pick which boss you want to do first (exception of the last two bosses, not listed below). The four wings are: - The Bear (Loas) - The Eagle (Akil'Zon) - The Lynx (Halazzi) - The Dragonhawk (Jan'Alai) Each wing will take around 45-1 hour with a good group. The last two bosses are the Witch Doctor and Zul'jin himself. The dungeon itself will not introduce any new reputation faction nor use an old one. Source: http://wow.warcry.com/news/view/75268 Besides news about Zul’Aman, Blizzard comes with a new concept. Blizzard will introduce logical loot to new content (old content will not use this concept). Logical loot means that a mob/boss has a chance to drop what he is wearing. In the past this was already the case with a few mobs/bosses, but now Blizzard will use this concept even more. Zul’Aman will be the first dungeon to use this concept. Sources: http://wow.warcry.com/news/view/75268 http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/44316071 Netherspite from Karazhan will get his beams changed. The change will make sure the beams are easier to recognize, especially for colour-blind folk. This change will go live in the Zul’Aman patch. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/304221858.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 07/08/2007 07:20:51 An interview with MVP Highlander Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: What is your favourite profession in WoW and why?
Q3: What about most profitable?
Q4: Any profession you haven't finished yet in terms of end-game?
Q5: If you would introduce a new profession to the game, which would it be?
Q6: Any tips for newcomers in the world of the profession?
Q7: It's been a while since the MVP program was introduced on the EU-forums. You still happy being an MVP?
Q8: Why did you start writing various profession guides in the first place?
Q9: Do a lot of people contact you in-game for profession advises?
Q10: If Blizzard asked you to work for them, would you do it?
Q11: Any future plans in store for the EU community? Care to reveal some?
Q12: Have you earned the rank of "Fluffy-killer" yet?
Q13: I heard a rumour you always wear a kilt while listening to some Scottish music when browsing the forums and keep shouting "There can only be one!". True or False?
Q14: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q15: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
I like to thank Highlander for this interview! (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 07/08/2007 07:21:19 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:24:43 -“Warcraft Weekly will be expanding the expansion which will expand the ever expanding expansion news...Did I mention the word expansion yet?” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling It’s second expansion news time! So I revived the old concept of “Burning Crusade you say?”. This time it has been renamed to “Wrath of the Lich King you say?”. This will of course contain (second) expansion news. “An interview with” will return next week since I had little time (too much.. expansion… news.. must.. need.. more.. expanding.. expansion.. news..). Oh and Chidori is working on the second issue of A Forum Life. Expect it soon! RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When News is slowly starting to come about the (World of) Warcraft movie. The movie will play one year before the events of WoW. The hero of the movie will be a new central hero character which will be badass. The movie will not focus on a quest type (like LOTR), instead on a war aspect. The point of view will be shot from the Alliance side. The current ETA is 2009. Sources: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48296 http://pc.ign.com/articles/810/810700p1.html The Informant
So yeah.. Blizzcon was this weekend. Loads and loads of information were revealed this week. So much info I don’t know where to start. Well here are a few news items. These aren’t all the news-items (read “Info About Expansion & 2.3/2.4” for the full deal”). A few news from the class front is that Healers will finally get something so that they will able to deal some Free damage. Also Blizzard is discussing Fear Ward for the Horde. Source: http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4017797 http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/08/04/professions-and-items-liveblog/ Dungeons ahoy! Besides Zul’Aman we can expect the Sunwell. The Sunwell will be a 25-man raiding dungeon. Also there’s a chance non-raiders will get a new 5-man dungeon. When? ETA is unknown. Source: http://www.curse.com/articles/details/2591/ http://news.curse.com/details/2592/ Professions are also getting some attention: Alchemist: A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say? The second expansion is upon us! The name will be “The Wrath of the Lich King”. WLK (or WOTLK) will introduce WoW players to Northrend and Arthas’ army, the Scourge. Check out the cool website for some information! Source/Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/ WLK will introduce new features for WoW players. Players can expect new dungeons, level 80, Northrend (a 3rd Azeroth continent), new battleground and many more things. Source/Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/ Besides level 80, Northrend and new talents/abilities, WLK will introduce Hero classes. The first Hero class will be the Death Knight. A Death Knight (DK) is a plate-wearing tank/DPS hybrid. The DK will start around level 55-70 once you achieved some sort of Warlock-mount-like-quests. The DK will be unlocked and you can create a new character with as class DK. It will not replace/destroy your current character. Instead of using Mana/Energy/Rage/.. the Death Knight will be using “Runes”. Currently all races and classes can become a DK. A DK can tank with a 2-hander or dual-wield. The DK will be a mix between casting and melee. Just like any other class, the DK will also feature three talent trees. The DK will start of with gear and a mount. The DK will have its own itemisation as well as share the appropriate items. Further details are unknown. Sources: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/ http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraftwrathofthelichking/news. http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4017529 http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/08/04/professions-and-items-liveblog For the PvP front people can expect new battlegrounds and *begins banging the drums* SIEGE WEAPONS! Yes, the long awaited feature will finally come. Expect to “pwn” the Horde/Alliance with Meat Wagons & Steam Tanks (and more…). Of course what would Siege Weapons be without destructible mayhem? Destroyable buildings will be introduced! Siege weapons will be introduced in Outdoor PvP, Battlegrounds and maybe even PvE. Besides this, people can expect Arena PvP season 3 (along with new items and such). Last but not least a new Arena will be introduced. Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraftwrathofthelichking/news. http://news.curse.com/details/2592 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraftwrathofthelichking/news. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SHP4igfbI Any new professions? Of course! Inscription will be a profession which enhances/alters spells and abilities and also weapons. It will also create new items. For example it can alter the cooldown or increase the crit-rate of specific spells. Inscription will not be like alchemy or enchanting, it will create scrolls. Source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725 http://www.curse.com/articles/details/2597 Some cool new UI goodies will also come in WLK. First off it will introduce an itemrack/Outfitter like feature. Basically it will allow you to easily swap gear compilations. However, it’s just not that; it will also introduce storage for those items. If that’s not enough, you can also expect a Big-wigs/Deadly boss mods like warning system. Last but not least; a built-in threat-meter! Source: http://news.curse.com/details/2592/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGpUX1FpA_I For more detailed information and more additional information please check: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=305842072&sid=1 2.2 PTR Hortus updated his “Reported issues for 2.2 PTR”. Do note that list contains issues that have been reported by players, this does not mean they have been verified by QA just that they have been reported and will be investigated Link: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71244322 Dealo (lead encounter designer) has released some updates that some dungeons have been tweaked. Archimonde, Mother Shahraz, Reliquary of the Lost and Prince Kael'thas have all undergoing some tweaks/fixes. Further more Heroic Dungeons have undergone some changes and Tempest Keep’s and Serpentshrine’s have had their trash mobs’ abilities tuned. For details check the link. Link: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/29380/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/29614/ (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:25:09 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:26:14 -“Good news everyone!....*snore*... er.. what?....” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling No interview again this week. The person that I had in mind to be interviewed cancelled at the last day and I didn’t have a backup plan. Maybe next week! I decided to pull the plug on the Forum Watch concept. Feedback was to low to make it viable. Maybe I’ll revisit it in the near future. RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Someone ordered a new Community Representative (CR)? Tharfor will join the excising four man crew of CM and CRs. He can be recognized by his.. erm.. blue.. text.. and a still unknown avatar. From WW, welcome Tharfor! Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/32072/ The Informant Season 3 will most likely start once content patch 2.3 gets released or a short while after that. It has also been said that season one gear will cost around 15K honour (season one gear can be bought for honour instead of arena points). Last but not least, this news also confirms Zul’Aman (and more) will come in content patch 2.3. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/32276/ Chances are good that Shamans will lose their Two-Handed Axes and Maces talent. Don’t worry; the skill will then be bought from the weapon-masters. Do note that this talent change is still not final and can still change. Also there are no plans for Shamans to use swords. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71248117 Nethaera once more confirms more content is coming after Zul’Aman. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71241077 Blizzard is going to add new items in content patch 2.3 that can be obtained through Heroic Tokens. Distribution of Heroic Tokens will also happen in Zul’Aman and Karazhan besides the current Heroic dungeons. Source: http://www.curse.com/videos/details/541/ (around 08:30) For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=305842072&sid=1 It’s so cold here…. Wrath of the Lich King you say? The Alliance doesn’t have to worry; the Tuskarr are a neutral race. And now to hug the big oafs! Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/32502/ Vaneras once more confirms that flying mounts can be used in Northrend. However, details still remain unknown how soon you can use flying mounts in Northrend nor how far within Northrend you can use them. This will be done so that people don’t quickly sweep over the lands without exploring Northrend to its fullest. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/32007/ Salthem also joins the news by confirming various things about Northrend itself; nothing new, just confirmations. Still it’s an interesting read. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/32279/ If that isn’t enough confirmation for you yet, then Nethaera confirms the lore deal of Dalaran and Malygos; again, nothing new, just confirmations. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/32606/ For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=305842072&sid=1 2.1.3 Aftermath Windfury has been hot-fixed yet again. Instant special attacks (yellow attacks) such as Slam and Sinister Strike will no longer process Windfury anymore. However, extra swing attacks will still work (Heroic Strike and Cleave). Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/33060/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/33484/ You remember the rocking WoW band called L70ETC? Well you should! They will now be a regular road-crew with the Darkmoon Fair. They won’t only spawn in Terrokar but also in Mulgore and Elwynn forest. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/33185/ Good old tree-hugging Archimonde got hot-fixed: - Archimonde now casts fear in a bit more consistent manner, roughly every 40 seconds. - Fear's cast time is now 1.5 seconds. - Grip of the Legion now has only a 60 yard range. - Red Soul Charge now only silences players for 4 seconds. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/33710/ 2.2 PTR Voice Chat (AKA VOIP) has been enabled on the 2.2 PTR realms! Make sure to test it out and provide feedback. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=450455237&sid=1 The 2.2 PTR change-log got extended. Changes such as VOIP, Chat-panel and anti-AV-AFK got added. For a full list of changes make sure to check the link! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html (Warcraf |
| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:26:41 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:28:09 -“The same old thing we did last week. Not a thing to do but talk to you” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Chidori send me some work in progress stuff of the second Forum Life comic. It’s looking good and it will be here soon! A short issue this week; there wasn’t much news this week. RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When A new Blizzard Insider was released this week. This week we land on issue 24. The issue contains some news about WLK, SC2, Blizzcon 2007 and the upcoming Leipzig event. Link: http://media.wow-europe.com/insider/24/en/index.html In non-WoW-related news; Rob Pardo is hinting at a Warcraft 4 in the making. Read the link for more news! Link: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1625 The Informant The much expected Guild Bank feature will come in content patch 2.3. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/35310/ For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=305842072&sid=1 Once upon a Lich King’s wrath? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Legendary podcast had an interview with WoW Lead level Designer Cory Stockton during Blizzcon 2007. The interview itself holds some minor new details: - Dalaran will re-introduce the usage of portals to other cities like Shattrath - Old Dalaran in Azeroth will be a giant gap with NPCs explaining what happened - Current plans are that once completed the DK quest, it will unlock one hero slot. One hero slot will mean one DK. The rest is old information; regardless it is still informative to see how Blizzard thinks about certain aspects of WoW. Check it out! Source: http://download.gamevideos.com/Podcasts/WOW/080907.mp3 For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=305842072&sid=1 2.2 PTR Once 2.2 goes final the following (2.1.3) BoE items will change to BoP: - Felbane Slugs - Recipe: Elixir of Major Agility - Formula: Enchant Bracer - Superior Healing - Hellfire Shot Make sure to mail them to the right toons before 2.2 goes final! Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/35021/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/35167/ Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:29:15 -“Work Work… Aah you scared me!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling So my college started off again, so it’s time to bite the bullet and get back in the books. That said, Community review and (the future) Suggestion weekly (working title) will come on Fridays instead of Mondays. On Mondays you can still expect Pimp My UI and Warcraft Weekly. In this issue you can find an exclusive interview with Blizzplanet.com. You can find it on the third page. It’s big I tell you! (3 posts long). Enjoy! RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Tharfor (Blizzard’s new CR) says miauw! Tharfor has picked a Night Elf Druid in cat-form as his avatar. Source: Avatar for Tharfor Good news for people who want to buy WoW for a (girl)friend! Blizzard is going to introduce the battle chest. The box contains WoW, TBC and a starter’s guide. The suggested retail price is $39,99 and will come around October. Source: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1641 The Informant Muchos grandas information batman! Leipzig was last week and Blizzard attended the con. They revealed a lot of titbits. Well here are a few news items. These aren’t all the news-items (read “Info About Expansion & 2.3/2.4” for the full deal”). A while back it was said the levelling experience from level 20 to level 60 would get a boost. The experience required each level will reduced from level 20 until level 60. Along side that, quest XP will be rewarding around 30% more experience (again between level 20 and level 60). If that isn’t enough, various elite quests will turn into non-elite quests. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/35449/ http://news.curse.com/details/2840/ http://news.curse.com/details/2842/ (around 19:00) If that isn’t enough, Dustwallow Marsh will receive a new quest hub. It will be a Goblin town. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/11339166 http://www.curse.com/videos/details/639 Chances are Hunters may get a Mortal Strike-like shot to increase PvP performance (nothing solid yet though). Source: http://news.curse.com/details/2840 The Warriors’ improved mace spec process will be nerfed a little (it will still process a lot though). The reason for this is that it was too powerful compared to the other options. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/557846007.htm The Sunwell Plateau will be a 25-man raid as well as a side for a 5-man (heroic). The loot quality will be better then the Black Temple and Mount Hyjal (for the 25-man raid). Apparently the lore fits right in with TBC and the upcoming expansion WLK. The Sunwell Plateau is Blizzard’s answer to the ending of TBC. The Blood Elves are leeching energy from the Netherstorm in Outland and are trying to harness its energy to power the sunwell and resurrect Kil’Jaden. This instance will introduce six to eight bosses. Both dungeons will come after Zul’Aman (after 2.3) and before WLK. Source: http://www.curse.com/articles/details/2591/ http://wow.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5237 (around 29:00) http://www.actiontrip.com/features/gc2007worldofwarcraftwrathofthelich http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4029187 The Woodworking profession might still have a future! Blizzard is seriously tossing around ideas for this and it might come in the future. Source: http://news.curse.com/details/2840 Good news for mass mail users; Blizzard is planning on adding a mass-mail feature. Source: http://news.curse.com/details/2842/ (around 17:00) For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say?
Blizzard is aiming to keep the same requirements as WoW itself. So don’t expect any vista exclusive expansion. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/12306937 There will be no major class changes in WLK. Source: http://www.actiontrip.com/features/gc2007worldofwarcraftwrathofthelich The new Caverns of Time instance will take you back to Warcraft 3 Stratholme. You will fight with Arthas (not against) to burn houses in Stratholme in an effort to “cleanse” the village from the Undead (or soon to be Undead). It has also been said we’ll see more what the Bronze Dragon flight is up to. The lore angle of this instance is that you will meet Arthas when he was still good yet here you are burning houses. Caverns of Time Stratholme will be a five-player level 80 instance. Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=736.0 Nexus will be a winged dungeon. One wing will be a 5-man level 70-71 dungeon called Ice Caverns. Another level 80 dungeon will also feature in Nexus, but details are not yet known. Another wing will be a 25-man raid dungeon in which you will encounter Malygos. Nexus can be found in Borean Tundra. It will contain a lot of blue dragons Source: http://boards.worldofraids.com/topic-6737-1.html http://www.curse.com/videos/details/639/ Dalaran will introduce two new dungeons in WLK. Source: http://wow.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4029187 Current plans are that there will be a barbershop inside the game where you can pick a hair style and try it out before getting the final cut. Facial hair, hair colour, earrings and even tattoos are currently planned Source: http://news.curse.com/details/2842/ (around 14:00) http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/12723172 WLK will introduce two outdoor dungeon locations: (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:29:41 Warcraft Weekly news network
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An interview with… (part 1) … Blizzplanet. I interviewed Medievaldragon from Blizzplanet.com, here’s what we talked about: Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: Why did you decide to start Blizzplanet?
Q3: In your news you seem to focus more on "lore-news" and good lore articles rather than the latest news. Is this a goal of yours?
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:30:04 An interview with… (part 2) Q4: Which universe do you like the most from Blizzard?
Q5: Do you think the lore book additions of Blizzard are a good choice?
Q6: What are you waiting more for? WotLK, SC2 or WC4?
Q7: And which lore book?
Q8: Obviously WotLK is changing a lore point in WoW, are you satisfied with the results? (For example the blue dragon aspect fighting magic-users)
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:30:44 An interview with… (part 3) Q9: You seem to have a lot of contacts with the writers of Blizzard's novel books. Is this something you enjoy doing the most?
Q10: Which character of all Blizzard's universes do you think is the coolest?
Q11: What's your opinion about Blizzard's upcoming WoW movie?
Q12: Would you want to work for Blizzard if they ever offered you a job?
Q13: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ?), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
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| by Vaneras | 04/09/2007 08:31:12 An interview with… (part 4) Q14: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
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by Salthem | 11/09/2007 11:59:25 -“Once upon a time there was Warcraft Weekly” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Second Forum Life is here! More coming soon! Also if you guys have cool ideas for people to be interviewed, go ahead. I’m open for suggestions. RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) The Informant It was already said that various elite quests would turn into regular quests. Blizzard revealed more information in Allvatar’s interview. Alterac Mountains’ and Arathi Highlands’ quests will turn in to regular quests instead of elite quests. Source: http://www.allvatar.com/index.php?p=cam For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Mr Lich King will be serving ice now? Wrath of the Lich King you say?
Lore ahoy! The rise of the Lich King story continues. This time page three has been added to the WLK page. Check it out if you never played Warcraft 3 (The Frozen Throne) nor followed the lore. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features.xml A couple of interviews got released that taken place in Leipzig’s CG2007. Here’s what’s new: A Forum Life And we are back! Chidori made our second comic available. We thought it would be cool to take a stab at Blizzcon (although yes, that was weeks ago) and the features announced there. Before people ask, no we did not get a beta invite for WLK. Remember, the comic is fictional ;-) Go read the comic here: http://www.theflamingruby.net/chi/comic.php?num=57 More coming soon! Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. Feel free to discuss Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612463668&sid=1 Please participate in these discussions but do make a constructive reply, thank you. To submit good discussions, go to the Forum Watch Nominations (But who watches the watchers) Weekly returns
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| by Vaneras | 18/09/2007 12:27:01 -“Good news everyone! I got cheese!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Nothing to report :-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Blizzard attended Austin Game Developers Conference (AGDC) this week. Unlike revealing new WoW or SC2 info, Blizzard discussed the success behind their company and how they achieved it. Interesting read on how they actually did it and how they improved over the years. I would recommend that you read it! Link: http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/09/05/agdc-how-to-rule-the-world-of-war The Informant More (user) titles might come in the future. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/13716054 We already know that the L20-L60 experience will be tweaked. Drysc added a few minor details this week. There are no plans to change quest rewards or changes like reducing learning spell costs. These changes will not affect L60-70. This change will come after content patch 2.2. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/37670/ Woodworking will not come for WLK but it’s still a future plan. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/13714640 Good news for Hunters. Blizzard is looking at increasing the Quiver/Pouch sizes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/13715426 For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 King Wrath the lich the third? Wrath of the Lich King you say? If you were in the TBC beta then you won’t be auto selected for the WLK beta. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/37754/ For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 2.2 PTR On the latest 2.2 PTR Night Elf shoulders have shrunken a little. Hortus luckily says that this issue is fixed in an upcoming PTR build Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/13714736 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. Feel free to discuss
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| by Salthem | 25/09/2007 08:23:21 -“Confucius Schwick says he who owns will get owned” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Finally, we are back to three post WW’s again. And here I thought I would have an easy week ;-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When WoW Stratic had an interesting interview with “Felicia Day”, a star from an internet show called “The Guild”. It’s always good to read how plans come to together. Link: http://wow.stratics.com/php-bin/show_content.php?content=24462 http://www.watchtheguild.com/ Medievaldragon (owner of Blizzplanet.com) notified me that none other than Richard A. Knaak (writer of various Warcraft books) is in Europe. Check the link to see where he is. Link: http://www.blizzplanet.com/news/1687/ That said, Blizzplanet had an interview with Richard A. Knaak; some nice interesting information regarding upcoming Blizzard books can be found in the interview. Check it out! Link: http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&id=1705 And while we are on the Warcraft book subject; Bradygames released their second volume of “World of WarCraft Dungeon Companion”. The books contains various guides, hints and quests revolving around instances that can be found in TBC (and Naxxramas also). The book costs $24.99 and can be found under the ISBN number of 0-7440-0912-X. Link: http://www.bradygames.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=074400912X&rl Blizzard keeps on guiding you. This time it’s in a form of “gaining reputation with Ogri'la” webpage. Check it out if you are farming this faction! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/factions/ogrila/index.html It’s time for another interview with Blizzard! This time Chris Sigaty & Frank Pearce are interviewed by Gamasutra. The interview is more behind the success factor of Blizzard’s franchise and how they maintain it. Quite an interesting read. Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1885/the_state_of_blizzards_unio The Informant Got bag storage problems? Well hold on a little longer (soon â„¢ longer!). Other space and storage increases than bigger bags themselves are in the works. This change will come before the expansion and more info will come soon (SOON! â„¢) Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/39448/ Ever since content patch 2.1 Hunters’/Warlocks’ pets disappear upon mounting. Blizzard has no plans to undo this change for ground mounts, instead Blizzard is planning on changing the instant full health upon dismount and plan on changing it to a normal health regeneration (even during mounting). Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/38367/ While we are on the subject of Hunters’ pets; Blizzard has plans to adjust how quickly pets will level. Do note though, this is still a plan and no final details are known or that it will happen at all. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/40150/ Free spell damage for healers? People still don’t know what this means. Well here’s the answer to your question! Free spell damage is a percentage of the +heal to also be +spell damage. Further details remain unknown and more info regarding this subject will come soon (again.. soon â„¢!). Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/38227/ More titles (like PvP titles) or even surnames are still on the to-do-list. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/16024908 Guess what? It’s still on the to-do-list and you can house it. Know what it is? No? Player/Guild housing! It’s still on the to-do-list and there’s no ETA. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/39690/ For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Realm update The 2.2 content patch is nearing its final release soon. This means Voice Chat will be enabled on various realms. However, not all realms will have this feature unlocked from the beginning. This will be done so that the feature is more bug-free and stable enough for all realms. To see if your realm is amongst the firsts to get it, check the link. Link: 13/09 Voice Chat Launch Ramp Up (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Salthem | 25/09/2007 08:24:28 An interview with… … the O’rly (news) crew! I talked with Corzip and Keez and how they do the two-weekly O’rly news (link can be found in “Weekly returns”). Here’s what they said: Q1: Tell us a little about yourself, a little about your WoW-life (if you have one) and tell us exactly what you do?
Q2: How did you guys come up with the idea to make an in-game WoW based news?
Q3: How much work goes in to making one episode?
Q4: For what type of audience are you targeting? (hardcore, newbies, RP'ers, etc)
Q5: A while back you joined the ranks of WCradio; How did that happen?
Q6: What's the goal of O'rly news?
Q7: How does news get selected or the top 10 subject?
Q8: Is it true the shows keeps a pet Murloc for the sounds?
Q9: My name can be seen in the credits of the show while I'm not a crew-member. How so?
Q10: Care to reveal some future plans for O'rly?
Q11: Pick your weapon of choice! The Epic Rat-flail (VGcats ©), The nerf-stick, The death-touch, The cries of 1000 Warrior nerfs or "Unleash the beast!"?
Q12: Last but not least, anything to say to the readers and fans?
Make sure to check the weekly news of O’rly! http://www.d-tek.nl/orly/ (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Salthem | 25/09/2007 08:25:28 Warcraft Weekly news network
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Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=771509543&sid=1 Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Weekly returns
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| by Vaneras | 09/10/2007 07:44:39 -“WoW is good M’kay” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Wow.. another issue on time.. Let’s not try to make a habit out of it ;-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml (fixed yet again!) If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When So we got cakes, sculptures, paintings etc; and now we also got bumper stickers! Cypher made a couple of WoW bumper stickers for his car and already got responses while driving around. Check it out! Link: http://community.livejournal.com/worldofwarcraft/6101486.html New forum ahoy! Blizzard’s upcoming second expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, now has its own forum. In this forum everything concerning WLK can be discussed there. Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/board.html?forumId=1036641&sid=1 Salthem once more confirms that Blizzard is looking to make it possible to put Enchants on the Auction House. Do note that not all enchants will end up on the Auction House. The higher level enchants will stay “trade” exclusive. Further details and ETA remain unknown. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/43512/ Don’t worry, people will get a notice before Season three of Arena PvP will start. Further details like the amount of Honour required for Season one gear or rating required for Season three weapons still remain unknown. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17628269 http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/42107/ The PvP Black Elekk and Hawkstrider are still planned for the future. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/41443/ Its possible Rogues (and maybe Druids) are capable of landing combo-points on more targets then just one. It’s not certain if this will come, but Blizzard is considering it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/71209529 For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Got Wrath? Wrath of the Lich King you say? A new official machinima for Wrath of the Lich King has been released. This machinima features Sylvanas singing “Lament of the Highborne”. It also features a glimpse at the Lich King in-game. Check it out but please don’t try to sing along! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/movies.html#lament For the lore people who missed why the Death Knight works for the Alliance/Horde, here ones more the explanation. Basically the Death Knight rips loose from the influence of the Ling King and the Alliance/Horde is grabbing every hero they can. It’s the same reason why we got Warlocks (no pun intended). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17778678 Current plans are that the Naxxramas coming in Wrath of the Lich King requires no attunement. Details may still change though. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/42574/ If you didn’t know yet, boats and Zeppelins are the way to travel too Northrend. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/42724/ Once more a confirmation that you can do the Death Knight quest with a level 55. Details can still change though. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/42626/ For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.2 Aftermath Daze was supposed to be changed in patch 2.2 so that heavy armour wearers (like plate) would be equally effected then non-heavy-armour wearers. This change however has been reverted because it would hinder tanks too much with doing their tasks. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/41608/ 2.2.2 PTR Like Homer Simpson (in season 18 episode 20) once said “Oooh man I love Octoberfest, OCTOBERFEST! *blows the horn*”. That’s right; World of Warcraft is getting its own version of this German festival called “Brewfest”. The festival involves all sorts of.. beer… beer.. beer.. Did I mention beer already? And of course the stupid things that come with alcohol. If that isn’t enough, Hallowee.. I mean Hallows-End is also getting a make-over with new goodies. Make sure to test them out on the 2.2.2 (that’s three times the two) PTR! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17780410 (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 09/10/2007 07:45:08 Warcraft Weekly news network
Weekly updated topics that are a part of Warcraft Weekly. Feel free to discuss
Each week a part of World of Warcraft gets reviewed by the community. This week you can find the new review of this week here: Community's Priests' Class Review Summary and here http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=941214629&sid=1Other topics that are worth replying a constructive post: Weekly returns
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| by Vaneras | 09/10/2007 07:46:00 -“Holy content patch 2.3 changes blue-man!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When DC Direct is going to introduce more collectibles soon! The collectibles are five inches (12.7 CM) to nearly a foot (30.48 CM) big and vary from races, classes and even known heroes. The first set is coming October 24, 2007 and the second set February 20, 2007. So if you’re the ultimate (World of) Warcraft collector, then you got to have these! Check out the link for some images. Source/Link: http://comics.ign.com/articles/823/823771p1.html Good news for new players or people who want to give WoW as a present. World of Warcraft's recommended retail price is now €14.99 (£9.99) and The Burning Crusade's is €19.99 (£14.99) at most major retailers. Source: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/index.xml The Informant In content patch 2.2 the Alliance received some new Inn music. The Horde won’t be forgotten so new Inn music for the Horde is also on its way. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/45128/ Blizzard is still considering introducing to join Altarec Valley as a group. No final decisions are made yet though. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/bring-back-join-as-a-group-in-av-2035714408 Loads of 2.3 changes got released over the past week. Here are summaries of the changes coming in content patch 2.3: Sources: Druids: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45570/ Hunters: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45548/ Mages: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/1017251724.htm Paladins: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/1016252435.htm Priests: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45568/ Rogues: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45562/ Shamans: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45558/ Warlocks: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45535/ Warriors: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45601/ Profession: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/1016252448.htm PvP: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/1017251727.htm New daily quests: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/upcoming-daily-quest-additions-1017251728.h Some general changes: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/45559 A healing wand will be introduced in season 3 Arena PvP. The old season gear have had their fourth set bonus changed and mixed season gear will now add to the set bonus (so no more mixing season one and two gear up). Different specs of gear won’t add up for the set bonuses though. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2040597682.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2038116742.htm Just a small note, Guild-banks are still on schedule for content patch 2.3. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2040594660.htm The Cenarion expedition flying mount won’t be a 310% speed but the same as any other flying mount, 280% speed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2035714401.htm For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Nothing wrathing new?? Wrath of the Lich King you say? New screenshot goodies! Check them out! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml But that’s not all this week. Blizzard added a whole new section to the WLK website. Blizzard added a lore section concerning the Death Knight. Along side that you can also find a small interview concerning the Death Knight. It’s nothing new, but still an interesting read. Links: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features/deathknight/interview.xml http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features/deathknight/lore.xml Drysc Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17785842 1UP had yet another interview with Blizzard. Nothing new, but still a nice read to see some design decisions discussed. Link: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager.offset=0&cId=3163178 F 2.2 Aftermath Wondered why the Auction House mail delay was implemented? It is there because that way Blizzard can track gold-sellers activities better (they used the AH to transfer gold faster to customers). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/en/1016063073.htm http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/44820/ The timing of Al'ar's Meteor ability is being reverted. This change will come in a hot-fix soon. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/45313/ No need to farm trash mobs in Caverns of Time Mount Hyjal. Blizzard implemented a security measurement so that the trash won’t be farmed over and over again in one session. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17785854 The Shartuul event changes were intended changes and didn’t make the final cut of the change-log. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/17780154 Relentless Earthstorm Diamond will also be hot-fixed. In its current state is only giving the 3% increased crit damage to yellow attacks unlike 2.1 when it was all attacks. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/relentless-earthstorm-diamond-again-1777877 2.3 PTR The ETA of PTR patch 2.3 is this week! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/1778517774.htm (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 09/10/2007 07:46:38 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 23/10/2007 07:19:07 -“Got content patch? ehehehehehe” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling More guides from me will come soon; as for the rest, nothing to report! :-) (no, not telling what they are) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When New forum tools for the Blues! In a latest forum software update, Blizzard’s official forums now support polls. Regular users can’t make polls though, only Blizzard employees. Still, we’ll soon see some polls for various aspects. Link: Poll: ".999~ = 1" The Informant People who thought the new 2.3 flying costing 2000 Gold is a typo, guess again. The mount will cost 2000G. Did I mention that it’s a Hippogryph? Sources: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/46429 http://www.wowblues.com/us/ce-mount-2200270345.html A casters’ meta-gem similar to Relentless Earthstorm Diamond is on its way. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/47167/ The Mages’ mass conjure well, Ritual of Refreshment, will give you Manabiscuits. These will restore 7500 health and 7200 Mana over 30 seconds. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/46318/ A Feral Druid PvP Arena set will come in PvP Arena Season three. The item stats will of course focus on the stats a Feral Druid requires. No details yet though nor details on a PvP Arena Season three set for Moonkins. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/48231/ While we are on Druid news; Heart of the Wild in cat form will be changed from 20% STR to 10% AP. Along side that, more AP on items will come. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/48239/ More Alterac Valley changes were released last week. Check out the link to see what more changes we’ll get to Alterac Valley in 2.3. Link: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/47055/ A while back it was announced healers will get 1/3 of their healing on items turned into spell damage. Last week it was revealed Enchants and Gems will also enhance this. Temporary buffs, some BC levelling greens with "of the..."-stats, and some Zul'Gurub items will not turn healing into spell damage. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/46323/ Arena PvP Season one weapons will also be sold for honour points. Arena PvP Season three weapons will have new art. Sources: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/47851/ http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/22154935 Warriors’ Berserker Stance will get 2/4/6/8/10% reduced threat in 2.3. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/48292/ It was already announced that in Battlegrounds you will now have a buff-up-period at the start (like Arena PvP has). Nethaera confirms that this also applies for when you are being resurrected on the grave-yard. This also means less chance of grave-yard-camping because you’ll have free spells/abilities (for a limited time and radius). Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/arena-preparation-all-bgs-please-2215843695 PvP’ers who received a rank from the PvP Arena Season one will lose their rank. PvP’ers who participated in Season two and are eligible to get the rank will now get it. Along side that, people who are eligible will also get a new coloured (other colour then the previous one) 310% speed Netherdrake. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/sesion-2-rewards-1153435822.html The new PvP Arena Season three weapons will require a personal rating of 1850 and the Shoulders-items a personal rating of 2000. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/new-titles-for-season-3-arena-2215453380.ht The faster level-up changes are coming in content patch 2.3. More final details have been released. Read the link to see what the changes are. Links: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/0810-leveling-improvements-for-patch-23-115 http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/48319/ And the last 2.3 news of this week; new PvP trinkets will be introduced. These trinkets have a click effect to gain 1750 max health (like the old Lifegiving Gem). Along side the heal-effect it will also have a passive effect (your choice of 47 spell damage, 40 spell crit rating, 80 attack power, 40 melee crit rating, or 88 healing). Unlike any other PvP item, these trinkets don’t cost honour or arena points, but rather Badges of Justice (Heroic Tokens). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/20402196 For an archived what’s coming 2.3/2.4/.. , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Leech the Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Just like last week, new screenshot goodies of WLK! Enjoy! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml Eurogamer.net had an interview with Blizzard about the upcoming expansion Wrath of the Lich King; nothing new in this interview besides (very) small titbits. Still an interesting read. Link: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=84878 For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.2.3 PTR OK 2.3 PTR didn’t come last week. Instead 2.2.3 was released on the PTR fixing some urgent bugs. This patch was required because it will be long time before 2.3 final goes live. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/why-couldnt-blizz-just-2215845293.html |
| by Vaneras | 23/10/2007 07:19:47 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 23/10/2007 07:20:15 -“Freeze! 2.3 PTR test time!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Coming soon: - Suggestion Archive - A special forum anniversary How soon? We’ll see, but these are the two latest things coming soon. Also yeah, buff thread title limits! (“Warcraft Weekly - Episode One Hundred Thirtee” is too long) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml If you got ideas, complaints, remarks, useful links etc.. send them towards schwickster@gmail.com. For direct chat simply use the Gmail talk client. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Like announced last week; public forum polls are off and away! This week the question will be “Which is Your Favourite Arena?”. Go cast your vote in the link! Link: Poll: Which is Your Favourite Arena? It’s almost Hallowe.. Hallow’s End and it’s time for a contest! The contest is simple; create a unique cooking recipe. The winner will receive a Blizzard I-Pod. The contest will run from October 12, 2007 until October 31, 2007. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/hallowsend2007/ http://www.wow-europe.com/en/legal/contests/hallowsend-07.html The There are currently no plans to revamp more zones (like Dustwallow Marsh in 2.3). Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/22880899 For an archived what’s coming 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Lich and King strike back? Wrath of the Lich King you say? I said it last week and I will say it again this week; more screenshot goodies! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.2.3 Aftermath Since content patch 2.2 Gurtogg has been hitting his main melee target less then he should. Luckily a hot-fix has resolve this problem. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/gurtogg-bloodboil-hotfix-2288041425.html http://www.wowblues.com/eu/1110-gurtogg-bloodboil-hotfix-1153437567.ht 2.3 PTR If you didn’t know yet; content patch 2.3 has gone live on the Public Test Realms (PTR). Check the link for the change-log. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html Warrior&r Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/deathwish-swap-not-the-end-of-the-world-236 A lot of items and abilities have changed from Weapon Skills to Expertise. The patch notes don’t say it, but the Human & Orc racials were also changes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/22880923 Rogues’ Dirty Deeds change has not been reversed. It’s just not in the change-log. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/22880926 More class changes might be on their way before content patch 2.3 goes live. Hunters can expect Aimed Shot to give a Mortal Strike effect (minus healing) and Aimed Shot itself is also being looked at. If that isn’t enough, Hunters’ dead-zone is being reduced. These changes may not all happen, but they are under consideration by Blizzard. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/50268/ Another change that is under consideration is the threat reduction for Paladins. This is of course depending on the feedback coming from the PTR. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/blizzard-talks-about-threat-reduction-11531 http://www.wowblues.com/us/the-retribution-paladin-threat-experiment-2 Warriors who are worried their “Improved Berserker Stance” now only providing minus threat; guess again. It will provide minus threat and extra AP. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/warrior-threat-reduction-2288042304.html (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Vaneras | 23/10/2007 07:20:49 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Salthem | 13/11/2007 13:12:13 -“Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Busy busy bee.. er.. MVP. Nothing to report :-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When The expansion has been released! What? No! Not WLK, but rather World of Warcraft: The Board Game’s expansion. This expansion focuses around the Burning Crusade. To play this board you require the original board game set thought. The board game costs $49.95. Link: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/worldofwarcraft_wc05.html The Informant The LFG-UI is receiving some additional enhancements soon. ETA and details remain unknown. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/52235/ Shamans’ Totem twisting (bringing up multiple totems of the same element) will be dealt with. ETA or details remains unknown. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/totem-twisting-2366685040.html The Sunwell Plateau is slated to come in 2.4. Besides the Sunwell Plateau introducing two dungeons, it will also add more daily quests in a place called Sunwell Island. Along side that, Blizzard is saying 2.4 PTR will come shortly after content patch 2.3 is done on the PTR. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/52528/ For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Ice cream Wrath? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Currently the Discipline tree for Priests doesn’t have a solid purpose/goal. Blizzard is planning to address this in the Wrath of the Lich King. No details are known. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/23666618 Entangling Roots being casted in-doors is a much wanted change for Druids. Eyonix hints that this might be touched in the Wrath of the Lich King. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25178924 Some Enchanting issues will be dealt with in Wrath of the Lich King. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25120852 For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3 PTR The Movie Recording feature on the Mac client has been enhanced on the PTR. Try out the changes! Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/51908/ There are no current plans for a free respec once content patch 2.3 goes live. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/51879/ Hortus posted a list of problems that are currently being looked at on the 2.3 PTR. Do note not all things on that list may be problems. Source: 2.3 PTR Reported Issues UPDATE One note that didn’t make it in the change-log is that Heroic Keys no longer require Revered reputation, but are now attainable at Honoured Reputation. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/52521/ The new Interface Addon Kit for 2.3 is released! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2366666534.htm Just to be sure, once 2.3 goes live the Honour points will NOT reset! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2366685220.htm Blizzard is looking at adding guards to Zul’Aman so that PvP realms won’t be one big gank-fest. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2512082137.htm Good news for Rogues, there are 2.6 speed weapons in Zul’Aman. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2366552233.htm The 2.3 PTR patch-notes have been updated. Do note though that not all changes are included (like the new Hunter changes) because they are still in a testing phase. Link: 2.3 PTR Patch Notes (Updated - 10/22/07) http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25092658 It is possible additional changes will be made for Shamans’ Earth shield and Lightning shield. It’s unsure if these changes will go live in 2.3. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2366701959.htm http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/2366685240.htm (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Salthem | 13/11/2007 13:12:28 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Salthem | 13/11/2007 13:12:55 -“Bring forward test subject 2.3 PTR!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Don’t stop! Poll time! This time the question will be “What is the hardest Karazhan Encounter?”. Click on the link to cast your vote! Link: Poll: Hardest Karazhan Encounter? In recent news, the MVP program is one year old! Link: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=1440594045&sid=1 Blizzard launched their latest sub-website called “Atlas”. This website shows you all the information you need regarding zones. For example you could see where the flight paths are, level ranges or even where the profession trainers are. Go check it out, it’s cool! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/shared/wow-com/images/basics/flight/en/main/ Walt Simonson, writer of the upcoming WoW comics, sat down with Newsarama and did an interview. It’s a nice interview with some nice little titbits of information. Link: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=134207 The Informant Inactive teams might not be counted for Gladiator Qualifications even if they still made the amount required to be eligible. The new requirements are (besides the old ones): - The team must have played at least 20 games during the season. - The team must have at least one player that has played in 20% or more of the total games for that team. As the requirement to be eligible for the end of season rewards is also 20% participation for the entire season. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/55774/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/55753/ http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25178977 Once again, its possible Season 3 might not start once content patch 2.3 goes final. As always a two week notice will be given before Season 3 starts. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26472953 They said it before… and once more again now. Guild/Player Housing is still on the to-do-list. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26505583 Don’t panic! The personal Arena rating is just for initial buying only and it won’t prevent you from wearing the Season 3 items that requires personal rating once you bought it. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25203076 Arena Points from Season 2 will not be reset once Season 3 starts. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54199/ For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 A Wrath says what? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Just keep on drooling! More screenshot goodies right here! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml Just because Death Knight uses Blood and Unholy Runes doesn’t mean we will get new damage types in Wrath of the Lich King. Blood will probably be used by more physical attacks, and Unholy will probably be more shadow based. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25180207 There will be no options in Wrath of the Lich King to take 3 primary professions on the same character. Two primary professions will stay the limit (per character). Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54238/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/55613/ For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3 PTR The community was in an uproar and the Hunters went “Gigidity Gigidity”. Hold on boys and girls, something went wrong. The Hunters’ minimum range will stay 5-yards (and upwards) and melee range 1-4 yards. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26495752 Paladins’ retribution Season 3 armour has been changed in terms of stats. Armour penetration and Spell damage will be shifted to Strength. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/55604/ The new Priest Discipline talent called Focused Will is still undergoing changes. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26497984 Some players reported that the new PvP daily quest rewarded 4000 Honour Points (besides the Gold reward). This is a mistake and it should be 400 Honour Points. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26472584 Alchemist finally got their own profession exclusive potion (besides such things as Alchemist stones). It’s called Mad Alchemist's Potion and it will be a trainable alchemist-only rejuvenation potion (replenish health/mana). Along side the rejuvenation effect it will also give an Elixir buff that runs alongside Battle and Guardian Elixirs. It's cheap to make too, something like a Crystal Vial and two Ragveil. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54299/ Hardware Sound support seems to be enabled again for Creative soundcards! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26497953 Guards ahoy! Zul’Aman has now guards outside of the instance. Alongside that, only part of Ghostlands is flagged as PvP. This is a new feature Blizzard has been working on. It’s also possible Scarlet Monastery will receive the same new PvP flag feature. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54873/ Some Melee players reported that the Melee range was changed in the latest PTR version. Blizzard luckily confirms that this is a bug and it will be fixed. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25187673 The Mystical Skyfire Diamond received a cooldown on its process; however the process rate has been increased. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/25092670 If you were wondering how many Badges of Justice drop from Karazhan/Zul’Aman: 1-2 for each player per boss. End bosses like Prince Malchezaar and Zul'Jin will drop 3. The Heroic daily quest will you give 2 Badges of Justice once you completed it. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54343/ The Warriors are still wondering if the DeathWish and Sweeping Strikes was a good change. According to Bornakk Blizzard is noticing an increase in damage with the Warrior Fury tree. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54250/ Joining Alterac Valley as a group is still under consideration. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54076/ For ultimate noob-friendliness, the video options menu has been tweaked. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/mac-new-video-options-2518909026.html In Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/54280/ In the past it was possible to increase the tab-range. In patch 2.3 it’s still possible however it’s enforced to 50 yards max. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/53835/ (Warcraft Weekly continues on the next post!) |
| by Salthem | 13/11/2007 13:13:13 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Salthem | 13/11/2007 13:13:38 -“At a LAN party doing Warcraft Weekly… aah who cares…” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Building a new website and want to use World of Warcraft images/templates? Then this is your lucky week! Blizzard released their latest fan-site kit that includes Wrath of the Lich King images/templates. Link: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/56478/ Once in a while Blizzard does an interview with a community member. This time it was Olibith and his machinima creations. Check it out for an interesting read. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/spotlight/oli/index.html Th The paid Name Change service will get implemented for Europe soon. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/56386/ Reputation gains for the Draenei faction will be normalized in a future patch. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/eta-on-normalization-of-azuremyst-quest-rep Its possible future updates to the Druid forms will come. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/tauren-cat-form-changes-in-23-2366684412.ht It’s possible to fall of the map by setting Stratholme on Heroic and taking the service entrance. Luckily this will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/edge-of-the-earth-in-stratholme-2713041797. For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say? A few more titbits have been given about the Priests’ Discipline tree in Wrath of the Lich King. It will be PvP viable, it will stand on its own and it will include player feedback. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26473105 For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3 PTR Some more Alterac Valley changes will come in content patch 2.3. Blizzard is lowering the amount of reinforcements and raising the honor gain a bit. Capturing a mine is going to give you back reinforcements as long as you hold it. It should be about +1 for every 45 seconds. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26473096 The Druids’ Natural Perfection has been updated. Natural Perfection now also grants the Natural Perfection effect after being critically hit, reducing all damage taken by 1/3/5% for 6 seconds and will stack up to three times. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.wow-europe.com/1440224465.ht The Priests’ Focused Will has been updated. Upon taking a critical hit you gain the focused will effect, which will reduce all damage taken by 2/4/6% and increase healing effects on you by 4/7/10% for 6 seconds, and will stacks up to five times. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/26472598 Content patch 2.3 will not come this week. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/23-tomorrow-proofish-2766150565.html Wa
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:30:17 -“You rang?” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling Yes Warcraft Weekly is small these days. I blame the Silence before the storm.. I mean silence before 2.3… RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When MTV managed to get hold of an online preview edition of the upcoming World of Warcraft comic. “World of Warcraft” Issue #0 can be found in the link. Link: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2007/11/09/exclusive-read-world-of-warc Blizzard is looking for your stories! Blizzard is now adding Community submitted stories. Check out the link for submitted stories or how to submit a story. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/stories/index.xml The Informant Blizzard is constantly tweaking the classes. One of those tweaks that didn’t go live in 2.3 but will go live in a later patch are two Mage changes. Iceblock will be a trainable skill instead of a talent-spell. Along side that mana-issues will be dealt with. To finish it off, mana-gems will get stronger. No ETA is given for these changes. Sources: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/ice-block-and-mana-changes-on-the-horizon-1 http://www.wowblues.com/us/hypothermia-reduced-to-30-seconds-again-276 PvP Arena season 3 will kick off on 21 November 2007! To read more read the link. Link: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/0711-season-3-start-date-1511942526.html For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 Wrathing in Utgarde Keep? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Still not finished drooling? Well then keep on drooling over these new screenshots of Wrath of the Lich King! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml The first (official) preview of a dungeon in Wrath of the Lich King has been revealed! The dungeon is called Utgarde Keep and will be a starter’s dungeon like Hellfire Ramparts and Blood Furnace. To read more about this upcoming dungeon, read the link. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features/dungeons/utgarde.xml For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3 PTR Hypothermia (the debuff Mages get when using Iceblock) has been reverted back to 30 seconds debuff instead of 45 seconds. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/27660726 The diminishing return on silencing effects coming in content patch 2.3 has been reverted. However, Blizzard will address the chain-locking of school spells in the future. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/0611-silence-and-interrupt-change-151194228 Hunters’ Aimed Shot already received some love in content patch 2.3. More love will come to this talent-spell! The casting time has been changed from 3.5 seconds to 3.0 seconds. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/additional-23-aimed-shot-change-2856005827. Current ETA for content patch 2.3 final: This week! (if everything goes alright) Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/59936/ Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:30:58 -“Welcome to WW-club; first rule of WW-club is to feed Schwick” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling See, I told you more news would come :-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) The Informant
WoWszene had an interview with J. Allen Brack (Lead Producer of Wrath of the Lich King). The interview didn't reveal that much but it had some small titbits: A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say?
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:32:02 -“Welcome to WW-club; first rule of WW-club is to feed Schwick” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling See, I told you more news would come :-) RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) The Informant
WoWszene had an interview with J. Allen Brack (Lead Producer of Wrath of the Lich King). The interview didn't reveal that much but it had some small titbits: A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say?
A week passes by and you can once again drool over some new Wrath of the Lich King screenshots! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/screenshots.xml Another interview got also released. This time it was Warcry's interview with Jeffrey Kaplan (Lead Designer). Here's what's new: 2.3 Aftermath
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:32:51 -“Meh” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When
World of Warcraft (USA) is three years old! Time to celebrate (the cake is a lie though). Remember, World of Warcraft (EU) will be celebrated around February. Link: http://www.wowblues.com/us/world-of-warcraft-3year-anniversary-3120933 Blizzard launched three new commercials for World of Warcraft. The first two commercials focus on William Shatner and Mr. T. The third one will feature Verne Troyer and will come soon. Check them out, they are pretty funny. Pst.. who knows, the NE Mohawk might be a spoiler for WLK barbershop Link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/movies.html The Armo(u)ry webpage received a couple of updates: The Informant Videogamer.com had an interview with Frank Pearce (Executive vice-president of product development) from Blizzard. The interview reveals some decisions and what Blizzard is working on; no new information though. Link: http://www.videogamer.com/news/19-11-2007-6909.html For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 2.3.2 PTR No, 2.4 hasn’t gone on the PTR yet. Instead we will get a mini-patch. 2.3.2 contains a couple of corrections and class changes. For the change-log, check out the link. Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html http://www.wowblues.com/eu/2111-paladin-changes-coming-in-232-17268426 http://www.wowblues.com/eu/2111-shaman-changes-coming-in-232-172684268 http://www.wowblues.com/eu/2111-mage-changes-coming-in-232-1726842684. Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:33:22 -“And a happy PK’ing to you to” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When It’s been a week since the new World of Warcraft commercials went live. Access Hollywood had an interview with Neal Hubbard (Vice President of Global Marketing for Blizzard) about the commercials and the designs behind them. It’s a good read. Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah7590.shtml Actiblizzard? Activision Blizzard? Yes! Activision and Blizzard are merging. Don’t worry though, not much will change for us. Sources: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164670 http://games.ign.com/articles/839/839007p1.html http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/65230/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/65233/ 02/12 Blizzard to Join Forces With Activision The Informant Blizzard is aware of the Shaman Earth Shield problems. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/31683349 PvP Arena season three went live this week! Check out the link for more information. Link: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/2711-season-3-vendor-locations-1781698552.h http://www.wowblues.com/eu/need-some-info-about-the-s123-items-1781748 Also yes, it’s a known issue the Arena season two titles are incorrect. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/2811-season-2-titles-1805370653.html Fo Say “Cheese Wrath”! Wrath of the Lich King you say? While Deathcoil originally belongs to Death knights, Warlocks now use Deathcoil. Blizzard is still looking into this and has not made a decision yet if the Death Knight will also get this spell (once again). Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/deathcoil-3121016304.html For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3.2 PTR The 2.3.2 PTR received a couple of small additional changes. Check out the link for updated patch notes. Link: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/64903/ Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:33:49 -“Same old, same old” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Blizzard is looking for your feedback! This time it’s class feedback again. Head over there and submit your opinion! Druids: Class Feedback Requested Hunters: Class Feedback Requested Mages: Class Feedback Requested Paladins: Class Feedback Requested Priests: Class Feedback Requested Rogues: Class Feedback Requested Shamans: Class Feedback Requested Warlocks: Class Feedback Requested Warriors: Class Feedback Requested Salthem (English OCR) is leaving us for a new function within Blizzard. His goodbye thread can be found in the link. From WW, goodbye my blue-ish friend. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/salthems-exodus-1906130993.html You wanted Europe specific commercials for World of Warcraft, you got Europe specific commercials! Blizzard launched two new ones staring Jean-Claude Van Damme (In French) and Willy Toledo (In Spanish). Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/commercials.html The Informant Two Warrior bugs have been identified and slated to be fixed after patch 2.3.2. Those bugs are the following: - The off-hand Whirlwind attack does not proc flurry when it crits. - If you have one charge of flurry remaining and crit with that attack, flurry does not proc/refresh. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/31684845 Besides Warriors, there have also been a couple of bugs discovered for Rogues. Sometimes Cloak of Shadows and Vanish will not work well. Both bugs are under investigation. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/67050/ In patch 2.3.2 Shamans’ received a 30-seconds cooldown on their Earth Shield along with lowered mana cost. However, because of dispelling issues, this change will be reverted and the change will most likely return in content patch 2.4. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/0512-earth-shield-change-reverted-187835782 Levelling Cooking since content patch 2.3 had become much harder. Once you reached level 275 most recipes go grey and won’t level you up anymore. This was an unintended change and more cooking recipes to fill up the gap from 275 to 300 will come in content patch 2.4. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/66590/ http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/32729588 Next besides English, French, German and Spanish versions of World of Warcraft, Russian can now be added to that list. Customer support and Russian realms are on their way! Source: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/071210.shtml http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/071210-ru.shtml For an archived what’s coming in 2.4 and beyond , see: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=612142635&sid=1 A Wrath is best served with a Lich King? Wrath of the Lich King you say? Chances are Warlocks will see their Doomguards being improved in Wrath of the Lich King. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/doomguard-and-infernal-pets-3271119029.html For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3.2 PTR The Gas Clouds not being spawned is fixed in PTR patch 2.3.2. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/32707707 Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:34:59 -“No ho ho ho for you yet!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When All things Digital had an interview with Activision Blizzard’s CEO, Bobby Kotick. Interesting interview how the merging got started. Link: http://kara.allthingsd.com/20071213/activision-blizzards-ceo-bobby-kot Good news for mod-makers; making mods just got easier! Microsoft Visual Studio had an addon that makes it possible to make mods with just a couple of clicks and some small coding knowledge. Try it out, it’s fun to work with. Link: http://www.curse.com/articles/details/4361/ The Informant Rogues’ Cheat Death will be fixed in a future patch. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/bug-cheat-death-is-inconsistent-3270771609. Blizzard strikes back! Trial accounts can no longer invite people (but vice versa is possible though). This will eliminate the bot-inviting a little. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/trial-account-limitation-changes-3409893556 A hot-fix got released this week that prevents summons being done in Zul’Aman. The good news is though, is that Blizzard is planning to make summoning people outside the instance, to be summoned inside the instance. The current ETA is content patch 2.4. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/69076/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/70192/ Another hot-fix made sure PvP Arena items that required personal rating now also require Arena-team rating. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/68163/ Blizzard is aware of estimate honour being displayed wrong. No worries though, your “real” earned honour is still correct. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/70319/ In case you missed it, Winter Veil is off! Source: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/events-and-winter-veil-1958107254.html A Ho Ho Ho Wrath? Wrath of the Lich King you say? It’s possible Druids’ Mark of the Wild buff will get buffed in Wrath of the Lich King. Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/34146622 Rogues’ Subtlety tree will be more fleshed out in upcoming patch, but more likely in Wrath of the Lich King. Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/hemo-changes-cus-its-popular-3272966990.htm For an archived what’s coming in this expansion.. , see: Information About the Expansion (OLD) 2.3.2 PTR It seems a couple of Hunter pathing issues are resolved in PTR 2.3.2 patch. Go test them out! Source: http://www.wowblues.com/us/hunter-pet-problems-3168520856.html The 2.3.2 PTR change-logs got updated this week. Source: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/71005/ Warcraft Weekly news network
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| by Vaneras | 08/01/2008 10:35:28 -“Ho Ho Ho! Merry Lootmas and a Legendary New Year!” Schwick’s Weekly Rambling NIEUWS RSS feed: http://www.maddorf.org/sentinels/WWrss.xml Email: Schwickster@gmail.com MSN: Just email me to schwickster@gmail.com and ask for it. Yours sincerely, Schwick (Shadowsong) What – Why – When Want to send your friends a World of Warcraft Christmas E-card? Go click the link then! Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/ecard2/menu.html?locale=en_GB I shall call him “Mini-MVP-me”! *enter evil music-tune here*. Verne Troyer (also known as Mini-me from Austin Powers’ movies) made a commercial for World of Warcraft. Of course, who would have guessed it, he is a Gnome Mage. Check it out for some good laughter. Link: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/commercials.html The Informant
Always wondered how Honour calculation is done? Then read the links and start theory-crafting! Links: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/72878/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/72866/ Are you an Alchemy Transmute Master? Well I got some bad news for you then. It seems the process rate is not working as intended. Luckily this bug will be fixed in a future patch. Sources: http://www.curse.com/devtracker/2/en/details/72760/ http://www.curse.com/devtracker/1/en/details/73395/ Content Patch 2.4 news ahoy! Level Magazine had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Kaplan. The magazine itself is in Swedish, so Acaciaizm.com posted a translated version. The magazine revealed the following new things: 2.3 PTR Missing the boat-crew already? No worries! They will make their return in patch 2.3.2! Source: http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/forums.worldofwarcraft.com/35478763 Warcraft Weekly news network
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