Happy 11th Birthday, World... of WarCraft!

Another year has passed... It's WoW's 11th Birthday and what better way to celebrate it than logging in during the Anniversary "event" that holds the place between November 16th and 30th.

Simply by logging into the game, you will be rewarded with a Feat of Strength Achievement, [WoW's 11th Anniversary]. Along with that, every character you log onto will receive [Anniversary Gift] through mailbox that contains a few vanity items.

• [Celebration Package], re-usable buff that gives 11% Experience and Reputation Gain during the Anniversary;
• [Inflatable Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker], gives you an illusion of wielding [Thunderfury] and a Feat of Strength [Did someone say...?], an homage to the Thunderfury spam in Trade Chat.
• [Exquisite Costume Set: "Edwin VanCleef"], transformation item that makes your character look like the late [Edwin VanCleef];
• [Celebration Wand - Gnoll], transforms you or any targeted party member into a Gnoll;
• [Celebration Wand - Murloc], transforms you or any targeted party member into a Murloc.

Patch 6.2.3 is going live this week and with it, re-introduction of Valor Currency System, a re-worked system of the one removed in Patch 6.0.2. Similar to Garrosh Hellscream Heirlooms, there will be an introduction of Mythic Dungeon Heirloom Trinkets so, be sure to grab them with your characters.

Heroic and Mythic Archimonde will drop a Quest Starter Item, [Remnant of Chaos], which will reward you with long awaited [Moose] mount.

Another mount will be introduced. [Infinite Timereaver] will have a chance to drop from any Timewalking boss.

After Patch goes live, Cataclysm Timewalking will become available and we will be able to feel the nostalgia of:

• End Time
• Grim Batol
• Lost City of the Tol'vir
• The Stonecore
• The Vortex Pinnacle
• Throne of the Tides

Hellfire Citadel is final Raid of the Expansion?

First off, if you want your own [Corrupted Dreadwing] then go and farm Apexis. This week (July 3-6) is Apexis Crystal Bonus Weekend where creatures eligible for dropping it give increased amounts of it. This rule does not apply to Quest/Event Rewards. You don't need much, only 150.000 [Apexis Crystals] (he said sarcastically). Another interesting thing that you can buy is [Rukhmar's Sacred Memory] which along with [Cursed Feather of Ikzan] and [Time-Lost Figurine] makes a nice trio of Arakkoa Transformation toys.

Cory Stockton (@mumper) gave an interview earlier this week and he said that "Hellfire Citadel is currently planned to be the last raid of the expansion" which is, kinda, a let down. Using in consideration all previous expansions had 3-4 major Content Patches and Draenor had only 2, with shitload of negative feedback received from players makes me think they are trying to abandon Draenor as soon as possible and start their focus on new storyline. What will be a new Storyline? We'll probably find that out on this year's BlizzCon that will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 6-7, 2015.

Hellfire Citadel Loading Screen

If 6.2 is the final (major) Patch for WoD, we'll be stuck with it for 5 months, plus the time since announcement 'till release of the new expansion, which seams highly unlikely given that they have been constantly flamed when ever there was a time-gap where nothing is released (example being gap between end of Orgrimmar Siege and our venture into Draenor) and it is supported with his Cory's response:

There isn't anything to announce about future patches, but part of that comes down to how Patch 6.2 plays out. How far players progress in Hellfire Citadel and Tanaan Jungle will give the team an idea of how long the content will last.

Which means, if Citadel is received with positive feedback, we may see at least 1 more Raid but, that's just my speculation.

It is sad that Plains of Farahlon weren't implemented into the game as it was intended originally. It would have be nice to see what Netherstorm looked like before Ner'zhul's portals ripped Draenor apart (in Main Universe).

Patch 6.2: Some thoughts...

I honestly don't know what was I expecting. I mean, I was expecting something but I didn't know what. So far, situation is so hectic that it is pretty close to impossible to kill a Rare Creature unless you accidentally aggro it while walking along it's spawn point or you join a group of "Rare Hunters" that are camping them and announcing themselves on General Channel.

In correlation with the release of the Patch, price of [WoW Token] jumped by about 10.000 gold over night and it's current price is ~53.000 gold per Token on EU realms while price on US realms stands steady at ~25.000 gold pieces per Token. (Source: WoWTokenInfo, 27.06.2015.)

 [Cursed Feather of Ikzan] dropped by High Priest Ikzan. Why isn't this classified as a Toy?

Overall, Tanaan Jungle has the same vibe that Timeless Isle had only bigger. Vast area with lots of Achievements, Treasures, Rare Creatures that drop ILVL650 Baleful Tokens which are useless if you are seasoned Raider that's a member of the Guild with a Raid Progression... But very useful thing if you are gearing up an Alt Character as iLVL650 is minimum requirement (announced by Blizzard Devs) in order to even be considered for Normal version of Hellfire Citadel.

Timewalking event was finally implemented and it brought a bit of Nostalgic feel to the game. You can queue through RDF for it and band up with 4 other players to re-live old dungeons as it was meant to be played rather than going back as High Level player and facerolling through. Currently available dungeons are from TBC era: The Arcatraz, The Black Morass, Mana-Tombs, The Shattered Halls and The Slave Pens. Timewalking is a Weekend event that lasts for 3 days and will end on Monday. Next Weekend event will be Apexis Bonus event where drop of Apexis Crystals will be multiplied and they will be found more often while looting. Next Timewalking event will happen on July 17th when we will have the chance to tackle down WotLK dungeons in same manner.

Mythic Dungeons are finally opened. Same Dungeons only a bit more challenging. They are on a weekly lockout, drop item level 685 gear, and allow you to use [Seal of Inevitable Fate] for bonus rolls. Speaking of Seals, cap for [Seals of Tempered Fate] was increased to 20 and you can buy them at your Tanaan faction hub vendors for 300 gold pieces per Seal.

In "Garrison Related" news, I created The Shipyard and for a moment everything looked awesome. Then I found out that I need to grind reputations so I can obtain more ships and I got easily bored by it. As every ship has a chance to be destroyed if mission fails (win chance less than 100%) and because I am Resource Efficient, The Shipyard won't see my foot setting onto it's soil for a while now because all current available missions has a chance of success around 50%, which are odds that I don't like at all. Especially if Rare ship is in question.

Drop chance of Salvage Crates was nerfed and you will see them in less quantities than you could. High-value Gold follower missions are nerfed and you will see less of them, especially on your alts. (Since it is semi-related to the Garrison) Ashran's grouping system was nerfed and you can't queue for it while in Raid group so, goodbye Nemesis pre-made groups... Profession cooldowns and Buildings yield double amounts of materials now and you get twice as much as before. Profession Upgrade Tokens underwent a change so it could be easier to create them and amount of materials needed to create them has been normalized. And for some god damn reason, we are getting dismounted AGAIN while interacting with finished Work Orders.

Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire, Next Week

Release date for Patch 6.2 is June 23. The day we venture into Tanaan Jungle to face Gul’dan and the twisted remnants of the Iron Horde.

If you are a member of the guild with serious raid progression, take this week as a last chance to get few more gear upgrades from Blackrock Foundry by spending all remained [Seals of Tempered Fate] because you won't be needing them that much after 6.2 goes live.

This is also your last chance to obtain Ahead of the Curve / Cutting Edge achievements from Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry.

Find your path...

As I mentioned in previous publication, [Draenor Pathfinder] is a new achievement added in Patch 6.2 and initial reward for completing said achievement, [Soaring Skyterror], is a re-color of [Iron Skyreaver], just as I suspected.

To accommodate the achievement requirements, [Master Treasure Hunter] will be renamed to [Expert Treasure Hunter] with old name being used for new achievement awarded to people when they gather 100 Treasures. All other Treasure Hunter achievements are being updated not to include/count treasures found in Tanaan Jungle.

Along with that, [Tanaan Diplomat] (A) / [Tanaan Diplomat] (H) are making an entry, being awarded when players reach Revered status with new Reputation Factions. So far, estimates are that Revered status for these factions can be obtained in different time spans with the longest one being reachable within 2.5/3 weeks from the launch, if Daily Quests are completed every day.

Models for next Tier of Armor Sets are released and, to avoid cluttering the post, you can check all of them on WoWhead. Personally, I like Rogue set the most. Shoulders and Helm look really nice and those daggers on the belt... Awesome...

In order to spare you from sifting through achievements and check everything by yourself, WoWhead launched a new app on their website to allow players to easily check if we are ready to be attuned for Draenor Flying so, check it out on http://wowhead.com/flying

Apparently, Redub and Myself are 100% ready to grind some reps in Tanaan upon release.

If YOU ARE NOT PREPARED! (sorry, I just had to) then check out WoWhead's guide on Draenor Pathfinding so you can be ready as fast as possible.

[Dwarven Bunkers] are being updated and they will offer [Seals of Inevitable Fate] instead of [Seals of Tempered Fate] that will be used in upcoming Hellfire Citadel Bonus Drop Rolls.

Another new thing is 6.2 are [The Shipyards] and I am looking forward to construct it. I just hope it does not turn out to be a total trainw... I mean, shipwreck.