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;
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:
This is kinda old news to most of you since trailer was released 3 days ago but I just got some free time to write about it so, deal with it.
The HYPE is real. Legendary Pictures threw a brick in our faces with the Teaser Trailer for the upcoming WarCraft movie. It was like "Hey! Wake the fuck up and watch this epic shit!" and those 10-ish seconds of the video made me jizz (figuratively)...
In case you didn't get to see it, here you go:
Duncan Jones will be showcasing the Movie at Blizzcon and we can expect a full length trailer around that period.
// EDIT And it happened. Full length trailer was shown at Blizzcon's opening ceremony... Duncan Jones and some members of the cast held a press event.
// EDIT
Along with that, if you got subscribed to the posts about the movie on Universal Pictures website you were sent an e-mail with a link so you can download the Movie Poster.
If you want a bigger picture, follow this link. You're welcome.
I think I've mentioned a couple of times that I am a Casual Gamer and from a Casual point of view, there isn't much to write about these days.
Yeah, I know. It's been a while since we wrote anything. Redub is being lazy as always and he still didn't write some things he promised he would and I am tied up with work. Not that I didn't become lazy as of late but, meh... We are preparing to do a Podcast of sorts. I know we are still small fishes in a big pond but we are gonna get together and share our thoughts about the upcoming expansion and it's features so, anyone interested in our thoughts will have something to listen.
Blizzard announced November 10, 2015 as the release date for the final expansion of their StarCraft II, Legacy of the Void and released a cinematic trailer for it.
As it was expected, MMO-Champion poll showed that many people are planning to re-roll as Demon Hunters when Legion gets released. Along with that, Demon Hunter class art was released.
Patch 6.2.2 was released and, if you completed all required achievements, you can fly in Draenor. Mercenary Mode was, also, released in this patch.
Battle.net Mobile Authenticator got graphical updates so, fire up your mobile devices and update it.
Mount awarded to people who buy "Collector's Edition" of the Legion will receive [Illidari Felstalker] mount and it looks awesome.
In other, non-WoW related news: - WildStar is going Free-To-Play on September 29 (news article); - Guild Wars 2 base game became Free-To-Play on August 29 (news article); - Overwatch beta is planned for Fall 2015 (news article).
It all started nicely. 6PM, Blizzard's GamesCom stream started, I got lost into all the information that was in front of me that I forgot that I have a Blog and Facebook page where I could write down few words in order to, maybe, get more readers. I started spamming our Facebook page and then I realized what time it is... Time to go to work, so... With me being late, you could have already snatched all these news from MMO-Champion and WoWhead but, regardless, I will post a breakdown of things that are interesting to me.
Next expansion's name will be "Legion" and new continent will be The Broken Isles. You guessed it right, we will finally be battling against The Burning Legion. Gul'dan has survived the encounter against Archimonde in Hellfire Citadel and has sinister things on his mind.
First off, we all know that during The Burning Crusade expansion, we killed Illidan. After Adventurers (Players) dealt with him, it was not explained what happened to his body. When it was announced at BlizzCon 2013 that Illidan may return because, as Chris Metzen stated, he is a "sucker for good redemption story" there have been theories about Illidan's soul being stored in Reliquary of Souls and that that was the way he will be "resurrected" into the lore, however... As it turns out, legend holds that Warden Maiev Shadowsong took his broken body to the Vault of the Wardens so that Illidan's dark, lingering soul could suffer the rest of his eternal sentence, along with his followers, the feared Illidari. Justice to be forever served…
Level Cap is increased to 110 and this expansion introduces 2nd Hero Class: Demon Hunters. As my friend said "As a Warlock who enjoyed playing with a Hunter, that sounds really interesting..." (greetings to Tsuki). Back when all was in it's speculation phases about Demon Hunters being next Hero Class, my hope about their introduction was something similar to the story of Knights of the Ebon Blade and their separation from The Lich King. Story starts when you are a member of Illidari forces and then through quests you get to the point where Illidan is dead. Using in consideration that faction has no leader, player choses to align himself with Alliance or Horde. That was my speculation but we will see how will they make it because it was announced that Demon Hunters will have a unique starting experience and that they will start at a high level.
It was announced that DHs will have 2 specializations. Havok (DPS Spec) and Vengeance (Tank Spec), they will have horns (with no horns as an option) and variations of tattoos on our bodies. Main resource for fueling Demon Hunter's spells will be Fury with Double Jump feature and Spectral Sight that will allow you to see through walls.
Garrison and Followers are a feature that are being brought to The Broken Isles in a form of Class Orders. You will be the leader of your Class Order and it will work in a similar way to Death Knight's starting zone where only members of your Class can visit your Order. Shaman's Order will be in a cave near The Maelstrom (because, Elements), Paladin Order will be under Light's Hope Chapel (because, Light), Warlocks will be on a Legion Portal World (because, they are dark and twisted bastards)... You aren't gathering Followers but Champions and they won't be arsed to be your slaves and do everything for you. They will help you find things and then you will need to get your shit yourself.
It looks like, instead of The Park in Stormwind, Dalaran will be flown to The Broken Isles, it will serve as main hub of the expansion and we will FINALLY see Alleria and Turalyon.
It was said that "we will be shocked"... What did Jaina do this time? She lost it, didn't she? Using in consideration that Khadgar is presented as the leader of Kirin Tor and Jaina dropped of the face of the earth... It's quite possible.
As we all know, in present Lore, Emerald Dream and it's corruption has happened so... "We go to Val'Sharah, a forgotten Druid refuge. The place Malfurion became the first Druid. We face Xavius, who is trying to unleash the Emerald Nightmare into our world. We enter Black Rook Hold." Is Xavius attempting to corrupt the Emerald Dream again? They already told the story about it through books and this would make a lot of sense if it was connected to Alternate Universe because, according to AU timeline, that part of the story didn't happen yet.
Another introduction are 36 Artifacts, one for each Character Specialization. Retribution Paladins will seek [The Ashbringer], Enhancement Shamans will be looking for [Doomhammer], Mistweaver Monks will go to Pandaria and look for Emperor Shaohao's [Sheilun, Staff of the Mists], Fire Mages will be burning people for [Felo'melorn], Feral and Guardian druids will be set on a path to get [Fangs of the First Nightsaber] which will allow them to customize their form.
FrostDeath Knight will seek out [Frostmourne]'s shards in Icecrown Citadel and reforge them into a pair of Runeblades, [Icebringer] and [Soulreaper]. BloodDeath Knights will be sent on a path to obtain [Maw of the Damned], two handed axe that steals the life force of it's enemies, bleeding dry anything it touches. Unholy Death Knights get [Soulrend] (not much info about it so far).
This totally sucks because I had hoped (and still do) that Unholy Death Knights will get to reforge THE Frostmourne. Frost DKs go to Icecrown Citadel and look for Frostmourne's shards. They get them and out of those shards, they forge two Runeblades? Why? There has been several instances where shattered sword was reforged back to it's former glory, prime example being [Quel'Delar], a weapon of legendary fame.
In another news:
Overwatch was added to our Battle.Net launchers;
Patch 6.2.2 was flagged as "Release" on PTRs and we will get Mercenary Mode and Flying in Draenor really soon;
WoW is down to 5.6 Million Subscribers which is down 1.5 million from the Q1 2015 call that listed WoW at 7.1 million subscribers.
For now, this is what interests me the most... If you want a detailed breakdown of news, check out articles of MMO-Champion, WoWhead or simply watch the recording of the stream...
I know that we are advertising ourselves as "mostly" WoW related blog but that does not mean that we are not playing other games. Redub said that he will write a few articles about his Minecraft / Dungeons & Dragons sessions but he hasn't had the time to do it yet. I play League of Legends on and off when ever I have the feel to play it and I gotta tell you that latest Riot's move about killing one of their champions struck down entire community and started an outcry.
Some time ago, Riot launched a Bilgewater Event during which, Gangplank's ship got sunken by the hands of Miss Fortune and he was announced dead. Along with that, champion was disabled in-game after the event's epilogue and Riot announced that they are killing him off and that "they won't refund people for buying the champion and his skins". Using in consideration that they reworked the champion completely, that seemed highly unlikely and those who didn't believe that champion would be retired were right not to believe.
Gangplank managed to survive losing his arm and control over Bilgewater in the process. Along with lore update and champion rework, Gangplank received a voice-over update and a new "main" skin and old voice-over will be used only for his old Captain Gangplank skin.
You can re-obtain his old appearance for free if you own the champion and complete at least one matchmade game before the end of the event on August 10th. Patch is expected to hit Live servers in a day or two which means that we will have around 5 days to lock the champion before anyone else in order to do this.
It looks like Blizzard is taking a different approach this year and, instead at BlizzCon, next World of WarCraft expansion will be unveiled at this year's Gamescom.
Event will be streamed live, August 6 at 9AM PDT (6PM for us living in GMT+1).
In other news, Character names on accounts inactive since Cataclysm will be released so, if you want to make sure you keep your character names, be sure to re-activate your accounts. If not, you will receive a "free" character rename.
The time has come, the battle's on, oh friends of mine...
It's that time of the year. Winter... I mean, BlizzCon is coming and with it, shitload of "leaks" are appearing all over the internet in regards to next World of WarCraft expansion. Although, Blizzard's guys released a major content patch few weeks ago, fans are merciless and can't wait to see / hear what Blizzard has in store for them next.
Most of the currently available leaks posted throughout the internets is pure speculation and rubbish because of one single thing: All of them are unsubstantiated and everything that you can "learn" from them is a pure fan fiction. We still need to wait for Blizzard to submit a patent trademark request for next expansion so, wait for something like this to appear on MMO-Champion. They are usually the fastest to post the information... That, however, does not mean that provided fan fiction does not make a fine reading material. It gives us insight about what people expect to see in the upcoming expansion.
Here are my 3 favorite Expansion theories: (Note: These are just a speculation about potential expansions.)
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).
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.)
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.
I was goofing around YouTube last night and I stumbled upon this video on "How to Farm [Time-Lost Proto-Drake]" and thought it would be nice to be shared as it explains everything. Thanks to SerroDan for making the guide.
Spawn coordinates shown in the video are (31,69) (35,76) (51,71) (52,35) in Storm Peaks.
_NPCScan & _NPCScan.Overlay (download Overlay.Broker as well for easier configuration) are used in this video (War Drums & Horn and Map Path overlays) and it would be best to download them so you can have better understanding of the TLPD Pathing in-game.
Here are the Macros that he uses:
If you are on your own (no one else farming it):
/target Vyra /target Time-Los /focus /run if UnitName("Target") then PlaySoundFile([[Sound\Interface\PVPFlagT
akenMono.ogg]], "Master"); print(date(), UnitName("Target"), "Found"); SetRaidTarget("target",8); end
Easy Sniping if you have competition (there is someone else farming it):
(replace the "XXXXX" with the name of your INSTANT cast spell): /target Vyra /target Time-Los /focus /run if UnitName("Target") then PlaySoundFile([[Sound\Interface\PVPFlagT
akenMono.ogg]], "Master"); print(date(), UnitName("Target"), "Found"); SetRaidTarget("target",8); Dismount(); end /cast XXXXX
