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StarCraft II Collector's Edition Includes a WoW Mini-Pet
The StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition has been
officially announced
!
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100408
The box will cost $99.99, and will include a number of awesome bonus items, but the most interesting is a
WoW Mini-Pet
of the Terran "Thor" unit! For those of you who haven't seen them, that's one of these:
A few people have wondered—will this unit interact with the Grunty pet from the
Heavy Murloc Egg
, and the zergling from the
Zergling Leash
? Only time will tell!
The full rundown of all the items included is after the break.
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Warrior Class Changes in Cataclysm!
Edit: More updates to the thread below!
This morning brought us Bornakk's
Warrior post
!
Lots of changes in here, including talents to let you DW 1-handed weapons in the Fury tree, and the return of the
Heroic Leap
ability. The general pattern and the goals of the developers in their changes is starting to emerge. What do you think?
The rundown is after the break!
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BFF Report Episode 23: StarCraft 2!
In all the excitement about
Cataclysm
, we nearly forgot about
StarCraft 2!
Fortunately,
Mike B aka Fony
hasn't—he's been busily crunching away at the SC2 Beta, and he has the 1 - 14 win/loss record to show for it!
Interested in seeing it for yourself? Check out this week's BFF Report!
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Priest Class Updates in Cataclysm!
After many long hours of waiting, Zarhym has posted the Priest changes on the official forums!
Lots of really interesting changes are included in this update, including several new spells—such as
Leap of Faith
which sounds really interesting. What's the Priest community reaction to these changes?
The full update
will be
is now available
soon
in our
Cataclysm Guide
, or you can read the original post after the break.
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Warlock Class Updates in Cataclysm!
Edit: Zarhym has posted some updates and clarifications to the initial post. Check after the break to see!
Zarhym has just posted the Warlock changes on the official forums.
There are once again a lot of interesting changes in this one just like the Shaman ones posted this morning. So what do all of the Warlocks out there think of the proposed changes? Yay or nay?
The full updates will soon be in our
Cataclysm Guide
or you can read the full post after the break.
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European Contests Extended!
We've had a few technical difficulties with this contest, resulting in the contests being closed to new entries all morning!
The reasons behind the problems are all very complicated, technical, and difficult to explain (I entered the dates wrong), but in order to make sure that everyone has a chance to enter, we are
extending the contest!
You now have until
Midnight, April 8th
to enter to win for the last drawing! See the links below to enter!
All times are in PDT (GMT-7).
Wir hatten einige technische Probleme während des Wettbewerbes, die dazu führten, dass man sich den ganzen Morgen über nicht für die Verlosungen anmelden konnte!
Die Ursachen waren komplizierter technischer Natur und schwer zu erklären (einfach gesagt, ich habe die Zeiten falsch angegeben). Um allen Interessierten eine C
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Shaman Class Updates in Cataclysm!
Edit: Further posts have clarified some of your questions. Check after the break for the updates!
Nethaera has posted the shaman changes on the official forums!
A lot of interesting changes here, including a full explanation of the bonuses afforded by the
Mastery System
. Let's hear from the shamans in the audience! Awesomeness? Outrage? What's it going to be?
We'll be adding the full details to our
Cataclysm Guide
shortly. You can read the full text after the break!
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Cataclysm: Blood is for Tank
Ghostcrawler just dropped a bomb on the
Death Knight
community—It seems Blizzard has aborted their "tri-tank" policy with death knights, and committed to a single "tanking spec" for Death Knights:
Blood.
The tree itself will contain some new abilities similar to
, and some more of the fun tanking talents from Frost and Unholy will be moved to Blood. Some of the more clunky mechanics like
will be changed, or even removed.
Check out the quote after the break to see the reasoning.
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Enhancement Shaman Buff
Ghostcrawler has just announced an interesting hotfix planned for Enhancement Shamans:
will be increased from 25% to 30% with the full 5 ranks. Blizzard hopes this will give Enhancement that slight boost needed to keep them even with the rest of the raid.
He also goes on to say that they
do
agree enhancement does have some survivability problems, and while they don't have any changes to deploy right now, it is something they'd like to fix in a future patch.
We agree with some of the recent discussion about Enhancement dps. We are going to hotfix a change to the Flurry talent to increase it from 25% to 30% attack speed with 5 ranks.
We also agree that Enhancement may have survivability problems and understand that players don't necessarily feel they can afford the bonus Stamina from the Toughness talent, at least in PvE. We don't have an immediate change to deploy here, but it's something we'd like to fix and a candidate for future patches.
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New Recruit-A-Friend Mount
Meet the
X-53 Touring Rocket
, a state of the art, two-seater rocket that will automatically change between all different speeds depending on your flight skill. This new mount will be replacing the
Swift Zhevra
mount currently received as part of the
Recruit-A-Friend
program.
The model for this bad-ass new rocket can be seen to the right.
Beginning in just a few days, players who participate in the Recruit-A-Friend program will receive a whole new reward for showing a friend the ropes in Azeroth: the X-53 Touring Rocket, a two-seater flying mount that automatically increases its speed as your mount skill improves (up to 310% speed if you already have a 310% mount). The X-53 will be replacing the current Zhevra mount reward, which is retiring from the Recruit-A-Friend business after a good run. If you've already claimed a Zhevra (or claim one prior to the change), you’ll be able to hang on to it, of course. We’ll have more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend mount once it becomes availabl
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Cataclysm Class Information Coming Soon
Bashiok, who you may remember as Drysc, has posted the schedule for information about
Cataclysm
class changes. Some of the information you should expect to see are
new spells
from 80-85, passive
mastery bonuses
, a brief outline of changes that are planned for each talent tree, and in some cases low level spell changes for several classes.
You should note these will not be all the changes we will see throughout the beta period and as always are subject to change. Also it should be known that some classes are further along then others so the amount of information will vary.
The dates the information will be released are listed below.
April 7
Priest
Shaman
Warlock
April 8
Death Knight
Rogue
Warrior[/
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Changes to Dispels in Cataclysm
A slew of new information is coming out of Blizzard this week - this time it's about the change to
dispels
coming in
Cataclysm
. As it stands right now there are five different types of buffs and debuffs: curses, diseases, poisons, defensive magic, and offensive magic.
In Cataclysm, Blizzard plans to let all healers dispel three out of the five types of abilities, with one of them always being a defensive dispel. This will allow arena teams to be a little more open and will allow encounter designers to assume you will have a dispel magic. In addition to this the mana cost on all dispels will be significantly increased, this will cause people to "think" before they decide to cast instead of just spamming the button.
One last thing,
,
and
will be removed from the game.
With all this new info coming out we can only hope that an alpha or maybe even the beta may start in the near future. You can read the original post after the break.
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Rage Normalization in Cataclysm
In
Cataclysm
, Blizzard is taking the opportunity to fix some of the problems with rage for both warriors and druids. Right now there are quite a few problems with rage—we're rage-starved at lower gear levels, and have next to infinite rage at high gear levels.
To fix this Blizzard plans to
normalize
rage in Cataclysm. We're going to generate a set amount of rage on auto-attack (200% if you crit), rage from being hit will be calculated based on the warriors health, more sources for instant rage will be introduced, all “on next swing” will be removed and
and
will become instant attacks.
With these changes Blizzard hopes to make playing these classes a little more interesting, and hopefully make rage-management more a part of playing the character.
You can read the entire original post after the break!
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March Site Update Recap!
It's April, which makes it a good time to take a quick look back at
some
of the new stuff we've rolled out in the last few weeks!
http://www.wowhead.com/?whats-new
We've launched two new contests, one in the
UK
and one in
Germany
!
Our
Noblegarden
guide has been posted!
You can now passive-aggressively help your friends with
LMWHTFY.com
!
We've linked loot chests with boss pages! Now when you go to
Malygos
's page, the loot from
Alexstrasza's Gift
will appear automatically!
We've added a
button which lets you increase the level cap on the
talent calculator
to 85!
We've made some updates to the
stat weights
—removed them from beta, shown them by default, and added a handy toolt
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Eyonix Says Goodbye
Today some sad news came across the official forums, as everyone's favorite dragon whelping
Eyonix
has announced he will be leaving Blizzard for other opportunities. Eyonix has been with us for nearly 6 years as a community manager, we frequently have seen him posting important information and getting involved with discussions throughout the forums.
For nearly six years, we've shared our thoughts with one and other, we've laughed, we've argued, and we've cried -- the crying part was just me wasn't it? Those times, I'm afraid must come to an end as I've made the decision to explore opportunities outside of Blizzard.
It has very honestly been a huge pleasure, and I thank you all for allowing 'Eyonix' to always remain a very fond memory as I move on.
Even though I've personally never met the man behind the dragon, he will be sorely missed! Good luck with your future endeavors, Eyonix!
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Noblegarden Guide! (Apr 4 - 11)
Noblegarden
is coming up this weekend, which means it's time for another
guide
! Time to go egg-hunting with your friends, scarf down some candy, and celebrate the joy of spring!
http://www.wowhead.com/?guide=noblegarden
The guide has been added to the
Tools > Guides
menu on the top, and you can navigate directly there by clicking the link above, or the adorable image of
Miyari
on the right. :)
If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about the guide, you can post them here!
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Blizzard Introduces Exciting New Features!
Today Blizzard introduced a slew of exciting new features that I know I can't personally wait to get my hands on!
Check after the break for a complete list!
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New Item: Hellfire Kickin' Taco Supreme
We uncovered some
exclusive
news for you! By digging deep into the game files, we managed to uncover a new item added in patch 3.3.3:
!
This item was apparently unlocked in the maintenance earlier this week, and according to our latest information, the tacos drop from
Loremaster Skosiris
in Shattrath City. If you manage to survive long enough to bring him down, he has a 100% chance to share one of these delicious tacos with you!
So far no one has managed to pick some up in-game yet. If you're the first, be sure to submit a screenshot—and don't forget to run the
Wowhead Client
to get us the data!
In light of this great tribute to the
Overlord of Tacohead
himself, we've decided to rename the site in celebration.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to
Tacohead
!
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New Contests: UK and Germany Only!
Edit:
This is not an April Fool's joke! We're really having these contests!
We're running
two brand new contests
—one in the
United Kingdom
, and one in
Germany
!
For those of you who missed the chance to participate in our previous contests because you weren't located in the US, now's your chance to win a brand new
Killer Xeno Pro Network Card
! Just click through to the contest pages below to see all the details. Remember, you have to be in the UK to enter the UK contest, or in Germany to enter the German one!
Edit:
Dies ist kein Aprilscherz! Wir veranstalten diese Wettbewerbe wirklich!
Wir veranstalten
zwei brandneue Wettbewerbe
—einen für Großbritannien und e
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Giants of Lore: Anduin Lothar
Welcome back once again to our next installment of Giants of Lore! In this session, we'll be taking a look at the man, the myth, the legend - Anduin Lothar, the Lion of Azeroth.
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