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In-Game Shop Expands To Paid Character Services, 6.2.2a Hotfixes for 9/30 - 10/1
The In-Game shop now covers Appearance, Faction, Name, and Race Changes! You can also use the In-Game shop to purchase WoW Tokens, mounts, and pets.
We have a guide to
items from the Blizzard Shop
as well as how
WoW Tokens work
.
There are also many Hellfire Citadel nerfs in the September 30th hotfixes, check out the full post for details.
Kilrogg Deadeye
,
Hellfire High Council
,
Gorefiend
,
Tyrant Velhari
,
Xhul'horac
, and
Archimonde
have changes.
Downtime Tuesday #33, Patch 6.2.2a Hotfixes for September 21st
Downtime Tuesday Episode 32 with
Panser
covers all the Brewfest festivities!
A new week of hotfixes has also started, and the Remnant of the Blood Moon event should go
much
faster now--its health is 1000, down from 10,000. This encounter drops the
Vial of Red Goo
toy.
Patch 6.2.2a Hotfixes (Sept 15 - 17) and Notes: Archaeology Digsites Fixed
Patch 6.2.2a went live today, featuring some hotfixes and bugfixes. Most notably, Archaeology digsites are now fixed. Previously, they looked like this:
But as of today, they are back to their normal shapes and can be completed.
New to Archaeology? Check out Karadine's
Archaeology Leveling and Collecting Strategies
Guide.
Patch 6.2.2 Hotfixes Week of September 1st - 4th
The first batch of hotfixes are up for 6.2.2. Most importantly,
Raid Finder Archimonde
has received numerous nerfs.
In addition, there are changes to
Gorefiend
and
Fel Lord Zakuun
, as well as the removal of the mighty
Bloodfang Grub
from Gorgrond.
Official 6.2.2 Patch Notes, September 1st Confirmed for 6.2.2
Blizzard has posted the official 6.2.2 Patch Notes as well as confirmation that 6.2.2 is going live on September 1st!
Check out our
6.2.2 Survival Guide
for information on all the new content and we're also giving away a
Mottled Drake
on the post!
6.2.2 PTR Patch Notes and 6.2 Hotfixes for August 26th
Blizzard has updated the 6.2.2 PTR Patch Notes!
Patch Note Highlights
Bonus Events
now start on Wednesday, not Friday.
Hallow's End and Winter Veil updates,
which we datamined several weeks ago
, were added to the notes. We found new items like
Exquisite Costume Set: "Deathwing"
,
Coin of Many Faces
, and
Minion of Grumpus
.
There are three flying-only areas on the PTR, each with fun rewards--Crashin' Thrashin' toys for
Iron Armada
,
Spike-Toed Booterang
, and pets like
Empowered Manafiend
.
The Toy Box has a new section, and the old items
Safari Hat
and
Shard of Archstone
are now toys!
Target marker icons have been disabled in public chat channels.
Lord of the Reins
and
Crashin' Thrashin' Commander
are new collection achievements.
Touch of the Grave now scales its damage based on 50% of the character's Attack Power or Spell Power, whichever is greater.
New Blizzard Merchandise and 10% Discount Code for Gear Shop
It's been a good month for Blizzard fans between
gamescom
,
The Grand Tournament launch
, and
BlizzCon Virtual Tickets
on sale.
Want to show off your Blizzard pride? The
Blizzard Gear Shop
has tons of new merchandise, including Canvas Wall Hangs for all WoW expansions and items to celebrate the Grand Tournament!
The best part? Use the code
WOWHEAD10
to get 10% off your
Blizzard Gear Shop
purchase!
Code is valid through October 1st.
For a closer look at the new merchandise, Perc and Panser will be previewing some on Wowhead Weekly. The show takes place every Friday at 6pm EST on
http://www.twitch.tv/wowhead
, with the video posted every Saturday morning on Wowhead's front page.
Check out the full post for more information on the new Gear Shop items!
6.2.2 PTR: Build 20438 and 20444 Spell Changes and More
Time for a new 6.2.2 PTR build! Patch 6.2.2 is tentatively scheduled for September 1st, and will add Flying to Draenor, more Timewalking rewards, and PvP Mercenary mode.
Learn more about the patch here
.
One major change is that the proposed buffs to Arcane Torrent and War Stomp added last week have been reverted in this build.
An additional small build went up on Wednesday, August 26th.
Virtual Ticket and BlizzCon 2015 Goody Bag Now Available for Pre-Purchase, BlizzCon FAQ
The BlizzCon 2015
Virtual Ticket is now on sale
for $39.99!
The Virtual Ticket comes with access to all BlizzCon streams, in-game goodies for all games like
Murkidan
, access to the special BlizzCon Sale--and new to 2015--the option to pre-purchase the Goody Bag.
The BlizzCon 2015 Goody Bag is also now on sale! Ticket holders can pre-purchase it
here for $34.99
.
Patch 6.2 Hotfixes: Week of August 17th
Blizzard
Raids and Dungeons
Loot Buff for Call to Arms
Savage Satchel of Cooperation, awarded for completing a class role that's in demand through Dungeon Finder or Raid Finder received a boost to its contents.
Increased the amount of gold awarded by over 200%!
The satchel now has a chance for additional Baleful tokens, Empowered Apexis Fragment, and Medallion of the Legion.
Hellfire Citadel
Xhul'horac
Omnus's Singularity damage can now be reduced by damage reduction effects on Raid Finder difficulty.
Items
Annihilator
should no longer have a chance to trigger its on hit effect on targets that are above level 63.
Fixed an issue where
Rancorbite Mail Agility 4-piece set bonus
was not correctly scaling its damage down in Timewalking dungeons.
Draenor Pathfinder Feature: Wowhead Flying Tool and Video Guide
Draenor Pathfinder
is coming in Patch 6.2.2 and Blizzard has put together a guide on how to get Flying in Draenor! They've featured our
flying tool
and a Draenor Pathfinder video we made--we are very excited to have our content featured on Battle.net.
We also have a
written guide to Draenor Pathfinder
and a guide to
Draenor Content Made Easier by Flying in 6.2.2.
There are also three new areas on the PTR which are accessible via flying:
Eastern Tanaan Jungle, beyond the Dark Portal. Yesterday, we learned that the
Iron Armada
requires players to collect 5 Crashin' Thrashin' toys.
Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller
,
Crashin' Thrashin' Cannon Controller
, and
Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller
drop from the rares here (
Drakum
,
Gondar
, and
Smashum Grabb
).
Uninstanced Highmaul in Nagrand has ogres that drop pets.
Energized Manafiend
is from
Rukdug
,
Empyreal Manafiend
is from
Guk
, and
Empowered Manafiend
is from
Pugg
.
Uninstanced Hellfire Citadel in Tanaan Jungle has
Fel Overseer Mudlump
of
Netherwing
fame who drops
Spike-Toed Booterang
.
Learn more about the PTR with our
Patch 6.2.2 Coverage
.
6.2.2 PTR Patch Notes: Timewalking Rewards, Upcoming Mounts and Pets
Blizzard has posted a preview of some upcoming mounts and pets! They are:
Murkidan
2015 BlizzCon Reward,
Murkidan
. Abilities
Shadow Slash
,
Fel Immolate
,
Nether Gate
,
Eye Beam
,
Immolation
,
Murkmorphosis
Brightpaw
in-game store pet.
Nibbles
from
Collector's Edition: Nibbles
Zeradar
from
Collector's Edition: Zeradar
Reins of the Illidari Felstalker
from
Collector's Edition: Illidari Felstalker
Reins of the Grove Warden
in-game shop mount.
Check out our PTR datamining post for even more details.
Blizzard
Check out our sneak peek of some of the future pets and mounts that will be making their way into Azeroth.
The new patch notes for the 6.2.2 PTR are also up! Here are the highlights:
Timewalking weekends after 6.2.2 will grant new rewards via
Timewarped Badge
: new toys (
Hourglass of Eternity
,
Will of Northrend
,
Mark of the Ashtongue
), new mounts (
Reins of the Eclipse Dragonhawk
and
Bridle of the Ironbound Wraithcharger
), and TBC/Wrath badge gear that now scales up to your character's level.
Timewalking Dungeons now have a chance to drop items that drop in the Heroic versions - items such as
Primal Nether
,
Frozen Orb
,
Music Roll: Mountains of Thunder
, and
Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake
.
Ashran
now has a deserter mechanic which requires to to stay in
Ashran
for 10 mins, or incur an Ashran-specific 15 minute deserter debuff.
Legendary Ring Questline: New weekly quests (
Abrogator Arbitrator
) have been added to help players catch-up in earlier stages of the Legendary Ring Quest Line for Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry.
World of Warcraft: Legion Dev Talk Liveblog
Members of the World of Warcraft development team will be jumping back onto a stream this Sunday, August 9 at 8 a.m. PDT to dive further into the expansion’s features and content. We'll be liveblogging the dev talk below!
Gamescom Round Up: Friday August 7th
Gamescom continued today with the Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm panels! Below we have summarized the info from those panels, we well as new World of Warcraft: Legion and Diablo 3 information released today. We learned today that Demon Hunters will start above level 90 and that there are no weapon drops in Legion--you'll just have your Artifact weapon!
6.2.1 PTR: Build 20363 Mercenary Mode Enabled
The latest build for the 6.2.1 PTR is here--you can test Flying in Draenor and PvP Mercenary Mode on the test realms. It's a very small PTR build and it mainly looks like Mercenary Mode is enabled. Read more about Mercenary Mode
here
.
There are two new spells related to Ashran:
Ashran Tour of Duty
: You are on a tour of duty in Ashran. If you leave before this tour completes, you will be unable to enter Ashran for some time.
Recreant
: You left Ashran before completing your tour of duty and must wait before entering again.
Q2 2015 Results: WoW Down to 5.6 Million Subscribers
Activision Blizzard released their second quarter 2015 results today, and
World of Warcraft is at 5.6 million subscribers
, down 1.5 million from the Q1 2015 earnings report. While these numbers are quite low by recent standards, numbers should be bouncing back up with the
expansion announcement at gamescom
.
Read Activison's Q2
Earnings Press Release
,
Second Quarter Presentation
, and
Summary Sheet
.
Here's the description of Warcraft from the press release:
Blizzard Entertainment had the largest online player community in its history, with Q2 MAUs up 50% year-over-year. Though World of Warcraft® ended the quarter at 5.6 million subscribers, Blizzard revenues are up year-over-year based on strong performance across the expanding Blizzard portfolio. On June 23, 2015, Blizzard Entertainment released, Fury of Hellfire, one of the largest non-expansion content updates to date for World of Warcraft. This new content helped stabilize the subscriber number towards the end of the quarter. World of Warcraft remains the No. 1 subscription‐based MMORPG in the world.
In the Q2 slide presentation, Fury of Hellfire was credited was stabilizing the subscriber base in the last few weeks of the quarter. Patch 6.2.1 was also mentioned as a draw for players due to the addition of Flying, as well as PvP mercenary mode.
Patch 6.2 Hotfixes for Week of August 3rd - 7th
The first round of Patch 6.2 hotfixes for the week of August 3rd are up.
Notably,
Expert Captain
is a bit easier to counter, and the bonus roll loot tables for
Tyrant Velhari
and
Fel Lord Zakuun
on LFR difficulty are no longer swapped.
The second round of hotfixes includes a buff to the legendary tanking ring
Sanctus, Sigil of the Unbroken
.
You can also visit a database page, such as
Master vs. Commander
, to see what other recent hotfixes that particular data has received.
Community Manager Bashiok Leaving Blizzard
Community Manager Bashiok announced that today is his last day at Blizzard. Bashiok started as a Community Manager for Blizzard in 2003 and has worked on
Diablo III
and
World of Warcraft
.
New World of Warcraft Expansion Revealed on August 6th, Complete Blizzard gamescom 2015 Schedule
Blizzard has announced that the new World of Warcraft expansion will be revealed on August 6th, on the gamescom live stream! There will be a followup World of Warcraft developer chat on the expansion on Sunday, August 9th. What do you think will be revealed?
If you're taking a break from WoW and are thinking about returning with this announcement, check out our
Patch 6.2 Survival Guide
and our
Boosted Level 90 Player Essentials
.
Blizzard
Join us Thursday, August 6 at 9 a.m. PDT for a special World of Warcraft event streamed live from gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany—where we’ll be unveiling the next chapter of the World of Warcraft saga. . . .
Tune in again Sunday, August 9 at 8:00 a.m. PDT for a World of Warcraft developer chat before the show ends, and find out more about what’s in store.
Stay tuned to our dedicated
gamescom
page for further details on the live stream. Those who are able to join us in person at gamescom can visit us at the Blizzard booth in hall 7.1. We hope to see you there!
Patch 6.2 Hotfixes for Week of July 27-28th
Time for another week of Patch 6.2 hotfixes!
The first batch includes documentation for several
hotfixes noted over the weekend
for more ways to get Garrison Resources. A new hotfix is that Ships constructed at a Level 3 Shipyard can no longer be uncommon quality. Learn more about the Shipyard with the
Warlords of Draenor Shipyard Guide
.
The second batch of hotfixes included a fix for reputation gains and
Trading Post Level 3
--good timing with the Draenor Dungeon Weekend coming up. PvP hotfixes announced last week should also be live.
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