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December 2nd Hotfixes, Blizzard Sale Extended, WoD Scaling Tweets
Last night, there was only one hotfix but it was a big one--the Celestial world bosses got a significant health nerf if you're in a small group. This should also greatly help players who need to kill all four for
The Emperor's Way
and were frustrated that they couldn't get a decent-sized group together. The larger the group is, the more their health will increase.
December 2nd Hotfixes
Blizzard
The Celestials (
Chi-Ji
,
Niuzao
,
Xuen
, and
Yu'lon
) have their health reduced to 25% of original health. If more than 10 players from the same faction are engaged with the Celestial, their health will scale up. The health increase will cap at 100% of their original health with 40 players.
Celestalon Tweets
After
Ghostcrawler announced that he was leaving Blizzard
last week, Technical Game Designer
Celestalon
has taken over the role of answering PvE questions on
Twitter
. Here are some of the most interesting recent tweets:
[quote="Celestalon" blizzar
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Vanity Collections: Guide to WoW's Tabards
This guide helps you find the perfect tabard to match your transmog or new armor! We've organized all the tabards by their source, as well as by expansion. We've also provided thumbnails of all the tabards--click on them to view them in our 3D modelviewer.
Tabards currently take up a lot of bag space, but there may be plans to consolidate them as a
collection in Warlords of Draenor
, similar to mounts and pets.
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Blizzard Black Friday Sales
There's some great deals going on this weekend for Blizzard games--perhaps you'll even get a second copy of WoW to
unlock the new Recruit A Friend rewards
.
If you're perfectly happy with the games you have and are looking for something to do, don't forget that
Pilgrim's Bounty is going on in-game
for easy cooking skillups, and you can now
listen to WoW sounds and music right here on Wowhead
!
<div class="detail"><p>Avoid the (zerg) rush at the mall and go digital with your holiday shopping. For a limited time, you can <a href="
https://battle.net/shop/en-us/product/category/digital-games?games=wow
,starcraft" target="_blank">save up to 75%</a> on digital copies of select Blizzard games:</p>
 
<p>SAVE up to 75% on World of Warcraft</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="
https://battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft"
target="_blank">World of Warc
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Official Announcement: Ghostcrawler Leaving Blizzard
You know that part at the end of raid night when the final boss is dead and you’re done handing out loot and everyone kind of goes their separate ways? Yeah, this is one of those times.
We just came off of a great BlizzCon. We had so many different games to talk about, and we were thrilled at the reception of Warlords of Draenor. It was great to meet or reconnect with so many of you. I love BlizzCon dearly, which makes it so hard to tell you that this will be my last one, or at least my last one up on stage. An opportunity has come my way, and I have made the very tough decision to move on from Blizzard.
I wanted to thank all of you for being a part of this grand quest. I have said a hundred times that having passionate gamers, including the angry ones, is a far better place to be than having a community that doesn’t care. You all care. Like us, you want the game to be the best that it can be. So I ask you to keep on providing your feedback. I promise (and I rarely promise!) that the developers care very much about what you have to say.
I’ll be out there, and I can’t imagine it will be that hard to find me.
Hugs,
Ghostcrawler
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New Site Features: Quest Tracking, New Sounds and Music, Guide Improvements
We've got another batch of new site features that we're excited to share with you before the holiday weekend! To check out everything our team has been working on, visit the
What's New
page.
Warcraft Sounds and Music
Really like a zone's music? Want to brush up on what a boss' deadly ability sounds like? We've added spell sounds and zone music to Wowhead pages!
Spell pages with associated sounds include:
Boss Emotes:
Boss Emote Anachronos 03
Sound Effects:
Wind Chime
Music tied to items:
Disco Ball
You can also visit a zone's page now, like
Ashenvale
, to hear all the music associated with it.
Quest Tracking Improvements
We've added a new way for players to see if they've completed certain quests or not. You can look up a character's progress on quest pages now!
All you have to do is import a
Battle.net Character
via the Profiler, and then go to you
Profiles tab
on your
UserPage
and click on the heart icon to the left of one of your profiles to "pi
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Talk Azeroth Episode 19, New In-Game Store Additions on PTR
The
latest 5.4.2 PTR build
added
cobwebs and skeletons back to Karazhan
, but more importantly, it greatly improved the in-game Blizzard Store. This goes along with some new datamined
globalstrings
covering store transactions yesterday.
The PTR store now has categories for Mounts, Pets, and Consumables, as well as a Featured Item page. The
most recent Blizzard Store items
, the
Enchanted Fey Dragon
and
Alterac Brew-Pup
, aren't added to the store yet, but the other mounts and pets are. Another neat feature is that you can view the 3D model for all of the items.
[screenshot id=390014 widt
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Patch 5.4: November 25th Hotfixes, Patch 5.4.2 Build 17614 Spell Changes
Patch 5.4.2 PTR
Phases:
Changes:
Karazhan RestorationMedivh's Big Birthday Bash:
Mails:
New:
Your recruited friend!:
Great news! Your recruited friend logged in during your absence with a character named %s on the realm named %s. Add this character to your friend list to see them next time they log in. Have fun, and happy hunting
Your recruited friend!:
Great news! Your recruited friend logged in during your absence with a character named %s. Add this character to your friend list to see them next time they log in. Have fun, and happy hunting
Globalstrings:
New:
BLIZZARD_STORE_BUY_EUR:
: Select
BLIZZARD_STORE_LICENSE_ACK_TEXT_USD:
: User Acknowledgment: By clicking the Buy Now button below, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the terms and conditions regarding this transaction (including the Terms of Sale, Refund Policy, and Privacy Policy) and confirm this purchase. <<Placeholder USD TOU link>>
BLIZZARD_STORE_LICENSE_ACK_TEXT_ARS:
: User Acknowledgment: By clicking the Buy N
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Pilgrim's Bounty (November 25 - December 2) 2013 Guide
Pilgrim's Bounty
is here and it's time to reflect on your journeys across Azeroth, share plentiful food, and exchange stories with friends. Throughout this holiday, you can partake in feasts near major towns by sitting at a
bountiful table
and enjoying the foods you find there.
Due to its focus on food, this holiday is especially well-known for being a quick and easy way to level up cooking. However, with how easy cooking is to level in Mists of Pandaria, it's somewhat outshined by the expansion although it's still useful if getting to Pandaria is hard on a low-level alt. Still, players can purchase a
Bountiful Cookbook
, which grant easy skill-ups and foods such as
Pumpkin Pie
. Plus,
The Spirit of Sharing
can help you out with all the Mists of Pandaria rep grinds since it's a 10% reputation boost.
This holiday lasts from
November 25 at 11:00 AM
to
December 2 10:00 AM
.
Bountiful Tables
The main Pilgrim's Bounty fes
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Happy 9th Birthday to WoW, Celebrate on Twitch.tv Today!
World of Warcraft turns 9 today, and in addition to
WoW's 9th Anniversary
going on in-game (
read more here
), there's a special event on Twitch.tv starting at noon PST celebrating the game! Tune in with popular gaming host Soe Gschwind-Penski and members of <Paragon> for prizes, a trip down nostalgia lane, and a look at some of the exciting features in
Warlords of Draenor
.
You can view the event here:
http://www.twitch.tv/esltv
.
Also, don't forget, we're
holding a giveaway this weekend
for the new Blizzard Store items
Enchanted Fey Dragon
and
Alterac Brew-Pup
. Head over to our
giveaway thread and leave a comment to enter
--it's as simple as that!
Click the cut to read Blizzard's 9th Anniversary Message and details on the Twitch.tv celebration!
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Blizzard Store: Enchanted Fey Dragon and Alterac Brew Pup On Sale, Comment To Win A Free One!
Winners have been chosen and have been emailed. Please check the email you registered for Wowhead at--if you would like to change it, email . The codes have been sent from Perc's battle.net email.
Grats to divinedonut, Omgomgesiuol, quinoia, DelayedReality, and Feowen!
Blizzard unveiled their two latest additions to the Blizzard store in a special bundle--the
Enchanted Fey Dragon
and
Alterac Brew-Pup
!
You can purchase the
Alterac Brew-Pup
and
Enchanted Fey Dragon
for
$30 total here
. For every Alterac Brew Pup and Enchanted Fey Dragon bundle or individual Alterac Brew Pup purchased now through December 31, 2013, Blizzard will donate $5 to Make-A-Wish®.
You can also buy them individually: the Brew Pup for
$10 here
and the mount for
$25 here
.
Naturally this means we have some to giveaway--both store additions are so cute, we're giving away both!
Five people who reply to this post will receive a
Alterac Brew-Pup
and
Enchanted Fey Dragon
!
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Cross-Realm Raid Browser on 5.4.2 PTR, New Forsaken Female Model
WoW Source: New Forsaken Models
Morgan Webb sits down with Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas, Senior Art Director Chris Robinson, and Game Director Tom Chilton to talk about the Warlords of Draenor reveal at BlizzCon 2013, and an exclusive first look at the new female Forsaken model (around 13 min in).
Cross-Realm Raid Browser on PTR
Did you know that WoW includes a raid browser to assist with finding or forming groups? Don't worry, neither do most people. But it exists, and as we work towards revamping and expanding this feature for Warlords, we figured that we could also improve the usefulness of the existing functionality in the short-term.
If you click the "Other Raids" button in the social Raid tab, you'll see a list of raids. For 5.4.2, we've added two new categories, Mists of Pandaria Raid (Flex) and World Boss, which are specially enabled to function cross-realm. If you're looking to join a group for these activities, you can check off t
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News Roundup: Talk Azeroth BlizzCon Edition, WoD Item and Stat Clarifications
Talk Azeroth With Olivia--BlizzCon Edition
Olivia's back after the roof blew off her studio, with a Talk Azeroth focusing on one of the biggest pieces of news to come out of BlizzCon, the changes in raid sizes. She's wondering just exactly what the impact will be on different guilds, from LFR right up to the controversial new Mythic raiding mode, as well as talking through a few of your responses to Talk Azeroth 17, and asking for your questions and views on Garrisons.
Warlords of Draenor: Itemization Changes and New Stats
Blizzard devs have been very active on Twitter discussing item and stat changes in Warlords of Draenor. You can learn about the entire itemization preview at BlizzCon on our
Warlords of Draenor Guide
, or check out the clarifications below. Most of these details were covered at BlizzCon, but it's easy to forget some details with so much new information!
Spirit (healers) and armor (tanks) will only appear on accessory slots, weapons, and gems, not main slots like helms. Accessory items will most likely just have secondary stats.
Only main armor pieces like helms will swap their prim
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Alterac Brew Pup Gets Blizzard Store Page, On Sale Soon
The
Alterac Brandy
, which summons
Alterac Brew-Pup
, just got a special Blizzard Store page:
https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft-pet-alterac-brew-pup
. The sale button isn't active yet, but it seems to be going live soon, as 50% of the proceeds will go towards the Make-A-Wish foundation until December 31st.
(Edit: since we've published the above, the page has been taken down (screenshotted below), but the
Alterac Brew-Pup
tooltip still lists the Pet Store as the source.)
Alterac Brew-Pup
is a Beast pet with the following abilities:
Bite
,
The Good Stuff
,
Avalanche
,
Bark
,
Tough n' Cuddly
,
Call the Pack
.
Click the image below to view the 3D model!
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5.4.2 PTR: Cross-Realm Account-Bound Mail and Karazhan Restoration, Student Art Contest
Cross-Realm Account-Bound Mail
In the latest 5.4.2 PTR build, we are testing the new ability to mail account-bound items to other characters on your account that may be on different servers. Notably, this should allow you to move heirlooms between servers, in advance of our planned Warlords changes that will make them fully account-wide.
Sending this sort of mail should work like any cross-server communication: You send the item to "Playername-Servername" and it should otherwise work like regular mail. Note that you can only send account-bound items, and not other items or gold.
Example: I have a character, Thrall, on the Benedictus server. I want to send my heirloom mace to my alt, Durotan, on the Lycanthoth server. I'd log in as Thrall, and attach the mace to a mail addressed to "Durotan-Lycanthoth" and hit send.
We'd appreciate any feedback or bug reports on this new feature so that we can address any issues prior to the release of 5.4.2. But even without direct feedback, just logging into PTR and mailing account-bound items across servers should give us useful data to help confirm that the feature is working as intended. Thanks!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for November 18th, 5.4.2 PTR Build 17595 Spell Changes
Patch 5.4 Hotfixes
Classes
Shaman
General
's Stormlash effect now has a 50% chance to activate and deals 40% of current damage (This is up from a 20% chance to activate and down from a 100% damage increase when activated compared to a hotfix from October 4).
Talents
Stone Bulwark Totem
's damage absorption shield should now be properly affected by
PvP Rules Enabled (HARDCODED)
and
Dampening
.
Pet Battles
Battle Pets
Zao, Calfling of Niuzao
's
Niuzao's Charge
ability should play the correct sound instead of a quote by the
Headless Horseman
.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Xaril the Poisoned Mind
should no longer be incorrectly receiving credit in the combat log for spells cast by players that were under the effects of [spell=143
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WoW's 9th Anniversary: November 18 - December 2nd
Today marks the start of celebrating World of Warcraft's 9th anniversary in-game! You can get a special celebration package and achievement,
WoW's 9th Anniversary
, starting at
10am PST November 18th
and running until
10am PST December 2nd
. (The actual 9th anniversary is November 23rd.)
To get your special
Celebration Package
, all you have to do is log in and visit any mailbox--you'll automatically find the package inside with a nice note from Blizzard.
Celebration Package
can be used repeatedly and has a short cooldown. It grants the powerful buff
WoW's 9th Anniversary
, which increases experience and reputation gains from kills by 9% for 1 hour. Seems great for
Emperor Shaohao
grinding!
In addition, your character gets a special vanity effect--it looks like they are wearing the removed and very rare
Contest Winner's Tabard
.
You also get
WoW's 9th Anniversary
just for logging in!
World of Warcraft turns nine on November 23, 2013! Another epic year has flown by, and we’d like to thank you all for joining us on so many great adventures. To celebrate, players who log into the game between the dates of Nove
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Leveling Guide: Experience Gains, RAF, Heirlooms, Gear Basics
This is out of date for RAF. Recommend viewing
this
instead.
With the new Recruit a Friend program unveiled this week, it's the perfect time to think about leveling! This guide covers ways to improve your leveling experience and useful beginner info for new Recruit-a-Friend players! Patch 5.4 made it pretty easy to get epics once you're 90, so let's talk about what you need to do to get there!
We've covered the basics like how to gain experience, transportation, and talents, as well as ways to speed up leveling like experience buffs and Recruit-a-Friend. We also look at some gear details, like heirlooms that increase experience gained, scaling enchants, and gems that can be used at different levels.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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Post-BlizzCon Online Store Sale 11/15-17, No Virtual Ticket Required
This is your last chance to get special BlizzCon merchandise--since we last previewed the store, tons of new items have been added to the shop like
World of Warcraft cookie cutters
. The best part is that you don't need a Virtual Ticket to access this sale!
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<p>Another BlizzCon’s come and gone, but there’s still a chance to snag some cool commemorative Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo merchandise from the show. From now through November 17, <strong>anyone </strong>can purchase select items from the BlizzCon 2013 Store directly through the<strong> <a href="
http://bit.ly/1hJVhOg"
target="_blank">Online Blizzard Store</a></strong>—no need to have a BlizzCon ticket or Virtual Ticket in order to participate. Here’s a sampling of the legendary loot you’ll find:</p>
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No Flying in Draenor Until 6.1
One of the controversial announcements in
Warlords of Draenor
is the decision to have Draenor be ground-mount only until Patch 6.1. This means no flying mounts, even if you're level 100, until the first major patch hits.
Bashiok explained the reasoning behind this today, citing the following:
Previous expansions did not allow players to fly when leveling up--Warlords of Draenor will work in the same way.
Blizzard is happy with how
Isle of Thunder
and
Timeless Isle
were max level zones with only ground mounts, and thinks level 100 players in Warlords will be similarly successful.
Flying trivializes combat--you can just leave combat at will. Imagine what dungeons or battlegrounds would be like if you could fly--the experience would be cheapened.
The pacing of outdoor zones is thrown off by flying combat. Zones suddenly appear much smaller since traveling is fast, mountains and other striking scenery is diminished when you can just fly there, and the sense of exploration is toned down.
To learn more about Warlords of Draenor, check out Wowhead's
comprehensive expansion guide
.
Click the cut for the full post!
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Patch 5.4.2 PTR: Build 17585, Spell Changes and More
A small PTR build was datamined today--it was revealed that the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Collector's Edition will have a Treasure Goblin battle pet and achievement (
Collector's Edition: Treasure Goblin
and
Treasure Goblin's Pack
), and there's also new mounts,
Bipsi's Bobbing Berg
and
Iron Skyreaver
.
Keep in mind that spell values can be misinterpreted--some of the Priest changes seem very strange.
Check out the latest additions!
3D Model for
Treasure Goblin's Pack
Click the cut for the globalstrings and spell changes!
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