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Wowhead and WoW Insider BlizzCon Party, Thursday 11/7
BlizzCon 2013 is soon. Really soon, in fact. And we're not sure if you guys know this or not, but we're having a party.
A huge party.
From 5pm to 11pm on Thursday, Nov 7th we're hosting a party with
WoW Insider
at the Anabella Hotel's
Tangerine Grill & Patio
that anyone in the area can attend. It's super close-by to BlizzCon--about a block away and easy to get to by foot. Admission is free and you don't need to be attending the con to come to our party!
There will be awesome sponsors, tons of prizes, and tons of well-known World of Warcraft faces including some Blizzard staff, popular streamers, and podcasters--and of course, staff from Wowhead and WoW Insider.
We've even got GUNNAR hosting a photobooth where you'll be able to take your photo with some Azeroth-inspired weapons, and bars with special Horde and Alliance mixed drinks. Plan to get there early, because we'll have some extra giveaways and maybe even swag for earlybirds.
If you can't come, we'll be streaming the party live on Thursday with Gary Gannon and the rest of the
Gamebreaker.tv
crew!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for November 4th
Classes
Monk
Windwalker
Touch of Karma
should no longer incorrectly count drops in health caused by
or
Spirit Link Totem
as damage.
Talents
Dampen Harm
should no longer incorrectly activate from having their health reduced through
or
Spirit Link Totem
.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Note: All the adjustments below affecting Raid Finder difficulty will require a realm restart to take effect!
Galakras
Master Cannoneer Dagryn
,
High Enforcer Thranok
, and
Lieutenant Krugruk
now have less health and deals less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Dragonmaw Flameslinger
's
Flame Arrows
now deals less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Dragonmaw Tidal Shaman
's
Chain Heal
now heals for 5% of health (down from 10%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
Iron Juggernaut
Iron Juggernaut
now has less health and deals less damage
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New Site Features: Spell Changelog, Hearthhead Front Page and Streams
BlizzCon is very soon and we've got some great coverage planned, but we've been also spending a lot of time on new site features that we're very excited to share with you!
Hearthhead Front Page, Streams, Guides
Our
front page
got upgraded from Basic to Golden with a new layout this weekend. All of our tools are now easily accessible from the front page, as well as a list of recent forum topics and Hearthstone blue posts. We've even added a new feature--
Player Streams
. Now you can browse a list of popular Twitch streams and watch them on Hearthhead.
We've also added some new features to our popular guide section. If you're looking for a guide, that got easier with a
new main page for Guides
and a new
Card Count filter section
where you can specify the number of cards of a certain quality, set, and type.
We've also added some things to player guides:
New
About the Author
section displays other guides written by the same person and s
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We're Giving Away 5 Lil' Ragnaros for Your Help
This giveaway is now closed! We have gifted Lil' Ragnaros pets to westonjust, dandycorn, strand, OriginalKraal, and Nerullthereaper, please check your email used to register for Wowhead for the code.
As you guys probably know, Wowhead exists as a free resource thanks to the ads on our website. Every few months we run surveys regarding advertising here and it's that time again! Remember that you are under no obligation to participate, so if giving out information is not your cup of tea, we totally understand.
To sweeten the deal, we'll be picking five people who reply to
our survey
to win
Lil' Ragnaros
:
Click here to fill out the survey!
This giveaway will run until next Wednesday (11/6) at 11:59PM PDT. Thanks everyone for participating.
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Blizzard Files Trademark for Warlords of Draenor
With BlizzCon coming very soon, there's a lot of anticipation over new titles and trademarks. One of their newest confirmed trademarks is
Warlords of Draenor
.
Click here
for the complete trademark PDF.
We don't know much about this yet, but we'll expect to hear more soon at BlizzCon next week! Speaking of which, if you really want to attend the con but don't have tickets, we're giving
sixteen passes away
!
Click the cut for a summary image of the trade mark!
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Day of the Dead (November 1st - 3rd)
Day of the Dead
runs from November 1st-3rd to close out Hallow's End. We've whipped up a small guide so you can know the quests and achievement for the event; make sure you don't skip out if you're an achievement hunter, as it boasts one achievement that you can only get for a few days!
New to 2013, the
Macabre Marionette
is a permanent battle pet!
Getting Started
Tip: Get some
Simple Flour
and
Ice Cold Milk
(at least 1 of each) before heading to a
graveyard
. This will save you traveling time when doing the quest below.
To take part in the events festivities, you must first locate
Catrina
, an undead female (and a reference to
La Calavera Catrina
), who can be found near the
graveyard
of any capital city. She will give you some information regarding the holiday itself, and it is most important that you remember to /dance with her--upon doing so, you will earn the only achievement for this holiday,
Dead Man's Party
. You will also gain the buff
Honor the Dead
, which will change you into either Catrina or her male counterpart, Chapman, for twelve hours.
Quests for
Macabre Marionette
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 29th
Classes
Druid
Class Armor
Resolved an issue where casting
while
Nature's Swiftness
is active did not consume the Restoration Tier-16 4-piece bonus.
Monk
General
Blackout Kick
's damage-over-time component for the Windwalker specialization should no longer be incorrectly affected by Resilience a second time.
Expel Harm
's damage should now properly benefit from PvP Power and interact correctly with Resilience.
Mistweaver
The glyphed version of
should no longer incorrectly cost slightly less mana than the unglyphed version.
Windwalker
Touch of Karma
should now correctly redirect the same amount of damage that the
Monk
receives in PvP. Previously, the ability was incorrectly being modified by both the target and
Monk
's own Resilience.
Quests
[l
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BlizzCon 2013 Goody Bag Revealed
With BlizzCon just around the corner, it’s time to share the adorably lethal secret that waits inside this year’s Goody Bag. . . .
As a memento for joining us at the heart of the storm, BlizzCon attendees will receive a BlizzCon 2013 Cute But Deadly Souvenir Set featuring the delightfully menacing likenesses of Arthas, Kerrigan, and Diablo. The result of a universe-crossing collaboration, this trio kicks off an exciting new line of figures—and there are even more cute but deadly surprises to come. This limited-edition set is an exclusive gift for BlizzCon attendees, and will never be reproduced for commercial sale. Now isn’t that special?!
Check out the Cute But Deadly lineup below:
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Patch 5.4.1 PTR: Recruit-A-Friend Pets and In-Game UI
Several cute pets that were unobtainable except for brief promotions on Asian servers are now marked as being from Recruit-a-Friend on the 5.4.1 PTR!
A blue post last week
stated that the upcoming RAF program will have even more reward options
, so maybe these are some of the new rewards in addition to the
Emerald Hippogryph
tied to
Friends In Places Even Higher Than That
.
Some new UI elements are up on the PTR as well--it looks like you'll be able to invite friends to RAF from directly in-game and choose your reward.
Golden Pig Coin
teaches
Golden Pig
: Critter, Breed 7 H/P.
Hoof
,
Crouch
,
Uncanny Luck
,
Diseased Bite
,
Buried Treasure
,
Headbutt
. This was formerly available on Chinese servers in 2008 for the New Year's Celebration.
Silver Pig Coin
teaches
Silver Pig
: Critter, Breed 7 H/P.
Hoof
,
Crouch
,
Uncanny Luck
,
Diseased Bite
,
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 23rd
Rygarius
Death Knight
General
Reduced Death Strike's healing by 50% for Blood Death Knights in Arenas.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Garrosh Hellscream
Kor'kron Reaper
s now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Minion of Y'Shaarj
's
Empowering Corruption
now heals for 15% of health (down from 30%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
Harbinger of Y'Shaarj
's
Y'Shaarj Touched
now heals for 2% of health per second (down from 5%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 22nd
New Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted tonight! Garrosh got some LFR nerfs and you need less guild members in Flex Mode to be considered a guild group now. The mage set bonus
Item - Mage T15 4P Bonus
also got a big nerf for
and now increases effects by 5%, down from 20%.
If you're interested in checking out the latest LFR wing open today, take a look at our
LFR Downfall Guide
. We've also got a
BlizzCon In A Box
giveaway going on which contains Virtual Ticket passes and some exclusive BlizzCon Store merchandise!
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Siege of Orgrimmar: LFR Downfall Open 10/22, New Bosses and Loot
The fourth wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR, "Downfall," opened October 22th on US servers. This overview covers LFR's loot, vanity items, Dungeon Journal, and more!
For LFR, you will need ilvl 496 to queue up and the bosses drop ilvl 528 loot. Check out our
gearing guide
if you need to boost your gear a few points! If you're interested in special Garrosh weapons or achievements, you'll need to queue up for
Flex or higher
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR previews:
LFR Underhold
,
LFR Gates of Retribution
,
Vale of Eternal Sorrows
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their rankings a
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 21
Druid
Talents
The Dream of Cenarius effect is now removed when the
Druid
switches talents.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
The number of
Look Within
orbs spawned by
Norushen
in Flexible difficulty will now round up instead of down, so that the ratio of orbs to players is never worse than on Normal difficulty.
Galakras
The portal leading back to the Vault of Y'Shaarj can no longer be used while in combat.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Arenas
The Crowd Chose You has been removed and replaced with a debuff called
Dampening
.
For Arena matches that last more than 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive
Dampening
.
Dampening
is a stacking debuff applied to all players in
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Hallow's End 2013 Guide (October 18 - November 1)
It's that time of the year again--ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks unite!
Hallow's End
hits Azeroth today.
Hallow's End is one of my favorite holidays in World of Warcraft. Running from from
October 18 - November 1
, the holiday invites players to gather candy, wands, food, masks, and even vanity pets from inn keepers all over the in-game world. It's also great for alts that need reputation and experience between special quests and buffs!
Event Changes
This holiday is relatively unchanged from 2012. We did add a ton of maps in 2013 though for all the Candy Bucket locations!
Much like the Brewfest items had been, all Hallow's End rings (plus the helmet and sword) have been upgraded to ilevel 470 in Mists of Pandaria.
The Horseman's Horrific Hood
The Horseman's Sinister Slicer
Wicked Witch's Signet
Band of the Petrified Pumpkin
Seal of Ghoulish Glee
The Horseman's Ring
There's one new achievement in MoP:
Tricks and Treats of Pandaria
, which is an achievement fo
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BlizzCon 2013 Map and Schedule Now Live
The BlizzCon 2013 panel and event schedule is now live! Here's the Warcraft panel schedule below:
Friday:
World of Warcraft--What's Next: 12:30pm
World of Warcraft--The Adventure Continues: 2:30pm
Art of World of Warcraft: 3:45 pm
Saturday:
World of Warcraft Live Raid: 10am
The Evolving Sound of Warcraft: 10am
World of Warcraft Raids, Gameplay, Questing, and More: 11:30am
Warcraft Movie Presentation: 1pm
World of Warcraft Q + A About Almost Everything: 2:30pm
We've also put the full panel schedule under the cut.
<p>BlizzCon 2013 is just over three weeks away! Whether you're joining us at the Anaheim Convention Center in person or viewing from home with the <a href="
http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/live-stream/">BlizzCon
® Virtual Ticket</a>, we’ve got a lot of fun and festivities lined up for you.</p>
<p>To help you form a plan of attack, we’ve just posted a schedule of the panels, eSports tournaments, and other events happening at BlizzCon on <a href="
http://us.bat
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Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's new MOBA
Blizzard just announced that Heroes of the Storm is the name of their upcoming MOBA--it replaces "Blizzard All-Stars" as the title. Check out Blizzard's cute video below that was just released:
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New Hearthhead Site Achievements and Arena Log, Beta Patch Notes
Since Hearthhead's launch last week, we've added a bunch of new features we're excited to share with you! A small beta patch is also going live today, which includes a change to and a bugfix where renaming a deck prevented players from editing the deck.
Also a quick reminder that we've got two contests going on this week for Hearthstone beta keys--we're giving
1500 keys away here on Wowhead and Hearthhead
and another
100 keys on Hearthhead's Facebook
.
Introducing Hearthhead Achievements
We've added numerous site achievements for using popular Hearthhead tools, just like we have for Wowhead tools! Now you can earn copper, silver, and gold achievements on Hearthhead whether you're writing guides or using the Arena Practice tool. Site achievements increase your user reputation and can unlock more
site privileges
.
Check out the full list here
!
New Site Features
Since Hearthhead's launch last week, we've adde
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 16th
Classes
Mage
Class Armor
Resolved an issue that could cause the Tier-16 2-piece set bonus
Frozen Thoughts
to be consumed without effect.
Priest
Holy
Mastery: Echo of Light
's healing has been increased by 4%.
Warlock
Talents
Archimonde's Darkness' effect should now be correctly removed when the
Warlock
switches talents or glyphs.
Quests
Timeless Treasures
: Weekly treasure chests on the
Timeless Isle
can now grant credit towards completing this quest.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Galakras
Reduced the health of ranking officials and foot soldiers in Phase 1 of the encounter on 10-player Normal difficulty.
Kor'kron Dark Shaman
Ashen Wall
,
Toxic Storm
,
Toxic Mist
,
Foul Stream
, and
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News Roundup: Talk Azeroth, New Recruit-A-Friend Soon, Blizzard Sales
News Roundup
For those of you interested in Recruit-a-Friend, the RAF program is being temporarily shut down to prepare for the new program coming very soon. If you liked the current
Heart of the Nightwing
mount though, don't worry--it will be available with the new and improved program. On Friday, we datamined a
new achievement and mount for RAF
,
Emerald Hippogryph
and
Friends In Places Even Higher Than That
, so there may be a variety of rewards to choose from!
In light of the new RAF program being launched, it makes sense Blizzard announced yesterday that Cataclysm is now included in the Battle Chest for only $19.99--this change makes it easier and cheaper for new players to catch up to their friends. For seasoned players, there's also a 33% off sale on
Winged Guardian
this week!
Talk Azeroth
We've got another episode of Talk Azeroth up with Olivia! This time, Olivia gets into the acronyms with a re-recorded (after the last one failed) version of Talk Azeroth 16. She's talking about the controversial match-ending debuff, The Crowd Chose You, and the upcoming changes to it, as well as touching on the Diminishing Returns system, answering your questions a
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Siege of Orgrimmar: Flex Downfall Open 10/15, New Bosses and Loot
The fourth wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex, "Downfall," opened October 15th on US servers. This overview covers Downfall's Flex loot, Garrosh Heirlooms, vanity items, titles, Dungeon Journal, and more!
Flex mode does not require players to have a certain item level to zone in, but it does require you to queue with a premade group. You can have anywhere between 10 and 25 players. If you want to bulk up your gear in preparation, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Flex Gates of Retribution
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as
Healiocentric
for detailed strategies.
The next wing open is LFR "Downfall" on October 22nd.
Click the
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