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Wowhead Month Review (Sept 13 - Oct 3)
Hey there, this is our latest Wowhead Weekly Review which includes the 28th, 29th, and 30th all in one! Also, we're sorry about the late WWR post everyone! All of our schedules were screwed up, and the new patch only further pushed back our release. Forgive us! (According to my calculations, this blog has three WWRs assembled, namely #28, #29 and #30. Yay for us hitting another milestone!)
DISCLAIMER:
Opinions presented in the Wowhead Weekly Review are not necessarily those of Wowhead.com or its staff members.
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Chance to Win a Grunty the Marine pet!
That's right! Players who never made it to Blizzcon can now earn their very own Grunty the Marine Murloc in-game pet! Alright, apparently
Wow-Achievements.com
are the people who are holding the contest. To win, submit a picture of you riding your
Proto-drake pourpre
that you won from the achievement
(Alliance version is
Voyages au bout du monde
) which was recently completable with Brewfest of this year.
You can visit their contest page
here
. Or, you can continue reading after the break.
WARNING: THE CONEST ENDS OCTOBER 7, SO HURRY UP AND ENTER NOW!
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PTR Players: We Need Your Dataz!
That's right Wowhead users, we need your data!
For those of you who don't already know, Wowhead keeps its database listings up-to-date using a program called the
Wowhead Client
. This is a small program which automatically installs and updates an addon (which we call the Wowhead Looter) in your WoW folder, and takes notes on all the items, NPCs and such that you encounter in the game. Then, when you run the Client the next time, it uploads that data to our server—and we put it up on the website.
Those of you who are playing on the Public Test Realms, we need your data now more than ever! Please remember that the Wowhead Client
does not locate your PTR installation on its own
. You need to do that manually if you want to upload PTR data—and the faster we get the PTR data, the sooner we can provide you with PTR searches, PTR talent calcs, and so on!
If you need help setting the Wowhead Client up to work with your PTR installation, we've included some convenient instructions after the break.
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Patch 3.3: Orcs in Undercity
So
Corgan
was kind enough to point out this interesting post on
World of Raids
.
Usually the fuss is about the new gear, the new instances, and such—but one of the things I'm most interested in is the way the actual game world changes around us—and 3.3 is bringing us some interesting changes in that department...
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Patch 3.3 On PTR! (Quel'Delar... Speculations?)
Hey, so 3.3 PTR came down on us like a sword falling on an iceberg. From the sky. Anybody else really excited about going there and kicking some butt (we'd chew gum too, but we seem to be out of gum...) with Sylvanas and Jaina? 'Cause I sure am!
Anyway, hopefully you are wondering where the stupid metaphor came from. 'Twas all intentional. A little while ago, back in the 3.1 days, when the Argent Tournament first came to existence, something starting drilling in the Lore freaks' heads. Right next to Sindragosa's Fall (where we saw the Lich King raising the biggest frost wyrm of them all in the WotLK cinematic), there was a sword. Sword stuck in the ice, surrounded by some stones, and apparently called Quel'Delar. Related to Quel'Serrar? Or maybe some sort of Excalibur reference? We knew nothing about it, until a few minutes ago when MMO-Champion dug some information from the PTR files. It's only spells, but they seem rather interesting by themselves too...
P.S. Stay tuned, more stuff might appear!
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3.3 PTR Patch Notes Are Up!
The
patch notes
are up for Patch 3.3 on the PTR!
Blizzard is releasing these a lot faster than we're used to. The patch notes have some interesting info in them, particularly about some changes to the early leveling game. Other than that, these are pretty bare so far.
Check them out here:
http://www.wowhead.com/?patchnotes=3.3.0-ptr
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My Throat! It Burns!
/cough
It's flu/cough/cold season again and I've been running a fever, had a sore throat, and hacking my lungs out since Sunday, so I've been confined to my house so that I can rest. It's strange, but whenever I'm feeling fine, I always wish that I could go home and relax, maybe level up an alt, pig out on some junk food, etc. Yet when I am actually
forced
to be home, I wish that I wasn't sick so I could get out of the house and
do
something! But I can't, so I wander around the house listlessly, looking for something to do.
I don't feel very hungry, so no gobbling down my sweets; I can't read a book, 'cause my head hurts so much it's hard to concentrate on the words; I can't play any video games on my computer, because staring at the screen (which is pretty close to my face) hurts my eyes after a while; so I usually just go upstairs, lay down on the couch and watch old movies that I've seen a kajabillion times before.
So I'm pretty bored out of my skull. But that got me thinking: What do you guys do when you are sick and confined to home? Do you play video games? Watch movies? Read bo
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Brewfest Extended!
Looks like Brewfest has been extended by two days. Be sure and get your achievements in, and check out our
Brewfest Guide
if you need help!
Brewfest is a time of year where the focus is placed squarely on the celebration of fun and food. In order to give everyone enough time to truly experience this event (and after some fine tuning on the part of the event organizers), we will be extending the event two additional days. The festivities will end on October 5th at 11:59PM, so don't miss it!
Source:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=20126978066&sid=1&pageNo=1#0
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Official Blizzard YouTube Channel
So Blizzard has given us a bunch of big news this week! First the
new website
, then the
Icecrown Preview
, and now this: Blizzard has just unveiled their own
YouTube channel
, with a big fat list of videos for you to play with!
This is an especially welcome change for me—I really hate having to use the Blizzard downloader just to watch a trailer. :)
Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/blizzard
Also, ding 3000 posts!
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Icecrown Details Revealed!
Some of you may have noticed, but after launching a brand new EU site, Blizzard decided to pop another surprise at us - in the "Under Dev" section there, about the Icecrown Citadel. Back during BlizzCon, we were told that Icecrown will be composed of two major parts - a huge 5-man dungeon, and a 10/25-man raid. Well, here is the information about the 5-man instance part of it...
Disclaimer
: The information below does not mean, nor imply that the Icecrown Citadel is going to be a 5-man dungeon. It doesn't mean that the Lich King is going to be a 5-man boss either. There is a separate raid, information for which has not been released after BlizzCon.
We may end up fighting some form of the Lich King in the 5-man however - a memory, a vision, an illusion...
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New Blizzard Website!
Been to the
Blizzard
website lately? It has just been overhauled!
Here's the official announcement:
Welcome to the newly redesigned Blizzard.com! Featuring a brand-new design, this website is the focal point for all official Blizzard Entertainment news, press releases, and much, much more.
Games section
: The updated
games section
includes links to our current projects as well as detailed information for all of our previously released games, including
trailers
, screenshots, concept art, wallpapers, and more.
Company section
: This section is all about Blizzard Entertainment as a company – it features our company profile,
core values
, partners,
career opportunities
, event information, and updated
press center
.
Community section
: This is your first stop for all
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League of Legends Beta Now Open to the Public
I'm not sure if there are any
DotA
fans out there or if I'm boring you to tears with my repeated blogs about
League of Legends
, but I thought I'd throw one more in here.
Just to let you guys know, the
Premium
-only restriction on League of Legends beta signups has been lifted. Beta keys are now available to the public, so any of you who are interested can head on over and get one. :)
The Announcement
The Beta Sign-Up
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Harvest Festival 2009 (Sept 27 - Oct 3) - Quest Guide + Information
Harvest Festival 2009
is a small celebration to honor the fallen heroes of the Horde and Alliance which runs from September 27 - October 3.
Check out all of the details after the break!
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A Bit of Nostalgia - Who Got You Playing WoW?
Time for a bit of
nostalgia
to feed your addiction. As if it's possible to play World of Warcraft or visit Wowhead without becoming an addict.
Who got you into WoW?
I remember my best e-friend named Shawn. We came from
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
, also heavy
Counter-Strike
players in intermediate gaming leagues (2v2 and 5v5). He introduced me to WOW when he got in the beta. I checked the website and said, "That thing looks corny, and I don't think it's exciting at all. The story sounds good, but..." Oh, how little did I know. I was addicted as soon as
Maraudon
came out...
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Tankard O' Terror Contest!
So Nethaera has dropped us a note to ask us to kindly inform you about a screenshot contest they're having!
The announcement:
Tankard O’ Terror Screenshot Contest
Brewfest is in full swing: the oompah band is playing, the pink elekks are running loose, and wolpertingers abound. To keep the celebration going long after the breweries close up shop and the tents come down, we’re giving away five genuine Tankard O’ Terror mug replicas from Taverncraft as prizes in our screenshot contest. Send us your best, funniest, and most amazing Brewfest screenshots and you could win.
For more information and contest rules please visit our
contest page
.
And the URL:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/brewfest/index.xml
I'm pretty sure I'LL be entering this one, don't know about you. :P Good luck!
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Strategist: Trial of the Grand Crusader
So this is the last one of the Trial of the Crusader Strategists. Really. This time.
I am going to use this introductory paragraph to explain why the Grand Crusader is different - in general - and then dive into the specific details of each fight.
First, you start Trial of the Grand Crusader with 50 "unsuccessful attempts". Every time you wipe - or every time a boss resets, you lose 1 attempt. When you lose all 50, all bosses despawn and you can't do anything until the next reset. There are two reward systems, to promote better performance. The items that drop off bosses of higher level than the normal version of the raid - they are essentially the same items, with buffed stats. And then there is the Tribute Chest. As I understand it, the Tribute Chest will always contain 2 Trophies/Regalias (for 10/25 respectively) and a number of items. If you reach it with 25-44 attempts left, you get an extra Trophy/Regalia and an extra item. For 45-49 attempts left, you gain another one. And for a perfect run (50 attempts left), you get one unique mount and a very high level cloak.
Now that you are all familiar with the basic idea behind the Heroic raid mode, let's
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I HERD U LIEK ICONZ...
With patch 3.2.2 being released, I'm sure you're all excited about some of the new stuff that is being introduced. I, for one, am looking forward to being told by several thousand people that I stole my name from an
NPC
all over again, even though it was the other way around.
Bitter? No, not at all.
Not after I kill the wench...
:coughs:
So yeah, pretty pictures! We found
7
new icons in this patch, most of which seem to be related to non-combat pets. Check them out!
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Patch 3.2.2 - WoW's 5th Anniversary, Onyxia and More!
World of Warcraft is celebrating its
5th Anniversary
starting this month! Five years of leveling, questing, partying, pvping, raiding, farming - what a long, strange trip it's been, indeed! Some of you may remember logging in last year and finding an adorable new
Ourson du Blizzard
waiting for you in your mailbox. This year, you're in for another treat! Log in this year during the 5th Anniversary celebration and you will receive an Onyxian Whelpling, an adorable little dragon whelp in the likeness of the brood mother herself,
Onyxia
! And speaking of Onyxia...
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5 Years of WoW
Just as the new Onyxia encounter has reminded us, WoW has now been with us for five years. :)
I was preparing the posts and patch information for 3.2.2, and I couldn't help but wax melancholy (as I am wont to do) about my time in WoW. Five years makes for a lot of memories. It's not unusual to get
married
after a five year relationship—and yet here we are spending all of that time with a video game.
I even took some time to go back and look through how the World of Warcraft Official Site looked back in the day—does
this
look familiar to anyone? Dwarf mages, old fashioned troll and human models.../sigh. Those were the days.
So in honor of WoW's 5th anniversary, I've been asking the staff about their oldest and fondest memories of WoW. I've included a number of them here, after the break. Come and see!
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Strategist: Onyxia 3.2.2
Why, hello there! You take your eyes away from the game for a little while and there it is - 5 years pass by. As
Elling Trias
would say: "
5 years, you say? Well, you're certainly the bearer of wonderful news, aren't you? Next you're going to tell me that Onyxia is still alive and attacking the city.
" Well, what do you know - old Elling has a big surprise brewing up for him.
Onyxia
is in fact alive (kind of, but we don't mind) and back, ready to wreck raids once more!
And as you very well know, every time a new raid boss pops up, a new Strategist is spawned as well. Buckle up, break the piggy-bank with money for extra repair bills, stock up with flasks, and get ready for even MOAR DOTZ!
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