Take a look at World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn comic preview art


If you like orcs getting stabbed in the neck with broken-off wooden objects (and who could blame you, really?), then the promotional art for the new [hide]World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn[/hide] comic should be for you. Artist Jeremy Raapack put up two pages of [hide]promo art[/hide] on his blog, talking about the reveal of the comic at SDCC. So far, it’s looking pretty sweet, and Bloodsworn should definitely focus more on the Horde side of things than the original comic series did.

I have to say I really enjoy this [hide]picture of a troll[/hide] from the comic. Granted, I can’t tell the story from these two pages at all, but the art’s solid and I’ll give it a chance for that reason alone.
Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]Blizzard[/hide], [hide]Comics[/hide][hide]Take a look at World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn comic preview art[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 26

We’ve got another round of hotfixes this evening, courtesy of the official WoW blog. Today’s list is a little longer and contains the usual bout of Firelands hotfixes. Also included however, are a few class tweaks as well as some adjustments to Molten Front dailies and quests.

For elemental shaman, the Shamanism passive now causes Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells to gain an additional 32% benefit from spell power, up from 20%.

Hey warriors — Deep Wounds should no longer ignore damage modifiers on a target.

Players who die and release before a boss is killed should now receive Valor and Justice points. However — players that release at the moment the boss dies and are at the loading screen will become locked tot he dungeon, but won’t receive any currency for the kill. Blizzard’s working to address this.

In the Molten Front, players who are Hated or Hostile with the Steamwheedle Cartel can still turn in the quest Well Armed to Ricket. Bloodsail Admirals, rejoice!

Follow after the break for the full list of hotfixes.[hide]Continue reading Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 26[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Cataclysm[/hide], [hide]Hotfixes[/hide][hide]Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 26[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:14:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Список срочных исправлений патча 4.2 от 26 июля

Опубликован [hide]список срочных исправлений[/hide] патча 4.2 к MMORPG World of Warcraft: Cataclysm от 26 июля 2011 года, сообщает компания Blizzard Entertainment. Этот вид обновлений устанавливается на стороне разработчиков и не требует скачивания дополнительных даанных. Некоторые из исправлений появятся в игре сразу, другие – после перезагрузки игрового мира.

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General

Characters should no longer receive errors or potential disconnects when using Levitate, Slow Fall, or the Parachute Cloak while falling.
All combat and vanity pets should now respawn normally after players use any flight path.

Classes

Mages

Combustion should no longer ignore damage modifiers on a target. As an example, Smoldering Elemental packs in the Firelands should no longer take full damage from Impact’s spread of Combustion, despite these creatures having damage reduction modifiers.

Shaman

Shamanism (Elemental passive) now causes Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells to gain an additional 32% benefit from the shaman’s spell power, up from 20%.

Warriors

Deep Wounds should no longer ignore damage modifiers on a target. As an example, Smoldering Elementals in the Firelands should no longer take full damage from Deep Wounds, despite these creatures having damage reduction modifiers.

Dungeons & Raids

Players who die and release before a boss is killed should now receive Valor and Justice points. However, players that release at the moment the boss dies and are currently at the loading screen will become locked to the dungeon, but will not receive any currency for the kill. We’re working to address this in a future update.

Firelands

Alysrazor

Alysrazor cannot dodge or parry attacks from players.
Alysrazor’s melee evasion angle has been adjusted so that players have a larger area to use abilities which require that they be behind their target.
Blazing Talon Clawshapers will now properly aggro a new target when threat is dropped.
On Heroic difficulty, Brushfires will despawn once Firestorm is cast, and since the Initiates shield themselves during firestorm, none are cast again until it ends.
Molten Feather is removed once Alysrazor ignites at 50 energy, as opposed to when she burns out.

Baleroc

On 25-player Heroic difficulty, Torment now grants a stack of Vital Spark per 5 applications, up from 3. To compensate, Baleroc’s health has been reduced on 25-player Heroic difficulty.

Beth’tilac

Attacking the Fire Hawk flock along the way to Beth’tilac will not cause the Hell Hound pack to aggro as well.

Majordomo Fandral Staghelm

Fandral’s health has been reduced on 25-player Heroic difficulty.
Damage suffered from a shaman’s Spirit Link totem will no longer break player Concentration.
Player pets should now benefit from their master’s Concentration.
Fandral now gains energy when his Flame Scythe hits fewer than 7 targets. The amount gained increases as fewer targets are hit.

The Occulus

Wiping to Mage-Lord Urom in any phase of the encounter no longer causes players to be unable to use their Dragon Essences to mount drakes.

Items

The Moonwell Chalice is now on a shared cooldown with other on-use trinkets.
The Moonwell Phial is now on a shared cooldown with other on-use trinkets.

Professions

Crafted Bloodthirsty bind-on-equip relics and cloaks are no longer unique, allowing players to craft and hold more than one of the same item type in their inventories.

PvP

Battlegrounds

Eye of the Storm has been temporarily removed from the Rated Battlegrounds options.

Quests & Creatures

Eastern Plaguelands

Beezil Linkspanner’s gossip option should now always be available if players have completed the quest Onward to Light’s Hope Chapel, allowing players who have not already done so the ability to complete the achievement Full Caravan.

Hyjal Regrowth & Molten Front

Players should now be able to accept the quest Unlocking the Secrets Within from Rabine Saturna after turning in A Smoke-Stained Locket.
Players who are Hated or Hostile with the Steamwheedle Cartel faction can still turn in the quest Well Armed to Ricket.
The creature abilities Smoldering Roots and Blazing Stomp no longer affect pets (the unexpected launch of player pets no longer occurs).

(c) [hide]GoHa.Ru[/hide], [hide]WoW.ru[/hide]

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Обновление галереи WoW TCG: пожертвование шерсти

Обновлена [hide]галерея[/hide] коллекционной карточной игры World of Warcraft ([hide]WoW TCG[/hide]), [hide]сообщает[/hide] официальный сайт компании Blizzard Entertainment. В ней появилось 10 новых изображений, взятых непосредственно с игральных карт. Среди них такие примечательные картины как: «Lie in Wait», «Randipan», «Burn Away», «Seva Shadowdancer», «A Donation of Wool» и другие.

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Объявлен очередной победитель конкурса скриншотов о щенке гончей Недр

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Продолжается кампания по приручению щенка гончей Недр среди игроков MMORPG World of Warcaft — компания Blizzard Entertainment [hide]опубликовала[/hide] работу очередного победителя конкурса скриншотов, который получит iPad.

«Если вы еще не приручили щенка гончей Недр, нельзя ждать ни минуты, — говорится в сообщении. – В противном случае вы никогда не увидите большие глаза этой собачки. Посетите наш сайт, посвященный безопасности учетных записей, для того, чтобы узнать больше об [hide]аутентикаторе Battle.net[/hide]; скачайте [hide]мобильный аутентикатор[/hide] с нашей [hide]страницы приложений[/hide] или с Apple App Store и Android Market».

«Приручи щенка! Защити свой лут! Выиграй iPad!» — призывает Blizzard. Ознакомиться с [hide]правилами проведения[/hide] можно на официальном сайте WoW.

(c) [hide]GoHa.Ru[/hide], [hide]WoW.ru[/hide]

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Открыт новый сайт BlizzCon 2011

Открыт [hide]новый сайт[/hide] выставки BlizzCon 2011, [hide]сообщает[/hide] компания Blizzard Entertainment. Именно здесь отныне можно будет найти последние новости и информацию об этом мероприятии, а также обсудить их с другими пользователями.

Кроме этого, создан отдельный форум, где игроки смогут «ворваться в горячие дискуссии последних новостей World of Warcraft», «поговорить о салоне BlizzCon с другими игроками», а также делиться новостями с друзьями через социальные сети Twitter и Facebook.

Игроки уже создали множество бессмысленных тем: «Пора апать друидов», «Пора апать рыцарей смерти», «Протоссы имба!» и т.п., поэтому необходимость существования новых «параллельных» форумов с разделами, идентичными уже существующим, – под вопросом.

(c) [hide]GoHa.Ru[/hide], [hide]WoW.ru[/hide]

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Информацию о Battle.net Invitational 2011 соберут «в одном месте»

Blizzard Entertainment планирует выкладывать информацию о предстоящем турнире Battle.net Invitational 2011 через «одно место», [hide]сообщает[/hide] официальный сайт компании. Для этого был открыт [hide]новый сайт[/hide], посвященный мероприятию.

«Начиная с сегодняшнего дня, мы будем бесперебойно поставлять вам самые свежие и аппетитные новости о предстоящем турнире на специальной веб-странице, — говорится в объявлении. — Там вы сможете посмотреть трансляции турнира в формате потокового видео высокого качества, найдете огромное количество полезной информации и еще много всего интересного».

Напомним, что Battle.net Invitational 2011 пройдет с 6 по 7 августа в столице Польше – Варшаве, в нем в сражениях «за славу и богатство» сойдутся лучшие европейские игроки RTS StarCraft II и команды Арены MMORPG World of Warcraft. «Еще вопросы есть?» — вопрошает Blizzard.

(c) [hide]GoHa.Ru[/hide], [hide]WoW.ru[/hide]

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Paragon рассказал о разнице рейдов Огненных Просторов на 10 и 25 человек

После [hide]победы над Рагнаросом[/hide] (гер.) самая сильная гильдия MMRORPG World of Warcraft [hide]DREAM Paragon[/hide] опубликовала статью, в которой сравнила сложность схваток в рейдах Огненных Просторов на 10 и 25 человек.

«Очевидно, что в «десятке» гораздо больше ясности и контроля, — говорится в сообщении. – По логике вещей, это должно было бы улучшить кривую обучения и помочь избежать ошибок, однако, основываясь на нашем опыте, подтвердить истинность этого утверждения мы не можем. Мы уже знали, какие энкаунтеры нас ожидают, а также как нужно «выбегать из огня» — переадаптация к тем же сложностям проще, чем обучения с нуля».

Члены Paragon также отметили, что три самых сложных босса в этом tier-уровне выдвигают гораздо более мягкие требования по dps в подземелье на 10 человек. Кроме этого, на исход боя большое влияние оказывает классовый баланс – особенно, когда рейд остается с двумя или одним лекарем; а разрыв между оптимальным и ошибочным сетапом в рейде на 10 человек гораздо больше, нежели в рейде на 25 игроков.

(c) [hide]GoHa.Ru[/hide], [hide]WoW.ru[/hide]

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Tuesday Morning Post: Held in thrall edition


Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. This past week has been one of those weird ones where it’s not exactly quiet, but there were just a bunch of little interesting news stories vying for attention. It’s still not clear if any of them were «the big one,» but if I had to pick one, I might go with the San Diego Comic Con. Technically, all Blizzard did there was announce some new merchandise, but all the same, for us lore nerds, there were tasty little [hide]lore nuggets aplenty[/hide] to be gleaned. That said, If you really want WoW info out of a con, you’ll have to wait for BlizzCon. Luckily, the next one is coming up fast, and Blizzard’s just released a new [hide]official BlizzCon site[/hide].

If lore nuggets aren’t your thing, or if you prefer to stay spoiler free, have no fear. There’s plenty of other news for you to catch up on. Downtime this morning is from [hide]3 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT[/hide] again, so why not take the time to read up? We have our usual roundup after the break.[hide]Continue reading Tuesday Morning Post: Held in thrall edition[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Realm Status[/hide], [hide]News items[/hide][hide]Tuesday Morning Post: Held in thrall edition[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Breakfast Topic: What quest chains can you imagine on the big screen?


This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

If there is one thing that I absolutely hate about being a film student, it is that I cannot escape being a film student. See a movie? Rip it to shreds mentally by dissecting every little detail. Read a book? Visualize it as a film in my head, and make changes to the text to support the cinematic format. Everywhere I go, everyone I talk to, everything I do — all of it is viewed through «film goggles.»

This includes World of Warcraft. When I heard that they were planning a film, I was understandably hesitant, yet nonetheless optimistic. While WoW’s lore isn’t the cream of the fantasy crop, it is undeniably a pretty decent collection of stories and mythology. It is, while not as vast as Tolkien’s mythos, very expansive and covers a great deal of in-universe history. With all of this backstory, there are plenty of moments that would feel right at home on the big screen.

The problem is choosing just one. While it is likely that they will go for an original story, there are so many moments and stories in WoW’s universe — both the backstory and the in-game experience — that would be wonderful to witness in the full majesty of the silver screen. Most every large quest chain that I complete, I envision as some sort of film. My personal favorite candidate is the [hide]Cipher of Damnation[/hide] chain. It has all the makings of an epic fantasy tale — massive, world-threatening conflict (the elements and their unrest); the revelation of a grander scheme (Kael’thas having the Cipher at his disposal); a family with issues intertwined within the larger narrative (Oronok Torn-heart); an intense, heated finale (Cyrukh); and most importantly, one of the most scenic and (in its own way) beautiful settings the game has to offer.

When you play WoW, do you imagine the story on the big screen? What chain would you want to see Hollywood take on, assuming that they’d do it justice?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: What quest chains can you imagine on the big screen[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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