В Китае [hide]строят[/hide] первый в мире парк развлечений «World Joyland» по мотивам видеоигры – он выполнен в стиле MMORPG World of Warcraft и RTS StarCraft. Расположенный в городе Чанчжоу провинции Цзянсу, парк воплотит мечты гиков в реальность. Затраты на постройку составляют около 30 миллионов долларов, а его площадь – более 600 000 квадратных метров.
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В сети была опубликована видеотрансляция «круглого стола» с представителями компании Blizzard Entertainment и ее лицензированными партнерами с прошедшей в американском городе Сан-Диего выставки Comic-Con 2011. Разработчики и их друзья поделились новостями о продукции, так или иначе связанной с World of Warcraft, Diablo и StarCraft. Так, запланирован выпуск ремней «Diablo III», толстовок с капюшоном «Тираэль», носков «как у Госпожи Боли» и т.п.
Лишившийся своих очков вице-президент Blizzard по креативному развитию Крис Метцен (Chirs Metzen) рассказал о том, чего игроки вправе ожидать от готовящегося BlizzCon 2011: так, он заметил, что в один прекрасный день Тралл может вернуться в Орду (за этим кроется нечто большее), а информация об этом будет раскрыта именно на выставке.
Кроме этого, было объявлено, что следующая крупная книга по вселенной Warcraft будет написана Кристи Голден (Christie Golden) и посвящена Джайне Праудмур. В то же время очередной роман от Ричарда Кнаака (Richard A. Knaak), «Wolfheart», также будет посвящен Альянсу.
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People always have a goal in mind when they make a character. For many, it’s a very broad goal, such as leveling a DK to be their tanking character or trying out a mage. Many people, on the other hand, create characters for a much more specific purpose. A common example is the ubiquitous [hide]bank alt[/hide], a low-level character stowed in a major city whose entire life consists of nothing but looking good while carrying huge loads from the AH to the nearest mailbox. There have been several [hide]pacifist characters[/hide], at least one person who leveled to the cap completely naked, and one who leveled to cap without dying once.
I recently made a concept character. I have a paladin, death knight, and warrior all at level 85, all specced and geared to tank. I decided late in Wrath that I would roll a worgen druid in order to complete the set. As Cataclysm came closer, I decided that I would work to experience the full spectrum of bear tanking. So I resolved to level my druid without any heirlooms, using only gear that I gain through questing and running dungeons. I also resolved to run every 5-man dungeon at least once while at the appropriate level. He’s now frolicking through the snows of Northrend at level 72, has tanked every 5-man instance from Deadmines to UBRS, from Ramparts to Magister’s Terrace, and is working his way through the 5-mans of Wrath. It’s been a blast, especially since the buff to Swipe.
Have you ever made a character just to play the game with your own twist?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: Do you have any specialty alts[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 25 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]
Every Monday, Scott Andrews contributes [hide]Officers’ Quarters[/hide], a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. He is the author of [hide]The Guild Leader’s Handbook[/hide], available now from [hide]No Starch Press[/hide].
As [hide]Oscar Wilde[/hide] once wrote, «I can resist everything except temptation.» There will come a time when raiders in your guild are tempted to leave and join another group. Many things can prompt this desire: struggles in a new raiding tier, unhappiness over loot, personal issues with other raiders, scheduling conflicts, and so on. Losing raiders is part of the game, unfortunately. But what do you do, one guild leader asks, when they change their mind?
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First I need to probably intended to apologize for the very poor English and I hope the text is understandable. To read English texts is not my problem just write is not as good.
I am the founder of a small Raid guild. Guild was founded by myself and two friends. Since we have found no guild on our server, which could meet our requirements, we have decided to take matters into their own hands. The goal was to create a small raid guild for 10 man content and fill available spaces possible only with talented players. We only raid twice a week and still want to complete the content successfully, both NHC and HC. Currently we have set 11/12 and 1 / 13.
The real problem is as follows. Since we are the last 2 weeks Nefarian failed for various reasons is currently not possible to move forward. The Guild Board is of the opinion that we have before tackling other HM only complete once the content on NHC. The equipment of the raid member is above average, and thus should Nefarian actually be a problem.
In the last week we learned that two members have applied for another guild, which has put in 25 man content already 7 / 13 and is four times a week raiding.[hide]Continue reading Officers’ Quarters: Prodigal raiders[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Officers’ Quarters (Guild Leadership)[/hide][hide]Officers’ Quarters: Prodigal raiders[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:00:00 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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Twinglaives of Zul’jin and her warrior friends held a gala festival for Twinglaives’ eponymous weapons in front of the Black Temple. She even put on a little blindfold and a Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari to look more demon-hunterish. Sorry, sweetheart, but with those big green feet, you’ll never blend in with those Alliance types like Malfurion and Illidan. Have you considered socks?
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Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Divas of the Horde[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:00:00 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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He really didn’t seem all that special when I bought him from a [hide]young boy[/hide] wandering in Stormwind. Sure, he was cute; sure, he was somewhat rare. But my [hide]White Kitten[/hide] was just one pet among the hundred I needed for an achievement. I bought him and left him in the ghetto of my random pet macro.
Then came [hide]heroic Anub’Arak[/hide]. On a whim, I summoned a pet for luck. That run, it finally clicked; everyone drove their spikes to proper ice patches, and the healers kept most of us alive, even if the main tank died a few seconds before the end. And when I looked down, there he was, purring proudly at me.
Since then, my White Kitten hasn’t left my side. He’s been there for [hide]Argent Tournament Tribute[/hide] runs. He was with me when we killed [hide]Arthas[/hide]. He was there when we completed our achievements for the [hide]Icecrown drake[/hide]. He even was along when we went back and killed Yogg-Saron to get our raid leader his long-overdue [hide]mace[/hide]. And although our progression has stalled a little in Cataclysm, you can bet he’s dodging skeletons, swimming in lava, and cheering us on as we attempt to kill Nefarian.
Who’s your lucky pet?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: Forget the rabbit foot — who’s your lucky pet[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 23 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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Hmm. I wonder if [hide]Cailedrin[/hide] of [hide]I Dont Care[/hide] on Stonemaul (US-A) was working on the [hide]Ludicrous Speed[/hide] achievement when he took this screenshot, or if he just really, really likes hawks? Either way, Cailedrin gathered an impressive coterie of birds of prey while doing the [hide]Call the Flock[/hide] daily in Mount Hyjal. I pity the janitor who had to clean up the ground below.
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Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Hudson hawks[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]
Welcome back to [hide]The Queue[/hide], the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.
My friend Emily is at Comic-Con this weekend, so I’m taking care of her 12-year-old cat, Artemis. You can’t see it in the photo, but he’s standing on top of my fridge, apparently warding off intruders with his fierce squeak and his Left Eye of Sauron (no, it’s not a lighting trick, he has heterochromia). A true catgoyle.
ProffesorOrc asked:
Why doesn’t blizzard release a massive, canon, lore encyclopedia? The only thing that’s close are the old RPG books that came out years ago and Blizzard themselves said those were non-canon and shouldn’t be used for serious lore reference.
I feel that we’re only able to learn small amounts of lore from off-hand comments in quest texts and the rare Cdev forum posts. And the books can only address the lore to a certain degree without deviating from the main story.
I’m not asking for a book that would spoil future story lines but instead something that would give context to the many cultures seen in the game.
What I’m imagining is a book that I could open up, look up the entry on Arakkoa and find a 2-3 page info on them, describing their customs, leaders, famous historical stories and what not.
It would be pretty difficult to create a work like what you’re describing, due to the fluid nature of the WoW story. Blizzard creates lore to fit gameplay, not the other way around, so any info you get is bound to change or be added to at some point, any character subject to Old God corruption or retcons. And when they do attempt to publish lore, you run into issues like the RPG books, where the information contained therein may not even be accurate anymore when a new patch or expansion lands, if it was ever really accurate at all. Hell, they couldn’t even keep the game manual updated to say that no, you can’t play a dwarf mage (well, you can now…).
As cool as a nice hardcover encyclopedia of WoW lore would be, I really doubt it’ll ever happen. WoW’s lore is just too malleable, too ongoing.[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Artemis[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Artemis[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:00:00 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for [hide]elemental[/hide], [hide]enhancement[/hide], and [hide]restoration[/hide] shaman. [hide]Josh Myers[/hide] once tackled the hard questions about enhancement but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all DPS specs for shaman. And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.
Imagine you have a friend. This isn’t any normal friend, but a friend that you really, really, really want to get interested in World of Warcraft. To this end, you have the brilliant plan that if you let him raid on your character, he’ll be so taken by the experience that he’ll be level 85 within a week.
Naturally, this goes badly. [hide]Recount[/hide] shows your character below the tanks every attempt, as your friend spends half the fight attacking the wrong target and the other half of the fight attacking nothing at all. Of course, that’s only on the fights where he manages to stay alive, which is one in 10 attempts.
Now, imagine that in order to do your maximum DPS, you have to let that friend raid with you every single fight. If you choose not to allow that friend to raid, you’ll lose about 3,000 potential DPS. However, if you choose to let him raid, you run the risk of his dying, attacking the wrong target, or standing in the center of the room while he mentally alt-tabs.
Welcome to playing an elemental shaman.[hide]Continue reading Totem Talk: Fixing the Fire Elemental problem[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Shaman[/hide], [hide](Shaman) Totem Talk[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Totem Talk: Fixing the Fire Elemental problem[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:00:00 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]The Care and Feeding of Warriors[/hide], the column dedicated to [hide]arms[/hide], [hide]fury[/hide] and [hide]protection warriors[/hide]. Despite repeated blows to the head from dragons, demons, Old Gods and whatever that thing over there was, Matthew Rossi will be your host.
Now that we’ve covered gearing up in detail, it’s time to talk about what to do with that gear. Now that the [hide]Firelands[/hide] have been out for a while, we’ve all had a chance to get in there and kill some mobs. That includes me; I have also had a chance to do that. So what have I experienced in my excursions to the hell of upside-down fire elementals? (Okay, they’re not upside-down.)
For starters, all three DPS warrior specs are really close together right now. In my experience, arms and fury DPS is neck-and-neck, with arms performing better on some fights and fury better on others. Also, SMF and TG fury are both pretty viable, with TG seeming to move ahead once you’re using a pair of Firelands 2H weapons.
Once again, gearing up takes you past the nerfs in a few weeks. I basically raid with a fury spec and an arms spec, and some nights I respec from TG to SMF and/or the other way around. (Now that my axes have dropped, I usually stay TG.) My DPS was much poorer going into Firelands than it is now. The difference was pretty dramatic, and while I’m hardly blowing ahead to the top of the charts, DPS is solid again. Basically, what’s controlling my DPS (again) is encounter design (again).
Be prepared to use your utility abilities. [hide]Rallying Cry[/hide]. Remember it? You’d better, because it’s a raid-wide cooldown that you’re definitely going to be using on [hide]Majordomo Staghelm[/hide]. Speaking of Majordomo, if you have [hide]Seeds[/hide] on you and you blow up the raid, it’s because you forgot you have one of the [hide]best abilities in the game[/hide] to get out to range in time and then [hide]some[/hide] of the [hide]best[/hide] [hide]abilities[/hide] in the game to get back in.
Blizzard needs to very quickly create and implement a set of non-tier DPS plate shoulders. Look at me — I’m still wearing ZA shoulders. I am knee-deep in Firelands every week. I’ve killed Domo several times now. Why won’t you give me shoulders? There is absolutely no option for plate DPS save tier, although there are several pairs of tanking shoulders. This is bloody insane, and it needs to be addressed. Firelands or the valor point vendors need more loot, guys.
So let’s discuss the Firelands from a DPS warrior perspective.[hide]Continue reading The Care and Feeding of Warriors: DPS in the Firelands[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Warrior[/hide], [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]Raiding[/hide], [hide](Warrior) The Care and Feeding of Warriors[/hide], [hide]Raid Guides[/hide][hide]The Care and Feeding of Warriors: DPS in the Firelands[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:00 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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