Shifting Perspectives: How to kill Shannox as a balance druid


Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Shifting Perspectives[/hide] for [hide]cat[/hide] , [hide]bear[/hide] , [hide]restoration[/hide] and [hide]balance[/hide] druids. Balance news comes at you every Friday — learn how to master the forces of nature, and know what it means to be a giant laser turkey! Send questions, comments, or something you’d like to see to [hide]tyler@wowinsider.com[/hide].

There was a little bit of an update for balance druids in the most recent hotfixes. Finally, Blizzard has come to its senses and allowed [hide]Moonfire[/hide] to generate Lunar Energy when traversing from a Solar Eclipse to a Lunar Eclipse if you have the [hide]Lunar Shower[/hide] talent. Awesome — this should have been done back on the PTR, but whatever. Helps PVP druids; PVE still doesn’t have much of a reason to take it. Get to work on that, Blizzard.

This article has nothing to do with that, though, mostly because I’m over the whole Lunar Shower business. If Blizzard wants to dig in its heels on the matter, well, I’m not interested in pushing. Instead, I want to make stuff go BOOM! That’s what we’re talking about, taking out one of the first four bosses in the Firelands.

Prepare yourself, soldiers … There are battles to win![hide]Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: How to kill Shannox as a balance druid[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Druid[/hide], [hide](Druid) Shifting Perspectives[/hide][hide]Shifting Perspectives: How to kill Shannox as a balance druid[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:00 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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Phat Loot Phriday: Firemind Pendant


Lolegolas’s eyes still burned green with stolen magic, but the glow had faded to the soft shimmer of embers. He watched quietly while the druid waggled a pendant over Throgg.

«It’s the [hide]Firemind Pendant[/hide],» the druid said. «Healing amulet. Very good for someone who hasn’t quite managed to get into the Firelands yet. It’s doing its job admirably.»

«So, he’ll be okay?» the blood elf asked. His voice sounded rough and relieved.

«Definitely,» the druid responded, sitting on the raw earth. «We need to get him to a city soon, for food and water. But he’s fine.»

Lolegolas nearly collapsed into a sitting position, spreading his legs haphazardly before him. «Well, that’s over. We can get back to bad jokes and random adventures.»

«Aren’t you forgetting something?» the druid asked. «You have a challenge of your own to overcome here soon.»

«One thing at a time, worgen. One thing at a time.»[hide]Continue reading Phat Loot Phriday: Firemind Pendant[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Phat Loot Phriday[/hide][hide]Phat Loot Phriday: Firemind Pendant[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:00:00 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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Купленные до 31 июля питомцы помогут жертвам землетрясения

До 31 июля 2011 года купленный в магазине питомцев MMORPG World of Warcraft спутник «[hide]Детеныш кенарийского гиппогрифа[/hide]» будет помогать пострадавшим от землетрясения в Японии. Компания Blizzard Entertainment [hide]объявила[/hide] о том, что 100% поступивших за неделю средств от продажи питомца (10 долларов за штуку) будут перечислены американскому [hide]Красному Кресту[/hide].

«Пришел отличный момент приручить дикого и благородного детеныша кенарийского гиппогрифа! – говорится в сообщении. – Это существо является копией своего собрата, встречавшегося в первом наборе коллекционной карточной игры World of Warcraft Trading Card Game «Heroes of Azeroth». Он покинул леса для того, чтобы помочь попавшим в беду друзьям. Его помощь позволит Красному Кресту предоставить убежище, пищу и эмоциональную поддержку пострадавшим от стихийного бедствия».

Ознакомиться с более подробной информацией о питомце можно в [hide]списке вопросов и ответов[/hide].

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

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Paragon победил Рагнароса и в версии на 10 человек (гер.)

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Недавно мы [hide]сообщали[/hide] о первой в мире победе гильдии Paragon над героической версией финального босса Рагнароса в рейде «Огненные Просторы» на 25 человек в MMORPG World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Сегодня поступило [hide]сообщение[/hide], что эти продвинутые рейдеры также победили босса и в версии на 10 игроков.

«После заслуженного отдыха мы снова вернулись в Огненные Просторы, — говорится в сообщении. – Цель была проста: сопоставить сложность героических версий на 10 и 25 человек, поскольку среди коммьюнити ходили разговоры о том, что «десятки» переделаны и почти что неубиваемы».

Члены гильдии Paragon вайпнулись 32 раза (в том числе – из-за дисконнектов) до того, как смогли одержать победу.

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

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Обновлена галерея концепт-арта The Burning Crusade

Компания Blizzard Entertaiment продолжает с неведомой целью обновлять [hide]галерею концепт-арта[/hide] дополнения «The Burning Crusade» MMORPG World of Warcraft. Сегодня в ней появились три новых изображения: «Blasted Lands», «Hellfire Peninsula» и «Nagrand». Возможно, именно такой фотореалистичной станет графика в следующей части WoW.

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

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The Queue: Tomorrow’s Friday — here’s a present from Rebecca Black

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. Adam Holisky, senior Klingon expert, will be your host today.

Is it wrong that I’m cackling like an evil maniac?

No?

Great!

Amex asked:

I was going back and watching some old Star Trek recently and this led to a WoW question:

Did anyone else notice how the behavior of the orcish society with the focus on honor and battle seems totally lifted from the ST:TNG Klingons?[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Tomorrow’s Friday — here’s a present from Rebecca Black[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Tomorrow’s Friday — here’s a present from Rebecca Black[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:00:00 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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WoW Moviewatch: Unlimited Escapism Vol. 5 trailer

All good things must come to an end, including the Unlimited Escapism series by the masterful [hide]Baron Soosdon[/hide]. This is the trailer for [hide]Unlimited Escapism Vol. 5[/hide], the final installment.

This trailer shows off the same hallmarks as the rest of the Baron’s videos. You can see his astounding eye for beautiful, engaging graphics as well as his tongue-in-cheek reflections on his own work. While this is technically just a trailer, it’s as beautiful and engaging as many full-length videos we’ve seen.

You can see the whole video [hide]here on Vimeo[/hide]. It’s worth every moment you watch.

Interested in the wide world of [hide]machinima[/hide]? We have new movies every weekday here on [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide]! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at [hide]moviewatch@wowinsider.com[/hide].

Filed under: [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide][hide]WoW Moviewatch: Unlimited Escapism Vol. 5 trailer[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 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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World of WarCrafts: The musical stylings of Ember Isolte

[hide]World of WarCrafts[/hide] spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music, fan fiction and more. Sample the whole spectrum on our [hide]Arts and Crafts in [/hide][hide]WoW[/hide] page.

Last week, we talked about [hide]rebuilding audio[/hide] found in World of Warcraft; this week, we’ve got audio rebuilding of an entirely different kind. Rather than giving in-game music and sounds a revamp, today’s guest takes modern day music and rewrites the lyrics to form parodies with a uniquely WoW twist. She’s been writing and producing parodies for quite some time now — [hide]Shut Up and Grind[/hide], a parody of Rihanna’s Shut Up and Drive, was uploaded to YouTube on July 21, 2009.

Exactly two years and plenty of songs later, the bubbly and ever-charming Ember Isolte is still busily creating music parodies — for WoW, and for other games as well. From the incredibly catchy Ninja Raiders to her newest release, Boomkin, Ember’s done nothing but improve in leaps and bounds. It’s crafting of an entirely different kind, and we recently had the distinct pleasure of sitting down and having a chat with Ember about music, lyrics, ideas and of course, World of Warcraft.
[hide]Continue reading World of WarCrafts: The musical stylings of Ember Isolte[/hide]Filed under: [hide]World of WarCrafts[/hide][hide]World of WarCrafts: The musical stylings of Ember Isolte[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:00:00 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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15 Minutes of Fame: No bank dust bunnies for in-game item collectors


From Hollywood celebrities to the guy next door, millions of people have made World of Warcraft a part of their lives. How do you play WoW? We’re giving each approach its own [hide]15 Minutes of Fame[/hide].

15 Minutes of Fame profiled the [hide]triple-threat collections[/hide] of Drrum last fall — an astounding trifecta of pets, mounts and armor sets painstakingly pieced together and then screenshot to dramatic effect in complementary in-game settings. Amazing stuff.

And since cool collections that come in threes seem to be such a good thing, we’re bringing you two more profiles of in-game collectors. This week, we’ll visit with Moonjade of Twisting Nether (US-A), who collects armor and lore items. Moonjade’s impressive collection of lore and legendary items make him a suitable ambassador for an entire subculture of players who collect various sorts of items during their game downtime. Then next week, we’ll crank up the specialization rating and round out our trio of collectors with an interview with a collector who actually manages and gives tours of a virtual museum of gray items.[hide]Continue reading 15 Minutes of Fame: No bank dust bunnies for in-game item collectors[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Interviews[/hide], [hide]15 Minutes of Fame[/hide][hide]15 Minutes of Fame: No bank dust bunnies for in-game item collectors[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 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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Scattered Shots: Hunter community resources


Every Thursday, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Scattered Shots[/hide] for [hide]beast mastery[/hide], [hide]marksmanship[/hide] and [hide]survival[/hide] hunters. Frostheim of [hide]Warcraft Hunters Union[/hide] uses logic and science (mixed with a few mugs of dwarven stout) to look deep into the hunter class. Mail your hunter questions to [hide]Frostheim[/hide].

Hunters are more than an amazing class; hunters are an amazing community. The hunter community is hands down the best class community in WoW. We have more intelligent and generous players willing to dedicate their free time to helping each other out than most classes have intelligent and generous players.

One of the great things about the hunter community isn’t just the quantity of hunter sites and resources out there, but the phenomenal quality of those resources.

Today, I’d like to highlight as many of those phenomenal hunter sites as possible. If you’re a regular reader of Scattered Shots but don’t get out across the rest of the hunter community much, you seriously have to check some of these sites out. And if you’re a die-hard hunter who can’t get enough hunter news, I bet I’ve even got some sites here that you haven’t heard of yet. Join me after the cut for the gateway into the best community in the game.[hide]Continue reading Scattered Shots: Hunter community resources[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Hunter[/hide], [hide](Hunter) Scattered Shots[/hide][hide]Scattered Shots: Hunter community resources[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:00:00 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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