Объявлен июльский победитель конкурса «Хранитель учетных записей»

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В конкурсе «Хранитель учетных записей» в 4-й раз победил игрок из Германии – некто «Макс из Штутгарта» (до этого были «Александр из Штутгарта», «Гилг из Гамбурга» и «Маркус из Германии»), сообщает официальный сайт MMORPG World of Warcraft от компании Blizzard Entertainment. По словам разработчиков, он прислал «потрясающее изображение Бессмертного в полной боевой готовности», который «уж точно защитит учетную запись хозяина от любых посягательств».

Напомним, что турнир будет идти до января 2012 года, при этом каждый месяц Blizzard будет выбирать одного победителя, которому в награду достанется iPad 2, а также «слава, известность и все остальное».

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

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Видео одной из фаз сборки легендарного посоха «Гнев Дракона»

Гильдии всего мира продолжают гонку по сборку легендарного посоха «[hide]Гнев Дракона, вечный покой Таресгосы[/hide]», квестовая цепочка которого появилась с выходом патча 4.2 в MMORPG World of Warcraft: Cataclysm от компании Blizzard Entertainment. Гильдия [hide]Shattered Oath[/hide] с американского сервере Emerald Dream опубликовала небезынтересный видеоролик, в котором показала одну из фаз сборки посоха, где нужно добыть «[hide]Ветвь Нордрассила[/hide]» после победы над боссом Volcanus the Firelord. Бой состоит из трех фаз и является довольно простым.

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

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Breakfast Topic: What WoW character would you like to have coffee with?

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Ner’zhul. Medivh. Zul’jin. Uther the Lightbringer. Malygos. Aegwynn. King Terenas Menethil II. Archimonde. Rend Blackhand. Kel’Thuzad. Grom Hellscream. Alleria Windrunner. Illidan Stormrage. Lady Vashj. Gul’dan. Sir Anduin Lothar. Dagran Thaurissan. Archmage Antonidas. Turalyon. Orgrim Doomhammer.

These and many other legendary characters played major roles in shaping the Azeroth we know today. Some were heroes, championing their causes with honor, courage, and compassion. Others were villains, sowing seeds of pain, destruction, and chaos. Still others were merely bystanders or victims, caught beside or within the crossfire of the world’s many wars. Each met their end, some too soon, others far too late.

We know their stories as history tells them… but what of the personal tale? What of the man or woman behind the legend? We have little to nothing recorded on the thoughts of these influential leaders, murderers, thinkers, and watchers. What if we could obtain an autobiographical account firsthand? What if we could meet with one of these titanic figures and hear his side of the story?

Ruling out the fact that some characters refuse to stay dead (Kael’thas Sunstrider, I’m looking at you), and assuming the nastier villains wouldn’t kill you on sight (perhaps we’ll host the event in a neutral city like Shattrath), which deceased figure from Warcraft history would you sit down for a cup of [hide]Blended Bean Brew[/hide] with? What would you ask him?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: What WoW character would you like to have coffee with[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 14 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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Addon Spotlight: Making the most of macros with MacroBank

Each week, WoW Insider’s [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] brings you a fresh look at [hide]reader-submitted UIs[/hide] as well as [hide]Addon Spotlight[/hide], which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your addons folder will never be the same.

Macros recently got a small but important save feature in the default UI, as well as the ability to keep the macro window open with other windows to facilitate easier macro creation across the board. These were quality-of-life changes that made an already robust macro system a bit easier to navigate. Macros in World of Warcraft are powerful tools that can up your game significantly, and the right macro combination can turn one action button into a powerhouse.

One of the more difficult aspects of macros is sharing them. Going to a website, copy-pasting the macro you need, and working through the system is not the ideal way to send macros from one person to another. Categorizing your macros has been a pain since the inception of the macro window, since the only real category options are character-specific macros and general macros. There has to be a better way!

This week, we’re talking macros with MacroBank, an addon that gives players more options on the macro UI and gives players a crucial tool in macro sharing. Hopefully, with increased proliferation of MacroBank, we can get the ability to share macros with each other as a default feature in game.[hide]Continue reading Addon Spotlight: Making the most of macros with MacroBank[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Add-Ons[/hide], [hide]AddOn Spotlight[/hide][hide]Addon Spotlight: Making the most of macros with MacroBank[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 14 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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Around Azeroth: Oh, mein papa

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«Lil’ Rag, meet Big Rag,» writes [hide]Saeadame[/hide] of Mal’Ganis (US-H). «I was 5,999/6,000 friendly with Avengers of Hyjal, and I wanted to kill another large mob before the reset. One of my friends who wanted to help had a 6/7 lockout, so after killing the Lava Wielder (Raise Lava sucks, as a side note), we decided to have fun taking screenshots with Ragnaros. I particularly like this one, where Lil’ Rag meets his… father? Older brother? Either way, it’s pretty cool.»

Gallery: [hide]Around Azeroth 3[/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide]

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Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Oh, mein papa[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 14 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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Список срочных исправлений патча 4.2 от 12 июля

Опубликован [hide]список срочных исправлений[/hide] патча 4.2 к MMORPG World of Warcraft: Cataclysm от 12 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. Перевод будет опубликован позднее.

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Classes

Pet Defensive stance will no longer cause the pet to assist the player while a vanity pet is active.
Druids

Rake should again be able to trigger Primal Fury.

Dungeons & Raids

Firelands

Characters who make for a good Dinner Time should no longer be ported to Ancient Core Hounds they are not in combat with when the ability’s effects end.
Fire Scorpion and Flamewaker corpses no longer provide loot or reputation when they’re eaten by Hell Hounds and Fire Turtles.
Unstable Magmas are now gaining energy properly from the Flamewaker Animators.

Alysrazor

Voracious Hatchlings will now Imprint on a new target if their current target dies.

Majordomo Fandral Staghelm

Flame Scythe now properly hits pets.
Fandral can now cast Searing Seeds and Burning Orbs while moving.

Ragnaros

Several locations which could be used to avoid damage from Engulfing Flames have been adjusted so they’re no longer safe spots.
Combustible will always be reapplied to Living Meteors, even if the attacking character dies as a Meteor Impact occurs.
Living Meteors will now become frozen by Cenarius under all conditions when transitioning into phase 4 on Heroic difficulty.
If a Living Meteor is frozen in the lava pool during the transition into phase 4 on Heroic difficulty, it will teleport on a player after the stun ends, but will no longer explode immediately. Players now have a 2-second window to escape the meteor’s melee range.
Living Meteors will gain the Living Meteor Transform buff once frozen in the Breadth of Frost trap, even if a meteor is knocked into it.
If a Living Meteor’s fixated target drops aggro via Feign Death, the meteor will target the pet, and then select a new non-pet target upon which to fixate.
Ragnaros now enrages after 18 minutes in all raid difficulties and sizes, up from 15 minutes.

Quests & Creatures

Hyjal Regrowth & Molten Front

Wounded Hyjal Defenders should no longer sometimes spawn in with full health and in a standing position when players are on the quest Burn Victims.
Molten Lords no longer become tapped by the first player who attacks them with any of the Trained Fire Hawk’s abilities while on the quest Fire in the Skies, allowing for any player who dealt damage to the Molten Lord to gain quest credit upon its death.
Windcallers now respawn within 1 minute on average for the quest Into the Fire when both are rendered inactive. Additionally, players will only experience a maximum of approximately 75 seconds of a delay before they are able to initiate the escort event.

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

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Breakfast Topic: What’s your favorite guild achievement?


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[hide]That’s a Lot of Bait[/hide]. It had been teasing us for weeks. I had the achievement tracker enabled for it, slowly watching the number creep upwards. The guild had spent one memorable evening (about three hours!) in Borean Tundra, half the group assigned to kill creatures and drop into the lake, thus creating blood pools, and the other half fishing out of them, racking up the numbers. We joked and chatted on Vent and in general had a wonderful time working together.

After that, people worked on their own to raise the numbers. Finally, sitting at about 9,500, the guild leader called together another raid group to get our butts back out to Borean and get the rest of the fish. With about 15 of us working together, we blasted out the remaining 500 fish in about 20 minutes.

We all know that fishing is notorious for being a mindnumbing profession (although archaeology may have knocked it into second place), but I loved the nights spent fishing with my guild — great people who are funny and kind, working together to knock out that achievement and earn the recipe. It really felt like a team effort, and I was proud to have been a part of it.

Is there an achievement that really brought your guild together as a team?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: What’s your favorite guild achievement[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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About the Bloggers: Alex Ziebart


About the Bloggers introduces you to the people behind WoW Insider. Meet other staffers, both past-day and present, in [hide]earlier About the Bloggers entries[/hide].

What do you do for WoW Insider?

Oh, dear. As far as writing goes, I currently write [hide]WoW Archivist[/hide], [hide]Two Bosses Enter[/hide], and [hide]The Queue[/hide] (Mondays and Wednesdays), and I handle [hide]MMO Roundup[/hide] to bring you stories from the larger MMO universe that you may be interested in from our sister site [hide]Massively[/hide]. In the past, I’ve contributed to Hybrid Theory (long deceased, good riddance), [hide]Know Your Lore[/hide], [hide]Ask a Lore Nerd[/hide] (since folded back into Know Your Lore and The Queue), and [hide]Spiritual Guidance[/hide]. I’ve also played temporary fill-in for [hide]The Light and How to Swing It[/hide] (retribution), [hide]Lichborne[/hide], and … you know what, I’ll stop now, because that list is way too long.

Behind the scenes, my role is largely the same as the other senior editors — we make sure WoW Insider keeps chugging on as it should. We make sure assignments are being turned in, we make sure stories are being written up and posted in a timely fashion, we handle our social media outlets, and a whole load of other backend administrative stuff that, if we’re doing our jobs well, you guys will never even need to think about. I like to think that one of my best talents is my ability to find the talent in other people and pull it to the surface, by force if necessary. Being a senior editor, I get to utilize that every day.

Essentially, we’re the guys who let [hide]Fox Van Allen[/hide] be the beautiful shining star that he is. You really don’t want the fine details on all of that.[hide]Continue reading About the Bloggers: Alex Ziebart[/hide]Filed under: [hide]About the Bloggers[/hide][hide]About the Bloggers: Alex Ziebart[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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Around Azeroth: Phoenix down

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Did you think that [hide]garish pink songbird[/hide] hanging around Tempest Keep was the best phoenix that Warcraft could create? This giant firebird laughs at your presumption. Then it incinerates your Google Map printout of the directions to its lair. (Thanks to [hide]Nubeushagrid[/hide] of [hide]TokEez[/hide] on Scilla [US-A] for the screenshot.)

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Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Phoenix down[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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The Queue: The one with goombas


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. [hide]Alex Ziebart[/hide] will be your host today.

Today is a very special treat. We have your standard-length Queue, plus I answer a very exciting bonus trivia question that has nothing at all to do with World of Warcraft! But you will love it, my gamer pals. You will.

Camero asked:

In the past week, I’ve recieved four emails from «Blizzard» all asking me to do something in order to get a Winged Guardian License. I just wanted to confirm that’s not true.[hide]Continue reading The Queue: The one with goombas[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: The one with goombas[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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