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Maginofin of Victory Call on Trollbane (EU-A) knows you only have one chance to make a first impression. So when she finally completed her Dragonwrath quest line, she decided to show off for all of Stormwind, riding into the city with her bunny ears and Christmas bikini. Hey, if everyone’s got their eyes on you, why not make a splash?

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Hey jewelcrafters, if you’re wondering where exactly you’re going to learn to cut all those new epic gems we’re getting in patch 4.3, you can rest easy. Two new jewelcrafting vendors have been added on the PTR. For Alliance, you’ll find Farrah Facet at the trainers in Stormwind, for Horde, you can find Taryssa Lazuria in the jewelcrafting hut. Currently the huts on the PTR in Orgrimmar are overrun with piles of Ethereal junk, leaving poor Taryssa literally buried under a pile of crates, but she is there.

New epic gems include Queen’s Garnet, Lightstone, Deepholm Iolite, Lava Coral, Shadow Spinel, and Elven Peridot. There’s a twist with these jewelcrafting recipes, however. Each recipe costs five jewelcrafting tokens, compared to the three required for rare gem cuts. On top of that, the vendors sell the Tome of Burning Jewels, which will teach you a random Cataclysm epic gem recipe. The cost for the tome is only four tokens, so savvy jewelcrafters can spend their tokens on the cuts they need immediately, and then just purchase the Tome to save on token costs when they no longer care what recipe they are getting.

Check out the gallery below for screenshots of all epic recipes, and thank you to The Godmother fromAlt:Ernative for sending in the tip!

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According to reports on the forums and the above video, GM Xel spawned Deathwing on the PTR and had him return to Stormwind to deliver another blow to the Alliance this Friday at the Harbor.

It appears that the version of Deathwing spawned is the current one that flies around Azeroth and burns zones to the ground, killing all NPCs, mobs, and players. We can even see the player in the video get the Achievement. There is no indication this is the version of Deathwing that will spawn in the raids. We didn’t see any players on his back, which is something we know will be possible during the fight.

We believe the video and reports are credible. And while it happened on the PTR, there is little possibility of this happening on the live realms. «Fly around and randomly destroy zones» Deathwing doesn’t hit the cities, and GMs rarely, if ever, make themselves known on the live realms. However on the PTR, as the video above shows, things are completely different.

Thanks to WoWCynwise and NDMiko for the Twitter tip and video.

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I wasn’t always. Back in the day, I played a paladin, I was in a raiding guild, and I tanked. Lord, how I tanked. I tanked 5-mans. I tanked heroics. I tanked raids. And I loved it! But eventually the guild collapsed, my pally tank became a retadin, and then I took a break.

After I came back to WoW and spent a considerable amount of time with a variety of alts, I realized I missed tanking. So I started a brand new warrior. He was going to be a prot god. I grabbed the right gear. I took the right talents. I was amazing … when I was alone questing. See, I hadn’t tanked in a while, and I was on a new server, so I didn’t have the friendly support of a guild group to help me get my feet wet. When I got my first Deadmines quest, I queued in the Dungeon Finder — and I immediately unqueued. Just one more level. I’d be ready to tank in one more level.

But I didn’t tank The Deadmines. Then I didn’t tank any other dungeons. And now I’m 70 and still telling myself, One more level. Just one more level.

It’s not that I don’t know how to tank, and I know that tanking is easier now than ever before, thanks to the recent threat changes. But I also know that PUGs can be heartless and unforgiving. And for some reason, I’m afraid of that heartlessness and … unforgivingness. Of course, I should just join a guild, but before I get to know them, it’ll be just like a PUG, except that my performance will actually matter, which makes it worse. I’m sure that eventually my desire to tank will overcome my fear of tanking, but not today. Maybe at 71.

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На тестовом сервере MMORPG World of Warcraft были сняты видеоролики, демонстрирующие схватки в новом рейде «Душа Дракона» с боссами Morchok и Yor’sahj the Unsleeping. Авторы отмечают, что поддерживать потоковую трансляцию и создать видео было довольно сложно из-за небольших проблем на сервере.

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Изображения комплекта брони Т13 для рыцарей смерти MMORPG World of Warcraft скоро появятся, сообщает компания Blizzard Entertainment. Утомленные долгим ожиданием игроки решили, что его покажут на выставке BlizzCon, однако оказалось что это не так.

«Насколько мне известно, мы не планируем показывать его на BlizzCon, — сказал представитель компании, — хотя выпуск комплекта мог совпасть по времени с выставкой. Т13 рыцарей смерти должен появиться в том же порядке, что и остальные, — в блоге на главной странице официального сайта. Мы бы хотели опубликовать изображения на следующей неделе, если бы могли, однако не можем ничего обещать в связи с подготовкой к BlizzCon (сегодня я был на работе в течение 13 часов)».

«Мы создали концепт-арт Т13 для рыцарей смерти, — добавил он, — однако при переносе его в игру почувствовали, что по качеству он не дотягивает до комплектов других классов (вообще, он был готов еще несколько недель назад). Поэтому мы решили вернуться за чертежную доску и нарисовать все заново».

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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.

The party agrees to meet just outside the dragon’s lair at sunset for a surprise attack.

First to arrive is the Night Elf Allara; the huntress silently tests her bowstring, as the nightsaber at her feet opens its mouth for a huge yawn. Next is Grizz, the mighty Dwarf; he adjusts his plate armor carefully, tightening the straps. Then Doria, a Worgen rogue; she slips in amidst the pair unnoticed and greets them with a huff from her canine nostrils. Fourth is Elden, an aged Human priest; he moves with serene grace, his simple robes making a gentle hiss in the cool evening air.

And lastly … «Hey guys! Sorry I’m late!» roars Nitpik the Gnome as he gallops in atop a clanking Mechanostrider. His mace — a rotating gear — creaks loudly as he hops to the ground, landing with a crunch in his jet boots. The tiny technophile adjusts his goggles and pats the mechanical chicken at his side. «What’d I miss?»

Azeroth has a lot of advanced machinery. From the [hide]Gnomish Death Ray[/hide] to the [hide]Goblin Rocket Launcher[/hide], from biplanes to zeppelins, from logging robots to entire mechanized defense systems, the World of Warcraft is an odd blend of fantasy and science fiction. In Cataclysm, the emphasis shifted away from robots and ancient machines — the elemental planes have a distinctly organic feel, and the other zones are all rooted in the natural world — yet we also saw the addition of playable Goblins, a race that’s arguably brought more new technology to the landscape than almost any other.

Do these technologies belong in a swords-and-sorcery fantasy setting? Do you think there should be a cap on how advanced technology can get in such a world, or should it be allowed to run wild? Does seeing a sword-wielding Orc alongside a Goblin with a shotgun ever strike you as odd, or do you find it perfectly acceptable?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: Is Azeroth’s technology too advanced[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 15 Oct 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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Обновлена [hide]галерея дополнения Wrath of the Lich King[/hide] для MMORPG World of Warcraft, [hide]сообщает[/hide] компания Blizzard Entertainment. В нее вошли 5 новых изображений, среди которых такие как: «Деревня Ледяной Пыли», «Обелиск», «Северный таурен» и «Йети».

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In a [hide]recent post[/hide] on the forums, Bashiok responded to the idea that [hide]1.35% of all WoW players have completed normal Firelands[/hide] and what that does or does not mean for the recent changes implemented to the raid instance. It’s a very interesting and information-filled post that I think deserves a thorough examination, as it reveals elements of Blizzard’s current design philosophy and how and why it chooses to alter raids from their initial difficulty levels.

I intend to go over the entire post carefully, but here are some highlights to ponder up front:

The 1.35% number is just plain wrong. Blizzard has its own numbers that it’s not going to share, but the 1.35% is probably as accurate as could be expected without access to Blizzard’s internal data gathering.

Blizzard’s design intent is to make content for all of the playerbase. «It’s both a blessing and a curse that the WoW player base is as large and diverse as it is.»

Players raid for many different reasons, some challenge, others loot, and others just to see the content. Some players are happy if they just see a boss once, while others enjoy weekly clearing.

The idea of being willing to wipe a hundred or more times to clear a boss, a staple of the raider mentality for years, is not appealing to most players.

OK, so now that we’ve picked out a few highlights, let’s go over the entire post and really consider the implications of designing for as many players as possible.[hide]Continue reading «There are no simple solutions» — Design diversity in WoW[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]News items[/hide], [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Hotfixes[/hide][hide]«There are no simple solutions» — Design diversity in WoW[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 15 Oct 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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[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Cats and Dogs[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Cats and Dogs[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sat, 15 Oct 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]