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Significant changes to Northrend flying mounts discovered on the Patch 3.2 PTR [Updated]
A little surprise on the Patch 3.2 PTR was discovered this evening. The Cold Weather Flying training, which previously had to be purchased for each character that wanted to fly in Northrend is now available as a Bind on Account book purchasable at the exotic mounts vendor in Dalaran.
The Use text is a little odd in that it notes the "tome is consumed when read." To me that means that the book is only a one use thing, which is a departure from current BoA items. And why have a level 68 requirement on this and not the normal Cold Weather Flying training? If you're 68 you're likely to be able to get to Dalaran anyways these days.
But wait Did you see it? You might have missed it.
It shows level 68 being the required level, not level 77.
Filed under: News items
Significant changes to Northrend flying mounts discovered on the Patch 3.2 PTR [Updated] originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Maintenance for select realms tomrrow
Maintenance came and went today, and many people were initially pleasantly surprised to see their realm up early. However this quickly became a thing of disappointment as they found the instance servers were laggier than normal, and the realms themselves were rather unstable.
While there were a series of quick restarts to correct many of the problems, several issues still existed. And of course another maintenance period has gone by without any fix to the dreaded "Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later," error.
Those words are nearly burned into my monitor now.
Tomorrow morning from 5:00 a.m. PDT / 8:00 a.m. EDT until 8:00 a.m. PDT / 11:00 a.m. EDT the following realms after the break will be down for additional maintenance and hardware upgrades. These short downtimes usually mean that nothing too special is happening, but in case there's a cataclysmic event we'll be sure to let you know. (See what I did thar?)
The list of affected realms after the break!
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Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Maintenance for select realms tomrrow originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Changes in Patch 3.2 PTR build 10072
Another week, another Patch 3.2 PTR build with no access to the new instances yet. I'm sure they'll appear on the PTR when they're ready ([TM]). In the mean time, what tweaks and changes have they made in build 10072?
Well, for one thing, they added in the Crusader's Coliseum versions of the Undying achievements. A Tribute to Immortality requires you to reach the end of the heroic-mode raid with 50 attempts remaining (possibly a placeholder quantity), and without any of the raid members dying during boss encounters. It doesn't say for sure, but I would guess this is calculated in the Ulduar style - if you down boss A without anyone dying one week, boss B the next, etc., you get the achievement.
In lieu of the now semi-traditional Proto-Drake mount fancy title, those who complete this feat are granted a black or white Crusader's Warhorse (as pictured above-right).
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Filed under: Patches, News items
Changes in Patch 3.2 PTR build 10072 originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Stars snag world-first legitimate Alone in the Darkness
World-first Heroic: Alone in the Darkness? "Didn't Exodus already get that?" you may ask. Well, they did get the achievement, but they used an exploit, and were slapped on the wrist to the tune of a 72 hour suspension. Which means: the stage was open for a legitimate world-first!
In a break from the tradition of European guilds getting major world-first accomplishments, Chinese guild Stars (playing on the Taiwanese servers) has apparently completed the achievement legitimately. They got that nifty Mimiron's Head mount, too.
In case you're scratching your head wondering what this is all about, during the Yogg-Saron fight (the last boss of Ulduar), the four Keepers of Ulduar (Freya, Thorim, Hodir, and Mimiron) help you out. You can choose how many of the Keepers you want to activate for the fight, and if you use fewer than all of them, it's hard-mode. "Alone in the Darkness" is Yogg-Saron with zero keepers: as hard as it gets.
Congratulations to Stars on a truly impressive feat.
Filed under: News items, Raiding, Bosses, Achievements
Stars snag world-first legitimate Alone in the Darkness originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ready Check: Hodir
Ready Check is a twice-a-week column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, Vault of Archavon or Ulduar, everyone can get in on the action and down some bosses. Today, we step back a little and look at endgame in the context of sports.
Let's recap Ulduar so far, shall we?
You've wrecked the Flame Leviathan. With a touch of kindness in your heart, you euthanized Razorscale. In a moment of vengeance, you laid some justice down on Ignis the Furnace Master. Guffawing in humor at his odd voice, you looted Deconstructor.
Then it came time to "bridge your experience" by beating up Kologarn. The Assembly of Iron proved to be no difficulty for your incredible raiding prowess. Even Auriaya and her small legion of adds gave you little pause.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, (Raiding) Ready Check
Ready Check: Hodir originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
WoWPals helps you find more friends in Azeroth
Personally, I think WoW already covers the bases of a social network (though in the past I've said I would like to have the option to see more about players than the characters, and these sites can certainly fill that need), so all of these end up being either extraneous -- do I really need another Twitter just for my characters? -- or just plain unnecessary: maybe I don't want my friends to know exactly what I did in game last night.
So no, I personally haven't been sold on any of these sites yet (though I do like reading through the player blogs here on WoW.com, and I'm not just saying that because I work here). I'm active ingame, and I'm active on various social networks, and keeping the two separate is fine by me. But if you are looking for even more ways to find new friends in World of Warcraft, maybe you can meet some new pals with WoWPals, too.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends
WoWPals helps you find more friends in Azeroth originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Queue: Full of it
Since today's first question in Maelstrom-themed, we've decided today's edition of The Queue was a good time to link the supposed leaked trailer of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, to be announced at BlizzCon '09. We haven't embedded the video to try and dodge waking up to a DMCA tomorrow, so just check it out on YouTube. We'll let Google deal with the mess, eh?
Revan asked...
"What instances would you suggest for a Maelstrom expansion?"
All of the things you suggested yesterday would work pretty well. Nazjatar and the Tomb of Sargeras would definitely be raid zones in a future expansion. I suspect we would also have a hella fun time in The Eye of the Maelstrom, which is the center of the whole storm there. Maybe we'd even visit Mak'aru, which is where all the gross crab people live. It probably wouldn't be a raid, but I could see a 5-man there. That is, if we don't ally with the gross crabfolk. Did I mention they're gross? Gross. I'd also lay down money that we'll get an Onyxia/Gruul/Malygos-style raid with a sea monster of some sort. The Lurker Below v2.0, now with eye lasers?
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Filed under: Mage, Analysis / Opinion, The Queue
The Queue: Full of it originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The Daily Quest: Cata-what?
We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
- Big Hit Box covers the Best In Slot Emblem Gear in Patch 3.2 for the Enhancement Shaman.
- Twisted Nether Blogcast episode 51 is up and ready for listening.
- Lorecrafted has a good bit of speculation on the possibility of WoW: Cataclysm.
- BlizzPlanet is getting in on the Cataclysm speculation, too. A new playable race?
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The Daily Quest: Cata-what? originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
