Another April, another round of announcements from Blizzard. It's like Christmas, only more entertaining. Let's see what we have in our stocking, shall we?First off, we finally have a way to hide ourselves from the Armory, in the form of the epic Tinfoil Hat. Not only does it prevent the Armory from indexing your data, it also hides you from in-game inspection, keeps you out of /who, and features an on use effect preventing mind control. You might have to slum it a bit to gather the 99 tin bars, but the joy of farming the tears of trolls will surely make it up to you. It's also required to gain access to the WoW forums, much like the Drakefire Amulet for Onyxia's Lair.
Secondly, we have a first look at Blizzard's next game! Set in the Warcraft universe we all know and love, Warcraft: Heroes of Azeroth lets us see the epic struggle in a whole new way. This prequel to WoW lets us command buildings and units from an all-new top-down perspective, taking control of four races (night elves, orcs, humans, and undead). It takes PvP and PvE to a greater scale -- we'll get to command whole armies at once! And tying into WoW's mechanics are powerful heroes, who gain experience and items to progress in potency; these include WoW greats like Thrall and Jaina Proudmore. All in all, should be a fun new look at this great story and setting.
Finally, we have a new attunement chart, this time for the Black Temple. It seems to take you through every instance in Outland a few times, as well as the Molten Core, the world dragons, BWL, and Onyxia's Lair. I for one am glad that this doesn't follow the pattern of attunements to places like the Eye, which are simply too easy to get into. Can you say free epics? In all honesty, I would have expected Deadmines to be on this attunement path somewhere, but perhaps it'll be patched into it later. Finally, after turning in a few Badges of Justice (500) and Marks of Honor (100) and fending off an Illidari invasion for a moderate six hours, the Black Temple awaits. I reckon I'll be attuned within 24 hours of the patch; how about you guys?

















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4-01-2007 @ 9:14AM
masterpat said...
I love how the gnome crafting the hat's name is "Sparta"
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4-01-2007 @ 9:15AM
masterpat said...
Er Dwarf would be the one. Sorry. Tired.
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4-01-2007 @ 9:37AM
Roy said...
There's a "300" reference in every screenshot. Player names like Xerxes, Gorgos, Delios and the "This is madness" quote.
They must really liked the movie =)
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4-01-2007 @ 10:10AM
Jem said...
"To staff of warlock none compare
Leaves its enemies seeing double
To defy its power none would dare
Don't report anything, I might get in trouble"
Anyone got any idea what that means? It's hidden text off the side of the tinfoil hat page, picked up by highlighting the whole lot.
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4-01-2007 @ 10:31AM
Mephator said...
For the poem:
http://wowwiki.com/Kralnor
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4-01-2007 @ 10:57AM
Finnicks said...
The first two April Fools things seem a little half-hearted.
But that third one... I mean... I know it's a joke and all... but just LOOKING at that thing makes me want to cry. It's just scary. Kindof like Clowns are supposed to be funny, except you've seen Killer Klowns from Outer Space and that freaking Pennywise guy from "It", and so even the nicest, funniest clowns are just plain SCARY!
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4-01-2007 @ 12:01PM
Mats said...
I hope that last one is a joke..
I'm trying really really hard to find reference to 4/1 and anagrams for Aprils Fools, but can't seem to find any.
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4-01-2007 @ 12:15PM
friedriches said...
That attunement chart has to be fake. It's evil.
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4-01-2007 @ 12:54PM
deathleprechaun said...
To Jem: Check out the Warlock boards on the official WoW forums to see the story. It's a reference to a fad over there. (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=0AD8D9C7728EEE9C0C2D95F6EC89458C?topicId=88679172&sid=1)
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4-01-2007 @ 12:56PM
Acceptable Risk said...
Check out "Find Djakar" near the bottom of the chart. You need 520 fishing skill to catch it. I do believe that is the theoretical maximum fishing skill in the game. That's right, a minimum 25 weeks to attune your whole raid if no one already has the Arcanite Fishing Pole.
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4-01-2007 @ 1:17PM
Mats said...
@9
The theoretical max fishing skill is 527, not 520.
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4-01-2007 @ 5:35PM
Alex said...
Also, all posts in the forums have been turned blue.
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