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A few more changes from 2/29

Posted Mar 1st 2008 2:30AM by Alex Ziebart
Filed under: Alchemy, Patches, News items, PvP, Battlegrounds

First off, a Black War Elekk has been added in a recent PTR push! Rejoice PvPers, you now get a giant elephant mount. I know a few of my guild mates have been waiting for this, so I imagine it'll be a welcome addition, if a small one. I might get one for my Paladin, running around on the Charger is getting a bit boring and I honestly don't know what else would be appropriate.

For up and coming Alchemists, the Philosopher's Stone has been altered. Like the Alchemist's Stones after it, it is now a trinket. Also like the Alchemist's Stone, it'll do a little something for everyone. Emphasis on little. The new Philosopher's Stone will add 5 to each of the basic stats.

In addition to the little boost to Alchemy above, the materials for the new Alchemist's Stones have been toned down somewhat. Rather than 16 primals per stone, you'll need only six. That's anywhere from a 100 to a 300 gold reduction in price depending on the primal and your server's market, or a few hours of farming saved, so I really can't complain.

Around Azeroth: Words never spoken by a Dwarf.

Posted Jul 25th 2007 10:00AM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth

Beware of booze in Terokkar Forest. If you happen to get yourself smashed while in Stonebreaker Hold or Allerian Stronghold, you just might start seeing things, as demonstrated above, by test-Dwarf Flaym of Thrall. (And you do need to see the image full-size to properly appreciate it, so click for a larger version!)

Do you have a unique shot of Azeroth or Outland that you'd like to show off to the rest of the world? Tell us about it by e-mailing aroundazeroth@gmail.com! Or perhaps you'd just like to see more of your pics from Around Azeroth.

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Children's Week coming in patch 2.1

Posted May 14th 2007 1:01PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Patches, Events, Blizzard, NPCs

Reader Baxmaniac (thanks!) sends along a little tip that Blizzard's event calendar page has been updated, and Children's Week has been officially scheduled for patch 2.1.

Usually, the event has appeared in the first week of May, so lots of players were wondering what exactly had happened to it-- were the children going to be abandoned this year? But though Blizzard hasn't given an official reason for the holdup, most likely it was because they're adding new Outland versions of the event, including all new pets (I'll be running to get my Metroid pet ASAP).

And finally, while Blizzard has not officially announced a date yet (do they do anything officially anymore?), the patch has been showing up on the background downloader, so it's a pretty good bet that 2.1 will be hitting tomorrow. By this time next week, you too could be carting little Dumbo the Elekk around Outlands.

WoW Moviewatch: Mount up for Burning Crusade

Posted Jan 12th 2007 11:51AM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Items, Machinima, Expansions, Blood Elves, WoW Moviewatch, Mounts

Is it too late to get excited about spoilers from the Burning Crusade? If you don't want to see what all the mounts to come in Outland look like, don't watch this video. They've got everything, from the flying mounts to the ~~Chocobos~~ sorry, the ~~Cockatrice~~ sorry, the Hawkstrider. Common to epic, Griffon to Nether Drake-- watch at your own spoilery risk.

Of course this is clearly on a hacked server (we're not going to see mounts flying around IF, ZG, or TB for a long time), but it's still awesome. I can't wait to get my soon-to-be-created Blood Elf mage to 40, just so I can get me a non-mechanical birdie. WARK!

Exalted with Exodar?

Posted Jan 5th 2007 5:00PM by Elizabeth Wachowski
Filed under: Draenei, Blood Elves, Burning Crusade

Everyone's trying to get a jump-start on preparing for the Burning Crusade, whether it's by getting new PVP gear, finding a leveling guild or gathering all your jewelcrafting mats. Some people take the phrase "getting a jump-start" a bit farther than others, though -- like the members of the Exalted with Exodar Club.

Yes, these brave souls have gotten exalted with the Draenei faction so they can get the Draenei elekk mounts as soon as Burning Crusade hits. And since you can't get Exodar faction by doing runecloth turn-ins, they did it the hard way, by grinding turn-ins in AV that raised their rep with all Alliance cities. Warla, a warlock from the Dragonmaw server, got Exodar as her twentieth exalted faction. Holy magoley, Batman! I can't even imagine the /played it takes to get that.

There are a couple Horde who have posted about being exalted with Silvermoon City, but not nearly as many as on Alliance. Maybe the Horde are all busy PVPing, or the hawkstriders are just uglier than the elekks, or (my theory) the Horde generally can't win at AV enough to do this.

Whether you consider getting exalted with the new factions on live to be genius or crazy, you've got to admit it's an interesting way to pass the time until the expansion.

Leaked Burning Crusade Alpha Videos

Posted Sep 1st 2006 8:50PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Cheats, Blizzard, News items, Expansions

Within the past few days, as you're probably aware, the Burning Crusade Friends and Family alpha disc has leaked its way out onto the internet, and recently videos have sprung up made by people who were able to reverse engineer (or otherwise emulate) the WoW servers. It's probably worth noting at this point that that's definitely against the Blizzard TOS, if not completely illegal.

But if you're hungry for Burning Crusade information (and don't care about spoilers or seeing unfinished product), there's a ton of information to be seen in these videos. One more disclaimer: besides the fact that watching these will probably spoil a lot about the expansion for you, these screens are all from the alpha version of the game, and so every single thing here is subject to change, or could even be faked-- there's no guarantee about any of this, and it's definitely not confirmed by Blizzard. But hey, if you're still interested, here they are.

the new Draenei mount, the Elekk

character creation process, featuring Blood Elf and Draenei

roaming around the new areas, including a map screen

tour of the Blood Elf newbie area

Personally, I can't wait for the expansion, so I'd rather be surprised by what I see in the game than spoil it by either watching these videos or playing on a hacked server. But as I said, there's lots of information in these videos already, and we'll probably see more and more of this as we get closer to release. Enjoy.. if you want to.

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A few more changes from 2/29

Around Azeroth: Words never spoken by a Dwarf.

Children's Week coming in patch 2.1

WoW Moviewatch: Mount up for Burning Crusade

Exalted with Exodar?

Leaked Burning Crusade Alpha Videos

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A few more changes from 2/29

Around Azeroth: Words never spoken by a Dwarf.

Children's Week coming in patch 2.1

WoW Moviewatch: Mount up for Burning Crusade

Exalted with Exodar?

Leaked Burning Crusade Alpha Videos

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