Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:14
Well, Bliz is staying mum, but they are working on it. …the “general layout” for number five is already in place. “They’re [the] lore creators. They’re the ones who drive what the world looks like today and what it’ll be like tomorrow and beyond,” said Sims. “I think the future of World of Warcraft continues to [...]
Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:00
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies
Sunday Morning Funnies is your weekly list of WoW -related web comics.
Gigz has gone vegetarian! Beyond the Tree is back! There"s a dwarven bearded lady in a bikini!
And if that won"t convince you that this week"s list of WoW-related webcomics can"t be missed, I don"t know what will. So what are you waiting for?
Continue reading Sunday Morning Funnies: The jumble  Sunday Morning Funnies: The jumble originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:30
Filed under: Warlock, News items, Mists of Pandaria
Warlocks, think of the one thing you most want in the World of Warcraft. If you answered "the total destruction and removal of the mage class, and green fire," you"re in luck -- there"s a good chance that half of that statement will come true in Mists of Pandaria! Luckily for Christian Belt, it"s the latter.
According to EU CM Wryxian, Blizzard developers are looking into hopefully adding a quest line that will allow warlocks to use green fire in Mists of Pandaria.
 Wryxian
Green "fel" fire for warlocks, like they"ve been asking for since... forever?
It is our hope to introduce a quest which will allow warlocks to unlock the use of green fire. :)
Remember that the key word here is "hope." Even the slightest possibility of green fire in MoP should have most warlocks salivating. This is especially true since Chaos Bolt, which is one of only two green fire spells currently in the game, has been removed from MoP talent calculators. Given that green fire has been one of the most requested features of the class for years and that MoP is an expansion bringing to us loads of vanity choices in glyphs and challenge mode sets, this seems an obvious way to go.
Warlocks may cast green fire spells in MoP originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Saturday, 24 March 2012 03:00
Filed under: News items, Lore
The cover to the upcoming World of Warcraft novel, Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, has been revealed, thanks to Scrolls of Lore. Christie Golden, author of The Shattering and Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects (among others), wrote Jaina"s story this time around. Of note on the cover is Jaina"s white hair, which has been said by Blizzard in the past to indicate extreme power or a physical embodiment of the horror of Theramore"s destruction. Could we be seeing Jaina flip out and go all white-haired Super Jaina Z? Is her white hair a mark of the trauma of seeing Theramore destroyed?
Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War is releasing later this year. Check out Scrolls of Lore for the full cover picture.
 It"s open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria , World of Warcraft"s next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!
Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War cover revealed originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:00
Filed under: News items
A story is making the rounds that WoW is a better for dating then established sites such as Match.com or eHarmony. It"s a feel-good story for those looking for love that warms the hearts of nerds everywhere reading about it on their favorite gaming sites.
The only problem is that the story really doesn"t hold up. The source of the story is an infographic that lauds the lovely pleasures of WoW and online gaming. But the makers of the infographic itself, the facts that are presented, and the sources of those facts are not very reliable.
Let"s debunk this idea.
Online university ... not really
The infographic was put together by a site called Online University, making its internet home at onlineuniversity.net. It sounds like a reputable place, right? A place where one could go to, say, get a higher education and learn something ...
Not really. Continue reading Debunking the "WoW is better for online dating than dating sites" story Debunking the "WoW is better for online dating than dating sites" story originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, 23 March 2012 20:00
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Lore
Likely one of the most contentious things to come out of the Mists of Pandaria press event was the news that we do indeed have a final boss for the expansion -- and it"s the current leader of the Horde, Garrosh Hellscream. Garrosh has been a figure in lore since The Burning Crusade led Horde players to Nagrand and introduced the younger Hellscream, an orc who had been raised thinking his father was the reason the orc race had been through so much suffering. This depressed him to the point that we players actually stepped up and took care of many of the problems surrounding the Mag"har village in an attempt to cheer him up.
But his true salvation came in the form of Warchief Thrall, who was not only gratified to find his grandmother alive and the name his mother and father intended for him, but happy to find the living descendant of one of his closest friends as well. It was Thrall"s words that finally broke the stupor of shame and depression that Garrosh had been living with for his entire life. And it was Thrall who took Hellscream under his wing, away from Garadar and to a land he"d never before set eyes upon: Azeroth. Continue reading Does Garrosh Hellscream deserve to die? Does Garrosh Hellscream deserve to die? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, 23 March 2012 03:00
Filed under: Economy, Transmogrification
I rolled an alt a few weeks ago -- nothing special like the Ironman Challenge, but I had a moment where I wanted to level a character from 1 to 85 on another realm just for the heck of it. So I picked a random realm, medium population, and rolled a worgen. Why a worgen? Well, it had been a while since I"d played through the worgen starting zone, and since I"d recently seen just about everything the Horde had to offer on the 1-to-60 front, I wanted to replay the Alliance experience again.
So I rolled a worgen -- no heirlooms, no gold from outside sources, just me and the quests, like the old days of vanilla WoW. The most important part to me was that I was going to forgo buying any upgrade gear from the Auction House, instead using only what dropped from quests or instances. Call it a moment of vanilla nostalgia if you will, but that"s exactly what I had to do on my first character back in 2004, so I was going to do it again. I expected it to be tough; I expected it to take a while before I could even afford a mount at level 20.
I was so, so wrong. By the time I hit level 30, I had a little over 3k gold on my random alt, with little to no effort on my part. And I"m going to tell you exactly how I did it.
It all started with a pair of boots. Continue reading How I made 3,000 gold by level 30 How I made 3,000 gold by level 30 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, 23 March 2012 02:00
Filed under: Add-Ons, AddOn Spotlight
Each week, WoW Insider"s Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, 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.
World of Warcraft experienced numerous cataclysms over the last year and a half as Blizzard, the community, and everything in between had a weird hiccup moment. Mists of Pandaria seems to be shaping up to pull many lapsed players back into the World of Warcraft ranks, and the Scroll of Resurrection is a none-too-subtle way of facilitating that goal. Old players who thought WoW was down and out have been pulled back because of instant access to a lot of the features once reserved for the especially dedicated.
Last week, I gave you some tips on what to install on your brand new player"s game in order to facilitate a smoother first-game experience. This week, we"re going to address old players from all past eras of WoW"s lifespan and help them get back into the game without too many bumps along the way. It"s a very different game, but the core components are exactly the same. Blizzard correctly pointed out that when WoW"s got you and your character"s boots on the ground, the game works the best.
But first, before we begin with the article proper, I wanted to proclaim victory for the WoW community with regard to AoE looting. Blizzard has announced that AoE looting will be making the release of Mists of Pandaria, and I could not be happier. I"ve been championing AoE looting for some time now, and I want to send the happiest thoughts possible to the dev who got this feature on the launch list. You have no idea what types of quality of life changes that this will bring to everything from old raid farming to time spent waiting around in dungeons. Continue reading Addon Spotlight: A UI primer for returning WoW players Addon Spotlight: A UI primer for returning WoW players originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:15
Filed under: News items
We knew from the press tour last week that the current level 21 guild perk Have Group, Will Travel was going away. Looks like we now know what it"s getting replaced with: Ride Like the Wind:
Take it for what you will; I"m sure the reaction is going to be pretty strong. Blizzard has said that it wants people to get out into the world more and not have WoW just be a game where you sit in a city waiting for things to happen. This will certainly do that in terms of raiding.
The flask perk has also been removed, according to the list at Wowhead. It could appear as a perk in a later guild level (if that happens), but as it stands now, Chug-A-Lug isn"t in the beta. It"s been replaced with ... wait for it ... increased health from bandages with The Doctor is In.
Of course, this is the beta, so it all could change. Time will tell if this sticks or not.
[ Thanks to Cutaia for the tip and our friends at Wowhead for the awesome datamining!]
Have Group, Will Travel replaced with faster flight paths, flask "Chug-A-Lug" perk removed originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:00
Filed under: News items, Mists of Pandaria
It"s still extremely early in the beta -- servers aren"t even live yet -- but goodies are already flooding in. MMO-Champion has posted a dump of many of the new art icons coming in this expansion. The art by itself isn"t necessarily news, but the file names of those icons reveal some fun (if minor) details about upcoming content.
For one, the icons include the names of the new ores and metals: Ghost Iron and Manticyte. There are also icons for new class spells such as the paladin"s Holy Avenger and the rogue"s updated poisons -- not to mention the icons for new gear, new achievements, and the pet types in the upcoming Pet Battle feature. The pet types appear to be critter, dragon, elemental, flying, humanoid, magical, mechanical, undead, and water.
It"s open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria , World of Warcraft"s next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!
Mists of Pandaria beta icon artwork originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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