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Q&A With Tom Chilton at Champions' Carnival in Taiwan
Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft, was in attendance at the recent
Champions' Carnival
in Taiwan.
While he was there he had a
Q&A session
with players at the event and some of the questions covered current and future armour tiers to the future of arenas and even a little about Cataclysm.
Read on after the break for the full Q&A.
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Algalon vs. Arthas?
You know, I've long since glossed over the concerns of various power levels of bosses in WoW. The fact that
two
random
worms
somebody caught in the hills of Northrend can kick the butt of
C'Thun
stopped bothering me a long time ago, so I don't think that's the problem I have with the placement of the
Algalon
fight.
So, with the fight with Arthas finally on the horizon, I've been thinking a lot about the road leading up to it: specifically Ulduar, and the fight with Algalon the Observer, and something about it just rings false with me.
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Interview With Samwise: Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
As most of you might know
Sam "Samwise" Didier
is the art director over at Blizzard. In this interview they talk about the process in designing the exclusive
Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
and they also mention pandarens past, present and future.
If you really like pandareans or just like looking at Samwise's artwork (I know I do!) you can read the interview after the break.
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Upcoming Contest: Wowhead Pride!
Are you a Wowhead user? What about a Wowhead fanatic? How long ago was your "Joined On" date? Do you have every frontpage title memorized? Were you beta testing the talent calculator when all those other scrubs didn't know which end of a rocket was which?
Well now's your chance to prove it!
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Interview With Lead Game Designer Tom "Kalgan" Chilton
Over at
wow.gamona.de
, an official German fansite, they had a chance to have a chat with Tom "Kalgan" Chilton who is the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft. They touch on a lot of things including everything from player housing (no it's not in the plans) to Cataclysm and the the future.
There is even mention that there may be a
content patch before Cataclysm
but it won't be like a major content patch and could contain class balance fixes, bug fixes, implementation of new Battle.net features, and maybe even a new raid boss? A new Wyrmrest Temple boss? Who knows.
Read the whole interview using the link below!
http://wow.gamona.de/media/interviews/exclusive-interview-with-world-of-warcraft-lead-designer-tom-chilton/
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Fourth Tile Unlocked In The Warcraft Battlecry Mosiac
As most of you have undoubtedly seen us report on (
here
,
here
, and even
here
) the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosiac
has once again reached a new milestone of
4,618
pictures for the project. Since this reaches another 1,000 images since the last update they've unlocked another tile and some new artwork has also been unlock-this time, it's is more concept art but of Ironforge!
We still have
15,382
pictures to go out of the
20,000
goal, so why don't you go out and take a picture with your factions emblem and post it on the official
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
page.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Winter Veil 2009 Guide!
Miyari has posted our complete guide to
Winter Veil 2009
!
We've packed up our things and moved on over to our own guide page this year, so don't be alarmed that this is a short post! If you have comments or questions, feel free to post them here and they'll get answered quickly.
http://www.wowhead.com/?guide=winter-veil
Please note:
The actual event doesn't begin until
9 AM tomorrow
(realm time), so there may be some stuff we need to edit as soon as it goes live. We'll be updating the guide as we go!
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Shadowmourne Shards Not That Rare?
People expecting
Осколок Льда Тьмы
to have the dismal drop rates of
Осколок Вал'анира
(about 5%) will be pleasantly surprised by the drop rates discovered on the official World of Warcraft Armory.
The shards themselves are required for
Расколотый трон
which requires you to gather 60 of them to create
Темная Скорбь
. The good news is that the drop rate is
25-50%
in Normal (25-man) and
51-99%
in Heroic (25-man).
This information was pulled from the Armory page on
Shadowfrost Shard
.
http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=50274
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New Information About the Magazine
Some of you may remember a while back a
blog
I had posted about the new
World of Warcraft Magazine
that Blizzard was producing. When I and the other customers ordered the magazine, Blizzard had given an estimate of 8 - 10 weeks for delivery. Unfortunately, it has been overdue.
Just a few minutes ago though, I received an email regarding the magazine. If you purchased your magazine but failed to receive an email, then this information is relevant to you! Even if you didn't purchase a magazine there is a surprise!
Dear ,
Thank you for subscribing to the World of Warcraft Official Magazine! We're hard at work putting the finishing touches on our debut issue, and we're excited that we'll soon be able to share all of the cool features and community-centric stories we've put together. In the meantime, we'd like to give you a sneak peek at the wrap-around cover of the first issue, featuring a confrontation in Icecrown Citadel that's been a long time coming — and as a "thank you" for subscribing and for your patience while we wrap things up, you can down
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Joystiq Interview With Blizzard Co-Founder Frank Pearce
Joystiq has an interview running with
Frank Pearce
, who is the Senior Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment, about milestones in Warcraft. They go on to talk about how the company name was chosen to the biggest obstacles they faced with the game and even to questions about a Blizzard Theme Park (kidding)!
It's a really interesting read which you can find here:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/10/interview-blizzards-frank-pearce-on-warcraft-milestones/
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Account Settings Page Revamped!
We've added some new functionality to our
Account Settings
page!
In addition to all of the old functionality (which we've grouped under various tabs) you can now select a default model for our
3D model viewer
, the default comment sorting (by date or by rating), and more—including some new options for
Premium
members, allowing them to enable or disable ads, the Premium logo, the avatar badge and border, etc.
Go play around and enjoy—and feel free to offer feedback on other things you'd like to see listed there!
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3rd Tile In the Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic Unlocked!
As mentioned
several
times
in the last few weeks, the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
picture submissions have once again increased in number, to 3,128 out of the 20,000 image goal to complete the mosaic. Since we've gotten another 1,000 submissions, Blizzard has unlocked another tile and a piece of art on the site to drool over—this time, it's concept art of the ruins of Dalaran in Alterac Mountains!
We've still got
16,872
pictures left to gather, so why don't you take a picture with your faction's emblem and send it in over on the official
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
site?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Second Gate In Icecrown Citadel Will Unlock In 28 Days
After defeating
Саурфанг Смертоносный
in
Цитадель Ледяной Короны
it has been discovered that speaking to your faction's NPC (Muradin or Saurfang) will tell you how many days are left until the next gate's unlocking. Right now it is listed as 28 days which would put the unlock date for North American realms on
January 5, 2010
.
If these numbers stay consistent between wings we most likely won't see the Lich King until
March 2, 2010
. I know it sounds like a long time but maybe this will allow them to test and tune the encounters a bit before we hit those dates and allow a lot of people to catch up so everyone has a larger pool of players to work with.
Update 2:
It seems our assumption that the rest of the gates will be on 28 day timers was wrong. Daelo has just corrected us and the extra long wait on the first gate is because of the holidays.
As noted in game, the release of the Plagueworks in Icecrown Citadel occurs 28 days after patch 3.3.0 was released. After the Plagueworks is available, you will then wait less than 28 days for the next
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Icecrown Citadel: The Lower Spire (Feedback Wanted)
Long time no see in the blog, eh Wowhead? I've been working on a few projects on the site (one of which you should see now, and one - soon) and my finals week coinciding with the new epic patch didn't exactly buff my free time. But it's mostly over now, and I should have enough time to post interesting stuff again! However for now you are stuck with the same old boring stuff - bosses :)
With the new patch out, I've made some tweaks to the boss pages. The coolest thing for me are the new tabbed abilities - now each difficulty has its own section, reflecting all the little things that make this difficulty level unique. I think that's pretty cool feature - and it looks really neat too! :)
The boss pages have the basic overview of the fights for the Lower Spire, but I have also included shorter versions of kind of "to go" tips here. And with this we get to the core question of this blog:
Do you think the overviews are sufficient/redundant, and if you could change something about the boss pages design, what would it be?
Please look at the list of bosses after the break and post your thoughts!
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BlizzCast Episode 12 Released -- Anniversary Edition
BlizzCast Episode #12 has been released for streaming or downloading on the official site -- 1 hour of interesting discussion for you to enjoy!
Welcome to BlizzCast 12! In this special edition of BlizzCast we'll be celebrating the 5-year anniversary of World of Warcraft's retail release, as well as the 15-year anniversary of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans by reflecting upon the past, discussing the present, and looking toward the future with some of the masterminds behind the Warcraft franchise. We also take time to focus on World of Warcraft's history, development, and continual evolution.
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/blizzcast/archive/episode12.html
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Official Patch 3.3 Trailer
Blizzard has just posted the
official trailer
for Patch 3.3: Fall of the Lich King!
Watch the trailer for Fall of the Lich King now,
http://bit.ly/5jPyqp
or check out our Fall of the Lich King page.
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Add an Authenticator, Adopt a Core Hound
A nice treat for players able to login after 3.3 launched—some of them just might find, sitting in their mailbox a vicious little
Щенок гончей недр
to call their very own. According to Nethaera on the official forums it is a reward for any player who has an
authenticator
(mobile or physical) attached to their Battle.Net account.
Edit:
Blizzard has posted an official FAQ on their site! Come read it after the break.
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Realms Are Slowly Coming Up?
Looks like Blizzard is slowly turning on most realms after the release of Patch 3.3, as of right now 63 out of the 241 North American realms have come up (including my own.) Hopefully the rest will begin to come up rather Soon™.
You can check out the realm status page
here
or view the actual login alert screen
here
(only when there is an alert will this page show anything.)
Edit:
Or not? Still a lot of people getting locked out of their realms. We'll see.
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Patch 3.3: Fall of the Lich King Being Deployed On US Realms
Update (1 PM PST)
We have resolved the issues that came up during maintenance. We are in the process of making all realms playable and we expect this to be complete within the next hour.
The final Wrath of the Lich King patch is upon us. Blizzard has just started deploying
Patch 3.3: Fall of the Lich King
. Realms will be back up after the 10-hour long (or more) maintenance.
While you're waiting for the realms to be back up, please use the links below to learn more about the patch. Enjoy the new instanced content and the plethora of new features!
Useful Links
Patch Notes
Wowhead Client
-- We need your dataz!
Patch 3.3 Guide
Icecrown Citadel
Tier 10 Armor Sets
The Ashen Verdict
[url=/?guide=3.3
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WoW Anniversary Interview: Former Lead Producer Shane Dabiri
The
World of Warcraft Anniversary Mini-Site
has just released the first of several exclusive interviews with prominent Blizzard employees.
The first of which is with the former World of Warcraft Lead Producer
Shane Dabiri
. He talks about the conception, creation, and early reception of World of Warcraft, and how building a successful MMORPG has shaped Blizzard Entertainment.
You can read the
very
interesting interview after the jump.
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