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Siege of Orgrimmar: Flex Downfall Open 10/15, New Bosses and Loot
The fourth wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex, "Downfall," opened October 15th on US servers. This overview covers Downfall's Flex loot, Garrosh Heirlooms, vanity items, titles, Dungeon Journal, and more!
Flex mode does not require players to have a certain item level to zone in, but it does require you to queue with a premade group. You can have anywhere between 10 and 25 players. If you want to bulk up your gear in preparation, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Flex Gates of Retribution
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as
Healiocentric
for detailed strategies.
The next wing open is LFR "Downfall" on October 22nd.
Click the
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Patch 5.4: Mists of Pandaria Reputation Guides and Shaohao Guide
Patch 5.4 had many reputation changes, as well as the daunting
Emperor Shaohao
reputation to grind, so we've updated all of our popular Mists of Pandaria reputation guides! With the long weekend, it's the perfect time to finish up some rep grinds for mounts or other fun vanity items.
Of particular note:
Valor Points
gear now costs
Justice Points
, existing ilvl 458 gear is now 75% cheaper, and no gear purchasable with a currency requires reputation. You can still buy these items from quartermasters, but you don't need any reputation to do so.
Commander Lo Ping
sells all the ilvl 458 Justice Point gear, and
Commander Oxheart
sells all the ilvl 489 Justice Point gear--a little confusing since he's the Valor quartermaster.
Our
Emperor Shaohao
guide now explains the pros and cons to each rep farming area, lists all the mobs that grant reputation, and includes details on the unique vanity items for
Going To Need A Bigger Bag
that they drop.
Our
Golden Lotus
guide lists the handful of quests that haven't been removed, describes new cooking recipes in the zone, new locations for rare elites, and other changes in the Vale.
All the guides linked below
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Patch 5.4.1 PTR: Build 17481 - New RAF Mount
The PTR updated tonight with a small build for Patch 5.4.1. This includes some class changes and details on the new RAF mount,
Emerald Hippogryph
for
Friends In Places Even Higher Than That
!
Check out the latest additons!
As discussed in the
recent Patch 5.4 dev roundtable
, the RAF promotion reward may be a redeemable token for past RAF mounts which includes a new mount for players that have all the old options.
We also have some new battle pet data:
Murkalot's Flail
and
Alterac Brandy
are new items that summon battle pets, and Murkalot, the
BlizzCon Virtual Ticket Reward
now has the achievement
Murkalot
.
A model for the St. Bernard pet was datamined back in August, but we're reposting it now that we have the pet it's for:
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BlizzCon Online Sale Open Oct 11 - Nov 9, Merchandise Revealed
The BlizzCon online sale started today with tons of unique items! Here's a preview of some of the exclusive merchandise you can buy online if you're an attendee or Virtual Ticket holder!
To access the store, log in to your account and click on the special
online sale
banner. The con tickets are long sold out but you can still sign up to purchase a
virtual pass
for $39.99.
Besides the expected shirts, posters, and books, the following awesome merchandise is on sale:
Plushies: Lil'Chen Plush Pandaren ($25), Transforming Zergling/Baneling ($35), and Lil' Murk-Eye ($18).
Towels with Alliance and Horde logos ($25 each).
Robes in the style of the popular
Avatar Regalia
and
Judgement Armor
($99).
Alliance and Horde studded leather wristcuffs ($25 each).
Epic Purple Lanyard ($10).
Papercraft figurines of Thrall, Raynor, and Diablo ($10 each).
Mega Bloks StarCraft II Battlecruiser ($99 special sale).
Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figurine. ($30 speci
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News Roundup: Patch 5.4 Hotfixes, BlizzCon Merchandise on Sale 10/11
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted last night, as well as a change to the arena tiebreaker spell
The Crowd Chose You!!!
. It will be replaced with
Dampening
where if a match should last for 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive a stacking debuff that reduces healing done by 1% every 10 seconds.
Yesterday's hotfixes had a few raid tweaks, as well as fixes for outdoor bosses. The Ordon Sanctuary gate will no longer close when
Ordos
is in combat, which is great for players farming Shaohao reputation who got locked out when running back from the graveyard. The number of wolves that can be summoned by
Moonfang
's
Call the Pack
ability now has a limit as well.
The BlizzCon online sale also starts tomorrow for attendees and Virtual Ticket holders at
October 11 at 10 a.m. PT
. We won't know what the store items are until tomorrow, but so far the teaser image looks great!
Click the cut to read more about recent hotfixes and the virtual sale!
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Siege of Orgrimmar: LFR Underhold Open 10/8, New Bosses and Loot
The third wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
LFR, "The Underhold," opened October 8th on US servers. This overview covers The Underhold's LFR loot, Dungeon Journal, loot satchels, and vanity items.
For LFR, you will need ilvl 496 to queue up and the bosses drop ilvl 528 loot. If you're stuck on how to get there, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
previews:
Flex Underhold
,
Gates of Retribution LFR
and
Vale of Eternal Sorrows LFR/Gates of Retribution Flex
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools, as well as WoW Insider's 5-second guide to Und
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 7th and PvP Discussion
In addition to
launching Hearthhead yesterday
, there were hotfixes and tweaks as usual. Vanity collectors will be happy to know that
Moonfang
should now always drop something when defeated. There were also some PvP topics addressed by Lore, such as the controversial
The Crowd Chose You!!!
buff and RBG rating loopholes.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes and PvP discussion!
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Welcome Hearthhead to the Wowhead Family!
The
Hearthstone
beta has been so popular that we've decided to expand our Hearthstone database and tools! Please welcome
Hearthhead
to the Wowhead family.
Over on
Hearthhead
, you'll find our card database and popular deckbuilder, as well as the following new features:
Arena Practice
: Test your arena-drafting skills with our arena tool that simulates the card-picking process! Track your mana curve, selected cards, and discarded cards as you're building your deck, then view your finished deck in our deckbuilder. Select from one of three randomized classes just like in-game drafting, or choose a particular class that's giving you trouble.
Deck Guides
: Tell us more about your favorite decks! It's as simple as hitting the new
Save as Deck Guide
button on the
Deckbuilder
. This generates a Guide View that automatically that organizes your
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Blizzard Video: Patch 5.4 Developer Round Table
We've had WoW developer roundtables before, but this patch Blizzard is trying something new with a video! Morgan Webb sits down with Production Director J. Allen Brack, Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas, and Game Director Tom Chilton to talk about Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar and beyond. They touch upon the success of Flex raiding, the upcoming RAF promotion, and the innovative aspects of the
Timeless Isle
.
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Darkmoon Faire: Updated Guide and Moonfang Loot
The
is back in town this week and there's a new boss to kill for vanity loot--
Moonfang
!
Moonfang
can be summoned by first killing
Moonfang Snarler
and then a bunch of elite
Moonfang Dreadhowl
. Like the
Timeless Isle
rares, Moonfang is a shared tag.
Players can loot
Moonfang's Pelt
from
Moonfang
which starts
Den Mother's Demise
. This rewards 10x
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
, bringing the total number of tickets you can get per faire up to 155 per character.
Moonfang drops a variety of vanity loot:
Shimmering Moonstone
: Temporary mount that can be used during the Faire and disappears afterwards. Mount is a white wolf with glowing moon.
Moon Moon
: Summons the
Moon Moon
Beast battle pet with the following abilities:
Moon Fang
,
Howl
,
Moon Tears
,
Bite
,
Crouch
,
Moon Dance
.
Moon Moon
will do a special dance if you /dance with him!
Moonfang's Paw
: Disguise yourself as Moonfang for 10 minutes.
Moonfang Shroud
: Transform your helm.
To learn more about the Darkmoon Faire, check out our updated guide to the Dark
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Hearthstone Interview with Eric Dodds and Jason Chayes
Along with Hearthstone's
significant beta patch
and card wipe this past week, we interviewed Lead Designer Eric Dodds and Production Director Jason Chayes today! We touched on some of their favorite changes in the beta, the success of , possible features in the future like alternate Warcraft hero options or co-op mode, how successful players are who haven't spent money on packs, and the fate of
Hearthsteed
.
If you're curious about this week's beta patch, check out the
closed beta patch notes
and browse our
updated database
!
What's your favorite change in this week's patch? Any particular hero or card you think players will really enjoy a lot more after the changes?
Jason Chayes
: One of the changes that we're pretty excited about on the team was getting in some new music during the matchmaking as you're waiting to get a match in Play mode. For players who have played Warcraft 2 in the past, it's a reference back to
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 3rd
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes went live tonight.
Heroic raiders will be pleased to know
Garrosh Hellscream
on 25-player difficulty will now drop 2
Kor'kron Juggernaut
instead of one. Several other
Siege of Orgrimmar
bosses got changes as well.
PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.
Players can now win the Celestial Tournament and complete
The Celestial Tournament
while in a raid group.
Weekly treasure chests on
Timeless Isle
(the chests needed for
Where There's Pirates, There's Booty
and
Extreme Treasure Hunter
) no longer have bugs that sometimes make them non-interactable.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 2nd
We've had a break from Patch 5.4 hotfixes for a few days, so today there's a ton! Don't forget, we also got a pretty huge
Hearthstone closed beta note
update today as well.
Many
Timeless Isle
vanity items that were BoP yet tradeable to players in on rare spawn kills are no longer tradeable. This includes the coveted
Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent
and useful
Burden of Eternity
.
A new round of class changes went out, including nerfs to Brewmasters who now deal 5.6% less damage with all attacks (-15% in total) and a 15% nerf to
Agony
.
General Nazgrim
got a lot of tweaks on Raid Finder difficulty to be a bit easier.
No more mood lighting in your instance:
Rain Stone
,
Blizzard Stone
,
Ashen Stone
, and
Sunset Stone
are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.
Click the cut for the latest hotfixes!
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Warcraft Film Date and BlizzCon 2013 In-Game Goodies Announced
Blizzard just
announced a release date
for the upcoming
Warcraft
film!
Blizzard
We’re pleased to announce that @Legendary Pictures’ WARCRAFT will be released by @UniversalPics on December 18, 2015.
We also got some teasers today on the most important part of BlizzCon 2013--the loot!
World of Warcraft
: Murkalot pet--an armored murloc paying tribute to the Crusader in the upcoming Diablo III expansion. Murkalot is the latest in a series of murlocs paying tribute to Blizzard games, like
Murkablo
and
Deathy
.
Diablo
: Mark of Death banner with the BlizzCon logo.
StarCraft II
: Portrait and Decal of Tearin' Stitches and Stitches' Hook.
Hearthstone
: Special Mystery Minion card that's legendary quality--TBA!
The Virtual Ticket costs $39.99 and also includes on-demand replays and coverage of the panels, opening/closing ceremonies, and contests. Buy it here![/ur
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Siege of Orgrimmar: Flex Underhold Open 10/1, New Bosses and Loot
The third wing of
Siege of Orgrimmar
Flex, "The Underhold," opens October 1st on US servers. This overview covers The Underhold's Flex loot, Dungeon Journal, loot satchels, vanity items, and achievements.
Flex mode does not require players to have a certain item level to zone in, but it does require you to queue with a premade group. You can have anywhere between 10 and 25 players.
Check out our past
Siege of Orgrimmar
previews:
Gates of Retribution LFR
and
Vale of Eternal Sorrows LFR/Gates of Retribution Flex
. Also check out
Guild Ox
for their new Flex Rankings and many character tools.
Click the cut to read more about the new
Siege of Orgrimmar
wing open today!
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Hearthstone Beta: Upcoming Changes
In our previous blog, we covered some of the nitty-gritty facts about the wipe and what exactly it entails. It’s an exciting time for the Hearthstone team, since this wipe will coincide with our first major closed beta patch for both the Americas and Europe regions. Our update covers a wealth of bug fixes and quality of life improvement within Hearthstone, and today we’ll be sharing some of the highlights of this upcoming patch. Many of these changes are based on feedback that you, our valued community, provided to us on the forums.
Daily Quests
We’ve gotten a lot of comments on quests. The community has discovered some fun hidden quests, but some of our daily quests have frustrated those of you who have quests that don’t correspond to your favored class. After the patch, daily quests that require you to win with a specific class will now give you a choice between two classes, allowing you some additional flexibility.
Balance
Class balance has been a hot topic, with many of you commenting on
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Patch 5.4 Transmog Guide and New Transmog Set Filters
This guide takes a look at all the new transmog options added in Patch 5.4. There's many new sets from Tier 16 (PvE) and Season 14 (PvP), as well as some unique
Mogu'shan Vaults
recolors from
Timeless Isle
. There's also a ton of lookalike tier that doesn't have class restrictions if you want to resemble another class! Mouseover the links to see an image preview of the set.
In addition to the
transmog set database
, we've added some more transmog tools in Mists of Pandaria:
Filter This Set
: Some sets have a ton of matching gear options like
Darkmantle Armor
, so we've added a Filter button at the top of set pages. Now you can narrow down set pieces and see their sources (
filter view
).
Same Model As
: Our Same Model As tab now has images of all gear with the same design--perfect for easily seeing what gear looks alike. Click on the image to open it in our 3D Modelviewer.
Image Search Results
: Our Weapons and Armor search results now come with a
Gallery
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Battle Pet Hotfixes and Talk Azeroth: Flex Raiding
This week Olivia takes us through some of the recent forum complaints about LFR and Flex. Is it too easy? Too hard? Or have we just totally forgotten what it's like in new tiers? And is Flex taking away all the good raiders?
She also gets into your viewer questions, dealing with last week's responses to the Censer of Eternal Agony, and its issues with PvP flagging on PvE servers. Lastly she dives into the complete farce that has been the start of season 14, with the conquest vendors being up and down like your average yo-yo, the gear issues and the impact on rating.
Battle Pet Hotfixes
We have a few hotfixes to share with you and these changes should be in game now, or will take effect once the realms have been restarted:
Pierre
and
Rascal-Bot
are no longer Bind on Pickup; they can now be caged and you can collect up to 3 of each.
Rascal-Bot's
Phaser
spell is now a one-round ability. The tooltip still erroneously states that it is a two-round ability which we plan to correct at a later date.
Jadefire Spirit
's
Fade
ability now has an eight-ro
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News Roundup: Hearthstone Beta Account Wipe Incoming, PvP Updates
A major beta patch is coming to Hearthstone soon, and in preparation for that, CM Zeriyah is giving everyone a heads up that their progress will be reset.
This includes gold, experience, arcane dust, and class levels.
Each pack purchased with real money will give players back 100 gold, and each arena entry will give players 150 gold.
There are also no current plans to do additional wipes, so any cards and levels acquired after this wipe will be usable when the game goes live.
If you tested the store before the wipe, you will get after redoing the introductory missions.
If you're not in the beta, you can always get a sense of the game from our
card database
and
deckbuilder
!
We've also got some details on the Season 14 PvP situation under the cut--you may have noticed NPCs suddenly being removed, and CM Lore explains why.
Click the cut to read the blue posts!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 24th
Another round of Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted tonight--not as massive as
yesterday's hotfixes
covering tons of class and Norushen changes, but still important. Some Grievous Conquest vendors have been removed for fixes, and there are additional
Siege of Orgrimmar
boss tweaks tonight.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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