3.3: More Official Tier 10 Previews
Posted by Amatera on Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Two new entries have been added to Blizzard’s Official Tier 10 armor previews: the Paladin and Priest. Though you’ve likely seen them before, these two sets can now be considered “complete” and in their final forms. Even after much controversy, they remain roughly the same as they did when data-miners first pulled them out of ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update, New Map/Quest System Implemented
Posted by Amatera on Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 3 Comments
New build, new stuff! Two things of especially interesting note this time around: if you’re still running Naxxramas these days, then it’s about to get a little bit easier. Are you tired of having to run through the entire dungeon just to unlock the fight with Sapphiron? Well, fret no longer! Blizzard has heard your ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated (Build 10747)
Posted by Amatera on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - 16 Comments
It’s that time again! The patch notes of have been updated, and even though the PTR servers are down for the moment, I’m sure it won’t be too long before we can get our hands on it. In addition to the usual round of class changes, there are two things worth paying attention to in ... More
Avoidance Tanks, Meet Your New Worst Enemy: Chill of the Throne
Posted by Amatera on Friday, October 30th, 2009 - 15 Comments
You may have read, here or otherwise, about a zone-wide debuff in Icecrown Citadel that causes one or two-percent damage every few seconds to each player in your group. Though the Warcraft community is prone to complaining about any and every change made to the game, no matter how asinine, they were right about this ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update (10172), Dungeon and Raid System Detailed
Posted by Amatera on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 - 21 Comments
The Looking For Group system was only a setback! Blizzard has fully replaced it with the new Dungeon system on the PTR. Although vestiges of it were on the test realms before, it should be — more or less — fully implemented now. And there’s a pretty big bonus: raids are now a part of ... More
PTR 3.3: New Build (10676) Brings UI, Tutorial Enhancements
Posted by Amatera on Monday, October 26th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Sorry, ladies and germs! It’s been a bit of a long weekend for me, so I haven’t been able to get to this any sooner, but a new build of 3.3 (10676, to be specific) was pushed onto the Test Realms on Friday. We’re far and away from the major updates of the early iterations. ... More
Proverb: The Elemental Planes, Part 1
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, October 9th, 2009 - 8 Comments
The Abyssal Maw Proverb is a rare yet delicious column discussing the lore of Warcraft. It is spoiler heavy for all Warcraft games, novels, and other media. Comment on this post or send a tweet to @Heartbourne and let us know what you would like to see in future columns! Worldofwarcraft.com updated their official Cataclysm page with ... More
PTR 3.3: Tier 10 and Set Bonuses Revealed
Posted by Amatera on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - 33 Comments
With a fresh build of 3.3 on the test realms, that means some brand spanking new information is coming down the pipe. First off, perhaps in an effort to stave off would-be data-miners, Blizzard is starting to show off all the near Tier 10 armor pieces on their very own preview site. So far, you ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated
Posted by Amatera on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 16 Comments
It seems as though the patch notes for 3.3 have been updated once again, meaning that a new build on the PTR should hit sometime within the next couple of days. Here’s what’s new: General The existing /welcome emote now greets/welcomes targets (character says “hello”), while the new /yw is for saying “you’re welcome.” Many of the tail ... More
Blue Stew 9/16/09: In Soviet Russia, Bosses Raid You!
Posted by Amatera on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Blue Stew is a new semi-daily column bringing you a delicious concoction of developer news, thoughts, and opinions straight from the boiling pot that is the official World of Warcraft forums. The highlights of each day include additional commentary by Project Lore staff. It’s once again been a few days since the last update, but don’t ... More
