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
ToC, Other Hotfixes for 9/8/09
Posted by Amatera on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 - 9 Comments
Maintenance day is always a good time for implementing hotfixes and this one is no exception. Several tweaks and (dare I say it) “nerfs” to Heroic Trial of the Crusader have been deployed onto servers, amongst other things. Here is a run-down of the changes: Northrend Beasts: Fixed a bug where the flag that prevents a creature ... More
Thoughts On Cataclysm And Player Reactions
Posted by Amatera on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 - 42 Comments
Cataclysm is changing many things, but perhaps nothing moreso than player psychology. The thing you really have to be careful about, when deciding what information to reveal for an expansion that’s still at least nine months out, is how that’s going to impact progression from right now, up until its release. We’ve witnessed it before: the ... More
Blue Posts Clear Up Some Expansion Details
Posted by Amatera on Monday, August 24th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Ah, yes. All of your favorite Blues are back from their trip to BlizzCon, ready to tackle the never-ending Q&A session that is the official World of Warcraft forums. And those of you that didn’t attend the convention certainly aren’t scared to toss a few inquiries their way! Ghostcrawler was bemused that his sarcasm didn’t come off ... More
BlizzCon 2009: Morning Panels
Posted by Heartbourne on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - 12 Comments
Welcome to day 2 of Project Lore’s Blizzcon coverage! Unfortunately, the WoW panels this morning were not featured on the live stream, so we were unable to report on them live. However, here are some of the highlights from the panels: WoW Q&A: There will be more class-related hubs like Moonglade in Cataclysm, and it will be ... More
How To Spend Your Champion Seals
Posted by Bastosa on Monday, August 17th, 2009 - 15 Comments
With 3.2 once again the game has received a fresh coat of paint, and we have a whole list new things to do. Personally I have enjoyed getting back into heroics, trying new raid content, and earning some coin on the new dailies. Clearly most of the new content involves the Argent Tournament, and all of ... More
Possible New Class/Race Combinations
Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, August 14th, 2009 - 88 Comments
Patch 3.2.2 has hit the PTR, and there is some surprising new data that has been data-mined. It appears that there are a bunch of new race/class combination, though it is unclear if these will actually be playable. It may just be for NPCs. The list is as follows: Human Hunter Orc Mage Night Elf Mage Blood Elf Warrior Dwarf Shaman Undead ... More
Proverb: Druids of the Sun?
Posted by Heartbourne on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - 42 Comments
Proverb is a column discussing the lore of Warcraft. Comment and let us know what you would like to see in future columns! Many lore-minded players have likely heard about the new Druid quest in patch 3.2 for Horde players. It starts in Dalaran, and it involves a badly injured warrior by the name of Aponi ... More
