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Death Knight Tier 13 and gear retrospective

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Blizzard has released the Tier 13 set for Death Knights. Green flames, anyone? I'll take 'em.

The Death Knight set has been in development for a bit longer than the other sets. Blizzard's original artwork didn't pan out the way they wanted, so the set was sent back to the drawing board with the result shown above.

Take a look at the gallery below for all the available Death Knight sets, perfect for your transmogging delight when patch 4.3 hits.

Gallery: Death Knight Tier 13 and Retrospective


Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!

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Death Knight Tier 13 and gear retrospective originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pandaria to eschew capital cities for scattered vendors, separate faction hubs

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In today's Mists of Pandaria Live Developer QA, a player asked whether we'd see a Dalaran-like capital city on the new continent of Pandaria. Cory Stockton's answer reveals a surprising amount about the new Pandaria paradigm of exploration.

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Pandaria to eschew capital cities for scattered vendors, separate faction hubs originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Blizzard extends new guild services to additional realms

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As promised, Blizzard's been slowing rolling out their new Guild Services to new realms. They've now added the Whirlwind and Emberstorm battlegroups, and will continue to add more realms in the coming weeks.

The Guild Services include Realm Transfer, Name Change, and Faction Change, among other things. You can read the complete FAQ at our original announcement post, and after the break, find a list of both the previously available realms and a list of the newly added realms.

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Blizzard extends new guild services to additional realms originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Blizzard extends new guild services to additional realms

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As promised, Blizzard's been slowing rolling out its new guild services to new realms. It's now added the Whirlwind and Emberstorm battlegroups and will continue to add more realms in the coming weeks.

Guild services include realm transfer, name change, and faction change, among other things. You can read the complete FAQ at our original announcement post, and after the break, find a list of both the previously available realms and a list of the newly added realms.

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Blizzard extends new guild services to additional realms originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Patch 4.3 PTR: Heart of the Aspects and other new mounts

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Patch 4.3 has a new mount we're all very curious about, the Heart of the Aspects. What we're curious about is how we're going to get our grubby little mitts all over it. Is it a heroic Deathwing drop? Or do we get it for completing a raid wide meta-achievement? Is it for killing Deathwing without the aid of the Aspects, the way Mimiron's Head dropped in Wrath? That last one seems unlikely to me, with the way heroic difficulty is accomplished now, but I can't rule it out.

Also interesting to note is Experiment 12-B, also new in the most recent data push. What does he look like? Where does he come from? Is it for killing Ultraxion? Another possible meta-achievement mount, as we speculated the Life-Binder's Handmaiden could be? At this time, I have no idea -- but it's new and shiny and I'm sure we'll all want one.

We've included the video from MMO-Champion behind the cut, so you can get a look at the Heart of the Aspects mount in motion.

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Patch 4.3 PTR: Heart of the Aspects and other new mounts originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Patch 4.3 PTR: New titles found

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If you're a titlemonger, then you'll be excited for Patch 4.3. The latest update has added new titles, one of which seems to be a temporary title you gain for completing the Well of Eternity heroic dungeon. The new titles are:
The Savior of Azeroth title appears to be won by those who defeat Deathwing on heroic difficulty. The Hand of Elune title, meanwhile, is a temporary two-hour title one gets for completing the Well of Eternity dungeon and thoroughly mucking with history. Finally, Destroyer's End is the title earned for killing Deathwing on normal or heroic difficulty.

So if you collect titles, you'd better get to work, guys. Patch 4.3 has two really nifty ones waiting for you.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!

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Patch 4.3 PTR: New titles found originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Patch 4.3 PTR: Gear levels revealed for Dragon Soul raid

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The newest updates to the patch 4.3 public test realm have revealed the new item levels for gear acquired from the valor point vendors as well as the loot dropped from Dragon Soul bosses. With Dragon Soul, Blizzard is introducing a brand new difficulty tier in raids called Raid Finder, aimed at providing a new difficulty curve for new raiders and players who want to pug these raids.

Valor point vendors now have a piece of armor for every slot, mitigating that whole "no shoulders drop except tier shoulders" problem that warriors had this recent patch, among other classes. You will be able to fill every slot with new gear from valor points but will not be able to purchase set pieces. The new gear ilevels for Dragon Soul are as follows:
  • Raid Finder drops ilevel 384 (just a bit better than normal Firelands).
  • Normal Dragon Soul drops ilevel 397 (just a bit better than heroic Firelands).
  • Heroic Dragon Soul drops ilevel 410 (the best around).
As with other valor point tiers of gear, the boots and bracers on these vendors will be bind on equip, allowing players to purchase these items with valor points and send them to alts, sell them on the Auction House, or help out a guildmate in need.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!

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Patch 4.3 PTR: Gear levels revealed for Dragon Soul raid originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlizzCon 2011: Crafted wands returning to enchanters

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During this afternoon's Open Q&A the topic of crafted wands was mentioned at the mic. Will we be seeing crafted wands again? The answer: yes! Wands were a bit of an itemization gap in early Cataclysm and managed to earn the ire of every caster world 'round. We've discussed the possibility of a return to the days of crafted wands right here on WoW Insider, and we're all pretty glad things will be going that way.

The deconstruction of the ranged weapon slot in Mists of Pandaria may have had an impact on Blizzard following through on this. Wands are the only weapon type that doesn't have some crafted item in Cataclysm, but wands becoming a primary weapon option for casters makes it that much more important to have crafted options available.
The news is out -- we'll be playing Mists of Pandaria! Find out what's in store with an all-new talent system, peek over our shoulder at our Pandaren hands-on, and get ready to battle your companion pets against others. It's all here right at WoW Insider!

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BlizzCon 2011: Crafted wands returning to enchanters originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlizzCon 2011: Heroic Scholomance and Scarlet Monastery redesign

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One of the most exciting things last year was the announcement that in the Cataclysm expansion there would be a redesign of classic dungeons into new heroic modes for level 85. Shadowfang Keep and The Deadmines got quite a face lift including new layouts, new boss mechanics and in some cases entirely new bosses. The redesign was quite successful, and the new instances were fun and fresh and breathed new life into content that had previously been considered stale.

With the announcement of the new expansion, Mists of Pandaria, there was a very exciting announcement that we will be receiving three new heroic dungeons as redesigns. These rediscovered zones are Scholomance and Scarlet Monastery. Both are iconic instances and most players have some fond (or not so fond) memories there.. During the Dungeon and Raids panel we received a few bits of information about each of these revamps. Join us after the break for details.

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BlizzCon 2011: Heroic Scholomance and Scarlet Monastery redesign originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlizzCon 2011: Overview of PVE Scenarios

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Mists of Pandaria will introduce Scenarios to give us instances similar to PVE Battlegrounds as well as staged, instanced group quests to revisit older content. These quests are designed for a few players and are intended to be short instances.

In order to enter a Scenario, players will queue in something similar to the Dungeon Finder, but will not have to choose a role -- hopefully making the queues very short. Scenarios are designed so that players won't have to designate a tank or healer and still be successful, much like when questing as a group normally.

Remember the days of Alterac Valley when the PVE elements were actually used and it wasn't just a PVP zerg? (I miss those days.) The Scenarios like PVE battlegrounds will be very much like Alterac Valley but without the PVP. The group of players will have staged objectives to complete in order to beat the scenario such as killing a number of enemies and capturing towers. This was designed for players who want to experience Battlegrounds but don't like PVP.

There will also be staged quests set in familiar locations, such as the Battle of Goldshire. Players and their groupmates will complete the objective of each stage until coming to the final boss. The example given was that the first stage might be to kill 25 kobolds, then you would rescue 4 children in the second stage and finally killing Goldtooth in the third. These will most likely be the replacement for group quests.

The rewards for completing Scenarios would include Valor points, much like the new daily quests. This continues Blizzard's goal of most gear being accessible to all players, regardless of playstyle.

Remember, all of this may change before launch.
The news is out -- we'll be playing Mists of Pandaria! Find out what's in store with an all-new talent system, peek over our shoulder at our Pandaren hands-on, and get ready to battle your companion pets against others. It's all here right at WoW Insider!

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BlizzCon 2011: Overview of PVE Scenarios originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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