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13 May 2008 - BlizzCon 2008: 10-11 October

Tickets will soon be going on sale for BlizzCon 2008, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center from 10-11 October. Ticket cost will be $100. This year, the event has expanded to 3 halls (up from 2), which should accommodate more attendees (this event sold out within weeks the past two times). No word yet on the giveaways; expect lots of hype for Wrath as well as developments in the Starcraft franchise. For more info, see the official press release.

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10 May 2008 - Forums Offlined

Due to a number of issues with spam posting and the high percentage of unrelated articles (and ’cause our hardworking site admin was getting tired of deleting the various solicitations), we’ve offlined the forums for now. We’re searching for a new and better way for guildmembers (old and new) to stay in touch. Stay tuned!

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14 April 2008 - Even More Post-2.4 Updates!

The post-2.4 update frenzy continues, with AddOns from:

• The amazing Telo has updated his suite of utilities, including InfoBar
• Fizzwidget has updated Levelator and Feed-o-Matic to 2.4.1, fixing minor issues
• Advanced Tradeskill Window has a new compatible version
• And so does Archarodim’s version of Decursive
• And the guild-maintained versions of ReagentData and Reputation have been updated (as have all the profession pages)

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25 March 2008 - 2.4 AddOns

The addon update rush is on! Some of the first out the gate include:

• Gazmik Fizzwidget’s set of addons, including AdSpace, Disenchant Predictor, Faction Friend, Feed-o-Matic, Gemologist, ReagentCost, and a revamped Hunter’s Helper with a new spiffy interface
• Prerelease versions of Team Norganna’s Auctioneer suite as well as a promise for an updated Gatherer to be uploaded tonight
• For those who use them, the Omen Threat Meter and Outfitter were also updated

Note that due to a major overhaul of the combat text system, many damage meter addons will take rewriting to function again. Some mods (DamageMeters for one) are being dropped due to this. Keep an eye on the interface sites to see if your favorite one reemerges!

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25 March 2008 - Sunwell (Re)opens for Business!

Patch 2.4.0, the Fury of the Sunwell, is now downloading to a client near you. This introduces the new Sunwell Isle area, with lots of new quests and new 5- and 25-player instances.

• New neutral faction: Shattered Sun Offensive with a new set of daily quests (and an increase in the daily quest limit to 25)
• Instant credit for honor (no need to wait for rollover!) and elimination of the diminishing returns for repeat kills
• Over 50 new recipes! (Site and Reagent Data will be updated tonight), and a move of the Scale of the Sands gem cuts to the Shattered Sun Offensive vendors

As usual, the full patch notes may be found here. Happy questing!

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28 December 2007 - Happy Winter Veil

Grab your presents while you can; the Winter Veil season ends with the New Year. Around Greatfather Winter’s tree in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, the Winter Veil elfs (well, probably goblins) have placed presents for all good little adventurers. New this year is a sixth present, a Winter Veil Gift, containing a new pet - a wind-up Clockwork Rocket Bot toy!

Also note that if you didn’t get the free recipes sent to you at the start of the season, you can purchase them from the Smokywood Pastures’ vendors in Orgrimmar and Ironforge. Since the vendors are neutral, it should be possible to get the opposing faction winter clothes recipe by raiding the opposing city (we haven’t tried this, but let us know if it works! :)).

A bright, blessed, and safe Winter Veil season to all!

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18 November 2007 - Zul’aman Changes

Just in time for the weekend, lots of AddOns have been updated for the new patch:

• Fizzwidget’s TrackMenu functionality was so good it’s now part of the 2.3 interface (so you should remove the AddOn), and he’s updated his other AddOns, including AdSpace, Disenchant Predictor, Faction Friend, Feed-o-matic, Gemologist, Hunter’s Helper, Reagent Cost, and Levelator
• The ever-responsive Telo has updated his plugins, includine InfoBar
• Archarodim’s Decursive
• Advanced Tradeskill Window
• Sutorix’s indispensable Fishing Buddy and related plugins
• Guild-maintained versions of QuestRep, Reputation, and CraftInfo have just been updated to the latest version code (20300)
• And our version of ReagentData has been updated with all the new and changed recipes for the current patch!

Some of the other 2.3 changes now updated on our pages:

Winter Veil

Winter Veil is coming soon. New this year on the test realms were mail messages from Greatfather Winter providing recipes for (285) Winter Boots to leatherworkers and (250) Winter Clothes to tailors (Alliance toons got a recipe for red clothes, Horde toons got green).

Reputation

• Vendors now give improved discounts for higher reputation levels (so now there’s actually a benefit to getting to Exalted with your own faction!):
  • Friendly: 5%
  • Honored: 10% (unchanged)
  • Revered: 15%
  • Exalted: 20%
• The new outpost of Mudsprocket in southern Dustwallow Marsh has additional quests for Gadgetzan rep.
• Wintersaber rep has been increased - the three RRQs now yield 250 rep per turn-in (up from 75).

Crafting

• General: There are no more Journeyman, Expert, or Artisan trainers - Azerothian primary skill trainers now train up to skill level 300. This means no more visits to Uldaman for Artisan enchanting training! Also, crafted items that added only +healing now have an additional +spell damage equal to (about) 1/3 of the healing bonus.
• Alchemy: New recipe: (335) Mad Alchemist’s Potion (Trained, MinLvl: 60, Alchemy (315), Use: Restores 1650-2750 mana and health, can grant random elixir buff)
• Blacksmithing: Sharpening Stones and Weightstones now last 1 hour (up from 30 min), and weapon chains no longer grant immunity from disarm, just a 50% reduction in the duration.
  New recipe: (345) Adamantite Weapon Chain (World Drop, Blacksmithing (275), Use: Attaches a chain to your weapon, reducing the duration of Disarm effects by 50% and increasing your Parry rating by 15)
• Cooking: 2 daily cooking quests are available from The Rokk at the outer wall in northern Lower City, Shattrath. The quests are the only source (so far) for the new recipes.
  New recipes:
  (1) Delicious Chocolate Cake
  (300) Kibler’s Bits (MinLvl: 55, +20 Strength and Spirit to pets for 30 min)
  (300) Stormchops (MinLvl: 55, occasionally procs a shock to nearby mobs)
  (325) Spicy Hot Talbuk (MinLvl: 65, Restores 7500 health/30 sec., +20 Hit Rating and Spirit for 30 min)
  (325) Skullfish Soup (MinLvl: 65, Restores 7200 mana/30 sec., +20 Spell Critical Strike Rating and Spirit for 30 min)
• Enchanting: Wizard and Mana Oils now last 1 hour (up from 30 min).
  New recipe: (330) Enchant Shield - Resilience (+12 Resilience to shield)
• Engineering: New recipes:
  (335) Adamantite Arrow Maker (Drop - Sunfury Archers, Netherstorm - Creates 5 stacks (200 ea) of Adamantite Stingers, MinLvl: 62, +43 DPS)
  (335) Adamantite Shell Machine (Vendor (Limited Supply) - Creates 5 stacks (200 ea) of Adamantite Shells, MinLvl: 62, +43 DPS)
  (350, 375) Regular and Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Controls (Trained by Niobe Whizzlespark (A) or Jonathan Garrett (H) near the respective flying mount stables in Shadowmoon Valley)
  (360) Field Repair Bot 110G (Drop - Gan’arg Analyzers, Blade’s Edge Mountains - Sells reagents and can repair damaged items for 10 min)
• Fishing: You can now learn the “Find Fish” skill which allows tracking fish schools. The skill comes from a Weather-Beaten Journal that occasionally shows up in fished-up chests.
• Jewelcrafting: New recipe: (365) Chaotic Skyfire Diamond (Drop - Coilskar Siren, Shadowmoon Valley - Meta Gem +12 Spell Critical & 3% Increased Critical Damage)
• Leatherworking: Drums of Speed and Drums of Restoration are now available from the Nagrand factions (Mag’har/Kurenai) at Honored reputation and drums have been reworked to be slightly more useful.
  New recipes:
  (300) Leatherworker’s Satchel (Trainer, 20 slot Leatherworking Bag)
  (315) Knothide Quiver and Ammo Pouch (Trainer, 20 slot, +15% ranged attack speed)
  (350) Glove Reinforcements (Trainer, +240 AC to gloves)
  (350) Netherscale Ammo Pouch (Honor Hold/Thrallmar Revered, 24 slot, +15% ranged attack speed)
  (350) Quiver of a Thousand Feathers (Lower City Revered, 24 slot, +15% ranged attack speed)
  (360) Bag of Many Hides (Drop - ogres, Barrier Hills, Nagrand - 24 slot Leatherworking Bag)

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14 November 2007 - The Gods of Zul’Aman Goes Live

Patch 2.3 has hit the live servers. Stay tuned for updates and impacts (and AddOn patching!). Among the most dramatic changes for crafting are:

• Elimination of Journeyman, Expert, and Artisan trainers. All capital cities have a Master-class trainer who can train up to 300 skill - no more Uldaman runs for you enchanters! All trainers outside the capital cities have been similarly upgraded.
• Items which had only +healing effects now also have 1/3 the effect for +damage as well.
• Item buffs (sharpening/weight stones, wizard and mana oils) now last 1 hour.
• Addition of several new recipes, including engineer-made flying machines.

Also, for those who love ‘em, there are a couple of new pets - the azure whelpling dropped by blue dragonkin in Azshara and the tiny spore bat available at Exalted reputation with Sporeggar.

Azure Whelpling		Tiny Spore Bat

We will be updating ReagentData and posting a summary of recipe changes by the weekend. Until then - enjoy the fun!

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5 October 2007 - A Look Ahead at 2.3

Now that 2.2 is safely out (and we’re living it up at Brewfest), the PTRs will be headed to 2.3. One of the significant changes to 2.3 is a revamp of Alterac Valley. The majority of the PvE content is coming out of the Battleground, and the focus will be directed more on the strategic management of resources and team play - keeping your teammates alive will be a key factor in winning now. And, yes, they’ve made the Marshals aggro-linked to Van, so that particular issue will be solved. But gameplay will be significantly different. (forum post)

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2 October 2007 - Patch 2.2.2 Brings the Joy of the Season(s)

Patch 2.2.2 is downloading to a system near you. The primary announced features of this patch are enabling of the seasons of Brewfest and Hallow’s End, which will occur this month. See you all at the Festival Ground!

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