Breakfast Topic: What’s the coolest glitch you’ve seen?
The average beta tester in the Mists beta sees fun glitches all the time, some cooler than others. The recently rectified flying glitch in the beta was one of the best; I loved swimming through the air and getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the new continent. Of course, it’s all fixed up now, and there’s no more air swimming to be had. Frankly, the current glitch where Earth Shield isn’t consumed by damage is way less fun! Being a PvPer, I’ve occasionally experienced the glitch in Ring of Valor where you fall through the floor of the arena and are immediately portaled back up to near your starting room. I even have one occurence on video, which is fun, with the Skype track paying homage to my immense confusion. The header image is also a PvP glitch screenshot, believe it or not, from my PvPing priesty friend, the lovely @ameurling . She was doing some 2v2 in Dalaran Sewers and got feared through the wall into what she dubbed the Twilight Zone. This is what Azeroth looks like beyond the conventional world — a gray space with an expansive, star-speckled sky. And I reckon this is a pretty darn cool glitch. Unfortunately, Alex couldn’t get back into Dalaran Sewers — you win some, you lose some! So tell me, what glitch have you seen, experienced, heard of, or heard tell of? Is it cool? Is it cooler than Alex’s accidental portal from Dalaran Sewers into the Twilight Zone? Tell me all about it. Filed under: Breakfast Topics Breakfast Topic: What’s the coolest glitch you’ve seen? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Shifting Perspectives: The potential return of Insect Swarm for balance druids
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Welcome to our DPS edition, brought to you by Chase Hasbrouck, aka Alaron of The Fluid Druid blog. This week, we go hunting for mosquito nets. A few weeks ago, I talked about the impact of removing Insect Swarm from balance druids’ toolboxes. I was pretty positive about the change; in my view, Insect Swarm was mostly superfluous, as the times you would use it independently from Moonfire were few and far between. Removing it was a welcome simplification to the rotation. Several commenters took an opposite view, however. To them, removing IS (along with some of the other changes) took things too far, and made the spec boring to play. Well, if you were one of those commenters, you’re in luck. Take it away, Ghostcrawler! Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: The potential return of Insect Swarm for balance druids Filed under: Druid , (Druid) Shifting Perspectives Shifting Perspectives: The potential return of Insect Swarm for balance druids originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Know Your Lore: State of the Horde, 2012
The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft. It’s good to be Horde. All over the world of Azeroth, the Horde is conquering new territory, claiming new land and expanding far, far beyond the few holdings it had in vanilla World of Warcraft . Back then, the Horde merely eked out an existence, defending small outposts where it could. Sylvanas and her Forsaken stayed by and large in Tirisfal Glades, with a tiny outpost in Silverpine and a slightly larger one in Hillsbrad Foothills. The tauren stayed largely confined to Mulgore, with a few settlements to the south and southeast. The trolls took refuge in Orgrimmar, with no real land to call their own save one tiny village on the coast and another small outpost in Stranglethorn Vale. Now, the Horde is branching out in a major way. Sylvanas has dominated the forests of Silverpine and the rolling farmlands of Hillsbrad and is working her way east through the Western Plaguelands. The trolls have taken back the Echo Isles, and the orcs of Orgimmar are claiming new land to the north and the east, moving in a tidal wave of barbaric conquering. The Horde is flush with the glorious victories in Northrend, eagerly seeking more territory. In Cataclysm , it’s very, very good to be Horde. Or so popular opinion states. Continue reading Know Your Lore: State of the Horde, 2012 Filed under: Lore , Know your Lore Know Your Lore: State of the Horde, 2012 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Mists of Pandaria: Male pandaren voice emotes revealed
Throughout the Mists of Pandaria beta, players have been commending Blizzard on just how much emotion you can see in pandaren emotes and animations. These guys actually get into what’s going on, as opposed to most of the current player races, which lack much facial rigging at all. That emotion extends to the male pandaren voice emotes, which were added to the game files in the latest Mists beta patch. MMO-Champion’s video , embedded above, displays all of these emotes quite well. Who knew pandaren were so good at begging for mercy? It’s open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria , World of Warcraft’s next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ , or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details! Filed under: Mists of Pandaria Mists of Pandaria: Male pandaren voice emotes revealed originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
The Queue: Magic man
Welcome back to The Queue , the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft . Mike Sacco will be your host today. Damn, dude, twins ? My wizard knows how to party. HobMeadows asked: What would be the fastest, most efficient way for a solo guildmaster to level their guild from 1 to 2? Does anyone have experience with this and if so, what was your process? I’m almost at 2 full bars (out of 5), and inviting a bunch of people to my guild is not a fair option because I’ll be moving off of my server literally within moments of hitting level 2. I’ve heard battlegrounds are a fast, efficient method, but can anyone make some suggestions? Provided you’re level-capped, quests and dailies are your best bet to make it there as fast as possible. High-level BGs give good rep, but questing is more efficient. Cap out your daily quest turn-ins every day, and you should be at level 2 before you know it. Continue reading The Queue: Magic man Filed under: The Queue The Queue: Magic man originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Sunday Morning Funnies: Premature
Sunday Morning Funnies is your weekly list of WoW -related web comics. This week, we’ve got comics about the upcoming expansion, Mists of Pandaria , as well as a couple of comics about Blizzard’s latest release, Diablo III , that weren’t to be missed from your usual favorites. Know of a WoW -related comic that recently updated after a hiatus that isn’t on this list or a new one that has never been featured? Let me know in the comments section! Looking for Group #565 and #566 Guilded Age Chapter 16 Page 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 From Draenor With Love The Lord of Terror Away From Reality Resting the Wyrm and Implausible Denial Continue reading Sunday Morning Funnies: Premature Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Humor , Comics , Sunday Morning Funnies Sunday Morning Funnies: Premature originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Bovine protective services
OK, I’ll admit this looks like it’s about to become a gruesome reminder for Azerothian parents to always secure the door to your hovel when leaving for a day’s adventuring. But in fact, this vicious tiger is simply a Pandarian social worker, here to remove an innocent baby tauren from its hookah- and hooch-contaminated home and reassign it to some loving adoptive NPCs who actually spend some time at home. (Thanks to Tillamooke of The Kalimdor Inquisition on Maelstrom [US-H] for the screenshot!) Gallery: Around Azeroth 3 Want to see your own screenshot here? Send it to aroundazeroth@wowinsider.com . We strongly prefer full-sized pictures with no UI or names showing. Include “Azeroth” in the subject line to ensure your submission dodges email spam filters; if you’d like to be credited, also include your name, guild and realm. Filed under: Around Azeroth Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Bovine protective services originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Breakfast Topic: What are the telling details you love in the game?
I wasn’t sold on the Bilgewater Goblins initially. When they and the worgen were announced in the run-up to Cataclysm , I had to wonder if there was any compelling reason to play what felt like a green gnome over a badass werewolf. (Yes, I was young and foolish in those days.) That changed quickly when I hit the beta and found them to be a hopelessly endearing race despite (or perhaps because of) their fairly amoral approach to life. I loved the little details in their towns, from the empty Chinese take-out boxes scattered around their inns to the little dinghies that fly underpants in place of flags. Credit where credit’s due — most of this is the work of the Blizzard props team . These folks are also the reasons that Gilneas is so magnificently creepy, with its creaky windows, flapping sheets, and papers drifting across lonely towns. What little details do you particularly enjoy about the race you play as a main? Filed under: Breakfast Topics Breakfast Topic: What are the telling details you love in the game? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 20 May 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
