Guild Leveling and a few Tier 11 Sets

Crazy workweek almost done so it is time for a post.

I just rerolled Horde (yet again) for the sake of playing with IRL friends (and for troll awesomeness) and now I am excited to get my hands on the coming Guild Mount for the horde, The Kron’Kar Annihilator.

Doom is upon us! (On PTR)

Apparently the Doomsayers had some truth in their words and look what happened.

Orgrimmar Burns!

WoW Mobile: Correction

So yesterday I posted about the new WoW Mobile feature, Guild Chat. I also “predicted the future” of the next WoW Mobile app but I was shockingly wrong. The next app was sadly not Peacebloom vs. Ghouls (/cry) but an update for the Mobile Armory app. The update features 3-D models of your characters, activity feeds and optimizations for iOS 4.0. So now you can show off your character in splendid 3-D and view feeds from your and/or other saved characters on your iPhone (and hopefully for Android phones as well in the near future).

Oh well, maybe the next app will be Peacebloom vs. Ghouls. But more Mobile functionality for WoW is sure to come.

WoW Mobile Armory

Peacebloom vs Ghouls, Guild Level 25 Rewards and 4.0.1 Patching

BlizzCap?

So here I was browsing MMO-Champion and reading the latest updates for the beta and then I found the achievements “Dont' Want No Zombies on My Lawn” (Survive 25 waves on the Endless Mode of Peacebloom vs. Ghouls) and “Bloom and Doom” (Survive 100 waves on Endless Mode the Peacebloom Vs. Ghouls quest.)

 

My first thought was Plants vs. Zombies but my question was how? For those who does not know what PopCap’s big hit Plants vs. Zombies is, here you have the trailer for XBLA: PvZ for XBLA

Today I got the answer for my suspicions. Here is a video created by TotalBiscuit of the Peacebloom vs. Zombies game in the beta. Apparently it starts out as a regular quest where you have to fend off two regular waves and one massive wave from the “Sludge Fields”. After you have done this quest you can do it again in an “infinite” mode to get the achievements mentioned before. This will be a fun addition to the game in my opinion.

 

Guild Level 25 Reward

MMO-Champion also posted the Guild Level 25 rewards for both Horde and Alliance. We have seen the Alliance reward earlier but now we finally got to see the Horde one as well.

 

Here is the video of the Alliance reward:

Sadly there is no ingame video of the Horde reward but here is the model in video format:

The mounts will be available for members of level 25 guilds (with exalted status?) for the price of 1500 gold.

Patch 4.0.1 Background Downloader

Last week I posted something related to the background downloader and the upcoming patch. This weekend the background downloader started downloading a new part of the patch and this one is huge. The first part was on 1,74GB but this one is 4,45GB. That is 6,19GB in two parts and more may come. 

I actually wondered why they are so big but then I remembered that even people who do not buy Cataclysm will get the “new Azeroth” so they have to get the new changes as well. My guess is that most of the content that is in these files will not be available until Patch 4.0.3 which is the world changing event patch according to wowwiki. 

And on a side note. Worgen being their own mount is awesome. 

World of Warcraft - P1mp My Mount

Today Blizzard announced their newest addition for their Massive Multiplayer Online game World of Warcraft, P1mp My Mount. With this excellent addition you as a player will be able to P1mp up our scrawny looking mount and make it look EPIC!

The process of pimping your tired old mount is quite simple. Drop by Zazzber's local Fix-'Er-Up (available in Orgrimmar, Ironforge, and Dalaran with a very special PvP-oriented shop over in the phrigid lands of Wintergrasp) and talk to our resident mount pimp, Zazzber or his high-tech redneck assistant Janie Sue and, for a small fee, they'll overhaul your hauler, tricking your tired old vehicle out into something worthy of the Achievement "Pimp My Mount."


Still not convinced? Then check out some of our insanely satisfied customized-ers!


It used to be that whenever I rode my horse past the Exodar, the other draenei laughed at me. "Silly girl," they'd say, "get yourself a proper elekk!" But now, thanks to Z-dawg's ultimate pimpage, those other goat-heads all wish their mounts were half as fly as this guy!


The other trolls, mon, used to think I was strange for preferrin' my kodo to a raptor. But then my main man, Z, hooked me up with some upgrades to my sleek ride. I've got some shade even under the blazin' beach sun over in Stranglethorn and my kodo? He's pimpin' it out with his superfly hat!


Maybe coming back from the dead changed me; I'll never know for sure. But all I know is that I've always loved my kitty-cat. Sure, the other death knights thought it was a little silly but now I fire up my cat's phat nitro-boosters and blast those death knights on dead horses out of this life!

World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King - Talents

Today Blizzard announced the new talents for the expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King. It features alot of new talents in the two new tiers and has alot of revamped old talents in the upper tiers. Here is a few noticable talents:

• Warrior - Titans Grip (Fury/Tier 10) : Allows you to equip two-handed axes, maces and swords in one hand, but you attack 28%/26%/24%/22%/20% slower than normal
  
• Warlock - Chaos Bolt (Destruction/Tier 11) : Sends a bolt of Chaotic Fire at the enemy, dealing 1012 to 1278 Fire damage. Chaos Bolts cannot be resisted, and pierces through defensive immunities.
• Shaman - Spirit Link (Restro/Tier 11): You link the friendly target with two closest nearby friendly targets, causing 50% of the damage taken to be distributed to the linked targets. Targets who take a hit equal to 30% of their total health will be removed from the Spirit Link. You can only have one link active at a time.
• Rogue - Murder Spree (Combat/Tier 11): Step through the shdows from enemy to enemy within 10 yards, attacking an enemy every 0.5 seconds with both weapons until 5 assaults are made. Can hit the same target multiple times.
• Priest - Guardian Spirit (Holy/Tier 11): Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target. The spirit increases the healing recieved by the target by 40%, and also prevents the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect but heals the target of 10% of their maximum health. Lasts 10 sec. (3 Min Cooldown)
• Paladin - Divine Storm (Retribution/Tier 11): An instant weapon attack that causes Holy damage up to 4 enemies within 8 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to 3 party or raid members totaling 20% of the damage caused.
• Mage - Netherwind Presence (Arcane/Tier 10): Gives your Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt spells 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% chance to cause the next Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt or Frostfire Bolt to be instant.
• Hunter - Marked for Death (Marksmanshit/Tier 10): Increases the damage done by your shots to marked targets by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%, and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Aim Shot, Steady Shot and Kill Shot by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
• Druid - Starfall (Balance/Tier 11): You summon a flurry of stars from the sky on all targets within 30 yards of the caster, each doing 500 to 580 Arcane damage, and an additional 170 Arcane damage to all nearby targets within 5 yards. Maximum 20 Stars. Lasts 10 seconds.

And last but not least a few talents from the new Hero Class, the Death Knight:

• Death Knight - Dancing Rune Weapon (Blood/Tier 11): Unleashes all available runic power to summon a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 1 sec per 5 runic power, doing the same attacks that you do.
  
• Death Knight - Hungering Cold (Frost/Tier 11): Unleashes all available runic power to suddenly purge the earth around the DEath Knight of all heat. Enemies within 10 yards are trapped in ice, preventing them from performing any action for 1 sec per 5 runic power. Enemies are considered Frozen, but any damage will break the ice.
  
• Death Knight - Anti-Magic Zone (Unholy/Tier 6): Places a large, stationary Anti-Magic Zone that reduces spell damage done to party members inside it by 75%. The Anti-Magic Zone lasts for 30 sec or until it absorbs 10,000 spell damage. (2 min cooldownI)
  

With this as a taste of what is coming in the new expansion I am really looking forward to the release.

World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King - Player Achievements

Today Blizzard announced a new feature that will be implemented in their next expansion for their game World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King. This feature is called "Player Achievements" and is a series of goals which the players can achieve while playing on their characters. Things that a person can achieve is everything from getting a haircut to exploring the every bit of the areas ingame. By completing theese goals you can get different cosmetic items like tabards and pets as well as an addition to your character sheet with a list of all your achievements that everyone can view.

I think this is going to be a good extra feature and it can give you a small overview of what you have done in your time ingame. And of course in some cases you can use it for your personal bragging if that is your wish. Blizzard have learned to be creative and they show it by implementing small things like this which makes the game more enjoyable and gives people a better gaming experience.

Here is the link to Blizzards announcement.