A while back I mentioned that I was was going to wait for the Cataclysm expansion to make my Shaman alt so that I could be a Goblin. Well I tried waiting for a while but a really big itch to play one combined with an opportunity to play as Alliance on another server with some old friends prompted me to make a Draenei Shaman in that other server. I guess I’ll just have to settle for another class like a Priest or something for that Goblin I want to have.

Anyway, it’s while leveling up that Draenei Shaman that I encountered the famous Alliance quest chain “The Missing Diplomat” and I realized that it did feel quite odd to be doing that quest since it’s outdated, made for before Wrath of the Lich King came out. Everyone familiar with that quest chain knows that the Missing Diplomat isn’t just a diplomat but King Varian Wrynn himself, who oddly enough happens to be standing just a few feet away from the original quest giver. of course back in the day when King Varian was really missing, this quest made sense.

In a similar fashion I can think of something that would feel just as strange when the Cataclysm expansion comes out and it involves Thrall and Garrosh Hellscream. Anyone who plays as Horde probably knows that Thrall is involved with a bunch of quests involving Ragefire Chasm, the search for the Mag’har and even the welcoming of the Death Knights into the Horde. We also know that Garrosh Hellscream will indeed be the new Warchief when Cataclysm comes. Anyone see the problem now?

Garrosh simply can’t take the place of Thrall for some of these things. As new Warchief, would it be Garrosh’s job to welcome the new Death Knights? Somehow I don’t think it’s up his alley considering it’s Thrall’s respect for Tirion Fordring that helped that through, something Garrosh doesn’t seem to have. If it’s still Thrall’s job then where can we find him, since Garrosh is the new Warchief. Even stranger would be the quest involving the finding of the Mag’har because this quest involves Thrall specifically and at this point in time Garrosh is still an impotent leader in Garadar.

I don’t claim that things are going to be inconsistent because the events I’m talking about involve a different period in the game. But i feel like those things I mentioned still need some kind of resolution because it really is going to feel strange to people doing them.

Lead Encounter Designer Daelo recently got on the forums to make an announcement about Icecrown Citadel’s Raid Access Progression. If you’ve been following raids in the past, you would know that the concept of gating raid content is not new at all. For some raids, Blizzard doesn’t want players to have access to everything right from the start. We saw this done in Sunwell where players could gain access to further bosses only after a while when Blizzard unlocked them. We also saw this in Trial of the Crusader where new bosses were unlocked week after week.
The devs plan on …read more

The other day, I was explaining to some friends in the game that the current dungeon daily quests will be replaced by the random dungeon feature of the new Dungeon Finder LFG tool coming out in patch 3.3. One of them reacted with something like this, “Oh no I have to do PuG’s now?” I think this shows that a lot of people equate anything that has something to do with LFG with PuG’s. While it’s true that this tool will make PuG’s easier to do with the cross-realm feature and the rewards for using the Dungeon Finder, it’s not …read more

The World of Warcraft Community was greeted by a pretty interesting and fun surprise earlier. Mr. T is back with another one of his WoW advertisements featuring the Night Elf Mohawk, something he wanted to play in WoW in his old advertisement but couldn’t because there’s no such thing. His new advertisement is awesome because of the cooperation it has with the actual game. Not only did he manage to get the Night Elf Mohawk in the game (at least temporarily) but he also managed to get his new invention, the Mohawk Grenade, in the game as well.

If you’ve been …read more

Ever since the new LFG system (which Blizzard recently named the Dungeon Finder) was announced and especially ever since the details of said feature was released, it has become one of if not the most anticipated feature of the upcoming patch 3.3. It’s going to make group formation for dungeon runs easier with the cross server feature and it’s also going to give more incentive for players to run PuG’s. Of course there’s the exciting random dungeon feature that will reward players for using it. But as much as the Dungeon Finder is going to help level 80 players in …read more

Ah the world of PvP. For a lot of people there just isn’t anything better that that feeling you get after smashing some face and kicking some butt at the expense of the opposite faction. This is where the tension between Alliance and Horde is most seen in the game. But this is most seen in world PvP and in Battlegrounds. The Arena Tournament is a different brand of PvP and it’s really changed the game complete since it arrived. It’s turned PvP into something more competitive and isn’t just about the war between factions. Apparently it was also a …read more

As I posted yesterday, the patch 3.3 PTR revealed a bunch of cool stuff yesterday including the four Quel’delar blades plus the three maces that you can get by completing the Quel’delar quest chain. Looking at all seven weapons you’ll realize that not all specs are accommodated but all classes can use at least one of them. If you happen to be one of the unlucky specs then too bad for you. The most glaring thing isn’t that all specs aren’t accommodated. I mean sure Elemental Shamans and Boomkin Druids don’t have a weapon that perfectly fits their spec but …read more

The more the PTR reveals about the upcoming patch 3.3, the more it feels like the patch is really getting closer. We still don’t know exactly when it’s coming out so we’ll have to settle for the latest bit of info that just popped up. MMO Champion was able to get hold of more details about things we already know are coming out but don’t know specifics of. We know that the Quel’delar is coming out, an epic weapon involving a en epic quest chain from 5 man dungeons. We know that we’ll be getting more loot from the next …read more

When Blizzard officially announced the new Dungeon System coming out in patch 3.3 that will include a new LFG tool that will allow us to do cross server dungeons, they mentioned that the NPC’s who currently give us the normal and heroic dungeon daily quests will instead give out weekly raid quests. So dungeon daily quests that we currently have will be gone when the patch comes out. But as you know this will be replaced by the random dungeon feature in the LFG tool.
Before you get the wrong idea, I have to admit that the random dungeon system in …read more

You’ve probably noticed the persistent reminder on the login screen about merging your World of Warcraft account with a Battle.net account for the past few weeks but if you haven’t really been reading, time is almost up. I assume that most of you have already done this to get your Mr. Chilly penguin pet that Blizzard gave out as a reward for going through the process but if you haven’t done this yet then you really should right now.

I would just like to remind everyone that Blizzard said that we have until November 11 before players will be required to …read more