For a long time in the Burning Crusade days, npc Haris Pilton in the World’s End Tavern was nothing more than an obvious parody of the famous socialite. She sold items that were nothing more than expensive money sinks that did nothing. Then during the later days of the Burning Crusade expansion, Blizzard made her a bit more useful by selling the “Gigantique” bag, which was a pretty expensive (for that level and those days) 22 slot bag. the aim of the bag was that it was something that wasn’t really a necessity but was a useful money sink for those who want it. WoW.com reports that her Portable Hole, which is a 3000g 24 slot bag, is currently available for sale in the patch 3.3 PTR. According to the Warcraft twitter page,... [Read more]

A new set of updates have been released into the patch 3.3 PTR recently and one thing caught my eye more than the other things listed. It seems like the new Quest Tracker feature which was supposed to come out in patch 3.2 will finally make it in patch 3.3. it didn’t make it before because there were some problems with it at the time and it just wasn’t ready for release. Better to have something come out late but working rather than early but broken right? quest log Basically this new Quest Tracker feature will change the current user interface to be more helpful to players when doing quests. To put things simply, it will pretty much be the game’s built in version of the Quest Helper addon that a lot of players have been using.... [Read more]

if you haven’t noticed, Blizzard has been in the mood for releasing quite a bit of non-combat pets into World of Warcraft (or at least releasing news about it like the Perky Pug coming out in patch 3.3). We’ve seen the release of the Onyxia Whelp pet when patch 3.2.2 came out and then Mr. Chilly from the Battle.net conversion. If you logged in today and saw two new pets you haven’t seen before and wondering where they came from, that’s from the new Pet Store Blizzard just introduced! The Blizzard Pet Store is a new way for players to get new non combat pets using means that’s not within the game. Some players might not care for collecting non-combat pets in the game but for those who are, this is a great way to... [Read more]

We’ve been talking quite a bit about the new LFG system that will be in place when patch 3.3 comes out. Basically it’s a new tool that will allow players a few more features other than simply finding other people to run dungeons with. You’ll be able to do dungeons with other players from different servers in your battlegroup. You’ll also be able to do random dungeons for both normal and heroic difficulty and get rewarded for it. The more random the make up of your group is, the better your reward. I can see more reason for players to do PuG’s because of this. To give more rewards to those players who do PuG’s often, Blizzard is also coming out with a non-combat pet called the Perky Pug. Basically you have... [Read more]

Personally I don’t really care for Stone Keeper’s Shards since they’re used to get PvP oriented stuff from the vendor in Wintergrasp and I don’t really like PvP much. I don’t even do Wintergrasp and the only reason why I go there is to do Vault of Archavon with my guild. The bosses there drop Emblems which I can use for PvE gear so I at least do that. Of course there’s the Black War Mammoth mount but it’s something I’m not actively pursuing and it’s definitely not worth it for me to do the Wintergrasp to help control it for the faction. But for those who care about Stone Keeper’s Shards, here’s a little info about them when patch 3.3 comes out. As you know, one of the ways to... [Read more]