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Cataclysm: Zul'Gurub Gone!
Sad news for a lot of people,
Valnoth
has just made a post on the official forums stating
Zul’Gurub
will be removed in Cataclysm. No word yet on if
Tigre zulien rapide
or
Raptor razzashi rapide
will be moved elsewhere, but we can only hope!
Zul'Gurub is gone as a raid instance come Cataclysm.
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Cataclysm Beta: More Zones Open For Testing
Valnoth
just went on a posting spree in the Official Cataclysm Beta forums announcing that several zones are now ready for testing!
Gangrebois
is a level 45-50 zone in Kalimdor, the quests for this area start at the Emerald Sanctuary. The completely revamped
Mille pointes
, located in southern Kalimdor, is available for levels 40-45 and the breadcrumbs for this zone start in both Feralas and Dustwallow Marsh.
Next,
Uldum
is finally available for testing! It is available for levels 83-84 and the breadcrumbs start in
Le Tréfonds
. The zone is not completely finished so you will run into a few stopping points. Finally,
Hautes-terres du Crépuscule
is also open for testing. The zone is made for levels 84-85 with breadcrumbs starting Orgrimmar and Stormwind from their respective city leaders. As with Uldum, Twilight Highlands is not completely finished and you will run into stopping points while questing!
You can read all the original announcements after the break.
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Cataclysm Beta: Streaming Launcher Improvements
In an upcoming beta build the Beta
Launcher
that is used to download and stream game data will be receiving several updates, including a new progress bar, speed improvements, detailed peer-to-peer information, bandwidth detection to help with low speed users, and a new Cataclysm-inspired theme!
Update:
We now have a screenshot of the new launcher! It is pretty sexy. Check it out on the right!
You can read the original post by Lylirra after the break!
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The Weekly Marmot - End of Expansion Raiding
So this week I take a look back through my experiences with raiding in the weeks and months prior to the release of Wrath of the Lich King and The Burning Crusade to give a little insight into what exactly is happening right now that's causing so much trouble for so many guilds. Why are so many players quitting their guilds? Why are so many quitting the game entirely? And just because I'm never content to just sit around and talk about how bad things can be, I give some tips and ideas for dealing with it and making sure your guild isn't one that falls victim to the dreaded End of Expansion Blues.
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Cataclysm Model Update - Watch out, they spit!
Another Cataclysm model update, this time featuring
camels!
Let's all pretend we're not going to be flying around all of Azeroth and riding
seahorses
through its expansive waters and just be excited for yet another pack beast to carry us through our adventures! So far these camels are not tied to any specific items, but one can only assume they'll be used in
Uldum
(where
wild camels
can be found) and
possibly
linked to the
Ramkahen
faction, maybe as a reputation reward similar to the
Talbuks
earned in
Nagrand
.
We've also found the model for an eerie little crawling hand companion pet (think
Thing
from The Addams Family), which also looks like it may come out of Uldum (with all the creepy mummies and crazy Egyptian-themed business going on down th
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Azeroth, Revisited: Stratholme in Cataclysm
Once again, we're going to dive into the beta and take a look at one of my personal favorite dungeons from classic—
Stratholme
.
Now if you don't remember anything about
Stratholme
, here's a quick rundown: Stratholme was originally one of the largest human cities in the world. During the events in Warcraft 3 (as we witnessed in
L’Épuration de Stratholme
), Prince Arthas finds out the plague has spread to the city and orders it purged. Later on the Undead took control of Stratholme and Kel'Thuzad established it as his capital and built the floating fortress
Naxxramas
above it.
Overall the dungeon has not changed much physically, but there is now a new wall splitting it literally into two instances. They have changed the level range for each side, levels 42-52 for the Main Gate and 46-56 for the Service Entrance.
OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING: DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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Official Cataclysm Azshara Preview
Blizzard has sat down and talked with
Craig Amai
and
Dave Kosak
about some of the changes you'll be seeing in
Azshara
come Cataclysm. They talk about the concept behind the zone, as well as who will be leveling here (Horde of course!). Also, they briefly talk about what kind of work goes into redoing a zone like Azshara and about the awesome ride from the gates of Orgrimmar to the main town of Bilgewater Harbor.
You can read the entire preview after the break. Also, don't forget to check out all the awesome screenshots of Azshara in our
Cataclysm guide
!
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12803) New + Updated Maps!
The Cataclysm beta build 12803 was deployed last week and we have a slew of new (and even some updated) maps for you to check out. We even have maps for all kinds of classic dungeons such as
Cavernes des Lamentations
and
Pic Rochenoire
!
Check out our side by side comparisons after the break!
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Cataclysm Model Update - Thrall, Guardian, Drakes and More!
Whoa, it's been too long without a Cataclysm Beta model update! We ran into some issues on our end that needed to be sorted out but we're back and we've got models, so it's all good! These models were added in the past few patches and you can check them out here in snazzy 3D! Let's check out the most awesome stuff first:
Thrall
- New-and-improved!
Ysera
- Just a modified recolor of Sylvanas, but we love her anyway!
Guardian of Ancient Kings
- The amazing form taken by
Gardien des anciens rois
Archeology Surveying Tool
- Archaeology is going to be
awesome
!
New Drakes!
We've got awesome new redesigned drakes which are planned to be the rewards for various Cataclysm achievements. So far, the onl
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12803) New Icons + Skywall Loading Screen!
New build means new icons! We've got over
40 new icons
, mostly for various Cataclysm items and a few featuring new bosses from the
Halls of Origination
! Snazzy! We've also got the new
Skywall
loading screen - man, even
pictures
of this place look amazing! Even the icon for
Tête de Magtheridon
finally gets a long-overdue update - he never was a tauren, after all! Be sure to check out our freshly updated
Latest Additions
page for delicious new data, including a handful of new achievements!
Check out the full post for the new icons!
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Happy "One Year Since Cataclysm Was Announced" Anniversary!
Well, it's been one whole year now since World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion was announced on August 21, 2009 at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California! Since then, we've learned countless of new things about the upcoming expansion and all of the wondrous features we have to look forward to - the drastic changes to Azeroth, the return of Ragnaros, new playable races, guild leveling and so much more! Sadly, the one thing we haven't learned of in all this time is quite possibly one of the most important details of the upcoming expansion - the
release date
. Recent interviews have allowed us to speculate of a late 2010 release (as they originally intended) but we're running out of 2010! I'm about to choke from my nerdy mouth frothing so long over here!
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you guys the news that we've
massively updated
our
Cataclysm guide
! It's now even more chock full of glorious screenshots of the changed world and extensive, up-to-date details on major Cataclysm changes! Of course, we're gonna keep updating this guide probably until Cataclysm is ready to hit, so be su
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Cataclysm New Feature: Level Sync?
The Escapist
recently did an interview with
Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street
, where they talk Blizzard's plans and ideas behind Cataclysm. One part that really stood out was Ghostcrawler mentioning a new system being put in place that will
allow high level characters to decrease their level to help out low level characters.
This sound familiar to anyone? Anyone who has ever played Final Fantasy XI may remember this as
Level Sync
, and City of Heroes players may remember this as their "Mentoring System". Ghostcrawler does mention that this may happen
eventually
, so no getting your hopes up if it doesn't come true!
Cataclysm may also eventually include a system that allows players to scale down their character's level in order to help newer players. The heirloom items unveiled in Wrath of the Lich King already scale with a character's level, so adjusting t
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Exclusive GamesCom Tom Chilton Interview - Archaeology Details and More!
Lots of interesting new Cataclysm-related information has been revealed in extensive interviews performed the
GamesCom 2010
convention in Germany, and we're ready to add to it with an exclusive fan Q+A interview with World of Warcraft Lead Designer
Tom Chilton
courtesy of our friends at
Heldendaten.de
! We've got a full transcript of the interview to share with you guys which you can check out after the break!
For all of you
TL;DR
folks out there, I've summarized the majority of important details of the interview:
When will Cataclysm be released?
"It'll be the first Tuesday after it's done." Seriously, though, they want to shoot for a 2010 release but there's still a few months of development / polishing yet.
Will we ever see the Path of the Titans?
Not in Cataclysm (of course) but it could always see a conceptual revamping and return in a later expansion.
Extensive Archaeology details!
Zones will featured specific Ar
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The Expansion Agenda—Where To Begin?
In 2006, when the release of the Burning Crusade was not too far away, I remember feeling rushed to level my paladin to the level cap before it was raised. I didn't think I'd manage to make it in time, but luckily for me I did, and with very little time to spare. In retrospect, this was also a bad thing, too, because by that time almost everyone had very little need or interest to go to instances like
Scholomance
and
Hache-Tripes
, which I needed to do for the quest chain to get the
Destrier
. Despite the setback, I was ready for the Burning Crusade expansion like most other people, and couldn't wait to start leveling my paladin again.
And then came the day of the expansion's release. As soon as I picked up my preordered copy of the Burning Crusade, I remembered thinking, "Forget my paladin, I want to play the new races!" That's right, the level 60 paladin into which I had put countless hours of work was abandoned because of a brand new Draenei Shaman on my character list. I spent a month or so leveling my shaman before I finally realized that all the time that I had put into my new shaman should have been used on my paladin instead.
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Cataclysm Build 12759: New Data and Talent Calc Updated!
Build 12759
was pushed to the beta servers last Friday, and after a long and difficult fight with the new game file format, we now have all the new data added!
Blizzard has added all new quest completion achievements for Azerothian old world zones, which will now be part of the criteria for earning
(similar to the existing
Maître des traditions de l'Outreterre
and
Maître des traditions du Norfendre
Achievements). With most 1-60 zones featuring many new streamlined quest hubs and tons of new quests, earning Loremaster should come much more naturally and involve less scavenging for that one missing quest in a zone!
The ferocious
Mini Aile de mort
, which is part of the recently
announced
Cataclysm Collector's Edition, also makes an appearance in this build, as well as several new cooking recipes—including
Minestrone d'écaille-de-lave
and
Thé glacé du grand Sud
. You can check out all this on our
Latest Additions
pages for
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
.
Also we have the [url=
http://cata.wowhead
.
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The Weekly Marmot - Surviving the Cataclysm (Beta)
So, say a new build has just hit the Cataclysm beta. You're looking through the patch notes and you come across a highly controversial change to your favorite class. You immediately do one of the following:
Rage about it on the forums
Cancel your subscription, then rage about it on the forums
Cancel your subscription, murder your friends, then rage about it on the forums
Watch this week's Weekly Marmot
If you chose option 1 or 2, you should check out this week's Marmot, where I talk about how to properly handle all the weird things that happen during beta. If you chose option 3,
seek help
.
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Cataclysm Collector's Edition Announced!
Blizzard has just announced the
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition
! Some items included in the Collector's Edition are a 176-page Cataclysm themed art-book, Lil' Deathwing in-game pet, a behind the scenes DVD, the soundtrack from Cataclysm, a special edition mouspad depicting Deathwing himself, and World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game cards from the Wrathgate expansion. According to the Press Release the Collector's Edition will be available for $79.99 (US dollars).
Blizzard's
Cataclysm Mini-site
has been updated with extensive details and pictures!
Update!
Now features correct Lil' Deathwing model!
You can read the official Press Release after the break.
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Best. Warcraft Music. Ever. - Cataclysm's Opening Theme
It's been a pretty busy weekend in the Cataclysm Beta, with the addition of the
Guild Vendor
and a number of interesting
new UI changes
. However, there's one aspect in the development of the new World of Warcraft expansion that's been coming along
wonderfully
and isn't getting quite the attention it deserves - until now! Many Cataclysm zones feature entirely new or completely changed music which I'd love to share with you guys - if you'd be interested?
In any case, I present to you the most amazing World of Warcraft musical piece ever (well, except for
Power of the Horde
- but I'm just biased):
The Shattering
, the 12-minute long epic currently gracing the Cataclysm Beta's login screen. Enjoy!
Thanks
Fewyn
for uploading, I'd have gotten this up sooner for you guys but I'm terrible at making even the most simple of YouTube videos!
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12759) Over 200 New Icons!
The latest Cataclysm Beta patch included
tons
of new icons! We've got some new items for Archaeology, including the main skill icon, and ones for artifact fragments and other related items. We've also uncovered ton of new icons for different types of armor; which, judging from detail, will most likely to be used for quest rewards and dungeon gear. Personally, I can't wait to see new, highly detailed tier armor and endgame item icons!
There's also few new weapon icons and a
ton
of new miscellaneous item icons, including new Darkmoon Cards, a ton of strange reagents, and the most adorable lil' brown bear cub ever. D'awwww. And speaking of cute companions - Lil' Deathwing has an icon now! HE'S SO CUTE ITS EVIL. Don't forget to check out the latest items, NPCs and other recent finds by browsing the
Latest Additions
section of our
Cataclysm site
and be sure to keep up with our
Blog
as we add tons of n
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12759) Updated Continent Loading Screens!
The latest Cataclysm build also included freshly updated loading screens featuring amazing new art for each of the major continents. We've uploaded them here in both original and widescreen variations! Which one is your favorite? Also, which other old-world loading screens still deserve some love?
New Loading Screens
Eastern Kingdoms
Kalimdor
Northrend
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