News
Good News Everyone! The character, guild and achievement scanners have been upgraded to work with the latest WoW API, and they're adding over 9,000 new characters each day. Several multiples of it in fact - about 10!
If you can't see your character in the listings yet, you can bump it up the queue by filling out the form on the Add Character page - just click here.
Happy Wow'ing,
- Kim
Updated with more achievements that were not on the PTR
Patch 4.3 is here and with it comes a lot of new and improved achievements. If you include previous achievements you have that changed this week, there are 70 points of new guild achievements and roughly 700 new achievement points for characters to obtain. The bulk of those achievements come from the new Darkmoon Faire and the new Raid Dungeons.
Achievement Changes
Master of Alterac Valley no longer requires the Alterac Valley Blitz achievement.
Tol Barad Veteran now requires 25 victories in Tol Barad, down from 100.
Glory of the Cataclysm Raider now grants 25 points, up from 10.
Glory of the Firelands Raider now grants 25 points, up from 10.
Baradin Hold Guild Run now includes the new boss Alizabal.
New Achievements
World Events > Lunar Festival
World Events > Midsummers Festival
Desecration of the Alliance and Desecration of the Horde now require Extinguishing Northrend for completion. Those who completed it before the change will still retain the achievement.
The fires of Azeroth for Horde and Alliance now require Flamewarden of Northrend and Flame Keeper of Northrend. Those who completed it before the change will still retain the achievement.
World Events > Winter's Veil
Here is a hint at what the 2011 special item will be for Winter's Veil.
World Events > Darkmoon Faire
Come One, Come All! Attend the Darkmoon Faire.
Step Right Up Play five different Darkmoon games.
Blastenheimer Bullseye Score a bullseye when launched from the Darkmoon ...
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World of Warcraft turns seven on November 23, 2011! It’s been a truly incredible seven years, and we’d like to thank you all for joining us for yet another fantastic year. To celebrate, players who log into the game between November 20 and December 3 will earn a feat of strength added to their Achievements and a “Celebration Package” item. Using your item will get the celebrations rolling by shooting off fireworks*, applying a (visual only) tabard to your character, and granting a 7% bonus to experience and reputation gains while active.
We look forward to another year of adventures ahead and many more to come!
*Please observe all goblin and gnome fire hazard warnings and celebrate responsibly.
With the 4.0.6 Patch "The Exalted" has been increased to include the 45 and 50 versions. 50 Reputations at exalted will reward you "The Exalted" title up from 40 previously. "The Exalted" title also has been removed from people who had the previous version of it at 40.
Quote from: Bashiok (Source)
We think "the Exalted" is a really awesome title. With Cataclysm we added a bunch of new reps though, and we want the title to keep pace so that it's always representative of someone that's obtained a considerable number of exalted reputations throughout the life of the game, even as we add more.
We did consider offering multiple titles for the various tiers, but "the Exalted" fits so perfectly and we wanted to avoid a potentially infinite string of titles like "the Fairly Exalted", "the Nigh Exalted", "the Mostly Exalted", etc. We also considered grandfathering in those who had already earned it but think that this title can be a unique testament to the continued efforts of reputation hunters and keep the same value as we introduce more reps and push the requirements up to match.
It's different than every other rep in the way we're raising it with a new bar to meet, and I do apologize that it wasn't communicated clearly beforehand that it was going to be functioning this way.
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Thanks to the amazing support of our community of players, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has sold more than 4.7 million copies as of its first month of release, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Don't all stand in the fire at once! Check out the press release for all the details, and thanks again for playing!
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Feast of Winter Veil
Ho ho hello, um, little child. I'm Greatfather Winter, and I - courtesy of the fine folks of Smokywood Pastures... "Fresh from our farm to your plate, it's Smokywood Pastures wholesome goodness" - would like to wish you a fantastic Feast of Winter Veil.
If you've been good this year, maybe you'll receive treats from Smokywood Pastures as your treat for the Feast of Winter Veil. Huzzah.
Also, be sure to stock up on treats to give those who've been nice this year. Smokywood Pastures has a great selection to choose from. Look for them at a major city near you.
Features
- Type: Holiday Event
- Date: December 15th - January 2nd
- Location: Most Major Cities
Greatfather Winter
Greatfather Winter is visiting the great cities of Ironforge and Orgrimmar - courtesy of the fine folks of Smokywood Pastures and he's spreading cheer in celebration for the Feast of Winter Veil. But, all the cheer-spreading is making Greatfather Winter hungry, and he's looking for adventurers to get him his daily fix of milk and cookies.
Revelers
During the Feast of Winter Veil, the innkeepers bring out holiday decorations to provide a festive atmosphere for their patrons. Who knows what might happen if you /kiss a reveler standing near a sprig of mistletoe....
Smokeywood Pastures' Missing Shipment
Smokeywood Pastures needs a few brave adventurers to investigate the disappearance of a shipment of holiday goods. Rumors are the shipment is in the ...
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WORLD OF WARCRAFT®: CATACLYSM™ SHATTERS PC-GAME SALES RECORD
Latest expansion for Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer online role-playing game reaches a record 3.3 million copies sold through as of its first 24 hours of release*
IRVINE, Calif. -- December 13, 2010 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®: Cataclysm™, the third expansion for the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through more than 3.3 million copies as of its first 24 hours of release, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time.* This milestone eclipses the previous record of more than 2.8 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in November 2008 by Blizzard's second World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King®.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm was simultaneously released in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand on December 7, and became available in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on December 9. More than 10,000 stores throughout the world opened their doors at midnight to welcome players who wanted to be among the first to obtain a copy of the expansion. In addition, more than 15,000 players attended official launch events hosted by Blizzard and key retail partners in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the region of Taiwan.
"We had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm, but ...
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Holiday Dessert Contest
Everyone enjoys the holiday tradition of sharing a meal with family and friends -- and desserts are big part of the reason why. This year, we're hungry to see you spread holiday joy from your kitchen by cooking up sweet culinary creations -- and finishing them off with a Blizzard touch.
Simply prepare and decorate a dessert featuring a Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo theme. Take a picture of your creative confection and submit it, and you might just find something special under your tree from Greatfather Winter.
We will handpick five of the most inventive, hearth-warming, or funny entries to win prize packages consisting of the following:
We're waiting to see what delightful, dazzling, and delicious submissions you whip up. If you're ready to put on your apron and get cooking, then you can find the contest rules here.
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Holiday Card Contest Sponsored by Razer
One Blizzard holiday tradition involves creating a festive greeting card to share the joy of the season... with a unique Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo touch. We’re inviting you to join us in spreading the holiday cheer by crafting a Blizzard-themed holiday card of your own featuring characters or themes from the Warcraft, StarCraft, or ...
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Wow Marathon is a gamer run fundraiser for Free Wheelchair Mission. Free Wheelchair Mission provides wheel chairs to those less fortunate, and in need of a simple wheel chair to give the gift of mobility, where just one donation can change a life!
They will be broadcasting their journey from the perspective of 8 great friends ready to enjoy the thrill of the race to the top. They have set a goal of raising $32,000 for Free Wheelchair Mission, along with holding the title of WORLDS FIRST level 85 character in World of Warcraft:Cataclysm.
Please visit them at Wowmarathon.com and check out their live stream. They have a lot of sponsors and are having a lot of giveaways. I'm staying up all week playing Cataclysm so I'm checking in to see how they're doing constantly. It's some great fun to hop in the chat channel; a great group of gamers. To have a chance at some of their prizes go check them out at Wowmarathon.com
- Online Give-a-ways
- 1 Razer Naga
- 2 Polar Bear Mount Blizzcon Loot Cards! Thank you http://wow.incgamers.com/
- 3 Digital Download Pets “Choose from Lil’ K.T., Moonkin Hatchling, Lil’ Ragnaros, Lil’ XT, and Pandaren Monk from http://www.blizztv.com
- 10 Markcos Gold Guide’s how to make a buck in Cataclysm
- On Site Give-a-ways
- 1 Razer Naga
- 3 Free Wheelchair Mission Bags, and paraphanalia
- 13 Fun Puzzles!
- g8 Apparel
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I definitely recommend giving this a listen as you wait anxiously for Cataclysm's release. It'll pump you up.
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In this episode, we bring you in-depth coverage of the upcoming Cataclysm expansion and discuss everything from world creation to class changes to sound design.
In our first segment, we discuss world-building with World of Warcraft Lead World Designer Alex Afrasiabi and Lead Content Designer Cory Stockton. For our second segment, we delve into music and sound design with Composer and Director of Audio Russell Brower and Senior Composer of Music and Sound Derek Duke. Our third segment focuses on the voice acting in Cataclysm with Producer of Casting and Talent Relations Andrea Toyias. Last, but certainly not least, we sit down with World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer Greg Street to discuss the class and systems changes in Cataclysm.
Head over to the BlizzCast page to listen now, or download it from iTunes.
This week only, save 75% on World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King! Get ready for Cataclysm with these epic savings: $5 World of Warcraft (reg $19.99), $5 Burning Crusade (reg $29.99), $10 Wrath of the Lich King (reg $39.99). Hurry, offer ends November 29th.
Hikikomori here, updating at 2 am. It's the 4th night in a row I'm about to get 5 hours of sleep then I'll be traveling home. I have to say in summary, Blizzcon was a blast. It was an interesting experience and honestly, being my first year as press I just winged it and had a lot of success. Me and Jangutu had a great time covering the event, there were a few issues with wireless availability that unfortunately kept us from being able to provide you up to the minute updates due to the convention's wireless infrastructure.
Our options were to either split our 2 man team, stay in the press room on another floor away from the action all day at the same time missing panels and everything our community wants to know, or cover everything we possibly can, and provide large content articles in the coming days. We decided the best option was to cover everything, which if you could get a peek at Jangutu's note's, there's no room left to write anywhere in his notebook. This is merely a message to everyone that we are so swamped with work staying up till 3 am to be prepared to bring you a lot of big articles in the future.
We're still holding our Twitter contests for a lot of Blizzcon Prizes, @wowachievements we have 2 Deathling figures, 4 comics from the starcraft and warcraft universe, as well as soundtracks ...
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Hey everyone!
Jangutu here, and tonight I'm bringing you a list of events for Blizzcon that I will personally be covering. Between Hikikomori and I, we plan on hitting every World of Warcraft panel, and I believe Hikikomori will be hitting a few of the Starcraft panels, but I'll let him post his schedule for you all himself.
The following at the panels I plan on attending, hopefully I'll see some of you there!
Friday, October 22
- Opening Ceremony - 11:00AM - 11:30AM - Main Stage
- Dungeons & Raids Panel - 1:30PM - 2:30PM - Main Stage
- Quests & Lore Panel - 3:00PM - 4:00PM - Development Stage
- Live Raid - 04:30PM - 5:30PM - Main Stage
I will most likely be in attendance for the majority of the Costume, Song, and Dance Contests from 6:00pm-8:30pm on the Main Stage, but I will not be covering it, as I cannot do better job than the live stream ;)
Saturday, October 23 - Cinematics: Cataclysm - 10:30AM - 11:30AM - Main Stage
- World of Warcraft Class Q&A - 12:00PM - 1:00PM - Main Stage
- World of Warcraft Open Q&A - 1:30PM - 2:30PM - Main Stage
- World of Warcraft Art - 3:00PM - 4:00PM - Development Stage
- Closing Ceremony - 6:30pm-8:30pm - Main Stage
That about covers it so make sure to check our feeds during blizzcon as we post all the news you need to know!
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Don't forget we will be having our own meetup at Blizzcon as well as full coverage of the events, including contests and taking twitter questions as we interview the big names at Blizzcon. Click Here to learn more about our Blizzcon plans.
Congrats again to everyone that won our contest last month as we continue to post their winning entries. Please enjoy.
My Hardest Achievement Earned:
I would have to say hands down that the hardest achievement that I personally experienced in this wonderful game of World Of Warcraft had to have been Mimiron's "Firefighter" achievement. I was on Arathor server with a guild called "Window Lickin' Good" and we were grinding each week the meta achievements for the Rusted Proto-Drake. Bare in mind we were doing these achievements whilst they were brand new and we were just geared enough to get through most of these fights, let alone getting them done on "hard mode" so to speak. So regardless we had been trying for "Firefighter" for weeks now, spending 4 hour sessions twice a week for 3 weeks just banging our heads against the wall trying every strategy we could muster up. We didn't like to watch strats on the fights because we felt it was somewhat cheating. I have to say that when we got that fight over with it was probably the most gratifying moment we as a group of friends, IRL and digital we, and especially myself had ever experienced. (A funny back ...
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*Update
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We are in the final stages of completing the maintenance process and will begin bringing realms online shortly. We currently anticipate all realms will be online by 5:00PM PDT and appreciate your continued patience.
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We are extending the maintenance for all realms until 4PM PDT.
Thank you again for your continued patience.
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Due to unforseen complications, we are extending the maintenance for all realms until 2PM PDT.
Thank you for your patience.
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Extended maintenance will begin tonight at midnight, Tuesday, October 12 for the release of patch 4.0.1. Maintenance will begin at 12:01 AM PDT and conclude at approximately 12:01 PM PDT. During this time all realms and many web services will be unavailable. Due to the size of the patch we highly recommend you enable your background downloader. If you need assistance doing so please visit http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=35274
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World of Warcraft Client Patch 4.0.1
The latest patch notes can always be found at http://w
The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://w
Cataclysm Systems Patch
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be in stores on December 7, 2010 and the time has come to prep for the official launch by implementing its first major ...
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I'm proud to announce that this year will be Wow-achievements.com 's first year at Blizzcon.
- We will also be having a small informal Meetup Thursday October 21st at 5:30pm
Location: Degrees Wine and Patio Bar at the Anaheim Marriot
700 West Convention Way
Anaheim, California 92802 USA
Phone: 1-714-750-8000
The venue is open to all ages
Myself (Hikikomori) and Jangutu will be representing Wow-achievements.com at Blizzcon this year and we hope to see you there. - We will be providing breaking news in text, audio, and video format live from the show floor. To get this news you can watch the site or follow us on Twitter @wowachievements .
- We will also have the extraordinary opportunity to interview some big names this year. We'd like to share this opportunity with our community and ask that you send any and all questions about World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and Blizzard to us either at Twitter @wowachievements or by email Hikikomori@wow-achievements.com for the chance to get your question asked directly, answered, and accredited to you. Send as many questions as you'd like and the best ones will make it through.
- We want to provide you with full coverage from Blizzcon covering more than just World of Warcraft, including all games, Cosplay, Parties, Tournaments, and more.
This comes as great news for large guilds and the vast number of guilds that have kept themselves under 500 since the beginning. It doesn't solve the issue for these guilds, but it does buy Blizzard some time, and lessens the blow against large guilds. I can only hope that more progress for technical support and tolerance can be made in time.
Quote from: Bashiok (Source)
We previously announced in the Cataclysm Beta forums that we'd be enforcing a 600 guild member cap with patch 4.0.1. We've reevaluated what we believe the realms are capable of supporting and instead will be enforcing a guild member hard cap of 1,000 members. This means that guilds with more than 1,000 members will no longer be able to invite new members until they drop below the cap. For example, if a guild has 1,500 members they'll be able to continue as-is, playing and earning guild achievements for as long as they choose, through Cataclysm and beyond, but they will not be able to add new members until they fall below the 1,000 member cap. If a guild has fewer than 1,000 members, they won't be able to add members above that number.
This new guild cap is being enforced for several reasons, but they all factor into a need to control guild sizes in light of the new guild systems, including guild leveling and achievements. Previously, adding players to a guild ...
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PARIS, France – October 7, 2010 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 12 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached in the wake of the mainland Chinese launch of World of Warcraft’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King®, and also as global anticipation continues to mount for the December 7 release of the game's third expansion, Cataclysm™.
“The support and enthusiasm that gamers across the world continue to show for World of Warcraft reaffirms our belief that it offers one of the best entertainment values available today,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We are as committed as ever to taking the game to new heights, and we look forward to demonstrating that with Cataclysm in December.”
World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees’ territories are defined along the same rules.
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This e-mail is your BlizzCon 2010 registration confirmation. Please print this entire e-mail out and bring it with you, along with photo ID, to "GENERAL ATTENDEE" pick-up in Hall E of the Anaheim Convention Center to receive your badge. Photo ID must match the name on this e-mail or you will not be able to receive your BlizzCon badge.
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IRVINE, Calif. -- October 4, 2010 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®: Cataclysm™, the highly anticipated third expansion for the world's most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game*, will be released starting on December 7, 2010. The expansion will be available on DVD-ROM for Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 and Macintosh® at a suggested retail price of $39.99 and will also be offered as a digital download from the Blizzard Store. A special Collector’s Edition packed with bonus items will be available exclusively in retail stores for a suggested retail price of $79.99.
"Cataclysm includes the best content we've ever created for World of Warcraft. It’s not just an expansion, but a re-creation of much of the original Azeroth, complete with epic new high-level adventures for current players and a redesigned leveling experience for those just starting out," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "With the help of our beta testers, we're putting on the final polish, and we look forward to welcoming gamers around the world to enjoy it in just a couple of months."
The first two World of Warcraft expansions, The Burning Crusade® and Wrath of the Lich King®, each shattered PC game sales records upon their release.* In Cataclysm, the face of Azeroth will be forever altered by the return of the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing. Players will explore once-familiar areas of the world that have now ...
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None have gone out yet. We're anticipating them to begin going out early next week.
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We'd like to make you aware of the new Real ID-related privacy options we've introduced to Battle.net. These options provide Real ID users with additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences, enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features or to turn off Real ID altogether.
Real ID offers an optional, convenient way for keeping in touch with real-world friends you know and trust, whether they're playing World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, or one of our future games. The "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features provide you with even more options to stay connected while you play by making it easier for real-life friends to locate each other on Battle.net. You can easily enable or disable these features through your Battle.net privacy settings by logging in to your Battle.net account at http://www.battle.net/.
This comes as a well wished change to the Battle.net privacy settings. I've always been somewhere in the middle on this issue. I understand both sides of the argument that it can be a great tool, but also an unwelcome security risk. I haven't been affected negatively by the Real ID change but I do have friends who have struggled with it. From wanting the new features like cross realm chat to unfortunately getting hammered with requests from people they don't know through ...
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Rejoice, it seems that 4.0.1 is sooner than expected. Atleast the preload is. It hasn't been up on the PTR long but it seems like Blizzard is confident with the patch and is allowing you to preload it via the background downloader.
We've noticed a lot of people are getting frustrated at the apparent lack of updates on player pages and the like, so I thought i'd give an update of just what changes we've been doing behind the scenes. We've made considerable changes to the backed, so i'll go through each of them, in the order we've tackled them.
Batch Processing
We've been working hard trying to scale up the database to handle the huge increase in players we track. We are close to 18.5 million characters, and that's rising every day. While this isn't a huge amount of data, having so many records makes finding an individual character rank slow. While we've indexed our data, these only help in certain situations. So while getting a list of the top 100 players in the US is super speedy, finding the US rank for player XYZ is slow. And it gets slower the further down in rank you are.
To get around this problem, we calculate an ordered list of rankings every day for regions and world. To keep the server responsive, we only calculate the top 1,000,000 players for each rank type (ie, the top 1,000,000 world players, and the top 1,000,000 for each region). We may increase that number, depending on if you guys really want a rank going into the millions :) We are also considering other solutions to speed it up (anyone ...
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The publishers of the official World of Warcraft Magazine let us know they have BlizzCon tickets up for grabs. If you are a current or new subscriber in the US, UK, or Europe, you can enter on their website by creating a 100-word essay describing why you want to attend BlizzCon. US non-subscribers can also enter the competition at a special page here.
Full press release + details below:
Future US, the special-interest media company, is offering new subscribers of World of Warcraft: Official Magazine the chance to win a trip for two people to attend BlizzCon, hosted by Blizzard Entertainment. Taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 22-23, 2010, BlizzCon is an annual celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them.
HOW TO ENTER
Today through September 30, 2010, new and renewing subscribers can submit an essay of one hundred (100) or fewer words describing why he/she would like to attend BlizzCon 2010, online at www.worldofwarcraftthemagazine.com. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by a judging panel, comprised of editorial staff of World of Warcraft: Official Magazine, who will evaluate all eligible entries received based on the following criteria: equal parts originality, creativity, and consistency with theme. (Judging will be completed by October 4, 2010. Limit one entry per household. Contest is open to individuals only.) There is also a no-purchase necessary email submission option for US residents here
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This is the Pre-Cataclysm patch noted as 3.9/4.0 in interviews.
You can reach the PTR and character copy by logging into your battle.net account and clicking account in the top right hand corner.
From the Summary page choose World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. At the bottom of the next page choose additional service and Public Test Realm will be on the bottom left.
Alternatively you can just go to http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/
It's a much shorter journey. Right now Premades are currently disabled but you are able to copy characters of your own.
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4.0.1 Public Test Realms are: Live
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Completing Zalazane's Fall and Operation: Gnomeregan will net you 2 new achievements. Though they are Feats of Strength and award no points, it's still a fun 5 minute or so quest.
It will be Live for EU tomorrow after their maintenance.
Kfc and his team have done a wonderful job with the site reskin.
Let us know if there are any issues. We are currently aware that our updater is taking a long time updating individuals and guilds. There is a long queue that it is running through. We are working diligently to optimize the system and amend this issue.
For now, enjoy the view. :D
For more news and update alerts, right at the second we post them, follow us on Twitter @wowachievements
Here's more news about what you can guess the system specs for Cataclysm will be. It's noteworthy to see that certain features on Macs will require a higher OS yet older OS's will still be able to function, while old processors will not.
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A little forewarning to those of you that play World of Warcraft on these systems;
Shortly before the release of Cataclysm, a patch will be released in which PowerPC processor based Macs will no longer be supported.
This update indicates the removal of PowerPC support from World of Warcraft.
Attempting to run the game after the update will bring up a message stating the hardware is no longer supported, and the game will not run.
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No problem. We are still supporting 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 until further notice. Some graphic features like the new water will require 10.6.4+.
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Even if you have PPC, you're still welcome to Blizzcon. I'll be happy to see you :) We only decided to drop PPC very recently so that's why we couldn't confirm anything before.
If you're on a Mac and you're not sure what processor you have here's a helpful guide from Apple (Click Here)
Australia & New Zealand - Guild Screenshot Beta Contest
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"We're proud to announce a brand new contest open exclusively to residents of Australia and New Zealand. We're looking for some tightly knit guilds who are ready to rumble their way into our World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta test. We want you to share screenshots of your guild's greatest triumphs and proudest achievements with us. Whether you and your mates just took down the Twilight Destroyer or you've crushed Kel'thuzad for the first time, we want to witness the milestones of your success. Each guild master who submits a winning screenshot will win 10 invitations to the World of Warcraft Cataclysm beta test for their guild. The contest will be on for five weeks and each guild is limited to just one submission. We'll pick five winners each week for a total of 25 winning submissions from eligible participants, starting August 25, 2010. "
Contest Rules
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The Contest shall commence August 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM PST (5:00 PM AEST, August 25, 2010) (the "Commencement Date"), and shall continue in duration until 11:59 PM PST September 29, 2010 (4:59 PM AEST, September 30, 2010) (the "Deadline"). All entries must be received by the Deadline to be eligible to win a prize. (Character name and guild tag must be visible) which demonstrates why the World of Warcraft guild that the entrant is the guild master of should ...
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Salaction's Hardest Achievement:
One day in Wrath of the Lich King i decided to get my Loremaster Achievement, the title seemed to be rare and cool those days, so i wanted it =P.
I wanted it anyway because i became a so called ''Achievement Whore'' in the name of the people.
So i started off with all the low level zones then to the higher zones, till there were hardly any quests left.
YET, i still didn't had my Loremasters completed. Why you ask? Because i was hated with the Goblins, because couple days before i terrorized Booty Bay to grind my Bloodsail Buccaneers to Revered.
So these tiny little goblins that always tell me, “Time is Money Friend” did not wanted to give me quests in order for me to complete my achievement, noooo, they even wanted to kick my butt, i became their rival.
So i thought what can i do to get these little goblins to become my friends again while not losing friendship with the Pirates and i found out that in order to do this i had to go over to Dire Maul North get ogres to drop some Gordok Shackle Keys, MANY MANY Gordok Shackle Keys.
So coming back to the “Time is Money Friend” Life quote of the Green Goblins; They made me spend so much Precious Time for me to get my already taking a lot of ...
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As promised here is one of the winning entries, it is from one of our current world #1.
Enjoy
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Just for reference, character is Iapeto ( Iapeto ).
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I'd have to say my time spent achieving in Ulduar has been the most rewarding and interesting out of all 1058 achievements so far. When I saw the massive amount of achievements added to the game in Patch 3.1, I thought to myself "this is going to take forever." I was right, filling up the entire Secrets of Ulduar 25-Player Raid section of my tab took 8 months. The week Ulduar was released, I had made it my personal mission to do as many achievements as I could on my own. Quickly I realized that completing everything was going to take a massive amount of effort from the guild. Most of my time in Ulduar was spent convincing people that we should do a certain achievement. "Guys, let's get Nine Lives out of the way." That particular achievement people now despise, as our first crack at it we hit Auriaya's enrage timer with 1 cat left to kill.
Most of the other random achievements fell into place easily, not inconveniencing the raid to an unbearable degree. Some others were just natural, do the fight well, and be rewarded; Shadowdodger comes to mind. Certain achievements came easier than others, as some may remember the week that XT-002 Deconstructor was generating a lot of adds, which made getting Nerf ...
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Firstly, thank you for all your entries. We wish we could give everyone one of you keys as the quality and dedication has just been fantastic. Alas we only have a limited number of keys so here were the winners. Over the next few days and weeks we will be releasing winning entries.
Here they are in no particular order:
- Bob E.
- Iapeto
- NonEntity
- Kalandrios/Clamsoda (Contact me please)
- Sir Wise Wolf
- Drexx the Kingslayer
- Salaction, Mighty Mage of the Sin'dorei
- Mugmanimus
- Alludra
- Paul R
- Takaya of the Alliance
- Jonrock
There you have it. Be sure to come by over the next few day to see the winning entries.
kFc
Update: I have closed all entries. There have been quite a few entries and we will have fun reading though them all to select the winners. Hi All,
Are you looking for the elusive Cataclysm Beta Key? Well you have found the right place. As an official fansite we have been given a number of beta keys. To get one all you have to do is tell us in a few short words something about your achievement adventures so far, here are some examples of what your stories can be about but feel free to write on anything achievement-wise that will earn you the key:
- What was your hardest achievement?
- what was the easiest?
- what was the most fun achievement you had?
Send your emails to kfc.
kFc
Hi All, I was just digging though some referral links were were getting and happened to come across this article written by our friends at wow.com . Here is a snippet:
15 Minutes of Fame: Good heavens, man, you do it all! Do have any primary focus in game, or do you truly enjoy every part of it?
Caspi: In my opinion, a good mix is the key. Raiding is still fun, but when the raid is over, it's really enjoying to queue some BGs with friends, build up some classic raids like Sunwell or just do five-man heroics. Arena is also a big factor for me in the game. The first two WotLK arena seasons (season 5 and season 6) were quite unbalanced, but they changed a lot in terms of class balance, so the last season was fine for me. The main goal for me is to having fun in all aspects of the game. I also have a level 80 death knight alt, but I'm not really a friend of alts, so I'm logging in one day a week for a heroic with friends or something.
It's obviously taken quite a while to rack up this many achievements. How old of a character is Caspi?
I've been playing my hunter since ...
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Hi All, I would like to welcome shadowpriest.com into our network. This is the single most informative resource on the web for Shadow Priests. It caters for all your gear, strategy and theorycrafting needs. Be sure to check them out.
kFc
Hey everyone! Jangutu, writer of the Exalted! column here, and man is it good to be back!
- First I'd like to share with those who have not heard that the closed beta for Cataclysm has begun! Read on for more information, on how to see if you have been invited to the Beta.
- We are looking for great new ideas for columns for the site. Are you interested in becoming a contributor? Or maybe have an idea for a great article but don't have the time to write it yourself. We are looking for ideas for weekly and possibly daily articles! As well as more writers to write them! Send your ideas or requests for information on how to contribute to Jangutu@wow-achievements.com or shoot me a tell in game.
- I'll be posting an Exalted! Hydraxian Waterlords article soon so keep an eye out for that, as well as some excited news on Blizzcon 2010!
- Don't forget to go to your character page to get a link for a custom forum signature! Use it on your guild website or any forum to show other posters that you love achievements as much as we do!
Read on for more news about the Cataclysm Beta!
- "The World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta test is live! Each week we will add new World of Warcraft: Cataclysm playtesters. To opt in for Blizzard Entertainment beta tests, you must create a beta profile using the Beta Profile Settings option located in ...
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Dying (no pun intended) to let everyone know how well you have been doing achievement-wise? We have something special in store for you!!
Go to your profile and follow the link and get the code to generate your signature. It will look like this:
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*edit This has passed but we are always looking for more writers
PS. We are still looking for more writers for a few more columns, some of our lucky writers will get the opportunity to represent us at Blizzcon 2010, thanks to some special press passes given to us by Blizzard. If you are interested email me at kfc.
From Blizzard Jun-29-2010:
"As noted in the official patch 3.3.5 notes, the release of the Ruby Sanctum was briefly delayed to better align its availability across all regions. We're happy to announce that the wait is over, and the Ruby Sanctum is now open."
Unfortunately 73 realms were down for extended maintenance during the release!
There are four new achievements for the raid, one for each of 10 and 25 player defeat of Halion, both in normal and heroic modes.
We will report world firsts as soon as the data becomes available.
Here are the top 10 characters ranked by Feats of Strength as of June 29, 2010, recorded for posterity. As further existing achievements are converted to Feats of Strength this list will change over time...
Midsummer Fire Festival is here! In previous years this
world event has been controversial because it has been difficult to complete all the achievements and collect all the rewards in one year.
In 2009 the quests were reset a few days into the event to allow characters to gather enough burning blossoms. We'll see how Blizzard handles the event this year and bring you any information as soon as it comes to hand.
Either way, if you dont have this set of achievements start your dailies today!
Today we introduced a new minimum requirement of 10 toons for calculating this ranking. The top ranking guild today is the European Alliance guild Revelations, their 35 members having an amazing average of 8939 Achievement Points.
Their range of individual points is 5420 to 11420. Many guilds don't have a single toon above their average!The full list of all guilds by average achievement points is here.
The next patch 3.3.5 will introduce at least two new in game achievements. At the moment two are listed on the Public Test Realms. One each for
completion of the Ruby Sanctum in 10 and 25 player. No achievements are currently listed for completion of the new raid with any constraints - of course these could
still be introduced before the patch goes live!
In addition, there has been an extra filter option added to the achievements window to allow you to choose between All, Earned and Incomplete achievements.
-Zeddz
With 9995 points Zøltan is shaping up to be the first player in the world with 10,000 points. I know I'm waiting (less than) patiently for him to cross that 10,000 mark! You can do it Zoltan!
Congrats Ènder of Tichondrius, US (character no longer exists under this name)... seriously dude... wow.
From Ènder on "how he did it"
It started with a friend of mine talking about getting something like 6-8 in a single OC run. After taking a look at my list of things still needed, I also saw that I could get 8-10 in OC or even more because I was behind on getting a lot of easy stuff.
The original plan was to get 30 exalted reps, 15 mounts and 50 pets for those connected ones. I ended up spending 3 weeks farming Dire Maul for Steamwheedle Cartel rep, keeping everything from ZG, spending hours in Silithus and Felwood. I had most if not all of Outland reps when Wrath hit and as a raider, most of the Northrend reps are mandatory. After more slacking and the release of the Tourney, getting a few more 'cheves with hitting Crusade Exalted seemed easy enough.
Getting Mountain O' Mounts was never an option because it wasn't something I ever wanted to force. With 3.2 lowering all the prices I decided 50 was enough. There was a lot of testing with with friends and alts on which mounts gave achievements on learning and on obtaining. With the cd for learning being 2 or 3 seconds and most of them being switched to 'cheve on "in inventory" a chopper seemed easiest for getting a "twofer."
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