Taverncast 36 released

To anyone who listens to the ex-WoW podcast Taverncast, episode 36 has been released.

If you haven't listened to Taverncast, you should give it a go. It isn't to everyone's taste, but I find it to be the best podcast ever.

No unnecessary superlatives there.

Pink Elephants. No - Seriously!

That's right folks! You've seen it here! Come to Allerian Stronghold, and see the Pink Elekks!

Apparently a reference to a sequence in the Dumbo movie, where Dumbo and Timothy Mouse accidentaly become drunk and begin hallucinating and seeing pink elephants. You too can now experience this terrifying drunken phenomenon!

If someone has recently completed the quest 'The Final Code', there is a barrel of wine placed outside one of the buildings opposite the inn, which will give you 5 free bottles of booze. Three drinks of this or one 'extremely potent' alcoholic drink will allow you to see the Pink Elekks.


Just don't forget to have your picture taken!

WotLK Preview: Stormwind Harbour

SPOILER CAUTION! You are about to view footage from the WotLK Beta now being tested.

Please be careful when viewing WotLK movies on YouTube: some offer 'free Beta keys' - these people are full of crap, and just want to steal your lootz! If you want to sign up for a Beta key, you need to visit the World of Warcraft website and sign-in to your account.



Also, check out the new Emotes!

Servers + Fail = Chaos on Onyxia

Last night all the servers crapped out big time, so what is there do to when you get booted from your main? Find a server that still works and roll a n00b!

So that's what a helluva lot of people did. The only server Remmieh, Grumps, Brocy & myself could find working was Onyxia! I rolled a spunky little Priest called Hamsterdied, and set off looking for trouble!

...And we found it, in Goldshire in the form of a number of Lvl 70 and low-lvl Horde!



Grumps was clever enough to video the whole event, so hopefully he will have that up soon :D

Exploring Northrend

With the opening of the Wowhead: Wrath of the Lich King site last week, gamers now have access to a huge amount of information about what we will see in the upcoming Expansion!

I thought I'd start introducing us to the new zones in Northrend one by one, giving a little info on the types of mobs, quests and scenery you'll encounter when you first visit Northrend, starting with the first zone you will encounter, and then moving through each zone by level rating.

First, I'd like to show you the new areas in Azeroth which will be added in WotLK. In the Eastern Kingdoms, we will gain a lvl 55 - 58 Contested area called Ebon Hold. This will be the Death Knight class starting zone. From the looks of the map, Tyr's Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands will be the area where this zone begins.

As some of you may have noticed, construction has started in Stormwind between The Park and Cathedral Square for the road to Stormwind Harbor. From here, we will be able to travel to Northrend. There is also talk that the boat from Auberdine will bypass Menethil Harbor and come to SW instead.

Upon reaching Northrend - possibly into a harbor at Valiance Keep - players lvl 68 to 72 will have two areas to choose from to begin questing. These are Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord.

To quote from the WoW: WotLK website: "The sprawling Borean Tundra lies at the far southwestern tip of Northrend, the icy continent also known as the roof of the world. In recent months the Horde has established a dominant presence here as the young and daringly aggressive Garrosh Hellscream has founded the rugged orc fortress of Warsong Hold."

New and frightening beasts roam this zone, as well as some familiar foe. Expect to encounter those slimy Naga, fearful Gorlocs and Unliving Swine!

"The Howling Fjord sits high above the Great Sea on the southeastern tip of Northrend. It is said that in ancient times the vrykul, a race of half-giant warriors, inhabited the land, founding a vast and prosperous civilization. Then one day, without warning or explanation, the vrykul vanished, leaving behind only deserted villages and abandoned temples.

Now the Alliance and Horde have come to confront the malefic Lich King and put an end to the Scourge. The Alliance has established a staging area in the settlement of Valgarde, but their presence seems to have sparked off an unforeseen event: the return of the vrykul. These formidable warriors have begun attacking Horde and Alliance settlements, and many of the vrykul are pouring out of the fortress of Utgarde Keep, not far from Valgarde."

Here in Howling Fjord, you will battle the likes of Dragonflayers, Deathless Watchers, Fearless Horrors and other assorted Scourge, all the while avoiding the wandering Storm Giants' wrath!

Well, I hope that's been enough to whet your appetite - I'll bring you more screenshots, bestiary information, quests and zone info as I read my way through it all!

Elite Tauren Chieftain play Shattrath

As usual I was meandering about Shattrath just before logging out when the following announcement was made:
"TAUREN CHIEFTAINS! Playing LIVE, in the WORLD'S END TAVERN! Be there, at the top of the hour! Banished from Shattrath? SNEAK BACK IN!"
I don't know much about the ETC, so I was curious to see what the big deal was about. The performance was alright with the band performing their song "Power of the Horde". I thought the name "Sig Nicious" was quite amusing. The SS isn't the best, but enjoy anyways!

Rem

Edit: They are playing every hour (on the hour) at the moment, and also in the BRD Bar every night at 8PM Server Time!
- Helmaree

Zomg Breaking News

Did you see this?

Blizzard is making the rolling restarts later on Oceanic relams, so they dont pwn our hi-pop times.

I haven't seen this being done before.

Thank you Blizz.

WoW: WotLK - Achievements

Recently announced by Blizzard is the inclusion of achievements in the upcoming expansion to WoW, Wrath of the Lich King. These achievements will be applied retroactively, I.e. they will not exclusively apply to WotLK content. They are also expandable, so more achievements will probably be added with each content patch.

Quickly skimming the article from Blizzard it can be seen that the initial achievements that will come with the new expansion will be fairly comprehensive - "World of Warcraft's achievements system will launch with more than 500 individual achievements...from the purely whimsical to the truly epic"

Check out the article from Blizzard here.

Patch 2.4.3 is LIVE!

So of course the first thing I did when I logged in this morning - and I got straight on too, having downloaded the patch last night during maintenance - was get Bellor her mount!

I just couldn't decide whether to stick with the lock mount, or get a racial mount.... so I got both!

I also took the liberty of getting the new patterns available from Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris for [Dress Shoes], [Haliscan Jacket] and [Haliscan Pantaloons]. Screenshot will be forthcoming :)
Edit: Here's Clothybanker in his new threads!

Now all I need to do is H Old Hillsbrad to get Helmaree [Don Carlos' Famous Hat] and I'm set! lol

Mrrrlllgggrrggll!!!!

Yes! It's finally happened! UK site Play.com will release the first talking plush Murloc toy at the end of September!

Unfortunately, they don't deliver all of their products outside of the UK - including, so it seems, the Murloc toy :(

So, looks like - as with all cool merchandise - we'll have to wait and pay stupid prices for it. Sigh.

I can't take all the credit for this find - in fact I didn't have a clue about it until I listened to The Instance #113 this morning. GJ guys ;)

In other news, after many changes to be made to the talent tree in the upcoming WotLK were discussed openly with participants of the Worldwide Invitational, our friends at wowhead finally released an updated Talent Calculator! While it's not yet complete, you can still take a gander at the changes and additions for most classes. I had a look, and I must say I am not impressed as yet.

Edit (22/07/08): Grumps recently let us know that the Talent Calculator is now available on the WoW website! "Check out the WotLK Talent Trees out on the WoW website now! Find them here.
Find the death knight talent tree on that page, or directly here."

And finally, before this starts to look too much like every other WoW blog on the internet this week, Bellor has capped out her Enchanting! It cost me a packet in Illusion Dust, but she finally got there!

Mizzdevious Hit lvl 70

Well I finally did it, I have my very own lvl 70 lol,
after a week of non stop questing I went from lvl 65 to 70.
Of course I had the help of some Guild members too.

I also managed to grind up my Leather working, which is now at 375,
So I would like to say thank you to Delonorius who gave me at least 50 Primal earth,
I would also like to thank Helm and Brocy for doing some quests with me which helped me get the last of the money I needed to grind my leather working.

Now that I'm lvl 70 the first things I'm doing are focusing on my PvP gear and my first Epic's I can make through leatherworking. So if anyone wants to do some BG's I'm keen to come along :)

Well I don't so much have any pictures to show atm I do how ever have this ...








Lol thank you Helm for putting the link to the site for these Sigs on the Guild forums.
well bye for now guys thanks for reading.

xx
Mizzdevious

Rawr!

Well, we've been hard at work levelling Taliaise and Esperance, and I finally got both water and kitty forms for Esperance!


Although I didn't have much luck with asking the Moonglade residents where the two halves of the pendant were, I did have more luck with my good pal wowhead, where some nice user had linked maps with each of the fragment locations on them! One for Darkshore and one for Westfall.

W00T! Sewing and Killing

Bellor has finally made it to lvl 35, and after an epic attempt (and lots of gold!), she has sewn and sold her way to lvl 300 Tailoring!

I only went cloth farming with Helmaree 3 times, being for Mageweave, Runecloth and Felcloth.

Mageweave: I farmed the top two levels of the big troll temple in The Hinterlands, Jintha'Alor. The drop rate was very good, and I was able to get about 8 stacks in under an hour. Also a few greens, a bit of cash, and half a bag of vendor trash, not to mention some handy potions for my alts!

Runecloth: I just tooled around Eastern Plaguelands for this stuff... All the humanoids there have a pretty good drop rate, but my favorite was killing the Scarlet Elite's at Tyr's Hand. Not only were they a lot more fun to kill, but they also dropped a BoE World Epic for me! [Hurricane]

Felcloth: Everyone just LOVES farming this stuff... NOT! But I have a fairly painless system that will get you 10 - 12 pieces in just under an hour. I go to the Legashi Encampment in Azshara. There are three camps in the area, and even if you you drop each camp fast, the first one should have respawned by the time you get back. Drop rate is good, and I got a few greens and potions as well. Plus, you guessed it... I got another BoE. A Rare this time! [Blade of the Titans]

Oh, and just to show off... While I was flying around on Helmaree collecting patterns, I thought I'd go and kill some Winterfall furblogs behind Everlook, and aside from a few stacks of Runecloth, I also scored another Rare BoE! [Sapphiron's Scale Boots]

Well, enough bragging for now, I'm off to lvl Bellor's enchanting!

The End Draws Near

Tomorrow is the last day of the Midsummer Fire Festival - your last chance to purchase rewards with your Burning Blossoms, honor the flame of your favorite city, and desecrate the Horde bonfires one last time!

The day will be concluded with a spectacular display by the Goblins of Undermine, where the sky itself will be set alight! So get yourself dressed up in all your Festival gear, take up a mug, and raise a toast to the season as the sky above explodes into a wondrous display of multicolored fireworks!

I finally got a Captured Flame today, after making a final trek to some more bonfires, finishing my journey at Feathermoon Stronghold in Feralas.

And so one of my favorite in-game events for the year draws to a close. The next Annual event will be the Harvest Festival, to be held from Sept 8 to 13. My next favorite event will follow closely behind, beginning on Sept 20 and running until Oct 4. So get your liver ready for BREWFEST!!

Now I'm Getting Crabby!

But seriously... I'm busting at the seams since reading the PTR Notes! Mounts at lvl 30! Finally, Blizzard have given me a good reason to play my alts. There's nothing that sucks more than walking everywhere, especially once you get used to Epic Flyer bliss.

In other news, Gangstarter and Bellor got to get some Gnomeregan quests completed yesterday (Thanks Rem!), and Bellor dinged to lvl 33! Which meant she could finally put on her Mantle of Doan and Robe of Doan. She looks rather spunky now, don't you think?!