Warlords of Draenor – Page 34

Artcraft—Dem Trolls, Mon

August 13, 2014 Warcraft

Quote from: Blizzard

Hey again—Chris Robinson here with a new Artcraft, and today we’re showing off the female and male Troll models. We’re wrapping up work on both of their models, and we thought it’d be cool for you to see them side-by-side. Showing both genders together gives you a more cohesive visual story and a more complete picture of the Trolls’ character, who they are, and where they come from.

One of the unique challenges for the Troll models were their tusks. In the character customization options, you have the ability to select from a number of tusk “styles.” While other race models (like the Tauren) have similar customization options, the additional modeling, texturing, and animation articulation of the Troll face—and mouth especially—made this a distinctive challenge. We actually had to model the Troll with a flat lower lip; then, for each facial customization option, we went in and posed their lips to naturally wrap around each tusk option.

We hope you enjoyed this quick look at the male and female Trolls, and we’ll see you in the next Artcraft!

250 Mounts Achievement Change, Toy Box Items Update, Don’t Forget: Watch the Warlords of Draenor Live Stream Here This Thursday!

August 12, 2014 Warcraft

Crafticus took to twitter again to show a slight change in the reward for the 250 mounts achievement.

Subtle change here, based on feedback. pic.twitter.com/hLLT9pWJOC

— Jonathan LeCraft (@TheCrafticus) August 12, 2014

We also asked Russ Petersen, a Reward Systems Developer about the toy box and the items that were still missing from it.

@bbmezzy most of the items players are suggesting at this point don’t meet the current criteria for the toybox.

— Russ Petersen (@nite_moogle) August 12, 2014

@bbmezzy no quest items (i.e. Staff of Archmage Vargoth), no teleports, no equippable items. we do need to add some more 6.0 toys.

— Russ Petersen (@nite_moogle) August 12, 2014

@bbmezzy we may do toybox versions of some equippable items at a later time.

— Russ Petersen (@nite_moogle) August 12, 2014

And blizzard put out a reminder that in just 2 days time we’ll get the Warlords of Draenor release date and cinematic! (As if anyone could forget!)

Quote from: Blizzard

Don’t Forget: Watch the Warlords of Draenor Live Stream Here This Thursday!

Don’t forget: this Thursday, August 14, you can witness the world premiere of the Warlords of Draenor cinematic live! Join Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime, Chris Metzen, and World of Warcraft designers Ion Hazzikostas and Brian Holinka for the grand unveiling, streamed live from the Ace Theatre in Los Angeles. But that’s not all—we’ll also host a live interview with the WoW developers, announce the Warlords of Draenor launch date, and debut the first episode of a new animated lore miniseries: Lords of War. You won’t want to miss it!

When: Thursday, August 14 at 9:30 a.m. PDT
Where: Join us here on WorldofWarcraft.com to watch the live stream, or attend* the event live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, located at 929 South Broadway in Los Angeles. (Doors open at 8:30 a.m.)

Live Attendee Bonus: Anyone who joins us live and in person in L.A. will also receive a beta key for Warlords of Draenor.**

*Please note: World of Warcraft is rated T for Teen; some content on display at the event may not be suitable for children ages of 12 or younger. Anyone 12 years of age or under must be accompanied by an adult.

**Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to get there early! Beta keys will be given out to everyone who comes down for the live event.

Talador Rare Locations Guide

August 12, 2014 Warcraft

In Warlords of Draenor there are many rares in each zone, a lot of them are to kill while leveling to diversify the leveling experience. It’s a combined and improved version of leveling and the timeless isle. To help you keep track of them all we’ve compiled a list of all the rares we’ve been able to find. Remember WoD is still in beta, anything can change. If we missed any feel free to leave a comment with the location and name of the rare mob or event. Click on the map for a full size version.

Number	Rare Name	Comments
1	Gennadian
2	Steeltusk
3	Anchorite’s Sojounn Defense	The hub gets attacked by Arakkoa, which you will need to defend.
4	Hen Mother Hami
5	Galzomar
6	Kharazos the Triumphant
7	Ra’kahn
8	Felbark
9	Lo’marg Jawcrusher
10	Viperlash
11	Cro Fleshrender
12	Dr. Gloom
13	Shirzir
14	Frenzied Golem
15	Underseer Bloodmane
16	Yazheera the Incinerator
17	Petrified Ancient	Garrison Lumber Mill Required, Starts LM quest
18	Klikixx
19	No’losh
20	Bombardier Gu’gok
21	Isaari	After completing the quests in this hub and rescueing the 3 draenei from the webs, you’ll be able to talk to them to activate this rare fight. Seems to be alliance only.
22	Glimmerwing
23	Hammertooth
24	Farmer Defense Event
25	Grrbrrgle
26	Shadowflame Terrorwalker
27	Vigilant Paarthos
28	Kurlosh Doomfang
29	Lady Demlash
30	Lord Korinak
31	Xothear the Destroyer
32	Underground “puzzle”	Rewards a pet
*	Treasure Loot Locations	There are many treasures to be looted in Talador, here’s a map with the locations!

WoD Beta: Alliance Spires of Arak Outpost The Inn

August 12, 2014 Warcraft

Next in our garrison preview series is the Alliance outpost in Spires of Arak and the inn outpost perk!

Raid Testing Schedule – August 12-13

August 11, 2014 Warcraft

Quote from: Blizzard

On Tuesday, August 12, and Wednesday, August 13, we will continue Warlords raid testing. As always given the nature of beta, it is quite possible that there will be technical or gameplay issues that disrupt the testing. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.Remember that Heroic difficulty scales for any group size between 10 and 30 players, so feel free to assemble and bring a group of any size within that range. Our general plan is to test every encounter on Heroic difficulty first, and then test sections of the raid on Normal and Raid Finder, alongside targeted Mythic tests.

Each encounter should be available at approximately the listed times below on all Beta servers.

Tuesday, August 12

Hans’gar & Franzok – Heroic Foundry
13:30 PDT (16:30 EDT, 22:30 CEST)

Blast Furnace – Heroic Foundry
16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT, 01:00 CEST)

Wednesday, August 13

Kargath Bladefist – Heroic Highmaul
10:30 PDT (13:30 EDT, 19:30 CEST)

Operator Thogar – Heroic Foundry
13:30 PDT (16:30 EDT, 22:30 CEST)

Blackhand – Heroic Foundry
16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT, 01:00 CEST)

As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a beta environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session, change the boss being tested, or cancel a test entirely, due to bugs, fire, server hardware issues, etc. Keep an eye on this forum for the latest information, and thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Important Testing Notes

Q: How do I get into the raid zone?

A: In Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Dalaran, Shattrath, the two Vale Shrines, and your garrison, you may speak to Nexus-Lord Donjon Rade in order to teleport into the raid zone while it is open for testing. (The option to teleport into a zone will not be available when the zone is not open for testing.) Note that new teleport NPC locations have been added to other expansions’ capital cities, as well as near the zone portals in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.

Q: What character should I use to test the raid?

A: Whichever you prefer. We will be scaling players’ effective level to 100 for raid testing, and their item level to an appropriate threshold for the encounter(s) being tested.

Q: How long does testing last?

A: The primary purpose of testing is to give us the information we need to balance the encounters, evaluate how mechanics are playing out in practice, and identify bugs. Once we’re satisfied that we’ve received that information for a given boss, we’ll be shutting down testing. Usually this takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, but there are no guarantees.

WoD Cinematic Image, The Gaze of the Black Prince Returns, WoD Beta Dungeon Tuning, New Mount And Pet

August 11, 2014 Warcraft

Blizzard shared this image today of the WoD cinematic, which will get released on thursday. It looks amazing as usual!

The gaze of the black prince will return this week.

Quote from: Blizzard

Beginning Thursday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, through Tuesday, August 26 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, we’ll be applying the Gaze of the Black Prince buff which will increase the reputation gained with the Black Prince by 100%. It will also increase the chance of obtaining items from his foes needed as a part of the Legendary Cloak quest line including: the Secrets of the Empire, Sigil of Wisdom, Sigil of Power, or Titan Runestones.

To learn more about the Legendary Cloak quest line, check out our previous blog posts: I am Legendary and The Time Has Come: Legendary Quest Line.

Celestalon went onto the forums to tell us that currently the dungeons on the beta are overtuned.

Quote from: Blizzard

Our dungeons are currently overtuned, yes, with a few exceptions. We’ll be dialing in the tuning significantly in the weeks to come.

I do want to note, though, that “having mechanics” isn’t a problem. That’s gameplay. It’s certainly possible to have too many mechanics, but that’s more of a clarity issue where complexity prevents an encounter from being readily understood or processed. But making content accessible shouldn’t and doesn’t mean removing interesting gameplay.

In a sense, difficulty is measured by how many mistakes we allow you to make and still succeed. The problem is that we are currently punishing mistakes too harshly.

Crafticus previewed a new pet and the 250 mounts achievement reward on twitter!

Hell, it's about time. pic.twitter.com/IMdVzsnTfk

— Jonathan LeCraft (@TheCrafticus) August 11, 2014

Did someone say Emerald Drake, Blessed Drake of the Drakeseeker? pic.twitter.com/TopSVSf8MX

— Jonathan LeCraft (@TheCrafticus) August 11, 2014

Gorgrond Follower Locations Guide

August 10, 2014 Warcraft

In Warlords of Draenor you can recruit followers for your garrison each zone. You’ll come across a lot during questing, but the zones are so big you might miss them. As we discover the rarer followers we’ll add them to the list as well. To help you keep track of them all we’ve compiled a list of all the followers we’ve been able to find. Remember WoD is still in beta, anything can change. If we missed any feel free to leave a comment with the location and name of the rare mob or event. Click on the map for a full size version.

Number	Follower Name	Comments
1	Bruto/ Pitfighter Vaandaam	Horde / AllianceBoth associated with choosing the sparring arena at the outpost
2	Rangari Kaalya / Kaz the Shrieker	Alliance / HordeQuesting will lead here
3	Penny Clobberbottom/Gilrin	Horde / AllianceAssociated with choosing the lumber mill
4	Tormmok
5	Blook
6	Image of Archmage Vargoth	One of four quest items