WoW Weekly

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!

Curse of Naxxramas – The Construct Quarter Opening Times

August 11, 2014 Hearthstone

Quote from: Blizzard

You’ve triumphed over the rigorous challenges of the Military Quarter – now prepare yourself for new cards, new bosses and more fun with Curse of Naxxramas: The Construct Quarter!

The Construct Quarter will open at the following times per region:

Americas: Tuesday, August 12th at 11:59 PM PDT
Europe: Tuesday, August 12th at 11:59 PM CEST
Korea/Taiwan: Wednesday , August 13th at 12:59 AM KST / Tuesday, August 12th 11:59 PM CST
China: Tuesday, August 12th at 11:59 PM CST

(Americas Region) The cards that players can acquire in The Construct Quarter will be featured on the official Hearthstone blog here once The Construct Quarter is live in the Americas region.

Good luck and have fun acquiring new cards for your Hearthstone collection!

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

Podcast Episode 43 800k Subscribers gone

August 10, 2014 Podcasts

Time for this week’s podcast, we’ve made a few changes! Let us know what you think about them in the comments. This week we talk about the 800k subscriber loss, the release date and cinematic that will be announced on thursday and the 10 year anniversary announcement!

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