While I have been off doing a very different kind of writing as well as working, Blizzard has slowed a bit their new info from the PTR. Our first link of the day is for a WoW Insider post about the new Isle of Quel'Danas. Well, actually, we have a few about that. The big thing, though, is that this will not be the walk in the park that many Level 70 zones are these days. Netherstorm and Shadowmoon are usually not a big problem unless you get overrun like Khadgar in his dream.
The Isle will be tough. We also have new info on the third phase of the opening of Quel'Danas, Sun Reach Harbor. I love that WoW Insider is detailing these things, but I worry about how many quests and accomplishments I hear are only available during certain phases. It would almost encourage an addiction like playstyle for the duration of the opening. I guess we will have to see what happens once stage 4 is reached.
Along with the opening of the Armory, we had the pleasure of meeting the new gear for badge vendor, and boy is it interesting. Ranging in cost from 45 for off hand weapons to 150 for two handers and the crossbow, the items on the vendor are said to rival Black Temple loot, which will no doubt anger many BT raiders. WoW Insider did do the math and figure out how many badges the average player will need, and if you've been a good little player, saved up over 600 badges before the next patch hits, you too can be Sunwell ready, or at least over geared for Kara and Zul'Aman, when Phase 3 hits.
While WoW Insider points out Razorthorn Rise is not a new area, as it is just sitting there taunting us with emptiness like the Barrier Hills did pre 2.1, but in 2.4 the area will be newly populated and farmable for a Shattered Sun Offensive daily quest, or so we are informed. Of course the links above aren't the only changes, just the notable one. We also have a PTR Patch Notes update with some class changes, new daily quests that indicate they may be related to Alchemy and Jewel Crafting respectively, and which might just lead to new recipes for those professions.
MMO-Champion, always a great resource for the raw details of items from the PTR, have a fair bit of info from the realms today, including an interesting similarity between a Demon and the Dark Naaru in the Sunwell Plateau, Entropius and M'uru, as well as theories about how M'uru became Dark(though wouldn't having your light sucked out of you be enough?), as well as some Relic and weapon changes. The site was also the source of the information about the upcoming Horseman-like Midsummer Fire Festival event boss, Lord Ahune in Slave Pens, and also the source of the discovered skin in the PTR data files for what might be a true Sylvanas look, instead of the tired Night Elf model we have now. Stay tuned for more including a discussion of farming!
The Isle will be tough. We also have new info on the third phase of the opening of Quel'Danas, Sun Reach Harbor. I love that WoW Insider is detailing these things, but I worry about how many quests and accomplishments I hear are only available during certain phases. It would almost encourage an addiction like playstyle for the duration of the opening. I guess we will have to see what happens once stage 4 is reached.
Along with the opening of the Armory, we had the pleasure of meeting the new gear for badge vendor, and boy is it interesting. Ranging in cost from 45 for off hand weapons to 150 for two handers and the crossbow, the items on the vendor are said to rival Black Temple loot, which will no doubt anger many BT raiders. WoW Insider did do the math and figure out how many badges the average player will need, and if you've been a good little player, saved up over 600 badges before the next patch hits, you too can be Sunwell ready, or at least over geared for Kara and Zul'Aman, when Phase 3 hits.
While WoW Insider points out Razorthorn Rise is not a new area, as it is just sitting there taunting us with emptiness like the Barrier Hills did pre 2.1, but in 2.4 the area will be newly populated and farmable for a Shattered Sun Offensive daily quest, or so we are informed. Of course the links above aren't the only changes, just the notable one. We also have a PTR Patch Notes update with some class changes, new daily quests that indicate they may be related to Alchemy and Jewel Crafting respectively, and which might just lead to new recipes for those professions.
MMO-Champion, always a great resource for the raw details of items from the PTR, have a fair bit of info from the realms today, including an interesting similarity between a Demon and the Dark Naaru in the Sunwell Plateau, Entropius and M'uru, as well as theories about how M'uru became Dark(though wouldn't having your light sucked out of you be enough?), as well as some Relic and weapon changes. The site was also the source of the information about the upcoming Horseman-like Midsummer Fire Festival event boss, Lord Ahune in Slave Pens, and also the source of the discovered skin in the PTR data files for what might be a true Sylvanas look, instead of the tired Night Elf model we have now. Stay tuned for more including a discussion of farming!
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