• The Patch Background Downloader is now Up and Running - As many of you may have already noticed, Blizzard has fired up their background downloader to deliver the first 273 MB of Patch 3.2. Does this mean we’re getting close to the real patch day? Well…it means we’re closer, but the amount of time between the appearance of the downloader and patch day tends to vary from about a week to a month, so we will just have to wait for confirmation from Blizz on an exact arrival date.
  • More Heirloom Weapons in 3.2 – The new heirloom chest pieces will be available in Patch 3.2 with cool +10% experience bonus and now we learn that Patch 3.2 will also bring with it two new heirloom weapons! The Venerable Mass of McGowan and the Repurposed Lava Dredger will both appear when the patch goes live. These weapons, while usable by many classes will fill in the gap for swank leveling pieces for Enhancement Shaman and Feral Druids who previously had no great options. Take a look at them at the links provided, I think you will agree with me…they’re cool!
  • TCG Mount Binds Removed in 3.2? - There has been some buzz on the intarwebs about the possible removal of the BoP on the WoW TCG mounts. Some folks have noticed that the BoP text is missing from the mounts on the PTR. There has been no formal confirmation on this from Blizz yet but how nice would it be to be able to pass your Spectral Tiger mount down to an alt once you get the latest and greatest mount from the TCG!?
  • WoW Armory App Released for the iPhone – Blizzard has just released an official WoW Armory client for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The App features the ability for users to see a number of important things on their iPhone that they normally would be able to get in-game or through use of the official armory site. Some of the major features are Character info including gear,achievements and specs, Talent calculators, Official Blizzard news and In-game calendars. I have some friends already using this application and they have done nothing but rave about it! To try it for yourself, you can head on over to the WoW Armory page and download it now!
  • New Halloween Masks = New Playable races? – I came across some interesting information this week about some new mask graphics that appeared with the most recent PTR build. They are masks for the Hallow’s End celebration that are in the forms of Goblins and Worgen both male and female. This has many people in the WoW blogosphere speculating that these could be the next new playable races to be added to the game! Now, I don’t know about you but I think they just might be right! What an exciting find!
  • Time Restrictions on Paid Character Transfers Reduced – Way back in the day players used to have to wait 6 months between paid character transfers, then Blizz reduced it to 3 months, then 1 month…and today Eyonix announced that they have again reduced the paid transfer time to only 3 days…yes that’s right DAYS! This is being done mainly for those players who transfer servers to join a guild and then realize the guild is not a good fit for them or the guild disbands. This is all well and good, but a reduction in price might also be in order don’t you think, Blizz? The price for the paid transfer is still a whopping $25 US!
  • Arena Teams hit 3k – A pair of 3v3 teams from the US Bloodlust Battlegroup recently hit the 3,000 arena rating cap! A few other teams are following closely behind and will likely reach the cap before the end of the current season. This marks the first time teams have hit the cap legitimately (players who have no quams about win-trading have hit the cap before). This recent achievement has brought the arena system under scrutiny once more as Blizzard has stated that they never intended for anyone to be able to reach the raiting ceiling. Perhaps the system is due for another overhaul, but this is an amazing achievement and our congrats go out to the team members who were able to attain it!
  • BlizzCon Ticket Contests – If you weren’t quick enough to get your hands on BlizzCon tickets when they were on sale, perhaps you should try your luck in a few of the contests still going on out on the cyberworld. Steelseries, Brady Games, J!NX, Swag Dog and UpperDeck have all teamed up to bring tickets for two to one lucky winner and a plethera of prizes to many others…all you have to do is fill out an on-line form! Razer has has taken the contest a but further as their lucky winner will also receive economy class airfare, hotel accomodations, two tickets to the festivities and $300 in spending money! Get all the details for their contest here. NVIDEA is also running their own contest for an all-inclusive trip to BlizzCon with all the same inclusions as Razer’s but to enter online you must purchase one of their qualifying products. For all the details or to enter click here.
  • Player Reaches 10k Achievement Points – After less than a year of achievements being part of the Azeroth experience, a player has managed to reach the 10k acievements points mark! Zoltan, a Dwarf Paladin on EU Aegwynn is the first player to reach this milestone…congrats to him!
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