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While waiting on more exciting information to be released about the next World of Warcraft Expansion: Cataclysm, here’s some info about the next cool patch 3.2.2 as well as some other stuff._

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• Onyxia Returns in 3.2.2! – Yes, you read that right! In honor of WoW’s 5 year anniversary Onyxia will make her triumphant return to the world of Azeroth in patch 3.2.2! This will be a permanent game update to Onyxia which will convert the dungeon into both 10 and 25 player modes for L80′s to enjoy. New items will be added to Onyxia’s loot table which will have the same model as some of the classic loot from this dungeon with stats updated to match the current level of content. There will also be a mount drop called the Onyxia Broodling which will be a 310% speed flying mount. The encounter will also be updated to fit with the style of more modern raiding. This is some really exciting news for both new and veteran players!_
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• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2.2 now on PTR! - This happened much, much sooner than any of us really expected it would. For full official patch notes check Blizzards Forum here. Additionally, in the Path 3.2.2 PTR files, a number of new race/class combination NPC have been discovered by data-mining WoW enthusiasts. The data mined seems to indicate that several races will have the ability to roll classes previously unavailable to them. Like for example Human Hunter, Orc Mage, Blood Elf Warrior, Dwarf Shaman, Undead Hunter, Tauren Paladin and Troll Druid. Other thing those data-mining experts found was a Spectral Tiger Cub and Tuskar Kite. These two will likely be part of a TCG expansion at some point. There is also a Little White Stallion, a Little Ivory Raptor and the Onyxia Whelpling which will be added to the collection of non-combat pets. The Whelpling will be awarded to anyone logging in during the month of November as Blizzard’s Anniversary gift to all players (think Blizzard Bear). So, it sounds like there are some pretty cool new pets and mounts headed our way really soon. _
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•  Arena Season 6 Ending Soon - Blizzard poster, Bornakk announced this week that the end of arena season 6 will come as early as Tuesday 8/25. You’ll want to be sure that if you are eligible for arena rewards that you don’t transfer your character or mess with your arena team at all until the rewards are received. Once season 6 ends there will be one week of downtime before the beginning of season 7 which is currently slated to start September 1st.

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• BlizzCon ’09 is already here this Weekend - Ok, so you’d have to be living in a hole somewhere not to know that BlizzCon ’09 is happening this Friday and Saturday at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA! Droves of Blizzard game enthusiasts, fans and reporters will be flocking to the center for all the juicy goodness that always goes along with Blizzard’s annual two day show off session. Blizzard has posted the official schedule of events covering everything from registration to the Ozzy Osbourne performance on Saturday night. So whether you’re going to Anaheim, watching on your TV or on your computer, make sure you check it out so you don’t miss a thing!

We’re all can’t wait for the weekend – It will surely be a cool event.

  

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Upcoming Mount Changes – A very big announcement came last week from Blizzard. With the release of patch 3.2 regular land mounts will be available to players beginning at level 20 this is down from a level requirement of 30. Epic land mounts and basic flying mounts will also be available beginning at levels 40 and 60 respectively. This means players entering Outlands will be able to fly almost immediately…very handy!

• New Travel Options Coming with 3.2 – A few weeks ago we told you about the new zeppelin between Thunder Bluff and Orgrimmar which will be in the game with the arrival of patch 3.2. Now Blizzard has announced that they will also be putting in new portals in Stormwind and Orgrimmar both leading to the Stair of Destiny next to the Dark Portal. So now not only will you be able to take a portal from the Outlands to Stormwind or Orgrimmar but you will also be able to port back, hop on your new flying mount (available @ 60) and be on your way…easy as pie!

• More Algalon Firsts – Since Ensidia scored the World-first Algalon kill nearly two weeks ago, some other guilds have also accomplished the task. Premonition claimed the US first kill roughly a week after Ensidia.  Their kill revealed 2 new drop items: Pharos Gloves and Boundless Gaze.  Very nice, congrats to Premonition!

• WoW Art Exhibit on Display at the Laguna Art Museum - The Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA is hosting an exhibit centered around the art of World of Warcraft. The exhibit entitled WoW: An Emerging Media Phenomenon offers up the works of fourteen different artists and their take on the world of Azeroth. The museum will have these works on display through Oct. 4th, so if you have some extra time to wander over there while you’re attending BlizzCon we would definitely suggest it! If you are not headed to BlizzCon, you can check out some of the artists works here…they are truly amazing!
• More Nerfs in Ulduar – Well last week a few bosses in Ulduar were hit with the nerf bat, some a little harder than others. The hotfixes, which were applied just under a week ago have changed fights from Flame Leviathan to Yoggy himself.
  
• Warcraft Game Fuel - Anyone who has shopped in the soda isle of their favorite store over the last week or so has likely noticed the 20 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew Game Fuel on the shelves. If you have somehow missed those then the in-game Battle-Bot pets have likely caught your eye, either way the WoW Game Fuel is here for a limited time and as you can see in the official commercial everyone must choose their side. So pick up a bottle (or two) today.
• wowTwitter - That’s right wow fans…there is now a Twitter just for your WoW characters. You can go on and tweet as your char. Talk about what you’re doing in-game, whether it’s professions, leveling alts, running heroics or raiding your friends will be able to follow you and always know what your character is up to. Kind of cool, I think. You can visit the wowTwitter site and register your character and start wowTweeting today!
• Product Spotlight – The Ultimate WoW Guide is a must have for any gamer’s library. This amazing guide package includes everything you need in order to level your characters, earn tons of guide and reputation. No need to search for separate guides when you can have it all in one package. I’m amazed by the quality of Dugi’s guides, especially his new Dailies and events guide. It has made me loads of cash and reputation in a very little amount of time.
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Blizzard continues to deliver great improvments to the World of Warcraft. The much anticipated WotLK Patch 3.0.8 is finaly live on the servers. It really brings a great deal of change and below we list of some the signigicant changes made.

•    Roll a DK Anywhere – With the release of 3.0.8 players will be able to roll Death Knights on any realm as long as they have a level 55 somewhere. This is a welcome change for many players on higher population realms that opens the option to go to other realms and start their DK’s. Many of the old restrictions still apply but we are happy to see this one be a thing of the past.

•   New Graveyards – More than 60 new graveyards have been added to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. This will sure make it less of a haul to get back to your corpse should you die in areas affected by this.

•    Death Knight Boost – Death knights will notice a boost in the effects of their Blood Aura and Blood Presence abilities as they are returning them to their beta state. This will double the healing effects of these spells.

•    Reputation Rewards – A change has been implemented so that killing mobs required for gaining reputation with a particular faction will yield the same amount of rep. regardless of your character’s level. I have to say I think this change is pretty sweet and I am excited about it for the alt I just started…I may even return to Outland to finish up some rep. grinds on my main.

•    Swimming Druids - A Druid’s aquatic form is now available from the Druid Trainer at level 16. This comes as quite a relief to anyone running up another druid who has had to run the quest in the past. I did it once and it was a royal pain! The line of quests will still be available, but they are no longer a prerequisite to obtaining aquatic form.

•    More Talented Shaman – With this patch Shaman will see the arrival of a new talent called “Shamanism”. This is available on the elemental tree and causes your lightning bolt and lava burst spells to gain additional bonus damage effects.

•    Feral Druid Weapons – All weapons will now have the potential to grant feral attack power based on their dps which means many new weapons will now be options for the feral druid. All druids will be able to see the feral attack power an item will grant them, but other player classes will not see this information. Since polearms can now also be trained by druids, this will open many doors for this class and broaden their weapon capabilities considerably.

•    New Paladin Ability – Paladins are getting some love here too. With 3.0.8 they now have an ability called “Hand of Reckoning” which will be available from their class trainer at level 16 and will enable them to taunt an enemy from up to 30 yards and also cause holy damage to the targeted foe.

•    “Yummy” New Food and Drink – A new recipe for “Worg Tartare” is now available for purchase with Dalaran Cooking Awards. This food will give it’s consumer a hit rating and stamina bonus. If you’re looking for something to wash it down with, try the new recipe called “Kungaloosh” which is available from the Washed up Mage in the sewers of Dalaran once a cook has completed the quest “The Taste Test” in Scholozar Basin this is a mana restoration drink that will also get you tipsy.

•    Hunter Nerfs - Sadly, today is the day Hunters have been dreading. With this patch two of the main attacks most hunters use are getting seriously nerfed. Steady shot will go from rewarding 20% attack power as damage to rewarding only 10%. Volley is also taking a hit in the form of a 30% reduction in damage across the board for all levels of the ability.

•    Cool Spells Now Shareable - Mages will now be able to cast Slowfall on other players and Priests will be able to share Levitate with others.

•    Wild Growth – This is a favorite spell of any good Druid healer. With this patch they decided to plague this ability with a 6 second cooldown. This will likely impact raid healing for Druids, it will be interesting to see how much of an impact it has.

•    Enchanting – There is now a new enchanting recipe available for purchase from Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran. The recipe is for a plus to stamina on bracers.

These are just some of the great news in the patch. To see the complete patch note, visit Blizzards official site.

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