Wowhead unleashes Achievements, pet calcs, models
by Eliah Hecht 
Jul 23rd 2008 at 6:00PM
Blizzard has shown their usual flair in naming these things, too; my favorites include:
The Achievements listing includes Feats of Strength, zero-point achievements that may be unachievable in the current game (like old honor system ranks), or at least unachievable by most people. Among these are several "server firsts", such as being the first on your server to reach level 80 with a given class, or the first to kill a given boss. It's nice to see that this information is going to be memorialized somewhere besides blogs and realm forums.
In other Wowhead news, talent calculators for the new Hunter pet talents are now available. Additionally, new weapons and armors now have 3D models viewable on the site (just click the "View in 3D" button on item pages), so you can check out what we'll all be seeing in a few short months. So far I haven't found anything that looks totally amazing, though I did come across something that looks rather like the walrus hat that Blizz seems to be fond of showing off in Death Knight promo pics.
Filed under: Hunter, Achievements
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
darian Jul 23rd 2008 6:14PM
The pet talent calcs are a little wonky at the moment. Several talents still act as though 5 points are needed per tier.
Ruslan Jul 23rd 2008 6:17PM
"The Cake is Not a Lie"
Blizzard wins the internets with that. Kudos
Ruslan Jul 23rd 2008 6:19PM
"The Cake is Not a Lie"
Blizzard wins the internets with that. Kudos
Eternalpayn Jul 23rd 2008 6:22PM
Anybody find any leaks in these? It seems like a great place for blizz to accidentally announce a dungeon.
Wolftech Jul 23rd 2008 6:23PM
Tuskarrmageddon
Mindlessly slaughter 1,000,000 Tuskarr. Reward: Baby Seal Club
... WIN!
Of course, PETA and Greenpeace will picket Blizzard now....
WTB Executioner enchant for my [Baby Seal Club]
Styfios Jul 23rd 2008 6:51PM
Yea, the pet talents are a bit messed up...
Maxdarkfire Jul 23rd 2008 6:29PM
Frost Wyrm as the WotLK Vanity pet as a leak? haven't seen that anywhere else yet.
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?achievement=683
Maxdarkfire Jul 23rd 2008 6:41PM
also... confirmation that the king of stormwind questline will continue if Bolvar is no longer going to be in SW? Or is it going to be like Thrall in outland during the nagrand quests?
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?quest=12499
Braundo Jul 23rd 2008 6:41PM
Aside from the Frost Wrym vanity pet confirmation (as well as the Collector's Edition confirmation), I haven't seen any real leaks.
I would be more excited about the concept of the Feats of Strength, but I'm playing on a different account, realm, and character than I was for pretty much all of my time during vanilla WoW. I've accomplished a variety of those feats (red resonating crystal, exalted Zandalar, killing Rag/Nef/etc.) but it's a shame I won't be able to have the Feats for those.
vlad Jul 24th 2008 12:07PM
read mmo-champion then ;)
Patrick Jul 23rd 2008 6:37PM
Personally I love the look of the 3D Models. They have exactly the grim and rustic look i hoped for.
I even might activate the helm for the first time
Gasher Jul 23rd 2008 6:39PM
This could be considered a dungeon leak I guess....."Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom" It's about 3/4 of the way down the page.
Styfios Jul 23rd 2008 6:55PM
the hunter pet calc is slightly broken, but still useable.
STereo Jul 23rd 2008 7:58PM
I thought there were going to be 17 points bumped to 22 if you had the end BM talent. Trees only allowing 16.
Marty Jul 23rd 2008 6:59PM
I know it'd be a huge, huge job, but man I wish they'd update the game's models and textures to be just a wee bit higher definition than what exists there now.
Don't get me wrong - I love the Warcraft style, and I think it carries over into WoW well, and even still looks good and not-too-dated... but man, would this game be awesome if it took more advantage of near-current 3D hardware!
Nosophoros Jul 23rd 2008 7:02PM
They're adding in an achievement for the Bloodsail Buccaneers faction. For those of you not in the know, it's the faction you lose rep with every time you do a quest in Booty Bay. They give you an entire pirate outfit once you've hit exalted (awesome red parrot included), but there's a catch: no quests, no dungeons, just straight-up mob grinding. What mobs, you ask?
Booty Bay Bruisers. Thousands of 'em.
Needless to say, it's a horrible grind, comparable to the Winterspring Frostsaber. (Which, interestingly enough, isn't a Feat of Strength, while this is.) The nice thing about it is the "flavor text", or whatever you want to call it:
Obtain the Bloodsail Admiral's Hat... and try to get some fresh air every now and then.
P.S.: They're still keeping some stuff secret: http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?achievement=456
Braundo Jul 23rd 2008 7:35PM
You just need Friendly, not Exalted. In fact, it's not even possible to get higher than 11999/12000 Revered with Bloodsail at the moment as far as I am aware :)
Braundo Jul 23rd 2008 7:36PM
@Me: Er, 20999/21000. You know, whatever.
Andrew Jul 23rd 2008 7:04PM
The list also shows that the collector's edition of Wrath will come with a frost wyrm mini-pet
Ametrine Jul 23rd 2008 7:08PM
Guess I'll be getting the CE, then...