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by Mathew McCurley 
Nov 30th 2010 at 1:00PM
This Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific, we'll be doing a live episode of The WoW Insider Show! Yours truly will be joined by Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney to bring in Cataclysm with style, pizazz and fun. We'll take Cataclysm questions, lore discussions, gameplay stuff, zone previews ... and even some special surprises may be in store. Don't miss us jabbering on about Cataclysm this Friday! There will be a more detailed post up soon, but I just wanted to let all the fans know early, since I love you so much.
No, really, I do.
jasondrust asked:
What's the deal with the lack of anniversary pet and any cool item at all from the world event of Cataclysm, like a tabard or ghost pet that follows us around saying, "I WAS THERE MAN. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW".
This year isn't so much a milestone as the fifth year anniversary, so I guess Blizzard just didn't feel like putting something in -- kind of like how we got the 2009 Brewfest stein again for 2010. As for cool item from the Cataclysm pre-events, I guess you could count the Echo Isles and Gnomeregan items that turn you into a troll or a gnome, respectively.
Hal asked:
It seems as though the Alliance has lost a lot of ground to the undead. Have they made any comparable gains anywhere else?
It seems like the Alliance has lost more ground to their enemies because they did. The original World of Warcraft had a heavy emphasis on Alliance zones, with little to no Horde presence. Cataclysm attempted to shift the balance back to a 50/50 split, and in doing so, a lot of what the Alliance considered "safe" territory was thrown into conflict.
However, the biggest loss to the Horde this expansion has been, as people noted, the Southern Barrens. This area was ripe for new possibilities and changes, and it turned out to be one of the best revamped zones after The Shattering because of the conflict created. It is definitely well done.
Drew asked:
Does anyone know if Deathwing is burning zones yet?
He certainly is.
Hal also asked:
It seems the city tabards don't count towards the 25-tabard achievement. Is this a bug or intentional?
Don't forget, the achievement actually states that you have to equip 25 tabards, so don't forget to try each one on and watch that achievement counter fly. Also, if you used the previous Argent Tournament versions of the tabards towards the achievement, they will not work, as they are the same items.
Maccabeus asked:
A while back, a question was posed about whether the community at large would be able to obtain the "Aka'Magosh" shirts from BlizzCon. After seeing the red one, I have decided: DO WANT. BAD.
Sooo...will they be available?
Aka'magosh shirts are in the works, actually. We should have an update soon!
Batkat asked:
Is it just me, or do the Goblin Trikes come off as unfinished? I just got mine, and I've noticed they don't make much sound except for when you summon them or they drop a distance. The jump of the trike is also rather inanimate. Otherwise, they are rather fun to zoom around in, just a little disappointing when they run so quiet.
You aren't the only one. For some reason, the trikes have no real jump animation like the Mechano-hog and feel very static. I have no idea why. But yes, the sentiment is not just your own -- they feel a little unfinished.
Nat asked:
What happened to Mannoroth's armor? Is it still on display somewhere?
It sure is.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 15)
frugality Nov 30th 2010 1:20PM
Patch day? Is there a time zone that's a week behind or something?
slartibart Nov 30th 2010 1:22PM
Um..... You might want to poke around the site, or even log in to your game client.
Josin Nov 30th 2010 1:28PM
Are you talking about the 150mb hotfix patch that went on yesterday?
Bynde Nov 30th 2010 1:35PM
I thought every Tuesday was 'patch day'. And no, I cannot log into my game client at the moment. That's why I asked at Wow.com who happens to be the foremost authority on WoW. I am told. And I have poled around the site for today's postings and I must have missed the big announcement that DW was burning up everything.
Glad to hear something is happening from a commenter on a Wow site.
Gossamer Nov 30th 2010 1:44PM
The big, Pre-Cataclysm patch was last week. Deathwing began burning everthing then. That's why you don't see any new posts about the goings-on... nothing new has started between this week and last.
Bynde Nov 30th 2010 1:49PM
Apparently I've missed the 100-foot flying, flaming, armored lizard then. I played almost all day on Sunday and a few hours yesterday. Nothing but blue skies and seagulls when I look up.
Josin Nov 30th 2010 2:08PM
He doesn't burn every zone, all the time. He appears randomly and scorches a zone, then moves on. He's a busy Aspect of Death.
Rufio Nov 30th 2010 3:00PM
Bynde, there are approx 50 zones in Kalimdor/Eastern kingdoms that Deathwing can potentially burn'inante. Assuming he strikes once every - say - 3 hours in one zone (which fro all accounts is over fairly quickly), there's not a huge chance you'll see him in any given play session.
He will however, be burnin' shit up for quite some time, so you'll get your chance.
It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.
Bynde Nov 30th 2010 3:12PM
Thank you Rufio. You're the only one that actually explained wth is going on. Too bad the intertubes don't have a website devoted to World of Warcraft concerns ...wait...what?
I hope the DW ravages are worth it to see, because so far the Pre-cata events have been pretty Lame-o McLamester.
Xid Nov 30th 2010 4:08PM
Seems like there's some miscommunication here. There was no major patch today, just a small fix. Not every Tuesday is "patch day", though there's some sort of server maintenance on most Tuesdays, though that doesn't mean there's a patch. The big patch where Azeroth got Shattered happened last Tuesday. Since then, Deathwing has been burning one zone in the game every few hours or so. If you haven't been seeing the new Azeroth this past week and are only getting the big patch now, I'm not sure why that is. Are you on a private server of some sort?
Prissa Nov 30th 2010 4:39PM
Bynde, how do you think people like Rufio were able to help you out. We read it already, here on the site a while ago. Just because you were behind the times doesn't mean that Wow Insider is, get off your high horse.
Bynde Nov 30th 2010 4:51PM
Prissa said...
"Bynde, how do you think people like Rufio were able to help you out. We read it already, here on the site a while ago. Just because you were behind the times doesn't mean that Wow Insider is, get off your high horse."
Prissa I asked a question on a site that typically encourages questions. That's all. Perhaps you don't know what the meaning of "being on a high horse" really means.
Kuro Majutsukai Nov 30th 2010 6:25PM
...The Shattering.
The complete restructuring of the entire world of Azeroth.
Is "Lame-o McLamester"?
You need to lower your standards a bit, I think.
Helston Nov 30th 2010 7:18PM
Not to mention the fact that Orgrimmar only spent a week burning to the ground, and that Deathwing left a note in Stormwind to say he'd visited while we were out.
Prissa Dec 2nd 2010 5:19AM
Yeah, maybe your first post was simply a question. Perfectly valid. It's not your fault that you didn't know, so you asked. Though consequently you didn't like the replies and came back with comments like "Too bad the intertubes don't have a website devoted to World of Warcraft concerns ...wait...what?" instead of simply saying thanks for the info. That is what I would call being on your high horse, determined not to be in the wrong.
Bynde Dec 2nd 2010 9:43AM
Well, Prissa, if that's your interpretation of it, I can't change that.
But, that still isn't what being on a "high horse" means.
Incidentally, I insulted no one. You did.
Carrie Nov 30th 2010 1:08PM
Garrosh isn't wearing Mannoroth's armor, he actually made his new throne out of it.
Dril Nov 30th 2010 1:12PM
So why hasn't he gone green? I would've thought the armour and general horniness of a high-ranking pit lord would be, you know, suffused with warlocky/demony goodness, hence causing a bout of chlorophyll production in Orcs.
Dril Nov 30th 2010 1:12PM
Why hasn't he gone green then? I would've though being close to all that demony/warlocky goodness would stimulate his chlorophyll production to a great degree?
Dril Nov 30th 2010 1:14PM
SIGH. Double (now triple) post.