WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com WoW Insider http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogobig.gif WoW Insider http://wow.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2015 AOL, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. View our terms of service here: http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/ Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Reader UI of the Week: 3D spell effects eye candy]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/reader-ui-of-the-week-3d-spell-effects-eye-candy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/reader-ui-of-the-week-3d-spell-effects-eye-candy/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/reader-ui-of-the-week-3d-spell-effects-eye-candy/#comments Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you'd like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you're using to readerui@wowinsider.com, and follow Mathew on Twitter.

Now this is awesome and share-worthy to the extreme: a UI built around incorporating 3D spell effects from WoW into the UI elements that support them. Using a combination of WeakAuras, ingenuity, and lots of beer, Kait:Auras was born. Is it impractical? Yes. Is it awesome? Double yes. If you're going for eye candy, pack it with sugar and calories.

Just when you think you've seen the last out of the World of Warcraft UI, someone comes along and breaks the game with a poison swapper or allows you to draw a phallus army all over Dalaran. That sense of adventure, that the whole game could come crashing down at any point because of some enterprising young upstart, was what fueled the fun of the addon community and development -- the off-chance that your addon, in the grand history of addons, would change the world. Making the game better was one thing, but the unintended and often hilarious consequences of giving Blizzard such a (relatively weak) headache is kind of fun.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguidespell-animationsspell-effectsuiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configuration (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Review: SteelSeries Diablo 3 headset shines]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/11/review-steelseries-diablo-3-headset-shines/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/11/review-steelseries-diablo-3-headset-shines/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/11/review-steelseries-diablo-3-headset-shines/#comments Review Steelseries Diablo III headset shines ANY There is a lot to like about SteelSeries' Diablo III headset, giving players a solidly built peripheral that sit snugly on the ears and provide strong sound. I'm the kind of gamer who never wants to take off his headset because of the activity going on around me -- it's one of the only ways to get any semblance of peace and quiet. In addition, voice chat and Mumble have become hangout tools rather than just gaming features, making a good, durable microphone that much more important.

This isn't the first time I've tried out this particular offering from SteelSeries. When I went to BlizzCon 2011 and stopped by the SteelSeries booth, the representatives wanted me to try it on immediately. Something about ear cups and weight displacement, I don't know. There was a lot going on. To be honest, the biggest factor in choosing a headset for me is whether or not I can wear the thing for, like, eight hours straight. So, that's what I did. For you.

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]]> headsetheadset-reviewreviewsteelseriessteelseries-diablo-iii-headset (Mathew McCurley) Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mat McCurley says goodbye to WoW Insider]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/mat-mccurley-says-goodbye-to-wow-insider/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/mat-mccurley-says-goodbye-to-wow-insider/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/mat-mccurley-says-goodbye-to-wow-insider/#comments It's time to say goodbye MY LAST DAY Well, here we go. This is my last day at WoW Insider, after two and a half years of writing, podcasting, and interacting with one of the greatest communities online. Having the opportunity to write for you and with these wonderful people has been one of the greatest experiences of my life.

I started playing World of Warcraft back in May of 2004 during the closed beta test. My time and tenure in Star Wars: Galaxies was winding down, and Dark Age of Camelot was far in the rearview mirror. None of us knew what World of Warcraft would become or how much the game would influence some of our lives. For me, World of Warcraft represents time, effort, passion, and drive; when every other option available was lacking, uninteresting, or just wrong, I wrote about my passion. I'll never stop playing because I see no reason to stop.

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]]> addon-spotlightmat-mccurleymat-mccurley-rulesreader-ui-of-the-weekthe-lawbringertwo-bosses-enter (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Lawbringer: My final thoughts on Blizzard]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/the-lawbringer-my-final-thoughts-on-blizzard/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/the-lawbringer-my-final-thoughts-on-blizzard/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/the-lawbringer-my-final-thoughts-on-blizzard/#comments The Lawbringer My final thoughts on Blizzard Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, and esoteroic topics that slip through the cracks.

There is a lot to be said about Blizzard, the scrappy little company founded more than 20 years ago because hey, why not? A bunch of guys liked video games, graduated from UCLA, and borrowed money from their grandmas. Eventually, Blizzard became the game company we know today, a powerhouse in the industry with no signs of slowing down. World of Warcraft is resting comfortably at around 10 million players, StarCraft is still a national sport in Korea, and Diablo III has pierced the hearts of gamers who would have never picked up a click-and-slash.

Today is my last day at WoW Insider, and you've probably already read the sappy goodbye [Editor's Note: Actually, it'll be up at 8pm EDT]. Whatever. We've still got columns to write, people. For my last Lawbringer, I want to share with you a little bit about what made this column special to me and why your support turned this column from an idea into something widely read, as well as my hopes for Blizzard in the future. I cannot thank you all enough for letting me have my soapbox and a place to rant.

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]]> braggoshbraggosh-dayfeaturedlaw-bringerworld-of-warcraft-lawworld-of-warcraft-legalwow-lawwow-legalwow-terms-of-usewow-tou (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Addon Spotlight Alternatives: Buffs and debuffs]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/addon-spotlight-alternatives-buffs-and-debuffs/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/addon-spotlight-alternatives-buffs-and-debuffs/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/08/addon-spotlight-alternatives-buffs-and-debuffs/#comments Addon Spotlight Alternatives Buffs and debuffs Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same.

Tracking buffs and debuffs is a time-honored tradition amongst raiders and non-raiders alike. We've been watching for poisons, debuffs, debilitating magic, and disables since the beginning of WoW. Being able to quickly react to your own debuffs, whether you're the Living Bomb or you have a snobold on your back, is what separates the best players from the rest.

We will be exploring the traditional type of buff and debuff display this week on Addon Spotlight, shedding some light on some old favorites, addons that have passed on, and distant favorites making a resurgence. Buffs and debuffs have also held a crucial spot on my own interface for years, right above my own status bar. As a tank, debuff tracking has always been a priority.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsbuffbarselkanoselkanos-buffbarsfeaturedguideravensatrina-buff-framewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WoW Summer Challenges offer some raid night suggestions]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-summer-challenges-offer-some-raid-night-suggestions/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-summer-challenges-offer-some-raid-night-suggestions/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-summer-challenges-offer-some-raid-night-suggestions/#comments WoW Summer Challenges offer some raid night suggestions Now here's something pretty cool from the World of Warcraft community team: Blizzard is promoting the WoW Summer Challenge, a weekly series with suggestions for an old raid to run with friends for lore and history, notable drops, transmog gear, and more. There is even an associated forum thread to plan activities or share thoughts on any given week's challenge. This week's challenge tasks you and your friends with hitting up AQ-40.

WoW's focus from here on out needs to be subscriber retention and engaging its players. The two go hand in hand, and the more Blizzard can do to involve the community, the better. These Summer Challenges are a great way to give a little structure to an otherwise unstructured experience.

Blizzard has even included links to Wowhead's excellent transmog set viewer so you know what drops you're looking for. It's good to see Blizzard recognizing Perculia's hard work.

Blizzard's full announcement is below.

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]]> aq-40classic-raidingsummer-challengestransmogwow-summer-challenge (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[WoW TCG: Tomb of the Forgotten sneak peek]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-tcg-tomb-of-the-forgotten-sneak-peek/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-tcg-tomb-of-the-forgotten-sneak-peek/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/07/wow-tcg-tomb-of-the-forgotten-sneak-peek/#comments Tomb of the Forgotten sneak peek at Nargle, Fang of the Swarm With the introduction of monster races to the WoW Trading Card Game, all sorts of creepy creatures have been coming out of the woodwork to do battle. Murlocs have been well represented so far in the last two TCG expansions, so it's nice to see Nargle here get some heroic art and abilities. Tomb of the Forgotten, the final block in the Aftermath set, will launch on June 12.

Nargle interacts with other murlocs from the previous sets, allowing you to build interesting, murloc-infused decks that stack lots of cool bonuses. Hit the jump for a full shot of his new card. The monster races have brought a lot of new depth and range for Cryptozoic to grow the game and even incorporate some of the types of mechanics it has grown fond of over years and years of TCG building.

You can check out all the new features and previews of Tomb of the Forgotten over at the Cryptozoic website and see if there are any Tomb of the Forgotten launch events happening near you.

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]]> (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Nomi, the cook's apprentice]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/mists-of-pandaria-beta-nomi-the-cooks-apprentice/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/mists-of-pandaria-beta-nomi-the-cooks-apprentice/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/mists-of-pandaria-beta-nomi-the-cooks-apprentice/#comments Mists of Pandaria Beta Nomi, the cook's apprentice ANY Cooking has been (for lack of a better word) supercharged in Mists of Pandaria, splitting the profession into various "Ways" or styles of teaching. The Ways of the Grill, Oven, Pot, Steamer, Wok, and Brew all await your able hands to delight your senses. Since cooking, eating, and drinking are so important to the pandaren, Blizzard ratcheted up the potential for player involvement. Once you master all of the ways of Pandaria cooking, you will unlock your very own cook's companion, Nomi, with whom you can gain friendship reputation.

El's Anglin' has a great preview of Nomi and his quests, which put you in the role of master, teaching your apprentice the same ways you learned. Each lesson Nomi must learn appears to take about a month of dailies, and as El points out, a lesson 1 implies lessons 2, 3, and so forth. When you do reach the end, however, there is an achievement called Now I Am the Master, which graduates you from student to expert status. Many have been speculating that achieving this feat might allow you to graduate your alts with cooking in order to prove your master chef status.

Nomi is a very interesting new addition to the Mists of Pandaria beta. With such a huge revamp coming to the way we approach cooking, who knows what else is in store with regard to some of the other professions?
It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft's next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!

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]]> breakingchefcookingmistsmists-of-pandariapandariasecondary-professionwayway-of-the-pot (Mathew McCurley) Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Pet Battle Music is a blast from the past]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/mists-of-pandaria-beta-pet-battle-music-is-a-blast-from-the-pas/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/mists-of-pandaria-beta-pet-battle-music-is-a-blast-from-the-pas/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/mists-of-pandaria-beta-pet-battle-music-is-a-blast-from-the-pas/#comments In what will be heralded as one of the more austere, kickass features coming with Mists of Pandaria, Blizzard has finally added in the music for Pet Battles, which is a mix of a little new/little old MIDI tunes that sound more at home on a Super Nintendo. But what's that I hear? Is it ... the original Warcraft and Warcraft II renditions of the faction songs? For Pet Battles? For serious?

I guess I have to go install Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition again. Great. What do you all think about the old Warcraft music's making an appearance in WoW?
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]]> mists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-betapetpet-battle-musicpet-battlespetswarcraftwarcraft-ii (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:30:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Reader UI of the Week: Seeing Cassilan's screen]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/reader-ui-of-the-week-seeing-cassilans-screen/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/reader-ui-of-the-week-seeing-cassilans-screen/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/05/reader-ui-of-the-week-seeing-cassilans-screen/#comments Reader UI of the Week Seeing Cassilan's screen TUES Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you'd like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you're using to readerui@wowinsider.com, and follow Mathew on Twitter.

Welcome to another exciting edition of Reader UI of the Week. Today's subject is going to divide readers into two camps -- people who can tolerate clutter and people who cannot. Over the years, I've come to gain a tolerance and understanding of clutter because, frankly, I understand the laziness inherent in all of us. There is always a moment just after you reach for the mouse, begin to scroll, and suddenly weigh the time it would take to complete this task against taking another excellent bite of your Little Bacon Burger from Five Guys. I'll tell you right now, I just took a delicious bite of burger.

I do a disservice to people when I attribute clutter to laziness. That's not the case at all. In fact, I find that I work a little better in an environment where I have to actively find something amongst other things. There's a type of juxtaposition or patterning that presents itself; I know where Shockwave is because it's next to the icon for Revenge on my bar, etc. So what does this all have to do with clutter, UIs, and functionality? Enough, I'd say.

Cassilan's UI has a direct and stated purpose -- see the game's screen. See the action, see the adventure, and see the character in full glory. At the same time, a suite of addons is activated to add necessary customization and features not present at default. We can discuss the minimap, which is admittedly a little rough around the edges, but every bump can be smoothed out.

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]]> addoncassilanmage-uiminimap-addonminimap-addons (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Dress like Braggosh, your favorite orc warrior]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/dress-like-braggosh-your-favorite-orc-warrior/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/dress-like-braggosh-your-favorite-orc-warrior/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/dress-like-braggosh-your-favorite-orc-warrior/#comments Dress like Braggosh, your favorite orc warrior ANY I've always wanted to write a transmogrification article in the same vein as Dawn Moore and Anne Stickney, but I never could find the right theme that I wanted to tackle. As I kept trying to find a theme, it suddenly hit me -- no theme is needed! I'll just show you my two awesome transmog sets for my orc warrior, Braggosh.

Who doesn't love Braggosh, the fiercest, most lovable orc warrior ever? No one, that's who! Both transmog outfits that I'm going to show you how to put together today are for plate wearers, and some of the set pieces, while warrior-specific, have alternate color versions available if you'd like to wear one of my cool sets.

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]]> braggoshfeaturednorthrendshattered-suntempered-saronitetransmog (Mathew McCurley) Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Queue: It's been a long time since we faced Jaraxxus]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/03/the-queue-its-been-a-long-time-since-we-faced-jaraxxus/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/03/the-queue-its-been-a-long-time-since-we-faced-jaraxxus/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/03/the-queue-its-been-a-long-time-since-we-faced-jaraxxus/#comments Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

Still the best Mr. Voletron song. Link Thorim all you want -- you know I'm right.

MattressWX asked:

Do you think Blizzard will ever get rid of the requirement of being in a raid group in order to enter a raid instance? It would be nice to solo old content without having to ask someone to group with you just to get in the door.

No only do I hope that Blizzard gets rid of the requirement for raid groups, especially for old raids that we can solo, but I hope that Blizzard gets rid of some of the heroic lockouts for doing Burning Crusade and Wrath content more than once a day. Farming for certain transmog weapons and specific pieces is a pain in the butt when you've got one shot at the boss a day.

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]]> copperfeaturedgoldguidejaraxxusmrvoletronqaquestion-and-answersilverwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Mathew McCurley) Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Big Pineapple problems]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/big-pineapple-problems/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/big-pineapple-problems/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/big-pineapple-problems/#comments Image Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, and esoteroic topics that slip through the cracks.

Diablo III is a popular video game for the PC and Mac that sold a lot of copies and made a lot of people happy. Also, there was a lot of money. With great success comes great responsibility and cost, since the amount of success becomes proportional to the amount of crap to deal with to make the operation run smoothly. Being successful in the video game industry is not always what it's cracked up to be.

This past week has shed some light on two very interesting Diablo-related news pieces, putting Blizzard and its blockbuster dungeon crawler at the heart of scandals, government raids, clever vendors, banned games, and more international intrigue. You'd think that this was all a James Bond plot, but for the presence of guys with fanny packs and an overabundance of Utilikilts.

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]]> diablo-iiidiablo-iii-koreafeaturedkorean-governmentlaw-bringerraidsworld-of-warcraft-lawworld-of-warcraft-legalwow-lawwow-legalwow-terms-of-usewow-tou (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Queue: Mogu high five]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/the-queue-mogu-high-five/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/the-queue-mogu-high-five/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/01/the-queue-mogu-high-five/#comments Image
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

If the Mogu on the Mists of Pandaria login screen don't high-five at the 20-minute mark, I will be severely disappointed.

Pyro asked:

Is there any time frame when Battle Tags will be open to all games on battle net? I really want to get into cross-realm raiding, but refuse to do RealID.

While there is no official time frame on when BattleTags will get rolled out to other games and services, I hope that it happens sooner rather than later. The promise of having people find me via BattleTag is much, much better for me than giving out my email. It sits better with me, doesn't reek of privacy issues, and lets me have more friends and more options within my games as to what content is accessible to me.

I'd like to hope that BattleTag integration happens before Mists of Pandaria launches and anticipate that it will be a part of the pre-patch patch that usually happens before the real patch hits retail -- you know, 4.3.455(RELEASE)(TEST)(NYI), etc. Maybe some systems changes, as well.

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]]> (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Addon Spotlight Alternatives: Cooldown bar timers]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/addon-spotlight-alternatives-cooldown-bar-timers/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/addon-spotlight-alternatives-cooldown-bar-timers/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/addon-spotlight-alternatives-cooldown-bar-timers/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same.

The Addon Spotlight Alternatives series continues with a look at cooldowns, timers, bars, and anything falling into the category of timing. Timing is a crucial factor in many of World of Warcraft's angles. You've got DPS rotations that can be made or broken based on the time between skill use. You've got tanks making split-second decisions on ability usage and timing -- what if you're only a few seconds away from a Shield Wall, but heroic Nefarian is about to use his thunder electro-whatever? Yeah, you have better been timing those cooldowns better, buddy.

Cooldown and skill timing management are some of the game systems baked into the game to separate the better from the best, the true test for the most hardcore WoW players out there. People are still tackling Dragon Soul heroic content and succeeding because of good timing -- ask anyone about the gruesome slog that the Madness of Deathwing fight is on heroic. I did. I asked Rossi. He growled at me.

We've established that timing is important, right? Good. Addons can greatly help you with the timing and cooldown tracking of your abilities because the game does a pretty poor job of it. That's not Blizzard's fault, either -- tracking your cooldowns in such an elaborate and specific way is not exactly what the game is designed to showcase to every player. This is all information we are willingly taking on in excess from what Blizzard is providing.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsbar-timercooldown-timereventhorizoneventhorizon-continuedfeaturedfortefortexorcistguideneedtoknowwow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 31 May 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[My Mists of Pandaria beta UI is almost perfect]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/my-mists-of-pandaria-beta-ui-is-almost-perfect/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/my-mists-of-pandaria-beta-ui-is-almost-perfect/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/my-mists-of-pandaria-beta-ui-is-almost-perfect/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you'd like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you're using to readerui@wowinsider.com, and follow Mathew on Twitter.

This is exciting. The very first Reader UI of the Week from the Mists of Pandaria beta, and it gets to be my own. In fact, the UI that I've created in the beta is a bit of a dream team, fantasy UI that has been bouncing around in my head ever since World of Warcraft went live on the first day. You see, it's taken more than seven years for this feature to be developed and implemented in the game, and things will never be the same once the newest expansion launches.

I've been waiting for the ability to move my player and unit frames for a long, long time. The upper-left location of the screen was never my favorite area to slap a health and mana bar. I've put up with it over the years and have changed the feature wherever and whenever possible, but betas are not usually addon-enabled until the later days. Until then, I must make do.

These days, however, Mists of Pandaria looks to bring us some beautiful new changes to the user interface and my own sanity, giving me the ability to change some of the fundamental aspects of the player and target frames. With just two small movements and two quick options, the World of Warcraft default user interface moved leaps and bounds forward in the race to compete with my custom setup. And this fact makes me wonder if the UI will one day be seen as analogous to transmogrification, where Blizzard thinks that people can't handle one thing but actually crave the other.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonsbeta-uifeaturedguidemists-of-pandariamopmy-uipandaria-uiuiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configuration (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Queue: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Shaving Mug]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/26/the-queue-the-queens-diamond-jubilee-commemorative-shaving-mug/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/26/the-queue-the-queens-diamond-jubilee-commemorative-shaving-mug/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/26/the-queue-the-queens-diamond-jubilee-commemorative-shaving-mug/#comments Image
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

If you know me a tiny bit or follow my Twitter, you know that I'm sort of a nerd when it comes to shaving. Not content with the Mach 3 quad-blade whatever and desperate to save cash, I decided to search for something better. Like most young men of the internet age, I found mantic59 by way of a forum post or somesuch that lauded the benefits of traditional wet shaving and fragrant lathering, and my life changed forever. If you're interested, start here, and watch them all.

Anyway, I've never considered myself a true shaving fan because the visceral reaction to my fandom was never profound. It was fun for me, sure, but the outward expression of the thing was just not there yet and it was my personal experience. However, when I saw Truefitt and Hill showing off their Jubilee Commemorative Shaving Mug for the Queen of England's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, I wanted it. I want it bad, and I'll do anything to get it. Then it hit me; I'm sure excited about a shaving mug. Could be a whole lot worse.

So, men, I implore you. If you shave, shave like a man. I can give you no better, no more sagely, and no more important advice. You'll be better for it.

Questions?

ancientn00b asked:

What happens if we enter a cross realm zone and someone is there with the same name? Will it be like in dungeons where their realm name is after their name? Also will we be able to join with them in a party to quest together?

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]]> featuredguidelegendarieslegendary-itemsqaquestion-and-answertransmogwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Mathew McCurley) Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Lawbringer: Diablo sells lots, Blizzard dodges another bullet]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/the-lawbringer-diablo-sells-lots-blizzard-dodges-another-bulle/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/the-lawbringer-diablo-sells-lots-blizzard-dodges-another-bulle/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/25/the-lawbringer-diablo-sells-lots-blizzard-dodges-another-bulle/#comments Image Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, and esoteroic topics that slip through the cracks.

Blizzard has been off to a pretty good start with Diablo III, selling who-cares-at-this-point millions of copies of the game people have been waiting over a decade to get their hands on. The craziest part about the whole thing is that it lived up to the hype -- a new Diablo game that felt like a Diablo game. Good for you, Blizzard! That's not what today's Lawbringer is about, no sir or ma'am. I've got a few topics I'd like to ramble on about today.

You know those days in high school when the teacher was inbetween lesson plans and they just sort of rambled to you for that one day that they had set aside in case Federico didn't understand the "green light" symbolism in The Great Gatsby? That story happened, but I changed the names to make it more funny to the people who get the joke. Great way to start off this edition, right? Make the most inside-baseball column on WoW Insider get a little more in-jokey. Mat, you sure know how to hook 'em.

No, wait, stay. I've got lots to say about Diablo III, the potential issues with the real money auction house, and my own thoughts on the cross-realm compromise and dodging the dreaded "merge." I think you'll have plenty to say in the comments after today's topics -- they are some of my favorites.

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The statue looks awesome and there's plenty of pictures up on Blizzard's Facebook page. Check out the pictures and tell us what you think. Will the next statue be Diablo-related and feature the best angel ever, Tyrael? We can only hope.

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]]> blizzard-francekerriganqueen-of-bladessarah-kerriganstarcraftstarcraft-statuestatue (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Addon Spotlight: 3 addons you shouldn't forget for your alt]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/addon-spotlight-3-addons-you-shouldnt-forget-for-your-alt/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/addon-spotlight-3-addons-you-shouldnt-forget-for-your-alt/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/addon-spotlight-3-addons-you-shouldnt-forget-for-your-alt/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same.

Now is the perfect time to work on that alt you've been keeping locked away, sad and lonely for so long in his little alt box. You've got time now, right? Deathwing is long dead, and things are pretty chill. I even heard there's a new island out there to explore one of these days, most hopefully in July or August, which would be pretty cool.

Ironically, when I'm leveling most of my alts from an early level, I don't enable most of my addons. What's the point? Group and raid content that requires any addons is far off in the future, the number of abilities I have at the time doesn't reflect the button matrices that I've built for level 85, and there is practically no similarity to playstyle. So I turn off my addons, save some very crucial ones.

If you're looking to go addon-light for your next alt, I've got some addons that you're going to want to keep around because they make your life a thousand times easier. WoW's UI has gotten a lot better in recent years, but it still isn't perfect. These addons bring it a little closer to that perfection.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsaltalt-addonsautomatonautotabardchatchat-addonsfeaturedguidesell-o-maticwhispwow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Reader UI of the Week: Enter the box with Oakdusa's raiding UI]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/reader-ui-of-the-week-enter-the-box-with-oakdusas-raiding-ui/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/reader-ui-of-the-week-enter-the-box-with-oakdusas-raiding-ui/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/reader-ui-of-the-week-enter-the-box-with-oakdusas-raiding-ui/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you'd like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you're using to readerui@wowinsider.com, and follow Mathew on Twitter.

Functional isn't always beautiful. All of you should go out to your vehicles in your driveways or parking structures and look at the floor mats. I guarantee that your car is a wreck. If you've got kids, don't even get up from the seat; we've all been in your car. Functional, but not going to win any beauty contests.
I'm featuring Oakdusa's UI because it made me incredibly nostalgic for the days of the original World of Warcraft and its eternal predecessor, EverQuest. The EQ user interface was this odd creation, living in the realm of "this sounds like a great idea on paper because people enjoy the comforts of realism in a fantasy world." What an MMO's UI fundamentally had to have was not defined yet, not in the modern setting, until World of Warcraft came along.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-examplesadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-examplesaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedguideoakdusaraidraid-uiraidingraiding-uiuiui-configurationui-guideuser-interfaceuser-interface-guidewow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guidewow-ui-configuration (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria: 'What has changed?' makes class changes more palatable]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/mists-of-pandaria-beta-what-has-changed-makes-class-changes/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/mists-of-pandaria-beta-what-has-changed-makes-class-changes/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/mists-of-pandaria-beta-what-has-changed-makes-class-changes/#comments Image One of the sharpest double-edged swords in Blizzard's arsenal is the constant iteration to class and play design that comes with each World of Warcraft expansion. On the one hand, players like innovation and new mechanics and spells to keep their favorite class fresh. On the other hand, players could reject the changes as too severe or too different from the class they originally set out to play, as was the case with Alex Ziebart and myself with paladins in Cataclysm. It's a risky move to change up the core mechanics of a class, and the introduction of the "What's New" window helps streamline this occasionally daunting issue.

New and old players alike will benefit greatly from the "What has changed?" tab. Simply open up your spellbook and click on the last tab at the bottom. You'll be greeted with a new screen giving you the run down on some of the biggest changes to your class coming in Mists of Pandaria.

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]]> betachangechangedclass-changesdesignmists-of-pandariamists-of-pandaria-betaold-playersold-wow-playersplayers-returnreturning-playersupdatewhatwhat-has-changed (Mathew McCurley) Mon, 21 May 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Queue: wumFWIPbloob]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/the-queue-wumfwipbloob/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/the-queue-wumfwipbloob/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/the-queue-wumfwipbloob/#comments Image
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

That's the sound that a resplendent chest makes when you open it in Diablo III. Seriously. Think about it.

BKellyCS asked:

I was discussing with some guildies this evening the "key points" in WoWs history (like personally feeling that Ulduar was the closest to raiding perfection with a variety of bosses, events, lore, layout, the hard mode switches etc) - what personally do you think the biggest opportunity Blizzard can take forward from Cataclysm is? What 'thing' do you think worked really well and reckon we'll see more of? What do you reckon they've learnt the most from and will endeavour to improve/never-EVER-let-that-happen-again?

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]]> featuredguideqaquestion-and-answerwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Mathew McCurley) Sat, 19 May 2012 12:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Engineering gets more fun toys]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-engineering-gets-more-fun-toys/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-engineering-gets-more-fun-toys/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-engineering-gets-more-fun-toys/#comments Image Engineers, keep getting excited for Mists of Pandaria, because we've just got even more toys to make our favorite profession unequivocally still the best profession. With the recent beta patch, we've seen some new datamined recipes for engineering goodies such as Blingtron 4000, a fabulously wealthy robot companion who gives people gifts, and the Depleted-Kyparium Rocket, a new rocket mount built by engineers.

The real treat, however, is the Thermal Anvil, a new item that drops a portable anvil and forge at the engineer's feet. Yes, you read that right -- engineers are going to be able to deploy a portable anvil.

But wait, there's more. Did you want to slap some Watergliding Jets on your shoes to make swimming a breeze? What about a brand new Wormhole Generator for the Pandaria continent? Maybe you've like to pair a gathering profession with your engineering to make the best use of some brand new Mist-Piercing Goggles? Engineers, Blizzard has heard our call for more fun stuff and it is delivering. I can't wait to see what's next. Engineering -- best profession!
It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft's next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!

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]]> engineeringengineering-mountmists-of-pandariamountnew-engineering-recipes (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Lawbringer: Blizzard and Valve settle on DOTA]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/the-lawbringer-blizzard-and-valve-settle-on-dota/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/the-lawbringer-blizzard-and-valve-settle-on-dota/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/the-lawbringer-blizzard-and-valve-settle-on-dota/#comments Image Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, and esoteroic topics that slip through the cracks.

One of the highest-profile disputes in the gaming industry has come to a settlement agreement. Blizzard has agreed that it will back off from Valve's use of the DOTA trademark for commercial use, while Blizzard retains noncommercial use of the term for modders, map creators, and the community revolving around the game. In addition to the commercial/non-commercial separation, Blizzard has officially changed the name of its upcoming Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, so expect a new branding push soon. At the end of the day, I am still bewildered as to why we're fighting over DOTA, an acronym and phrase that comes packed with baggage and various connotations.

Back in 2010, Rob Pardo told Eurogamer essentially that trademarking DOTA was a slap in the face to the community that created the genre, and for a company that built a great deal of its success on mods, it seemed genuinely out of place for Valve. While everything is always about money, sometimes things are about money just a little less. With its own products announced using the DOTA name and former-DOTA developers having joined S2 Games and Riot Games to create Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends respectively, the MOBA genre is healthy.

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]]> artsblizzard-dotadotafartsfeaturedheroes-of-newerthlaw-bringerleague-of-legendsmobariots2-gamesvalveworld-of-warcraft-lawworld-of-warcraft-legalwow-lawwow-legalwow-terms-of-usewow-tou (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Horde and Alliance Incarnation moonkin forms]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-horde-and-alliance-incarnation-moonkin-f/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-horde-and-alliance-incarnation-moonkin-f/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/mists-of-pandaria-beta-horde-and-alliance-incarnation-moonkin-f/#comments Image Things just got real in the Mists of Pandaria beta, folks. With the most recent patch, the new moonkin forms for the druid talent Incarnation have hit MMO-Champion. I don't really have much to say other than Blizzard just might be opening a can of worms here for druid players. Armored moonkin forms actually look pretty awesome.

Druids, run with this one. While Incarnation is going to have its own special models, attaching armor to the existing moonkin form might have proven easier than imagined. Could druids get the option in the future to augment their forms with their own armor choices? Not yet, but Incarnation's forms are already shaping up to be pretty exciting for druids. Now, to dust off my druid ...

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]]> boomkindruiddruid-incarnationincarnationmoonkin (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Addon Spotlight: Mailbag 5]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/addon-spotlight-mailbag-5/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/addon-spotlight-mailbag-5/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/addon-spotlight-mailbag-5/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same.

As the Mists of Pandaria beta rolls along (lots of monks are on the beta -- it's a joke about rolling), almost all of the zones are open to testing and nearing the level cap. Soon, very soon, Blizzard will flip that switch and we will be able to enable addons and it will be glorious. Until then, there are many questions about the current version of World of Warcraft (Cataclysm) that many people would like to have answered.

If you've got a question, answer, addon recommendation, complaint, invoice, or other correspondence, you should email Addon Spotlight's amazing author Mathew McCurley at mat@wowinsider.com. Through that email, you will reach me and my eyes. Let's get going.

In honor of Diablo, (H)el(l)ephant

Our first email comes from reader Jmaximus, who sounds like a totally badass paladin on the Thunderhorn server. Any name with Maximus in it is going to intimidate me to some degree. Anyway, Jmaximus has an addon recommendation for the lot of you, so thank him, because this one is pretty cool. Elephant!

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonselephantfeaturedguiderefluxtransfer-uiui-transferwow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Joystiq unboxes WoW Monopoly]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/joystiq-unboxes-wow-monopoly/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/joystiq-unboxes-wow-monopoly/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/joystiq-unboxes-wow-monopoly/#comments Image USAopoly's awesome foray in WoW-themed board games comes in the form of the World of Warcraft version of Monopoly. With player pieces like a Hearthstone, Core Hound Pup, and Mechagnome and WoW-themed real estate to buy with WoW-themed money, you know you're going to have fun playing this with your friends. I call the Hearthstone piece, though, and no one lets Sacco near the bank, because I bet he's a cheater.

Check out Joystiq's unboxing gallery here. World of Warcraft Monopoly is available for sale today. Joystiq is even giving away one of the games to a lucky commenter, so head on over to the site and enter to win.

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]]> monopolyusaopolywow-monopoly (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: Another WoW fill-in-your-own-words adventure]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/breakfast-topic-another-wow-fill-in-your-own-words-adventure/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/breakfast-topic-another-wow-fill-in-your-own-words-adventure/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/breakfast-topic-another-wow-fill-in-your-own-words-adventure/#comments Image The next batch of WoW fill-in-your-own-words fun stories actually will totally have fun continuity. I introduce you to Jun Pao and the Tournament of Triumph, part 1.

OK, I'll do it right this time for you nerds. Here's the list, first. Hit the jump for the story, and plug in your words!

1. Common outdoor place
2. Animal
3. Intense emotion
4. Your favorite WoW race, plural
5. Something your favorite WoW race will never, ever do
6. A synonym for rock (it can be rock)
7. Adjective
8. Herbalism plant
9. A fish native to Azeroth
10. Your favorite Avenger (from the movie -- don't get smart with me, comic nerds. I'll find you.)
11. Season
12. Bodily sound
13. Adjective
14. Adjective relating to old people
15. Relationship
16. Body parts
17. Proper name

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]]> featuredgame-discussiongamer-discussionjun-paoworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topics (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: The most boring WoW stream ever]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/breakfast-topic-the-most-boring-wow-stream-ever/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/breakfast-topic-the-most-boring-wow-stream-ever/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/breakfast-topic-the-most-boring-wow-stream-ever/#comments Image I've been toying with the idea of streaming some of my WoW playing and taking the time to converse with readers, have fun, and relax. It soon dawned on me, however, that I don't exactly do the most excited things in World of Warcraft these days. Aside from Raid Finder and Molten Core for a potential Thunderfury, my gaming consists of coming up with transmog outfits, running old dungeons, and praying for more mounts.

Suddenly, it dawned on me -- my WoW stream would be the most boring stream ever to anyone who doesn't enjoy the aspects of the game that I do. Archaeology streaming? You bet. Watch me clear Molten Core in 15 minutes while listening to AC/DC? It's gonna happen. Spending 20 minutes staring at MogIt? Probably more than you think!

If someone was standing behind you, watching you play WoW over your shoulder, would they be engaged? Would they find what you were doing boring? Are your experiences in-game worthy of an audience these days or are you happy in archaeology town, like me?

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]]> beta-streamboring-wow-streamfeaturedgame-discussiongamer-discussionorcstreamworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topics (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Two Bosses Enter: Season 4 preview]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/two-bosses-enter-season-4-preview/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/two-bosses-enter-season-4-preview/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/two-bosses-enter-season-4-preview/#comments Image In Two Bosses Enter, WoW Insider's series of fantasy death matches, bosses, leaders, and powerful figures of World of Warcraft face off in the squared circle. Your vote determines who wins and claims the season title.

Two Bosses Enter's season finale was a big win for dungeon boss design, with End Time's Murozond beating out the rest of the Hour of Twilight 5-man instance bosses and even some of the Dragon Soul raid bosses, thanks to the Raid Finder. The WoW Insider community connected with an all-around fun fight that wasn't as punishing as some of the other fights in the 5-man heroic tier but made for epic moments and an important climactic battle. Murozond and his unique mechanic will have a lot to say going forward with encounter design, I would imagine, as this whole set of 5-mans has been remarkably successful, for the most part. Sorry, Arcurion.

Now that we've got season 3 tucked away, it's time to ponder the future, looking forward toward a brighter and more peaceful tomorrow. Sadly, that tomorrow isn't looking so bright or peaceful, with the Horde and the Alliance preparing to descend upon the lost continent of Pandaria, bitter rivalries and hatreds newly reignited. With war comes heroes from every faction, giving us plenty of cannon fodder for Two Bosses Enter.

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]]> featurednot-diablorole-playingwow-bosswow-boss-battlewow-bosseswow-rp (Mathew McCurley) Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Breakfast Topic: Meet Windrider Traffic Commander Joruk Stonejaw]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/breakfast-topic-meet-windrider-traffic-commander-joruk-stonejaw/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/breakfast-topic-meet-windrider-traffic-commander-joruk-stonejaw/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/breakfast-topic-meet-windrider-traffic-commander-joruk-stonejaw/#comments Image Many of you don't know about Windrider Traffic Commander Joruk Stonejaw, one of the vital members of the Orgrimmar Flight and Safety Administration. No, you can't look him up on Wowhead. I mean, you could try, but you won't find him. I made him up.

Born in Orgrimmar and working in his father's salvage shop, Joruk dreamed of the sky every spare moment he had. When the Horde went to Northrend, Joruk went with it. When he returned from battle, Garrosh Hellscream commanded Horde soldiers from the front to transition back into a state of readiness. Joruk, proven on the battlefield, was tasked with overseeing the wyvern operations and highway high above The Drag.

Eventually, Joruk made himself indispensible. Soon, every wyvern and windrider schedule was passing past his desk. Five headaches and three delegations later, Joruk's new position of Windrider Traffic Commander was instated. If you've ever flown out of Orgrimmar, be it by airship, zeppelin, windrider, or flying machine, Joruk Stonejaw has seen your name on paperwork.

Make up your own WoW character. Go.

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Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

Call your mom -- she wants to hear from you.

@ConMoro on Twitter asked:

geographically, are mop zones large? or just average size but packed with interesting things to see?

The zones in Mists of Pandaria are large and spacious. In fact, I was very much impressed with how many open spaces there are and just ... How do I put this? Running room? I liked the sprawl of Hillsbrad and the expanse of Arathi. Big zones are good, and Mists of Pandaria has got some pretty big, sprawly zones. When Blizzard first discussed the zone layout, I immediately hoped for more Dragonblights, since I'm the only person who apparently loves large zones with disparate stories found all over them. Or not!

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]]> featuredguidehappy-mothers-dayqaquestion-and-answerstacys-momwow-answerswow-daily-answerswow-daily-questionswow-guidewow-player-questionswow-q-and-awow-questions (Mathew McCurley) Sun, 13 May 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Goblin Glider proves engineering is still the best profession]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/12/mists-of-pandaria-beta-goblin-glider-proves-engineering-is-stil/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/12/mists-of-pandaria-beta-goblin-glider-proves-engineering-is-stil/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/12/mists-of-pandaria-beta-goblin-glider-proves-engineering-is-stil/#comments Image My love of engineering is no secret. Engineering is the best profession in WoW, period, as measured by the only scale that matters: awesome points. We've seen some new head pieces coming in Mists of Pandaria, but there really has not been a huge amount of engineering news. Well, that's all changed now that the Goblin Glider engineering enchant has been introduced.

What's the Goblin Glider? This new enchant attaches the Mists of Pandaria version of the Flexweave Underlay (whose update was oddly missing from Cataclysm) that looks to only use a handful of easily obtainable materials. The real kicker with this new slow-fall cloak is that it's got a built-in Nitro Boost that periodically pushes the player forward through the air. What this means is that you've got periodic forward momentum for 30 seconds of slow fall with the ability to steer your character 360 degrees. Not only is this the coolest new escape tool for engineers, it makes WoW base jumping about 900 times cooler.

I am really excited to get my hands on the new engineering stuff, and it's great to see the best profession in the game getting some love. Let's see more, Blizz!
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]]> breakingengineeringengineering-best-professionengineersflexweave-underlayglidergoblingoblin-glidermists+of+pandariamistsofpandarianitro-boostspandaria+betapandariabetaslow-fall (Mathew McCurley) Sat, 12 May 2012 18:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Addon Spotlight: GTFO revisited]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/addon-spotlight-gtfo-revisited/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/addon-spotlight-gtfo-revisited/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/addon-spotlight-gtfo-revisited/#comments Image Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same.

If you asked me back in 2009 if GTFO would become one of the most widely used, universally loved, and iconic addons in World of Warcraft's history, I would have laughed you out the door. You see, not standing in bad things was the ultimate test to see if you were ready for the big boy leagues. Sartharion and his three drakes brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "if you stand in the bad, you're losing DKP."

World of Warcraft made standing in stuff a staple game mechanic for boss fights and player spells and abilities. A common thread presents itself -- Blizzard took potentially clunky boss and game design and made it more accessible. Boss design used to be a mix of larger and stronger versions of regular mobs, like in the EverQuest planes, or unique mobs that would have some awesome new NPC abilities or even steal a player ability or two, like in the EverQuest planes. WoW might not have done it first, but the game sure did make it pretty and varied.

For every action, there is a reaction, and for every good thing to stand in, there are a hundred more bad things. Standing in bad things has become the joke of the era, culminating in Wrath of the Lich King with the ultimate send-off to positional and location-based mechanics -- heroic-mode Shadow Traps. GTFO's alarms and bells would echo down the sheer icy cliff walls of Arthas' monstrous fortress, the angry screams and painful sighs of adventurers falling to their deaths, the alarm not even finishing its full playback.

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]]> add-onadd-on-configurationadd-on-guideaddon-configurationaddon-guideaddonsfeaturedfonzigtfoguidethunderfurywow-add-onwow-add-on-guidewow-add-onswow-addon-guidewow-addonswow-guide (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[The Lawbringer: 7 tips on holding the security line]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/the-lawbringer-7-tips-on-holding-the-security-line/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/the-lawbringer-7-tips-on-holding-the-security-line/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/the-lawbringer-7-tips-on-holding-the-security-line/#comments Image Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, and esoteroic topics that slip through the cracks.

Data breaches cost a lot of money, consumer satisfaction, and trust. In the MMO world, the trust that exists between the game's developer and the player is a tricky relationship to navigate and extremely fickle. Any number of wrong moves or postures can turn your profitable subscription MMO into a public relations nightmare forced to turn the wagon around mid-trip. Security compromises a large part of that MMO trust.

Blizzard has had its fair share of security issues and trust problems between the players and itself. As the first MMO to have to battle hackers and not just gold farmers to the scale present in WoW, Blizzard had to invent its own way to do business in the world as it was -- an insecure place dominated by gray-market gold sellers and account hackers looking to sell to an eager, ready-to-spend playerbase. While WoW isn't the astronomically large service that some others affected by recent and notorious hacks are, it serves as an example of one of the big guys in the industry doing their best to navigate a minefield.

Greg Boyd and Gary Kibel wrote an article for Gamasutra discussing seven steps to improved security in the online and gaming space. After reading over the article, I felt that many of the points discussed had Blizzard and WoW-specific analogs and real-world examples that might shed some light on the security concerns still out there, what WoW has accomplished in the MMO security space.

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]]> blizzard-securityfeaturedgamasutragary-kibelgreg-boydlaw-bringersecurityworld-of-warcraft-lawworld-of-warcraft-legalwow-lawwow-legalwow-terms-of-usewow-tou (Mathew McCurley) Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Item upgrade strings surface]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-item-upgrade-strings-surface/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-item-upgrade-strings-surface/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-item-upgrade-strings-surface/#comments Image Two interesting new client strings were unearthed early this morning on MMO-Champion related to the elusive item upgrade system that Blizzard has yet to completely flesh out for players. Valor points are changing their focus in Mists of Pandaria, to be used as a way to upgrade existing gear rather than being used to buy all-new pieces. This new system has yet be comprehensively explained, and these new client strings are our first hint at the system's actual implementation.

The basic understanding of the item upgrade system is that justice points will be used to purchase the first pieces of gear from vendors, and valor points will be used to turn that gear into better gear. What this hopefully means is that rather than having two vendors selling the same items with different stats, we can have a justice vendor who sells you items and then upgrades them via some interface dealie with valor points. Hopefully, the number of vendors decreases, because right now it's sort of a pain.
ITEM
  • ITEM_UPGRADE - Item Upgrade
ITEM_UPGRADE
  • ITEM_UPGRADE_DESCRIPTION - Use your valor points to upgrade a weapon or piece of armor that is level 375 or higher.
Honestly, I've been under the impression that Blizzard itself still had the system in flux, so anything being said about just wasn't set in stone. Now, with new client strings and references to upgrading your raid items, it looks like the system is closer to completion.
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]]> betagearjusticemistsmoppandariapointpointsupgrade-gearvalor (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: Incarnation druid cat forms appear]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-incarnation-druid-cat-forms-appear/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-incarnation-druid-cat-forms-appear/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/mists-of-pandaria-beta-incarnation-druid-cat-forms-appear/#comments Image Wowhead has datamined some pretty cool new models, which are apparently new druid cat form models coming in for the new druid talent Incarnation. Even though they're not a whole new model, they look slick, and I cannot imagine Blizzard won't have something more to say about them soon, now that we've seen them. Ghostcrawler said that new forms are coming for Incarnation, and this might be the first salvo of models for druids.

Personally, I hope the new forms are a subtle hint at a Blizzard reversal in its reluctance to add in some class-specific content again. While doing something cool for every class is a daunting process and the required resources are extensive, it's been shown that players react favorably to that type of content. In the meantime, check out the epic cat forms for worgen, night elves, tauren, and trolls over at Wowhead.
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]]> cat-formdruidepic-druid-formmistsmopnew-cat-formnew-formsnight-elf-druidpandariatauren-druidtroll-druidworgen-druidwowhead (Mathew McCurley) Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Mists of Pandaria Beta: New strings hint at help for sweeping class changes]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/mists-of-pandaria-beta-new-strings-hint-at-help-for-sweeping-cl/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/mists-of-pandaria-beta-new-strings-hint-at-help-for-sweeping-cl/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/mists-of-pandaria-beta-new-strings-hint-at-help-for-sweeping-cl/#comments Image One of the biggest complaints players have about the ever-changing system design of World of Warcraft is that each expansion brings with it sweeping changes or new mechanics that need to be relearned. In addition, if you were absent from World of Warcraft for an expansion or two, your class will not look the same in any way, shape, or form (with respect to rogues, of course). Blizzard has apparently been listening to these concerns, if these new beta strings are any indication.

With the release of a new beta patch comes new data strings and the information contained within. Recently uncovered was a family of strings called "What has changed," with some examples for the warrior listed in the files. "What has changed" looks to re-educate old players or bring new players up to speed on the design, rotation, and role of each class. The warrior, for instance, has four strings at this time, letting the player know about the Rend/Deep Wounds change, how some old talents are now just learned specialization spells, and some examples of the new rage mechanics.
  • WHAT_HAS_CHANGED - What has changed?
  • WHC_WARRIOR_1 - Many old talents have become specialization spells.
  • WHC_WARRIOR_2 - Warrior abilities no longer require specific stances. You can use any ability in any stance.
  • WHC_WARRIOR_3 - Rage is generated by Mortal Strike (id 12294), Bloodthirst (id 23881) or Shield Slam (id 23922). Only use Heroic Strike (id 78) when you have more Rage than you can spend.
  • WHC_WARRIOR_4 - Rend (icon ability_gouge) is now called Deep Wounds (id 115768). It is automatically applied so it won't appear in your spell book.
I couldn't be happier for these new helpful tips. I don't even know where to begin with rotations or strategies with new classes (especially mages, for some reason). Hopefully with these new tips, old players and players tired of mechanics changes will be able to slip into Mists of Pandaria much more easily, if that's what these strings indicate at all.
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]]> changing-mechanicsmechanicsnew-playersold-playerswarrior (Mathew McCurley) Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 EST WoW Insider <![CDATA[Breakfast Braggosh Adventures: Braggosh goes to the Darkmoon Faire]]> http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/breakfast-braggosh-adventures-braggosh-goes-to-the-darkmoon-fai/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/breakfast-braggosh-adventures-braggosh-goes-to-the-darkmoon-fai/ http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/breakfast-braggosh-adventures-braggosh-goes-to-the-darkmoon-fai/#comments Braggosh decided to go to the Darkmoon Faire and have a sandbox adventure. Check out the thrilling footage above.

Darkmoon Faire Island has been out for many months now, and we've grown accustomed and used to the place. This morning, I finally got my first Pit Fighter trinket and realized that I still really love the Faire. Since it only comes around for a certain amount of time per month, the experience is still fairly new each time. I've gotten into a nice routine for the Faire where I never forget my flour for the cooking monthly and know my routes. I've gotten bullseyes on the cannon for three Faires in a row.

How are you still liking the Faire? What changes do you think Blizzard can make to the Faire that might create some more buzz over time? Where should Braggosh adventure next?

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