WoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gifWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comen-usCopyright 2015 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/WoW Insider ShowEvery week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider. We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community. From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft. Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.Breakfast Topic: How much farming is too much farming?http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/27/breakfast-topic-how-much-farming-is-too-much-farming/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/27/breakfast-topic-how-much-farming-is-too-much-farming/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/27/breakfast-topic-how-much-farming-is-too-much-farming/#commentsFiled under: ,

There's no MMO -- or game in general, really -- that doesn't have some grinding built in. After all, you need some reason to keep logging in after you've run out of quest rewards and dungeons to clear. But sometimes the grind you go through for achievements and collectables is just too much. So when do you decide that it's time to throw in the towel on your own grinds?

Right now, I'm working on safari achievements, and I'm down to one pet left to catch in Eastern Kingdoms and one more in Kalimdor. Two more pets when I've already managed to pick up 360 unique pets shouldn't be that hard, right? Wrong. Right now I have alts camped to watch for rare spawns, and I log in now and then to sit and stare at my mini-map as if that will make them spawn faster. But this isn't exactly compelling gameplay -- in fact, this kind of tedium is the dead opposite of compelling. But I've gotten so close... I shouldn't give up with only a couple of pets to go, should I?

So today let's talk grinds. How long have you ever spent farming or grinding for a particular bauble or achievement in-game? And just when do you decide that enough is enough?

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]]>battle-petscollectingfeaturedgame-discussiongamer-discussionworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topicsElizabeth HarperTue, 27 Jan 2015 09:00:00 ESTThe Queue: Lightning roundhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/26/the-queue-lightning-round/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/26/the-queue-lightning-round/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/26/the-queue-lightning-round/#commentsFiled under: ,

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

Anne had everyone entranced with her tinfoil hat in yesterday's Queue and left us with a serious lack of questions. Today is going to be a simple rapid-fire day.

Make with the asking!

xeraphax asked:

With the changes coming to salvaging, should I keep my crates till 6.1 or use them now?

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]]>featuredAlex ZiebartMon, 26 Jan 2015 12:00:00 ESTSunday Morning Funnies: Muzzledhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/25/sunday-morning-funnies-muzzled/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/25/sunday-morning-funnies-muzzled/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/25/sunday-morning-funnies-muzzled/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Gratz
Sunday Morning Funnies is your weekly list of WoW-related web comics.

This week, in comics: A flamingo. Droppin' coin. Adorable lowbies. Crafting doohickies (doohickeys?). Plus: Dodging dinos!

In comic news this week, From Draenor With Love has posted the cover for Chapter 5! So glad it's back. If you missed earlier news, and are wondering where some of your favorites are, well, Sara & Kleeyo is on a more sporadic posting schedule, and both Contested Territory and Best in Slot are on a hiatus while new content is produced and post-holiday breaks are had.

On Gratz Solace, Lackinganame will be posting extra information and discussion points at the bottoms of each post, so keep an eye out! And if you missed last week's discussion section, but have been thinking about getting into digital art via a tablet, you should check out the comments.

Finally, you may notice something new on the list this week! If you like it, I encourage you to check out the other artwork posted at Bear Comics and Assorted Art, and I will link to more in future.

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]]>featuredworld-of-warcraft-comicworld-of-warcraft-comicsworld-of-warcraft-funnieswow-comicwow-comicswow-funniesAmanda MillerSun, 25 Jan 2015 12:00:00 ESTBreakfast Topic: Have you caught 'em all?http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/24/breakfast-topic-have-you-caught-em-all/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/24/breakfast-topic-have-you-caught-em-all/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/24/breakfast-topic-have-you-caught-em-all/#commentsFiled under: ,

I've been on a recent pet-hunting binge in World of Warcraft. Though I've always been a fan of collecting games, I'd avoided getting into this one because it seemed like once I got started started, I would feel compelled to catch everything... and that seemed like a tall order. Now that I'm actively working on WoW's safari achievements, I can tell I was right. In between rare spawn pets, pets that only spawn during certain weather conditions or certain times of day, and my horrible habit of accidentally killing pets I mean to catch (my Terrible Turnip isn't very high level yet), I'm pretty sure this is going to take approximately forever to finish.

So I ask you, readers: are you, too, compelled to try to catch 'em all? And if so, how is your personal safari quest going?

A note to anyone who hasn't started this crazy quest to catch every pet: don't start! Your sanity will thank you.

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]]>battle-petsfeaturedgame-discussiongamer-discussionworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topicsElizabeth HarperSat, 24 Jan 2015 10:00:00 ESTWRUP: Our favorite 6.1 things editionhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/wrup-our-favorite-6-1-things-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/wrup-our-favorite-6-1-things-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/wrup-our-favorite-6-1-things-edition/#commentsFiled under:

Patch 6.1 is getting ever nearer, and as we learn more about what the patch will bring we all have our favorite things about it. So this week when we caught up to talk about what we were playing this weekend, we also also took the time to talk about our favorite things in patch 6.1 (so far).

Are you playing WoW this weekend? Jump into the comments to tell us what you're up to -- and what you're looking forward to in patch 6.1. Otherwise, read on for what team WoW Insider is playing this weekend.

Continue reading WRUP: Our favorite 6.1 things edition

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]]>what-are-you-playingwrupElizabeth HarperFri, 23 Jan 2015 20:00:00 ESTPatch 6.1 PTR: Heirloom necklaces dataminedhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-heirloom-necklaces-datamined/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-heirloom-necklaces-datamined/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-heirloom-necklaces-datamined/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

So once again the folks at Wowhead are hard at work datamining away at Patch 6.1 on the PTR, and they've found something very interesting - new heirlooms. Specifically, neckpieces. A whole host of them, in fact. At present they don't seem to scale down on Wowhead, and they say 1 to 60 which seems odd to me, I'd expect 1 to 90. But that On Use is pretty amazing, all told. Since we're also talking about the heirloom tab coming in this patch as well, it's a good time for a set of necklace heirlooms.

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]]>heirloomheirloom-tabheriloom-necklacespatch-6.1patch-6.1-ptrMatthew RossiFri, 23 Jan 2015 08:00:00 ESTPatch 6.1 PTR - New Blood Elf Models Incominghttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-new-blood-elf-models-incoming/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-new-blood-elf-models-incoming/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/23/patch-6-1-ptr-new-blood-elf-models-incoming/#commentsFiled under: , ,

We've been waiting for new blood elf models since Warlords of Draenor was announced, and now we finally know when we're getting them. Patch 6.1's PTR will have the first look at the blood elf of the future, soon to be the blood elf of the present. These are very definitely works in progress, so there are things to keep in mind - currently all male blood elves have the same facial geometry, for instance. But you can hop on the PTR yourself and take a look right now.

To my eye they don't look very different, just improved. But what do you think?

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]]>blood-elfnew-blood-elfnew-modelspatch-6.1patch-6.1-ptrMatthew RossiFri, 23 Jan 2015 01:04:00 ESTBreakfast Topic: When do you play?http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/22/breakfast-topic-when-do-you-play/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/22/breakfast-topic-when-do-you-play/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/22/breakfast-topic-when-do-you-play/#commentsFiled under: ,

World of Warcraft has some pretty standard "prime time" hours. After people are out of work or school -- or after the kids are put to bed -- they return home and pile into the game. This makes these "prime" hours a great time to run LFR or find a group doing the Apexis daily, but crowds and make it a lousy time to go out trapping for savage blood or to farm rare (and camped) materials.

So with that in mind -- and following up on yesterday's topic -- just when do you jump into the game to play? I have a tendency to jump online in the middle of the day for some quiet time farming or doing other daily tasks when I'm not likely to be interrupted -- though, of course, if I'm getting in on any particular group activities I have to shoot for those prime time hours. But what about you, readers? Do you keep to late nights or do you prefer to play during the day? Just when is your prime playtime schedule?

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]]>featuredgame-discussiongamer-discussionworld-of-warcraft-discussionworld-of-warcraft-topicswow-discussionwow-hot-topicswow-issueswow-topicsElizabeth HarperThu, 22 Jan 2015 09:00:00 ESTThe Queue: Blackrock Foundry and more garrison questionshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/19/the-queue-blackrock-foundry-and-more-garrison-questions/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/19/the-queue-blackrock-foundry-and-more-garrison-questions/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/19/the-queue-blackrock-foundry-and-more-garrison-questions/#commentsFiled under: ,

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

I've been watching Young Justice again and find it funny that Superboy is essentially The Hulk for the bulk of the first season.

What does that have to do with World of Warcraft? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

KingMarvel asked:

Is the Blackrock Foundry raid in the 6.1 patch? I know this raid is coming out in February but is it simply unlocking or are we getting the new patch?

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]]>blackrock-foundrygarrisonsAlex ZiebartMon, 19 Jan 2015 11:00:00 ESTSunday Morning Funnies: Wee palhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/18/sunday-morning-funnies-wee-pal/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/18/sunday-morning-funnies-wee-pal/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/18/sunday-morning-funnies-wee-pal/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Questing Comics
Sunday Morning Funnies is your weekly list of WoW-related web comics.

This week, in comics: Rare wares. A cunning squirrel. Listening to cats and robots. Brothers. Plus: Wise advice!

In comic news this week, Best in Slot finished up Chapter 2 last week, and begins a one-month hiatus this week. However, there may be the odd extra or bonus going up in the meantime, so I'll keep an eye out for everyone!

Also, Trig resumes his review of 2014 over on Gnomeregan Forever, which I highly recommend reading; whether you're heavily into the lore and storylines in WoW or whether you could use a TL:DR, you'll be hooked.

Wondering what else we've got this week? A reflection on New Year's resolutions. A Rug appears! Richard is still baby-wearing. And don't miss Away From Reality (although I feel I can't say why without risking spoiling it for you). Plus, bad poetry and dangerous missions!

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]]>featuredworld-of-warcraft-comicworld-of-warcraft-comicsworld-of-warcraft-funnieswow-comicwow-comicswow-funniesAmanda MillerSun, 18 Jan 2015 12:00:00 ESTWRUP: Free to play editionhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/17/wrup-free-to-play-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/17/wrup-free-to-play-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/17/wrup-free-to-play-edition/#commentsFiled under:

Welcome to the weekend, everyone! For many of us, the weekend means it's time to game and that means World of Warcraft. This weekend, we're also abuzz about just what the recently announced Veteran Edition of WoW means -- is it a useful tool to help Blizzard bring back former players, or simply a stepping stone towards a free to play future?

Only time will tell for certain what Blizzard plans to do... but in the meanwhile, there's no reason we can't speculate. And, of course, talk about our weekend gaming plans. Read on to see just what team WoW Insider is up to this weekend -- and be sure to let us know what you're playing in the comments!

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]]>what-are-you-playingwrupElizabeth HarperSat, 17 Jan 2015 20:00:00 ESTTradeChat's latest WoW jokeshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/15/tradechats-latest-wow-jokes/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/15/tradechats-latest-wow-jokes/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/15/tradechats-latest-wow-jokes/#commentsFiled under:

The WoW Insider Weekly Recap will return next week, but in the meantime, TradeChat brings us another edition of her WoW Jokes series hosted by her cast of fictional characters. You'll groan more often than you laugh -- but a good groan is sometimes just as good. Be warned: the video does contain some language we would consider NSFW.

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]]>pansertradechatAlex ZiebartThu, 15 Jan 2015 20:00:00 ESTKnow Your Lore: Breakout Characters of 2014, Part Twohttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/know-your-lore-breakout-characters-of-2014-part-two/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/know-your-lore-breakout-characters-of-2014-part-two/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/know-your-lore-breakout-characters-of-2014-part-two/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

When last I was writing about this, we covered some characters that got their chance at the spotlight in 2014. Real life then conspired to interrupt me, but I'm finally back, almost a month into 2015, to talk some more about 2014. Timely!

Anyway, I don't think my choices are going to be groundbreaking or shocking for anyone. We all know my biases, but you may be surprised by some choices anyway, because sometimes, I actually try and ignore my biases and be fair. Sometimes.

Ga'nar

Straight up - I expected to hate Ga'nar. When you first meet him, he's your typical blustering orc, going on about murdering Iron Horde with his shovel (granted, they had him digging out latrines, I'd be pretty upset too) and posturing at Hellscream as you retreat from Tanaan. But something happened on the way through Frostfire Ridge. He started to grow on me. He was arrogant and hotheaded, yes, but also brave and well, such an orc about everything. And when he challenged Durotan, he showed a quality I hadn't expected in him - as Durotan refused to even fight him, declaring that he would stand and let Ga'nar kill him if necessary, Ga'nar backed down.

The final confrontation with Fenris Wolfbrother (and the revelation that Fenris was the eldest son of Garad and Geyah) ultimately revealed Ga'nar's true self to the player. I'm a sucker for heroic sacrifices. Always have been. And this was a heck of a heroic sacrifice, all told - after dispatching their wicked elder brother, Ga'nar refuses to allow Durotan to die, instead hurling himself, a lone orc (say it in Muradin Bronzebeard's voice) against the forces of the Iron Horde, and his death buys victory for his people. I'm sorry, but as much as I often bag on orcs, this was an excellent heroes' death for Ga'nar, and it won my affection.

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]]>featuredguideguide-to-lorelorelore-guiderole-playrole-playing-guiderp-guideworld-of-warcraft-lorewow-guidewow-lorewow-role-playingwow-role-playing-guidewow-rpwow-rp-guidewow-rpingMatthew RossiWed, 14 Jan 2015 18:00:00 ESTThe Queue: Followers, transmog, and gross itemshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/the-queue-followers-transmog-and-gross-items/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/the-queue-followers-transmog-and-gross-items/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/14/the-queue-followers-transmog-and-gross-items/#commentsFiled under: ,

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

I managed to lose a day this week and thought today was Tuesday rather than Wednesday. For that reason, The Queue is a little late today. I hope you'll all forgive me.

Snichy asked:

Does getting a follower to "epic" quality have any benefits over them being the same iLevel but blue?

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]]>garrison-followersgarrisonstransmogAlex ZiebartWed, 14 Jan 2015 12:05:00 ESTPatch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 12http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/12/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-12/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/12/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-12/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/12/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-12/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yes, more hotfixes. What do they entail, you ask? Well, I'm glad you did. Here's just a few highlights from this latest round of hotfixes. There are quite a few class changes, some of which I highly approve of (the ones that buff warriors) and other changes as well.
  • Death Knights see Blood Boil's damage reduced by 33.3%
  • Sacred Duty, formerly granting 5% additional haste from all sources, is heavily buffed and now grants 30% haste from all sources.
  • For you enhancement shaman, Stormstrike sees an 11.1% damage buff.
  • Gladiator Stance now only increases damage by 5%, down from 20%, but just about all damaging abilities for protection warriors see buffs - Thunder Clap, Deep Wounds and Revenge were buffed by 40%, while Devastate and Shield Slam both got 20% buffs.
There's a lot more, so head on over to the official site and take a look for yourself. Just about every class but monks saw some adjustment.

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]]>hotfixhotfixespatch-6.0.3patch-6.0.3-HotfixesMatthew RossiMon, 12 Jan 2015 22:30:00 ESTSunday Morning Funnies: Slidershttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/11/sunday-morning-funnies-sliders/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/11/sunday-morning-funnies-sliders/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/11/sunday-morning-funnies-sliders/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Experience Boost
Sunday Morning Funnies is your weekly list of WoW-related web comics.

This week, in comics: Chuck, the baby. A bit of crankiness. A thought-provoking question. Plus: Northrend is cold!

In comic news this week, Guilded Age will be reducing its update schedule to three times a week. If you are used to checking it on weekdays, you should expect to see new content on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The creative team has posted a thorough explanation worth reading, but the gist is that five updates a week left little time for outside projects and sometimes meant that the comics published were not quite what they would have been otherwise. It was sapping a bit of the fun and amping up the stress for the creators.

In other news, Gratz posted two extra updates this week, for five total! And Away From Reality managed to update even though Eric's computer is in the shop (under warranty, and backed up). Gnomeregan Forever has posted a comic created (but not published) back in June when Trig was testing new character models. Dark Legacy Comics reviews a decade of changing attitudes towards the game. Finally, Fox Rain is getting a slight change in format, and a bit of a bump in the amount of content we can expect each week.

Also, you'll be happy to see that our list is quite long again this week! Many of the comics are resuming their normal posting schedule, and several of the comics that update sporadically have also posted new content. Check it out:

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]]>featuredworld-of-warcraft-comicworld-of-warcraft-comicsworld-of-warcraft-funnieswow-comicwow-comicswow-funniesAmanda MillerSun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:00 ESTWRUP: Looking forward to 6.1 editionhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/10/wrup-looking-forward-to-6-1-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/10/wrup-looking-forward-to-6-1-edition/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/10/wrup-looking-forward-to-6-1-edition/#commentsFiled under:

Though there's no telling when Warlords of Draenor will get its first big content patch, we've started to hear whispers about patch 6.1 which will no doubt be heading our way "when it's done." But that's no reason that we can't start talking about it -- and what it might include -- now. So today in addition to what we're playing this weekend, we're breaking out our patch 6.1 wishlist.

Why don't you join us? Jump into the comments to tell us what you're playing this weekend and also let us know what you're hoping to see when patch 6.1 comes around.

Continue reading WRUP: Looking forward to 6.1 edition

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]]>what-are-you-playingwrupElizabeth HarperSat, 10 Jan 2015 20:00:00 ESTDon't forget your garrison tannery's tentshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/dont-forget-your-garrison-tannerys-tents/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/dont-forget-your-garrison-tannerys-tents/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/dont-forget-your-garrison-tannerys-tents/#commentsFiled under: ,

In my adventures throughout Draenor, I've discovered many are unaware of the tents provided by a garrison's Tannery -- even players with Leatherworking as their primary profession. If you assign a follower to your Tannery, they can craft a myriad of single use tents for the low price of 5 Raw Beast Hides. When the tent is placed, players can stand inside of it for 10 seconds to receive a 10% buff to all stats for 1 hour.

While these tents cannot be used in instances such as dungeons and raids, they can be used anywhere in the open world: garrison invasions, trapping elite beasts, the group Apexis quests, or any other non-instanced activity. You can only carry 5 of each type of tent at a time, but they're Battle.net Account Bound and there are 21 different types of tents available. That means you can carry a potential 105 tents per character ... which makes their Unique limitations somewhat pointless.

These tents aren't the most powerful thing in the world, but they're neat items and might provide the boost your group needs to achieve Gold in a garrison invasion. If you have a Barn producing leather, you might as well use some of it for a solid questing buff.

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]]>garrisongarrison-followerstannerytentsAlex ZiebartThu, 08 Jan 2015 16:00:00 ESTPatch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 7thhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-7th/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-7th/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/08/patch-6-0-3-hotfixes-for-january-7th/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Hotfixes, piping hot. And what's in those hotfixes, you may ask? Well, I'm glad you did. Because if you hadn't, rhetorical reader, I wouldn't be able to inform you that, in addition to the trap stealing hotfix we mentioned earlier:
  • Spawn rates for Direfang Alpha, Ironhide Bull, and Wetland Trampler has increased slightly. This change requires a realm restart.
  • Alliance and Horde PvP vendors in Ashran now have collision boxes, so it should be easier for players to buy stuff.
  • Hand of Protection should now interrupt players that are in the process of capturing a point in the Battlegrounds.
  • A whole host of class fixes and changes.
Come with us under the shadow of this small jump to see what's going on.

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]]>hotfixesnotesPatch-6.0.3patch-6.0.3-hotfixespatch-notesMatthew RossiThu, 08 Jan 2015 08:00:00 ESTGarrisons and Alts: How can it be improved?http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/07/garrisons-and-alts-how-can-it-be-improved/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/07/garrisons-and-alts-how-can-it-be-improved/http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/07/garrisons-and-alts-how-can-it-be-improved/#commentsFiled under: ,


I sometimes find myself wishing that garrisons were designed to be account-wide from the beginning. It may sound silly, but I'd love to see my alts hanging out in my single account-wide garrison when I'm logged on another character. This is obviously not in the cards, but maybe there could be some changes to make managing multiple garrisons a little bit easier. You can tell yourself that they are "optional" as much as you want, but you'd be missing out a large portion of this expansion if you simply ignored them, even on alts. Thankfully, Blizzard is listening to feedback and plans on making adjustments in the future.
Takralus
We're looking into ways to make Garrisons a bit more friendly in future patches for those of you who enjoy alts. We see that Garrisons are a bit too much for you guys right now.

Good to hear. I have a few ideas on how things might be improved, some more realistic than others.

1. BoA follower armor and weapon upgrades

As it stands, having a Dwarven Bunker/War Mill and Salvage Yard are essentially requirements if you want to partake in the most worthwhile follower missions. Wouldn't it be nice if after your first or second garrison this was no longer the case? I've put a significant amount of time and resources into my main's followers, and I'm at the point where most of them are maxed out in item level. However, I still have a ton of items like War Ravaged Weaponry which I can no longer use on this character. My alts could put them to good use.

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]]>account-widefollowersgarrison-buildingsgarrison-followersgarrison-managementgarrison-missionsgarrisonsAdam KoebelWed, 07 Jan 2015 13:00:00 EST