Spugnort’s World Gaming Network Blog
30
Aug
I posted an entry a little while back about running 5 mans with the Death Knight in the Outland. While 5 DK’s in Ramparts or Blood Furnace is a rip-roaring kill fest, my impression of them has changed somewhat in the Northrend instances. I decided to switch over to playing my druid “Spugnort” for a [...]
28
Aug
GENERAL
Several client crash and assertion error causes were addressed.
The Noble Villas have been optimized. Some players should experience a noticeable increase in performance.
Shield of the Risen will now be given to new characters when they reach level 5.
Facial expressions have been added to a number of emotes.
Female characters can now use the “pointdown” emote.
The following [...]
21
Aug
Hunter
Animal Handler (Beast Mastery): No longer increases speed while mounted, but now reduces the cooldown of your Master’s Call ability by 5/10 sec.
Aspect of the Beast: Now increases your melee attack power by 10% for the hunter and the hunter’s pet.
Bestial Swiftness is now a pet talent tree talent, and has been removed from the [...]
21
Aug
PLAYFIELDS
The Catacombs in Tarantia Nobel district offers a host of new quests and encounters to challenge you in this group instance.
CLASSES
MAGE (General)
Dark Meditation will now properly expire.
Dark Meditation should now be removed from the spell list after untraining feats.
The description for the general feat Purge no longer refers to multiple targets.
The feat “Purge” has been [...]
15
Aug
On July 29th Blizzard Entertainment officially announced the 3rd annual Blizzcon gaming convention to be held Oct. 11-12, 2008 in Anaheim, CA.
Apparently no one was ready for the pounding their online store would take when the tickets went on sale Aug. 11th. It crashed. Hard. So hard that it was not even scheduled to [...]
13
Aug
I have had a chance to run through the Death Knight starting campaign a few times now and have to say that it is one of the most interesting and enjoyable questing experiences in World of Warcraft. While the content may be too dark for some people, the quests have unique objectives, the quest path [...]
12
Aug
Over the course of the past week we here at Spugnort’s World have spent quite a bit of time in the WotLK beta. I have personally had the opportunity to run through the entire opening questline for the Death Knight and I must say I think right now this is my favorite character class! I [...]
11
Aug
Priest
Glyph of Lightwell 01 (Priest) (Class: Priest) - Increases the amount healed by your Lightwell by 1 to 6%
Glyph of Renew 01 (Priest) (Class: Priest) - Increases the duration of your Renew by 3 sec.
Glyph of Circle of Healing 01 (Priest) (Class: Priest) - Your Circle of Healing spell heals 1 additional target.
Glyph of Psychic [...]
11
Aug
Blacksmithing
Socket Bracer
Permanently add a socket to your bracers. Requires a level 60 or higher item.
Socket Gloves
Permanently add a socket to your gloves. Requires a level 60 or higher item.
Tailoring
Lightweave Embroidery
Embroiders a subtle pattern of light into your cloak, giving you a chance to cause an additional 800 to 1000 Holy damage when you damage an [...]
11
Aug
Updated 11/08/2008 following build 8770.
New notes are marked in bold, removed notes are underlined. Please note this is slightly different from the US forums and was done to make the removals easier to spot.
Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Test. The list below contains information on the [...]