T12

So this is what T12 looks like a druid class. Mind you this is the heroic version color. It's not that bad , but I wish Blizzard could have done better. I mean the wood-tree theme is sooo T5 and I guess they wanted to see "burning trees" in Fireland, get it? Anyway I like this version's color more then the other 2 versions. Ohh btw theres a purple glow on the shoulders and glove I think.

MAGE/DEATHKNIGHT T12 & MURKABLO

Head over to pur favourite website, MMO-CHAMPION for more info.

OCCU'THAR AND 64BIT WOW?

Memento Mori and Method teams up against the new boss of Baradin Hold, Occu'thar.

There is also abit news about possible of a 64bit WOW. Well dunno if it's coming soon or ready to deploy in the next patch.

Best looking T12 imo. Enjoy!

Mount/Tiers

MMO-Champion just release 2 new videos. Enjoy!

BiS

Thanks to ThinkTank, Kalon has compile the updated gears which could be BiS. Check theem out.

Cloak: Shadowvault's (40% of haste to mastery)
Chest: Ikfirus (40% of hit to mastery)
Feet: Frostbitten (40% of crit to mastery)
Rings: Seal of Twilight (40% of crit to mastery), Seal of many mouths (40% of crit to mastery)
Hand: T10 (40% of crit to mastery)
Head: T10 (40% of crit to mastery)
Legs: T10 (40% of crit to mastery)
Neck: Sindragosa (40% of crit to mastery)
Shoulder: T10 (40% of crit to mastery)
Weapon: Oathbinder (40% of haste to mastery)
Waist: Astrylian (40% of crit to mastery)
Wrist: Umbrage (40% of haste to mastery)

This naively would result in the following (including the idol slot)
agility: + 1799
crit: +753
expertise: +272
haste: +719
hit: +126
mastery: +482

Armor Specializations

Finally Blizzard have released the armor bonus according to specialization. Look like it's a decent set bonus for most of the class. The bonuses are separated by which spec you are currently in I guess.

• Cloth Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Cloth armor.
• Leather Specialization - Increases your Agility by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
• Wild Leather Specialization - Increases your Stamina in Bear Form by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
• Wild Leather Specialization - Increases your Agility in Cat Form by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
• Mail Specialization - Increases your Agility by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
• Tribal Mail Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
• Plate Specialization - Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
• Defender's Plate Specialization - Increases your Stamina by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
• Blessed Plate Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
• Astral Leather Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Leather armor.
• Elemental Mail Specialization - Increases your Intellect by 5% while wearing only Mail armor.
• Furious Plate Specialization - Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.

Shaman T10 Preview

The shaman T10 is already one of the best looking gear for upcoming expansion. This will be another reason for us to be jealous of it. You will get this bonus, periodically calls forth the spirits of the Shoveltusk to bolster the bearer's spirits in battle when you equip it. Chheck the video out and see for your self.

Good News :) and Updates

The good news is I got my account restored back to me. As you can imagine Tunn/Emorage is completly naked and their bank are all empty. Tikus/Emperess is a bit lucky as they still have some gears with them but as always the bank contents is stolen. My other lower level alts are untouched in gears but their bank contents are empty. I am waiting for a specialist or GM to restored back these items when they finished  investigating my account.

On updates, have you seen the new shamman T10? They look awesome (second to druids :)). Well done Blizzard. I just love those shoulders.

Talking about gears have you seen some of the leathers? Aren't they seem too good? T10 for druids are already good with the set bonus is really good for bears. But did you notice something, there are not even 1 blue gem slot and hit on the gears. T10 pieces has huge amounts of agility and armor pen on every single piece. If you add up the stats,  you will end up with 444 armor pen and 726 agility from 5 piece of T10. These set bonus and gem slot are perfect for cats. Maybe these aren't done yet but I do think that blizzard will twink them abit more to fine tune it.

Maybe for bears you need to mix gears that are crafted or purchased with Emblem of Frost . Some good examples are Shadow Seeker's Tunic. These chest are pretty much on par with the best gear you can get from raid. Footpads of Impending Death and Bladeborn Legging are another excellent gears for bears, crafted by Leatherworking. Sentinels Winter Cloak is another win for bears and will be cheap to purchased.

For others slot like rings, trinkets, necklace weapons there are not many worth mentioning beside this Distant Land and Corroded Skeleton Key. Awesome stamina trinket.

T10 Preview

MMO-Champion just release a video previewing T10 for a few class. Enjoy.

Update, New Achievements

Hunter

DeathKnight

Druid

Warrior

Is this the new T10? I guess so since BLIZZARD had just release 4 new T10 armors for previews.

Achievements
A few extra achievements have been added for the cross-server LFG system.

• Looking for More - Use the Dungeon tool to finish random heroic dungeons until you have grouped with 10 random players total.
• Looking for Many - Use the Dungeon tool to finish random heroic dungeons until you have grouped with 50 random players total. Title Reward - the Patient.
• Looking for Multitudes - Use the Dungeon tool to finish random heroic dungeons until you have grouped with 100 random players total.

Tier Set Bonus
Druid

• Item - Druid T10 Restoration 2P Bonus - The healing granted by your Wild Growth spell reduces 0% less over time.
• Item - Druid T10 Restoration 4P Bonus (Rejuvenation) - Each time your Rejuvenation spell heals a target, it has a 2% chance to jump to a new target at full duration.
• Item - Druid T10 Balance 2P Bonus - When you gain Clearcasting from your Omen of Clarity talent, you deal 10% additional Nature and Arcane damage for 6 sec.
• Item - Druid T10 Balance 4P Bonus - Reduces the cooldown on your Eclipse talent by 6000.
• Item - Druid T10 Feral 2P Bonus - Your Swipe (Bear) and Lacerate abilities deal 20% additional damage and the cost of your Rip ability is reduced by 10 energy.
• Item - Druid T10 Feral 4P Bonus - Your Enrage ability no longer decreases your armor and instead decreases all damage taken by 12%, and the periodic damage done by your Rake ability can now be a critical strike.

More can be read at MMO-Champions.

Druid (3.2) Emblem of Triumph items

With the upcoming patch also known as "LOOT" patch, the will be plenty of gears that can be purchases with emblems. You can only get the 10-man (normal) tier gear from badges and it's not that good if you are Ulduar geared. Anyway here's a list for bears and remember this only applies to non Ulduar players.

1. Idol of Mutilation (25 emblems) - A tanking idol that's an upgrade from Idol of Terror.
2. Duskstalker Shoulderpads (45 emblems).
3. Clutch of Fortification (35 emblems) - This is the best tanking ring for bears in the game.
4. Glyph of Indominability (5o emblems) - No info yet.
   
5. Hood of Lethal Intent (75 emblems) - More to Dps gear but if you don't have anything good buy it.
6. Dexterous Brightstone (35 emblems) - Another kitty gear.
   
7. Runetotem's Handgrips of conquest (30 emblems) - Crappy glove if you already have T8.5 but its BiS from badges.
   
8. Runetotem's Headguard of Conquest (50 emblems) - BiS Tier set.
9. Runetotem's Shoulderpads of Conquest (30 emblems) - Small upgrade from Dusktalker.
   
10. Runetotem's Legguards of Conquest (50 emblems) - Worse then T8.5 buy it if you don't have anything better.
    
11. Leggings of Wavering Shadow - Buy these instead which is slightly worse then T9.
    
12. Runetotem's rainments of conquest (50 emblems) - Barely and upgrade from T8.5

Eazy mode

With the upcoming patch 3.2, all dungeon will drop only 1 type of emblem which is Emblem of Triumph. This is the next Tier emblem for T9. This is the most radical changes that Blizzard have made mostly for the casuals to catch up with the Hardcore players. As you know, we can change the emblems from Triumph to Conquer to Valor to Heroism. You can only downgrade but not upgrade those emblems. The exchange rate is 1 to 1. This means casual players can run only heroics dungeon and still can get T8.5 set and epics level gears.

Well most people with start qq-ing but Blizzard had stated that this had to be done to make sure that the people who didn't raid or can't raid get the gears fast and catch up with the hardcores players. This is the same idea behind the emblems when BC came out. It will take a casual player about 530 emblems to gear up his toon to ULDAR 25man level. This can be achieved with mix of epics and T7/T7.5/T8 and finally T8.5. Even T9 also is easy to get with the upcoming patch.

This will probally make Naxxaramas the popular dungeon again because many people will be already overgeared for it and for the fresh 80's to get some gears before they had enough emblems to buy the next tiers gears. In 1 month a fresh (casual) 80's could be geared well enough for ULDAR 25man. Talk about easy mode.

Another change that Blizzard did was all gears (iL258 below) is purchaseable with emblems. I do agree that this is a welcome change which will make alot of people (casual) happy but this will also bring up a problem. Why would people spend their emblems on gears with iL232 when gears with iL245 will only cost 50% more. This will make the lower tiers be ignored. There is no point to buy them when you can get higher level gears later. This is still being argued all over in forums.

All I can say is just wait for the patch and see how it goes.

Low Level Tanking Set

Maybe I should make this for Emorage. The mats are dirt-cheap and easy to make and a level 360-375 Blacksmiths but the most important thing is the level requirement is level 70. As for DPS and Healing gears, I could grind Honor points or even get an arena team for point and just buy the PVP sets but thinking that I need to spend a gazillion hours just to buy gears that I most probally replace in a few level would be a waste of time. So what do you think, is it worth it or not?.

The complete set provides:

• 310 Defense Rating
• 362 Stamina
• 11,331 Armor

The Complete set:

• Cobalt Belt
• Cobalt Boots
• Cobalt Bracers
• Cobalt Shoulders
• Cobalt Triangle Shield
• Cobalt Helm
• Cobalt Legplates
• Cobalt Gauntlets
• Cobalt Chestpiece

Total Materials: 41 x Cobalt bars (41 x cobalt ores)

Noob Priest

Noob Priest Itheriel

So today I created an alt priest, bought him the BOA items to get him started. Now he's proudly using Tattered Dreamist Mantle, Dignified Headmaster's Charge and Discerning Eye of the Beast. I didn't get him the PVP version because I don't planning to PVP at low levels.

I choose priest because I never played that class before and I think priest makes good healer. Maybe I'll level a shaman after this but for now this toon should be enough.

He's also Herbalist and Inscriptions. Got enough money to buy the epic mount/skill. Inscription is easy to level if you have the mats ready. On higher level this should be money making skills.

Anyway time to stop typing and start killing. :)

Upgrades

Some of the gears that I'm only drooling and dreaming about :(.

1. Conqueror’s Nightsong Headguard - 25 Man Thorim / Garona’s Guise - 25 Man Yogg-Saron
2. Bronze Pendant of the Vanir - 25 man Freya Hard Mode / Mark of the Unyielding - 10 Man Kologarn
3. Conqueror’s Nightsong Shoulderpads - 25 Man Yogg / Shoulderpads of the Monolith - Kologarn-25
4. Drape of Icy Intent - 25 Man Hodir / Titanskin Cloak - 25 Man Freya Hard Mode
5. Conqueror’s Nightsong Raiments - 25 Man Hodir or 58 Emblem of Conquest / Tunic of the Limber Stalker - 10 Man Freya / Valorous Nightsong Raiments - 10 Man Hodir
6. Conqueror’s Nightsong Handgrips - 25 Man Mimiron / Gloves of the Stonereaper - 25 Man Auriaya / Valorous Nightsong Handgrips - 10 Man Mimiron / Gloves of the Blind Stalker - 28 Emblem of Conquest
7. Death-warmed Belt - Crafted, Plans drop in Ulduar.(more belts but crafted is BiS)
8. Conqueror’s Nightsong Legguards - 25 Man Freya / Leggings of Wavering Shadow - 39 Emblem of Conquest / Valorous Nightsong Legguards - 10 Man Freya / Leggings of the Honored - 2D Sarth / Proto-hide Leggings - 25 Man Razorscale
9. Runed Ironhide Boots - 25 Man Iron Council / Footpads of Silence - Crafted, Plans drop in Ulduar.
10. The Leviathan’s Coil - 25 Man Flame Leviathan / Signet of Winter - 10 Man Hodir / Cindershard Ring - 25 Man Ignis
11. Heart of Iron - 25 Man Ignis
12. Twisted Visage - 25 Man XT-002

The Noob Warlock

Since I'm lagging like hell, all I can do is dailies or leveling my alts. I choose my lock since I need the herbs. Shes 74 now and I'm targeting for 75 or 76 by today.

**Just did UK and didn't get to finished it. All the PUG's I've been with always failed at the 2nd boss. Healer can't keep tank up or tank can't hold agro. Sigh!!

Then maybe level my priest for a few hours.

Dual Spec

So I have activated Dual Spec for Tunn but I'm not really sure what to pick as the 2nd spec. Resto would be interesting but I haven't been a resto since AQ40. I have almost a complete Resto set just need to get a few more things from Naxxs.

I didn't really explore AT yet been farming the new pet Spirit Darter Egg in feralas. Took me like 100 kill for it to finally drop. Such a pretty pet.

Tikus is now SV spec and the DPS is awesome. He's 4890ap and 32% crit unbuff. I'm trying to get him full set of T7.5 and a few more items.

Yogg-Saron Killed by Ensidia

Finally Yogg-Saron was killed by the no. 1 guild in the world Ensidia. They hit a brick wall for a few hours but they finally did it. Mek looted the first fragment of Val'anyr for the legendary mace. Grats to him.

The loots are:
Earthshaper
Shawl of Haunted Memories
Tier 8 shoulders Tokens
Fragment of Val'anyr

Argent Tournament

So finally the Argent Tournament is here and can be found northeast of Sindragosa's Fall in Icecrown at an area called the Argent Tournament Grounds. There are so many things to do and rewards to collected.

The area actually is big and there are tons of quests to do. Well 1 thing for sure I can't wait to get there :)

Argent Tournament

Guides and dailies to Argent Tournament.

Val'anyr - Hammer of the Ancient Kings

Val'anyr, Hammer of the Ancient Kings. This is a One-Hand Mace and even if the stats aren't known yet, it should only be available in a healer version. The mace itself won't drop from any boss, players will be able to rebuild it through an Atiesh-like questline started by the Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr dropped by most of the bosses in Ulduar-25.

You will need 30 Fragments to reforge the Hammer of Ancient Kings, just like the quest item you can drop Fragment of Val'anyr from most of the bosses in the 25-man version of the instance.This is done during the fight against Yogg-Saron (the final boss of the instance) through the Val'anyr Hammer of Ancient Kings quest.

We can assume that Yogg-Saron uses Deafening Roar during a late stage of the fight. There are two quests related to the Val'anyr, the first one is Ancient History started by the Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr, followed by Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings.