Hallow's End 2016
Hallow's End is here and it has a few new things this year! Be sure to check out the full guide on Icy Veins for more details.
- This year the item rewards dropped by the Headless Horseman are item level 835.
- A new costume was added - Exquisite Costume Set: "Grommash" for 200 x Tricky Treats
- New daily quest: Under the Crooked Tree - Rewards Hag's Belongings (Contains Tricky Treats, Wands, and Cosmetic Witch Hats)
- Don't forget to take advantage of the Unburdened / Grim Visage buff from the bonfire outside of Stormwind / Undercity.
- Check out the 2015 additions if you missed out last year.
Level Type Name Model Viewer
1Cosmetic
Hat of the First SisterModelviewer
1Cosmetic
Hat of the Second SisterModelviewer
1Cosmetic
Hat of the Third SisterModelviewer
1Cosmetic
Hat of the Youngest SisterModelviewer
1Holiday
Exquisite Costume Set: "Grommash"1Holiday
Ominous Pet Treat1Other
Hallowed Wand - BansheePatch 7.1 PTR - Build 22864
Build 22864 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.
Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Legion Dungeon
Dungeons & Raids
- The Rat Pack Defeat a Mana Devourer while the entire party is riding a Rodents of Usual Size.10 points.
Misc Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Factions
Legion
- Talon's Vengeance (New) - Allies of the demigod Aviana and protectors of the winged creatures of the Broken Isles.
Holidays
- Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza - Name changed from "Unknown" to "Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza". A fishing tournament, competed along the coasts of Stranglethorn Vale. Catch as many tastyfish as you can!
Will you be one of the first to catch forty fish and win a prize? Tastyfish can be caught for two hours after the contest begins, but you'll have to be quick to win!
Item Name Descriptions
- Legion Season 2 (New) - Legion Season 2
- Legion Season 2 Elite (New) - Legion Season 2 Elite
LFG Dungeons
Raids
- Court of Stars (New)
- Trial of Valor (New)
Unknown
- Ashran (New) -
- Sieging of Suramar (New) - The time has come to lead your forces into a full frontal attack on Suramar City itself.
World Safe Locations
Broken Isles
- 7.1 Stormheim - Vethir Safe Loc (New)
The Arcway
- 7.1 Suramar Catacombs - Corstilax (New)
- 7.1 Suramar Catacombs - General Xakal (New)
- 7.1 Suramar Catacombs - Ivanyr (New)
- 7.1 Suramar Catacombs - Nal'tira (New)
Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
- ENCOUNTER_JOURNAL_LINK_BUTTON_TUTORIAL - CLICK_TO_VIEW_THE_LOOT_LIST_FOR_THIS_BOSS Click to view the loot list for this boss.
- QUICK_JOIN_ALREADY_IN_PARTY (New) - You are already in a group. You must leave your group to join this queue.
World of Warcraft Cookbook
The World of Warcraft Cookbook releases on Amazon today! Lulaboo is making some of the Brewfest Dishes from it right now.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
/ Official Forums
)
Sharpen your knives and set out a Basic Campfire, because it’s time to get cooking with the World of Warcraft Official Cookbook! You’ll be able to prepare a feast fit for a warchief with these World of Warcraft–inspired recipes.
Presenting delicacies favored by the Horde and the Alliance alike, this authorized tome of recipes features dishes for cooks at a variety of skill levels. With a total of more than 100 easy-to-follow recipes for food and brews, you’ll be ready to set out a feast for any raid.
You’ll find step-by step instructions and full color photographs for each dish, along with food pairings and ideas for creating your own Azerothian feasts. Have special dietary needs? You’ll find tips inside for adapting meals just for you, your family, and your friends.
Watch The Serious Gaming crew cook up some Dragonbreath Chili, Tuesday, October 18 at 3 p.m. PT on Twitch.tv!
Still hungry for more? Get cooking with Lulaboo on Twitch.tv at the following dates and times:
- Tuesday, October 18 at 12 p.m PT – Brewfest Dishes
- Wednesday, October 19 at 12 PT – Winterveil Dishes
- Friday, October 20 at 12 p.m. PT – It's a Surprise!
Whether you’re cooking for two or revitalizing our guildmates for a night of raiding, World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook brings the flavors of Azeroth to life like never before. These recipes are bound to keep you and your crew Well Fed.
Buy your copy now during the BlizzCon Early Access Sale—available to BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders until November 6.
Weekly Bonus Event: Battlegrounds
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
/ Official Forums
)
A new weekly quest and rewards are here—steel yourself for Battleground combat!
Seven Days on the Battlegrounds
All this week, heading to the Battlegrounds will net you some extra Honor along with bonus loot for completing this week’s quest. To enter the fray, open Group Finder (default hotkey: I) and then select the Player vs. Player tab. Next choose Casual, select Random Battlegrounds, and hit the Join Battle button—you’ll be matched up with other players and sent to one of the 11 battlegrounds.
Weekly Quest
Before you get started, Archmage Timear near Violet Hold in Dalaran has a quest for you. Win four random Battlegrounds, and you’ll be rewarded with one loot box containing a piece of valuable PvP gear.
Battleground Buff
This week you gain 50% more Honor in Battlegrounds.
A New Event Every Week
The Bonus Events system consists of a rotating schedule of different activities, currently scheduled to run each week beginning on Tuesdays. Each Bonus Event grants a passive bonus to a particular game activity and offers a once-per-event quest with a noteworthy reward for accomplishing a related goal. The in-game calendar can serve as your one-stop reference for the event schedule. The Adventure Guide also offers a direct link to active Bonus Events, allowing you to easily accept any associated quests.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Legendary Items
This was something touched on in the Q&A.
Right now a lot of player focus is on getting the rotation-transforming or straight-up DPS increasing legendaries. This means some of the more utility orientated legendaries are being somewhat undervalued.
Further down the line, having multiple legendaries can add a new layer of character customisation as those utility legendaries can come in useful in higher difficulty mythic keystone dungeons and raids. Being able to swap around these legendaries to unlock new strategic options to tailor your character for specific situations. This is not to say that the utility legendaries will be required for such content, just that they provide an additional layer of strategic depth.
Of course, for that first legendary when you're really hoping for that straight-up DPS increase, we realise it's disappointing to get one of the utility ones. We realise that some of the utility legendaries aren't very attractive right now and we have some tuning, or in a few cases, potential re-designs, aimed at those legendaries in the future.
Also, grats on your legendary - I still don't have one!
With the current system some people won't even have one. You're talking about people having a collection of legendaries they can choose from. Don't want to be disrespectful, but LOL.
Not saying you're wrong, but that's like asking should I drive my Ferrari or Lamborghini today. Oh, wait I have neither and will likely NEVER have both.
I see what you're saying, but on the flipside we're not even 2 months into Legion yet. I get that not having a legendary, or having a less than ideal one, is pretty frustrating at the moment. But, zooming out a bit to look at things in the long-term, by the time we are say... 10+ months... in, it is very likely that most players who have been playing regularly will have more than 1 legendary at their disposal.
I feel like there is something worse than this still. Playing a tank main focused on mythic raiding, playing a class that benefits so little from crit its borderline worthless, getting the wonderful "Sephuz's Secret". Honestly its so bad that in any content where i need survivability it gets swapped for a ring 45IL's lower because even when i can proc it 1400 mastery or versa is just better.
I feel bad for people that dont have one, but at the moment for what i want to do in the game, i dont have one either.
I guess at least it means i cant drop it twice.
Like I said, we recognise that some of the more utility orientated legendaries aren't great right now, and those are under review to give them a little bit more razzmatazz. At this point in time I don't have anything more specific I can share. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Artifact Knowledge Catch Up
Artifact Knowledge has a cap which is rank 25. So eventually, people who play regularly - regardless of when they started - will all reach the same rank of Artifact Knowledge.
Right now the research time for the lower ranks of Artifact Knowledge is lower than those who've been researching since the first week of Legion.
We do realise that later into the expansion this might not be enough for alts, or newcomers, and we are considering some options for other catch-up mechanics to be added later down the line. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
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