World of Warcraft 2.1.0 go live!

The 2.1.0 has go live since 22 May, but there are problems on some realms, making players unable to play right after the patch.

Not to worry, the Blizzard guys are fixing it and all we have to do is wait.

2.1.0 is the most comprehensive single patch released by Blizzard so far. You can expect the patch note to be as long as a thesis (not that long, actually).

Main features of the patch includes the opening of Black Temple, a 25-man raid, which you will face the mighty Illidan as one of the boss. New factions such as Orgi’la, enable Level 70 players to quests and grinding for more rep. Netherdrake quests are available for you to complete, to get the ultimate prize of a epic flying netherdrake mount.

For more information of the 2.1.0 patch, you can proceed to the patch note at World of Warcraft website. It is really too long for me to place it in as an entry.

World of Warcraft 2.0.6 patch released

Since the release of Burning Crusade, patches have been releasing quite often by Blizzard. This patch does mainly on balancing on the different classes.

Hrere is the patch change log:

Hunters
-  “Silencing Shot” now does only 50% of weapon damage instead of 75%.
-  The base damage for “Arcane Shot” has been reduced by about 9% and
the bonus damage from ranged attack power reduced from 20% to 15%.
-  The bonus damage for “Barrage” is now 4/8/12% for ranks 1/2/3.
-  The bonus damage for “Improved Barrage” is now 4/8/12% for ranks
1/2/3.

Mages
-  Each rank of “Improved Fireball” now reduces your spell damage
coefficient by 2%.
-  Each rank of “Improved Frostbolt” now reduces your spell damage
coefficient by 2%.
-  “Counterspell” no longer triggers the global cooldown.
-  “Mana Shield” now absorbs magical damage as well as physical damage.

Priests
-  The bonus coefficient for “Shadow Word: Pain” has been reduced by
about 9%.  This should result in about 5% less damage done by
“Shadow Word: Pain” for the typical priest.

Bug Fixes
-  The “Frozen Shadoweave Boots” will now properly increase shadow
damage.
-  Players will no longer lose control of their character if they try
to talk to an NPC while mobs are aggro on them.
-  The /equip command will now work on pieces of gear that are not in
your primary bag.
-  Fixed an issue that was causing some players to disconnect in
Hellfire Citadel:Blood Furnace.
-  The “Corruptor” 4 piece set bonus will now be properly applied.
-  The Legion Fel Cannons at Forge Camp Anger in Blades Edge will now
properly spawn above ground.
-  The Arena queue tooltip will now show the arena that the player is
queued for.
-  Fixed an error that was causing players to disconnect if they tried
to socket a gem that had been gift wrapped.
-  Fixed an error that was causing players to disconnect forming a
party with other members in the same area.
-  Pet icons will now properly update in the Stables window.
-  Improved the robustness of the pet action bar display. It is now
less likely to be accidentally blocked by addons.
-  Players will no longer hear the gong sound repeated after initially joining
a queue for the battlegrounds.
-  Having a group invite declined while queued via “Looking for More”
will no longer remove you from the queue.
-  Nethershards will no longer cost honor to purchase but will cost
gold instead.
-  Players will no longer be given access to both quest lines following
the Declaration of Allegiance to the Scryers or Aldor in Shattrath
City.

You can download the patch from the links below (US version):

FileFront
Negumi
Fileplanet

Please note that these are incremental patches, for version 2.0.5 to version 2.0.6. Full patch has not been released.

Just download it and explore the Outland!

Ding!! Level 70 in Burning Crusade.

Gawell, a gnome mage character in the World of Warcraft European server, Archimonde (French EU-PvP server) has reached level 70 in less than 2 days of playing time. While many of us are still grinding hard and running through the instances, killing all the elites and bosses with the raid groups, one has reached the top level, with the help of his guild mates.

The first ding of level 70, happened on 4:04 am (CET) on Januar 17, 2007. You can check out the page for the pictures and interviews. The owner of the character is a 24 years old French, named Gullerbone, member of the Millenium guild. He played for 28 hours straight, with his guildmates.

Well, for most of us, the casual gamers, we will take our time and enjoy the the journey of Burning Crusade and the path to Level 70.

World of Warcraft v2.0.5 patch released

For those who are still in dreamland, it’s time to go to the Outland. Burning Crusade is here and the new version of WoW is here too.

Version 2.0.5, the third patch that was released in the weeks before the release of Burning Crusade.

Here is the change log for version 2.0.5.

-  Increased the maximum number of realms that can be listed in the Realm List.
-  Updated the Terms of Use.
-  Created an option to disable UI Acceleration for users of select video cards
experiencing graphical corruption of the User Interface. To use this option,
enter the following line to the Config.wtf file, located in the WTF
subfolder of the game:

Set UIFaster “x”

Where x equals:
0 – This turns off all UI acceleration
1 – For Internal Use Only – DO NOT USE!
2 – Enables partial UI acceleration only.
3 – Enables all UI acceleration.

Example:
Set UIFaster “2”

Note:  For users experiencing graphical corruption of the User Interface,
it is recommended to try option 2 in order to correct the problem.  If
this does not solve the issue, then use option 0 to disable all UI
Acceleration.

This patch focuses mainly on the UI (User Interface) of the game.

Version 2.0.4, which was released days before version 2.0.5, addresses different issues.

Change log for version 2.0.4.

-  Fixed a bug where flags in Arathi Basin could be captured at extremely long
distances.
-  Fixed a bug where players who had set dungeons to Heroic difficulty level
previous to patch 2.0.3 could no longer enter instances.
-  Fixed a bug that was causing multiple LUA errors in the German and French
battlegrounds.
-  Fixed a bug that was causing the promotion of raid members to yield
incorrect results.
-  Fixed a bug where NPC faction changes were not properly affecting quest-
giver exclamation marks.
-  Fixed a bug where changing party options would briefly cause erroneous
information to be displayed in the party options menu.

You can download the version 2.0.5 incremental patch (from version 2.0.3) from the following web sites.

FileFront
Fileplanet

World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Released.

The Crusade has begun.

Yes, the much anticipated expansion to the world’s most populated massive multi-player online role playing game, the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade has officially released throughout the entire world. You can activate Burning Crusade on your account by visiting the World of Warcraft community site.

And let’s get on to Level 61. Hooray!

World of Warcraft v2.0.3 patch released

6 days before the opening of the dark portal that allows you, to enter the mysterious Outland, for more adventures in the world of Warcraft.

Version 2.0.3 is the last patch before the storm arrives for Burning Crusade. Burning Crusade is the first expansion of the world’s most popular and most populated MMORPG, World of Warcraft. This new patch will open up new skills, quests, races, professions, monsters and items for the expansion.

In order to enjoy the features of the expansion, you need the expansion. Else, you can forget about levelling up to level 70 and the 2 new races, Draenei and Blood Mage. So you just need to buy the expansion for once, no additional fee, except your normal monthly subscription.

Let’s get our energy ready to burn for the Burning Crusade!

You can download the patch from FileFront or Fileplanet. You can download through the Blizzard Downloader too.

World of Warcraft : Burning Crusade gone gold

Yes, 2 more weeks to go to the release of the hated (for some) and the beloved and much anticipated Burning Crusade, the latest expansion to World of Warcraft. And Burning Crusade has gone gold, according to Blizzard Poster at the WoW Forum, source.

Here is the preview to the new features for Burning Crusade

• Level cap increases to 70.
• 2 new races, Draenei (Alliance) and Blood Elves (Horde)
• Arena-based PvP Ladder System; Improved PvP Honor System
• New Continent: Outland
• New Profession : Jewelcrafting; item socketing
• New flying mounts for new races and Outland
• New Dungeons
• New spells and skills
• New mobs and quests

World of Warcraft : Burning Crusade is set to release on 16 January 2007, after a delay.

World of Warcraft v2.0.3 is set to be the new patch for Burning Crusade. The patch is already available for download.

Let’s hope the Taiwan fibres will be fixed asap, so that the Asians WoWers can enjoy Burning Crusade when it comes online!

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Cinematics Intro

Blizzard has released the WoW : Burning Crusade Cinematics, 2 months before the release of the much anticipated release of the most popular MMORPG on planet Earth now. With more than 5 millions players worldwide, WoW is considered as the most successful MMORPG, leading Guild Wars and Final Fantasy XI.

You can watch the cinematics from the WoW community site, you can also download the cinematic from there too. It is a HD version and weighs 45MB.

Here is the video. Watch it!

The cinematic features the 2 new races, Blood Elves on the Horde side and Draenei on the Alliance side. Besides these 2 races, Orcs are featured too. One orc is shot by Hunters and failed to sustain the injury, however the Blood Mage casted a spell on the orc. Last but not least, the appearance of Lord Illidan at the end of the cinematic.

Burning Crusade, to be release on 26 January 2007, is the a must-have for the WoW fans out there.

World of Warcraft v2.0.1 released

For all the WoWers out there, log on to your WoW account now to download the latest patch from Blizzard. The patch is 492 MB in size.

As the change log is a VERY VERY long list, I will list out the GENERAL changes here only.

Changelog

General

• All players will have their talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 41-point talents. Several new abilities have also been added for all classes.
• All pets will now receive a percentage of their master’s armor, spell damage, spell resistances, attack power, and stamina.
• Low-level spells cast by high-level players will receive smaller bonuses from +healing and +spell damage.
• HoTs, DoTs, and channeled spells have been re-balanced to receive a more appropriate (higher) percentage of +spell damage and +healing.
• HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target).
• New item property “Resilience” has been introduced. Resilience reduces your chance to be the victim of a critical strike, and reduces the amount of damage critical strikes do to you.
• Weapon Skill now does the following:
  • Weapon skill will no longer reduce the percentage damage lost due to glancing.
  • The player will gain 0.1% to their critical strike rating per weapon skill against monsters above their level.
• When casting a buff on a low level target, the appropriate rank of the buff will automatically be applied.
• In PvP, Crowd Control effects will last no longer than 12 seconds instead of the full duration, with a chance of a heartbeat resist.
• Players will no longer lose faction when under the influence of “Mind Control” or the Gnomish Mind Control Cap.
• Several improvements have been made to the Macintosh client, including support for Multi-Threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher.

Summary

• Revamped PvP Honour System
• New Talents available; 41 talent points.
• Looking for Group Tool
• Arena Skirmishes

You can read the entire patch notes here
For more information on the new interface, Looking For Group, you can visit the Burning Crusade website for more details.

You can check out the latest patch note at the World of Warcraft Patch Note section.

Download Link (Incremental Update fron 1.12.x to 2.0.1)
Filefront
Fileplanet

WoW : Burning Crusade delayed

The highly anticipated MMORPG expansion, the World of Warcraft – Burning Crusade, which was scheduled for November 2006 release, has been delayed to January next year (2007).

The delay, as mentioned in the article in Gamespot, is due to fine tuning of the expansion’s content, to allow the gamers to experience a better gameplay. While delays are not common in game releases, WoW – Burning Crusade will missed the Christmas season this year. Burning Crusade, currently under beta stage, several gaming websites have previews on this upcoming expansion.

1. IGN
2. Gamespy

The expansion features 2 new races, one in each respective factions. The Burning Crusade official website has more details on this 2 new races and features, such as the Looking for Group. Here is the summary of features of the new expansion.

• Level cap increase to 70
• New spells and talents for each class
• 2 new playable races: Blood Elves and Draenei
• New Continent: Outland
• New monsters, quests, items and profession (Jewelcrafting).