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When details of Blizzard’s upcoming casual MMO, code-named Titan, are incredibly scarce due to the developer’s ironclad secrecy, it falls to enterprising fans to ferret out any scraps of information that may exist. One such player on the NeoGAF forums was combing through a Blizzard job posting for a Franchise Development Producer and noted an interesting line that indicated the studio could be mulling over the idea of in-game ads for its next MMO.

The line in question specifies that one of the duties of the position is to “work with major consumer brands to facilitate product placement and licensing within the world of Blizzard Entertainment’s next-gen MMO that enhances the gameplay experience.” Whether this is a sign that we’ll be seeing billboards for Skittles while we raid or that players will be able to get endorsements and decorate their outfits a la NASCAR cars is anyone’s guess.

It’s important to note that the rest of this position entails a number of efforts to promote Blizzard’s “next-gen MMO” outside of the tight-knit gaming sphere, including comics, action figures, and short movies.

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Charges of extreme cuteness have been directed at Blizzard ever since the company unveiled its Panda-themed expansion for World of Warcraft. If a new post on the Battle.net forums is any indication, that won’t be an issue for Diablo III.

A Blizz community manager penned an update regarding D3′s beta patch 10, and among the notes is the fact that the game’s companion scrolls are going away temporarily. “The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize play efficiency and some of the pets were too cutesy for the gritty, dark world of Sanctuary,” Nethaera wrote.

The pets (and scrolls) aren’t gone for good, as the devs have plans for “a much cooler system (both mechanically and visually)” in the future.

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While there’s still no release date set for Diablo III, it seems the release may be further off than some players were guessing, judging by the latest round of sweeping system overhauls. A new post by game director Jay Wilson goes over several major changes being made to the game, starting with the fact that Scrolls of Identify are gone. You have a short casting time to identify and item and that’s it, with no need to carry around a separate item.

The latest changes also remove the Mystic artisan, the Cauldron of Jordan, and the Nephalem Cube. The latter two were removed due to the inclusion of a Town Portal button, making trips back and forth far easier, while the Mystic artisan lacked a sufficiently defined role amidst other item modifications. There’s also a major stat overhaul, which reduces the core attributes to Strength, Dexterity, Intellect, and Vitality. They’re far-reaching changes, and only time will tell how much their impact might slow the game’s release as the team tests the altered systems.

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The 10 best weapons for shadow priests in patch 4.3

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Are you a priest? And what do you think are the best weapons for you in patch 4.3? Today we will discuss with you about the ten best weapons of Shadow Priest in Patch 4.3!
When we met here last, I spent a great deal of time calculating the power of trinkets, partially because it’s an important subject and one that’s not easy for a shadow priest to unravel without performing their own research (or reading someone else’s). The real reason: WoW Insider data shows you guys absolutely love reading about trinkets. And why wouldn’t you? Trinkets are the most compelling gear slot to fill. Instead of relying on boring, flat stats, they offer compelling procs.

There are numerous types of weapons available, but for our purposes, we’ll break things down into two distinct categories: one-handed weapons and two-handed weapons. Before we get into specific answers, let’s take on the one question that everyone asks:

Two-handed weapons vs. main-hand plus off-hand

In general, all items that share the same item level have the same stat budget when they’re being designed. But while a main-hand weapon plus an off-hand frill have a similar stat budget to a two-handed weapon, they’re not quite the same. To wit, at i378:
• Fanged Tentacle + Orb of the First Satyr = 400 intellect, 2,333 spellpower, and 525 points of secondary stats
• Scepter of Azshara + Demonic Skull = 400 intellect, 2,333 spellpower, and 516 points of secondary stats
• Stalk of Corruption = 406 intellect, 2,334 SP, and 541 points of secondary stats
• Jaina’s Staff = 406 intellect, 2,334 SP, and 519 points of secondary stats

As you can see, you get a little bit more bang for your buck with a two-handed staff than with a main-hand plus an off-hand. But that’s before enchanting. When you’ve got an off-hand frill equipped, you can use the Superior Intellect enchant to add another 40 intellect to your total.

So which is better? Well, they’re both pretty similar, but if you’re absolutely obsessed about the most marginal of gains (and again, our research shows my audience can’t get enough of marginal gains), then your best route in general is going to be to have a main-hand weapon plus an off-hand.
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Since the introduction of cross-realm dungeons via Real ID, countless players have been clamoring for the feature to be extended to raids, too. Well, countless players, you don’t need to wait much longer. Cross-realm raids will be coming in patch 4.3.2. So sayeth Blizzard:

Coming in Patch 4.3.2 — Cross-Realm RaidsWe previously introduced the ability to form cross-realm parties with Real ID friends, and now with Patch 4.3.2, we’re adding the ability for players to use that same functionality to form raids to run older normal or heroic raids, or participate in Battlegrounds!

This will allow you to join up with your Real ID friends from other realms and:

Form a cross-realm raid and use Raid Finder Jump in to any classic dungeon or raid and be automatically placed in the same instance Join forces and dominate the Battlegrounds Please note, you will not yet be able to run normal or Heroic Dragon Soul with cross-realm Real ID raids.

As we look forward to the BattleTag system, it’s a very exciting time for World of Warcraft. No matter what realm you and your friends are on you’ll be able to team up and take on group content throughout the game.

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Blizzard’s charity auctions of retired server blades seemed to go pretty well, with each blade going for several hundred dollars on eBay (and all of that money going to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital). Most of them ended before the holidays, which is unfortunate for those of us who missed grabbing the physical representation of a server community near and dear to their heart. But if you play on a European server, you might just be in luck — Blizzard is offering a series of last-chance auctions for EU server blades starting today! Each server blade comes mounted in a nice case with an engraved plate ensuring authenticity, signed by members of the WoW dev team.

The full list of servers and end dates is available on the official Blizzard site. Good luck and happy bidding, EU folks!

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World of Warcraft’s lead quest designer, Dave Kosak, let slip in an interview today that the recently released patch 4.3 will be the final major content update to hit Azeroth until Mists of Pandaria goes live. This is obviously a notable discovery, since it either means that Mists of Pandaria will be coming out soon, or WoW players are gonna be waiting a long time for the next patch. When asked if he believes that there’s enough content in patch 4.3 to keep users sated until MoP comes out, Kosak replied that “between the three excellent dungeons [the game has], the new raid, and Raid Finder that should give people something to sink their teeth into for a few months.” For the full interview, including a look back at the good and bad of WoW’s patch 4.3, click on through the link below.

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The thing is that PvP is a fundamentally different game from PvE. I’m not saying one’s better or worse; the two aspects of WoW just have significant variations in gear, thought processes, and playstyles that can make the transition a little bumpy. As such, let’s renew a guide to getting away from killing bosses every week and get down to how to kill your fellow players. (In game. Let’s not get weird here.)

Resilience vs. damage

I’ve written about resilience until I’m blue in the face. We all understand why it’s important: It reduces incoming damage from other players. At this point, you can reduce said incoming damage by well over 40%. Much higher numbers are possible, but let’s play with 40% for a second.

Let’s say you’re fairly well geared for PvE, can produce your damage rotation reliably, and know what you’re doing. You have a DPS of somewhere around 30k. (I know, I know, you’re awesome and do more. I like 30k because it’s a round number.) Against me, in my standard 40% resilience gear, you’re now merely doing 18k DPS.

At this point, I tend to hear people shout about the fact that PvP gear puts out less damage, since it swaps out damage stats in favor of resilience. That’s not false. The argument would be relevant if the combatants are two mages lining up 40 paces from one another, throwing spells back and forth until one of them falls down.

The reality is that PvP combat doesn’t work like that. You rarely get through your entire priority list. Usually, you get one or two attacks off and then you spend an hour and a half running around in circles struggling to get another shot at attacking. (Some rogues in Battlegrounds look like they’re having seizures, flailing around the map like floppy, overexcited puppies.) Since you don’t get your entire rotation off, those damage stats all interact differently with one another.

It’s pretty rare that you’ll be in one-on-one combat, anyway. Even in the Arena, you have a partner. Dead characters do no damage, so if you don’t have resilience, you’re essentially a speed bump. Your little bit of extra damage from PvE gear won’t help you when you’re dead.

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Blizzard has just announced permanent price cuts to the Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm expansions in the EU for 2012. What seems to be a push for easier accessibility to WoW, Wrath now costs only €19.99, down from €34.99 and Cataclysm is now €29.99, down from €34.99. Whether or not these deals are coming to the United States is not known at this time, but I can’t really understand why they wouldn’t. Getting your WoW account up to date has never been cheaper, and Blizzard is making sure the barrier to entry is as low as possible for new players.

Permanent price cuts for WoW expansions in 2012Great news for all Blizzard fans! From today, our latest games are available at retail and on the Blizzard Store at new, permanently low prices. You can now get Wrath of the Lich King for a mere €19.99 and Cataclysm for just €29.99. There’s never been a better time to grab the games you might have missed out on before. Just click here and celebrate the New Year by taking advantage of our new reduced prices. Still don´t have World of Warcraft? Now you can get the full game and all expansions for cheaper than ever before.

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Xbox Live is hosting some decent deals on Electronic Arts content this week. Notable games include Risk: Factions for $5, Shank for $7.50 or Dragon Age: Origins for $15.

Plenty of DLC is up for grabs as well, including Dead Space 2 “Severed” or Mass Effect 2 “Arrival” DLC for $3 each, or Dragon Age’s “Witch Hunt” DLC for $4.

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It appears that the holidays are over at Blizzard today, as our first new content since the launch of patch 4.3 has hit the public test realms with a few interesting tidbits. MMO-Champion has got the full scoop, showing off the datamined Feldrake mount as well as a new World of Warcraft optimization feature that can slim down WoW’s footprint on your system. A 64-bit game client is also teased with the addition of a Text x86 client marking, and new client strings show off some of the WoW parental controls.

A rideable Feldrake as well as an Eye of the Legion pet, hmm? Could these items give us any clues toward the Mists of Pandaria launch events that are going to be happening presumably within the next few months, making way for the next expansion? Are we getting a glimpse of a demonic invasion that will leave the Horde and the Alliance scrambling to fight off enemies from all sides?

Check out all of the changes for patch 4.3.2 over at MMO-Champion.

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One of the quietly celebrated features in contemporary Cataclysm is the ability to level up entirely using the Dungeon Finder. It’s a little rough in a few places where you cross expansions, around levels 58, 68, and 80ish. But other than those few spots, you can fly through the so-called younger levels without much trouble at all.

While speeding your way to level 85 this way doesn’t require a lot of strategy per se, it still helps immensely if you get your act together beforehand. Consider issues like leveling professions, keeping up with gold, and even how you’ll handle your downtime between queues. Most importantly, once you’re actually inside the dungeon, you should be prepared with some tips to avoid annoying the heck out of your groups.

Dealing with the time between queues

We’ll tackle the space between dungeons first. If you’re not playing a tank or healer, you’ll have at least a few minutes to kill between each dungeon run. This is just the reality of class demographics; the playerbase isn’t evenly divided on a 1:1:3 ration (that’s one tank, one healer, and three DPS characters, see.)

The time between dungeons needs to be spent farming the vital materials to level your professions. While some cloth, ore, and materials can drop inside dungeons, you’re not going to get nearly enough to keep your professions on level. It’s a bummer, but it’s true.

Hit up sites like Wowhead so that you know where your best farming grounds are. Then, while you’re waiting for the dungeon queue to pop, go to town.

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Guys, I don’t know if you know this, but we have just pried the elementium plates off of the back of a dragon so big 25 people can stand on him. After that, we killed the mutant kaiju version of him, who was so big his head alone was bigger than us and four other giant dragons.

I’m sorry, but you have to be 50 kinds of jaded to not enjoy this. One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about patch 4.3 and the Dragon Soul raid is how it unabashedly throws massive, crazy, world-ending doomsday events at you. Between fending off not one but two faceless ones from within bloated abominations, balking an ancient earth elemental giant at the base of Wyrmrest Temple, and defeating Ultraxion and then taking on Deathwing himself, the fights feel enormous. The stakes are huge, and while the supposed saviors of Azeroth spend a lot of time thinking really hard at a McGuffin, we step the heck up.

Whether you are hitting it via Raid Finder, attending your weekly 10-man hardcore raid, or participating as a member of a casual 25-man raid alliance (or anything in between), in terms of pure aesthetics, Dragon Soul is a very satisfying raid in terms of pure scope and sweep.

No better than this bitter end

To be honest, I sincerely hope Blizzard doesn’t try to Sunwell this expansion. Cataclysm must go out on Deathwing’s demise. He was the villain all expansion long, and we put him in the ground. There’s no better end for this expansion than to see the Age of Mortals come rolling around and for us to be the mortals that make that happen. Après Neltharion, le guerre, if you’ll permit me to horribly butcher the helpless French language for a moment.

The Hour of Twilight heroics and the Dragon Soul raid do exactly what they should do and provide us with the end of Deathwing’s story and his attempt to remake the world to his own twisted desires. I’ve never run a set of 5-man instances that so perfectly dovetailed with the raid they were intended to complement, not even the ICC 5s. (Those were admittedly close, however.) Perhaps it’s as simple as finally getting made into another race than a human in a CoT or getting to see the biggest event in the Warcraft setting’s history up close, but I’m in love with these instances.

Combine that with the fun I’m having with transmogrification, a feature I stoutly denied needing for six years, and I honestly haven’t had this much fun in WoW since Ulduar. I don’t know if I’d say Dragon Soul is as well designed as Ulduar was, but I’m on record as finding Ulduar to be one of the most well-done raids in WoW’s history, better than anything before it. But I will say this: Kicking the ever-loving drek out of the last of Deathwing’s forces, then taking the fight to him felt incredibly satisfying. I enjoyed killing Deathwing more than I enjoyed killing Arthas, more than Illidan, more than either time I killed Nefarian or Ragnaros.

Out with a bang

This is a seven-year-old game. The fact that it can contain a fight like Madness of Deathwing, that a raid like Dragon Soul can be this big in terms of pure engagement, that in eight fights we get to save the bloody world and everyone in it is pretty dang awesome. This isn’t If we don’t stop Arthas, he’ll eventually destroy us all; this is Stop Deathwing right now or the planet blows up — stakes we haven’t seen since Algalon. And it was a blast to do it, too.

This is fairly awesome. I can only hope Mists can take this energy and run with it. Whatever your feelings about Cataclysm (I had some serious issues with it at start), no one can deny it went out big.

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Ah, the Christmas Kwanzaa Hanukkah Winter Veil holiday — a magical time of good cheer and giving gifts. WoW Insider has been in the holiday spirit ourselves with all the goodies we’ve been giving away for free in our 12 Days of Winter Veil promotion. But we know we’re not the only ones out there itching to show how much we care — you’re looking to give gifts to the folks you love, too.

But what’s that, you say? You’re stumped as to what to get your favorite World of Warcraft player for the holidays? There’s not much time left to shop, but don’t fret — WoW Insider is here to help. We’ve thrown together a list of some great World of Warcraft gift ideas to get you started.

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