World of Warcraft items

Achievements:

“FOOD FIGHT!”
Bounce food off a fellow feaster’s head at a Bountiful Table.

Now We’re Cookin’
Cook up one of every Pilgrim’s Bounty dish.

Pilgrim’s Paunch
Acquire the Spirit of Sharing from a complete Bountiful Table feast at every Alliance capital.

Pilgrim’s Peril
While wearing either a Pilgrim’s Dress, Robe, or Attire, take a seat at each enemy capital’s Bountiful Table.

Pilgrim’s Progress
Complete each of the Pilgrim’s Bounty dailies.

Sharing is Caring
Pass one of every dish at a Bountiful Table.

Terokkar Turkey Time
Defeat Talon King Ikiss while wearing a Pilgrim’s Hat and either a Pilgrim’s Dress, Robe, or Attire.

The Turkinator
Hunt enough Wild Turkeys quickly enough to gain Turkey Triumph.

Turkey Lurkey
Blast those dirty, sneaking Rogues with your Turkey Shooter.

Quests

Candied Sweet Potatoes (Buy them in Darnassus or Thunder Bluff)

Can’t Get Enough Turkey – Daily (Choose from Pilgrim’s Hat, Pilgrim’s Attire, Pilgrim’s Robe, Pilgrim’s Dress, Pilgrim’s Boots, or Turkey Caller)

Cranberry Chutney (Buy ingredients in Orgimmar and Iron Forge)

Don’t Forget The Stuffing! – Daily (Choose from Pilgrim’s Hat, Pilgrim’s Attire, Pilgrim’s Robe, Pilgrim’s Dress, Pilgrim’s Boots, or Turkey Caller)

Easy As Pie – Daily (Choose from Pilgrim’s Hat, Pilgrim’s Attire, Pilgrim’s Robe, Pilgrim’s Dress, Pilgrim’s Boots, or Turkey Caller)

Pilgrim’s Bounty

Pumpkin Pie (Buy in Stormwind or Lorderon)

Sharing a Bountiful Feast

She Says Potato – Daily (Choose from Pilgrim’s Hat, Pilgrim’s Attire, Pilgrim’s Robe, Pilgrim’s Dress, Pilgrim’s Boots, or Turkey Caller)

Slow-roasted Turkey – (Turkey Caller) (Wild Turkey’s found in Elwynn Forest and in Tirisfal Glade

Spice Bread Stuffing (can buy all the ingredients from vendor)

They’re Ravenous In Darnassus (Alliance)

Undersupplied in the Undercity (Horde)

We’re Out of Cranberry Chutney Again? – Daily (Choose from Pilgrim’s Hat, Pilgrim’s Attire, Pilgrim’s Robe, Pilgrim’s Dress, Pilgrim’s Boots, or Turkey Caller)

WoW’s 7th anniversary will be celebrated from November 20th, 2011 to December 3rd, 2011 during the same week as Pilgrims Bounty (Thanksgiving) event.

No pet this year so far, but you do get the achievement for logging in, and you’ll get a token in your game mail that you can click that “Increases Experience and Reputation gains from kills by 7% for 1 hour.”

It had to happen eventually. How many times have you sat through trade chat and heard the Chuck Norris barrage of comments…

Blizzard have openly admitted that their revamp of the talent trees with the release of Cataclysm didn’t 100% work as intended, and so they are going to try again when Mists of Pandaria goes live, real soon.

Basically, the old system will be gone, gone, gone and players will no longer have to choose between 3 individual trees. Now, players can choose between talents from individual sets that will be rewarded every 15 levels, regardless of spec. Sounds crazy eh? Yea, I thought so too since what’s stopping someone from totally goofing up their specs? Well, obviously Blizz will still let you respec for a small coin charge, but all the new talents will obviously be linked to a defined spec.

To add to some of the confusion, though, the new talents won’t be “bought” as previously, but toggled, so when a player hits every 15 levels, he or she can select one of 3 to become active, allowing up to 6 talents to be active. This sounds like an extremely low amount but to add to the fun factor, Blizzard are letting us retalent much more easily, so during dungeon raids we can switch between different “toggled” talents as and when needed.

The idea is to allow gamers to open up their characters to really feel like they can be individual and not have to choose the latest cookie-cutter talent spec to be the best. I see this taking quite a bit of getting used to since there are less talents available but they will apparently have a much bigger effect on our gameplay. Personally, I like change and am looking forward to it and I doubt Blizzard would be able to totally upset their army of fans, even if they tried!

Wowhead has a beta talent tester set up here

Class Talents vs. Specialization Abilities (per Game Director Tom Chilton, and Lead Systems Designer Greg Street)
by Lylirra – Oct 21, 2011

So what does this mean for important spec-based spells and abilities like Hammer of the Righteous and Circle of Healing?

At level 10, players will still select a specialization and unlock an iconic class specialization ability. As players level up, they will then automatically learn both class-based and specialization-specific abilities at set intervals. The specialization abilities you learn will be largely comprised of old talents we feel players should have, as well as core class abilities that not every spec needs.

For example, for a level 25 Protection paladin, his or her training list may look a little something like this:

• Level 10: Avenger’s Shield (Protection ability)
• Level 10: Judgments of the Wise (Protection ability)
• Level 12: Rightous Fury (Class ability)
• Level 13: Redemption (Class ability)
• Level 14: Flash of Light (Class ability)
• Level 15: Hand of Reckoning (Class ability)
• Level 16: Lay on Hands (Class ability)
• Level 18: Divine Shield (Class ability)
• Level 20: Hammer of the Righteous (Protection ability)
• Level 22: Supplication (Class ability)
• Level 24: Consecration (Class ability)

These spells and abilities will be trained in the field, appearing immediately in players’ spellbooks once they reach the appropriate level. As a result, there will no longer be a need to visit class trainers save to re-spec or purchase Dual Specialization, keeping players engaged and doing what they enjoy.

With this new method of distributing abilities, we can ensure that players are receiving role-defining talents at levels that make sense and will benefit them the most as well as deliver fun and meaningful choices along the way.

Click here to check out the Blizzard talent calculator

The true enemy of the world is going to be, war itself. Horde and Alliance are about to get it on in the new expansion Mists of Pandoria.

Pet battle system!
New Continent: Pandoria

New talent system, New level cap of 90, Challenge modes

New (neutral) Race: Pandaren
Racial Traits:

Epicurean – Increases the stat benefits from food by 100%
Gourmand – Cooking skill increased by 15.
Inner Peace – Your rested experience bonus lasts twice as long.
Bouncy – You take 50% less falling damage.
Quaking Palm – You touch a secret pressure point on an enemy target, putting it to sleep for 3 seconds.

Available Classes:
Monk, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior

New class: Monk

Armor: Cloth and Leather
Weapons: Fist Weapons, One-Handed Axes, One-Handed Maces, One-Handed Swords, Polearms, Staves

Classes allowed: Pandaren, Draenei, Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Night Elf, Blood Elf, Orc, Tauren, Troll, Forsaken

With Halloween fast approaching, it can only mean one thing and that is the annual event of Hallow’s End in World of Warcraft.

The annual events that come around in WoW are incredible fun and Hallow’s End stands up there close to being the number one event. Starting on October 18th and running all the way through to the end of October, players in Azeroth will find a huge range of quests, events and NPCs to interact with and pass the time when it’s starting to get cold outside and the nights are coming earlier.

The Lore of Hallow’s End is addictive. This event marks the day that a group of Undead who became to be known as the Forsaken broke free from the Lich King’s grasp and regained their free will. Their main way of celebrating this is by setting fire to a Wickerman after their leader, Sylvanas, carries out the annual speech.

One of the main events that players can interact with is the Headless Horseman attacking some of the towns throughout Azeroth, namely Kharanos, Goldshire, Azure Watch, Razor Hill, Brill and Falconwing Square. The Horseman starts the event by attacking the buildings in each town with fire, setting them alight. It’s up to the players to stem this madman from burning down the towns to ashes by using buckets of water to douse the flames. He will then land in the towns and become attackable by those players in the vicinity. Once defeated he’ll drop a pumpkin which can be smashed to a pulp revealing some shiny loot!

One of the most fun features of Hallow’s End is the ability to turn other players into a hilarious shape-shifting form. By talking to an innkeeper, you will receive a trick bag or a trick bag. The treats will contain goodies, the best one being a Hallowed Wand. Use this on others to turn them into one of these forms: Assassin, Bat, Ghost, Leper Gnome, Pirate, Skeleton or a Wisp.
Fun times are ahead to be had by all, so make sure you log in during the period mentioned above to experience the fun of Hallow’s End.

Quests

Neutral

N [1-80] Candy Bucket – available at each Candy Bucket located in the inn in almost every town. Note: Each is a different quest with a unique ID.
N [70] The Headless Horseman – from Costumed Orphan Matron (Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch) or from Masked Orphan Matron (Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square). Becomes available after you have defeated the Headless Horseman in one of his town terror attacks.
N [80D Daily] Call the Headless Horseman – N [80] The Headless Horseman leads to this one, however you don’t need the prequest to call him.

Alliance

A [1-80] Costumed Orphan Matron – from Commoners in various Alliance cities, available to all levels
A [1-80] Fire Brigade Practice – from Costumed Orphan Matron (Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch), available to all levels
A [1-80] “Let the Fires Come!” (Alliance) – from Costumed Orphan Matron (Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch), initiates the Headless Horseman’s town terror attacks.
A [1-80] Stop the Fires! – from Costumed Orphan Matron (Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch), becomes available during the Headless Horseman’s town terror attacks.
A [1-80] Smash the Pumpkin (Alliance daily) – (Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch) from the Large Jack-o’-Lantern spawned when the Shade of the Horseman is killed.
A [1-80] Hallow’s End Treats for Jesper! – from Jesper (Stormwind City)
A [1-80] Flexing for Nougat – from Innkeeper Allison (Stormwind City)
A [1-80] Incoming Gumdrop – from Talvash del Kissel (Ironforge)
A [1-80] Chicken Clucking for a Mint – from Innkeeper Firebrew (Ironforge)
A [1-80] Dancing for Marzipan – from Innkeeper Saelienne (Darnassus)

[Creepy Crate] companion quest line:

A [10] A Friend in Need
A [10] Missing Heirlooms
A [10] Fencing the Goods
A [10] Shopping Around
A [10] Taking Precautions
A [10] The Collector’s Agent
A [10] What Now?
A [10] The Creepy Crate

Horde

H [1-80] Masked Orphan Matron – from Commoners in various Horde cities, available to all levels
H [1-80] Fire Training – from Masked Orphan Matron (Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square), available to all levels
H [1-80] “Let the Fires Come!” (Horde) – from Masked Orphan Matron (Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square), initiates the Headless Horseman’s town terror attacks.
H [1-80] Stop the Fires! – from Masked Orphan Matron (Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square), becomes available during the Headless Horseman’s town terror attacks.
H [1-80] Smash the Pumpkin (Horde daily) – (Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square) from the Large Jack-o’-Lantern spawned when the Shade of the Horseman is killed.
H [1-80] Hallow’s End Treats for Spoops!
H [1-80] Flexing for Nougat – from Innkeeper Gryshka (Orgrimmar)
H [1-80] Incoming Gumdrop – from Kali Remik (Sen’jin Village)
H [1-80] Chicken Clucking for a Mint – from Innkeeper Norman (Undercity)
H [1-80] Dancing for Marzipan – from Innkeeper Pala (Thunder Bluff)

[Creepy Crate] companion quest line:

H [10] A Friend in Need
H [10] Missing Heirlooms
H [10] Fencing the Goods
H [10] Shopping Around
H [10] Taking Precautions
H [10] The Collector’s Agent
H [10] What Now?
H [10] The Creepy Crate

So, Blizzard announced on September 12th that they’ll be making the current World of Warcraft content in the raid zone relating to patch 4.2 Rage of the Firelands a lot, lot easier.

Their intention for this is to give as many players as possible the experience of progressing through the content prior to the release of patch 4.3. I’m on the fence a bit with this and I can see why they’ve done it since appealing to the masses is a tough deal for Blizz. On one hand they’ve all these hardcore gamers who love the thrill of working out the boss encounters and creating the tactics, night after night of failing before finally winning and conquering that bossy. Then, there are those who can only spare a few hours a week and would really love to take part in the end-game content without feeling like all they’re doing is failing and never defeat the bosses until the next patch comes out and the raid teams move on with all their new shiny gear equipped.

For me, Blizzard doing this is useful since I fall into the latter without as much time as the hardcore WoW gamers. I love exploring all the content and boss encounters, but just don’t have the time to dedicate the constant time to it. Decreasing the difficulty of the content shouldn’t cheese off the hardcore gamers too much, since by now they should’ve accumulated all the gear they need and beaten all the encounters, so are ready to move on to the new content coming in patch 4.3.

So, those who are already at Ragnaros in the Rage of the Firelands content shouldn’t be too unhappy with Blizzard and those like me should be rejoicing that they get to experience the best PvE content in any current MMO!