Dark Phoenix Mount Video
It seems that the Dark Phoenix mount is fairly popular these days, here is a short video of how the model looks. As a reminder, the Dark Phoenix will be rewarded through the new Guild Achievement/Rewards system, you will have to unlock it via a Guild Achievement, have enough reputation with your guild to buy it, and of course, enough gold.



Archaeology Preview
There isn't much known about Archaeology at this point but a couple of spells and some extra information have been added to the game files. Even if Path of the Titans is gone it looks like the main idea behind Archaeology remains the same and you will have to hunt for artifacts throughout the world.

Rewards
The only thing we know about Archaeology rewards is from the Press Tour 2 months ago, rewards are known to be "cosmetic only" like pets, or toys, but a few of them will have actual effects. We really don't know much more but a few people speculated that the Skeletal Raptor Mount and Skeletal Raptor Pet might be Archaeology rewards. It would make sense, with the "Fossil" research branch in the game files. (But again, this is pure speculation at this point)


Research Branch
It seems that the profession includes multiple research branches:

  • Dwarf
  • Draenei
  • Fossil
  • Night Elf
  • Nerubian
  • Orc
  • Tol'vir
  • Troll
  • Vrykul
  • Other


Research Sites
The known research sites are:

  • Stone Cairn Dig Site (Elwynn Forest)
  • Ironband's Excavation Site (Loch Modan)
  • Ironbeard's Tomb (Wetlands)
  • Whelgar's Excavation Site (Wetlands)
  • Greenwarden's Fossil Bank (Wetlands)
  • Circle of Inner Binding (Arathi Highlands)
  • Circle of West Binding (Arathi Highlands)
  • Circle of East Binding (Arathi Highlands)
  • Circle of Outer Binding (Arathi Highlands)
  • Witherbark Dig Site (Arathi Highlands)
  • Thandol Span (Arathi Highlands/Wetlands)
  • Dun Garok Dig Site (Hillsbrad Foothills)
  • Shindra'Alor Dig Site (Hinterlands)
  • Altar of Zul Dig Site (Hinterlands)
  • Jintha'Alor Lower City Dig Site (Hinterlands)
  • Jintha'Alor Upper City Dig Site (Hinterlands)
  • Agol'watha Dig Site (Hinterlands)

It looks like only the Dwarf branch of archeology is implemented for the moment, and it's most likely not complete.


Trainers
Of course.



Spells
These spells are part of the Archaeology profession.

  Spell Level Description
Bone Gaming Dice
30 100 Dwarves love gold and dwarves love drinking, so gaming seemed like a natural fit for both. These dice appear to have been carved from sheep bones.
Ceramic Funeral Urn
30 100 Some dwarves sealed their deceased in tombs. Clans that had more interaction with the Scourge tended to burn their dead.
Silver Drinking Cup
30 100 If there's one thing dwarves love, it's drinking. And fighting. Two things.
This cup may have belonged to a minor noble or wealthy merchant. Any gems have long since been lost or stolen.

Silver Neck Torc
30 100 Dwarves are famous metalsmiths. While they produce many implements of war, they are adept at working with softer metals as well.
Stone Gryphon
30 100 Gryphons have long been allies of the Wildhammer dwarves, who brought their noble steeds to the rest of the Alliance.
Worn Hunting Knife
30 100 Some dwarves spend most of their lives underground, but others welcome a chance to step out into the sunlight to add a bit of meat to their diet.
Archaeology
Apprentice
1 1 Allows an archaeologist to find artifact fragments and complete artifacts up to a maximum potential skill of 75.
Searching for Artifacts
Apprentice
1 1 Allows an archaeologist to collect fragments and complete artifacts up to a potential skill of 75. Requires fragments from archaological dig sites or ruins.
5 yd range
Survey
1 1 Survey for archaeology fragments within a dig site. Each survey will direct you closer to the location of the fragments.
40 yd range, 4 sec cooldown


Blue Posts
It won't take long today.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Paladin (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Holy Changes
We removed the prereq chain from Divine Illumination to Aura Mastery and Light of Dawn. We had the prerq in there to make sure paladins didn't skip over a powerful group utility talent in a perhaps selfish attempt to enhance their personal healing per second, but we do acknowledge that it is far less useful in say 5-player dungeons. (Source)

Fan Arts
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with 5 new piece of fan artwork.


This article was originally published in forum thread: Dark Phoenix Mount, Archaeology Preview, Fan Arts started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 138 Comments
  1. powerstuck's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Cyhiraeth View Post
    ITT: people drooling over the Draenei fanart (which doesn't even look like a Draenei just a random hot chick with the horns and tail slapped in there) and failing to appreciate the awesomeness of other other pieces.
    T5 Warlocks has a funny smile...he did something bad and he's proud of it.
  1. Lazertrooper's Avatar
    from the bodyshape, it's a black draenei imo.
  1. powerstuck's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kuja View Post
    He's also in Grizzly Hills at the same time. And ZA? Not sure about that though since I've never been to ZA.
    He is ZA too, tho when you are done with it...he is at the beggining giving you thanks for help...so I suppose he's at ZA just for the time you are there fighting.

    ---------- Post added 2010-08-19 at 01:01 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by Sunwind View Post
    phoenix looks crap.

    tauren fan art looks nice.

    rest are awful.
    May I suggest you don't buy Cataclysm...you won't enjoy.
  1. Stixxz's Avatar
    Umm.... Where is that mounts legs?
  1. Kornath's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Stixxz View Post
    Umm.... Where is that mounts legs?
    It's a phoenix...
  1. Cadwe's Avatar
    the pics are smexy and i love That mount
  1. hchano's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by hchano View Post
    That Draenei art is... something else. Pretty horrifying...
    really, none of you noticed the terrifyingly manly ribcage?
    Lol. I get the impression whoever drew that has never looked
    at another human being in their life, much less a female
    human being.

    Also, she has quite obviously just been caught taking a dump.
    Why else would she be squatting next to a pond and holding her
    [worm-like] tail out of the way?


    Imo admire the other pics, they actually show talent/non-creepy
    subjects. That warlock one is incredible. Even the anime one isn't
    so bad.


    Because that picture frightened me so bad, I quickly editted
    it. If only the artist would see...lol

    fixed version:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.jpg

    compare gif:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.gif

    seriously. 8( not that anyone is going to look,
    but it made me feel better to try and fix it lmao.
  1. Dahak's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kuja View Post
    He's also in Grizzly Hills at the same time. And ZA? Not sure about that though since I've never been to ZA.
    Not exactly. Remember that time in WOW is dealt with as the levels progress - so (currently) at L60, Baron Rivendare is ruling Stratholme, while at fresh 80, he's lording it up as leader of the 4h (as an example).

    So Harrison is in Zul'Aman at 70, where he gets beaten down but escapes (and where Budd Nedreck gets infected with the essence of Zul'jin). 10 levels (and 2 years) later, he's in Grizzly Hills (as is Budd). Two years after that, he's teaching archaeology in Stormwind, while occasionally jetting off to Uldawhatsit to find ancient arties and fight naz... uh... cultists.
  1. Stixxz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kornath View Post
    It's a phoenix...
    Phoenix's have legs, lol. They don't keep flying forever, they have to land somehow.
  1. nessla's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by hchano View Post
    Because that picture frightened me so bad, I quickly editted
    it. If only the artist would see...lol

    fixed version:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.jpg

    compare gif:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.gif

    seriously. 8( not that anyone is going to look,
    but it made me feel better to try and fix it lmao.
    Damn, that's really great work! This is fappable at least!
  1. Zookz25's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by hchano View Post
    Because that picture frightened me so bad, I quickly editted
    it. If only the artist would see...lol

    fixed version:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.jpg

    compare gif:
    storage.dream-scar.net/Hchano/wow/nomoremanlydrae.gif

    seriously. 8( not that anyone is going to look,
    but it made me feel better to try and fix it lmao.
    Tbh, shrinking her rib-cage and enlarging her breasts just makes her head look big. She's also twisting in an awkward way (she's bent more towards us in your pic, yet her shoulder has moved further back?)

    The only issue the first picture really had is that the waist was WAYYY too thin compared to the size of everything else. It's like she's missing her abdomen.

    Yeah, squatting like that makes it look like she's shitting and/or dancing on an invisible pole, but it's not impossible for a female to squat as such without help.

    The rest of the issues are lore issues, not anatomy issues. Draenei tails are thicker, their ears aren't so huge, their skin isn't that of a Man'ari, and their eyes are suppose to glow. Non of these these things change whether or not she looks female though.

    Edit: I don't have photoshop, but I can still point out the problem.

    http://i35.tinypic.com/29fsavs.jpg

    There's no reason for her rib cage to be hollowed out as such. The abdomen attaches to both the front and bottom edge of the ribs and sternum. The whole stomach/belly area shouldn't be so concave.

    The rest seems fine though.
  1. TheDangerZone's Avatar
    Does anyone else notices how... well endowed the second tauren is?
  1. Mindtricks's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Demog View Post
    Isn't it more fun when the mounts are somehow related to how you obtain them?

    - You buy race/faction mounts from vendors seeming to hang around at their mount shop in capitals. Makes sense.
    - Rare giant beetle mount from doing stuff related to giant insect overlords. Makes sense too.
    - KT in tempest keep got a chance of dropping his pet phoenix as a mount. That's nice.
    - Fancy troll styled war-bear mount accessible by doing stuff in a troll raid instance. Awesome.

    But in WOTLK it went all bananas. Almost all mounts seem to come out of nowhere. And cataclysm seems to continue in the same way... Exactly what is this Dark Phoenix related to lorewise/in-game?
    Protodrake in Ulduar- Thorim's mount is razorscale who is also a protodrake boss.
    ICC frostwyrms - Sindragosa major boss in ICC. Also a frostwyrm.
  1. Syce's Avatar
    i dont know if it is just me, but what does archeology Actually do for you? i know its a 3rd secondary profession and all that jazz. but reading those archeology artifact things, im just curious, what are they suppose to do?

    Edit: Disregard my post lol. i didnt even actually read the fire few sentence about what archeology is about. which at this point has answered this question.
  1. mmoc0a35f41873's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Syce View Post
    i dont know if it is just me, but what does archeology Actually do for you? i know its a 3rd secondary profession and all that jazz. but reading those archeology artifact things, im just curious, what are they suppose to do?

    Edit: Disregard my post lol. i didnt even actually read the fire few sentence about what archeology is about. which at this point has answered this question.
    epix
  1. Imreallybadwithnames's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by lolcantdothat View Post
    Looks like the start of wow porn instead of fan art, rofl
    ..the start? lol.
  1. TheWaffler's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by halmotors View Post
    Can ANYONE draw a female draenei and NOT make them look like a huge whore these days?
    I sure hope not.
  1. xnickybx's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vashdakari View Post
    That draenai is all kinds of messed up anatomically.

    Look how far the rib cage is extended from the back to the front of that picture. It's like the artist was drawing her front half (forward from the arms) from a reference picture of someone who was standing, and then did the arched back (behind the arms) from another reference. End result?

    It looks like she has an alien inside that's trying to break free.

    That or she's the fattest Draenai you've ever seen, and he couldn't photo-shop her distended ribcage out.
    Yeah, but did you see the size of her tits!?!
  1. Wat's Avatar
    That UnshackledFenrir pic is about one harsh brushstroke away from being soft-core porn.


    I'm sure there's an alternate version floating around somewhere. Probably on paheal.
  1. fishz's Avatar
    Let me guess, Horde will get trainers with generic names again (Cooking trainer in Dalaran, anyone?) while Alliance gets impersonations.

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