Armored Druid Forms, Scarlet Halls Video, MoP Quest Voiceovers, Setup of the Month

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Armored Druid Forms Preview
In Mists of Pandaria Druids will get the Incarnation talent, which allows them to change into an armored version of the form for their spec. The images below show the different colors of the armored forms.

Armored Bear Forms



Heroic Scarlet Halls Video Preview
The last beta patch enabled many of the Heroic difficulty level instances, including Scarlet Halls, which is a combination of the old Armory and Library wings of the Scarlet Monastery.



Mists of Pandaria Quest Voiceovers
Blizzard added a lot of voice acting for questlines so far and the latest patch added even more! Here are a few samples of what to expect while leveling.

Shokai Questline




White Tiger Temple Event




Bold Karasshi Questline



Computers - Setup of the Month (by chaud)
Each month or every 2 months, depending on the hardware evolutions, the lovely chaud will work on a couple of hardware setups for those of you who are thinking of upgrading their computer!

This month
Hard drive prices are slowly declining, but are still above the pre-flood prices, so now is still a good time to buy a SSD. The current SSD prices are still moving downward, with sales bringing the cost to under $1 per gigabyte. A few sales are even nearing 50 cents per gigabyte, so look for something on sale!

If you are building today and don't go for the upper range of overclocking (past ~4.5Ghz) then you are better off buying Ivy Bridge. If you want to go for the maximum overclocks or have to save money, the 2500k is $25 cheaper. Unless you are doing a lot of video encoding or something that is similarly multithreaded, you do not need the 3770K and should spend that money elsewhere.

Make sure to keep your AMD and Nvidia drivers up to date.

Don't hesitate to post any feedback in the comments of that news post, and don't forget to visit the Computer Forum for any extra questions! If you are interested in Folding@home, take a look in our team's thread.


Peripherals/Monitors
ComponentPuppy Dolphin
MonitorAcer V223W EJBD 22-Inch Widescreen - $146ASUS VW246H 24-Inch Widescreen - $190
KeyboardMicrosoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 - $25Cyborg V.5 - $46
MouseLogitech G400 - $41Razer Deathadder - $44
SpeakersLogitech S220 2.1 Speaker System - $23Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $40
ComponentNarwhal Unicorn
MonitorASUS VE276Q 27-Inch - $267HP ZR2440W 24-inch (IPS Panel) - $375
KeyboardLogitech G110 - $61Razer BlackWidow (Backlit)- $72 ($114)
MouseLogitech G500 - $58Razer Naga (Buttons on the Side) - $74
SpeakersLogitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $54Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $82


Puppy and Dolphin
Overclocked Puppy will outperform Dolphin when multiple threads are in use (Not WoW) and come close in most other cases.
Mix and match anything but the CPU/Motherboard combo between Puppy and Dolphin. Pick one of the two CPU/Motherboard combos.
Mix and match anything between Dolphin and Narwhal.
ComponentPuppy Dolphin
CaseNZXT GAMMA Classic - $36NZXT GAMMA Classic - $36
Power SupplyCorsair CX500 V2 - $57OCZ ZS Series 650W - $70
CPUAMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition- $142Intel i3-2100 - $110
HeatsinkCooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $26Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $29
MotherboardASUS M5A97 AM3+ 970 - $102Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H - $129
Memory4GB PNY Optima DDR3 10600 - $258GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $56
Graphics CardGigabyte GTX 550 Ti - $120XFX 6870 or EVGA GTX 560 - $140 / $155
Hard DriveWestern Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $65Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $115
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $22Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $22
Total$595$715


Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn. SSDs are always optional.
ComponentNarwhal Unicorn
CaseCooler Master HAF 912 - $60Cooler Master HAF932 - $130
Power SupplyCorsair 650TX V2 - $90Corsair 750HX - $135
CPUIntel i5-3570K - $240Intel i7-3770K - $388
HeatsinkThermaltake Frio - $59Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $83
MotherboardASUS P8Z77-V LK - $152ASUS P8Z77-V - $190
Memory8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $568GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $56
Graphics CardMSI 7850 Twin Frozr - $260Sapphire 7970 OC OR EVGA GTX 670 FTW - $480 / $420
Hard DriveWestern Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $115Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $115
SSDCrucial 128 GB m4 (Review) - $114
OR
Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB - $130		SAMSUNG 830 128GB (Review) - $145
OR
OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 (Review) - $105
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $22Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $22
Total$1054 - $1184$1539 - $1744
This article was originally published in forum thread: Armored Druid Forms, Scarlet Halls Video, MoP Quest Voiceovers, Setup of the Month started by chaud View original post
Published on 2012-06-10 11:19 PM
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Comments 75 Comments
  1. hideyuke's Avatar
    Armored Moonkins looks like a monster of Power Ranger, the others are ok
  1. NetherVortex's Avatar
    Just purchased the Logitech Speaker System Z523 this last month from looking at the posts here and man i gotta say that is an AMAZING 2.1 system the best $90 ive spent in a long while. Of course i could be saying this moving from a probably 8 year old 2 speaker set that was partially broken on the left side but this setup beats my 120+ dollar speakers+bass i bought (and had stolen) years ago. When they say Room filling sound (probably from the rear facing speakers)they really do mean it.
  1. Crevox's Avatar
    The bear looks okay, cat is meh, moonkin armor looks horrible
  1. Arbs's Avatar
    Anyone notice the Troll Boomkin form looks like the Taurens now.
  1. gibborim's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Yourcatdead View Post
    Armors look awful. Please make it optional.
    How about we make having to see the boomkin model at all optional?
  1. Mukat's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by gibborim View Post
    How about we make having to see the boomkin model at all optional?
    glyph of astral whatsitcalled. you stay in caster form and have stars flit around you or something.
  1. Azrile's Avatar
    I am usually not a person to question Blizzards priorities.. but I find it odd that Blizzard is spending so much time on druids for what amounts to 1 talent choice, that has a short duration and moderate cooldown (30 sec duration, 3 minute cooldown) and will only probably be used in raids or dungeon boss fights.

    I am hoping they have something else in store for these models for us. I am probably not going to even take this talent, and even if I were, it would only be up for times when I am probably not really even looking at my character (and nobody else is either).

    Just seems very unBlizzard like to spend so much artwork for something that will rarely be directly seen.
  1. Daimon's Avatar
    I hope this is not the overhaul they said its coming for moonkins, because if it is, major disappointing, it plain looks like a enhance graphic armor over the old doodled old design that screams for a change...
  1. Achaman's Avatar
    shame im too stupid to understand the build your own pc stuff otherwise id do so instead of buying a store bought pcand being dissapointed by it when i get a 32bit win7 and cant handle minecraft with a few mods -.-
  1. roahn the warlock's Avatar
    bold Karasshi,... is that Optimus Prime?
  1. spiffyspivvy's Avatar
    Black cat and bear for alliance looks good.
    The moonkin armor for alliance and horde are too similar.
  1. mmoc4a1158ae20's Avatar
    Not sure why Chaud wants to add a Heatsink to every build. Stock heatsink should do fine if you don't overclock, no?
    Also, I'm not sure people know that WOW is a CPU intensive game and whether setups should take that into account.
  1. Machriren's Avatar
    WHy does Chaud never do Sound cards?

    I need a new sound card, any suggestions?
  1. Tarx's Avatar
    Scarlet Halls is cool at hc. Good job blizzard.
  1. Beroendet's Avatar
    armor forms looks awesome!
  1. speakpkhq's Avatar
    wow..i hope they give us an option to not display the armored models...they look stupid
  1. Skizzit's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Jitters View Post
    Troll has the best cat armor.
    Correction, Troll has the best druid everything.

    Quote Originally Posted by Azrile View Post
    I am usually not a person to question Blizzards priorities.. but I find it odd that Blizzard is spending so much time on druids for what amounts to 1 talent choice, that has a short duration and moderate cooldown (30 sec duration, 3 minute cooldown) and will only probably be used in raids or dungeon boss fights.

    I am hoping they have something else in store for these models for us. I am probably not going to even take this talent, and even if I were, it would only be up for times when I am probably not really even looking at my character (and nobody else is either).

    Just seems very unBlizzard like to spend so much artwork for something that will rarely be directly seen.
    They always make new spell effects or models for every new spell or talent in every expansion. Why would they not do the same for Druid talents
  1. chaud's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Azrile View Post
    Just seems very unBlizzard like to spend so much artwork for something that will rarely be directly seen.
    All they did was slap armor on one bear form. The rest are just existing color variations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Machriren View Post
    WHy does Chaud never do Sound cards?

    I need a new sound card, any suggestions?
    For 99% of people, Integrated sound is good enough. Those that have a real need for a dedicated sound card generally don't have to ask.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sinn View Post
    Not sure why Chaud wants to add a Heatsink to every build. Stock heatsink should do fine if you don't overclock, no?
    Also, I'm not sure people know that WOW is a CPU intensive game and whether setups should take that into account.
    I assume that everyone is going to overclock. It has become very easy with the Sandy/Ivy Bridge chips!
  1. Rokzum's Avatar
    The druid armor just looks like a waste of dev time =\ imo
  1. AVPaul's Avatar
    And who said that tri-spec is waste of time? Mmm?
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