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City Exploit Hotfixed

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Earlier today, certain realms were affected by an in-game exploit, resulting in the deaths of player characters and non-player characters in some of the major cities. This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It's safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in Azeroth.

As with any exploit, we are taking this disruptive action very seriously and conducting a thorough investigation. If you have information relating to this incident, please email hacks@blizzard.com. We apologize for the inconvenience some of you experienced as a result of this and appreciate your understanding.

Addon Review: TradeSkillMaster
TradeSkillMaster is a modular addon used to help you to simplify your gold-making processes. The goal of the addon is to consolidate all the different tasks needed to make gold in an efficient way while remaining light-weight and customizable. If you used it during beta and had qualms about the UI, note that it has been significantly improved since then.

One of the more useful features is a module that allows you to see the profit involved in just purchasing and crafting things for your profession. It still requires common sense though, as some things may be profitable but not in demand anymore. Another useful module is the Mailing module, that allows you to mail items to your other characters according to the settings. If you often craft things that need to go to another character, this can save many clicks. There are many more modules that are useful as well, take a look at the full list for more details!

LFR Compilation and FAQ
Azshira put together a nice summary of the LFR changes and boss tactics for DPS, Healers, and Tanks on each fight.

Blue Posts

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

LFR Item Level Requirement Reduction
We're currently looking into reducing the item level requirement for Mogu'Shan Vaults LFR from 463 to 460. This should mean that more players will be ready to go once LFR is rolled out, but their gear should still be at an appropriate level for the fights. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Monk vs Rogue Energy Usage
I don't know much about monks, but their system is similar to rogues right? Does their system use both resources for finishers?

Nope, Monk abilities consume singular resources.
While true, the abilities Monks use to generate Chi are not very damaging, while the strikes a Rogue uses to create combo points are core damage abilities. Monks need Chi to execute bread and butter damage abilities at all. It's not a very good direct comparison.

One should always be careful when comparing how one class's abilities work versus another to take into account all the variables. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Horde vs Alliance in MoP
Where is it? I mean I see a lot of it in Jade Forest, but after our big Skirmish I don't see them again till Kun-Lai summit, which is just building up a foothold and getting some panda allies, then I don't see any more Alliance or Horde again till I hit 90 and talk to Auldin about getting those gates open, that's it. I heard this expansion was putting the WAR back in warcraft, I see a lot of Bugs and Mogus or whatever waring, but not a lot of Alliance versus Horde.

Anyway, if you saw some Waring, let me know I have two other toons to level up, and I want to see all I can.
We've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating here for those that may have missed it. The start of the expansion has been meant to introduce (reintroduce) the war between the Horde and Alliance, but spends a little time introducing you to Pandaria itself. It's (at first) about exploration of this new land. Though, don't be fooled. The war between the Horde and Alliance is there, and will be progressing as the patches progress. The war itself coming to the peaceful shores of Pandaria has stirred up an old enemy of the Pandaren and needs some dealing with too. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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 stagnant and still above the pre-flood prices, so now is still a good time to buy a SSD. The current SSD prices seem to have bottomed out for now, with almost all SSDs under $1 per gigabyte. A few sales have even gone under 50 cents per gigabyte, so look for something on sale!

Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or something that is similarly multithreaded, you do not need the 3770K and should spend that money elsewhere. New CPUs from Intel won't be here until sometime next year, so there is nothing new coming anytime soon in that area.

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

Component	Puppy	Dolphin
Monitor	Acer V223W EJBD 22-Inch Widescreen - $138	ASUS VW246H 24-Inch Widescreen - $188
Keyboard	Logitech Media Keyboard K200 - $17	Cyborg V.5 - $48
Mouse	Logitech G400 - $37	Razer Deathadder - $47
Speakers	Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System - $27	Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $38
Component	Narwhal	Unicorn
Monitor	ASUS VE278Q 27-Inch - $305	HP ZR2440W 24-inch (IPS Panel) - $379
Keyboard	Logitech G110 - $58	Razer BlackWidow (Backlit)- $70 ($111)
Mouse	Logitech G500 - $60	Razer Naga (Buttons on the Side) - $71
Speakers	Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $58	Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $80

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.

Component	Puppy	Dolphin
Case	NZXT GAMMA Classic - $40	NZXT GAMMA Classic - $40
Power Supply	Corsair CX500 - $60	XFX Core Edition PRO 550W - $66
CPU	AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition- $98	Intel i3-3220 - $128
Heatsink	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $26	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $31
Motherboard	ASUS M5A97 AM3+ 970 - $95	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H - $125
Memory	4GB PNY Optima DDR3 10600 - $25	8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $49
Graphics Card	XFX 7770 - $107	XFX 6870 or ASUS DCII GTX 560 - $140 / $160
Hard Drive	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $64	Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $103
DVD	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23
Total	$539	$698 - $731

Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn. SSDs are always optional.

Component	Narwhal	Unicorn
Case	Cooler Master HAF 912 - $60	Cooler Master HAF X - $180
Power Supply	Corsair 650TX V2 - $90	Corsair 750HX - $145
CPU	Intel i5-3570K - $220	Intel i7-3770K - $330
Heatsink	Thermaltake Frio - $57	Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $83
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V LK - $128	ASUS P8Z77-V - $190
Memory	8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $49	8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $49
Graphics Card	XFX 7870 - $240	XFX 7970 Black Edition OR EVGA GTX 670 FTW - $398
Hard Drive	Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $103	Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $103
SSD	SAMSUNG 830 128GB (Review) - $90 OR OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 (Review) - $80	Crucial 128 GB m4 (Review) - $100 OR Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB - $115
DVD	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23
Total	$990 - $1090	$1406 - $1543

Curse Weekly Roundup
The team is back with news about Mojang's, Mists of Pandaria, Indie Game Movie for Netflix, the Mass Effect 3 DLC, Playstation Plus and the Game Forecast.

46 Comments

Mirakh - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by Rocheku

The guy who used that exploit knew he would get caught and probably used a fake account (aka not his main account) to enjoy killing everyone. Hence why he used a lvl 1 and not his main.

In his video where he solos Baradin Hold he tried to censor all his name, targets target etc but he failed to censor his Loot: Ballfondler

So here's his armory

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...fondler/simple
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Vesker - 2012-10-08

Wait, hold on. Someone actually asked why the Horde and Alliance aren't in full-scale kickass mode when there's currently only a dozen or so of either faction on the continent? We know the fleets are turning up next patch, just hold your goddamned horses and sort out the Panda's problems first.
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Gilian - 2012-10-08

Seriously? hacks@blizzard.com? lol
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dlosack - 2012-10-08

Looks to me like stormwind is haunted...
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corebit - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by iPluto

Biggest lol ever. Look at all those skellies.

So Horde were safe?

No, the hacker(s) also had fun with Orgrimmar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o8e1...ature=youtu.be
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Jasper Kazai - 2012-10-08

That guy's UI in the video is god awful.
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Hovsa - 2012-10-08

Those curse weekly people get worse every week. Except for the brunette, shes kinda epic and should go and co-host the MMO-Report with the most epic dude on the interwebs: Casey Schreiner.
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Araxie - 2012-10-08

... So many innocent panda lives lost that day.
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quras - 2012-10-08

Now that's an exploit.

I'm kinda shocked it could be hot fixed given how often blizzard says things can't be hot fixed.
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Salech - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by quras

Now that's an exploit.

I'm kinda shocked it could be hot fixed given how often blizzard says things can't be hot fixed.

That's because this was important to do, all the other things are just a really bad excuse.
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theredviola - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by Amgyn

Why doesnt a blizzard employee just join the exploit site and report/fix exploits as they are announced there?

I've wondered this for YEARS. The cost for certain sites "elite" side is a drop in the bucket and could save a lot of grief in game.

Powerful corporations hire hackers to protect their servers, why shouldn't blizz take it one step forward?
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stifler - 2012-10-08

here is another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh4HbCW70CM is crazy
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frequency - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by Amgyn

Why doesnt a blizzard employee just join the exploit site and report/fix exploits as they are announced there?

Because they don't just give exploits to anyone. Often you have to contribute and earn trust over months / years to get access to stuff like this.
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Twoshorty - 2012-10-08

I love how fast they fixed this, but still haven't even addressed BM Hunters / Arms warriors in PvP right now.
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bbr - 2012-10-08

Critical bugs get hotfixed.
Class balance etc, is not a priority.

I'd say the hakkar blood buff was more fun still though.
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taymatt - 2012-10-08

The amusing this is that when somebody started a thread about this yesterday, and posted that very video, one of your mods came in, deleted the video, and chided the poster, telling them not to post about hacks.
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livn4metal - 2012-10-08

Originally Posted by bbr

Critical bugs get hotfixed.
Class balance etc, is not a priority.

I'd say the hakkar blood buff was more fun still though.

This was amazing the first day it went live... I had never seen so many skeletons in Orgrimmar before this bug.
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ChrisKoe - 2012-10-08

Level 1 char with pumpkin head hovering over the AH killing everybody with her thoughts.
Now THAT'S creepy!
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voorshwa - 2012-10-08

Thank god they got rid of that last girl who was doing these Curse vids. She was absolutely horrible, and I know it's subjective but on a scale of 1-10, she was barely a 5. Yes, I'm an asshole for having an opinion but it's mine. YAY for new hot girl that's interesting to watch.

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