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Patch 5.4 - Stormcrow Mount
The Stormcrow mount may not show up in game with Patch 5.4, just like the Enchanted Fey Dragon.
Ghostcrawler Interview
Ghostcrawler has been in Asia this week and PlayersCut was able to sit down with him for an interview.
- Patch 5.4 is the final raid patch for Mists of Pandaria and ends with players defeating Garrosh and setting events in motion for a new warchief. Unfortunately, we will have to wait a little bit longer to see who that will be.
- The devs aren't ready to talk about any WoW 10th anniversary events yet, but they are still working on plans for it.
- The team takes more of a long term view of when making changes now. They are thinking about not only the next expansion, but the one after that when they make changes.
- The amount of class spells has continued to rise over the years, so Mists of Pandaria made an attempt to cut down on the excess. Future expansions will make a bigger effort to do so as well.
- Adding additional spell effects for classes is nice, but it has to be balanced with adding even more visual noise to raid encounters. Bosses and player skills that are used less frequently will likely get the more impressive effects, rather than the filler spells used in rotations.
- There are a few leveling areas that need stronger guards, such as around the Dark Portal in Blasted Lands.
- Adding a new classes has to be done cautiously, but adding another hero class in the future is still a possibility.
- Monks were not a hero class because the low level story of the Wandering Isle fit them very well, but their population is still low due to having to level them up from level 1.
- WoW won't be going free to play anytime soon, as Blizzard is happy with the current business model. Even if they wanted to make it into a microtransaction based game, it couldn't be done with how gameplay works today.
- The devs want people to be able to catch up faster so that they can play with friends, which is why they are testing the experience buff and other convenience items in the Blizzard store. There is no desire to move towards a pay to win style game.
Patch 5.3 Hotfixes - July 26
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Weekly News Recap
Another busy week full of news, so here is your chance to catch up!
- July 21
- We looked at the Tier 16 Rogue armor set.
- A Warcraft movie teaser was shown at Comic-Con, but no footage will be released to the internet. Filming will start in early 2014.
- July 22
- We looked at the Season 14 Rogue armor set.
- Patch 5.4 will finally allow you to queue for multiple Raid Finder wings at once.
- The number of PvP seasons before the next expansion still hasn't been decided, so there may be a Season 15.
- July 23
- We looked at Nourshen and Iron Juggernaut in the Siege of Orgirmmar raid.
- July 24
- There was a new PTR build with the Siege of Orgrimmar loading screen, updated Timeless Isle map, and lots of new items.
- July 25
- World of Warcraft is down to 7.7 million subscribers. This is a loss of 600,000 subscribers, down from 8.3 million last quarter.
- Activision Blizzard is purchasing 429 million shares from Vivendi for $5.8 billion. An investment group that includes Bobby Kotick and Brian Kelly, who put up $100 million together, as well as Tencent and other partners is purchasing 172 million shares for $2.3 billion. This group will own 24.9% of the company and Vivendi will retain ownership of 83 million shares (12%) of the company.
- July 26
- Another PTR build added names to Tier 16 items, some new models, and lots of new items.
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