Patch 4.0.6 Archaeology Prices, Paragon Al'akir Kill, 2200 Arena Weapon, Blue Posts

[Boubouille]

Patch 4.0.6 Build 13561 - Archaeology Grey Artifacts
The latest PTR build updated the sale prices of the artifacts once again and it's time to make something useful out of these stats! Below is a breakdown of all the junk artifacts, their total, and their average value for each race!

Things are surprisingly balanced and you will probably end up getting 140G/Hour from junk items if you get 7 artifacts/hour. However, it will be slightly different if you're farming Troll archaeology to get Zin'rokh apparently, I'm not sure if this is intended or not.

Dwarf Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Word of Empress Zoe	Dwarf	375	10
Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright	Dwarf	20g	10g
Silver Kris of Korl	Dwarf	20	9
Warmaul of Burningeye	Dwarf	20	9
Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage	Dwarf	20	9
Scepter of Bronzebeard	Dwarf	20	9
Dented Shield of Horuz Killcrow	Dwarf	10	40
Scorched Staff of Shadow Priest Anund	Dwarf	10	40
Scepter of Charlga Razorflank	Dwarf	10	40
Mithril Chain of Angerforge	Dwarf	10	41
Skull Staff of Shadowforge	Dwarf	10	40
Notched Sword of Tunadil the Redeemer	Dwarf	5	20
Bodacious Door Knocker	Dwarf	5	20
Boot Heel with Scrollwork	Dwarf	5	20
Golden Chamber Pot	Dwarf	5	20
Winged Helm of Corehammer	Dwarf	5	20
Ironstar's Petrified Shield	Dwarf	5	20
Worn Hunting Knife	Dwarf	1	5
Wooden Whistle	Dwarf	1	5
Bone Gaming Dice	Dwarf	1	5
Belt Buckle with Anvilmar Crest	Dwarf	1	5 50
Pewter Drinking Cup	Dwarf	1	10
Ceramic Funeral Urn	Dwarf	1	10
Stone Gryphon	Dwarf	1	10
Silver Neck Torc	Dwarf	1	11
Moltenfist's Jeweled Goblet	Dwarf	1	11
Dwarven Baby Socks	Dwarf	1	5

Total	565	Average	20 90 / Artifact

Fossil Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle	Fossil	200	5
Proto-Drake Skeleton	Fossil	20	5
Feathered Raptor Arm	Fossil	10	40
Vicious Ancient Fish	Fossil	10	40
Devilsaur Tooth	Fossil	5	20
Insect in Amber	Fossil	5	20
Ancient Shark Jaws	Fossil	5	20
Black Trilobite	Fossil	1	5
Beautiful Preserved Fern	Fossil	1	5
Twisted Ammonite Shell	Fossil	1	10
Shard of Petrified Wood	Fossil	1	5
Strange Velvet Worm	Fossil	1	10

Total	260	Average	21 66 / Artifact

Night Elf Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Silver Scroll Case	Night Elf	200	90
Chest of Tiny Glass Animals	Night Elf	100	40
Carcanet of the Hundred Magi	Night Elf	20	90
Umbra Crescent	Night Elf	20	90
String of Small Pink Pearls	Night Elf	10	40
Scepter of Xavius	Night Elf	10	40
Kaldorei Amphora	Night Elf	5	20
Hairpin of Silver and Malachite	Night Elf	5	22
Delicate Music Box	Night Elf	5	20
Cracked Crystal Vial	Night Elf	5	40
Cloak Clasp with Antlers	Night Elf	3	10
Coin from Eldre'Thalas	Night Elf	2	10
Shattered Glaive	Night Elf	2	10
Green Dragon Ring	Night Elf	2	10
Scandalous Silk Nightgown	Night Elf	1g	5s
Highborne Pyxis	Night Elf	1	5
Inlaid Ivory Comb	Night Elf	1	5
Necklace with Elune Pendant	Night Elf	1	5

Total	393	Average	21 83 / Artifact

Troll Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Tooth with Gold Filling	Troll	50	40
Bracelet of Jade and Coins	Troll	25	22
Drakkari Sacrificial Knife	Troll	10	40
Jade Asp with Ruby Eyes	Troll	5	10
Eerie Smolderthorn Idol	Troll	5	10
Cinnabar Bijou	Troll	5	10
Feathered Gold Earring	Troll	5g	10s
Skull-Shaped Planter	Troll	5	20
Gahz'rilla Figurine	Troll	5	20
Atal'ai Scepter	Troll	5	20
Zandalari Voodoo Doll	Troll	1	5
Lizard Foot Charm	Troll	1	5
Fetish of Hir'eek	Troll	1	5 20
Fine Bloodscalp Dinnerware	Troll	1	5

Total	124	Average	8 85 / Artifact

Draenei Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Anklet with Golden Bells	Draenei	50	1
Fine Crystal Candelabra	Draenei	50	1 20
Carved Harp of Exotic Wood	Draenei	10	1
Strange Silver Paperweight	Draenei	10	1 10
Scepter of the Nathrezim	Draenei	10	1
Baroque Sword Scabbard	Draenei	10	1
Dignified Portrait	Draenei	10	1
Plated Elekk Goad	Draenei	10	1

Total	160	Average	20 / Artifact

Orc Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Scepter of Nekros Skullcrusher	Orc	80	1
Maul of Stone Guard Mur'og	Orc	50	1
Tiny Bronze Scorpion	Orc	25	1
Fierce Wolf Figurine	Orc	10	1
Fiendish Whip	Orc	10	1
Gray Candle Stub	Orc	5	1
Tile of Glazed Clay	Orc	5	1
Skull Drinking Cup	Orc	5	1
Rusted Steak Knife	Orc	1	1

Total	191	Average	21 22 / Artifact

Nerubian Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Scepter of Nezar'Azret	Nerubian	50	5
Infested Ruby Ring	Nerubian	20	5
Six-Clawed Cornice	Nerubian	20	5
Viziers Scrawled Streamer	Nerubian	10g	5g
Spidery Sundial	Nerubian	10g	5g
Ewer of Jormungar Blood	Nerubian	10g	5g
Gruesome Heart Box	Nerubian	7g	3g 50s

Total	127	Average	18 14 / Artifact

Vrykul Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Intricate Treasure Chest Key	Vrykul	50	5
Fanged Cloak Pin	Vrykul	20	5
Scramseax	Vrykul	10g	5g
Thorned Necklace	Vrykul	10g	5g
Flint Striker	Vrykul	5	5

Total	95	Average	19 / Artifact

Tol'vir Artifacts

Item	Race	Build 13561	Live Price
Cat Statue with Emerald Eyes	Tol'vir	100	90
Tiny Oasis Mosaic	Tol'vir	15g	1g
Castle of Sand	Tol'vir	10	90
Soapstone Scarab Necklace	Tol'vir	10	90
Engraved Scimitar Hilt	Tol'vir	10	1
Sketch of a Desert Palace	Tol'vir	10	1
Mummified Organ (Canopic Jar)	Tol'vir	2g	1g

Total	157	Average	22 43 / Artifact

Paragon clears the first tier of Cataclysm Raiding
I didn't have time to mention it because of the patch notes update recently but Paragon killed Al'akir in 25-Man Heroic Mode on Monday and officially cleared the first tier of Cataclysm raiding! Congratulations to them, see the statement and kill shot below!

From Paragon
This is it - Cataclysm's first tier of raiding has finally been finished. We are quite satisfied with how everything went, despite some setbacks along the way. Right now we are probably even happier to be able to soon go back to our 1 day/week raiding schedule after the merciless non-gated grind.

Al'Akir was a rather merciless boss overall. The difference on this particular boss is absolutely massive in 10-man compared to 25s due to the area scaling. Congratulations to Dream though for getting the world first in 10-man! Here's to hoping the 25-man version of Al'akir won't get hotfixed or nerfed too soon; everyone else should go through the same soul draining wipes that we had to endure.

Thanks to all Paragon members for giving their best and making it possible for us to perform as good as we've done. Also thanks to all the supporters and people who have travelled the journey with us. Thanks also go to Steelseries and ASUS. Most of all, thanks to Blizzard.

2200 Rating Weapon Availability

As previously announced (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...7814533?page=1), Conquest weapons requiring 2200 rating were to be made available today, January 25, but have been delayed. We currently plan to make the 2200 weapons available approximately two weeks after the release of patch 4.0.6.

The decision to further delay availability of weapons requiring 2200 rating was not made lightly. Currently very few guilds are clearing PvE content that drops weapons of this caliber, which would make rated Battlegrounds and Arenas the primary source for top-tier weapons. We of course don’t want players who are pursuing PvE content to feel as though they must engage in heavy PvP to obtain these weapons in order to be competitive or successful.

We do have some plans to help avoid similar situations in the future, and we’ll share more details when they become available.

Blue Posts

Price of Trade goods from Justice Vendors
They're definitely not cost effective and certainly not meant for everyone. Even still, there are scores of people out there with large excesses of Justice Points, with no need (or ability) to obtain more, and nothing to spend them on. This provides an excellent alternative for a select portion of players.

For everyone else who isn't concerned with the Justice Point cap or how to spend them, these vendors can be disregarded. They're not meant to replace the activity of farming for tradeskill materials for the general populace. (Source)

Enhanced Maps
We're definitely looking into ways to add more information about raid and dungeon bosses directly into the game client. For example, as discussed at BlizzCon 2010 in the Raids and Dungeons panel, we're already discussing the possibility of incorporating loot tables and boss abilities into zone maps. While "enhanced maps" are still in their formative stages, we love the idea of a player being able to access a variety of information about a specific boss -- including what it drops, what abilities it has, and maybe even some lore about who it is and why everyone in Azeroth wants to kill it -- just by opening her map and mousing over an icon.

This is all still on the horizon, of course, and would likely be something that's implemented in stages. Nevertheless, we agree that the game could provide better tools for players who are adapting to new content and are currently working to bridge that gap for the future (in a meaningful way that doesn't undermine or spoil the experience). (Source)

PvP Sets bonus nerf
Right now some hybrid classes benefit from wearing a pair of 2 piece set bonuses in PvP instead of their 4 piece bonus. We don't much like that behavior though, and we're going to eventually make the two bonuses exclusive so you can only ever have one 2 piece bonus at a time. We're not going to make that change in 4.0.6 as we realize some people have spent a lot of points to buy into the double-2 piece bonuses. However, it is likely we'll make the change at the start of the next PvP season. (Source)

Arena Weapons Availability
Sometimes, you have to make an unpopular decision, and you take a lot of heat for it. I understand that you guys aren't happy, and I'm sorry about that.

With regard to the weapon delay, as with any change which affects your gameplay, we always prefer to provide advance notice whenever possible, but in some situations it isn't an option. Unfortunately, this was one of those cases.

Some of you may recall that there were times in the past when it was common for the Arenas to be flooded by geared raiders actively engaging in arena matches exclusively to acquire weapons for the sake of defeating PvE content. That's not the intended design for arena rewards (that they be part of PvE progression), and that was a situation that we were hoping to avoid now. Raid content is very challenging currently, and as a direct result, there are fewer top tier weapons floating around. What we didn't want was a 'gold rush' on arenas, which would diffuse the competitive space there as well as give PvE focused players an undue advantage for raid content.

Ultimately, what we really want is parity in the availability of top end PvP and PvE weaponry. We want to see top end PvP and PvE items filtering into the player community at roughly the same time. This delay is an effort to achieve that aforementioned parity in this case. (Source)

Bilgewater Cartel/Gilneas reputation from Elders
Thanks for the reports! We've implemented a hotfix to correct this issue and ensure that Horde players receive reputation with Bilgewater Cartel when completing Lunar Festival coin quests. (Source)

Elders reputation cap
I spoke with our designers a bit more about the Lunar Festival coin quests and what caps, if any, are place on the reputation provided from them. At present, these quests should only provide reputation with Horde (Orgrimmar, Undercity, Darkspear, Thunder Bluff, Silvermoon City, Bilgewater Cartel) and Alliance (Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan, Darnassus, Exodar, Gilneas) reputations up to 5999/6000 Friendly. This is indeed intended, as many of you have guessed, but we absolutely appreciate the feedback provided in this thread -- both in relation to the Lunar Festival and the reputation cap itself.

For clarity, there was a separate issue that was preventing eligible Horde characters, regardless of their faction standing, from earning Bilgewater Cartel reputation when completing the Lunar Festival coin quests. Even if they were Neutral with Bilgewater, for example, they were not receiving the 75 reputation as intended. This has since been resolved with a hotfix and should be live on all realms. (Source)

Storing Tabards
This is something we've been looking into for a while, and we're confident that we'll be able to implement a feature sometime in the future that gives players a better storage solution for their tabards. We're not sure if that feature will be a cosmetic tab or a drop-down list similar to titles just yet, though; there's still several factors that we need to consider carefully (certain tabards have on-use abilities, for example, which makes storing them a bit more complicated) before we can settle on the best course of action.

A 75 slot tabard only bag and bank slot doesn't sound any more complicated than a 32 slot mining bag.
Is that really the most elegant solution, though? It might be quickest and simplest, but that doesn't mean there aren't better alternatives available. If we can implement a type of storage that's integrated into the character UI and doesn't take up extra bank space, then that would be ideal.

That option might not be technically possible due to the way some tabards work, but it's something we're investigating.

[...] We're not trying to over complicate the situation, but if we're looking at adding a new feature, we want to make sure it's meaningful and appropriate for the game in the long-term. (Or, you know, at least try to.)

Right now, we're considering a variety of options because we agree that tabard storage would be great, and some of those options extend beyond simply adding another bank slot -- not because they're complex, but because we believe they'll make the most sense and feel the best when you're in game. (Source)

Paladin (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Conviction
Right, kind of. We discovered that Conviction (which can give up to a 9% healing bonus) was broken. It affected paladin self heals, but not healing other targets. Since we think that paladin healing throughput is in an overall good place we didn't want a 9% bonus sticking around. So we fixed Conviction and reduced the Holy passive, Walk in the Light, from 15% to 10%. Which actually does end up with a net 4% gain overall, assuming Conviction has near 100% uptime, which isn't too unreasonable.

Since it was applied in a hotfix the Walk in the Light tooltip won't be updated until 4.0.6. (Source)

[Deleted]

gz to paragon, still waiting for the post nerf nef kill though

[Luzifer]

Gz paragon looking forward for more hotfixes.

[thoukaia]

What's up with Troll average vendor price being less than half of the others?

Awesome kill (and killshot) from Paragon, gz to them.

Meh at the T2 pvp weapon change. My guildie was gonna get it tonight but they screwed him over. Sigh...

[Luzifer]

Looking forward for more hotfixes :3

[Muraza]

Post looks good cleaned up

[Malico]

Impressive!

Congratulations, Paragon!

[Caldrumr]

What's up with Troll average vendor price being less than half of the others?

Awesome kill (and killshot) from Paragon, gz to them.

Meh at the T2 pvp weapon change. My guildie was gonna get it tonight but they screwed him over. Sigh...

Mostly likely, my guess is that a larger amount of people are farming Troll artifacts for the sword, so they limited the amount of gold from that race? Not sure, but that's all I could think of. It could also be a mistake.

[Pumps]

Ah.., well these prices are slightly better - lets hope they don't ruin it again.

[Sontrowa]

I SO regret vendoring any common artifact prior to this patch at this point. These are getting banked till we patch.

Also, looks like a nice way for alts to earn a little scratch while out in the field leveling and run across a dig site.

[Xtek]

I'm assuming the average is across the price points, not the drop rate. :P

Therefor the real average could be about the same.

[Ayperos]

Oh wtf. I sold off a bunch of artifacts. Thats a big increase. I guess we aren't going to see that added into our pocket? That fricking sucks ass. ;(

[Swagger]

So all the top end guilds that are downing bosses ARE receiving their 372 iLvL (equivalent to 2200 PvP Weapons) weapons, but the high end PvP'ers ARE NOT able to receive their weapons because of PvE'ers feeling like they'd have to PvP to do better.

How about you take away all 372 iLvL PvE weapons as well and not allow the PvE'ers to use them until PvP'ers can use theirs.

Just plain... wow. What kind of idiots are working there. You just completely alienated the people that PvP to better suit people that PvE.

And worst of all, the PvP'ers have to deal with kids that ARE downing heroic bosses bringing their 372 iLvL weapons into arena.

[Kuja]

That arena weapon delay is silly. I dont think there's many more guilds clearing whole raids 2 weeks after the patch either. They are just too hard now for your casual guilds. Or at least so I think Unless they're gonna bring Naxx difficulty back!

Zoe nerf :< Just found 3 of those yesterday

my guess is that a larger amount of people are farming Troll artifacts for the sword, so they limited the amount of gold from that race

Last I checked people cant choose what races they farm :/ Sadly. And they don't reset either.

[Servus]

trolls are worth nothing, NOTHING.

[PetersenIII]

Mostly likely, my guess is that a larger amount of people are farming Troll artifacts for the sword, so they limited the amount of gold from that race? Not sure, but that's all I could think of. It could also be a mistake.

Well that makes tons of sense, since we have no control over what sites, exactly, spawns or when, exactly, we get the sword to actually pop up. Brilliant move. They should do the same to the dwarf one, since it has an epic level 85 staff.

[Second]

Wasnt AlAkir unbeatable ? Or something along that lines ? :O
Anyway, tabard storage should be solved with keyring in mind, as those are actually pretty close in usage.

[Singularity]

Awesome killshot

[Lemons]

Damn on-use tabards! mucking up the system! Now I know where to direct all my hate...all my malice!...squarely upon the on-use tabards...

[NefariousNinja]

Anyway, tabard storage should be solved with keyring in mind, as those are actually pretty close in usage.

I was hoping for something like the keyring for tabards. Wouldn't have to worry about the on-use tabards then.