Bonus Rolls, Brewfest 2016, Metzen Statue, Legion App Updated, Tweets, DLC #552

BlizzCon Goodies Revealed, Potential D2 HD Hoax

What One Night in Karazhan Could Have Been + Early Karazhan Art

Zarya & Warhead Junction Available on PTR, Muradin Price Increased

Legion - Bonus Rolls
Don't forget to grab your Seal of Broken Fate from Archmage Lan'dalock in Dalaran before heading to your raid or world bosses.



Brewfest 2016
Brewfest is back again with item level 810 trinkets and a couple new rewards! This year the event runs from September 20 to October 6.

You will need 300 x Brewfest Prize Token to purchase the new rewards.

If you are still leveling alts, don't forget to grab the Brewfest Enthusiast buff at 6:15 AM and 6:15 PM server time outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar at the Tapping of the Keg ceremony.





New Rewards

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1Head Synthebrew Goggles XL200 × 
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110Other Gravil Goldbraid's Famous Sausage Hat100 × 


Updated Trinkets

Level Type Name Effect
810Trinket Brawler's Statue
Use: Increases armor by 46 for 20 sec. (2 min cooldown)
810Trinket Mithril Wristwatch
Equip: Your harmful spells have a chance to increase your spell power by 713 for 10 sec. (10% chance, 55 sec cooldown)
810Trinket Coren's Cold Chromium Coaster
Equip: Chance on melee and ranged critical strike to increase your attack power by 713 for 10 sec.
810Trinket Bitterest Balebrew Charm
Use: Summon the Black Brewmaiden, who will smite your foes with your empty tankards. Wave at her for Brewfest Brew! (10 min cooldown)
810Trinket Bubbliest Brightbrew Charm
Use: Summon the Brewmaiden, whose very presence bolsters a party's vigor. Wave at her for Brewfest Brew! (10 min cooldown)
810Trinket Thousand-Year Pickled Egg
Equip: Your direct healing and heal over time spells have a chance to increase your haste by 713 for 10 sec. (10% chance, 55 sec cooldown)


Old Rewards

Level Type Name Cost Model Viewer
1Chest Brewfest Regalia200 × 
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1Chest Brewfest Dress200 × 
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1Companion Pets Wolpertinger's Tankard200 × 
1Companion Pets Pint-Sized Pink Pachyderm100 × 
1Companion Pets Stout Alemental200 × 
1Feet Brewfest Boots100 × 
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1Feet Brewfest Slippers100 × 
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1Head Green Brewfest Hat50 × 
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1Head Blue Brewfest Hat50 × 
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1Head Purple Brewfest Hat50 × 
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10Head Blix's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles100 × 
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10Head Belbi's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles100 × 
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1Head Brown Brewfest Hat50 × 
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20Holiday Preserved Brewfest Hops20 × 
1Junk Steamworks Sausage Grill200 × 
1Other Brewfest Banner100 × 
1Other Angry Brewfest Letter50 × 
90Other Ancient Heirloom Scabbard300 × 
100Other Timeworn Heirloom Scabbard500 × 
20Other Fresh Brewfest Hops2 × 
20Other Fresh Goblin Brewfest Hops5 × 
20Other Fresh Dwarven Brewfest Hops5 × 
1Other Brewfest Pony Keg100 × 
1Other Brewfest Keg Pony200 × 
1Other Brewhelm2 × 
1Other Pandaren Brewpack100 × 
1Quest "Brew of the Month" Club Membership Form200 × 
1Quest "Brew of the Month" Club Membership Form200 × 


New Consumables

Level Type Name
1Junk Throwing Sausage
1Other Spirit Spirits
1Other Gordok Bock
1Other Storming Saison
1Other Mannoroth's Blood Red Ale
1Other Shimmer Stout


Chris Metzen Statue
Chris Metzen's going away present was revealed at the end of this week. It is a statue of him holding Baby Winston's hand, similar to the Walt Disney statue. Vaeflare shared some images on Twitter.




James Waugh and Tyson Murphy Leave Blizzard
James Waugh was the Sr. Director for Story & Creative Development at Blizzard. Tyson Murphy was the Lead Character Artist on World of Warcraft and is leaving for Riot.



Legion Companion App Update
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Version 1.0.2 of the Legion Companion App is now available:

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/wow-leg...n/id1125608061
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...d.wowcompanion

What's New in Version 1.0.2
  • Artifact XP world quests now show a single icon on the map.
  • Fix for occasional error while collecting the first ready troop.
  • Champions below level 110 now show level instead of iLevel on the mission results panel.
  • Times now display the top 2 units in most places (e.g. hours and minutes instead of just hours)
  • Fixed issue where a previously-collected troop would appear to be ready for pickup.

Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
What made raiding epic?
I've done a lot of raiding and I ran a lot of Raid Finder as well, so I feel like it's appropriate to have an opinion here.

Raids were epic in part because they were difficult and required a lot of coordination. You couldn't just round up mobs and AE them down, which worked for a lot of dungeons and quests. If there was a boss mechanic to get out of the fire, you had to get out of the fire, not assume that Circle of Healing would take care of it. And when you finally beat a boss after hours of days of attempts, it felt great, and everyone cheered in Vent.

I think there is room for a more casual raiding mode that preserves some of that experience. I don't think Raid Finder (at least circa MoP, which is that time I tried it) delivers on that experience. (Source)



Dark Legacy Comics #552
DLC #552 has been released.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Bonus Rolls, Brewfest 2016, Metzen Statue, Legion App Updated, Tweets, DLC #552 started by chaud View original post
Published on 2016-09-21 05:06 AM
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  1. mmoc4b3ffd5dd8's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    Sinking ship. They're leaving quick.
    Ship sinking fast. People have to work till 43 years old before they can retire. Company crumbling, employees can't aford more then 1 Ferrari per working quarter. Get to the boats.

    I can see people leaving. WoW is old. It's the last of the titans in the MMORPG. Kids don't want to mold and shape long term characters when you can just pick one and play right away. MOBA and FPS games are in the rise and MMORPG is drawing it's last breaths and I don't mean just WoW. They still are not even 1/3 through their working life. They want to learn, improve, try new things. I understand people don't get it and ask questions life: "Why would they leave if they get paid good, have a reputation and made a comfort zone?" It's cause of the fact that they worked for someone like blizzard they get good pay anywhere they go and want to try new things and improve.

    Maybe the ship has a hole. But that ship can still hold on for at least 2 generation of developers to rotate and refresh WoW, Starcraft and honestly Diablo. But don't think people are jumping ship cause there are internal problems. It can just be because the other ship has a bigger bar or they will get a room next to the captains cabin.
  1. Freestyle80's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by dDic View Post
    I need to send in an application to Blizzard. So many new vacancies!


    whiners like u would be the last people they'll pick
  1. sirmalta's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Prifter View Post
    There's definitely something going on at Blizzard with so many people leaving at the same time, I dont think it's a "people want to do different things" anymore.
    Its exactly that. This is how the tech world works.
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Trexer View Post
    Ship sinking fast. People have to work till 43 years old before they can retire. Company crumbling, employees can't aford more then 1 Ferrari per working quarter. Get to the boats.

    I can see people leaving. WoW is old. It's the last of the titans in the MMORPG. Kids don't want to mold and shape long term characters when you can just pick one and play right away. MOBA and FPS games are in the rise and MMORPG is drawing it's last breaths and I don't mean just WoW. They still are not even 1/3 through their working life. They want to learn, improve, try new things. I understand people don't get it and ask questions life: "Why would they leave if they get paid good, have a reputation and made a comfort zone?" It's cause of the fact that they worked for someone like blizzard they get good pay anywhere they go and want to try new things and improve.

    Maybe the ship has a hole. But that ship can still hold on for at least 2 generation of developers to rotate and refresh WoW, Starcraft and honestly Diablo. But don't think people are jumping ship cause there are internal problems. It can just be because the other ship has a bigger bar or they will get a room next to the captains cabin.
    According to ex employees (grain of salt) the management is pretty awful there. I'm putting my money on that for the exodus.
  1. Esotaric's Avatar
    Riot games is also on a downward spiral lately. So they're milking as much $$$ as they can by bringing in art guy for their micro character skins.
  1. Bathory's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by kamuimac View Post
    the sells for legion must be beyond terrible if activision is firing so much staff inlucding all top heads - good maybe now the game will be better without them.
    Sale numbers for Legion are the highest they've ever been, so it's not that.
  1. wRRM's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by fatisha View Post
    The World-Quest Welfare Epics are not enough? Does everything have to give 850 TF gear?
    What is the meaning of a 810 item at all when you can get 825 from easymode heroic?

    And how is it welfare epics? They are literally the same items as WoD heroics.
  1. Gratlim's Avatar
    God ilvl 810 was low. Would have expected at least 825 to get any motivation to run the event.
  1. Cerus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bathory View Post
    Sale numbers for Legion are the highest they've ever been, so it's not that.
    Not as of the report they put out a while back. It sold a decent amount but nowhere near the highest.
  1. bigfoot1291's Avatar
    You people are idiots. Blizzard has hundreds of employees. HUNDREDS. A few people leave / retire and you think they're a sinking ship? Welcome to life, it's pretty clear none of you saying this have ever had a career position in your life. Blizzard will have no trouble whatsoever finding new talent to fill the spaces. New eyes on the game is a good thing.
  1. Faldric's Avatar
    I am actually surprised they still had something like a Sr. Director for Story & Creative Development. The way the story is going downhill I thought that position was vacant for years.
  1. mrmoozh's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Prifter View Post
    There's definitely something going on at Blizzard with so many people leaving at the same time, I dont think it's a "people want to do different things" anymore.
    Chris Metzen left blizzard and retired. Jordan left the Bulls. It's hard to continue to work on a team when the people you've been close to have left. It's just not the same. I don't think they're abandoning ship, I think they've simply decided that if there was ever a time to make a career change, this is it. I wish them the best, and I'm interested to see how fresh faces are going to change world of warcraft. It would be a mistake to think anybody could fill Metzen's shoes.
  1. mmoc9804b1efc7's Avatar
    MMO Champ, please stop posting about people who leave Blizzard, regardless of reasons.

    It's apparently to hard for the teens to grasp that there are other reasons beyond WoW doing poorly for such actions.


    And to the people who claim sinking ship, I recently started leveling a new character.... I havent met a single person over 2k achivement points going 1-77, aka they are all new or returning players. Legion gave WoW a very fresh breath of air, and it's showing.
  1. mmoc32ac407789's Avatar
    i like how he said he is retiring and then , he is going to riot
  1. mmoc4d6289cf07's Avatar
    Maybe they are leaving because their friends are leaving and it doesnt feel as good as it felt with the original team.
    1 person leaves < 2 follow < 4 < 8 < 16 < 32...
  1. Yoshhh's Avatar
    LOL The is sinking.
    Did any of you have any experience in a big company ?
    I work at a computing company where we are 3000 just on my local site, and the double in my country for all sites, and we have even global sites.
    There is leaving and coming very often. What do you expect ?

    For a company as big as Blizz, it's pure logic that some people leave eventually, and other come.
  1. mmocd1f612b92e's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Fynnlagh View Post
    They will have big trouble finding new people. The market for creative guys, coders and especially experienced ones is pretty thin.
    And it makes you look like an idiot stating such things not the other guys seeing a problem for Blizzard there.
    You said that market is thin and called the guy you quoted an idiot in the same post?
    Please get back to your lego and stop trying to argue with adults...
  1. ghostnet's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mrmoozh View Post
    Chris Metzen left blizzard and retired. Jordan left the Bulls. It's hard to continue to work on a team when the people you've been close to have left. It's just not the same. I don't think they're abandoning ship, I think they've simply decided that if there was ever a time to make a career change, this is it. I wish them the best, and I'm interested to see how fresh faces are going to change world of warcraft. It would be a mistake to think anybody could fill Metzen's shoes.
    Regardless of their reasons for leaving i think it's worth noting that it has nothing to do with Blizzard or even WOW for that matter going downhill. The company is blowing up more than ever before especially with Legion and Overwatch being such a success, to leave for Riot games is not really an upgrade at all so I would imagine it's all personal reasons for leaving.
  1. mmoc2469da80bf's Avatar
    The ship isnt sinking , looks like its leaving lol .
    Prob Kalgan getting on evrybodys nerves with his new wig an his desk full of hemorrhoid ointment .
  1. mmoc4b3ffd5dd8's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    According to ex employees (grain of salt) the management is pretty awful there. I'm putting my money on that for the exodus.
    Like I said anything could be true. Activision is prolly causing a mess in production making creative and skilled developers work under constraints and pressure and stress. No one likes a working enviroment like that. Especially not some one whos ideas put the game where it is today.
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