Before the Storm, Patch 7.3 - Character Races, Build of the Month, Subrace Fan Art

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World of Warcraft Novel - Before the Storm
Christie Golden is writing another WoW book! Before the Storm will release on May 15, 2018. The book may have been previously titled "Lightning Crashes".


Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
An all-new, official tie-in novel to Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed World of Warcraft, from New York Times bestselling author Christie Golden

Taking place after the climactic events of Shadows of Argus, World of Warcraft: Before the Storm tells the story of what awaits the heroes of the Horde and the Alliance in the wake of their struggle against the demonic Burning Legion.



Patch 7.3 - Character Races
This weekend there has been lots of excitement in the Expansion Hype Thread about the addition of entries to the ChrRaces database file.

  • Patch 7.3 added entries to the file for the Nightborne, Highmountain Tauren, Void Elves, and Lightforged Draenei.
  • Many of the races in this file are playable character races, but some are just NPCs, such as the Naga, Vrykul, Tuskarr, and others.
  • The last NPC race was added to this database during Wrath of the Lich King.
  • All four entries have a character select screen background set.
  • None of the new races are used in-game on a creature except Lightforged Draenei.
  • All four entries are flagged as being unplayable, set to a Neutral faction, and have reputations linked to existing reputations in the game.
  • There are no entries specifying race-class combinations for these new races.
  • Data in other linked files are not consistent with being playable races.
  • The data left behind is not consistent with something complete that has been intentionally hidden. It is possible that we are seeing a work in progress.
  • Patch 7.3 added an additional model related file to allow models to have bones used for customization but share animations with other models.
  • In Patch 7.3.2, the Lightforged Draenei and Draenei are the only models in the game to have this new file.
  • TL;DR: There is a chance we are seeing the groundwork being laid for playable subraces, but we will probably have to wait until BlizzCon for confirmation of sub-races.
  • Maybe Mag'har Orcs, Dark Iron Dwarves, and other sub-races finally got bumped up the priority list!
  • You can find a longer and more technical analysis on the forum.


Build of the Month - October 2017
Each month or so we will post a couple of hardware setups for those of you who are thinking of upgrading their computer!

All of the parts on this page are Amazon affiliate links. When you purchase your parts through them it helps support the site!


This month
New CPUs from Intel have been released but are proving challenging to actually find in stock. If you aren't in a hurry to build, it is worth waiting for next month when stock should improve for these new CPUs. They will require a new motherboard as well. We will update our build list with the 8600K and other Coffee Lake CPUs when stock improves.

The current SSD prices are fairly flat right now, with most SSDs under $0.50 per gigabyte when on sale.

Depending on how much you want to overclock, you may need to spend a bit more for a better CPU cooler like the NH-D15.

Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or streaming, you do not need the 7700K and would get more performance from spending that money elsewhere.

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

Don't forget to visit the Computer Forum for any extra questions!

Peripherals

Puppy

MonitorASUS VS228T-P 22-Inch Monitor$99
KeyboardMicrosoft Wired Keyboard 600$13
MouseLogitech G Pro$49
SpeakersCreative A250 2.1$30

Dolphin

MonitorASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor$130
KeyboardLogitech G105$36
MouseRazer DeathAdder Elite$55
SpeakersLogitech Z313$33

Narwhal

MonitorDell U2414H Monitor$225
KeyboardLogitech G710+$97
MouseLogitech G502$54
SpeakersLogitech Z323 2.1$50

Unicorn

MonitorDell U2715H Monitor$444
KeyboardCorsair K70$100
MouseRazer Naga Chroma$60
SpeakersLogitech Z523$74


Puppy and Dolphin
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.

Puppy

Updated October 15, 2017
$575
Case Carbide Series 200R$57
Power Supply EVGA 600B$49
CPU Intel G4500$71
Heatsink Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO$20
Motherboard MSI Pro Z270$95
Memory 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4$100
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX 1050$120
Hard Drive Western Digital Blue 1TB$50
DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW$22

Dolphin

Updated October 15, 2017
$942
Case Carbide Series 200R$57
Power Supply EVGA 600B$49
CPU Intel 7600K$230
Heatsink Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO$20
Motherboard ASUS Z270-K$135
Memory 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4$79
Graphics Card GTX 1060 3GB$220
Hard Drive Western Digital Black 2TB$120
DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW$22


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

Narwhal

Updated October 15, 2017
$1244
Case Cooler Master HAF 912$40
Power Supply EVGA GQ 650W$85
CPU Intel 7600K$230
Heatsink Noctua NH-U12S$58
Motherboard ASUS Z270-A$140
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4$162
Graphics Card GTX 1060 OR
GTX 1070 		$260
$440
Hard Drive Western Digital Black 2TB$120
SSD Crucial MX300 275GB OR
Samsung Evo 850 250GB		$93
$100
DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW$22

Unicorn

Updated October 15, 2017
$1501
Case Corsair Air 540$127
Power Supply EVGA GQ 650W$85
CPU Intel 7600K$230
Heatsink Noctua 6 NH-D15$90
Motherboard ASUS Z270-A$140
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4$163
Graphics Card GTX 1070 $419
Hard Drive Western Digital Black 2TB$120
SSD SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB$129
DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW$22


Subrace Fan Art
Shoc put together some nice subrace mockups on the forum back in 2013. Keep in mind this is just fan art!

This article was originally published in forum thread: Before the Storm, Patch 7.3 - Character Races, Build of the Month, Subrace Fan Art started by chaud View original post
Published on 2017-10-23 07:13 AM
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Comments 67 Comments
  1. Baronthefirst's Avatar
    This might be low on the priority list or maybe Intel is a supporter but can we please start getting AMD added to the build of the month? AMD Ryzen is as good as or better and cheaper then the Intel equivalent. People should know that.
  1. Notdev's Avatar
    Monthy reminder that these build of the month suggestions are awful. Also a reminder that he acknowledged my monthly reminder then promptly ignored the suggestions the following month.
  1. Xiel's Avatar
    How do you guys not have an Ultra Wide monitor on your top peripherals? WoW is amazing on an Ultra wide, it is the single biggest change you can make to the look and feel of the game. Your Unicorn build is also lacking. If someone wants to play WoW at Ultra+ it takes an incredible system. I run an i9-7900x w/ 2 1080 Tis in a full custom water loop and still can't max everything while pushing the render to 200% at 3440x1440. For Unicorn it should be something that is what someone would get when they want bleeding edge of possibility with current tech, price be damned, not a mediocre build. Just my 2 cents.

    Edit: Forgot storage and RAM. Samsung 960 Evos not plain old SATA. 32 GB at least of G.skill or Corsair or any other top brand of Memory at 3200Mhz. I also wouldn't recommend a 7900x for gaming, I have one for other reasons. At least a 7700k though since WoW is rather CPU heavy. an 8700k would probably be the best right now without going to x299.
  1. Psygon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Xiel View Post
    How do you guys not have an Ultra Wide monitor on your top peripherals? WoW is amazing on an Ultra wide, it is the single biggest change you can make to the look and feel of the game. Your Unicorn build is also lacking. If someone wants to play WoW at Ultra+ it takes an incredible system. I run an i9-7900x w/ 2 1080 Tis in a full custom water loop and still can't max everything while pushing the render to 200% at 3440x1440. For Unicorn it should be something that is what someone would get when they want bleeding edge of possibility with current tech, price be damned, not a mediocre build. Just my 2 cents.

    Edit: Forgot storage and RAM. Samsung 960 Evos not plain old SATA. 32 GB at least of G.skill or Corsair or any other top brand of Memory at 3200Mhz. I also wouldn't recommend a 7900x for gaming, I have one for other reasons. At least a 7700k though since WoW is rather CPU heavy. an 8700k would probably be the best right now without going to x299.
    Why 200%? Try 100 for best graphics.
  1. serish's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DerBoeseWolf View Post
    A Intel Pentium G4500 in a gaming rig? Are you guys sane?
    Get an used Xeon E5 (2011 Socket). Or a new i3 (because of hyperthreading). Or a AMD Ryzen 3. They are cheaper and much better!
    I am pretty sure there is some massive bias here. Month after month AMD is not mentioned. Both on the CPU and GPU side.

    480/580 are on par with the 1060.

    CPU wise ryzen destroys intel when it comes to price for performance. The only time intel should be considered is if you are going to be putting a 1070/1080 in your machine. At that point go for a 6700k or better.

    It drives me nuts seeing these "builds of the month" but it just boils down to clear bias.
  1. Pyrophobia's Avatar
    Massive bias ... no AMD processors nor video cards month after month it's still the same. The team suggesting this builds should be ashamed of themselves
  1. Averrix's Avatar
    So, not looking for a super power computer build, are any of those good to use?
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