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Published on 2017-05-24 12:08 AM
New Plush and In-Game Pet: Meet Squirky, Take Out the Head, Levantus, WowCraft WoW Token Was Temporarily Disabled
Patch 7.2.5 PTR - Build Deploy Delayed
Patch 7.2.5 - Arms/Fury and Draught of Souls Changes
Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)Arms/Fury and Draught of Souls
For Arms and Fury Warriors, we’re going to scale down the damage of Draught of Souls in the next build for the 7.2.5 PTR.
Specifically, we’re aiming for a roughly 40% reduction in the effectiveness of Draught of Souls. For those two specs, it’s a trinket that is extremely valuable due to its interaction with Battle Cry. We’ve already tuned other forthcoming on-use trinkets that drop in Tomb of Sargeras for Arms and Fury with the same modifier to compensate for Battle Cry’s effectiveness in boosting trinkets of this kind. Our goal is for new trinkets to have more similar power levels between various specs, while leaving Draught of Souls in a place where it remains competitive for Arms and Fury.
We’re making sure to consider this trinket change as we update Warriors in Patch 7.2.5. With this in mind, Fury damage has been increased by 5% across the board. Arms is currently in the middle of receiving some heavy mechanical changes which will require a deeper look into their overall performance, and we’ll account for this change when we do our final tuning.
We don’t want Draught of Souls to define DPS Warriors for the remainder of the expansion, but we do want Warriors who have one to be able to make good use of it as they progress through Tomb of Sargeras.
Thank you for all of your feedback!
Overwatch Anniversary Event LiveCheck out the new skins, emotes, maps, and more! Log in for a free loot box from now until June 12, 2017.
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Published on 2017-05-23 05:27 PM
Community Highlights: Podcasts, Cosplays, and Necromancer Video Content
The Hearthstone Global Games - Week 7New Plush and In-Game Pet: Meet Squirky!
We’ve added a new member to the murloc family. Meet Squirky! This cuddly bit of sunshine will mrgrrgrgllll straight into your heart, both as a cuddly plush and as an in-game pet you can capture and take along on your adventures.
Squirky Murloc Plush
“Off the coast of Azsuna lies Seabreak Isle, home to the wild and secretive Squigglefin tribe. We’ve heard rumors of intrepid explorers who’ve successfully domesticated young Squigglefin, called ‘Squirkies,’ but no one’s sure if it can actually be done. Grab a Squirky plush and find out for yourself! Measures 7” tall, made of polyester.”
Purchase your Squirky plush today!
Squirky Battle Pet
Looking to add to your in-game pet collection? Be prepared to face dangers untold just off the coast of Azsuna on Seabreak Isle. These elite members of the Squigglefin tribe aren’t going to be happy about your visit to their little home, but if you’re lucky, you’ll be able to find Squirky among them. Summon your veteran pet battle team into action, and make him a part of your own band of merry battle pets.
Good luck, collectors!
Squirky Murloc Plush
“Off the coast of Azsuna lies Seabreak Isle, home to the wild and secretive Squigglefin tribe. We’ve heard rumors of intrepid explorers who’ve successfully domesticated young Squigglefin, called ‘Squirkies,’ but no one’s sure if it can actually be done. Grab a Squirky plush and find out for yourself! Measures 7” tall, made of polyester.”
Purchase your Squirky plush today!
Squirky Battle Pet
Looking to add to your in-game pet collection? Be prepared to face dangers untold just off the coast of Azsuna on Seabreak Isle. These elite members of the Squigglefin tribe aren’t going to be happy about your visit to their little home, but if you’re lucky, you’ll be able to find Squirky among them. Summon your veteran pet battle team into action, and make him a part of your own band of merry battle pets.
Good luck, collectors!
Breaching the Tomb
The next step of Breaching the Tomb is available now. Head to the Broken Shore to pick up Take Out the Head from Maiev, rewarding 3000 x Nethershard. This will also grant another 1500 Armies of Legionfall reputation.
World Boss - Levantus
Levantus is up this week! He drops item level 860 gear and a Blood Relic. Shaman can also get the The Warmace of Shirvallah hidden artifact appearance for Doomhammer.
Bonus Event - Cataclysm Timewalking
Cataclysm Timewalking is back this week.
- The weekly quest from Archmage Timear rewards a Accolade of Victory, Seal of Broken Fate, and Cache of Nightborne Treasures. The cache can contain tier set pieces.
- You can find Kiatke in Stormwind and Orgrimmar. Her unique items include Tosselwrench's Mega-Accurate Simulation Viewfinder and Gurboggle's Gleaming Bauble.
- Don't forget to keep working towards Reins of the Eclipse Dragonhawk, Bridle of the Ironbound Wraithcharger, and Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade!
- Reins of the Infinite Timereaver can also drop from any Timewalking dungeon boss.
WowCraft - Ep 36: Darkness Called
Another episode of WowCraft has been released.
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Published on 2017-05-22 11:06 PM
ZOMBS.io - a new Zombie tower defense game. Build your base and defend it against zombies at night! Community Highlights: Podcasts, Cosplays, and Necromancer Video Content What Happened in Hearthstone? Taking a Look Back at May 15 - 21Patch 7.2 Hotfixes - May 22
You can see the Artifact Knowledge multipliers here.
Achievements
Classes
Class Hall
Player versus Player
UI
- “Grand Opening” now requires 8 spotlights activated during the Chronomatic Anomaly encounter (was 12).
Classes
Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
- Ironskin and Fortifying Brew once again grant the correct Stagger percentage.
- Ironskin and Fortifying Brew once again grant the correct Stagger percentage.
Class Hall
- Artifact Knowledge can now be researched to a maximum level of 40 (was 50).
- Developers’ Notes: We raised the Knowledge cap from 40 to 50 very late in the 7.2 PTR cycle, out of an abundance of caution: We wanted to ensure that players of all playstyles, as well as alt characters, would view the Concordance trait as accessible. However, between the additional Artifact Power gains added in 7.2 and others that were hotfixed in after the patch released, we’re now well ahead of that mark. Knowledge 40 now seems more than sufficient for players to reach Concordance, and the prospect of months’ worth of additional Knowledge still left to research makes some players feel like their efforts in the interim aren’t meaningful. Therefore, we’re rolling the cap back to 40.
- Developers’ Notes: We raised the Knowledge cap from 40 to 50 very late in the 7.2 PTR cycle, out of an abundance of caution: We wanted to ensure that players of all playstyles, as well as alt characters, would view the Concordance trait as accessible. However, between the additional Artifact Power gains added in 7.2 and others that were hotfixed in after the patch released, we’re now well ahead of that mark. Knowledge 40 now seems more than sufficient for players to reach Concordance, and the prospect of months’ worth of additional Knowledge still left to research makes some players feel like their efforts in the interim aren’t meaningful. Therefore, we’re rolling the cap back to 40.
Player versus Player
- Deepwind Dunk is now 15 minutes long, and each player killed during Deepwind Dunk awards 5 points.
Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
- Attacking a Judged target will now cause Judge Unworthy to only spread that target's Judgment, instead of all your nearby Judgments.
- Judge Unworthy can now spread Judgment to targets that are under the effects of crowd-control abilities.
- Damage from Lawbringer can no longer cause Judge Unworthy to spread Judgment.
- Attacking a Judged target will now cause Judge Unworthy to only spread that target's Judgment, instead of all your nearby Judgments.
UI
- Players using Korean and Chinese clients can now chat in public chat channels on the Broken Shore.
WoW Arena Championship Cup #3: Sign Up Now!Con Before the Storm
Podcasters, streamers, pro teams, artists, news sites and fan sites come together for Con Before the Storm, which will be on Thursday Nov. 2nd. Their Kickstarter is coming to an end in the next week, so don't miss out if you want to contribute.
FinalBossTV #140 - Windwalker Monks
This week FinalBossTV focuses on Windwalker Monks.
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Published on 2017-05-21 10:40 PM
Diablo 3 PTR Patch 2.6.0.45634 Congratulations to the European Spring Playoffs Top 8 - Results, Decks, VoDsAddon - RelicInspector
RelicInspector lets you see additional information about relic items and the relics socketed into Artifact Weapons:
- Lists all of the specs a Relic will work for.
- Lists the effect a relic has for your off-specs.
- Lists the item level, type, trait, and effect of relics in other player's Artifact Weapons.
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Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
What are your thoughts on creating/designing rewards around the top % of players? As a player it feels like developers are afraid of making exclusive rewards in games hard to obtain, or only available for a short period of time, as the remaining x% (majority of playerbase) will never get to obtain said rewards. Which leads to a lot of the coolest rewards being easily attainable, thus making getting a really cool skin, or mount not feel rewarding as it was trivial to get, and everyone has it.I’m a big fan of exclusive, prestige rewards for the best players. Having something that aspirational has benefits I believe even for players who have little chance of ever earning them.
That said, I don’t think it’s the right design to have great rewards for the best players and only hopes and dreams for everyone else.
If you unpack player motivations for earning a piece of content, they usually fall out into buckets like this:
- I want to show off what a bad ass I am.
- I want to express what kind of player I am.
- The content has power and I need it to stay competitive.
- It’s something fun.
Bullet 1 is definitely there to serve the top percent of players. Bullet 2 is less about recognition and more about communicating to other players about who I am. I’d be careful about locking those kind of rewards away to the top percent. You can get away with locking up a little bit of power under the justification that it gets more relevant at the more competitive upper end of the player base, but you have to be careful. Bullet 4 is where it’s easy to get into trouble where players are just in love with something (and not just because it symbolizes achievement). For category 4, I’d make the rewards highly available. (Source)
Build of the Month - May 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
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
| Monitor | ASUS VS228H-P 22-Inch Monitor | $89 |
| Keyboard | Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 | $14 |
| Mouse | Logitech G Pro | $46 |
| Speakers | Creative A250 2.1 | $30 |
Dolphin
| Monitor | ASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor | $136 |
| Keyboard | Logitech G105 | $39 |
| Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Elite | $68 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z313 | $39 |
Narwhal
| Monitor | Dell U2414H Monitor | $225 |
| Keyboard | Logitech G710+ | $83 |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 | $56 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z323 2.1 | $38 |
Unicorn
| Monitor | Dell U2715H Monitor | $470 |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 | $100 |
| Mouse | Razer Naga Chroma | $63 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z523 | $75 |
Puppy and Dolphin
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
Puppy
Updated May 21, 2017$631
| Case |   Carbide Series 200R | $59 |
| Power Supply | EVGA 600B | $48 |
| CPU | Intel i3-7100 | $115 |
| Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | $25 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z270-K | $140 |
| Memory | 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | $74 |
| Graphics Card | ASUS RX 460 | $100 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Blue 1TB | $50 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $20 |
Dolphin
Updated May 21, 2017$839
| Case | Carbide Series 200R | $59 |
| Power Supply | EVGA 600B | $48 |
| CPU | Intel 7600K | $240 |
| Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | $25 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z270-K | $140 |
| Memory | 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | $74 |
| Graphics Card | GTX 1060 3GB | $160 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 1TB | $73 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $20 |
Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
Narwhal
Updated May 21, 2017$1185
| Case | Cooler Master HAF 912 | $60 |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic SSR-650RM 650W | $80 |
| CPU | Intel 7600K | $240 |
| Heatsink | Noctua NH-U12S | $58 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z270-A | $150 |
| Memory | 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | $127 |
| Graphics Card | GTX 1060 | $230 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 2TB | $120 |
| SSD | Crucial MX300 275GB OR Samsung Evo 850 250GB | $100 $108 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $20 |
Unicorn
Updated May 21, 2017$1333
| Case | Corsair Air 540 | $128 |
| Power Supply | EVGA G2 650W | $90 |
| CPU | Intel 7600K | $240 |
| Heatsink | Noctua 6 NH-D15 | $90 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z270-A | $150 |
| Memory | 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | $127 |
| Graphics Card | GTX 1060 OR GTX 1070 | $230 $370 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 2TB | $120 |
| SSD | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB | $138 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $20 |
Heroes of the Storm - Nexus Challenge Final DaysThe final day of the Nexus Challenge is upon us! It is your last chance to earn Overwatch and Heroes rewards.
Dark Legacy Comics #585
DLC #585 has been released!
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Published on 2017-05-20 10:03 PM
Diablo 3 PTR Patch 2.6.0.45634 Fireside Gatherings: Host Your Own Summer Tavern Hero QualifierArmory Stats - Prestige Level
Today we are taking a look at the Prestige Level achievements of players. This data comes from 1.9 million US and EU players active in the last month.
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Raid Testing Cancelled
Upcoming Overwatch BooksThree new Overwatch books are now available for pre-order.
- The Art of Overwatch - 368 pages of Overwatch art, including never-before-seen art and commentary.
- The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition - This version includes a clamshell box, an acetate slipcover featuring Tracer, and three prints.
- Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1 - This is a hardcover anthology of the first twelve issues of Blizzard's Overwatch comics.
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EU Arena Cup #2 - Saturday and Sunday at 16:00 CESTOverwatch Anniversary Event
Overwatch is having an annivesary event from May 23 - June 12. So far we have seen some new maps, voice lines, and dance emotes.
Overwatch Free Weekend - May 26 - 29
Overwatch will be free to play from May 26 - 29, giving everyone a chance to participate in the Overwatch Anniversary event.
FinalBossTV #139 - How is Legion, So Far
FinalBossTV talked to Preach and Ghost this week about how Legion has been going so far.
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