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Published on 2016-10-11 04:04 PM
Withered Jim: It wasn't intended for a world boss to repeat. Jim won't be changed this week, but this should be fixed in the future.
Kosumoth: The US has the Hungering Claw once again for the next two weeks.
BlizzCon: Diablo's 20th Anniversary Party, David Brevik & Bill Roper at Blizz HQ
Tyrande Extravaganza Continues This Week - Watch Last Week's Fun
Heroes PTR Build 47024 - Samuro, Brawls, Hero Changes
World Boss - Withered J'im
DEADLY: Withered J'im is up again this week, rewarding players with Artifact Power and a chance at item level 860 loot.
Weekly Event - Timewalking
Outland timewalking is up this week, running through October 18!
Legion Live Dev Q&A Friday - Submit Your Questions!
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The Blizzard quality bar is really, really high. We would cancel features that were fairly far along in production because they didn't hit the appropriate polish level. We'd refuse to ship to a date (clearly!) when we didn't think the content was ready. As a player, I understand it really sucks. But it's also hard to argue that the Blizzard focus on quality hasn't worked for them over the long haul.
(And, no, you can't speed up that time by throwing more people at the problem - mythical man month and all that. Often the barrier was just being able to find enough qualified people on this one planet.) (Source)
SWTOR - Betrayed Trailer
A new expansion is coming to SWTOR! Knights of the Eternal Throne releases on December 2nd.
FinalBoss - Exorsus Interview
FinalBoss is back! This week focuses on Exorsus and their Mythic Emerald Nightmare World First.
Kosumoth: The US has the Hungering Claw once again for the next two weeks.
BlizzCon: Diablo's 20th Anniversary Party, David Brevik & Bill Roper at Blizz HQ Tyrande Extravaganza Continues This Week - Watch Last Week's Fun Heroes PTR Build 47024 - Samuro, Brawls, Hero ChangesWorld Boss - Withered J'im
DEADLY: Withered J'im is up again this week, rewarding players with Artifact Power and a chance at item level 860 loot.
Weekly Event - Timewalking
Outland timewalking is up this week, running through October 18!
- The weekly quest from Archmage Timear rewards a Accolade of Victory, Seal of Broken Fate, and Cache of Nightmarish Treasures
- Timewalking dungeons drop item level 820 gear.
- You can find Cupri in Shattrath. The rewards she sells have been updated to item level 805.
- Don't forget to keep working towards Reins of the Eclipse Dragonhawk and Bridle of the Ironbound Wraithcharger!
- Reins of the Infinite Timereaver can also drop from any Timewalking dungeon boss.
Legion Live Dev Q&A Friday - Submit Your Questions!
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Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
What makes Blizzard content starves its community during the long time between expansions and not just in WoW but in Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and HearthstoneThe Blizzard quality bar is really, really high. We would cancel features that were fairly far along in production because they didn't hit the appropriate polish level. We'd refuse to ship to a date (clearly!) when we didn't think the content was ready. As a player, I understand it really sucks. But it's also hard to argue that the Blizzard focus on quality hasn't worked for them over the long haul.
(And, no, you can't speed up that time by throwing more people at the problem - mythical man month and all that. Often the barrier was just being able to find enough qualified people on this one planet.) (Source)
SWTOR - Betrayed TrailerA new expansion is coming to SWTOR! Knights of the Eternal Throne releases on December 2nd.
FinalBoss - Exorsus Interview
FinalBoss is back! This week focuses on Exorsus and their Mythic Emerald Nightmare World First.
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Published on 2016-10-09 10:51 PM
BlizzCon: Diablo's 20th Anniversary Party, David Brevik & Bill Roper at Blizz HQ HCT 2016 Asia-Pacific Last Call Begins Monday - Decks, Brackets, & Info! Samuro the Blademaster is the Next Hero to Enter the Nexus
Overwatch Halloween Event is Coming, Developer Update with Jeff Kaplan: New Maps, New Heroes, SymmetraPatch 7.1 - Smoldering Ember Wyrm
The Smoldering Ember Wyrm mount is being added in Patch 7.1. Currently the source is listed as the Return to Karazhan dungeon.
Blade's Edge Arena Update
Patch 7.1 is updating Nagrand Arena and it looks like a future patch will update Blade's Edge Arena! This is just an update to the visuals, leaving gameplay the same.
A new PVP map has been announced for World of @Warcraft! https://t.co/Y9ZfpnF36f
— MLG (@MLG) October 9, 2016
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Build of the Month
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 6700K and should spend 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 | $90 |
| Keyboard | Kensington Pro Fit Media | $24 |
| Mouse | Logitech G402 | $38 |
| Speakers | Creative A250 2.1 | $28 |
Dolphin
| Monitor | ASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor | $149 |
| Keyboard | Logitech G105 | $40 |
| Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Chroma | $50 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z313 | $34 |
Narwhal
| Monitor | Dell U2414H Monitor | $210 |
| Keyboard | Logitech G710+ | $158 |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 | $61 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z323 2.1 | $53 |
Unicorn
| Monitor | Dell U2715H | $458 |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 | $120 |
| Mouse | Razer Naga 2014 | $70 |
| Speakers | Logitech Z523 | $88 |
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 October 9, 2016$535
| Case | NZXT Source 210 | $47 |
| Power Supply | EVGA 600B | $50 |
| CPU | AMD FX-6300 | $100 |
| Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | $27 |
| Motherboard | ASUS M5A97 R2.0 | $70 |
| Memory | 8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 | $40 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte RX 460 | $110 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 1TB | $69 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $22 |
Dolphin
Updated October 9, 2016$739
| Case | NZXT Source 210 | $47 |
| Power Supply | EVGA 600B | $50 |
| CPU | AMD FX-8350 | $150 |
| Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | $27 |
| Motherboard | ASUS M5A99FX PRO | $127 |
| Memory | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 | $47 |
| Graphics Card | RX 480 / GTX 1060 3GB | $205 / $200 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 1TB | $69 |
| 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.
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
Narwhal
Updated October 9, 2016$1182
| Case | Cooler Master HAF 912 | $54 |
| Power Supply | EVGA G2 650W | $100 |
| CPU | Intel 6600K | $238 |
| Heatsink | Scythe Mugen 4 | $56 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z170-A | $160 |
| Memory | 16GB Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4 | $89 |
| Graphics Card | GTX 1060 | $270 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 2TB | $123 |
| SSD | Crucial BX200 250GB OR Samsung Evo 850 250GB | $70 $108 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $22 |
Unicorn
Updated October 9, 2016$1327
| Case | Corsair Air 540 | $120 |
| Power Supply | EVGA G2 650W | $100 |
| CPU | Intel 6600K | $238 |
| Heatsink | Noctua 6 NH-D15 | $88 |
| Motherboard | ASUS Z170-A | $160 |
| Memory | 16GB Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4 | $89 |
| Graphics Card | GTX 1060 OR GTX 1070 | $270 $400 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Black 2TB | $123 |
| SSD | SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB OR SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB | $117 $120 |
| DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW | $22 |
Dark Legacy Comics #555
DLC #555 has been released.
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Published on 2016-10-08 05:14 PM
BlizzCon: Diablo's 20th Anniversary Party, David Brevik & Bill Roper at Blizz HQ HCT 2016 European Last Call Begins Saturday - Decks, Brackets, & Info! Samuro the Blademaster is the Next Hero to Enter the Nexus Overwatch Halloween Event is Coming, Developer Update with Jeff Kaplan: New Maps, New Heroes, SymmetraLegion - Character Leveling Stats
Today we are taking a look at the percentage of characters of each class that made it from being Level 100 a few months before Legion to Level 110 as of this week.
- Some characters were lost to name changes, realm transfers, faction changes, and database issues.
- The absolute percentages here have little meaning because of those issues, so they should only be used for comparing one class to another.
- Demon Hunters were not included, as the set of characters being checked was from a few months before the pre-expansion patch.
- We did the same thing during Mists of Pandaria and Cataclysm. Keep in mind that both of those were later into the expansion.
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| Class | Leveled to 110 in Legion |
|---|---|
 Death Knight |
11.0% |
 Druid |
13.8% |
 Hunter |
12.3% |
 Mage |
11.6% |
 Monk |
8.3% |
 Paladin |
14.0% |
 Priest |
10.9% |
 Rogue |
10.3% |
 Shaman |
11.9% |
 Warlock |
10.0% |
 Warrior |
12.7% |
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Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Seeing the post on reddit in which you basically say that LFR is the worst design decision you've ever made, I'm wondering what was the idea/mindset behind making it? To allow people who aren't that good at the game to experience raiding?Yeah I expanded a little in that answer. I said that the goal of getting players with less time or willingness to wipe for 3 hours into raiding was a noble goal. Raiding is fun. It's the most epic part of the game IMHO. A lot of storytelling happens in raids and you get to see some great art and interact with famous characters. We definitely spent a lot of dev time on raiding, so getting it accessible to a larger population made sense.
The problem with Raid Finder was that when the content was too tough (meaning easier than normal raiding, but not a cake walk) then people would tend to drop the raid after a wipe or two. You'd get these revolving doors where the raid itself was stuck on a boss but the individuals in the raid had cycled through maybe 100s of players after a few hours. There was no "Okay, boys and girls, let's call it a night," moment that you get from a raid leader in an organized guild. For that matter, there was no leader who could kick problem players, dictate strategy or explain the fights. For most players, Raid Finder was a weirdly silent and anonymous affair.
The altenative was to make the difficulty level so easy that you'd probably steamroll every boss and that's sort of where we ended up, but it meant you weren't really doing a rotation, lots of people were AFK and these famous bosses hit like kittens.
Daelo (Scott Mercer) was the other designer who worked with me on Raid Finder, and if I had to do it all over again, I think I would advocate we try something more like a group builder where a leader would invite (and be able to kick) people. I did a lot of pug raiding over the years, and some of them worked fine, which leads me to believe that model has promise. I *think* WoW has something like that now? Not sure.
I have a lot of faith in those guys. They will eventually figure out a good solution if they haven't already. The original question and answer were both targeting my career as a designer, not an attempt to take a shot at WoW.
Blizzard 25th Anniversary and Diablo 20th Anniversary Party at BlizzCon 2016
Legion VFX Reel
Terrie Denman shared some of the art she worked on for Legion.
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Published on 2016-10-06 01:42 AM
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