<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>WoW Insider</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com</link><description>WoW Insider</description><image><url>http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url><title>WoW Insider</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com</link></image><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><itunes:author>WoW Insider Show</itunes:author><itunes:image href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/20081111-cfhuyc88yn5751m2sk7qifcpee.jpg" /><itunes:summary>Every week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider.  We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community.  From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft.  Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Games &amp; Hobbies"><itunes:category text="Video Games" /></itunes:category><item><title>WoW Insider's guide to being a productive Mists of Pandaria beta tester</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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So you finally got into the <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> beta, along with <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/400-000-annual-pass-mists-of-pandaria-beta-invites-sent-out/">all of the Annual Pass holders</a>. You now have a chance to impact the final product, at least reducing the number of bugs it gets released with. But how do you do that, and what can you expect? We've got you covered in our <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/beta-testing-101/">Beta Testing 101</a> series.<br />
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/">5 things you should always report</a></li>
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/">How to write a good bug report on the forums</a></li>
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/">What to, and what not to, expect from the <em>MoP</em> beta</a></li>
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/beta-testing-101-addons-and-the-mists-of-pandaria-beta/">Addons and the <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> beta</a></li>
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/beta-testing-101-having-good-group-etiquette/">Good group etiquette</a></li>
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		<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/25/beta-testing-101-how-to-stream-your-beta-sessions/">How to stream your beta sessions</a></li>
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If you have further questions not answered in the above posts, you can always try <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/the-queue">The Queue</a>. Or you can let us know in the comments what other beta guides you'd like to see.<br />
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See you in the Wandering Isle!<br />
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<img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2011/11/ah-mop-75x75-11-4-11.jpg" style="margin: 4px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; float: left; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /><em>It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in </em>Mists of Pandaria<em>, </em>World of Warcraft's<em> next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance.</em><em> Look for expansion basics in our <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/mists-of-pandaria-march-2012-faq/">Mists FAQ</a>, or dig into our <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/wow-insiders-mists-of-pandaria-coverage/">spring press event coverage</a> for more details!</em><br />
<hr /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/">WoW Insider's guide to being a productive Mists of Pandaria beta tester</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20220848/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/wow-insiders-guide-to-being-a-productive-mists-of-pandaria-beta/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>beta-testing</category><category>beta-testing-101</category><category>guide</category><category>how-to</category><category>mists-of-pandaria</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta</category><category>tips</category><dc:creator>Robin Torres</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beta Testing 101: How to write a good bug report on the forums</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	If you're in the <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> beta, chances are good that you've encountered a few bugs by now. As a beta tester, it's not just your job to sit there and play through the game. You're also expected to report the bugs you happen upon in your travels through Pandaria. Blizzard has provided beta forums for feedback and <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/4629805/">bug reporting</a>, so you've got a place to jot those bugs down. Once you've found and identified a bug, you should write up a brief report so Blizzard knows that there's a problem and can fix the problem before release.<br />
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	Before you scamper off to the beta forums, however, there's a proper way to write these bug reports so that Blizzard knows what you're talking about and can take appropriate action. If you write a bug report incorrectly, you're not helping matters any -- and in some cases, you can even confuse the situation and make it worse. So how do you write a good bug report on the beta forums?</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Beta Testing 101: How to write a good bug report on the forums</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/">Beta Testing 101: How to write a good bug report on the forums</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20211033/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-how-to-write-a-good-bug-report-on-the-forums/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>beta-bugs</category><category>beta-testing</category><category>beta-testing-101</category><category>mists-of-pandaria</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta-testing</category><category>mop</category><category>mop-beta</category><category>mop-beta-testing</category><category>pandaria</category><category>World of Warcraft</category><category>WorldOfWarcraft</category><category>wow-beta</category><category>Wow-mop</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beta Testing 101: 5 things you should always report</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	Have you made it into the <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> beta yet? Being a beta tester isn't about simply playing through a free sample of the game. If you're expecting a completed product when you log in, you're in for a surprise. What you are playing is a not-quite-finished version of the game, and it's highly likely you'll run into your fair share of bugs as you're wandering Pandaria's gorgeous hills and valleys. As a beta tester, it's your job to report those bugs you find in game, so that they can be fixed before the game goes live.<br />
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	However, not every error out there deserves a report. Things like NPCs that are marked with a PC or NYI tag are things the developers already know about -- they're just placeholder models. Music isn't yet implemented into Pandaria yet either, but the developers know about that, too. So what makes a bug a bug, and what kinds of bugs should you report?</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Beta Testing 101: 5 things you should always report</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/">Beta Testing 101: 5 things you should always report</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20211018/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/beta-testing-101-5-things-you-should-always-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>beta-bugs</category><category>beta-testing</category><category>beta-testing-101</category><category>mists-of-pandaria</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta-testing</category><category>mop</category><category>mop-beta</category><category>mop-beta-testing</category><category>pandaria</category><category>World of Warcraft</category><category>WorldOfWarcraft</category><category>wow-beta</category><category>Wow-mop</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beta Testing 101: What to, and what not to, expect from the MoP beta</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/analysis-opinion/" rel="tag">Analysis / Opinion</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/mists-of-pandaria/" rel="tag">Mists of Pandaria</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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In the most exciting <em>World of Warcraft</em> news of 2012, the beta for <em>Mists of Pandaria</em> opened up this week. Like millions of other players, I was not one of the lucky few chosen for the first round of beta invites. However, there are a number of diligent players currently hard at work testing some of the changes coming in <em>MoP</em>, as well as <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/mists-of-pandaria-beta-new-glyphs/">datamining glyphs</a> and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/mists-of-pandaria-beta-livestreaming-the-wandering-isle/">leveling monks</a>.<br />
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If you're one of the lucky players who got in this week or if you manage to get in in the next few weeks, there are some important facts you should know before you play the beta. For seasoned veterans of beta testing, these will be self evident. For the others for whom this will be the first beta ever, these are things you should read and consider. If you don't, you could turn into one of the disappointing trade chat trolls who rages about their warrior suddenly having a mana bar (and other fun beta mishaps).<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Oh yes, there will be bugs</span><br />
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Above all else, the thing you can most expect from the beta of any video game ever is that there will be bugs. Bugs are one of the main reasons games go into beta; they're a way of allowing scores of players to scour every inch of the game world for bugs by doing everything possible that could possibly cause an issue. By doing this, Blizzard can isolate and treat bugs before they ever make it to live servers, allowing players on live a smooth playing experience.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Beta Testing 101: What to, and what not to, expect from the MoP beta</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/">Beta Testing 101: What to, and what not to, expect from the MoP beta</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20200232/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/24/beta-testing-101-what-to-and-what-not-to-expect-from-the-mop/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>beta-bugs</category><category>beta-testing</category><category>beta-testing-101</category><category>Massively multiplayer online role-playing game</category><category>mists-of-pandaria</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta</category><category>mists-of-pandaria-beta-testing</category><category>mop</category><category>mop-beta</category><category>mop-beta-testing</category><category>pandaria</category><category>Sci/Tech</category><category>what-to-expect-when-beta-testing</category><category>World of Warcraft</category><category>wow-beta</category><category>Wow-mop</category><dc:creator>Josh Myers</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Retribution bug hotfixed, Vengeance temporarily returns to PvP</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/paladin/" rel="tag">Paladin</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/analysis-opinion/" rel="tag">Analysis / Opinion</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blizzard/" rel="tag">Blizzard</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988231787#1">Zarhym has given us an update</a> on the <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/">bug with Seal of Truth from yesterday</a>, and it opens a fascinating window into the complexities of the code that ultimately is the <em>World of Warcraft</em>.<br />
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			The bug where paladin Seals could sometimes cause excessive damage has been fixed. This bug came as a result of a hotfix we put in to fix an issue where some attacks, such as Scatter Shot, were still causing Vengeance in PvP situations. While these things may seem totally unrelated, it has to do with our proc system, which is an extremely complicated mechanic under the hood. We reverted that hotfix, meaning you may sometimes see Vengeance in PvP. But we don't think that will present a major balance concern at this time.<br />
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			To be clear, we have no current plans to take action against players who experienced this bug last night unless we come across any extreme cases. The error was ours and we haven't seen any evidence -- so far -- of players excessively exploiting the bug. We reserve the right to take action if we do find evidence of players crossing the line to repeatedly exploit this bug for major in-game advantages.<br />
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I won't lie, I find this fascinating. The idea that the issue lies in a system that on the surface would seem totally unrelated gives me the shivers just imagining what it must be like to maintain and advance the design for code that's been around for years and years. I have to agree that letting Vengeance sometimes pop up in PvP is probably the better option. It's only going to happen in an extremely limited set of circumstances, anyway.<br />
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I'm also glad only extreme edge cases will be seeing bans, as I had no idea the bug even existed while leveling my ret paladin last night and only figured it out afterwards.<br />
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<hr /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/">Retribution bug hotfixed, Vengeance temporarily returns to PvP</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20163219/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-bug-hotfixed-vengeance-temporarily-returns-to-pvp/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bug</category><category>hotfixes</category><category>PvP</category><category>retribution</category><category>retribution-bug</category><category>retribution-paladin</category><category>Vengeance</category><category>Vengenace in PvP</category><category>VengenaceInPvp</category><category>wow-hotfix</category><category>wow-hotfixes</category><dc:creator>Matthew Rossi</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Retribution paladin DPS broken after realm restarts [Updated]</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/paladin/" rel="tag">Paladin</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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According to several reports, including the <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988301019">official forums</a>, <a href="http://www.worldoflogs.com/rankings/players/Dragon_Soul/dps/">World of Logs</a>, and several of our own staff, retribution paladins are experiencing a bug after tonight's rolling realm restarts. The bug has retribution paladins dealing several times their normal damage, with new records on World of Logs <a href="http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-zq29oh3semyzdg2v/sum/damageDone/?s=11&amp;e=150#Tutet">easily exceeding 100,000 DPS</a> on any given Dragon Soul encounter.<br />
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The bug appears to be related to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31801">Seal of Truth</a>, as it's dealing over 60% of the affected ret paladins' damage, vastly dwarfing all other sources. The bug seems to be affecting PvP and PvE, as there are many reports of retribution paladins being nigh unstoppable in Battlegrounds tonight. One group of retribution paladins toppled Lord Rhyolith in under 15 seconds.<br />
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There has been no official word from Blizzard just yet on these developments, although we can be sure that there will be a change deployed to fix this bug as early as possible.<br />
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<strong>Reminder from the editors:</strong> Do keep in mind that <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988231386#5">abusing things like this <em>is</em> considered exploitation</a>. Blizzard does have the right to ban you for abusing this if you're using it to bypass content &agrave; la <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/04/29/player-receives-developer-item-in-the-mail-one-shots-ulduar/">our old friend Karatechop</a>. Don't make Blizzard's job harder, and don't risk your account.<br />
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<strong>Update 10:00 a.m. EST</strong> Blizzard is aware of the problem and is looking for a way to solve it. They also issue the same warning we did -- <em>don't exploit this</em>.<br />
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<hr /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/">Retribution paladin DPS broken after realm restarts [Updated]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:01:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20162586/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/02/retribution-paladin-dps-broken-after-realm-restarts/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>100k-dps</category><category>breaking</category><category>broken</category><category>bug</category><category>dps</category><category>hotfixes</category><category>ret</category><category>ret-paladin</category><category>ret-pally-broken</category><category>ret-pally-bug</category><category>retribution</category><category>retribution-paladin-bug</category><category>seal-of-truth</category><category>world-of-logs</category><category>wow-hotfix</category><category>wow-hotfixes</category><dc:creator>Chase Christian</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Known issues from the Darkmoon Faire</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	The newly revamped Darkmoon Faire returned yesterday for its monthly one-week engagement in Azeroth, but it wasn't a flawless return. Players working on the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=6028">Darkmoon Defender</a>, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=6027">Darkmoon Dungeoneer</a>, or <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=6029">Darkmoon Despoiler</a> achievements may have noticed the tally of items turned in has been reset, with few exceptions. Players have also been reporting that these monthly quest turn-ins, which should be resetting, are not, leaving players with dungeon-acquired items that cannot be turned in for another set of tickets. If this has happened to you, don't panic -- Community Manager Kaivax has chimed in on the issue, and although no fix has been put into place yet, Blizzard is aware of the issue and working on a fix.<br />
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				We are aware of issues affecting the Darkmoon Faire, which began again today, particularly regarding monthly quests and some related achievements.<br />
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<hr /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/">Known issues from the Darkmoon Faire</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3811495887?page=1>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/20138792/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/02/known-issues-from-the-darkmoon-faire/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>achievements</category><category>blue-posts</category><category>bugs</category><category>darkmoon-faire</category><category>new-darkmoon-faire</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Patch 4.2 hotfix roundup</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/hotfixes/" rel="tag">Hotfixes</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	Hotfixes for <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/guide-to-patch-4-2/">patch 4.2</a> have been released at a steady pace ever since the patch's release. Though patch 4.2's launch was impressively smooth, it wasn't without its hiccups. Luckily. Blizzard is pretty quick to get errors addressed and fixed as soon as possible, which is why these hotfixes keep coming out at a regular rate.<br />
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	From tweaks to various class mechanics to the encounters in the Firelands raid, the amount of information regarding these hotfixes has been pretty substantial. Rather than leave you to sift through weeks worth of hotfix posts, we've collected all hotfix information for patch 4.2 in one handy spot. You want a recap of everything that's been adjusted and changed in regards to the latest patch? Follow after the break for a complete compilation of patch 4.2 hotfixes.</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Patch 4.2 hotfix roundup</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/">Patch 4.2 hotfix roundup</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3019413>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19993966/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/19/patch-4-2-hotfix-roundup/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>hotfixes</category><category>patch-4.2</category><category>world-of-warcraft-patch-4.2</category><category>wow-hotfix</category><category>wow-hotfixes</category><category>wow-patch</category><category>wow-patch-4.2</category><category>wow-patch-4.2-news</category><category>wow-patch-news</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>"Fast patch" 4.1.0a patch notes</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	Just when you think you're used to the way things are going, Blizzard releases something new. Today's notes aren't a list of hotfixes; they're a "fast patch." This means when you log into <em>World of Warcraft</em>, you're going to have a mini-patch to download -- and it also means that some major issues are being addressed, including one that's been bugging raiders and anyone trying to use AoE spells since 4.1:</div>
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		The targeting reticule for AoE spells and abilities like Magmaw's chains should no longer disappear when players cast spells.</li>
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		Animations while mounted should work normally again. Say hello to your ponies, they're now moving correctly!</li>
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		Character legs should move properly when the character is moving.</li>
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	See the rest of the notes for 4.1.0a after the break.</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>"Fast patch" 4.1.0a patch notes</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/">"Fast patch" 4.1.0a patch notes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 05 May 2011 19:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2732043>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19933246/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/fast-patch-4-1-0a-patch-notes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>animations</category><category>aoe</category><category>aoe-dps</category><category>bug-fixes</category><category>patch-4.1</category><category>patch-4.1.0a</category><category>patch-4.1.0a-notes</category><category>world-of-warcraft-patch-4.1</category><category>wow-patch</category><category>wow-patch-4.1</category><category>wow-patch-4.1-news</category><category>wow-patch-news</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tips and workarounds for the bugs and quirks on the patch 4.2 PTR</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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The 4.2 PTR is up and ready to be tested! There is a new daily quest hub along with a new raid. Unfortunately, the raid itself isn't ready to be tested quite yet. But before you go off trying to break things in this PTR build, I'd like to take a moment and get you prepared for a few things.<br />
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Things like:<br />
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		Buggy mounts</li>
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		Instant deaths</li>
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		Crashing addons</li>
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There may be some spoilers (like the second quest), but read on if you're not going to be bothered by that too much.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Tips and workarounds for the bugs and quirks on the patch 4.2 PTR</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/">Tips and workarounds for the bugs and quirks on the patch 4.2 PTR</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 05 May 2011 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19932385/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/tips-and-workarounds-for-the-bugs-and-quirks-on-the-patch-4-2-pt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>daily quest</category><category>DailyQuest</category><category>firelands</category><category>patch 4.2</category><category>patch-4.1</category><category>Patch4.2</category><category>world of warcraft patch 4.2</category><category>world-of-warcraft-patch-4.1</category><category>WorldOfWarcraftPatch4.2</category><category>wow-patch</category><category>wow-patch-4.1</category><category>wow-patch-4.1-news</category><category>wow-patch-4.2</category><category>wow-patch-4.2-news</category><category>wow-patch-news</category><dc:creator>Matt Low</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Haste bug squashed by hotfix</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/druid/" rel="tag">Druid</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/hunter/" rel="tag">Hunter</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/rogue/" rel="tag">Rogue</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/death-knight/" rel="tag">Death Knight</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/10/danielw_maintenancegnomelarge.jpg" alt="" /></div>
<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/08/patch-4-0-6-official-patch-notes-released/">Patch 4.0.6</a> brought with it a rather nasty bug that primarily affected non-mana using DPS including hunters, feral druids, rogues, and death knights. The client was disagreeing with the server on exactly how much haste refreshed the regeneration time of focus, energy, and runes, causing the client to report that certain resources were ready for use before they actually were, which then caused the player to press the button and the ability to not fire.<br />
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CM Bashiok has been <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2046736421?page=1#1">keeping us up to date</a> on the status of the bug and just recently reported that it should be fixed via a hotfix that was applied late last night. You can read the full text of his post behind the break.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Haste bug squashed by hotfix</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/">Haste bug squashed by hotfix</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2046736421?page=1#1>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19837659/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/haste-bug-squashed-by-hotfix/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bashiok</category><category>bug</category><category>cm</category><category>cm-bashiok</category><category>energy</category><category>focus</category><category>haste</category><category>haste-bug</category><category>hotfix</category><category>rune</category><category>runes</category><dc:creator>Daniel Whitcomb</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Love is in the Air event plagued by bugs</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/blizzard/" rel="tag">Blizzard</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/snipe-hunt.jpg" /></div>
While Love is in the Air on the calendar, the air is full of grumbles in game as people discover that not only has the holiday changed on them, but a lot of bugs and anachronisms have popped up. Among the most dire:<br />
<ul>
    <li>Quests for the faction leader gifts currently point to faction leaders who died in the <em>Cataclysm</em>, including Cairne and Magni.</li>
    <li>The dailies and main quest chain currently do not function for level 81-85 characters, leaving anyone who has a new 85 or just didn't get around to doing the quests in previous years unable to finish their achievements.</li>
    <li>It's hard or impossible to buy certain special vendor items due to errors that show up when you click on them.</li>
    <li>Apothecary Hummel is sometimes not showing up in the LFD tool for level 81-85 characters.</li>
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Blizzard is aware of these bugs, and blue poster Nephadne has posted <a href="http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1679478190">a list of FAQs</a> on the customer service forums that address many of the changes and bugs, including workarounds for the latter two issues listed above. She's also assured everyone that these bugs will be fixed either with hotfixes or when patch 4.0.6 drops. Read on after the break for the full text of Nephandra's FAQ. <span style="display: none;" id="1297025414548S"> </span><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Love is in the Air event plagued by bugs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/">Love is in the Air event plagued by bugs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1679478190>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19830642/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/love-is-in-the-air-event-plagued-by-bugs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>bug</category><category>bugs</category><category>cairne</category><category>fool-for-love</category><category>fool-for-love-achievements</category><category>liita</category><category>love-is-in-the-air</category><category>love-is-in-the-air-2011</category><category>love-is-in-the-air-achievements</category><category>love-is-in-the-air-bug</category><category>love-is-in-the-air-bugs</category><category>love-is-in-the-air-wow</category><category>magni</category><category>peddlefeet</category><category>qwee-q-peddlefeet</category><dc:creator>Daniel Whitcomb</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cataclysm hotfixes for Jan. 3</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/hotfix-1292504603.jpg" alt="" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">It's been a little while, but we've finally got another round of hotfixes. The changes were pushed live and published to the official <em>World of Warcraft</em> blog. This time around, there were only a couple of class changes; the major chunk of hotfixes address various dungeons and raids, including the following:</div>
<ul>
    <li>In Deadmines, the Foe Reaper 5000 will not cast Harvest on players more than 70 yards away.</li>
    <li>In Grim Batol, Trogg Dwellers that players cannot reach via legitimate means no longer award experience or loot when killed.</li>
    <li>In Throne of the Four Winds, players now receive credit for the achievements Heroic: Conclave of Wind or Throne of the Four Winds if they are dead when the encounter is defeated.</li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: left;">Take a look after the break for the full list of changes.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cataclysm hotfixes for Jan. 3</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/">Cataclysm hotfixes for Jan. 3</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869>Read</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19785598/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/01/04/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-jan-3/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>cataclysm-game</category><category>cataclysm-guide</category><category>cataclysm-news</category><category>expansion</category><category>expansion-three</category><category>next-xpac</category><category>third-expansion</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm</category><category>wow-4.0</category><category>wow-4.0.2</category><category>wow-cataclysm</category><category>wow-expansion</category><category>wow-guide</category><category>wow-third-expansion</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gold Capped: Early Cataclysm economy tweaks</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/archaeology/" rel="tag">Archaeology</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/gold-capped/" rel="tag">Gold Capped</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/alchemy-mountheader.jpg" /><br />
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<span><i>Every week,<span> WoW Insider brings you <a target="_blank" href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/gold-capped/">Gold Capped</a></span></i><i>, in which Basil "<a target="_blank" href="http://outdps.com/">Euripides</a>" Berntsen aims to show you how to make money on the auction house, and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/insider-trader/">Insider Trader</a>, which is all about professions. For Gold Capped's inside line on making money in game, check in here every Thursday, and </i></span><em><a href="mailto:basil@wow.com">email Basil</a> with your comments, questions or hate mail!</em><em> This week's gold-blogosphere post is <a href="http://www.warcraftecon.net/?p=3567">Warcraft Econ's Pyrite prospecting results</a>.</em> <br />
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Normally, when Blizzard makes a change to the economy, it's not enough news to justify its own blue post. When I sat down and tried to decide what to write about this week, I realized that the most important information I could get out to you guys is news of all the economic tweaks that have <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869">come down the pipeline</a> that are shaping these first few weeks of <em>Cataclysm</em>.<br />
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First up: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=52183">Pyrite Ore</a> is now prospectable at 500 skill, down from 525. This is a very expensive mineral on most realms, so it hasn't been prospected as much as, say, <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=52185">Elementium Ore</a>. That said, based on the limited number of prospects we've seen numbers for, it looks like it may be dropping as many green-quality gems as <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=53038">Obsidium Ore</a>, as many rare gems as Elementium Ore, and an additional one to three <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=52327">Volatile Earths</a>. My napkin math indicated that if the additional expense for five pyrite is more than two earths, it may not be worth prospecting.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Gold Capped: Early Cataclysm economy tweaks</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/">Gold Capped: Early Cataclysm economy tweaks</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19769504/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/gold-capped-early-cataclysm-economy-tweaks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>alchemy</category><category>cataclysm</category><category>gold-guide</category><category>gold-making-guide</category><category>herbalism</category><category>jewelcrafting</category><category>mining</category><category>wow-craftables</category><category>wow-crafting</category><category>wow-gold</category><category>wow-gold-making</category><category>wow-professions</category><dc:creator>Basil Berntsen</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 15</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/hotfix-1292504603.jpg" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">This is getting to be a little bit of a habit, isn't it? We've got another round of hotfixes today, though it's a relatively short list compared to what we've seen over the past few days. The changes were pushed live and published to the official <em>World of Warcraft</em> blog. The majority of today's changes seem to be addressing dungeons and raids, including the following:</div>
<ul>
    <li>Argaloth in Baradin Hold now respects the faction that kills him and does not drop trinkets for the opposing faction.</li>
    <li>In the Lost City of the Tol'vir, Frenzied Crocolisks should always despawn when Lockmaw resets.</li>
    <li>In Shadowfang Keep, troll druids in particular, when shapeshifting into Cat/Bear form, were dealing an extra 5 percent damage to themselves via Beast Slaying when afflicted by Barion Ashbury's Asphyxiate. This caused them to die instead of being taken down to 1 health. This has been corrected, and Asphyxiate now properly ignores damage modifiers.</li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: left;">Take a look after the break for the full list of changes.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 15</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/">Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 15</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:23:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19765613/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/16/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-15/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>cataclysm-game</category><category>cataclysm-guide</category><category>cataclysm-news</category><category>expansion</category><category>expansion-three</category><category>next-xpac</category><category>third-expansion</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm</category><category>wow-4.0</category><category>wow-4.0.2</category><category>wow-cataclysm</category><category>wow-expansion</category><category>wow-guide</category><category>wow-third-expansion</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 14</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/hotfix-1292383351.jpg" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Once again, Blizzard has applied another round of hotfixes addressing several issues with quests, classes, and flying mounts. The changes were pushed live and published to the official <em>World of Warcraft</em> blog. While not quite as much of a novel as yesterday's list of fixes, there are still a lot of changes that ought to make players a bit more happy in this post-Shattering world, including the following:</div>
<ul>
    <li>Master Riding now properly grant players 310 percent flight speed in Eastern Kingdoms with X-53 Touring Rocket, Celestial Steed, Headless Horseman's Mount, X-51 Nether-Rocket, X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME, and Invincible.</li>
    <li>The dungeon finder random bracket for Throne of the Tides and Blackrock Caverns has been changed from level 80-81 to 80-82, and the specific bracket has been changed from level 80-83 to 80-85.</li>
    <li>The respawn rates for all Horde and Alliance cooking daily quest objectives in Orgrimmar and Stormwind have been increased.</li>
    <li>The Alchemy mount Vial of the Sands is no longer bind on pickup.</li>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Check out the full list of changes after the break.</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 14</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/">Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 14</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:48:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19761157/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-14/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>cataclysm-game</category><category>cataclysm-guide</category><category>cataclysm-news</category><category>expansion</category><category>expansion-three</category><category>next-xpac</category><category>third-expansion</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm</category><category>wow-4.0</category><category>wow-4.0.2</category><category>wow-cataclysm</category><category>wow-expansion</category><category>wow-guide</category><category>wow-third-expansion</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 13</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/hotfix-1292302413.jpg" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Another day, another round of hotfixes for <em>Cataclysm</em> deployed and published to the official <em>World of Warcraft</em> blog. Today's round of fixes is just as lengthy if not longer than the last few we've seen posted. Along with a few class changes, there are a metric ton of tweaks to quests in several zones, including the following:</div>
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    <li>In Vash'jir, NPCs on The Verne and the Pincer X2 will no longer despawn or behave oddly while players are completing the quest <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/quest=26221">Full Circle</a>.</li>
    <li>In Twilight Highlands during the quest <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/quest=28598">Aiming High</a>, the Flintlocke's Explosives can now be used anywhere on the Skyshredder.</li>
    <li>Those exploring in Deepholm should be happy to hear that players should no longer be repeatedly consumed by the very mean <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=44258">Colossal Gyreworm</a>.</li>
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Follow through the break for the full list of hotfixes.</div><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 13</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/">Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 13</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19759473/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/14/cataclysm-hotfixes-for-dec-13/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>cataclysm-game</category><category>cataclysm-guide</category><category>cataclysm-news</category><category>expansion</category><category>expansion-three</category><category>next-xpac</category><category>third-expansion</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm</category><category>wow-4.0</category><category>wow-4.0.2</category><category>wow-cataclysm</category><category>wow-expansion</category><category>wow-guide</category><category>wow-third-expansion</category><dc:creator>Anne Stickney</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Headless Horseman and cogwheel crash workaround</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/events/" rel="tag">Events</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/hh-pumpkin-shrine-1287402357.jpg" alt="" /></div>
If you're one of the many players who is having issues with the <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/">Headless Horseman pumpkin locking up your game client</a> or any other cogwheel type item doing the same sort of thing, there is now a workaround while they look into fixing this bug. Kill your tooltips.<br />
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That's right, tooltips are the cause behind this rash of client crashes. There are two ways you can get around this particular issue. One is to just disable tooltips. You can do this by setting up a single macro and putting it on your action bars.<br />
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<div style="padding: 5px;">/script GameTooltip.Temphide = function() GameTooltip:Hide() end; GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Temphide)<br />
/stopmacro [btn:1]<br />
/script GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Show); <br />
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This will disable tooltips when you left-click the button and re-enable them when you right-click the button.<br />
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An alternative is a simple addon called <a href="http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/cogfix.aspx">CogFix</a> which disables the simple addons which are causing this issue, but will allow complex tooltips (like when you mouse over a player or NPC) still remain visible.  Any custom tooltip addon could possibly protect you from this bug, but your mileage may vary.<br />
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The developers are <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27291816177&amp;sid=1">working on permanent a fix for this issue</a>, but have to test things to make sure that the fix doesn't cause issues elsewhere.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/">Headless Horseman and cogwheel crash workaround</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19680902/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/headless-horseman-and-cogwheel-crash-workaround/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cogfix</category><category>cogwheel-bug</category><category>cogwheel-crash</category><category>cogwheel-fix</category><category>cogwheel-fix-macro</category><category>hallows-end</category><category>hallows-end-2010</category><category>headless-horseman</category><category>headless-horseman-crash</category><category>tooltip-addon</category><category>tooltip-bug</category><category>tooltip-crash</category><category>tooltip-diable-macro</category><category>tooltip-macro</category><category>tooltip-mod</category><dc:creator>Gregg Reece</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Headless Horseman pumpkin shrine crashes game</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/events/" rel="tag">Events</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/hh-pumpkin-shrine-1287402357.jpg" alt="" /></div>
When the <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/17/wow-insiders-guide-to-hallows-end-2010/">Hallow's End</a> decorations went up, many people were excited about the possibilities of the rare <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48025">Headless Horseman mount</a>, finishing up <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/16/patch-4-0-1-its-still-a-long-strange-trip/">What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been</a> and just generally playing around with one of the favorite holidays in the game.<br />
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When the first players started doing the <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/npc=23682">Headless Horseman</a> event in hopes of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=33154">Sinister Squashlings</a>, they quickly noticed a rather harsh bug. There is about a <a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=14989909818&amp;sid=1">50/50 chance when mousing over the pumpkin</a> to summon the Headless Horseman that the game client will lock up and/or disconnect you. Ever since <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/patch-4.0.1">patch 4.0.1</a> hit the live servers, there have been reports that world items that give the gear icon to let you know it is clickable have been causing a similar crash, and this is likely related to that.<br />
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One of the reasons this bug is especially hurting groups is that the people to usually click on <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/object=186267">the pumpkin</a> are the tanks, who are then disconnected, leaving the groups to fend for themselves until they get back. As a precaution, have a DPSer be the one to click on the pumpkin and allow time to reconnect afterward so that the tank and healer can keep the rest of the group alive. If the fight is over by the time the DPSer gets back, the loot roll and bag of goodies should be ready and waiting.<br />
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<em><strong>Update: Orlyia (Blizzard customer service representative) posted a <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27291816177&amp;sid=1">list of known issues and work-arounds for Hallow's End</a> in the customer service forums.  They've said that they're aware of the mouse-over issue and the developers are looking into what is causing it.</strong></em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/">Headless Horseman pumpkin shrine crashes game</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19677951/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/18/headless-horseman-pumpkin-shrine-crashes-game/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>hallows-end</category><category>hallows-end-2010</category><category>hallows-end-achievements</category><category>headless-horseman</category><category>headless-horseman-achievements</category><category>headless-horsemans-flying-mount</category><category>sinister-squashling</category><category>what-a-long-strange-trip</category><category>what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been</category><dc:creator>Gregg Reece</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Global cooldown rework in Cataclysm</title><link>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/</guid><comments>http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/category/cataclysm/" rel="tag">Cataclysm</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2009/12/ah123009cataclysm.jpg" /></div>
There's a fascinating thread on the official forums about the way that Blizzard is changing the global cooldown. The long and short of it is that on live, we can spam our next ability to try and increase the number of actions we can get in per minute; however, if we change our minds, we have until the next ability is accepted by the server to decide to change the keys we're spamming. In <em>Cataclysm</em>, there'll be a completely different system. First, let's look at the blue posts, and then we'll talk about the explanation.<p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Global cooldown rework in Cataclysm</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com"><img src="http://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="WoW Insider" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/">Global cooldown rework in Cataclysm</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com">WoW Insider</a> on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/forward/19666950/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/global-cooldown-rework-in-cataclysm/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cat-beta</category><category>cata-beta</category><category>cataclysm-beta</category><category>world-of-warcraft-beta</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm</category><category>world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-beta</category><category>wow-beta</category><category>wow-cataclysm-beta</category><category>wow-expansion-beta</category><dc:creator>Basil Berntsen</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
