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What we learned from BlizzCon
Here it is-- a comprehensive, one-post guide to everything we learned at BlizzCon 2007. From Alleria to Zul'Aman, it's all here. Everything we know about Death Knights, Wrath of the Lich King, what's happening in Azeroth between now and the next expansion release, what Blizzard thinks about midlevel content, and how they're going to deal with the AFKers in Alterac.From top to bottom, in alphabetical order, here's every single new thing WoW Insider learned (and confirmed-- no speculation here) in Anaheim this weekend. If you have questions or additions, add them below, and I'll either update the list, or answer them to the best of my knowledge. Enjoy.
[Updated] BlizzCon Day 2: Professions and Items session liveblog
We are back at our happy little camp of the power source spot in the press area to liveblog the WoW Professions and Items panel with Tom Chilton, Travis Day and Jon LeCraft.Updated: This post has been cleaned up and extensively added to after it was partially eaten by a technical error.Liveblog after the jump.
Breakfast Topic: Things they'll never announce at BlizzCon
We've all heard rumors and speculations about what's due to be announced at BlizzCon today: a new expansion, a new class, and who knows what else. Now let's turn aside from what we think will happen and consider the infinite possibilities of what will not happen. Yes, indeedy -- today's the day we'll look into our crystal balls and talk to our Ouija boards, predicting with 100% accuracy all the things Blizzard will not announce today at BlizzCon! To get your inspiration going, I'll give you a few examples. New Expansion: The Search for Mankirk's Wife (in which the new area is just an expanded Barrens -- ten times larger than the original) New Class: Teletubby. Available races: Gnome, Blood Elf. Signature spell: "Infuriating Giggle" New Profession: Retail Salesmanship. Lets you set up shops and stand around all day waiting for customers. Raid bosses will drop epic brand name contracts.
Profession costs
Over on the WoW-Europe forums, Highlander (of Terenas-H) has done an interesting analysis of the relative costs of leveling the crafting professions, assuming you buy all the required materials from the auction house. His pricing data is from WoWEcon, so it should be a reasonable average of costs on the various realms. Above you can see a chart I made from his numbers, showing the cost to get each profession to 300 as well as the cost to take it to 375. Blacksmithing and Enchanting are, by a significant margin, the most expensive. While Highlander correctly points out that most smiths and enchanters will procure the materials by their own means (mining or disenchanting) rather than buying them, those mats still have an inherent value (i.e. they could be sold at the AH), and therefore I think it's fair to say they are just as expensive as they look. Note that there is no number for the 300–375 part of jewelcrafting because Highlander says costs vary too much to give a solid estimate. For the raw numbers and more discussion, take a look at Highlander's post.
BigRedKitty: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things
Each week, Daniel Howell contributes BigRedKitty, a column with strategies, tips and tricks for and about the hunter class sprinkled with a healthy dose of completely improper, sometimes libelous, personal commentary.
