Warlords of Draenor Alpha Round-Up: Day 3, New Darkmoon Faire Details
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We continue covering all things Warlords of Draenor today with a fresh recap. Don’t forget to check out the latest BlizzPro alpha content:
Articles
Videos
Warlords of Draenor Alpha: A Song of Frost and Fire (Horde Starting Zone)
Staying Regular, Warlords of Draenor Poop Achievement
If you have pictures, videos, or experiences you’d like to share, feel free to post them in the comments below. If they’re nifty enough, we’ll highlight them with the next Alpha Round-up. And stay tuned to BlizzPro–we’ll keep you posted!
The “Big” Stuff
Darkmoon Faire to Have New Race/Obstacle Course Mini-game
@perculia and the Wowhead team in particular did a lot of amazing work datamining the new Darkmoon Faire mini-game, which appears to be some sort of hybrid on-foot race and obstacle course. It comes complete with power-ups, obstacles and hazards, and finally makes use of a lot of empty space on Darkmoon Island.
To read more about it, take a look at the tweets under the Darkmoon Faire section and refer to the pictures section for screenshots.
Stormwind City to (Eventually) Be Repaired in Warlords of Draenor
@Vigilate_MW We hope to get to it during 6.0.
— Mumper (@mumper) June 6, 2014
Glyph Interface Streamlined
Glyphs now list other glyphs you can’t use at the same time (as they modify the same thing), which is convenient: pic.twitter.com/TxLXlsdLUC
— Draenor Percs (@perculia) June 6, 2014
Blizzard Posts
Level Cap and Locked Characters
Hi everybody,
We recently discovered an issue where the intended level cap of 92 wasn’t being enforced on Lost Isles and Gilneas. We just restarted the realms to enforce this cap, however this does mean that those of you who had already leveled characters beyond level 92 will see a “Character Locked.” message when attempting to log back onto those characters.
Over time the level cap will be raised as we open more content for you folks to test, but for now you’ll have to create new level 90 characters using the in-game Template Character option.
Thanks for being patient during the Alpha Test Process!
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Regarding the Date of the Next Wave of Alpha Invites
We’re generally not going to provide estimates or dates for when more invites will go out as it is purely based on testing requirements, which can change from day to day. Invites will continue to roll out as needed, in very small amounts to start, and increasing as we near launch. It’s worth keeping in mind that test invites overall will be limited, especially in comparison to Mists of Pandaria, where the vast majority of invites were based on the Annual Pass benefits.
(Source)
Bashiok also took some time today to answer a bunch of fan questions on the forum. Most of them involve addressing old mechanics, user interface, or profession issues.
Articles
- Warlords Alpha: Garrisons Day 2 (BlizzPro)
- WoD Alpha: Rare Spawns, Exclusive Glyphs, New Spell Effects, Quest Puppies and Rewards (Wowhead)
- Warlords Alpha Videos, Patch 5.4.8 Justice Point Nerf, Azeroth Choppers Finale (Wowhead)
- Warlords of Draenor Battle Pet Preview: Pets, Abilities, Pet Items, and More (Wowhead)
- Warlords of Draenor introduces vignette encounters (WoW Insider)
- Stormwind to be repaired sometime during Warlords of Draenor (WoW Insider)
- Breakfast Topic: The new models in motion (WoW Insider)
- The Queue: Under Draenor’s Moon (WoW Insider)
- Warlords of Draenor: My first day in the Alpha (WoW Insider)
- WoD Alpha: New Darkmoon Faire Race, Updated Items, Additional Storage, Weapons Video (Wowhead)
Tweets
Classes
- (Mage) Ice Nova: http://wod.wowhead.com/spell=157997 pic.twitter.com/Dm4cFw4vOC @perculia
- (Mage) Supernova is even more glittery. pic.twitter.com/kZDdE7SaKZ @perculia
- (Mage) Evanesce is very sparkly: http://wod.wowhead.com/spell=157913 pic.twitter.com/iSic54leNw @perculia
- (Rogue) Blade Flurry certainly looks a lot more exciting in Alpha: pic.twitter.com/vp58zSMkeh @perculia
- (Druid) Clearcast spells do not consume Innervate. Wild Growth can be Clearcast. @HamletEJ
- (Druid) Also, right now WG benefits from Clearcast but doesn’t consume it–obvious bug though. @HamletEJ
Darkmoon Faire
- I’ve added some additional details and screenshots on the Darkmoon Faire Race: http://wowhead.com/news=241035/wod-alpha-new-darkmoon-faire-race-updated-items-additional-storage-weapons-video … @perculia
- Darkmoon Faire race/obstacle course! So that’s what http://wod.wowhead.com/quest=33756 quest series is for! pic.twitter.com/GREPszbFaN @perculia
- So far zeppelins try to shoot me down, and if I run into various objects, I get buffs like a speed boost or a shield. @perculia
- I’m confused and attempting the race. pic.twitter.com/IE9n7nbma5 @perculia
- Later race quests reward Swim Speed gloves (http://wod.wowhead.com/item=106829 ) and Lasso bracers (http://wod.wowhead.com/item=105710 ). @perculia
- At the fair race, PowerUps let you pull resources towards you. These have various benefits. pic.twitter.com/nGBKFZJmH3 @perculia
- The bunnies from the magical hat are taunting the zeppelin. pic.twitter.com/96egPSYLVy @perculia
- And turbo Tallstrider. pic.twitter.com/I8CTh4dW2j @perculia
Garrisons
- I will cheerfully drop more science about Garrisons in #warlordsofdraenor if you don’t mind: http://warcraft.blizzpro.com/?p=49996 @unlimitedBLACK
- Making some progress on part 2 of the garrison blogs. Tiers! Buildings! Perks! Specs! Professions! Oh my. @mumper
General
- WoD Ring of Blood basically confirmed: http://wod.wowhead.com/npc=79189 @perculia
Items
- And http://wod.wowhead.com/item=110038#modelviewer … the animated wiggly bits are creepy. pic.twitter.com/XksDGIg7aX @perculia
- wod.wowhead.com/item=110050#modelviewer … is super-pretty, reminds me of constellations a little. @perculia
Models
- Frostwolf puppies so cute! pic.twitter.com/xoH73xvkbs @perculia
Questing
- Turned in a quest and got a rare version of an item as well as a special loot toast message. http://wod.wowhead.com/item=111538 was 515. @perculia
User Interface
- Warlords of Draenor Alpha – Interface and Settings – http://youtu.be/wq8gSVbQeZA?a @AmarielleEU
- BEST MAP EVER @Warcraftpic.twitter.com/c26uwkPkl2 @AmarielleEU
- Glyphs now list other glyphs you can’t use at the same time (as they modify the same thing), which is convenient: pic.twitter.com/TxLXlsdLUC @perculia