Warlords of Draenor Alpha Round-Up: Day 6, Second Wave of Alpha Invites Out
by Magistrate - 10 years ago show comments
Welcome back to another Warlords of Draenor Alpha Round-up! First off, sorry Sunday sort of missed the cut–to make up for it, we’ll be looking at a little more content today from around the web.
Second off, we’re excited to share Crow’s latest alpha theorycraft article, this time focused on garrison follower abilities:
Third off, it looks like another round of Warlords alpha invites went out today–make sure to check your Battle.net account and registered email to see if you made it!
And last, if you happen to have gotten into the Warlords alpha, we would be excited to share your thoughts, pictures, and videos! Feel free to comment them below.
Warlords Articles
Here’s a handful of Warlords alpha articles discussing interface updates, class skills, garrisons, and more:
- Frostfire Ridge Zone Preview: Rare Spawns, Vignettes, Screenshots (Wowhead)
- Warlords of Draenor Transmog Preview: 3D Weapon Models (Wowhead)
- Warlords of Draenor: New quest and map interface (WoW Insider)
- Warlords of Draenor: New mount tab and favorites function (WoW Insider)
- Warlords of Draenor Alpha: UI Updates and New Features – FATBOSS (Tank Hard)
- Warlords of Draenor Alpha: Horde Garrison Preview – FATBOSS (Tank Hard)
- Warlords of Draenor – New Mage Spells, Orc Clan Armor Sets, Blue Tweets, Fan Art (MMO-Champion)
- Warlords of Draenor New Mage Spells and PvP Tweets by Holinka (ArenaJunkies)
Warlords Tweets
Classes
- (Druid) Initial thoughts on the moonkin eclipse changes based on Alpha Warlords @Warcraft testing! http://www.restokin.com/2014/06/moonkin-early-alpha-changes/ …@Celestalon @restokin
General
- We’ve also been updating our guide to Blizzard and Community In-Game References with things in the Warlords Alpha! http://wod.wowhead.com/guide=2370 @Wowhead
- IMPORTANT REMINDER: Be wary of #Warlords & #Heroes Alpha giveaways. If you’re invited to an Alpha, the account will be flagged automatically @BlizzardCS
Items/Vanity Items/Toys
- If you want the Dance Hat, go find Guh in the Burning Glacier 🙂 pic.twitter.com/29ptv6BA4U @perculia
- I thought this weapon was a cute flowering twig, and then I turned it around and oh god it’s a nailed bug. pic.twitter.com/Ri8epgVPFH @perculia
Lore
- Is it just me, or is it hard to get into the Warlords story/characters if you started with WC3 and haven’t read the books? I feel like the > @Lhivera
- > story up to this point was a lot more accessible and relatable. There was stuff for those more familiar with older lore, but it didn’t > @Lhivera
- > feel nearly so necessary to appreciating what’s going on as it does this time around. @Lhivera
- To be fair, I haven’t gone very far (due to stability issues I mentioned yesterday, which are of course expected in an alpha). Maybe it… @Lhivera
- …gets more accessible/relatable further along. But so far my impression is that this is a story by and for people who are far more familiar… @Lhivera
- …with old characters from twenty year old lore than I am. @Lhivera
- I realize, of course, that there were a lot of old lore characters in Wrath. But I never felt like unfamiliarity with them limited access… @Lhivera
- …to the story. Those characters were an extra cool thing for people who knew them, not an obstruction for those who didn’t. @Lhivera
- Here I’m feeling like I won’t really get this story w/o the background, & I have no desire to read books as supporting material for a game. @Lhivera
- .@jnsplace It may be better alliance-side, once they open it up, since that’s almost got to be new lore, if it’s focusing more on Draenei. @Lhivera
Mounts
- I LOVE this mount pic.twitter.com/N45SuxZqZx @AmarielleEU
Professions/Crafting
- (Alchemy) Tip, you can craft the Draenor Philosopher’s Stone pretty easily on alpha, ilvl 620 trinket is nice! http://wod.wowhead.com/item=109262 @perculia
- (Fishing) Special lagoon fishing pool (http://wod.wowhead.com/quest=33926 ) by Icescar Boneyard. Fished up Giant Draenor Clam with 2 skill. cc @elsanglin @perculia
Questing/Events/Vignettes/Rarespawns
- There’s a very buggy tower on alpha that had a treasure chest icon. No luck with treasure, but looted a few ogres and got up to top. @perculia
- This was what I saw 95% of the time. pic.twitter.com/FkSkQQh7tY @perculia
- But the other 5% was very pretty. Some sort of Timewalking buff too. pic.twitter.com/dc30G1HJLQ @perculia
- Ogre sign right before an ogre rare spawn: “Ha Ha You Came This Far For Nothing / Go Away / Now” pic.twitter.com/TH0IAQM9pm @perculia
- Ug’lok the Frozen is stuck in an ice cube. When freed, he yells ‘How me supposed to learn how to control da ice if you breaks me out of it!’ @perculia
- People seemed to like Ug’lok’s description and text, so here’s some visuals: pic.twitter.com/DWhbRRLaax @perculia
- There is a crate of captured puppies and the rare Brotoculus guards them, as they are ‘his food’ pic.twitter.com/vKkEDy6yDz @perculia
- Short scene where clicking on flower shows an orc getting one and passing out. Maybe tied to http://wod.wowhead.com/item=110586 ? pic.twitter.com/3FwhApYpk7 @perculia
- There’s a level 100 elite that is placated when you feed it 10 ogres, then he belches out a treasure chest that contains a pretty shield. @perculia
- Found another touching note up by Coldsnap Bluffs. pic.twitter.com/7WzSwb7PLe @perculia
- Khad’gar gets ambushed, ice blocks, and tries to play it off–night elf isn’t believing it. pic.twitter.com/MGbaPs3iTt @perculia
- It’s not Maiev, it’s a Warden that’s aware of a demonic threat in Frostfire Ridge. @perculia
User Interface
- New quest and map interface in Warlords of Draenor http://wow.joystiq.com/2014/06/08/warlords-of-draenor-new-quest-and-map-interface/ … @WoWInsider
- New mount tab and favorites function in Warlords of Draenor http://wow.joystiq.com/2014/06/08/warlords-of-draenor-new-mount-tab-and-favorites-function/ … @WoWInsider
- UI for Draenor Perk unlock. It shows up as a passive in the “General” tab afterwards: pic.twitter.com/VSrDJdmWIZ @HamletEJ
Zones/Exploration
- Finally, I looted the Envoy’s chest (http://wod.wowhead.com/quest=34473 ) and learned more about the Bloodmaul Camp. pic.twitter.com/tWFeQzeyyw @perculia
- Oh, and the area in general had cool views too. pic.twitter.com/R2JfNJzpnc @perculia
- Zone preview of Frostfire Ridge is up! Includes tons of details on rare spawns and treasure: http://wowhead.com/news=241067/frostfire-ridge-zone-preview-rare-spawns-vignettes-screenshots … @perculia
Warlords Videos
Warlords of Draenor Alpha: Horde Garrison Preview – FATBOSS (Tank Hard)
Warlords of Draenor Alpha: UI Updates and New Features – FATBOSS (Tank Hard)
Other Videos
- Warlords of Draenor – New Mage Spells (MMO-Champion)
- Warlords of Draenor Alpha: Blackfathom Deeps Revamp (BellularGaming)
- Warlords of Draenor (Alpha): Warrior 2v2 Arena Skirmish – WoD PvP First Look (BajheeraWoW)
- Warlords of Draenor (Alpha): Ret Paladin Damage w/ Final Verdict – WoD PvP Testing (BajheeraWoW)
- Warlords of Draenor Alpha VS Mists of Pandaria ~ MoP WoD WoW (wowhobbs)
- Boss Kill: Kyrak in UBRS (LvL 100 dungeon in Warlords of Draenor Alpha) (Qelric)
Warlords Pictures