en-us http://wowbreak.com/ WoWBreak.com - WoWBreak's submitted stories http://wowbreak.com/general/How_to_remove_the_banners_from_Blizzard_s_forums So everybody has noticed that Blizzard has EXTREMELY ANNOYING advertisements on their forums, right? Follow this link to figure out how to remove those pesky advertisements one and for all! 2008-12-20 00:15:02 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/How_to_remove_the_banners_from_Blizzard_s_forums http://wowbreak.com/general/Patch_3_0_8__PTR_Build_9386 Death Knight Frost * Howling Blast had its cooldown removed. Glyph * Glyph of Blood Boil - Causes your Blood Boil to slow affected targets for 5 sec. (Old - Also reduced damage of Blood Boil by 20%) * Glyph of Death and Decay - Targets of your Death and Decay have a 10% chance to cower in fear for 2 sec. (Down from 20%) * Glyph of Icy Touch - Your Icy Touch generates 10 additional runic power. (Old - Also reduced damage of Icy Touch by 10%) * Glyph of Death Strike - Increases your Death Strike's damage by 20%. (No longer increases healing) 2008-12-19 06:22:29 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Patch_3_0_8__PTR_Build_9386 http://wowbreak.com/general/Wrath_101_PvP_welfare_gear With gear upgrades these days being so easy to come by, I'm not so sure 'welfare epics' is such an accurate term for PvP gear anymore. That said, Arena Season 5 started the other day without so much as a whimper. It kind of crept in quietly, without even a patch to go along with it. I'm sure it's taken a few players by surprise to see so many new PvP gear available from different sources that it can get confusing. I know I wrote about it in an old post, but quite a bit has changed since Beta, and some things don't quite apply. Don't worry, we're here to help you make sense of it all. 2008-12-19 06:20:30 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Wrath_101_PvP_welfare_gear http://wowbreak.com/general/Winter_Veil__Achievements_Mini_Guide Merrymaker is part of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been to get the Violet Proto-Drake. I assume that most of you will try to complete it, here is a small guide to help you becoming a Merrymaker! On Metzen! Complete Metzen the Reindeer / Metzen the Reindeer, Metzen is still in the Searing Gorge and in Tanaris, just like all the other years. You can check the map on wowhead. The quests for this achievement start in Orgrimmar / Ironforge depending on your faction. (Like pretty much all the quests for the event) Scrooge / Scrooge Another "free" achievement, just buy a Snowball and throw it at King Magni Bronzebeard in Ironforge or Cairne Bloodhoof in Thunder Bluff depending on your faction. 2008-12-15 17:00:31 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Winter_Veil__Achievements_Mini_Guide http://wowbreak.com/general/Basic_defense_gearing_for_the_Death_Knight_tank So you're level 80 and you want to respec to a tank build and head straight into tanking 5-mans. In order to be the best tank you can be, there's a very definite first step you should take, which we have discussed before, but which bears repeating: Get 540 Defense. This will make you immune to critical strikes from level 83 mobs, making it much easier to heal you in pretty much every situation, and it's really a prerequisite for serious tanking before any other stat. 2008-12-15 16:59:23 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Basic_defense_gearing_for_the_Death_Knight_tank http://wowbreak.com/general/World_of_Raids_has_a_really_nice_3_0_8_Compendium Check out the link on the WoR website for a really great summarization of the changes coming with the 3.0.8 World of Warcraft patch. The list includes items that are new, changed items, skill differences, quest changes, everything! 2008-12-15 16:58:18 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/World_of_Raids_has_a_really_nice_3_0_8_Compendium http://wowbreak.com/general/FCC_Comissioner_World_of_Warcraft_causes_college_dropouts Dec 11th, 2008Oh boy. Deborah Tate is an FCC Commissioner (and will be for another three years at least -- she was appointed for another five year term in 2007), and claimed in a speech about telecom policy and regulation last week that "one of the top reasons for college drop-outs in the U.S. is online gaming addiction -- such as World of Warcraft -- which is played by 11 million individuals worldwide." 2008-12-14 19:53:38 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/FCC_Comissioner_World_of_Warcraft_causes_college_dropouts http://wowbreak.com/general/Character_Re_Customization_available_for_a_small_fee Character Re-Customization. What does that mean? In short, for a fee of $15, you can rebuild your character, with some restrictions. You can change your gender, face, skin, hair, and name, but not your race or class. 2008-12-11 08:06:14 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Character_Re_Customization_available_for_a_small_fee http://wowbreak.com/general/Lake_Wintergrasp It was made very clear that Wintergrasp is hands down the best spot for farming Crystallized Whatevers if you don't have Mining or Herbalism. That's not the only thing that's easily farmed there, either. It's packed full of herbs and ore. It's currently the only place in all of Northrend that you can find Frost Lotus nodes. 2008-12-10 15:05:52 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Lake_Wintergrasp http://wowbreak.com/general/Upcoming_Hunter_Changes Blizzard Quote: Hunters of all specs, and particularly Beastmaster, are doing too much damage in PvE. We tested this a lot internally in beta and knew hunters were high but we hoped other classes would be able to catch up in a way they have as yet. 2008-12-10 15:02:07 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Upcoming_Hunter_Changes http://wowbreak.com/general/Learn_all_the_alchemy_transmutes_on_MapWoW In WotLK, the only way to learn these transmutes is by randomly discovering them. Previously this was a time-consuming process that required performing lots and lots of transmutes. However there's a trick to quickly discover all of the transmutes! Here's how: 2008-12-08 07:45:42 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Learn_all_the_alchemy_transmutes_on_MapWoW http://wowbreak.com/general/New_Login_Protected_Feature_Player_Calendar The Armory now supports the new Player Calendar, one of the new features added to the game in patch 3.0.2: Echoes of Doom. The Player Calendar allows players to create their own events such as raids, arena matches, and guild meetings, and keep track of the many activities in the worlds of Azeroth and Outland. 2008-10-22 06:53:28 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/New_Login_Protected_Feature_Player_Calendar http://wowbreak.com/general/Quested_mounts_and_forms_to_be_trainable_in_Patch_3_0_3 According to the Patch 3.0.3 patch notes, the Druid Swift Flight Form, Paladin Charger, and Warlock Dreadsteed spells will soon become trainable. Before you all celebrate (or throw out invectives...), it should be noted that these spells will only become available at a level above the minimum required level to obtain the mounts or form and will require the appropriate riding skill. 2008-10-22 06:52:01 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Quested_mounts_and_forms_to_be_trainable_in_Patch_3_0_3 http://wowbreak.com/general/Man_makes_100_000_per_year_selling_World_of_Warcraft_Gold So i was browsing the glider (WoW bot forums) the other day, and stumbled across something quite shocking. It was a "success" thread, posted by a guy over in Germany, who has turned gliding/gold selling in to a living. Throughout the countless questions and replies, he admits he makes roughly 100-120k per year just selling gold. In his first post, he gave the basics: 2008-10-22 06:49:45 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Man_makes_100_000_per_year_selling_World_of_Warcraft_Gold http://wowbreak.com/general/Blizzard_pays_Wowhead_over_100_000_to_promote_Lich_King Hey guys, some inside information. Blizzard has apparently paid the people behind Wowhead (IGE) over $100,000 to promote their upcoming expansion. Oh how the world has changed, eh? To verify, simply load up Wowhead.com. Oh, Thottbot.com too. 2008-09-26 14:17:01 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Blizzard_pays_Wowhead_over_100_000_to_promote_Lich_King http://wowbreak.com/general/World_of_Warcraft_on_Pay_Per_View__Well_sorta In Australia, and bummed you can't make it up to the states for BlizzCon? You too can experience it virtually -- while DirecTV has a deal to carry it on pay-per-view in the US, Foxtel has apparently landed the same agreement in Oz. For $14.95 a day! 2008-09-26 14:15:22 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/World_of_Warcraft_on_Pay_Per_View__Well_sorta http://wowbreak.com/general/Blizzard_now_allows_PVE_to_PVP_server_transfers Why are you now allowing character transfers from PvE realms to PvP realms? Because World of Warcraft has matured significantly since the inception of Paid Character Transfers, we don’t feel that PvE-to-PvP transfers will have the negative impact on the game that we initially wanted to avoid when we started the service in 2006. This change will provide more mobility and freedom for players to experience the game with friends or play in the type of environment they’re looking for. 2008-09-11 18:26:45 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Blizzard_now_allows_PVE_to_PVP_server_transfers http://wowbreak.com/general/ArenaJunkies_com__New_Arena_Recruitment_Tool * Recruitment listings expire after a week by default. Junkies, members that we have verified to have competed on a 2,000 rated team or above, will have the option of restricting potential team mates to anyone else who has 2k+ experience as well. We fill out lots of the fields with information we already know about your character. 2008-09-03 03:04:01 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/ArenaJunkies_com__New_Arena_Recruitment_Tool http://wowbreak.com/general/Got_a_Zulaman_bear_mount__Kiss_it_goodbye While I know a lot of folks already have their bear mounts, in my opinion, this change kind of sucks. I have a small raiding Guild who I've been working with to get our bear mounts (with a few bumps along the way). 2008-09-03 00:08:45 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/Got_a_Zulaman_bear_mount__Kiss_it_goodbye http://wowbreak.com/general/AWESOME_Macros_for_warlocks Ever wanted to spam drain health but were scared to constantly recast it? How about target totems with your pets? Check out Arena Junkies Warlock Macros then!! 2008-08-21 14:46:11 GMT http://wowbreak.com/general/AWESOME_Macros_for_warlocks