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September 2, 2010

The OverAchiever: Pimp thy ride

Filed under: 310-speed-mount, 310-speed-mounts, achievement-guide, achievement-mounts, achievements, achievements-guide, alar, ashes-of-alar, bloodbathed-frostbrood-vanquisher, ephoenix, epic-flight, epic-flying, ezra-chatterton, featured, flying-mount, flying-mounts, flying-mounts-310speed, guide, guide-to-310-flying-mounts, heroic-icecrown-citadel, heroic-lich-king, how-to-get-a-310-mount, icebound-frostbrood-vanquisher, icecrown-citadel, invincible, ironbound-proto-drake, lich-king, mimirons-head, mount, mounts, onyxia, onyxian-drake, patch-3.2.2, phoenix, reins-of-the-bloodbathed-frostbrood-vanquisher, reins-of-the-icebound-frostbrood-vanquisher, reins-of-the-ironbound-proto-drake, reins-of-the-onyxian-drake, reins-of-the-rusted-proto-drake, reins-of-the-violet-proto-drake, rusted-proto-drake, violet-proto-drake, violet-protodrake, what-a-long-strange-trip, what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been, world-of-warcraft-achievement-points, world-of-warcraft-achievements, wow-310-mounts, wow-achievement, wow-achievement-guide, wow-achievement-points, wow-achievements, wow-guide, wow-points, wrathful-gladiator, wrathful-gladiators-frostwyrm, yogg-0, yogg-saron — WoW.com @ 9:00 pm
As you've probably already read, players will be able to purchase 310 percent flying speed from trainers in Cataclysm. While this is good news for people who hate raiding, think arena was shat into existence by the most sociopathic among the development team, or spent School of Hard Knocks trying to drown themselves in the nearest body of water, the bad news is that buying your way to super-fast flying will run you a cool 5,000 gold.

Outrageous, says this dyed-in-the-wool cheapskate. For anyone else who'd rather die than part with a centavo of hard-earned gold, the good news is that having even a single 310 percent flyer in your stable is enough to get you the skill free. Fortunately, there's plenty of time to snag yourself one of these coveted mounts before Cataclysm hits, and just as fortunately, each mount is the reward (or subject) of an achievement.

Strategy guides for obtaining each of the remaining 310 percent mounts is definitely beyond the scope of this article (although I'll probably devote an edition of OverAchiever to nabbing the Rusted Proto-Drake, above) but we can take a visual tour of the fast flyers that any hard-working player can still get in Wrath of the Lich King.

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August 14, 2010

Cataclysm Beta: Guild vendor armor, pets, mounts and more

Filed under: breaking, cat-beta, cata-beta, cataclysm-beta, cataclysm-game, cataclysm-guide, cataclysm-news, cooking-recipes, expansion, expansion-three, heirloom-items, heirlooms, mounts, next-xpac, pets, third-expansion, world-of-warcraft-beta, world-of-warcraft-cataclysm, world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-beta, wow-4.0, wow-4.0.2, wow-beta, wow-cataclysm, wow-cataclysm-beta, wow-expansion, wow-expansion-beta, wow-guide, wow-third-expansion — WoW.com @ 4:40 am
See that dark phoenix pictured above? Want one for your very own? Wondering where to get it? Wonder no more -- with the latest patch drop on the Cataclysm beta servers, this mount is listed as a guild reward that you may purchase from the guild reward vendor located in the capital city of your respective faction. On top of the gorgeous dark phoenix, plenty of other amazing items have been added to the vendor. Recipes, pets, a ground mount that is unique to your faction -- and for those wondering where we'd get our level 85 heirlooms from, they're on the vendor, as well.

Take a look at the gallery below for a peek at what the guild vendor has to offer. Please note the heirlooms reflect both level 1 stats as well as stats for my character's current level, 83. As for prices on the items, don't get your hopes up -- as with everything on the beta, these are subject to change at any time.

Gallery: Cataclysm Beta: Guild Vendor

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Cataclysm Beta: Guild vendor armor, pets, mounts and more originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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August 2, 2010

Breakfast Topic: I can do what now?

Filed under: change, classic, facebookfeed, game-discussion, gamer-discussion, habits, mounts, running, vanilla, world-of-warcraft-discussion, world-of-warcraft-topics — WoW.com @ 1:00 pm

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I’ve been watching the clips of people flying about Eastern Kingdoms. I can hardly wait! It got me to thinking about all the mount changes I’ve witnessed in the course of my gaming time.

I started towards the end of vanilla. The Burning Crusade had been announced. My daughter was in the beta, actually, and telling me that I needed to get into this game before it “expanded,” whatever that meant. So I made my character and started to run everywhere. Dun Morogh, Loch Modan, Elwynn Forest, Redridge, Westfall, Wetlands, Arathi Highlands, Hinterlands, Ashenvale, Desolace, Feralas, Felwood were all done on foot. I knew the route from Nijel’s Point to Maraudon to the point that I could hit auto run and be pretty certain I’d make it there without too much trouble, just a few swoops and centaur along the way.

I didn’t get my first ram until level 45, as I couldn’t afford it. I didn’t get my epic ram until level 65 because I couldn’t afford it. I was four months into level 70 before getting flying because, yup, couldn’t afford it. The joke “When I was your level, I ran everywhere, uphill, both ways, in snow, barefoot …” is semi-serious.

This isn’t about Blizzard’s changing the levels for mounts. I have low-level alts, and I absolutely love their having mounts to get to the places my main once ran. This is a post about those things you do even when you don’t have to anymore.

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July 30, 2010

Addon Spotlight: Equus Infinata

Filed under: Non-combatPets, add-on, add-on-configuration, add-on-guide, addon-configuration, addon-guide, addons, cosmetic-pet, cosmetic-pets, equus, featured, guide, mount-addon, mount-addons, mounts, non-combat-pet, non-combat-pets, pet-addon, pet-addons, pets, wow-add-on, wow-add-on-guide, wow-add-ons, wow-addon-guide, wow-addons, wow-guide — WoW.com @ 12:00 am

Addon Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond -- your addons folder will never be the same. This week, Addon Spotlight reaches into the addon grab bag and pulls out some delicious randomness for you.

Salutations, friends. Welcome to another exciting week on Addon Spotlight, where addons reign supreme amongst the pitiful, smelly masses of other crap you could talk about related to World of Warcraft. Addons encompass it all! We are champion.

This week, Addon Spotlight is heading into mount and pet territory, discussing a wonderful little addon called Equus Infinata. Equus not only caught my eye because of how simple and pretty the addon looks, but how it integrates straight into your already existing mount and pet interface pane. As a special treat, I asked Robert, the addon's author, a couple of questions about creating his first addon. Click for more!

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June 26, 2010

Breakfast Topic: An earnest letter

Filed under: facebookfeed, frenzyheart, frenzyheart-tribe, game-discussion, gamer-discussion, green-proto-drake, mounts, oracles, sholazar-basin, world-of-warcraft-discussion, world-of-warcraft-topics, wow-discussion, wow-hot-topics, wow-issues, wow-topics — WoW.com @ 1:00 pm
Dear Oracles;

For the better part of a year and a half, I've diligently run your errands. I've collected thousands of shiny objects for your weird little god, killed legions of "puppy men" in your name, and yet you insist on denying me the green protodrake. I've spent enough gold on eggs to single-handedly fund the feeding and care of your young for the next several years, and yet you choose to withhold the one item I covet. I'm sorry, but you've brought this upon yourselves.

I have decided that since your benevolence doesn't extend far enough to grant me a dragon of verdant green, I will no longer be performing your menial tasks. That's right, I've taken up with the puppy men. You may have noticed this when I began my campaign of wholesale slaughter against the Sparktouched Village. I will continue the murdering of your people until I'm satisfied that my message has been received, at which point I may, in my benevolence, return to collecting baubles for you. It would be in your best interests when I do so to give me the drake I've been after. Rather than blame me for my actions, I suggest you take a long, hard look at Geen over in Rainspeaker Canopy. This is his fault.

Sincerely,

Soon-to-be Mercenary

P.S. I suggest you think quickly. I'm in ICC-25 gear.

I'm tired of random number generators, especially when I've been trying to get something for more than a few months. How about you guys? Do you enjoy grinding for that inexplicably rare drop, or does the very thought of spending more than a few days trying to obtain something make you feel a little green? What's the one thing that's eluded you, no matter how hard you've farmed for it?

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June 4, 2010

Choose My Adventure: Mounts and pets

Filed under: choose-my-adventure, cma, featured, guild-event, guild-events, mounts, pets, polls, schedule, wow-com-guild, wow-dot-com-guild, wow-event, wow-events, wow-insider, wow-insider-guild, wow-insider-guild-event, wowinsider — WoW.com @ 9:00 pm
Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-PvE-H).

Help! I don't know what to wear or ride! But first, here is the remaining schedule:
  • Fox Van Allen as Foxlight, the blood elf paladin: Friday, 8 p.m. EDT
  • Matthew Rossi as Andrenorton, the troll mage; Michael Gray as Grayfields, the tauren hunter; Adam Holisky as Adammentat, the tauren druid; and Gregg Reece as Yakkowakko, the orc warlock, will be making appearances as they can.
What would you like to see me ride and wear when adventuring? These are very important questions.

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For next week, are there any vanity pets you think our adventurers should farm for or otherwise try to acquire? Pair up vanity pets and a character (like Selfloathius, Annephora, Foxlight, etc.) in the comments and vote up your favorites. Next Friday, I'll put up a poll of the most popular choices.

Polls end Sunday and results will be up on Monday as usual.

Gallery: Choose My Adventure

Meet in Camp NaracheShaman questing in MulgoreMeet in Falconwing SquareQuesting in EversongQuest turn in

If you want to join in on the fun of Choose My Adventure, please join us on Zangarmarsh (US-PVE-H) in <It came from the Blog>. Ask Robiness, Robinemia or any member online for an invite. Guild ranks of Lurker or above have the ability to invite. You are all welcome as long as you play by our simple rules, which can be summed up with "Don't be a Funsucker!" Also, please see the guild FAQ for the most common questions.

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May 21, 2010

Breakfast Topic: Reining in the ease of collecting mounts

Filed under: BreakfastTopic, epic-mount, facebookfeed, flying-mount, game-discussion, gamer-discussion, mounts, world-of-warcraft-discussion, world-of-warcraft-topics, wow-discussion, wow-hot-topics, wow-issues, wow-topics — WoW.com @ 1:00 pm

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Mounts are everywhere -- rightfully so, as they're an absolute necessity. These furry, feathery, leathery or mechanical steeds practically fall from the sky. You can get them from in-game vendors, out-of-game vendors, random drops, timed heroic runs, fishing, trading cards and even just having a bunch of mounts. With so many ways to get them, it's easy to forget how hard they were to get just a few scant years ago.

My first character at level cap was my much-missed warlock. As if slinging curses, ordering around demons and sipping the tears of my enemies weren't enough, I was treated to one of the best climaxes to a quest chain in game. The sheer wildness of trying to keep everything working while simultaneously fending off droves of enemies, culminating in a fantastic boss fight, is something everyone should experience. True, the quests leading up to the final showdown were annoying and expensive, but they were worth it in the end.

However, Blizzard has gone out of their way to make mounts very easy to get. Paladins and warlocks no longer have to go on an epic adventure for their noble or demonic steeds; they simply have to talk to their trainers. The minimum level to get the first mount has been dropped from 40 to 30 to 20, while epic mounts are now under the rumps of those much lower than level 60. Even flying mounts are now available almost as soon as you step into the Outland.

So I've been pondering: Does the huge variety, abundance and awesomeness of mounts these days make up for the ease of obtaining them? Or do you think it was better when you had to walk for a much longer time and scrounge up much more gold (when gold was hard to get)? Are new players missing out on something special by not having to triumph over waves of demons to get their new demon, or are they simply bypassing an unnecessary annoyance to get to the real meat of the game?
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April 27, 2010

Refer-A-Friend rocket available starting tomorrow, Tuesday April 27

Filed under: 2-man-mount, 2-seat-flying-mount, 2-seated-mount, 2-seater, 310-mount, 310-mounts, 310-speed-mount, 310-speed-mounts, breaking, flying-mount, flying-mounts, mount, mounts, raf, refer-a-friend, rocket-mount, swift-zhevra, x-53-touring-rocket, zhevra, zhevra-mount — WoW.com @ 3:03 am

Zarhym has just posted to let us all know that the previously announced X-53 Touring Rocket, the only 2-seated flying mount currently available in game, will be claimable by qualifying Refer-A-Friend accounts starting tomorrow, Tuesday April 27. With this, the Zhevra mount will be retired, so if you want it, be sure to grab it tonight.

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April 6, 2010

New Recruit-A-Friend mount coming soon

Filed under: 310-mount, breaking, mount, mounts, recruit-a-friend, rocket-mount, swift-zhevra, x-53-touring-rocket, zhevra-mount — WoW.com @ 10:08 am
Continuing the very unusual middle of the night announcements from Blizzard, Bashiok has just posted that the Recruit-A-Friend program is getting a brand new mount soon to replace the Zhevra. Presumably this is to give players with the zhevra some reason to bother with the program going forward.

Beginning in just a few days, players who participate in the Recruit-A-Friend program will receive a whole new reward for showing a friend the ropes in Azeroth: the X-53 Touring Rocket, a two-seater flying mount that automatically increases its speed as your mount skill improves (up to 310% speed if you already have a 310% mount). The X-53 will be replacing the current Zhevra mount reward, which is retiring from the Recruit-A-Friend business after a good run. If you've already claimed a Zhevra (or claim one prior to the change), you'll be able to hang on to it, of course. We'll have more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend mount once it becomes available.

Current Recruit-A-Friend FAQ - http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20588


I won't lie, I'll be getting my hands on this mount sooner or later. A two-seater flying mount that will scale up with my 310% mount? That's hard to resist. Well played, Blizzard. I wonder if my imaginary friends want to check out WoW...

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February 26, 2010

Patch 3.3.3 PTR: New battleground mark conversion

Filed under: battleground-marks, battlegrounds, honor, honor-points, mounts, patch-3.3.3, patch-3.3.3-changes, patch-3.3.3-discussion, patch-3.3.3-ptr, patch-3.3.3-wow, pvp-mounts — WoW.com @ 2:00 pm

Check out the latest from the PTR -- battleground mark to honor conversion is now up, with each battleground mark you've squirreled away worth an astonishing two thousand honor per mark. For people that have been PvPing since vanilla, that adds up to a lot of honor. Thankfully, there's places to spend it.

Check the gallery below for a full list of new prices on PvP mounts and legacy PvP gear. As of the current PTR build the new Commendations of Service are not account-bound, which means you can't send them off to alts like their Wintergrasp counterparts -- meaning players may be swimming in gems when the patch finally goes live. If this changes, we'll let you know. Stay tuned for more 3.3.3 PTR info as it develops!


Gallery: Patch 3.3.3 PTR: PvP Legacy Armor, Weapons and Mount Changes

Commendations of ServicePvP MountsLevel 60 legacy armorLevel 60 legacy armorLevel 60 legacy armor

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