L'équipe de Blizzard a effectué une mise à jour du bestiaire de leur site officiel concernant la prochaine extension Wrath of the Lich King. Cette fois ci, le Wendigo est à l'honneur :

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Le site Allemand Gamona.de a récemment publié une interview de J Allen Brack (Wrath of the Lich King Lead Producer) et Tom Chillton (Lead Designer) qui a été tourné lors de la Games Convention de Leipzig. Voici les informations principales à retenir de cette interview :

• Ils comptent offrir la possibilité vers les derniers jours de beta de commencer celle-ci directement avec des persos premade directement niveau 80, ceci afin que les nouveaux arrivants puissent tester le contenu end-game dès que possible.

• De nouveaux donjons et un cap de niveau augmenté à 80 arrivent bientôt -- dans une prochaine maj

• Les Instances seront plus petites/rapides à finir dans WotLK que dans BC, héroïques comprises.
• Naxxramas - La rencontre avec les 4 Horsemen a été changé afin que du tanking non-traditionnel soit effectué (similaire au warlock tanking de Black Temple) avec l'un des 4 tankable seulement par une classe non-tank.

Blizzard lors de la Games Convention de Leizpig a dévoilé l'introduction de la prochaine extension pour World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King. Cette introduction mets le focus sur Arthas, avec la voix de son père en fond comptant un peu le récit de la vie d'Arthas, ou du moins ce que son père souhaitait pour lui car le résultat n'est certainement pas ce que son père aurait voulu.

Le lien de cette cinématique d'introduction est disponible ici sur le site officiel consacré a Wrath of the Lich King, vous pouvez également la télécharger via le blizzard downloader : version PC et version MAC.

Les serveurs bétas ont été mis à jour aujourd'*** avec une grosse partie de correction de talent des classes, voici les changements :

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L'équipe de Blizzard vient de mettre à jour le site officiel européen de World of Warcraft avec l'ajout des zones de Northrend dans la liste des régions sur la page « niveaux & régions ». N'hésitez pas à consulter cette page pour voir dans quelles zones vous levelerez votre personnage !

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Enfin, Blizzard a ajouté un nouveau fond d'écran dans leur galerie de fonds d'écran, cette semaine, ce fond d'écran représente le fameux Gardien des âmes, une créature angélique, flottant au-dessus d'un cimetière et prête à guider les âmes sur le chemin de leur destinée.

Jaiom nous a crée ces cinqs magnifiques cartes de quêtes qui permettent de voir l'endroit de destination de la plupart des objectifs des zones de quêtes de Northrend.

Elles ont été mises à jour très récemment et contiennent également la carte de la dernière zone accessible aux beta testers, Zul'drak.

Voici les cinqs cartes :

• Zul'drak
• Howling Fjord
• Grizzly Hills
• Dragonblight
• Borean Tundra

Thyvene a posté des informations sur le nouveau système de gestion de familiers non-combattants et de montures utilisé dans Wrath of the Lich King.

Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer qu’une amélioration concernant le stockage des montures et des animaux de compagnie sera introduite avec Wrath of the Lich King, et que celle-ci devrait en ravir plus d’un.

En effet, les joueurs pourront désormais « apprendre » une monture ou un animal de compagnie, tout comme ils apprennent actuellement un sort, une recette ou une capacité. Les créatures seront ensuite visibles dans un nouvel onglet spécial de la section « Information sur le personnage », disponible dans votre interface. Les joueurs pourront voir et accéder aux montures et animaux de compagnie qu’ils auront appris via cet onglet.

Une fois une monture ou un animal appris, son icone n’apparaîtra plus dans les sacs ou la banque du joueur. Ainsi, cela devra libérer quelques places dans l’inventaire des joueurs qui pourront vivre de nouvelles aventures sans être trop encombrés. Il sera toujours possible de lier un animal de compagnie à un raccourci clavier en plaçant l’icône dans la barre de raccourcis comme vous le feriez pour un sort ou une capacité.

Voici une liste des nouveaux objets découvert lors des débuts de la béta de Wrath of the Lich King.

Two-Handed Weapons Stolen Vrykul Waraxe Ingvar's Monolithic Cleaver Greataxe of the Ebon Blade Axe of Frozen Death Troll Butcherer Banner Slicer Bloodwood Greatstaff Life-Staff of the Web Lair Lola's Lifegiving Branch Staff of the Great Reptile Staff of the Purposeful Mendicant Tower of the Infinite Mind Runed Soulblade Greatsword of the Ebon Blade Throwing Weapons Dorian's Prybar Venture Coin Thrown - PH Shields Bulwark of the Tormented God Beneficent Bulwark Cloaks Mantle of Keristrasza Earthbound Cape Cloak of Azure Lights Shroud of Fluid Strikes Shroud of the North Wind Sky Darkener's Shroud of Blood Sky Darkener's Shroud of the Unholy Venture Coin Mitigation Cloak - PH Venture Coin Physical DPS Cloak - PH Venture Coin Spell Cloak - PH Idols Idol of Perspicacious Attacks Venture Coin Balance Relic - PH Venture Coin Restoration Relic - PH Librams Venture Coin Holy Libram - PH Venture Coin Prot Libram - PH Venture Coin Retribution Libram - PH Totems Venture Coin Elemental Totem - PH Venture Coin Enhancement Totem - PH Venture Coin Restoration Totem - PH Cloth Attuned Crystalline Boots Bindings of the Forceful Vanquisher Exquisite Spider-Silk Footwraps Furred Worgslayer Spaulders Helm of the Burning Soul Kilt of Deific Torment Reinforced Velvet Helm Sandals of Broken Dreams Sandals of Chaos Resolution Shimmersteel Hood Skein Woven Mantle Stable Master's Breeches Wrap of Vigorous Destruction Plate Belt of Crystalline Tears Blood-Tempered Spaulders Blood-soaked Saronite Plated Spaulders Bloodbane's Gauntlets of Command Bone-Polished Iceplate Shoulders Chestplate of the Northern Lights Chiseled Stalagmite Pauldrons Gauntlets of Disembowelment Gauntlets of the Cheerful Hearth Girdle of Forceful Annihilation Girdle of the Howling Berserker Greathelm of the Scourge Champion Greathelm of the Unyielding Bull Greaves of the Blue Flight Greaves of the Slaughter Grips of the Valiant Champion Implacable Zombie Crushers Leggings of Forceful Purification Legguards of Brutalization Legguards of Dissolved Hope Muradin's Lost Greaves Ornate Saronite Legplates Plated Saronite Bracers Purity-Anointed Warbands Saronite War Plate The Plaguebringer's Girdle Worg-Rendering Shoulderguards

One-Handed Weapons Lydia's Sharpened Swordbreaker Dragonjaw Mauler Summoner's Stone Gavel Keleseth's Blade of Evocation Glacier Sharpened Vileblade Fang of the Desolate Soul Elanor's Edge Shocking Claws Drakonid Arm Blade Borean Smasher Arm Blade of Augelmir Wands Wand of Shimmering Scales Venture Coin Wand - PH Guns Fury of the Raging Dragon Off-Hand Tome of the Lore Keepers Amulets Crystal Pendant of Warding Winterfall's Frozen Necklace Pendant of Revolutionary Thought Indomitable Choker of Light Clutch of Undying Will Choker of Forceful Redemption Chain of the Tolling Bell Chain of Vigilant Thought Bladed Ebon Amulet Rings Activist's Signet of Blasting Band of Glittering Permafrost Band of Wholesome Preservation Executioner's Band Keleseth's Signet Ring Milan's Mastercraft Band Ring of Decimation Ring of Indignant Rage Signet of Swift Judgment Tooga's Lost Toenail Valanar's Signet Ring Trinkets Super Simian Sphere Fury of the Encroaching Storm Horn of the Herald Mender of the Oncoming Dawn Signet of the Dark Brotherhood Soul Harvester's Charm Venture Coin Melee Trinket - PH Venture Coin Spell Trinket - PH Leather Belt of Draconic Runes Belt of Vengeful Purification Corehound Fang Shoulderpads Cuffs of the Decapitator Fangsever Shoulderguards Greenhealer's Garb Holistic Patchwork Breeches Many-Pocketed Belt Pants of Purified Wind Reinforced Traveler's Boots Scabrous-Hide Helm Scytheclaw Boots Skarvald's Dragonskin Habergeon Treads of the Purifier Vrykul Shackles Mail Bracers of Sizzling Heat Darkweb Bindings Dragon Stabler's Gauntlets Gauntlets of Serpent Scales Greaves of Sanctified Dissolution Helm of the Broken Ram Helmet of Living Flesh Horrorblood Treads Keen Razorfang Spaulders Leggings of Aqueous Dissolution Links of Righteous Persecution Overlaid Chain Spaulders Treads of the Valiant Struggle Wristguards of the Remorseful Wub's Electrospike Spaulders

Utgarde Pinnacle est la deuxième des trois ailes du Utgarde Keep. C'est une instance à 5 pour jouer de niveau 80. Ci-dessous figure une vidéo du donjon tout entier et des screenshots.

Voici également la liste des Boss se trouvant à l'intérieur du donjon :

• Skadi the Ruthless
• Svala Sorrowgrave
• King Ymiron
• Gortok Palehoof

Voici 4 "Cartes de Quêtes" qui vous aideront très certainement à trouver votre chemin mais surtout à faciliter l'enchaînement des quêtes pour ceux étant sur la beta.

Les 4 zones couvertes sont:

• Howling Fjord
• Grizzly Hills
• Dragonblight
• Borean Tundra

Maw of Neltharion est souvent référencé en tant que Deathwing's Lair.

Cependant, il est très incertain que Deathwing existera dans Wrath of the Lich King, seul le temps nous le dira. Lorsque l'on s'approche de cette zone le ciel devient tout rouge et l'on s'apperçoit vite que cet endroit contiendra quelque chose de très important dans le BG de world of warcraft. Vous pouvez voir une courte vidéo et des screenshots de cette zone ci-dessous.

Emerald Dragonshrine est une zone comprise dans Dragonblight dans Wrath of the Lich King. Peut-être une indication comme quoi la prochaine extension après WotLK pourrait être Emerald Dream? Bien trop tôt pour spéculer. Vous pouvez voir une courte vidéo et des screenshots de la zone ci-dessous.

En fonction de l'état de notre serveur de médias, j'espère être en mesure d'intégrer certains aperçus intéressants plus tard dans la journée -- alors n'oubliez pas de surveiller le site. Pendant ce temps, World of Raids a beaucoup de nouvelles captures d'écran intéressantes que nous n'avons pas été en mesure de transférer à Curse en raison de problèmes de serveur de média en ce moment.

Voici la nouvelle instance de Wrath of the Lich King ou vous pourrez revivre l'histoire de Stratholme, "Stratholme Past" avant que celle-ci soit prise par les scourges qui ont tout brûlé sur leur passage.

Le béta test de Wrath of the Lich King vient de commencer officiellement et voici les premières notes de mise à jour (en anglais pour le moment) :

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King: Beta

Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Test. The list below contains information on the current available content for testing and general information. This information is subject to change. Alpha testers should note that your characters have been temporarily locked out. In a few weeks time, we will unlock these characters and you will be able to continue to level them. Please visit the Beta forums to submit feedback and discuss the expansion development with others.

General

• The continent of Northrend is now available! To travel there, visit one of four transportation masters in either Orgrimmar, Undercity, Stormwind Harbor,or Menethil Harbor.
• The floating magical city of Dalaran is now available!
• The Barber Shop has been implemented and you can now visit one of the Barber Shops in the major cities to change your appearance.
• The all new Achievement System has been implemented.
• Transportation between Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra can be found at the Tuskarr villages in those zones.
• The level cap is currently set to 77.
• Hit Rating, Critical Strike Rating, and Haste Rating now modify both melee attacks and spells.
• Spellpower:
  • All items and effects which grant bonuses to spell damage and spell healing are being consolidated into a single stat, Spellpower. This stat will appear with the same values found on items which grant “increased spell damage and healing” such as on typical Mage and Warlock itemization.
  • For classes which do not heal, they should see no change in the character sheet other than new tooltip wording.
  • Healing characters will see their bonus healing numbers on the character sheet decrease, however, all healing spells have been modified to receive more benefit from spellpower than they received from bonus healing, with a net effect of no change to the amount healed by their spells. Some talents have had to be rebalanced to accommodate this change, but the amount healed will remain roughly the same. In addition, some talents will provide only healing spell power.
• NPC Transportation Locations
  • Horde:
    • Undercity to Vengeance Landing (Howling Fjord)
    • Orgrimmar to Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra)
  • Alliance:
    • Menethil Harbor to Valgarde (Howling Fjord)
    • Stormwind Harbor to Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra)

Known Issues

• The current patch notes are incomplete, but will be more progressively more comprehensive in each patch.

World Environment Zones

• The following zones are available for testing: Howling Fjord, Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, and Grizzly Hills, Sholazar Basin, and Zul'Drak.

Dungeons

• The following dungeons are available for testing:
  • Howling Fjord: Utgarde Keep (70-72)
  • Borean Tundra: The Nexus (70-72)
  • Dragonblight: Azjol-Nerub (72-74)
  • Grizzly Hills: Drak’Tharon Keep (74-76)
  • Storm Peaks: The Halls of Stone (77-79)

Classes

• All Classes are available for play. Spells and talents will be available for testing past 70.
• The Death Knight Hero class is now available for play.
  • Death Knights will now start with 0 talent points at level 55.
  • Creating a new Death Knight will start you at level 55 in Eastern Plaguelands.
  • The Death Knight start zone, Acherus, the Ebon Hold, is fully implemented and is located in the Eastern area of Eastern Plaguelands.

Druid

• Brambles (Balance): Now increases the damage done by your Treants, and also damage caused from your Treants and Barkskin has a 5/10/15% chance to Daze the target for 3 sec.
• Celestial Focus (Balance): The stun proc now works with Starfall.
• Entangling Roots: Can now be used indoors.
• Faerie Fire (Feral): Now an 11-point talent, down from being a 21-point talent.
• Feral Charge (Feral) is now a 21-point talent, up from being a 11-point talent.
• Feral Charge (Feral): Can now be used in Cat form.
• Feral Instinct (Feral) no longer increases threat generated in Bear form, but now increases damage done by your Swipe ability by 5/10/15%.
• Focused Starlight (Balance): Now also works with Starfall.
• Force of Nature (Balance): Cooldown reduced to 2 minutes, down from 3.
• Hurricane: No longer has a cooldown (was 1 minute).
• Improved Faerie Fire (Feral): Now also works with spell hit, in addition to ranged and melee hit %.
• Improved Mark of the Wild (Restoration): Now a 2-point talent, down from a 5-point talent.
• Improved Tranquility (Restoration): Now also reduces the cooldown of your Tranquility spell by 25/50%.
• Mangle (Feral): Now increases the damage done by Maul in addition to Shred.
• Moonglow (Balance): Now also works with Starfall.
• Moonkin Form (Balance) no longer increases your attack power or causes you to regenerate mana off melee attacks, but now has a chance to cause you to instantly regenerate 2% of your total mana every time you critically hit with a spell.
• Nature's Focus (Restoration): Now a 3 point talent, down from a 5-point talent. Also moved to Tier 1, up from Tier 2. Now also includes Nourish.
• Nature's Grace (Balance): Now also reduces the global cooldown of your Wrath spell by 50% while in effect.
• Nature's Grasp (Balance): Can now be used and can proc indoors.
• Nature's Reach (Balance): Now also reduces threat generated by Balance spells by 15/30%.
• New Spell: Revive - Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. (Ranks 1-7 added)
• Omen of Clarity (Restoration): Now a passive spell. Now also works for spells (healing and damage). Proc rate is roughly 6% with a 10 second internal cooldown.
• Primal Tenacity (Feral) now reduces damage while stunned by 5/10/15%, and reduces the duration of fear effects by 5/10/15%.
• Remove Curse can now be used in Tree of Life form.
• Soothe Animal can now be used on Dragonkin as well as Beasts.
• Soothe Animal is now instant cast.
• Subtlety (Restoration): Now a 3-point talent, down from a 5-point talent. Also moved to Tier 2, up from Tier 3. Also now only reduced threat for Restoration spells, and reduces the chance that your healing over time spells (Lifebloom, Regrowth and Rejuvenation) will be dispelled, rather than all Druid spells. Threat management for Balance can now be found in the Balance tree, within Nature's Reach.
• Survival of the Fittest (Feral): Increased to 2/4/6%, up from 1/2/3%.
• The mana regeneration penalty when in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form and Cat Form has been removed.
• Tranquil Spirit (Restoration) now also includes Nourish.
• Tree of Life (Restoration): 30% snare penalty has been removed.
• Tree of Life (Restoration): Can now cast Dispel Curse.
• Tree of Life (Restoration): You can now cast all Restoration spells (Healing Touch) in the form, but Tree of Life now only reduces the mana cost of your healing over time spells (Rejuvenation, Lifebloom, Regrowth and Flourish) by 20%.
• Vengeance (Balance): Now also works with Starfall.

Hunter

• All pet families now have one unique ability. New abilities have been added for families such as bears and sporebats.
• Aspects now no longer cost mana.
• Avoidance, Dash / Dive and Cobra Reflexes are now pet talents instead of pet skills.
• Bite now has no cooldown, does the same damage and costs the same Focus as Claw, so works as a Focus dump.
• Clever Traps (Survival) has been renamed "Trap Mastery."
• Concussive Barrage (Marksmanship) - Can now proc from Volley attacks.
• Deterrence (Survival) - Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, and now also increases your chance to resist spells by 60%. Now has a new spell effect.
• Every hunter pet can learn Growl, Cower and either Bite or Claw (never both).
• Hunter pets can now learn talents in one of three trees depending on family. Pets gain talent points starting at level 20 and earn an extra talent point every 4 levels.
• If a hunter tames a pet that is more than five levels beneath than the hunter's level, then the pet jumps to five levels beneath than the hunter's level.
• Improved Feign Death (Survival): Now also reduces damage taken during Feign Death by 15/30%.
• Loyalty, Training Points and the hunter Beast Training button no longer exist. Hunter pets can now learn all skills at their level. They will get new ranks automatically as they gain levels.
• Master Tactician (Survival) - Chance to proc increased to 10%, up from 6%.
• Monster Slaying (Survival) and Humanoid Slaying (Survival) has been combined into "Improved Tracking".
• New Talent - Improved Tracking (Survival) - Increases all damage done to targets that are being tracked 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Steady Shot now uses ammo. In result, its bonus damage has been slightly reduced. Players can notice a damage increase based upon what ammo they use.
• Surefooted (Survival) now reduces the duration of movement impairing effects by 10/20/30% (instead of resist % chance).
• Trap Mastery (Survival) has been removed.

Mage

• Arcane Focus (Arcane) is now 3 ranks and increases chance to hit and reduces mana cost of Arcane spells by 1/2/3%.
• Counterspell now costs 9% of base mana.
• Frost Armor, Ice Armor, Mage Armor and Molten Armor are no longer Magic effects and cannot be dispelled.
• Invisibility now makes the caster invisible after 3 seconds, reduced from 5 seconds.
• Magic Attunement (Arcane) now also increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3/6 yards.
• Polymorph now costs 12% of base mana.
• Portal spells now cost 18% of base mana.
• Prismatic Cloak (Arcane) now also reduces the fade time of Invisibility by 1/2 seconds.
• Slow Fall now costs 6% of base mana.
• Teleport spells now cost 9% of base mana.

Paladin

• All Auras now affect all party and raid members within the area of effect.
• Anticipation (Protection) moved to tier 1, now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Avenger's Shield (Protection) cast time reduced to .5 seconds, duration increased to 10 seconds.
• Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%, now increases healing done by 20%.
• Blessing of Freedom renamed Hand of Freedom. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light removed. Their effects have been folded into all relevant abilities.
• Blessing of Protection renamed Hand of Protection. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. All ranks now cost 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Sacrifice renamed Hand of Sacrifice, is now only 1 rank and transfers 20% of the damage taken to the caster, duration reduced to 12 seconds, cooldown increased to 2 minutes. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Blessing of Salvation renamed Hand of Salvation, now reduces total threat on the target by 2% per second for 10 seconds while also reducing all damage and healing done by 10%. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana.
• Conviction (Retribution) now increases critical chance with all spells and melee attacks.
• Divine Intellect (Holy) moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by 3/6/9/12/15%.
• Divine Intervention cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Divine Protection and Divine Shield now cost 3% of base mana.
• Divine Purpose (Retribution) now reduces chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 1/2/3%.
• Divine Strength (Holy) moved to tier 1 in the Protection tree.
• Greater Blessing of Salvation removed.
• Hammer of Justice now costs 3% of base mana.
• Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health.
• Healing Light (Holy) moved to tier 2.
• Holy Shield (Protection) cooldown reduced to 8 seconds.
• Holy Shock (Holy) range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends respectively, cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.
• Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards.
• Illumination (Holy) moved to tier 3.
• Improved Concentration Aura (Protection) moved to the Holy tree.
• Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the Holy tree.
• Improved Devotion Aura (Protection) moved to tier 4, reduced to 3 ranks, now increases armor of Devotion Aura by 17/34/50% and increases all healing done to units affected by Devotion Aura by 1/2/3%.
• Improved Hammer of Justice (Protection) now reduces cooldwon by 10/20/30 secs.
• Improved Righteous Fury (Protection) threat bonus folded into base spell, talent still reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.
• Improved Sanctity Aura (Retribution) renamed Sanctified Retribution, now causes all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage.
• Improved Seal of Righteousness (Holy) moved to tier 1, renamed XXX, now affects Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption.
• Improved Seal of the Crusader (Retribution) renamed Heart of the Crusader and the effects now apply to all Judgement spells.
• Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health).
• Lay on Hands no longer drains all mana, cooldown reduced to 20 minutes.
• Pure of Heart (Holy) reduced to 2 ranks, now reduces duration of Curse and Disease effects by 25/50%.
• Redoubt (Protection) moved to tier 2.
• Repentance (Retribution) mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.
• Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell power.
• Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%.
• Sanctified Light (Holy) now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock.
• Sanctity Aura (Retribution) removed.
• Seal of Justice/Judgement reduced to 1 rank with all the effects of the previous rank 2, the Judgement effect no longer prevents Fear.
• Seal of the Crusader has been removed. The effects of Judgement of the Crusader have been folded into all relevant abilities.
• Seal of Vengeance damage over time effect duration increased to 18 seconds.
• Spiritual Focus (Holy) moved to tier 1.
• Stoicism (Protection) moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%.
• Toughness (Protection) moved to tier 3.
• Turn Undead (ranks 1 and 2) removed. Turn Evil now granted at level 24, mana cost changed to 9% of base.
• Unyielding Faith (Holy) moved to tier 2.

Priest

• Circle of Healing (Holy): Now works on any targets in the caster's raid, and is now a "smart" heal and chooses the lowest health targets to heal first within it's range. Also now has a 6 second cooldown. Also no longer will heal summoned Snakes from Hunter's Snake Trap.
• Enlightenment (Discipline): Now also gives 1% spell damage and 1% heal per point.
• Focused Will (Discipline): Now increases healing effects on you by 3/4/5%, down from 4/7/10%.
• Force of Will (Discipline): This talent now increases your spell damage by a flat amount, rather than increasing your spells by a %. (Now increases school %, rather than selected spells damage %). In other words, your spell damage gained from this talent is now reflected on your character sheet, rather than the skill tool-tips.
• Holy Fire: Cast time reduced to to 2 seconds, down from 3.5. Damage increased roughly 60%. Duration for the damage over time effect reduced to 7 seconds, down from 10. Holy Fire now has a 10 second cooldown.
• Improved Inner Fire (Discipline) - Now also increases the bonus healing on your Inner Fire spell by 10/20/30%.
• Improved Shadow Word: Pain (Shadow) - Now increases damage done by your Shadow Word: Pain by 5/10%, but no longer increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain.
• Levitate now costs 3% of base mana.
• Lightwell (Holy): Cast time reduced to .5 sec, down from 1.5 sec. Charges increased to 10, up from 5. Now breaks from any attack that hits you for 30% or more of your total health. Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, down from 5.
• Mind Control now has only one rank and costs 12% of base mana.
• Mind Soothe now has only one rank, costs 6% of base mana and has no max target level.
• Mind Vision now costs 3% of base mana.
• New Talent: Improved Spirit Tap (Shadow) - Gives you a 50/100% chance to gain a 50% bonus to your Spirit after gaining a critical effect chance from your Mind Blast or Shadow Word: Death spells. For the duration, your mana will regenreate at a 25% rate while casting. Lasts 8 sec.
• New Talent: Twin Faiths (Discipline) - Increases your damage and healing by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Pain Suppression (Discipline): Cooldown increased to 3 minutes, up from 2.
• Power Infusion (Discipline): Cooldown reduced to 2 minutes, down from 3.
• Psychic Scream now costs 15% of base mana.
• Searing Light (Holy): Now also increases the damage of your Holy Nova and Penance spells.
• Shackle Undead now costs 9% of base mana.
• Shadow Focus (Shadow): Now a 3 point talent, down from 5. Now also reduces the mana cost of your Shadow spells by 2/4/6%.
• Shadow Resilience (Shadow): Now reduces physical damage taken by 2/4%, but no longer reduces the chance to be critically hit by spells.
• Shadowform (Shadow): Now has an innate 30% threat reduction. Now has a shapeshift UI.
• Silent Resolve (Discipline): Now a 3 point talent, down from 5 points.
• Spirit Tap (Shadow) - Talent reduced to 3 points, down from 5. Now also leads into "Improved Spirit Tap"
• Wand Specialization (Discipline) has been removed.

Rogue

• Blade Twisting (Combat) now cause all damaging melee attacks to have a 10% chance to daze for 4/8 seconds.
• Deadened Nerves (Assassination) now reduces all damage taken by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Fleet Footed (Assassination) now reduces duration of movement impairing effects by 25/50% rather than increasing resist chance.
• Gouge is now only 1 rank and causes damage based on attack power.
• Kick is now only 1 rank and no longer causes damage.
• Nerves of Steel (Combat) now reduces the duration of all Stun and Fear effects by 15/30%.
• Pick Lock and Disarm Trap no longer require Thieve's Tools.
• Premeditation (Subtlety) duration increased to 20 seconds.
• Riposte (Combat) now slows the target's melee attacks by 20% instead of disarming them.
• Setup (Subtlety) chance to gain a combo point increased to 33/66/100%.
• Vanish no longer requires the reagent Flash Powder.
• Vile Poisons (Assassination) reduced to 3 ranks, now increases damage of poisons and Eviscerate by 7/14/20% and increases dispel resistance by 10/20/30%.

Shaman

• All totems are now considered on the "Physical" school, and no longer magical spells.
• Ancestral Knowledge (Enhancement): Now increases your Intellect by 2/4/6%, instead of increasing your total Mana by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Call of Flame (Elemental): Now also increases the damage of your Lava Burst spell by 2/4/6%.
• Call of Thunder (Elemental) now also increases the critical strike chance of your Thunder spell.
• Concussion (Elemental) now increases the damage of your Thunder and Lava Burst spells.
• Convection (Elemental) is now a 3-point talent, down from a 5-point talent. Now lowers the mana cost of Thunder and Lava Burst.
• Earth's Grasp (Elemental) is now a tier-1 talent, up from tier-2.
• Elemental Detestation (Elemental) is now a tier-2 talent, up from tier-4.
• Elemental Focus (Restoration): Now also can proc off Lesser Healing Wave and Healing Wave, and can be used on all healing spells.
• Elemental Fury (Elemental) now requires Elemental Focus as a pre-requisite
• Elemental Precision (Elemental): Chance to hit reduced to 1/2/3% from 2/4/6%, but threat reduction increased to 10/20/30% up from 4/7/10%.
• Enhancing (Enhancement) Totems is now a Tier 1 talent, up from Tier-2.
• Flametongue Totem is now a flat spell damage totem. All ranks have been modified.
• Frostbrand's snare effect has been increased to 50%, up from 25%.
• Ghost Wolf's mana cost is now 13% base.
• Grace of Air Totem has been removed. (Agility has been rolled over into Strength of Earth Totem)
• Improved Fire Totems (Elemental) is now (again) Improved Fire Nova Totem. It now has a 50/100% chance to stun all targets for 2 sec.
• Improved Lightning Shield (Enhancement) is now Elemental Shields, and is in Tier-1.
• New ranks have been added of Water Shield, starting at level 20. (Level 20, 27, 34, 41, 48, 55, 62, 69)
• New Spell: Earthliving Weapon - Imbue the Shaman's weapon with earthen life. Increases healing done by x and each heal has a 20% chance to proc Earthliving on the target, healing an additionaly over 12 sec. Lasts 30 minutes.
• New Talent: Cleanse Spirit (Restoration) - Cleanse the spirit of a friendly target, removing 1 poison effect, 1 disease effect, and 1 curse effect.
• New Talent: Elemental Shields (Enhancement): Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 5/10/15%, increases the amount of mana gained from your Mana Shield orbs by 5/10/15% and increases the amount of healing done by your Earth Shield orbs by 5/10/15%.
• New Talent: Mental Dexterity (Enhancement) - Increases your Attack Power by 33/66/100% of your Intellect.
• Rockbiter ranks 5 through 9 have been removed. Windfury Weapon is intended to replace Rockbiter at level 30.
• Shapeshifting will no longer cancel Water Walking.
• Shield Specialization (Enhancement) - Now a 2-point talent, and increases the chance to block with attacks by 10/20%, and increases the amount blocked by 5/10%.
• Stoneskin Totem now increases armor instead of reducing physical damage.
• Storm Reach (Elemental): Now also increases the radius of your Thunder spell by 10/20%.
• Strength of Earth Totem now also increases agility.
• Tranquil Air Totem has been removed. (Threat is being addressed by modifications to the base threat of players and/or "baked" into tanking abilities.)
• Unleashed Rage is now raid wide.
• Windfury Totem is now a flat 20% melee haste totem. All ranks have been modified.
• Windwall Totem has been removed.
• Wrath of Air is now a flat 10% spell haste totem.

Warlock

• Aftermath (Destruction) - Now a 2-point talent, down from 5.
• All demon abilities and spells will automatically be learned as pets gain levels. Demon Master trainers will be removed.
• Blood Pact now works raid-wide (not just in party).
• Cataclysm (Destruction) - Now also increases your chance to hit with Destruction spells by 1% per point.
• Curse of Recklessness will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health).
• Dark Pact: Tooltip updated to be more consistent with other similar effects.
• Demon Armor - Now increases healing done by spells and effects by 20%, but no longer has in-combat health regeneration.
• Demon Skin, Demon Armor and Fel Armor are no longer Magic effects and cannot be dispelled.
• Fel Armor - Now increases your spell damage equal to 30% of your total Spirit, but no longer increases healing done by spells and effects by 20%.
• Fel Stamina (Demonology) has been merged with Fel Intellect into Fel Vitality.
• Howl of Terror now costs 15% of base mana.
• Improved Curse of Weakness (Affliction) is now "Frailty" - Increases the amount of attack power reduced by your Curse of Weakness spell by 10/20%, and increases the amount of armor reduced by your Curse of Recklessness by 10/20%.
• Improved Enslave Demon (Demonology) is now a Tier 5 talent, up from Tier 4.
• Improved Lash of Pain (Destruction) and Improved Firebolt (Destruction) have been merged into one talent, Demonic Power.
• Improved Shadow Bolt (Destruction) - Now increases damage by your next Shadow damage spells by 3/6/9/12/15%, down from 4/8/12/16/20%.
• Mana Feed: Tooltip updated to be more consistent with other similar effects.
• Master Demonologist – Felguard (Demonology) - Now increases all damage by 1/2/3/4/5%, and reduces all damage done to you by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Master Demonologist – Imp (Demonology) - Now increases Fire damage by 1/2/3/4/5%, and critical hit chance with Fire spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Master Demonologist – Succubus (Demonology) - Now increases Shadow damage by 1/2/3/4/5%, and critical hit chance with Shadow spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Master Demonologist (Demonology) - Most effects have been altered.
• New Talent: Demonic Empowerment (Demonology) - Grants your Summoned Demon power for a short time.
• New Talent: Eradication (Affliction) - Your Corruption, Siphon Life and Curse of Agony ticks have a 5/10/15% chance to increase your spell haste by 20% for 8 sec. This effect has a 10 second cooldown.
• New Talent: Molten Core (Destruction) - Your Shadow spells and damage over time effects have a 5/10/15% chance to increase the damage of your Fire spells by 10% for 6 sec.
• Pyroclasm (Destruction) - Now also includes Conflagrate.
• Shadowfury (Destruction) - Can now be cast while moving. Stun duration increased to 3 seconds, up from 2.
• Soul Link (Demonology) is now an 11-point talent (used to be a 31-point talent), but the 5% bonus damage from this talent has been removed. In addition, the damage absorbed by Soul Link is now 15%, down from 20%.
• Soul Siphon (Affliction): Now also increases the damage of your Drain Soul.
• Suppression (Affliction) is now a 3-point talent, down from 5. Now increases your chance to hit with Affliction spells by 1/2/3%, down from 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Unstable Affliction (Affliction): Silence effect reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.

Warrior

• Anticipation (Protection) now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%, moved to tier 2.
• Challenging Shout cooldown reduced to 3 minutes.
• Death Wish (Fury) no longer makes you immune to Fear effects.
• Death Wish and Sweeping Strikes have swapped locations in their respective talent trees.
• Defensive Stance now increases threat by 45%.
• Defiance (Protection) removed, replaced by Incite and moved to a new location on tier 2.
• Hamstring now only has one rank and no longer causes damage.
• Improved Bloodrage (Protection) now increases rage generation of both the instant and over-time effects by 25/50%.
• Improved Disarm (Protection) now reduces the cooldown of Disarm and Shield Break by 5/10/15 seconds and increases damage taken by disarmed targets by 4/7/10%.
• Improved Shield Block (Protection) now has 2 ranks and reduces cooldown of Shield Block by 5/10 secs. It no longer increases the number of blocks.
• Iron Will (Arms) now has only 3 ranks, reducing the duration of Stun and Charm effects by 10/20/30%.
• Last Stand (Protection) cooldown reduced to 6 minutes.
• Mace Specialization (Arms) can no longer trigger more than once per 6 seconds.
• Mocking Blow now only has one rank and causes weapon damage, cooldown reduced to 1 min and can now be used in Defensive Stance.
• Overpower now only has one rank and no longer causes any bonus damage (i.e. weapon damage only).
• Poleaxe Specialization (Arms) now also increases critical damage done by Axes and Polearms by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Pummel now only has one rank and no longer causes damage.
• Shield Bash now only has one rank and will cause damage based on a % of AP.
• Shield Block now increases chance to block and amount blocked by 100% for the next attack. Cooldown increased to 30 seconds.
• Shield Slam is now available to all warriors, starting at level 40.
• Shield Specialization (Protection) moved to Tier 1, now increases rage by 2 on a successful block.
• Sword Specialization (Arms) can no longer trigger more than once per 6 seconds.
• Toughness (Protection) moved to tier 3.

Professions

• The following tradeskills are available to train up to 425: First Aid, Herbalism, Mining, Skinning, Enchanting, and Leatherworking.

User Interface

• The /cower emote now has an animation.
• Macros and key bindings are now saved server-side so there is no longer a need to reconfigure them when logging in using another computer.
• Shift-clicking to loot mail: You can now hold Shift and click on mail in your inbox to automatically loot any items and gold without opening the mail. This default behavior can be changed via Auto Loot Mail in the Interface Options (Controls).
• Combat Log Changes:
  • The combat log now differentiates between a spell failure due to resistance and spell failure due to missing the target. Where once both events reported as a resist; a spell missing the target is now reported as a miss.
  • Overhealing is now reported in the combat log.
  • When a source of damage is entirely prevented (by a shield block, a full resist, or a damage shield like Power Word:Shield, the prevented amount will now be displayed.

Si vous êtes Russe, vous serez content de savoir que le site officiel de World of Warcraft Russe vient enfin d'être mis en ligne.

We are delighted to be able to present the Russian World of Warcraft site. Our newest language site for World of Warcraft contains information about the game localized for our Russian speaking players, and will be kept up to date with news and Community information. At this time the website is a work of art in progress, but new content will be added regularly so be sure to check there often for new information. You can check out the Russian World of Warcraft site here.

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WoW Concours de BD : Mention Honorable

Voici la dernière BD à avoir eu la mention honorable des soumissions pour le concours de BD du mois de Juillet 2008.

Les inscriptions pour avoir une chance aussi infime soit-elle de participer à la phase de béta de la prochaine extension de Blizzard pour World of Warcraft, j'ai nommé Wrath of the Lich King, sont ouvertes. Pour vous inscrire, il suffit de vous rendre sur votre page de compte puis de vous diriger tout en bas de cette page pour y voir la souscription au service Wrath of the Lich King beta.

Notez qu'il y aura pas mal de personnes inscrites et que donc vous pourrez vous estimez très heureux/chanceux d'être pris.

Bon courage à tous et à toutes.

Les PTR ont été mis en ligne récemment avec un joli patch dont voici le contenu :

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L'équipe de Blizzard a mis à jour le contenu du site officiel sur Wrath of the Lich King en ajoutant dans la partie "bestiaire" une preview concernant le Jormungar :

Les agressifs et féroces jormungars sont une merveille de l’évolution. Dotés de rangées de dents ressemblant à des burins et capables de creuser dans le roc, ils sont bien adaptés à la navigation souterraine rapide grâce à leur corps musclé et plat.

Les légendes disent que les nérubiens utilisaient les jormungars comme main-d’œuvre, les contraignant à creuser d’immenses tunnels à travers les glaces souterraines du Norfendre, et à poser les fondations de l’ancienne civilisation nérubienne. Après la chute de l’empire nérubien, des nuées de jormungars incontrôlables creusèrent le permafrost de la région et attaquèrent les habitants de la surface, dévorant tout sur leur passage..

Pour le moment j'aime beaucoup ce que le bestiaire Wrath of the Lich King Bestiary nous a montré. WotLK sera beaucoup plus froid et sombre que The Burning Crusade, ce qui sera vraiment la bienvenue car ca manque cruellement de zone enneigées dans WoW. (surtout quand on joue coté Horde :) ).

La date de début officiel de la Saison 4 pour les arènes de World of Warcraft a été annoncé. Le combat commencera le 24 Juin pour les joueurs Américains et le 25 Juin pour les joueurs Européens.

"Il était temps!", ne pensez-vous pas? Beaucoup de joueurs l'ont attendu avec impatience cette venue de la saison 4...

Annonce Officielle de Blizzard (Seulement en Anglais pour le moment) :

We’re currently planning to end the third Arena season and begin Arena Season 4 on June 24, 2008. This exciting Arena season will introduce the Brutal Gladiator set, and will also allow players to purchase Arena Season 2 items using the honor system. Please note that we will be resetting all Arena team and personal ratings. Players will still retain their Arena points and teams with this reset. The team and personal rating will simply be reset to the default 1500, allowing all teams to once again compete for top honors with a fresh start.

Also, with the end of the third season, players on the top teams from each battlegroup will receive their end-of-season rewards. These include Arena-specific titles that they can display proudly until the end of the new season, and, for the best of the best, an Armored Nether Drake. Please also be aware that with the end of the current season, all previous end-of-season titles will be removed.

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Recapitulatif des informations de la Saison 4

Changements concernant les Arènes et les Rating requis sur les objets de la Saison 4

La saison 3 d’arène bat son plein, et nous voulions d’ores et déjà vous donner quelques informations concernant les pré-requis de cotes pour les récompenses d’arène mis en place pour le début de la saison 4. De plus, nous voulions également vous informer de divers changements qui auront lieu lors d’une prochaine mise à jour, qui concernent une modification des gains de points, et du système d’association des équipes d’arène lors des matchs. Cette mise à jour devrait être déployée avant le début de la saison 4.

Tout d’abord, voici les modifications concernant les pré-requis de cotes. Lorsque la saison 4 commencera, les récompenses de la saison 3 verront leurs pré-requis de cotes personnelle et d’équipe ajustés comme suit :

Epaules : 1950
Arme : 1800

Les nouveaux objets de la saison 4 auront les pré-requis de cotes personnelle et d’équipe suivants :

Epaules : 2200
Arme : 2050
Tête : 1700
Torse : 1600
Jambes : 1550
Gants: aucun
Main gauche : aucun

De plus, certains objets de la saison 4 qui seront accessibles via des points d’honneur nécessiteront aussi des pré-requis de cotes personnelle et d’équipe :

Bottes : 1700
Anneau : 1650
Brassards : 1575
Ceinture : aucun
Cou : aucun
Bijou: aucun

Les récompenses de la saison 2 accessibles via les points d’honneur lors du lancement de la saison 4 n’auront aucun pré-requis.

Les modifications apportées aux pré-requis de cotes reflètent principalement la nature de l’objet, sa puissance, et la difficulté relative à son obtention. Ces objets sont comparables à ceux obtenus en butin dans la toute nouvelle zone de raid, le Plateau du Puits de Soleil, le défi à relever pour les acquérir doit être considéré comme conséquent.

Afin de garantir que ce défi soit toujours de taille pour ceux qui atteignent les cotes requises, nous allons implanter de nouvelles règles lors d’une prochaine mise à jour afin de modifier certaines pratiques qui vont à l’encontre des concepts de base du système d’arène. Ces règles sont les suivantes :

• Si la cote personnelle d’un personnage est au moins inférieure de 150 points à la cote de l’équipe, les points gagnés seront basés sur la cote personnelle et non sur la cote de l’équipe. Ce qui signifie qu’un joueur ne pourra pas rejoindre une équipe avec une cote élevée et gagner des points simplement en se basant sur une cote d’équipe établie préalablement à son intégration. Le joueur devra faire des matchs, progresser, et obtenir une cote personnelle suffisante pour mériter les points qu’il devrait recevoir.

• Si la moyenne des cotes personnelles des personnages qui attendent pour disputer un match d’arène est au moins inférieure de 150 points à la cote de l’équipe, l’équipe affrontera un adversaire dont la cote personnelle moyenne sera similaire. Cela signifie que les joueurs ne peuvent pas rejoindre une équipe avec une cote élevée et rencontrer immédiatement des adversaires avec des cotes élevées, ce qui ferait augmenter leur cote personnelle facilement et rapidement. Les joueurs devront tout d’abord progresser, faire leurs preuves et mériter leur cote.

• “Si une équipe n’entre pas dans un match d’arène qui commence, alors les joueurs perdront un nombre de points d’arène équivalent à une défaite qu’ils auraient subi s’ils avaient joué."

Ce changement rend moins intéressants les matchs arrangés, puisque chaque affrontement doit aller à son terme, y compris ceux pour lesquels l'équipe n'a pas choisi son adversaire.

Nous avons hâte de voir mettre en place ces changements, qui continueront d’insuffler l’esprit de compétition dans le système d’arène, et qui permettront à tous les joueurs désireux d’obtenir les meilleures récompenses PvP de relever de véritables défis.

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Season 4 Objets et Prix

Tous les objets et prix de la saison 4 peuvent être voir ci-dessous.

Prix

Voici tous les prix des objets d'arènes Saison 4. 5 pages de bonnes choses.

Ensemble d'Armures

• Druide
  • Feral (damage)
  • Restoration (healing)
  • Balance (spell damage)
• Chasseur
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• Mage
• Paladin
  • Holy (healing)
  • Retribution (damage)
  • Protection (tanking/spell damage)
• Prêtre
  • Holy (healing)
  • 
  • Shadow (damage)
• Rogue
• Chaman
  • Enhancement
  • Elemental
  • 
  • Restoration (healing)
• Démoniste
  • Dreadweave
  • 
  • Felweave
• Warrior

Nouveaux Objets Honneur

Il y a beaucoup de nouveaux objets disponibles via les points d'honneurs. Les objets et prix sont disponibles ci-dessous. Aussi notez que : les bracelets ont un rating personnel de 1575. Les Bottes ont un rating personnel de 1700 et les anneaux un rating personnel de 1650.

Armes, Boucliers, Idoles, Librams et autres objets

Haches

• Brutal Gladiator's Chopper (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Hacker (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Hatchet (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Waraxe (Main Hand
• Brutal Gladiator's Cleaver (One Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Decapitor (2-hander)

Arcs

• Brutal Gladiator's Longbow

Fusils

• Brutal Gladiator's Rifle

Arbalètes

• Brutal Gladiator's Heavy Crossbow

Dagues

• Brutal Gladiator's Mutilator (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Shiv (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Shanker (One Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Spellblade (Main Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Blade of Alacrity (Main Hand)

Armes de Pugilat

• Brutal Gladiator's Left Render (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Left Ripper (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Right Ripper (Main Hand)

Idoles

• Brutal Gladiator's Idol of Resolve
• Brutal Gladiator's Idol of Steadfastness
• Brutal Gladiator's Idol of Tenacity

Librams

• Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Fortitude
• Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Justice
• Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Vengeance

Masses

• Brutal Gladiator's Bonecracker
• Brutal Gladiator's Bonegrinder (2-hander)
• Brutal Gladiator's Gavel (Main Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Salvation (Main Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Pummeler (One Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Swift Judgement (Main Hand)

Armes Mains Gauches

• Brutal Gladiator's Endgame
• Brutal Gladiator's Grimoire
• Brutal Gladiator's Reprieve

Armes d'Hast

• Brutal Gladiator's Painsaw

Boucliers

• Brutal Gladiator's Barrier
• Brutal Gladiator's Redoubt
• Brutal Gladiator's Shield Wall

Batons

• Brutal Gladiator's Battle Staff
• Brutal Gladiator's Staff
• Brutal Gladiator's War Staff

Épées

• Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword (2h)
• Brutal Gladiator's Quickblade (Off Hand)
• Brutal Gladiator's Slicer (One Hand)

Armes de Lancer

• Brutal Gladiator's War Edge

Totems

• Brutal Gladiator's Totem of Indomatibility
• Brutal Gladiator's Totem of Survival
• Brutal Gladiator's Totem of the Third Wind

Baguettes

• Brutal Gladiator's Baton of Light
• Brutal Gladiator's Piercing Touch
• Brutal Gladiator's Touch of Defeat

Blizzard a mis en ligne aujourd'*** le 3eme Blizzcast . Bien qu'il soit en anglais, une retranscription française est disponible. Cette fois-ci, l'épisode 3 du BlizzCast nous en apprends un peu plus sur le développement de StarCraft II et de Wrath of the Lich King.

Le Blizzcast 3 et la transcription audio sont disponibles ici.

L'équipe de Blizzard a mis à jour le contenu du site officiel sur Wrath of the Lich King en ajoutant dans la partie "bestiaire" une preview concernant les Magnataures :

Les magnataures possèdent le torse d’un géant attaché au corps d’un mammouth. Cette apparence particulière a fait naître plusieurs hypothèses sur leur parenté éventuelle avec les centaures ou même les gardiens des bosquets. Beaucoup se demandent si ces peuples partagent un ancêtre commun, et certains ont même suggéré qu’il pourrait s’agir de Cénarius en personne.

Les magnataures sont célèbres pour leur longévité, et la rumeur prétend qu’ils pratiquent le cannibalisme quand la nourriture se fait rare. On dit qu’un mâle dominant peut contrôler des troupeaux gigantesques et engendrer de nombreuses portées, mais dans les steppes glaciales et périlleuses du toit du monde, seuls les plus forts et les plus cruels survivent.

En dépit de leur hostilité envers la plupart des peuples, les magnataures tolèrent les kobolds arctiques, qui suivent leurs troupeaux pour y trouver une certaine protection, et pour une aide mutuelle lors des grandes chasses. Même si les redoutables magnataures mènent une vie solitaire, les aventuriers qui croisent leur chemin apprennent rapidement qu’il est plus sage de garder ses distances.

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Blizzard a changé très récemment la page consacrée à la classe du Death Knight en modifiant les descriptions des branches de talents.

Comme vous pouvez le constater, la classe de Death Knight n'a plus d'arbre de talent specifique au tanking, au lieu de cela, Blizzard a changé les arbres de talents afin de les rendres plus versatiles, chaque arbre offrira des compétences de Tanking et de DPS.

SK Gaming est la première guilde du monde à avoir tué Kil'jaeden. Kil'jaeden est le boss final du Plateau du Puits de soleil.

Loots :

• Hand of the Deceiver
• Hammer of Sanctification
• Thalassian Ranger Gauntlets
• Couvre-chef d'Ursoc le Sage -> Couvre-chef d'Ursoc le Puissant

Liste complète des loots de Kil'jaeden

Armes

• Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury
• Crux of the Apocalypse
• Sunflare
• Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei
• Apolyon, the Soul-Render
• Hand of the Deceiver
• Hammer of Sanctification

Armures

• Handguards of Defiled Words
• Dark Conjuror's Collar
• Coif of Alleria
• Thalassian Ranger Gauntlets
• Borderland Paingrips
• Capuche de la pureté de la Lumière -> Collerette de pureté des arcanes
• Semblance fourbe -> Masque de chasseur furieux
• Couvre-chef d'Ursoc le Sage -> Couvre-chef d'Ursoc le Puissant
• Capuche de Gul'dan -> Voile du chef Ner'zhul
• Couronne d'Anasterian -> Couronne de Dath'Remar
• Casque de la piété ardente -> Heaume de la résolution d'Uther

Autres

• Tattered Cape of Antonidas
• Cloak of Unforgivable Sin

Blizzard dévoile officiellement les mécaniques de jeu du Chevalier de la Mort, une des nouveautés majeures de la prochaine extension pour World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King.

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Le site officiel de la prochaine extension de World of Warcraft a été mise à jour avec de nouvelles informations sur la classe du Chevalier de la Mort.

Au cours des derniers mois, nous avons travaille sur plusieurs nouvelles fonctionnalites pour WOWDB, la premiere d'entre elles etant une version completement localise en francais. Les autres langues seront aussi supportees dans un futur proche, avec en premier l'allemand, mais ce n'est pas tout et nous vous reservons aussi des surprises dans les semaines et mois a venir.

Essayer la version francaise de WOWDB, en allant sur le site puis en selectionnant "Francais" dans le menu deroulant en haut a droite du site.

Nous esperons que vous allez aime cette version francaise de WOWDB, n'oubliez pas de souvent revenir -- car nous allons avoir bien plus que cela a vous offrir.