Blizzard is rolling out patch 6.2.2 today and we’ve just sent out a new update (Ver. 5.0.12727) that enables Draenor flying support to the Travel System. With this change, the Waypoint Arrow directions will have you fly using your mounts to destinations (permitting you don’t have your route preferences set to “prefer flying”).

We’ve also added the ability to hide detailed travel directions in steps for a cleaner guide viewer. You can toggle the display of travel directions by clicking the new footprints icon under the “x”. Note that this only hides these directions from view, the travel system will still provide these directions underneath the arrow.

We just pushed a new update that includes some new features and fixes.

Key highlights of the release:
* Gear Advisor now supports items with use/proc effects (trinkets).}
* New options added to allow you to control what sources (Dungeons/Raids of various difficulties) the Gear Finder will use to suggest gear from.
* Added option to protect valid heirlooms from being replaced
* Numerous fixes and improvements

For the full list see the changelog here:
http://www.zygorguides.com/archive/​

In other news, Patch 6.2.2, which will add flying in Draenor, is set to arrive on Tuesday, September 1st. In order to to fly in Draenor you will need to have earned the “Draenor Pathfinder” achievement. Luckily, Zygor Guides has you covered with our complete and comprehensive Draenor Pathfinder guides.

You can find the guides easily in the Suggest Panel under Achievements/Draenor Pathfinder. It is recommended that you own the Loremaster, Dailies, and Achievements guides for full walkthroughs of each part of the achievement. If you do not own these guides you can purchase them using the link below:

Version 5.0.12551 of Zygor Guides is now available for download via the Zygor Guides client. This update adds the following raid guides to Zygor’s Dungeon’s and Gear guide:

Highmaul – Walled City LFR
Highmaul – Arcane Sanctum LFR
Highmaul – Imperator’s Rise LFR
Blackrock Foundry – Slagworks LFR
Blackrock Foundry – The Black Forge LFR
Blackrock Foundry – Iron Assembly LFR
Blackrock Foundry – Blackhand’s Crucible LFR
Hellfire Citadel – Hellbreach LFR
Hellfire Citadel – Halls of Blood LFR
Hellfire Citadel – Bastian of Shadow LFR

Destructor’s Rise LFR (August 11th) and The Black Gate LFR (August 25th) will be added to the guides in a future update.

This update also adds in 37 new achievements (including assorted Defender, Specialist, Invasion, and Nemesis achievements) as well as reworked Draenor Leveling and Profession guides. To see the full list of changes click the link below:

http://www.zygorguides.com/archive/​

Recently, we updated our Gear Suggestion engine to allow users to not only view the stat weights we use but tweak them as well. Here’s an overview of how this works.

Accessing Gear Scoring
You can access the stat weights from the options section under Zygor Guides Viewer / Gear Suggestions. There you should see a new section labeled Item Scoring. By default it will be set to the Clas and Spec of the character you’re currently playing but you can also edit the settings for other race/class combinations by using the drop downs.

Tweaking The Stat Weights
Below this you should see several input boxes that correspond with different stats. By default the system will display Zygor’s recommended stat weights. You can manually make changes to these values by clicking into the box and changing/adding your own numbers. There is no restriction on what scale you use but common examples include 0.00-5, 1-10, 1-35, depending on the level of control you need.

Importing/Exporting
One of the most popular third party gear addons is an addon called Pawn and many websites and gamers create and share their own stat weights settings in the Pawn string format. For this reason we have included support for this format in two ways:

1. You can import Pawn strings by copy pasting them into the Import/Export box and clicking the Import box. This feature will only work if the string is formatted properly.

2. You can export your own custom builds to share with other Zygor or Pawn users by changing the stat weights and clicking the Export button.

NOTE: Changes made to the stat weights will affect what items the Zygor addon will recommend you equip as well as what items the Gear Finder will recommend for each of your slots.

Yesterday we added a new Points of Interest (POI) system to the guides that allows you to see optional activities and opportunities nearby, such as treasures and rare spawns. Here is an overview of how this feature works and how to use it.

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