So speculate how long until MOP? June, August, October, December or ?

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• CHALLENGES_RECORD_TIME - Your Best
• CHALLENGE_MODE_GUILD_BEST - Guild Best
• CHALLENGE_MODE_MEDAL1 - Bronze
• CHALLENGE_MODE_MEDAL2 - Silver
• CHALLENGE_MODE_MEDAL3 - Gold
• CHALLENGE_MODE_REALM_BEST - Realm Best
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_AZUREMYSTISLE2 - Tide's Hollow
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_BREWMASTERSCENARIO011 - A Brewing Storm
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_BREWMASTERSCENARIO031 - Big Beach Brew Bash
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_BURNINGSTEPPES14 - Blackrock Spire
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_BURNINGSTEPPES15 - Blackrock Caverns
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_BURNINGSTEPPES16 - Blackrock Depths
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_COLDRIDGEVALLEY9 - Frostmane Hovel
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DEATHKNELL12 - Night Web's Hollow
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUNMOROGH10 - Gnomeregan
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUNMOROGH11 - Gol'Bolar Quarry
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUNMOROGH6 - Coldridge Pass
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUNMOROGH7 - The Grizzled Den
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUROTAR10 - Tiragarde Keep
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUROTAR11 - Great Hall
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUROTAR12 - Skull Rock
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUROTAR19 - Dustwind Cave
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_DUROTAR8 - Burning Blade Coven
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_ELWYNN1 - Fargodeep Mine
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_ELWYNN2 - Lower Mines
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_GHOSTLANDS1 - Amani Catacombs
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_GILNEAS1 - Emberstone Mine
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_GILNEAS2 - Main Floor
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_GILNEAS3 - Upper Floor
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_HEARTOFFEAR1 - Oratorium of the Voice
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_HEARTOFFEAR2 - Heart of Fear
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_KEZAN5 - Kaja'Mine Gold
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_KEZAN6 - Kaja'Mine Silver
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_KEZAN7 - Kaja'Mine Copper
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_KUNLAIPASSSCENARIO1 - Brewmoon Festival
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_KUNLAISUMMITSCENARIO1 - Peak of Serenity
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANPALACE1 - The Crimson Assembly Hall
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANPALACE2 - Vaults of Kings Past
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANPALACE3 - Throne of Ancient Conquerors
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANVAULTS1 - Dias of Conquerors
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANVAULTS2 - The Repository
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MOGUSHANVAULTS3 - Forge of the Endless
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MULGORE6 - Palemane Rock
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_MULGORE7 - The Venture Co. Mine
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_NEWTINKERTOWN8 - Frostmane Hold
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_NORTHSHIRE3 - Echo Ridge Mine
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SCHOLOMANCE3 - The Upper Study
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SCHOLOMANCE4 - The Headmaster's Study
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SEARINGGORGE14 - Blackrock Spire
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SEARINGGORGE15 - Blackrock Caverns
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SEARINGGORGE16 - Blackrock Depths
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SHADOWGLEN2 - Shadowthread Cave
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_SILITHUS13 - Twilights Run
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TANARIS15 - The Noxious Lair
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TANARIS16 - The Gaping Chasm
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TANARIS17 - Timeless Tunnel
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TANARIS18 - Caverns of Time
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TELDRASSIL3 - Fel Rock
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TELDRASSIL4 - Upper Den
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TELDRASSIL5 - Lower Den
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_THEJADEFORESTSCENARIO1 - Burgled Brew
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_THELOSTISLES1 - Kaja'Mite Cavern
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_THELOSTISLES2 - Volcanoth's Lair
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_THELOSTISLES3 - Mine Tunnels
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_THELOSTISLES4 - Mine Shaft
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TIRISFAL13 - Scarlet Monastery Entrance
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_TYRIVESS1 - Assault on Zan'Vess
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_UNGOROCRATER14 - The Slithering Scar
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_VALLEYOFPOWERSCENARIO1 - Temple of Kotmogu
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_WESTFALL4 - Gold Coast Quarry
• DUNGEON_FLOOR_WESTFALL5 - Jangolode Mine
• ERR_ITEM_UPGRADE_ITEM_TOO_LOW_LEVEL - Item must be level 375 or higher
• ERR_ITEM_UPGRADE_NO_MORE_UPGRADES - This item is fully upgraded
• ERR_ITEM_UPGRADE_NO_PATH - Item cannot be upgraded
• ERR_PETBATTLE_ALL_PETS_DEAD - All pets in your battle slots are dead.
• ERR_PETBATTLE_NO_PETS_IN_SLOTS - Must have a pet in battle slot.
• ERR_PVP_BLACKLIST_CAP - You have already blacklisted the maximum number of maps.
• ERR_PVP_MAP_NOT_FOUND - Blacklisted map not set.
• ITEM_UPGRADE_NO_MORE_UPGRADES - This item cannot be upgraded anymore.
• POWER_TYPE_FOOD - Food
• PRIEST_HOLY_CORE_ABILITY_6 - Use to switch from single-target healing to area healing or damage.
• SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_145 - Wait until the Onyx Serpent is overhead directly overhead.
• SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_164 - You must obtain a Flight Master's License before using this spell.
• WHC_DK_2 - Presences have changed. Frost Presence now doubles runic power generation.
• WHC_DRUID_2 - Feral specialization has been split into Feral, a Cat-based damage specialization and Guardian, a Bear-based tanking specialization.
• WHC_TITLE_DK_2 - Presences

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Pet Battle System Update

Since we last covered the Pet Battle system, there have been a few changes and things we didn't mention last time. The table below shows the new pet abilities added in the recent patches.

• You are now able to rename pets as many times as you would like.
• You are unable to use your character to attack the critters that you can do pet battles with.
• When doing a pet battle, only the pets you fight with will gain experience, which is granted relative to the amount of damage they do.
• During a battle, the mobs that are very close will disappear, leaving only the farther away mobs. They will not interact with you until the battle is over.
• Pets now have a quality similar to items which is not based on the pet itself, as the same pet can have different quality levels for different people.
• When your pet dies in battle, you can switch to the next one. The damage persists between battles now, requiring healing using aBattle Pet Bandage or Revive Pets.
• The auction house now has a section for the different types of pets. You can sell almost every pet after using the cage function in the pet journal.

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Bleat	Critter	15	4 rounds		100%
Chew	Critter	0		1 round	100%
Devour	Beast	30		1 round	100%
Pounce	Beast	15			90%
Prowl	Beast	0	5 rounds		100%

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Blue Posts

Low Population Server Issues
We do realize that this system does not address all of the issues affecting low population and faction imbalanced realms, but we do feel that it will improve things quite a bit. This is a brand new technology being developed for World of Warcraft, with the purpose of bringing life back to the more barren parts of the world, so this is only the start. What needs to be understood with the cross-realm zones technology is that it opens more doors to future systems that could help with those other matters as well.

There is still no solution how can guilds on our realm find new people for PvE or PvP. What a shame...
This system will actually assist you in finding players to PvP and PvE with, not to join your guild, but they can join you through the cross-server groups and raids features. While leveling up you will once again have more players in the world to interact with. With friendly players, you will be able to interact with them and maybe end up on each other’s friends’ lists, and grouping up again later for either PvP or PvE. With more players of the opposite faction running about, you will also have more world PvP too

This technology and the systems surrounding it are still in development and as such your feedback on them is greatly appreciated. We hope to have more innovative technologies and systems coming in the future that will keep improving the World of Warcraft experience for everyone!

Healer Leveling Feedback
1) Spirit doesn't mean "this is for healers" the same way Strength means "this is for plate-wearers." We assume healers will have some pieces with Spirit and some without, depending on their regen needs. If a boss drops cloth with haste and mastery, and you say "there is no healer gear on this boss" we are going to respectfully disagree. That was my point.

2) On the other hand, if you just can't find any Spirit gear anywhere, that would be a problem.

3) It's likewise a problem if say mail, leather or plate-wearers can find Spirit much easier than cloth. That shouldn't be the case, but bugs happen so we'll take a look at it.

4) All healers should have about the same longevity, but that includes all of their sources of mana and the cost of their spells. This isn't an easy thing to compare just by looking at e.g. Meditation.

5) You should have plenty of mana to heal level up dungeons and even heroics. You might need to reforge or be on the look out for a few more Spirit pieces, but overall you shouldn't feel that every pull and boss fight is a nail-biting mana battle. (Mana will matter a lot more for raiding and challenge modes.) We want level 90 in blues to feel a little easier than level 85 in blues, so please let us know if that's not the case.

6) It's possible there are bad points in progression before level 90, because we haven't looked at that as much yet. If you have just hit say level 88 and haven't gotten any new level 88 gear yet and run a dungeon, it's possible mana return is lower than intended. Feedback on that is also useful. Do keep in mind that at this stage you might run into a boss that is horribly overtuned or just bugged. Just because you can't keep a tank alive doesn't necessarily mean that your mana needs to be massively buffed. It could mean we need to adjust the encounter. That said, the intent is not that you sit around idle much of the time, waiting for mana or too scared to waste a heal that isn't 100% critical.

Beta is going to be buggy and unpolished- very buggy and unpolished. It may not be a very enjoyable experience. It's not for everyone, and if you don't enjoy content in a half-implemented state, you might have a better experience waiting until the final product, which we will try our hardest to be as bug-free and polished as possible.

If you enjoy offering feedback before things are set in stone (insofar as they ever are in this game) and you don't mind seeing the inner workings of the sausage factory that is game development, then beta may be more fun for you.

P.S. I like to think I am less smug than snarky.

Death Knights and Number of Class Changes
I'm not losing too much sleep, but for Warlocks they've had a huge set of changes and information and it's clear that they haven't been forgotten. It's not even hyperbole that Blizzard isn't listening to us, look at the notes. Look at the changes. Warlocks know they're being taken care of. We don't.
This is a tough issue for us to solve as far as forum discussions go, because we think some classes need larger changes than others. There will be some DK changes, but overall we don't think they have the spec identity problems that the warlock changes were largely intended to address.

It may not seem fair to classes or specs that aren't undergoing as many changes, but we try very hard not to monkey around with things just for the sake of changing systems that we think work. I'd agree that every class needs a little bit of newness in an expansion, but there is a lot of that from the talents and glyphs. That said, I will try to carve off some time to address some DK concerns.

Silkworm and Porcupine Pets
Just read a forum on petopia that said the silkworms and porcupines that are part of the "boar" family weren't meant to be tameable pets, but they forgot to change that part when they got rid of the boar placeholder models. Please don't take away my porcupine.
We decided these animals shouldn't be boars anymore, but they will be tameable. Silkworms can be worms. Porcupines can be their own family.

Warrior Feedback
For Arms, we're trying a new Taste for Blood right now, where the Overpower procs buff your next Slam instead of Overpower. The effect lasts longer than the buff in your build, and can stack up several times, but the general intent is you Slam when Overpower stops proc'ing. The decision point can come about whether to Slam or CS or MS if those are all available, and how much Rage you can afford to bleed off to Heroic Strikes and still have enough left for the big Slam. This is a pretty new change, so it's entirely possible we'll change it again before you see it. I just din't want anyone spending too much effort modeling the Overpower buffs Overpower design.

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Black Market Active
The Black Market has finally been enabled! It allows players to bid on special items that are not normally sold by NPCs. For example, Mei Francis normally sells mounts in Dalaran, but in this case he is auctioning Ashes of Al'ar!

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New Items
For the full list of new items, check out WoWDB!

1	Junk		N/A	Sky Crystal
1	Junk		N/A	Skyshard
1	Junk		N/A	Bag of Helpful Things
1	Junk		N/A	Nat's Fishing Chair
1	Pet		N/A	Hopling
1	Pet		N/A	Aqua Strider
1	Pet		N/A	Grinder
1	Other		N/A	Battle Horn
500	Other		N/A	Sigil of Power
500	Other		N/A	Sigil of Wisdom
513	Other		N/A	Chimera of Fear
513	Other		N/A	Breath of the Black Prince
80	Cooking		N/A	Apprentice Cookbook
80	Cooking		N/A	Expert Cookbook
80	Cooking		N/A	Artisan Cookbook
80	Cooking		N/A	Master Cookbook
80	Cooking		N/A	Grand Master Cookbook
30	Cooking		N/A	Test Cookbook
85	Cloth		Hands	Forager's Gloves
90	Item Enhancement		N/A	Living Steel Weapon Chain
90	Item Enhancement		N/A	Ghost Iron Shield Spike

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New Maps

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Black Market Auction House

The items for auction vary by server, as other servers are able to bid on

Reins of the Blazing Drake

,

Swift White Hawkstrider

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Riding Turtle

.

It seems that the Black Market Auction House is not enabled in this build.

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Black Market Auction House Items
As a followup to yesterday's post, these are the items we have come across on the Black Market Auction House so far. Mounts seem to start at 20,000 gold, Armor at 10,000 gold, Pets at 10,000 gold, and Misc items at 10,000 - 15,000 gold.

The auctions last for more than 12 hours and return your gold to you when outbid or the item upon winning. After winning, another item is not added to the auction house immediately. The number of items that are up for auction is not the same across all servers. There is no way to tell if these are placeholder items or not, so please wait for an official announcement before providing feedback!

Armor

• Gloves of Faith
• Redemption Tunic
• Bindings of Faith
• Bonescythe Helmet
• Earthshatter Handguards
• Shoulderpads of Faith
• Earthshatter Tunic
• Sandals of Faith
• Redemption Spaulders
• Dreamwalker Wristguards
• Earthshatter Wristguards

Mounts

• Ashes of Al'ar
• Swift White Hawkstrider
• Reins of the Blazing Drake
• Riding Turtle

Misc

• Tabard of Flame
• Paper Flying Machine Kit
• Plans: Living Steel Breastplate

Pets

• Hippogryph Hatchling
• Elwynn Lamb
• Shimmering Wyrmling
• Teldrassil Sproutling
• Sen'jin Fetish
• Cat Carrier (Bombay)
• Proto-Drake Whelp

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Cloud Serpent Quest Lines

The Windless Isle has been updated and new quests added in the Cloud Serpent quest line!

Many of the daily quests below will likely be repeated until you have enough reputation to take place in further training. This training ultimately leads to a final race, before you join the Serpent Riders. There is a Cooking, Fishing, First Aid, and Archaeology daily quest for those of you who love the secondary professions as well!

90	The Order of the Cloud Serpent	Speak to Instructor Skythorn at The Arboretum in The Jade Forest.
90	Wild Things	Find Instructor Tong at Windless Isle in the Jade Forest.
90	Beating the Odds	Kill 8 Slitherblade saurok.
90	Empty Nests	Leash and return 6 Windless Hatchlings to their nests.
90	Egg Collection	Collect 9 Serpent Eggs.
90	Choosing the One	Choose one egg.
90	The Rider's Journey	Return to Instructor Skythorn at the Arboretum in the Jade Forest.
90	It's a...	Watch your egg hatch.
90	Sweet as Honey	Collect 8 Honeycomb from the beehives in The Arboretum.
90	Catch!	Use the Bouncy Ball to throw it. Then, catch and return the ball 10 times.
90	Emptier Nests	Leash and return 6 Windless Hatchlings to their nests.
90	Full Speed Ahead	Follow Instructor Windblade.
90	Proper Grooming	Collect 200 Saber Teeth and 100 Glider Sinew.
90	Restoring the Balance	Kill 8 Slitherblade Rippers or Slitherblade Eggdrinkers.
90	Feeding Time	Feed 6 Saltback Meat to your serpent. Saltback Meat Scraps can be combined to make Saltback Meat.
90	Disarming the Enemy	Collect 8 Slitherblade Harpoons.
90	Preservation	Collect 8 Stolen Eggs from Deepscale Poachers.
90	Slitherblade Suppression	Kill the Slitherblade Scale-Lord.
90	Snack Time	Fish 10 Sugar Minnow from salt or fresh water in the Jade Forest.
90	Fragments of the Past	Visit archaeology dig sites around Pandaria and use your survey ability to retrieve 12 Serpentrider Relics.
90	Just a Flesh Wound	Use Windwool Bandages, Heavy Windwool Bandages, or Dense Windwool Bandages to heal 8 Injured Hatchlings at Windless Isle.
90	A Feast for the Senses	Collect 5 Pandaren Meat Balls.
90	They Grow Like Weeds	Speak to Instructor Windblade at The Arboretum.
90	Flight Training: Ring Round-Up	Fly through 10 cloud rings while riding your war serpent.
90	Flight Training: Full Speed Ahead	Follow Instructor Windblade.
90	Flight Training: In Due Course	Collect 10 Race Flags from the Checkpoints floating above the Jadespire Sea.
90	The Sky Race	Complete the Sky Race by gathering 10 Race Flags, then passing underneath the Finish Line at The Arboretum.
90	Riding the Skies	Join the Serpent Riders.

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