Month: May 2010

Friday 7th May Update
The past 24 hours have been crazy and there are so many things left to do that I won't try to list them. I'd like to point out a few things:

• The public testing didn't start yet, any invitation you will receive is a SCAM TO STEAL YOUR ACCOUNT.
• Screenshots of all the zones are now available, keep in mind that this is an alpha test and some of them do not even have any changes yet. Blizzard will add tons of stuff in the next builds, don't worry.
• I also included screenshots of unchanged zones because people will keep asking if they changed if I don't do it.
• If a world map isn't in the post, it's because it's not in the game files yet.
• The only reason why I keep everything on the front page for the moment is because any attempt to split it into multiple pages would dramatically increase the load on the webservers and crash the site. The Cataclysm menu will be here soon enough, don't worry.

Cataclysm Friends & Family Alpha
The Cataclysm Client is now … slightly less private and a lot of spoilers will be published soon. I'll just jump in the train. Just for fun : Children of Deathwing

Zone Screenshots

All the zones screenshots have been moved to dedicated articles, please check this post for more information.

Achievements
There aren't a lot of new achievements, but it looks like you'll have to explore everything again.

• Surveying the Damage – Explore the following areas in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdom to see the changes wrought by the Cataclysm.
• Level 85 – Reach level 85.
• Explore Vashj'ir – Explore Vashj'ir, revealing the covered areas of the world map.
• Cataclysm Dungeon Explorer – Discover the entrances to the following Cataclysm dungeons

New Titles
A couple of strange new titles have been added, no more details at this point.

• Exalted of <name>
• Veteran of <name>
• Guardian of <name>
• Recruit of <name>

Professions
A lot of recipes are available but so far I don't have any stats or items, I'll just list the enchants and the useful things for the moment.

Alchemy

• Transmute: Elemental Fusion – Transform the six elements into a random single element. Creates Item #54464 x 4. / Reagents: Item #52325, Item #52326, Item #52327, Item #52328, Item #52329, Item #52330

Enchanting

• Enchanting – Allows an enchanter to put masterful enchantments on weapons and armor up to a maximum potential skill of 525. /
• Enchant Weapon – Landslide – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase attack power by 120 for 10 sec when striking in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52776. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 6, Item #52719 x 4, Item #52721 x 2, Item #52722 x 4
• Enchant Weapon – Power Torrent – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase spell power by 40 for 15 sec when casting spells or striking in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52774. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 12, Item #52721 x 2, Item #52722 x 4
• Enchant Weapon – Windwalk – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase dodge rating by 60 for 10 sec when striking in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52775. / Reagents: Item #52719 x 6, Item #52721 x 2, Item #52722 x 4
• Enchant Weapon – Heartsong – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase haste rating by 350 for 15 sec when casting spells or striking in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52761. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 2, Item #52719 x 3, Item #52721
• Enchant Weapon – Hurricane – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase haste rating by 350 for 15 sec when casting spells or striking in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52760. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 7, Item #52721
• Enchant Weapon – Elemental Slayer – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes disrupt elementals  when struck, dealing Arcane damage and silencing them for 5 sec.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52755. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 5, Item #52719
• Enchant Weapon – Avalanche – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes deal Nature damage to an enemy struck in melee.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52748. / Reagents: Item #52719 x 4
• Enchant Weapon – Mending – Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes heal you when striking an enemy.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52747. / Reagents: Item #52555, Item #52719
• Enchant Chest – Exceptional Spirit – Permanently enchant a chest to increase Spirit by 40.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52765. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 10, Greater Eternal Essence x 2
• Enchant Chest – Greater Stamina – Permanently enchant a chest to increase Stamina by 75.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52780. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 10, Item #52721 x 4, Item #52722
• Enchant Chest – Peerless Stats – Permanently enchant chest armor to increase all stats by 20.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52779. / Reagents: Item #52722 x 3
• Enchant Chest – Mighty Resilience – Permanently enchant chest armor to increase resilience rating by 40.  Requires a level 300 or higher item. Creates Item #52758. / Reagents: Item #52555 x 9
• Enchant Chest…

Screenshot of the Day
Today's screenshot of the day seems to be from the Abyssal Maw, one of the new instances of the expansion.