Well it looks like Shipyard Missions are the most notable changes in this Hotfix. No doubt, this is a catch up mechanic for those who didnt enjoy the Shipyard from the start, due to the cost in resources and the % chance of a ship to sink in a failed rare mission. Shipyard changes below.
Naval Missions
Rare Naval Missions should now appear more frequently
Increasing the chance of success on a naval mission will now also decrease the chance a ship will be destroyed on failure. If the mission success chance is at or above 90%, no ships will be lost on the mission.
Naval blockade missions now have a shorter duration of 30 minutes (down from 4 hours), reduced Oil cost to 50 (down from 100), and increased the amount of time before a naval blockade returns to 7 days (up from 5 days).
Ships and Crews
Increased success chance bonus on missions provided by a Human Crew by 50%.
Increased success chance bonus on missions provided by a Pandaren Crew by 33% and the bonus will now apply to Missions that are 12 hours or longer (was 18 hours or longer).
Significantly increased the effectiveness and bonuses provided by Naval Equipment items by 100%.
Thanks to the hard work and continued commitment to the World of Warcraft community, Wowhead has finished datamining all the items that will be coming in Legion. Obviously, this is surplus to change at a later date, as the developers continue to develop Legion, but I’m totally grateful for all the work Wowhead have done to give us a taste of whats to come.
Table of contents:
Legendary Items New Toys Fun Items Artful Dodging Rogue Set Cooking Recipes Artifact Quality Items
Having an army of Alts at my disposal, means I have to make sure that they’re properly geared and set up correctly. I do this, by collecting all my information from a website called Icy Veins. I used to use a site called Noxxic, but to be blunt, it was very poor. After using the powerful tool, that is Google and reading many reviews, I finally found Icy Veins and allas, I finally got my Alts correctly setup.
You can find complete guides for every class, created by some of the best players in World of Warcraft. The information is constantly updated and many of the guides are backed up with many hours of theory crafting, meaning we dont have to take the pain staking task of doing it ourselves.
Each class guide covers the following;
Builds, Talents and Glyphs: Learn how to choose your talents and glyphs Rotations, Cooldowns and Abilities: Master your rotation and cooldowns Buffs, Debuffs and useful abilities: Discover your arsenal and useful abilities Stat Priority: Read up on respective values of your statistics Enchants, Gems and Consumables: Choose the best Enchants and Gems Macros and Addons: Step up your game with useful Macros and addons Gearing up and (BiS) Best in Slot: Find the best gear for your character
An added bonus to what Icy Veins has to offer, is their indepth guides on Raiding, Questing, earning Reputations and last but not least Garrisons. I know that these guides can be found on Wowhead, but the ability to have them all under one place, is very convenient, especially, if time is of the essence.
If you’ve not visited Icy Veins yet, see for youself, what all the hype is about and cast your own opinion. It’s an integral part of my setup and what I use to maximise my gameplay within World of Warcraft.
Today’s addon review is regarding one of the very first addons I installed, called Altoholic. This was a fantastic addon, which could keep a considerable amount of information regarding all of your characters on every realm in one place. For someone like myself, whom for example has 12 level 100’s, approximately 15 level 90’s across multiple realms, this is an essential and reliable addon.
Here are a couple of the essential benefits that I’ve added below.
Mail – Altoholic can warn you that mail is about to expire, or mail that’s due to be returned. So those days of losing mail, when they expire, are long gone.
Guild Bank – keeps track of all the items stored in Guild Banks on all your characters.
Item Tracker – Tracks all the items in your inventory on all your characters. This is now also available within TSM3.
Characters – This option gives you a detailed look of your all your characters Gear, Talents, Glyphs and Professions.
Search – The ability to search for something particular within all of your characters. Ideal if you have an item on another character, but unsure who.
Gold – Keeps track of your Gold balance on all of your characters.
Altoholic first released back in 2008 and has been an integral part of my addons, with this, it’s made my life so much easier. I’d hate to imagine how much gold, items I’ve had deleted, not checking my mail before expiry.
Today, there are many addons, that may do the same as above, but individually, if you require something, as an all in one, then I suggest giving Altoholic a try. The only downside would probably be the memory usage to run the addon, this is dependent on the number of characters it’s covering. Still, if your fortunate like myself to have an excellent PC or laptop, then this won’t be an issue at all.
Finally, the news all World of Warcraft fans have been waiting for with anticipation! The long-awaited release date of Warcraft has been confirmed for… 10th June 2016.
They’ve also confirmed the date for the official trailer of Warcraft for the 6th November 2015 (4 days from today). Anyone who hasn’t gathered yet, that is also the opening day of BlizzCon, so no need to ask yourself, what will headline the first day.
I cannot wait for the trailer, let alone the movie. I was excited just to watch the recent Star Wars trailer, let alone Warcraft. With my interest in World of Warcraft, I’m sincerely hoping that Warcraft is a success. It will have a dramatic effect on subscriptions on the game and determine whether they release another movie in the future.
Many people within World of Warcraft will not be familliar with this strategy, but Ive been using it to my advantage for as long as I can remember and I have amassed atleast 45% of my gold balance from doing it. Now this is pretty limited, as you can only get the items during the the Darkmoon Faire.
Now, I can hear you asking, what is this big secret? well… it’s the opportunity to purchase Replica transmog items, from the vendor Baruma for a measly amount of Darkmoon Prize Tickets. The important part of this strategy, is to buy Darkmoon Quest Items, which Ive listed below this paragraph for you, once these are turned in, you will get a small amount of gold or experience (depending on your level) and more importantly the Darkmoon prize tickets. Do this on all your alts too, like I do. Remember, the tickets are BoP, but once you’ve bought your Replica transmog items, they’re BoE and tradable.
You can buy each of the quest items from the Auction House for as little as 10g and as much as 500g for the higher demand items, you may even prefer to farm them. If this is the case, check the links out on the items above and see where they drop from. Personally, I buy them off the Auction House about 2 weeks before the Darkmoon Faire comes, as they maybe cheaper, than when it’s in Town. It’s a small amount of gold compared to what you’ll make on the Replica transmog items you sell. Dont forget to do the daily’s in the area too, whether it’s profession daily’s or the game daily’s for extra tickets, every little helps…
Quest – Silas’ Secret Stash:
As well as the Darkmoon Quest items above, you can also complete a quest called Silas’ Secret Stash. This can only be completed once on any one character and doesn’t reset! This quest costs 100 Darkmoon Daggermaw and you can buy this quest from the vendor Galissa Sundew at co-ords [52.88]. Once you have started the quest, you’ll notice that you’ve been given a set of clues and some treasure to find.
I’ve added a video below, from a very good streamer called oldbess. He does many awesome videos, helping his viewers make gold in Warcraft. Be sure to leave some feedback and a like if you found his video on this quest helpful.
The Replica Gear:
Instead of posting links for every Replica item available, I will instead link every Replica set, you can go through the page to see the individual items. You will also notice the item it’s replicating.
I have made a Replica Transmog Import String for TSM which you can find HERE.
If you’re confident that you can get these items cheaper on the Auction House, feel free to purchase them to flip. I can sell Replica gear between 20-30k at the moment, so I’m happy to buy at 10k to guarantee a healthy flip.
Sales:
Each item within each set will be worth considerably more than another, this is where you’ll have the task to check your Auction House and see what the prices are and then purchase the best item that will maximise your profit. Below are a couple of screenshots I took today showing what sales you could make, by investing in a small amount of gold and a little time.
You can find further images of my Replica Transmog sales HERE or simply check out my Facebook page or Twitter feed for recent sales.
I hope you found this post interesting, please do post questions if you have any, but more importantly, please feel free to share your sales too…
If like myself, you have been fortunate enough to earn your Draenor Pathfinder achievement on your main and have many alts sitting at level 90, you maybe interested in power leveling them to level 100. I don’t boast to have the best or the quickest method, but below I have some ideas or more so tips on how to level them efficiently as possible.
If you don’t have the achievement, you could ask a fellow Guildie to fly you around, alternatively, you may wish to finish the achievement, here’s an extremely good guide from Wowhead.
Once you have the addons downloaded and installed, load up WoW and log into the character that you wish to power level. Be sure to obtain as many of the items above as possible. Be aware that as of 14/09/15 all the experience buffs stack, leading to a potential +340% experience boost. You might be lucky to be fully rested too, which will grant you a further boost. Be aware, that when killing rares, if someone joins in on your kill, you will lose a little experience. Try to kill all rares alone when possible.
Open your map to your starting zone this will depend on what Faction you’re representing, Frostfire Ridge (Horde) or Shadowmoon Valley (Alliance). You’ll see many treasure icons, rare spawn locations and bonus objective locations, these are the 3 things we’re concentrating on. Here’s an image of what you’ll likely see upon opening your map. Ignore the fact that I’ve shown Nagrand, this is purely for an example.
Equip your items, heirlooms, hat and use potions and start aiming for those locations on the map. Dont worry about anything else, just concentrate on the rares, treasures and bonus objectives! Once you’ve leveled and earn level 92, move to the next zone! Below is a guide when to move and where.
Ding 92! move to Gorgrond!
Ding 94! move to Talador!
Ding 96! move to Spires of Arak!
Ding 98! move to Nagrand!
This method, maximises the experience gained from mobs. I’ve heard people go from level 91 to 100 within 6 hours, but this depends solely on what you have above available to you, your motivation to level and how efficient you use the information to you in this guide.
I hope you found this guide helpful, be sure to share your times below, or maybe you have some tips yourself which you’d like to share. Thanks for reading and hit that follow icon if you’ve not done so already.
That long and tedious moment, when you exit an instance and need to right-click your portrait or player frame to reset all instances, well not anymore! With this handy little macro, you can cut down all that time, concentrating on getting back into the instance and continue your farming.
Open your macro tab, either by entering in chat /m or /macro
Please create a new macro, and add whatever icon you wish, that will help you quickly pick it out from your action bar and add the following script to it.
/script ResetInstances();
Once you’ve input the script, save it. Add the new macro to your action bar and viola; you’re good to go! Run an instance or clear the trash, exit and click on the macro to promptly re-enter, rinse and repeat.
Please remember in retail World of Warcraft; there is a ten instance limit per hour, if you exceed this, you’ll be restricted entry into another instance until this time has passed.
I hope you found this post informative, until next time, thanks for reading!
A cracking little tip for you today. Ever got disappointed, when you find out that an item you need, can be purchased from a vendor, only to realise it’s a limited stock item and already been purchased by someone. Normally a limited stock item has a 12 hour reset, but luckily for you, I have managed to find an alternative. With the joy of cross realm, we have the chance to bounce across realms, thus meaning, our chance of obtaining our item sooner, is incredibly higher.
What you’ll need to do, to make this option achievable, is click on the link for this addon, Cross Realm Assist. This addon can be downloaded from Curse.com. Simply shut down World of Warcraft (WoW) if your currently playing, go to Curse, download the addon and install it to your WoW directory. Once completed, re-log back into WoW and viola.
Once logged in, check for the Cross Realm Assist icon on your mini map, open it up and opt for Quick Join. This will let you join a group in Premade Groups that has auto accept enabled. Once you’re in the group, you’ll notice you’ve changed realm too. Keep leaving and joining new realms until the vendor you’re at, has the item you require. Make sure you close the vendor tab upon leaving group, or when you join another realm, the vendor tab wont refresh.
The Manual Join option to find a realm is a good option too and easy to understand. I try to concentrate on joining Kazzak groups that have a lot of people in, so you don’t get noticed easily, for realm hoping. Many people in the game dis-like realm hoppers, but that’s their issue for having auto accept enabled.
Good luck and if you have any questions or alternative ideas, be sure to post them below. Thanks for reading!
