New kalimdor loadingscreen

These were datamined a few months ago. I guess they only just now got implemented. My comment now is the same as it was then: I don't like how they're mixing several art styles on a single screen.

Generally speaking, if you look at all the World of Warcraft in-game art and box art, it all tends to be very close in style. This makes the game feel very cohesive, like it all belongs together. But on these loading screen they've undone all of that. We have at least 3 different comic book art styles all next to each other and it looks really weird and out of place. It looks like a fan art loading screen. That's not to say fan art looks "bad", but it just makes the screens look unprofessional.

New quest that leaves a black powder trail behind your character. (beta)

The amount of dicks that will be drawn during this quest will be staggering. Someone call the people over at Guinness' book of World Records right now. But when you turn in the quest the quest text says "Now don't you go doing anything inappropriate with that powder."

I'm sure Blizz knew exactly what they were doing.

Potential Money Maker - ToyBox [WoD]

First of all, this is just a guess from my side - it could even have the opposite effect!

So, with WoD, Blizzard will introduce a new feature called ToyBox, this will make certain novelty items into Toys, making them account wide and usable just like spells.

I believe that this feature will make certain items sky-rocket in price, for instance the Orb of Deception, which then no-longer would be a usable trinket but instead a spell, usable at any time. The Toybox will also give players awareness of the available toy items and increase demand for these types of novelty thingys.


How the Toy Box Works:

• The Toy Box is a new tab in Collections, with Mounts and Pets.
• To add an item to the Toy Box, simply click on the item and it will be added to the interface. If you have the same vanity item stored on a different character, it will say the item is already known and it is safe to delete.
• On the Toy Box pane, your collection progress is tracked and you can also filter by Source, although that is currently broken on beta. You can also type in words in the search box and it will narrow down the displayed list of items.
• Once an item is in the toybox, you can set it as a Favorite by right-clicking. This moves it to the top page.
• The Toy Box also displays the toys you haven't collected yet with a greyed-out tint, so you are inspired to collect them.

Potential bind on use items or similar to stock for WoD:

• Moonfang's Paw - Item - World of Warcraft
• Moonfang Shroud - Item - World of Warcraft
• Orb of Deception - Item - World of Warcraft
• Jaina's Locket - Item - World of Warcraft
• Muradin's Favor - Item - World of Warcraft
• Sylvanas' Music Box - Item - World of Warcraft
• Dimensional Ripper - Everlook - Item - World of Warcraft
• Dimensional Ripper - Area 52 - Item - World of Warcraft
• Rituals of the New Moon - Item - World of Warcraft
• - Rituals of the New Moon - Item - World of Warcraft
• - Rituals of the New Moon - Item - World of Warcraft
• - Rituals of the New Moon - Item - World of Warcraft
• - Rituals of the New Moon - Item - World of Warcraft
• Decahedral Dwarven Dice - Item - World of Warcraft
• Loaded Gnomish Dice - Item - World of Warcraft
• Worn Troll Dice - Item - World of Warcraft
• Crashin' Thrashin' Robot - Item - World of Warcraft
• Gnomish X-Ray Specs - Item - World of Warcraft
• Lao Chin's Last Mug - Item - World of Warcraft
• Pretty Draenor Pearl - Item - World of Warcraft
• Sack of Starfish - Item - World of Warcraft
• Snowmaster 9000 - Item - World of Warcraft
• Unusual Compass - Item - World of Warcraft
• World Shrinker - Item - World of Warcraft
• World Enlarger - Item - World of Warcraft

WoD Enhance Shaman w new Bladefist model

I personally like melee in WoW, not a fan of channeled spells where I have to stand still. That being said I really like Enhancement - they made the rotation tighter in WoD also. I did try Elemental but also found them lacking - enhancement is a lot of front loaded damage. Like a bursty rogue with spells thrown in and better healing.

Warlords of Draenor Gold Preparation

Sell Now
MoP BoE Blues:
Sell them now. Remember that everyone who picks up WoD will be handed a free 90 boost, thus eliminating the need for these. Although, we know Blizzard has a habit of nerfing XP and making leveling easier – meaning any new toons will breeze through MoP content.

Overstock of Gems
Blizzard has been pushing this whole entire movement of having less gem slots, which means you shouldn’t expect to see random gem slots on leveling gear at all. We haven’t seen it as a constant thing since BC and I doubt you will see any pre instance gear with a gem slot on it. Not to mention any new gear we do acquire, may not even have gem slots on it. They want stats to be baselined coupled with the removal of reforging, so we may not even get gem slots until raid gear to make it feel “special” again. By the time gem slots start popping up on gear and people need gems you’ll already have the new gem cuts.
Jewelcrafting may lose its value as one of the top professions due to the major downsize in gems. Blizzard stated they were going to fill in the blank with new profession kinks but we still don’t know exactly how this will pan out. Personally, jewelcrafting wouldn’t be my first profession rushed this time around and may take a major hit with the attempt to shut down the shuffle.

Wild Cards
Garrisons:
To my knowledge Blizzard hasn’t stated how difficult the Garrisons are to acquire. With how beneficial they sound I don’t see them just handing them over free or even through a series of dailies / rep grinds (especially since they wanted to remove the rep grind requirements).
Garrisons also will have an unknown impact on professions, with the fact your followers will be able to mine, craft, etc, for you even when you are offline. How much damage they will do to the profession market is unknown. Not to mention they will allow for you to trade goods with friends – we may be in for a big rehash of how professions factor into gold making. Although, not everyone owned a farm during Mist of Pandaria so this could be an oversight.
GIO:
Ghost Iron Ore is a double edge sword. Currently it is required for random stuff - most importantly to power level blacksmithing (roughly 7200 GIO) which if left as is and not updated the price will rise to something crazy, with everyone focusing on new world mat. However if they do update the catch up method with new world mats that gold mine can morph into a sinking ship. Fast. To invest in GIO stocking is a coin flip, something I’d wait until more information is released.
Transmog Steals
See all the BoE epics from raids on the auction house for cheap? The ones that are destroyed by timeless isle gear. Stat wise in the current content they are terrible thus the low prices but as MoP material stops being ran they may come back at scorching prices as transmog gear. Something worth looking into and maybe even investing in if the price is right.

Sure Bets
Embersilk Cloth
ESC will be a gold mine. Why? Its already the highest selling cloth on the market (bolt wise) and will remain so. It serves as the biggest volume of bags sold due to not everyone being able to afford Royals and I have a strong feeling Blizzard will be patching the biggest “unknown by the public” source of Embersilk Cloth farming really soon. They have already hinted at it so I know its coming, I’m willing to bet over 50% of the supply will be shut down with the patch. I already stopped selling my current stock to save for later. Trust in the Embersilk.
Windwool Cloth
Another cloth that is a safe bet. Why? Because it’s cheap. You can buy a nice supply for next to nothing and run little to no risk doing so. Royals will be the biggest sized bags you will be able to obtain until some odd weeks after hitting max level. I’m sure IF they do release a new bag it will more than likely again be faction unlocked. Worse case here is you move it when the market dries up whilst people are busy in the new content.
Hypnotic Dust
It hasn’t gone anywhere and it won’t. I don’t see any catch up method being applied to enchanting to by pass the phase where Hypnotic Dust either rapes your bank account or rapes your free time. It is one of the most annoying things to deal with in any profession and I only see the price going up. This by NO means is telling you to buy it off the auction house, this is instead informing you to take a few hours a day or a week to farm those wonderful greens and start stocking the disenchanted mats. I don’t see HD biting the dust anytime soon.
MoP Mount Mats
The lovely thing about mounts is that they never become irrelevant. You will always want a certain mount which means any material that is required to make them (JC/Engineering mounts) will stay in demand.
Guardian Cub
You can still find this bad boy on the AH for 10k on the majority of realms, if you do, buy it. It has been removed from the store and I don’t think it will make its way back in. It will become a vanity item and eventually you’ll be looking at a nice price tag on this bad boy.

Altered Zone Recipes / Gear
This one is flying under the radar due to all the speculation about professions and such, but with the zones that are being altered we will be seeing items removed from the game. Recipes and specific mob drop gear will become priceless and fetch you a hefty penny. This is something you’ll have to take the time and research if you want to benefit from it.

If it isn’t getting you gold, it shouldn’t be getting your time.

New Draenor Dark Portal!

It doesn't really look like the Iron Horde built it, unless the Shadow Council built this one too in which case it makes sense if it looks similar