Professions in a nutshell

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing, And hang around in bars. Mage [Herbalist] [Tailor] LFW

On my Warlock, Tailoring and Herbalism. I spend my days burning shit down with demonic power. I spend my nights embroidering pants and picking flowers.


Anyone else wish they'd have a proper look at profs before WoD?

So many profs it's a simple case of grind to 600, then maybe be able to make something useful/profitable.

With tailoring there's bags, and with engineering there's mounts/pets/Jeeves/Moll-E etc, but it does seem lacking in many other profs. Just wish they could be more useful before 600.

Robin Williams WOW Tribute Discovered

A couple of weeks ago, we ran a piece about the tribute Blizzard had planned to honor the late comedian Robin Williams. Well, it now looks like the rumors surrounding the said in-game tribute were true, as the genie NPC created in reference to one of the late actor’s iconic roles, has been officially uncovered.

The tribute was discovered in the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion beta, by a player named “Haldhur”.

Apparently, Haldhur came upon a special-looking item within one of the new areas introduced by the expansion. The location of the item known as the “Ever-burning Lamp” is on an island near Talador, and once players interact with it, a genie is summoned.

The genie then says “infinite cosmic power/itty-bitty living space” in clear reference to one of Robin Williams’ lines from Aladdin. The lamp isn’t the only tribute-item apparently. Next to it, there’s a broken egg-shell, which could be a reference to Mork and Mindy, as well as a bunch of other, smaller bits of paraphernalia possibly referring to some of the other roles the actor had had over his career.

Apparently, there are two more character models included in the expansion which could also end up as Robin Williams-inspired NPCs, but the presence of these characters – unlike that of the genie – has not been confirmed yet. That of course does not mean they aren’t in fact in the game already.

There’s also been another discovery made within the game data, that of the title “Comedian” which will probably be used in association with these new characters. Once the WOW: Warlords of Draenor expansion pack is released on November 13, we’re quite certain all the characters and tribute-elements shall be discovered on short notice by the community.

Philip Thalberg is a GosuGamer. He has been working for the Heroes of the Storm section of the site since 2009. 

NO I'M NOT!!!

Makes me think of the recent insurance commercial where they talk about Pinocchio being a bad motivational speaker. Lol

TLPD CRZ Farming ALMOST without noodle carts.

This is not a guide on how to block CRZ for TLPD! Check out Boku's simplified version if you need help.

This is simply at tip for everyone who is farming TLPD using the CRZ method. Noodle carts are kinda expensive on some servers and some people can't afford them. Using this trick you can cover 2 out of 4 TLPD Routes without noodle carts, but please note that you still need noodle carts to kill and loot TLPD.

This trick uses the elevators in Storm peaks. While standing on these elevators you can see all mobs around you, and you will be able to spot TLPD/Vyragosa if it flies by.

Location:

The 2 other routes needs be covered using noodle carts but this trick will certainly help you save some noodle carts.

Transmogrification: Gelbin Mekkatorque tanking set.

Now all he need is some growth hormones to match in size!

• Helmet: Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades
• Shoulders: Forgotten Peacekeeper Shoulders
• Chest: Forgotten Peacekeeper Breastplate
• Shirt: Gnomeregan Doublet
• Tabard: Gnomeregan Tabard
• Bracers: Forgotten Peacekeeper Armguards
• Gloves: Forgotten Peacekeeper Gauntlets
• Belt: Forgotten Peacekeeper Belt
• Legs: Eldritch Reinforced Legplates
• Boots: Golden Cenarion Greaves
• Weapon: Argent Resolve
• Shield: Force Reactive Disk

For a Two-Handed Weapon he use Scepter of Sha'tar to simulate the "official" two-handed wrench.

Fairly Private Spot to Kill Huolon? (Timeless Isle -- sigh)

Well, I had a horrible time tonight trying to kill Huolon solo with a 510ish Shadowpriest.
But there was useful stuff learned.

When Huolon spawn on my server tonight, he bugged out and became caught in terrain between the small round mountains where the wire-walkers go to open chests.
I was able to levitate over to him by jumping from an adjacent mountain (near the spawn point of the Riverspeakers Trident on the path toward the Ordos Temple), but was not able to hit him with any spells. Assumed I had disconnected from the server when the mob started giving me "too far away" messages -- so I decided to go around and take the trail up the hill (long way up lol).

Anyway, he did finally get out of the terrain, although I am not sure how (doesn't he only have the 1 spawn point?) -- and was flying slow over the east end of zone as normal.
I tried the stupid albatross thing and the timing was wrong. So I rode up there again and he was pathing on the extreme Eastern side of the Ordos hills, and I had the idea to just tag him, jump off the hill and levitate down to the water.

The Ordos shitheads leashed back to the trees but the dragon followed me down to the water.
In fact I had him close to 35% health when I ****ed it up and got caught in the lightning breath.

After the third time of that and realizing this isn't a thing to do while tired, I wanted to at least share my stupid spot where Huolon can be dragged down by a character with Levitate (OR the Hozen diving helmet thing I guess! with 200% swim).



You could also do it with Potions of Water Walking, a shaman, or a death knight's path of frost (I think).

But the point of this spot is, if you're on a busy server where this mount/mob is truly camped/farmed 24/7, he does not reset aggro like most other mobs just because you passed a certain point on the terrain. You do have to keep some damage up on him but chances are he isn't gonna just leave you alone.

If you use the priest method without the diving helm make sure to avoid the patches of lightning that Huolon will lay on the ground/water in between lightning breaths.

BTW for most players the lightning breath is fatal, a one shot -- unlike the crimsonscales who hit for about 250k or less, Huolon can not only take a bite off your ass but swallow the whole thing.

Another method of getting this annoying mob killed is a skillful use of the stupid Albatrosses.
If you whack your Highwind Albatross w/ your autoattack while flying, the mob will usually pause and hover for a moment.
More whacks = longer hover but eventually he will start flying again.

You can time whacks to slow down the bird while also DPSing Huolon but I haven't perfected this method myself.

Transmogrification: Diablo Inspired Monk

This doesn't even look like it's from WoW. Well done; Warlord models are going to make so many beautiful mogs (like this one!).Straight from the Monasteries of Ivgorod comes this Diablo inspired Monk. A lot of credit goes to those great new human male models!

Item List:

• Fist Weapons: Gargoyle Shredder Talons http://www.wowhead.com/item=13399
• Head: Crown of Seven Sacred Seals http://www.wowhead.com/item=99607
• Shoulders: Misthide Shoulders http://www.wowhead.com/item=90490
• Chest: Red Crane Vest http://www.wowhead.com/item=85392
• Hands: Gloves of the Hollow http://www.wowhead.com/item=72805
• Belt: Peroth'arn's Belt http://www.wowhead.com/item=72830
• Legs: Leggings of Seven Sacred Seals http://www.wowhead.com/item=99145
• Feet: Storm Rider's Boots http://www.wowhead.com/item=65144
• Tabard: Tabard of Summer Flames http://www.wowhead.com/item=35280