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Just when it seems like you know everything there is to know about anything, all it takes is one little shift in thinking to suddenly see the world in a completely different light. Today we've got a collection of posts from around the blogosphere that all involve looking at things a little differently.
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Filed under: The Daily Quest The Daily Quest: Altered perspective originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patch 4.0.6 has only been out a day, and we've already got a list of hotfixes. While some have been pushed live, others may required a server restart, so if you don't see the changes go into effect immediately, don't panic! A few highlights from the list: - Players who have used the Paid Race Change service to transfer to a goblin or worgen character post-patch 4.0.6 can properly use the dungeon finder again. Thank goodness!
- Possibly due to the bugs present prior to patching, the Love Is in the Air event has been extended by 48 hours.
- In Blackwing Descent, Maloriak's Aberrations should correctly spawn even if Vile Swills are still alive from the previous phase.
Follow us after the break for a full list of hotfixes. Continue reading Patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for Feb. 9 Filed under: News items, Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for Feb. 9 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW- related links from around the blogosphere.
Way back in vanilla, before the days of blood elves and draenei, someone on the Scarlet Crusade realm had a brilliant idea: Let's take a raid of 40 paladins, pit them against a raid of 40 shaman, and see what happens. The whole ordeal took place in Mulgore, and the video above was filmed. You'll notice it's a bit laggy -- that's because the server was a bit laggy. In fact, though the fight was an attempt to prove which was better, Alliance or Horde, it quickly became apparent as 40 Consecrations went off and 160 totems were laid down that the server was the ultimate victor, as it spontaneously shut down shortly after.
Speaking of shaman, we've got a few posts about the totem-wielding elemental lovers today:
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Filed under: The Daily Quest The Daily Quest: Totems, totems, totems originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
Once upon a time, godlike creatures of order called Titans landed on a small, unassuming planet named Azeroth and proceeded to reorganize it. After they left, the planet was invaded by malevolent creatures called Old Gods -- creatures of chaos and destruction. The Titans returned to the little planet, horrified at what had happened, and rose up against the Old Gods and their elemental lieutenants in what was the most horrific war the planet had ever seen. But instead of destroying the Old Gods, the Titans were forced to imprison them deep within the planet.
They set safeguards over the fragile world -- draconic aspects to watch over the various domains of life, the earth, magic, time, and nature. They created new guardians to watch over the prisons of the Old Gods. They created a magical font of energy, tied to the Twisting Nether -- the Well of Eternity. And satisfied with their work, the Titans left. No one on the fragile planet has seen them since; they are spoken of in history and in legend, but they've never returned.
Why? Of all the questions in Azeroth, this is the biggest by far. Why did the Titans imprison the Old Gods, instead of starting over from scratch? Common theory suggests they liked the planet too much to re-originate it, yet they left behind safeguards that would do exactly that, if the Old Gods escaped again. So why not simply do so to begin with? Why leave the world as it stood? More importantly -- why are we here?
Today's Know Your Lore is a Tinfoil Hat edition, meaning the following is a look into what has gone before with pure speculation on why it happened. The events presented are events that happened in Azeroth's history, but the conclusion is simply a theory and shouldn't be taken as fact.Continue reading Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Silence of the Titans Filed under: Lore, Know your Lore Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Silence of the Titans originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
