Friday, March 24, 2017

Are You Prepared for Patch 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras

World of Warcraft's Patch 7.2 is due on March 28th, 2017.  It won't be long now until we can return to the Broken Shore and wreck havoc with the Legion and save Azeroth.  Are you prepared?



With the new patch comes several new and exciting features:

  • The Order Hall campaign continues which will unlock a new follower and class specific World Quests.
  • New "Gold Dragon" traits for your artifact weapon
  • New Zone: Broken Shore
  • New Faction: Armies of Legionfall
  • New Raid: The Tomb of Sargeras
  • New Dungeon: Cathedral of the Eternal Night
  • Upper and Lower Kharazan will be available in Heroic in the Dungeon Finder
  • Court of Stars will be available in Heroic in the Dungeon Finder
  • The Arcway will also be available in Heroic in the Dungeon Finder
  • Armor and toys purchasable with nethershards
  • Demon Assaults make completing World Quests a bit more interesting but apparently these will happen sometime after the official launch of the patch.
  • Twenty three new mounts mostly associated with your character's class.  The Class Mounts will be locked behind an eleven-week quest chain so don't expect to get the mounts on Tuesday.
  • New PvP season
  • The Brawl feature which changes up some favored battlegrounds
  • Pet Battle dungeons
  • Artifact Trials which give you a new appearance for your artifact
  • Last, but not least, flying will be made available after completing Pathfinder Part Two


Those are the most significant and most talked about, but there is so much more coming out in the next patch!
  • You will be able to craft legendaries
  • Legendaries will be more balanced
  • Two new tiers of Order Hall upgrades
  • Artifact Knowledge will be capped at 50
  • Tab targeting should work better
  • Paragon Reputation Caches which can award gear, mounts, or artifact power
  • Archeology becomes a bit more fun and can give Artifact Power as a reward
  • Crafted gear is now ilvl 835
  • The Obliterum Forge is easily obtainable without the long and expensive quest chain
  • New World Quests added
  • Nomi might give you prepared ingredients while burning your food
  • New animations and spell effects for some classes
  • New Sets tab in your transmog panel that shows what sets you have and don't have
  • Various PvP  gear appearances are returning, mostly from Burning Crusade and Wrath
  • and Prestige will be easier to obtain with levels costing 50% less honor.

How exciting!  It almost feels like a new expansion is coming out.  What are you most excited for?

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Wild Gladiator [ Druid ]

"Death to our enemies...tear them apart!"

When it comes to ferocity on the battlefield, the druids have it covered.  Channeling the feral power of the predator to quickly slay their targets, the feral druid is easily feared by many of the Alliance.  Dressing in the skins of the Sabermaw invokes the spirit of those dread predators and gives power to the druid.

Today we look at the complete set for the Wild Gladiator, found in Ashran in the last expansion.  This set is barbaric, brutal, and quite stylish for those who wish to add a bit of brutal terror on the battlefield.  The set can be easily obtained with Marks of Honor, which as stated in other transmog sets I have posted, are quite easy to obtain.

Wrathful Gladiator's Dragonhide Helm (Three Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Pauldrons (Two Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Tunic (Three Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Legguards (Three Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Grips (Two Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Belt of Victory (Two Marks of Honor)
Wrathful Gladiator's Boots of Victory (Two Marks of Honor)

Like with most Tauren transmogrifications; no bracers are needed.  You may add a cloak if you like but I found it looks best without one or with a small tatterd cloak...your choice.