We will be conducting rolling restarts on all non-Oceanic realms beginning at 5AM PDT. Oceanics will be restarted at 12 PM PDT. Each realm will be down for a minimal amount of time, so please check back in this forum for updates on the progress of these restarts.

Thank you in advance for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience this presents.

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Rishgur
Senior Game Master
Blizzard Entertainment

The non-Oceanic realms are back online and available for play. Thanks again for your patience.

Happy hunting!

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Klorinth
Senior Game Master
Blizzard Entertainment

With the recent release of content patch 3.1, Secrets of Ulduar, we’d like to take an opportunity to highlight some great class discussions occurring on our forums. Many classes have undergone considerable talent tree revisions, so here’s your chance to explore some of the specialization options and tips of the trade as written and examined by your peers in the community.

If your preferred specialization or class role isn’t covered in these threads, don’t be shy! Feel free ...

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The Noblegarden event is returning to Azeroth with some new additions. Players can take part in the druidic festivities spreading ‘round all corners of the map all week beginning Sunday, April 26, and ending Sunday, May 3. Features include:

• Noblegarden egg hunt and daily quests located in starting towns such as Goldshire, Razor Hill, Kharanos, and Brill
  
• All-new Noblegarden treats and prizes found rarely in eggs
  
• Chocolate as a currency! (Or just indulge your sweet tooth...
  
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Q u o t e:
So do the eggs spawn in all the starting areas, or just some of them? This will be the first time I can take part-- I work on Sundays, unfortunately :[ so I'm not sure.

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All of the level ~5 towns within the starting zones, yes. Goldshire, Kharanos, Dolanaar, Azure Watch, Brill, Razor Hill, Bloodhoof Village, and Falconwing Square are all included.

Note that this is a bit different from how it operated in previous years.

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Your friendly neighborhood World Designer.
The Ice Stone has melted!

The Noblegarden event is returning to Azeroth with some new additions. Players can take part in the druidic festivities spreading ‘round all corners of the map all week beginning Sunday, April 26, and ending Sunday, May 3.

Features include:

• Noblegarden egg hunt and daily quests located in starting towns such as Goldshire, Razor Hill, Kharanos, and Brill.
• All-new Noblegarden treats and prizes found rarely in eggs.
• Chocolate as a currency! (Or just indulge your sweet toot...
  
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Q u o t e:
what are eggs?????

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Give me shinies and I give you Mysterious Egg.

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"Once we jumped off the boat and into the jungle, we cranked up the volume and marched to our own drummer..."

Community Team - English

Taking time to stop and smell the roses in Azeroth isn't always as cut and dry as booking a flight to the beach and sipping on Honeymint Tea. Danger lurks in many different places, but that doesn't mean you can't find the beauty of the world if you really look.

What are your favorite places to go in Azeroth?
Is there a hill you like to sit on and stare at the sky?
Is there an Inn you and your friends all meet at? Is there a shop you always stop in to, just because it has something unique or interesting?
Do you have a favorite fishing spot?

What areas of Azeroth do you feel the most "at home" in?

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"The world belongs to those who can look at the glass and say: "What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!""
TP

I always feel like I'm coming "home" when I go to Brill and Tirisfal Glades. I also love the falling leaves in Teldrassil.

For Outland, I tend to prefer the glowy atmosphere of Zangarmarsh.

For Northrend, I love Grizzly Hills, Crystalsong Forest, and Howling Fjord.

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"The world belongs to those who can look at the glass and say: "What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!""
TP

After several weeks of fierce and exciting arena matches the 2009 Arena Tournament online qualifier has come to a close. We have seen a lot of changes to the top 10 during the Online Qualifier phases and would like to thank all players for their participation.

The top 10 teams of the 2009 Arena Tournament’s online qualifier as of April 22, 2009 are listed below:

Rank | Team Name | Classes | Win - Loss | Rating
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We will be conducting rolling restarts on all realms beginning at 5 AM PDT. Each realm will be down for a minimal amount of time, so please check back in this forum for updates on the progress of these restarts.

Thank you for your patience.

[ Post edited by Langzorke ]

All non-Oceanic realms are back up after the restarts. :) Thanks to everyone for your patience during this time, and have fun out there!

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Aximonde
Senior Game Master
World of Warcraft

Previous thread: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=8704552459&sid=1

Recommended realms
Normal/PvE: Saurfang, Terokkar
PvP: Genjuros, Vek'nilash, Xavius
RP: The Sha'tar
RP PvP: Sporeggar

Saurfang (normal/PvE), Battlegroup Misery, opened January 31 as a fresh realm (no migration to the realm for 90 days).


Free Character...

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Q u o t e:
Even tho Silvermoon got lots alliance, azuremyst and Silvermoon could be merged to help horde on your realm and on Silvermoon + help out the alliance on Azuremyst. Both realms are normal, so shouldn't be a problem

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...except the queues of several thousands every single evening... ;)

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Community Team - English
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months." - Clifford Stoll

We have implemented a hotfix so that Replenishment in arenas will only affect the character and not the whole team. This change only affects the spell while inside an arena instance.

We feel Replenishment is balanced for larger groups, but just makes too much of a difference on smaller arena teams. Making the rules work differently in PvP and PvE isn’t a solution we like to use often, but in this case we think it fixes the issue cleanly, while still making the talents in question useful to the character who takes them. Alternatives, such as nerfing the amount returned by Replenishment in arena or making it not function at all, seem like more punitive choices from which we want to stay away.

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Community Team - English - ♪～ (￣。￣ ) . . . Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies, tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit - I

What are the best tactics to defeat a paper emerald drake? Should one choose basis weight over embossing or does one simply need to own a legendary cardboard sword? There is nothing wrong with your monitor, you are still in the World of Warcraft universe, but there is one slight difference: you are facing Papercrafts!

Read our interview with Pascal about this community of enthusiasts in our new Spotlight!
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/community/spotlight/papercraft/index.html

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Community Team - English

The Epic Mug of Vaneras - The Alebringer: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z57/Vaneras_bucket/EpicMug.jpg