ElunesGracePodcast #81 - Halls of Lightning

News:

• WOW hits 11.5 million subscribers!
• Check out this fantastic video by Percula, The Craft of War:BLIND.

Halls of Lightning - 4 boss instance in Storm Peaks

• General Bjarngrim
• Volkhan
• Ionar
• Loken

Gratz to Tireless for downing Heigan the Unclean in Naxx!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #80 - Winter Veil, Utgarde Keep and songs

News:

• You can pay to change your character with character re-customization.
• Wrath Gate in game cinematic is now downloadable, but we recommend you do the quests and experience the cinematic in the game.
• Arena Season 5 has begun
• Winter Veil is here, enjoy the season and the achievements!

Utgarde Keep - 3 boss instance

• Located in Howling Fjord
• The bosses are Prince Keleseth, Skarvald the Constructor and Ingvar the Plunderer

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Hope you enjoy our songs and the ones after the show too!

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ElunesGracePodcast #79 - The Druid

News:

• Arena season 4 is coming to a close December 9th.
• Arena season 5 is slated to begin December 17th.
• The armory got a face lift. Check out the new design.
• Jinx has 12 new clothing designs and the Murloc Plush toy.

Oakshard joins us to discuss the Druid class. Congratz to him and to Gheal for hitting level 80!!

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Elly's Figure Print

Hi all, sorry it took so long for me to post these photos of my Figure Print.

If you are interested in entering the drawing they conduct each month go to
the following link. The pictures do not do the detailing justice, but hopefully it helps a little.

ElunesGracePodcast #78 - What's with the poop?

News:

• There is a Lich King help center, check it out.
• Lich King soundtrack is available on iTunes as well as other Blizzard music.
• You can buy account-upgrade keys and download the game client for Lich King. Visit WOW to see how.

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ElunesGracePodcast #77 - Lich King Prep

News:

• Will you be up until midnight to pick up the Lich King? Click here to see if you will see some Blizzard folks.
• Blizzard hit 11 million subscribers!! Gratz Blizzard!!
• Choose your faction sweepstakes. Enter for your chance to win XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Laptop Edition!

Lich King Prep suggestions:

• Gather items that will help level up your professions
• Clean out your bank. Are you holding onto Azeroth items? Do you really need them?
• Have your guild bank person start cleaning up the guild bank in preparation for new items
• Sell items you don't need
• Perhaps do some dailies if you have gotten out of the habbit to have some extra cash
• Get plenty of sleep
• Eat your fruits and vegatables
• Those of you with alts, make sure you have specced all of your characters

Are you waiting in line for the Lich King? Feel free to post and share your experience with us.

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ElunesGracePodcast #76 - Patch Talk

News:

• Echoes of Doom patch is now live
• New in game calendar can be accessed outside of the game
• DirecTv is presenting an encore of BlizzCon, October 23rd.
• Hallow's End is happening until the end of the month

Pictures of Elly's figure print coming soon.
Pictures of the Elly's Galapagos trip coming soon.

Screenshot of Aezop/Lede's '08 Blizz Con mount

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ElunesGracePodcast #75 - Yit and Grim

Yit and Grim talk WOW.

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ElunesGracePodcast #74 - Release Date Announced

News:

• Blizzard has announced the release date of the Lich King, November 13th.
• You can pre-order your copy of the regular version or the collector's edition now.
• Realm first achievements have been taken out. Killing an end game boss will remain.
• The Blizzard Authenticator key is available for purchase. You can order up to 3 keys per order.
• Brewfest is coming - September 20 through October 4th.
• DirecTv offer for BlizzCon. Check this site for further details.
• Patch 3.0.2 is on the PTR and a blue post has stated they want to release it in mid-October.

What we did in game:

Gratz Gheal and your guild on a full Kara clear!! Rebuilding may be slow, but it will pay off when you get your "team" geared for progression.

How cool is it that 7 of the 10 people in raid saw Netherspite for the first time!

Gratz to Elly and her guild for downing Dragonhawk and Lynx in ZA and getting 2-3 adds in the Hex Lord fight. And gratz on downing The Lurker Below!

The Lurker Below:

Berserker on the way to Hex Lord Malacrass in ZA:

A peak at Hex Lord Malacrass: He is the one way in the back in the middle.

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ElunesGracePodcast #73 - Don't Forget your Tabard!

News:

• More information about the Inscription profession.
• Run DPS benchmarks on Training Dummies, which may be kept in the WOLK expansion.
• You can purchase Blizzard ring tones and/or wallpapers for your mobile phone.
• Faction Champion - wear a specific tabard to earn reputation represented by that tabard in level 80 dungeons. (Maybe a nicer way to grind rep).
• North American/European Warcraft Finals this weekend, Sept. 6th and 7th.

Lore

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ElunesGracePodcast #72 - Beta Change Talk

News:

• The Wrath of the Lich King cinematic trailer is out!
• Check out the talent calculators.
• Blizzard continues to work through the Beta content and make changes. See the discussions around Raid buffs.

What we did in game -

Gheal's guild continues to re-build and got down two bosses in ZA, woot way to go!

FA was able to down High King Mulgar, Gruul and Mags in the same night! Gratz guildies and guest! And thanks to those who passed on loot when asked in order to share more in the spoils of victory!

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ElunesGracePocast #71 - Profession Talk and more

News:

• More BlizzCon tickets are going on sale, you may be able to participate in the lottery, so check out the site.
• Blizzard and ATI announce a partnership.
• BlizzCast #4 is out, check it out to learn more about profession changes in the Lich King.

The site I mentioned in the show that helps determine how much to down rank today is:

http://priestheal.googlepages.com/priest_heal.htm

Congratz to Gheal on receiving the non-combat pets The Phoenix, and the Dragon!

It took Gheal 3 battlegound wins before she received her Dragon pet.

Gheal also got to help down Rage Winterchill the first boss in Mount Hyjal, along with two other bosses. Gratz!!

Elly won the drawing to get a Figure Print - woot woot! Stayed tuned for updates.

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ElunesGracePodcast #70 - Gratz on level 70!

News:

• The Spirits of Competition. Earn a new tabard and a chance for a Chinese Dragon non-combat pet.
• Limited-Edition Steins for Horde and Alliance.
• Blizz Con tickets go on sale tomorrow, August 11th.
• Visit this site to learn about the DirecTV offer.
• Glimpse of the BlizzCon goody bag.
• Blizzard's Mike Morhaime announces that The Wrath of the Lich King will be released in the 4th quarter of 2008. Oooo how exciting!

Lore Segment

Thanks to Gheal and some of her guildmembers for helping us down Magtherion again, woot woot! Way to go FA!

Gratz to two members of FA on earning the Champion of the Naaru title. And thanks to all of those that helped them in the process!!

If you are intestered in earning this title there are two quest chains to complete according to wowwiki.com, Trail of the Naaru: Magtheridon and The Cudgel of Kar'desh.

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ElunesGracePodcast #69 - Achievement - I Got the Power!

News:

• Frostmourne Fan Art Contest winner is announced - Gratz!
• Armor Page has been updated on WOW website

Gheal and Elly talk Achievements which is coming in the Lich King expansion.

Congratz Fidelis Amicus and those that helped from Tireless on downing Magtheridon!! So sorry that I do not have a screen shot - I forgot. =(

And Gratz to Elly's Rogue for hitting 60 woot woot! =)

And she got her epic land mount too!

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ElunesGracePodcast #68 - Flying Solo

News:

• 6th deck is out for the WOW TCG, The Hunt for Illidan!
• Activision Blizzard is official
• Worldwide Invitational Highlights videos
• MLG is occuring this weekend, July 12-13. Click here for the live stream.
• If you love arenas, you probably already know about arenajunkies.com, if not check them out.
• If you like be.imba.hu you may want to check out http://www.wow-heroes.com/. Remember it is in beta right now, so improvements are sure to come.

Gratz Fidelis Amicus on your guilds first kill of Gruul!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #67 - Hex Lord Malacrass and Zul'jin

News:

• Wrath of the Lich King Opt-In for Beta.
• Be aware of phishing scams trying to get your WOW account name and log in.

Zul'Aman continued ...

• Hex Lord Malacrass
• Zul'jin

Fidelis Amicus First - downing of Halazzi the Lynx Boss - Gratz!!

Here is a shot of FA's first kill of the Eagle Boss

Picture of the Frost Lord Ahune

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ElunesGracePodcast #66 - More Lich King Info

News:

• Diablo 3 announced!!
• Armory has been updated with Arena Season 4 items
• Blizzard Authenticator. For $6.50 you can have an extra layer of security. It will be available for purchase soon at Blizzard's on-line store.
• For a list of class, PVP, dungeons and raids updates provided by Blizzard at the Worldwide Invitational, please check out the following sites: World of Raids, MMO Champion, and World of War.net.
• More tips from Gheal on how to down the Frost Lord.

Gratz Gheal on downing Ahune the Frost Lord on Heroic mode!

Gratz to Fidelis Amicus for downing High King Mulgar. Minus 5 people, it was a full guild run!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #65 - Fire Festival, Patch 2.4.3 and Lynx Boss

News:

• Arena Season 4 begins this Tuesday, June 24th!
• Midsummer Fire Festival is happening now through July 4th.
• Patch 2.4.3 notes

ZA Boss #4 Halazzi, the Lynx Boss

Sal shares her second segment for the casual gamer.

Enjoy the Fire Festival as a crab!

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Sorry no show this week

News:

• Arena Season 4 has been announced!! It will start on June 24, 2008. Note: It is important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the end-of-season rewards to refrain from transferring their character to another realm, between the beginning of Season 4 and when these end-of-season rewards are physically awarded, otherwise they will become ineligible to receive either.
• New Biestary update - The Jormungar.

Sorry that we are not having a show this week. Gheal and Elly will finish the ZA walk through next week.

ElunesGracePodcast #64 - Zul'Aman Part 1

News:

• Bestiary update, read about the Magnataur.
• Arena Tournament second qualifier begins.
• High end raiding guild Forte disbands. Read their statement here.
• Druid solos Onyxia. (Note, the audio starts right away when you click on link)

Zul'Aman Part 1

We review the first three bosses in ZA; Bear, Eagle and Dragonhawk.

Check out these links for more information - Wowwiki and Bosskillers.

Gratz to FA for downing the Bear Boss of their first try!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #63 - Badge/Gear Talk

News:

• World wide invitational tickets are sold out.
• SK Gaming video is ready for your viewing pleasure. See how they killed Kil'Jaeden.
• You may want to update your Adobe Flash player . You want version 9.0.124.0.
• Check out player stories. Theme of the month is the intersection of military life and World of Warcraft.
• Check out the new shirts at Jinx.
  

Big gratz to Momo for finally getting your Sunfury bow of the Phoenix off of Prince!

We line up for badges at the chess event, how efficient!

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ElunesGracePodcast #62 - Minor Patch changes

News:

• BlizzCon is coming October 10th and 11th in Anaheim, CA.
• Lich King web site has been updated with the upcoming dungeon The Nexus.
• Major League Gaming 2008 PC Circuit will compete in WOW Arena battles. The first event will be in San Diego during the weekend of Jun 13-15 and will be steamed live on GotFrag TV. Registration begins May 15, it is on a first come, first-served basis. To learn more visit here.
• US Alliance guild Death and Taxes disband.

Sal's segment - Life of a casual gamer

There will be no show next week. Hope you all have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #61 - Lich King Info

News:

• Nice summary of the Lich King information here.
• Wrath of the Lich King Presentation
• Interview with Lead Designers
• Hands on from Eurogamer
• Gamespy article
• To see a list of all of the articles, go to worldofraids.com and scroll down.

Death Knights:

• If you have a level 55 character you can create a Death Knight
• Will be "born" in a floating Necropolis over the Eastern Plaguelands, similar to Naxx.
• Can be either a tank or melee-based damage-dealing class
• Will have the ability to summon undead guardians to fight by their side
• Will have the ability to summon a Deathcharger mount.

Lore Segment from Sal features Dire Maul

Congratz to eFight for downing the Hex Lord Malacrass boss in ZA

Congratz FA on another Kara clear!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #60 - Epic Land Mount Time!

News:

• SK-Gaming gets world's first kill on M'uru! Gratz!!
• Children's week lasts until May 7, 2008. Go help an orphan today.
• Jinx.com is selling 4 different T-Shirts for $5.00 each, visit their site soon as this deal lasts only two weeks.
• New Blizzard on-line store. If you register, your name gets added to the Beta test lottery.

Level 60 used to be such a huge milestone. Gheal and I feel it still is even though they moved the level cap. To learn more about the mount questlines follow these links:

Paladin quest line

Warlock quest line

Fun screenshots: Magtheridon and his head on a stick in Hellfire Pennisula.

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ElunesGracePodcast #59 - Upcoming Patch 2.4.2 Notes

News:

• Patch notes for 2.4.2.
• New Tabard being added to the game
• Arena Tourney info

Fun with photos - Oh no it's a shark!










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ElunesGracePodcast #58 - Leala and Rae

News:

• Blizzard may make an annoucement on May 1st about a possible Diablo3.
• When the Wrath of the Lich King comes out, there will be one Naxxramas. It will be an entry level dungeon for level 80.
• The Caverns of Time: Stratholme instance is based on the Warcraft III level "The Culling".
• Couple of interviews to check out: Blizzard Insider and GameSpy.

We welcome Leala and Rae from their Epic Dolls podcast! Be sure to check out their episode #33 for the first part of our two part segment.

Below is Gheal's massive dagger, I mean really Blizzard, can't ya fix it?

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ElunesGracePodcast #57 - Loot

News:

• Wrath of the Lich King is in Alpha phase.
• Shattered Sund Pendants have been hot fixed.
• Blizzard credits certain European realms as they had unplanned outages.
• World first: Nihilum on the Magtheridon server downed The Eredar Twins (Grand Warlock Alythess and Lady Sacrolash), the fourth boss of the Sunwell Plateau.
• The first US guild to down The Eredar Twins was Premonition from the Alleria server. Gratz!!

Loot:

• Know the loot rules in your 5 man run
• Know the loot rules in your raid
• Be sure to know the loot rules if you are a guest in a raid
• To check out eFight's DKP go to efightguild.net

Gratz to eFight for clearing Gruul's and Magtheridon's Lair!! They also made progress on The Lurker Below from Serpentshrine Cavern

This is where The Lurker Below pops up

When he jumps up holy cow it happend so fast I could not get all of him in the shot.

So yeah, here you are supposed to drop in the water and submerge before getting hit by his spout ability.

Gratz to FA and The Legacy for one-shotting High King Mulgar and getting Gruul's to 36%!!

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ElunesGracePodcast #56 - Kalecgos take me away

News:

• Lots of known issues Blizzard is working on for a future patch.
• Arena Tourney open for biz

Guild News:

Gratz eFight for downing Magtheridon!! Way to go Gheal!











FA and The Legacy down High King Mulgar! Woot woot!

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Neo gets her Epic Flight Form

Congratz to Neo (Orsolya) who got her Druid Epic Flight Form. We were unable to go to Gruul's due to lack of people logged on, so 5 of us did Heroic Sethekk Halls.

Arcanshrtage, Xena, Orsolya, Thrond and Sharpside

Orsolya and her new druid epic flight form!!

Oakshard (a.k.a. Arcanshrtage) joins Orsolya (a.k.a. Neo) for a pic.

ElunesGracePodcast #55 - Sunwell Isle

News:

• Taunka, the new bestiary
• Arena Tournament registration has begun
• Blizzard sues WOW bot maker.
  

Magister's Terrace:

Statue of Kael'thas Sunstrider










The first boss: Selin Fireheart



















After you clear the worms, the 2nd boss is Vexallus

Stay away from the orbs when fighting Kael'Thas!

(L to R): Sharpside, Elly, Arcanshrtage, Grimzley and Orsolya

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