Community News

February 18th by Community

So patch 4.0.6 is here and everyone's spending some time adjusting to the changes. We've also been releasing a bunch of hotfixes, and you might have noticed our upcoming changes to the Vote Kick system in dungeon groups. Alongside all the flurry of activity in-game, what exactly has been happening out in the community? Let's see!

Fansites:

Italian site Battlecraft has interviewed the person responsible for QuestTranslator, the addon which translates many quests into Italian for players. They have also reported on another Italian first kill by aNc, this time it was Magmaw on heroic 25 man mode. Finally, they take a look at the history of Looking For Group in WoW, from Vanilla through to the present Dungeon Finder system.
English site WoWjuju scooped an exclusive interview with world leading guild Paragon. There's also an achievements guide for Shadowfang Keep to go towards the Glory of the Cataclysm Hero meta achievement.
English site Myndflame has posted "A Really Bad Veil of Corruption Chapter 2 Review". There's also a machinima featuring Britney Spears' song Circus by Demachic, and news that the audio series 'The Adventures of Puff & Lilpuff' has just been released.
Danish site WoW.Gaming.dk has announced that machinima maker Martin Falch will be giving a lecture on the topic. Visit the site for more info.
Polish site Battlenet.pl has translated the lore article on Trade Prince Gallywix.
Italian site WoW.Mulitplayer.it has translated our Library blog on Christie Golden's book, Rise of the Horde.
Czech and Slovac site WoWfan.cz has posted a biography for Trade Prince Gallywix.

Weekly Comics:

GU Comics: The Value of Whiptails, and Sudden Changes which carries an important message about account security, and news of a contest where you can win a Battle.net Authenticator.
Beyond the Tree: Stormwind City rapids
The Daily Blink: From the Notebook of Garrosh Hellscream
Nerfnow: Security Risk
Looking For Group: I will not be here
Arena-Inside: With a Twist
The Orc Detective: Yeah, I knew.
Complex Actions: Another failed study in the behaviour patterns of the living.
Coffin Comics: The Culling
Lorgrokni's Travels: Tidings of Failure
Black Dragons Chronicles: This means recruitment

Forum Watch:

If you could would make your own mount, what would it be?
There's a nice guide on Assassination Rogues by Canttouchmé to be found over in the Rogue forum.
A very general 'Do you ever...?'
Gorrk has put together a guide for Fury Warriors looking to hone their skills.
When you level a character, how do you go about it?
Check out this Frost PvP Guide by Aveley for some tips on specs, glyphs, gear and more.

Fan Creations:

[Video] Vanquish has linked her first 5v5 video and is looking for editing tips!
[Video] For those who may prefer a guide in video form, Optec has put together a general Warlock gearing guide for all specs.
[Video] More PvP action here, this time level 60+ battlegrounds, by paladin Indu.