[Chestguard of the Wayward Protector] [Devotion] [Pendant of a Thousand Maws]

As the Old God's physical form retreated, with tendrils and tentacles shriveling into the dark recesses of his chambers, Yogg-Saron's death brought numerous questions to the Ides of March. As our scribes paraphrased:

"Now that we have vanquished the Darkness, should I rename my forum handle to Darrkyness?" - Darrknyss

"Man, all of this sudden sanity makes me want to stab something." - Drowned

"Siggghhhhhhhh... If the Tuskarr named the hardened black blood of Yogg-Saron Saronite, and we just killed Yogg-Saron - how come I can't mine his freakin' head?!?" - Faeris

While Darrknyss pondered creating a new forum account, and as Drowned violently stabbed as his reheated waffles, it became apparent that many of our questions would still go unanswered. Faeris being one of few who could sleep easily, realizing she couldn't mine Yogg-saron's freakin' head because she was no longer a minor.

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But what of Chun-Li? (wat)

At first glance, one would wonder, "Why is her English name Sara?" Sure, Sara Xiang has a better ring to it than Jeannie-May Yamazaki, but are the limitations of an Old God's deception governed by the boundaries of language?

To use reverse logic - Saron, Saronite, Sara, Chun-Li. (see Mimiron video)

Riddled with the tentacles of boundless power, the Ides news crew was only able to capture limited moments of our evening with Yogg-Saron. Visible are but moments of our encounter, including Ulazeero's lightning bolt spam, a defective Constrictor Tentacle, and a mind-controlled Ragun freeing Sara from said defective Constrictor Tentacle.

We hope to find greater insight to our problems with further analysis and subsequent encounters.

World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.1.3

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/
The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

Death Knight (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Frost Presence: Armor bonus is now 60% down from 80%.

Druid (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Improved Barkskin: This talent now also grants 80/160% additional armor while in Travel Form or not shapeshifted.
* Improved Tree of Life: The armor bonus to Tree of Life Form from this talent has been reduced to 67/133/200% bonus armor.

Hunter (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Hunter's Mark: The ranged attack power bonus from this ability has been increased from 300 to 500.
* Master Marksman: This talent now also decreases the cost of Aimed Shot and Chimera Shot by 5/10/15/20/25%.

Paladin (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Eye For An Eye: This talent now deals 5/10% of the critical strike damage taken by the paladin back at the attacker.
* Hand of Freedom: The base duration of this buff has been reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.

Rogue (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Overkill: Talent redesigned. Now increases energy regeneration by 30% while stealthed, and for 20 seconds after breaking stealth.

Warlock (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Chaos Bolt: This spell no longer ignores damage reduction effects of the target.

Warrior (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)

* Blood Frenzy: This talent now provides 5/10% haste instead of 3/6%.
* Bloodthirst: Cooldown reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds, and rage cost reduced from 30 rage to 20 rage.
* Juggernaut: This talent now also increases the cooldown on Charge by 5 seconds.

Items

* Death Knight PvP Gauntlets: The chance to refresh a Frost Rune when casting Chains of Ice has been removed. When equipped, these gloves now generate 5 additional runic power whenever Chains of Ice is used.

Raids & Dungeons
Ulduar - Mimiron

* The flight time of Rocket Strikes has been increased, and Rocket Strikes will try to prefer players at range.
* The Leviathan Mk II component of the V-07-TR-0N will become stunned during Phase 4 when the VX-001 component begins to cast the P3Wx2 Laser Barrage ability.
* Proximity mines now deal less damage and have a lower duration. A small arming time has also been added so proximity mines will not immediately detonate on creation.

Bug Fixes

* Druid Tier 8 Balance Set: The 4-piece bonus no longer has its effect consumed by Starfire casts in progress when it triggers. The chance for the effect to be triggered has been reduced down to 8%, as it was originally inflated to compensate.
* Ice Layered Barrier: Upgraded to item level 232. In addition, the stats in the tooltip have been correctly adjusted to 78 spell power, 48 haste rating, 16 mana per 5 seconds, 52 Intellect, and 50 Stamina.
* Pulsing Spellshield: The stats listed in the tooltip for this item were incorrect and have been adjusted. This item provides 69 spell power, 34 haste rating, 42 critical strike rating, 45 intellect, and 45 stamina.

[Helm of the Wayward Conqueror] [Pulse Baton] [Static Charge Handwraps]

When I first saw images of Mimiron during the beta, I was hit with a certain level of curiosity regarding his background story. Generally I could care less about the seemingly contrived lore built around the foundation of a 1994 strategy game; but whenever Blizzard introduces robots to their fantasy universe, part of me is interested to know how they would justify it.

My so-called "empathy" towards robots strangely began with the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz.

On the surface, a lanky figure who would appear to be my father dressed as a coy Silver Surfer for costume party- wearing an oil funnel on his head.

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And yet!

Further examination would reveal the tragedy of a man once know as Nick Chopper! An everyday Joe making a living as a woodsman to marry the love of his life - lured into using a hatchet cursed by the Wicked Witch of the East(amg~)!

Rather than chopping the limbs of trees, the axe would choppity-chop the limbs off of his body. Arm-by-arm, leg-by-leg - finally the Witch's axe would carve out Nick's throbbing heart as the spork does a baked potato's innards (gy grossss~)!

A tinsmith known as Klu-klip would find Nick, and reconstruct him using the finest tin in the kingdom. Unfortunately with only a skill of (13), Klu-klip neglected to give Nick a heart - and without it, he could never again love the girl of his dreams (T_T).

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Tragic yes? And thus, after hours of research, I finally came across what I found to be the closest to Blizzard's explanation of Mimiron's relationship to the other Keepers:

... back to Hello Kitty Online.

From a functionality standpoint, we have opted to move the Ides of March standpoint to a somewhat more standardized, and seemingly socialist new home.

While not entirely immune to GY's bizarre references, we hope to bring you a webpage that is marginally more WoW oriented, and less endearing of our redneck brethren (read Gib's redneck brethren) of our hometown of Kentucky.

Feel free to peruse, enjoy - and sit back for the ride ahead. And as always, beware the Ides of March!

~GY