Illustrated Mail Transmogrification Guide: Hunter, Paladin, Shaman and Warrior

Welcome to the Mail armor installment of our illustrated transmogrification series! We hope it helps your mail-wearing characters look their best in any situation. Shaman and Hunters can transmogrify their mail gear after level 40, and Paladins and Warriors can transmogrify their mail gear before level 40.

The Illustrated Transmogrification Series

Illustrated Cloth Transmogrification Guide
Illustrated Leather Transmorification Guide
Illustrated Mail Transmogrification Guide
Illustrated Plate Transmogrification Guide    coming soon!

The Mail Armor Guide

1. Green Mail Sets
2. Mail PvP Sets: Hunter | Shaman
3. Mail Dungeon Sets: Hunter | Shaman
4. Mail Tier Sets: Hunter | Shaman
5. Mail Lookalike Sets

1. Green Mail Sets

iLevel 0-20

Battle Chain . Blood Spattered . Brackwater . Burnished . Cadet . Charger . Infantry & Imbued Infantry . Outrunner . Raider . Runed Copper . Soldier’s . Veteran . War Paint . War Torn

iLevel 0-20

iLevel 20 – 30

Battleforge . Defender . Fortified . Glimmering Mail . Grunt’s . Hulking . Lambent Scale . Rough Bronze . Sentry’s . Silvered Bronze . Slayer’s . Spiked Chain . Wicked

iLevel 20-30

iLevel 30-40

Banded . Barbaric . Chief Brigadier . Enduring . Golden Scale . Green Iron . Jazeraint . Knight’s . Mail Combat . Marauder’s . Phalanx . Pillager . Ravager . Renegade

iLevel 30-40

iLevel 40-50

Ancient . Blackforge . Bonelink . Captain’s . Champion’s . Formidable . Gryphon Mail . Khan’s . Lord’s . Myrmidon’s . Protector . Ravager . Sparkleshell . Steadfast . Tough Scorpid . Turtle Scale . Warmonger’s

iLevel 40 - 50

iLevel 50-60

Bloodlust . Crusader’s . Ebonhold . Engraved . Hero’s . Impenetrable . Ironhide . Magnificent . Merciless . Ornate . Radiant

ILevel 50 - 60

iLevel 60-100

Felstone . Fenclaw . Marshcreeper . Masterwork . Mercurial . Netherstalker . Nexus-Strider . Triumphant . Unyielding . Warstrike . Wrathfin

iLevel 60 - 100

iLevel 100-150

Amberpine . Der’izu . Frostscale . Garmaul . Nerubian . Netherstorm . Nifflevar . Njord . Orca . Skettis . Skom . Sundered . Talhide

iLevel 100 - 150

iLevel 150-250

Bloodbinder . Cormorant . Mammoth . Shoveltusk . Spectral . Spiderlord . Trapper . Ulduar . Wolvar

iLevel 150 - 250

iLevel 250+

Note: All sets in this level range are identical. Bramblescar . Frayfeather . Highperch . Hiri’watha . Nazferiti . Razorshell . Southfury . Sundown . Talondeep . Thornsnarl . Tsunami . Windbound

iLevel 250+

2. PvP Sets

Hunter PvP Sets

Non-Arena

Champion’s Pursuit (Pursuance) . Lieutenant Commander’s Pursuit (Pursuance) . The Highlander’s (Defiler’s) Determination . The Highlander’s (Defiler’s) Fortitude . Field Marshal’s Pursuit . Warlord’s Pursuit . Grand Marshal’s Pursuit . High Warlord’s Pursuit . Stalker’s Chain Battlegear

Hunter Non-Arena PvP Gear

Arena

Please note: Heroic and/or faction versions may vary slightly in color.

Season 1: Gladiator’s Pursuit . 2: Merciless Gladiator’s Pursuit . 3: Vengeful Gladiator’s Pursuit . 4: Brutal Gladiator’s Pursuit . 5: Savage Gladiator’s Pursuit (Hateful Gladiator’s Pursuit) . 6: Furious Gladiator’s Pursuit . 7: Relentless Gladiator’s Pursuit . 8: Wrathful Gladiator’s Pursuit . 9: Vicious Gladiator’s Pursuit . 10: Ruthless Gladiator’s Pursuit

Hunter Arena PvP Gear

Shaman PvP Sets

Non-Arena

Champion’s Earthshaker (same as Champion’s Stormcaller | Lieutenant Commander’s Earthshaker) . Field Marshal’s Earthshaker (same as Warlord’s Earthshaker | Grand Marshal’s Earthshaker | Grand Marshal’s Thunderfist | High Warlord’s Earthshaker | High Warlord’s Thunderfist | Grand Marshal’s Wartide | High Warlord’s Wartide) . Seer’s Linked Battlegear (same as Seer’s Mail Battlegear | Seer’s Ringmail Battlegear)

Shaman Non-Arena PvP Gear

Arena

Please note: Heroic and/or faction versions may vary slightly in color.

Season 1: Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 2: Merciless Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 3: Vengeful Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 4: Brutal Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 5: Hateful Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide | Savage Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 6: Furious Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 7: Relentless Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 8: Wrathful Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 9: Vicious Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide . 10: Ruthless Gladiator’s Earthshaker | Thunderfist | Wartide

Shaman Arena PvP Gear

3. Mail Dungeon Sets

Hunter Dungeon Sets

Dungeon Set 1: Beaststalker Armor . Dungeon Set 2: Beastmaster Armor . Dungeon Set 3a: Beast Lord Armor . Dungeon Set 3b: Desolation Battlegear

Hunter Dungeon Sets

Shaman Dungeon Sets

Dungeon Set 1: The Elements . Dungeon Set 2: The Five Thunders . Dungeon Set 3a: Tidefury Raiment . Dungeon Set 3b: Desolation Battlegear

Shaman Dungeon Sets

4. Mail Tier Sets

Hunter Tier Sets

Please note: Heroic versions vary slightly in color. Non-heroic versions shown here.

Tier 1: Giantstalker . Tier 2: Dragonstalker . Tier 3: Cryptstalker Armor . Tier 4: Demon Stalker Armor . Tier 5: Rift Stalker Armor . Tier 6: Gronnstalker’s Armor . Tier 7: Heroes’ Cryptstalker Battlegear . Tier 8: Valorous Scourgestalker Battlegear . Tier 9: Conqueror’s Windrunner’s Battlegear | Conqueror’s Windrunner’s Pursuit . Tier 10: Ahn’Kahar Blood Hunter’s Battlegear  . Tier 11: Lightning-Charged Battlegear . Tier 12: Flamewaker’s Battlegear

Hunter Tier Gear

Shaman Tier Sets

Please note: Heroic versions vary slightly in color. Non-heroic versions shown here.

Tier 1: The Earthfury . Tier 2: The Ten Storms . Tier 3: The Earthshatterer . Tier 4: Cyclone Harness (Raiment | Regalia) . Tier 5: Cataclysm Harness (Raiment | Regalia) . Tier 6: Skyshatter Harness (Raiment | Regalia) . Tier 7: Heroes’ Earthshatter Battlegear (Garb | Regalia) . Tier 8: Valorous Worldbreaker Battlegear (Garb | Regalia) . Tier 9: Conqueror’s Nobundo’s Battlegear (Garb | Regalia) | Conqueror’s Thrall’s Battlegear (Garb | Regalia). Tier 10: Frost Witch’s Battlegear (Garb | Regalia) . Tier 11: Battlegear of the Raging Elements (Regalia | Vestments) . Tier 12: Volcanic Battlegear (Regalia | Vestments)

Shaman Tier Gear

5. Mail Lookalike Sets

These sets mimic the look of dungeon sets with variations in color. For more information on where to aquire pieces for the lookalike set, please click the associated link.

Hunter Lookalike Sets

Red Beaststalker Armor . Yellow Giantstalker Armor . Maroon Dragonstalker Armor . Gray Beast Lord Armor . Brown Rift Stalker Armor

Hunter Lookalike Sets

Locations for Red Beaststalker Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Mok'Nathal Beast-Mask]	Exarch Maladaar in Auchenai Crypts
Shoulders:	[Scorpid-Sting Mantle]	Quagmirran in The Slave Pens
Chest:	[Shamblehide Chestguard]	The Black Stalker in The Underbog
Hands:	[Bloodstained Ravager Gauntlets]	Omor the Unscarred in Hellfire Ramparts
Wrists:	[Lykul Bloodbands]	Hungarfen in The Underbog
Waist:	[Tracker's Belt]	Mennu the Betrayer in The Slave Pens
Legs:	[Scale Leggings of the Skirmisher]	Watchkeeper Gargolmar in the Hellfire Ramparts
Feet:	[Boots of the Outlander]	Pandemonius in the Mana-Tombs

Locations for Yellow Giantstalker Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Mok'Nathal Mask of Battle]	Lieutenant Drake in Old Hillsbrad FoothillsHeroic
Shoulders:	[Towering Mantle of the Hunt]	Commander Sarannis in The Botanica
Chest:	[Laughing Skull Battle-Harness]	Temporus in The Black Morass
Hands:	[Ar'tor's Mainstay] (The coloring is subtly different from the golden theme of the rest of the look-alike “set”)	Quest Reward from The Cipher of Damnation – The Third Fragment Recovered
Wrists:	[Bracers of Shirrak]	Shirrak the Dead Watcher in Auchenai Crypts Heroic
Waist:	[Telaari Hunting Girdle]	Grand Warlock Nethekurse in The Shattered Halls
Legs:	[Barbaric Legstraps]	The Black Stalker in The Underbog Heroic
Feet:	[Wild Stalker Boots]	Watchkeeper Gargolmar in The Shattered Halls Heroic

Locations for Maroon Dragonstalker Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Dream-Wing Helm]	Ambassador Hellmaw in Shadow Labyrinth
Shoulder:	[Wyrmfury Pauldrons]	Epoch Hunter in Old Hillsbrad Foothills Heroic
Chest:	[Shard Encrusted Breastplate]	Tavarok in Mana-Tombs Heroic
Hands:	[Hungarhide Gauntlets]	Hungarfen in The Underbog Heroic
Wrists:	[Emerald Eye Bracer]	Keli’dan the Breaker in The Blood Furnace Heroic
Waist:	[Archery Belt of the Broken]	Mennu the Betrayer in The Slave Pens Heroic
Legs:	[Emerald-Scale Greaves]	Captain Skarloc in Old Hillsbrad Foothills Heroic
Feet:	[Sky-Hunter Swift Boots]	Darkweaver Syth in Sethekk Halls

Locations for Gray Beast Lord Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Maulgar's Warhelm] modified colors	High King Maulgar in Gruul’s Lair
Shoulder:	[Beastmaw Pauldrons]	Opera Event in Karazhan
Chest:	[Scaled Breastplate of Carnage]	Nightbane in Karazhan
Hands:	[Gloves of Quickening]	Maiden of Virtue in Karazhan
	or [Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer]	Gruul the Dragonkiller in Gruul’s Lair
Wrists:	??	??
Waist:	??	??
Legs:	[Rip-Flayer Leggings]	Netherspite in Karazhan
Boots:	[Ferocious Swift-Kickers]	Nightbane in Karazhan

Locations for Brown Rift Stalker Armor from wowpedia

Head:	??	??
Shoulders:	[Mantle of the Tireless Tracker]	Morogrim Tidewalker in Serpentshrine Cavern
Chest:	[Ranger-General's Chestguard]	Hydross the Unstable in Serpentshrine Cavern
Hands:	??	??
Wrists:	[True-Aim Stalker Bands]	Leotheras the Blind in Serpentshrine Cavern
Waist:	[Belt of the Black Eagle]	Leatherworking pattern.
Legs:	[Void Reaver Greaves]	Void Reaver in The Eye
Feet:	[Boots of the Crimson Hawk]	Leatherworking pattern.

Shaman Lookalike Sets

Teal Elements Armor . Black Earthfury Armor . Purple Ten Storms Armor . Brown Skyshatter Armor

Shaman Lookalike Sets

Locations for Teal Elements Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Mask of the Howling Storm]	Nexus-Prince Shaffar inMana-Tombs
Shoulders:	[Lightning-Rod Pauldrons]	Tavarok in Mana-Tombs
Chest:	[Vest of Living Lightning]	Mennu the Betrayer in The Slave Pens
Hands:	[Stormfront Gauntlets]	Captain Skarloc in Old Hillsbrad
Wrists:	??	??
Waist:	[Girdle of the Gale Storm]	The Maker in Blood Furnace
Legs:	[Kilt of Rolling Thunders]	Vazruden in Hellfire Ramparts
Feet:	[Boots of the Outlander]	Pandemonius in the Mana-Tombs

Locations for Black Earthfury Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Mask of Inner Fire]	Chrono Lord Deja in the Black Morass
Shoulders:	[Volcanic Pauldrons]	Reinforced Fel Iron Chest in the Hellfire Ramparts Heroic
Chest:	[Worldfire Chestguard]	Dalliah the Doomsayer in The Arcatraz
Hands:	[Earth Mantle Handwraps]	Mekgineer Steamrigger in The Steamvault
Wrists:	[World's End Bracers]	Keli’dan the Breaker in The Blood Furnace Heroic
Waist:	[Girdle of Living Flame]	Hungarfen in The Underbog Heroic
Legs:	[Molten Earth Kilt]	Pathaleon the Calculator in The Mechanar
Feet:	[Magma Plume Boots]	Shirrak the Dead Watcher in the Auchenai Crypts Heroic

Locations for Purple Ten Storms Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Headdress of the Tides]	Ghaz’an in The Underbog, Heroic
Shoulder:	[Mantle of the Sea Wolf]	Tavarok in Mana-Tombs, Heroic
	or [Pauldrons of Wild Magic]	Quagmirran in Slave Pens, Heroic
Chest:	[Harness of the Deep Currents]	Murmur in Shadow Labyrinth, Normal
Gloves:	[Fathomheart Gauntlets]	Warlord Kalithresh in The Steamvault, Normal
Wrists:	[Primal Surge Bracers]	Aeonus in The Black Morass, Normal
Waist:	[Stillwater Girdle]	Nexus-Prince Shaffar in Mana Tombs, Heroic
Legs:	[Oceansong Kilt]	Vazruden in Hellfire Ramparts, Heroic
Feet:	[Wavefury Boots]	Rokmar the Crackler in Slave Pens, Heroic

Locations for Brown Skyshatter Armor from wowpedia

Head:	[Helm of Soothing Currents]	High Warlord Naj’entus in Black Temple
Shoulders:	[The Wavemender's Mantle]	Essence of Souls in Black Temple
Chest:	[Golden Links of Restoration]	Anetheron in Battle for Mount Hyjal
Hands:	[Spiritwalker Gauntlets]	Shade of Akama in Black Temple
Wrists:	[Howling Wind Bracers]	Rage Winterchill in Battle for Mount Hyjal
Waist:	[Naturalist's Preserving Cinch]	Supremus in Black Temple

Bonus:

5 Tips For Creating Unique Transmogrification Gear

If you’re trying to achieve a one-of-a-kind look but don’t know how to get started, consider trying any of the following:

1. Download the WoW Model Viewer, which is easy to use, and try clothing on your specific character model before making costly purchases.
   

   It looked so much better in the catalog!

2. Find two or three armor sets in the same color family- all red or all blue, for example- and try mixing pieces from each set in the Model Viewer
3. Select a two-color set that you like from the images below- say, red and black- and then choose boots and gloves from a set that’s just one of those colors (all black, in this example).
   

   Mix a solid color set with a two-tone set

4. Mix metals rather than colors: An all-silver chest and legs with gold trimmings is one-of-a-kind.
5. Combine pieces from armor sets which are the exact same models but with different colorations.
   

   Identical set models with different colorations combine in striking variations

   Enjoy your new transmogrified mail armor!

   Essential Transmogrification Resources

   WoW Roleplay Gear

   Reddit WoW/Transmogrification Community

   WoW Model Viewer

   Wowhead

    

How Baby Boomers Built Warcraft

Everyone I know is over sixty.

At 33, the only people I know my own age are either immediate family members or former college friends. The average age at my office- a typical professional firm- is 57. The average age of an American in 2011 is 37. The average age in 1960 was 29.

The influence of the Baby Boomer generation is profoundly felt on all levels of society and in all spheres of personal and professional life; their numbers are such that it’s impossible to escape the realities created by an immense, aging population.

Most of those realities create tension, if not outright hostility. An inherent Baby Boomer distaste for collaboration in any form, complete gridlock of professional promotion as older, less-technically-savvy professionals postpone or eliminate retirement, and economic turmoil created by years of policy decisions focused on sustaining financial growth for an aging population are bitter pills for subsequent generations to swallow.

How do we, the under-sixty crowd, find relief from the endlessly pushed Boomer agenda?

Warcraft.

Blizzard owes its incredible popularity to the way in which it was able to respond to, and provide respite from, the challenges directly created by the Baby Boomers.

THE ABOLITION OF COLLABORATION CREATES GUILD UNITY

Baby Boomers simply cannot play well with others. It’s strange, really since there are so many of them you’d think it would be a survivalist trait. But, perhaps because there are so many peers in their group, the over-60 crowd seems bent on intractability.

For those of us whose age lies well below ambient temperature, collaboration is king. We comment on each other’s blogs, photos, Twitter snippets, Flickrs, Facebooks- everything is an opportunity for discussion. We argue, we discuss, we challenge, and we corroborate, but we consistently collaborate. ‘Could you take a look at this for me…?’ comes up constantly.

Our collaborative nature is not only unwanted but actively suppressed by uncommunicative Boomers in the workplace. Input is unwanted; decisions are top-down and not open for discussion, regardless of the topic or the decision-maker’s knowledge (or lack thereof) of the subject. Only a generation which truly loathed communication could have come up with the word ‘synergystic’.

While we have numerous outlets to work together, the guild structure of Warcraft is uniquely designed to take advantage of this personality quirk. Guild chat and guild forums let us stay in touch constantly. The addition of guild chat to the Warcraft Mobile app reinforced Blizzard’s recognition of the player base need to stay in constant contact- and contact we do.

LACK OF PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY CREATES RAID LEADERS

Like our parents and grandparents and countless generations before us, the under-sixty crowd wants very much to succeed. But where can you go with your ambition? Retirement (and past-retirement) age partners and firm owners remain steadfastly in place, nailed to their ergonomic chairs by a combination of the age-denial typical of their generation and the collapse of their retirement accounts.

There’s nowhere to go but up, unless there’s someone snoozing in the chair you planned to occupy one day.

The constipation of promotion and pay among the under-60 crowd has created a massive, stymied desire for recognition of skill and talent. You’re not going to get it at work… but what about in your raid?

The contemporary, motivated high-achiever almost certainly occupies a professional position lower than his or her natural level. Much has been written- and rightly so- on the intense stress and extensive people skills required to run a successful raid. Prioritizing, rapid response, fairness and toughness in equal measure to corral nine to twenty-four other people who don’t have to be here into doing what you need them to do at any given moment. Raid leading is a high-pressure position that requires a high-achiever, often for little or no reward (and a good chance of grief).

So why do it? Who would step up to that position? High-achievers whose professional outlets fail to recognize or reward their accomplishments, that’s who.

Thousands upon thousands of guilds launch successful raids, and sometimes field more than one team with more than one successful raid leader. There are a lot of high-achieving professionals out there whose inherent skills need a place to shine. Raid leading is just one of the outlets available to fill the internal void of personal achievement and public recognition.

ECONOMIC TURMOIL CREATES A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

Though the Baby Boomers may not be uniquely responsible for the current economic situation, they certainly bear the burden of blame, deserved or not. The realignment of public financial priorities away from the highest-producing segment of the population and towards the aging and end-of-life population create economic realities that impact every member of our society, regardless of age.

Economic constraints have lead to the most universal factor that sustains the appeal of Warcraft: the relatively low cost per hour of entertainment.

If the typical gamer plays 20 hours a week, as they did in 2005′s Daedelus project study, that $14.99 per month cost works out to only 18 cents an hour for the average player- and that doesn’t include talking to friends about Warcraft on Twitter, writing or reading blogs, and planning your upcoming wardrobe transmogrification look in WoW Model Viewer.

The last time I went to a movie- admittedly, it’s been a while- I walked away forty dollars lighter and left only with the distinct impression that Zoe Deschanel should be drawn and quartered for ruining the Pooh song. The sensation didn’t last all month.

A lack of funds doesn’t just impact the typical movie theater example; it also limits travel, the purchase of books and reading material, gardening, even the occasional dinner or drinks with friends; all entertainment is impacted.

The Warcraft experience can alleviate- and in some cases, completely replace- expenditure on a variety of personal hobbies. If you love exotic locales, what could be easier than hopping on your flying mount and picking up an Explorer title? If it’s immersion in literature that floats your boat, each quest line and book in the game is at your disposal, as well as a rich lore history. And everyone knows ‘gardener’ is just another word for ‘Master Herbalist’.

Finding time for friends can be incredibly difficult, and the process of finding them in the first place is daunting. You say you want someone your own age, economic, social and cultural background who lives within ten miles? Good luck with that.

Warcraft is the ultimate friend-finder (“LFF”?), obliterating age, sex, and race with the nuclear blast of avatar. The only criteria for friendship in WoW is the written word, a method of communication as classically beautiful as it is deeply satisfying. You and your Warcraft friends meet up whenever it’s convenient for you both, without planning or schedules or- most importantly- expenditure. Best of all, you can do it all in the comfort of your own home- no babysitter required.

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID

It’s easy to be consumed with rage at the Baby Boomers. That whining, entitled bunch who refuse to work together regardless of the consequences, who can’t learn and won’t get out of the way, whose self-aggrandizing politics impoverish us all.

But out of this accidental fertilizer has grown an amazing plant.

Where can we go to work as a team when our bosses and leaders seem bent on the destruction of collaboration?

Where can we find the personal rewards and recognition for our efforts we’re starved for in our professional lives?

Where can best spend our limited resources to compensate for the myriad hobbies and personal camaraderie our limited budgets force us to forgo?

Warcraft.

Sources:
The Daedulus Project
PARC PlayOn Study
The United States Census Bureau

You can stay in constant contact with the author, a card-carrying member of Generation Y who can’t stop communicating, on Twitter: @DiscoPriest

For further reading, we recommend the brilliant Generations by William Howe and Neil Strauss. Their insights on the stressors inherent between generations- and the potential avenues for resolution of those tensions- should be required reading for all ages.

Blizzcon 2011 Poll Wrap-Up

This year’s Blizzcon was one of the most fun and upbeat, and those of us playing along at home with the Blizzcon 2011 polls got into the spirit with great enthusiasm. Every six hours, a poll was posted to take the pulse of Warcraft enthusiasts everywhere. Now that the polls are closed, we’re congratulating the winners and casting an eye back over all the questions. Full results available in the link.

In chronological order:

Favorite Zone(s) For Leveling
What are the best zones in which to level?
Winners: 1st Place – Nagrand (7%) ; 2nd Place – Zangarmarsh (4%) ; 3rd Place – Silverpine Forest (4%)

Factionalization
Horde or Alliance?
Winner: Horde (51%)

The Worst Dungeon
What is the worst instance?
Winner: Oculus (21%)

The Next Expansion
What do you hope the next expansion will be?
Winner:  Emerald Dream (36%)

PvP v PvP
What is the best battleground?
Winner: Alterac Valley (35%)

What is the worst battleground?
Winner: Isle of Conquest (27%)

The Best Class
Which class would you play if you could only play one… forever?
Winner:  Priest (30%)

Bar Brawl Edition
Who would be the last faction leader standing in a bar brawl?
Winner:  Council of the Three Hammers, working as a team (28%)

Working Night and Day
Which profession is the best money-maker?
Winner:  Jewelcrafting (40%)

Expand THIS!
Which expansion was the best?
Winner:  Wrath of the Lich King (50%)

It Takes One To Know One
Which class do you most hate to fight in PvP?
Winner: Rogue (43%)
Honorable Mention: Warlocks, who got left out of the poll as a choice. Don’t worry, guys; we hate you, too.

Home Is Where The Heart Is
In which capital city would you make your Azerothian home?
Winner:  Silvermoon City (19%)

The Nighttime Is The Right Time
Which Azerothian race is best in the sack?
Winner:  Draenei (19%)

Mood-Killing Killers
What fun-sucking lore figure would you least like to have a beer with?
Winner: That Mage who keeps rolling Need on Spirit gear (35%)

Good News, Everyone!
What was the best of the Blizzcon announcements?
Winner:  The New Monk Class (22%)

There you have it, folks; Blizzcon has wrapped for another year, and we’ve got lots to look forward to in the coming expansion (Monks, Pandas, and Combat Pets, oh my!). Thank you to everyone who participated in the polls, joined us for the LiveBlog, and helped to make 2011 one of the best Blizzcons ever.

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: Good News, Everyone!

Every six hours DA will bring you the finest in question-askery, from now until the end of Blizzcon! All polls open until the end of Blizzcon.

View All Blizzcon 2011 Polls

Six hours has passed, and we’ve all been able to absorb the many strange, wild, and wonderful announcements that have come out of Blizzcon 2011 so far. It is, sadly, time for our Blizzcon poll series to wrap up- but they’ll all be open until Sunday evening for final voting!

The excitement of Blizzcon continues today until the closing ceremonies; for more Disciplinary Action-colored commentary, head on over to the Twisted Nether Blizzcon LiveBlog, where DA us currently teaming up with Rades to cover the Lore panel (at 4:15 PST).

We’ve all got an opinion on which of the announcements are the most Legendary if every candy-coated nugget to drop from the WoW team, so let’s get down to the brass tacks of the final poll: Which of Blizzard’s revelations was the best, in your opinion?

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: Mood-Killing Killers

Every six hours DA will bring you the finest in question-askery, from now until the end of Blizzcon! All polls open until the end of Blizzcon.

View All Blizzcon 2011 Polls

Six hours are up! Since our last poll invited you to ease into a passionate frame of mind, it’s only appropriate that we now look to the mood-killers of Azeroth, those heinous boors whose presence is to romance what the cold light of day is to a drunken evening’s licentiousness.

I’ll be one of the live hosts today for the  Twisted Nether Blizzcon LiveBlog- which is in progress right now- along with my much-more-charming friends Vidyala and Rades, so come on down! It’s free and fun and fabulous in equal measure.

Who doesn't love a good fun-sucker?

This morning’s poll owes everything to that Lord of Lore, that Sultan of Stories, that Chief of Beliefes, Rades. I asked Rades to tell me who in the lore would be as cold a bucket of water as you could possibly wish for, and did he ever deliver!

So screw on your thinking caps, sober up quick, and tell us all: Which fun-sucking lore figure would you LEAST like to have a beer with?

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: The Nighttime Is The Right Time

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Six hours is up, and we’re back, in the dead of the night for those of us in North America. Night owls in Anaheim are still going strong, and the dearth of gin ‘n’ juice is no doubt fueling the fires of moonlit revelry for them- hey, and for those of us playing along at home. In just a few hours, DA will be on hand with Vidyala (Manalicious) and Rades (Orcish Army Knife), along with a host of other fabulous typers, at the Twisted Nether Blizzcon LiveBlog event to bring you the very latest from the panels at Blizzcon as it happens!

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

But for now, as most of our countrymen sleep- or at least doze fitfully- the Warcraft-lover is up and ready to vote with a vengeance. And under this blanket of stars, in the cool of the evening, with so many of us pleasingly full of a delightful sufficiency of red wine, as the libidos of Blizzcon attendees reach their feverish peaks, there can only be one possible question:

Which race would do the dirty deed best?

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: Home Is Where The Heart Is

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It’s been six hours, and the excitement of the convention is now well and truly underway! Whether you’re sneaking your poll responses from Anaheim, watching the LiveStream of the event, or tuning in to a live blog of the festivities (for example, the Twisted Nether Blizzcon LiveBlog, which yours truly will be co-hosting on Saturday, just to select one at random).

There are a million stories in the naked city- er, cities

It’s time for a poll with a nod to those of playing along at home, which is truly where the heart is- hey, you didn’t really want to see the Foo Fighters, right? So let’s put it out there: if you were enjoying Blizzcon remotely from your Azerothian home, in which capital city would you hang your hat?

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: It Takes One To Know One

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As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I fear no evil, because- ohshit. There’s a rogue right behind me. I fear! I fear!! I FEAR ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Fear spells only work sometimes; most of the time, we find ourselves lying in a bloody heap, wondering what happened and if those keybinds might, perhaps, need to be replaced for PvP. It’s called flopsweatdeath, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of.

I say, would you mind awfully not adding me to your body count?

We all have a certain class we avoid in battlegrounds. “If that Warlock is going over THERE, I’m going over HYNAH”, sort of thing- and that’s just common sense. Some classes kill us so dead we never want to hit that Random Battleground button again. So here’s the burning crusade question of the moment: Which class do you most hate to fight in PvP?

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: Expand THIS!

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It’s Friday, folks, and you know what that means- today might be the day we learn about the new expansion! Sure, some of us might be watching it crouched around our monitors as we scream in agony when the feed stutters, or similarly engaged as PPV makes or breaks the first-to-know status of our hearts- but no matter! The important thing is, today’s the day that it’s a possibility.

Whole lotta shakin' went on

As we await what we can only hope is the witching hour of expansion announcements, I’d like us all to cast our eyes backwards and ask ourselves the question that dare speak its name: Which expansion- up until this afternoon’s reveal, we can but hope- was the best? Please don’t get blood on the carpets.

Blizzcon 2011 Poll: Working Night And Day

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You’ve got to be a hardcore pollthusiast, or an EU server denizen, to be reading the Very Late Edition of the Blizzcon 2011 Polls. And you know what? I am too! So let’s get started, shall we?

Only the most hardcore make it through the wee hours of Blizzcon- or Pollcon, as I’m pretty certain it’ll be renamed next year- and only the most dedicated make it through the long, hard slog that is moneymaking in Azeroth.

Sorry, Roy

And where would the Scrooge McDucks of the Warcarft universe be without those beloved institutions we call Professions? Languishing in the gutter with Donald and that no-account Launchpad, that’s where. And therein lies the poll of the moment: Which profession is the best moneymaker, Uncle Pennybags?