The Blizzard Store now has a few new additions to it, including what you see below!
Within an hour of there release, the Pandaren Monk & Lil’ K.T. were mine at the cost of $20.
This new move by Blizzard is dubbed ‘microtransactions’, which is basically the exchange of in-game items by means of direct purchase online (via the Blizzard Store). WoW Insider has a nice write-up on microtransactions if you’re interested in more info.
One of the nice things about this service is that it can be used for not just raising more money Activision Blizzard’s favor, but also for other organizations. The current example is that, “For every Pandaren Monk that finds its way to a player’s side between now and the end of the year (December 31), we’ll donate 50 percent of the $10 purchasing price to the Make-a-Wish Foundation in an effort to brew up a little hope, strength, and joy in a child’s life.“
Halloween is officially over in Azeroth today, it’s been replaced by Day of the Dead!
This is a new event for players and it’s only celebrated f or two days, so be sure to go and get your easy 10pt. achievement [Dead Man's Party]!
It’s as simple as go to any graveyard and /dance with Catrina there. I was online at 1am server when the holiday was activated so I took all my level 80s out to get there achievement quick before retiring for the night.
You can also pickup the temporary (2-day) pet Macabre Marionette by buying an item to see Ghosts and giving the quest giver ghost a [Bread of the Dead]. The pattern can be bought from the other npc (Chapman) found at the graveyard, bring Simple Flour & Ice Cold Milk if you plan to cook your own.
On the Hallow’s End side of things, the Horseman’s mount still eludes me another year. But I did trick or treat my way into the last 5 masks I needed for [A Mask for All Occasions]. I have some friends who have still not completed this achievement unfortunately.
Both of my 80 alts, Mazer & Coldarra, have the Hallowed title since I covered the meta achievement on both of them over the two week course.
This puts them at having 3 of 8 World Events completed since they both have [The Flame Warden] & [Brewmaster] from earlier this year. I’ll continue to work on my alts world event achievements as we go into to 2010 because my main character has completed them all.
