Best Haircut of Azeroth Contest Winner!

Congratulations to this year’s best haircut of Azeroth….Cream! Cream’s stylish night elf chick clearly WoW’d..pun intended, the Zug Gaming voters and after a close race Cream came away with 25% of the total votes! For his entry Cream is receiving a free 60-day World of Warcraft game card in addition to his own copy of Zuggy’s Gold Mastery Guide.

Not only will he have a few extra IRL gold, but he’ll now have more in-game gold than he knows what to do with!

Additionally, congratulations to our 2 runners up. In 2nd place, we have Kostas aka Korasidis, with his pink haired Mohawk. And last, but certainly not least, we have Chir Sung with his unique looking undead stylings. For their accomplishments and excellent hair stylings both Kostas and Chir Sung will also be receiving a free copy of Zuggy’s Gold Mastery Guide, including free updates for life!

Thanks everyone who participated in this year’s Best Haircut of Azeroth Contest. While the weekend down time was certainly an unexpected hitch in the road, I don’t think it derailed this year’s contest too much. Once again, congratulations to our winners and to all the players who submitted their haircut screenshots…you’re all winners in my book!

Note to winners: I’ll be sending out emails tomorrow afternoon regarding your prizes.

Cream - Victor and Esteemed Zug Gaming Champion

Kostas - 2nd Place

Chir Sung - 3rd Place

Final Voting Results

Best Haircut of Azeroth Phase 2 - The Vote!

Please note that I am extending the voting deadline to Wednesday 12/13/08 at 11:59 CST. This is due to downtime over the weekend and the very close race between contestant 4 and 8. Thank you for your understanding.

Now is your chance to finally pick Zug Gaming’s Best Haircut of Azeroth! Check out all the entries then vote for your favorite haircut below!

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Who has the best haircut of Azeroth?

WoW’s 4th Year Anniversary!

Today, November 23rd, 2008 is the official 4 year anniversary of World of Warcraft! There have been a lot of really great times in the last 4 years of WoW. From the early rocky days of Molten Core to the beautifully designed and executed updated Naxxramas and Northrend. World of Warcraft has come a long way in 4 years and I can only expect it to continue to improve in the years to come.

In celebration of the occassion Blizzard has added a new achievement into the game called, WoW’s 4th Anniversary, to complete this achievement you simply have to log your character in at any point during the day…today, 11/23/08. So make sure you log all your characters on today!

For completing the achievement you get a free baby blizzard bear.

With that said…Happy 4 years of WoW!

Site News and Upcoming Guide Dates

Hey guys, just a brief news announcement regarding both my upcoming premium and free site guides. Please note, during the next few days there will not be many posts on the site. This is so I can enjoy the initial leveling blitz of the expansion. Once things die down I’ll be releasing scores of new and updated guides.

…also, don’t forget that my best hair cut of Azeroth contest is still going on! You can win a free 60 day game card, the deadline is this Friday!

Premium Guides:

• Zuggy’s Gold Mastery Guide - WotLK Update, 11/30/08
• Zuggy’s Powerful Professions Guide - WotLK Update, 11/30/08
• Zuggy’s Speed Leveling 1-80 Horde Guide - WotLK Update, 11/30/08

Free Site Guides:

• Class Talent Builds - first guides will release 11/21/08, will continue through 11/30/08 with additional updates added as needed.
• Class Macros - updates for existing macros will begin 11/21/08, otherwise these guides are already completed.
• Class Focus Macros - updates for existing macros will begin 11/21/08, additional class focus macros will be added through 11/30/08.
• Professions Guides - existing guides will be updated following my premium guides launch, sometime around 12/1/08 to 12/7/08. No ETA on new profession guides.
• Instance Guides - 5 / 10 man instances will begin as soon as I start completing these instances, which will likely be around 11/20/08 and continue into the coming weeks and months. These will include in depth strategies, video, and possible audio explanations of encounters and bosses.
• Arena Strategies - early updates will begin 12/9/08, major strategy overhaul will begin 12/16/08 and continue through arena season 5. Most current guides will be updated and additional guides will be added for other classes, comps, strategies, etc.

If you have a guide would like to suggest just drop me an email via the contact link in the menu bar up top. I’m more than willing to divert time to a subject matter if there is a need for it. Your feedback is always appreciated to me.

I”m still working on hammering out a better way to organize all of these guides for easy viewing, and I think I’m fairly close to a workable solution. All of these new guides will be organized in such a way that they can be easily browsed and navigated.

Wrath of the Lich King Wrap Up Post

The time has finally come, we are now just a few short hours away from the greatest expansion World of Warcraft has ever seen. I know I can’t hit all the changes in this wrap up, but I’ll do my best to hit all the major additions, changes, and other note worthy points regarding the WotLK.

WotLK Preparations

• What should I do get ready?
• Make the Most Gold in WotLK

General

• WotLK Mounts
• Flying Mounts in Northrend
• Profession Bonuses and Perks
• Dual Specs Feature
• New WotLK Enchants
• Updated Horde and Alliance Racials
• WotLK Titles
• Profession Daily Quests Token System
• WotLK Spellpower Change

Classes

• Death Knight abilities
• Death Knight FAQ

Patch Information

• Patch 3.0.3 Info
• Upcoming WotLK Patches

Achievements

• Achievement System Details
• PvP Achievements - Part 1
• PvP Achievements - Part 2

Videos

• WotLK Cinematic Intro
• Engineering Motorcycle Mount Video
• WotLK Exploration Video

PvE

• Heroic Dungeon Loot List

PvP

• WotLK Honor Gear Prices
• WotLK PvP Changes
• Wintergrasp Boss Drops
• Season 5 Honor Gear
• Season 5 Arena Armor

Guides

• Knights of the Ebon Blade Reputation Guide
• Jewelcrafting: Gem Perfection
• WotLK Enchanting Guide
• WotLK Enchanting Scrolls
• WotLK Alchemy Items
• Inscription Shoulder Enchants
• Inscription: Glyphs Compiled

note: more to come later

Blue: Achievement Hotfix, BoP Crafted Items, & WotLK Armor Tokens

“Not in my House” Achievement Hotfixed, Now only requires 2

Today we hotfixed the “Not In My House” achievement to only require 2 kills rather than 10. The user interface will still display that 10 kills are required but the achievement will complete once 2 kills occur.

After a client patch, the user interface will be corrected.

No More BoP Crafted Items

It’s entirely likely that there will be more BoP crafted items. What there won’t be is “I have to be a crafter for item X because it’s the best thing ever!” items.

Armor Tokens for WotLK

Yes one of the tokens has 4 classes and two of the tokens have 3. However the tokens with 3 classes have a 30% drop rate and the token with 4 has a 40% drop rate. =)

Zug Gaming Club - Gold Tips, Strategy, Hints, Info and More!

Hey guys, just wanted to announce that I’m finally starting the Zug Gaming Club back up again! I started the Zug Gaming Club several months ago, but unfortunately other obligations and projects ended up putting the club on the back burner…so my apologies for the hiatus.

With the WotLK expansion right around the corner I figured this would be the perfect time to start things back up again.

What’s in the Zug Gaming Club?

• Gold Farming Tips
• Important Breaking News
• Leveling Hints
• Club Members Only Events
• Special Guides and Strategies
• Much much more!

How Can I Join the Zug Gaming Club?

Joining the Zug Gaming Club is easy, simply sign up using the form below. Every time there is a new piece of information, tip, or hint you’ll be informed automatically via email.

Your Name:
Your E-Mail:

Arena Season 5 Start Date Announced

Season 4 Ends, Season 5 Start Date Announced

We wanted to remind everyone that Arena season 4 is coming to a close. During next Tuesday’s maintenance, all arena teams, as well as ratings, will be wiped and arena charter NPCs disabled. Thus, arena points will, unfortunately, not be rewarded for rated games played this week.

The next Arena season will begin on December 16th, and once that happens players at level 70 will be able to participate in rated matches against level 70 opponents and gain Arena points for item purchases but will not count towards the end of season rewards. At the same time, level 80 players will be able to compete in rated arena matches where they can gain arena points which can be used to purchase level 80 arena gear, as well as compete for end-of-season rewards. Additionally, players at level 70 will continue to be able to play skirmish Arena matches against other level 70 opponents even after Wrath of the Lich King launches. It’s also important to note that two new skirmish brackets (71-75, 76-80) will be available for players who wish to hone their Arena skills while leveling in Northrend.

WotLK Feral Druid Changes

Upcoming WotLK Feral Druid Changes

ARMOR
We are changing the way bear armor works so that bonus armor on items does not receive the bear armor multiplier. Specifically this means that trinkets, rings, necks and cloaks with bonus armor will not be multiplied by the bear bonus. The normal armor on leather will still be multiplied by this bonus. We are also going to remove bonus armor from Feral staves. You’ll get your bonus armor from the leather you acquire.

Examples:
1) A ring that grants 100 bonus armor will now grant a bear 100 armor (not ~470 armor).
2) Leather legs with 253 armor will still grant a bear ~1190 armor (not 253 armor).
3) A feral staff will now grant 0 armor.

We are making this change because armor is such a good stat for bears that it makes taking pieces with bonus armor a non-decision and we don’t want acquiring these pieces, which tend to not be common, to be so much of a barrier to a druid who wants to tank a raid.

This change will NOT be in effect when Lich King ships. We are letting you know this now so that you don’t go through heroic efforts to acquire items like the Badge of Tenacity, or Defender’s Code. Defender’s Code, with 850 armor, will still be a good trinket. But it won’t be an insanely good trinket for a bear.

We will adjust the bear armor modifiers so that your net mitigation does NOT go down with these changes. Let me repeat: this is not a nerf to Feral armor. It is a change to the amount of armor you get from gear with bonus armor.

MANA
We are adding an effect to a deep Feral talent (something like Primal Tenacity) to further reduce the cost of shapeshifting into cat or bear by 50%. This talent will stack with Natural Shapeshifter for a total cost reduction of 80%. PvP-focused druids can get both talents to shift easily and often despite, no longer having Int on gear at level 80.

PROTECTOR OF THE PACK
We are removing the group requirements from this talent. The new tooltip will say: “Increases your attack power by X and reduces the damage you take in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by Y.” The values of X and Y themselves are not changing.

Again, these changes will NOT be in Nov 13 for Lich King’s launch. We will add them in a patch that will come out sometime before the major Ulduar content patch. We’re letting you know now so that you can choose quest rewards and loot drops accordingly.

Source: Blizzard

Patch 3.0.3 Going Live Tomorrow, Tuesday 11/4/08!

Well, it’s official…patch 3.0.3 will go live tomorrow, Tuesday November, 4th, 2008! I’ve got to admit I didn’t expect to see it so quickly, but it’s certainly a relief knowing we won’t have to wait all all the way till WotLK launch to get the new patch.

Make sure you get caught up on all the new changes and additions that will be implemented when patch 3.0.3 goes live tomorrow.

• Class Changes
• Glyph Changes, Additions, and Removals
• Official 3.0.3 Patch Notes

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