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  • By Starym
    

    It seems we're getting a whole lot of Alterac Valley soon, as Classic is getting the 1.12 version in one of the latter content releases and we're getting the special 15th Anniversary edition on live servers in Patch 8.2.5 during the event! Today at midnight CEST there's another Play with the Blues event on the 8.2.5 PTR gathering all Valley enthusiasts and all you have to do is hop on to the PTR and use the Group Finder to jump in!
    You can get the high-rez versions of the two original mounts from the event, which you can check out here as well.
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    Tomorrow 12:00 AM CEST, please join us on the 8.2.5 PTR for an old school Alterac Valley Play with the Blues.
    Starting promptly at 3:00 p.m. PDT, Blizzard employees will be testing our 15th Anniversary rendition of AV on the PTR, and you can join us for some strife in the Field of Strife.
    Please log into the PTR by that time and then open your Group Finder (default hotkey: i) and switch to the Player vs. Player tab. You’ll see Alterac Valley waiting for you to join.
    Afterward, please return to this thread with your feedback.
    Thank you!
    
  • By Stan
    

    The news image above is fan art created by Dogslug. You can find more of his work here.
    Blizzard mentioned multiple times that they would add Allied Races whenever they fit the story. The Horde's hottest candidates are currently the Vulpera of Vol'dun, even though their story doesn't make a whole lot of sense right now. Recent rumors suggest that Gilgoblins could be in the final pair of Horde Allied Races too.
    The Vulpera currently have too many unique animations, and they are a community-favorite. Pretty much every Horde player wants them to become playable. They're coming, and it's just a matter of when. We think the first set of Allied Races will be introduced in Patch 8.2.5 with the second one coming in Patch 8.3.5. Based on datamining, the Vulpera should be live on or before September 20th. You can find all their customization options here.
    On the other side of the spectrum, the Alliance will get Mechagnomes led by Prince Erazmin of Mechagon, but it's still not clear what the second race will be.
    Lightforged Forsaken led by Calia Menethil are a possibility based on the Before the Storm novel and Calia also received a new model in the initial Patch 8.2.5 build.
    Next up are Gilgoblins! We encounter them in zones like Vashj'ir and Nazjatar in Patch 8.2. They are a species of aquatic goblins created by Hobart Grapplehammer. Gilgoblins are very similar to traditional Goblins. They have various tattoos and fins on their arms to help them swim.
    Gilgoblins are currently not included in the game files as playable races as opposed to Mechagnomes and the Vulpera. They only exist as creatures.
    The female model has more customization options compared to the male model. Would you like to see them become playable in the future?
    We know that Blizzard wants to add more customization options to World of Warcraft, and a recent leak suggests that all Allied Races will become customization options in Patch 9.0 except for the Nightborne and the Vulpera. Let's see what the first set of Allied Races is going to be now that Patch 8.2 should hit Public Test Realms reasonably soon!
    TL;DR
    The first set of Allied Races (Mechagnomes/Vulpera) coming in Patch 8.2.5 on or before September 20th. The final set of Allied Races will include Gilgoblins and Lightforged Forsaken (based on the Before the Storm novel) in Patch 8.3.5. We know that Mechagnomes and the Vulpera are coming, but what about the second set of Allied Races?
    
  • By Stan
    

    We're one week away from WoW Classic launch. This week, you can get a piece of Heroic Palace armor from the weekly quest.
    Highlights
    Artifact Knowledge will continue to increase until October 1. Queen Azshara nerfs are now live ahead of Classic launch. The Classic development team conducted a Reddit AMA and shared more details about the intended player cap for dungeons and cleared some layering misconceptions. Read our recap of the AMA for a full summary of highlights! Mythic Keystone Affixes
    Fortified Sanguine Quaking Beguiling Weekly Quests
    Collect 36,000 Azerite from Island Expeditions for Azerite for the Alliance & Azerite for the Horde to receive 3,500 Azerite and 1,500 reputation with Honorbound/7th Legion. Complete 4 Mythic BfA Dungeons for Emissary of War to receive a cache which contains a piece of Heroic Eternal Palace gear. Nazjatar World Boss
    Players can kill Wekemara this week for ilvl 415 loot.
    Tidal Lurker's Greathelm Naga Ritualist's Mantle Spitcharged Shoulderguards Chestguard of the Submerged Belt of Rising Guardians Deepcaller's Clasp Serpentskin Splashers Wekemara's Warboots Shockbiter's Fang World Events
    Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Event (August 20th - August 27th)
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    The Battle for Azeroth Dungeons Bonus Event is underway!
    THIS WEEK
    All week, open Group Finder (default hotkey: I) to queue for any Battle for Azeroth dungeon on Normal or Heroic difficulty.
    Alternatively, get a group of veteran dungeoneers together and travel to one of the Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficulty:
    Atal’Dazar Temple of Sethraliss The Underrot The MOTHERLODE!! Freehold Shrine of the Storm Tol Dagor Waycrest Manor Look for the following all week long:
    Chronicler Shoopa in Zuldazar or Chronicler Toopa in Boralus has a quest for you – Emissary of War. Or, if you forget to pick it up there, you can start it within the Adventure Journal. Quest requirement: Complete 4 Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficulty. Rewards: One loot box containing a piece of gear from Heroic difficulty The Eternal Palace. Passive bonus: The final boss in each dungeon drop additional loot on all difficulties (except Mythic Keystone difficulties.) EVERY WEEK
    The Bonus Events system consists of a rotating schedule of different activities, currently scheduled to run each week beginning on Tuesdays. Each Bonus Event grants a passive bonus to a particular game activity and offers a once-per-event quest with a noteworthy reward for accomplishing a related goal. The in-game calendar can serve as your one-stop reference for the event schedule. The Adventure Guide also offers a direct link to active Bonus Events, allowing you to easily accept any associated quests.
    PvP Brawl: Arathi Blizzard (August 20th - August 27th)
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    Frozen Arathi Basin (Resource Race)
    Put away your bathing suit, pull out your parka, and enter a winter wonderland as the Arathi Basin you know and love gets a fresh coat of ice and snow. You'll be racing your way between the farm, stables, mine, lumberyard, and blacksmith through piles of snow and over a - mostly - frozen lake. One more thing: the weather forecast calls for a bit of fog of war. We hope you're prepared for the weather.
    
  • By Stan
    

    Today's hotfixes come with a lot of nerfs to Queen Azshara. Vitality Conduit now correctly transfers health from a target with absorb shields, and more.
    Blizzard (Source)
    Dungeons and Raids
    Azshara’s Eternal Palace Queen Azshara When either Aethenel or Cyranus is slain on Normal, Heroic, or Mythic difficulty, there is now a 3-second delay before the other one gains the Torment buff. Azshara's Indomitable is now summoned 10 seconds later than previously observed on Mythic difficulty. Tidemistresses have 5% less health on Mythic difficulty. Fixed an issue where casting either Moonfire or Regrowth twice in a row while affected by Repeat Performance was not triggering the silence. Fixed a bug on Mythic difficulty where the damage effect from Deferred Sentence could trigger the healing reduction from Obey or Suffer right as the decrees transitioned between each other. Siege of Boralus Corrected an issue where players’ pets were unable to attack the tentacles during the Viq’Goth encounter. Items
    Heart of Azeroth Vitality Conduit (Essence) correctly transfers health from a target with absorb shields on them. Learning new ranks of Conflict and Strife (Essence) should now properly grant achievements such as Power Up.
  • By Stan
    

    Artifact Knowledge will continue to increase each week until the week of October 1, according to Blizzard, despite the fact that in previous Seasons, it ended around the twelve-week mark.
    Blizzard (Source)
    Is this being cut off soon? Or are you leaving it on indefinitely?
    It’s been 8 weeks now, and 8.2 kicked off with 4 weeks of AK already calculated into the game, so in theory, we’ve had 12 weeks of AK at this point. AK ended around the 12-week mark in the prior seasons.
    This is an inquiry, I’m not asking that it be cut off. I think they should leave it on, but that wouldn’t fit the prior seasons.
    No to both questions. 🙂
    As things currently stand, Artifact Knowledge will continue to increase each week until the week of October 1.
    

The following column on the history of was first published on March 11, 2011. It tells all you wanted to know about our Mysterious Middletown Sightings Tour feature this week and more. Read on ...

is a huge and diverse community with some of the most impressive parks and nature trails, waterfronts and farms, homes and churches in the state.

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But back in the 1700s it was a new frontier, sparsely populated and, according to an article in the 1935 issue of the Red Bank Register, dependent upon a legacy of piracy.

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While scanning the Red Bank Register archives, I came across an article from the New York Times that was reprinted in the Jan. 10, 1935 issue of the Register. The article concerns the early history of Christ Church on Kings Highway in the historic Middletown Village area of the colonial town.

The headline of the article, written 76 years ago, reads 'OldChurch Set Up By Pirate's Legacy;' and it calls the early residents of Middletown 'perhaps the most ignorant and wicked in the World.' The article goes on to say that Christ Church ministers' salaries are from ill gotten gains.

'Bloodshed and crime of more than two centuries ago now pay the salary of the rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church at Middletown, N.J., William Leeds, reputedly one of the chief cohorts of the notorious pirate, Captain Kidd, is remembered not only for the legacy he left for the support of a missionary to preach the gospel to the inhabitants of Middletown and Shrewsbury, but also by a monument erected outside the portals of Christ Church,' the story said.

According to the article, Leeds was one of Captain Kidd's men, some of whom settled in the Ideal Beach section of Middletown and married township women. 'Piracy in the Middletown section at least was not considered a disreputable profession,' the story went on to say. 'Pirate chiefs and their ships received commissions during the colonial wars.'

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According to the article, during a trial in Middletown of one of Kidd's men, as many as seventy or eighty Middletown men forcibly rescued the prisoner and held the justices prisoners instead. 'This is not a thing which happened by accident, but by design,' it read. 'For some considerable time past, some of' the ringleaders kept … a pirate in their houses, and threatened any that would offer to seize them.'

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The article states that Leeds knew that the nooks and crannies in the bay near Middletown provided ideal places for pirates to unload their illicit cargos: 'Here he came to pick up silks, Spanish laces, jewels, objects of art and other luxuries which he marketed throughout the colonies.

'A member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Leeds, in all probability, took no part in the deeds of piratical violence. However, he grew wealthy from pirate plunder. At the height of his prosperity he met George Keith, founder of Christ Church, and established an intimate friendship resulting in the legacy.'

I'm assuming that 'intimate' had a different connotation in those days and just meant a strong friendship. The first official recording of Christ Church dates to June 17, 1701. Rev. Alexander Innes came to Middletown in 1680 and, according to records, held services in the home of John Stout while a public building was being erected.

Christ Church today is two buildings, the charming old church that was built in 1836, and the newer one that was built in 1966. It has a membership of 240 active families as well as a number of families who are not active. It is no longer dependent on pirate's booty to support its ministry, but like all churches, depends on the generosity of its members.

The small white church with the distinctive white steeple is a landmark at the corner of Kings Highway and Church Street. According to a tercentennial anniversary edition of the Christ Church Historical Notes, published in 2001, the organization of the church is dated from Christmas Day in 1702 when Keith, along with Rev. John Talbot held their first service at a home in Tintern Manor (near the Shrewsbury River).

Since both men were missionaries sent from England, his sermon was aptly called 'Sow the Seed and Plant the Word.' In the preface of the book, James F. Hale, who authored the book, wrote 'A good history is one that refrains from adding to, omitting from, overstating, understating or distorting known fact beyond the realm of that which is determined to be truth.'

I say good for you James Hale. It is always surprising to me when people try to bleach their history of its colorful past. Although Christ Church does not say anything about who, or where, the money came from to fund the church ministry in their historical book, it does acknowledge that a pirate was rescued from the jail: 'Middletown men, seventy or eighty in strength, forcibly rescued a Kidd cohort, Moses Butterworth, from a trail session at the Middletown Court in March.'

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Hale also notes that Leeds died in 1739 and left his property at Swimming River, in Leedsville, now Lincroft, to Christ Church. Leeds was buried near his house. Hale explains that the story of Leeds' connection to Captain Kidd is unfounded and may be merely a local legend of folklore.

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All these goings on are pre revolutionary war, so the next section of the book talks of William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, who incorporated the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in June as the source of all Church of England missionary work in the colonies.

It goes on to say, that a Colonel Morris had written to the Bishop of London describing the people of Middletown as, 'perhaps the most ignorant and wicked people in the world; their meetings on Sundays is at the publick house where they get their fill of rum and go to fighting and running of races which are practices much in use that day all the province over.'

Piracy seemed to be a thing of the past, but it has been making news for the past decade because of the Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean. I heard recently that shipping companies have been giving in to Somali pirates because it costs them less than having their ships held up for months. Unfortunately, sometimes the end does justify the means.