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World of Warcraft hotfixes for February 17
Today's round of patch 6.0.3 hotfixes all involve the Blackrock Foundry raid, so if your guild has been having issues with particular fights, you might want to look over the list and see if that's been addressed.
Patch 6.1 adds new colorblind support UI
Colorblind support was added to World of Warcraft all the way back in Cataclysm, but it's getting a big revamp in the way of a facelift and new, better controls in patch 6.1. A new Accessibility section has been added to the Interface menu, and players can access three different accessibility options from the new menu -- the Movepad, UI Colorblind Mode, and Colorblind Filters.
Bosses in 5 seconds: Blackrock Foundry LFR – The Slagworks
The first wing of Blackrock Foundry LFR, The Slagworks, opens up today. It consists of 3 bosses: Gruul, Oregorger, and The Blast Furnace. Our bosses in 5 seconds series focuses on the core points you need to know going into these fights. Keep in mind that you'll need a minimum item level of 635 to queue for Blackrock Foundry LFR.
How to get in on the fun of the Lunar Festival
World of Warcraft's Lunar Festival comes around every February, roughly mirroring Chinese New Year with Asian-themed toys and gear to collect as you trek across Azeroth to pay respect to the festival elders scattered across the world. We'll help you get started.
What you need to know about pet battles in patch 6.1 (even if you hate them)
Instant level 25s, Menagerie nerfs, and Raiding With Leashes 3. There are a lot of things to love about pet battling in patch 6.1, even if you've never tried it before.
New machinima highlights the perils of flying in major cities
Sure, we can't fly in Draenor, we knew that going in to the latest expansion.
Player creates working gnomish mailbox
This has to be one of the coolest craft projects I've seen in a long, long time -- a full size, working version of a gnomish mailbox.
Plaguebearer: Preliminaries and patch 6.1
What better way to begin what I hope is a fruitful and lengthy tenure writing about the master class death knights than by jumping straight into the nitty gritty of what the future seems to hold for us?
Shifting Perspectives: The rebirth
Welcome, shapeshifting friends! It’s great to be back. Once again, I am amazed at the community that this site shares, and am immensely grateful to be able to contribute to it. I’m going to steal the Queue’s format for this week and devote this column solely to your questions; going forward, let me know what you want to see! Q&A? Guides? Detailed analysis? Diatribes against the gear-stealing, death-feigning, class-who-will-not-be-named? Leave a comment, let me know!
Breakfast Topic: How’s Blackrock Foundry treating you?
Blackrock Foundry normal and heroic modes have been live since early this month, and mythic opened just this week — so now that many players have had a chance to jump in, let's talk about our raiding success (or lack thereof).



