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Now that our forums are online and working, I am taking the time to write this short news to explain why we added these forums, what you can expect of them and how they are going to be kept alive.

Why did we add forums?

First, we wanted to give our users a means to make much more visible contributions. Over the months, we have received a lot of comments on our various guides. Many of them could have been the starting point of very interesting discussions. Instead, they remained confined at the bottom of our guide pages, with only a handful people ever reading them. This made us realize just how much the site would benefit from forums, where these discussions could develop.

Even though the forums are online, it will still be possible to comment directly on the guides, with a few restrictions. Basically, you are encouraged to post on the forums any comment or question that could lead to a discussion.

Second, we wanted to be able to publish news more regularly. Our homemade publishing system is very rigid. While it is great for publishing guides in a specific format, it is not adapted to writing quick news that do not have a preset layout. Now that the forums are up, we are going to write a lot of short articles, mainly about Mists of Pandaria for the moment.

Third, we wanted to sometimes cover other games. Our website is a World of Warcraft website, so we do not intend to includes guides for other games in our menus. This should not mean, however, that we will not, from time to time, cover another game. For example, if we had had the forums earlier, we would have published Diablo 3 guides in the Off-Topic section.

What to expect of these forums?

A center of World of Warcraft knowledge. We believe that this place can effectively become one of the most important center of discussion about World of Warcraft. We have one of the most complete (if not the most complete) offering of World of Warcraft guides, so it is only natural that many players will come here, seeking advice and knowledge. We make a point of giving an answer to every question asked on our guide pages, so you can rest assured that questions asked on these forums will share the same fate.

No bashing. We don't believe that anyone deserves to be bashed for asking a question, no matter how stupid some might consider it to be. As we have always done for the comments left on this site, questions will be replied to in a courteous manner.

Mature and civilized discussions. We will be keeping a constant eye on the forums to ensure that discussions remain mature and civilized. We believe that everyone's opinion deserves to be respected and that this forms the basis for arguing in a healthy way.

How are we going to keep the forums alive?

Constant presence. We have prior experience in moderating and running forums with thousands of members, so we know exactly how to proceed. One key aspect is to never let the forums derail out of control and to always be there to fill in for the lack of user contributions (for example, if no one is able to reply to a particular question).

High website traffic. Forum activity is like a snowball, once it starts, you need a slope steep enough to keep it growing. Our website traffic will be this steep slope.

Rewarding top posters. We will soon start a contest to encourage people to post on the site, in order to kick-start forum activity. We will give away many gifts: Amazon gift cards, Steam games, pets and mounts from the Blizzard Store, etc. (more details next week). There is also a reputation system on the forums. When other members like what you post, your reputation increases. You start at normal and the best contributors will eventually end up at exalted.

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      The number of guild members needed to be considered a guild Group in Flexible difficulty has been reduced. Previously, the number of guild members required in Flexible difficulty didn’t account for the scaling group size. It now requires 80% of the current group size, rounded down. Siege of Orgrimmar Norushen The number of Look Within orbs spawned by Norushen in Flexible difficulty will now round up instead of down, so that the ratio of orbs to players is never worse than on Normal difficulty. Galakras Reduced the health of ranking officials and foot soldiers in Phase 1 of the encounter on 10-player Normal difficulty. The portal leading back to the Vault of Y'Shaarj can no longer be used while in combat. Kor'kron Dark Shaman Ashen Wall, Toxic Storm, Toxic Mist, Foul Stream, and Foul Geyser now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty. Spoils of Pandaria Reduced the health of most of the creatures during the Spoils of Pandaria encounter on Raid Finder difficulty. Having multiple players start the encounter should no longer incorrectly cause the timer to count down rapidly. Thok the Bloodthirsty Captive Cave Bats on Raid Finder difficulty will no longer incorrectly drop Normal difficulty loot. Garrosh Hellscream Garrosh Hellscream should now use his abilities more predictably when starting Stage Three: MY WORLD. Hellscream's Warsong now grants a 75% increase to Physical damage dealt and health (down from 125%) on Raid Finder difficulty. Touch of Y'Shaarj now has a 4-second cast time for players (up from 3 seconds) on Raid Finder difficulty. Reduced the health of Minions of Y'shaarj on Raid Finder difficulty. [Requires a realm restart.] Kor'kron Reapers now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty. [Requires a realm restart.] Minion of Y'Shaarj's Empowering Corruption now heals for 15% of health (down from 30%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty. [Requires a realm restart.] Harbinger of Y'Shaarj's Y'Shaarj Touched now heals for 2% of health per second (down from 5%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
        Mogu'shan Vaults Resolved an issue that prevented players from completing the Straight Six achievement. Battlegrounds and Arenas
      [Requires a realm restart.] Silvershard Mines: The eastern mine cart now doesn't spawn in until shortly after the gates open. Arenas [Requires a realm restart.] The Crowd Chose You has been removed and replaced with a debuff called Dampening. [Requires a realm restart.] For Arena matches that last more than 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive Dampening. Dampening is a stacking debuff applied to all players in the Arena every 10 seconds. Each stack of Dampening reduces all healing and damage absorption by 1%. If neither team has won after 20 minutes, the Arena match will end in a draw. Necrotic Strike's healing absorption is not affected by Dampening. Players who pick up a Shadow Sight orb will be unable to stealth for the duration of the effect.   Quests
      Timeless Treasures: Weekly treasure chests on the Timeless Isle can now grant credit towards completing this quest. Professions
      Cooking Noodle cart chefs will now receive a well-fed buff while serving other players bowls of noodle soup. Items
      Nazgrim's Burnished Insignia's should no longer be incorrectly activating from actions that aren't helpful spells. Ticking Ebon Detonator's should no longer be incorrectly activating from actions that aren't attacks.   Protection Paladins are now eligible to receive the following items with via personal loot (Raid Finder and Flexible difficulty) and bonus rolls (all difficulty modes). Siege of Orgrimmar: Bubble-Burst Bracers, Corruption-Rotted Gauntlets, Darkfallen Shoulderplates, Demolisher's Reinforced Belt, Legplates of Unthinking Strife, Poisonbinder Girth, and Thranok's Shattering Helm. Ordos: Magdalena's Murderous Crown, Partik's Purified Legplates, Remnar's Ruinous Girdle, Rossi's Rosin-Soaked Shoulderplates, and Vanguard's Burly Bracers.   (source)
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