Today, the North American World of Warcraft community team have shared some funny photos of themselves, wishing players a merry journey into the new year.

The community team always browse the forums and they serve as a guiding link between developers and players. Their main aim is to inform players about the upcoming changes and events and/or to keep the forums clear from spammers.

Finally you get to see the people hiding behind icons on the official Warcraft forums !

Here's another version of the screenshot, click to expand:

Back (from left):Crithto, Bornakk, Zarhym, Rygarius

Front (from left):Brennvin, Daxxarri, Nethaera, Bashiok

For all the eager photo editors, they even released individual screenshots so that you can manipulate them, creating funny edits for sharing.

Crithto

It's been a while, since the new Darkmoon Faire Island has been introduced to World of Warcraft.

This Darkmoon Faire Celebration, is the first one in Mists of Pandaria.

It lasts from October, 7 (today), until October, 13.

The thing that interest most of you are the revamped trinkets for Mists of Pandaria.

This is the time for every scribe to shine and make tons of gold, because undoubtedly, the prices will be very high, indeed.

Let's now have a look at all the newly added trinkets.

First off, the itemlevel of all the trinkets is 476. Every deck you turn in will also grant you +350 reputation with the Darkmoon Faire faction.

We have a total of four decks available: -- you only need to combine eight pieces to get your desired deck.

I. Ox Deck awards tanks with Relic of Niuzao.

The first week since the release of Mists of Pandaria is almost behind us. I took some time off, while I leveled my character to level 90 and so far I must admit I'm loving the expansion. The new zones are very neatly designed and the quest flow is awesome.

Throughout the leveling process, I experienced some difficulties which were fault of my own, such as wearing heroic Dragon Soul gear up to level 90, because of the set bonus and leveling in fire spec.

As a fire mage it wasn't easy to level in Dread Wastes. The mobs hit for a lot of damage, have a fairly large health pool (something that wasn't seen in WoW yet, you could almost two shot mobs in Hyjal if you remember) and not to mention their quantity. I had to use Evocation on every cooldown. Leveling from 89-90 was really a p

The Brewfest Festival has started today and will end October, 13. The original date has been postponed by a week due to Mists of Pandaria release, so that players would have enought time to queue for the Coren Direbrew boss encounter via dungeon finder.

The Brewfest meta-achievement is a requirement if you want to obtain the Violet Proto-drake mount (for which you must complete all celebrations throughout the year.)

The Achievements

Here's a list of mandatory achievements of the meta.

The Brewfest Diet

Very simple to finish, just sample the food/drinks from the vendors in the camps outside Orgrimmar/Ironforge. The consumables can be bought at a very cheap price.

Brew of the Month

Your main resource are the Brewfest tokens, which you obtain from completing daily quest or for killing C

Some years ago, Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers and John "Ol'Chumbucket" Baur (the co-authors of the book Pirattitude) figured that being a pirate was such a fine thing that it should be celebrated. Their associate Dread Captain DeMeza thought a capital idea, and Pirates' Day was born.

EVENT DETAILS:

When? September 19th

Where? Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale

ACTIVITIES:

On one day only, September 19, you too can celebrate Pirates' Day. Rumor has it that Dread Captain DeMeza herself will invade Booty Bay, bringing corsairs and cannons to fire on approaching vessels. Keep an eye out for First Mate Hapana, and expect to see commoners in pirate garb in capital cities. Ask them to help you dress like a pirate, and join in the fun.

Dread Captain DeMeza has been known to sha

Today, we'll have a look at one of the initial raids of the forthcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria, Mogu'shan Vaults.

MOGU'SHAN VAULTS is one of the three new raids that will be opened in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The six-boss raid invites you to explore the hidden secrets of the elusive Mogu empire, one of the new indigenous Pandarian races.

The entrance to the Vaults is found in northeast Kun-Lai Summit, accessed on Mogu'shan Terrace, overlooking the Zouchin Provice far below.

Normal mode will open October 2, 2012. LFR mode opens October 7, 2012. LFR is split into two raids (3 bosses/raid) similarly, to Dragon Soul.

The mogu, proud of their supremacy, kept lengthy records of their accomplishments within a great complex of vaults. Guarded by ferocious magical beings, th

It's been a while, since Blizzard released the Armory app for android/iOS devices. It offers the same as the full website armory - you can view your character's gear, talents, glyphs and a 3D model.

Two of the services required a monthly subscription until now. These were the Remote Guild Chat and Remote Auction House.

Remote Guild Chat allows you to chat in the guild, through your smartphone or to send/receive whispers pushed to notifications.

While the free version of the Remote Auction House only offers you to brows auctions and see sold items in your mailbox, the paid one allowed you to bid/buy items directly from the auction house or even create/cancel your own auctionswithin the app itself as well as gather colelcted gold

Now the app has become free of charge. Any

I've found some new neat mounts in the game files of the upcoming expansion. 

At this time I have really no idea where they drop, but my wild guess would be that they will be rewarded through exalted reputation, Glory of Pandaria Hero, Glory of Pandaria Raider 10/25 versions and some may also land on the Blizzard Store.

I'll start with my favorite one - Green Cloud Serpent

There are various recolors of the same mount - Blue Cloud Serpent

Black Cloud Serpent

Red Cloud Serpent

Yellow Cloud Serpent

The price of the paid Character Transfer Service has been decreased by 25% for this weekend only.

This shall be your ultimate opportunity to move your toons to your desired realm before Mists of Pandaria.

This offer ends Monday, July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

The price is now $18.75, down from $25 as indicated in the picture.

Last weekend, there was the "25% off Faction Change" sale.Can we expect any other limited discounts next week?

All the information and frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the Character Transfers can be found here.

Tier 14 Sets Preview

Since it's nice to have all things in the right place, here is a full compilation of the upcoming Tier 14 Raid Set from Mists of Pandaria. Little is known so far regarding the drop locations, but we can safely assume that there will be once again several versions of the gear. One that drops in Raid Finder (ilvl483), one that drops in raid in normal mode (ilvl496) and one dropping in hardmode (ilvl509).

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Female Druid

Male Druid

Female Hunter

Male Hunter

Female Human Monk

Female Pandaren Monk

Male Human Monk

Male Pandaren Monk

Female Death Knight

Male Death Knight

Female Mage

Male Mage

Female Paladin

Male Paladin

Female Priest

Male Priest

Female Rogue

Male Rogue

Female Shaman

Male Shaman

Female Warlock Probably the prettiest of all sets.

Male Warlock

Fem