Rage of the Firelands
Patch 4.2: Overview6/28/2011
In the days immediately following the Cataclysm, the Firelord Ragnaros and his minions attempted to ravage the world even further, pushing a damaged Kalimdor over the brink of oblivion. Their invasion was turned away at Mount Hyjal, but the threat of their presence lingers. It is not enough to simply deflect the danger posed to Hyjal, Nordrassil and all of Azeroth – it must be ended.

In patch 4.2, it’s up to you to push the conflict back from the peaks of Mount Hyjal into the endless blaze of the Firelands – to lead a full-scale invasion of the elemental plane of Fire, and do battle with Ragnaros and his minions in their very lair.

Prepare yourself for war.
Patch Features
The Firelands

The time to strike at Ragnaros draws near. The battle to protect Mount Hyjal now rages in the depths of Ragnaros's smoldering realm. As territory is gained by Azeroth's defenders and they draw closer to the inner sanctums of the Firelands, a monumental task awaits. Ragnaros's lair--Sulfuron Keep--is closely guarded by his most loyal servants, including the traitorous Druids of the Flame and their mysterious leader. Yet the brave heroes who have ventured into this ash-choked domain cannot afford to shy away from any danger. The outcome of the battles that lie ahead will determine the very survival of Azeroth.

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Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Uncertainty looms over the blue dragonflight's domain, the Nexus, as its members struggle to appoint a new leader. Split between the two likeliest successors--Kalecgos and Arygos--the flight has agreed to meet during a rare celestial event known as the Embrace in the hopes that a new Aspect will finally be chosen. The bronze dragon Anachronos, however, has detected something sinister at work around the Nexus, threatening to compromise the ceremony. If a hero does not rise to investigate these dark forces and uncover their intentions, Anachronos believes that Azeroth's doom is imminent.

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The Regrowth and Molten Front

Although the night elves and their allies repelled Ragnaros's initial invasion of Hyjal, their work on the sacred mount is far from over. Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage has gathered his comrades at the Sanctuary of Malorne within the newly healed Regrowth to invade Ragnaros's domain: the Firelands. Once inside the Elemental Plane, Hyjal's defenders hope to establish a permanent stronghold. Yet these plans have come under threat by a ferocious new elemental assault that has swept through the Regrowth. Despite this setback, Hyjal's protectors remain steadfast in their mission, for they know that it is in the molten heart of the Firelands that the fate of Mount Hyjal will be decided.

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Elemental Bonds

What was to be an auspicious event at the ancient World Tree Nordrassil has ended in tragedy. There, members of the Cenarion Circle and Earthen Ring, including former warchief Thrall, had gathered with the noble Dragon Aspects to unite their powers and restore Nordrassil for the good of Azeroth. Yet word has now spread that a shadowy Twilight's Hammer agent interrupted the ceremony and struck down Thrall with dark magics... casting his spirit into the four domains of the Elemental Plane. If these terrible rumors hold true, the Earthen Ring--indeed, all of Azeroth--has lost one of its greatest champions.

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Kaziel
Undermine
Kaziel
3/2/2012
did this um...what happened to this? lol was it just adding in raids or was there a mini story about beating Ragnaros?
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Redoolittle
Cairne
Redoolittle
1/31/2012
@##$%$#@*******^^&%^$$#@^*&*($#%$%^$#^&*^&&#^*^^*^**^&$^%#%^*^^?????????????i I DO'NT GET IT?
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Darasam
Dalvengyr
Darasam
12/3/2011
i cant log in cause of patch
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Shotgunx
Nazgrel
Shotgunx
11/29/2011
Well what is going to happen when the new one come out and level is 90 i think and then what keep on raising the level at one point its not going to be as fun
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Furyess
Kil'jaeden
Furyess
3/4/2012
@Shotgunx: Higher levels = bigger challenges = more questing and more raiding.... the purpose of this game? if you dont find that fun then idk why you'd play anyway. Otherside of the fence is PvP, higher levels = more hp, better equipment and a harder challenge to kill your opponent. WoW is about a long term challenge. eventually that challenge cielling needs to be increased to keep current players satisfied not just new players satisfied.

Typos aside, do you understand what i mean?

Fury-
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Bigàçù
Trollbane
Bigàçù
11/27/2011
I haven't played wow since about mid-may. Have there been any major changes? Any changes to talent trees and the like?
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ive been playing this game since 11 days ago, and everything was fine.when i tried to log in today, the launcher showed that i have to download an extra of 3.5gb worth of content and i couldn't play until ive downloaded at least 1 gb worth of content.any explanation for this ?? was there some kind of new patch that i am not aware of?
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Rulah
Crushridge
Rulah
11/13/2011
Hey wow when are you sending out the next patch?
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Ælius
Shattered Hand
Ælius
11/12/2011
WoW is kicking me out every time I try to change my spec or enter an instance :'(
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Krocks
Black Dragonflight
Krocks
11/10/2011
is anyone else having troubles logging in now?
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Onegirlnocup
Drak'thul
Onegirlnocup
11/9/2011
soooooo, um, wheres the button to download this thing cuz i cant play otherwise.....
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Spankmee
Dreadmaul
Spankmee
11/9/2011
Uh,, I cant log in coz patch wont install! Geeez :(
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Démónic
Khaz'goroth
Démónic
11/8/2011
the only reason there is no different gear is because there is only one main raid now (FL) while back in BC there were multiple raids. during patch 4.3 hopefully we can see more of a variety of different gear. but atm that is not realsed so just toughen up sunshines and work on raid performance for 4.3 ^_^ GL
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Kebas
Frostmourne
Kebas
11/8/2011
gears are so limited. every class is wearing the same stuff... its been years.. its been the same..
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Talraza
Bleeding Hollow
Talraza
10/31/2011
I don't post often ,,,, but i think its funny when I see hundreds of forums that have people saying "cata sucks" but when I click on their avatar it takes me to the armory and what do I see? ..................ALL CATA GEAR!!!!!! If you dont like it .. go play a new game
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Tooblah
Tichondrius
Tooblah
11/3/2011
@Talraza:
It sucks in the sense that it's not balanced, or the same as TBC, which is commonly viewed as the best expansion of wow. In both PVE and PVP aspects TBC was the best, and it's over, and it won't come back.
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Soldiras
Aggramar
Soldiras
11/3/2011
@Tooblah: we have cata gear because we hope some day an expansion will either be as great as BC or better will arrive, personally i'd like to be geared by that time to enjoy it until then i sit and wait with average gear thru every expansion that isnt what i wanted to see
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Móònrise
Illidan
Móònrise
10/26/2011
Verysafety are you one of those Blind/Deaf players? If you recall Majordomo Executus states that this is a 'Fraction of Ragnaros' power' about 20 seconds before Ragnaros yells 'TO SOON EXECUTUS'. I feel sorry for your disabilities and for your need to comment on what you don't know about for this is in no way recycled content.
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Verysafety
Ner'zhul
Verysafety
10/25/2011
hm.....................WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS FIERY GUY WITH A HAND OF RA...oh wait, Vanilla! Please Blizzard. Throw in some random lore into a game , not recycle content. I'd rather you say the death ray space bunnies have attacked Lordaeron than say that Ragnaros is back after wiping/killing him for years.
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Dazarune
Archimonde
Dazarune
11/4/2011
@Verysafety: learn the lore before u criticize it... we didnt kill him in vanilla, we banished him back to the elemental plane of fire before he emerged in azeroth with the power he has now at lvl 85 when we were all lvl 60... this time we went to the elemental plane of fire and killed him for good
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Allannathorn
Hydraxis
Allannathorn
10/25/2011
Is there a patch of any way to play on a Mac running Lion?
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Verysafety
Ner'zhul
Verysafety
10/25/2011
@Allannathorn: lol, I stopped at Mac, but for real. I rolled back to Snow Leopard. Lion is junk, for now.
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Mortenrouge
Sisters of Elune
Mortenrouge
10/21/2011
All this focus on all these damn downgrades to our classess really why would you mess with the death knight so few people actually level it up to 85 and now you reduce stats way to go wow and while I am at they cant even fix the blacksmithing quest so you can actually get the recipe you need to complete the quest whats up with that cant even get the recipe for hardened iron mace
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Richness
Blackhand
Richness
10/13/2011
well thrall may be the last hope in this patch but daham he should pay for what he did to us during the raid of UC
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Deathkingdea
Anvilmar
Deathkingdea
10/9/2011
I have to say...I really like this patch but the sets are very identical as in they all revolve around fire...
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Thegreenguy
Khaz Modan
Thegreenguy
9/28/2011
(sigh)
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Lassaebria
Doomhammer
Lassaebria
9/23/2011
Hey, can you make it so you can exchange Valor for Justice? My druid is overflowing with Valor I don't need and barely have any JP.
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Holyfired
Undermine
Holyfired
9/14/2011
Just saying that I wish cata could have been a bigger change and more cities and possably new classes
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Zangutsu
Stormreaver
Zangutsu
9/16/2011
@Holyfired: they have new races... bc was races then wotlk was a class so cata would be a race and the next one possibly another class
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Imnotzero
Earthen Ring
Imnotzero
10/6/2011
@Holyfired: the expansions switch up, new races then new classes and goes with that routine
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Lelanna
Terokkar
Lelanna
9/6/2011
Hey I haven't been on for a few months (bills) I saw some screenshots of egyptian scenes where is that and how do you get there?
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Ethenil
Quel'Thalas
Ethenil
9/12/2011
@Lelanna: Uldum south of Un´Goro
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Gäldärmös
Muradin
Gäldärmös
10/4/2011
@Lelanna: It's Uldum, level 83-84 on the southernmost tip of Kalimdor. Egyptian styled, capital is Ramkahen. On my 85s I visited there IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
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Nymphy
Drak'thul
Nymphy
9/6/2011
Can the community QQ more about cata? Just quit if you don't like it. Go play Final Fantasy or something.
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Hiddin
Deathwing
Hiddin
9/4/2011
the ONLY way that blizz could kill wow is if they made every enemy an Elite ?? boss, We had no gear or weapons, You needed a correct gearscore for EVERYTHING, you started off with 1 health and all the npc's were dead. GAME. OVER.
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Loxxie
Darkspear
Loxxie
8/30/2011
cata ruined the whole game ! blizzard needs to let us mail boa's accross realms !!
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Zamaniac
Agamaggan
Zamaniac
8/30/2011
I was having the launcher problem as well. Blizz GM told me that you only need to open wow with the launcher when there is a patch to be loaded. Otherwise use wow.exe to open the game. They also were having problems with the launcher.
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Rÿan
Fizzcrank
Rÿan
8/21/2011
Cata sucks, nuff said
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Arthimas
Cenarion Circle
Arthimas
8/22/2011
@Rÿan: lol if cata sucks why are u playing it then?
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Eviljackman
Windrunner
Eviljackman
8/23/2011
@Arthimas: +1 internets to you sir.