Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up and prepare to be amazed!
It?s incredible! It?s unbelievable! You?ll be dazzled. You?ll be amazed! You aren?t prepared for the Darkmoon Faire, ?cause it?s like nothing you?ve seen before! Don?t be shy now, don?t be bashful, step right up for a tantalizing glimpse of what we?ve got in store for you when patch 4.3 arrives!
That old thing?
No, no, no, Clem. The Darkmoon Faire ain?t what it used to be and it ain?t where it used to be. The management hasn?t changed but the Faire certainly has. It?s a whole new animal. Tickets? You don?t need those old tickets, just rip ?em right up, ?cause we?ve got new tickets! Out with the old, in with the new -- new quests, that is! Things have changed ?round here: we?ve got an island all to ourselves now, and what an island it is. Mist-shrouded Darkmoon Island is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma. It?s a place of mystery and wonder, and you wouldn?t believe the deals we made to get it? or who we made ?em with. But never mind that, just follow me right through here and I?ll show you what the Darkmoon Faire is all about.



All new! All spectacular!
Catch a show at the marvelous main stage or witness a dazzling fireworks display. But don?t stare too long or you might miss the stunning spectacles that surround you. Gaze in awe of our magical menagerie, get your fortune told by the amazing Sayge, go on a pony ride, experience the healthful effects of carnival food, and more!
Of course, there?s more to the Darkmoon Faire than just fantastic shows and culinary delights. You can still turn in your Darkmoon Cards, but you wouldn?t just come here for measly ol? cards when there?s so much more to see, experience, and win. Yes, win! You like dancing bears, right? Everybody likes dancing bears. Even bears like dancing bears. How about a dancing bear? you can ride!
That?s not all! We have adorable companion pets includin? a fez-wearing monkey, a plethora of profession recipes, toys, balloons, souvenirs, delectable carnival snacks and beverages, heirlooms for the little ones, and even replicas of long-lost suits of armor that we?re offering for your Transmogrification needs. You can also make your mark with new achievements and titles. All it takes to earn these fabulous rewards is a few Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets and a good reputation with the carnies. How do ya get your grubby mitts on some tickets? I?m glad you asked!
Step right up! Try your luck! Everyone?s a winner!
Have we got games? You bet we?ve got games, and they?re so easy to play an orc could do it. Just head on over to the midway, buy some Darkmoon Game Tokens, and get ready to play. Easy to learn, difficult to master, anyone can play and everyone can win. Just lay your tokens down for a chance at winning Darkmoon Prize Tickets playing games like Whack-a-Gnoll, the Tonk Battle Royale, the Cannon, Ring Toss, the Shooting Gallery, and more! Five games are there to test your skills at any one time. The better you play, the easier it is to win a bucket of Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets! Once a month, you?ve got a shot at tickets, and the fun never stops ?cause you can play as many times as you like. But that?s not the only way to win big!



The Darkmoon Faire Field Guide
It?s your passport to riches, my friend. Y?see, we need a few things -- just some junk, nothing valuable to a big hero like you. We call ?em Darkmoon Artifacts, and there?s all different kinds to be found all over Azeroth. The Darkmoon Field Guide helps you discover artifacts while you?re explorin? dungeons, slayin? monsters, and fightin? in Battlegrounds. Without a guide, you?d never notice ?em, and it?ll help keep you focused on the stuff we want. Whether you just reached level 10, or you?ve crushed the biggest baddies in the land, we need somethin? from nearly everybody. You won?t have to go too far out of your way to get ?em and each month you?ll get a new opportunity to seek out an Artifact for us. What do you get out of the deal? Don?t you worry, you?ll get your cut. When you bring a Darkmoon Artifact back to us, you?ll get valuable experience (it builds character, you know!), earn a better reputation, and possibly earn precious Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets too!
Oh, did I mention that you can use the Field Guide to get to Darkmoon Island whenever the Darkmoon Faire?s monthly extravaganza is up and running?
So, you want to work in show business?
Maybe you?d like a little peek behind the scenes, eh? Want to see what it takes to run the greatest show on Azeroth? Well, it?s not all sunshine and cotton candy, my friend. There are beasts to heal, food to cook, and buildings to fix. If you?re willing to help keep the show going and put your skills to work, you?ll not only impress us, but you can get experience, Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and even polish up your skills -- up to five skill points per profession, per Faire week, if you?re good at what you do!

Ferrydust posted:

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Takes me back to my younger carnie days! Yeah, that's my deep dark secret... I was once a carnie.

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The_Korrigan posted:

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4.3, beside the Deathwing raid, seems to be very "fluff" oriented - all what WoW was missing compared to games like LOTRO. I wouldn't be surprised if the game gets housing in the next expansion...

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Fedup23 posted:

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The_Korrigan posted:

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4.3, beside the Deathwing raid, seems to be very "fluff" oriented - all what WoW was missing compared to games like LOTRO. I wouldn't be surprised if the game gets housing in the next expansion...

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There will NEVER be housing in WoW..the technology doesnt exist. ......... ...or does it.....

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NukeMage posted:

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Ferrydust posted:

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Takes me back to my younger carnie days! Yeah, that's my deep dark secret... I was once a carnie.

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I actually was a carnie when I was a kid lol.

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Spookysheep posted:

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I for one am just glad that blizzard is finally doing something actually new, instead of just recycling old content.

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Rill_of_WE posted:

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Fedup23 posted:

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The_Korrigan posted:

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4.3, beside the Deathwing raid, seems to be very "fluff" oriented - all what WoW was missing compared to games like LOTRO. I wouldn't be surprised if the game gets housing in the next expansion...

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There will NEVER be housing in WoW..the technology doesnt exist. ......... ...or does it.....

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I always imagined they'd implement GUILD housing instead of player housing. Something instanced for sure and likely vary limited as far as what you could do with it. No vendors, AH, banks, ect. But you could check a box to display 'trophies' of whatever guild achievements you've completed. Like if you've kill Ony as a guild then her head would appear on the wall.

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labpete posted:

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To my knowledge, Asheron's Call was the first MMORPG Call to provide houses for both guilds and individual toons. Guild mansions were great: a gathering place for all guildies (something missing from WoW). Toon appts/cottages were less useful (except for the extra item slots) when their novelty died off.

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_Kewk_ posted:

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The only time housing was awesome was UO (because you could rob fewls like what!?) and DAoC because you could sell your wares through it, IMO.

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GrimTempest posted:

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so is creating mass instanced housing where everyone can go into the housing zone or the guild house etc because it completely wipes out towns.

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