Tigole announced earlier that Blizzard are removing the titles associated with server firsts for reaching level 80, among other things:
[BLUE=“http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336520906&pageNo=6&sid=2000#106”]We’ve decided to remove the titles for the Realm First Feats of Strength that are associated with reaching level 80. We’ve also removed the titles associated with the Realm First Feats of Strength associated with gaining 450 skill in the professions and secondary skill. Lastly, we’ve removed the title associated with Realm First to accomplish the Northrend Vanguard achievement.
Realm First boss kill achievements will still grant a title.
As a side note, Beta characters will retain their titles or end up displaying a broken title. This won’t carry over to the live realms but it is merely a symptom of removing these titles from the game. If we were to do another wipe of the achievement system, the Beta titles would go away.[/BLUE]
The new Russian PvP realm opened today:
[BLUE=“http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640487724&sid=1”]Today we are planning to open a new Russian speaking PvP realm: Grom. This realm will be destination for migrations from all European realms, and will have character creation disabled for now.
Note: Any migration may be closed at any point without previous notice due to population concerns. Please read this thread (in Russian) for more information about this migration.
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640237471&sid=5[/BLUE]
Blizzard also announced they are looking for Russian-speaking folk to join the Russian In-Game Support Teams:
[BLUE=“http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640487727&sid=1”]Now is your chance to become a member of Blizzard. Our Game Masters are looking for talented individuals with excellent teamwork skills to expand our Russian In-Game Support Teams.
Join Blizzard now and use your unique skills to help us make a great game even better!
http://eu.blizzard.com/en/jobs/
You can learn more about working at Blizzard and can also have a small glimpse at life on GM Island by visiting our Recruitment section.
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/recruitment/gm-island.html
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/recruitment/
Please note that candidates who already have permission to work within the European Union will be considered favorably.[/BLUE]
I’m glad they got rid of those titles. It’s bad enough for people to be racing through content in a vain effort to somehow have more fun once they hit max level, but to reward that mentality doesn’t feel like the direction Blizzard’s trying to lead everyone (no flying mounts until 80, etc).