Remember when the Blue Tracker for official Blizzard posts was filled with comments from Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street? It looks like the team is attempting to capture a similar feeling with its new Dev Watercooler blog series. As Ghostcrawler puts it, these blogs will be "much more conversational and less proclamational. ... It will hopefully feel like you’re eavesdropping on our design meetings."

After emphasizing that these blogs should be viewed as brainstorming sessions rather than official patch notes, Ghostcrawler goes into a lengthy discussion about the role of Hit and Expertise on tank gear. How can Blizzard make them more interesting? He mentions turning them into defensive stats, but they're not sure yet.

You can read Ghostcrawler's post after the jump. What are your thoughts on this Dev Watercooler style?

If your guild is tired of its server or name, you'll definitely want to read Blizzard's latest announcement. Community Manager Netahera just posted on the official forums that Blizzard plans to implement both a guild relocation service and a guild name change service in the future.

Check out the announcement after the jump for all the details. You can discuss the topic in this thread in our World of Warcraft general furm.

Blizzard has posted the answers to its second Ask the Devs segment, which focused exlusively on PvP. You can read the answers to all 15 questions after the jump.

The third Ask the Devs segment will feature user interface-related questions. The thread has already hit the 500 post cap, so no more questions are allowed. However, you can still go through the thread to vote for your favorite questions.

As part of Blizzard's 20th anniversary celebration, founders Mike Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York on March 7. Pearce and Morhaime decided to take the opportunity to play some StarCraft II, with Pearce earning a narrow victory.

To keep the festivities going, the Blizzard founders then projected a seven-story-high video featuring cinematics from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty on the NASDAQ tower for a full hour.

Keep an eye on Blizzard's 20th anniversary site throughout the year for videos, interviews, photos and more. Also, don't forget to enter their anniversary video contest by April 19 for a chance to win an expenses-paid trip to BlizzCon.

Blizzard just posted a teaser image on the World of Warcraft Facebook page of a winged lion mount that will be coming soon to the Blizzard Store. No further information has been released, so we don't know how much it will cost or when it will be available. As a comparison point, the Celestial Steed mount is available through the Blizzard Store for $25.

Wowhead recently posted an unfinished 3D model of the winged lion mount that was found in the patch 4.1 files. Check it out to get an idea of what the mount will look like in-game.

Even though we don't have any details yet, would you buy this mount when it's released? Do you own the Celestial Steed?

Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has published his latest dev blog entry, and this one focuses on raid progression. He explains how raid encounters tends to nerf themselves over time due to players acquiring gear and knowledge, and he says that there are some encounters that still need adjustment.

"Overall, we are pretty happy with our current raid balance," he said. Regardless, Blizzard still wants your feedback on raid progression. What are your thoughts?

You can read Ghostcrawler's full blog entry after the jump.

As part of Blizzard's ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, the company is asking players to capture their favorite Blizzard game-related memory on video. If your movie is chosen as a winning entry, you could earn prizes including:

• An expenses-paid trip to BlizzCon
• Keyboards, mice, headsets, and more from Razer, SteelSeries, and Creative Labs
• Drinking vessels from TavernCraft
• Action figures from DCDirect
• Custom posters featuring your character from PrintWarcraft

The contest ends on April 19, so start working your submission for a chance at a free trip to BlizzCon!

UPDATE: You can now ask your PvP questions in this thread on the official forums. Once the 500-post cap has been reached, no more questions can be submitted.

Blizzard has posted the answers from its recent Ask the Devs segment, and it features responses to 23 questions that were posted by players throughout the world. The answers cover a wide variety of topics, so check them all out after the jump.

Moving forward, future Ask the Dev segments will focus on specific topics. The next edition will be all about PvP and Blizzard will start taking questions today, March 14, at 4 p.m. PST. The thread for the first segment hit its 500-post cap in the blink of an eye, so be ready to post your PvP question as soon as possible. If you don't post a question, you'll still be able to rate up the ones you like to make sure they get Blizzard's attention.

The latest episode of Legendary has been posted on GameBreaker.TV, and this one is packed with World of Warcraft topics:

• No Firelands in 4.1
• Season 10 PVP Gear
• WSG Graveyard Changes
• Bungie/Blizz MMO Marketing Fubar
• World Cyber Games picks up WoW
• 350k UA = Working As Intended
• And More

Listen to all the commentary from GameBreaker's Gary Gannon, ZAM's Mike B. aka Fony and TankSpot's Josh "Lore" Allen after the jump!

A new World of Warcraft blog post is out discussing all the changes to quest mechanics with the release of Cataclysm.

 "You've probably already encountered  many of these mechanics as you've explored post-shattering Azeroth, but we still wanted to take some time to discuss their purpose and functionality with you."

Changes discussed include:

• The ability to complete and accept new quests in the field
• Quest NPC objective windows
• Highlighted quest NPC names
• Resource bars
• Multi-tag targets
• Terrain phasing
• Personal summons
• New character camera controls

Check out the full post over at the World of Warcraft official site.