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ToyMachine228 said:
I'm expecting our talents to be buffed, some of the weaker ones (throwing spec., imp. sap, imp. distract, etc.) to be replaced. Hopefully MoD and the stealth speed will be combined into one talent.
I would love for 1 agility = 2 AP, but I think we'd be way overpowered. I'm HOPING that 1 Str = 1.5 AP and 1 Agi = 1.5 AP.
Also, Eviscerate needs to scale.
This was found on the forums so take it with a grain of salt, but some of the things I can see them doing:
I like the combined poison and guarenteed poison ability.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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They didn't allow it then either. They changed their minds on the last day and said no PVE to PVP.Mute said:
A WoW joke:
Three adventurers stumble upon a magical enchanted lamp. After some contemplation, they decide to rub the lamp. A mystical warrior, clad in very ornate armor appears.
"One wish, each of ye shall be granted. Choose wisely!!"
After a few seconds, the priest speaks up, and says, "I wish my Holy tree were viable!!"
The mystical warrior snaps his fingers, and the priest's wish is granted. He instantly re-specs Holy and lives on as one of Azeroth's greatest healers.
The druid goes next, and says, "I wish I didn't have to be restoration specced to use innervate!" The warrior snaps his fingers, and instantly, the druid is specced Feral, and has innervate as a trainable spell.
The rogue hastily steps forward, and screams at the top of his lungs, "I WANT TO BE OVERPOWERED, HAAHA!!"
The mystical warrior says, "Very well." He snaps his fingers, and his magical Ashkandi appears in his hands. He then swings it downward, splitting the rogue in two.
Three adventurers stumble upon a magical enchanted lamp. After some contemplation, they decide to rub the lamp. A mystical warrior, clad in very ornate armor appears.
"One wish, each of ye shall be granted. Choose wisely!!"
After a few seconds, the priest speaks up, and says, "I wish my Holy tree were viable!!"
The mystical warrior snaps his fingers, and the priest's wish is granted. He instantly re-specs Holy and lives on as one of Azeroth's greatest healers.
The druid goes next, and says, "I wish I didn't have to be restoration specced to use innervate!" The warrior snaps his fingers, and instantly, the druid is specced Feral, and has innervate as a trainable spell.
The rogue hastily steps forward, and screams at the top of his lungs, "I WANT TO BE OVERPOWERED, HAAHA!!"
The mystical warrior says, "Very well." He snaps his fingers, and his magical Ashkandi appears in his hands. He then swings it downward, splitting the rogue in two.
For the record, I love the added loot to ZG. Of course we get a few repeats. We got the 51 healing mace 3 times one night, but the healers didn't complain
Our group(guild has 3 ZG groups, 1 monday, 2 thursday) finally killed Hakkar. First time for me, was a long damn fight where I actually had to pay attention for once! But I picked up my Betrayor Boots and a Cloak of the Hakkar Worshipers(Int/Sta/23 damage) so it was a good run, hehe.
Our group(guild has 3 ZG groups, 1 monday, 2 thursday) finally killed Hakkar. First time for me, was a long damn fight where I actually had to pay attention for once! But I picked up my Betrayor Boots and a Cloak of the Hakkar Worshipers(Int/Sta/23 damage) so it was a good run, hehe.
SatelliteOfLove
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fallout said:
Yeah, Hakkar's a "when" fight, whereas Jindo is "when + "where" and "who". Gotta love healers getting cursed right off the bat. :lol
Finally downed Huhu last night after being stuck for several weeks. I really wish I could say something positive about the fight but it's probably the most blatant "you must have the proper gear or you will die" fight I've seen so far.
Pre-patch on my rogue I'd scraped together about 280 NR with 3800 HP fully raid buffed, and among the people in the guild I was definitely one of the more prepared ones. It didn't help that our top 15 NR consisted of people with less than 200 NR buffed.
Post-patch I shoot to 315 and 5k hp raid buffed, along with a NR wall of everyone having at least 300 NR buffed and we down Huhu on our first attempt with maybe 1-2 deaths.
We did an attempt on Twin Emps and then the server died. The trash up to them is a lot of fun. Especially our first thunderclap/meteor combo, I think we lasted about 20 seconds. Hoping we start working some Naxx spider wing into our rotation at least on a every other week basis, while we keep working on AQ.
Pre-patch on my rogue I'd scraped together about 280 NR with 3800 HP fully raid buffed, and among the people in the guild I was definitely one of the more prepared ones. It didn't help that our top 15 NR consisted of people with less than 200 NR buffed.
Post-patch I shoot to 315 and 5k hp raid buffed, along with a NR wall of everyone having at least 300 NR buffed and we down Huhu on our first attempt with maybe 1-2 deaths.
We did an attempt on Twin Emps and then the server died. The trash up to them is a lot of fun. Especially our first thunderclap/meteor combo, I think we lasted about 20 seconds. Hoping we start working some Naxx spider wing into our rotation at least on a every other week basis, while we keep working on AQ.
Fragamemnon
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Mazre said:
Anubisath Repairbill mobs are SO AWESOME. We had three Thunderclap/Meteors in a row last week, it's a pain in the rear even when you know what to do. Twin Emps is a lot of fun once you get all the technical issues with the fight down and the loot is actually really good. Then you get to die to more trash!
I hate bugs
Howard Alan Treesong
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My guild is working our way through ZG. We downed the first four priests fine, but wiped to the Panther boss like 4 times. Any advice? Apparently, she got really buffed in 1.10.
Synthesizer Patel said:
Our crew kept getting crushed by the Panther boss also. First off, mark it with the new raid targeting system. That way when she reappears it's REAL apparent. We have mages who Frost Nova and basically have whoever is marked kite them around.
Why are you wiping? Do you see a pattern?
We also found that you need to have another tank on her, for when she gouges the main tank. Within the past couple weeks though we've got the fight down finally
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And by the way, we had the easiest Tiger boss fight ever last night! Somehow our targeting got messed up(my fault I think, oop!) so we killed Zath waaaaaaaaaaay too early, both other guys were only just now being dpsed. We ran out to reset and for some reason Lor'Khan(the priest) despawned. So we did the first part with only Zath and Thekal, was a quick clear to phase 2 hehe.
We tried doing it the pre 1.10 way, where you have two tanks handle all the panthers with Shamans dropping earthbind totems. Something like that, anyway .. it's been awhile. Regardless, it was ugly.Synthesizer Patel said:
We tried it a few times and realized it wasn't going to work. The run had been perfect up until that point and someone just suggested: "Hey, why not just AoE the shit out of them when she disappears?" ... so, we gave it a shot, and we one shotted her. Up until the guild fell apart, we never wiped to her. Basically, when she disappears, everyone groups to the middle and you AoE the hell out of the panthers, killing as many as you can. Then, everyone scatters again.
I know there's a little more to the fight, but it's honestly been a couple months.
Fragamemnon
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Arlokk also has something that always causes problems that few people realise. When she unstealths, she has this really horrific cleave that can one-shot cloth. So after you AE down the panthers during her first disappear, spread out and top off/shield/frost barrier/etc.
One thing that makes this fight hard for a lot of newer guilds is that this *is* a DPS-driven fight. If you can't deal out the necessary damage, this encounter is very hard-your healers run low on mana, your mages do as well, and the deaths do start adding up and the panthers just keep coming.
One thing that makes this fight hard for a lot of newer guilds is that this *is* a DPS-driven fight. If you can't deal out the necessary damage, this encounter is very hard-your healers run low on mana, your mages do as well, and the deaths do start adding up and the panthers just keep coming.
SatelliteOfLove
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fallout said:
Odd. For us, it was a floodgate of recruits; we had the pick of the litter of unhappy (but strong-playing and friendly) casual raiders when we posted that. Is your server suffering entropy?
Moam down, new tier of Greater Heal learned. This place has went from my most hated to my most liked since we got it opened up. With Rajaxx less stressful, its even easier for us to get him down.
We were never really raiders to begin with. And not because we sucked at it, we just didn't enjoy it all that much (which resulted in being why the guild broke up). We were a PvP guild that did organized AB/WSG (even AV on the weekends ... 20 minute wins for the uh .. win), organized world PvP (taking on a 40 man raid going to AQ takes balls, I don't care what anyone says) and other fun stuff. Anyway, we started raiding more and even teamed up with other guilds to do MC and it just created a massive rift. Some wanted to see more raiding when they got a taste, some just wanted to quit because we weren't PvPing as much and because of the gear dependence. No drama though, heh. Most of us are just waiting for the next MMO.SatelliteOfLove said:
Did Rajaxx get nerfed? God I hated that fight. Everyone hates getting killed in there because you may as well go off and cook supper or something for the rest of the fight.
Fragamemnon
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We only had two priests and two warlocks draining Moam last night, but it certainly seemed that his mana regen was not as much as before 1.11. He's much less frightening with a suboptimal group makeup than he was before, IMO.
Rajaxx encounter got nerfed so hard, we were just AE'ing the adds down and wanding back mana (lol, pallies) on the named per pull.
Kurinaxx's sand traps definitely have smaller radius of effect.
Ossirian's a little bit easier to get under control now at the beginning. Still a hectic (but fun) fight.
Overall CC rep earned went up significantly.
Overall the changes to AQ20 should make it more appealing over ZG, since the two are now much closer in difficulty.
Rajaxx encounter got nerfed so hard, we were just AE'ing the adds down and wanding back mana (lol, pallies) on the named per pull.
Kurinaxx's sand traps definitely have smaller radius of effect.
Ossirian's a little bit easier to get under control now at the beginning. Still a hectic (but fun) fight.
Overall CC rep earned went up significantly.
Overall the changes to AQ20 should make it more appealing over ZG, since the two are now much closer in difficulty.
SatelliteOfLove
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Fragamemnon said:
The sheer frustration over endurance has been eased. Used to, we'd down Kurrinax, then...go home. Rajaxx was buggy and a huge drain on healers, same with Moam; and a level of DPS we didn't come close to on Buru. MC made Rajaxx doable with a little mageblood pot loving, this made it cake.
Fallout:
That's what sank us in October, so we merged with like-minded guilds. For 3 months, I raided 3 nights a week, did an hour flowerpicking to prepare for raiding, and rarely noodled around on a mage alt. Why? PvP in any form was Clash of the Tier # Titans shit. I'd rarely see opponents with less than 6/8 Tier 1 or Knight-Captain going against us. Now that I can return fire, I'm getting back into it.
ToyMachine228
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Yeah the Kurinaxx encounter is much more tolerable now. Less intense, but more tolerable. And finally after eight months of Onyxia kills, my guild got it's first Viskag to drop tonight, and it's in my hand. Pretty damn sweet.
Sounds like a similar situation, but you were successful.SatelliteOfLove said:
Yeah, I always found it to be a pain in the ass, even though we hardly ever wiped to him. Those sand bubbles were just cruel and unfair. It was almost as if the bubbles targetted you when they were growing and it didn't matter how close you were when they popped.ToyMachine228 said:
On a related AQ20 note ... Buru is one of my favourite fights in the game. First night we tried him many months ago, we wiped at 1% (like everyone does) and on the second attempt, I was the last man standing. Such a fun, frantic fight.
ToyMachine228
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I actually meant Rajaxx:lol Bad spelling on my part.
cubicle47b
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I love Buru. Kiting him is fun and the mage/lock tanking contest when we get him under 20% is great. Pre 1.11 a mage would tank the first 10 seconds before I'd pull and hold him the rest of the fight.
Last night really sucked. Because of the horrible timing and slow download speeed of the mini-patch we were over an hour late getting into BWL. Then, at 16% on Nef, we hit a 12 second lag spike and came back to the MT and OT dead and Nef rampaging toward the raid. We killed him on the next attempt but it's a 15 minute wait for him to respawn another 15 minutes to kill him and we were already an hour over our normal raiding time. GJ as always, Blizzard.
Last night really sucked. Because of the horrible timing and slow download speeed of the mini-patch we were over an hour late getting into BWL. Then, at 16% on Nef, we hit a 12 second lag spike and came back to the MT and OT dead and Nef rampaging toward the raid. We killed him on the next attempt but it's a 15 minute wait for him to respawn another 15 minutes to kill him and we were already an hour over our normal raiding time. GJ as always, Blizzard.
Fragamemnon
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We were in the middle of AQ40 last night and had people contantly softlocking and then getting stuck downloading the patch. I played hero and found a mirror fast, but what a huge annoyance. Patching in the middle of raid time is retarded.
I really wish they would also quit making all these stupid little tweaks here and there to AQ40. It's a retarded enough dungeon with subpar loot, but they keep changing the small stupid stuff and not the things that matter (no more quad mindflayer trash packs, pls).
I really wish they would also quit making all these stupid little tweaks here and there to AQ40. It's a retarded enough dungeon with subpar loot, but they keep changing the small stupid stuff and not the things that matter (no more quad mindflayer trash packs, pls).
ToyMachine228
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I need some advice from my fellow sword Rogues. Right now I am using Viskag in my Main-Hand, and Brutality Blade in my off-hand. But I may soon have to choose if I want to replace Brutality Blade with Maladath off the Broodlord. Personally, I like the stats of Brutality Blade much better, but Maladath's speed is really nice so...How about some opinions from you guys? Let me know!
ErasureAcer
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I'm back into the game on a new(well new as new to me) server(old server was Azgalor) called Kalecgos. Anyone else there?
Maladath.
More speed == More Poison
More speed == Sword spec procs more (When offhand procs, it causes Mainhand to strike)
+parry == Riposte
+swords == More +hit, +crit and it lowers the amount of damage absorbed by glancing blows. (big pve boost)
More DPS == more damage
Maladath was considered the best rogue offhand until Naxx (Iblis).
Good luck, my guild has killed him 19 times, hasn't dropped yet. I'm a sad rogue. Neither Maladath, CTS, or Vis'kag has ever dropped for my guild.
More speed == More Poison
More speed == Sword spec procs more (When offhand procs, it causes Mainhand to strike)
+parry == Riposte
+swords == More +hit, +crit and it lowers the amount of damage absorbed by glancing blows. (big pve boost)
More DPS == more damage
Maladath was considered the best rogue offhand until Naxx (Iblis).
Good luck, my guild has killed him 19 times, hasn't dropped yet. I'm a sad rogue. Neither Maladath, CTS, or Vis'kag has ever dropped for my guild.
Alex
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Naxxramas is by far the best thing they've put into this game, hard to believe how polished, fun and sizeable one dungeon can be. It even has it's own (really, really good) soundtrack. It's obvious that they've been working on this for a hell of a long time.
Ahn'Qiraj Temple should be removed from the game, the dungeon on the whole is boring, slipshod and offers so little raid centric loot progression. Just PvP and hybrid toys for the classes of that ilk. The handful of decent drops off of C'thun are the only things that keep you going in. =/
WoW raiding would've been a lot better without AQ on the whole, C'thun and the Twin Emperor's were the only enjoyable fights I had in there, as well.
Honestly, the difficulty leap from going from Blackwing Lair to Naxxramas is on par with jumping from Nefarian to the Twin Emps, which is the first challenging fight in AQ40 for a good BWL clearing guild, anyway, so if I had a choice I'd have just skipped it entirely.
Ahn'Qiraj Temple should be removed from the game, the dungeon on the whole is boring, slipshod and offers so little raid centric loot progression. Just PvP and hybrid toys for the classes of that ilk. The handful of decent drops off of C'thun are the only things that keep you going in. =/
WoW raiding would've been a lot better without AQ on the whole, C'thun and the Twin Emperor's were the only enjoyable fights I had in there, as well.
Honestly, the difficulty leap from going from Blackwing Lair to Naxxramas is on par with jumping from Nefarian to the Twin Emps, which is the first challenging fight in AQ40 for a good BWL clearing guild, anyway, so if I had a choice I'd have just skipped it entirely.
Alex
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That's Ahn'Qiraj Ruins, or AQ20, which is pretty pleasant and easy to breeze through, still too much silly hybrid loot in there too, but oh well. Most of the Paladins in my guild bitched relentlessly about gear until Naxxramas appeared. Judgement is pretty shitty healing gear compared to what Druid's get with Stormrage, I suspose.
I always thought that the rank upgrades being raid drops was a terrible idea. =/ Those should really be quested, or drop in more sane places for the general public to obtain.
If anyone was interested, here's a few rips of the Naxxramas soundtrack:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=1622368C733794AD
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=878B15405FDC8BA2
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7D8FC0A461A9B9B2
I always thought that the rank upgrades being raid drops was a terrible idea. =/ Those should really be quested, or drop in more sane places for the general public to obtain.
If anyone was interested, here's a few rips of the Naxxramas soundtrack:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=1622368C733794AD
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=878B15405FDC8BA2
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7D8FC0A461A9B9B2
ToyMachine228
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My guild downed Ebonroc last night on our second try. Man that can be a painful fight when a tank makes a mistake and taunts, and you see Ebonroc's health rising so quickly. We also didn't have a mortal strike warrior, so the only thing we could use to reduce the healing was wound poision:lol Either way, after a long fight, we pulled it off, and it was tons of fun.
ZombieSupaStar
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i deleted my 60 priest so im not ever tempted to use his sucking the fun outta the game ass again. If you want a heal I dont give shit *throws a mageweave bandage*.
ManaByte
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Tamanon said:You paid 25 bones to transfer a level 31?
I have a bunch of characters scattered around the PVP servers. If I can have them all on one it's worth $25 to move them. Plus he already had his mount so I wasn't going to delete him.
Once they open up Dark Iron for transfers I'll move my Warrior.
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