mario ate my burger
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Does anything think Troll's catform will be any different? Like a tiger or something?
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It'd be nice to see a markedly different approach to what the Trolls and Worgen believe in their Druidism. At least with the Trolls its easier to point towards the Loa as their inspiration and the forms will most likely perform the same but have a different makeup. Whether Blizzard bother with it though is another thing entirely.mario ate my burger said:
I think it's possible the forms could be different, however I remember there was speculation before we new a lot about TBC that Draenei Shamans would have a Ghost Lion form instead of Ghost Wolf, since lions are essentially synonymous with the Alliance as wolves are with the Horde.
Not holding my breathe, but part of me is still holding out for that to happen one day
Then again, I'm also waiting for Dwarf and Draenei Paladins to get Ram and Elekk versions of the Charger
Not holding my breathe, but part of me is still holding out for that to happen one day
Then again, I'm also waiting for Dwarf and Draenei Paladins to get Ram and Elekk versions of the Charger Yeah, when i return to WoW for Cataclysm i'll be reviving my lock
unfortunately i left it at level 70 (only levelled my feral druid to 80 in WotLK), so I have to go through some of the WotLK content again. I'll do that when they make teh 70-80 experience faster (less xp required per level)
unfortunately i left it at level 70 (only levelled my feral druid to 80 in WotLK), so I have to go through some of the WotLK content again. I'll do that when they make teh 70-80 experience faster (less xp required per level)
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not necessarily all of them; they are removing certain things, i.e. Spell Power from gear. I guess it's possible that it will still continue to exist as a stat (i.e. Bonus Healing still exists as a stat even though nothing seems to make a difference in healing vs. damage) .funkmastergeneral said:
11:06: Metzen shouts angrily for security after a paladin managed to sneak past their careful screening process and try to ask a question.
Apparently the Q&A is over now, and not a single Pally question. Seriously, all I've heard of Paladins from Blizzcon is that nobody likes them. Well, that's hardly news, isn't it?
Apparently the Q&A is over now, and not a single Pally question. Seriously, all I've heard of Paladins from Blizzcon is that nobody likes them. Well, that's hardly news, isn't it?
Here's a bullet-point summary of the WoW Q&A Panel:
- They *eventually* will get around to a Legendary that will appease Feral Druids.
- They'll make sure that the pure DPS classes will always have a place in the raid, they're happy with where hybrid DPS is right now.
- No real plans for Outland to be effected by Cataclysm (Metzen would love to, but can't convince the team to "do his bidding").
- They're keeping a watchful eye on Warriors since they've "fallen behind", they don't want to "homogenize" their abilities as a quick fix for tanking.
- They've been discussing the idea of hunters having more direct control over their pets (giving direct paths, having a teleport-like spell so pets don't run through something like fire on their way back to you).
- They're still working on dance studios, they will be "worth the wait".
- Already confirmed, but they will be updating the classic racial abilities to be just as "fun" as the Goblins and Worgen.
- They're keeping an eye on XP in battlegrounds, they don't want to raise too much or too quickly to avoid XP leechers in Alterac Valley.
- Cataclysm *will* effect the Burning Crusade starting zones, and it was hinted that Khadgar will appear somewhere in Cataclysm.
- Spirit will leave Shadow Priest and Moonkin gear.
- Yep, Arthas drops Shadowmourne instead of Frostmourne.
- Race changes coming somehwre down the line (I would assume for a fee).
- They're happy with where Mage DPS in PvE is right now
- They will be taking another look at Regeneration (the Troll Racial)
- Blizzard wants Rogues to consider using daggers again with the buffs to Assassination in 3.2.2 (question was regarding Rogues being forced into using Fist weapons)
- They will be making professions easier to level in Cataclysm.
- Chilton says that the ability to move around what order your characters are in on the character select screen is on his "UI Wishlist".
- They're actively talking about how to better the latency problems that plague Aussie servers.
- They plan on looking at all vanilla-Reputations for Cataclysm to see if any of them should be brought back "out of necessity".
- They want to add more character customization to the game since more and more people are hitting the end-game, but they're not sure how just yet.
- Guilds will be able to craft Guild-Heirloom Items for any slot that will scale with level (all the way to 85).
- With the removal of Armor Penetration, Blizzard is considering putting an effect like it into talents to non-plate wearing melee classes can compete against plate-wearers.
- Troll and Worgen Druids WILL be getting their own unique Feral shape-shift forms.
- They want to take another look at Arms Warriors to make MS "neat" again.
- Shamans running into the middle of combat to drop totems is something "they're looking at, but aren't sure how to address it yet".
- Metzen hints that Thrall might have some sort of big intervention between Garrosh and Varian.
- Why Night Elf Mages? "Because they're pretty sweet."
- Level 60 Onyxia will not make a return in Cataclysm, it's gone for good.
- No "active" plans to increase amount of character slots per-server.
- In regards to bag-space; Stacks "will get bigger" in Cataclysm.
- Phasing will be much better in Cataclysm, you'll be able to help people with phased quests that you've already completed. Will also happen on a much grander scale (whole mountains moving, etc).
- They're not too concerned about people abusing flying mounts to gank players of the opposing faction in contested zones, since that's just part of playing on a PvP server.
- They have some ideas for a "mentoring" system where players with a vast difference in level would be able to run quests/dungeons together, but we shouldn't really expect any info about it until the next Blizzcon.
- With the removal of Spirit, abilities that use it (like Molten Armor) will be changed.
- There will be "mega" class oriented-hubs in Cataclysm like in Wrath and TBC.
- Zhevras might become tamable in Cataclysm.
- With regards to some sort of "arena-spectator" mode, Chilton: "That'd be cool".
- The "5-second rule" when it comes to mana regen may be ditched due to the changes to mana regen, but they haven't decided yet.
That's it
- They *eventually* will get around to a Legendary that will appease Feral Druids.
- They'll make sure that the pure DPS classes will always have a place in the raid, they're happy with where hybrid DPS is right now.
- No real plans for Outland to be effected by Cataclysm (Metzen would love to, but can't convince the team to "do his bidding").
- They're keeping a watchful eye on Warriors since they've "fallen behind", they don't want to "homogenize" their abilities as a quick fix for tanking.
- They've been discussing the idea of hunters having more direct control over their pets (giving direct paths, having a teleport-like spell so pets don't run through something like fire on their way back to you).
- They're still working on dance studios, they will be "worth the wait".
- Already confirmed, but they will be updating the classic racial abilities to be just as "fun" as the Goblins and Worgen.
- They're keeping an eye on XP in battlegrounds, they don't want to raise too much or too quickly to avoid XP leechers in Alterac Valley.
- Cataclysm *will* effect the Burning Crusade starting zones, and it was hinted that Khadgar will appear somewhere in Cataclysm.
- Spirit will leave Shadow Priest and Moonkin gear.
- Yep, Arthas drops Shadowmourne instead of Frostmourne.
- Race changes coming somehwre down the line (I would assume for a fee).
- They're happy with where Mage DPS in PvE is right now
- They will be taking another look at Regeneration (the Troll Racial)
- Blizzard wants Rogues to consider using daggers again with the buffs to Assassination in 3.2.2 (question was regarding Rogues being forced into using Fist weapons)
- They will be making professions easier to level in Cataclysm.
- Chilton says that the ability to move around what order your characters are in on the character select screen is on his "UI Wishlist".
- They're actively talking about how to better the latency problems that plague Aussie servers.
- They plan on looking at all vanilla-Reputations for Cataclysm to see if any of them should be brought back "out of necessity".
- They want to add more character customization to the game since more and more people are hitting the end-game, but they're not sure how just yet.
- Guilds will be able to craft Guild-Heirloom Items for any slot that will scale with level (all the way to 85).
- With the removal of Armor Penetration, Blizzard is considering putting an effect like it into talents to non-plate wearing melee classes can compete against plate-wearers.
- Troll and Worgen Druids WILL be getting their own unique Feral shape-shift forms.
- They want to take another look at Arms Warriors to make MS "neat" again.
- Shamans running into the middle of combat to drop totems is something "they're looking at, but aren't sure how to address it yet".
- Metzen hints that Thrall might have some sort of big intervention between Garrosh and Varian.
- Why Night Elf Mages? "Because they're pretty sweet."
- Level 60 Onyxia will not make a return in Cataclysm, it's gone for good.
- No "active" plans to increase amount of character slots per-server.
- In regards to bag-space; Stacks "will get bigger" in Cataclysm.
- Phasing will be much better in Cataclysm, you'll be able to help people with phased quests that you've already completed. Will also happen on a much grander scale (whole mountains moving, etc).
- They're not too concerned about people abusing flying mounts to gank players of the opposing faction in contested zones, since that's just part of playing on a PvP server.
- They have some ideas for a "mentoring" system where players with a vast difference in level would be able to run quests/dungeons together, but we shouldn't really expect any info about it until the next Blizzcon.
- With the removal of Spirit, abilities that use it (like Molten Armor) will be changed.
- There will be "mega" class oriented-hubs in Cataclysm like in Wrath and TBC.
- Zhevras might become tamable in Cataclysm.
- With regards to some sort of "arena-spectator" mode, Chilton: "That'd be cool".
- The "5-second rule" when it comes to mana regen may be ditched due to the changes to mana regen, but they haven't decided yet.
That's it
Also mounts for each rated BG. Should be quite interesting stuff.
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-game-systems-panel-live-blog/#continued
If anyone wants to follow the Game Systems panel since it's not being shown on the feed.
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-game-systems-panel-live-blog/#continued
If anyone wants to follow the Game Systems panel since it's not being shown on the feed.
mario ate my burger
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VaLiancY said:
Fuck yeah!
jim-jam bongs
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Retro said:
I like the way you think. Example: Empowered Soul Fire could turn into Chain Fire, bouncing targets but doing less damage each hop.
jim-jam bongs said:
Exactly. It would make Warlock play style feel very unique, because every spell has a souped up version that can do all sorts of scary things. Instant fears should be the least of your concerns when staring down a Lock with three shards up.
This is one thing I've always hated about WoW; they were content to drive gameplay with stats and theorycraft.Hopefully the changes to Talents that we're hearing about (Path of the titans, mastery system) and the changes to locks and hunters signal Blizzard's intent to finally shift gameplay to mechanic-driven rather than stat-driven, where the stats are there to empower the mechanics rather than vice versa.
It's a personal design philosophy of mine I'm glad to see them possibly adapting.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It would be pretty lame if the race change service let you be a Goblin or Worgen.
jim-jam bongs
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Retro said:
They've always wanted it to be more how you describe imo. I think that the rogue combo mechanic is a good example of trying to create interesting gameplay systems that are only used by a small subset of classes and specs within the game, but they definitely haven't gone far enough everywhere.
In wrath they added a lot of ability chaining based on procs to rotations which really made raiding more interesting (for me at least), so I do think that they're moving towards a focus on gameplay above all else.
Rob Pardo just said in an interview with Geoff (even though they've said this multiple times, but hey, people keep asking ) that a full "graphical-upgrade" to WoW is sort of beyond the realm of possibility at this point. Simply because every piece of art would have to be redone, and that's not something they feel they'll ever have the time to do at this point. Which is why they keep updating things aesthetically in small chunks, like the fire effects in Wrath and the water effects in Cataclysm.
) that a full "graphical-upgrade" to WoW is sort of beyond the realm of possibility at this point. Simply because every piece of art would have to be redone, and that's not something they feel they'll ever have the time to do at this point. Which is why they keep updating things aesthetically in small chunks, like the fire effects in Wrath and the water effects in Cataclysm.
http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/recaps/systems-panel.xml
Blizz write-up on the Systems panel, more info in there on Path of the Titans and the Guild leveling system, good stuff.
Blizz write-up on the Systems panel, more info in there on Path of the Titans and the Guild leveling system, good stuff.
Icecrown Citadel - Dungeons
* The Icecrown Citadel will also feature a 5-man dungeon.
* It has 3 different wings and feature 8 bosses in total. You will have to unlock the 2nd and 3rd wings through an epic questline.
* You will fight alongside Horde and Alliance heroes.
I have to say this is probably the best news to come out of Blizzcon. Given that Trials of the Crusader ended up being a pretty huge loot pinata, I can't imagine what's going to drop in this place. iLevel 245 epics in Heroic mode?
* The Icecrown Citadel will also feature a 5-man dungeon.
* It has 3 different wings and feature 8 bosses in total. You will have to unlock the 2nd and 3rd wings through an epic questline.
* You will fight alongside Horde and Alliance heroes.
I have to say this is probably the best news to come out of Blizzcon. Given that Trials of the Crusader ended up being a pretty huge loot pinata, I can't imagine what's going to drop in this place. iLevel 245 epics in Heroic mode?
mario ate my burger
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I seriously can't play WOW right now knowing I can make a Troll Druid with the expansion.
Jazzy Network
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mario ate my burger said:
Ugh I seriously hope I can race change my tauren to a troll. I love taurens, but they are too damn big.
Ninja Face
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So I decided to level in AV and kinda regret it because now I'm 79 with shit gear. I'm looking to do tanking & healing in PVE and healing PVP. My plan is to get honor healing gear along with some Saronite stuff and run heroics until I can tank/heal raids. What do you guys think?
StormyTheRabbit
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Legjend said:
How goes t he leveling in BG's?
I have a Paladin at 56 that I've put off leveling since I don't want to level the 2 levels in Azeroth until Outlands (I know, lazy.) How long would it take me to go 2 levels straight from BG's? He's rested all of those levels if it matters with BG exp.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
XP leeching in AV is very popular on my realm :lolStormyTheRabbit said:
Goblins
* Rocket Jump - Activate your rocket belt to jump up to 20 yards, every 2 min
This sounds awesome, but only because it's rife for abuse. Flag-runners in Warsong Gulch could scale the hill in front of their castle in a single bound. Casters could sit on top of the buildings in Arathi Basin and rain death on melee characters who are unable to reach them. I doubt this racial talent will make it past beta :lol
How much money do you have? You can pretty much buy a complete set of tanking gear off the auction house, or have blacksmith make it for you. The price on most BoE epics has tanked since Trials of the Crusader has opened up, and there's plenty of crafted tanking plate.
And obviously you'll want to farm the hell out of Trial of the Crusader in normal mode, until you are ready to do it in Heroic. Easiest heroics to start with are probably UK, AN, and Nexus. I always like doing Culling of Stratholme too, but some people don't like that one.
* Rocket Jump - Activate your rocket belt to jump up to 20 yards, every 2 min
This sounds awesome, but only because it's rife for abuse. Flag-runners in Warsong Gulch could scale the hill in front of their castle in a single bound. Casters could sit on top of the buildings in Arathi Basin and rain death on melee characters who are unable to reach them. I doubt this racial talent will make it past beta :lol
Legjend said:
How much money do you have? You can pretty much buy a complete set of tanking gear off the auction house, or have blacksmith make it for you. The price on most BoE epics has tanked since Trials of the Crusader has opened up, and there's plenty of crafted tanking plate.
And obviously you'll want to farm the hell out of Trial of the Crusader in normal mode, until you are ready to do it in Heroic. Easiest heroics to start with are probably UK, AN, and Nexus. I always like doing Culling of Stratholme too, but some people don't like that one.
It is hardly leeching. On my battlegroup there are usually 10+ people afk at any given time in an AV anyways, with another ten not really afk, but sitting and typing how much they want an 80s only AV :lolAngry Grimace said:
As for leveling, the sub 70 bracket is horrible for EXP, better off grinding quests in Outlands, but once you get in the final bracket, it is sweet.
Heroics are way too easy. It becomes mindless and grating pretty quickly...but I must get emblems for my chest piece now that I already have my helm....ahhhhh the insanity. I don't even think I'll start raiding, after I get my badge gear I'll probably just pug naxx/ulduar if possible
Johnlenham
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How annoying. Got sucked into the hype and wanted to use a scroll of resurrection on my account to give WoW another 10 day spin and it cant be used on anything above Classic
Guess ill wait till Icecrown appears.
Guess ill wait till Icecrown appears.
funkmastergeneral
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Proc said:
Of course they're going to be easy when people are ridiculously over geared for them.
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