HarryDemeanor
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Angry Grimace said:
Well if it IS a bug then it's kind of weird considering they have their own starter clothes available too. We'll see in the next build or so.
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Well if it IS a bug then it's kind of weird considering they have their own starter clothes available too. We'll see in the next build or so.
Halls of Origination preview is up: http://www.wow-europe.com/cataclysm/features/origination.html?locale=en_GB
As with Uldaman and Ulduar, Uldum houses one of only a few of the known titan constructions, the existence of which predates that of mortal life on Azeroth. For years historians have explored southern Kalimdor for a means of entry into this ancient titan land, searching for more evidence of Azeroth's origins. But the Cataclysm will change everything, for the façade behind which Uldum has been tucked for millennia will be ruptured, leaving powerful mysteries vulnerable to discovery by the bravest, smartest, or perhaps even most brutal explorers.
The Halls of Origination in Uldum is a level-85 five-player dungeon available in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, featuring an unparalleled journey through the timeless titan construction and seven unique boss fights. Hidden deep within its halls lies an ancient treasure that, if placed in the wrong hands, could endanger all life on Azeroth. Should players survive the perils of Uldum, they will be called to help Brann Bronzebeard unlock the mysteries within these treacherous titan halls and protect the titans' ancient secrets.
Entering the Halls
You will immediately learn the gravity of your situation in the Maker's Overlook when stumbling over the bodies of those who have entered the Halls of Origination before you, seeking power... and failing. Those who survive beyond the entrance of these ancient corridors will be greeted by Brann Bronzebeard just outside the dungeon's transport system to the upper reaches. It will require more than the guidance of Brann to advance upward, however, as the secrets of these halls must first be unlocked.
Chamber of Prophecy
The column-strewn Chamber of Prophecy is truly a testament of time. In a room adorned with the relics of an ancient culture, two arks await investigation, protected by ever-faithful servants. Those who meddle with the titan relics must answer to Temple Guardian Anhuur, the overseer of this chamber and a master of holy magic and devastating hymns.
Tomb of the Earthrager
Across from the Chamber of Prophecy and just outside the dungeon's walls lies the Tomb of the Earthrager, entrenched within a pyramid sun-scorched and bombarded with sandstorms. Littered with the bones of the long deceased, the tomb waits to collect more unprepared victims. It is, after all, the resting place of Earthrager Ptah. Those who disturb his tomb disrupt an eerily quiet place before Ptah shakes the ground beneath you in a Tumultuous Earthstorm, bringing to life the weathered bones of the deceased and unearthing vile Scarabs.
The Vault of Lights
With walls weighted by priceless titan artifacts, the Vault of Lights will serve as a chamber of punishment for your intrusion. Anraphet, a haunting statue of titan composition, awakens to serve his fellow keepers and eradicate all mortals who enter. Make no mistake: his long slumber will not prevent him from showing absolute wrath.
Seats of the Keepers
Survivors of the halls' depths will gain access to the upper reaches. With help from Brann Bronzebeard, you must uncover the mysteries of Uldum. Your journey will lead you to areas of ultimate consequence: the Seats of Magic, Life, Chaos, and Radiance. Here you will be confronted by the construct of magic Isiset, construct of life Ammunae, construct of chaos Setesh, and construct of radiance Rajh. You will be tested by these constructs of Uldum, who will not easily give up their thrones or the secrets of the titans.
Only by exploring Uldum's Halls of Origination in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will you have a chance to uncover their dangerous powers, and perhaps even the mysteries behind the origins of life on Azeroth.
As with Uldaman and Ulduar, Uldum houses one of only a few of the known titan constructions, the existence of which predates that of mortal life on Azeroth. For years historians have explored southern Kalimdor for a means of entry into this ancient titan land, searching for more evidence of Azeroth's origins. But the Cataclysm will change everything, for the façade behind which Uldum has been tucked for millennia will be ruptured, leaving powerful mysteries vulnerable to discovery by the bravest, smartest, or perhaps even most brutal explorers.
The Halls of Origination in Uldum is a level-85 five-player dungeon available in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, featuring an unparalleled journey through the timeless titan construction and seven unique boss fights. Hidden deep within its halls lies an ancient treasure that, if placed in the wrong hands, could endanger all life on Azeroth. Should players survive the perils of Uldum, they will be called to help Brann Bronzebeard unlock the mysteries within these treacherous titan halls and protect the titans' ancient secrets.
Entering the Halls
You will immediately learn the gravity of your situation in the Maker's Overlook when stumbling over the bodies of those who have entered the Halls of Origination before you, seeking power... and failing. Those who survive beyond the entrance of these ancient corridors will be greeted by Brann Bronzebeard just outside the dungeon's transport system to the upper reaches. It will require more than the guidance of Brann to advance upward, however, as the secrets of these halls must first be unlocked.
Chamber of Prophecy
The column-strewn Chamber of Prophecy is truly a testament of time. In a room adorned with the relics of an ancient culture, two arks await investigation, protected by ever-faithful servants. Those who meddle with the titan relics must answer to Temple Guardian Anhuur, the overseer of this chamber and a master of holy magic and devastating hymns.
Tomb of the Earthrager
Across from the Chamber of Prophecy and just outside the dungeon's walls lies the Tomb of the Earthrager, entrenched within a pyramid sun-scorched and bombarded with sandstorms. Littered with the bones of the long deceased, the tomb waits to collect more unprepared victims. It is, after all, the resting place of Earthrager Ptah. Those who disturb his tomb disrupt an eerily quiet place before Ptah shakes the ground beneath you in a Tumultuous Earthstorm, bringing to life the weathered bones of the deceased and unearthing vile Scarabs.
The Vault of Lights
With walls weighted by priceless titan artifacts, the Vault of Lights will serve as a chamber of punishment for your intrusion. Anraphet, a haunting statue of titan composition, awakens to serve his fellow keepers and eradicate all mortals who enter. Make no mistake: his long slumber will not prevent him from showing absolute wrath.
Seats of the Keepers
Survivors of the halls' depths will gain access to the upper reaches. With help from Brann Bronzebeard, you must uncover the mysteries of Uldum. Your journey will lead you to areas of ultimate consequence: the Seats of Magic, Life, Chaos, and Radiance. Here you will be confronted by the construct of magic Isiset, construct of life Ammunae, construct of chaos Setesh, and construct of radiance Rajh. You will be tested by these constructs of Uldum, who will not easily give up their thrones or the secrets of the titans.
Only by exploring Uldum's Halls of Origination in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will you have a chance to uncover their dangerous powers, and perhaps even the mysteries behind the origins of life on Azeroth.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Those are the same starter clothes every race's Warlocks have, dude. :lolHarryDemeanor said:
They're just experimenting to see how well those race/class combos work before deciding to add them permanently. Same thing happened in WoW beta when they originally had Dwarf mages, but removed them later so there were only 2 mage options per faction.Angry Grimace said:
If true this means my orc warlock alt is deleted and remade as a troll automatically, and I will probably also just swing between goblin hunter or mage as an alt option.
HarryDemeanor
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Angry Grimace said:
No shit?
firex said:
Yeah, it's weird that Undead can be Priests yet they can't be Paladins.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I shall consume my chapeau if Dwarves end up as Warlocks in Cataclysm.HarryDemeanor said:
HarryDemeanor
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Angry Grimace said:
I don't care if they end up having Warlocks as a class. Just thought it was interesting to point out.
[EDIT] Looks like Silithus has been left alone. Nothing worth of note there yet. =/ Hopefully they do something interesting with that zone.
The enhancement talents have gotten quite a bit of work done on them already, and they seem to all be implemented already unlike, say, the balance talents.
Removed talents:
-Earth's Grasp
-Guardian Totems
-Thundering Strikes
-Improved Windfury Totem
-Mental Dexterity
-Weapon Mastery
Changed talents:
-Ancestral Knowledge: +15% max mana instead of +10% Int
-Lava Lash: 150% offhand weapon damage, +40% with Flametongue active, up from 100% and +25%. 10 second cooldown, up from 6 seconds.
New talents:
-Focused Strikes: 5 points, increases the damage of Primal Strike and Stormstrike by 40%
-Ancestral Swiftness: 3 points, +15% movement speed
-Searing Flames: 5 points, causes the Searing Bolts from your Searing Totem to have a 100% chance to set their targets aflame, dealing damage equal to the Searing Bolt's impact damage over 15 seconds. Stacks 5 times.
-Totemic Vigor: 3 points, increases the health of your totems by 10% of your maximum health
-Improved Lava Lash: 3 points, increases the damage of your Lava Lash ability by 30%, and by an additional 20% for each of your applications of Searing Flames on the target, consuming those applications in the process.
Kind of disappointed that they still didn't work Lava Burst in somewhere, but the new Lava Lash/Searing Totem synergy looks like a decent equivalent. The 10 second LL cooldown should mean that ST always has five stacks up by the time LL is back up. I'm betting they introduce a glyph to keep it from eating the stacks, besides. And Ancestral Swiftness is just going to be nice.
Elemental hasn't changed nearly as much yet, but it still has some interesting bits:
Removed talents:
-Call of Thunder
-Totem of Wrath
-Lightning Overload (having been converted to mastery)
Changed talents:
-Elemental Precision: now also converts 100% of spirit to hit rating.
New talents:
-Wrathful Totems: 1 point, causes your Fire totems to increase the spell power of party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%.
-Acute Overload: 3 points, increases the damage dealt by your Elemental Overload spells by 20%
-Earthquake: 1 point, 86% of base mana, 1.5s cast, channeled, 35 yard range, 15 second cooldown; you cause the earth at the target location to tremble and break, dealing 36 Physical damage every 1 second to enemies in a 10 yard radius, with a 30% chance of knocking down affected targets. Lasts 10 seconds.
-Lava Surge: 3 points, gives your Flame Shock periodic damage ticks a 30% chance to reset the cooldown of your Lava Burst spell.
AO and LS together are going to result in the occasional really fun Lava Burst spam.
We'll see how much of this makes it to live, of course.
edit: what the heck, as long as I'm doing this anyway, resto:
Removed talents:
-Tidal Mastery
Changed talents:
-Cleanse Spirit: now Improved Cleanse Spirit, adds magic dispel to CS
New talents:
-Focused Insight: 5 points, after casting any Shock spell, your next heal's mana cost is reduced by 75% of the cost of the Shock spell, and its healing effectiveness is increased by 25%.
-Ancestral Resolve: 2 points, reduces damage taken while casting spells by 10%.
Not much changed yet, and I don't expect that too much will. They put a lot of work into resto during Wrath, and seem to be pretty happy with it.
Removed talents:
-Earth's Grasp
-Guardian Totems
-Thundering Strikes
-Improved Windfury Totem
-Mental Dexterity
-Weapon Mastery
Changed talents:
-Ancestral Knowledge: +15% max mana instead of +10% Int
-Lava Lash: 150% offhand weapon damage, +40% with Flametongue active, up from 100% and +25%. 10 second cooldown, up from 6 seconds.
New talents:
-Focused Strikes: 5 points, increases the damage of Primal Strike and Stormstrike by 40%
-Ancestral Swiftness: 3 points, +15% movement speed
-Searing Flames: 5 points, causes the Searing Bolts from your Searing Totem to have a 100% chance to set their targets aflame, dealing damage equal to the Searing Bolt's impact damage over 15 seconds. Stacks 5 times.
-Totemic Vigor: 3 points, increases the health of your totems by 10% of your maximum health
-Improved Lava Lash: 3 points, increases the damage of your Lava Lash ability by 30%, and by an additional 20% for each of your applications of Searing Flames on the target, consuming those applications in the process.
Kind of disappointed that they still didn't work Lava Burst in somewhere, but the new Lava Lash/Searing Totem synergy looks like a decent equivalent. The 10 second LL cooldown should mean that ST always has five stacks up by the time LL is back up. I'm betting they introduce a glyph to keep it from eating the stacks, besides. And Ancestral Swiftness is just going to be nice.
Elemental hasn't changed nearly as much yet, but it still has some interesting bits:
Removed talents:
-Call of Thunder
-Totem of Wrath
-Lightning Overload (having been converted to mastery)
Changed talents:
-Elemental Precision: now also converts 100% of spirit to hit rating.
New talents:
-Wrathful Totems: 1 point, causes your Fire totems to increase the spell power of party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%.
-Acute Overload: 3 points, increases the damage dealt by your Elemental Overload spells by 20%
-Earthquake: 1 point, 86% of base mana, 1.5s cast, channeled, 35 yard range, 15 second cooldown; you cause the earth at the target location to tremble and break, dealing 36 Physical damage every 1 second to enemies in a 10 yard radius, with a 30% chance of knocking down affected targets. Lasts 10 seconds.
-Lava Surge: 3 points, gives your Flame Shock periodic damage ticks a 30% chance to reset the cooldown of your Lava Burst spell.
AO and LS together are going to result in the occasional really fun Lava Burst spam.
We'll see how much of this makes it to live, of course.
edit: what the heck, as long as I'm doing this anyway, resto:
Removed talents:
-Tidal Mastery
Changed talents:
-Cleanse Spirit: now Improved Cleanse Spirit, adds magic dispel to CS
New talents:
-Focused Insight: 5 points, after casting any Shock spell, your next heal's mana cost is reduced by 75% of the cost of the Shock spell, and its healing effectiveness is increased by 25%.
-Ancestral Resolve: 2 points, reduces damage taken while casting spells by 10%.
Not much changed yet, and I don't expect that too much will. They put a lot of work into resto during Wrath, and seem to be pretty happy with it.
Oni Link 666
Member
They could have Tauren Rogues if Magatha Grimtotem got control of the Tauren after Cairne dies like he is rumored to. They already have Graimtotem Tauren "bandits" that stealth like Rogues.
Flib said:
I forget, but the guy hosting the live stream mentioned earlier flew around in it. There were more than one, and you can go inside and see all of their organs and stuff, and the Naga have stuff inside like those water tanks from Coilfang.
As near as I can tell, they're like giant conch shell fortresses, not sure if they move or what, but they're pretty damn big.
HarryDemeanor
Member
sykoex said:Found this in the center of Cathedral Square in SW, thought it was Arthas at first glance but this guy has a beard.
I'll just say it's Arthas with a Deathwing style of chin.
Sax Russel
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I made a video of what is by far the best thing in Azshara...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6HWPyfxhmQ
Going to be on that day and night =P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6HWPyfxhmQ
Going to be on that day and night =P
Interfectum
Member
Sax Russel said:
That is fucking awesome.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Doesn't that one have a huge Sword stuck in his head?Entropia said:
In the Level 95 expansion before Sargeras; the four Old Gods will combine into a Megazord Old God.
That statue is probably Uther, innit?
Retro said:
Absolutely. I figured as much.
However, I do think I might not have been as clear as I could have been on that- I think plenty of the things I'm seeing look finished or close to it- what I'm a little disappointed about is the vanilla artstyle. I think WotLK just clicked for me and nothing done in the old style, even technically superior, will look as impressive to me. It's wait and see, obviously, but I just wanted to clarify that it's not really the quality or percentage of present assets that I was talking about.
New Org Fly through:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDyuDiCGkg
Another live stream:
http://www.xfire.com/live_video/steel2p/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDyuDiCGkg
Another live stream:
http://www.xfire.com/live_video/steel2p/
Retro said:
AFAIK, the Kezan part takes places before/during the cataclysm itself, and you're sort of fleeing from the destruction. So, either it's a prologue or it's the Level 1-5 starting area, with Lost Isles being 5-10.
I think the Worgen function in a similar way, with the first few levels actually being phased content that takes you through some of the history of what happened there. They've kept these parts of the starting areas under wraps so far. Whenever it was tested at events, players were already starting at a higher level.
So, about those Cowadins...
Edit:
Icon confirms: "ability_mount_kodosunwalkerelite"
Look at that face, he's literally saying "Fucking AWESOME!" :lol
Edit 2:
Holy fuck at the people going "I FOUND FEMALE WORGEN" and linking to the Halloween Mask Icon. There's got to be at least 12 locked threads about it. People are fucking idiots.
Edit:
Icon confirms: "ability_mount_kodosunwalkerelite"
Look at that face, he's literally saying "Fucking AWESOME!" :lol
Edit 2:
Holy fuck at the people going "I FOUND FEMALE WORGEN" and linking to the Halloween Mask Icon. There's got to be at least 12 locked threads about it. People are fucking idiots.
notworksafe
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Yeah that mount seals it for me.
My Paladin is going Tauren ASAP.
My Paladin is going Tauren ASAP.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You'd probably have to start a new one. I sincerely doubt they will let you just transfer an existing character into a new Cataclysm Race/Class combo.notworksafe said:
HarryDemeanor
Member
J-Rzez said:
Not sure what the rules are here for something like this. I'll just PM you the details.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The other races need something like that.firex said:
The one thing I really want for Cataclysm that I'm worried might just be too big is consolidating quests so that there's actually enough quests to do, i.e. Outlands/Northrend. Most of the old world quests are just all over the place.
notworksafe
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Blizz has said you can, just not at launch. I'm willing to wait until it's purchasable.Angry Grimace said:
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