Midsummer Fire Festival
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Its amazing how time flies in the good old World of Warcraft. the midsummer fire festival is here again!
The festival is a great time to jump back into WoW and relight that old flame every WoW player has. This year players can take part in the usual stuff which includes players collecting Burning Blossoms awarded by completing various quests in order to purchase Fire Festival-related merchandise, ranging from food to the coveted Brazier of Dancing Flames. /dance to that :p
The major addition this year is Ahune, the Frost Lord. He is a new special level 70 boss which can be summoned from within the Slave Pens dungeon. Killing him will result in several epic drops including event exclusive pets.
I’ve dropped off playing WoW again recently, this looks like a good time to jump back on the old WoW Train.
You can find all the info you need over at http://www.wowwiki.com/Midsummer_Fire_Festival
3.1.2 Releases Today
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Hey all, its patch day again!
Now before you go running screaming into the night and threatening to cancel your account, lets note that its just a minor patch – but it brings some nice changes.
Big General Changes:
- The long awaited equipment manager has made it live.
- Gear now scales SotA and Wintergrasp vehicles.
- Wintergrasp quests are now weekly instead of daily.
A few class tweaks and bug fixes in the full notes included after the jump.
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So there I am, sitting in stormwind, watching the hustle-and-bustle of the trade district all around me, when it pops into my chat window.
“I nedz 10g can i has plz thx” (actual spelling, yes.)
Now being the kind and compassionate light-following paladin that I am, I decided to engage our poor illiterate friend. Join me after the jump so you don’t be this guy.
Val’anyr Proc details direct from Blizzard
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Last week I went over the stats of the new legendary healer mace Val’anyr. A lot of people have been unsure of whether the proc on this mace is worth the effort and who should get it in their raid. Bornakk was nice enough to give us a good overview of how the proc actually works over in the official forums.
Here’s a quick TL;DR:
- It can proc off both HoT ticks and Direct Heals (as long as they actually heal the target).
- It has a 10% proc chance and a 45 sec internal cooldown.
- The healer gets a buff for 15 secs that allows them a chance to cast the shield on any targets they heal.
- The shield absorption is 15% of the heal, rather than just what the player received. [This means overhealing will still produce good shields.]
- The shields stack. Meaning if you have a 1500 damage shield up on someone, another heal will proc another shield (lets say also for 1500) which would be a total of 3k damage absorption. All heals cast on a shielded target contribute to the shield while the healer is buffed.
- It stacks with Power Word: Shield.
- The shield last 8 seconds and is refreshed on each heal while the healer has the buff.
(Source)
So thats the official word. Now, opinions on over or underpowered?
I know I would be pretty happy to have my pocket healer carrying one from the tank standpoint.
New Poll – Argent Tournament!
By · CommentsThe Argent Tournament has been out for some time now. I’ve enjoyed running my characters through the quests. Its been good to get back into some type of gold daily farming routine, but the question is……
What rank have you managed climb to?
Answers in the poll please!
I’ve only managed Valiant, such a slacker!
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It’s For My Dual Spec!
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We have come to the start of a new era in the World of Warcraft. With the implementation of Dual Talent Specialisation, everyone can do everything that their class was made for. Mages can go down the Frost tree for some PvP, leave the Battleground, hit a button and be ready for raiding Ulduar, Frostfire build and all. Paladins can switch from healing to tanking in five seconds. Warriors can either be useful and do what they were intended for, or DPS instead. But in all of this wonder and diversity, there is a very, very serious problem lurking in the background, just waiting to destroy that decent PuG run you’ve been enjoying.
“It’s for my other spec.”
Armory Crawling Discovers Val’anyr Stats
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A bit of digging through the official armory over at MMO-Champion has revealed the stats for the new legendary healer mace.
The stats have been updated into wowhead – but here they are anyway.
Val’anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
- Main Hand (93-298 dmg)
- 1.8 Speed/108.6 dps
- +52 Stamina
- +54 Intellect
- +47 Critical Strike Rating
- +46 Haste Rating
- +587 Spellpower
On Equip: Your healing spells have a chance to cause “Blessing of Ancient Kings” for 15 seconds, allowing your heals to shield the target, absorbing damage equal to 15% of the amount healed.
Tooltip: “The power of creation courses through this weapon”
Ghostcrawler’s comments included:
The proc is probably better than you guys are assuming (even for druids). I’m not going to spoil it though.
and
It’s our intent that it is useful to all four healing classes. That’s about all I’m going to say.
(source)
I’m not a healer myself, so I can’t pretend to know if this is amazing or poorly done … your thoughts?
So its easter time again…no wait, that already happened. Ok, so its delayed Noble garden time! We can’t be mad about the delay since it brought with it this wonderful new (occasionally buggy) patch. Of course like all holidays, blizzard has blessed us with yet another title to wear proudly over our heads, “The Noble”, and this time they have given us seven days to do it instead of one! I got it an hour ago so join me after the break for a breakdown of what you need to do.
Character Recustomisation and Roleplay: Part One
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This, ladies and gentlemen, is Calanthia. Discipline Priest and pocket healer to Icecomet, Grim’s Fire Mage, and former male Blood Elf Korrax. That’s right, recently I spent a tenner of my hard earned money student loan, and completely reworked one of my characters. I then did it again for another one, but that’s not the focus of this article. That focus for this is more about the new lease of life you can give to your toons through the Character Recustomisation feature, and how to fit this in with your playing habits and the way you see your characters in the world of Azeroth.
Raid Leading – Casual Guild Style
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As many of you may know, there is a slight war going on regarding raid content. I’m speaking of “the casuals” versus “the hardcore”. Now I don’t believe too much in these extremes…everyone who plays this game is casual and hardcore in their own way. But that is not todays topic, todays topic assumes you are an officer who has just been tasked with leading your ragtag group of semi-casual heroes into the fray of a 10,20 or even 40 man raid! These people may not have the gear, but they have heart! So let’s talk about how to get your casual guild raiding and keep interest long enough to get things done.
Join me after the break!
