Archive for Class Discussion
Discipline Priest Talent Preview
Posted by: | CommentsWhen I turned on the computer this morning I was greeted with a delightful surprise. Someone, somewhere, clearly wanted to make this a good day for me. Why else would they release the talent previews for Priest and Shaman? It must, surely, be because I’m torn as to which to level first!
Having been over both trees, I’m no closer to a decision. For this post, we’ll take a look at the Priest talents, focussing on the Discipline tree, since that’s the one I have the most experience with. The Discipline tree has seen some huge changes in the early tiers, and the changes are interesting to say the least. From the addition of Power Word: Barrier to a slew of DPS talents, this is not the Discipline tree that we’ve been used to during Wrath. Not by a long shot.
Druid, Priest, Rogue and Shaman Cataclysm Talent Previews
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Blizzard has released information on the new talent trees for Druids, Priests, Rogues and Shamans. We have started threads on our forums and would love it if you guys would jump in and start discussing what these changes could actually mean for you and your class.
We will add the other classes as the information comes out.
Check out the Cataclysm talent calculator on the link below too!
http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#h
Wipe Insurance: Am I Prepared?
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Welcome to the first edition of Wipe Insurance, Waranvil.com’s new raiding column. This will be posted every monday, so make sure you come back every week for new strategies, tips and tricks! This week we are going to discuss when you are ready to raid. So you’ve just dinged 80 and all you’ve heard about since level 5 is endgame raiding – many people will tell you its where the real game is, you level up and may even do some raids at your level along the way. But entering the current endgame raiding is different. Theres tiers, caps, stat weights, enrage timers, gearscore, jerks, death knights in full tier 9 doing 2k dps (Theres a lot of them…), casual, hardcore, no-lifers, hard modes…its enough to make your head spin.
Cataclysm Class Change Expectations, Part 2
Posted by: | CommentsWelcome to the second part of the Cataclysm Class Change Expectations. Catchy title, I know! This time around we’ll be taking a look at the classes that I missed last time. If you haven’t read the first part, then I suggest going and reading it now.
We’ll start with the Shaman. I enjoy healing with mine, and throwing on an Elemental spec and hurling balls of lightning and lava at people is just downright awesome as well, but I’ve always felt there’s something lacking about the class. Levelling is a pain, due to a confusing mix of ranged and melee range attacks, although downtime isn’t too bad now we have the increased health and mana regen at lower levels. I think my issue with the Shaman is that feeling of being nailed to the floor. You place your totems, and… well, you usually end up anchored to them. The lack of mobility and repetitive rotations make for a good, just not exciting playing experience.
Double Killshot: Understanding Hunter Stats
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Hi there, as you may already know, we here at Waranvil.com want to make this site better, and we want to give you more content! A good way to start would be some regular class specific columns for you guys and girls! So welcome to the brand new Waranvil.com hunter column Double Killshot, making its debut here and continuing every wednesday! Ok, thats enough exlamations (thats what the kids like now, right? Exclamations?) To kick this column off we are going to do a standard “get to know your class stats” rundown.
Cataclysm Class Change Expectations, Part 1
Posted by: | CommentsI don’t know whether it’s come to your attention, but Cataclysm is sliding towards us inch by inch, and Blizzard is giving us teaser on teaser. Azeroth is being re-done, and destroyed in the process, we’re getting flying mounts in the old world, all the classes are seeing significant updates, and, of course, we’re getting new race/class combinations. Of course, the day Cataclysm comes out, we’ll be drowning in Worgen and, to a lesser degree, Goblins. I’m betting we’ll see a fair few Tauren Paladins knocking about as well.
What’s got me thinking though, is wondering how deep the class changes are going to go. Blizzard have given a few hints and tips about what’s going to happen, but at this stage most of it is meaningless noise. That doesn’t stop us from being able to speculate and hope though, right? That’s what these guys were doing after a jaunt through Karazhan the other day:
Leaving The Game, Here Have My Gold.
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A couple weeks back as I was levelling an alt through Hillsbrad, when a level 71 Deathknight sends me a message.
Hey, I’m leaving the game do you want my gold?
Never in all the years I’ve played has anyone ever given me gold! In fact its usually me giving out the gold to such choice characters as Kirioth (I’m sure he’ll only but agree). So you can imagine, when I received this message I was in a state of shock.
Druids Don’t Need Strength…
Posted by: | CommentsSo. It might be a bad thing that I’m getting to write on here. But I’m going to vent because first of all it is useful information, but mostly because I was called an IDIOT and booted out of an instance.
I may not be an expert on being a druid, but I do know that strength is something very beneficial for us in cat and bear form. And during this wonderful instance, I was in cat form as dps. I was the lowest level in the instance by two levels. The rest of the group were 49-54.
I suppose I wouldn’t have lost it had I not asked first. I never need what I don’t need and when I do need I always ask. I’m usually overly patient, and friendly when dealing with PUGs. I was a little surprised by how I reacted, but I’m certainly glad I reacted the way that I did.
So the summoned boss, Atal’alarion drops Headspike.
I thought it was really nice and a way much faster weapon with more damage than what I had equipped. Plus it still had strength and it had stamina too which is always nice. The point is, everyone in the group selected greed. And it wasn’t like it was a Mail item or a Sword for goodness sake. Other than to vent my frustrations, I do believe it is important to discuss the importance of understanding the different stats and how it applies to your specific class.
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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Gold Making from Scratch on Your Low Level Character Part 1
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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.
