Archive for Class Discussion
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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I’m not a healer myself, so I can’t pretend to know if this is amazing or poorly done … your thoughts?
Patch 3.1, Secrets of Ulduar – New Glyph Edition
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I don’t know about you folks, but I’m pretty excited about 3.1. Granted, since I’ve rerolled Priest and am only at level 70, I can’t take advantage of the new raid (although I might break out my Paladin for a sneak peak), but one thing I can take advantage of is the swathe of changes that have been made to my class, and of course the other classes. As we’ve said, Grim has also rerolled, bringing in his Mage, ditching his obsession with tanking for an obsession with massive numbers. He’s even gone so far as to respec Fire for levelling. Last night we were hacking up some corpses, and discussing the changes in 3.1, and the subject of Glyphs came up. I was complaining as usual about the lack of Discipline glyphs when Grim reminded me that we have a swathe of new glyphs arriving. So, filled with enthusiasm I headed onto Google and got looking for the glyphic goodness that would arrive with 3.1.
Read on after the break to see what we’re getting!
Starting All Over Again – For Arena Action!
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I’ll admit it, I’ve never played an arena match ever! I know this is quite shocking to most people reading this, but the simple fact of the matter was, I simply was not interested in PvP. For a long time I had been a stern die hard PvE player. My reasons behind this stem from a lot of my past experiences. I played eq2 for a few years at the highest level of raiding, admittedly I’ve not played wow at that same level, but I still know all the dungeons inside out. I’ve always tanked too. Sure I’ve had alts which I’ve messed with and in some cases I’ve even claimed to be changing my main over to them. In the end I always come rolling back to Grim and his Warrior buddies to tank yet another instance!
But what if I look at this from a totally new perspectiveve? What if I simply strip all my characters of everything they own and send it all to one of my alts and make him my full time main no questions asked?
I want to get into competitive PvP as its the last thing left for me in WoW, so to speak. These are my alts:
- 70 Paladin
- 65 Warlock
- 54 Mage
The rest range from level 1-10 so are not really worth mentioning, oh and I forgot the obligatory Death Knight.
I went with the Mage I’ll discuss why are the split.
ESL Global Arena Finals
Posted by: | CommentsI’m not going to say much here, but take a look at this Mage. This has to be the best performance I have ever seen by one player on the arena tournament circuit.
