World of Warcraft News

[CrystalTears]

Announcing the Gadgetzan Times! - Blaze on 2/3/06

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/news/images/06-02/editor.gif (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/gadgetzan/gt001/)Hitting newstands around Azeroth is the latest, most informative and entertaining magazine in all of Azerothian history: the Gadgetzan Times (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/gadgetzan/gt001/)! Published by Sparkle Entertainment Lightning & Fireworks, the Gadgetzan Times will bring the far reaches of the world right to your doorstep. From the Plaguelands to Tanaris, and everywhere in-between, the hard-working goblins will be filing their reports and interviews with the head office, leaving no stone unturned in their quest for interesting, provocative, humorous, or just plain quirky stories. Pick up your copy of the Gadgetzan Times (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/gadgetzan/gt001/) today!

[Wezas]

Now if I can just find a place to host it that won't be blocked by Websense.

[Apotheosis]

mildly amusing. too true. I always set freezing traps near alliance side entrance of gadgetzan =D

[CrystalTears]

Murlocs revealed! - Frost on 2/22/06

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/misc/murloclore/images/murloc.jpg Shrouded in mystery, the murlocs have shunned mortals, congregating in shoreline tribes and villages. Far older than most believe, some evidence suggests that their steady encroachment of the world's land masses may be a coordinated effort which belies their reputation as unintelligent creatures. Could it be that the recent emergence of the murlocs and naga from their watery abodes is evidence of the awakening of something far more terrifying in the murky fathoms? Learn more... (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/misc/murloclore/murlocs.html)

[Gan]

Too cool.

[CrystalTears]

Priest Talent Changes Unveiled! - Eyonix on 2/23/06

Have you been wondering what the new 31-point Holy and Discipline talents will be in the next patch? Curious what improvements were made to the Shadow tree? All your questions have been answered on our interactive talent preview (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/priests2/talents.html)!

[Apotheosis]

priests need to be nerfed

[Artha]

Priests did get nerfed, at least as far as shields are concerned.

[Axhinde]

How? Instead of using talent points to make it a 15 second debuff, the spell now naturally comes with a 15 second debuff instead of the 30 seconds? It absorbs more damage now, and it is affected by +healing gear! I'd say it was a hell of a buff of PW:S.

[Artha]

the spell now naturally comes with a 15 second debuff instead of the 30 seconds
I didn't see that anywhere - if that's true, then PW:S owns harder.

[Sean of the Thread]

Didn't they pwn it taking fall damage tho? I Havn't played my priest in what is almost a year now.. time to dust him off when patch rolls I guess.

[Axhinde]

Eyonix stated that with 1.10, PW:S will come with the flat 15 second weakened soul debuff, and +healing gear will increase the amount absorbed. As far as fall damage, you shouldnt be taking any as a priest. Levitate ftw!

Edit: Inner Fire will be changed also. It'll be on a 10 minute timer instead of 3, mana cost will reflect this. On the downside, it only lasts for 20 hits. So, in a PvP situation, it received a huge nerf, but in a raid it received a huge buff.

[CrystalTears]

World of Warcraft Atlas Gift Pack now available! - Blaze on 2/28/06

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/news/images/06-02/atlas.jpg (http://www.blizzard.com/market.shtml)The World of Warcraft Atlas Gift Pack from BradyGames is now available for purchase in the Blizzard Online Store (http://www.blizzard.com/market.shtml). The Atlas is a comprehensive hardcover resource that includes maps of all regions and major cities as well as detailed plans of places such as Everlook and Ghostwalker Post, revealing critical locations and characters. Shrink-wrapped within this Gift Pack come eight exclusive full-color bookmarks, one for each race in World of Warcraft: Human, Night Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Orc, Troll, Undead, and Tauren. Each bookmark includes a character image on the front and has the race description and coat of arms on the back. Read more about it here (http://www.blizzard.com/market.shtml).

[CrystalTears]

Patch 1.10 Public Test Realms Now Available! - Ordinn on 3/3/06

The public test realms are now live! Players can now try out all the changes and additions coming in content patch 1.10. The highlights of this patch include Priest class improvements, new dungeon armor sets, weather effects, and a host of other exciting features. View the 1.10 test realm patch notes here (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html) to learn more.

Players can participate in the test realms by creating a character, using a pre-made level 60 character, or copying their characters from existing realms to the test realms. To copy a pre-made character, visit our Test Realm Character Copy page (http://test.worldofwarcraft.com/us/copy/character-copy.html). Character transfers to the test realm are available from 3:00 AM to 3:00 PM PST Monday through Friday. The test realm game client, which can be downloaded at the same page, is available for both PC and Mac.


Please be aware that the test realms are designed to allow us to test major content patches before they go public. Therefore, some changes may be introduced to the public test realms during the testing phase, before a patch goes live, and some changes may be introduced to the patch after the test realms have closed. To read more about the test realms, please review the Test Realm FAQ (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/testrealms.html). We truly appreciate our players taking the time to help us test the latest changes to the game; thank you all!

[CrystalTears]

The Burning Crusade Bestiary - Frost on 4/10/06

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/news/images/06-04/bestiary-thumb.jpg (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/bestiary.html)Get a first glimpse of the many dangerous creatures you will be facing in the game's upcoming expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Read more about the sinister ethereals, the fearsome forest trolls, the nightmarish fleshbeasts, and the terrible gronn on the new Bestiary page (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/bestiary.html). The bestiary will be updated in the coming weeks, so check back often!

[Miss X]

Why the new server wide LFG chat sucks:

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5153/lfgchatsucks7ol.th.png (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lfgchatsucks7ol.png)

[Gan]

It has introduced a game wide spam opportunity. I can see it as a great 'call to arms' tool when being invaded by a group of opposing force in a specific area that does not have many high level players around.

It was used lastnight when a 12 man horde group invaded westfall, next thing you know a whole squadron of birds landed from SW to deal with it.

So there's some advantages, just not enough to outweigh the spamming. It kind of reminds me of a lesser OOC channel on psinet.

[Wezas]

Make a world defense channel (I thought there already was one). And put those type of attacks on there.

I would be up for IF/SW/Darnassus sharing a LFG channel.

But if I'm in Lakeshire, I don't give a shit if they need a mage for a LBRS run.

[Artha]

It's a fucktarded idea. Only way it would be useful is for raids and such, as regular quests are mostly area-specific. Throwing those messages in with raid messages and general 'global chat', and I'd bet it gets nearly impossible to find a group for some elite boss in Un'Goro or the Loch. Nobody's using it for groups from what I saw last night, so it's essentially become a global general, while general and trade have been inundated with LFG messages.

Solution: Global Looking For Raid channel, LFG back to local.

[Wezas]

The funniest argument was a person looking for a Deadmines group who said "LFG DM" and another person bitched at him and told him to use "LFG VC" because people thought he meant Diremaul.

It got pretty ugly.

And on top of all that, all those other servers that were down made the fucktards join in.

[DeV]

The WoW Atlas book is f'ing huge and it is also teh shit.

[Artha]

The funniest argument was a person looking for a Deadmines group who said "LFG DM" and another person bitched at him and told him to use "LFG VC" because people thought he meant Diremaul.
I saw that. Kmnismia's a retard.

[Miss X]

Anyone else use the tloc thingie?

[Wezas]

I saw that. Kmnismia's a retard.

Yeah, I was going to try to get into it with her, but I basically just commented on all her bitching at people not RPing. "Is your name even pronouncable, Kmnismia?" And she basically said the "m" is silent. Way to cop out.

[Alfster]

I would be up for IF/SW/Darnassus sharing a LFG channel.



That's how it was before the change.

I actually kind've like it because now when i'm looking for a group i just go out and start grinding until I find one.

/leave 4 when i don't want to find a group

/join 4 when I do, not too difficult

[CrystalTears]

I think you have to be of a certain rank to speak on the world defense channel, because I remember a time that there was a guy spamming about joining him to do some stupid shit and I wanted to tell him to shut up and couldn't.

[DeV]

Rank 11 for world defense, I believe.

[Tsa`ah]

Every channel is blocked with the exception of speech and guild related channels.

At this point I only open up world and local defense channels if I'm bored, trade when I'm looking to buy something ... and that's about it.

As a reminder of why I do this, I logged on to my locker toon (that I've been too lazy to block channels with since I'm not on it that long) to see the LFG channel look like the Barrens chat, some idiot spamming "Evil Poptarts" acceptance of all levels in their guild on every channel they could, chinese farmers spamming their wares every 20 seconds and kids that could probably benefit from the year round school system wanting to buy something every 5 seconds. Which of course reminded me of why World defense is blocked ... because tards like Soultagon make rank and like to start crap thinking that maybe 10 people are able to respond to him.

I'm just a happier camper not reading the wall of incessant babble that reminds me of the amunet in GS.

[Skeeter]

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=647156

Hotness

[Parkbandit]

http://www.ebgames.com/badurl.asp?page=http%3A%2F%2Fvalere%2Emyfastforum% 2Eorg%2Fabout1563%2Ehtml&product=

Hotness.


It shows as an error. There is NOTHING hot about a url error.

[Skeeter]

edited it. try now.

[AnticorRifling]

Looks like a small patch today.

[Some Rogue]

www.mmo-champion.com

[Trouble]

Also: http://www.wowwiki.com/Patch_3.1.2

So they're changing WG quests to weekly? That blows. And the honor reduction blows bigtime. WG is a primary method used to gear up alts, between honor and shards.

The item level for vehicles thing is nice for me since I have a set I wear specially when I drive but I think it will hurt in WG since the gear levels there are so varied. Some fresh 80 will end up with a siege engine with less health than a warrior, lol.

[Methais]

So they're changing WG quests to weekly? That blows.

The dumbest part of it is that's apparently their solution to fix the lag.


In an effort to better balance the amount of players that are in Wintergrasp at any given time, we are changing the daily quests in Wintergrasp to a weekly format.

http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea067a51dece00fad68b5c0a0004-500pi

[Trouble]

Lol. Yes there are people who only go to WG once per day to get the dailies in, but most people in my guild who go at all go multiple times per day (like myself).

However, if they nerf the honor enough between weekly quests and per-objective nerfs (in the mmo article) I may back off my WG participation.

Horde-side on our server we rarely have more than one raid anyway. On weekends we'll usually have two. Alliance have bazillions though.

[Methais]

Fortunately I'm almost done with the honor grind for now, but they still need to raise the honor reward for the WG quests. 3,700 or whatever it was isn't enough for a weekly when the daily would give 1,200.

Does Melissa still work for Blizzard? Maybe she dropped Warden a call for consulting.

[AnticorRifling]

I already picked up furious neck, bracers, and boots. Still need 30k more for my belt.

[Trouble]

I'm stuck at Authenticating, anyone else having trouble logging in?

[Ignot]

Yeah its not working. I do like having the objectives in a floating window now. It's good for my OCD.

[Some Rogue]

Uh, that was available at the last patch. Hehe.

[Ignot]

Was it? Mine always had the objectives on the right side and I couldn't move it.

[AnticorRifling]

That lag in Ulduar was so horrid last night, 3-5 second responses on instant abilities.

[Keller]

I already picked up furious neck, bracers, and boots. Still need 30k more for my belt.


I have my full holy set and am working on my ret set. I've got the ring, boots, neck, and belt. I need the deadly ring and bracers. But mostly I need a weapon. WTB Naxx 25.

[AnticorRifling]

I have my full holy set and am working on my ret set. I've got the ring, boots, neck, and belt. I need the deadly ring and bracers. But mostly I need a weapon. WTB Naxx 25. We could always face roll in 2s as a geared dk/pally for weapon :) I run with a shaman right now and our biggest issue is rogue/mage and rogue/rogue because he doesn't have a bubble when they both blow their wads at him. Anything else I can burn a healer while keeping dps off of him.

[Keller]

We could always face roll in 2s as a geared dk/pally for weapon :) I run with a shaman right now and our biggest issue is rogue/mage and rogue/rogue because he doesn't have a bubble when they both blow their wads at him. Anything else I can burn a healer while keeping dps off of him.

My current 2s partner is a RL friend with down's syndrome (not really, but sometimes I think Trig Palin might be better at WoW pvp).

If we did that, I'd prolly re-spec prot (19/52/0) and you'd need to be frost spec, and we'd both be like, "LOL CAN'T KILL US!"

[AnticorRifling]

That would be such a pain in the ass comp. Especially if I put on my prot gear I'm at 30k unbuffed with over 50% dodge/parry (without popping trinkets or the proc from my sigil).

[CrystalTears]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/Jemah/Lite20091027.gif

[Keller]

It would be sweet if you could get an undead/human rogue with perception and will of the forsaken.

Awesomesauce.

[AnticorRifling]

Players are now able to mail account-bound items to other characters that reside on a different realm on the same account. To send cross-realm mail: enter the character's name, followed by a hyphen "-", followed by the realm name. Note that cross-realm mail can only send account-bound items, not other items or gold.

On the 10th (tomorrow).

[Taernath]

THAT'S GREAT BLIZZ BUT MY ALTS ARE ALL LEVELED NOW

[AnticorRifling]

THAT'S GREAT BLIZZ BUT MY ALTS ARE ALL LEVELED NOW

I know right, I'm down to 2 non lvl 90s on Mal'Ganis.

[Taernath]

If they're low enough, you might as well wait for the next expansion's free level 90 upgrade.

[Methais]

Can someone give me a TLDR on what's supposed to be new in the next expansion that makes it worth buying? I got bored of Cataclysm and Pandarien after about a month.

[subzero]

Garrisons.

[Some Rogue]

Garrisons.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4XXdhUYH0sOjX-SduAdkK2NwSkSFGG6ZZCCoIH0t7b0cSkZ2gPg

[Taernath]

Can someone give me a TLDR on what's supposed to be new in the next expansion that makes it worth buying? I got bored of Cataclysm and Pandarien after about a month.

Garrisons - like the farm thing, except customizable in what zone you put them in and what they do.
Free boost for 1 character to level 90
New models - so far I've seen orc, gnome, undead and dwarf
IRON MOTHERFUCKING HORDE

[subzero]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4XXdhUYH0sOjX-SduAdkK2NwSkSFGG6ZZCCoIH0t7b0cSkZ2gPg

I was this close to making the caveat that I did not mean any garrisons of the "Mr." variety (or Mrs/Ms ).

[Taernath]

Temporary Gaze of the Black Prince buff is live June 17th - June 30th, with 100% increased Black Prince rep gain and increased drop rate for sigils, runestones, and secrets. There is also a 100% valor gain buff (but no valor limit increase) from grouping until the end of MoP I guess.

http://www.wowhead.com/spell=161780/gaze-of-the-black-prince

[Androidpk]

Why does it gotta be a black prince??

[Methais]

Why does it gotta be a black prince??

Because Blizzard means snow, and snow is white, and white is racist.

[Taernath]

Why does it gotta be a black prince??

Because we already have Garrosh as the Brown Prince.

[Some Rogue]

Why does it gotta be a black prince??

I blame this guy...
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/16/prince_chappelle.jpg.CROP.article568-large.jpg

[Methais]

I blame this guy...
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/16/prince_chappelle.jpg.CROP.article568-large.jpg

http://images.rapgenius.com/es9j1vkplv36jnnappyspimvo.500x294x1.jpg

[Parkbandit]

Temporary Gaze of the Black Prince buff is live June 17th - June 30th, with 100% increased Black Prince rep gain and increased drop rate for sigils, runestones, and secrets. There is also a 100% valor gain buff (but no valor limit increase) from grouping until the end of MoP I guess.

http://www.wowhead.com/spell=161780/gaze-of-the-black-prince

Black Prince rep is retardedly easy to farm. 2 hours in a group = exalted.

[Light]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7XPvwRgG8

Fucking blizzard, clean of the addiction for like 4 years and then they pull me back in again with this genius shit. FUCK.

[Neveragain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVp7yLfnmrE

[Methais]

I've been on the fence about picking it back up. I want to, for the new PvP shit if nothing else, but I also don't want to get sucked back in. But everything else looks pretty badass too.

Dammit, FUCK YOU WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!1111WWWW

[Neveragain]

I've been on the fence about picking it back up. I want to, for the new PvP shit if nothing else, but I also don't want to get sucked back in. But everything else looks pretty badass too.

Dammit, FUCK YOU WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!1111WWWW

It's easy to get drawn in by their videos, they're usually pretty outstanding. I'm probably still just going to hold out for classic, i think.

I'm kind of having a hard time grasping that Sylvanas destroys the world tree because she was turned undead unless there's some betrayal that took place at some point that I'm forgetting. Still a pretty cool plot though. I also like that they are doing something involving Darnassus.

[Parkbandit]

I've been on the fence about picking it back up. I want to, for the new PvP shit if nothing else, but I also don't want to get sucked back in. But everything else looks pretty badass too.

Dammit, FUCK YOU WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!1111WWWW

A friend talked me into it.. so I bought it.

Not sure if I'm even going to play it.

[Sulore]

It's easy to get drawn in by their videos, they're usually pretty outstanding. I'm probably still just going to hold out for classic, i think.

I’m waiting for classic as well. Can’t wait for it to drop in 2030 with Warcraft IV

[Taernath]

If you start grinding WoW, think of all the iridescent plinite cores that will go uncollected.

[RichardCranium]

Judging from the stuff in place with the pre-expansion patch, it's going to be a good one.

[Methais]

It's easy to get drawn in by their videos, they're usually pretty outstanding. I'm probably still just going to hold out for classic, i think.

I didn't even watch those yet. I'm just going mostly on what a friend of mine who still plays was telling me about all the new stuff. And some of the existing stuff, since when I picked up the current xpac I capped, grinded some heroics and then got bored and quit again before any content patches came out.

Thinking of jumping on a vanilla server too, but I'm pretty sure not having any of the QOL upgrades they've added since vanilla is going to kill that for me pretty quick once the nostalgia wears off.

[Methais]

If you start grinding WoW, think of all the iridescent plinite cores that will go uncollected.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/538/731/0fc.gif

[Some Rogue]

https://youtu.be/aW_h0qf9vpA

[Some Rogue]

What server are you ladies looking at playing on?

[Some Rogue]

Although, I guess it doesn't matter anymore. You can group for most stuff cross server now lol.

[Avaia]

...those cinematics almost make me want to play again. Almost. Can't do Warcraft and Gemstone at the same time and do either justice, though.

[Neveragain]

What server are you ladies looking at playing on?

I have been dedicated to the Scarlet Crusade server since vanilla. There was a good number of gemstone players that started on that server back in the day. I just don't think I can make it through another xpac even though this story plot would be a perfect fit for my UD warrior. Kind of sucks knowing you can't pull your weight like you once could, will see come fall. Most likely if I do pick up the expansion I'll play a resto druid or an UD priest, I can still do a pretty good job in those roles.

[Neveragain]

I’m waiting for classic as well. Can’t wait for it to drop in 2030 with Warcraft IV

LOL, I'm guessing next year sometime.

[RichardCranium]

What server are you ladies looking at playing on?

Which one are you on?

[Neveragain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIPvictkpjY

Sylvanas is so bad ass.

Probably picking this up this weekend and rock LT. General Murdermor again.

[Tgo01]

So is this just the latest expansion pack with run of the mill improvements or is this something much more epic? I haven't seen this much hype for a WoW expansion pack since the first expansion pack.

[Taernath]

Nothing really revolutionary. There's a 'war mode' you can enable but it's just pvp mode for non-pvp servers. I just want my Zandalari trolls.

[Tgo01]

Nothing really revolutionary. There's a 'war mode' you can enable but it's just pvp mode for non-pvp servers. I just want my Zandalari trolls.

Haven't you always had the option of turning your PvP flag on?

[Taernath]

Haven't you always had the option of turning your PvP flag on?

Yeah but you get slightly more xp when you complete quests or something.

[Neveragain]

So is this just the latest expansion pack with run of the mill improvements or is this something much more epic? I haven't seen this much hype for a WoW expansion pack since the first expansion pack.

I really haven't looked into the details, I'm just really digging the story line.I'm also jonesing for some PvP.

Been telling myself I wouldn't pick up this xpac and hold out for classic servers, but fuck man, knowing Sylvanas has gone full tilt (or seems to have)...it has me hooked.

[Some Rogue]

Which one are you on?


Alliance on Argent Dawn and Scryers and Mal'ganis for Horde.

[RichardCranium]

I think I still have a few I haven't transferred off of Mal'Ganis. Is Argent Dawn PvP?

[Some Rogue]

It was not. There is no such thing as pvp or pve though any more.

You can toggle it off/on in Org/Stormwind for any server now.

[RichardCranium]

It's fucking weird to think you ran me through my first dungeon.

[Tgo01]

So I went ahead and bought the expansion pack and logged in an hour ago for the first time in 7 years. I am so lost I don't even know where to begin.

[Some Rogue]

It's fucking weird to think you ran me through my first dungeon.

AND MY BACK STILL HURTS

[Taernath]

So I went ahead and bought the expansion pack and logged in an hour ago for the first time in 7 years. I am so lost I don't even know where to begin.

What level are you? Did you use the 110 boost?

[RichardCranium]

AND MY BACK STILL HURTS

Bitch it was Wailing Caverns calm down.

I still have that bow from the Blind Hunter though.

[RichardCranium]

Y'all PM your tags to me. I didn't play last night because my sister came into town so I'll be hitting it up tonight for a while.

[Tgo01]

What level are you? Did you use the 110 boost?

85. Haven't used my 110 boost yet, not sure if I want to go through everything I missed at the appropriate level on my main first and save the boost for another character or what I'm going to do.

[Taernath]

85. Haven't used my 110 boost yet, not sure if I want to go through everything I missed at the appropriate level on my main first and save the boost for another character or what I'm going to do.

It'll take a while to level to 110. If you have a lot of gold you can buy/upgrade heirlooms to 100, maybe 110 if they updated it. Rotations are 4, maybe 5 buttons mostly. No real need to play old content unless you really want to see it.

[Tgo01]

It'll take a while to level to 110. If you have a lot of gold you can buy/upgrade heirlooms to 100, maybe 110 if they updated it. Rotations are 4, maybe 5 buttons mostly. No real need to play old content unless you really want to see it.

I do kind of want to do all of the old content, but mostly because I'm a completionist and an achievement whore. But I suppose I can always do the old stuff later when I'm capped and just breeze through it all.

And holy shit does Orgimmar look so different.

[beldannon5]

I have been playing legion for a few weeks. Got 2 100s to 110 was fun. I played from 2004 through most of cat. Played halfway through pandas and left partway through warlords. I am working on leveling a 90 warrior until my time runs out. May do one more month i like graphics lol

[RichardCranium]

I like that they let you pick a new stance for orcs.

[Some Rogue]

Created a PC community on the launcher for everyone.


https://blizzard.com/invite/JrnB0ogf90r

[RichardCranium]

I joined but I haven't had much time to play this week. I'll be on most of the weekend evenings though.

[Some Rogue]

I'm almost 116 on my dwarf hunter. Considering switching to some flavor of rogue though lol.

[RichardCranium]

I like the changes to beast mastery. I'll probably be playing mine.

[Neveragain]

I like the changes to beast mastery. I'll probably be playing mine.

Do all hunters have traps now or are they still only available to survival hunters?

[Taernath]

Switching between my Alliance hunter and Horde DK a lot at the moment.

[RichardCranium]

Do all hunters have traps now or are they still only available to survival hunters?

I'm not sure about survival as I haven't tried it since they switched it to melee. I know beast mastery only has tar and freeze traps.

[Tgo01]

Been playing my Blood Elf paladin, the game has been pretty fun and I'm liking all of the changes they have made that make finishing quests so much damn easier. No more worrying about "tagging" a critter to get credit/loot it, minimap showing exactly where quest objectives are and even shows the zone where quest critters can spawn in. Not to mention looting one corpse now loots all nearby corpses. Blizzard is really good about fixing their shit for the better.

I also like how they have condensed the skills and only make some of them available depending on your specialization, makes the toolbars a lot less cluttered. The talent tree redesign is awesome too. I've missed so much in the past 7 years since I've last played.

The way they have decided to redo profession skills in this expansion pack is awesome too. I don't have to worry about going through the old content to level up my professions so I can get caught up, each expansion pack has its own set of profession skill levels so I can start leveling my professions in the new content right away.

Now the only problem is do I want to keep engineering/jewelcrafting on my paladin or lose one and pick up mining? I think my druid has both mining and herbalism and does all of the gathering for me, but then I would have to level him up :/

[RichardCranium]

Been playing my Blood Elf paladin, the game has been pretty fun and I'm liking all of the changes they have made that make finishing quests so much damn easier. No more worrying about "tagging" a critter to get credit/loot it, minimap showing exactly where quest objectives are and even shows the zone where quest critters can spawn in. Not to mention looting one corpse now loots all nearby corpses. Blizzard is really good about fixing their shit for the better.

I also like how they have condensed the skills and only make some of them available depending on your specialization, makes the toolbars a lot less cluttered. The talent tree redesign is awesome too. I've missed so much in the past 7 years since I've last played.

The way they have decided to redo profession skills in this expansion pack is awesome too. I don't have to worry about going through the old content to level up my professions so I can get caught up, each expansion pack has its own set of profession skill levels so I can start leveling my professions in the new content right away.

Now the only problem is do I want to keep engineering/jewelcrafting on my paladin or lose one and pick up mining? I think my druid has both mining and herbalism and does all of the gathering for me, but then I would have to level him up :/

Gold is so easy to get now that you shouldn't really need to farm.

[Tgo01]

Gold is so easy to get now that you shouldn't really need to farm.

I dunno. I needed a malachite for a quest and I go to the auction house and the cheapest was like 60 gold for 1. Granted I have almost 10k at the moment, but I wonder how much it would cost to level up my skills.

[Taernath]

I'm not sure about survival as I haven't tried it since they switched it to melee. I know beast mastery only has tar and freeze traps.

Actually survival is about 75% ranged now, the only melee ability you have is raptor strike. Tar and freeze are also the only traps survival has.

[Some Rogue]

I like the changes to beast mastery. I'll probably be playing mine.

I raided on BM all last expansion so it is getting a little stale. We will see. I like being able to pull full packs of mobs though.

[Some Rogue]

Gold is so easy to get now that you shouldn't really need to farm.

Yep, I have over 2.3 million just from doing the daily class hall stuff and leveling alts.

[Tgo01]

Yep, I have over 2.3 million just from doing the daily class hall stuff and leveling alts.

But do you have the 500 million gold mount?

[Some Rogue]

It's 5 million and no, it isn't worth it.

[Neveragain]

I'm not sure about survival as I haven't tried it since they switched it to melee. I know beast mastery only has tar and freeze traps.

Cool, freeze traps is all I ever really cared about. Last xpac only survival had traps and had to be melee. I played beast master but it took all the fun out of a hunter for me without having traps. May end up waiting a couple weeks yet though, just don't have the time this time of year to start playing. Things should start slowing down a bit in a few weeks.

[Neveragain]

Actually survival is about 75% ranged now, the only melee ability you have is raptor strike. Tar and freeze are also the only traps survival has.

Ooh? that is good news.

[Some Rogue]

Cool, freeze traps is all I ever really cared about. Last xpac only survival had traps and had to be melee. I played beast master but it took all the fun out of a hunter for me without having traps. May end up waiting a couple weeks yet though, just don't have the time this time of year to start playing. Things should start slowing down a bit in a few weeks.

BM had the same two traps in Legion too. Frost and sticky.

[RichardCranium]

Aranoshah#1188 if anyone wants to add me.

[RichardCranium]

I'm not gonna lie, I'm amped af after watching the cut scenes.

[Neveragain]

BM had the same two traps in Legion too. Frost and sticky.

Hrrm, did they add that later in the xpac...it's been over a year.

[Neveragain]

Aranoshah#1188 if anyone wants to add me.

So I lied, I went ahead and picked it up and started playing this afternoon. Can't remember my handle, will post here later, need to make tacos now.

[Methais]

I picked it up last night despite trying to talk myself out of it.

Taintedmeat#1216

[Ashlander]

Currently doing all the Argus crap to unlock the last two races then I'll start with the new stuff.

[Methais]

Thought I could avoid it, but I picked up the xpac Saturday. One of my GTA crew members reactivated too and also plays a fire mage, so we've been wrecking stuff.

Fire mage has so many instant cast procs now, it's pretty awesome. Unlike GS fire mages, which aren't awesome. :(

[Taernath]

Currently doing all the Argus crap to unlock the last two races then I'll start with the new stuff.

Don't know if you know this, but you can do those rep token dailies on your alts, then mail them to your main for megarepz. You can get it done in a day if you have enough alts.

[Some Rogue]

Hunter main is 120 and just starting into heroics. Also started leveling a prot pally which is easy mode.

[RichardCranium]

Hunter main is 120 and just starting into heroics. Also started leveling a prot pally which is easy mode.

Same. I actually grabbed my pally on Mal'Ganis who was at 100 because it's so ridiculously easy.

[Tgo01]

So I've blown through all of the new content (all but heroic dungeons) and have 310/320 gear in all slots, and now I'm just doing world dailies and thinking about trying a heroic or two.

Now I'm not sure what to do. Dip my toe into heroics to see how that goes (I've just been faking my way through regular dungeons on my prot paladin and relying on Deadly Boss Mods to tell me what to do)? Try my hand at PvP after 7 years away? Just keep grinding out them world quests? Level up an alt? Go back and do all of the content I missed in the past 3 expansion packs?

I had a lot of fun doing all of the new content but I think I blew through it a bit too fast.

[Taernath]

Do heroics to gear up for raiding, I guess. I just hit 120 on my hunter but WQ gear is worse than what I got leveling so I don't see much point in them. Maybe finish the zone chains to be ready for allied races?

[Tgo01]

Do heroics to gear up for raiding, I guess. I just hit 120 on my hunter but WQ gear is worse than what I got leveling so I don't see much point in them. Maybe finish the zone chains to be ready for allied races?

Some of the world quest gear is blue items of level 310 or 320.

Where do I unlock the new races? I thought people can already unlock them?

I also just did Heroic Motherlode, it was way easier than I thought it would be and even easier than when I did it on normal. I guess I got a group who knew what they were doing, not sure how the next heroic is gonna go.

[beldannon5]

it's annoying when you have a quest that needs to go to alliance cities and you are level 110 and the alliance guards and everything is 120 :(

[Tgo01]

it's annoying when you have a quest that needs to go to alliance cities and you are level 110 and the alliance guards and everything is 120 :(

Haven't had a quest that takes me to an alliance city. I accidentally ran through an alliance city once and it flagged me for PvP for 5 minutes and I didn't even know that was a thing still so I just ran and hid and waited it out :p

[beldannon5]

this is to get my class mount i guess. at like level wouldn't be bad but they can see me from miles away.:( lol I may get the expansion not sure yet

[Taernath]

Some of the world quest gear is blue items of level 310 or 320.

Where do I unlock the new races? I thought people can already unlock them?

All my stuff is either crafted gear (300) or some of the early rep stuff (320ish) and nothing that's shown up for me has been above 300 so far.

The new new races (Zandalari trolls, Mag'har orcs, Fat humans, and Dark Iron dwarves) aren't released yet, but they'll probably require some form of BfA loremaster or maybe rep.


this is to get my class mount i guess. at like level wouldn't be bad but they can see me from miles away.:( lol I may get the expansion not sure yet

There are two rogue class quests that have you go to capital cities, the first IIRC is instanced and you can hide in bales of hay or something to drop aggro. The second isn't and you have to assassinate targets while dodging guards and other players. Go sub so you can shadowstep, you'll probably be corpsewalking a lot on that one.

[Tgo01]

Did a random heroic dungeon and got Motherlode again. Almost 1k gold for queueing up as a tank. Crazy.

[Some Rogue]

WQ gear scales on your current item level. You aren't going to get 320+ when you first hit 120. Almost all of my WQ gear now is 320 or higher.

[Neveragain]

Shadowlands Xpac cinematic released today, stunning.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gBChg6AII

[Taernath]

WoW is basically DBZ at this point

[Neveragain]

Not WoW but still another brilliant trailer for Diablo IV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jddRH-xWXg

[drauz]

That is actual found footage of them summoning their Chinese overlords.

[Methais]

Not WoW but still another brilliant trailer for Diablo IV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jddRH-xWXg

This comment though :lol:


Jason Markos
21 hours ago (edited)
I sold my pc because i didnt have a phone and now they do this

[Neveragain]

This comment though :lol:

They're in a tough spot market wise. I really hope they're working on a new engine for an MMO to replace WoW. I'll probably buy shadowlands just because I have all the other expansions. Even though their lore has gotten off base, Sylvanas is still a fucking bad ass character.

[Neveragain]

That is actual found footage of them summoning their Chinese overlords.

LOL

[R1chemed]

They're in a tough spot market wise. I really hope they're working on a new engine for an MMO to replace WoW. I'll probably buy shadowlands just because I have all the other expansions. Even though their lore has gotten off base, Sylvanas is still a fucking bad ass character.

Yeah, as someone who is almost certainly going to be playing it at launch I already bought it.

[Fierna]

They're in a tough spot market wise. I really hope they're working on a new engine for an MMO to replace WoW. I'll probably buy shadowlands just because I have all the other expansions. Even though their lore has gotten off base, Sylvanas is still a fucking bad ass character.

Diablo 4 is an MMO. Like literally. Devs already said,”cannot be played without internet connection.”

[Neveragain]

Diablo 4 is an MMO. Like literally. Devs already said,”cannot be played without internet connection.”

If it's something comparable to WoW, i'll give it a shot.

[Sile2]

Diablo 4 is an MMO. Like literally. Devs already said,”cannot be played without internet connection.”

They said same thing for D3. That changed when they released on console.

[Fierna]

They said same thing for D3. That changed when they released on console.


Diablo 3 started this trend in the series with its PC iteration, though the console ports do not require that players be online. Diablo 4 will require that even console players always be online, meaning PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players won't be free of this requirement this time around.Nov 5, 2019

From their “hiring coders with MMO experience” ads on their careers site to the WoW guy literally becoming the head honcho over at Blizzard, this thing will literally be an MMO.

Major fail and disappointment. Diablo was always the goto single player arpg. Oh well, there’s always PoE.

[Methais]

Diablo 4 is an MMO. Like literally. Devs already said,”cannot be played without internet connection.”

Requiring an internet connection doesn't = MMO.

[Sile2]

Major fail and disappointment. Diablo was always the goto single player arpg. Oh well, there’s always PoE.

GGG is my favourite game company, the devs are so transparent and involved with the community. POE is one of my favorite games partly because of this.

[Abilene]

ISO fellow gs'rs who like to crank it out on WOW. Hit me up.

[Santo Cassini]

Bungie is my favourite game company, the devs are so transparent and involved with the community. Destiny 2 is one of my favorite games partly because of this. Also recommend this (https://skycoach.gg/destiny-boost) service for better gaming.

Same here. I would also point out that Destiny 2 is one of the best shooters ever, my opinion of course..

[Methais]

WHAT ABOUT SIMUTRONICS GUYS??!?!

[Neveragain]

Classic Burning Crusade announced for 2021.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDvM5IDyL8

[Taernath]

Wonder if they'll keep releasing nostalgia expansions past BC. WoTLK was popular but I doubt anyone is asking for a Cata rerelease.

[Methais]

Wonder if they'll keep releasing nostalgia expansions past BC. WoTLK was popular but I doubt anyone is asking for a Cata rerelease.

Eventually it will be WoW Classic: Classic


I'm kinda surprised Simu hasn't tried recycling Platinum 84327904 times.

[Taernath]

Eventually it will be WoW Classic: Classic


I'm kinda surprised Simu hasn't tried recycling Platinum 84327904 times.

If they still had rights to it, Simu could probably do Gemstone III: ICE with a $100/month sub and at least a few would buy it.

[caelric]

If they still had rights to it, Simu could probably do Gemstone III: ICE with a $100/month sub and at least a few would buy it.

Krakii would be all up on that shit.

[Neveragain]

Eventually it will be WoW Classic: Classic


I'm kinda surprised Simu hasn't tried recycling Platinum 84327904 times.


Classic season of Mastery

As outlined in our Season of Mastery blog post 1.0k, there are a number of changes coming in this new Season of WoW Classic. In this Beta, testers can expect to experience the following today and over the next several weeks:

Week 1 of open Beta (October 5)

Player Levels will be capped at 30.
Character templates will not be available.
The Rate of XP gain from Quest turn-ins has been increased by 25% globally.
Mining and Herbalism Node availability is increased.
The PvP Honor System is enabled.
Warsong Gulch is enabled.
Week 2 of open Beta (October 13)

Player levels will now be capped at 45.
The “Adventure Awaits” buff now grants 40% increased experience from Quest turn-ins (was 25%).
Meeting Stones can now be used to summon appropriately-leveled party members for the associated dungeon(s).
There is now a PvP realm available.
Week 3 of open Beta (October 19)

Test characters can now be leveled to 60.
The “Adventure Awaits” buff now grants an additional experience bonus to Dungeon quests and quests flagged as Elite.
High Elf Watchers have made an appearance in the Ironforge Library and Undercity Apothecarium, seeking to chronicle those who bear a “Soul of Iron”.
World Buffs such as Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer, Warchief’s Blessing, and many others will now be removed inside of raid instances.
The Debuff limit on enemy units is no longer capped at 16.
Significantly less experience is now awarded to players who kill a creature while in a group with one or more players who are at a much higher level than the creature that was slain.
The Looking For Group tool from Burning Crusade Classic is now present in the Season of Mastery.
Adjustments have been made to some dungeon enemies:
Stratholme – All Undead creatures in Stratholme will now gain an immunity to snares 30 seconds after entering combat and gain immunity to roots after an additional 30 seconds of combat.
Maraudon – Many creatures in Maraudon will gain an immunity to snares 30 seconds after entering combat and gain immunity to roots after an additional 30 seconds of combat.
Mauradon – 30 seconds after gaining immunity to root effects, enemies gain 50% increased movement speed.
Maraudon and Stratholme – Any type of crowd control (except snares or roots) will reset the snare immunity, root immunity, and speed buffs.
Zul’Farrak – Zombie Trolls in Zul’Farrak now drop fewer lucrative treasures. Most of the loot previously dropped by Zombie Trolls has been redistributed to other enemies in the dungeon.
Adjustments have been made to enemies in Onyxia’s Lair and Molten Core:
All creatures have had their health increased.
Several mechanics that were removed in early versions of original World of Warcraf have been restored to certain bosses in both raids.
Developers’ notes: The adjustments to the group experience in Stratholme and Maraudon are the first round of changes meant to curtail “boosting” or “powerleveling” of low-level characters in Season of Mastery. These changes should be largely invisible to groups who complete this content at an appropriate level with an appropriate group composition, while making many methods of kiting, gathering, and killing large groups of enemies much more precarious and inefficient. Please note that in Stratholme and Maraudon, the auras that grant immunity to slows and roots can also be reset if a creature is afflicted by a “hard” CC such as a Polymorph or Shackle Undead.


The running consensus is official release will be at the end of November.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/61/45/27614533025b248e67acc65ef221de8e.gif

[Methais]

As outlined in our Season of Mastery blog post 1.0k, there are a number of changes coming in this new Season of WoW Classic. In this Beta, testers can expect to experience the following today and over the next several weeks:

Week 1 of open Beta (October 5)

Player Levels will be capped at 30.
Character templates will not be available.
The Rate of XP gain from Quest turn-ins has been increased by 25% globally.
Mining and Herbalism Node availability is increased.
The PvP Honor System is enabled.
Warsong Gulch is enabled.
Week 2 of open Beta (October 13)

Player levels will now be capped at 45.
The “Adventure Awaits” buff now grants 40% increased experience from Quest turn-ins (was 25%).
Meeting Stones can now be used to summon appropriately-leveled party members for the associated dungeon(s).
There is now a PvP realm available.
Week 3 of open Beta (October 19)

Test characters can now be leveled to 60.
The “Adventure Awaits” buff now grants an additional experience bonus to Dungeon quests and quests flagged as Elite.
High Elf Watchers have made an appearance in the Ironforge Library and Undercity Apothecarium, seeking to chronicle those who bear a “Soul of Iron”.
World Buffs such as Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer, Warchief’s Blessing, and many others will now be removed inside of raid instances.
The Debuff limit on enemy units is no longer capped at 16.
Significantly less experience is now awarded to players who kill a creature while in a group with one or more players who are at a much higher level than the creature that was slain.
The Looking For Group tool from Burning Crusade Classic is now present in the Season of Mastery.
Adjustments have been made to some dungeon enemies:
Stratholme – All Undead creatures in Stratholme will now gain an immunity to snares 30 seconds after entering combat and gain immunity to roots after an additional 30 seconds of combat.
Maraudon – Many creatures in Maraudon will gain an immunity to snares 30 seconds after entering combat and gain immunity to roots after an additional 30 seconds of combat.
Mauradon – 30 seconds after gaining immunity to root effects, enemies gain 50% increased movement speed.
Maraudon and Stratholme – Any type of crowd control (except snares or roots) will reset the snare immunity, root immunity, and speed buffs.
Zul’Farrak – Zombie Trolls in Zul’Farrak now drop fewer lucrative treasures. Most of the loot previously dropped by Zombie Trolls has been redistributed to other enemies in the dungeon.
Adjustments have been made to enemies in Onyxia’s Lair and Molten Core:
All creatures have had their health increased.
Several mechanics that were removed in early versions of original World of Warcraf have been restored to certain bosses in both raids.
Developers’ notes: The adjustments to the group experience in Stratholme and Maraudon are the first round of changes meant to curtail “boosting” or “powerleveling” of low-level characters in Season of Mastery. These changes should be largely invisible to groups who complete this content at an appropriate level with an appropriate group composition, while making many methods of kiting, gathering, and killing large groups of enemies much more precarious and inefficient. Please note that in Stratholme and Maraudon, the auras that grant immunity to slows and roots can also be reset if a creature is afflicted by a “hard” CC such as a Polymorph or Shackle Undead.


The running consensus is official release will be at the end of November.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/61/45/27614533025b248e67acc65ef221de8e.gif

Classic has seasons now? Wtf is the point?