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Post by Office Ninja on May 7, 2010 20:41:17 GMT -5
Hmmm... I thought the expansion would pull me back but so far its not doing anything for me. Maybe this is a good thing though. I may not go back to WoW afterall.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 7, 2010 22:49:43 GMT -5
Probably for the better. MMOs are a waste of time anyways. I've been reading some of the new changes they are making with raiding in Cataclysm. 10 and 25 mans will now share the same lockout as well as the same loot tables. Right now you can do both versions seperate and 25 man has slightly better loot. This change in Cata will be great imo but I know many people don't like it. I am in a 10 man guild and it sucks to know that people who do 25 man can just come into my version of raids and plow through it just cause they have better gear from their 25 man runs. While us 10 mans, if we want to get into 25 man, have more difficulty doing so cause our gear is lower. This change may also lower the gear score requirements that plague the game right now. But I may not even raid all that much in Cataclysm. I am raiding hardcore right now cause its all about Arthas and he's a villain I've loved since I first played Warcraft 3. I wanna take him down. I don't give a crap about Deathwing....even though he is pretty damn huge. XD
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Post by Office Ninja on May 8, 2010 0:00:06 GMT -5
OK if they are giving the same loot in both versions thats fucked up. Seriously. That defeats the whole point of having 25 man raids. Argh this is the kind of crap that makes me hate the game.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 8, 2010 0:59:18 GMT -5
Honestly, I don't see it as a bad thing. I think its a good thing. It will keep everyone on the same level and it will help negate elitism which is present now more than ever. I aprove of the change.
They do say, however, that 25 man will get you more gear per person. More so than how it works now. Like if a 10 man boss drops 3 or 4 items, the 25 man may drop 6 or 7 or something. Not sure how that would work for badges but I'd imagine the amount would be the same for both.
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Post by Yvondith on May 8, 2010 2:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 8, 2010 12:43:55 GMT -5
Honestly, as long as the raiding remains fun I'll keep doing it. With or without the changes they are making. And it has been fun in Wrath even though people say raiding has become super easy with this expansion. I wouldn't know.
It wasn't fan art that inspired me to make Kaazur, it was the opening FMV for The Burning Crusade. After Illidan has his little monologue you see him. But that fan art is pretty awesome. I like how he is holding the little Draenei girl as if to protect her. Very heroic indeed. I also love the Blood Queen Lanathel one. ;D
There are a ton of great fan arts on the WoW site. There are some talented people out there. I honestly think some of the fanart is better than Blizzard's own work.
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Post by Yvondith on May 9, 2010 5:28:59 GMT -5
My mistake. Still, great fan art. Blizz's fanart is the only I look at, namely because it's censored. But, they also show the best of the best that is out there too. Saw this one a while back too... it's not from WoW, but still. us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/index.html#945Absolutely breathtaking detail on that. Almost looks like a photograph. Also... us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/index.html#935Gorgeous, but obviously the artist's sexual fantasy. XD Makes me wanna take up drawing again... maybe I will, sometime. In other news, my Shammy hit 32 last night, and I have a question for our Master Shaman. With Reincarnation, is this active ALL the time? It says passive. I have the glyph that removes the need for the Ankh. Is there any limitation to this? Could I literally never need a rez ever again? Level 30 was an absolutely amazing level for Shaman. Tons of new goodies! Also, seriously impressed with her ability to DPS. She was first in Damage Done almost the entire time in there. Sad, because my rotation is very limited right now... I use Call of the Elements, spam Fire Nova every 3 seconds, hit Flame Shock when it's up, and then use Totemic Recall when combat ends. Just... amazing amounts of damage done. Really love the class. Sorry about the disconnect. It was perfect timing though. I disconnected as soon as I greed rolled the last item, and then when I tried to log back in I was informed my game time had expired. XD
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 9, 2010 12:59:25 GMT -5
Yeah I thought it was great timing too. Boss is dead and you get booted from the game. I was having fun Bear tanking that graveyard. The more we did it the more daring I got with the pulls.
I don't have my Shaman that high a level and I know Kik would have the answer for it. But my guess is that its a self cast soul stone. It probably works once and then has maybe a 15 minute (give or take) cooldown. Then if you die before the cooldown timer expires you will need a normal rez should you die again.
I saw the female Arthas and Illidan art before. I love it. ;D
I have never seen that Starcraft one before. I am not a fan of the game but that is seriously amazing.
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Post by Office Ninja on May 9, 2010 13:37:17 GMT -5
Yup. It will pop anytime you die. YOu actually get an option to use it, or to just release and die. I know they lowered the cooldown on it and there is a talent in the restoration tree that lowers it even more. I think its fine honestly without needing to lower it. I want to say its 30 or 20 minute cooldown.
It sounds like you are leveling Elemental. I will say that spec will start getting even more powerful soon. Shamans dont truly shine until after the 50's. Plus, you will LOVE the top talent in the elemental tree. Thunderstorm or whatever its called. It was a lot of fun.
I would suggest if you can manage it to try Enhancement as well. Its a lot of fun and you get puppie pets and some amazing crits later on.
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Post by Yvondith on May 9, 2010 21:08:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I wanna try all the specs. Too bad we can only have 2 at a time. Damn you Blizz! Give us Triple Spec! I had a Shammy healer as Tairotha at one point, and was pretty damned impressed with her. At level 32, I'm not impressed with my ability to heal, but it may be better with talents. The casting time on Healing Wave is awful. Level 32 brought a lot of new goodies too. Learned Chain Lightning, so I have yet another AoE damage spell.
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Post by Yvondith on May 13, 2010 20:13:44 GMT -5
Got 75, and I'm finishing up Dragonblight's quests. Completed the Wrathgate Cutscene, which was awesome, and did the raid on the Undercity quest. I didn't die either. *stares at Caller* However, I did see that it was easy to do so, when you fight Putress. I had tons and tons of failed experiments attacking me, and then Putress' AoE attack would knock me out of stealth. I eventually just backed up in a corner, hit Cloak of Shadows, and Shadowmeld and watched as they finished him off. Was a fun, and awesome quest. Only 5 more levels to go. Well, more like 4 1/3 now. 80 is within reach! And then, time to grind for Heirlooms. Cata Beta opt-in is now up. I opted in, but I doubt I'll be chosen... but I can hope. PTR 3.3.5 is up as well. But, they're having issues. Still, getting to preview the new communication system.
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Post by Caller on May 13, 2010 22:58:54 GMT -5
The only talent I saw was a .5 reduction in the casting time, and I think you need to waste 5 levels worth of points to get up that high. But some people get massive hardons over those kinda talents for some reason so apparently they're good. Frankly, if you're able to notice a half a second difference, your talents are wasted on a video game.
You're going to hear different than that from pretty much everyone but me, but you can't cast partial spells. You need an exorbitant amount of haste to make any sort of noticeable difference.
Red hit 30 tonight and I'm actually pretty disappointed in Paladin. I might just get him up to 50 to catch up with Xelotath and replace him. I like Warrior tanking because there's no mana and you can do more than just spam consecrate and pray to god your mana doesn't evaporate before the mobs are dead. Consecrate every 10 seconds and unleashing judgments costs a lot of mana and I only have 1200. I use Judgment of Wisdom and just got Blessing of Sanctuary (gives 2% mana per block) but the Judgment costs more than I reap most of the time and Sanctuary...well you all know my luck. <_<
I like Warrior tanking because I'm very rarely low on Rage. I start with that ability that gives you 20, and then I get a ton more because I'm getting whaled on. Then you use the Berserk ability that gives you even *MORE* rage per hit which is only on a 30 second cooldown? THEN you add on those talents that reduce Thunderclap's Rage cost (down to 9 for me)? Extremely easy to hold hate.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 13, 2010 23:53:48 GMT -5
Paladin gets more mana efficient later on. You get a talent that gives you mana when healed by a party or raid member. With that I rarly have mana issues. I can't remember how far down in the Prot tree that is though. I love Paladin tanking myself.
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Post by Yvondith on May 14, 2010 9:46:21 GMT -5
Got my Magical Crawdad today! It's a vanity pet, but still, super rare.
I'm aiming for the Salty title.
Doing the fishing derby tomorrow, wish me luck!
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Post by Yvondith on May 15, 2010 7:12:21 GMT -5
The PTR is back up, so if you wanna test out the new friend list feature, or get a level 80 premade character, better jump on it now.
I made a premade Shaman and Warlock, again.
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