This is Blizzard taking finished content and delaying it so they can pretend they have a patch cycle that doesn't have players sitting bored for a couple months.
Given Blizzard's track record I wouldn't believe it's finished.
Just had a level 1 Mottled Boar resist a Judgement of Command.
On the other hand, that quest (which I'd never done on my BE paladin; discovered Valley of Trials while riding in), gives full rep with Orgrimmar and Darkspear, 250 each, as many as 3.3 stacks of Runecloth. Gonna get me a raptor. And a wolf. It's something to do.
Turning in 10 Cactus Apples is 500 rep. Quite a bit simpler than doing it the clothy way. (okay, that one's not repeatable, but it's cheaper)
Swapping specs will most likely be like the Lexicons of Power for Glyphs. You have to go stand near something in order to activate a new spec. I'd say Meeting Stones would be a good spot for this if they went that route, as that would be the most likely time youd need or want to quickly respec to healing / tanking / whatever. Put something in the main cities for quick pvp swap too.
They already stated there's no bullshit like that and you can switch on the fly.
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
Also they need to do something about the gold sellers, the server economy is turning to shit.
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
Also they need to do something about the gold sellers, the server economy is turning to shit.
Yeah and don't get me started on mail spam or badly tuned encounters
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
Also they need to do something about the gold sellers, the server economy is turning to shit.
Yeah and don't get me started on mail spam or badly tuned encounters
I was going to make a joke about wiping for months on end in the Iraq raid and something about constantly respawning trash mobs but on second thoughts it might be in poor taste.
I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft players in the United States today than there are farmers.
Farmers, however ... are often portrayed in media polls as a voice of cultural and political authenticity in the United States. They are real Americans, the idea goes, a kind of quiet majority in the background that presidential candidates and media pundits would be foolish to overlook.
If you want a real cross-section of Americana, then, you're supposed to interview farmers and even hockey moms – but why not World of Warcraft players? This is just a rhetorical question – it would be absurd to suggest that World of Warcraft players somehow have a special insight on national governance – but, as cultural demographics go, it's worth asking why politicians and the media continue to over-prioritize the rural and small-town experience.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
Also they need to do something about the gold sellers, the server economy is turning to shit.
Yeah and don't get me started on mail spam or badly tuned encounters
I was going to make a joke about wiping for months on end in the Iraq raid and something about constantly respawning trash mobs but on second thoughts it might be in poor taste.
Me and some resto druid just had a never ending duel outside Org right now. He was resto and kept being in the bear form. I just used the freezing trap and kited around it with AOTV on so never ending mana. He /forfeited.
Thorns are screwed up, 250 dmg per hit to my pet. And I saw some rogue do a test where only by using auto attack on a druid it took down about 4k of his hp when he won.
There isn't much point to making it mid fight, unless they intend to let us swap gear mid fight too. This would primarily affect tanks, of course, but even with the spellpower change, I have doubts that it'd be overpowered for healers (though I'm sure it'll save raids/wipes now and then), and few pure dps classes would have much of a reason to swap, and even then there are gear differences between, say, a combat rogue and a mutilate rogue.
However, as I pointed out so very long ago, they could incorperate the ability to switch specs within encounters where you drop combat between phases.
Nothing too harsh, like absolutely requiring BOTH specs to be proper raid specs (though if given the chance, I'm sure some raids would do as much), but perhaps fights where you need 25 dps at a given point, or other such encounter mechanics.
Unless they also incorprate a way for your spells and macros to swap along with your spec, that would be prohibitively annoying. Mid-fight, not mid-combat, respecs I mean.
Swapping specs will most likely be like the Lexicons of Power for Glyphs. You have to go stand near something in order to activate a new spec. I'd say Meeting Stones would be a good spot for this if they went that route, as that would be the most likely time youd need or want to quickly respec to healing / tanking / whatever. Put something in the main cities for quick pvp swap too.
Apparently they said it'll be completely on the fly. Like "Oh man my DPS sucks as Arcane, I'm going back to Fire." mid trash pull.
There isn't much point to making it mid fight, unless they intend to let us swap gear mid fight too. This would primarily affect tanks, of course, but even with the spellpower change, I have doubts that it'd be overpowered for healers (though I'm sure it'll save raids/wipes now and then), and few pure dps classes would have much of a reason to swap, and even then there are gear differences between, say, a combat rogue and a mutilate rogue.
However, as I pointed out so very long ago, they could incorperate the ability to switch specs within encounters where you drop combat between phases.
Nothing too harsh, like absolutely requiring BOTH specs to be proper raid specs (though if given the chance, I'm sure some raids would do as much), but perhaps fights where you need 25 dps at a given point, or other such encounter mechanics.
Unless they also incorprate a way for your spells and macros to swap along with your spec, that would be prohibitively annoying. Mid-fight, not mid-combat, respecs I mean.
I don't see why they can't use the same system that warriors/druids/rogues have with their stances/shifts/stealth, and just give you a fresh main bar to configure. It wouldn't be a perfect solution for everybody, but it'd be more that enough for me.
The Wolfman on
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
I think paying 100 bucks to go to a convention dedicated to just 3 games that one company makes, and then choosing arrive dressed up in a below average costume is a sign of complete psychosis.
But that's just me.
The Wolfman on
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
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edited October 2008
Yes, if only his costume would've been above average in quality he'd be the picture of mental health.
been out of the loop for a few days, what's this I hear about swapping specs? they're actually going to put it in the game? As of now, there's nothing like it, but being able to respec for a mere 1c in the Beta has been great. I'm not sure why they just can't make respecs extremely cheap, and leave it at that.
been out of the loop for a few days, what's this I hear about swapping specs? they're actually going to put it in the game? As of now, there's nothing like it, but being able to respec for a mere 1c in the Beta has been great. I'm not sure why they just can't make respecs extremely cheap, and leave it at that.
Yeah that's a good point really. I guess they want to retain some sort of expense to it if you want to tweak a spec.
HAHAHAH, listening to the live stream on WCRadio for Blizzcon, after the PvP panel schpiel you could hear Chilton next to his mic say "I got the Q&A down to fifteen minutes, pretty good huh?" meaning he's glad they got a short Q&A and "They already know you're a guy, though" to Ghostcrawler, I assume. Good shit.
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edited October 2008
First Content Patch: A graphical glitch has been implemented in the Storm Peaks causing world servers to crash. until further notice, Storm Peaks and Icecrown has been closed.
Q: What other spells are going to be useable indoors? mounts?
A: We have one great update. Blizzcon exclusive! In the 1st content patch that follows wotlk, all of your ground mounts will no longer dismount in water. they'll swim now.
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Or maybe I'll just say "fuck all y'alls" and do a PvE Enhancement/PvP Enhancement combo.
Tuesday is gonna rock! Can't wait for the "quality of life" improvements. Heh. Good times!!!
On the other hand, that quest (which I'd never done on my BE paladin; discovered Valley of Trials while riding in), gives full rep with Orgrimmar and Darkspear, 250 each, as many as 3.3 stacks of Runecloth. Gonna get me a raptor. And a wolf. It's something to do.
Turning in 10 Cactus Apples is 500 rep. Quite a bit simpler than doing it the clothy way. (okay, that one's not repeatable, but it's cheaper)
They already stated there's no bullshit like that and you can switch on the fly.
Trying to get the Felsteel Boomstick is a pain in the ass. Stupid completistism.
They need to regularly patch your constitution IMO
Yeah and don't get me started on mail spam or badly tuned encounters
I know how you feel. Back in the day, I farmed the fuck out of BRD for the Black Dragonscale Leggings pattern. They drop off Anvilrage Captains
Of which there is two.
At the end of the instance, by the Emperor.
[IED]
It is only poor taste if someone calls you on it.
Thorns are screwed up, 250 dmg per hit to my pet. And I saw some rogue do a test where only by using auto attack on a druid it took down about 4k of his hp when he won.
Unless they also incorprate a way for your spells and macros to swap along with your spec, that would be prohibitively annoying. Mid-fight, not mid-combat, respecs I mean.
I don't see why they can't use the same system that warriors/druids/rogues have with their stances/shifts/stealth, and just give you a fresh main bar to configure. It wouldn't be a perfect solution for everybody, but it'd be more that enough for me.
Some.....not so great.
But that's just me.
Yeah that's a good point really. I guess they want to retain some sort of expense to it if you want to tweak a spec.
are there pictures online anywhere? i can't seem to find any
http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/blizzcon-2008-costume-contest-1/
wowinsider...scroll down to the costume contest
Oh jesus that's a lot bigger than on the site.
Oh well. Enjoy!
BOMBSHELL
finally