Posted on January 26th, 2010 by admin
As you may recall, Blizzard announced their intent to get rid of consumable ammo in Patch 3.1, only to withdraw the change a short time later, with the promise of reimplementing it at a nebulous later date. Now, it’s been more or less assumed that said later date is Cataclysm itself, or at least Patch 4.0.
In a general forum post created to discuss ammo replacements, Ghostcrawler piped in to remind us that the only change announced for Cataclysm was the removal of ammo, with nothing else yet decided (or, more accurately, announced). While he did acknowledge the possibility
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by admin
It was announced today that there will be a major change to resilience, which is being hotfixed into the game as we approach the new arena season. The change is expected to be in place for the duration of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion; which we take to mean it will not carry over into Cataclysm.
This change will “double the value of resilience in reducing damage done by players,” according to Bornakk. Players will see a 10% to 20% reduction in damage taken. However, this change will not affect critical strike chances or critical strike damage. If healing becomes too over powered with this change,
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 by admin
Some actual new information from tonight’s developer Twitter chat with Lead Systems Designer Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street and J. Allen Brack? I’m as surprised as you are. When asked why the resplendent (and glowy) Crystalsong Forest is oddly barren of anything to do beyond sightsee (and, of course, the rare quest), we received some interesting info about game performance:
Part of the problem is that it sits beneath Dalaran, which ended up being more of a resource hog than we had anticipated. We didn’t want to draw too many more players to that zone. Initially the Crusaders’ Coliseum was going to
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by admin
Welcome to another Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that firmly believes the frozen throne simply isn’t frozen enough. Frankly, we don’t think the Lich King was trying hard enough. And so we applaud the efforts of the enterprising young mage pictured above. Way to show Arthas how it’s done! Also, we will miss you.
So 3.3 has been live for several weeks now, and a great many of us have farmed up more Emblems of Frost and Triumph than we know what to do with. We, as a nation of mages, have bought ourselves a whole set of really nice new gear, possibly far nicer than anything we’ve
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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by admin
Welcome to Know Your Lore, WoW.com’s weekly column about the story behind the game we play.
Last week we discussed the formation of the Alliance in response to the Horde invasion of and destruction of the Kingdom of Azeroth via the Black Portal, and the Alliance’s eventual triumph over the Horde, expedition to Draenor, and the events of Warcraft III that saw the destruction of Lordaeron and creation of a new order. This week, we talk about the events that caused those events.
Yes, this week we’re discussing the origins of the Horde, that organization that began as the
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by admin
The Care and Feeding of Warriors this week goes back to Icecrown Citadel to discuss the last two currently accessible encounters, the Gunship Battle and Deathbringer. Matt Rossi kind of wishes the Deathbringer fight was just against a great big talking axe. We don’t have enough boss fights with inanimate objects.
Okay, so you’ve done the first two bosses in the place. Now what? Well, now you launch yourself via poorly designed goblin explosives between flying boats and you fight the son of possibly the
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Posted on January 2nd, 2010 by admin
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
This is The Queue that doesn’t end. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend. Some people started writing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue writing it forever just because this is The Queue that doesn’t end. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend. Some people started writing it, not knowing what it was, and
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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by admin
Every week, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week, everyone discovers (as I have been saying for years, but who listens to the bear tank with an ass the size of Cincinnati? No one, that’s who) that PUG’s are not so bad.
Moore returns with a ukulele. I’m going to pull out one of the big guns on the folk scene in the Americas — Richard Shindell. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a high-quality version of this song available anywhere online, and I highly recommend listening to the versions off Shindell’s
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