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Azel

08/10/2008, 20:39

Malygos - 25 Players loot update This is probably the last "big" update of raid dungeon loot before we start publishing the final versions of the lists. Below are most of the items dropped by Malygos in 25 Players mode. (But probably not all of them, wouldn't be surprising to see a weapon or two here in the future) Non-working tooltips aren't a bug, items are just not available on <a href="http://www.wowhead.com" target="_blank">Wowhead</a> for the moment. <table><tr><td style="padding-right:5px;">Trinket - Phys. DPS - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40531">Mark of Norgannon</a> Trinket - Spell - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_2.jpg" target="_blank">Living Ice Crystals</a> Plate - Phys. DPS - Feet - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_17.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40591">Melancholy Sabatons</a> Plate - Spell - Feet - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_18.jpg" target="_blank">Boots of Healing Energies</a> Plate - Spell - Shoulder - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_16.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40590">Elevated Lair Pauldrons</a> Plate - Tank - Legs - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_15.jpg" target="_blank">Legplates of Sovereignty</a> Mail - Phys. DPS - Feet - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_6.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40549">Boots of the Renewed Flight</a> Mail - Phys. DPS - Head - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_5.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40543">Blue Aspect Helm</a> Mail - Spell - Chest - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_14.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40588">Tunic of the Artifact Guardian</a> Mail - Spell - Hands - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_12.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40564">Winter Spectacle Gloves</a> </td><td>Leather - Phys. DPS - Chest - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_3.jpg" target="_blank">Chestguard of the Recluse</a> Leather - Phys. DPS - Hands - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_4.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40541">Frosted Adroit Handguards</a> Leather - Spell - Shoulder - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_19.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40594">Spaulders of Catatonia</a> Leather - Spell - Waist - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_13.jpg" target="_blank">Unravelling Strands of Sanity</a> Cloth - Feet - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_8.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40558">Arcanic Tramplers</a> Cloth - Head - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_11.jpg" target="_blank">Hood of Rationality</a> Cloth - Legs - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_9.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40560">Leggings of the Wanton Spellcaster</a> Cloth - Shoulder - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_7.jpg" target="_blank" rel="item=40555">Mantle of Dissemination</a> Cloth - Waist - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/malygos25_9038_10.jpg" target="_blank">Leash of Heedless Magic</a> </td></tr></table<script src="http://www.wowhead.com/widgets/power.js"></script><script>$WowheadPower.set({showlogo:1,applyto:2});</script> 25 Players - Kill Quest Reward <table style="font: inherit; color: inherit;"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; color: inherit;">Neck - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8962/eyeofeternityqr.jpg" target="_blank">Favor of the Dragon Queen</a> Neck - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8962/eyeofeternityqr.jpg" target="_blank">Wyrmrest Necklace of Power</a>      </td><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; color: inherit;">Neck - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8962/eyeofeternityqr.jpg" target="_blank">Nexus War Champion Beads</a> Neck - <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8962/eyeofeternityqr.jpg" target="_blank">Life-Binder's Locket</a></td></tr></table> Talents - Dual-Spec feature to be revealed during Blizzcon <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Ghostcrawler (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/2/10638063159-how-to-fix-balance-bloat.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">Furthermore, don't expect us to be ripping up every other talent tree in the game at this stage. We will continue to change talent effects before Lich King ships, but don't expect a lot more massive rejuggling of the trees themselves. The dual-spec feature will shine more light on talent design (more on that at Blizzcon) and we'll have a better idea of what we want to do with trees when that goes live. Some talent trees are nice and lean, and some probably have some points we could trim here and there. </div></div></div> <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/druid.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Upcoming Druid Changes <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Ghotscrawler (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/2/10638063159-how-to-fix-balance-bloat.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">Here is what we're inclined to do about Balance. It isn't a done deal yet because we just talked about it and didn't make the actual changes yet, so it's possible we'll hit a snag (though I don't see why). <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Moonfury and Earth and Moon down to 3 ranks from 5, but keeping the same overall benefit. That buys you 4 extra talent points to get more utility or fun talents.</li><li>We are also going to buff Eclipse's damage a little so that you feel you're paid back for the extra proc-watching (and so I won't feel so lonely when I tell you I think it's fun).</li><li>We're going to leave the Starfire glyph as is for now, since one of the reasons we added it was to buy you back some brain time if you were watching Eclipse too much.</li><li>The treant health is still something on the list to look at too. I suspect it just hasn't scaled well.</li></ul> As an epilogue, here are our feelings on bloat. The problem with the Balance tree was that druids had to spend nearly all their points just on pure damage. It's hard to justify giving up damage for utility, PvP or fun talents in a raid scenario. Ideally you should be trading those talents off against each other ,not against your damage (or healing or mitigation).</div></div></div> <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/shaman.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Upcoming Shaman Changes <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Ghostcrawler (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/8/10952075297-upcoming-shaman-changes.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote"><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Tidal Waves -- Riptide now also procs this effect.</li><li>Riptide -- We're going to increase the initial healing component.</li><li>Storm Reach -- now called “Elemental Reach” and includes Lava Burst.</li><li>Improved Fire Nova Totem - Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova Totem by 10/20%, and your Fire Nova totem has a 50/100% chance to stun all targets damaged by your Fire Nova Totem for 2 sec.</li><li>Thunderstorm -- We will probably boost the mana return to 8% of total mana. That seems more in line with similar effects. We talked a lot about buffing its damage, but decided that may not be a good idea. With its short range, it isn't a great rotational spell for a raiding Elemental shamans, and making you run up to hit a boss and run back is giving up a lot of cast time. Instead we're going to try to keep the damage and knockback more situational (in PvP it will get used a lot) and make the mana return the big PvE raiding focus.</li><li>Maelstrom Weapon -- We have a concern that the proc per minute frequency is too often. According to our numbers, it's balanced for a two-handed weapon and a bit generous for a dual-wielder. However, this would be a nerf to Enhancement dps overall that we'd have to make up elsewhere, and it seems to be a fun change shamans are enjoying. So we're going to let this ride for now. It's something to keep an eye on, but we aren't going to change it yet.</li><li>Lava Burst and Lightning Bolt -- And now for a few words on Elemental damage. One of the things we were trying to do to make Elemental dps more interesting was to have a Lava Burst + Flameshock variant. We also themed some new deep talents to support this play style. The problem is that lightning still seems to do more damage than fire, which in turn makes the new talents feel lame because they benefit fire and not lightning.</li></ul> Now we think that Lava Burst is doing appropriate damage for its cost and if anything Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning are a little too good. (Remember they benefit from Curse of the Elements and similar spells now.) However, nerfing lightning would make it harder to level as well as making 3.0.2 kind of brutal for Elemental shamans, since Lava Burst is level...</div></div></div>

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