RSS Armory Maintenance, WotLK Download, Blue posts [Archive]

Azel

06/11/2008, 08:06

As usual after patch days, a fairly big updates of blue posts with a couple of changes for some classes. Armory Maintenance Notice <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Crygil (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/12357687548-armory-maintenance-notice.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">In preparation for Wrath of the Lich King, we will be performing an 8 hour Armory maintenance beginning on November 6, at 6AM PST. The extensive changes and feature additions in Wrath of the Lich King mean that we also have to update the Armory to reflect those changes. As part of the maintenance, all character data will be reset, and character profiles will be repopulated as players log into World of Warcraft. We thank you for your patience during the maintenance. </div></div></div> Wrath of the Lich King not downloadable on release <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Claudiog (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/12357687464-wotlk-cd-key.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">Wrath will eventually be available for download online, but this might take some time to establish. A working DVD drive will be the only way to ensure you are ready to play on launch day. Otherwise, when we initiated the online download for Burning Crusade it took 2-3 weeks to get up and running. I'm not saying Wrath will take this long (I have no idea, it may) but don't expect it Day 1. </div></div></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">Blacksmithing Epic Weapons There will not be a Stormherald type weapon "high level crafter only". There are however a fair number of epic crafted BoE weapons that smiths will be able to make in LK. We didn't like the vast number of people who felt they were required to be Blacksmiths in order to get a good weapon. Players should choose their trade skills based on what they enjoy, not what they feel they must do. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/19/11296527383-will-there-be-a-makeable-stormherald-like-wep.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Sharpening stones not intended for level 80 items We are having QA look into this now. This is not intentional and clearly we don't want people to have to farm old mats to use Sharpening Stones (which aren't supposed to be usable on high quality items). After this is fixed they will still work on several levels worth of items moving into LK just not the end game and higher end stuff. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/19/12065202161-verimonde-can-we-get-an-answer-please.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Upgrade to the Everlasting Underspore Pod This is something we may consider doing at a later date but we don't want to trivialize the rest of the food and at the moment aren't planning on introducing an upgraded version of this item. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/19/12065190604-new-everlasting-underspore-pod.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Bind on Equip items dropping from dungeons and raids This is actually intended. We want there to be more trickle down items from raids and part of that decision was to give each boss one item that is BoE. It helps add excitement to raids and well as provide raiding guilds another way to help pay for the cost of raiding. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/19/12065281474-rustedlink-spiked-gauntlets--boe-not-bop.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Achievement: A Simple Re-Quest As an update, there seem to be additional bugs with this particular achievement. 3.0.3 fixes some but not all. We'll continue to research a fix. Apologies once again. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/20/12065190257-known-issue-a-simple-request.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Achievement: Champion of the Frozen Wastes The Champion of the Frozen wastes achievement currently has a bug. There is a "hidden" criteria to kill Malygos in the achievement that is not displaying to characters. This can result in a player thinking that he has completed all of the necessary requirements to fulfill the achievement but not receive credit. Please be advised that killing Malygos is required for the achievement. In an upcoming client patch (we're unable to hotfix this and it cannot be done for 3.0.3), the Malygos criteria will display properly. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/20/12065094640-champion-of-the-frozen-wastes.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/druid.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Druid (<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=700" target="_blank">Skills List</a> / <a href="http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?druid" target="_blank">Talent Calc. (9095)</a>) Starfall Changes We don't have a problem with Starfall breaking stealth. There are plenty of other spells that do so and Starfall is hard to spam. However, Starfall is an unusual spell in that it isn't channeled and can even follow the druid around. So we are going to change it so that shifting cancels the spell. Having a druid run around in cat or travel form with Starfall raining down in an attempt to break stealth is not really what we had in mind for the spell. [...] Yes, we would also remove (or possibly suppress) the spell on mounting. It isn't intended to be used as a minesweeper. If you want to cast it in caster or Moonkin form to try and catch a stealther, that's fine. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/12065154945-starfall-and-rogues.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Upcoming Feral Changes (Repost because I only had a small link in the previous news) ARMOR We are changing the way bear armor works so that bonus armor on items does not receive the bear armor multiplier. Specifically this means that trinkets, rings, necks and cloaks with bonus armor will not be multiplied by the bear bonus. The normal armor on leather will still be multiplied by this bonus. We are also going to remove bonus armor from Feral staves. You’ll get your bonus armor from the leather you acquire. Examples: 1) A ring that grants 100 bonus armor will now grant a bear 100 armor (not ~470 armor). 2) Leather legs with 253 armor will still grant a bear ~1190 armor (not 253 armor). 3) A feral staff will now grant 0 armor. We are making this change because armor is such a good stat for bears that it makes taking pieces with bonus armor a non-decision and we don’t want acquiring these pieces, which tend to not be common, to be so much of a barrier to a druid who wants to tank a raid. This change will NOT be in effect when Lich King ships. We are letting you know this now so that you don’t go through heroic efforts to acquire items like the Badge of Tenacity, or Defender’s Code. Defender’s Code, with 850 armor, will still be a good trinket. But it won’t be an insanely good trinket for a bear. We will adjust the bear armor modifiers so that your net mitigation does NOT go down with these changes. Let me repeat: this is not a nerf to Feral armor. It is a change to the amount of armor you get from gear with bonus armor. MANA We are adding an effect to a deep Feral talent (something like Primal Tenacity) to further reduce the cost of shapeshifting into cat or bear by 50%. This talent will stack with Natural Shapeshifter for a total cost reduction of 80%. PvP-focused druids can get both talents to shift easily and often despite, no longer having Int on gear at level 80. PROTECTOR OF THE PACK We are removing the group requirements from this talent. The new tooltip will say: “Increases your attack power by X and reduces the damage you take in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by Y.” The values of X and Y themselves are not changing. Again, these changes will NOT be in Nov 13 for Lich King’s launch. We will add them in a patch that will come out sometime before the major Ulduar content patch. We're letting you know now so that you can choose quest rewards and loot drops accordingly. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/2/12065155975-upcoming-feral-changes.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Changes to Feral druids Part of our solution here was to make shifting easier for Ferals, not to just give you more mana. You can find that discussion somewhere in this forum. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/12353996907-gc-heart-of-the-wild.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Wild Growth Circle of Healing and Wild Growth are definitely on our radar. This would be a good time to discuss them. Our concern is that they are turning two classes with a large arsenal of healing spells into single-button healers. Meanwhile, ironically, the other two healing classes have fewer heals to use in the first place. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/12197384319-are-coh-and-wg-better-than-chain-heal.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/mage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Mage (<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=670" target="_blank">Skills List</a> / <a href="http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?mage" target="_blank">Talent Calc. (9095)</a>) Arcane Blast upcoming changes If Arcane is overpowered at all, it is nowhere near to the level that Retribution was. Sorry. This isn't a contest to see who can get the least or most nerfs. The degree to which I am talking about changing Arcane Blast wouldn't have been a couple of errors in the tooltip. It would have made the tooltip totally irrelevant for the spell, which would have confused a lot of players. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/12065383082-gc-so-arcane-is-going-into-wotlk-broken-.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/paladin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> [color=#F58...</div></div></div>

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