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20/12/2008, 15:25

Account Security Awareness <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Bornakk (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/13771097977-account-security-awareness.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">Account security is very important to us. As we have recently seen a rise in the number of compromised World of Warcraft accounts, we recommend you to take a few moments to read these tips to help protect your privacy and ensure your security. <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Verify that your email address in Account Management (<a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account" target="_blank">http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account</a>) is current. You can see your address on the right side of the Account Management page and change it with the “Change Contact Info” button.</li><li>Make sure your operating system, web browser, and other software is up-to-date with the latest patches and security updates.</li><li>Scan your computer for viruses, Trojans, and key loggers.</li><li>After doing this, we highly recommend changing the password on the account to a brand-new, unique one, and making sure to keep this password private. </li></ul> These simple steps can go a long way in maintaining account security. If you are seeking an additional layer of security, consider purchasing the optional Blizzard Authenticator, available at the online Blizzard Store (<a href="http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000182" target="_blank">http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000182</a>). For more security tips, please visit our World of Warcraft Account Security page (<a href="http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20572&rhtml=true?rhtml=y" target="_blank">http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20572&rhtml=true?rhtml=y</a>). We hope you have a happy -- and safe -- holiday season! </div></div></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">Burst damage in Arenas We definitely hear you that you think Arena burst damage is too high and it's too difficult to heal. You don't need to keep shouting. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/13769837393-is-it-not-obvious.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Best gear rewarded througn arena It's certainly not a system for everyone. I personally don't favor the arenas either, so I make the choice not to spend much time with them. I think the issue most people have is that the arenas provide the only source for the best PvP gear in the game. We are working on an improved system by which we can measure skill and contribution in battlegrounds so that more competitive rewards can be obtained via means other than the arena. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/13770858011-what-is-still-fun-about-wow.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Horde always defending first in SOTA Actually SOTA originally did start with the factions randomly attacking or defending. But there were issues with it; it wasn't quite as cut and clear as it seems in theory. It turned out it worked out a lot better if Horde were always starting in defense. So the way it is now was a somewhat temporary fix to that issue. If it's really not working out so well, of course we'll be looking into reinstating the random start. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/11/7313171542-strand-of-the-ancients--alliance-advantage.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Raid difficulty The content you've mentioned is all content that is meant to be an introduction to raiding in Lich King. It's not meant to preclude people and set a false standard. That being said, we feel that the difficulty of the content is in line with the rewards. While you may find it to be a bit less difficult than you woud like, I assure you a great many others do not. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/13832553166-im-fed-up-fix-your-game-or-everyone-is-done.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Same models used multiple times on Northrend items Try to remember back to the Burning Crusade when players looked like multi-colored rainbows. Their gear was entirely mix-matched and there were many complaints about the experience and leveling in such garb. With Lich King, this problem has been largely eliminated. As you level, you collect gear that fits nicely together and helps to create a more whole look. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/13832553166-im-fed-up-fix-your-game-or-everyone-is-done.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Learning Smelt Elementium A solution should be available in a future 3.0.8 build. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/13/13770857715-elementium.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Premades on PTRs You should always assume that there will not be premades unless we specifically indicate there will be premades. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/13/13770007551-premades.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Patch notes and bugs The patch notes tend to record larger changes to the way things work. We fix literally hundreds of bugs that don't get incorporated into the patch notes. This one was just a bug. Yes, big games have bugs. It's true. Blizzard titles tend to have fewer than other types of software. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/13770857878-shaman-feral-spirit-update.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) "I believe during the beta you said you paid more attention to "certain end-game guilds" than to the bulk of the playerbase." On very specific issues, yes. I would trust the feedback of a highly rated gladiator or a realm first guild leader over someone whose skill and experience are unknown. But it works the opposite way too. Very hardcore players can sometimes suggest very hardcore solutions. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13723762487-druid-tanks-wtg-blizz.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/deathknight.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Death Knight (<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=650" target="_blank">Skills List</a> / <a href="http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight" target="_blank">Talent + Glyph Calc.</a>) Bone shield The issue wasn't that Bone Shield was too strong per se. It was that when Bone Shield was down, the DK died. Just buffing the DK without nerfing Bone Shield would make them the best tank in the game. Bone Shield was also making them too defensive in PvP, which was much harder to get good testing on during the beta. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13723762487-druid-tanks-wtg-blizz.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 + Glyph Calc.</a>) Feral AoE tanking You're not making a terribly fair comparison here. Warriors can block etc., true, but Ferals have Barkskin, Survival Instinct, Demo Roar and Enraged Regen as defensive abilities. You have Swipe and Berserk (and the nice Maul glyph) for area threat generation (and I still see bears pulling with Hurricane too). I do think it is a fair concern that you can spam nothing but Swipe, but to fix that for other tanks we put a cooldown on their AE ability to force them to hit something else. I'm not sure we want to do that for druids. While you may think of yourself primarily as a bear, we still think of you as a druid. Druids have a lot of abilities. I have played a bear (a lot) and I know it's already hard to fit all of your buttons on the default Blizzard action bars, even just considering the bear ones. Now I'm not going to suggest you Innervate or use Rebirth or Regrowth while tanking, but at the same time, even bear MTs do sometimes use those abilities. They still count as abilities. When you pick a tanking druid, you are still a druid. We don't want any class to have 300 spells just because they can use them in very different scenarios. Make sense? (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13723762487-druid-tanks-wtg-blizz.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Changes to armor trinkets There will probably always be a best in slot item. The difference is that <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37638" target="_blank">Offering</a> was insanely better than the alternatives, to the point at which you either sucked without it or were OP with it. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44253" target="_blank">Greatness</a> is a nice trinket, but can you do your job without it? Absolutely. We're talking about degree of best in slot here. Would it be possible to have more choice in feral gear? I agree with that overall, and it is something we're working on. By the same token however it is very easy to take your argument and say "There will always be a best in slot item. I will always want that item. Therefore choice is always an illusion." (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13723762487-druid-tanks-wtg-blizz.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) "Ifs its too tough to do given you only have HP,Armor, Dodge to work with, maybe its time to talk about other ways to scale ferals." We are. It probably won't be defense, block or parry though. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13723762487-druid-tanks-wtg-blizz.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Druid forms update We are working on an update to druid forms. It is long overdue. But we want to do it right, which means it takes time. The Ravenlord and Epic Flight Form models are t...</div></div></div>

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