RSS Mimiron's Flying Mount, Battle.net, Blue posts [Archive]

Azel

20/03/2009, 12:50

It's time for some blue posts, a bunch of Druid changes were announced and Ghostcrawler clarified a few tier 8 set bonuses (yes, priests). Additionally, Blizzard launched their new Battle.net service in the United States, this isn't available yet in Europe but we'll probably see it here in a couple of days. Mimiron's Flying Mount A few mounts were added to the game in Patch 3.1, the most popular one is probably the <a href="http://ptr.wowhead.com/?spell=63796" target="_blank">Mimiron's Head</a>. This 310% speed flying mount will most likely drop from Mimiron in Ulduar ... See the video below. <div align="center"><object width="560" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAX1mWLWXHo">Introducing the new Battle.net Account Blizzard just released the new version of their <a href="https://us.battle.net/" target="_blank">Battle.net Service</a>. If the list of features sound familiar, it's probably because most of them were introduced with the Blizzard Store a few months ago. Hopefully the change means we'll see new features soon, hints of a Battle.net integration have been in the WoW files for quite some time now. <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Zarhym (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/15864256387-introducing-the-new-battlenet-account.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">We’re pleased to introduce the Battle.net account -- a brand-new way for players to manage their Blizzard Entertainment games, make online Blizzard store purchases, log in to World of Warcraft, and more using just one set of login information. World of Warcraft players now have the option to create a Battle.net account, merge a World of Warcraft account (or multiple accounts) with it, and begin logging in to the game, the Armory, and the forums using their new Battle.net account login information. Merge your World of Warcraft account now - <a href="http://us.battle.net/account/creation/landing.xml" target="_blank">http://us.battle.net/account/creation/landing.xml</a> Some of the benefits of the Battle.net account include: <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Fewer passwords to remember. One single login lets you access World of Warcraft, the online Blizzard store, and more -- including upcoming games such as StarCraft II and Diablo III.</li><li>Opt in to upcoming Blizzard Entertainment beta tests. Put yourself in the running to be invited to test upcoming games.</li><li>Easy access to your classic games. Store your CD keys for classic Blizzard Entertainment titles, and then download the games whenever you wish.</li><li>And more to come… We’re planning to add more features in the future, including tools to help friends communicate between games and bring players closer together.</li></ul> At this time, signing up is completely optional -- but if you’re interested in taking advantage of the benefits of the Battle.net account today, check out the FAQ for more information, or create an account now. FAQ- <a href="http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html" target="_blank">http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html</a> Create an account- <a href="http://us.battle.net/account/creation/landing.xml" target="_blank">http://us.battle.net/account/creation/landing.xml</a></div></div></div> PTR - Focused Argent Testing The Argent Tournament is at the north of Icecrown, this is a new quest hub created to introduce the upcoming Coliseum raid instance in Patch 3.2. <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Kisirani (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/13/15659712763-focused-testing-argent-tournament.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">We're looking for some volunteers to put in some focused testing time on the new Argent Tournament content in northern Icecrown. We're aware some of you have been diligently doing the content already throughout our many changes, and we're very thankful for that; you've helped in hammering out quite a few issues. We're interested to hear what you have to say about the current gameplay and balance. Be advised that things have changed if you started testing this early on. Moving forward, the valiant and champion NPCs are getting another balance pass, and the Ironforge and Undercity combatants in particular are getting retuned for an upcoming build. A short FAQ: What's changed from previous builds? Since the early PTR, we've changed the early aspirant training to be more comprehensive, significantly rebalanced the valiants and champions, made the mounts more accessible, and fixed a myriad of issues. How do I get to the Tournament? If you've never been, you can speak with Jean Pierre Poulain on Krasus' Landing in Dalaran to get a free flight. If you've visited before, there is a flight point out there. It's in the far northeast of Icecrown, just north of Sindragosa's Fall. What sort of feedback are you looking for? Whatever feedback you have to share. Bugs, balancing issues, clarity of purpose, overall feel, portions you particularly like or dislike, quests you find too difficult or easy, how the fights feel against NPCs or other players... let us know your thoughts on the Tournament. </div></div></div> [US] Potential Connection Issues <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Bornakk (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/15864296429-potential-connection-issues.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">If you are currently experiencing connection issues with World of Warcraft, our Technical Support Team is currently gathering data to help resolve the issue. Please visit this link and provide the requested information as we continue to investigate this: <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864296319&sid=1" target="_blank">http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864296319&sid=1</a></div></div></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">We revamped Noblegarden. Not to a huge extent, but trust me when I say the days of combing the entirety of <insert newbie zone here> on your epic mount hoping to catch sight of one elusive egg are over. Looking at the achievements and drawing conclusions based on how rare and random the rewards were in Noblegardens past is extremely inaccurate. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/20/15660807859-long-strange-trip-noblegarden-and-31.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>) Upcoming Balance Changes Typhoon -- what we are most likely to do is add a daze effect of some kind. This is what the mage spell Blast Wave does. The daze (it's like a 50% snare) can add a little bit more time to do something before the targets get back on you, such as cast a Cyclone. We might mess with the knockback distance a little, but Typhoon is built differently from many spells, so there may be a limit in what we can do here. 2P Ulduar set bonus -- we increased the Eclipse boost to 15%, which should actually grant a dps increase. We know many druids still don't like the inherent RNG that Eclipse offers. However, we like mechanics that encourage players to dynamically (meaning if they pay attention) swap which spell they are using. Balance has often had a real tunnel-vision problem of just using the same spell over and over. Even mages do that less these days with all the other procs and cooldowns they can blow at certain times. Eclipse did have some problems, particularly with the Wrath part of the talent not actually doing enough, but we believe those are in a better shape now. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/15859415803-vanquish-the-evilmore-moonkin-stuff.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Upcoming Restoration Changes The Tree of Life talent currently grants bonus healing to group members and reduces the cost of your hots in tree form. We would like to change the talent to say "Reduces the mana cost of all your hots and also lets you go into tree form, which grants bonus healing." In other words, you would not need to be ToL to get the cheaper hots (in PvE or PvP) so long as you had the ToL talent. In PvP, you could still use tree form when you wanted to be more tanky but your efficiency would not be so bad when in caster form. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/15671263227-a-resto-druid-looking-for-answers.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 + Glyph Calc.</a>) Glyph of Living Bomb We suspect the glyph (and fire mages) would probably be overpowered if those crits on periodic damage powered Hot Streak etc. That would be a pretty big dps boost. The glyph is just supposed to let Living Bomb do more damage. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/15859175825-glyph-of-living-bomb-clarification.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Developer Q&A (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/15671125153-mage-we-want-an-answer.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Why is the molten armor spirit change a nerf to pvp, solo, and anyone ...</div></div></div>

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