Posted on September 1st, 2010 by admin
The principle of debuff sizes In World of Warcraft
Dealing with debuffs in a PvP environment is a completely different beast than dealing with them in a raid or group environment. Each person in a raid group has a job to do, and usually you know when a debuff is coming. The success of a debuffer is based less on the ability to prioritize targets, but rather to do the job effectively. In PvP, that is turned on its head. Prioritization and understanding the battlefield are crucial for the PvP aficionado.
Moore’s interface incorporates heavy use of large debuff indicators underneath a teammate’s unit frame. By easily spotting who has the giant debuff under the squad bars, Moore can remedy the situation in a faster, more productive matter. Every HP counts in the arena, so the faster the player is alerted to a debuff ticking down, the better his reaction can be.
Including the cluttered version of the user interface is a godsend here, and PvPers will understand why
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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by admin
Lisa Poisso as Prupher, the tauren druid
With wrist problems after a long day of clicking and scrolling turning my mouse hand into a — well, into something more closely resembling a tauren hoof, Prupher hasn’t spent a lot of time afield this week. Dutifully dropping all my Silvermoon quests and heading to The Barrens for the next round of questing, I found myself blessedly free from the siren call of Bloodthistle … only to be ensnared by the gold farmer show in Orgrimmar. How is it that I’ve never managed to stay in town long enough to witness the full blossoming of orcs suspended in mid-air, magically transforming from a three-dimensional heart into a sales message and then into a gold farming website address? These leaping, sleeping salesmen have come a long way from the static corpses that used to litter the ground in front of the auction house (although I have to admit that as fascinating as the process was to observe, I can’t say that it provoked
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Posted on August 19th, 2010 by admin
Know Your Lore: The Old Gods, part four — their dread shadow
The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
To date we’ve discussed C’Thun and Yogg-Saron, the Old Gods that have to date made an appearance in the game. But they’re far from the only Old Gods on Azeroth, and the Old Gods on Azeroth are far from the only Old Gods in the entire Warcraft universe. As we discussed before, the Old Gods are a universal phenomenon, spreading chaos and destruction wherever they go, whether they’re being summoned into Outland’s Shadowmoon Valley or having their servitors corrupt the former prison wing of the naaru vessel Tempest Keep.
So far in the Cataclysm beta, we’ve seen the Twilight’s Hammer more
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Posted on August 18th, 2010 by admin
The Azerothian Riddle Hunt
The ground rules
Level range: 55+
Time limit: an hour and a half
Required for participation: pencil and paper or other way of recording answers as they’re found
Where: answers found across Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms
Rules: This scavenger hunt is light on rules. No outside web sources allowed (on the honor system), but pretty much everything else is fair game. Trash-talking is encouraged, so long as it fits within your group’s atmosphere. Don’t be afraid to egg it on yourself!
Winning: The person with the most right answers wins the game; use time of answer turn-in to break ties.
Prep and setup
As with any scavenger hunt, thoughtful preparation will make your Azerothian Riddle Hunt go much smoother. Obviously, providing your participants with the riddles and having your prizes in hand are the most important things; however, a little extra work in prep goes a very long way.
Know what you are going to award in advance, and get it in hand
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Posted on August 14th, 2010 by admin
Ghostcrawler – Lead Systems Designer In World of Warcraft
Focus — We think we’re in a much better spot for focus regen now. Our goal has been for focus to be a resource you spend on your higher damage shots, which is regenerated passively at a rate lower than energy regen, but faster than energy if you are using Steady / Cobra (which can only be done while stationary). At the lower regen rates, we found it felt bad if you couldn’t Steady / Cobra rather than Steady / Cobra feeling like a bonus. We think we’re closer to the sweet spot now, but please let us know (preferably after you’ve actually tried it rather than prophesizing doom).
Aspects — We’re not happy with the way the Hawk vs. Fox choice is playing out. We think that ultimately either damage or focus regen is going to win out and the other aspect won’t get much use. For now, we are going back to Hawk being used for damage and regen. We’ll discuss other potential
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Posted on August 11th, 2010 by admin
China is finally getting Wrath of the Lich King
It’s been a long, hard, ridiculous road for Blizzard to get the Chinese government’s approval to make Wrath of the Lich KingĀ content available to their citizens. So ridiculous, in fact, that it’s difficult to nail down just which related stories are the most important. We could tell you about:
* How it was reportedly ready to go in early 2009, but Blizzard’s Chinese then-distributor The9 was released from its duties after poor management;
* How WoW China’s new distributor, NetEase, had to get the entire game re-approved, and upon its relaunch, it faced heavy censorship not requested under its previous owners;
* How the entire re-approval process may have been politically motivated due to US-China trade relations;
* How Wrath’s content review by the government was halted due to collecting subscription fees being “illegal” and creation of new accounts was suspended pending
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by admin
World of Warcraft Druid:Leveling 10-20 and how to spec
Hail and well met, Druids. I apologize for my lack of comments on the last Shifting Perspectives, but I was away that week on vacation with abysmal hotel wireless. After spending 20 minutes trying to send a single reply, I gave up and decided that my time on vacation was better spent gorging myself on the offerings of the resort’s culinary school. 4 days of coquilles St. Jacques, filet mignon, and venison sausage in puff pastry left me unable to move, but fortunately I have recovered sufficiently to roll myself, Violet Beauregarde-style, in the direction of the laptop for today’s column.
Levels 10 through 20 will be among your most interesting and frustrating as a Druid, and they’re certainly among the most volatile; as of patch 3.2, you will gain 4 of the Druid’s possible forms within these levels, with the biggest alteration to your playstyle likely to occur at 20 with Cat form. Be forewarned that this
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Posted on May 20th, 2010 by admin
There are multiple ways to create “cheap” gold at the auction house but due to time i’m only going to share one way in this guide.
Keep in mind that I will be adding more guides later and more auction house guides also. I call it “cheap” gold because you do not have to spend real money to get this gold! I guess I should call it FREE gold instead.
Buy low, sell high! You always hear that but how do you use that to your advantage? That’s what this world of warcraft gold guide is all about.
First thing you MUST do is download/install the auctioneer addon. This addon will save you tons of time in the future as it will help you find items that are selling way below actual prices. This is by far the best addon I have ever seen. (Probably because I spend 90% of the time in game at the auction house!)
Once you have auctioneer installed you will want to just scan the auction house a lot for about a week to get accurate values on items. By a lot I mean no
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by admin
As a fans of World of Warcraft,We all pay attentions Blizzard setup the game world of warcraft.The fellowing chapter is the Blizzard announced the initial plans for the Cataclysm,I hope this will take some interesting for you.Read it and enjoy yourself.
Blizzard has announced the initial plans for the Cataclysm closed beta opt-in procedures. You need to go to your Battle.net account profile setting page and make sure the Warcraft box is checked under the licenses you wish to beta test. If you have done this previously, be sure to verify the data is correct.
Please note that the closed beta has not started. This is just the opt-in for those that will eventually participate in the beta.
The full announcement is as follows:
Blizzard Entertainment
Get those opt-ins ready for the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm closed beta! The sundering of Azeroth is nigh, and you don’t want to be left out in the cold of Northrend when you could be enjoying the sun-drenched beaches on the goblin isle
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Posted on April 28th, 2010 by admin
World of Warcraft Shifting Perspectives are issued affecting druids and those who group with them every week.Now,this week,we are proud to welcome a new generation of bears.With this article,you will get the detail informations about the world of warcraft’s gerring a new bear at 80.Read as fellow,get your need and share your spare time.
I’ve been getting an extraordinary number of requests to update our older posts on how to spec and gear a fresh bear, cat and tree at 80. At this point in Wrath, the information should stay fairly accurate through the end of the expansion, and I agree that this would be a great time to do it. For the next few weeks, we’ll examine how to get a new feral or restoration druid into fighting shape.
When we first started out, I split gear into categories like best drop, best reputation piece, best quest piece, etc., and I don’t think it’s necessary to do that anymore. It’s so much easier to get high-quality gear by
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