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25-player Lich King Video - For the Horde, Blue Posts
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Kody 
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Important: Normal mode Icecrown Citadel no longer uses the limited attempt system.
25-player Lich King Video - For the Horde
One last 25-player Lich King video before we roll into heroic difficulty this week! This one is from the world 5th kill by For the Horde of EU-Nazjatar. The point of view is Greatschock, a Mage. As always, be sure to switch to 1080p if it doesn't start off set to that. You can find the videos on YouTube here: Part 1 and Part 2.
For Your Consideration: An Art Barrage
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Love is in the Air colognes/perfumes (Source)
These items are set to disappear when the Love is in the Air event ends.
The goal of Cataclysm itemization changes (Source)
We aren't trying to kill spreadsheets or simulators, and I'm not even sure we could. The situations where two pieces have different stats but provide an equal dps increase are always going to be rare.
The problem we're actually trying to solve is where one stat is so far superior to other stats that the rest of the item is irrelevant. Currently, most casters prefer haste over crit to the extent where they might use an item from a previous tier. That's not ideal (though obviously something else could be going on with their decision, like they are passing to someone else to be nice or they have a better upgrade in mind on the next boss or whatever). In Cataclysm, given an item with haste versus one with crit your spreadsheet might still tell you the haste item will provide more of an upgrade. But hopefully it won't be such an upgrade that the decision becomes a no-brainer. Hopefully the other stats on the item will come into play more. It's too easy currently to focus on The Best Stat to the exclusion of all else. (I'm not talking about stats such as spell power, attack power or Strength, because for most of your pieces, those just scale with item level. I'm talking about the secondary stats where the real gearing decisions come from.)
Cataclysm gear choices for healers (Source)
That's a relative softball question, because the problem is healers overheal by so much now *and* can get away with it. If you actually care about your mana pool, then regen (Spirit in Cataclysm) matters. If you actually care about mana, then getting bigger heals (such as getting crits) matters too.
Now imagine that as a druid, your mastery stat does something interesting to your hots. It has to be *interesting* or it's just going to mimic the effects of spell power (Int in Cataclysm). Let's say mastery increased the duration of your Rejuv, but did so without reducing the healing per tick. Now Mastery helps throughput, but doesn't help burst healing as much as crit. If haste also affects how often your hots tick, then you might get some interesting gameplay out of playing off of longer hots that tick more frequently. If you don't need to spam heals as much as you do today, then reducing cast time through haste isn't as important to a healer, though it still might be desirable. Now you can make interesting (we hope) choices about whether you want more crit, more haste, more mastery or more spirit.
Exponential power growth: Is it a design flaw? (Source)
Yeah, exponential power growth is just part of the design. It doesn't really bother us that the delta between character level and item level keeps growing. It might be a problem someday if it takes scientific notation to express how much Agility there is on your breastplate.
The problem folks are referring to for this expansion is that we based combat ratings, especially things like crit and hit, off of one assumption for what gear would look like in 4.3, but adding the hard modes meant that the gear ended up having more stats than we thought. If we ended up squeezing in additional tiers into Cataclysm the same thing would happen, though we also have some ideas to make the scaling work better in general.
25-player Lich King Video - For the Horde
One last 25-player Lich King video before we roll into heroic difficulty this week! This one is from the world 5th kill by For the Horde of EU-Nazjatar. The point of view is Greatschock, a Mage. As always, be sure to switch to 1080p if it doesn't start off set to that. You can find the videos on YouTube here: Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 1
Part 2
For Your Consideration: An Art Barrage
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We've added scores of photos, screen shots, original artwork, and wallpapers in one convenient location on our official Warcraft Facebook page. You'll find three pages of photo albums, including multiple Battlecry pages featuring different types of player submissions, all of the patch 3.3 and 3.3.2 art assets we've released, the unlocked content from the Battlecry mosaic, artwork dating back to Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and much more!
If you haven't checked out our photo albums in a while, many are updated or added frequently. We encourage you to head over, take a look, and become a fan of our page today: http://www.facebook....
If you're enjoying the new World of Warcraft Feeds Facebook application, be sure to become a fan of our new app page as well: http://www.facebook....
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Quote
Love is in the Air colognes/perfumes (Source)
These items are set to disappear when the Love is in the Air event ends.
The goal of Cataclysm itemization changes (Source)
We aren't trying to kill spreadsheets or simulators, and I'm not even sure we could. The situations where two pieces have different stats but provide an equal dps increase are always going to be rare.
The problem we're actually trying to solve is where one stat is so far superior to other stats that the rest of the item is irrelevant. Currently, most casters prefer haste over crit to the extent where they might use an item from a previous tier. That's not ideal (though obviously something else could be going on with their decision, like they are passing to someone else to be nice or they have a better upgrade in mind on the next boss or whatever). In Cataclysm, given an item with haste versus one with crit your spreadsheet might still tell you the haste item will provide more of an upgrade. But hopefully it won't be such an upgrade that the decision becomes a no-brainer. Hopefully the other stats on the item will come into play more. It's too easy currently to focus on The Best Stat to the exclusion of all else. (I'm not talking about stats such as spell power, attack power or Strength, because for most of your pieces, those just scale with item level. I'm talking about the secondary stats where the real gearing decisions come from.)
Cataclysm gear choices for healers (Source)
That's a relative softball question, because the problem is healers overheal by so much now *and* can get away with it. If you actually care about your mana pool, then regen (Spirit in Cataclysm) matters. If you actually care about mana, then getting bigger heals (such as getting crits) matters too.
Now imagine that as a druid, your mastery stat does something interesting to your hots. It has to be *interesting* or it's just going to mimic the effects of spell power (Int in Cataclysm). Let's say mastery increased the duration of your Rejuv, but did so without reducing the healing per tick. Now Mastery helps throughput, but doesn't help burst healing as much as crit. If haste also affects how often your hots tick, then you might get some interesting gameplay out of playing off of longer hots that tick more frequently. If you don't need to spam heals as much as you do today, then reducing cast time through haste isn't as important to a healer, though it still might be desirable. Now you can make interesting (we hope) choices about whether you want more crit, more haste, more mastery or more spirit.
Exponential power growth: Is it a design flaw? (Source)
Yeah, exponential power growth is just part of the design. It doesn't really bother us that the delta between character level and item level keeps growing. It might be a problem someday if it takes scientific notation to express how much Agility there is on your breastplate.
The problem folks are referring to for this expansion is that we based combat ratings, especially things like crit and hit, off of one assumption for what gear would look like in 4.3, but adding the hard modes meant that the gear ended up having more stats than we thought. If we ended up squeezing in additional tiers into Cataclysm the same thing would happen, though we also have some ideas to make the scaling work better in general.
Icecrown Citadel Normal Mode Limited Attempts Removed
Yesterday, 10:45 PM |
Kody
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Well this is very big news going into a new raid ID. With tomorrow's maintenance, Blizzard will be removing the limited attempts system from normal mode in Icecrown Citadel. Daelo popped by the forums to announce the change earlier, but you can check it out below as well.
Many players have been disappointed in the way the system has worked, so this should be a welcome change for sure!
Many players have been disappointed in the way the system has worked, so this should be a welcome change for sure!
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Quote from: Daelo (Source)
After each region's maintenance this week, raids will no longer lose attempts on wipes in Normal mode for Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. There will still be limited attempts in Heroic mode.
We will continue to monitor developments in Icecrown Citadel in the future, especially since the Heroic difficulty has been unlocked by a significant number of raids.
After each region's maintenance this week, raids will no longer lose attempts on wipes in Normal mode for Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. There will still be limited attempts in Heroic mode.
We will continue to monitor developments in Icecrown Citadel in the future, especially since the Heroic difficulty has been unlocked by a significant number of raids.
Today Blizzard Europe posted about a change to some of the weapons in both normal and heroic difficulties for the Lich King encounter.
I know there have been a lot of negative comments on the itemization of the weapons -- especially considering it's the final encounter of the expansion -- so what are your thoughts on the changes?
Quote from: Ancilorn (Source)
After reviewing several items available from the Lich King encounter, we've decided to re-optimise certain weapons that didn't meet with our expectations and the quality that the Lich King expects. The weapons listed below, both their Normal and Heroic versions, will now better represent their respective roles and present more intriguing options to players.
I know there have been a lot of negative comments on the itemization of the weapons -- especially considering it's the final encounter of the expansion -- so what are your thoughts on the changes?
Quote
Quote from: Ancilorn (Source)
After reviewing several items available from the Lich King encounter, we've decided to re-optimise certain weapons that didn't meet with our expectations and the quality that the Lich King expects. The weapons listed below, both their Normal and Heroic versions, will now better represent their respective roles and present more intriguing options to players.
- Royal Scepter of Terenas II (Heroic version): MP5 replaced with Haste rating
- Archus, Greatstaff of Antonidas (Heroic version): Critical Strike replaced with Haste rating
- Heaven’s Fall, Kryss of a Thousand Lies (Heroic version): Armor Penetration replaced with Haste rating
- Stormfury, Black Blade of the Betrayer (Heroic version): Armor Penetration replaced with expertise rating
- Fal’inrush, Defender of Quel’thalas (Heroic version): Haste rating replaced with Armor Penetration
25-player Lich King Video By Deus Vox, Lich King Kills
Yesterday, 09:46 AM |
Kody
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We'll kick this news off with the first 25-player Lich King kill video to be posted, courtesy of Namkung and Deus Vox of US-Laughing Skull! Keep in mind that there will no doubt be other guilds releasing videos this week, and some will no doubt be different class perspectives and video styles. Be sure to watch this in 1080p if it's not already set to that when you press play! You can also watch Part 1 here and Part 2 here on YouTube.
25-player Lich King Kills
Coming out of the weekend more guilds have killed the Lich King to bring the total to 12, with one day left before the traditional raid reset day in the US, 2 days for Europe. A big congratulations to all of them; this week should be a fun one with heroic mode activating for them!
Kills as of February 8th at 6:45AM PST:
Part 1
Part 2
25-player Lich King Kills
Coming out of the weekend more guilds have killed the Lich King to bring the total to 12, with one day left before the traditional raid reset day in the US, 2 days for Europe. A big congratulations to all of them; this week should be a fun one with heroic mode activating for them!
Kills as of February 8th at 6:45AM PST:
- Paragon of EU-Lightning's Blade
- vodka of US-Alterac Mountains
- Blood Legion of US-Illidan
- Method of EU-Xavius
- For the Horde of EU-Nazjatar
- The Legacy of EU-Mazrigos
- Ensidia of EU-Tarren Mill
- Affenjungs INC of EU-Frostwolf
- Memento Mori of EU-Frostmane
- Inner Sanctum of EU-Silvermoon
- Deus Vox of US-Laughing Skull
- Adept of US-Dreadmaul
- Kreml High of EU-Shattered Halls
This year's Love is in the Air holiday event is now underway! There are some updates to it for the 2010 edition including new daily quests and a special event-specific boss encounter in Shadowfang Keep. This news will be updated during the day with more information as it becomes available.
Shadowfang Keep Boss - Apothecary Hummel
You gain access to a new boss encounter in Shadowfang keep -- Apothecary Hummel -- by doing the daily quest You've Been Served. Since Boubouille managed to check out the event on the European servers last night, he put together some information on the encounter. You can find it on MMO-Champion.
Main Quest Series
The Steamwheedle Cartel thinks the Crown Chemical Co. is up to something, and you're sent to investigate their actions.
Quest 1:
Uncommon Scents / 
Uncommon Scents
Players will need to visit Detective Snap Snagglebolt in Orgrimmar or Investigator Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind to let the Steamwheedle Cartel know you're interested in helping investigate the Crown Chemical Co.
Quest 2: Something Stinks / Something Stinks
For this quest you're given an item called Snagglebolt's Air Analyzer and you must use it on 6 heavily perfumed guards found around either Orgrimmar or Stormwind, and then return to the investigator.
Quest 3: Pilfering Perfume / Pilfering Perfume
To complete this quest you'll need to disguise yourself as a Crown Chemical Co. package-runner and go outside of Orgrimmar or Stormwind. There you'll find the company's stockpile of goods; simply run near it to have a package handed off to you. Return this package to the investigator.
Quest 4: Snivel's Sweetheart / Fireworks At The Gilded Rose
The package you brought back contained chemical-filled rockets made by Snivel Rustrocket. The investigator wants you to find out more information on Snivel by talking to his girlfriend. Horde players will need to visit Roka at Gotri's Traveling Goods in Orgrimmar, and Alliance players will need to speak with Marion Sutton at the Gilded Rose in Stormwind.
Quest 5: Hot On The Trail / Hot On The Trail
Snivel has run off and his girlfriend now wants you to track him down. They send you to search the bank, auction house and barber shop in hopes of finding him. Once searching all three places in your respective capital city, return to Roka or Marion Sutton.
Quest 6: A Friendly Chat... / A Friendly Chat...
By this point it's obvious that Snivel was up to no good with the rockets and he's trying to get out of the city. You're asked to go to the East zeppelin tower outside of Orgrimmar if Horde, or the Stormwind Harbor if Alliance, and question Snivel -- eventually getting his ledger. Return the ledger to the investigator and he will send you off to Shadowfang Keep with Man on the Inside / Man on the Inside.
Daily Quests
No longer will you have to do the annoying once-an-hour ritual of logging in various characters to collect the city-specific gifts. Now you must give the city leaders Lovely Charm Bracelets by combining 10 Lovely Charms. First visit Kwee Q. Peddlefeet in your capital city and get a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit from him. Now you will receive Lovely Charms by landing killing blows on any creature that would grant experience.
Faction Leaders
Each of these quests rewards 5x[Love Token] and a city card which grants a 1-hour buff to a single attribute. They can each be repeated once per day.
Horde
Alliance
Crown Chemical Product Dailies
One of the following daily quests will be available each day. They reward 5x[Love Token] upon completion.
Crushing the Crown
The Steamwheedle Cartel wants players level 5 and above to kill NPCs in various zones. The daily quest given -- called Crushing the Crown -- is based on your level and will pit you against NPCs as well as the task of destroying a wagon in the zone. Completing the quest rewards 5x[Love Token].
Shadowfang Keep Boss - Apothecary Hummel
You gain access to a new boss encounter in Shadowfang keep -- Apothecary Hummel -- by doing the daily quest You've Been Served. Since Boubouille managed to check out the event on the European servers last night, he put together some information on the encounter. You can find it on MMO-Champion.
Main Quest Series
The Steamwheedle Cartel thinks the Crown Chemical Co. is up to something, and you're sent to investigate their actions.
Quest 1:
Uncommon Scents / Uncommon ScentsPlayers will need to visit Detective Snap Snagglebolt in Orgrimmar or Investigator Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind to let the Steamwheedle Cartel know you're interested in helping investigate the Crown Chemical Co.
Quest 2:
Something Stinks / Something StinksFor this quest you're given an item called Snagglebolt's Air Analyzer and you must use it on 6 heavily perfumed guards found around either Orgrimmar or Stormwind, and then return to the investigator.
Quest 3:
Pilfering Perfume / Pilfering PerfumeTo complete this quest you'll need to disguise yourself as a Crown Chemical Co. package-runner and go outside of Orgrimmar or Stormwind. There you'll find the company's stockpile of goods; simply run near it to have a package handed off to you. Return this package to the investigator.
Quest 4:
Snivel's Sweetheart / Fireworks At The Gilded RoseThe package you brought back contained chemical-filled rockets made by Snivel Rustrocket. The investigator wants you to find out more information on Snivel by talking to his girlfriend. Horde players will need to visit Roka at Gotri's Traveling Goods in Orgrimmar, and Alliance players will need to speak with Marion Sutton at the Gilded Rose in Stormwind.
Quest 5:
Hot On The Trail / Hot On The TrailSnivel has run off and his girlfriend now wants you to track him down. They send you to search the bank, auction house and barber shop in hopes of finding him. Once searching all three places in your respective capital city, return to Roka or Marion Sutton.
Quest 6:
A Friendly Chat... / A Friendly Chat...By this point it's obvious that Snivel was up to no good with the rockets and he's trying to get out of the city. You're asked to go to the East zeppelin tower outside of Orgrimmar if Horde, or the Stormwind Harbor if Alliance, and question Snivel -- eventually getting his ledger. Return the ledger to the investigator and he will send you off to Shadowfang Keep with
Man on the Inside / Man on the Inside.Daily Quests
No longer will you have to do the annoying once-an-hour ritual of logging in various characters to collect the city-specific gifts. Now you must give the city leaders Lovely Charm Bracelets by combining 10 Lovely Charms. First visit Kwee Q. Peddlefeet in your capital city and get a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit from him. Now you will receive Lovely Charms by landing killing blows on any creature that would grant experience.
Faction Leaders
Each of these quests rewards 5x[Love Token] and a city card which grants a 1-hour buff to a single attribute. They can each be repeated once per day.
Horde- A Gift for the Banshee Queen
- A Gift for the High Chieftain
- A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas
- A Gift for the Warchief
Alliance- A Gift for the High Priestess of Elune
- A Gift for the King of Stormwind
- A Gift for the Lord of Ironforge
- A Gift for the Prophet
Crown Chemical Product Dailies
One of the following daily quests will be available each day. They reward 5x[Love Token] upon completion.
Crushing the Crown
The Steamwheedle Cartel wants players level 5 and above to kill NPCs in various zones. The daily quest given -- called Crushing the Crown -- is based on your level and will pit you against NPCs as well as the task of destroying a wagon in the zone. Completing the quest rewards 5x[Love Token].
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