Whizbang Dustyboots
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At Blizzcon, they had pre-gen blood elf mages, priests, warriors and warlocks, if I recall correctly. They're allegedly deciding between rogues and hunters as well.javapadawan said:
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The VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
World of Warcraft expansion announced.
- Thread starter KenM
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javapadawan said:
There won't be any new classes apparently. Too much trouble balancing.
Info about BC: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/
Heya:
>Pandaren
Another rumor about the Pandaren not being the alliance race was that it would in some way offend their Chinese customers. Apparently there is some sort of stricture against depicting the killing of pandas. Just a rumor, though. What I've heard is the Alliance might get some sort of statue/elemental type like the Earthen. Drenei would be an interesting choice. There's a little Drenei village in northwest Swamp of Sorrows. Maybe they could modify the zone there to lead into a large Drenei settlement along with some newbie attached areas?
>Blood Elves
I'm not real big on Warcraft lore, but I read somewhere that the Blood Elves (or maybe High Elves at the time) were allied with the Alliance, but an Alliance general sent them on a bunch of suicide missions. More motivation to seek new allies.
>Flying Mounts
It seems to me that if you add controllable flying mounts, you need the ability to be able to dynamically jump off them at any point (like you can with horses, etc.). If that's the case, I would LOVE the ability to jump off wyverns and such. It's a bummer going to Blackrock Mountain and having to go all the way to Kargath first. I'd much rather jump off at a strategic point (rogue safe fall woo).
>+40 Attack Power Ring
I suspect this won't be a level 5 ring when the expansion comes out. I'd use a ring with that much attack power right now in certain situations (like raiding against mobs that don't use Area of Effect attacks).
>Patch maybe in mid-December
Excellent, the 1.9 patch is supposed to have Paladins (and maybe Priest) changes in it. I'm horde-side right now, but much of my guild made alliance alts to play in their spare time. I might continue my lvl 10 paladin if they become interesting enough. Additionally, Karazan (or however it's spelled), the tower in the south end of Deadwind Pass (I think) between Duskwood (I think, it's south of Elwynn Forest) and Swamp of Sorrows is extremely extremely cool looking. Great place to visit and look around.
>Fire Resist Buff from Spellbinders in UBRS
My guild smacks Ragnaros weekly (although we died to him Sunday at 1am, well Monday) at 1%. Ow. We were tired, I s'pose. Anyway, we usually go ahead and get that buff since +83 FR is nothing to sneeze at.
>Expansion Date
All of the history of Blizzard says they're slow. Repeat the previous sentence a billion times, please. Now, usually when they finally deliver something, it’s spectacular, but honest people need to acknowledge that Blizzard is slooooow. So, with that said, nobody should get their hopes up that the expansion will be here this year or even early next year. I'm hopeful for the beginning of next summer as they try to catch kids getting out of school looking for a cool game to play, but next Fall is also a possibility. "No way, that's too long to wait!" It would be for any company other than Blizzard.
Take care,
Dreeble (60 UD Rogue, Garona, woo)
>Pandaren
Another rumor about the Pandaren not being the alliance race was that it would in some way offend their Chinese customers. Apparently there is some sort of stricture against depicting the killing of pandas. Just a rumor, though. What I've heard is the Alliance might get some sort of statue/elemental type like the Earthen. Drenei would be an interesting choice. There's a little Drenei village in northwest Swamp of Sorrows. Maybe they could modify the zone there to lead into a large Drenei settlement along with some newbie attached areas?
>Blood Elves
I'm not real big on Warcraft lore, but I read somewhere that the Blood Elves (or maybe High Elves at the time) were allied with the Alliance, but an Alliance general sent them on a bunch of suicide missions. More motivation to seek new allies.
>Flying Mounts
It seems to me that if you add controllable flying mounts, you need the ability to be able to dynamically jump off them at any point (like you can with horses, etc.). If that's the case, I would LOVE the ability to jump off wyverns and such. It's a bummer going to Blackrock Mountain and having to go all the way to Kargath first. I'd much rather jump off at a strategic point (rogue safe fall woo).
>+40 Attack Power Ring
I suspect this won't be a level 5 ring when the expansion comes out. I'd use a ring with that much attack power right now in certain situations (like raiding against mobs that don't use Area of Effect attacks).
>Patch maybe in mid-December
Excellent, the 1.9 patch is supposed to have Paladins (and maybe Priest) changes in it. I'm horde-side right now, but much of my guild made alliance alts to play in their spare time. I might continue my lvl 10 paladin if they become interesting enough. Additionally, Karazan (or however it's spelled), the tower in the south end of Deadwind Pass (I think) between Duskwood (I think, it's south of Elwynn Forest) and Swamp of Sorrows is extremely extremely cool looking. Great place to visit and look around.
>Fire Resist Buff from Spellbinders in UBRS
My guild smacks Ragnaros weekly (although we died to him Sunday at 1am, well Monday) at 1%. Ow. We were tired, I s'pose. Anyway, we usually go ahead and get that buff since +83 FR is nothing to sneeze at.
>Expansion Date
All of the history of Blizzard says they're slow. Repeat the previous sentence a billion times, please. Now, usually when they finally deliver something, it’s spectacular, but honest people need to acknowledge that Blizzard is slooooow. So, with that said, nobody should get their hopes up that the expansion will be here this year or even early next year. I'm hopeful for the beginning of next summer as they try to catch kids getting out of school looking for a cool game to play, but next Fall is also a possibility. "No way, that's too long to wait!" It would be for any company other than Blizzard.
Take care,
Dreeble (60 UD Rogue, Garona, woo)
Heya:
Saying Blizzard may be slow is like saying the ocean may be wet. But I agree, I've never had problems getting their games to run on launch day. The question is, _when_ is that launch day. The answer is, far off.
Also, the launch of WoW was a little weird. The first week or two things were awesome. Then for two or three months my server had honestly pretty minor problems, in my opinion. A _few_ queues, a few crashes, annoying loot lag and the like, but entirely playable. Then there were the "Evil Twenty" servers that from all reports were hideously fubared.
Personally, I'm having a great time in this game, possibly the result of being in one of the top two horde raiding guilds on my server. We just beat Firemaw (the fourth boss in Blackwing Lair) last week, woo. I'm greatly looking forward to the expansion although I think it's far off. Nearer term is the 1.9 patch which will hopefully have Ahn'Qiraj stuff in it (a new 20 and 40 raid dungeon and more).
Take care,
Dreeble
KenM said:
Saying Blizzard may be slow is like saying the ocean may be wet. But I agree, I've never had problems getting their games to run on launch day. The question is, _when_ is that launch day. The answer is, far off.
Also, the launch of WoW was a little weird. The first week or two things were awesome. Then for two or three months my server had honestly pretty minor problems, in my opinion. A _few_ queues, a few crashes, annoying loot lag and the like, but entirely playable. Then there were the "Evil Twenty" servers that from all reports were hideously fubared.
Personally, I'm having a great time in this game, possibly the result of being in one of the top two horde raiding guilds on my server. We just beat Firemaw (the fourth boss in Blackwing Lair) last week, woo. I'm greatly looking forward to the expansion although I think it's far off. Nearer term is the 1.9 patch which will hopefully have Ahn'Qiraj stuff in it (a new 20 and 40 raid dungeon and more).
Take care,
Dreeble
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Whizbang Dustyboots said:
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