Heroic ToC first kills, Blue posts

<font size="3" style="line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Trial of the Grand Crusader First Kills by Forgotten Heroes</b></font><br />The heroic version of the Trial of the Crusader was unlocked yesterday on US realms and apparently, <a href="http://www.fhguild.net/" target="_blank"><b>Forgotten Heroes</b></a> got all the first kills for the first three bosses. <br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=103003.0" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/heroicnorthrendbeasts.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=103016.0" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/heroicjarraxus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=103024.0" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/heroicfactionchamps.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br />They are now working on Twin Valkyrs and still have 32 attempts left, we will probably see more first kills on US realms soon.<br /><br /><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Koralon the Flame Watcher has Arrived</b></font><br /><div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span><div class="blizzquoteheader"><span>Quote from: <b>Bornakk (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/12/19595732445-koralon-the-flame-watcher-has-arrived.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</span></b></div><div class="blizzquote">Coinciding with the launch of Arena Season 7, Koralon the Flame Watcher will be activated in the western wing of Wintergrasp Fortress and awaiting the controlling faction. Koralon will drop loot for slots similar to Emalon, which includes both raiding tier items and PvP gear. Both 10- and 25-player versions will drop Emblems of Triumph as well. See you in Wintergrasp! </div><span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div></div><br /><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Blizzard Entertainment at PAX</b></font><br /><div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span><div class="blizzquoteheader"><span>Quote from: <b>Crygil (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/19675817587-blizzard-entertainment-at-pax.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</span></b></div><div class="blizzquote">Blizzard Entertainment will once again be representing in full force at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo, taking place this weekend, September 4-6 in Seattle, Washington. PAX attendees will have access to playable versions of Diablo III (including the recently announced Monk class), the earth-shattering World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion, and the engrossing StarCraft II single-player campaign. Community managers will also be in attendance to chat with attendees about the past, present, and future of Blizzard Entertainment games. We hope to see you there!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paxsite.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">http://www.paxsite.com/</span></a></div><span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div></div><br /><font size="3" style="line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Blue posts</b></font><br /><div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span><div class="blizzquoteheader"><span>Quote from <b>Blizzard staff</b></span></div><div class="blizzquote"><span style="color: white;"><b>Arena Tournament Realm Status – Offline</b></span><br />The Arena Tournament Realm is now offline with the conclusion of the 2009 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament. The realm will be offline until the start of the next Arena Tournament season. We want to thank everyone who participated in or followed this year’s tournament and welcome you all to return next year! (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/17/10711102772-arena-tournament-realm-status--offline.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: white;">Source</span></b></a>)<br /><br /><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/images.gif" alt="" border="0" /> <b><span style="color: #69CCF0;">Mage</span></b> <br /><span style="color: white;"><b>Combustion</b></span><br />There are two slightly entwined problems here. One is Combustion just not keeping up with other mage talents. That&#39;s a problem we want to fix. While there are plenty of examples of talents that aren&#39;t as popular as they should be, we consider Combustion to be a pretty core talent to the Fire mage experience, and thus we consider it a bigger problem. (And no, we aren&#39;t ready to announce a change yet.)<br /><br />The other is that character stats are much higher than we originally predicted. This is less of a big deal for things like Str and Sta that can just keep growing, but it gets messy with the ratings like crit and avoidance. While more crit is generally always better, you do run into weird scenarios when players can realistically think about 100% crit chances (if not now, perhaps in Icecrown).<br /><br />The reason the stats got so high is that the Ulduar model of gear (where hard modes offer higher ilevel) was something we added after ship and therefore after the core combat mechanics of Lich King were already in place. We designed the system with lower numbers from gear than we are ultimately going to end up offering. You might be able to guess at the highest ilevels in Icecrown and those are higher than we originally planned on them being. The alternative was that hard modes didn&#39;t offer better loot. <img src="http://www.mmo-champion.com/Smileys/classic/sad.gif" alt="Sad" border="0" /><br /><br />Anyway, we can tweak the combat formulae to some extent, but short of "Icecrown Radiance" that drops your crit by 10%, some of these issues aren&#39;t going to go away until the level cap increases and we can adjust all of the combat ratings again. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/19595732241-why-does-combustion-have-a-3-min-cooldown.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: white;">Source</span></b></a>)<br /></div><span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div></div>


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