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09/10/2008, 13:51

WoW TCG - Drums of War Loot Card "Upper Deck has released the names and screen shots of cards from the upcoming Drums of War expansion set, including the fan-favorite Loot cards!  Visit WoWTCG.com for more information and images!  Drums of War hits stores on October 28th, bringing new content, including fresh locations and card types! This World of Warcraft Trading Card Game expansion offers players great new insights into their favorite game and new Loot cards providing exclusive in-game items that everyone will be proud to show off in Azeroth." The Red Bearon The Red Bearon is the latest in epic mounts, and one of the easiest ways in Azeroth to score a bear mount!  “The Battle Bear” is the fourth exclusive mount from the World of Warcraft TCG, and continues the tradition of giving players access to unique and exciting mounts. Similar to previous Loot card mounts, The Red Bearon Loot card unlocks the ability for players to purchase either a normal or an epic version of this mind-blowing mount. <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Bear-Mount.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Bear-Mount_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_3.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_3_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> Owned! This uncommon Loot card offers the newest in victory flaunting.  Used in-game, this card gives you “The Flag of Ownership,” and will tell everyone that you just bested your opponent.  In addition to a special emote, you will literally plant a flag in the corpse of your fallen enemy.  As if that wasn’t enough, the flag flies a giant thumbs down, the ultimate in humiliation. <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Flag.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Flag_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_2.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_2_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> Slashdance This super common Loot card gives players a stack of Party G.R.E.N.A.D.E.S., complete with targeting circle! Aim carefully at a glum group of characters and then throw your grenade.  Everyone in the target circle will receive a one minute “buff” that causes them to dance ‘til there’s a smile on their face!  Not only will all the targeted characters bust a move, they will also get to enjoy some streamers and confetti, making it a real party! <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Grenade.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/Grenade_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_1.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/october/DOWloot_1_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> BlizzCon Tournaments Live Stream Information <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Nethaera (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/25/10971908328-blizzcon-tournaments-live-stream-information.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">When the fierce gaming competition gets underway on the tournament stages at BlizzCon, you'll be able to follow the action at home -- right on your computer screen. On October 10 and 11, we'll be providing streaming video coverage of select tournaments live from the convention floor. Whether you prefer the coordinated team play of World of Warcraft's Arena, the meticulous hero management of Warcraft III, or the fast-paced space battles of StarCraft, you’re sure to find something to cheer about. Stay tuned to BlizzCon.com for the live stream on the first day of the show. <a href="http://www.blizzcon.com/" target="_blank">http://www.blizzcon.com/</a></div></div></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">Cold Weather Flying questline removed in final version Making it purchasable makes it easier for players to get. I understand you have 3 alts to feed and as each of them levels up they will get the gold to purchase it. We haven't given an exact total number of new daily quests that will be available in the expansion, but there will be more of them to do and along with all the new quests I don't think reaching this number will be an issue. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/10972018131-cold-weather-flying-slap-in-the-face.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Avoidance viability in tanking Imagine a boss that hits 300 times a second for 1 point of damage. In that case, the avoidance tank with 50% dodge probably will avoid around half the hits per second, while the mitigation tank with 50% damage reduction will absorb half of every hit. It's possible the avoidance tank will miss his dodge roll 300 times in that second, but it's statistically unlikely. It's more likely that both tanks take the same amount of damage. Now imagine the very slow boss who swings once every minute for 25K damage. The avoidance tank will die if he ever fails to dodge twice in a row, but you are almost certainly going to heal him back up in between swings so that doesn't happen. In this other ridiculous extreme, the difference between mitigation and avoidance is also not a big deal. The streaky nature of avoidance is only a problem when you fail to avoid several times in a row on mobs that hit faster than you can heal, or when the hits can be really large. Without crushing blows, the hits will be smaller. The other problem with avoidance is when healers just can't get into the rythym of healing and overheal a lot, run OOM, or get caught by surprise. But that varies a lot depending on the skill of the healer and the types of spells. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/18/10972067998-avoidance-dr-and-death-knights.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ideathknights.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Death Knight (<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=650" target="_blank">Skills List</a> / <a href="http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight" target="_blank">Talent Calc. (9061)</a>) Tree balancing and Unholy damage We have Blood, Frost and Unholy at pretty similar dps at the moment so I'm not sure why Blood would feel underpowered for you guys. Bloody Vengeance alone gives Blood a big boost to white damage, while Frost really doesn't have much that can compete. Gargoyle does do nice burst damage, but that's at the expense of Unholy Blight usually, which in turn hurts your Scourge Strikes. But we are messing with Unholy now to deflate its damage a little. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/18/10972027296-blood-pass-this-week.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Blood-Caked Blade cooldown Yeah, I think it's a bug. We can't think of a good reason why it needs a cooldown at all. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/18/10972017935-bug-bloodcaked-blade-10s-cd.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Frigid Dreadplate We rewrote the spell and the tooltip to be simpler and less confusing. It's now just 1/2/3% less chance to be melee hit. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/18/10971908849-frigid-dreadplate--is-this-talent-working.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/idruids.gif" 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 Calc. (9061)</a>) New Druid out of combat rez in WotLK We don't think an out of combat rez for druids is a balance problem. We did it to make druids more attractive healers for 5-player dungeons. It was frustrating for someone to die and have to run back nearly every time with a druid healing. The only possible balance issue that comes to mind is the druid who stealths into an instance and brings back the whole group to get around respawns. But really, that seems like such a minor concern compared to he major hassle of not being able to rez fallen comrades more often than once every 10 min, that we thought it was worth just making the change. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/2/10971907741-my-problem-with-the-druids-new-ooc-rez.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ihunters.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Hunter (<a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=620" target="_blank">Skills List</a> / <a href="http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?hunter" target="_blank">Talent Calc. (9061)</a>) Upcoming hunter changes We probably are going to let Barrage affect Aimed Shot. We looked at Explosive Shot again and its damage seemed like a significant increase over Arcane Shot, but if Survival ends up low, then Explosive is probably where we'll try to make up the difference.  (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/3/10971928119-explosive-and-aimed-shot-reevaluation.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Master's Call not working properly Yeah, we're working on it. It's hard to tell sometimes with abilities that involve pet movement if the data are set up correctly and there's just a code bug somewhere (that may happen infrequently) or if the spell itself is just borked. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/3/10971908326-gc--masters-call.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Ferocious Inspirations I suspect it is supposed to be raid-wide. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/3/10971928367-ferocious-inspiration-raidwide.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Too much haste on mai...</div></div></div>

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