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Azel

08/11/2008, 13:12

Wrath of the Lich King - Zones pages update In case you didn't know (seriously ?), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJTJNE?ie=UTF8 margin:0px !important;" /> will be released on November 13th. It's now the time to update the content pages to make sure that everything is ready for the release, and I'm starting with zones pages. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJTJNE?ie=UTF8 margin-bottom: 0;"><li>Most of these pages have been cleaned, informations about towns and dungeons should be fairly correct and descriptions were shamelessly stolen from <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com" target="_blank">WoWWiki</a> for most of them.</li><li>All zones have been updated with screenshots from the latest beta build. They're all labeled with the name of the subzone and you can find them in the "Screenshots" tab, the older screenshots have been moved to "Early screenshots". </li></ul> Labeled zone maps should be updated before the release, but there are 2 other things before that on my list. (And taking hundreds of screenshots and labeling them took a bit more time than expected) There are a few nice updates on the way, hopefully you should start seeing them at the end of the week-end if everything goes as planned. <div align="center"><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=711" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/boreantundra.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=741" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/crystalsongforest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=745" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/dalaran.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=718" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/dragonblight.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=714" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/grizzlyhills.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=712" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/howlingfjord.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=750" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/icecrown.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=753" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/sholazarbasin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=756" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/stormpeaks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=759" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/zuldrak.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> Also, for those of you who didn't buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJTJNE?ie=UTF8 margin:0px !important;" /> yet, you can get it from Amazon by using the link at the top right of this news. Arena Point Reminder Updated <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Zarhym (<a href="" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">We have created this new thread to reflect some updates we have made to the way in which arena points and seasons will be handled as we transition into Wrath of the Lich King. We wanted to remind everyone that Arena season 4 is coming to a close. During next Tuesday's maintenance on November 11th, all arena teams, as well as ratings, will be wiped and arena charter NPCs disabled. However, arena points will persist until the beginning of the next arena season, or until a player reaches level 71. Thus, Arena points will be rewarded for rated games played this week and players will be able to purchase Arena items that do not require a team or personal rating. Upon the close of Arena season 4, players at level 70 will continue to be able to play skirmish Arena matches against other level 70 opponents even after Wrath of the Lich King launches. Arena season 5 is currently scheduled to begin on December 16th, and once that happens players who have reached level 80 will be able to compete in rated arena matches where they can gain arena points which can be used to purchase level 80 arena gear, as well as compete for end-of-season rewards. Players who remain at level 70 after Season 5 begins will only have access to play skirmish arena matches against other level 70 players. However, two new skirmish brackets will be made available (71-75, 76-80) for players who wish to hone their arena skills while leveling in Northrend. </div></div></div> Take a picture, get a baby murloc! <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from: Vaneras (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/6751945141-take-a-picture-get-a-baby-murloc.html" target="_blank" style="color: white;">Source</a>)</div><div class="blizzquote">If you have finished packing and that you are ready to be part of the official launch of Wrath of the Lich King that will take place in Paris, Rotterdam, Madrid, London, Berlin and Stockholm on the night between November, 12th and 13th, make sure you do not forget to bring your camera! The Baby Murloc Adoption Committee has decided to reward the players who capture the best pictures during this fabulous evening. The winners of this contest will get the opportunity to look after the famous Gurky. Do not miss the chance to make friends with this rare game mascot… An online webform will be available soon where you can send your masterpiece to our merciless jury!</div></div></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">Achievements on the Armory If it was really easy to flip a switch and make them appear online we'd have done it already, but it does take a good amount of work actually. We do plan to add that at some point in the future as we continue to update and improve The Armory. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/20/12454536410-any-chance-of-adding-achievements-to-armory.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Dispell revamp We have also talked about systems of dispel priority, whether every dispel uses the same number of charges, whether you should be able to protect buffs with other buffs, whether dispel chance should improve with each failure, or if you should be able to dispel buffs like Fort at all. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/12454386832-dispel-revamp.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Making healing more like Rogue/DPS Class playstyle ? Yes, that's the kind of thing we're thinking about. Rogues can't just spam one ability (most of the time) because their system is set up to where they want to use one kind of ability then switch to another kind. Or to use a different example, Frost mages want to get freezes and then Ice Lance (in PvP anyway). We've done a little bit of that with healing. There are clearcasts or spells you can use on cooldown to make your next heal fast or free or big or whatever. But we think we can do a lot more with it. Obviously we can't just ask you to start looking for a 3 stack of a buff on every target before healing them. The UI doesn't really support that and combat is just too frenetic to be able to parse it. That's why we think those changes would have to be implemented with a more holistic look at combat and healing in general. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/12454856616-a-complete-overhaul-to-healing.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Changes to healing and influence on raid I said we would chill the raid damage overall. Some of the fights have enhanced raid damage specifically because the designers know that anything less is just trivial to heal through with current tools. When you do take raid damage, we absolutely want CoH / WG to be the tools to handle that (for your classes). If we need to buff the healing of either spell, or nerf Chain Heal, or if a cooldown of 3 or 4 sec makes more sense than 6 sec, we can do all of those things. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/12454536371-feedback-about-cohwg.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/druid.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Druid / <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/24x24/priest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Priest Circle of Healing / Wild Growth changes We always prefer to buff things to nerf them, just because it does feel better for the player. But we have to evaluate the magnitude of the changes involved. To make CoH / WG work in their current form, we would have to increase raid damage on the group, and increase the healing on your other spells to compete, and increase the magnitude of other types of damage so you want to use those other spells. Increasing single target damage means we might have to adjust tank health (which generally means gear) so that you feel like you have a chance to heal them before the e.g. 30,000 point Hateful Strikes land. It is easier in this case to nerf CoH / WG and lower raid AE damage. This is the classic metaphor of balancing a chair -- you can try and extend three legs or just cut one down to size. We don't always take the easier way out, but sometimes that is the more responsible thing to do. We...</div></div></div>

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