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Azel

04/04/2009, 09:01

Patch 3.1 Background Downloader Updated A new part of the Patch 3.1 is available for download from the Background Downloader. As a reminder, Patch 3.1 will be very big (close to 1gb) and it might be a good idea to start downloading it now. <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/march/31downloader2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/march/31downloader2_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> Blue posts <div class="blizzquotewrap"><div class="blizzquoteinner"><div class="blizzquoteheader">Quote from Blizzard staff</div><div class="blizzquote">Totems, Ammos, and Shards improvements We are always on the look out for classes or class mechanics that players seem to comment on a lot as not being particularly fun. [...] As just a few examples, totems, ammo and shards are all things we think we can improve in future patches and expansions. The changes we made in 3.1 to ammo and shards are just a small first step. There is always more that we want to do with this game. Always. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/16137073789-totems-ammo-and-shards-we-can-improve.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Class homogenization I understand the class homogenization concerns. It is sometimes difficult to make sure that all classes are viable for what they want to do without pushing their stats and abilities too close together. We are going to continue to try to strike a balance here. However I will offer that for every player that asks what was wrong with the good old days, there is a Prot paladin, Feral druid, Ret paladin, Arcane mage or Survival hunter who is happy that their spec isn't a joke any longer. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/16137184090-4-years-of-wow.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Raids & Dungeons 800 pieces of gear in Ulduar! Streamlining the gear was a necessary step. Ulduar has something like 800 pieces of gear, and that is with all of the streamlining. (Sunwell had something like 160.) There is just no way we could offer extra loot for hard modes and unique sets for specs like Holy paladins and Ele shamans if we didn't homogenize elsewhere. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/16137223607-class-representation-mechanic-is-soulbreaking.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Ulduar Legendary Mace only for healers? I can't wait to see those DKs rocking the new healer mace. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/16137223607-class-representation-mechanic-is-soulbreaking.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) 10-Man vs. 25-Man difficulty UBRS was a casual 10 man raid. Zul-Aman was not, especially the timed run. Karazhan may have been easier than Sunwell (but then again, it wasn’t that easy for many groups when it first shipped), but that whole system of progression was brutal on guild politics (5 player -> 10 player -> 25 player). I do agree that Naxx (and the rest of the tier) was often easier in 25 than in 10, and that was not our intent. Ulduar has tighter balance in that regard. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/16137184090-4-years-of-wow.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Hard Modes You have a valid concern. However, we tried to come with an answer for that this time. If you want to see the content, go on normal mode. If you want a challenge, go on hard mode. If you complain that hard is too hard for you, then guess what… go back to normal mode. Previously the answer was basically “You aren’t worthy to face the end villain of this game you have invested hundreds of hours in,” which we thought was sort of a lame answer. Now you can see Arthas, but you aren’t going to get his best, most prestigious loot if you aren’t awesome. Introducing Hard Modes into 5-man dungeons We have discussed it. We need to see how many players really attempt the 10-player hard modes (and if those are really a different group of players than the ones also doing the 25-player hard modes). In some ways, it is harder to make very challenging content for smaller groups. Getting enough buffs in a small group is hard. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/16137184090-4-years-of-wow.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Class quests ... and legendary HEALER mace Class quests are popular but they are expensive when you consider 90% of players (on average) aren't benefiting. Or put another way, every class quest we introduce is really 10 quests! Would it have been worth it to make the DK experience one tenth the size in order to offer a handful of quests to other classes? Would any of that content have been appealing or would it all feel a little watered down? I think the DK start area may be the best experience in WoW. Would it have been worth giving that up? (Clearly offering that kind of experience for every class would have been worth it, but if we could have done that, we would have.) Your stance seems to be that your class got screwed out of content because of the DK. But the DK was a big reason that a lot of players wanted to play WoW. They have been an enormously popular class, and from that point of view it's hard to argue we would have gotten so much interest in the expansion if that bullet on the back of the box had said "More class quests" instead. I'm not saying our only motivation is to sell boxes (though clearly in a business that has to be some part of the equation). I'm saying we tried to offer something in LK that players wanted, and in retrospect, the DK start area has been enormously popular. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/16137223607-class-representation-mechanic-is-soulbreaking.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Player versus Player Burst damage and healing in PvP in 3.1 I just wanted to pipe in here since OP tends to point toward the highest bursty classes and mention that we want there to be a bit less burst than we are seeing now. We also know that healers tend to be pretty powerful and can overcome a lot of sustained dps, so we are trying to get somewhere in between. We want coordinated bursts to be effective instead of just 1 class doing it by themselves and we want to avoid healers completely dominating and giving us some good old 40+ minute battles of boredom. We will see how things turn out in 3.1. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/11/16137613985-the-new-op-classes-in-31.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) More Battlegrounds maps? This has come up in the past, but making the maps is not easy to do and does take a lot of time. Along with it, the queue system would need some major rework to be picking not just a Battleground but either picking or randomly selecting a map. And before you mention it, the last time we brought this up it wasn't an easy solution like "copy the Arena queue" - it is supposed to take a lot more work than that. All that aside, this is something we would like to do, but generally we have been focusing on brand new Battlegrounds and new formats - as we continue to expand on the formats though there is a possibility of new maps of the same formats coming into plate, nothing for sure at this time though. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/16137184173-battlegrounds.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Professions Alchemy - Flask of Stoneblood in 3.1 We felt the current amount of health from the stoneblood was just ridiculous at how low it was, especially considering the damage from bosses in Ulduar so we buffed it a bit. Just keep in mind that we don't really like the idea of every new flask/upgrade being something with the same stats and just higher numbers every time. As an example it's possible the next tanking flask would have the same or lower health but extra mitigation stats like armor or defense on it. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/16137183740-flask-of-stoneblood-buffed.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Engineering - Reticulated Armor Webbing on Leather For those who don't follow patch notes, there's a new engineering enchant for gloves in 3.1. Adds 800 armor to gloves, usable only on plate. Presumably, it's to give tanks a perk while preventing engineering from being even more attractive to cloth pvpers. [...] Perhaps limit it to leather and above? It's appealing to cloth users, but a lot less so to leather pvpers that focus on burst instead of survivability. This is definitely a possibility for this engineering enchant. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/16137214217-how-can-we-use-800-armor-and-not-break-pvp.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Arena Tournament Vanquisher Title Eligible characters that are level 71+ when the rewards are given out will receive the title. Invitational Tournament All characters that are a part of the top 1000 ranked teams will be invited to the Invitational Tournament during Phase 4. However, please keep in mind that standard Arena rules still apply here: 1. The character must have at least 30% participation of the total games that the team played. 2. The character's personal rating must be within 150 of the team's rating. 3. The character played at least 20 games on the team. (<a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/17/16137224366-question-about-invitation-ladder.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) Murkimus (Murloc Pet) eligbility Transferring your character should not impact your ability to receive the Murkimus pet, assuming that your account qualifies for the reward. 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