AT World of Warcraft Thread (Cataclysm, Where do you play, General BS and all that)

[gothamhunter]

Wow..more than 24 hours with no post.

My brother and I recently reconnected after years, and he paid for a couple months sub for me, so I'm playing again now. I started a new char with a friend of mine to level up into his guild and am having fun.

 

[Malladine]

I started again, a class i've never tried before (Rogue) - fun so far at lvl 41. I expect to hit 85 and quit not long after due to the grind (or maybe D3/SWTOR), but honestly battlegrounds are a blast right now.

That's kinda all I do...that and the odd dungeon and farming leather since I don't really quest due to ridiculous leveling speeds...

 

[lupi]

So now what?

Given all of that, and watching how tanking has unfolded in Cataclysm, we’ve gotten over the concept that threat needs to be a major part of PvE gameplay. We have therefore decided to buff tank threat generation in a hotfix this week to where it’s generally not a major consideration. We expect the community to gradually stop using threat-tracking mods as players realize they don’t need them.

It’s an important distinction that the concept of “aggro” will still exist. If a DPS spec attacks an add the second it shows up, then the creature is going to come at her. However, if a tank gets an attack or two on a target, then the target should stick to the tank. Worrying about who has the creature’s attention should generally only be a concern at the start of a fight or when additional creatures join the battle. Worrying about a warrior or DK (the classes with nearly non-existent threat dumps) creeping up on tank threat after several minutes will almost certainly not be an issue any longer. (And if it is, we’ll have to make further adjustments.)

We like abilities like Misdirect. It’s fun as a hunter to help the tank control targets. We are less enamored of Cower, which is just an ability used often to suppress threat. We like that the mage might have to use Ice Block, Frost Nova, or even Mirror Image to avoid danger. We don’t like the mage having to worry about constantly creeping up on the tank’s threat levels. The notion of aggro (who the target is attacking) is a keeper. The notion of threat races (who is about to pull aggro) is going to be downplayed from here on out.

Upcoming changes

Here are the specific changes you’re likely to see:

•Hotfix: The threat generated by classes in their tanking mode has been increased from three times damage done to five times damage done.
•In an upcoming patch: Vengeance no longer ramps up slowly at the beginning of a fight. Instead, the first melee attack taken generates Vengeance equal to one third of the damage dealt by that attack. As Vengeance updates during the fight, it is always set to at least a third of the damage taken in the last two seconds. It still climbs from that point at the previous rate, still decays at the previous rate, and still cannot exceed the current maximum.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Damn it seems like Blizzard is sending me an email every week trying to get me to come back to WoW with a 7 day pass.

 

[KevinH]

Damn it seems like Blizzard is sending me an email every week trying to get me to come back to WoW with a 7 day pass.

Double check that link. Mine came from a fake site.

 

[Pens1566]

Damn it seems like Blizzard is sending me an email every week trying to get me to come back to WoW with a 7 day pass.

Phishing

 

[Josh123]

Patch 4.3 - Deathwing, Transmogrifier, Void Storage
Tom Chilton (Kalgan) answered a couple of questions from Gamona.de on Patch 4.3, and we got a bunch of very interesting news out of it. Patch 4.3 will feature:


•New Raid - The Deathwing raid, making it very likely to be the last patch before the next expansion.
•3 new 5-man instances - Including one in the Caverns of Time. (War of the Ancients was mentioned as a cataclysm instance a few years ago, but a lot of things have changed since then, who knows!)
•The Transmogrifier NPC, which will let you change the appearance of any armor piece on you, while retaining the stats of your current gear. (= T12 stats, but with the Tier 2 look!)
•Players won't be able to change the appearance of their armor into another armor type or class armor set, and you might have to own the armor before you can use it to swap the appearance of your existing armor.
•The Void Storage is a new type of bank where players will be able to store their old armors in order to free up space in their regular bank.
•The Abyssal Maw dungeon is gone for the moment, the storyline wasn't convincing enough/fitting.

 

[Bryf50]

Patch 4.3 - Deathwing, Transmogrifier, Void Storage
Tom Chilton (Kalgan) answered a couple of questions from Gamona.de on Patch 4.3, and we got a bunch of very interesting news out of it. Patch 4.3 will feature:


•New Raid - The Deathwing raid, making it very likely to be the last patch before the next expansion.
•3 new 5-man instances - Including one in the Caverns of Time. (War of the Ancients was mentioned as a cataclysm instance a few years ago, but a lot of things have changed since then, who knows!)
•The Transmogrifier NPC, which will let you change the appearance of any armor piece on you, while retaining the stats of your current gear. (= T12 stats, but with the Tier 2 look!)
•Players won't be able to change the appearance of their armor into another armor type or class armor set, and you might have to own the armor before you can use it to swap the appearance of your existing armor.
•The Void Storage is a new type of bank where players will be able to store their old armors in order to free up space in their regular bank.
•The Abyssal Maw dungeon is gone for the moment, the storyline wasn't convincing enough/fitting.

Wow the Transmogrifier is gonna be awesome. I'm assuming you'll need to own the gear to change to it. I can see a lot more people running through old school raids to get new sets. I'm always having to replace gear that I really loved the look of with a mismatched set of gear with superior stats. Especially true when going from previous tier raid gear to new quest/dungeon gear.
Maybe 4.3 will be the deathwing raid but it seems way to soon to be the last patch of the expansion. They're likely trying to get Deathwing raid ready asap to boost up the falling subscription numbers.

 

[Josh123]

Wow the Transmogrifier is gonna be awesome. I'm assuming you'll need to own the gear to change to it. I can see a lot more people running through old school raids to get new sets. I'm always having to replace gear that I really loved the look of with a mismatched set of gear with superior stats. Especially true when going from previous tier raid gear to new quest/dungeon gear.
Maybe 4.3 will be the deathwing raid but it seems way to soon to be the last patch of the expansion. They're likely trying to get deathwing back to boost up the falling subscription numbers.

I'm betting this will be the last patch for the expansion. If you look at Blizzard's timeline that was leaked, the next expansion is scheduled for Q2 so if they release this patch sometime around December, then it should fall in line.

 

[Bryf50]

I'm betting this will be the last patch for the expansion. If you look at Blizzard's timeline that was leaked, the next expansion is scheduled for Q2 so if they release this patch sometime around December, then it should fall in line.

Idk. I'm not sure 4.2 is going to last that long. It really didn't have a lot of content compared to some other major patches. I'm thinking we'll see 4.3 much sooner than that.

 

[RiDE]

Wow the Transmogrifier is gonna be awesome. I'm assuming you'll need to own the gear to change to it. I can see a lot more people running through old school raids to get new sets. I'm always having to replace gear that I really loved the look of with a mismatched set of gear with superior stats. Especially true when going from previous tier raid gear to new quest/dungeon gear.

I was hoping this happened back then... since most of the gear after T3 looked like ass. D:

 

[polarmystery]

Wow, with that armor change it almost makes me want to renew my sub for a month just to get the tier 6 on my warrior. I loved that armor set!

I'm sure there will be tons of paladins getting theirs to look like T2 as well, not to mention T5 warlocks and T2 rogues.

 

[Powermoloch]

still wont bring me back to WhoaW

I'm off from that crack for 2 yrs now

 

[Dominato3r]

So If I'm a level 65 questing in outlands, the Transmogrifier should allow me to make my greens look like T3 right? There must be an ilvl restriction or something on them.

 

[Aikouka]

So If I'm a level 65 questing in outlands, the Transmogrifier should allow me to make my greens look like T3 right? There must be an ilvl restriction or something on them.

T3 ilevel is lower than Outlands greens ilevel. Tier 3 was the set from the original Naxxramas 40-man raid dungeon, which is also no longer available.

I could see them not allowing you to use this with greens and possibly blues, but for the most part... what would it hurt if they did allow it? The only place it may affect anything is PVP where people may make assumptions based on what your gear looks like.

I'd probably change my Shaman to look like either T5 or T6.

 

[rivan]

T3 ilevel is lower than Outlands greens ilevel. Tier 3 was the set from the original Naxxramas 40-man raid dungeon, which is also no longer available.

I could see them not allowing you to use this with greens and possibly blues, but for the most part... what would it hurt if they did allow it? The only place it may affect anything is PVP where people may make assumptions based on what your gear looks like.

I'd probably change my Shaman to look like either T5 or T6.

This is something that's been a long time coming, imo. LOTRO totally did it right.

http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Outfitting

As for pvp, wouldn't it be MORE fun if you didn't know what you're up against?

Pretty sure the weapon's still visible, if nothing else.

 

[Aikouka]

Pretty sure the weapon's still visible, if nothing else.

I hope they allow us to change weapon models too. Ignoring legendary weapons, there have been some rather sweet looking weapons throughout the game. I wouldn't mind just being able to wield axes on my back again like during ICC.

EDIT:

There's more detail on MMOC now. It seems the only restrictions are that you cannot go between armor types (no plate -> cloth) and you must be able to wear the item (no shaman -> druid armor). They did mention weapons, so you are able to change them and you can change between different types (gun -> bow).

They didn't list any restrictions on legendary items or anything like that... dual Thunderfury for my Shaman? Although, I don't think I could actually use Thunderfury so it wouldn't work anyway.

 

[lupi]

Patch 4.3 Interviews - Updated
Interviews keep hitting the web and we now know a few more things thanks to the interviews on Kotaku, Gamona.de, and Buffed.de!

New Raid•Deathwing raid will be the final raid of the expansion.
•You will even get to ride on Deathwing's back during the fight, apparently to take him down over multiple phases.
•The project for an Abyssal Maw is gone for the moment, the storyline wasn't convincing enough/fitting.

5-Man Instances•3 new 5-man instances will be added in this patch.
•One of the instance will be in the Caverns of Time, for the War of the Ancients

Transmogrifier (Preview below)•The Transmogrifier NPC, which will let you change the appearance of any armor piece on you, while retaining the stats of your current gear. (= T12 stats, but with the Tier 2 look!)
•Players won't be able to change the appearance of their armor into another armor type or class armor set, and you might have to own the armor before you can use it to swap the appearance of your existing armor.

Void Storage•The Void Storage is a new type of bank where players will be able to store their old armors in order to free up space in their regular bank.
•It will hold 100-150 items. Anything stored there will lose all gems and enchantments.

Raid Finder•The Raid Finder will be introduced in Patch 4.3, it will work like the Dungeon Finder.

Darkmoon Faire•There will be a new Darkmoon Faire island with a bunch of new activities such as "Whack-a-Gnome"



You’ve been asking for it, and we were listening. In patch 4.3 you’ll be able to customize the appearance of your weapons and armor like never before.

The Ethereals, emerging from the nether, will bring with them a new technology they call Transmogrification. They’re heading to the capital cities of Azeroth to set up shop and to offer adventurers a unique service -- copying the appearance of one magical item onto another. They only ask for a modest gold donation to recoup their costs.

Visiting a Transmogrifier will present players with a new interface that will allow them to change the appearance of an item while retaining its original stats. This means that you can raid in your paladin tier 12 Immolation set, but look like you’re wearing Lightbringer, while priests can bring Benediction back -- at least in spirit. Hunters can once again roam the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale in their tier 2 Dragonstalker set. You could even slip into the saucy tailored Black Mageweave set for that matter. You know, with the thigh highs, and the little gloves, and the cute little… ahem.

Placing an item into the Transmogrifier interface will offer a preview of how the item will appear once the change is applied. However, not all item pairings are compatible with Transmogrification. In general, only items that have stats can be used in the transmogrification process. You must also be able to wear both items when using this service. Ethereals don’t have much in the way of ethics, but allowing someone to appear as if they’re equipping unusable items crosses the line. Similarly, they won’t allow you to change weapon or armor types. Sneaky death knights can’t make that breastplate look like a cloth robe, and you can’t make a one-handed axe look like a two-handed axe, or transform a sword’s appearance into that of a mace. Guns, bows, and crossbows will be the exception to this rule. You will finally be able to retain your dwarf’s racial gun bonus while appearing with all the splendor and elegance of a bow wielder (or at least the relative silence of one).

Placing items into the Transmogrify interface will increase the gold cost of the process, and clicking the Transmogrify button (assuming you have the necessary funds) will put the appearance change into effect. The process can be reversed by clicking the undo icon on each item, and then hitting the Transmogrify button once more to save the changes. Any item that’s transmogrified will have text indicating it’s been altered by the process for all to see, similar to the item tooltip callout for reforged items.

Transmogrification encourages players to hold onto items with sentimental or aesthetic value, and the Ethereals anticipate that personal bag and bank space will be at a premium now that everyone will be hoarding their frilly pantaloons and leather jerkins. In anticipation of this new demand for additional storage space, they’ll be introducing a unique Void Storage service. What’s Void Storage, you ask? We’ll provide more details soon.

We’re looking forward to seeing how players choose to customize their character’s appearance, and hope you’re as excited as we are for the arrival of patch 4.3 and the Transmogrification feature. Do you have a favorite set or weapon that you’ll be bringing back? Let us know in the comments below.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Phishing

I exaggerated when I said every week, more like every patch. And its from blizz.

 

[Powermoloch]

I got a 7 day pass to try out cata, but meh not worth it lol.

 

[BZeto]

I just started playing on a WoW classic server. Info here: http://vanilla.wow-one.com/

The leveling rate is x12 so that helps. I'm loving it so far, everything reminds me of 'the good ole days'. There are quite a few raiding guilds on the server and it's very active. I'm really looking forward to hitting 60 and reliving the epicness of BWL and AQ40 (eventually).
If anyone wants to join me you're more than welcome. Should be a fun time

 

[Maligx]

Do you think blizz would unban me now, sold some gold before. the transmogrifier sounds awesome, for about 7 days.

 

[lupi]

i prefer my aq40 soloable.

 

[1ceHacka]

There's more detail on MMOC now. It seems the only restrictions are that you cannot go between armor types (no plate -> cloth) and you must be able to wear the item (no shaman -> druid armor). They did mention weapons, so you are able to change them and you can change between different types (gun -> bow).

As of right now you must own the armor/weapon to be able to transmog it too.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Transmog would have made me quit, if I didn't already a couple of weeks ago.

This game has gone stale, for me.