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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:42:12 +0200

"A quick scan of the Death Knight's talent trees gave a glimpse of the class' future: summonable runic weapons that repeat your attacks, unleashing blood worms, lots of spell deflection and minor self-healing, frost-based crowd control, turning yourself into a controllable Ghoul for 45 seconds when you die, exploding enemy corpses and swarms of unholy insects. We already know that later skills include the ability to summon Ghoul minions and even resurrect players as Ghouls they can control, with Ghoul abilties. Starting at level 55, however, the mechanics were simple and the pace a touch slow, but it's obvious these concerns will melt away in the space of a handful of levels - the rune system pretty much guarantees depth. But depth isn't the problem. What the Death Knight needs to achieve to revive the art of tanking in WOW is a gratifying sense of power coupled with easy-access utility, and it's immediately, patently a success, thanks to Death Grip if nothing else. We've no doubt that WOW's first new class in four years will be another classic from the masters of class design. Talent show It's hard to know which of the challenges that face Blizzard is harder; introducing a new class to such a stable and strong line-up, or developing the existing ones without either imbalancing or them or undermining their personalities. On the latter, it's harder to tell if Lich King will be a success, with only talents to go on at the moment. He just wants to be loved. It's certainly true that some talents shout a lot louder than others. Fury Warriors get Titan's Grip - the ability to hold a two-handed weapon in one hand, although it slows your attacks - and it's not even their top talent, that being a Heroic Leap that slams, damages and stuns enemies in a small area where the warrior lands, sounding almost like the Barbarian skills shown in Diablo III on the same weekend.

Protection Warriors are also well looked after, with free Shield Slams and a Shockwave that damages, stuns and aggros enemies in a cone in front of them. None shouts louder than the Demonologist Warlock's Metamorphosis, known within Blizzard as ""Illidan Form"" because it transforms the player into a demon for 45 seconds that shares the same - absolutely beautiful - character model as the Burning Crusade raid boss. You get full health and mana, 360 per cent armour and a limited line-up of demon abilities: a charge, a shadow bolt, fire area-of-effect damage around you, multiple-enemy melee attacks and a fear spell. Other show-stoppers are Enhancement Shaman's ability to summon spirit wolves, Shadow Priests' ability to disperse into pure shadow to massively reduce damage taken, Holy Priests' Guardian Spirit that follows party members and dies in their stead, Fire Mages' transformation into living bombs, and Balance Druids' Starfall, a rain of up to 20 stars that do both direct and area-of-effect damage. Less showy but more intriguing top-tier talents include Subtlety Rogues' Shadow Dance, which instantly pops them into stealth every 3 seconds for 9 seconds, and will probably cause howls of rage for every other class in PVP; and Restoration Shaman's Spirit Link, which distributes damage between a friendly target and its nearby allies, a very interesting threat-management skill. It used to be hard to find this sort of thing on the Internet. In terms of the more profound changes discussed at the panel, the Hunter seems to be getting the biggest overhaul in Lich King, with the new pet-training system. This dispenses with pet skill points and replaces them with a trio of talent trees for Hunter pets, one that enhances tanking, one that increases damage, and one that improves all-round utility. Could pet tanking in a group become truly viable as a result.

Also interesting were that Shaman totems would be streamlined, affecting the entire raid rather than just the party, and the class would also be given an emergency crowd-control spell called Hex. Meanwhile, Rogues will be allowed to sap beasts, dragonkin and demons as well as humanoids, giving them a lot more utility in dungeons. Our look at Lich King's content last month left us deeply impressed. When it comes to class content - the new skills and systems doled out by the expansion, and how they'll affect the game's dynamics and social ecology - it is naturally much harder to read. wow gold It all sounds quite exciting, with a decent balance of toys and fixes, but only a good long spell of bedding-in on the beta will prove if Blizzard has done the right thing. And it might take a little longer than it should - because everyone, but everyone, will be playing a Death Knight... " "There are some sensational new abilities coming for most of World of Warcraft's character classes in second expansion Wrath of the Lich King: of course there are. As much as every player of Blizzard's massively multiplayer monster can't wait to tear across Northrend, delve into its dungeons and batter its new battleground - all of which we discussed in detail in last month's preview and interview - there is a part of you that cares about nothing more than new toys to trash with. The level 70-80 skills themselves are still largely under wraps, but we did get to explore the new talent trees at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational event in Paris this past weekend, and some of them made our eyes pop: Fury Warriors dual-wielding two-handed weapons and a breathtaking demon form for Demonologist Warlocks in particular. wow gold Deeper changes were discussed at a developer panel, including a complete revision of the Hunter pet system that gives pets their own talent trees. More on these later. But there was one skill that, for us, eclipsed even these, and it doesn't come at level 80, or the top of a maxed-out talent tree. world of warcraft gold It comes at level 55, for a freshly-minted Death Knight, Lich King's unholy new hero class: the Death Grip. In the grip of death Death Grip warps space to instantly teleport an enemy to the Death Knight's position, from up to thirty yards away. It then forces the enemy to attack the Death Knight for three seconds. In the parlance, it's a ranged pulling and aggro spell, extremely useful for tanking (soaking up damage and protecting your allies). The Dwarf Death Knight. wow gold Wasn't he in Legion of Doom. But that's a dry and utilitarian description that doesn't remotely cover the outrageous, hilarious sense of power you get from simply plucking hapless monsters out of the ether and dumping them under your sword. It's the Death Knight all over: no cast times, no tricksy positioning, just instant gratification, tanking without pain, slaughter without pause. Designed to address the shortage of tanks in the game - due to the necessity for classes like the Warrior and Paladin to decide between doing decent amounts of damage, and taking it - the Death Knight is designed to do a balance of both and, simply, make this crucial and demanding group role more fun. mp3 player Based on our very limited hands-on with the class at WWI - we could take level 55 Death Knights for a run around the Eastern Plaguelands with their handful of starting skills, and no talent points to spend - it should do that with ease. Death Grip alone seems to guarantee it. Ultimately, Death Knights will have their own adventuring zone to start in, and a home town called Ebon Hold they can teleport to at any time, though these weren't in the build of Lich King at WWI.

They also start ready-equipped with a mount - an 'epic' one at that, a Death Charger (zombie horse) with the full 100 percent speed boost and the riding skill to go with it, easing cash drain considerably when you start. wow gold Any race can be a Death Knight; Tauren, Orcs and male Draenei have an imposing mass in their heavy black plate armour,

Wrath of the Lich King - Death Knight Hands-On

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:26:53 +0200

"The Blood tree is more useful in parties, with abilities to improve your Blood Presence, boosting your total health and those of your party, as well as granting the useful Mark of Blood. This spell will have particular use in instances and party running, as it grants your entire party 10 percent of their maximum health when a marked creature dies, as well as transferring 5 percent of the healing done to the marked creature to all your party members. Health is a particular focus of talents in the Blood tree; Blood Gorged boosts your damage by up to 10 percent when you have over 75 percent of your maximum hit points. There are also talents that boost your attack power based on your total armour, and ones that increase the health and strength of you and your party when your Blood Presence is activated. The top of the Blood tree also provides some fun bonuses. Heart Strike reduces your target's health by 20 percent for 30 seconds, and Dancing Rune Weapon can double your melee damage for a certain amount of time by creating a replica of your main weapon that mimics your attacks for up to a minute without the need for any additional runes or action on your part. The final tree we got to play with was Unholy. This is reminiscent of the skills attributed to the Necromancer in Diablo II, and looks likely to come into its own at higher levels when you can summon minions to fight by your side. It brings back the old favourite spell Corpse Explosion, as well as boosting the strength of you and your summoned minions and increasing the damage and effects of your disease-related spells. Runic Power is the one new mechanic with the Death Knight we are yet to cover.

It is essentially a hybrid between energy and combo points and is required for a range of impressive moves. It is displayed via a small arc-shaped meter to the right of your character portrait. When the meter is full the entire blade that backs your portrait and rune bar glows blue to let you know it's time to unleash all hell on whatever poor beastie you're beating. Runic Power decays with time and is generated as you burn up runes when casting spells--with talents available in all trees that boost power gain from certain skills--and is used up as you call in certain skills. wow gold These either consume all Runic Power available in one hit--Death Coil converts it all into a powerful shadow blast--or drain it slowly to maintain a spell's effect. One such slow-draining skill allows you to summon a gargoyle from the heavens that exists for as long as you have Runic Power available (or up to a minute). Combined with skills that boost your speed and critical strike chance as you fight, these skills look likely to make the Death Knight a fearsome force once he or she gets going. wow gold We look forward to sitting down with the game for an extended period and reporting back on the next 25 levels' worth of skills and talents, and how the gameplay changes for the Death Knight as you become more powerful. Stay tuned for more information. " "PARIS--We've seen a fair bit of what's to come in Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to Blizzard's mammoth MMO World of Warcraft; we've slain foes in Northrend in a recent visit to Blizzard's Southern California offices, run through the Howling Fjord at last year's BlizzCon, and heard all about the changes to the raiding system.

buy wow gold We'd also heard a lot about the game's new class, the Death Knight, but hadn't been able to actually play with one--until now. Before we get into the heart of the matter, let's recap. When you get into the expansion, you will be able to create a Death Knight if you have a character of level 55 or higher, but you will only be able to have one per account per server, according to the latest information from Blizzard. wow gold Unlike other classes, this character can be any race you wish--which is likely to annoy those who take their lore seriously. After creating a Death Knight you're dumped into in the middle of the Plaguelands, the scourge-ravaged area home of the ruined city of Stratholme, to the east of Tirisfal Glades, home of WOW's undead. Your Death Knight starts life at level 55--that's five levels below the pre-Burning Crusade level cap--with a selection of mostly uncommon gear (greens), with a rare (blue) weapon. mp3 players The selection of spells is limited; you have one ""presence"" available, blood, which boosts damage by 15 percent and heals you to the tune of 4 percent of the damage you do. The most obvious difference as you enter the world is your character portrait; surrounding your portrait and health bar is the blade of a vicious-looking sword, with six glowing, coloured runes embossed on the blade beneath your health bar. The runes represent the three new types of spell castable by the Death Knight, as we'd previously been told. wow gold These are essentially global cooldowns for those classes of spell, with two bites at the cherry--in the initial setup, at least.

Hunters vs Locks

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:25:05 +0200

"I want ask you how you kill locks. (SL/SL ofc in 1v1) Most locks are easy (low geared etc...) but geared locks are harder (i think impossible) than rogues or wariors (R and W are our anti-class) So few times i met good geared lock and 1v1 fight was like /lol n00b huntrad, you cant kill me No pillars, no buildings no enviroment just me vs sl/sl lock Fight was realy like joke. DOT+Pet+Drain Life, nothing else (yes without fear or DC) I could not kill him, he send pet on me, i fast FD+Rapid Fire+Aimed Shot, if he start Again Drain Life Silence Shot after 3s Draing again, i put Detterence (to avoid pet hits and no Steady or Aimed(for MS effect) cast increase) and ""nuke"" heh crit with Aimed for 1900 O.o, ok Scatter+Trap(i had lucky, no CD on his trinket maybe) on lock and fast kill pet, Aimed again and he used 0,5s pet summon pet again. No CD so i try run out of range from Drain Life (if i remember good he have 25yd for Drain Life and i have 41yd for shots) but my buttons was red (Out of range) but he still Drain me O.o how is this possible. and im down, he was on 80%+ Hp heh is this normal. I in pvp gear(maybe i have pve gear on if you inspect me): 13k Hp, 410 Resil, 37% crit, 1900+ AP, MM build (1xS2,2xS3,2xS4) he have 4xS3,1xS4(hands) gear (i think his and my gear are not much different for our class) and he have 13,7k Hp, 475 resi and 1250 spell dmg, nealy all gems are +stam + resi and few +spell dmg (maybe for socket bonus) so how can lock have so high spell dmg if he have gems with stam and resi.

this high HP, resi and SL (-20% dmg) are impossible kill, you can call me n00b if you want i just want know how to kill SL/SL lock who have gear equival to you. And as i said he dont kited me, or hidding he just stay in 1 place and DOT+Drain, and this is not skill. or exp. " "Fellow hunters, Wrath of the lich king must be a good time for the hunters, that's why i opened this thread. Post idea's for hunter skills here, I'll open up. Spiritual release. Mana cost:. As you have a strong connection with your pet, you have the ability to open up your pet's life, your spirit will go into your pet, turning it into a Beast with great force, high speed, but vurnable. wow gold Cutting your Health by 70%, but increasing strenght and agilty by 70%, your pet become's a true god. Could be a BM talent or lvl 80 skill. Hope this interests someone. wow gold Greets, Stormblaze PS. i have a problem with my computer when i come the the login screen or ingame, whenever i move my mouse it flickers and freezes my game, untill i stop it and the game runs smooth, anyone any ideas. wow gold downloaded the latest drivers.( Happens with World of warcraft only ) It's a laptop, Acer 3610 Hardware: Mobile Intel Celeron M 370J, 1500 MHz (15 x 100) Ram 1526 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM) Graphics card Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family (192 MB) Mouse HID-compliant mouse Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad Anyone needs more info, post on this thread I will be checking multiple times a day. cheap wow gold PS. i have a problem with my computer when i come the the login screen or ingame, whenever i move my mouse it flickers and freezes my game, untill i stop it and the game runs smooth, anyone any ideas. mp3 players

downloaded the latest drivers. Wrath of the Lich King ( Happens with World of warcraft only ) It's a laptop, Acer 3610 Hardware: Mobile Intel Celeron M 370J, 1500 MHz (15 x 100) Ram 1526 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM) Graphics card Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family (192 MB) Mouse HID-compliant mouse Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad Anyone needs more info, wow gold post on this thread I will be checking multiple times a day. "

Elunia's guide to getting a Priest

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:21:47 +0200

"Do not spam ""Heal"" or ""Low on Health"" A priest, is watching your health at least as closely as you are, constantly asking for heals when going under 30-40% health is like saying your priest is incompetent and an insult to us. I revalue that this is an semiautomatic function on cosmos, but please turn it off, otherwise every time you get into a war your priest will start spamming ""Fight"" and ""Hit the mob"" over and over again. My priest forget to heal me and I died A common misconception, priests don't forget to heal you, they let you die. Sometimes they simply can not heal enough of the party if a pull goes intense. In this case a priest first concern is to prevent a wipe of the group, and this largely means healing the heaved tank, other party members may have to be sacrificed and rezed later. wtf I'm a heaved tank and the priest let me die while he healed the coward druid As I mentioned above the priest first concern is to prevent a wipe of the group. Sometimes its obvious that you simply are not going to win whatever nightmare war you have got yourself into. At which point a priest may very legitimately run and hide until the mobs leave and return and rez the group, however in some cases the priest has already attracted aggro and knows he will never get absent. At which point he may see added class which can rez running absent, so a clever priest will do everything he can to insure they get absent. My brother plays a druid, so I know if it every goes down and he gets absent he can return and rez me then I can rez everyone else, strangely priest do have some spells which draw massive aggro so in that case I will use them and heal my brother so that he can escape and shadow meld until the danger has gone.

Why is my priest #@%$!ing most loot Everyone is entitled to take what they will use. However what you WILL actually use yourself is not the same as what you CAN use. If you really intend to put on something do say, but if your just going to vendor an item then the priest is just as entitled to roll on it as you are. A priest can only put on cloth so most items dropped he cannot use, however he still has to buy spells to heal you with and these cost gold. wow gold Since my priest is here to heal he needs no buffs right. A priest needs buffs just as much as you do, when grouping I ever communicate party members not to worry most giving me move buffs but fit buffs and mental buffs like Arcane Intellect are sorely needed. Mages this also applies to your water. wow gold Heal yourself If you can, heal. Say you're a pally or druid remember that when the @#!t really hits the fan the priest is going to be intent on keeping the heaved tank alive, sometimes he can be chain casting to do just that. He may not have time to do anything else. wow So if you can heal yourself in a tight spot. Warlocks Make sure you put that soulstone on your priest rather then yourself, because your priest can then rez everyone else. Pet classes Remember that we can not see your pets health like we can see the groups health exerciser, we have to manually target your pet to see its health, and guys remember when the war gets hairy we have a lot on our plate, however there's no harm in asking ""can you heal my pet"" every now and again, because we may just have not have time to check it.

wow gold Pallys There is nothing worse then getting through an instant getting most of the way there then dying, only to discover that the two pallys you have with you haven't bothered to do the quest to get resurrection. Do the quest, beauty please. I am a priest how do I learn more. mp3 player Read the forums, communicate for and listen to advice from other priest and definitely check out this post from the US every well priest should know Remedy's work backwards. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx. fn=world of warcraft-priest&t=68148&p=1&tmp=1#post68148 You may conceive that none of this matter's however assume in mind that while you can get absent with it now at higher levels having a priest in your group can really make a difference, even at lower levels if you offend a priest enough he or she will never group with you again. wow gold I'm lvl 26 right now, and usually with 2 minutes of logging on I will get 2 or 3 tells from players asking me to join their groups because I have healed well for them before, those players who have looked after me I will do my up most for, however those that I have grouped with and completely break every above rule I will remember.

Elunia's guide to getting a Priest

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:20:14 +0200

"Healing cost mana A priest can only heal if he has enough mana to do so, so keep an eye on their mana forbid and listen for Out of Mana (out of mana) shouts. If your priest shouts Out of Mana during a war if you immediately go and enter added war straight after you can expect little or no healing. Let the priest kill Many priests have an knowledge called Spirit tap. If your priest asks ever when possible earmark them to kill a mob on very low health, not ever possible I know, but if a mob is running absent with just a sliver of health left toward the backwards of your group where the priest is anyway let the priest kill it. The spirit tap knowledge allows the priest to nearly double their mana regeneration for 15 seconds. This means that the priest will have more mana to heal with sooner. Healing and damage. Priest can deal damage and they can also heal, however they can't do both at the same time, I doubt your priest is stood at the backwards of your group is doing nothing, more likely he is renewing you and therefore is not in a position to be wanding the mob as well. Why isn't my priest healing me with bounteous heals. For this priest and many others our favourite healing spell is called renew, this spell does not just replace a huge chuck of health at once, but instead it repairs damage to you over time. So every 3 seconds you will get x hp repaired. The reason we like this so much is because it's a) mana efficient when we spend talent points on it and b) it does cause aggro like a regular healing spell except the aggro it causes is spread over the duration.

As such this allows the tanks to gain their own aggro up with the mobs and avoids the priest getting hit on. Small vs bounteous heals Sometimes however the opposite will arise, and you be fighting while your health gets lower and lower and the priest is still wanding absent. For a priest how to heal is very much taste and philosophy. Some take the little and often move but others prefer to use a bounteous heal like greater heal when your health is low. So don�t start calling for help when your health goes beneath 50%, the priest may be waiting for the right time to cast a bounteous heal on you. However if your playing with this sort of priest make sure you manage that aggro. A bounteous heal may take 4 seconds to cast but every time a caster gets hit it partly resets their cast time. If they get hit often enough they may never actually finish their cast time. If you can't manage aggro, they can't heal you. Priest Shields A lot of tanks hate getting shielded as they conceive it stops them gaining rage, however this is not true, testing posted on the US forums has shown that shields do not have a significant if some effect on rage generation. Also and more legitimately a warrior dislikes shields as they conceive it draws a lot of aggro to the priest for them to get off. Partially true, a shield generates only half the amont of aggro that a heal does for the same Hit points/Health�s, a shield is very useful when used right. wow gold If the priest cast shield before a war has begun it draws no aggro, and reduces damage taken by at tank at first, usually by the time a priest is called on to start dishing out heals he has regenerated that mana spent.

Furthermore its instant cast, if a tanks health is really low an instant shield, an instant renew then a few seconds to brew up a nice bounteous heal can be mana costly and gain hate, but it could also save the tank when in a tight spot. " "So you've got/want a priest in your group Priests are often frustrated that other classes do not revalue how to work with them, and its very much in your interest to know how to work well with your priest so that your groups are more successful, wipe less often and you finish more quests and level faster. wow gold You may be reading this as a non-priest because someone you have grouped with suggested you do so, please take this stuff on commission and you will enjoy the game more when grouping with a priest. I have put together my thoughts on the things you need to assume in mind when grouping with a priest. How hate or aggro works in world of warcraft In Wow each mob you are fighting will move whichever feature with which it has the most hate or aggro. wow power leveling Different members of the group build hate through three heaved methods. 1) By pulling the mob. This can be done by taking an offensive state against the mob such as a ranged move or by entering its aggro circle. mp3 players The aggro circle is an invisible circle around each mob that when a player enters it will move. The aggro circle is supported on level, so for example a lvl 10 feature will enter the aggro circle of a lvl 15 mob at a far greater distance then a lvl 15 feature, while a level 25 feature would have to be virtually stood on top of a lvl 15 mob to trigger an move. 2) By doing damage to a mob, once a mob is pulled it will move the puller, however it can switch and move added feature if that feature deals sufficient damage to it. wow gold So say a mage pulls a mob from a room towards his group that mob will run to move the mage, however the tank in the group can built hate by taunting and doing damage, the mob will then switch and move instead the tank. However the mage may continue to do damage and it entirely possible the mob will turn again and move the mage. 3) When a mob that is alive of you sees you healing. wow gold This is why a priest shudders when someone says ""All on one mob!"" Now this is important if you have a priest in your group.