Monday, October 29, 2007

New discipline talent... Focused Will

Discipline tree is getting a new talent. But it'll probably be different than the one in PTR right now. So... no comments about it.

We wanted you to know that we're going to be redesigning the new discipline talent, focused will, so please hold off on providing further feedback on the ability until the new version is announced and/or it's pushed to the public test realms. The goal of the talent will still focus on survivability.

The intention of this talent is provide an alternative to the holy talent, blessed resilience, so the priest who desires a talent of this nature has more than one option, adding more flexibility to the talent choices they make leading up to either.

BG daily quest rewards and PvP trinket

The bad news of the day. That's what a blue said about the 4k honor reward for the PTR BG daily quest...

It's off by a factor of 10. Battleground Daily quest bonus honor is supposed to be equivalent to 20 player kills at your level, ie 400 honor at level 70.

It's more or less a free battleground worth of honor, and that's what we've intended it to be. A bonus for hopping in that day's battleground.

There's a lot of concern that AV isn't providing as much honor as it is on live due to the changes on the PTR. Some changes have already gone in but we're still keeping track of and willing to make additional changes. We want the time/honor ratio of AV to be as close to what it is now as possible, and if it looks like that's not the case even after bumping the honor and decreasing the amount of resources then we'll make additional changes.


I was dreaming of doing only one BG/day... but it was too good to be true. At least we'll be able to get the PvP trinket with honor (30k honor and 40 AV marks), so I can use my badges to get the cloak or something else.


Screenshot from MMO-Champion.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Guild banks preview

Ah.. I was waiting for the guild bank preview to see if I would finally have only one mule to bank my items. Looks good, but a bit expensive (not a bit maybe.. it's REALLY expensive to free everything you can). My plan is to create a guild, only with my mule and have tons of bank space with the guild bank.

The PTR guild bank is divided in 6 tabs that can be configured to restrict access individually. Each tab will cost gold to be able to use and has 98 slots.
1st tab: 1 gold
2nd tab: 10 gold
3rd tab: 100 gold
4th tab: 1k gold
5th tab: 5k gold
6th tab: 10k gold (as if 5k wasn't expensive enough)

Well.. nobody will pay for more than 3-4tabs just for a mule (IMO.. but I know some people have A LOT of money..). But 3 tabs makes 111 gold to get 294 slots (38silver/slot, 2,8g/slot if you get the 4th tab). I feel sorry for non-hardcore raiding guild's GMs (it's 16,111 gold to free all 6 slots).

Compare with a normal bank. A normal bank starts with 24 slots and you can pay to free more tabs to put bags.
1st tab: 10 silver
2nd tab: 1 gold
3rd tab: 10 gold
4th tab: 25 gold
6th tab: 25 gold
7th tab: 25 gold

It's ~85 gold to free all tabs, then you have to buy the bags. Considering 16 slot bags, you can get 136 slots. Each bag cost ~6.5g, so ~46g. Total of 131g (97silver/slot). Getting 18 slot bags (or bigger) would give more bank slots but would make it more expensive.

You can get more info
HERE about all features.

Well.. seems like my mule will /gquit with 2.3. I already paid for the normal bank slots, so I'll have 430 slots, enough to kill my second mule and stop stocking things on alts I play ^_^. I just hope Blizz will not restrict the number of tabs per guild member or do something bizzare to piss me off when 2.3 goes live. Now I need a name for my guild.. hmm..

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hallow's End and the Headless Horseman

Hallow’s end begins today and we can now farm the Headless Horseman. The headless horseman is a mob that can be summoned in Scarlet Monastery, drops epics and need a 5man group. You also need someone with a daily quest to summon it. Considering that you have someone in the group with the quest, you should be able to farm it over and over (remember the 5 instances/hour limit).


The loot table and strat for him can be found HERE. Some people will want the epics, but I think that what most people wants is the Sinister Squashling and the Swift Flying Broom/ Swift Magic Broom.


You can find a guide to the Hallow’s End quests HERE.

Mage Season3 Set

Table comparing season1, season2 and season3 gear for mages.


Armor/ DPS STA INT CRI RES DAM HEA MP5 SP. HIT SP. PEN Sockets Bonus













Season 1 Mage set











Gladiator's Silk Handguards 129 38 14 21 21 32 32



Improves the range of your Fire Blast spell by 5 yards.
Gladiator's Silk Cowl 168 54 15 18 30 37 37


Me,Re
Gladiator's Silk Trousers 181 54 25 28 30 42 42




Gladiator's Silk Amice 155 42 13 13 21 32 32


Re,Ye
Gladiator's Silk Raiment 207 51 18 25 24 32 32


Re,Ye,Ye
Total 840 239 85 105 126 175 175

















Season 2 Mage set











Merciless Gladiator's Silk Handguards 143 46 20 19 23 36 36



Improves the range of your Fire Blast spell by 5 yards.
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Cowl 185 52 26 20 33 42 42


Me,Re
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Trousers 200 52 36 29 30 49 49




Merciless Gladiator's Silk Amice 171 46 15 14 21 36 36


Re,Ye
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Raiment 228 57 21 30 26 35 35


Re,Ye,Ye
Total 927 253 118 112 133 198 198

















Season 3 Mage set











Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Handguards 293 50 18 22 23 40 40



50% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting Polymorph.
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Cowl 409 59 23 24 33 47 47


Me,Re
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Trousers 424 59 34 33 30 53 53




Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Amice 323 50 13 17 23 40 40


Re,Ye
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Raiment 454 61 15 33 26 39 39


Re,Ye,Ye
Total 1903 279 103 129 135 219 219

















Season 1/3 Mage set Compare











Gloves 164 12 4 1 2 8 8




Hood 241 5 8 6 3 10 10




Leggings 243 5 9 5 0 11 11




Mantle 168 8 0 4 2 8 8




Robe 247 10 -3 8 2 7 7




Total 1063 40 18 24 9 44 44

















Season 2/3 Mage set Compare











Gloves 150 4 -2 3 0 4 4




Hood 224 7 -3 4 0 5 5




Leggings 224 7 -2 4 0 4 4




Mantle 152 4 -2 3 2 4 4




Robe 226 4 -6 3 0 4 4




Total 976 26 -15 17 2 21 21






If you can't see with the scrollable box, copy/paste to Excel or a spreadsheet application.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Honor season3 gear for Priest/Mage/Warlock

Table comparing season2 and season3 honor gear for priest/mages/warlocks.


Armor/ DPS STA INT CRI RES DAM HEA MP5 SP. HIT SP. PEN Sockets Bonus













Healing Honor Gear (Season2)











Veteran's Mooncloth Belt 128 45 30
31 22,4 68




Veteran's Mooncloth Cuffs 93 31 16
17 15,2 46


Ye
Veteran's Mooncloth Slippers 157 45 30
31 22,4 68




Veteran's Pendant of Salvation
30 13
18 14,5 44 5

Ye
Veteran's Band of Salvation
30 17
22 14,5 44 5
















Healing Honor Gear (Season3)











Vindicator's Mooncloth Belt 138 49 33
31 26 77




Vindicator's Mooncloth Cuffs 103 37 20
17 19 55


Ye
Vindicator's Mooncloth Slippers 168 49 33
31 26 77




Vindicator's Pendant of Salvation
34 16
18 17 51 6

Ye
Vindicator's Band of Salvation
34 20
22 17 51 6
















Healing Honor Gear Compare











Belt 10 4 3
0 3,56 9




Cuffs 10 6 4
0 3,82 9




Slippers 11 4 3
0 3,56 9




Pendant
4 3
0 2,48 7 1



Band
4 3
0 2,48 7 1



Total 31 22 16 0 0 16 41 2
















Damage Honor Gear (Season2)











Veteran's Dreadweave Belt 128 45 30
31 36 36




Veteran's Dreadweave Cuffs 93 31 16
17 25 25


Ye
Veteran's Dreadweave Stalkers 157 45 30
31 36 36




Veteran's Pendant of Dominance
31 16
18 26 26


Ye
Veteran's Band of Dominance
27 12
22 29 29

10














Damage Honor Gear (Season3)











Vindicator's Dreadweave Belt 138 49 34
31 41 41




Vindicator's Dreadweave Cuffs 103 37 20
17 29 29


Ye
Vindicator's Dreadweave Stalkers 168 49 34
31 41 41




Vindicator's Pendant of Dominance
35 20
18 30 30


Ye
Vindicator's Band of Dominance
31 15
22 33 33

14














Damage Honor Gear Compare











Belt 10 4 4
0 5 5




Cuffs 10 6 4
0 4 4




Stalkers 11 4 4
0 5 5




Pendant
4 4
0 4 4




Band
4 3
0 4 4

4

Total 31 22 19
0 22 22

4














Damage/Crit Honor Gear (Season2)











Veteran's Silk Belt 128 39 27 27 26 32 32




Veteran's Silk Cuffs 93 25 18 14 13 22 22


Ye
Veteran's Silk Footguards 157 39 27 27 26 32 32




Veteran's Pendant of Conquest
27 12 18 18 21 21


Ye













Damage/Crit Honor Gear (Season3)











Vindicator's Silk Belt 138 43 30 30 26 35 35




Vindicator's Silk Cuffs 103 29 22 17 13 27 27


Ye
Vindicator's Silk Footguards 168 43 30 30 26 35 35




Vindicator's Pendant of Conquest
31 15 21 18 25 25


Ye













Damage/Crit Honor Gear Compare











Belt 10 4 3 3 0 3 3




Cuffs 10 4 4 3 0 5 5




Footguards 11 4 3 3 0 3 3




Pendant
4 3 3 0 4 4




Total 31 16 13 12 0 15 15





If you can't see with the scrollable box, copy/paste to Excel or a spreadsheet application.