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  • 0. 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Tigole   02/04/2007 14:15:13 PDT
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Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about the same subjects – subjects that have been addressed in an upcoming patch – so I wanted to let you guys know where things stood.

The Rogue Situation

We’ve done a tuning pass of many of our dungeons/bosses/encounters to ensure that nothing overly punishing occurs to “melee DPS’ that would lead people to favor ranged DPS over Rogues/DPS Warriors etc.

Also, we’ve changed the NPC cleave mechanic so that it’s now a frontal cone ability rather than a 360 degree chain attack. Sweeping Strikes has been removed from all Burning Crusade NPC’s.
We’re also reducing the Glancing Blow damage penalty for creatures 1-3 levels higher than the player. This will have a significant effect on melee DPS as it relates to endgame melee dps. More details on this at a later time.

End Game Itemisation

As we’ve stated before, we made a lot of improvements to endgame gear progression. To put it in perspective, take a look at this Warrior Tanking Breastplate from before and after.

Destroyer Chestguard – Currently
+24 Strength
+22 Agility
+39 Stamina
Blue Socket
Yellow Socket
Red Socket
Socket Bonus +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases Defense Rating by 23
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 16
Equip: Improves hit rating by 18

Destroyer Chestguard – Patch 2.1.0
+21 Strength
+22 Agility
+51 Stamina
Blue Socket
Yellow Socket
Red Socket
Socket Bonus +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases Defense Rating by 23
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 20
Equip: Improved hit rating by 20


”Trash” Concerns

Equally interesting yet non-epic-dropping non-bosses (or “Trash” as he community likes to call it) has been of concern lately on these forums. In all of our 25 person raid zones we’ve made a number of bug fixes and tuning adjustments. For example, the trash should be significantly easier to clear in most cases – and take less time. Also, we’ve lengthened the time between respawn on a lot of the trash. Yes, trash will respawn in some cases. It’s a pacing mechanic and one that works well when tuned correctly. For example, the trash before the Prophet Skeram or the trash before Attumen the Huntsmen or the Maiden of Virtue works well. You get a couple of tries on the boss, and if you fail, you spend a short time re-clearing. Yes, there are cases of the trash respawning too fast or the trash being too difficult or too lengthy. Those are the cases we hope to fix. We’ve also fixed some bugs that were allowing the trash to respawn after the boss for a certain area was dead.

Consumables

We’re making substantial changes to the way certain consumables work . In particular, Flasks and Elixirs are going to undergo major changes. More information will be available later on. We want Flasks and Elixirs to be a part of the game. We want alchemy to be a cool, needed profession. But we want to remove the tedium and cost from the massive consumable farming that’s going on for endgame raiding. We’ll provide more information soon – but for now, expect big changes to Flasks and Elixirs.

Boss Tuning

We’re looking at the boss tuning from dungeons to heroics to raids. Your feedback is being listened to.

To Summarise

We’re making big improvements to the game. Whenever possible, we hotfix changes to get them to you as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, there are many changes that require a patch and cannot be hotfixed. Many of these changes are coming in Patch 2.1.0. The patch will be on PTR’s in the upcoming weeks. You’ll be able to see them there and try them out for yourselves. You’ll also be able to test Black Temple. We’re also looking into ways of making Hyjal accessible on the PTR as well to get more testing on that zone.

I can assure you that we’re aware of the issues you guys are discussing on the boards and we’re listening closely. We’re also dedicated fans of the game ourselves. We play it every day =D We will affect change as quickly as we can. Patch 2.1.0 will be on the PTR soon enough and you’ll all have the opportunity to comment and make suggestions on the changes.

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  • 1. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:20:26 PDT
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Finally some answers!

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  • 2. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:21:41 PDT
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Really nice looking forward to it

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  • 3. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Tigole   02/04/2007 14:21:53 PDT
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Seems like Awake's post at Nihilum.co.uk (after they killed Lady Vashj) reached the right people ....

Its always nice to see that some people have more influence than others...
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  • 5. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Tigole   02/04/2007 14:26:00 PDT
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Seems like Awake's post at Nihilum.co.uk (after they killed Lady Vashj) reached the right people ....

Its always nice to see that some people have more influence than others...


More like the waterfall effect of guilds pouring into SSC after the gruul nerf and the masses realising how bad it actually is there.

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  • 6. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:26:11 PDT
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Consumables

We’re making substantial changes to the way certain consumables work . In particular, Flasks and Elixirs are going to undergo major changes. More information will be available later on. We want Flasks and Elixirs to be a part of the game. We want alchemy to be a cool, needed profession. But we want to remove the tedium and cost from the massive consumable farming that’s going on for endgame raiding. We’ll provide more information soon – but for now, expect big changes to Flasks and Elixirs.




I really hope this means we won't need to do so much mats
farming to flasks/elixirs as we are doing now.

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  • 7. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:28:44 PDT
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Q u o t e:
Seems like Awake's post at Nihilum.co.uk (after they killed Lady Vashj) reached the right people ....

Its always nice to see that some people have more influence than others...

Mnjaa, things don't change that quickly really. I mean, the discussion has been ongoing for a while, hasn't it? See, we do listen even if you don't notice right away ;)

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  • 8. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:34:08 PDT
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Q u o t e:
Finally some answers!


Some of these changes were announced a month ago (IE: Consumables in raid).

Service with a smile :-)

Information About 2.1/2.2/..: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=173167350&sid=1
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  • 9. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:41:13 PDT
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Mnjaa, things don't change that quickly really. I mean, the discussion has been ongoing for a while, hasn't it? See, we do listen even if you don't notice right away ;)


I know you guys listen.
I know these discussions has been going on for a long time
I know changes have been designed for the next patch for a long time.

What I meant was that you were vocal about it once Nihilum were more vocal about there disatisfaction...
I assume the 18 millions visitors they had on their site in 3 days is quite important.

Weve been crying out loud in the Professions forum for possible alchemy respecs but no answer... but I guess were not as important.

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  • 10. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:43:54 PDT
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Q u o t e:


I know you guys listen.
I know these discussions has been going on for a long time
I know changes have been designed for the next patch for a long time.

What I meant was that you were vocal about it once Nihilum were more vocal about there disatisfaction...
I assume the 18 millions visitors they had on their site in 3 days is quite important.

Weve been crying out loud in the Professions forum for possible alchemy respecs but no answer... but I guess were not as important.

As I said, we listen even if we don't reply to every single post.

Anyway, off to sleep! nn

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  • 11. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:45:01 PDT
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Q u o t e:

As I said, we listen even if we don't reply to every single post.

Anyway, off to sleep! nn


Night, and thanks for the post ;>
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  • 12. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:45:20 PDT
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How about the druid range form bug? Any updates on that, Tigole?
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  • 13. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:45:26 PDT
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Can we get any hints on the elixir/flask changes ???

The supsense is killing me...
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  • 14. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:47:49 PDT
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This is great news indeed - thanks :)
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  • 15. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 14:51:00 PDT
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Q u o t e:
Can we get any hints on the elixir/flask changes ???

The supsense is killing me...


Basically how this will work is this: there are three catagories of elixirs, Offensive, Defensive and Restorative. You can have 2 elixirs on, but they must be of different catagories. A flask takes up both of your elixir slots.

Was posted on US by Tigole in addition to the paragraph about flasks/elixirs above.

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  • 16. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 15:06:32 PDT
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Q u o t e:


Basically how this will work is this: there are three catagories of elixirs, Offensive, Defensive and Restorative. You can have 2 elixirs on, but they must be of different catagories. A flask takes up both of your elixir slots.

Was posted on US by Tigole in addition to the paragraph about flasks/elixirs above.


ohh.... sounds interesting...

any more details would be welcome
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  • 17. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 15:28:47 PDT
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Why did they choose Tigole to say those? really, noone listens to him anymore, maybe Dysrc or Tsierc would be more looked up to.


Though, Ommra posting this in here is <3

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  • 18. Re: 02/04 Update from the Front Lines - by Ti   02/04/2007 15:32:26 PDT
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Q u o t e:

As I said, we listen even if we don't reply to every single post.

Anyway, off to sleep! nn


Did I overlook your statement about the coming back of the LookingForGroup channel? Or the introducing of a privacy option for the armory?


Quick poll about Armory: http://www.micropoll.com/akira/MicroPoll?mode=html&id=28841
Quick poll about LFG channel: http://www.micropoll.com/akira/MicroPoll?mode=html&id=28844
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