Posted on 2010 under Cataclysm, Patch Notes |
6
Aug
In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, we’ll be making lots of changes and additions to class talents and abilities across the board. In this preview, you’ll get an early look at some of the changes in store for the shaman class, including a rundown of some of the new spells, abilities, and talents, and an overview of how the new Mastery system will work with the different talent specs.
New Shaman Spells
Primal Strike (available at level 3): Primal Strike is a new weapon-based attack that every shaman will learn very early in the game. Our goal with this ability is to make leveling as Enhancement rather than as Elemental more viable, since many key Enhancement talents become available at fairly high levels.
Healing Wave (level 4): While the shaman already has an ability called Healing Wave, we’re adding another spell to the class’s direct-healing arsenal and giving it a familiar name. The current Healing Wave will be renamed Greater Healing Wave, and the intent is for the ‘new” Healing Wave to be the shaman’s go-to heal. Lesser Healing Wave and Greater Healing Wave will be used on a more situational basis.
Unleash Weapon (level 81): Unleashes the power of your weapon enchants for additional effects (see below). A dual-wielding Enhancement shaman will activate the effects of both of their weapon enchants. Instant cast. 30-yard range. 15-second cooldown. Undispellable.
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Posted on 2010 under Burning Crusade, Guides, Raids |
5
Aug
Maiden of Virtue is a titan-like boss in the Guest Chambers wing of Karazhan. She is, ironically, being the Maiden of Virtue, put behind the rooms that are full of ladies of the night. It is unclear how this happened or who sent her. The Maiden is optional; it is not necessary to kill her in order to reach other bosses.
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Posted on 2010 under Burning Crusade, Guides, Raids |
5
Aug
Moroes, the Tower Steward, is an undead rogue boss found in Karazhan. Moroes is accompanied by four level 70 elite undead mobs; these four mobs are picked randomly from a list of six possibles mobs.
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Posted on 2010 under Burning Crusade, Guides, Raids |
5
Aug
The Shade of Aran is a boss in the abandoned tower of Karazhan. He is the spirit of Nielas Aran, the father of Medivh, killed in a battle to contain the future Guardian when the power inside him awakened. How his spirit became trapped inside his son’s tower is unknown.
Aran is located in the Guardian’s Library in Karazhan. He must be fought in a very small arena which is a circle approximately 45 yards in diameter. He is completely untankable, almost never melees, doesn’t have a standard aggro list, and if he is pulled away from the center of his arena he’ll run right back.
Shade of Aran is an optional boss. However, after he is defeated, a teleport to his room becomes available from Berthold <The Doorman>, and all trash mobs from The Curator to Aran (exc. one pack outside Illhoof’s door) cease to respawn.
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Posted on 2010 under Guides |
31
Jul
This guide intends to cover basics so that you have the best chance of maximizing your PvP potential as a hunter. Hunters are a popular class because they have excellent DPS, good survivability, and many important support abilities that help our team directly in the various PvP settings.
- In world PvP, we have tracking to alert us of nearby hostile players, and the ability to start combat at long range and kite. We can feign death or use our pet to take care of mobs if an opponent engages us while we are in combat. We have good survivability in world PvP and are not an easy class to gank.
- In battlegrounds, we tend to easily top DPS charts and have a large amount of survivability. Due to our effectiveness at extreme range, we can stand in the back and snipe opponents. Our traps are tremendously helpful in BGs for slowing down flag runners or crowd controlling individual opponents.
- In arenas, we are abusively powerful in 2v2/3v3′s given the proper PvP spec. In 5v5 arenas, we provide a lot of different and valuable support although our DPS is somewhat secondary to that.
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Posted on 2010 under Burning Crusade, Guides, Raids |
20
Jul
Zul’jin (aka Zuljin) is a warlord of the Amani forest trolls and has been chieftain of the Amani tribe since before the Second War. Zul’jin and the Amani tribe were allied with the orcish Horde for the duration of the Second War, but Zul’jin himself was captured near its end by the Alliance. Upon gaining his freedom he went into hiding to rebuild his army and plan an attack on the remnants of the high elves, now known as blood elves, only to find them allied with the Horde.
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Posted on 2010 under Burning Crusade, Guides, Raids |
18
Jul
Jan’alai, the Amani lord of dragonhawks, is the third animal boss within Zul’Aman. He holds Kraz captive in a cage near his platform, awaiting his sacrifice if the raid cannot rescue him before the timer runs out. Defeating Jan’alai with time remaining does not add any additional time but still allows the raid to free Kraz. He will, in turn, reward the raid with access to a small share of gold and unlock Kraz’s Package which will contain an epic ring.
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Posted on 2010 under Guides |
12
Jul
There are a lot of classes in WoW that excel at PvP. Mages, however, are usually considered one of the least PvP suited classes. This, of course, is not true. While many will say that the only true way to PvP a mage would be a deep frost talent build. True, the frost tree is indeed excellent for snaring opponents and improving your survivability. Fire and Arcane builds, mixes or otherwise, can also be effectively used as well. It’s arguable that PvP specialized mages must have good gear. This is true of any class but a lot of PvP also depends on the player’s skill and ability to react to the challenges brought in PvP. Naturally, better gear will give your character more potency but playing battlegrounds and arenas will bring about better gear, specifically PvP suited gear.
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Posted on 2010 under Guides |
12
Jul
Let me start by saying that there are a lot of misconceptions as to the role of a Paladin in PvP. When people think of Paladins in PvP, they think of a weak warrior that does nothing but melee, but there is so much more to the class. I’ll discuss PvP as both a Holy Spec and a Ret Spec, and the relevant gear for each, as well as some general tips, and recommendations for User Interface Modifications.
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Posted on 2010 under Cataclysm, News |
2
Jul
In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta we’ll be making several changes to the Paladin class talents and abilities across the board. While this list only outlines some of our plans for the paladin class, we want to give you a look at the new high-level abilities and an overview of how the new Mastery system will work with each talent spec.
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