Blizzard Annouces one of the two races for WoW
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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/index.html
I bet we have to wait till next friday to hear what race the alliance gets. It has been HEAVILY rumored the horde where getting blood elves, and the alliace is getting Padarians. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I bet we have to wait till next friday to hear what race the alliance gets. It has been HEAVILY rumored the horde where getting blood elves, and the alliace is getting Padarians. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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blood elves apparently get a new class called 'spellbreakers' i think. the are basically anti-mages, getting all kinds of resistances and slowly getting demon-like abilities until they can become demons at high levels. (like mages don't have enough problems with resists as is
i hope blood elves are easy to distinguish between normal elves so the Alliance players don't have to be wary of every elf they approach. (on pvp servers at least..)
uh... since i haven't play the Frozen Throne expansion to Warcraft 3, this isn't a Pa(n)darian is it? please Blizzard, don't give the Horde demonic elves and the Alliance anthropomorphic pandas.
Hell, the Taurans need something to balance them.
blood elves apparently get a new class called 'spellbreakers' i think. the are basically anti-mages, getting all kinds of resistances and slowly getting demon-like abilities until they can become demons at high levels. (like mages don't have enough problems with resists as is
[/ QUOTE ]Hopefully the Pandarians will be the Alliance answer to the freakin Shaman. Damn I hate those guys...
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i hope blood elves are easy to distinguish between normal elves so the Alliance players don't have to be wary of every elf they approach. (on pvp servers at least..)
[/ QUOTE ] If you see a night elf with a big red name tag, kill it. Basically the Blood elves are thin and don't have broad shoulders like the male night elves do. The blood elves have very light skin and hair color also. I think they also lack the wabbit ears night elves have?
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uh... since i haven't play the Frozen Throne expansion to Warcraft 3, this isn't a Pa(n)darian is it? please Blizzard, don't give the Horde demonic elves and the Alliance anthropomorphic pandas.
[/ QUOTE ] That would be the Pandairan. I'm pretty sure this confirms that Bliz hates the alliance and plays shamans... I could see them adding the pandas in as a NPC race, but not really a player character race. I think the Dranei are more likely to be coming out in the X-Pack. They are the ugly ass toad people that wonder around the Swamp of Sarrows. They are originally from the same planet the orcs are from. Horde get the hotties with the crazy mage busting skills, alliance gets the ugly usless race no one wants.
/me swings a nerf bat at AZ's head and misses.
For some reason I can never hit a Shaman with that damn bat...
I can't believe us horde players are getting blood elves...
hahaha!
/me swings a nerf bat at AZ's head and misses.
For some reason I can never hit a Shaman with that damn bat...
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Bah! Rogues are the most over powered class in the game by far. Why is everyone always picking on Shamans? Rogues own my ass everytime as does just about anyone on equal level that knows how to play their class (except maybe Warlocks and Druids ... which need buffing). Hell, I've had my ass handed to me before by a Warrior that was 3 levels lower than me. Shamans are over powered my ass.
Personally I love my rogue. I have a main rogue and an alt, and I love dishing out the insane amounts of damage. And screw the stunlock build, it's all about straight up combat with sword/mace (higher damage on SS)
im so fucking hooked on wow, i should get a tattoo, on my arm.
How about announcing something useful like Diablo 3 ....
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Here here!
warriors > mages at close quarters
rogues > mages
druids > mages
hunters > mages
warlocks > mages
all > paladins
shamans > all
can you tell i play a mage on a pvp server? hehe
anyway i read on the WoW forums that they are going to add flying mounts which sounds cool (even if i haven't accquired a regular mount. sad that i've been playing two months or so and i'm only level 34).
/me whacks asherr with his mace and deals 5 damage!
the blood elves sound cool.. but the pandas seem like they would look waaaay out of place running around with all the other races.
Asherr, I feel your pain, I play a mage. Stick it out till 40, dump enough points in arcane to get Pressense of Mind(turns the next spell you cast into an instast cast), and Arcane power(ups the power of all spells by 35% for 15sec). When you hit 40 you have an instant cast fireball that does 35% more damage, follow that with a fireblast which is instant cast, then if they are not dead fire off some acane missles as they run away or feablily try to pound you into the ground. It only works once every 30 min but its your ace in the hole.
Snemmy is right too, priests can't solo on thier own very well unless they spec for shadow then its sketchy at best, and they kind of have a tough time healing.
can you tell i play a mage on a pvp server? hehe
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Lemme guess: Alliance?
As a shammy the only classes that I can fairly consistently "pwn" are: Hunters, Warlocks, and Druids - in that order. Warriors, Pallys and Rogues 3+ levels beneath me have bested me 1 on 1. Particularly if they get the initiative on me (which Rogues <u>ALWAYS</u> do). If a mage of around the same level can keep their distance from me they will win, as will a shadow priest (which shouldn't be too hard with their ability to "fear" me). Personally I think anyone who complains about any class being over-powered needs to learn how to play thier class better. There was even a video that was going around a few months ago of a warlock that was defeating multiple 60s at the same time. So, while even warlocks are gimped I think they have potential if you spec and know how to play them right.
[edit] here's one of those videos: http://www.fileplanet.com/152594/150000/fileinfo/World-of-Warcraft---Warlock-PVP-Movie
i attacked a dinosaur in the Arathi Highlands and halfway through the fight the rogue backstabbed me and killed me. i run back to my corpse, rez and ran to the alliance camp heal. so a couple minutes have passed then i go out an attack another dinosaur, same rogue same thing happened. rinse repeat... after the thrid time i rezzed at the spirit healer and went back to IronForge. not a good day.
yesterday i was doing a quest in dustwallow marsh. walk up to a NPC to finish a quest and he fights me. almost as soon as the fight started a Hunter's Mark appeared on me. i thought it was a npc until i looked behind me and saw a Horde Hunter. then as part of the quest Jaina Proudmoore (from warcraft3 and an Alliance boss character) shows up and starts talking to the npc i was fighting meanwhile i get killed by the hunter and Jaina does nothing.
except for a few incidents involving a Horde rogue who killed me about 3 times as i was grinding
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Yea, Rogues are just a pain in the ass, period. They almost always get the drop on you because of stealth and then they can repeatedly stun you while dishing out massive crits. I have been killed by Rogues around my level while never even getting a shot in because of their ability to repeatedly stun and follow it up with a crit. Like I said, I don't get where all the shammy hate comes from when Rogues are so blatanlty the most over powered class in the game.
Earthbind totem, run around totem (keeping totem between you and rogue), Frostshock, Earthshock, Frostshock, Earthshock, etc, etc...
Keep out of melee range. If a rogue jumps you, heal yourself (you wont die yet, unless you have really crappy gear maybe...stun != evisc (dmg), so just heal after the stun), then do the above. If he hits the totem, he'll lose his Combo Points (needed for Evisc). The Lava totem (?) is also usefull, since it will hit the rogue if he's stealthed. Nerf ranged.
As for mages...Stun = blink, if the rogue gets close, Frost Nova (Nova range is HUGE). Frost Armor also helps. Spammin Arcane Explosion usually kills rogues (yes, all in range) within 15 seconds. Also, just keep running and jumping...they wont be able to backstab unless they have minor speed increase on boots or if they have crippled you. Nerf Arcane Explosion.
Level 60 priests murder almost everything (melee, anyways). Shield can be spammed, so almost all damage is absorbed. Nerf Fear (that shit doesnt break!!! even when i get nuked into oblivion).
I play rogue on a PvP server. If a hunter sees me (goggles...gg), i'm dead. Rogues are NOT overpowered. At least, not at 60. Warriors do about the same damage as rogues (if not more) and ranged can usually just kite us to death (all you can try then is vanish, sprint and run). Stealth is an advantage, but it is quite easily lost (Hunter's Mark, Fireball DoT, Warlock DoTs, Shadow Word: Pain, Faerie Fire, AoE), so i wouldnt label it 'imbalanced'. Shammies can be tough to kill. Luckily, not many shammies play as i described above. If they dont, just use Thistle Tea and down them as quick as you can
On a side note:
- Stoneform (dwarf racial) breaks Blind.
- Iceblock (mage talent skill) breaks Sap.
- 4 Kills a day. Any more and you get 0 honor for it. People who kill you more than 4 times a day are probably noob or frustrated.
And now, on-topic:
I think the new Alliance race will either be Draenei (gives Alliance a reason to go to Outlands, like Blood Elf does for Horde) or Furbolg (Timbermaw Hold has a HUGE gate...they are the only Furbolgs that haven't been corrupted) or possibly a race that appears out of nowhere (like they did with gnomes). Pandaren would seem highly unlikely, as they dont really fit inside the current world and they have been used as an April Fool joke.
Blood Elf racial traits will be very strong. Hopefully they will balance out the traits of the other races.
There wont be any additional classes or, at least, nothing has been mentioned about it yet.
Some of the content shown at Blizzcon will probably be released in upcoming patches already.
I think the new race will probably be one of the two you mention. I believe Blizz gave the Horde the blood elves to attract people that would normally play Alliance because of physical traits and that they will give some sort of "monster" to the Alliance for the same reason; to attract people who normally would play as Horde. I'm pretty sure that their won't be a new class just because it seems to be challenging enough to balance the classes they already have without introducing another.
Just my 2c...
Also, its always easier to tell other people to just play smarter, when you are one of the most powerful classes. "I get dropped sometimes, so they must be doing something right?". I would suggest to anyone that gravitates to the "your just stupid, play better" attitude they try the other classes and see how it feels to be more or less not on top. It's kind of like the rich guy telling the poor guy, just get more money. Your poor because you choose to be, you just don't work hard enough.
I play:
Cenarius (PvE)
40 Warrior (A)
41 Priest (A)
60 Rogue (A)
14 Shaman (H)
PvP
44 Mage (A)
I'm not one of those players crying for a nerf, or even bitch that much in chat about shamans. I sure as hell don't post in the WoW/guild forums, crying for nerfs. But I am not supprised when one shaman sticks his big ass axe in my tiny news paper wearing body and cleaves me in two.
I also have to agree that rogues seem over powered until 50+, then they are pretty much pointless/useless. The first character I played was a rogue, went all the way to 60. It was a fun ride until 50. I would suggest to anyone interested in end game content, that they not play rogue. In pvp your bait and thats about it. But then again, if you think rogues are overpowered, then your not playing smart enough or haven't played a rogue to know thier weaknesses =P (jab jab)
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