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" Chi Burst damage has been increased by 51%." Not seeing that or the Breath of the Serpent change in datamining
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Ah, just didn't get its tooltip updated. Just fixed that for next next build. The functionality change is in.
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PTR realms are coming offline in order to deploy a new 6.1 PTR build.
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It's a known bug and not an intended change. We plan to address this in 6.1.
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To clarify, it's currently a bug on the PTR which will be fixed in the next build.
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12759) New Rank of Riding (310%)!
posted
2010/08/13 at 10:20 PM
by
Miyari
In the latest beta build Blizzard has introduced a
new rank of flying
, which was originally mentioned in a
#BlizzChat
back in April. At level 80, a player is allowed to purchase
Master Riding
for a hefty price of
(discounted by reputation by appropriate vendors) which will allow you to fly any mount at
310%
. To purchase this you will need to visit any riding trainer that teaches flying, such as in Stormwind for the Alliance or in Orgrimmar for the Horde. I would assume that your 310% mounts will still go 310% without the training skill, but this will allow players to bust out some more preferred mounts and enjoy the convenience of high speed
and
style!
Update!
A lot of sites are reporting that 310% riding will be learned automatically if you have a 310% - which may or may not be true anymore. For clarification, here is the original blue post from back in May of this year, in which this feature was promised by a Blizzard poster:
I didn't know that they were making 310 flying trainable. If they are then this should also cost a LOT of gold, around 16k would be appropriate.
It certainly is happening, but it will only be purchasable by characters who are level 85. Players who already own a 310% mount will be 'gifted' the training, and it goes without saying that once the skill is learned all flying mounts will become 310% mounts. That's the current plan at least, and we don't plan on offering any further speed increases to these mounts.
This was posted in May of 2010 on the European Official WoW forums. Obviously things could have been changed since then, and judging by the current state of things in the Cataclysm Beta, maybe they have. As there has been no official, recent statement from Blizzard as to whether or not their plans have changed, we can only come to conclusions based on what is currently presented in the Cataclysm Beta:
Master Riding currently says it requires level 80, Blizzard originally proposed this to be for level 85 players.
My character already has multiple 310% speed mounts, however she does NOT know Master Riding - it is still offered as available to be trained. I haven't actually trained it, because I'm smart and transferred with 1k gold.
My character was not automatically granted it just for already owning a 310% as Blizzard originally proposed!
So maybe Blizzard decided that the compromise would just be to offer the training at a rather low cost (5k gold isn't very high considering how much easier it has gotten to earn gold in late Wrath of the Lich King) and at a lower level, allowing players who already have 310% mounts to buy it simply to be able to ride any mount they want at that speed (such as our old, unloved 280%s) and for players who don't own any 310% mounts to be given the opportunity? Or is it just bugged, since this is just the beta, after all?
While this cost may still be subject to change, now that we have an idea of how much it'll cost do you think it's worth it? Will you be purchasing it as soon as you can when Cataclysm drops or will you be waiting to get it later on if at all?
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Write a WoW haiku / Win a Cataclysm key / And beta access!
posted
2010/08/13 at 8:10 PM
by
Malgayne
Looking for Cataclysm beta access? Well you've come to the right place!
We're having a
WoW haiku contest!
If you want to participate, go on over to our
contest page
, submit a haiku, and check back on Monday! Every weekday for the next two weeks, we'll be posting the best haikus in the forums for
you
to vote on!
The winners, as voted on by the community, will receive a beta key for Cataclysm! Send in your haiku over the weekend, for the first round of entries!
http://www.wowhead.com/contest=wow-haiku-contest
And yes, that's
Alexstrasza the Life-Binder
in a kimono over there!
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Cataclysm Beta: Mob Damage Increased
posted
2010/08/13 at 7:23 PM
by
fewyn
Zarhym posted a rather interesting announcement on the beta forums today: it seems
damage output
on mobs level 65 and above have been
increased
. An example used by Zarhym states that mobs in a level 80 area had their damage increased by 2.5, while mobs at 81 were increased by 3.2—and it scales further on according to level.
Blizzard is also asking for feedback regarding how combat feels in the level 80-85 exterior zones, including spawn rates and the amount of NPCs in specific locations.
You can read the the original announcement after the break.
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Wowhead Client, Cataclysm Beta and You
posted
2010/08/13 at 1:46 PM
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fewyn
As usual, when there's a beta up, we need your data! But there's been a little bit of confusion as to how to make the Wowhead Client work with the beta installation of Cataclysm.
So I've come to answer the question on everyone's mind,
how do I upload data for the beta?
Well, that's an easy one! First you need to make sure you have the Wowhead Client installed, which you can get
here
. Unzip the files and copy the Wowhead_client.exe to somewhere you can easily remember—I personally keep mine inside the World of Warcraft folder for my live install. When you open the Wowhead Client for the first time it will try to auto detect your World of Warcraft installations. Typically this will be done automatically, but if for some reason it does not detect your game files properly, all you will need to do is click on Tools -> Options and Browse for Live, PTR and Beta installations. Once you've done all this, all you have to do is click OK and upload your data!
Remember at this time
Addons are disabled
in the Cataclysm beta test, so the only data we will be receiving is from your cache files.
These cache files still contain useful information
, which helps us populate the database—things like items, quests, objects and NPCs. The only things it doesn't contain are location and drop data for all those items, which requires the Wowhead Looter addon. As soon as addons are enabled on the beta realms we will automatically be able to collect this information, as long as you have the addon enabled.
So run those addons! The more data we get, the better our (your!) database is!
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The Weekly Marmot - Cataclysm Healing Q&A
posted
2010/08/12 at 2:03 PM
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devolore
In this episode, I answer a handful of the questions that you beautiful people sent in. Included are: What's happening to the five second rule? What stats are healers going to be interested in? Are there still going to be "raid healers" and "tank healers"? And how did I get so
sexy?
Okay, maybe not the last one.
Because we
already know.
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Azeroth, Revisited: Scarlet Monastery in Cataclysm
posted
2010/08/11 at 7:03 PM
by
fewyn
With the upcoming
Cataclysm
expansion now going through its beta phase, I thought now would be a perfect time to take a look at some of the classic dungeons that everyone loves and see how they will be changing.
The first dungeon we're taking a look at is . While technically only one instance, it has been split up into four wings: Graveyard, Library, Armory, and Cathedral. The four wings have seen no physical changes, but each has received a nice makeover in mob and quest locations.
Note: This is from a Horde perspective, because that's what character I had available. The Alliance version is slightly different.
WARNING: IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS OF ANY KIND, DON'T READ THIS.
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Tired of City of Heroes Talk? Good, the BFF Report Has Some Words..
posted
2010/08/11 at 5:38 PM
by
fony
That's right, besides my outstanding submission to the
City of Heroes Character Creation Contest
, I got to spend the last couple of weeks resurrecting awesome cartoon superheroes and wearing leotards. It's been quite the experience, to be honest... revealing could be a better word for it. I really was pushing this report down to the wire though, within minutes of wrapping up the shoot, beta came to an end. Sadly, this also means no one will ever get to see my amazing japaneserobocop hero. :(
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City of Heroes Fan Art Contest Gallery
posted
2010/08/10 at 6:21 PM
by
Malgayne
I know that I have to give up my WoW-Players card if I even so much as express interest in another MMO, but the guys over at ZAM just showed me some of the fan art they have coming in for this
City of Heroes Contest
—where you have to draw a picture of your character—and some of it is
crazy
good. I thought you guys might want to see!
You can see the full gallery here:
http://www.zam.com/Im/gallery/?cat=trac6742&lim=999
And remember, if you want to enter to win that laptop yourself, the contest is still open!
http://www.zam.com/contests/goingrogue.html
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Blizzard Cataclysm Preview: Darkshore
posted
2010/08/10 at 12:42 PM
by
fewyn
Blizzard has just posted another exciting zone preview on their European forums, this time featuring ! In this Q&A with the game designers, Luis Barriga and Craig Amai, they talk about subjects ranging from their concepts for the zone all the way to what is happening at the Master's Glaive.
We also have a bunch of screenshots of in our
Cataclysm Guide
!
You can read the whole preview after the break.
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TankSpot: This Week in Warcraft
posted
2010/08/09 at 7:55 PM
by
fewyn
Our friends over at
TankSpot
have a new video series, aptly-named
This Week in Warcraft
. In this series they'll be covering some of the new and interesting topics that have occurred in the last week, and this week they cover such items as the new
Cataclysm Launcher
,
reforging
and even the Southern Barrens
preview
!
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