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Cataclysm Beta: Mob Damage Increased
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
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!
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The Weekly Marmot - Cataclysm Healing Q&A
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
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
Monastère Écarlate
. 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..
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
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!
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Blizzard Cataclysm Preview: Darkshore
Blizzard has just posted another exciting zone preview on their European forums, this time featuring
Sombrivage
! 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
Sombrivage
in our
Cataclysm Guide
!
You can read the whole preview after the break.
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TankSpot: This Week in Warcraft
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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Cataclysm Beta: New Macintosh Repair Tool
With the new
streaming client
released last week in the Cataclysm beta, Blizzard has also apparently decided to sneak in something that has been missing from the Macintosh client for quite some time.
Repair.app
works exactly like the Windows version, in that it will check your MPQ files against the current patch file and restores any that are corrupt. Now instead of reinstalling the game or restoring it from backup, Macintosh users will have an easy way to restore their World of Warcraft installation!
Thanks to
bluspacecow
for the heads up on this!
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Cataclysm Beta (Build 12964) New Icons and Update Talent Calc!
Another Cataclysm Build was released this past Wednesday and now that we have our server issues out of the way we have some awesome new data for you! The
Cataclysm
Latest Addition
page lists off all the new spells and talents in this build such as the new Goblin mount
Triklomoteur gobelin
. The
Talent Calculator
has also been fully updated to support the newest build. We also found 5 updated icons, which you can check out after the break!
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Wowhead Server Upgrades
Astute visitors have probably noticed that the site hasn't been operating as well as it normally does today. The reason for that is
we've migrated the site to a new set of web servers with upgraded hardware
. We're in the process of tweaking things to get everything working optimally again. In the meantime, please pardon our digital dust. :)
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I Survived the Goblin Starting Zone and All I Got Was This Stupid BFF Report
All I have to say is, the Goblin starting experience was clearly directed by Michael Bay.
Oh, and balls.
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Blizzard Cataclysm Preview: Southern Barrens
Blizzard has just posted an interesting zone preview on their European forums, spotlighting one of the most drastically changed classic zones in World of Warcraft -
Southern Barrens
! In this brief Q+A, Blizzard details their epic redesign of the Horde's beloved Barrens into two different zones, featuring Southern Barrens as a new 30-35 Alliance and Horde leveling zone!
Initially, as a Horde player, I didn't really see any reason I should care that Alliance have wrecked Camp Taurajo, as I never thought of it as being critical in any way. It basically served as nothing more than a reminder that, back in my day, we didn't have that flight path in the Barrens and we had to walk fifteen miles down the Gold Road to look for
Mankrik's wife
. However, once I got out there and actually saw what was done to Camp Taurajo, I'll admit it fueled that good ol' fashioned feeling of bloodthirsty rivalry that hasn't been present in quite some time since we've all grown so accustomed to rubbing shoulders and inspecting each ot
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Reforging Now Available in Cataclysm Beta
Reforging
, which we mentioned two weeks ago
here
, is finally active in the beta. It is a rather simple process—Alliance side you will need to visit
Ithurian Albepic
in Stormwind near the Stockades, ask a guard for the nearest Thaumaturge. The Horde equivalent is
Enchanteur Farendin
in Orgrimmar's Cleft of Shadows. When you speak to the NPC, it asks you to drag and drop the item you want reforged. After dropping the item in the slot it asks which stat you would like to reduce and what you would like to increase.
An example (which is in the screenshots) is taking 32 Haste Rating from
Couvre-chef en tisse-flagellant
, and adding 32 Mastery Rating to it. After clicking
Reforge
, it will make the changes—and bringing any reforged item back and clicking restore will turn the item back to its original form. As this example is a Tier piece which cannot be vendored it only costs 1 gold while any other pieces will cost their vendor price.
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Cataclysm Model Update - Neptulon and Goblin Cars!
As all Cataclysm Beta participants are expected to happily redownload and reinstall the client using the
new-and-improved (or so they say!) Launcher
, my joyous adventures taking screenshots for our
Cataclysm guide
have come to a temporary halt. But that won't stop me; Wowhead demands eyecandy (and justice)!
Thankfully,
Alayton
managed to find a few more Cataclysm 3D models that I completely forgot to post - UNTIL NOW! Check out some new models after the break!
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The Weekly Marmot - The Cataclysm Healing Game (Part 2)
This week, in part 2 of my discussion on the effects that the Cataclysm healing changes have on the game, I go over how Tanking and DPS roles will be affected. Will avoidance make a comeback? How responsible are DPS for their survivability? These questions and more will be answered in this week's show!
Also, my wallpaper is amazing.
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Games to Teach the Youth
For most of my life I have been unhappy with the education that has been offered to me. Few countries know how to deal with gifted or troubled students, and only a few teachers are able to act properly when they find one. The bane of the genius and the idiot is to never be understood, they say. Well, I did a little thinking, some more talking, and finally decided to do some writing on the topic as well. Why do we often find education inadequate, and why are students growing increasingly uninterested in the classroom activities?
A simple answer would be something like "They are not interesting." Well, let's stick with this and try to figure out how to make learning more interesting. After all you can be the greatest teacher the world has ever known and will ever know, but if your students are not interested in the stuff you are talking about, almost all of your talent is wasted. We can look at neurobiology, or at religion, or at psychology, or at philosophy, and we would probably find some pretty good answers. However, I would like to offer you a drastically different approach to the problem - let's look at games.
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New Cataclysm Beta Launcher (Soon!)
Our favorite floating skull Zarhym just announced that a new launcher for the Cataclysm Beta is in the works. It should be available with the next beta patch, and will incorporate a few of the programs you already need to run during patching. Namely, those are the Launcher, the Updater, and the Downloader. It will also stream game data while you are in the game, playing. In other words, patching should happen much easier, and hopefully - faster. If the downloading process is slowing down your internet, or if the patching is eating your processor, you could always stop either one of those processes and let it finish after you are done playing.
Update:
Zarhym has posted a FAQ on the new launcher, you can read all about it after the break!
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Win an Alienware Laptop: City of Heroes Sweepstakes on ZAM
I don't know if any of you guys play
City of Heroes
, but in honor of their new expansion, ZAM is running a contest right now with some pretty awesome stuff to give away.
We've got a Dell Alienware M11X Laptop, a Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse, a pair of Gunnar Optiks gaming glasses, and an actual plaque celebrating the achievements of your CoH character!
If you want to sign up, just hop on over to their sweepstakes page here:
http://www.zam.com/contests/goingrogue.html
If you're a CoH fan, they also have a pretty amusing character quiz here:
http://www.zam.com/quizes/determineyourdestiny.html
Good luck!
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The Weekly Marmot - The Cataclysm Healing Game (Part 1)
This week, in the first of a two-part series, I begin a discussion about the changes to the way health and healing works in Cataclysm. To start, I take a little trip down memory lane to how healing worked in The Burning Crusade, as well as WoW Classic.
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