Armor Penetration – Why does it exist?
Armor penetration was first introduced through PvE content, and no earlier than Zul’Aman if memory serves. Its actual value when compared to other stats has always been tricky to pinpoint, due to being proportionally better the lower the armor of a target is and how much of it you [...]
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Please Fix Plate Itemization
This is in regard to itemization of physicalDPS-oriented armor from raids in the Burning Crusade, why it was flawed, and what can be done to fix the disparity.
What disparity, you ask? Well, if you’ve ever wondered why warriors tend to wear Mail or Leather over Plate a lot of the [...]
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Screenshot Folder
Assumptions.
1. Your OS is Windows Vista
2. Your beta client is installed in the Program Files folder
If the above is true, you need to look at the link below, as Vista does not allow applications to write to the Program Files folder during regular use. This is in place to nudge [...]
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Screenshot Folder
Assumptions.
1. Your OS is Windows Vista
2. Your beta client is installed in the Program Files folder
If the above is true, you need to look at the link below, as Vista does not allow applications to write to the Program Files folder during regular use. This is in place to nudge [...]
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Health Concern – Carpal Tunnel / Hand Pain
I have a large concern with where the game is headed due to Spell Haste and the need to mash specific keys up to 150 times a minute to maintain a proper rotation. I currently have been suffering from pain on my fingers from having to cast [...]
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Ret to be nerfed “to the ground”
Now Ret pallies, don’t panic. Ghostcrawler was joking in that quote, but it was too good not to use for a headline. As most people have figured out by now, Retribution’s damage post-patch, especially in PvP, is a little overpowered. GC says that Blizz is worried specifically about the [...]
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Christie Golden talks about Arthas, Rise of the Lich King
Our friend Medievaldragon (of Blizzplanet, who’s now posting occasionally over on World of War) got a chance to talk to author Christie Golden at BlizzCon last weekend. She’s working on a book about Arthas (which has a title now: “Rise of the Lich King”), and she [...]
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Is ‘Spirit’ too Complicated
“Spirit increases health regeneration while not in combat and mana regeneration while not casting.”
(1) If I am injured and I am in combat, Spirit regeneration ceases and I cannot recover health without outside aid (bandage, heal, etc).
(2) If I chain cast spells, Spirit regeneration ceases and I cannot recover mana [...]
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Early impressions: Your thoughts?
I’ve been busily filling out QUESTionnaires as I complete each quest, but I thought a more fleshed-out post might be valuable for the developers.
Some quick background: I’ve been playing WoW since the stress test beta. I’ve got 3 70’s and working on my 4th. At various points I’ve gotten very, very [...]
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See the WoW Insider Show live at BlizzCon on Friday night
Not only will WoW Insider be at BlizzCon all weekend, and not only will you get a chance to meet-and-greet with us on Thursday night at The Lost Bar, but this is the first BlizzCon in the life of our podcast, the WoW Insider Show, [...]
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