Cataclysm

[Simond]

I can let you know right now that it involves the transfer of object between servers and the manipulating the stats on equipment, and not the altering of any particular thing's appearance. Blizzard hates you.

Hi there! 

[Rokal]

No it hasn't always been that way. Wrath wasn't that way at all. The first level raid was very approachable from the jump, and Ulduar had an entire section of fights that were very doable right when they were released.

Ulduar had the first 2-3 fights that were pretty easy. I'm not sure how you are defining 'easy', but I see PuGs for Firelands that usually down Beth and Shannox, sometimes Rhyolith. The tuning on the first bosses isn't especially demanding.

Really surprised they are finally doing cosmetic armor slots. Not even remotely surprised that 4.3 is the last raid of the expansion, but it's still disappointing.

[Nevermore]

Really surprised they are finally doing cosmetic armor slots.

I'm not.  The Transmogrifier is what they're hoping will stop too many people from jumping over to SWTOR.  Expect 4.3 in November, to coincidentally be released right before SWTOR goes live.

[Hutch]

That, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth from those who didn't. 

Yeah. I'm one of those who peered into my crystal ball, and decided that the chances of Blizzard giving us cosmetic outfits were far outweighed by my inventory needs.

The thing is, I don't so much want to look like any particular set of gear from the past, as much as I want to NOT look like a murloc. Which will hopefully be fixed by the time 4.3 comes out anyway.

That said, I like that they're going to let us do this with weapons.

[Simond]

Handy link: http://www.wowpedia.org/Set_look_alikes

[Lantyssa]

Glad I saved my DK starter set on every DK I've ever made.  Or any other item which I thought cool which I came across.  I wonder if we can transmogrify BoA items.

It won't get me to resub, but at least it'll be there when I do feel like playing again.  The only downside I see is that there are some non-magical sets I'd like to use, too.

[Merusk]

OOh.. I jusst remembered I've got the quest shield that looks like a Captain's Wheel on my pally still.   

[Paelos]

If I was still tanking, I would slap on my BWL buick-door shield and go to town! RAAAAAWR!

[Rokal]

This honestly is a lot of 'end game' content, at least for me. This gives people a real reason to run old raids or 5-mans, and there is also the possibility of achievements for collecting sets now that storage will be less of (or not at all) an issue.

[Ashamanchill]

Sweet. Am I ever glad I saved my Twin's Pact. I always thought it was the most 'feral' looking feral druid weapon.

http://www.wowhead.com/item=47302#screenshots:id=159465

[Ingmar]

The only suit I ever saved was my full set of upgraded Heroism. Which I think you can't get anymore, just the unupgraded Valor suit, so I guess I could be a slightly special snowflake.

EDIT: Apparently you can't even get the Valor suit anymore. DOUBLE snowflake.

[Setanta]

I saved my full "Molten" enhance PvP set on my shaman - can't remember the name but chains and molten sections. I'm glad I did

Sadly, I still have my hunter's T1 and T2 sets from vanilla :S

[Zetor]

Yeah, I have a full tier0.5 set on three of my characters... bling! Too bad the pally set sucks (proto-tier5, yay?) and the warlock set's helm is as ridiculous as ever.

edit: This also reminds me of a guildie who carried a full green iron set (level 20-30ish mail, blacksmith crafted) so he could randomly put it on and 'look awesome' during dungeon runs. 

[Fordel]

There are a few suits I wish I still had and I don't think I can get anymore. My Druid's Arena 1 and 2 suits and their accessories. Not sure if I can still get the Glyphed green 'suit' either anymore.

Decorative armor storage came like 5 years too late for me, oh well  

DiscoPonyStaff will live on though!  


I also like how you can turn a bow into a gun.

[Rokal]

My priest still has full T3 to be the most-special snowflake, but sadly they never fixed the shoulders so that the wing effect didn't look like shit from your own perspective.


I missed this earlier, but found it in a Kotaku inverview:

Finally, Chilton explained a new feature coming with the patch called "Raid Finder". The Raid Finder essentially operates like a dungeon finder, automating the search for fellow players on the hunt for a good raiding party. It will be built into the game's updated user interface when the patch hits, they said.

I guess now raids will need to be balanced around 10 people that do not wish to communicate at all :p

[Merusk]

I also like how you can turn a bow into a gun.

Can you? I thought it was Bow>Bow, gun>gun.  Otherwise you'd be able to do Dagger>sword.

[Nevermore]

I also like how you can turn a bow into a gun.

Can you? I thought it was Bow>Bow, gun>gun.  Otherwise you'd be able to do Dagger>sword.

They said they specifically made an exception for bows, guns and crossbows.  Too bad they didn't include thrown weapons too, so my Rogue could shoot poison arrows. 

[Fordel]

Yea, they said the only exception to no Sword into Hammer is the Bow,Gun,Crossbow thing. Dwarf, Draenei and Elf hunters all rejoice \o/

[Fordel]

What if they just decided to push Deathwing out the door quickly and move on the next expansion that comes out in March?

Wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to move away from the 'Cata Era' as quickly as possible at this point.

"Here's the Brand new expansion, where we undo everything that was wrong with the previous one, please come back!"


There's a bunch of shit that they are either unwilling or unable to fix outside of the expansion overhauls.

[Sjofn]

DOUBLE snowflake.

What does it meeeeean?


So I am pleased at them finally caving on the appearance thing! I already know what I would dress my boy paladin up in, my lady dwarf will take some CONSIDERATION. But I am EXTRA pleased more five mans are coming.

[Evildrider]

So it looks like 4.3 is the last content patch of Cataclysm.  That seems kind of weak.  But I guess with the next expansion supposedly coming in Q2 of 2012 its only logical.  I still think they are gonna bleed subs til then, and maybe only get back 50% of their loss with Mists of Pandaria.

[sinij]

Wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to move away from the 'Cata Era' as quickly as possible at this point.

That would be 6 months ago and dozen firings later. Starting with G "my way or highway" C.

[Simond]

So it looks like 4.3 is the last content patch of Cataclysm.  That seems kind of weak.  But I guess with the next expansion supposedly coming in Q2 of 2012 its only logical.  I still think they are gonna bleed subs til then, and maybe only get back 50% of their loss with Mists of Pandaria.

Wonder what the odds are of someone standing up at Blizzcon and asking "So why was Cataclysm such a fuck-up, anyway?"

And damn it, the lightsaber quest in EPL got removed. 

[Amaron]

This interests me greatly but they've ignored the server problem for too long.  I'm not coming back and paying them 100 dollars to move my expanding character list again.   No amount of "Oh shit that looks fun" can really fix that for me.  With a very large portion of the lost subscribers hitting western servers I had hoped they would address the issue.

[Mattemeo]

Glad I saved my DK starter set on every DK I've ever made.

This.

This.

THIIIIIS

They never made a better looking set of plate armour in my opinion. DKs look amazing right out of the bag. My very first experience rolling one made me wonder why on earth they were so determined to prise me out of it so fast. Even a Gnome DK looks like a badass in it.

[Ingmar]

They never made a better looking set of plate armour in my opinion.

Other than Warrior T8 you mean. 

[Merusk]

OOoh.. I'm going to be one of the few human hunters wielding a Rhok'Delar!!!

Woot.

Fuck.. by this point I might be one of the only hunters with it.  I swore I'd never delete the damn thing and by god I still have it.

[El Gallo]

If it's appearance slots, I'll cry myself to sleep every night thinking about the Nax40 warrior set that I don't have and can never get.

 


Wasn't expecting the armor-type restriction.  I have an extensive collection of cool-looking headgear I've been saving over the years in anticipation of appearance slots, but most of my favorites aren't plate so I can't use them.

  

[Sjofn]

Glad I saved my DK starter set on every DK I've ever made.

This.

This.

THIIIIIS

They never made a better looking set of plate armour in my opinion. DKs look amazing right out of the bag. My very first experience rolling one made me wonder why on earth they were so determined to prise me out of it so fast. Even a Gnome DK looks like a badass in it.

I like the current honor paladin plate set a lot better, personally. I've never been into plate skirts on my female characters, they never look as good to my eye. I think it's because the skirt tapers in on the ladies, which makes it look more like a dress than the kind of armor they're trying to make you think of.

[Mattemeo]

The vast majority of stuff I'd convert will be random greens/blues/purples I've gathered over the years and put together to form a good look. I don't think there's ever been a 'set' my SPriest liked in the slightest, and this of course does nothing to redress my continuing issue with MASSIVE SHOULDERPADS. I'm still going to have to trawl the databanks for the most inoffensive 'pads I can combine with my other Heinz 57 gear.

I just want to look like a Witch. Is that so hard?

[Sjofn]

There are smallish black ones that might work.

[Setanta]

OOoh.. I'm going to be one of the few human hunters wielding a Rhok'Delar!!!

Woot.

Fuck.. by this point I might be one of the only hunters with it.  I swore I'd never delete the damn thing and by god I still have it.

Still got Rhok on my Tauren hunter. Along with the Crossbow of smiting from BWL and Hunruhan's stinger from AQ40 :)

I fought hard for Rhok before they nerfed the epic quest line - hell, I took 5 days off work for those damn spawn timers (and the inevitable griefer).

[Merusk]

The vast majority of stuff I'd convert will be random greens/blues/purples I've gathered over the years and put together to form a good look. I don't think there's ever been a 'set' my SPriest liked in the slightest, and this of course does nothing to redress my continuing issue with MASSIVE SHOULDERPADS. I'm still going to have to trawl the databanks for the most inoffensive 'pads I can combine with my other Heinz 57 gear.

I just want to look like a Witch. Is that so hard?

Nope, it's not.

Hat Wicked Witch's Hat
Robe Black Mageweave Robe
Shoulders Darkcloth Shoulders <of the random>

Ta da, you're a witch.

Skanky Witch: 

Hat Circlet of Prophecy
Chest  Polychromatic Vision Wrap
Legs Black Mageweave leggings
Same Shoulders
Boots Aurora Slippers

[Amaron]

I'm curious how many are now arguing that Shadowmourne and etc should have nerfed drop rate on shards or whatever.

[El Gallo]

I'm curious how many are now arguing that Shadowmourne and etc should have nerfed drop rate on shards or whatever.

According to the thread on SA, you can't use legendary items in the appearance thingie.  Which sucks for my thunderfury.