Mists of Pandaria

[Sjofn]

Beam boss was the last boss of the dungeon, so you could only skip him if you didn't feel like completing the dungeon and getting your LFD rewards.

Beam boss is like ... the second boss? The last boss is that ethereal dude. The skippable boss is the core hound mom.


EDIT: Whoops, someone told you already. Well, whatever.

[Lantyssa]

Is it odd that myself with 3 level 85 characters, who runs heroics on all 3 has run Halls of Origination over 40 times, and Grim Batol only once? Yes, I have only done grim batol one time.

Granted I only had a month of play, but I never saw Stonecore except to walk inside the instance to unlock it.  Oh, but it loved queuing me for Grim Batol as a tank when I could barely squeeze into heroics.

[Ingmar]

She's not skippable - Raz won't clear the bridge of dragon dudes after her unless she's dead.

[Ingmar]

For the paladins complaining that they have to do things like choose between Repentance and the stun:

Ghostcrawler: Harvest of Life upgrades Drain Life (Drain Life turns into Harvest, which is a mechanic we use for several spells such as Strangulate -> Asphyxiate and HoJ -> Fist of Justice). Soul Harvest is being removed, but shards passively regen outside of combat or can Drain Soul in combat to replace them. Mortal Coil is the new Death Coil.

So you're not losing HoJ. There are almost certainly a lot of other similar things that we are unjustly freaking out about because we don't have the context yet of the core/spec abilities in the new system.

[Malakili]

[Nevermore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyDbfCbQnH8

[Evildrider]

I could really care less about the Pandas, I'm done with WoW when SWTOR comes out anyway.  The thing that would have drove me away anyway, is the talent revamp.
I'm tired of having that crap change every expansion. 

[Margalis]

In the next expansion they should add the Smurfs, then you can post that picture again.

If you didn't complain about Panda Bears then clearly you can't complain about Smurfs! That ship has sailed!

[Fordel]

Have you seen Gnomes?

[Lantyssa]

Unfortunately.

[Margalis]

Gnomes are just small people, not small blue people who live in mushrooms and all Smurf the same chick.

[Fordel]

So you haven't seen gnomes then. 

[Ingmar]

Gnomes aren't blue, but Smurfs don't have pink hair, so I'm going to call it a wash.

[Simond]

Gnomes are just small people, not small blue people who live in mushrooms and all Smurf the same chick.

http://www.wowhead.com/faction=970/sporeggar
 

[Fordel]

I totally forgot about those little guys, even after I farmed their damn rep up to exalted too.


"HAAALP, THEY'RE EATING USSSS!  "

[Sheepherder]

Gnomes aren't blue, but Smurfs don't have pink hair, so I'm going to call it a wash.

They're also not furry.

[Sheepherder]

RE: Talents

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Burning King 6.0.1 Patch Notes:

Talents:

- We have divided talents into major and prime talents, because we still don't get fucking simple shit like the fact that decreasing the total number of talent points available increases the marginal value of each talent point.

[Azazel]

So anyway.. what are the current subscription options and prices for WoW?   

[Merusk]

Monthly @ 14.99
3 month @ 13.99 - $41.97
6 month @ 12.99 - $77.94

The "Buy a year" deal has to be signed-up for at one of those rates of your choosing.

[Rokal]

A couple people pointed out that game time cards work for the deal too. That means, if you can find something like the 'buy two get one' deal Target was doing a week or two ago, it's the cheapest way to do the yearly sub.

[SurfD]

It's not really so much as "Buy A Year" but "Commit to a 1 year contract".   Basicly, if you even remotely think you are going to be playing WoW for one more year, just lock yourself into the 1 year contract (pay for a year in whatever payment plan you feel like), and get Diablo III for free.

[Azazel]

Hm, I havent played WoW in quite awhile, but I always enjoy it when I go back. Usually I last about 3 months before losing interest though. Free D3 seems like it might be worth the extra sub time, though - particularly given how much it's likely to cost. And of course, I'll have WoW time for the cost of the D3.

Basically, I was planning to sub to WoW for about 4 months anytime now (via timecards), I'd be buying D3 anyway, and I like vanity mounts... 

[Merusk]

Huh. You do come out at about a wash with that logic, provided you aren't planning on buying one of the D3 CE packs.

3month sub + 1 month + D3 = 41.97 + 14.99 + ~60 = 121.96
(2) * 6 month = $155.88

A $34 difference but I suppose that's not too much if you're after both.

[Azazel]

Well, they "value" a D3 CE Key as worth 4 months to your sub as well in their deal. How much is a CE likely to run? EB Australia is doing preorders for $148, so I assume around the $70 mark for the rest of the world? - that's $60 worth of sub time based on the monthly fee.. so it's +$20ish for the D3CE ...which sadly is also tempting. Damn these smart bunnies.

[Merusk]

I remember paying $75USD for the WC3 CE back in the day.  The WOW CEs were all ~$80 and I believe SC2 was as well.

[Ingmar]

The D3 CE is $99.99 here I believe.

[Rendakor]

SC2's CE was also $99.99.

[Azazel]

The D3 CE is $99.99 here I believe.

...making it the same price as the regular here. I'll see what the UK sites have it for before I decide which way to go with it. I do like a nice art book, though.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Monk tanks will choose between using two different types of mechanics through Dark and Light. For example, Dark may be an absorption shield which is larger depending on how many Force you consume. And Light may be increased avoidance. You can build up and store Dark for a big shield when you need it, or if you don't really need much self-survivability you then you can just spend your Dark Force on DPS instead.
The Brewmaster also has drinks as short-term buffs, which restore Light or Dark Force, Chi etc.

snipped from a blue post, is blizzard trolling swtor?

[Merusk]

I await the Lucasarts C&D for use of Dark and Light Force.

Or did they lose that one.. I can't keep track of all their IP suits anymore.

[Nevermore]

As a Monk you can heal competitively without ever having to target a friendly player.

Sold!

Well, sold if I had any intention of getting MoP, which is looking unlikely at the moment.

[Simond]

Monk tanks will choose between using two different types of mechanics through Dark and Light. For example, Dark may be an absorption shield which is larger depending on how many Force you consume. And Light may be increased avoidance. You can build up and store Dark for a big shield when you need it, or if you don't really need much self-survivability you then you can just spend your Dark Force on DPS instead.
The Brewmaster also has drinks as short-term buffs, which restore Light or Dark Force, Chi etc.

snipped from a blue post, is blizzard trolling swtor?

Yes, George Lucas totally invented the entire concept of a counterbalancing light side and a dark side of natural energies and totally didn't steal it wholesale from Asian culture or anything. Also he never saw Hidden Fortress.

[Fordel]

 http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/talent-calculator

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2563-Mists-of-Pandaria-Talent-Calculator-Now-Available-New-Skills-Discovered!



New Spells and Talents and shit.

[SurfD]

Symbiosis just gave my druid a hardon.  Should be interesting to see what abilities you get from each class.

[Wolf]

I think all of the 87 stuff will be pretty broken. Look at the mage one. Arcane mage with double CDs