Blizzcon on Friday, Raid Videos, Loot Update, Blue Posts, Fan Arts

Update - Changed from "Tomorrow" to "Friday" to make all the timezones happy. The last thing I want is half of the world against me and I'd hate to be wrong if Friday never happens there!

Blizzcon 2010 Starts on Friday!
Blizzcon 2010 starts on Friday! As usual you can expect a full coverage on MMO-Champion, including a live blog this year (if everything works as planned!). Apparently blue posters will be more active during the convention and you can probably expect a couple of exciting updates in the next few days!



Friday, October 22
Opening Ceremony - 11:00AM - 11:30AM
Dungeons & Raids Panel - 01:30PM - 02:30PM
Quests & Lore Panel - 03:00PM - 04:00PM
Live Raid - 04:30PM - 05:30PM
Tournament - From 12:00PM to 08:30PM 		Saturday, October 23
Cinematics: Cataclysm - 10:30AM - 11:30AM
World of Warcraft Class Q&A - 12:00PM - 01:00PM
World of Warcraft Open Q&A - 01:30PM - 02:30PM
World of Warcraft Art - 03:00PM - 04:00PM
Tournament - From 10:00AM to 04:30PM




Cataclysm Raid Videos - Atramedes, Maloriak, Ascendant Council
More bosses have been tested on beta realms, today we have videos of Atramedes, Maloriak, and the Ascendant Council!







Cataclysm Raid Loot Update #3
More testing, more loot! I think we have a good idea of what to expect in the first tier of Cataclysm raid instance.

ilvlTypeSpecSlotItem
359BowPhys.DPSRangedThemios the Darkbringer
359MaceMeleeOne-HandMace of Acrid Death
359Off-HandSpell SpiritOff-handScepter of Ice
359ShieldHealOff HandKingdom's Heart
359PlateHealHandsFlash Freeze Gauntlets
359PlateHealHeadGlaciated Helm
359PlateMeleeChestBattleplate of Ancient Kings
359PlateMeleeHandsGravitational Pull
359PlateMeleeHeadDragon Bone Warhelm
359PlateMeleeWaistBelt of Absolute Zero
359PlateTankLegsLegguards of the Unseeing
359MailPhys.DPSChestTunic of Failed Experiments
359MailPhys.DPSFeetBoots of Vertigo
359MailSpellFeetTreads of Flawless Creation
359MailSpellHandsGloves of Cacophony
359LeatherPhys.DPSChestSark of the Unwatched
359LeatherPhys.DPSLegsAberration's Leggings
359LeatherPhys.DPSWaistDispersing Belt
359LeatherSpellHandsHydrolance Gloves
359LeatherSpellHeadHelm of the Blind Seer
359LeatherSpellLegsLeggings of Consuming Flames
359ClothHealChestShadowforge's Lightbound Smock
359ClothHealFeetTreads of Liquid Ice
359ClothHealLegsLegwraps of the Greatest Son
359ClothHealWristBracers of the Burningeye
359ClothSpell DPSShoulderMantle of Roaring Flames
359ClothSpell DPSWaistBelt of Arcane Storms
359CloakPhys.DPSBackCloak of Biting Chill
359NeckMeleeNeckIronstar Amulet
359TrinketHealTrinketJar of Ancient Remedies
359TrinketMeleeTrinketCrushing Weight
359TrinketSpell DPSTrinketBell of Enraging Resonance



BlizzCon 2010: Blues Among You
Originally Posted by Nethaera (Blue Tracker)
For the past few years, you may have noticed Community Team members moderating the various BlizzCon panels. This year, things are a little bit different. Instead of moderating panels, we’ll be providing BlizzCon updates on the forums, Facebook, and Twitter as well as mingling with attendees around the convention center. That’s right, this year we will be among you and look forward to getting meet and talk with you during the convention. If you see one of us, feel free to stop us and say, “Hi”.

Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
AQ Scepter Quest Line Feat of Strength
We don't feel just completing this quest line should give you something permanently unique. The feat of strength is a nod to this epic quest line and for those who worked all the way through it. It isn't as awesome as a title or a legendary and it isn't meant to be.

Also, I guess I'm just a little weird as I often compare feats of strength as I feel those matter more than achievements. (Source)

Talent trees too easy?
I'm not convinced these posts aren't exaggerations popping out in the wake of major change. I've tried choosing specializations for several different classes and had tough, but fun choices to make in every case. There are at least a few talents in each tree which will provide extra flavor or utility according to your play style.

Will people determine the best min/max builds and spread them to the masses? Sure. That happened before patch 4.0.1 anyway. Prior to 4.0.1 you sure did have more talents and more points to spend, but the illusion of choice isn't the same thing as true choice. So many of the choices you had were between rather boring passive talents, and the choice was usually very clear. You usually chose the obvious power-increasing talents to improve your performance. Now your choices are a little more flavorful, and the best route to take is a little more subjective. You also have a greater choice of utility and power in your glyphs, and on your gear via Reforging.

Try taking another look at your old talent trees and let me know if there were truly a lot of very compelling talents that made choosing really hard, or if there were just a bunch more branches to throw points in. Look at the trees today and let me know if there are truly no choices for you to make that might enhance the enjoyment of playing your class. (Source)

Low Level Class Balance
We are going to spend some effort adjusting numbers for 1-80. It's not as big a priority as 85 because frankly, more players care about balance at 85 than they do lower level balance. As some folks have pointed out, inexperienced players almost by definition, don't place a premium on balance, and experienced players tend to not worry about balance much until they're at max level since things are changing so quickly.

Rather than adjusting everything independently, we tend to focus on max level and then work backwards from there. It doesn't help to nerf say rogue damage by 5% from level 1-60 if we then find we also need to nerf it at level 85 and then buff the 1-60 numbers to compensate.

There is some goofy stuff going on at lower level, but we'll get it all straightened out. After spending so much effort revamping the old zones and quests, we don't want the leveling experience to be an odd one. (Source)

Fan Arts
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with 3 new pieces of artwork.


This article was originally published in forum thread: Blizzcon Tomorrow, Raid Videos, Loot Update, Blue Posts, Fan Arts started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2010-10-21 02:25 AM
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  1. thayn33's Avatar
    I don't know if Ghost Crawler walking around unprotected on the floor of Blizzcon is such a good idea. I imagine he will be followed by shouts of "You nerfed my class bastard! "



    Originally Posted by Nethaera (Source)
    For the past few years, you may have noticed Community Team members moderating the various BlizzCon panels. This year, things are a little bit different. Instead of moderating panels, we’ll be providing BlizzCon updates on the forums, Facebook, and Twitter as well as mingling with attendees around the convention center. That’s right, this year we will be among you and look forward to getting meet and talk with you during the convention. If you see one of us, feel free to stop us and say, “Hi”.
  1. weqew's Avatar
    Friday, October 22
    Opening Ceremony - 20:00 - 20:30
    Dungeons & Raids Panel - 23:30 - 00:30
    Quests & Lore Panel - 01:00 - 02:00
    Live Raid - 01:30 - 02:30
    Tournament - From 09:00 to 17:30

    Saturday, October 23
    Cinematics: Cataclysm - 19:30 - 20:30
    World of Warcraft Class Q&A - 21:00 - 22:00
    World of Warcraft Open Q&A - 22:30 - 23:30
    World of Warcraft Art - 01:00 - 02:00
    Tournament - From 19:00 to 02:30

    This should be the correct timetable for Norway/EU Servertime/CEST
  1. Argroth's Avatar
    feats of strength more important than other achievements? I don't think so...

    "Ooo that person dished out $40 extra on an expansion pack, he must be important....", "Oooo that person logged in on a certain week last year, good job....", "ooo that person was in driving distance and had like $200+ to spare/waste for blizzcon and got an extra pet, so talented....", "ooo that person was able to either get someone to make a new account or, most likely, started another account themselves in order to get that recruit a friend mount, he must be a master..."

    While there are a few actual accomplishment feats of strength many of them are actually garbage.
  1. mmoc78cacd9a5d's Avatar
    Crap. So the times are actually US times. Means I wasted my money it seems.

    Does anyone know if we'll be able to watch all of it, streamed from the BlizzCon player, on sunday? Like, as if it were live, except it's just not?
  1. mmoc72ef0eddb5's Avatar
    second movie isnt watchable cause of license rights
  1. _Fire_'s Avatar
    I really like the fanart this time
  1. Schalde's Avatar
    If you order live stream from blizzcon and u cant see it all, any chance too record it og save it so u can see it later??
  1. Muckey's Avatar
    What's up with the Paladin healing in the "Paragon vs Atramedes" video. He's at full mana about the whole damn video. Is it going to be that easy, really? Thought they did a lot of reworking on the mana issue for cata, seems as it didn't work out extremely well?
  1. mmocf558c230a5's Avatar
    If only the in-game humans were as hot as that awesome priestess.
  1. Suwide's Avatar
    Thx, finally a timetable with real times
  1. mordras's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by thayn33 View Post
    I don't know if Ghost Crawler walking around unprotected on the floor of Blizzcon is such a good idea. I imagine he will be followed by shouts of "You nerfed my class bastard! "



    Originally Posted by Nethaera (Source)
    For the past few years, you may have noticed Community Team members moderating the various BlizzCon panels. This year, things are a little bit different. Instead of moderating panels, we’ll be providing BlizzCon updates on the forums, Facebook, and Twitter as well as mingling with attendees around the convention center. That’s right, this year we will be among you and look forward to getting meet and talk with you during the convention. If you see one of us, feel free to stop us and say, “Hi”.
    Ghostcrawler is not a part of the Community Team. The Community Team includes people like Bashiok, Nethaera, Bornakk, etc. GC will likely be on some of the panels and fielding Q&A though.
  1. Lepertum's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sumberg View Post
    Crap. So the times are actually US times. Means I wasted my money it seems.

    Does anyone know if we'll be able to watch all of it, streamed from the BlizzCon player, on sunday? Like, as if it were live, except it's just not?
    I'm afraid you can't, seeing as it's a live stream. They may have changed it without really announcing but last year there was no such option. Times are still pretty decent tho, 20-24 is doable for most ppl without staying up past their bedtime and the ones after that will require a bit of extra effort .
  1. DuoandKat's Avatar
    cant wait for blizzcon gonna be epic and jay will be there lol and got a buddy driving 80 miles just to stay and watch the diablo 3 information
  1. rainslave96's Avatar
    woot blizzcon hell yes woot.
  1. ShadCroly's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Charblaze View Post
    Hahahaha there's a healing shield called "Kingdom's Heart"

    yeahhhh
    KINGDOM'S HEART!!!!

    FILL ME!! WITH THE POWER OF DARKNE- Oh wow. That's some awesome healer stats.
  1. Akhran's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sumberg View Post
    Crap. So the times are actually US times. Means I wasted my money it seems.

    Does anyone know if we'll be able to watch all of it, streamed from the BlizzCon player, on sunday? Like, as if it were live, except it's just not?
    People should not be posting these types of comments. Live means as it's happening. If any of you did not know this then yes, you have wasted your money due to lack of knowledge. If you see anything which says "Live" and you want to know what time in your area that would be simply find out what time zone the "Live" broadcast is in and find a converter to show what time it would be where you live. Also for "like, as if it were live, except it's just not?" I'm sure there will be plenty of videos online available afterwards for those who don't get to watch it live.
  1. Brittany's Avatar
    Wow, Atramedes looks absolutely incredible.

    I've always been a little disappointed by dragon bosses, but this looks like it should with all that fire and general carnage going on. Fire breathing dragons should F stuff up

    ---------- Post added 2010-10-21 at 06:14 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by Muckey View Post
    What's up with the Paladin healing in the "Paragon vs Atramedes" video. He's at full mana about the whole damn video. Is it going to be that easy, really? Thought they did a lot of reworking on the mana issue for cata, seems as it didn't work out extremely well?
    There is a GM there, so maybe they had help, beta isn't final and Paragon aren't really a good example of a normal guild. They probably outgear the instance already and have all the best buffs/syncs, even on beta. Also it's an opening raid so it isn't going to be that hard.
  1. Therec's Avatar
    Atramedes looks amazing. If Paragon is having half their raid die to the normal version of the fight, I can't imagine how hard it will be for the heroic version. I've been very pleased with most of these new boss fights. IMO it's always more satisfying to take down a boss with a lot of mechanics to deal with (i.e. Sindragosa and Putricide HM) than it is just facerolling a tank and spank boss like Saurfang HM.
  1. InDecisive's Avatar
    Just a heads up, I'm pretty sure the Ironstar Amulet is a tanking necklace, not a melee one.
  1. Vindir's Avatar
    As far as the Blizzon streaming goes, last year they had it so you can replay the entire blizzcon (in 10-15 minute segments) for a few days after it ended on the blizzcon live stream website. You had to have purchased the live stream in order to view it, however. I don't see any reason for them to remove this feature
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