25v25 Rated BG Bracket gone, Raid Markers, Gamon, Blue Posts

Originally Posted by mezmir

Make my rogue t11 look more like al-akir and ill complain less, his shoulders remind me of a glowy bloodfang.

Exactly my thought. I also like the head much more although it's basically the same concept. May be because it looks a lot cleaner.

Originally Posted by Darknight587

I guess I'm behind the times, so who is Gamon and why does it matter that people kill him?

Heathen! But seriously, he's an NPC in Org for the Rogue pickpocket quest. So that he functioned properly for the quest he had to be made neutral (since you can't pickpocket friendlies)...which led to him being killed on sight any chance anyone got. And then the "poor Gamon" memes flowed...he probably has died more than any other NPC...

Also for bonus points, you could kite him to the Caverns of Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvwyc...eature=related

Gamon getting a buff was inevitable, I mean look at him, he is always getting ganked haha
Also he hit you for what, 150k damage? That's an over buff lol

Seems to be pretty tough to get on Gamon now as the combat log indicates a character with about 46k HP who merely crit Gamon with 18(!) points of damage.
Must have a truckload of invisible armor.

Also according to Wowhead the lvl10 Rogue quest, which involves pick pocketing Gamon to obtain a key is still around in Cataclysm.
I'll say a prayer for each new rogue who tries to pick on a lvl 85 Elite in the tavern and get wtfpwned!

God, now I got a looney toon-esque comic strip stuck in my mind, where a pissed off Gamon turns around to see a pale faced rogue with big eyes and narrow pupils, realizing his inevitable fate eating a forceful punch shortly after.

After much though and deliberation

At least they put much THOUGH into it, though. who would have though they would do that, though?

OMG GAMON got buffed!!! XD

Originally Posted by Sensa

if those raid markers can be deployed in the manner shown in the clip, not bound to npc's, how is that different than the add-on Blizz banned because it allowed group to down dumb the content by drawing on the 3d world and indicating where to stand etc to avoid fight mechanics?

and seriously, with all the aoe spells now, both boss effects and player effects, does anyone think adding more colors on top of more colors is actually a good thing?

Well, I don't think they had a problem with marking for places to stand pre-fight, you can do that now anyway with flares, Demonic Circles, Elune Stones et cetera. I think they had problems with the mod because it did it automatically, live, reacting to what was happening on the fly.

Originally Posted by carebear

Agreed.

It'd be nice to see how the new raid markers work on targets too, as a tank it's always annoying to have to tell people which target to kill even though there's a skull above their head. Now we can say 'OMG CANT YOU SEE THAT HUGE GLOWY BOUNCING SKULL!?' instead.

Err from the video it's show as a static marker, you know in place of the current smoke flares... There's nothing to show this is the same for on npc's

Gamon has been pushed around long enough. :T

...On that note, newly made Death Knights are going to need to run. Fast.

I could be mistaken here, but did Gamon just became the hardest hitting non-boss creature in the game ? O.O

P.S. As far as I know the Whaleshark is a ?? level.

Killer update post. Love the new fan art, dig the flight form model for Worgen, and I'm loving the new raid markers. Though I must ask...where is our moon and nipple markers?! I feel incomplete without the option of having them as well...

I see it coming...
alliance raids OG.
Priest mindcontrols Gamon
Gamon rapes everyone.
gg.
or..otherwise round: horde priest mindcontrols gamon and raiding OG is impossible.
you could also call it "Battle for Gamon"

I'm a bit confused - As for the raid markers can you still put them on a specific target and it'll make them glow etc.
Because in the video it seemed he was placing them like how flares work...

Some clarification on that would be appreciated ^^

I really like the new fanarts. Also the Orc carrying the wounded troll is awesome.

Originally Posted by Kaeyoss

So...Gamon vs Saurfang. Who would win?

Saurfang wins no doubt. Saurfang have moaaarr abilities and frenzy.

Originally Posted by Velasco

Seems to be pretty tough to get on Gamon now as the combat log indicates a character with about 46k HP who merely crit Gamon with 18(!) points of damage.
Must have a truckload of invisible armor.

Actually, he doesn't. The char who hit him was certainly naked (which is why it had relatively low hp) and without weapons (hence the "low" damage), which accounts for the massive damage suffered (zero armor - litterally, since you no longer get any from AGI)

Gamon will surely kick your ass. Gotta remember to stay away from him when I attack Ogrimmar as alliance, he could wipe a raid quickly!

I three manned Gamon yesterday - the shaman filmed it (youtube.com/watch?v=-X2K43SyCK8). I'm the resto druid Zantiju, busy being shocked at how hard he hits ... something like 34k on mail. He three shot that shaman, four shot a feral druid.

Accidentally right-clicking him just got a lot more painful.

redtext: Now no one will have any excuse in saying "I didn't see which one was skull!" or "I didn't know moon was for sheep I couldn't see/didn't notice the marker!".

Worgen druid flight form? Kinda makes me jealous. The worgen druid forms overall display a higher quality of concept/execution.

Originally Posted by Taloth

Gamon, I AM SO FRICKEN SORRY FOR I KILLED YOU YESTERDAY, NO HARD FEELINGS, MMMKAY?

This was my first thought then I thought so he got to 85 by sitting in a corner for 6 years?

Anyone know how these actually work with targets? Because doesn't matter how pretty they are, it would be a MASSIVE nerf (i.e. a removal of actual raid markers effectively), if you could not select a target and it automatically marks the target without having to do anything else.

If you can no longer do this because you are forced to place a highlighting circle, then raid icons just become glorified flares with no way of marking a moving target or adding marks in a macro or addon. You can bet your ass geeks will be lining up to do everything in their power to find a way to put back the original function.

Anyone on beta know how these raid icons actually work with targets, please? It's quite important since at the moment there is no way to duplicate this functionality via addons without breaking Blizzard's rules on addons, afaik.