TCG Pets Giveaway - Day 2, Blue Tweets, Fan Art

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TCG Pets Giveaway - Day #2
WoWTCGLoot was nice enough to send us some things to give away again this year, so a big thanks to them! After yesterday's post on pet collection stats, let's give away some more pets and one month Curse Premium codes.

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  • Enter once by replying to this news post and telling us what feature you would like to see in Warlords of Draenor that was not announced at Blizzcon.
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  • Entering more than once per contest thread is useless and will get you disqualified. There will be no 2nd chance for people posting more than one comment in this thread, you have been warned. (We will also of course check for double accounts, etc)
  • You have until Monday December 30th @ 11:59 PM EST to enter the contest. After that time this thread will be closed and winners will be selected randomly.


Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Warlords of Draenor Stats
Minor example is ratio of ambush bonus dmg to backstab bonus dmg is constant at all levels, but backstab scales better with gear
You'd find that all of the base damage on spells/abilities stays in constant ratios at all levels, for a given class, BTW. (Source)
And that's the problem. For a lvl 30 with 150 SP, this increases Wrath by 138% but Healing Touch by just 28%
Heals had higher base healing to make up for players having base health. However, that didn't line up and scale perfectly. (Source)
In WoD, there will be no more base health, or base damage/healing on spells, so it's all just scaling; can line up. (Source)
So whats this going to do to dmg and healing at low lvls if you don't have heirlooms you won't have much stats.
There are still base stats. (Source)
Is there going to be a base amount of the new secondaries? like even with 0 crit rating u still crit
No. You still crit with 0 crit rating because you have 5% base crit, and crit from agi/int. (Source)
More similar to haste, where there is no base amount of haste. (Source)

Does no Dodge/Parry on gear mean Strength -> Parry and Agility -> Dodge are being removed as well?
Nope, those remain. (Source)

Now that we have 3 new secondary stats (Amplify, etc.). How many of these stats will we see on a single piece of gear? Still 2?
Still typically 2 secondary stats on most gear. May be exceptions, as always, but vast majority of the time, 2. (Source)

Will melee abilities still be affected by Weapon damage. Or are those abilities now only scaled by AP?
Yes, weapon damage will still be a thing. (Source)

If this means all dmg spells and heals will scale with primary stat, this is a good thing although simplifies gear
Typically Attack Power or Spell Power, which mostly come from your primary stat. (Source)

would be nice for weapons to means as much to casters a physical.
Somewhat ironically, weapons are actually *more* important for some casters, than some melees. SP bonus is huge. (Source)

sorry if this is a repeat question but if I gem say spirit then trade to dps or tank does that gem change too eg haste for dps ?
No, only primaries on armor slots switch. (Source)
sorry im more asking for the gem side the fact that say pally chest has a gem socket do I have to swap it everytime swap spec ?
Sorry, not sure I understand the question. If you put a Spirit gem in a socket, it provides no value if you respec to Feral. (Source)
ok thank you that means if I have a gem socket armor piece when swap to my off spec I either need new gear or a different gem
To min-max, yes. However, remember that a different item of the same ilvl likely won't have the gem socket; sockets are free. (Source)

Will Cleave on gear mean CC'd mobs have to be moved to Uzbekistan to avoid sheep-busting?
No. Cleave won't hit CC'd or mobs, or mobs you aren't in combat with. (Source)

Does it mean won't be useful or won't be optimal? Is this applying to PVP too?
Spirit will have zero value for non-healers, including in PvP. (Source)

In WoD, does the baseline yellow attack hit cap include attacks against targets that are higher than 3 levels above you?
Yes. (Source)
Does that also mean a lvl 1 character will have 100% hit chance against a level 100 character or mobs? aoe questing inc
No. Just up to +3 levels, then you start missing again. Similar to how Crushing Blows still exist now. (Source)

PvP
I've had a question about PvP. Why is there a gear req? Why isn't it stats-agnostic, to make the game 100% skill-dependent? Thanks!
WoW is a character driven game where you participate in different activities for rewards. PvP is one of those activities. (Source)
I know that very well I would just love an option at some point in time for pure stat-agnostic, skill-based pvp.
http://wowpedia.org/Trial_of_the_Gladiator (Source)

Also, kudos for taking out expertise and hit. Step in the right direction! Still, I wish all radials were disabled in PvP though!
While there may be a place for a game with WoW gameplay and no stats/gear, WoW is not that game. WoW is an RPG. (Source)
Why not poll the PvP population and see what they’d think of a permanent Trial-of-the-Champions play style?
Polling the population is not how we design games. Personally, I'd find it pretty unrewarding. I like getting gear. (Source)

Crafted pvp gear feels a bit gated. Not many want to use daily cd on making 476/458 gear. Maybe lower mats over time?
We don't like the starter gear coming from crafting. Exploring the idea of BoE starter gear coming from battleground wins. (Source)
OMFG BoE PvP starter gear?! If it's BoA I will make you a(nother) million cookies (BoE is still awesome though!)
I can see your point but I think BoA might be worse in this case. (Source)

What other steps would be in there to keep those first few BG experiences from being even more brutal to new folk?
I think a lot of the UI changes we're making are in support that goal (Source)

Misc
And you are the next Ghostcrawler ?
Nah, I just work on flavor/feels things like Headless Horsemen & Darkmoon Faires & zombie plagues & pets & toys & so on. (Source)
You're my friggin hero for trolling people about Kara so damn hard.
Just wait until Heroic Zul'Farrak gets data mined. (Source)

Fan Art
Some more nice fan art today!

This article was originally published in forum thread: TCG Pets Giveaway - Day 2, Blue Tweets, Fan Art started by chaud View original post
Published on 2013-12-28 07:45 AM
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  1. henway's Avatar
    The return of Defense cap! Jk. How about new /dance animations!
  1. mmoc0051233853's Avatar
    More class/race combos, Orc Priests, Gnome Paladins, maybe some Draenor Orcs are able to be Druids?
  1. FeralSynapse's Avatar
    Remove "Character" cap of 11 from realms. Please let it be 50 wherever you want to put them.
  1. melliandre's Avatar
    Demon hunters
  1. Rockdwg's Avatar
    just a couple of Suggestions, Make garrisons account bound, rep account wide, and Let Garrisons have different styles, examples dwarven style, Tauren style, or maybe even a pandaren style for buildings.
  1. Shinz's Avatar
    Hmm, what feature do i want to see that was not introduced in blizzcon? Well, i would like to see an end expansion class quest that allows the class to be upgraded to the higher tier of class, IE druid becomes arch druid, mages become bloodmages (I think) something along those lines. I know this was not stated as required but i am from the US.
  1. Flaric's Avatar
    Either something like a Transmog only storage, or sub race graphics.
  1. mmocff7ca04dcb's Avatar
    i'd like to see a way to communicate with your oponent when doing pvp pet battles.

    Good luck all!
  1. Manswaggle's Avatar
    Having the option to solo scaled-level dungeons, like going through DM as a level 95/100 and having a side challenge to for fun. Armor wardrobes would be great for those of us who /-horde-/ transmog sets.
  1. caspeRle's Avatar
    tabard list like pets and mounts. cant be that hard
  1. mmoc2c3d810380's Avatar
    WoW dance studio
  1. Baff's Avatar
    Weekly scavenger hunt contests.
  1. Potassiumgluconate's Avatar
    I'd really like to see a major update in both Major and Minor Professions. Right now professions feel completely optional and few of the perks of professions are valued. I'd like to see First Aid become upgraded to the point of being the most difficult profession to level, with the end result being that someone could off-heal with first aid. I'd like to see Archaeology become used to discover previously inaccessible mounts, pets, recipes, and gear.

    Every professions should give a passive or active spell at max level (except engineering since that's full of spells already)
  1. Moondrala's Avatar
    I'd like to see an awesome mount reward for the next "mountain o' mounts" achievement.
  1. Dednsyde's Avatar
    What I would love to see in the next Xpac is being a Centaur race. I have always wanted to be a Centaur!!!!
  1. x91's Avatar
    I would like to see account-wide access to bags and professions.
  1. permanub's Avatar
    It would be awesome to see a new class implemented in the game come release of WoD!
  1. mmoc9542d8ecf1's Avatar
    I would like to finally see pvp balanced which most likely will never happen becaouse blizzard seems to dont care... BUT blizzard can make Gladiator (and other title achievements) class specific, instead of 0.5% of all ladder players, it could be 0.5% of each of the class.. people would stop stacking TOP classes (like in this tier mages/warriors/resto druids) and play class they like and they're the best at..

    GIVE ME PET! especially Purple Puffer would be awesome!
  1. magnusXcaboose's Avatar
    I'd be really happy to see a "mail waiting" feature on the log-in screen. Just a tiny envelope next to your character's name, indicating that they have mail.
    In addition, I'd also like for there to be an account-wide section of the Garrison, whether it be the entire thing, or simply a place that your alts can hang out, and you can interact with them to use their professions / lockpicking.
  1. Verdash's Avatar
    Hunter Pet "Talent" tree, instead of using pet family abilities, so hunters are not forced into to using a specific pet based on the situation.

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