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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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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
Comments 4418 Comments
  1. Star101's Avatar
    A guild vendor/crafter NPC that is available or unlocked that is able to access the guilds available craftable list.

    Guild members with exalted guild reputation would be able to go to this NPC and use the materials for whichever craftable/enchant they are looking for as currency to this NPC to buy the item or enchant scroll from the vendor. You would have to be exalted rep with guild and the items BoP so it is clearly not something that can be exploited for profit, just guild members using what should be available to them, except for the person who got that rare recipe quit WoW or is rarely online.
  1. Revvlo's Avatar
    Pets pelase
  1. Mika's Avatar
    I would like to be able to have account wide 2nd type of professions. (mostly cooking/fishing/first aid/arch). It would be easier and more useful in the long run. This is also coming from someone who's leveled arch/fishing 5 times.
  1. Kanger's Avatar
    old skill tree
  1. Selarae926's Avatar
    must... try.. to.. get.... things...
  1. Tilamano's Avatar
    Battlepets on the mobile armory would be great!
  1. Delonius's Avatar
    i WANT TO WIN A PET.

    WoD SHOULD HAVE CROSS FACTION GROUPING FOR OLD RAIDS.
  1. Crim IRL's Avatar
    I really want to see a restructuring of professions. Allow two Primary professions and one Gathering profession per character.

    This would solve the issue of new players choosing two gathering professions without knowing it is not optimal, and would also allow each character to farm a type of raw material.
  1. Youarefired's Avatar
    More info on scaling and how it affects old raids and dungeons.
  1. blaqkmagick's Avatar
    I would like to see a new 40 man BG that isn't completely horrible. If it could have that old Azshara aesthetic like Azshara crater had that would be awesome.
  1. Ravenwylde's Avatar
    I would love to see at least the old school reps be shared account-wide. I can see why Blizz doesn't want current reps to be this way, but sharing the old ones would be a bonus for those of us who have switched mains throughout play.

    Also, a revamp to void storage would be nice. With unique things not being allowed in, and now with the new xpac we won't need it for our xmog stuff, it will be pretty useless. I would love to be able to put my Holiday items in there and get them out of my bank.
  1. Lexia's Avatar
    Dance Studio, duh.

  1. Corleggy's Avatar
    In depth player housing, other games have very nice systems for housing that I would love to see used for WoW.
  1. spydreman's Avatar
    Definitely include pet battles on the mobile armory... I need something to amuse me while at work away from WoW!
  1. dragonz's Avatar
    Player level downscaling to run older content with lowbies
  1. Sacberr's Avatar
    More class/race quests or specific content. During the druid quest to get epic flightform in tbc was amazing. I want that feel make and also all classes should have it
  1. Pump's Avatar
    Playable sub races e.g. Fel Orcs.
  1. Graf Knebel's Avatar
    Id like to see armored shapeshift forms on druids site, that shows my druids armor. There r so nice transmog skins, but i cant see any difference when shapeshifted. Meow!
  1. jinreeko's Avatar
    I would love to see some AH and trade chat functionality from the garrison. I know this would essentially kill the new caps, but you can already mess with teh AH on your phone, so what's the real difference? I would love to spend most of my offtime watching my recruited minions milling about my garrison while still able to do business.
  1. mmocd8a3db3928's Avatar
    All 3 farming jobs on one character

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