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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
Comments 4418 Comments
  1. Purgingomen's Avatar
    I would love for the backpack to have more slots !!!
  1. mmoc34275c2028's Avatar
    Actually there is something very important with the level cap getting higher. After hitting max. level with a character in a realm, it would be really cool to get alts instantly level 20, so we wouldn't have to run all the azeroth while levelling. Like DK's, but lvl 55-58 are not that necessary too...
    Yes, heirlooms help a lot with it but still, options are limited and after 2-3 levelling experience it gets boring to do all low-level quests.

    There could be some connections too, for example if your max. level character is a mage; your alt warlock would be instantly lvl 20. Same goes for priest/paladin, there are lorewise -familiar- classes to each other; so it would kinda make sense.

    When there are 100 levels to hit with an alt, I find it highly absurd to "run" all the way through... Riding would make much more sense.
  1. GhstBearX's Avatar
    on the 6th day of christmas, mmo gave to me...

    i could really go for a cleaner and more centralized tabard vendor in home cities so that you can get any tabard that you have run acrossed back. as it is now, there's a vendor option for some and a talk to the npc for others. the rest you still have to go to the original vendor or loot.

    also, the brawler's guild shirts REALLY need to be on the cards or rewards vendor. i have all of the card quests, but will not complete them because i don't want to store the shirts myself.
  1. jimiboshog's Avatar
    More giant sharks with lasers :P)
  1. Blacksmoke's Avatar
    Remove the ascendance animation from shamans... Should help with graphical lag as well as reduce the big "CC Me" arrow over your head in pvp
  1. Bethan's Avatar
    Hearthstone client in wow and some kind of outdoor unphased dungeon. Timeless island is already a big step in that direction, but I think it should be possible to still improve on that (especially packs of add, most mob on the island can be pulled one by one).

    Also, some kind of pve scenario/dungeon where two groups of (3-5 ?) players can "compete" to clear as fast as possible, with some way to indirectly interract with the other group (like say, you can pull an extra pack to make one boss in their part of the dungeon harder, or "lure" one of your pack of mob in their part of the instance with some "optional objective"
  1. Perfectdoll's Avatar
    The ability to recolour armour in some manner.
  1. Twistedelmo's Avatar
    10 man Dungeons,

    A secret Cow level (VoA/BH style raid)

    More Seige Style World PVP / BGs
  1. Reveries1's Avatar
    Well my first post didn't have the correct information to actually enter so technically I believe I am only entering once sense I cant edit that post I am posting again.

    I would like to see Multi Class Characters. My Tauren Druid Reveries being able to switch to a paladin and back and such. Of course still having to level my him as a Paladin. I think this would allow me to be even more attached to one character. FFXIV has a something like what I am talking about where your weapon determines your class.

    Thank you,
    Rev
  1. sofos87's Avatar
    1vs1 arena for fun ! or a dueling area wich the battle fatigue doesnt count ! outside orgrimmar of corse something to pass time when waiting for arena/bg qeues
    pet battle pvp ranking

    NERF ROGUES !
  1. Khime's Avatar
    Since they're redoing all the player animations anyway, I'd like to see the Dance Studio actually get implemented.
  1. Flyingmonkey's Avatar
    Different outfit tabs! So you can have a few sets to change on the fly without having to transmog every time you get bored of your set.. Especially for RP people who might want to change their appearance according to their activities more than once every day!
  1. mmoc95d27304b1's Avatar
    I would like to have a different kind of nature to pets, like curious, aggressive, shy, friendly etc. and they behave the way their nature is.
  1. mmoc3ae150791e's Avatar
    Nice pets!

    But if i could make 1 featur to WoD, it would be "Shared Reputation" That would make the game sooo mutch better, imean lets say my main is a DK, and i want to play a rouge, then i need to farm ALL rep op to Exalted one more time, Im a rep fenatic, but dont like to do the same rep twice, But if i want a main i want all rep exalted. SO i hope to god this will come some time! BLIZZ GIVE ME SHAREDREP

    Another thing would be transmog menu, where all low lvl gear go into a menu like mounts so it dosent use bag space, and even futur, make it so if feks. you get a Leather shoulders on your rogue, its also shared with on your druid or monk, "ofc not tier set, but all others" So if you get 1 looking gear, all can use it, if they use that type
  1. Tronski's Avatar
    I want cross-functionality with the mobile armory. I.e. getting a warning beep when a random dungeon/raid group are ready for entering, so I safely can leave my computer to make some food or the likes.
    I'm also hoping for pet battles for mobile devices.
  1. TherionSaysWhat's Avatar
    So many comments
    Few chances of winning loot
    Like 40 man raid
  1. Azeric's Avatar
    Shared reputation levels between characters would be nice. As a previous poster stated, more lock pets would be great.
  1. thevix's Avatar
    I'd like WoD to treat all chars on one account as one entity, cross-faction and cross-realm. Gold and inventory shared (like D3). At least let us mail anything to our cross-faction chars. That would be excellent, as would winning a pet!

    Happy New Year!!
  1. Moridius's Avatar
    I would like to see some sort of social rating system as found in LoL to try and cure the toxicity in the community.
  1. mmoc6342c8b851's Avatar
    Thing i'm looking forward to the most is still garrisons

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