Challenge Mode Items and Tier 17 Armor Sets, Blue Tweets, Hotfixes, Azerorth Choppers

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Warlords of Draenor - Build 18297 Challenge Mode Items
Warlords of Draenor will reward players with nice animated challenge mode weapons and shields. Several new items were added in the latest Alpha build.







Warlords of Draenor - Build 18297 Tier 17 Armor Sets
The latest Alpha build added many new Tier 17 Armor sets. Higher quality previews are coming soon!

Paladin Tier 17 - Mythic


Warrior Tier 17


Rogue Tier 17


Shaman Tier 17


Monk Tier 17


Mage Tier 17



Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Classes
Asking again b/c you said it's okay: Is the goal of Resolve to keep defensive & healing abilities exactly as strong as now?
I wouldn't say the same as 'now' (meaning live). Tank AM *gameplay* is awesome, but its *effectiveness* is too strong on live. (Celestalon)
And yes, those things are quite connected. We just want to skew toward tanks needing more external healing than they do today. (Celestalon)

Hunter (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)
Shame about no Dread Raven, because those are the coolest birds I've seen in WoW. At least we know Chimeras maybe? How come maybe?
Lots of new stuff in Draenor (ravager, bat, boar, etc.), some things might warrant a cool quest/drop (like dinomancy/rhok'delar) (Muffinus)

Since you're talking about hunter pets a bit, PLEASE tell me we can tame talbuks! You'll make my day! Week even!
Not at the moment, open to the idea but it's a snowball of ungulates. Ungulate is an awful name for a family too. (Muffinus)

Will MM Hunters be losing Master Marksman? If not, how will it interact with Focusing Shot?
No, Master Marksman stays, and does interact with Focusing Shot. (Celestalon)

Monk (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)
Second: Why not allow Surging Mist to generate 1 Chi for Windwalker? Serious question. I understand why not for Brewmaster.
It's definitely less clear for WW than BM, as you say. It's something we're considering, but not sure. Generating 1 may be OK, ... (Celestalon)
...because that's still a significant loss compared to the 2 chi from Jab. We're still evaluating that. (Celestalon)

Finally: Will Fists of Fury's AP snapshotting stay? It doesn't snapshot TeB, which makes it weird, so that's why I'm asking.
Don't think so; I think it's going to be totally dynamic. (Celestalon)

Why do Healing Spheres still exist as an object? Mobility is being tuned down in WoD making picking them up even more punitive.
You still get the healing even if they're not picked up, making them not punitive. (Celestalon)

Paladin (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)
Holy Shield Update? When i saw it in vanilla, as a d2 fan i was so happy! Can't wait for its glorious (and useful) return!
We actually were running the numbers and found that at 10%, it's not really that far off of our targets. (Celestalon)
So then is gladiator stance over tuned? 10% block=3% phys damage reduction. How does that compare vs 5% total damage reduction?
10% block is >3% damage reduction. (Not that we necessarily balance Pally talents vs Warrior talents, but these should be similar.) (Celestalon)

Character / Items
will 4/4 upgraded legendary cloaks proc more often?
Nope. Lots of stats though. (WatcherDev)

why was the choice made to display tooltips for CDR trinks as 'cooldown recovery rate'? very unintuitive for the players.
We actually show both forms of it in 6.0, for that reason. (Celestalon)

why not have multi gear equip slots for multi specs(resto/dps/tank) that is going to save a lot of bag space?
We're making changes to make most gear sharable between specs, including cross-primarystat. Check out the patch notes. (Celestalon)
I'm not sure if this was shared anywhere, but is it intended that tier gear still remains unique and spec specific?
No, tier gear is shared across specs too. (Celestalon)

Since valor is being removed. How is the system going to adjust so very unlucky people get gear? coins don't help very unlucky
Just because there's no "valor" doesn't mean there won't be alternate sources of gear, including vendors. (WatcherDev)

Achievements
So much for Bigger Bag not being able to be account wide eh?No seriously. THANK YOU.
There were technical hurdles, but they were worth clearing to solve a major point of frustration for players. (WatcherDev)

Warlords of Draenor Stats
Will the MS stat work on bleeds the same way it works on dot ticks/ignite ticks, double the tick but not the whole dot debuff?
Yes. (Celestalon)

Patch 5.4.8 Hotfixes - May 21
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Battlegrounds and Arenas
  • Resolved an issue where the Rated Battleground flag carrier debuff functioned incorrectly. Characters in a Tanking specialization should now correctly take 50% additional damage while carrying a flag in a Rated Battleground.

Items

Bug Fixes
  • Resolved an issue where Feats of Strength for Collector's Edition: Dread Raven and Collector’s Edition: Dread Hatchling were not being correctly awarded to players.
  • Resolved an issue where players transitioning from Eastern Plaguelands into Ghostlands while on certain flying mounts would be unable to resummon the mount until the they relog back in.

Rated Battleground Flag Carrier Hotfixes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve recently identified an issue that was causing the Rated Battleground flag carrier debuff to function incorrectly. Under normal circumstances, non-tank flag carriers in Warsong Gulch and Twin Peaks should take 20% additional damage, and tank-specced flag carriers should take 50% additional damage. Currently, that debuff is only increasing damage to tank-specced players by 20%. We’re in the process of applying a hotfix that will, once again, cause tank-specced players to take 50% increased damage when carrying the flag. This hotfix will be applied as soon as possible, and will not require realm restarts to activate.

In addition, we’re working on expanding that functionality to orb carriers in Rated Temple of Kotmogu, and cart carriers in Rated Deepwind Gorge. In Temple of Kotmogu, we’ll be increasing the extra damage taken while carrying the orb to 50% if the player has chosen a tank specialization. In Deepwind Gorge, we’ll be applying the same debuff used in Warsong Gulch and Twin Peaks. Cart carriers who have chosen a DPS or healing specialization will take 20% increased damage, while cart carriers who have chosen a tank specialization will take 50% increased damage. These changes will not be applied until next week’s realm maintenance.

These mechanics and changes are exclusive to Rated Battlegrounds. They will not be applied to non-Rated BGs.

One addition: why not EOTS? We can still hold flags there with no debuff.
We don't think the same debuff is the best solution for Eye of the Storm, but we are considering some other potential options. We agree that turtling with the flag doesn't result in the best gameplay.

Azeroth Choppers Episode 6—Now Live!
Episode 6 of Azeroth Choppers has been released, and voting starts next week!


Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)
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This article was originally published in forum thread: Challenge Mode Items and Tier 17 Armor Sets, Blue Tweets, Hotfixes, Azerorth Choppers started by chaud View original post
Published on 2014-05-23 08:19 AM
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  1. Tnfstc's Avatar
    Why can't we have both bikes? Inb4 the one that wins is given to everyone and the other is put on the store.
  1. mmocf8b304d1d8's Avatar
    It has been a while since I just sat there and said out loud this is really good (regarding wow). Weapons look amazing.
  1. Claymore's Avatar
    Those weapons are pretty weak, for CM rewards. None of them look even remotely relevant to a Class, which leads me to believe they'll be generic and usable by all Classes, which will make them completely forgettable.

    Blizzard is really dropping the ball lately...
  1. GalcianBTH's Avatar
    So the warrior set just went down and swapped for a more simplistic one. Meanwhile the Paladin set is labeled as Mythic.....I'm starting to wonder if Mythic will have its own graphics for gear.
  1. thabris's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by powdeh View Post
    Why is the rogue set here different than the version from Adriacraft? hoping this one is correct -- like the head piece much better.
    Does anyone read blue posts/blogs anymore? LFR has it's own generic tier, normal and heroic have their own tier, and mythic have an upgraded version of normal/heroic with more particle effects/procs.

    Also, where's the CM dagger?
  1. TheTaurenOrc's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by thabris; View Post
    Also, where's the CM dagger?
    Given the size of the damn staff and pole arm wouldn't be supplied if it's been mistaken for a sword.
  1. Sindile's Avatar
    Tiers suck...weapons are alright but I love the gun. Kind of wished they went more "Savage" on the tiers.
  1. Kumashy's Avatar
    Best weapons we've seen in WoW in a really long time. Those animations are awesome.
  1. thorvath's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by GalcianBTH View Post
    So the warrior set just went down and swapped for a more simplistic one. Meanwhile the Paladin set is labeled as Mythic.....I'm starting to wonder if Mythic will have its own graphics for gear.
    The normal mode Paladin t17 set was datamined back in April. It's significantly different, no weird light show on the shoulders, it looks very similar to t4 from Kara. After all you don't want those normal mode heroes getting mistaken for 'real' raiders do you?
  1. finskee's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by thorvath View Post
    The normal mode Paladin t17 set was datamined back in April. It's significantly different, no weird light show on the shoulders, it looks very similar to t4 from Kara. After all you don't want those normal mode heroes getting mistaken for 'real' raiders do you?
    Maybe it isn't that at all. Maybe it is because so many people might say something like "after i cruise through lfr, why would I do normal or heroic? It's just the same thing again!" BUT if you put some shiny twerderkly blue effect on the shoulders, suddenly those same people are like OMG WANT. Next day in guild chat they're like "any room on the raid team?"

    I don't know... it all makes sense to me.
  1. mmoc35fba077aa's Avatar
    i'd say a quarter of the weapons look nice, some are just way too big and look shit
    Why can't WoW weapons get the great consistent glowy and detailed look of Diablo weapons :S
  1. chaud's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Fincher View Post
    Wait what was supposed to be the CM Polearm Animation?
    There isn't one yet.
  1. TmrAsakura's Avatar
    that one hand axe and polearm from CM look awesome
  1. jimlow's Avatar
    Speaking as someone who thinks challenge modes are generally stupid and not worth the time investment. I am highly reconsidering that given some of those weapon animations. God damn those look amazing.
  1. finskee's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jimlow View Post
    Speaking as someone who thinks challenge modes are generally stupid and not worth the time investment. I am highly reconsidering that given some of those weapon animations. God damn those look amazing.
    Again, you hear it all the time... "Challenge mode is not my thing I don't like timed dungeons, it doesn't make it more fun." At Blizzard, they saw that and thought... ok, we should try making the rewards better.
  1. SpartanJet's Avatar
    Those are some UGLY items. Glad they are I don't like the whole idea of challenge modes eliminating the gear Ive earned by raiding.
  1. finskee's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by SpartanJet View Post
    Those are some UGLY items. Glad they are I don't like the whole idea of challenge modes eliminating the gear Ive earned by raiding.
    Did you watch the video? The animations on these weapons are arguably all the best animations ever on weapons or shields. All of them. If you don't like those weapons, you reallllllly are looking in the wrong forums. There are lots of video games out there.
  1. SpartanJet's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by finskee View Post
    Did you watch the video? The animations on these weapons are arguably all the best animations ever on weapons or shields. All of them.
    I did some of the effects were cool (the flame on one of the weapons looked very nice) but minus the effects they are stupid looking imho.
  1. finskee's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by SpartanJet View Post
    I did some of the effects were cool (the flame on one of the weapons looked very nice) but minus the effects they are stupid looking imho.
    Minus the effects? That is the best part of all these? The gun firing animation, the 1h sword... it grows bigger and this like axe forms at the end... I mean, these are the type of weapon effects reserved for bosses and lore figures normally. I'm sure I cannot change your opinion, so instead I /facepalm.
  1. Goretex's Avatar
    I didn't like the gun, I won't do CM on my hunter for that gun lol. But the first shield the sword and the polearm looked really good.
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