Power Auras, Mages TP UI, Howling Oak, Blue Posts

Power Auras / Spell Procs in Cataclysm
The latest build introduced a VERY interesting feature to the game: a built-in PowerAuras. If you are unfamiliar with the mod, it is mostly used to watch and warn players when a spell proc is available and the game clearly reached the point where it's fairly hard (or just annoying) to play at high level without a mod like this.

Blizzard eventually agreed that watching your buff bar isn't really fun and a new icone appears on your character when situational spells such as Art of War are available, see the screenshot below.



Mages - Teleport/Portal Interface
Mages are getting an interface upgrade similar to Shaman's totems for their portals, you can now add a generic "Portal" and "Teleport" spell to your bar and pick a portal after clicking it.



Darnassus - The Howling Oak
A new sub-zone was added to Darnassus in the latest beta build - The Howling Oak, the area isn't populated yet but it looks like it will be the home of the worgens in Darnassus.

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Reforging - Video and Screenshots
For some reasons I still get a lot of questions about reforging, this new feature is fairly simple: You talk to a NPC in capital cities to swap 40% of any of the secondary stats of an item (ratings / Spirit) for another secondary stat. TotalBiscuit released a video of Reforging in the current beta build, if you want to take a look at it.



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Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Cataclysm Digital Download
If StarCraft II is any indicator you'll be able to download the client beforehand, and the the installer will unlock at 10AM pacific time. So, if you want it right at midnight (or a collector's edition), your best bet is probably a pre-order and midnight release at your local brick and mortar. But, this is all assuming things which we haven't release any information about.

I'd wait for more info... like... a release date. (Source)

Tol Barad Tunnel System
Those 3 micro dungeons will be closed off during the main battle. Anyone in them will be kicked out. They are there to support daily questing in the zone between battles. (Source)

Throne of the Tides portal on beta
The Throne of the Tides portal inside the instance was set to take you to Dalaran because for a while you couldn't get out of the cavern. In a future beta build, it will take you back to Vashj'ir. (Source)

24 Hour Maintenances
The 24 hour maintenances have all been related to large scale hardware upgrades. (Source)

Beta Feedback
This is a beta test, so generalized feedback about how and (vaguely) why healing is not fun -- when we haven't even reached the level cap in the test process -- doesn't give us actionable feedback.

There are a few things to consider here:

  • Healers don't play in beta quite like they do in Wrath of the Lich King. Yes, the system is designed to be less forgiving so that the heal you choose to cast, or how often you choose to heal your party or top off their health bars, should be a more meaningful decision.
  • Numbers are still being balanced, bugs are still being worked out with each new build, and we're still iterating upon individual spells and abilities.
  • The whole group could be approaching a dungeon like they do in Wrath, trying to pull as many packs of mobs as possible to charge through it. This isn't Wrath, nor are players or creatures balanced around Wrath numbers.
  • As an expansion of my first point, you might be making bad choices.

If you'd like to give us constructive feedback we can take with us to the drawing board, give us scenarios. Tell us what rotations you're using, the group make-up, whether you're using CC or AoE, a play-by-play of specific pulls or boss fights, etc. We want to know what the specific cases are where you are being as conservative as possible and still finding it to be a struggle, or even just too frustrating. We can look into that type of data. (Source)

Priest (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
New Holy Spell
The new Holy level 10 spell is pretty simple, but it also has a lot of play with Chakra. I am just pointing this out, because many players never noticed the talent that made the old Holy level 10 (Desperate Prayer) into a tool that could heal others. (Source)
This article was originally published in forum thread: Power Auras, Mages TP UI, Howling Oak, Blue Posts started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2010-08-20 08:20 AM
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  1. Ylera's Avatar
    Thanks for the big green arrow! Might have missed it otherwise!
  1. Geekbustarz's Avatar
    Lovin' the portal bar.
  1. Keeyla's Avatar
    Many addons announce procs. Not just PowerAuras. Even 3rd party Buffbar addons can do it. I use EventAlert for example for Slams on my Fury Warrior. I also use Elkbuffbars. I only need basic functionality so this will be great.

    I used to use a Wardrobe addon until Blizzard released the Equipment Manager. This works fine and even stores config data on the server so it's there between installations. If this proc alert addon stores config on the server then it will be perfect.

    I have high hopes for this.
  1. Ikkatsu's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vook View Post
    ^This.
    Congratulations on not reading the entire thread before posting.

    You sure are cool
  1. Vook's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ikkatsu View Post
    Congratulations on not reading the entire thread before posting.

    You sure are cool
    Actually I did read it.

    And thanks, I know I'm cool
  1. Katana Angel's Avatar
    When I first got that power aura pop up, there was a lot of cursing at my house and "WHAT IS MY UI BROKEN NOW?!" yells. Once I figured out it was a notice for spell procs, I was a bit calmer. The only problem is right now, you get what you see- just one, giant, yellow "wow" symbol in the middle of your screen. I didn't notice any way to change it (position, coloring, opacity), so I hope they put that in- if so, it'll be perfect. Otherwise, right now it's an eyesore and kind of frustrating (covers up my character/whatever I'm fighting).
  1. Kenai's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alasdair View Post
    The Wow logo is what they use as a placeholder on spell icons. Im sure it will be different by time of release.
    There's a good chance it will be a mirror graphic of the spell that's getting the proc. There's quite a few spells that have no graphic yet.

    I like this change, it's very nice for stuff like Lava Surge which only has a chance to randomly proc. I never used PowerAuras, but I can definitely see the appeal if it's like this. The portal change, along with Summon Demons, is also very nice.
  1. Adrim's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Terrax of the Wind View Post
    Reforging, at the moment, seems a bit... lame. Not what I was expecting. :/
    I too was originally expecting to be able to trade X for Y and basically open up the gear choices. But now that I think about it, I much prefer the way Blizzard has actually implemented this.

    BEFORE: You'd have basically ended up seeing people rolling on gear they had ABSOLUTELY no business rolling on. "Yeah I know I'm a holy pally rolling on your tank gear but I'm going to swap the defense for crit, derp." Also, for most gear there's usually already 2-3 version with the same basic stats and different secondary stats. One with spirit that favors healers, one with hit for people who might be needing more, etc.

    The system they have now, I feel, specifically targets the most frustrating part of gearups: forced regem to make caps. How many times have you gotten a significant upgrade that is missing a major stat compared to your current gear? "Oh yay, a 245 chest but...wait...it doesn't have hit like my 213 chest and so if I use it, CRAP I have to regem all over to make cap" That's expensive and a never-ending chore.

    Now, you go to one vendor, pay, boom. You just made up your missing deficit. Regemming only gets you like 30-40 rating tops (if you are spening more than 2-3 gems on a major stat, you have the wrong gear). 30-40 rating is exactly what this reforging will offer.

    So, yeah, I was bummed initially but given that I don't want to have to deal with the inevitable gear hell that would result from a total free-for-all on stats, and given how many thousands of gold I've had to shell out because I ended up at 4.9% hit or something...I really think this is a good design.
  1. diegofsv's Avatar
    Finnaly they add the auras stuff. Was one of the first things I asked in feedback survey on Beta
  1. Warod's Avatar
    I for one will keep using Power Auras. Just like i do SCT. Blizzard's versions of mods aren't as customizable and good looking. But they are nice additions nonetheless.
  1. edw's Avatar
    A tree ... really? tree = district xD?
  1. Kryos's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nananea View Post
    Customization leads to complication. It takes less than 30 min to learn how to work PowerAuras and get up and running. Then you can start getting into the advanced stuff.
    30? remove the 0
  1. Vook's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    30? remove the 0
    ^this too. PowerAuras takes about 5 minutes to set up, it's not very hard. Heck, the hardest part for me was finding the command to open up the window, to be honest.
  1. willjones410's Avatar
    New Teleport and Portal UI. I love that!

    I'm kind of iffy on the ingame power auras. Will it have the same controls and customizations as today's Poweraura's mob? :/

    And I couldn't honestly care less about Howling "soon to the tree that's had to to endure the most leg lifts" Oak.
  1. cyloria's Avatar
    I tried it on my mage and My ele shaman on beta, and did not see a power Auras type pop up is it only on pallys atm?
  1. Zerbe's Avatar
    I hope its some what customizable as well. I don't play with combat text and use powa, would be nice to be able to still do that, have combat text off, but have the built in powa work with the icon. I dont see why they would tie them together though, just saying.
  1. Tsudots's Avatar
    you'll be able to download the client beforehand, and the the installer will unlock at 10AM pacific time
    I'm confused about this. Do they mean there will be the normal midnight release but the download will be available at 10AM BEFORE that? or midnight release and then the download is available 10 hours later?

    Using the word "beforehand" and then saying your best bet is still going to be going to a brick and mortar midnight release seems kind of contradictory :S

    If I can download the game and have it completely installed, patched, and activated earlier in the day and just have to wait till midnight to log on and play I'm not even going to leave my house for a midnight release lol...
  1. Karnige's Avatar
    na i like the words more than a stupid big icon. always have.
  1. JohnnyTKF's Avatar
    Anyone knows if they'll add any tent? I mean, they can't expect people to believe a racist Gilnean farmer would move to a tree filled with Elves. I still think they should do something with that Crater (And Genn is in SW... So...)
  1. chrion's Avatar
    Reforging is perfect in conjunction with RAWR to adjust everything to hit the exact cap's required and maximize pure DPS otherwise. Perfectly implemented IMO
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