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Monk Skill Animations Preview
Today we are taking a look at the Monk skill animations. Keep in mind that things are constantly changing, so this may not include every skill or represent the final version of the animations.



New Battle Pet Skills
The latest beta patch also brought us many new Pet Battle skills, even a few that will likely pet pet specific like Wrath of Tarecgosa. Many of the skills are still incomplete and lack damage numbers.

Name Type Power Cooldown Duration Accuracy
Aged YolkHumanoid03 rounds0%
Ancient BlessingCritter0100%
Arcane StormMagic010 rounds100%
BackflipHumanoid1090%
BlinkstrikeAquatic1590%
Bombing Run [NYI Visual]Magic0100%
Bone BiteUndead2090%
Bone PrisonUndead00%
BONESTORMUndead50100%
Broom StrikeMagic00%
Buried TreasureCritter00%
CataclysmDragon4050%
Competitive SpiritMagic101 round90%
Confusing Sting [NYI]Flying105 rounds90%
Consume CorpseUndead505 rounds100%
Corpse ExplosionUndead1590%
Creepy ChompUndead2090%
Crystal PrisonBeast05 rounds2 rounds100%
DevastateDragon301 round80%
DiveAquatic3080%
Dreadful BreathHumanoid00%
Egg BarrageCritter203 rounds3 rounds100%
Elementium BoltElemental0100%
Emerald DreamBeast0100%
Emerald PresenceMagic03 rounds100%
Feign DeathBeast00%
FlockFlying42 rounds90%
Food ComaCritter05 rounds2 rounds100%
Ghostly BiteUndead401 round90%
Gift of Winter's VeilMagic404 rounds90%
GM KillHumanoid99100%
Gobble StrikeCritter00%
Haunt [NYI]Undead05 rounds90%
Holiday CheerHumanoid104 rounds90%
Horn AttackBeast00%
Ice SpikeElemental4050%
Ice TombElemental0100%
InstabilityDragon4050%
IntensityCritter03 rounds100%
LaunchMechanical301 round80%
Minefield [NYI]Mechanical010 rounds100%
MoonfireMagic1010 rounds10 rounds100%
MudslideCritter00%
Nature's TouchAquatic303 rounds100%
Nature's WardElemental00%
Nether BlastMagic155 rounds90%
Nut Bomb [NYI]Magic0100%
Perk UpCritter0100%
Plagued BloodUndead1090%
PlumageCritter00%
Poisoned BranchElemental105 rounds90%
PowerballCritter00%
Proto-StrikeDragon301 round80%
QuakeMechanical10100%
Quick AttackCritter00%
Rabid StrikeUndead1090%
Rock BarrageCritter203 rounds3 rounds100%
Rock, Paper, Scissors [NYI]Undead2090%
RushBeast00%
Shock and AweMechanical563 rounds1 round25%
SkitterCritter2090%
Sleeping GasDragon00%
Slippery IceElemental00%
SparkElemental850%
Spreading InfectionUndead204 rounds90%
Sticky GrenadeMechanical0100%
Stone RushHumanoid3590%
Super Sticky Tar [NYI Art]Beast02 rounds100%
Surge of PowerMagic502 rounds100%
Temporal LapseDragon020 rounds5 rounds100%
Time BombMagic0100%
Time StopDragon05 rounds2 rounds100%
Toxic Smoke [NYI]Mechanical05 rounds100%
Wild MagicMagic03 rounds100%
Winter SpiritElemental2090%
Wrath of TarecgosaDragon020 rounds5 rounds100%


Battle.net Account Security & Diablo III
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We'd like to take a moment to address the recent reports that suggested that Battle.net® and Diablo® III may have been compromised. Historically, the release of a new game -- such as a World of Warcraft® expansion -- will result in an increase in reports of individual account compromises, and that's exactly what we're seeing now with Diablo III. We know how frustrating it can be to become the victim of account theft, and as always, we're dedicated to doing everything we can to help our players keep their Battle.net accounts safe -- and we appreciate everyone who's doing their part to help protect their accounts as well. You can read about ways to help keep your account secure, along with some of the internal and external measures we have in place to help us achieve our security goals, at our account security website here: www.battle.net/security.

We also wanted to reassure you that the Battle.net Authenticator and Battle.net Mobile Authenticator (a free app for iPhone and Android devices) continue to be some of the most effective measures we offer to help players protect themselves against account compromises, and we encourage everyone to take advantage of them. In addition, we also recently introduced a new service called Battle.net SMS Protect, which allows you to use your text-enabled cell phone to unlock a locked Battle.net account, recover your account name, approve a password reset, or remove a lost Authenticator. Optionally, you can set up the Battle.net SMS Protect system to send you a text message whenever unusual activity is detected on your account, keeping you aware of important (and possibly unwanted) changes.

For more information on the Authenticator, visit http://us.battle.net/support/en/arti...henticator-faq

For more on the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, visit http://us.battle.net/support/en/arti...henticator-faq

For more on Battle.net SMS Protect, visit http://us.battle.net/support/en/arti...et-sms-protect

We also have other measures built into Battle.net to help protect players. Occasionally, when Battle.net detects unusual login activity that differs from your normal behavior -- such as logging in from an unfamiliar location -- we may prompt you for additional information (such as the answer to one of your security questions) and/or require you to perform a password reset through the Battle.net website. World of Warcraft players might be familiar with this security method already, and Diablo III players may begin to encounter it as well.

As always, if you think you've been the victim of an account compromise, head to the "Help! I've Been Hacked!" tool at http://us.battle.net/en/security/help for assistance.

We've been taking the situation extremely seriously from the start, and have done everything possible to verify how and in what circumstances these compromises are occurring. Despite the claims and theories being made, we have yet to find any situations in which a person's account was not compromised through traditional means of someone else logging into their account through the use of their password. While the authenticator isn't a 100% guarantee of account security, we have yet to investigate a compromise report in which an authenticator was attached beforehand.

Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Monk (Forums)
Mistweaver Feedback
We've dealt with some issues, and we have the AP/SP conversion working internally now. That said, the tooltips will still not work for another build or two (that’s a separate issue).

We’ve changed Eminence from working on auto-attacks, since this would encourage monk healers to auto-attack just for those heal procs. Regarding our “vision” for the spec (in terms of PvE), it is currently (and this could change, of course):

  • Melee healing MistweaverYou position your statue near the ranged to heal them, and you are in melee. Your rotation is similar to a Windwalker’s, except you spread Renewing Mists out and Uplift during AOE phases. For AOE, you use Spinning Crane Kick and one of the last tier talents. You almost never cast Soothing Mist, Enveloping Mist or hard cast a Surging Mist unless you absolutely have to. If something doesn’t deal damage, you don’t want to cast it.
  • Ranged healing MistweaverYou aren’t in melee, you’re at range. You may position your statue near the melee since they're farthest away. You mostly cast Soothing Mist since your statue also casts it with you, and burn through your Chi with Enveloping Mist. While moving you put down Healing Spheres near people you think may become injured (or on top of those who are). If you want to add in some damage, cast Cracking Jade Lightning. Cast Renewing Mist whenever it's up. Roll/Chi Torpedo into injured members and use Spinning Crane Kick to heal them up. Use the Chi you generate through Spinning Crane Kick on Uplift.

Also, depending on the fight, you can switch between both of those modes (using Transcendence to teleport back and forth into melee). There will inevitably be encounters where one is better than the other, and we feel that’s okay. That is going to the life of a Mistweaver Monk. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Windwalker PvP Mobility still feels limited
The PvP set bonuses for monks will clear snares and roots when you Roll, use Chi Torpedo, or Flying Serpent Kick. We’ve also changed Roll, Chi Torpedo and Flying Serpent Kick to suppress snares while the monk is moving.

Can you provide any specific scenarios in which your mobility feels underwhelming (Versus a Frost Mage? Versus a Rogue? In a team scenario?)

Monks are intended to have good mobility, but be a bit less good at locking targets down.

Zen Sphere will be toned down soon.

We’re still looking for just the right mechanic for Blackout Kick. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Diablo 3 API Preview
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the release of Diablo 3, we are working hard to make career and hero profiles available to the community. With career and hero profiles, we are excited to also release a set of API resources specific to Diablo 3 for community fansites and developers to consume. I’d like to take this opportunity to give a preview of the progress we’ve made to the community and open up discussions around what data will be available.

Please keep in mind that this is an early preview and there will likely be many changes to the D3 API by the time it is released. Also note that we haven’t finalized several key pieces of information including artisan recipes, hero and follower spells and powers and achievements...(Continued)

Trading Card Game Art Gallery Update
The Trading Card Game art gallery has been updated to feature ten new pieces.



This article was originally published in forum thread: Monk Skill Animations Preview, New Battle Pet Skills, Blue Posts, TCG Art started by chaud View original post
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  1. rowaasr13's Avatar
    Blizzard: we checked out, didn't find anything bad.
    MMOC: Beware, don't join public games, who knows what bad is there!

    You just love FUD, do you? It helps ratings after all.
  1. Sunshine's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Army of Darkness View Post
    Hmmmmm so that's what Boub sounds like 0.o.
    The voice is from Nik, who streams on http://www.twitch.tv/mmo_champion .

    Boub will have to stay a mystery... (Also, he's French, not British!)
  1. Stormykitten's Avatar
    Whoever said the animation s aren't active for anyone but pandas was in error. All monk races I have tried use the monk stance/animations. The only thing that isn't a monk animation is one or two casts, and Jab which animates as regular melee. While fighting unarmed (fist weapon), you do not see this, and there is a glyph coming to make Jab always use unarmed looks. So, for the most part they are animated as monks now.

    However, I must say I am quite envious of some of the pandaren animations for say, jumping
  1. Qprah's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nik View Post
    I do question how you think it doesn't do it justice, I feel that after spending quite a few hours on it in total that it ended up being something that I could be proud of. Then again you are entitled to your own opinion even if nearly every spell took 3/4 recordings per spell due to either the Tree (Holy crap that old Tree is annoying) or another player getting in the way.

    The reasoning for the 'look' of low graphics I think could only be as a result of me slightly zooming in on the character in editing as I couldn't get the angles I wanted to in-game without having to use a cracked wow.exe to run some camera mods (I'm not breaking ToC to create a video for use on a community website). The note about missing abilities if you could name them I can create another video easily enough as I'm sure the only one I didn't name was Chi Burst which I did show after using Thunder Focus Tea.
    What i said wasn't intended to be an insult towards the work of the video or its creator, merely to say that the animations and graphics in game are even better than what can be seen in the video.

    I was more trying to compliment Blizzard's work rather than insult yours. My bad.
  1. Wayne25uk's Avatar
    That accent seems to me your bottom teeth protrudes more than your top,like the british guy from family guy.

    Anyway i think the video could have been better,by that i mean we actually see what the moves do to the target,just seeing the moves without the debuff or explanation is like showing a blind man a transexual porno,he thinks its a woman but we know different....

    Also those bubble type spells will cause problems for anyone stood next to or stacking on the Monk as it will block out most of the view of anybody fighting the mob.....
  1. DaveL's Avatar
    Transcendence
    Used for teleport between two places. Usually mailbox and the Auction House.
  1. risingforce's Avatar
    Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
    We've been taking the situation extremely seriously from the start, and have done everything possible to verify how and in what circumstances these compromises are occurring. Despite the claims and theories being made, we have yet to find any situations in which a person's account was not compromised through traditional means of someone else logging into their account through the use of their password. While the authenticator isn't a 100% guarantee of account security, we have yet to investigate a compromise report in which an authenticator was attached beforehand.
    Ref:

    Anyone notice that the above paragraph has been removed from the source since MMO Champion published the story?

    It makes a very big statement --we have yet to investigate a compromise report in which an authenticator was attached beforehand --which I presume was removed after being challenged by their legal team. By itself the statement made me feel great about having an authenticator, but seeing it 'removed from source makes me worry just a little.

    Thoughts?
  1. Theratzil's Avatar
    Wow, thats some really neat animations and effects Monks have, now if they could spice up warriors a little instead of leaving us with 3 animations or so -,-
  1. mmoc5ea52d32c6's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
    The voice is from Nik, who streams on http://www.twitch.tv/mmo_champion .

    Boub will have to stay a mystery... (Also, he's French, not British!)
    yes SHE is French just keeping the mystery alive
  1. Peacemoon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nik View Post
    I do question how you think it doesn't do it justice, I feel that after spending quite a few hours on it in total that it ended up being something that I could be proud of. Then again you are entitled to your own opinion even if nearly every spell took 3/4 recordings per spell due to either the Tree (Holy crap that old Tree is annoying) or another player getting in the way.

    The reasoning for the 'look' of low graphics I think could only be as a result of me slightly zooming in on the character in editing as I couldn't get the angles I wanted to in-game without having to use a cracked wow.exe to run some camera mods (I'm not breaking ToC to create a video for use on a community website). The note about missing abilities if you could name them I can create another video easily enough as I'm sure the only one I didn't name was Chi Burst which I did show after using Thunder Focus Tea.
    There will always be haters. I thought the video was very informative and did everything it should.
  1. eflow's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Stormykitten View Post
    Whoever said the animation s aren't active for anyone but pandas was in error. All monk races I have tried use the monk stance/animations. The only thing that isn't a monk animation is one or two casts, and Jab which animates as regular melee. While fighting unarmed (fist weapon), you do not see this, and there is a glyph coming to make Jab always use unarmed looks. So, for the most part they are animated as monks now.

    However, I must say I am quite envious of some of the pandaren animations for say, jumping
    jab have a specific animation. At least for female pandas, there's the "normal melee" animation that is 2-3 attack animations .. and there's jab which is another one.

    Also tiger palm is likely bugged for other races (or female humans), because it has a specific animation.
  1. Chronnos's Avatar
    I always though there's nothing more shiny and kitsch than the WoW paladin. But looking at that video of the monk, paladins now have serious competition. Meh!
  1. Rigrot's Avatar
    Bonestorm skill? Gimmi lil Marrowgar nao!
  1. AsheruWolf's Avatar
    I hate to say it but I do not beleave blizzards statement on that. I've been playing WoW since 04 and never once been hacked. So your telling me it just happens to be that I get hacked the day after I get the D3 achievement for joining a random game? I cant even in my wildest dreams think that the timing was any better. I think blizzard made a mistake and isn't willing to give out info on it for fear others will take advantage of it. Hopefully they will fix it soon.
  1. Azrile's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Baphomette View Post
    Heard there was some way to spoof session IDs of people you've been in games with, which would explain why authenticators don't stop it. Shrug, I'm safe enough if that's true, never saw the point of playing a game like D3 with strangers.
    Did you read the blue post. There has not been a single case where someone has been hacked that way.

    The problem goes back to months ago when everyone was so anxious to volunteer for the beta. Most of these people ´signed up´ for beta through and email link and the hackers have been just sitting on your accounts waiting for D3 to launch.

    Again, read the last paragraph of the blue post. Not a single account with an authenticator has been investigated for being hacked... it was all those silly people who were so anxious to get into beta who gave their passwords through phishing.
  1. ambigiouslynamed's Avatar
    so some abilities will be type specific? notice the "Wrath of Tarecgosa" at the end. that sounds like it could only come from one pet
  1. good diu bro's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by ambigiouslynamed View Post
    so some abilities will be type specific? notice the "Wrath of Tarecgosa" at the end. that sounds like it could only come from one pet
    Most likely for unique animations, since for example the effect for Wrath of Tarecgosa is exactly the same as for Temporal Lapse.
    Just like pokemon.
  1. Tarx's Avatar
    first I was dislike monks but after I saw this video I want to roll one and maybe will be my main at MoP
  1. Salech's Avatar
    I do not like the animations at all, but each to their own.
  1. mmocd5b54d9bc4's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Army of Darkness View Post
    Hmmmmm so that's what Boub sounds like 0.o.
    Nope, Boubille is a french woman.

    ---------- Post added 2012-05-23 at 06:30 AM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by Nik View Post
    We should be focusing on the spell animations here, which don't differ race to race bar Roll and Rising Sun Kick. Tiger Palm is broken on Humans as you can see from the video but on other Races many other spells are broken.
    The animations on my female bloodelf monk are awesome (love the meditation one), in a human female are just mehhh.

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