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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. chowchig's Avatar
    I hope they'll update the boomchicken model in WoD. It's just so old.

    It doesn't need a complete rework, just some polish to make things not clip when a boomchicken is moving.
  1. Chrisis's Avatar
    More class customization such as warlock green fire
  1. Senader's Avatar
    The DotA like BG. Would be something else to do for PvP.
  1. Afic's Avatar
    I would like to see an easier way to find pvp mates crossrealm.
  1. Braeg's Avatar
    I'd like them to fix the low level player-vs-player abilities in WoD, but right now would be better obviously . At the moment people die in 1-2 gcds all the time and it is incredibly frustrating being the "wrong" class. Protection Warrior is a good example of a class-spec that's currently very broken (overpowered) in low level battlegrounds due to Shield Slam's overly high damage against players. Hunter and Discipline Priest are also way out of whack (overpowered). I have no evidence to substantiate my claims, only hours of slowly accumlated anger from leveling in battlegrounds which I am using to grind my teeth together.
  1. mmocde8f405a5d's Avatar
    Exact AH search.
  1. dangelo37's Avatar
    I'd like to have Mount battles (similar to pet battles)!!!! Kodo Vs. Ram would be fun to watch
  1. Nouk's Avatar
    I want moar Character Progression for People who don't like Alts, aka Path of the Titans 2.0 or something more akin to the new Paragon-System in D3!

    I know, some people don't like "mandatory" stuff in terms of character power, but i would settle with pure cosmetic and aesthetic features also
    if it's an increase in power, it needs to be account-wide.
    It's kind of sad, that the experience earned after max Level just changes into some bonus gold: what if you still can aquire Xp for this progression-system?
    Those random mobs in the world won't look THAT annoying anymore when they finally serve some purpose again!

    Stuff to unlock: Minor Glyphs, special adornments for the Character (Tattoos, Badges etc.), "Small" Transmog Sets?
  1. LordAriakan's Avatar
    hmm...tough to decide on one...lets go with account wide gold access
  1. Isilldur's Avatar
    Account wide gold would be nice but id love the Sub races
  1. mmoc288daa3280's Avatar
    I'd like to see some changes to transmog, tabards/shirts, etc, basically freeing up container space across characters - but I assume they'll come regardless.

    Merged Achievement Progression
    Major thing I'd like in WoD is achievement progression being merged across characters over Battle.Net. While being able to obtain achievements over and over again on other characters is nice it actually stops me playing some. The example being having 43 out of 50 towers defended in AV on one character and 15 out of 50 towers defended on another makes me feel like I'm being deprived of something I feel I have earned. Realistically it's on separate characters so I haven't, yet it makes me not want to play alts for that reason. Same with how I would collect mounts and pets - now I can do it on any character. Finally toys and hopefully tabards will be account-wide. I just wish achievements would be like this.
  1. Sandrita's Avatar
    The feature I'd like in WoD and wasn't announced is a kind of legendary battle pet quest chain like the cape one when in the middle "chapters" you get rewards like epic battle stones and in the end you get a legendary battle pet.
  1. TYLES's Avatar
    Small addition... account-wide gold pool! Also I would like to see less clipping, especially on Blood Elves. I hate that my chin goes into my chest when I wear my helmets and breathe. >.<
  1. teebo's Avatar
    Account wide rep.
  1. Rokkie's Avatar
    cross faction groups and raids.
  1. Denarius's Avatar
    I think armor dyes would be awesome. Out in the world, i'd like to see random events, or PQs like in warhammer.
  1. mmoc9db68d0b40's Avatar
    Pink Paladin Mount!
  1. mmoc803ba085dd's Avatar
    I would very much like to see a complete overhaul of the wow professions because, at this point in time, they are very boring and desperately need an update. Oh and updated mounts, cause I don't think the new models will fit in very well with the old textured ones
  1. Synbaby's Avatar
    I would like to see new moonkin forms!!! We've been promised this several times
  1. mmoc3614752d96's Avatar
    Dancestudio and also trans of Legendary items.

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