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Normal Difficulty Cross-Realm Siege of Orgrimmar
It looks like we won't be seeing cross-realm Normal difficulty Siege of Orgrimmar anytime soon.



Patch 5.4.2 Hotfixes: January 6
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Classes
  • Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Frost
      • Icy Talons now increases melee attack speed by 45% (up from 30%).
    • Unholy
      • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 35% (up from 25%).
  • Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • General
      • Aspect of the Hawk now increases ranged attack power by 35% (up from 25%).
    • Talents
      • Aspect of the Iron Hawk now increases ranged attack power by 35% (up from 25%).
  • Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Elemental
      • Elemental Focus now increases spell damage done by 20% (up from 15%).

EU Connected Realms Update - 06/01
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We will be connecting the realms listed below later this week:

English Realms
  • (PvP) Trollbane and Shattered Halls/Talnivarr/Chromaggus/Daggerspine/Boulderfist

French Realms
  • (PvP) Rashgarroth and Arak-arahm/Throk’Feroth
  • (PvP) Sinstralis and Eldre’Thalas

Spanish Realms
  • (PvE) Colinas Pardas and Tyrande

German Realms
  • (PvP) Gul’dan and Anetheron/Rajaxx

The following realms are scheduled to be connected next week:

English Realms
  • (PvP) Ahn'Qiraj and Shattered Halls/Talnivarr/Chromaggus/Daggerspine/Boulderfist/Trollbane
  • (PvP) Bloodfeather and Kor’gall/Burning Steppes/Executus

French Realms
  • (PvP) Cho'gall and Eldre’Thalas/Sinstralis

German Realms
  • (PvP) Festung der Stürme and Anetheron/Rajaxx/Gul’dan
  • (PvE) Nozdormu and Garrosh

We do not yet have a date for the following realm connections, but will update you when we do:

English Realms
  • (RP PvP) Ravenholdt and Scarshield Legion/The Venture Co/Sporeggar
  • (PvP) Balnazzar and Shattered Halls/Talnivarr/Chromaggus/Daggerspine/Boulderfist/
    Trollbane/Ahn’qiraj

German Realms
  • Shattrath and Garrosh/Nozdormu

FAQ
Q. My realm needs connecting, is it on your list?
A. All low and some medium population realms will be connected. They’ll all have a healthy population when we’re done.

Q. When will my realm be connected?
A. We'll try to keep you posted on the latest schedules as we get them.

Q. My realm has a lower population than those on the list, why isn’t mine being connected first?
A. The order we connect realms depends on a number of technical factors, but we will get to them all.

US Connected Realms Update 1/6
Don't miss reading the EU FAQ! "All low and some medium population realms will be connected."
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We will be connecting the realms listed below on Thursday, January 9th during a scheduled maintenance beginning at 6 a.m. PST through approximately 11:00 a.m. PST. Once maintenance is finished, these realm connections will be complete.

  • Bladefist and Kul Tiras
  • Nazgrel and Nesingwary/Vek'nilash
  • Nazjatar and Blood Furnace/ Mannoroth
  • Norgannon and Kargath
  • Stormscale and Drak'Tharon/Firetree/Malorne/Rivendare/Spirestone
  • Uldaman and Ravencrest

We do not have a date for the following realm connections, but will update this post when we do.

  • Antonidas and Uldum
  • Blade's Edge and Thunderhorn
  • Bonechewer and Aegwynn/Daggerspine/Gurubashi/Hakkar
  • Destromath and Azgalor
  • Jaedenar and Agamaggan
  • Shu'halo and Eitrigg
  • Anvilmar and Undermine (TBD- On Hold)

*​Plans for these connections may change at any time, but we’ll provide additional updates on specific dates for future connections here as we can. Please note that as a part of the connection process realm times may change to match each other.

FAQ

Q. My realm needs connecting, why isn’t it listed?
A. The connections listed are the phases we’ve currently finalized and have planned connection dates or estimates available for. Additional connections are possible, but they just haven’t reached that stage yet. We’ll be updating the realm connection list as phases complete and new phases are planned.

Q. When will my realm be connected?
A. We'll update this thread with the latest information on currently planned phases.

Q. My realm has a lower population than those on the list, why isn’t mine being connected first?
A. Realm connections are based on a number of factors including population, faction balance, the realm’s physical location in the world compared to other realms it may be connected to, among others. It’s also worth noting that websites which attempt to track population, while helpful in many ways, are estimates based on public data which may not provide the clearest picture of actual population.

Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Warlords of Draenor Stats
With Crit being on gear much more often in WOD are there any plans for making Crit better for Elemental with no reforging?
A) Where did you get that Crit will be on gear much more often? B) We're considering some changes, but nothing to announce yet. (Source)

Will tertiary stats appear on PvP gear in WoD? Sockets etc. are supposed to appear randomly, though, so...
We're talking about it still. If PvP gear doesn't have it, then PvE gear becomes better by default. (Source)
Wish we could chose our tertiary stats on PvP gear, kinda like reforging but for 100% value...
Keep in mind that tertiary stats are intended to be very rare. So, whatever the PvP design, the rarity would match PvE. (Source)

What about removing Spirit and let Haste be the main factor of mana regen? Throwing ideas around. @Celestalon
Spirit's value varies significantly between classes. One contributor is what the other secondaries do for regen. (Source)
We're looking at potential changes in that regard, to standardize that better between classes. (Source)

What will you do with hit, exp etc in 6.0? Convert to other stats or just remove them?
Convert them to other stats. (Source)
What about Spirit? On clothes? On Jewelry? Some DPS casters are using them on rings/neck at least.
No spirit on armor may involve increasing the amount of spirit on non-armor. That makes it more complex to change existing armor. We recognize the problem and are planning potential solutions, but aren't ready to give specifics yet. (Source)
Wouldn't increasing the amount of regen spirit gives instead avoid that issue?
That may be part of it, but we may change how we itemize non-armor pieces. Just complicates the issue. (Source)
If healers have enough regen with 1-2 spirit pieces in first raid tier, what happens to mana regen later on?
"Enough" is a very ethereal concept. It also varies with other gear. And definitely not from 1-2 items in the first tier. (Source)
Then between 3 and 6 (of 7) slots. If item stats triple again, will only need max 2 spirit pieces in final tier. Also, sockets.
Sounds like you're ignoring the fact that "enough" changes between tiers. (Source)

Warlords of Draenor PvE
... or the difference between LFR/normal/hc/mythic could also be a tad lower, like 10 itemlevels instead of the current 13.
A larger gap between tiers allows us to have bosses that test performance more. It also makes upgrades "feel" noticeable. (Source)

you know how battle rez will work in normal/heroic? 3 regardless of size like current flex?
We're investigating some possible solutions. We want to make it scale by size, but know that breakpoints are not the answer. It ... (Source)
... may be an opportunity to solve some other problems with the system, like # available being hidden, and the # being the same ... (Source)
... on short vs long fights. We don't have details to share yet, but those are concerns we're thinking about. May not fix all those (Source)

PvP
Why not go GW2 sPvP style? They made it all skill based and still rewarding. Cooler looking gear as you progress.
The Trial of the Gladiator is our plan for a "gearless" PvP ecosystem. 0% chance we're removing gear in PvP overall. (Source)

Any chance PvP trinket will have a unique sound in the near future?
Excellent idea. Thanks for pointing it out. (Source)
Definitely a great idea!
Well, the proper authorities have been notified! (Source)

ok death grip bugs on tolviron and shado pan for over a year now 100% chance when target is next to a wall. Why are you ignoring it
We'll have to follow up on it. It requires geometry and collision work. We've discussed it before. (Source)

Please encourage pvp participation in random bgs with CP, 100 when you win and 50 when you lose. I hate Arenas and Rbgs.
I could see doing something similar to what we do in RBGs (base on final score). Would have to give it more thought. (Source)

winning one awarded 5,6 or 7, losing takes you 14
Aware of MMR issues. We've been doing some work on the system but it isn't appropriate to roll it out mid season. (Source)

Poll - Cross-Realm Siege of Orgrimmar Normal
Would you like to see cross-realm Normal difficulty Siege of Orgrimmar enabled before Warlords of Draenor?


Fan Art
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This article was originally published in forum thread: Normal Cross-Realm SoO, Jan 6 Hotfixes, Connected Realm Updates, Blue Tweets, Fan Art started by chaud View original post
Published on 2014-01-07 08:46 AM
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  1. Caribald's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Lumineus View Post
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Iron_...all/14/60/p90/
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Malko...all/14/60/p90/

    So. Umm. What makes Hunters worthy of hotfix buffs and not, say, Priests or Paladins?
    I can pick random settings on raidbots too; I even daresay this one is more relevant than your examples.

    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa...all/14/30/p99/
  1. mmoc40f63824e8's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MrExcelion View Post
    They could just flat nerf SoO normal by 10% if difficulty is seen as a problem.
    Don't do it.
    The constant nerfing of raids makes it feel less of an achievement when you clear it.
    By this stage, most guilds who haven't cleared it should have more than enough gear to outgear it. It's just a case of executing the fights correctly.
    You get to the stage where you can just skip entire phases/mechanics. That should be reserved for next expansions.
    We're still progressing on Heroic but I'd be super unhappy if they decided to nerf that.
  1. VanishO2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Paladzins View Post
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa.../all/7/30/avg/
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa.../all/7/30/avg/

    Hunters/retri paladins/shadow priests does about same dps.

    I would gladly take hand of protection/sacrifice/freedom/salvation.. all the defensive and healing talents + lay on hands..
    instead of 8% ap buff (10% on top on 125%).. 5-6% overall damage.

    Same with priests - you don't realize what you have before you loose it.
    Hunters are pure dps class with ZERO raid utility/cd - we deserve those 5-6% dps on top of hybrids with raid CDs and offhealing.

    And don't start about hunter pet buffs - those are NOT raid utility/CD. Any serious raidgroup has every buff without our pets.
    Misdirection is useless(tanks NEVER loose agro).
    Ice traps remove other slows(we are not allowed to use them).
    Aspect of the daze is even worse - we have to sacrifice 20% of our damage.. Last and only time cheetah was useful in raiding - icc, hagara.

    Only reason why i stick to my hunter - i love it!
    I love shooting arrows.
    But from raid perspective - we could use a raid cd!

    We are pure dps with ZERO useful raid utility/CD. We get benched all the time, not stacked like other pure dps classes.
    Can't remember last time we were on top - we deserve it!
    0 raid utility/cd?

    And the only class that, for example, does not care about anything in a fight like Thork?

    Well maybe in something like LFR, you just one more DPS like others... maybe also on flex...

    And yes, pets that can fill any raid buffs and spells like BL, BR, etc. are raid cds, buffs, etc. just because you don't like how they work, doesn't mean they're not.
  1. Xaxxor's Avatar
    What do you mean "restrictions"?
    If SoO normal would become crossrealm that wouldn't mean it becomes like raidfiner right? Raidleaders can decide who they take.
  1. mmoc2b5ad7a33a's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by VanishO2 View Post
    0 raid utility/cd?

    And the only class that, for example, does not care about anything in a fight like Thork?

    Well maybe in something like LFR, you just one more DPS like others... maybe also on flex...

    And yes, pets that can fill any raid buffs and spells like BL, BR, etc. are raid cds, buffs, etc. just because you don't like how they work, doesn't mean they're not.
    You are wrong
    Compared to the other pure DPS hunters damage isnt correct
    Yes your pets can bring missing buff but you will preff the class who have this buff because he will outdps any hunter.And since the flat nerf on your detterence CD we cant skip most of the deadly mechanics like before
    And that dude who says that MD is useless lets think again. MD is perfect tool for controling adds spawns and make sure that they will go stright to tanks instead to healers who start to run like chickens always oposite on tanks positions
    Also hunters are most casual one who have to deal with some side tasks like kill engeneer on garrosh or go on belt but they need a dps to do this task on heroic otherwise is better to send some mage or warlock to do their job

    And leaving SoO locked sux mine realm is empty and i want to do Normal pugs with mine alts or just Garrosh kill with mine main but i hope when 6.0 comes that to be changed and instance to be nerfed like other raids
  1. mmoce6005d79bf's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by VanishO2 View Post
    0 raid utility/cd?

    And the only class that, for example, does not care about anything in a fight like Thork?

    Well maybe in something like LFR, you just one more DPS like others... maybe also on flex...

    And yes, pets that can fill any raid buffs and spells like BL, BR, etc. are raid cds, buffs, etc. just because you don't like how they work, doesn't mean they're not.
    And that is why i linked overall damage, not fight which favor one or another class. So what if there is 1 fight out of 14 where hunter shines?
    There are such fights for every class..

    Sorry, but hero/BL comes from mage or shammy.
    You miss BR in raidgroup? druid/lock/dk. We had 3 BR in 10man.. + the way how hunters battle ress works is retarded - why bother..
    I prefer revager/talstrider - just in case if someone is slacking with debuffs when there is much target switching.

    Pets "can" fill buff/debuff - BUT any serious group has them ALL! without our pets.
    If you talk about casual raiding, 5-6% damage does not matter as well!

    I am not talking about casual raiding with friends - hardcore raiding it the place where hunters suck!
    Sorry, but you can't compare hunters "utility" to paladin or priest.. You look stupid by doing that!

    I would gladly be 5-6% behind top dps classes if i could get all the utility/heals and raid cds as heal/dps hybrids does!
    But right now we are behind without ANY reason! same dps as hybrids(priest/druid/pala) without such utility/healing AND some raid cds!

    I am not mad, i quit serious raiding month ago! (after we downed Garrosh).
    But if you look at recent history: Mages, locks, rogues often gets stacked. While hunters are there only to soak agility mail. And not only because raid leaders hate hunters in general!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaxio View Post
    You are wrong
    Compared to the other pure DPS hunters damage isnt correct
    Yes your pets can bring missing buff but you will preff the class who have this buff because he will outdps any hunter.And since the flat nerf on your detterence CD we cant skip most of the deadly mechanics like before
    And that dude who says that MD is useless lets think again. MD is perfect tool for controling adds spawns and make sure that they will go stright to tanks instead to healers who start to run like chickens always oposite on tanks positions
    Also hunters are most casual one who have to deal with some side tasks like kill engeneer on garrosh or go on belt but they need a dps to do this task on heroic otherwise is better to send some mage or warlock to do their job

    And leaving SoO locked sux mine realm is empty and i want to do Normal pugs with mine alts or just Garrosh kill with mine main but i hope when 6.0 comes that to be changed and instance to be nerfed like other raids
    If you min/max - sooner or later hunter will loose damage by doing such tasks. Sorry, but pet is buggy - even on passive/manual control.

    Skilled warlock(also pure) could gain dps in your examples - hunter could even loose some if pet bugs or something.
    Yes, it is safe with hunter - hard to fuck up.. But NOT most optimal scenario.. really skilled lock will gain dps in both examples.

    Same with target switching - we loose a lot because of pet. Leaving it on last target rarely is an option. + all the pet bugs..
    Never seen new content without some pathing issues.
    ---

    MD has huge potential, but blizzard rarely puts random adds in fights.
    Only fight where it was useful in MoP - tortos. Maybe i used it few times on horridon as well.

    Ranged taunt may come handy, but MD.. rarely.. not in hc raiding..
    ---

    I didn't say that we have no toolkit (taunt,masters call, MD, even FD).. but there is no place to use them.. most fights are tank/spank + some shit on ground.

    Even if there were some fights where we could MD or taunt mob - our tools is NOTHING compared to priest/druid/paladin utility/healing/raid CD.
    It is only fair that we should do a little more dps to compensate for it.(instead we are getting benched tier after tier(while other pures even gets stacked)).

    I would be totally fine doing same dps as hybrids if only i had some raid cd etc.. to be fair!
  1. Amerissis's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by kutija123 View Post
    If MMO sees this: please - let them connect english eu realm : Bloodhoof to any realm because the realm is dying and my main characters are there ... even on horde (especially dying)
    MMO is a fansite, they have nothing to do with Blizzard or connecting realms. If you have requests, direct them to Blizzard.. on their forums, or through their email (not that they will listen, but at least you're talking to the correct wall).
  1. Inveracity's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by moveth View Post
    We dont need Soo cross realm right now. It would be a mess.
    Would be nice for some of us with alts that are sitting dormant because our servers are dead and there's no spots for us. This alone is tempting to unsub because I've got multiple 560+ toons going to waste while only one raids heroic. Kind of annoying.
  1. Zstr's Avatar
    would better ask for stackable 5% nerf each mounth like in ICC and DS !
    guess that won't happened either ; / hey hey being stucked in before last 4 heroic bosses..
  1. Lumineus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Caribald View Post
    I can pick random settings on raidbots too; I even daresay this one is more relevant than your examples.

    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa...all/14/30/p99/
    It's hardly "random." I picked Jug N and Malk N for a reason. And that reason is because they're Patchwerk bosses where the rankings are glaringly obvious. You just don't like it because it doesn't support your PoV. I'm sorry Hunter damage is over-reliant upon early burst from Stampede and falls off in longer duration Heroic encounters. But there are classes that will never even get the gear to outscale you with because their only damage specs are bad in Normals.
  1. thunderdragon2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Darkinfinity View Post
    Why buff hunters? :\
    they fall down the charts all the time mid xpac due to blizz not fixing hunter stat scaling so they just band aind fix them instead im fucking sick of it.

    blizzard had an oppertuntiy in the mop beta to fix hunter stat scaling and they didnt
  1. Sam the Wiser's Avatar
    Good to see Blizzard showing some backbone for once. Keep them out of normal!
  1. Gruffertus's Avatar
    What I am mostly getting from the stat discussions is "We're not going to have anything you can play with for at least two months".
  1. KrakinTauren's Avatar
    Well, I'm running out of gear to get in Flex on my main and I'm not bothering to get Flex gear on profession alts. So basically I'm running out of content to do before WoD. And I'm not alone, several people which I run Flex regularly with or have been talking with on Openraid, are in the same spot in "progression" and are considering quitting until WoD.
    So cross-realm enabled Normal SoO would be greatfor us. Can keep heroic mode restricted to realm only, that's fine.
    PS! Before you all come and ask/say... NO! as in, no, there aren't any (or just too restrictive) pugs on our realms. No, we wont start our own pugs (for some of us, we have had bad experiences with our realm pug communities). No, we won't join raiding guilds (hate em).
  1. mmocdd602b3b80's Avatar
    No, please do not implement anything that might de-rail any WoD dev-pipeline. We need a whole expansion with new content to come out as soon as possible.
    Don't spend dev-time on SoO - it's done, it's over.
  1. CaptainArlong's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ixidron View Post
    Don't do it.
    The constant nerfing of raids makes it feel less of an achievement when you clear it.
    By this stage, most guilds who haven't cleared it should have more than enough gear to outgear it. It's just a case of executing the fights correctly.
    You get to the stage where you can just skip entire phases/mechanics. That should be reserved for next expansions.
    We're still progressing on Heroic but I'd be super unhappy if they decided to nerf that.
    It's not an achievement to finish a raid period. You say so right in your post, it's just knowing what to do in the fight. If you think that's an achievement, then so is getting up to go to the bathroom. It's just playing a video game, there's nothing special about beating a raid boss.
  1. Stormrage's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    Zarhym is such a moron. First he claims it's not a trivial change(which it is) then he says, well it'll screw up the dev pipeline. Which it really doesn't. At least not significantly. Having one programmer spend less than an hour enabling cross-realm for SoO(something they do with EVERY raid when it's not current) wouldn't seriously affect their ability to produce patch 6.0 or WoD on schedule(which they don't really have).
    You work for blizzard and know this as a fact?
  1. Peacemoon's Avatar
    Yes please to cross realm SoO normal.

    I don't think there should be any arbitrary restrictions. Just raid leaders discretion.
  1. Rioo's Avatar
    I'd rather see flex size for normal than cross realm. But both would be good.
  1. Sajek's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Paladzins View Post
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa.../all/7/30/avg/
    http://www.raidbots.com/dpsbot/Overa.../all/7/30/avg/

    Hunters/retri paladins/shadow priests does about same dps.

    I would gladly take hand of protection/sacrifice/freedom/salvation.. all the defensive and healing talents + lay on hands..
    instead of 8% ap buff (10% on top on 125%).. 5-6% overall damage.

    Same with priests - you don't realize what you have before you loose it.
    Hunters are pure dps class with ZERO raid utility/cd - we deserve those 5-6% dps on top of hybrids with raid CDs and offhealing.

    And don't start about hunter pet buffs - those are NOT raid utility/CD. Any serious raidgroup has every buff without our pets.
    Misdirection is useless(tanks NEVER loose agro).
    Ice traps remove other slows(we are not allowed to use them).
    Aspect of the daze is even worse - we have to sacrifice 20% of our damage.. Last and only time cheetah was useful in raiding - icc, hagara.

    Only reason why i stick to my hunter - i love it!
    I love shooting arrows.
    But from raid perspective - we could use a raid cd!

    We are pure dps with ZERO useful raid utility/CD. We get benched all the time, not stacked like other pure dps classes.
    Can't remember last time we were on top - we deserve it!
    From those dps charts, spriests are dead last on 3 of the fights if I remember correctly. And to be devils advocate here, what raid cd does a spriest have?

    - We have fort, which is unnecessary with a lock since they buff both stam/spellpower.
    - We have umm....Vampiric Embrace? Not entirely the bombshell of the century. Hymn of Hope? C'mon.

    People are not going to bring or not bring a spriest over a hunter due to that. You can fill any missing buff (fine, you're discounting this), you can use deterrence to absorb things at a much higher frequency than I can disperse to do the same thing.

    Grass is greener on the other side of the fence and all...movement means *zero* for you. That's hugely advantageous and you discount that.

    And you should know by now that "pure dps" being entitled to higher dps is a thing of the past. I remember being a mana battery in TBC and being a nothing in Vanilla. Hunter is the easiest dps class since you have less to worry about. Buff them too much and it's faceroll time since they're really easy to learn. I leveled up an alt and was shocked at the ease of it all...just run and shoot, bounce around like druids and shoot, instant burst, never a need for ramping up DPS...automated damage even if I decide to not push buttons. You don't have it as bad as you're making it sound.
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