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DangerAardvark

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Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm sure flight will be limited somehow... otherwise people without the expansion pack could reach the new zones.

Knowing Blizzard, probably another 1-2k gold fee tacked on at random.
 

Beev

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I... can't tell if you're trolling/being sarcastic.

Originally posted by: Citrix
Human's get Hunters GOOD
Dwarfs Shamans and Mages DUMB, DWARFS HATE MAGIC
Night Elves get mages GOOD, THE NIGHT ELVES USED TO HAVE THE HIGHBORN
Gnomes get priests STUPID, GMOMES ARE NOT PIUS AT ALL


Taurens get Pallies and Priests, STUPID THEY ARE A TRIBE AND HAVE SHAMMYS
Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS
Blood Elves get Warriors, GOOD
Undead get Hunters WHY IN THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE NEED TO BE A HUNTER?
Trolls get Druids ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE.

Dwarves don't hate magic...
Gnomes have no reason to not be priests...
Orc mages have jack shit to do with shaman, if anything you meant warlocks.
Undead are just dead humans, so it's ok for humans to get hunters but not undead?
 

lupi

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Lol, blizz admits wow is a failure, lol.

That must be why they say there is no internal talk of a wow2 or for when wow will be turned off.



One of the truly funny moments is when they announced flying in the old world and some guy shouts will you need to buy normal weather flying. :)
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Dwarfs Shamans and Mages DUMB, DWARFS HATE MAGIC

you know that gigantic mountain range north of redridge with a fire elemental god hanging out at the bottom of it? yeah, dwarf mage did that.

BRD is basically filled with dwarf mage npcs and they had the class in beta. forget why it was removed.

Gnomes get priests STUPID, GMOMES ARE NOT PIUS AT ALL

yeah, not sure how that'll be explained. maybe deathwing put the fear of god in them. I suppose it makes sense that any race could pray.

Taurens get Pallies and Priests, STUPID THEY ARE A TRIBE AND HAVE SHAMMYS

there's a quest in the game to explain this.

Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS

not sure how this will be explained, but I'm sure it will.

Undead get Hunters WHY IN THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE NEED TO BE A HUNTER?

humans can be hunters. human can fall victim to the plague and become undead.
 

Aikouka

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Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
Juggling defense is a silly exercise, and your argument doesn't really hold water.

It does when Blizzard made the point originally. They wanted anyone with a class capable of tanking being able to tank regardless of their spec. While you don't need the defense cap to tank dungeons, it certainly makes it a hell of a lot easier.

I've used tanking gear while leveling for fighting mean ol' elites.

Also, you can't expect people that are leveling to just go out of their way and buy dual-spec. You know how many noobs don't even have flying at level 80? :p

EDIT:

Originally posted by: loki8481
Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS

not sure how this will be explained, but I'm sure it will.

There are Orc Warlocks (as much as Thrall doesn't like them) and arcane magic comes from the Twisting Nether just like demonic magic :p.
 

OutHouse

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Jun 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: Beev
I... can't tell if you're trolling/being sarcastic.

Originally posted by: Citrix
Human's get Hunters GOOD
Dwarfs Shamans and Mages DUMB, DWARFS HATE MAGIC
Night Elves get mages GOOD, THE NIGHT ELVES USED TO HAVE THE HIGHBORN
Gnomes get priests STUPID, GMOMES ARE NOT PIUS AT ALL


Taurens get Pallies and Priests, STUPID THEY ARE A TRIBE AND HAVE SHAMMYS
Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS
Blood Elves get Warriors, GOOD
Undead get Hunters WHY IN THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE NEED TO BE A HUNTER?
Trolls get Druids ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE.

Dwarves don't hate magic...
Gnomes have no reason to not be priests...
Orc mages have jack shit to do with shaman, if anything you meant warlocks.
Undead are just dead humans, so it's ok for humans to get hunters but not undead?

evil dwarfs are mages i dunno maybe i lean a bit more to the D&D dwarf characteristics than the wow dwarf.
orcs are generally stupid and a warrior class, a orc mage just does not fit their race
the living need hunters to eat, it just seems like the hunting ability would go away after one is a zombie really no need for it.
 

Baked

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Dec 28, 2004
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Meh, I've experienced everything in WoW before I quit a 3rd time a few months back. While this 3rd expansion is big, I really don't wanna invest any more time going back to the same game. I'm gonna try something different, hopefully SW:The Old Republic will fair better than Warhammer.
 

RyanPaulShaffer

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Beev
I... can't tell if you're trolling/being sarcastic.

Originally posted by: Citrix
Human's get Hunters GOOD
Dwarfs Shamans and Mages DUMB, DWARFS HATE MAGIC
Night Elves get mages GOOD, THE NIGHT ELVES USED TO HAVE THE HIGHBORN
Gnomes get priests STUPID, GMOMES ARE NOT PIUS AT ALL


Taurens get Pallies and Priests, STUPID THEY ARE A TRIBE AND HAVE SHAMMYS
Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS
Blood Elves get Warriors, GOOD
Undead get Hunters WHY IN THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE NEED TO BE A HUNTER?
Trolls get Druids ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE.

Dwarves don't hate magic...
Gnomes have no reason to not be priests...
Orc mages have jack shit to do with shaman, if anything you meant warlocks.
Undead are just dead humans, so it's ok for humans to get hunters but not undead?

evil dwarfs are mages i dunno maybe i lean a bit more to the D&D dwarf characteristics than the wow dwarf.
orcs are generally stupid and a warrior class, a orc mage just does not fit their race
the living need hunters to eat, it just seems like the hunting ability would go away after one is a zombie really no need for it.

Uh...this is WOW, not D&D Online. :p

Orcs can already be Warlocks and Shaman? Just dumb warrior types? Thrall is stupid? Saurfang is dumb? Gul'dan was just a dumb warrior? lol wut? :confused:

Undead can't hunt? So they need to be told where everything is? :confused: Besides, they can already eat and drink everything in the game. Where does it say that they can't eat or drink? Maybe they're like the undead in Pirates of the Caribbean, where they have this insatiable hunger and thirst but can never quench it.

Honestly, I don't get what the faux outrage over the new class/race combos is all about. BE Paladins and Tauren DKs were more LOLLORE! than these recent announcements.
 

ViviTheMage

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Dec 12, 2002
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When I was at blizzcon, I decided to record the announcement part of cataclysm, thought i'd share it so I uploaded it on youtube....I assume it's out there somewhere else, maybe even a better quality, but this was orgasmic when we were there, in person! There was around 20k people in that area, watching the same video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKJXONLlkbI

On Saturday, I actually got to meet the VP, and shake his hand...and the Presidents of Blizzcon, GREAT guys....both pretty hammered.

not sure how long it takes videos to get approved, but that's the link.
 

OutHouse

Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Beev
I... can't tell if you're trolling/being sarcastic.

Originally posted by: Citrix
Human's get Hunters GOOD
Dwarfs Shamans and Mages DUMB, DWARFS HATE MAGIC
Night Elves get mages GOOD, THE NIGHT ELVES USED TO HAVE THE HIGHBORN
Gnomes get priests STUPID, GMOMES ARE NOT PIUS AT ALL


Taurens get Pallies and Priests, STUPID THEY ARE A TRIBE AND HAVE SHAMMYS
Orcs get Mages STUPID THEY HAVE SHAMMYS
Blood Elves get Warriors, GOOD
Undead get Hunters WHY IN THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE NEED TO BE A HUNTER?
Trolls get Druids ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE.

Dwarves don't hate magic...
Gnomes have no reason to not be priests...
Orc mages have jack shit to do with shaman, if anything you meant warlocks.
Undead are just dead humans, so it's ok for humans to get hunters but not undead?

evil dwarfs are mages i dunno maybe i lean a bit more to the D&D dwarf characteristics than the wow dwarf.
orcs are generally stupid and a warrior class, a orc mage just does not fit their race
the living need hunters to eat, it just seems like the hunting ability would go away after one is a zombie really no need for it.

Uh...this is WOW, not D&D Online. :p

Orcs can already be Warlocks and Shaman? Just dumb warrior types? Thrall is stupid? Saurfang is dumb? Gul'dan was just a dumb warrior? lol wut? :confused:

Undead can't hunt? So they need to be told where everything is? :confused: Besides, they can already eat and drink everything in the game. Where does it say that they can't eat or drink? Maybe they're like the undead in Pirates of the Caribbean, where they have this insatiable hunger and thirst but can never quench it.

Honestly, I don't get what the faux outrage over the new class/race combos is all about. BE Paladins and Tauren DKs were more LOLLORE! than these recent announcements.

the orc leaders are the exception, you have to admit orc's as a race are not known for their intellect. thats all im saying.
 

lupi

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I don't think they'll be keeping people without the expansion from the areas this time; way too much of the present world is being changed by it. Instead it will be access to the profession, new levels type stuff you will not be able to access.


Hopefully with this they remove that damn portal from the belf area.
 

RyanPaulShaffer

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Jul 13, 2005
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Originally posted by: lupi
I don't think they'll be keeping people without the expansion from the areas this time; way too much of the present world is being changed by it. Instead it will be access to the profession, new levels type stuff you will not be able to access.


Hopefully with this they remove that damn portal from the belf area.

I never realized that the portal between Ghostlands and EPL would be such a big deal to anybody? :p

But now that you mention it, hopefully they allow you to just walk into Silvermoon instead of having to take the teleport from UC. And even bigger than that, allow us to get to the Exodar without waiting for a stupid boat!

:|
 

OutHouse

Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
Originally posted by: lupi
I don't think they'll be keeping people without the expansion from the areas this time; way too much of the present world is being changed by it. Instead it will be access to the profession, new levels type stuff you will not be able to access.


Hopefully with this they remove that damn portal from the belf area.

I never realized that the portal between Ghostlands and EPL would be such a big deal to anybody? :p

But now that you mention it, hopefully they allow you to just walk into Silvermoon instead of having to take the teleport from UC. And even bigger than that, allow us to get to the Exodar without waiting for a stupid boat!

:|

yea that i agree with, they should have made a portal. like the portal to they put in the mage tower in SW that ports you to Netherguarde Keep. WTF is that for? the taxi ride from SW is like 1.5 minutes....
 

OutHouse

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i wonder if the sunwell island will be sunk? befor LK came out that isle was loaded with people doing dailies, i was there last night and there were only 2 of us... its a total dead spot now.
 

RyanPaulShaffer

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Originally posted by: Citrix
i wonder if the sunwell island will be sunk? befor LK came out that isle was loaded with people doing dailies, i was there last night and there were only 2 of us... its a total dead spot now.

I wonder what's going to happen with a bunch of achievements, such as Explore Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor? If a bunch of areas are going to be sunk/destroyed, are these achievements going to become meta-achievements?
 

flexy

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Sep 28, 2001
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Blizzard has clearly given up on WoW
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this is why WoTLK has top of the top best ratings on many renowned review sites along with GTA4 and other top games...
 

Aikouka

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Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
I wonder what's going to happen with a bunch of achievements, such as Explore Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor? If a bunch of areas are going to be sunk/destroyed, are these achievements going to become meta-achievements?

Feats of Strength if anything. It'll become "Explore Old Azeroth" or something like that.
 

Juddog

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Originally posted by: flexy
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Blizzard has clearly given up on WoW
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this is why WoTLK has top of the top best ratings on many renowned review sites along with GTA4 and other top games...

The sky is perpetually falling in the eyes of some.

To me the ideas presented in the expansion all seem like good things. There will still be plenty of raiding for the ubers.
 

RyanPaulShaffer

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Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
I wonder what's going to happen with a bunch of achievements, such as Explore Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor? If a bunch of areas are going to be sunk/destroyed, are these achievements going to become meta-achievements?

Feats of Strength if anything. It'll become "Explore Old Azeroth" or something like that.

That's what I meant...Feats of Strength, not meta-achievements. I got my terminology wrong.

Guess I'd better get to exploring the old world on all of my alts while it still exists. ;)
 

Liet

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I haven't played in a long, long time. Glad I stopped. Would anyone like to buy my lvl 60 Shaman with Warlord gear and Sulfuras? :)
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Liet
I haven't played in a long, long time. Glad I stopped. Would anyone like to buy my lvl 60 Shaman with Warlord gear and Sulfuras? :)

with factions changes coming, that's so unbelievably tempting. lol.
 

Anubis

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Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: Liet
I haven't played in a long, long time. Glad I stopped. Would anyone like to buy my lvl 60 Shaman with Warlord gear and Sulfuras? :)

if you are giving it away yes
 

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: Juddog
Originally posted by: flexy
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Blizzard has clearly given up on WoW
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this is why WoTLK has top of the top best ratings on many renowned review sites along with GTA4 and other top games...

The sky is perpetually falling in the eyes of some.

To me the ideas presented in the expansion all seem like good things. There will still be plenty of raiding for the ubers.

i think my disslike for this xpac as an uber comes from lack of new and exciting raid content

Naxx as a total let down, it it was actually as hard as it was back at 60 it woudl have been better but they totally made it a joke

Uld was cool

TOC seems like a copout

if IC is good ill prob still have a fovorable attaude for the xpac

is you ignore raiding wrath is infinitly better then TBC