March 4th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
We saw
Origano‘s first machinima offering back in February, when he debuted with
The Achiever – Rapid Defense. The video was interesting, but plagued with some soundtrack issues. However, it looks like he took that criticism to heart and is now back with the second installment,
The Achiever – The Duelist.
The premise is the same. The main character (self-titled as Origano) is competing in a gameshow called the Achiever. This time, however, the Tauren protagonist has to win a duel. He starts out demanding equal opponents, and proceeds to have trouble with the arrangement. I don’t want to give the story away, but it’s a pretty nice progression of events. I think Origano is really showing promise with his story arrangements, though it could probably move at a little faster pace.
Origano’s got some really good gags in here. The whole turtle lineup is pretty funny, and I love the shout out to those annoying toy trains. I think Origano’s really starting to get his legs under him, and we should watch him closely to see how he grows as an artist.
Previously on Moviewatch ..
At any rate, it’s great work, and I’m hopeful to see more from Ninth Batter.
WoW Moviewatch: The Achiever – The Duelist originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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March 4th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Rogue, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Bugs, Odds and ends, Features, (Rogue) Encrypted Text
Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we look at some of the new animations coming in patch 3.1.
Since the departure of BigRedKitty from our site, we haven’t had many new videos for you to watch while idling at work. I decided to step up to fill this gap in programming by FRAPS’ing some of my adventures on the patch 3.1 PTR. With several changes to Rogues in this latest content release, I wanted to stay ahead of the curve by testing the modifications out before they are deployed to live servers.
There were reports of new animations for several spells, as well as moves that had been changed mechanically. Catching any bugs that had slipped through QA was also a top priority. I copied my Rogue over to the PvP PTR realm and started shooting, and the results of that labor follow after the cut. A few caveats: all videos were shot without UI addons or keybindings, and so I do click quite a few of my abilities. I tried out five specs in about 30 minutes, and so my action bars are also disheveled. That said, let’s review the videos.
Continue reading Encrypted Text: Rogue videos from Patch 3.1 PTR
Encrypted Text: Rogue videos from Patch 3.1 PTR originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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March 4th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries
When Lurial of <The Dottagers> on Turalyon-EU ran out of her pre-paid game time, she was booted off the game during the middle of an Eye of Eternity run. After a frantic renewal of her subscription, she logged back in to find this scene in Dalaran. Apparently Lurial wasn’t the only person not to pay a subscription — it seems that the good leaders of the Kirin Tor have forgotten to pay the electric bill again, with dire consequences for the city’s residents. I guess the streetlights are battery-powered. Either that or Lurial caught them in the process of moving the city again. (Actually, it’s just a graphics bug, but it’s quite a nice one.)
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Around Azeroth: The blackout originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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March 4th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Raiding
We here at WoW Insider and others around the WoW community have talked so much about the term “bring the player, not the class” that I’m a little surprised we haven’t started shortening it to “BTPNTC.” But apparently I, at least, have not really understood what Blizzard meant by it when they said it was part of their new philosophy of balancing for raids.
Ghostcrawler basically QFTs another forum poster who said the following: “Blizzard has repeatedly stated they didn’t mean any class will be identical to all other classes in effectiveness for your last raid slot. Blizzard has provided a bunch of options you can choose from to get Replenishment, but expects you to choose one of those options. If any choice were a valid choice, there would be no incentive to think about the choice you make. Blizzard wants you to think about your group composition.”
As you may have gathered, this is in the contest of “A plea to remove Replenishment.” What Blizzard, then, apparently means by BTPNTC is that it’s now easier to get your (semi-)required buff and debuff coverage, not that you can do it with any old group. Sort of like threat for tanks, the mini-game of group composition has been made easier, but not made a non-issue. Honestly, I do think Replenishment should be removed – I don’t see how requiring my 10-man raid to bring one of five specific DPS specs, or face the consequences, makes the game more fun. But it’s good to have some insight into the developers’ mindset.
What they really meant by “bring the player, not the class” originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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March 4th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman, The Daily Quest
The Daily Quest brings you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
The Daily Quest: Of Healing UIs, BlizzCon galleries and Glory of the Raider The Movie originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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