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Just Hit 80 Ran TOC your advice2010-03-25 00:00:00you more
mana per second through Intensity and additional spell power as well.
Not sure about your talent build as I'm working on mine as well, but with 200 haste rating, can't you a...
Ex-NCsoft Employees on Tabula Rasa's Demise2010-02-24 00:00:00/>2. ...wasn't on the TR dev team
3. ...am not much for FPS games, am pretty sad at them, and usually die horribly in Team Fortress 2
4. ...used that as an excuse for staying as far away from TR discussions as possible
5. ...it was a pretty weak excuse, yeah.
6. ...was on the same mailing lists Adam was (save the cool
management ones he was privy to, which was probably for the best) and heard much the same angst, cheerleading, and general "holy crap what now" gestalt.
Jennings explained further, in detail, Tabula Rasa's pre-release rushed timeline:
Gathering Feedback, Putting It Into A Box, Never Speaking Of It Again
As TR moved closer to release, company wide, we were *ordered* to start p...
Unadulterated Awesomeness2009-09-21 00:00:00Unadulterated Awesomeness<br />Last time, the Mage They Call Jayne(z) died quite a bit. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and all that. Thanks to the wondrous magic of "Rez Spells"? death was in no way permanent. Oh, video games. Where else can you die and live to complain about it? <br />After going up against some nifty bosses and actually not winning, Jayne(z) decided that he'd had enough of this zone for now-besides, he didn't like it ANYWAY. So THERE! He made his way to the gentle rolling plains of Nagrand, ran into Sir Hemet Nesingwary of Nesingwary's "Gank Me" Expedition, and ended up in Garadar, home of the Mag'har tribe of brown Orcs.<br /><br />I kinda wonder what makes them "Brown." I mean, they're definitely biological kin: we see Kilrogg Deadeye's son, Grom Hellscream's son, Saurfang's son... and they're all brown, not green like their kin. Strange. Perhaps it's something in Outland? Let's just say a wizard (Medivh!) did it. <br /><br />As one can expect, there's a boatload of quests for yours truly, with objectives all over the massive zone of Nagrand. I can tell right away that this is going to be a blast. No, really, it's actually pretty cool. But what would I be without my sarcasm? Certainly not your loveable, humble, narrator! <br />I've got quests up the wazoo, which is a very uncomfortable place for quests. Apparently, the Mag'har had another village far to the West, which was then invaded by the Murkblood tribe of Broken, who slaughtered most of the inhabitants. But since the Greatmother is sick and dying, Garrosh Hellscream can't get off his emo ass and go do something. So, the orcs ask if a certain awesomely nifty Mage can go help them get revenge. Unfortunately, as revenge is against my code, I have to decline.<br />Just kidding. You know me better than that, people! I'm all over that revenge thing.<br /><br />In a pleasant discovery, each Broken killed awards me with 10 Mag'har reputation. Since there are groups of Murkblood Scavengers that have next to no HP, this becomes a very quick way to grind rep. Not that I really see a point to it (the only faction rewards I've seen thus far are some nifty epic mounts at Exalted, but I've got other things to do!) but... it's nice anyway. <br /><br />Nearby, I encounter Saurfang the Younger-not yet ascended to ULTIMATE BADASS status like his father, but tough enough-and two Mag'Har Elders, who relate the tragic story about how the Warmaul Ogres attacked their caravan and kidnapped their people. I go kick some ass, set some Orcs free, you know the drill. I'm starting to think that being a Mag'har Orc sucks, by the way.<br /><br />Of course, this entire time I'm also accomplishing quests from that ol' Nesingwary. No longer content with asking players to kill 12 or 15 of a creature type, Hemet and Pals ask for a hefty 30 kills per quest in their drive to make everything on Outland extinct. Well, not everything-just the Clefthooves, the Talbuks (think antelopes) and the Windrocs. <br /><br />Far to the southwest, there's a large mountain called Oshu'gun, surrounded by Voidspawns, various Ethereals, and at least one gigantic Gronn called Durn the Hungerer that gives me a bit of a scare. 10g say I have to kill him at some point. Any takers? Didn't think so.<br /><br />I wonder what the point of Oshu'gun is, but talking to NPCs in Aeris Point helps clear it up. Apparently, Oshu'gun is the most massive diamond in the known universe, and the Ethereals from the Consortium are out to mine it. So, they want me to help by killing some of the other Ethereals who are looking to get it first, getting rid of the Voidspawns, et cetera. They mention that the Naaru aren't very happy with their plans to mine Oshu'gun, but figure that they can take the Oshu'Gun Crystal Fragments off the corpses of the renegade Ethereals that were already mined. Yay, a quest! <br />Another Ethereal asks me for three Ivory Tusks from the Wild Elekk (elephant-creatures and the Draenei mount) that inhabit Nagrand. He assures me he has an "understanding" with the Draenei and the Orcs, but I'm not entirely sure I trust him. There's something fishy about the Consortium... but since it hasn't been explicitly said in a quest yet, I suppose I got nothin'. <br />Incidentally, almost every mob in Nagrand has a chance to drop "Oshu'gun Crystal Powder," which you turn in at Halaa (when you control it) for 3 gold, 6k XP, and a Halaa Research Token... but more on Halaa later. Believe me, there will be LOTS of information on Halaa, because it is t3h awesomez.<br /><br />There's a Stonehenge-y thing up to the north called the Throne of the Elements, where four gigantic Elemental guards roam around a quartet of Shamans who give you various quests to restore harmony to the elements, largely by finding things and killing them. Apparently, it's a hub for both factions, and my curiosity at how Blizzard is planning on making it less of a Nesingwary-esque death zone is appeased when I try to fireball a Warrior, and get crushed by Gordawg (Fury of Earth) for about 21k damage. <br /><br />Ouch. Ok, lesson thoroughly learned. <br /><br />One of the more amusing quests in the zone is from the Throne of Elements, where a Broken shaman tells me that I'll need something to let me breathe underwater, and a particular berry can do the trick. Unfortunately, the best way to find them is to sift through the dung piles of the Nagrand wildlife. <br /><br />...ew? Sometimes I think the quest writers at Blizzard have a very twisted sense of humor.<br />There's also a very cool an...
Holy is not THAT bad It may not be2009-05-14 00:00:00for SoB testsause i never had to stop toast a heal. right now
mana is going to be one of the biggest problems for holy imo and JotW answers that. also the SP from SoL will be huge sie we'll be using BoM instead of BoW...
my sp for healing if i reallyhose to2009-05-14 00:00:00Benedtion - 10%
manaost redtion on seals, judgements, blessings, hand spells, e. Improved Judgement - 20% more opportunities to get
mana bk from judgements = up to 20% more
mana Improved Blessing of Might - 25% better BoM = even more Spellpoweron...
iam an infomani i have one2009-05-09 00:00:00like having a mage dagger main hand and a more dps oriented weapon off hand. That seems to work fine for me; I have enough
mana to dps and heal myself. Has no-one else tried thi...
but Ill try to help you anyways; 2009-05-05 00:00:00need 9k
mana nor 8k health unbuffed (espially not the
mana as uan life tap -> drain life, I guess 8k hp aren't too mh of a problem anyways)... 5% Spellhit, well. As affltion with 5...
that go with theurrent affltion2009-04-30 00:00:00if they're AH worthy.
did say that the devs were looking into ways to make shards easier to
manage. But, from what I rall, there was no info on what that was, extly... But, I doubt it will be stking. And if it IS stking, then they will...
