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By Staff
Blizzard just published another short story from the War Within series about Anduin called "The Calling".
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Since leaving the realms of Death, Anduin Wrynn has only sought to keep his hands busy. Plagued by night terrors and grisly flashbacks, the young king finally finds the isolation he seeks in Stormsong Valley, milling flour for a local village. But while Anduin may be able to hide his identity, he cannot escape who he is or the stuff he is made from.
Read and download this short story by Christie Golden.
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By Staff
Big changes arrive to the Remix limited time event, as Blizzard address some of the issues players have been having. We see improvements for: higher level enemy scaling, drop rates overall, LFR, dungeon and scenario XP and gem drops, and the earlier Bronze drop from caches.
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We’re making a number of changes to address issues players have been reporting with scaling and improve the overall Remix experience by improving the viability of all content for earning additional experience, bronze, and gear. The following updates have already been made to all realms via hotfix:
Enemy power scaling, particularly in group content, has been adjusted to be less aggressive. This is particularly applicable in the player level 40 - 70 range, before players have been able to power up their cloak, upgrade their gems, and increase their item level. Gear drop rates have been improved from world rares, rare elites, and quests. This will help players who have had their item levels fall behind as leveling speed increases, especially at higher levels when cloak bonus experience is powered up. This will also increase player Bronze and appearance acquisition by increasing the number of items to place into the Unraveling Sands for additional Bronze. The first time bonus for queueing each LFR wing will grant a Thread of Experience in addition to the existing Lesser Bronze Cache. This should improve LFR as a viable choice for leveling main characters and alts, without players feeling like they need to grind the same LFR wing repeatedly. We have added bonus experience to each boss in normal dungeons and scenarios so they are a viable alternative to questing. Bonus experience has also been adding to the last boss of Heroic Scenarios. Heroic dungeon bosses will continue to drop bonus experience. We’ve increased the number of prismatic gems dropped from bosses in normal and heroic scenarios and dungeons. The increased stamina offered by Legendary Prismatic gems boosts player survivability considerably. We have increased the Bronze granted from all qualities of Bronze Caches by 25%. These caches are available from a wide variety of sources, both solo and group. This includes the Minor Bronze Cache, Lesser Bronze Cache, Bronze Cache, and Greater Bronze Cache. There are more hotfixes on the way, and as always, we’ll detail all of them in our next hotfixes update
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By Stan
With all zones available for playtesting in the War Within Alpha, it almost feels like the Closed Beta could start as soon as this week.
What does this mean for Alpha testers?
Character wipes! All Alpha characters will be deleted, and you will need to create a new character or copy one from retail once the Closed Beta starts.
What does it mean for the rest?
What does this mean for everyone else?
If you opt-in for War Within Beta, you will have a chance to be selected since Blizzard will be sending out a large wave of invites for Beta testing.
However, if you pre-ordered the Epic Edition of the War Within, Closed Beta access should be guaranteed. You can pre-order it here.
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By Stan
The Frog Farm nerf in MoP Remix has created a significant power disparity among players. Could Blizzard have taken a different approach to address this issue?
The MoP Remix has only been out for four days, but players quickly discovered an optimal way to level up their cloaks and gain infinite stats through the Frog Farm. However, Blizzard has now nerfed the Frog Farm into the ground, leaving those who took advantage of it crazily overpowered compared to everyone else.
In some extreme cases, a single healer is capable of sustaining a 25-man raid.
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There are also reports of players with 70K stamina and 6-7K in each stat.
DPS meters show pre-nerf Frog farmers vastly outperforming everyone else in the raid.
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So, what’s the issue? If you didn't farm frogs before the nerf, catching up seems nearly impossible unless Blizzard intervenes. The Bronze Cache buff buff isn't addressing the core problem.
Let’s consider MoP Remix for a moment. It’s a limited-time event, and while Timerunners will carry over to retail for War Within, the items won’t. Despite this, players are frustrated and voicing their concerns on the official forums and elsewhere.
But how can Blizzard fix this problem? Many community members point to scaling issues. For instance, there are reports of tanks getting one-shot in Normal Difficulty dungeons and Heroic content featuring bosses with 50 million health that can annihilate DPS with just two hits.
Another talks about how Heroic content has bosses with 50 million health that take minutes to kill and destroys the DPS with two hits.
The community's proposed solution is to nerf scaling at max level across the board. Do you agree with this approach or do you think Frog farmers should get nerfed and their power reverted? Should Blizzard maybe reduce the gear upgrading costs? How else could Blizzard handle this situation? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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By Stan
In the latest War Within Alpha build, Demonology Warlocks got new talents that makes them summon a raid boss and other changes that we've summarized in our latest post!
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Abyssal Dominion- Cataclysm summons an Overfiend that casts Chaos Bolt 2 times at 80% effectiveness before departing. Summon Infernal becomes empowered, dealing 40% increased damage. When your Summon Infernal ends, it fragments into two smaller Infernals at 50% effectiveness that lasts 10 sec. Vile Taint- Unleashes a vile explosion at the target location, dealing [ 93.75% 117.19% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 10 sec to 30 enemies within 10 yds and applies Agony and Curse of Exhaustion to them. Oblivion- Unleash wicked magic upon your target's soul, dealing [ 798% 997.5% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec. Deals 10% increased damage, up to 30%, per damage over time effect you have active on the target. Doom- Inflicts impending doom upon the target, dealing [ 104.41% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage immediately and [ 104.41% 581.86% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage to enemies within 10 yards after 20 sec. Damage is reduced beyond 8 targets. Consuming a Demonic Core reduces the duration of Doom by 3 sec. Rain of Fire- Normal: Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing [ 164.9% of Spell Power ] Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area. Inferno : Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing [ 164.9% of Spell Power ] Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area. Rain of Fire has a 10% chance to generate a Soul Shard Fragment. Soul Flame- When you kill a target, its soul bursts into flames, dealing [ 40% 48% of Spell Power ] Shadowflame damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Touch of Rancora- Diabolic Ritual Demonic Art increases the damage of your next Soul Shard spending ability by 100% and reduces its cast time by 50%. Pact of the Imp Mother- Hand of Gul'dan has a 8% 15% chance to cast a second time on your target for free. Chaos Bolt- Unleashes a devastating blast of chaos, dealing a critical strike for [ 369.2% 380.3% of Spell Power ] Chaos damage. Damage is further increased by your critical strike chance. Conflagrate- Triggers an explosion on the target, dealing [ 128.56% 134.99% of Spell Power ] Fire damage. Reduces the cast time of your next Incinerate or Chaos Bolt by 30% for 10 sec. Generates 5 Soul Shard Fragments. Umbral Blaze- Hand of Gul'dan has a 8% 15% chance to burn its target for [ 48% 96% of Spell Power ] additional Shadowflame damage every 2 sec for 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Umbral Blaze. Pact of the Ered'ruin- When Doom expires, is removed, you summon a Doomguard that casts 5 Doom Bolts before departing. Each Doom Bolt deals [ 149.09% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage. Fel Invocation- Soul Strike deals 20% increased damage and generates a Soul Shard. Reduces the cast time of Summon Vilefiend by 0.5 sec and your Vilefiend now deals [ 9.06% of Spell Power ] Nature damage to nearby enemies every 1 sec while active. Diabolic Ritual- Spending a Soul Shard grants Diabolic Ritual for 60 20 sec. While Diabolic Ritual is active, each Soul Shard spent reduces its duration by 1 sec. When Diabolic Ritual expires you gain Demonic Art, causing your next Soul Shard spending ability to summon an Overlord, Mother of Chaos, or Pit Lord that unleashes a devastating attack against your enemies. Imp Gang Boss- Summoning a Wild Imp has a 5% 15% chance to summon a Imp Gang Boss instead. An Imp Gang Boss deals 50% additional damage. Implosions from Imp Gang Boss deal 50% increased damage. Doom Blossom- When Seed of Corruption deals damage to a target suffering from your Unstable Affliction they explode, dealing [ 68.03% 74.84% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Doom Eternal (New)- Demonic Cores reduce the duration of Doom by an additional 2 sec and when Doom is removed its cooldown is reset. Fiendish Oblation (New)- Damage dealt by Grimoire: Felguard is increased by an additional 10% and you gain a Demonic Core when Grimoire: Felguard ends. Blood Invocation (New)- The cooldown of Power Siphon is reduced by 5 sec and Power Siphon increases the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 20%. Foul Mouth (New)- Increases Vilefiend damage by 20% and your Vilefiend's Bile Spit now applies Wicked Maw. Impending Doom (New)- Increases the damage of Doom by 30% and Doom generates 1 Soul Shard upon expiration. The Houndmaster's Gambit (New)- Your Dreadstalkers deal 50% increased damage while your Vilefiend is active. The following new two talents let Warlocks summon a raid boss, well, 1/2 of it straight from Antorus. It's a choice node deep down the Demonology Tree.
Mark of F'harg (New)- Your Summon Vilefiend becomes Summon Charhound and learns the following ability: Infernal Presence Cloaked in the ever-burning flames of the abyss, dealing [ 47.96% of Spell Power ] Fire damage to enemies within 10 yards every 1 sec.
Mark of Shatug (New)- Your Summon Vilefiend becomes Summon Gloomhound and learns the following ability: Gloom Slash Tooth and claw are drenched in malignant shadow magic, causing the Gloomhound's melee attacks to deal [ 1,029.14% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Gloom Slash.
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