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WoW 3.1.0 videos - Mounted combat - Swimming mounts - duel specs - more
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3.1.0 is more than just a massive 10/25man raid dungeon .. here are some videos showing the new stuff
Swimming mounts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCbtteGKZNk
Mounted combat (Event - very early stages of development)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRTtntQOeY&feature=related (the mounts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSW8JFyQK3g&feature=related (how it works)
The ability to prove your worth to a capital city of your choosing through our new mounted combat system
New daily quests to construct the great Argent Crusade coliseum for glorious battles to come
All new rewards - new items, titles, banners, tabards, pets, mounts, and more
All new achievements
Many more festivities, and more to come in future content updates!
Players will find the Argent Tournament in Icecrown. Speaking to any Northrend flight master will get you on track to prove your worth to the Argent Crusade, your faction’s leaders, and all denizens of Azeroth!
Gear manager interface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrDLiG5GY8&feature=related
Swap out your gear with 1 button ( another communyty mod blizzard built into the game ) useful for duel specs
Duel spec interface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBz5gGSIPu0&feature=related
Although its not set in stone, this is avaliable at lvl 40 for a 1 off fee of 1000 gold, lets you set 2 specs, 2 action bar sets, 2 sets of glyphs and you can swap out gear easily with the gear manager, currently there is no cool down on .. I am sure that will change
Other stuff I could not find videos for
- New ultra-high graphics setting (higher res outland textures, longer shadow draw distance etc)
- The usual Class talent/abilities balances and additions
- Hunters dont consume ammo - get a free bag slot yay!
- Hunters can call any pet from the stables (30 min cool down - added to utilize duel specs)
- Can join BG's from anywhere, no need to visit an NPC
- Colourblind feature on the mini map icons
- Hearthstone Cooldown down to 30mins for 1 hour
- Some changes to wintergrasp to make the southern towers useful
- New Boss in the Wintergrasp dungeon to fight
- New Gear, Glyphs, Recipies etc
- Druids get some unqiue animal forms
- Plus lots of bug fixes and blizzard magic sprinkled on top
Some videos of Ulduar - 14 boss 10/25man raid dungeon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGog5jZAEk ( a partial walkthrough this place is epic watch it in HQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ny3LFArwg8&feature=related ( Steel council Boss watch in HQ)
Check youtube for boss fights etc
Enjoy.
Comments
Hmm is there a typo in your post? the video you linked says its the iron council. Unless theres another encounter called the steel council.
"It is my opinion, that my opinions are always right"
Hmm is there a typo in your post? the video you linked says its the iron council. Unless theres another encounter called the steel council.
Yes that was a shameful typo
About the graphics update is it going to be a big change where people will need a 8800GT and up card for it or is it just draw distance, shadows and such? Like how dungeons and dragons had a big graphics upgrade that even uses DX10.
Any plans to make enhance shams pvp viable? If not, I'll still be sitting out.
Lots of great additions but they have said that some of them wont be entirely ready when 3.1 is released.
single 8800gt , with everything max, atleast on most used rez 1680v1050.. cant run wow at 60 fps most of the time anyway
its not big change.. there is updated armor/weapon models for wotlk gear.. and some sprites.. no clue tbh.. its not a big of change.. its ptr yet.. and so on..
Great
But why is this mounted combat being added?
Also whats the perpose of this new Arugent Crusade place?
Do Caster classes get different Mount attacks?
Block as a mage?
meh. I'll stick with Dark Age of Camelot. Doesn't have mount combat, but combat in general is still better
i like most of the updates... but the swimming mounts?? why?!
Joining a BG anywhere is a BAD idea
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Its to get ready for the next X-pac which takes place in the sea Mastrom (missspell)
Blizzard stated they wanted to speed up lvling. So they make Mounts not dismount automatically when you get in water. But you still slow down to swim speed.
Its to get ready for the next X-pac which takes place in the sea Mastrom (missspell)
Blizzard stated they wanted to speed up lvling. So they make Mounts not dismount automatically when you get in water. But you still slow down to swim speed.
Yep the next expansion will be a water expansion with LOTS of sea battles and ship encounters.
Now that we have had the land artillery of WC3 in WotLK we will see the sea battles in Maelstrom. Together with 2 new races, which according to the latest rumours can be played both on Alliance and Horde side.
I still think the new expansion will launch in the Apr/May 2010 period.
That would mean WotLK will only have 3 patches probably, with the final Lich King encounters in Dec this year. patch 3.1 Mar. patch 3.2 Jul, patch 3.3 Dec.
The reason is they want 2 wide open launch periods for SC2 (Oct 2009) and D3 (Oct 2010).
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In the meantime though patch 3.1 is good in class possiblities. No doubt the dual specs are much needed and will enhance the gaming fun and choices (remember two sets needed per character).
I love the building of the collosseum effort. I liked the same game mechanics in earlier content (like the Sunwell island changes).
I still think the joining of the BG's from "anywhere" is a very very bad idea. Apparently taken by the same idiots who changed the Arena rating "hidden rating" system.
Whats the hidden rating thing? fill me in plz bro/sistar
PS: I agree the Queue from anywhere thing was a bad idea for max lvl toons, but I am interested more with using that system for LvLing Alts in Battle Grounds when they add the Exp from PvP. So lvling would at least be fun again like in Vanilla WoW.
know what I mean Bro/Sistar
Pretty impressive!
Considering it takes 6 months for a company that makes hundreds of millions of dollars to push out their first patch since an expansion.
/sarcasm
that nice to hear.
but mount on water ,was meh,do we really need it?
i means ,just go out of the water then mount up..
yay finally a colourblind feature for the minimap. God that thing was a pain to use at times.
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
Blizzard have also updated the amoury with new Areana statistics
http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/wow-armory-improved-with-powerful-tools/
Your "official" arena rating is not your real and hidden arena rating. The hidden rating is based on all your previous results in older seasons. That simply means IF the program thinks you were only worth "1400" worth of PvP rating while with a new team you would begin at 1500, you will loose MORE points when playing against lower rated opponents.
This system pulls everyone down because you will loose 20 points with a loss and gain 2 points when you win on a new team. Hardly motivating for a lot of people.
They wanted to ban the cheaters with it and succeded somewhat (you know the champs that just started at 1500 with a new team but were really 2200's). But in the long run they demotivate play.
It is like saying: hey you were a bad player in the past: even IF you win (2 points up), the next time you will loose we make sure your rating stays low (-20 points down).
Add the ratings on the two FULL highest pvp sets and you know why everyone is waiting for the new season 6 in patch 3.1 where they'll hopefully rectify the problems.
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Blizzard was far too hardcore in the PvP system ; forgetting that you need to motivate people to play and not get a wall in front of them: unless you are VERY good, you don't get a decent PvP gear or weapon.... through PvP play.... Great but not very motivating to pay subscriptions for. I already said that months ago. The PvP rating system was way to harsh in WotLK.
I guess a few guys at Blizzard read too much garbage on forums ....
As for the joining from anywhere in BG's: it is indeed a bad idea for the high level characters. We will see how it is for the lower BG's.
And of course AV badges should again be included along with the other BG's. They excluded them in the fear no one would do the Lake Wintergrasp fights. But now LW is even too popular because of too many players, they should push AV again.
All this shows Blizzard needs to read less the forums and do what they are good at: make the games, don't listen to teenage whiners.
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As for leveling alts through PvP only, it is great in WotLK (lvl 70 to 80 only) for doing this : lots of daily PvP quests throughout the content. You could easly level a character from 70 to 80 doing PvP quests in the leveling zones. Your characters will be flagged for PvP in doing these daily quests even on a PVE server. Masses of fun for a druid or rogue. Reputation doesn't even need to suffer as most of these dailies give rep honor.
Wotlk shows it iS possible to level through PvP alone in the open world doing daily PvP quests in the range 70 to 80. I am AGAINST it in the BG's as they will kill the magnifcent world feeling Wow has. Hopping from BG to BG: I gladly hand this over to some other games.
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Is a GREAT Thing.
It only failed in WAR because the entire game revolves around World PvP.
They should have never put in scenarios.
In WoW itworks because as you level your new scrubby character not only do you get exp but you get the honor you need to get the entrly level gear for Arena.
And anything below 70-80 content is useless to go through. Its one of the many reasons I have quit. Along with the honor grind needed, and lack of battle groups being balanced.
And when their new expansion comes around, what newbie wants to sit around for 90 soloing to level up to max level, just to have to do the same thing in the form of honor/badges/arena points but for gear instead.
Hell I quit but I didn't even level a new character with the 1-60 being easier. Besides a DK. (70 warrior 80 DK)
Its a big turn off. Yes yes WoW still has a huge population, but Blizzard is not stupid. They know a lot will be leaving the second a MMO with even half the quality of WoW just for something different.
They do not want their MMO to slowly dwindle. By making the game extremely accessable to brand spankin new players to not have to deal with an annoying endless solo questing extravaganza just to achully play the game they allow it to further capture the mmo croud as well as hope that the veterans that did not have the time for a secondary character to be able to go through again with another character, also preserving subscriptions.
Mounted combat/riding mounts underwater. Just in case seeing someone without their ass planted on a mount 24/7 wasn't rare enough!
And don't forget dual specs, because god forbid the poor little ones have to actually make a choice about anything.
Seriously, I didn't think it was possible, but they watered things down yet again.
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Dual speccing makes pure DPS classes even more worthless
Being dismounted when entering the water makes sense to me. It would be cool if we had special water mounts.
I dont care about mounted combat, where is my player housing already?
Its old news that the next expack will be The Maelstrom with areas like Gilneas, Grim Batol, Kezan, etc making an appearance. For the most part things have stayed true the this post i had fished out a while ago. Keep in mind the guy who got this info put it up when the original WoW came out and people thought he was joking.
But the last 2 expacks seem to point out that most of his info is spot on barring a few level discrepancies.
This also means if Blizz holds true to that list (which they have so far), there will be atleast 2 more expacks after The Maelstrom, being the Planar Set where we get to walk the Emerald Dream and finally meet the fabled Panderans and the Legion Set where you face off against Sargeras.
Its to get ready for the next X-pac which takes place in the sea Mastrom (missspell)
Blizzard stated they wanted to speed up lvling. So they make Mounts not dismount automatically when you get in water. But you still slow down to swim speed.
Yep the next expansion will be a water expansion with LOTS of sea battles and ship encounters.
Now that we have had the land artillery of WC3 in WotLK we will see the sea battles in Maelstrom. Together with 2 new races, which according to the latest rumours can be played both on Alliance and Horde side.
I still think the new expansion will launch in the Apr/May 2010 period.
That would mean WotLK will only have 3 patches probably, with the final Lich King encounters in Dec this year. patch 3.1 Mar. patch 3.2 Jul, patch 3.3 Dec.
The reason is they want 2 wide open launch periods for SC2 (Oct 2009) and D3 (Oct 2010).
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In the meantime though patch 3.1 is good in class possiblities. No doubt the dual specs are much needed and will enhance the gaming fun and choices (remember two sets needed per character).
I love the building of the collosseum effort. I liked the same game mechanics in earlier content (like the Sunwell island changes).
I still think the joining of the BG's from "anywhere" is a very very bad idea! . Apparently taken by the same idiots who changed the Arena rating "hidden rating" system.
/signed
It's more than very very bad idea!
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"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
Could you link the source please because that's a hell of a prediction if it were made BEFORE the original Wow came out.
Unfortunately i cant. The original post that i came across was made on diabloii.net which is now diii.net. I went back and tried to fish it out but i cant find it. The one linked in my post was made by someone on WoR a few months ago. Its possible that this is the same person though the post on diabloii.net was made about 3-4 months after WoW came out. I had totally forgotten about it untill i came across the one from WoR.
Went back to WoR and found another poster validating his post here
Either ways you can atleast be certain that the Maelstrom will be the next expack. Long before WotLK was announced the guys over at WoR predicted that Northrend would be in the next expack dispite people saying that Arthas had to be a lvl100 boss and that the Emarald Dream or the Maelstrom would follow TBC. And if they say the Maelstrom is next, iam inclined to believe they are right.
As for the 2 after Maelstrom, its possible that Blizz may merge them or drop them all together depending on the the success of their next gen MMO and the impact it has on the WoW playerbase. Then theres Diablo 3. I know alot of people who will leave WoW once Diablo 3 comes out especially when it has a free to play online component.
Think thats enough speculating for one day
dual specs in my opinion is a massive help for Priests and warrior (or other healers and tanks) more often than not the heal/tank spec makes levelling difficult. By allowing dual specs i hope to see more healers and more tanks in instances purely because they can now simply change their spec every 5 seconds.
While i personally think you dont need a spec to heal unless your in a raid many do not share this view and it becomes a pain to try and convince them otherwise, now i wont have that problem.
mounted combat is hardly watering down the gameplay, if anything its improving it...slightly. I saw the video for mounted combat and while it hardly think it will be viable in any small enclosed space (read anything but open world PvP) i think it may provide a few interesting quests along the way.
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
Patches 3.01 to 3.09 "you just forgot" ???
Considering it is excatly ... 4 months since WotLK was published. (November 13 th !).
You are way off with your comments. Since it launches before the next Lotro patch, mmm, which game did better ?
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/sarcasm off.
Yea Zorn which game did "better" since LotrOs patch already is released?
If WoW = The Beatles
and WAR = Led Zeppelin
Then LotrO = Pink Floyd
Yea Zorn which game did "better" since LotrOs patch already is released?
Beaten by a nose length
LOL Good post. Grtz.
But there are patches and patches of course
) Ulduar promisses to be the biggest Raid content in Wow. I hear the Lotro patch includes a new 12 men dungeon.
I am just glad Blizzard introduces the dual specs classes and the revival of PvP gear on par with the latest Raid gear, so we don't have to wait one extra month before the season opens up again.
Joining BG's from anywhere could be a bad idea still. As if no one learned from War's empty world mistake.
hehe Im sure both patches are pretty good that will offer lots of new fun for the players, I think Blizzard and Turbine are doing great with their content updates!
If WoW = The Beatles
and WAR = Led Zeppelin
Then LotrO = Pink Floyd