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Old 02/25/09, 10:04 AM   #361
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I assume that was implemented to keep you from poping some cooldowns on one spec and then switch it while they`re still up.

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Old 02/25/09, 10:25 AM   #362
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Did anyone have the time to test how action bar mods work with the dual spec feature? Will they require extensive updates?

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Old 02/25/09, 10:42 AM   #363
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Old 02/25/09, 10:42 AM   #364
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Originally Posted by 4LV View Post
Ouch. With manapools already being up to twice the amount of Mana given by a single full conjured mage-water sitting, I suspect this is going to either cause headaches or simply get revamped to something less extreme.
That doesn't seem too extreme. How often exactly are you planning on switching specs, and in what contexts? I would be very surprised if you planned on swapping between Arcane and FFB while farming. Aside from switching immediately before boss fights this penalty is almost a non factor.

Which, of course, brings into question why it even exists, but it still doesn't seem extreme.

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Old 02/25/09, 10:48 AM   #365
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Not a huge reason but possibly to prevent some world pvp cheesiness or with wintergrasp and certain classes being able to swap between a damage soak and a healing spec with ease and back again.

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Old 02/25/09, 10:49 AM   #366
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I come bearing gifts! Ulduar boss spells:

Spells with their URLs underlined are likely Hard Mode spells. Only spells with the name of a boss, or of a known link or mechanic of that boss, are listed.

Flame Leviathan
Overload Circuit - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Overload Circut - "Overloads the Power Core of the Flame Leviathan", appears to trigger mana regeneration (?)
Scorch - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Scorch - Flamestrike, basically, and makes "Iron constructs in the area eventually become molten".
Tar - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Tar - Leaves a blotch of Tar on the ground. Tar can be ignited. (Likely a vehicle ability)

Kologarn
Stone Grip - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Stone Grip - Deals 7000 Nature damage per second to the target until Kologarn takes 150000 damage.

Freya
Attuned to Nature 25 Dose Reduction - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - "Reduces Freya's Attuned to Nature stacks by 25" (spells also exist for other amounts)
Brightleaf's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - "The presence of Elder Brightleaf increases magic damage dealt by Freya and her Allies of Nature by 50%"
Freya Summon Chest - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Freya Summon Chest - it would appear that we do not kill her. There are eight spells of the same name, presumably for various difficulties.
Ironbranch's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Ironbranch's Essence - Increases damage dealt by Allies of Nature by 50%.
Lifebinder's Gift Trigger Missile - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Lifebinder's Gift - Summons an "Extraplanar Spore"
Stonebark's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Stonebark's Essence - Increases physical damage dealt by Freya by 50%.
Summon Allies of Nature - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Summon Allies of Nature
Touch of Eonar - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Touch of Eonar - Heals Freya for 6000/s (10) or 24000/s (25).

Thorim
Berserk - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Berserk - either Thorim has adds, or he aids the players at some point.
Deafening Thunder - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Deafening Thunder - Silences targets within 15 yd of a "Stormhammer" strike.
Thorim's Hammer - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Thorim's Hammer - Deals 15000 Stormstrike damage (that's Nature/Physical) to all nearby enemies.

Hodir
Flash Freeze - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Flash Freeze - Freezes the target in a block of ice. Other spells mention that a frozen target hit by flash freeze dies instantly, and that it is in fact Hodir's ability.
Hodir's Fury - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Hodir's Fury - 15000 Frost damage and a 9 second stun to all enemies.
Shatter Chest - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Shatter Chest - Most likely Hodir's loot mechanic.
Toasty Fire - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Toasty Fire - Likely a player ability. Creates a fire which prevents the effects of Freeze and Biting Cold. Extinguished by "falling ice shards" or "powerful frost magic" - most likely Blizzard and Flash Freeze.
Blizzard - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Blizzard - 1.5k (10), 3k (25) frost every 2 sec for 10 sec.
Biting Cold - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Biting Cold - A la Keristraza, only only "diminished" by movement, not removed.
Winter's Embrace - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Winter's Embrace - Absorbs 185k damage, and while active increases physical damage dealt by 100%.

Mimiron
Mimiron's Inferno - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Mimiron's Inferno - Deals 15000 Fire damage to all enemies and "leaves a blazing trail behind"

Yogg-Saron
Dominate Mind - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Dominate Mind - Mind controls a target temporarily and reduces Sanity by 20.
Low Sanity Screen Effect - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Low Sanity Screen Effect - Just a visual.
Psychosis - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Psychosis - 20000 Shadow damage and reduces 20 Sanity.
Sanity - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Sanity - 100 stacked buff, if it reaches 0 you are permanently mind controlled. One Sanity regenerates per 3 seconds.
Touch of Dominion - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Touch of Dominion - Subjugates the target to the will of Yogg-Saron, weakening it (-10% HP and damage), yet "conferring a subtle control". Appears to stack every 180 sec.

Unknown but likely Raid spells
Brain Link - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Brain Link - Links two targets, they take 3000 shadow/sec if more than 15yd from each other.
Conservator's Grip - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Conservator's Grip - The "grip of the Protector" pacifies/silences.
Gravity Bomb - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Gravity Bomb - Debuff, after 9 sec deals 20k shadow damage and pulls all friendlies within 20 yards to the debuffed player.
Solar Flare - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Solar Flame - Deals 8k (10) or 14k (25) Fire damage to a number of targets "based on Brightleaf Flux"
Summon Guardian - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Summon Guardian - Summons a Guardian of Yogg-Saron from the ether.
Summon Saronite Vapors - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Summon Saronite Vapor - Summons a cloud that converts health into "pure mana energy" (Saronite Vapors - Thottbot: World of Warcraft).
Supercharge - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Supercharge - Likely a trash or multiple boss encounter ability. Increases all allies' damage by 25% and grants them "an additional ability". Probably linked with:
Supercharged - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Supercharged - Buff, 50% additional damage and melee strikes cause a 7000 Nature damage in a frontal cone.
Vengeful Surge - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Vengeful Surge - Like the Supercharged buff above, but 75% additional damage and 50% attack speed, as well as the nature damage strike proc.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:00 AM   #367
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Originally Posted by demog View Post
I could imagine that it refers to effects like consecration, thunderclap, and death&decay which are textures that are projected unto the ground mesh. In other words it sounds like they split "Spell Details" into "Particles" and "Texture Projection", making it possible to disable fancy spell graphics while still seeing important stuff on the ground.
You are correct. I wish I would've realized that sooner. Still, very nice to help frame rates a bit.


Originally Posted by Ayreon View Post
Did anyone have the time to test how action bar mods work with the dual spec feature? Will they require extensive updates?
It might vary between mods, but Dominos appeared to be working completely fine with the swaps. Aside from the fatal errors that need to be ironed out, it's a pretty simple and logical process overall.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:22 AM   #368
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Shirt of Uber Aura - Thottbot: World of Warcraft -- Increases all statistics by 13% and all ratings by 130.

That should give a general idea of how much Blizzard expects people to upgrade during non-achievement Ulduar. The idea behind the shirt is to allow testing of hard-mode achievements with the expected gear level.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:41 AM   #369
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Not that there was much doubt at this point, but it's also basically official confirmation that item levels are on a logarithmic scale.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:46 AM   #370
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I was thinking about the mystery boss on the Old Kingdom map some more, and could it be an event boss? Maybe Ahune will be in there this year?

Originally Posted by Cranberry View Post
Brightleaf's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - "The presence of Elder Brightleaf increases magic damage dealt by Freya and her Allies of Nature by 50%"
Ironbranch's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Ironbranch's Essence - Increases damage dealt by Allies of Nature by 50%.
Stonebark's Essence - Thottbot: World of Warcraft - Stonebark's Essence - Increases physical damage dealt by Freya by 50%.
I hope this fight will be more than a blatant copy of Sartharion.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:51 AM   #371
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Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
Shirt of Uber Aura - Thottbot: World of Warcraft -- Increases all statistics by 13% and all ratings by 130.

That should give a general idea of how much Blizzard expects people to upgrade during non-achievement Ulduar. The idea behind the shirt is to allow testing of hard-mode achievements with the expected gear level.
It confirms that one Tier of item = 13 iLevel and that the difference between T7 and T8 will be 2 tiers of item.

25 men raid : upgrade from 213 to 239 = 12.2%
10 men raid : upgrade from 200 to 226 = 13%

Quite obviously, End boss and hard mode will have items with iLevel 252/239.

Considering that T7 had 2 complete loot table for T7.5 and one partial for Sartharion with 2 or more drakes, it is less than likely that any other boss than Yogg Saron will have a full T8.5 table (11 hard modes have been announced, so 11 partial T8.5 loot tables will be in Ulduar)

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Old 02/25/09, 11:51 AM   #372
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Based on that it seems similar. However maybe in this case you need to defeat Freya before defeating the helpers and the normal fight is killing off the helpers as the fight progresses.

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Old 02/25/09, 11:56 AM   #373
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Originally Posted by Faeviactus View Post
Based on that it seems similar. However maybe in this case you need to defeat Freya before defeating the helpers and the normal fight is killing off the helpers as the fight progresses.
There are spells for the watchers being stunned after channeling their powers onto Freya.

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Old 02/25/09, 12:41 PM   #374
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Originally Posted by Désespoir View Post
It confirms that one Tier of item = 13 iLevel and that the difference between T7 and T8 will be 2 tiers of item.

25 men raid : upgrade from 213 to 239 = 12.2%
10 men raid : upgrade from 200 to 226 = 13%

Quite obviously, End boss and hard mode will have items with iLevel 252/239.

Considering that T7 had 2 complete loot table for T7.5 and one partial for Sartharion with 2 or more drakes, it is less than likely that any other boss than Yogg Saron will have a full T8.5 table (11 hard modes have been announced, so 11 partial T8.5 loot tables will be in Ulduar)
I believe that ilvl increases are logarithmic now, so 213 -> 226 would be a flat 13% increase. - Item Level Mechanics

There are still some questions with hard mode and loot and difficulty, due to hard-mode encounters appearing to have variable scaling (0-4 for the Flame Leviathan and maybe 0-3 for Freya). There's a possibility of requiring some amount of gear from the scaling up before tackling the final form. It will also be interesting to see how they compare with 10 man vs 25 man versions of the encounter - based on the gear, a solidly-geared group at the Naxx25 level should be able to start on the Ulduar10 hard-mode.

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Does anyone have a map of Ulduar? How linear is the dungeon, especially the watchers area and post-watchers? I'm wondering how much working on the hard-mode achievements conflicts with completing the dungeon.

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Old 02/25/09, 12:45 PM   #375
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Has anyone looked at cost of hog/chopper in upcoming patch on PTR? I am just wondering if I should break down and get it now or is it worth the wait?

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