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Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/10, 3:32 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 56,499
Posted By Tanoh
Being a mage I'll comment a bit on arcane...

Being a mage I'll comment a bit on arcane mage.



I don't know what the norm is, or if there even is a norm, to how many you bring of each class. Pure math says that you should bring 2,5 players of...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/03/10, 5:26 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
There's a huge difference between taking...

There's a huge difference between taking advantage of an unintended side effect of game mechanics. Breeching a verbal agreement with your fellow players to buy their items through the use of cash on...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/07/10, 4:33 AM
Replies: 228
Views: 86,496
Posted By Tanoh
I was also surprised of how steep the difference...

I was also surprised of how steep the difference is. Especially Festergut (didn't have time to try Putrice) is very hard, I wonder if they won't increase the enrage timer on him a bit. Which would...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/06/09, 3:05 AM
Replies: 877
Views: 579,983
Posted By Tanoh
Mine. I don't have disconnects. patch.mpq: 3 911...

Mine. I don't have disconnects.

patch.mpq: 3 911 336 KB
patch-2.mpq: 172 127 KB
Forum: Public Discussion 10/01/09, 8:11 AM
Replies: 877
Views: 579,983
Posted By Tanoh
No, you will always receive messages as the...

No, you will always receive messages as the server will always send them to you. Only way to fix this would be if blizzard added some option for it, as the server has to decide if it's going to send...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/29/09, 6:23 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
If the enchanting market "dies", it's not really...

If the enchanting market "dies", it's not really dead it's just very different from what we're used to (you could infact say that it's more alive than ever) you could always just buy cheap enchanting...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/16/09, 3:23 AM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,056
Posted By Tanoh
I don't PvP often as I think it's boring but...

I don't PvP often as I think it's boring but there's one thing I've noticed in "my" battlegroup.

Horde can not win the rush race in AV ever, we always fail it. Our only hope of winning is to slow...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/26/09, 8:03 AM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By Tanoh
They said very clearly that caster DPS do not...

They said very clearly that caster DPS do not want spirit anymore and it will not be on our gear. They also mentioned that certain skills, I believe the example they used was Molten Armor, would be...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/25/09, 10:28 AM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By Tanoh
It doesn't, it works on anyones gear. They...

It doesn't, it works on anyones gear. They specifically said it wasn't self only during the blizzcon panel. But well, everything could be changed until it's released, I guess. Maybe it'll require...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/25/09, 6:28 AM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By Tanoh
We don't know that. In fact we know next to...

We don't know that. In fact we know next to nothing about how it'll work, we'll have to see how it pans out later, but you can't make such conclusions at this point.



The key phrase being...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/24/09, 3:51 AM
Replies: 326
Views: 84,853
Posted By Tanoh
You heard correctly. I don't see what's so...

You heard correctly.

I don't see what's so staggering about it though, sure there'll always be a few min-maxers that want to squeeze out that extra 0.1 (made up number) DPS/healing/mitigation and...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/19/09, 7:53 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,449,636
Posted By Tanoh
I don't get that. Why would it be easier? Unless...

I don't get that. Why would it be easier?

Unless there's som really funky stuff going on with flying in wow the main reason they're not allowing flying (for non-game balance issues) is that when...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/09, 4:26 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,398
Posted By Tanoh
Also the event might have very little to do with...

Also the event might have very little to do with Onyxia as a raid boss. It could be as silly as the 4 year anniversary. As long as you logon during that day you get a pet. Some would call that an...
Forum: Mages 08/12/09, 6:50 AM
Replies: 2,838
Views: 1,235,250
Posted By Tanoh
Generally speaking spells that doesn't do any...

Generally speaking spells that doesn't do any direct damage doesn't require you to face the target.

For example:

Polymorph, Remove Curse, Dispel Poison, all healing spells etc etc: These doesn't do...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/03/09, 7:01 AM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,056
Posted By Tanoh
I have no proof of course, but I can't imagine...

I have no proof of course, but I can't imagine Blizzard allowing heirlooms to work 80+ (if they do raise the level cap). It would simply be too good and weird, you should use your best items. Not a...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/13/09, 7:21 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
Well, not always. Take our favorit hate gem,...

Well, not always. Take our favorit hate gem, forest emerald. I have loads of the stuff uncut becuase there's no way to get rid of them at a decent enough price. A few Jagged Forest Emerald and a few...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/03/09, 9:25 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,595
Posted By Tanoh
Are you sure he dies from the arms though? There...

Are you sure he dies from the arms though? There could be various dots on Kologarn himself, and the tank should probably still be hitting him etc. Even if he has 1 single health point after the arm...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/03/09, 7:52 AM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,595
Posted By Tanoh
I've never seen anyone get it when you kill him...

I've never seen anyone get it when you kill him by killing an arm.

I assumed this was by design, Heroic: Disarmed. If you follow the logic in the tooltip (even if toolips are far from correct all...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/09, 8:31 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
Unless the Titanium Ore prices plummets, which I...

Unless the Titanium Ore prices plummets, which I find hard to believe. The margins to make money as Jewelcrafter for epic gems looks quite slim. Far from the license to print money that Jewelcrafting...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/09, 7:51 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,398
Posted By Tanoh
Probably server dependant, but on "my" server...

Probably server dependant, but on "my" server horde aren't even close to being on equal terms with alliance until late in the nights. Any battle before ~22:00 (later on weekends) will mean a lot of...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/09, 4:09 AM
Replies: 621
Views: 266,398
Posted By Tanoh
You can only do the Vault twice (one 10 man and...

You can only do the Vault twice (one 10 man and one 25 man) per week though. If you do it them both on Wednesday evening (first day after reset in EU), then you have 6 days where losing or winning WG...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/15/09, 3:19 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,600
Posted By Tanoh
Sometimes you have to change tactics because...

Sometimes you have to change tactics because going 10 => 25 doesn't simply mean that everything is scaled by a factor of 2.5. We did most fights first in a 10 man first, and hence did most of the...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/09, 4:14 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,600
Posted By Tanoh
We had the exact opposite. Melee DPS was doing...

We had the exact opposite. Melee DPS was doing very little (mostly because they all seemed to have very much trouble breaking the flame cast) and ranged DPS had to do a lot more to compensate.

As a...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/05/09, 6:16 AM
Replies: 206
Views: 110,743
Posted By Tanoh
Be careful though. A few seconds after Thorim...

Be careful though. A few seconds after Thorim jumps down there will be continous lightning all over his platform (to prevent people from standing there nuking him). We ran into this issue when one of...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/22/09, 6:47 AM
Replies: 206
Views: 110,743
Posted By Tanoh
I was in corridor in both 10 man and 25 man, and...

I was in corridor in both 10 man and 25 man, and it's a nice change. The colossus lights up either his left or right arm and after a few seconds that side of the hallway explodes (or it's the...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/14/09, 3:26 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
It's also entierly possible for two or more...

It's also entierly possible for two or more people to come up with the same scheme at the same time. There's no secrets involved in this, it's just a whole lot of analysing and research.

Everyone...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/09/09, 4:54 AM
Replies: 489
Views: 140,894
Posted By Tanoh
There are more such pvp achievements, but in...

There are more such pvp achievements, but in common for all those is that they clearly say "Do this, this and that. In a single battle."

I think using the current achievement tracking that it would...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/08/09, 2:08 AM
Replies: 489
Views: 140,894
Posted By Tanoh
Achievements doesn't work like that though, the...

Achievements doesn't work like that though, the criterias aren't like quest objectives. You usually don't have to complete all criterias at one point, you can complete them in any order you please...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/08/09, 2:02 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
As I have more than a bank page of each (quite a...

As I have more than a bank page of each (quite a bit more) which was my goal initially. I cut a few random Shadow Crystals a few days ago and tried to sell the perfect ones. I didn't have much...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/07/09, 4:31 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
Yes, but I'm way too lazy to cut them and sell,...

Yes, but I'm way too lazy to cut them and sell, I'm hoping for either some good new cuts. Though I don't think there can ever be much value in green gems. Too few leveling items have gems (by design...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/07/09, 1:33 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
On Earthen Ring (EU) horde side, Saronite Ore is...

On Earthen Ring (EU) horde side, Saronite Ore is never ever below 20g. Average price I'd say is around 27g with Eternal Earth rarely below 10g. I still make money buying and doing schemes on that...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/07/09, 1:24 AM
Replies: 489
Views: 140,894
Posted By Tanoh
I've had item checks turned off since early...

I've had item checks turned off since early Molten Core. If someone wants to ask me something they can ask me.

Anyway, the only real problem I can see with this ilevel check is that ilevel is quite...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/09/09, 4:49 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 70,389
Posted By Tanoh
Good thing it's "perl" then ;) Without getting...

Good thing it's "perl" then ;)

Without getting into a flamewar over which language is better, php is just not suitable for this. It's a shell script which creates a HTML page.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/09/09, 4:35 AM
Replies: 489
Views: 140,894
Posted By Tanoh
Maybe it wasn't posted when you wrote it but...

Maybe it wasn't posted when you wrote it but Bornakk replied later in the thread:



World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Brew of the Year change...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/09, 3:32 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 355,082
Posted By Tanoh
You'd think that fire elementals would be immune...

You'd think that fire elementals would be immune to fire, but these are special elementals that sat at the back of the classroom during their "Spell Immunity 101" class and smoked eternal water and...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/16/09, 5:30 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 70,389
Posted By Tanoh
Cleaned up the code and made a standalone...

Cleaned up the code and made a standalone version. Without many of the features my lib has, for example there's no caching at all in this one. But it works.

Source: APtracker.pl...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/13/09, 6:08 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 70,389
Posted By Tanoh
Your post inspired me to write one for my guild....

Your post inspired me to write one for my guild. It's just done for my personal enjoyment and not going to be made into a general tool. It's written in perl and uses a common package I've developed...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/29/09, 7:24 AM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,778
Posted By Tanoh
Unless the tooltip is flat out lying (which...

Unless the tooltip is flat out lying (which wouldn't be the first time I guess) it would certainly seem that the cast speed is tied to his health. This is the buff he has on him Mojo Frenzy...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/28/09, 6:49 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
Hm? Milk (not that I've had any in the pure form...

Hm? Milk (not that I've had any in the pure form in several years, nor have any intentions of having any) taste slightly different between different companies.

And my reasoning was that in WoW you...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/28/09, 2:46 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,625
Posted By Tanoh
There's also some other difference between WoW...

There's also some other difference between WoW and the real world. In WoW you are always guaranteed that what you buy, is what you get. Say you find a new guy selling cheaper Eternal Fire than your...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/17/08, 7:36 AM
Replies: 107
Views: 37,104
Posted By Tanoh
We allow everyone to grab offspec loot by paying...

We allow everyone to grab offspec loot by paying an epic shard to the bank.

We've used this all the way from starting raiding in mid TBC, and well the loot is different now but I doubt it'll be much...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/10/08, 4:13 AM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,624
Posted By Tanoh
Probably not that impressive as all I did was...

Probably not that impressive as all I did was clear trash, but a frost mage is really quite nice for soloing (humanoids especially).

I was ~3k short of Lower City exalted the other day, it was in...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/17/08, 5:27 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 16,731
Posted By Tanoh
I don't know about that really. I have not much...

I don't know about that really. I have not much experience from playing on other servers than my own but I sometimes play on my alliance alt (PvE ruleset ftw!) and there seems to be a very different...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/17/08, 3:04 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 16,731
Posted By Tanoh
Well, I take "playing with unfamiliar people"...

Well, I take "playing with unfamiliar people" over "not finding anyone to play with" any day of the week :)

But yes it does diminish the feel of the server you are on, but no one should be forced to...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/16/08, 10:04 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,857
Posted By Tanoh
A friend of mine was in a similar problem when...

A friend of mine was in a similar problem when TBC was released. There were no copies available in his (backward) country.

The sollution was that I bought an extra copy and gave him the CD keys from...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/16/08, 5:28 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 16,731
Posted By Tanoh
Quite a bit offtopic, but I think Blizzard should...

Quite a bit offtopic, but I think Blizzard should allow cross server instances. Not just for battlegrounds. It would certainly help getting groups on odd hours. But maybe there's some technical...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/11/08, 6:39 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,857
Posted By Tanoh
We also have to remember the way itemisation...

We also have to remember the way itemisation works. The higher the X is for all stats, the more expensive X+1 will be.

Adding another point of a any stat from 5 to 6 is a lot cheaper than going from...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 07/10/08, 11:29 PM
Replies: 264
Views: 168,486
Posted By Tanoh
One bit of annoyance with this feature. Most...

One bit of annoyance with this feature. Most noticed on other figts than Moroes though. If a player already have a raid icon he or she will not get the skull but will keep their raid icon. I wish...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/08, 5:02 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,415
Posted By Tanoh
Regarding the mage tanking query. I usually tank...

Regarding the mage tanking query. I usually tank council (haven't done Maulgar since last autumn), I never get a misdirect. And frankly it's not needed. I just spellsteal, fireblast and starts...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/08, 4:52 AM
Replies: 305
Views: 95,086
Posted By Tanoh
Changing the GUID doesn't mean we'll get new loot...

Changing the GUID doesn't mean we'll get new loot though. It might, but we won't know until Blizzard tells us how they're doing in detail. And I doubt that will ever happen.

The loot for all bosses,...
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