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Forum: Player vs. Player 01/12/09, 12:25 AM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,461
Posted By Vain
I noticed that on the PTR, Will of the Necropolis...

I noticed that on the PTR, Will of the Necropolis no longer says it reduces the cooldown of Anti-magic Shell. However, the anti-magic glyph no longer has the +15s cooldown drawback either now.

51...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/25/08, 4:03 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,190
Posted By Vain
Each person could give another person a thumbs up...

Each person could give another person a thumbs up or a thumbs down, with a centralized service that periodically performs something like the Google PageRank algorithm, where the weight of each...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/07/08, 9:40 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,461
Posted By Vain
Nobody is going to walk around with +30% worth of...

Nobody is going to walk around with +30% worth of hit rating.
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/02/08, 4:06 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,461
Posted By Vain
According to the latest post by Ghostcrawler...

According to the latest post by Ghostcrawler (http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/13129078969-thoughts-on-death-knights.html), rune strike's damage is being reduced, because they feel it is doing too...
Forum: Player vs. Player 11/26/08, 4:49 PM
Replies: 661
Views: 780,461
Posted By Vain
If you do the math, you will see that the...

If you do the math, you will see that the toughness/bladed armor synergy is nowhere as useful as people seem to think it is. If you have 11,000 armor, you will get an additional 305 AP from bladed...
Forum: Death Knights 11/18/08, 4:46 PM
Replies: 2,880
Views: 1,257,788
Posted By Vain
Does it make sense for a DK to stack a bit of...

Does it make sense for a DK to stack a bit of spell penetration for PvP, so that disease and scourge strike damage gets through buffs such as shadow protection, mage armor, and mark of the wild, or...
Forum: Death Knights 11/17/08, 11:00 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 92,233
Posted By Vain
The problem with this, though, is that if I set...

The problem with this, though, is that if I set the possess bar to a new, different bar, my keybinds (e.g. "1", "2", etc.) are still associated with bar #1. I don't think there is currently a way to...
Forum: Death Knights 11/17/08, 4:11 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 92,233
Posted By Vain
Like many players, I don't keep my action bars...

Like many players, I don't keep my action bars visible; instead, I look at my runes and have my most important cooldowns displayed on a separate area of the screen. However, I have run into a...
Forum: Death Knights 10/31/08, 10:30 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 830,224
Posted By Vain
One thing I didn't like about Runewatch is that...

One thing I didn't like about Runewatch is that your RP value is something that you are probably already displaying (wherever your mana/rage/energy bar would be if you were a different class). I...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/23/08, 5:05 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 48,046
Posted By Vain
Somewhat related, but something that I don't...

Somewhat related, but something that I don't think deserves its own thread; what do you feel the best professions will be for PvP? For casters, avoiding tailoring seems like a good idea, as all of...
Forum: Priests 07/23/08, 4:48 PM
Replies: 2,702
Views: 414,828
Posted By Vain
It isn't at all clear that Disc is going to be...

It isn't at all clear that Disc is going to be "the" spec for PvP either. While Blessed Resilience is still inferior to the new Focused Will, the difference is much smaller than before. Guardian...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 07/23/08, 4:21 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 63,641
Posted By Vain
I would be happy to pay a small fee to use...

I would be happy to pay a small fee to use files.wowace.com, if that's what it takes, because it is a useful service. However, under no circumstances am I going to be running auto-updater .exe...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/21/08, 6:56 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 48,046
Posted By Vain
A melee class (in this case, warrior or rogue) is...

A melee class (in this case, warrior or rogue) is always a safe bet, not just because they are gear dependent (good if you have access to endgame loot) and mana free damage, but because game...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/16/08, 8:57 PM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
How important do you feel Mental Strength/Power...

How important do you feel Mental Strength/Power Infusion is comparatively? I think Mental Strength is a mediocre (although not awful) talent that gets comparatively worse the longer the match is. ...
Forum: Priests 07/09/08, 8:57 PM
Replies: 2,702
Views: 414,828
Posted By Vain
Mental Strength going from +10% more mana to +15%...

Mental Strength going from +10% more mana to +15% intellect, while a great buff for spirit-based regeneration, is not as much of a buff to your maximum mana as you might first think. The reason is...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/08, 4:57 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,408
Posted By Vain
By the same token, though, shamans and priests...

By the same token, though, shamans and priests have been balanced around having strong offensive dispels. If the number of useful things that can be offensively dispelled is reduced significantly...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/25/08, 7:22 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
It seems that most classes were designed to have...

It seems that most classes were designed to have some tedious mechanic; soul shards for warlocks, inner fire for priests (originally a 3 minute buff), 5 minute (now increased) blessings for Paladins,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 4:11 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,408
Posted By Vain
The charges I can live with. However, the...

The charges I can live with. However, the Improved Inner Fire talent (currently a pure PvP talent) seems pretty pointless, given that it is dispelled instantly anyway. There really is no reason to...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/08, 6:15 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
If Penance is intended to be a PvP spell, and...

If Penance is intended to be a PvP spell, and perhaps a replacement for picking up Greater Heal talents, it has some problems. The big one is that it is channeled; if you cast Greater Heal and get...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/08, 3:01 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
I wonder what the intended purpose of Penance is;...

I wonder what the intended purpose of Penance is; as a healing spell, Greater Heal with the -0.5s cast time and -15% cost talents is superior hps and hpm; 2.5s cast and 701 mana for 2590 healed...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/19/08, 8:42 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
I don't think they're official fansites, and the...

I don't think they're official fansites, and the WoW client prevented me from sending any text including the phrase "mmo-champion.com" to someone a month or two ago when I was trying to tell them to...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/13/08, 3:58 PM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,808
Posted By Vain
Many people will still want to pick up off-spec...

Many people will still want to pick up off-spec S3 gear (and off-spec S4 gear) during S4. Some classes have 3 full specs worth of arena gear they could get, and it will take a fair amount of time to...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/08, 8:30 PM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,808
Posted By Vain
I think starting at 1550 and going up to 2200 in...

I think starting at 1550 and going up to 2200 in increments of 50 (including many more items in the system; i.e. both arena and BG items) might work. An extra 50 rating points over one's current...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/04/08, 8:07 PM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,808
Posted By Vain
Some top teams from other BGs transferred to BG9...

Some top teams from other BGs transferred to BG9 to compete in one place, but are BG9's masses of low- and mid-level players supposed to all be better than their equivalents on other battlegroups too?
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/28/08, 9:14 PM
Replies: 341
Views: 56,244
Posted By Vain
I don't see why this matters. If even the top...

I don't see why this matters. If even the top teams can't get shoulders, it means they won't be fighting other teams with shoulders either, so it'll still be even. Gear being harder to get affects...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/21/08, 8:00 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 14,670
Posted By Vain
He might be logging out in different gear from...

He might be logging out in different gear from what he arenas in, as a joke.
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/14/08, 5:25 PM
Replies: 694
Views: 384,770
Posted By Vain
I managed to find a solution to this; I found...

I managed to find a solution to this; I found some code that demos how to hook Windows keyboard events, and I just added a couple of lines to silently eat any Escape "key up" or "key down" keyboard...
Forum: Player vs. Player 04/12/08, 2:59 PM
Replies: 694
Views: 384,770
Posted By Vain
This sounded like a really good idea, but last...

This sounded like a really good idea, but last night I tried remapping one of my side mouse buttons to CTRL to enable a potential whole slew of new key combinations, and found a rather fatal flaw: If...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/11/08, 4:38 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
Perhaps the model for hybrids is not that you are...

Perhaps the model for hybrids is not that you are expected to be able to fulfill multiple roles with one spec, even if you change gear, but that different roles are available to the player if they...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 04/08/08, 5:08 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,418
Posted By Vain
I spend a lot of time constantly tweaking my UI. ...

I spend a lot of time constantly tweaking my UI. I am going for a minimalist approach, making the most important things stand out, and moving other things to the periphery, removing them entirely,...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/30/08, 4:26 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 31,485
Posted By Vain
Guild Wars definitely feels much less random than...

Guild Wars definitely feels much less random than WoW does. Weapon crits are one source of randomness, and a crit causes your base weapon damage to be 141% of its normal top-end. There are a few...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/29/08, 3:53 PM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
Spell haste is one of the only ways to improve...

Spell haste is one of the only ways to improve the effectiveness of Mana Burn and Dispel Magic, which are two of a priest's most important skills.

However, you have to give up a lot of stats for a...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/26/08, 5:51 PM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
Given that the new head resilience enchant is...

Given that the new head resilience enchant is available, and that +10 resilience gems are more accessible, making it easier to hit the resilience partial-cap, has anyone considered gemming...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/25/08, 1:37 AM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
In 2.4, I would consider "Glyph of the Gladiator"...

In 2.4, I would consider "Glyph of the Gladiator" (+18sta +20resilience), as those are both stats that you want, whereas the Spell Power from Glyph of Power isn't quite as important. You will need...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/23/08, 1:20 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,007
Posted By Vain
Do you mean this photo (taken from...

Do you mean this photo (taken from WoWWiki):

http://images.wikia.com/wowwiki/images/d/de/Runes1.jpg
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/14/08, 4:28 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 31,485
Posted By Vain
I agree entirely. Having spent about an equal...

I agree entirely. Having spent about an equal amount of time in Guild Wars and WoW over the last few years, with a group of friends, it's interesting to compare WoW arenas to GW GvG/Team Arena.

The...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/05/08, 6:08 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 17,153
Posted By Vain
I look at the scoreboard to see the top friendly...

I look at the scoreboard to see the top friendly healers and damage dealers (people who are more likely to be making themselves useful, and who should get priority for protection), and the top enemy...
Forum: Player vs. Player 03/05/08, 1:07 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 17,153
Posted By Vain
I don't think people necessarily fall so simply...

I don't think people necessarily fall so simply into one category or another. I know for myself, sometimes I feel like queuing solo and having some mindless fun on my hard-to-kill disc priest, other...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/08, 10:05 PM
Replies: 161
Views: 23,553
Posted By Vain
Is the amount of inflation being prevented by...

Is the amount of inflation being prevented by free respecs really as game-destroying as people make it out to be? If the price of services or items on the auction house goes up because all players...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 03/01/08, 5:58 AM
Replies: 575
Views: 348,354
Posted By Vain
Since I don't raid (well, outside of just...

Since I don't raid (well, outside of just Karazhan for badges), my UI doesn't need quite as much information on it. I have tried to remove as much extraneous information as possible; for example,...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/29/08, 7:31 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,136
Posted By Vain
It was never constrained to group. For one...

It was never constrained to group. For one thing, it can affect enemies, and enemies are not in your group.

Also, Drysc clarified in a followup post that it is indeed 10 friendlies plus 10 enemy...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/25/08, 7:02 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 17,090
Posted By Vain
The lack of camaraderie is actually a problem,...

The lack of camaraderie is actually a problem, because you will never develop any relationship with the players on the other servers. There is no way to queue up with "cool BG buddies" you happen to...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/15/08, 5:54 PM
Replies: 138
Views: 17,153
Posted By Vain
Group AV will be a great change, I've long wished...

Group AV will be a great change, I've long wished to be able to queue up with a few friends there, and have a small squad of 5 of us running around together.

What I'm hoping is that the alliance on...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/07/08, 5:19 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,264
Posted By Vain
He didn't say incapacitating the pet would...

He didn't say incapacitating the pet would temporarily remove Soul Link, he meant that the incoming Soul Link damage to the pet (because of the warlock taking other damage) would cause the pet's...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/02/08, 1:38 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,264
Posted By Vain
Random dispel resistance talents, like the...

Random dispel resistance talents, like the equivalent fear, curse, and disease resist talents, are not a fun or interesting game mechanic for either party, and don't provide for player ability. ...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/30/08, 5:17 PM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
I recommend binding most of your spells to macros...

I recommend binding most of your spells to macros that do something different depending on whether you have a friend or foe targeted. For example, I have the same key bound for:

Renew / Shadow...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/24/08, 5:25 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 32,895
Posted By Vain
Did you enter an Arena after getting that water? ...

Did you enter an Arena after getting that water? That will remove all conjured items from your inventory.
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/24/08, 3:26 PM
Replies: 224
Views: 32,325
Posted By Vain
I think that the BG scorechart should not show...

I think that the BG scorechart should not show the server name of people on the opposing team. Right now if people see it's a premade on the other side, they just leave as soon as another BG pops,...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/24/08, 3:22 PM
Replies: 946
Views: 339,723
Posted By Vain
That's a lot of points to spend for a 4s shorter...

That's a lot of points to spend for a 4s shorter cooldown on Fear. Do you just spam rank 1 SW:P when you have free global cooldowns, to hope for a blackout proc?

The build I am currently using is...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 01/21/08, 7:10 PM
Replies: 5,688
Views: 1,066,479
Posted By Vain
I like how in the screenshot above, the mage has...

I like how in the screenshot above, the mage has changed the font of the "+1888 fireball" that happens to other people. I know I'm a complete noob for asking this, but how do you change that...
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