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Forum: Priests 12/09/11, 4:06 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 22,081
Posted By Mr. Crow
Assuming Spirit Shell's absorption effect draws...

Assuming Spirit Shell's absorption effect draws on Disc's mastery, it makes the bread & butter heal more appropriately flavored to Disc as a spec. Given that, if the post-shell heal can crit, it can...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/01/11, 9:19 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Without seeing whatever story is covered in the...

Without seeing whatever story is covered in the fight itself, I think what this cinematic does is address what was wrong about the end cinematic in Wrath.


In Wrath, the end cinematic barely...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/23/11, 1:03 PM
Replies: 10,771
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Posted By Mr. Crow
Multiple encounters with Deathwing does eliminate...

Multiple encounters with Deathwing does eliminate the need for additional superfluous bosses to be introduced and then killed off, but if the non-CoT 5-mans are going to build up to the DW raid, we...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/17/11, 1:03 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
If the leaked Product Schedule is still to be...

If the leaked Product Schedule is still to be trusted, that puts Expansion #4 in around Q2/Q3 2012. It gives the top tier raid around 6-7 months of life, which given the poor reaction to how long...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/11, 5:10 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I think when it comes down to racial capitals,...

I think when it comes down to racial capitals, Blizzard learned their lesson with Silvermoon City and the Exodar. All those assets put into places that are too far removed from endgame content just...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/11/11, 12:54 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
This image...

This image (http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263210_10150277767614034_138011799033_7414850_1651436_n.jpg) just showed up on the Warcraft Facebook page under a new album called...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/08/11, 11:39 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
That would be rather vindictive of the Titans,...

That would be rather vindictive of the Titans, don't you think?

Cb-OldGods: You may have defeated us, Teen Titans, but you cannot destroy us!
Cb-Titans: Well, Tentacle-face, you may be right. Here...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/11, 7:18 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
All prior evidence seems to point to Pandaria...

All prior evidence seems to point to Pandaria being a continent on Azeroth, but since a lot of that evidence comes from the RPG books (and Occam's Razor) it IS just as likely that Pandaria is another...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/06/11, 6:39 PM
Replies: 10,771
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Posted By Mr. Crow
For the sake of argument: We know the Azshara...

For the sake of argument:

We know the Azshara storyline has been built up considerably throughout Vashj'ir and TotT, and Aszhara is one of the known super-powered beings who hasn't been Dealt With...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/04/11, 8:19 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I think you might have missed my point. If the...

I think you might have missed my point. If the title for Expansion #1 had been "Fires of Outland" then it would have been too narrow a title, because it tells us where, but not why. Calling it "The...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/04/11, 9:22 AM
Replies: 10,771
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Posted By Mr. Crow
From what I understood, it was only some of...

From what I understood, it was only some of Samwise's original artwork that characterized the Pandaren in a Samurai outfit, and after some outcry, everything since then has been Chinese. IIRC, Chen's...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/03/11, 12:54 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I think one of three things is going to happen as...

I think one of three things is going to happen as regards the Pandaren.

1) Pandarens join the Horde. This is supported by Samwise and Metzen being predominantly pro-Horde, and all prior evidence...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/11, 3:09 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
But that's the trick of war as a narrative, isn't...

But that's the trick of war as a narrative, isn't it? History is written by the victors, soldiers are given their marching orders based on the perceptions of their commanders. In a lot of ways, the...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/26/11, 4:55 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I understood that the reason for dialing it down...

I understood that the reason for dialing it down to 5 levels wasn't because they wanted the expansion to be shorter, but because they wanted leveling to feel meaningful again. It's arguable how...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/26/11, 12:23 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Wrath had 4 full-on raids (Naxx, Ulduar, ToC, and...

Wrath had 4 full-on raids (Naxx, Ulduar, ToC, and ICC) and 4 Lair-style raids (EoE, OS, Onyxia Remix, RS). With RS being your "prequel" raid for Cataclysm.

Cata, as of 4.2, will have 3 full-on...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/26/11, 10:48 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Hmm... that doesn't feel like a dramatic...

Hmm... that doesn't feel like a dramatic reduction in content to you?

Three full-on raid dungeons (BoT, BWD, Firelands)
One Lair-style raid (To4W)
One higher tier of 5-man content (ZA/ZG)
Plus...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/25/11, 4:59 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
With the recent Ask the Devs laying out that we...

With the recent Ask the Devs laying out that we aren't getting the Abyssal Maw in 4.2, and the prior statement of this WotA raid, it's got me wondering:

Could they do a patch where you've got two...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/25/11, 12:17 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Grim Batol was never a Dark Iron city. The...

Grim Batol was never a Dark Iron city. The Wildhammers fortified it during the War of Three Hammers, and the Dark Irons made a successful strike against it, but didn't gain control of the city. The...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/03/11, 10:24 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Wasn't the new leader of the Blue Flight / Aspect...

Wasn't the new leader of the Blue Flight / Aspect of Magic revealed to be Kalecgos at BlizzCon?

Assuming that's still the case (Metzen has been overruled before) then why would there be any reason...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/19/11, 1:32 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
"This egg is someone's baby. Can I really smash...

"This egg is someone's baby. Can I really smash it and call myself a hero?"

I think when you introduce that kind of moral question into this game, shit might get too real. It speaks to Turalyon's...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/06/11, 9:32 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Malygos' story gets kinda hairy. During the War...

Malygos' story gets kinda hairy.

During the War of the Ancients, Deathwing betrays the flights and uses the Demon Soul to destroy the Blue Flight. He also gets a high balance of the the power of...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/06/10, 10:26 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 64,870
Posted By Mr. Crow
Thanks very much the Cheat. Sorry for missing...

Thanks very much the Cheat. Sorry for missing Obvious Blue Response is Obvious.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/06/10, 10:07 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 64,870
Posted By Mr. Crow
If anyone is playing on the European servers...

If anyone is playing on the European servers right now, I'm wondering if you could answer a question:

If a guildmember does not have Cataclysm, do they still contribute guild experience?

Thanks so...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/29/10, 7:52 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I'm a little confused as to why the Blackrock...

I'm a little confused as to why the Blackrock forces have War Kodos.

The Blackrock clan has universally been a mirror of the "First/Second War" Horde. Orcs didn't employ kodos until they met the...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/28/10, 2:55 AM
Replies: 196
Views: 187,397
Posted By Mr. Crow
Farming up boatloads of Large Brilliants and...

Farming up boatloads of Large Brilliants and Essence of Air for Enchant Weapon - Agility and the 2-handed version are my tickets. Instead of requiring the relatively uncommon Crusader Orbs, the...
Forum: Priests 08/05/10, 4:38 PM
Replies: 635
Views: 302,227
Posted By Mr. Crow
Except for the part where you can't get PI,...

Except for the part where you can't get PI, because you must spend 31 points in one tree before you can spend any points in another tree. That build only has 29 in Shadow, and you can't really buy...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/30/10, 10:20 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 75,361
Posted By Mr. Crow
On the topic of cross-realm LFR: think there...

On the topic of cross-realm LFR: think there might be a correlation between the "Six bosses or less per raid" design paradigm for post-Wrath raids and the rising interest in cross-realm LFR?

If...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/10, 7:34 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Arthas himself became a Death Knight without...

Arthas himself became a Death Knight without thresholding through death first.

Ultimately, I'm pretty sure that "death knight" is a condition where an individual of great personal strength and/or...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/23/10, 6:21 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
This raises a few questions for me: 1. What's...

This raises a few questions for me:

1. What's the state of uninstanced Strat? I know that on live, the uninstanced city is laid out in that zone-space between WPL, EPL, and Ghostlands, but in...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/15/10, 5:13 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
You can extrapolate a narrative for Aurius as a...

You can extrapolate a narrative for Aurius as a character that might lead to the conclusion presented here.

Pre-WoW: Aurius, a member of Baron Rivendare's house, becomes a Paladin. When the Baron...
Forum: Priests 07/14/10, 12:02 AM
Replies: 635
Views: 302,227
Posted By Mr. Crow
Took too long. Please disregard.

Took too long. Please disregard.
Forum: Public Discussion 07/09/10, 2:27 PM
Replies: 351
Views: 58,772
Posted By Mr. Crow
This is probably the best possible retraction we...

This is probably the best possible retraction we could hope for, though. After stating their intentions with the forums, the only paths out were to 1) retract the component that caused the most...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/09/10, 11:07 AM
Replies: 351
Views: 58,772
Posted By Mr. Crow
I know of one person contracted to work for...

I know of one person contracted to work for Blizzard who terminated her contract because of this change. And of course I can't reveal who that is. I just wanted to indicate that while yes, Tyrian,...
Forum: Priests 07/08/10, 10:58 PM
Replies: 635
Views: 302,227
Posted By Mr. Crow
I hadn't even considered Chakra as the Signature...

I hadn't even considered Chakra as the Signature ability itself.

What I'm really curious about are talent points 32-41. I can appreciate that Discipline might dip into Holy for some greater healing...
Forum: Priests 07/08/10, 2:20 AM
Replies: 635
Views: 302,227
Posted By Mr. Crow
Locking spriests out of healing spells that early...

Locking spriests out of healing spells that early might not fly, especially if they're still expected to act as healers in early dungeon finder runs. I suspect the Signature Shadow power is Mind...
Forum: The Dung Heap 07/06/10, 8:13 PM
Replies: 30,103
Views: 1,885,649
Posted By Mr. Crow
Had to happen sometime.

Had to happen sometime.
Forum: Public Discussion 07/06/10, 7:13 PM
Replies: 351
Views: 58,772
Posted By Mr. Crow
My suspicion is that a lot of the people who...

My suspicion is that a lot of the people who don't outright cancel their subscriptions and boycott Blizzard in disgust (which is the tone of a lot of the vitriol coming out of the community) will...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/02/10, 2:32 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
A madness took me when I considered the...

A madness took me when I considered the possibility of Bolvar becoming the new Forsaken leader, but that's just too ridiculous to be even remotely possible.

Blightcaller would make sense if he's...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/01/10, 4:38 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
They most certainly will. Ultimately, it's an...

They most certainly will.

Ultimately, it's an incredible move from a story design position, because framing the Forsaken as a faction of dubious moral quality on the whole (as opposed to the...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/22/10, 12:43 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Except we already killed Medivh in WC1. Or...

Except we already killed Medivh in WC1. Or Khadgar killed him in "The Last Guardian." My point is that regardless of what happened to him prior to WC3, Medivh still came back from death to try and...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/21/10, 2:00 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
The blue response (which I will search for)...

The blue response (which I will search for) regarding the absence of the Infinites in Hyjal was that it was a fight from WC3 that they wanted to show people in WoW, which the Caverns of Time allowed...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/21/10, 3:07 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
It would be a wonderful headache for us to...

It would be a wonderful headache for us to uncover evidence that undeniably revealed Chronormu to be the one behind the Infinites (as opposed to Nozdormu), and once we tell Chromie herself about it,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/10, 11:06 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
What other indications do we have that Night was...

What other indications do we have that Night was taken out of the canon? To me it seems like they didn't go into Sinestra and Dargonax because it wasn't 100% necessary and/or they ran out of space. A...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/10, 6:49 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I agree that a huge arsenal of...

I agree that a huge arsenal of scalable-difficulty dungeons is cool, since it would reduce burn-out, but there are a lot of issues with that:


Coming up with ways to cut up/rework the existing...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/17/10, 8:10 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
From: Blizzard's Cory Stockton on designing...

From: Blizzard's Cory Stockton on designing Cataclysm - Gameplanet Feature...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/17/10, 3:58 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Well, BC was the first time you had a lot of...

Well, BC was the first time you had a lot of "dungeon clusters" thrown out at the same time. Scarlet Monastery and Dire Maul are really the only examples of this in the classic game.

Also, it's...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/17/10, 2:44 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
The problem of comparing Vanilla WoW's dungeon...

The problem of comparing Vanilla WoW's dungeon line-up with the expansion sets is that the difficulty curve in those 5-mans wasn't consistent. BRD was hard because it was HUGE. Strat and Scholo were...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/16/10, 3:36 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
Are these the set of Tier 11 (4.0) raids? Or are...

Are these the set of Tier 11 (4.0) raids? Or are some of these 5-mans instead? With the number of bosses as low as it is, it's kinda hard to tell.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/16/10, 2:27 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
This invites the debate, however, of whether the...

This invites the debate, however, of whether the dragons within a flight can rebel in any way against their Aspect. Even Kalecgos, as mortal-loving as he is, was still completely absent during the...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/16/10, 11:27 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,736
Posted By Mr. Crow
I'm sure ambient/environmental lighting will...

I'm sure ambient/environmental lighting will shade his pallor down properly. In completely neutral lighting, he just looks ill, but if we dropped him into Obsidian Sanctum, lit by lava floes and...
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