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Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/08, 2:33 PM
Replies: 203
Views: 72,322
Posted By Floria
Sounds like a way to assure security for those...

Sounds like a way to assure security for those afraid of keyloggers etc. I doubt it'll stop account selling, since you can send the Authenticator tag to the buyer. In fact, this makes it more secure...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/08, 1:26 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Right, I understand that. It's more the notion...

Right, I understand that. It's more the notion that we already see that the raid-buffed damage output of different classes is not exactly even. Would Elemental shamans really be suddenly topping...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/08, 1:10 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Do you have anything to back up this claim?...

Do you have anything to back up this claim? That's quite a bold statement.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/26/08, 9:19 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Ret paladins can definitely benefit from Kings,...

Ret paladins can definitely benefit from Kings, Might, Wisdom, Salvation. Enhancement Shamans too, but to a lesser extent because Shamanistic Rage usually gets it done. It's the intersection of "mana...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 6:08 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
I'm pretty sure that over-writing a fresh DoT by...

I'm pretty sure that over-writing a fresh DoT by recasting it to try again for a crit would be inefficient whether crits amped the damage or extended the duration. In fact, the only time fishing for...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 4:37 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
The more logical extension of crit to DoTs is to...

The more logical extension of crit to DoTs is to allow them to crit by either a crit chance on each tick, or a crit DoT application making each tick hit 50% harder. With new talents coming out that...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 2:17 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Oh, good point. However, if they're on the same...

Oh, good point. However, if they're on the same cooldown, you only want one or the other, and the paladin essentially gets a DPS nerf because AW is unusable. If they're on different cooldowns, then...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 1:46 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Avenging Wrath raidwide? That's a paladin-only...

Avenging Wrath raidwide? That's a paladin-only buff. I guess a little more group buffing would be nice to make sure Ret paladins don't get stuck into the "leftovers" group, but randomly saying it...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/08, 10:31 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
Ret still has issues? Or just Alliance Ret? I'd...

Ret still has issues? Or just Alliance Ret? I'd say we could use a little buffing to be more useful when we lack Windfury, but warriors are just as dependent on that, and rogues get a huge buff from...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/08, 3:22 PM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,760
Posted By Floria
With the necessity for ratings, you'll see that...

With the necessity for ratings, you'll see that at least with certain battlegroups and servers, an organized effort to get as many people their weapons as possible. It seemed unthinkable on some...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/23/08, 9:20 AM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,760
Posted By Floria
A few questions: Why should the weapons that are...

A few questions: Why should the weapons that are sitting en masse in a goblin's hut be as powerful as those brutally pillaged from the Great Deceiver, or The Betrayer? Why are these powerful weapons...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/20/08, 3:27 PM
Replies: 615
Views: 113,760
Posted By Floria
Their addition of ratings is "too little, too...

Their addition of ratings is "too little, too late". Come Tuesday, I'm going to buy T6 equivalent gloves without ever conquering anything remotely challenging. Hell, without conquering at all, I lose...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/20/08, 3:11 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
Personally, I don't mind that much. If someone...

Personally, I don't mind that much. If someone really wants to trade instants with me, that's fine. While they're dispelling and I'm rebuffing, I'm closing the distance or already beating on them...
Forum: The Dung Heap 06/19/08, 5:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 25,182
Posted By Floria
When my guild was running Karazhan, waiting on...

When my guild was running Karazhan, waiting on other guildies to level and key themselves, I noticed that between a mage, shadow priest, and warlock, there was too much fighting over DPS caster loot....
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/08, 11:34 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
The encounters are currently balanced around VT...

The encounters are currently balanced around VT doing what it does. Nerfing it right now would severely hurt Shadow Priests, who already do poor DPS compared to other classes at higher gear levels.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/08, 11:04 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
Said "typical player" can free up 16 or so slots...

Said "typical player" can free up 16 or so slots by putting their full PvP kit into a bag, and then banking that bag and swapping when it's time for Arena matches.

Furthermore, most raiders really...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/08, 10:27 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
It might be that the devs finally went into AB on...

It might be that the devs finally went into AB on a 30something alt and realized that it's a pain in the ass. Arathi Basin is a far too large map to play without a mount.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/08, 4:59 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
It wouldn't surprise me at all. As soon as 2.0...

It wouldn't surprise me at all. As soon as 2.0 came out, a lot of servers had essentially dead raiding scenes because people decided it "wasn't worth it". If they roll them out sooner, people play...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/08, 4:13 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
I do hope that they have 2 or 4 slot "purses" for...

I do hope that they have 2 or 4 slot "purses" for sale in addition to the actually useful 22 slot bags. It's the little touches that makes WoW the game it is.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/08, 4:09 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,364
Posted By Floria
Vanilla had 14 slot bags as cheapies, 16 slot...

Vanilla had 14 slot bags as cheapies, 16 slot bags as craftables/rare drops, and 18 slot bags as raid drops/quests/epic craftables.

TBC had 16 slot bags as cheapies, 18 slot bags as craftable, and...
Forum: Shamans 06/17/08, 3:50 PM
Replies: 1,604
Views: 382,476
Posted By Floria
Blizzard has pretty much stopped making fights...

Blizzard has pretty much stopped making fights that ignore the quality of DPS. An Elemental Shaman is better at healing than a Resto Shaman is at DPSing. Much in the same way that healers get removed...
Forum: Paladins 06/17/08, 12:56 PM
Replies: 7,310
Views: 2,129,899
Posted By Floria
I tried using Rawr, but the Mac version is (as...

I tried using Rawr, but the Mac version is (as advertised) quite buggy, so I'm just going to ask this as a quick question:

Is Flask of Relentless Assault really only a marginal increase over Elixir...
Forum: Shamans 06/17/08, 12:00 PM
Replies: 1,604
Views: 382,476
Posted By Floria
I don't think Retribution nor Feral really can...

I don't think Retribution nor Feral really can compare to the raid DPS-boosting power of Enhancement Shamans right now, but Ret paladins bring quite respectable DPS these days so long as they're...
Forum: Shamans 06/17/08, 11:47 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 407,913
Posted By Floria
Regarding Spirit Link in a level 70 context...

Regarding Spirit Link in a level 70 context (since we don't know how level 80 encounters will go), we saw most spells see a mid-60s upgrade and a level 70 spell. Maybe since 70 won't be the cap,...
Forum: Shamans 06/17/08, 11:07 AM
Replies: 1,604
Views: 382,476
Posted By Floria
I think you're missing a point here. A Feral...

I think you're missing a point here. A Feral Druid is optimally specced for (throwing out numbers here) 100% capable tank, 80% capable DPS with a gear swap. On fights where something is off-tanked,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/08, 10:50 AM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,217,969
Posted By Floria
Ah, then it's definitely server-dependent. KJ...

Ah, then it's definitely server-dependent. KJ Horde has Terocone at 53g per stack as of last night.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/10/08, 9:54 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
Wow. That is exactly the sort of utility that...

Wow. That is exactly the sort of utility that healers, and Discipline in particular, needed. We already have precedents in DPS with certain classes (supposedly) offering lower gross output in...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/08, 1:52 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,217,969
Posted By Floria
Is alchemy really "unlimited" gold on your...

Is alchemy really "unlimited" gold on your server? It seems that between the relative cheapness of leveling alchemy and the expense of herbs, most profit tends to be squeezed out by under-cutting....
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/08, 1:36 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
A little bit of selective un-randomization on...

A little bit of selective un-randomization on Swipe to make sure that it has a tendency to hit additional targets that it didn't last hit would help druids out. They only struggle with AoE tanking...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/08, 1:24 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,217,969
Posted By Floria
I think it would be poor planning if Blizzard...

I think it would be poor planning if Blizzard made inscriptions work in any way like alchemy. Raiders already have food buffs, weapon oils/stones, scrolls, elixirs/flasks, and potions to think about,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/09/08, 9:21 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
Even if a raid's taking only 2 druids total (and...

Even if a raid's taking only 2 druids total (and some take 3, one of each spec), and 2 rogues, that's 4 leather, maybe 5. I'm in agreement on the mail, at least if they balance shamans so that they...
Forum: Death Knights 06/05/08, 1:03 PM
Replies: 4,142
Views: 829,931
Posted By Floria
Corpses in the Arena should not be a problem....

Corpses in the Arena should not be a problem. There are multiple skeletons in the staging areas, as well as a few scattered around the arenas proper. They just need to tag these as actual corpses,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/03/08, 12:47 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,903,515
Posted By Floria
It won't have to be instant. OOC resurrections in...

It won't have to be instant. OOC resurrections in Arena are "win more" abilities. The only way you can possibly rez someone in Arena is if your opponents are incredibly stupid, or if the rest of your...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/02/08, 2:52 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,402
Posted By Floria
It would be great if this conversation wasn't...

It would be great if this conversation wasn't constantly hijacked by whining about class balance. This thread is not about mage DPS, it is about how to make sure under-represented classes get their...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/16/08, 1:34 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,736
Posted By Floria
Cue rehashes of 2.0/2.1 era complaints about...

Cue rehashes of 2.0/2.1 era complaints about casters doing too much damage compared to melee due to elemental shamans having better totems. Though, I guess back then it was the issue of casters...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/11/07, 9:21 PM
Replies: 2,625
Views: 438,710
Posted By Floria
Well, lore-wise, we Blood Elves believe that the...

Well, lore-wise, we Blood Elves believe that the alliance followers of light don't have the strength of will to properly use the Light, so we stole a Naaru, chained it in our basement, and now make...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/11/07, 7:30 PM
Replies: 2,625
Views: 438,710
Posted By Floria
My issue with Seal of Command versus Seal of...

My issue with Seal of Command versus Seal of Blood is that I consider Seal of Command to be my solo/PvP seal, and SoB to be the raid DPS one.

Seal of Command benefits from spell power, which I might...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/10/07, 8:26 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 21,541
Posted By Floria
There are off-topic and Realm forums on the WoW...

There are off-topic and Realm forums on the WoW forums. Keep the drama and foul humor there. If they started handing out forum suspensions, people would take notice and cut it out pretty fast. People...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/08/07, 6:53 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 20,435
Posted By Floria
It's not really a class issue. The Priest Tier 4...

It's not really a class issue. The Priest Tier 4 DPS set was also inferior not even so much because of the generic vs. shadow damage but also the huge amounts of crit on it that Shadow Priests don't...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/08/07, 1:23 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 20,435
Posted By Floria
Sets don't matter if they're itemized poorly....

Sets don't matter if they're itemized poorly. Arcanist was inferior to Blues picked up in Strat, Dire Maul, ZG, etc. Today, my Tier 4 and Tier 5 Retribution sets are appealing only on a vague...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/05/07, 2:03 PM
Replies: 1,680
Views: 522,569
Posted By Floria
Same thing happened to me with CTRA. "Kaiserin's...

Same thing happened to me with CTRA. "Kaiserin's dead!" "No I'm not!" Took us 3 of those occurences to realize what was going on.

I have to ask, why would your healers have stopped healing the MT...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/02/07, 1:32 PM
Replies: 2,625
Views: 438,710
Posted By Floria
I think it's incredibly fair to count up how much...

I think it's incredibly fair to count up how much damage is being done by JotC. Not for final e-peen measuring, but determination of whether a Ret paladin belongs in the raid. Have we been so spoiled...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/31/07, 11:49 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 27,865
Posted By Floria
Just because people have completely and utterly...

Just because people have completely and utterly min-maxed World of Warcraft does not mean that Blizzard likes it, or is happy to allow more people to do so. It is a video game like any other, and the...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/07, 2:29 PM
Replies: 1,680
Views: 522,569
Posted By Floria
I regularly jump forward into the water to...

I regularly jump forward into the water to continue DPS on Lurker while he's spouting. The key's not to stop DPS, but to be sure to be *under* the water, not just in it. Treading water gets you a...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/07, 2:19 PM
Replies: 2,625
Views: 438,710
Posted By Floria
Sidetrack, but I thought it'd been established...

Sidetrack, but I thought it'd been established that Protection paladins actually generated more threat than Warriors at the higher-end level as their attacks scale better? The standard argument was...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/28/07, 6:45 PM
Replies: 1,680
Views: 522,569
Posted By Floria
Let's be honest, there's something amiss when the...

Let's be honest, there's something amiss when the rest of the raid doesn't pick up on the fact that you're taking damage that you shouldn't, and there's a beam shooting from you to Magtheridon. In my...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/28/07, 4:57 PM
Replies: 650
Views: 85,313
Posted By Floria
The key is that they need to reduce or remove PvE...

The key is that they need to reduce or remove PvE stats on the PvP weapons. Give them the same DPS/+dmg/+heal as a PvE weapon, but the remainder of the budget should go toward Stamina and...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/28/07, 4:23 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 213,271
Posted By Floria
I'd also like for...

I'd also like for Tailored/Leatherworking/Engineering items to have longevity.

Thunder required massive investment in leveling Blacksmithing and then the materials themselves, Deep Thunder required...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/28/07, 11:07 AM
Replies: 797
Views: 213,271
Posted By Floria
I do hope they'll be buffing or creating another...

I do hope they'll be buffing or creating another tier of Blacksmithing weapons soon. I love my Stormherald, but the notion that it'll only last me until Kael'Thas is a bit disheartening. Short of...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/26/07, 3:37 PM
Replies: 2,625
Views: 438,710
Posted By Floria
Crimsonforge Breastplate is better. As a Ret...

Crimsonforge Breastplate is better. As a Ret paladin, you absolutely must have capped hit to reduce the misses of Crusader Strike. Assuming you socket Doomplate for some +hit, Crimsonforge comes out...
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