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News Round Up: Purchasable Raid Epics on the Black Market Auction House

envoyé 2012-06-19 à 18:28 par perculia

Black Market Auction House

Zarhym

No one should count on this even being close to a viable option for gearing up a character. If you can raise that kind of gold in the game, you're going to have much better success paying your way into raids for gear than hoping the right items appear for you in the black market AH (which doesn't include set pieces), hoping you can afford to outbid everyone else on your realm, and hoping you're the last one to bid before the auction ends.

Sure, it'll have some of the best rewards for sale. But that doesn't mean it'll be remotely reliable for one person to gear up quickly. It's the black market, after all. :)

Ultimately the system is going to benefit the extremely wealthy and the extremely lucky. But in all likelihood the benefits won't at all be consistent, even for those who can pony up the gold.
The two actually aren't mutually exclusive concepts. You're glossing over far too many details for this to be a valid argument.

The overwhelming majority of WoW players will not suddenly be buying their gear at the magic armor store. Taken in the context in which that quote was originally made -- where we were referring to players collecting tokens from bosses to shop at a magic store -- it still holds true.

So buying armor with a token from a boss was bad, but buying armor with gold is good?

I'm trying to be a rationale skeptical person here but that makes absolutely no sense. The problem with players buying their loot from the magic armor shop was not the currency used to make the purchase, it was how purchasing gear with a currency detracted from the experience of looting a defeated enemy.

Chevalier de la mort: Shadow of Death

Ghostcrawler

Shadow of Death wasn't removed for balance reasons really. It was removed because it was very hard to get working correctly. At some point when such a huge percentage of bugs are caused by one ability, it's time to take a serious look at whether or not that ability is cool enough to justify the attention it gets.

This is super rough to the point of inaccurate, but consider a matrix, where the first value is impact on the game and the second value is work involved to get it functional, bug free, and sans exploits.

Impact - Big, Work - Small = no brainer.
Impact - Big, Work - Big = painful, but worth the investment.
Impact - Small, Work - Small = eh, probably still worth the investment.
Impact - Small, Work - Big = kiss of death. :(

Now please don't infer that questioning the bang for the buck of "big work" somehow means we're lazy or cheap. (I personally qualify, but that shouldn't reflect on the team as a whole.) What I mean here is that there are a limited number of developers on the project and a limited number of hours in the day. Every hour we spend on feature X is less time spent on feature Y or else longer you have to wait to get any new features. (Yes we can also hire more people to a point, and we always are. If you're awesome, check our web page.)

Everything I said about Shadow of Death is also true of . :(

A non-exhaustive list of examples of class abilities that are very hard to get working that we still support are Contrôle mental / Contrôle mental, Esprit de rédemption, Disparition, Transfert and Bond héroïque.

Chasseurs and Expertise

Ghostcrawler

Shots that cost focus should give a partial refund when they miss. If that isn't happening, we'll fix it.

We don't think Steady and Cobra Shot need to provide resources even when they miss. We're not going for a design where hunters can be certain to always have maximum resource income in PvP. As long as they have enough focus, they'll be fine. If we see evidence that hunters are focus-starved, we'll adjust accordingly, but we haven't seen that so far. There hasn't been a ton of PvP testing on beta yet. There has been a lot of speculation, and while that is still valuable feedback, it is understandably less valuable.

If Lambeau and Attaque sournoise were so reliable in PvP, I don't think there would be such a storied history of druids and rogues asking to buff alternatives to the positional requirements or just removing the positional requirements for PvP. In other words, I think "melee can nearly always attack from behind in PvP" is overstated.

If hunters get close to hit and expertise caps, they should do fine even against Agi users with high dodge chances. They won't do fine against a rogue that pops Evasion, but Evasion is intended as a survivability cooldown. Different classes are different and cooldowns and durations all vary, but I don't know that rogues have a great counter for Dissuasion either.

The loss of minimum range is a huge hunter PvP buff. I don't think we've seen the full ramifications of it yet.

Voleur Beta Feedback

Ghostcrawler

Coup tordu just sounds like a bug. I don't have our bug database in front of me, but it's hard to make assumptions about neglect based on when a bug gets fixed, so long as it does before launch. It could be that the developer is waiting on a code change to fix the bug. It could be that he or she is pondering how to fix it or if a redesign in the functionality (not the base design) is warranted.

I've been doing this a long time, and one of the truths I have uncovered is that apparently easy bugs are often the hardest to fix and things you predict would take weeks of programming time can be done in a few lines. It's hard to diagnose from the outside.

If you see bugs, report them in the bug forum. Once you have done so, stop worrying about it until we get close to launch.
I disagree. Simulation and formulation need to be debugged, yes, but if you don't like looking at math, what would constitute as evidence? Math can, has been, and will be improperly constructed, but without some logical/rational evidence qualitative data means nothing. It's just hearsay.

UltraxionUltraxiondo you think you could answer whether combat rogues are intended to viably dual wield 2.6 weapons in MoP? I've heard it may be possible, but I've yet to see it conclusively proven that we can drop our daggers for a sword or axe without losing significant DPS.Posted by Pins
So... you think there's a place for damage vs utility, you just don't think Blizzard can pull it off?Holy Paladins

Ghostcrawler

A few things:

It's hard just to compare heal costs and numbers without looking at the whole package. Paladin heals tend to be expensive because so much of their healing costs no mana. Likewise, we don't balance around perfect Beacon transference, but you can't ignore it either.

If you look at how much paladins actually heal in a fight though, it should be pretty competitive with the other healers. I know that's not easy to look at right now on beta, but it will get easier once A) raids are open, B) we enable mods again, C) more theorycrafters conclude that we aren't fiddling with numbers so much so that their time isn't being wasted. (We aren't fiddling with numbers nearly so much, so maybe that will encourage some theorycrafters).

Remember though, that each healer is different. Example: Resto shaman look great on fights where everyone can cluster for Pluie guérisseuse and Salve de guérison and any time everyone stays very wounded for very long.

Because paladins have so many mana-free heals, they actually can't subsist on fumes as long as other healers. If every healer decided just to cast their equivalent and nothing else, paladins would go out of mana faster. Now there shouldn't be any situations where you really heal like that.

Two concerns that I think warrant us looking at further are the healing of and the crit chance of Horion sacré. We nerfed so that Light of Dawn can be stronger -- it feels weird when the "finisher" is puny compared to the "builder." On the other hand, healers don't always have the luxury to wait for the finisher before doing some heavy healing. We've heard a lot of feedback that is a little weak, so we'll take a look at it.

As far as Horion sacré goes, it did suffer from the pruning of many of the passive talents and glyphs that gave it such a high crit rate. In a vacuum, it doesn't need a high crit chance. It is an instant, relatively cheap heal that delivers on Holy Power. You're going to want to push it. But we agree that Imprégnation de lumière is intended to help mix up what heals you cast and that it needs to proc at a reasonable rate.

PvP on Beta

Ghostcrawler

When we go live, cross realm zones won't put PvP and PvE realms together.

During beta testing, you're going to see a lot of crazy stuff. Please keep in mind that beta is not a demo of the game. It is a testing environment in which we can get feedback from players but also in which we can test out many of our new features, some of which, like this one, are quite technically complex.

If you find yourself overly frustrated by the chaotic nature of beta, whether it's from cross-realm testing, broken quests or class bugs, my suggestion would be to wait until we launch. It's not worth getting frustrated over. You'll have plenty of opportunities to explore Pandaria.

Favorite WoW Villian

Crithto

It’s not easy to narrow it down to one. For me, I have three villains that are my favorite:

Tichondrius – Lore-wise, his devious meddling and Arthas’ corruption really changed Azeroth.
Sylvanas – I have to say this one or a friend of mine will be mad at me. Besides, her story and allegiance with the val’kyr is fascinating.
Hogger – This is where it all begins for so many players; the flea-bag we all love to hate. Also voted #24 most diabolical video game villains of all time. ;)

PrintWarcraft

Blizzard Entertainment

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TCG Tomb of the Forgotten Set Now On Sale

Blizzard

The final addition to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game’s “Aftermath” block, Tomb of the Forgotten, is now on sale in the online Blizzard Store. This new set introduces a new monster race -- the proud and ritualistic Tol’vir -- and three new monster heroes: paladin, priest, and rogue.

For generations, would-be conquerors have ravaged the land in search of a mythical Titan weapon -- a weapon safeguarded by a proud race. To defend the world, you must steel yourself and brave the Lost City of the Tol’vir. The future is not etched in stone.

As with previous World of Warcraft Trading Card Game sets, players will have the chance to obtain randomly inserted Loot™ cards that provide cosmetic items for their online World of Warcraft characters. The Loot cards in Tomb of the Forgotten are:

Sand Scarab (Common), allowing players to summon a non-combat companion to accompany them on their adventures.

Spurious Sarcophagus (Uncommon), providing the spooky experience of being trapped inside a mummy’s tomb, complete with creepy creaking upon entry audible to everyone within earshot.

White Camel (Rare), granting your character an exclusive mount to venture through Azeroth in true Tomb of the Forgotten style.

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Commentaire de mjswdr I'm glad the Devs are finally handing back the attitude that players have been giving them all these years. Commentaire de Voltt I really don't see the problem with this. Like he said, it's not like your'e going to be buying all of your raid epics at once. You'll be lucky to get the chance to see a piece you could use. Then you have to scrounge up the large amount of gold to bid on it, then win the bid.

But of course people are going to complain about it Commentaire de Kerwin13 Why was so much of my time spent reading responses from Devs to questions that never even entered 99% of our minds. How is the BMAH selling gear any different from someone crafting it and selling it on the AH. Demand will ensure that the final price is relevant to the scarcity of the piece (Unless of course, someone gets very lucky, as they say). Commentaire de ithme Hah! don't you see. This is Blizzards obvious way of introducing a huge gold sink. Any gold spent on the BMAH is going away, into the ether, down the drain, out of the server economy. It's a much needed tool to control the ever rampant gold inflation in wow. And it's self regulating, market driven.

I like it. Commentaire de OverZealous I'm glad the Devs are finally handing back the attitude that players have been giving them all these years.Hah! don't you see. This is Blizzards obvious way of introducing a huge gold sink. Any gold spent on the BMAH is going away, into the ether, down the drain, out of the server economy. It's a much needed tool to control the ever rampant gold inflation in wow. And it's self regulating, market driven.

I like it.Commentaire de Sylenced The perfect gold sink has arrived, but people would rather just continue being stupid and believe everyone can buy everything off the BMAH, ow thy community why thou disappoint. Commentaire de Azrile It is easy to beat the argument.

Imagine if when Cata Launched, there was a BMAH that sold 3 level 359 epics per week that sold for 20k gold. Would it really matter at all in the grand scheme of things?

Honestly, this is a really great thing.. it is going to suck huge amounts of gold out of the economy... for really nothing.. Like I said, the first month of Cata, would you really have paid huge amounts for 359 epics?

It would really be great if Blizzard was using this as a way to find gold buyers or hackers. ´Ok team, here are the 3 players who paid 500,000 gold for entry level epics, scan their history and see how they made the gold´. Commentaire de Rystrave Interesting. Things tend to lose value quickly in WoW though. Commentaire de YJMark Raid epics on the BMAH are not really different from BoE raid epics. Not sure why this is an issue as long as supply is limited, and the min price stays high (i.e. keeping it similar to availability of current tier BoEs). Commentaire de darkrunedk Black Market Auction House... Haven't heard of that before, but I haven't read any news on World of Warcraft for some time now.

Is it a feature made by Blizzard or some kind of addon? Commentaire de perculia It is a new type of Auction House on beta, in which NPCs "list" items that are very rare or removed (Tier 3 Naxxramas items, Ashes of Alar) without a buyout price. Wrathion from the Tier 13 quest chain shows up there as well. We'll probably be doing a feature on it soon for those of you not on beta :) Commentaire de Interest ~~I have no problem with this...okay~~ I have almost no problem with this...

The loss of minimum range is a huge hunter PvP buff. I don't think we've seen the full ramifications of it yet.Commentaire de gazftw Is this not giving people even more of a reason to buy gold ? How can they actually dare to put up those high prices when they know that gold selling is such a problem and they 'wanted' to eliminate it ? This is encouraging people to buy even more gold, something smells fishy. Commentaire de Interest Is this not giving people even more of a reason to buy gold ? How can they actually dare to put up those high prices when they know that gold selling is such a problem and they 'wanted' to eliminate it ? This is encouraging people to buy even more gold, something smells fishy.Commentaire de Ruhig Is this not giving people even more of a reason to buy gold ? How can they actually dare to put up those high prices when they know that gold selling is such a problem and they 'wanted' to eliminate it ? This is encouraging people to buy even more gold, something smells fishy.Commentaire de OverZealous Is this not giving people even more of a reason to buy gold ? How can they actually dare to put up those high prices when they know that gold selling is such a problem and they 'wanted' to eliminate it ? This is encouraging people to buy even more gold, something smells fishy.Commentaire de YJMark Is this not giving people even more of a reason to buy gold ? How can they actually dare to put up those high prices when they know that gold selling is such a problem and they 'wanted' to eliminate it ? This is encouraging people to buy even more gold, something smells fishy.Commentaire de CrimsonPut I'm glad the Devs are finally handing back the attitude that players have been giving them all these years.Commentaire de yukonjack I'm glad the Devs are finally handing back the attitude that players have been giving them all these years.Commentaire de Interest I'm glad the Devs are finally handing back the attitude that players have been giving them all these years.

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