Wowraid Bluepost Tracker http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:00 +0100 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:30:01 +0100 5 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710581166/community-interviews-enigma-.html#52 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710581166/community-interviews-enigma-.html#52 I think the word you're looking for is adaptation...

Q u o t e:
ad·ap·ta·tion
? ?/??p?te???n/ [ad-uhp-tey-shuhn]
-noun

Also, a·dap·tion ?/??d??n/ [uh-dap-shuhn]. Sociology. a slow, usually unconscious modification of individual and social activity in adjustment to cultural surroundings.
Let's move on now. Enjoy the interview for what it is. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:00 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23766986508/-bashioks-avatar.html#25 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23766986508/-bashioks-avatar.html#25

Tragic. That's just heart wrenching.
Someday love will find you. Break those chains that bind you. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:24:24 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23766986508/-bashioks-avatar.html#7 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23766986508/-bashioks-avatar.html#7

Did you just stop believin'?
lol

Awesome. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:32 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710582496/is-dalaran-going-to-fly-back-home-now.html#12 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710582496/is-dalaran-going-to-fly-back-home-now.html#12 no-reply@wowraid.com (Eyonix) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:42:18 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710861804/why-do-people-hate-on-experimental-specs.html#82 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710861804/why-do-people-hate-on-experimental-specs.html#82 So today I finaly got my warrior to 80 and decided to gear her up by doing some random heroics. I got some friends to tank and dps since my warrior would probably go "splat" on some bosses.

We couldn't fill the group, so we ended up queueing to get some random person, and we got this priest who immediately asked why was I in prot gear (I leveld my warrior as prot). I told her that it wouldn't matter since my friends do tons of damage (Tank with 40kish hp and hunters with 4k GS), and prot spec itself does tons of damage too compared to what it did during BC, you see some prot warriors topping damage charts nowdays, but she was still outraged about it. She decided to not heal and ended up leaving.

The Dungeon we were doing was Heroic AN, after she left we got another priest and finished the dungeon with ease.

I don't get why she left, she had an easy to heal tank and 2 DPS's that make up for a chumpy one.

=_=

I've gotten into groups where something made me nervous that the run might be a bit painful. Even still, I never just left -- I always gave it at least a couple of shots. Besides it's kind of silly to leave because you're afraid that one of the dps may put out subpar damage. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Eyonix) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:39:16 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#134 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#134 Right now, healers are lot less fragile than just about any other class in the game. Druids and paladins both operate with out any regard for mana at all, at present. They basically have unlimited healing resources which creates unlimited health. Pull data on how many healers have healed 400k+ damage in single arena games and you will start to get a feeling for what DPS is experiencing. At the moment, a healer beats a dps in any match up (except arms warriors) and there is very little we can do about it.

If healers were overpowered relative to dps then you would see more two healer teams. Most of the time, that's just not worth the sacrifice you make in giving up that second dps player. I wish we saw more 2 healer teams in 5s, but that's a slight tangent.

I do think mana for healers is too easy to come by and I've said that several times. Even if healers ran dry more often though, I don't think that should let a dps guy just beat a healer in every duel because "Hey, I'm dps -- I should win." ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:02 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#129 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#129 They don't run out of mana.

I think this is a case of people jumping into a thread from Bluetrackers.

To reiterate:

1) I said at some point "All things being equal, a dps should be able to kill a healer."

2) OP wondered what the context was for that statement.

3) I said the context was probably (because I don't remember) mana: meaning that all things being equal, a healer should eventually run out of mana. In other words, the way to counter a healer is to run them out of mana. It can't just be "I explode the healer with my awesome damage" because if that was true, it would mean a healer couldn't heal themselves through one attacker and would have little chance keeping themselves or a team member alive vs. 2 attackers.

4) The real take home message is that we don't put a lot of time balancing 1 v 1. The reasons are A) that there is nothing in the game that showcases 1v 1 encounters (you don't get Arena points from duels), and B) 1 v 1 balance doesn't scale well to team balance, which is showcased in Arena and BGs.

Players like to argue "If it's balanced 1 v 1 then it will be balanced for any number of participants." But that math doesn't actually work because of team synergy. The definition of synergy is that the total effect is greater than the sum of the component parts, or in other words, 1 + 1 > 2. The second you buff someone you are making both of you more powerful -- the buff is not divided by the number of recipients. Your team is more powerful than just the sum of what each of you can do individually. A 3 v 3 Arena match is fundamentally *not* a trio of 1 v 1 duels happening simultaneously.

Another way to consider it is to look at the damage done by a 10 player raid. Is a 25 player raid roughly 2.5 times that of the 10 player? No, it's probably closer to 3.5 times. It's not a linear scale. Now to be fair some of that is from fewer healers and tanks, but even that helps to support my point that you can't extrapolate upwards from 1 player and expect to have a meaningful encounter. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:27:38 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b7/t23425467230/icecrown-citadel-raid-buffs-active.html#0 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b7/t23425467230/icecrown-citadel-raid-buffs-active.html#0 ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:27:20 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#125 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#125 GC,
doesn't that kind of thinking neglect the fact that the vast majority of arena teams and comps are based on how individuals can peel or cc members of the other team? arena matches should never be 3v1 at any point because out of all the specs in arena, there's always going to be at least 1 form of cc available to hold up at least one opposing player.

Well, sure. That's why we say we don't spend just a ton of effort balancing these little one on one encounters that don't ever really happen outside of duels or world ganking (which are rarely going to be balanced since it's the most fun to gank someone lower level than you).

I think what is going on here is dps guys who think "I do dps, so I should always be able to pwn the guy who doesn't do dps," and don't stop to think about what that means if healers are that fragile. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:10:21 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b49/t23710582004/anyone-else-miss-walking.html#27 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b49/t23710582004/anyone-else-miss-walking.html#27
Q u o t e:
Also, when was the last time anyone ran Dire Maul, let alone get the key and use it?

Two months ago, I was leveling leatherworking on a new character. It wasn't exciting like it used to be, because it was no longer a brand new experience. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Eyonix) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:49:01 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b11/t23710462050/dev-teampls-consider-combat-log-change-cata.html#6 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b11/t23710462050/dev-teampls-consider-combat-log-change-cata.html#6
I think the real answer is just to keep telling players they are being short-sighted when they try and equate total healing done with best healer. Now, I will point out that when mana is more of a concern that the meters will better reflect healing done over the course of the fight and not how quickly I can spam my largest heal. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:12:43 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710552288/i-loled-when-i-noticed.html#4 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710552288/i-loled-when-i-noticed.html#4
I miss that dog. :( ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Nethaera) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:34:46 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710462278/voljin-as-new-lich-king.html#4 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710462278/voljin-as-new-lich-king.html#4 no-reply@wowraid.com (Nethaera) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:31:07 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b12/t23710460920/mastery-for-tanks.html#108 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b12/t23710460920/mastery-for-tanks.html#108 You guys are pretty much forcing tanks to gem for stam by reducing the amount of stam on gear and expecting us to make it up with stam gems. The part that worries me is the boring factor; gems are supposed to be something that gives players options and forcing us to gem for stam by design doesn't really give us an option.

I'm not sure I buy that logic. If tanking gear had thousands and thousands of Stam, tanks would still socket Stamina because it's reliable. If your health is low, then even if your avoidance is 99% that means sometimes you're just going to die and no healer can save you. Now, if healers can generally heal you through damage but then eventually gas out, then avoidance becomes more attractive because it lets healers heal you longer. Does that mean you gem it? Not sure, but at least a trinket with all avoidance might be pretty exciting.

We also think we figured out a budgeting scheme to let tank gear have the same basic Stamina as dps gear. It's not a huge balance concern either way, but it does look weird when dps plate has more.

As for parry vs. dodge, there are just going to be a lot of debates both within our office and on all of the boards about how it should ideally work and the relative value of each. Those conversations are going to go on a long time and not the kind of thing that can easily be summed up in a pithy GC post. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:06:46 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710552165/night-elf-females-put-your-damn-clothes-on.html#244 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710552165/night-elf-females-put-your-damn-clothes-on.html#244 /confuse ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Bashiok) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:25 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#35 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#35 can i bump here? :D No thanks! :P In fact, please use our webform to contact us and we'll talk with you further about this issue via email.

https://www.wow-europe.com/community/webform/index.html [ Post edited by Wryxian ] ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:28 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b44/t12878598314/bladestorm-warriors-can-now-be-disarmed-whil.html#5 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b44/t12878598314/bladestorm-warriors-can-now-be-disarmed-whil.html#5 Can i ask how can this be fair with all the rmp's out ther that needs much more nerfing than just a warriors bladestorm .... the warrior can be cc'd for the whole game the only time hes free is when he bladestorms ... but yh nvm bout that , i just want to know why its getting nerfed , heres the list of wat classes can do to avoid it...

Mage - Blink / IceBlock
Hunters - Disengage
Paladin - Bubble
Priest - Disperse / Pain suppression
Warlock - Portal
Shaman - Ghost Wolf
Rogue - Feint
Druid - Barkskin / Travel Form
DeathKnight - Anti-Magic Shell / Also DeathGrip to protect healers / arena partners when he bladestorms.
Warrior - Defensive Stance Sheild Block.


There are already many existing threads on this topic in various forums. Please post in one of those instead of creating yet another thread on the same topic.

]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:19:50 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b50/t12878598238/give-veterans-a-higher-chance-to-get-beta.html#12 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b50/t12878598238/give-veterans-a-higher-chance-to-get-beta.html#12 Any word on WHEN there WILL be a beta? *hinthint*

No date has yet been decided upon, but my guess is soon-ish. Anyways, an announcement will be made once we are ready to start the beta. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:08:22 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#124 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#124 anyways im pointing out generally that the content should be more "interresting" to enter for persons who have accomplished. i dont like the whole "heroic" mdoe idea unless its another instance wich are only heroic mode, wich would be annaunced that it was heroic only so some newfound guilds wont walk mindlessly inside that place ;) How would you like to see things change? What would make it more interesting for you? Genuine questions. :)

I get the idea you're looking for content at a level that means only the cream of the crop with a great deal of time can have a good chance at tackling it, or am I off the mark? [ Post edited by Ancilorn ] ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:09 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b50/t12878598238/give-veterans-a-higher-chance-to-get-beta.html#8 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b50/t12878598238/give-veterans-a-higher-chance-to-get-beta.html#8
Usually, when we do have a beta running, we give everyone an equal chance to get into said beta. The reason for this is that our games are designed for a wide audience of players and not just the veterans and the hardcore. The newcomer experience for an example is just as important as the tuning of end-game content.

That being said there are of course exceptions to this where certain groups of highly skilled and experienced players will get invited into a beta to help us test the game. An example of such exceptions is those cases when specific content needs to be tested in ways that cannot otherwise be done thoroughly or properly through regular testing. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:14 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878498188/why-am-i-being-punished-for-being-ganked-.html#13 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878498188/why-am-i-being-punished-for-being-ganked-.html#13 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:50 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#114 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#114 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:55 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#98 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#98 But what if [...] A question that begins on this note is very speculative, and isn't really going to achieve anything constructive, I'm afraid. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:51:58 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#28 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#28 We're having a look to see if the FCM queue is being processed smoothly and quickly. We'll update this thread when we hear something back. OK that was quicker than expected! I checked with our technical staff and the FCM queue is actually pretty big right now -- these new FCMs we setup yesterday are seemingly quite popular! :-) But unfortunately this equates to delays in the time it takes to move. :-(

Anyhow the good news is we've increased the number of processors dealing with the FCM queue and it should be moving quicker now than it was before. We're going to keep an eye on it though and if we have any further update we'll post it here in this thread.

Lelemudina, if the character move completes for you, we'd appreciate if you tell us here -- and good luck ;-) ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:58 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#80 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#80 Not rlly , they can judge on the difficulty of the content they already have done. A game's difficulty isn't determined by the end-end game content only. I'd like to say something on that front. I feel this isn't exactly right, but that's my view. I firmly believe a good benchmark for a game is indeed the later content. To deem a game as easy before rising to the challenge of the tough stuff is similar to saying to a restaurateur 'My meal is going to taste terrible, I do not like it' when having only had a piece of the starter. [ Post edited by Ancilorn ] ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:09 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#27 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#27 Average Wait Time: 8 Hours

and im waiting 17-18h kek.... We're having a look to see if the FCM queue is being processed smoothly and quickly. We'll update this thread when we hear something back. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:23 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498191/warrior-bladestorm-change-is-retarded.html#4 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498191/warrior-bladestorm-change-is-retarded.html#4 no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:17 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498166/the-bladestorm-change--what-it-actually-does.html#119 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498166/the-bladestorm-change--what-it-actually-does.html#119
Please keep it cool guys, because I hate to ban people just because they "forgot" about the forum rules and failed to keep a civil tone. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:53:24 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#78 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#78 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:57 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#2 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878598229/the-conscept-of-content-.html#2
Balancing the challenge of content is very tough with such a broad spectrum of players who enjoy time in the instances of Azeroth. We're still working on finding a way to please as many folks as possible, and we're getting closer all the time. :) [ Post edited by Ancilorn ] ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:57:24 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498073/disarm-while-bladestorm.html#91 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b30/t12878498073/disarm-while-bladestorm.html#91
Please respect the forum rules and keep a civil tone when posting on these forums. Failure to respect this will result in a forum ban, so please keep it cool people. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Vaneras) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:54 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b23/t12680047993/ptr--patch-notes-333.html#7 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b23/t12680047993/ptr--patch-notes-333.html#7

Classes Hunters: Heart of the Phoenix
Warriors: Thunderclap, Bladestorm
Items
Glyphs: Glyph of Focus


Update: 08.03.2010


Classes Warlocks: Dark Pact
Technical Frame rate note updated


Update: 02.03.2010


PvP Honorable Kills: Note on the 100% Honor increase clarified
Classes Druids: Mangle
Mages: Empowered Fire, Torment of the Weak
Rogues: Serrated Blades
Warriors: Trauma, Improved Revenge
Items Glyphs: Glyph of Mangle
Tier-10 Sets: priest healing 4-piece set bonus, shaman Elemental 4-piece set bonus
Technical Maximum frame rate capacity added


Update: 23.02.2010


Dungeons & Raids World Event Bosses: Moved from User Interface section; change explained in greater detail
Classes Death Knights: Chains of Ice, Icy Talons, Unholy Blight
Druids: Nature's Grasp, Starfall, Typhoon
Hunters: Ferocious Inspiration
Mages: Combustion
Rogues: Slaughter from the Shadows, Waylay
Warlocks: Life Tap
Warriors: Vitality
Items Glyphs: Glyph of Chains of Ice revision reverted (see Chains of Ice change)
Professions Engineering: Pet Bombling, Lil' Smoky ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ancilorn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:06 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#21 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#21 I would like to know when The Sha'tar gets a FCT to anywhere outside the Vindication :( I payed over 140 euro's for PCT :( you gave Auchindoun Alliance a FCT :( It is unlikely this Role Playing realm will get FCMs away from it any time soon -- in fact as you can see the only FCMs are to the realm. FCMs are done for balancing realm populations and factions, we want to help encourage a healthier population on The Sha'tar, and not reduce it. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:13 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#20 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#20 Wryxian, niclely dogded, locking the last thread without any answers. Reposting my question then: It is standard practice to repost this thread every week. I'd advise you not to read too much into standard procedures.

Q u o t e:
What about realms that you can't play on between 20.00 and 23.00 every day for more then 2 weeks now due to constant server crashes every day?

Do I really need to pay for a Character Move to get out from Tarren Mill?
Or just accept that I can't play on Tarren Mill between 20.00 and 23.00? We have been working on resolving the issues on Tarren Mill and we have a thread about it here:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12730505453&sid=1

Our full focus is on resolving the issues the realm is experiencing, and things like FCM are not currently seen as the way to solve the issue: FCM is for balancing realm populations and factions.

Please keep all future questions relating to Tarren Mill to the above thread, as we will not be able to further respond about them here in this thread. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:19 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#17 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#17 Was So excited when i saw Runetotem -> Chamber of Aspects cuz i would of moved this and another char over to my main until i saw Alliance only ... We may consider opening Horde FCM on this realm, but we haven't as yet because Alliance is dominant. But if we did, Chamber of Aspects would not be the destination realm for Horde as that realm needs more Alliance love right now. ;-) ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:57 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#16 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#16 Sry didnt see that..in my country its day time...and y my chars are locked more then 12h...thats why im asking whats going on..cheers Well just so you know, sometimes when we open up FCMs on Wednesday, like we did yesterday, sometimes the rush to use the process has in the past meant delays of 24 hours or more. Anyhow, we'll see what we can find out and see if everything is going smoothly or not. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:15 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#15 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#15 As appreciated this is i really dont see why its not Alliance Only to Laughing Skull, the server is currently FILLED with Horde and we generally need way more Alliance players then Horde on this lovely server. The previous Alliance only FCMs were not bringing enough Alliance to the realm. So we are now trying something different. All of the realms that are source realms for FCM to Laughing Skull are either Alliance dominated or were until only very recently.

Anyhow, the main reason for this particular FCM is population related. Your realm is low populated and we want to help realms that are highly populated find a new and less crowded home. Sometimes people don't like it when any group of characters moves to their realm, especially if they are of the faction already dominant. But it is part of our continuing effort to ensure realm populations stay healthy across all realms. Don't worry, we still have faction balance in mind and we will be watching this carefully. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:27:38 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#13 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#13 I see blues are here but dont want to answer me...nice...ty Um, I think you need to check the time -- it was night. The Community team isn't in the office overnight.

Anyhow, we'll check and see if there's anything odd going on. Sometimes FCMs can just take some time though. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:09:53 +0100 WoW EU forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#5 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#5 no-reply@wowraid.com (Wymdar) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:11:29 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#4 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#4 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghoroum) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:19 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b1/t23710581730/ptr-maintenance-3102010.html#1 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b1/t23710581730/ptr-maintenance-3102010.html#1 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ujumqin) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:35:40 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#3 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#3 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ralvorinn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:44:37 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#21 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b10/t23710551636/question-about-1v1-balance.html#21 I just remember GC being quoted as saying "all things equal, eventually a dps should be able to kill a healer"

I think my point there was that the healer will eventually run out of mana. If they are able to damage you while healing themselves though, they will likely win.

It comes down to this: If a healer can't beat a dps one on one, then there is no way a healer will be able to keep an entire three-person team alive. In that scenario you might as well just run with 3 dps and there becomes no role for the healer in Arena teams.

Note: this does not mean that in every single case that a dps spec defeats a healing spec in a duel that there is a problem with the class. :)

]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ghostcrawler) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:38:02 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b1/t23710581868/pvp-a-blizzard-employee-iv.html#0 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b1/t23710581868/pvp-a-blizzard-employee-iv.html#0
We will be hosting another PvP event on the US realm Anasterian tomorrow (3-11-2010) at 4:00PM PST! Queue for Random Battlegrounds for your shot to PvP with us!

What: Random Battleground Finder
Who: Blizzard QA
Horde - 'Blizzard' guild
Alliance - 'Blizzard QA' guild
Place: US Server Anasterian (Those on Broxigar can participate by Queueing for a Random Battleground)
Time: 4:00PM PST
Date: 3/11/2010

(Note: Time/Event is subject to change.) ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ujumqin) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:12:31 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#2 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211482/realm-unavailable-ndash-black-dragonflight.html#2 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ralvorinn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:53:18 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211606/urgent-realm-maintenance-ndash-03102010.html#1 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211606/urgent-realm-maintenance-ndash-03102010.html#1 no-reply@wowraid.com (Ralvorinn) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:19:44 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23425771701/blizzard-doesnt-care.html#339 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23425771701/blizzard-doesnt-care.html#339
Instead of relying on this gathered "data" why don't you trying playing a few matches of Alterac Valley, and get back with us.
It's the age-old fallacious argument that we, Blizzard, must only look at data behind the scenes and have no actual attachment to the game as players. It's a game developed for players by players. If you feel this is an appropriate leap to an argument, I'll take an equally fair leap and assert that I've probably played more Alterac Valley matches levels 60-80 as both Horde and Alliance than you.

Q u o t e:

Funny. Weren't the dances being promoted as part of the expansion from the first big game trailer of Wrath? People went into the game, as indicated by the Blizzard approved trailer, thinking that this was going to be part of the game... only to be misinformed. No surprise.

I realize the developers want to work on other "stuff" that's important to THEM, but when will they start working on stuff that is important to US?
Who is "us"? Community wants and needs are much more complicated and divided than you seem to think. Everything we do to add to or change this game is with the goal of making it better for as many people as possible. This is in part why we still have a massive and committed playerbase after five years in the running. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:22:22 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211606/urgent-realm-maintenance-ndash-03102010.html#0 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b45/t23710211606/urgent-realm-maintenance-ndash-03102010.html#0
Aerie Peak
Altar of Storms
Alterac Mountains
Andorhal
Anetheron
Anvilmar
Archimonde
Area 52
Arygos
Auchindoun
Azuremyst
Black Dragonflight
Blackwing Lair
Blade's Edge
Blood Furnace
Coilfang
Dalaran
Dalvengyr
Dawnbringer
Deathwing
Demon Soul
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Duskwood
Executus
Exodar
Fizzcrank
Galakrond
Ghostlands
Gnomeregan
Grizzly Hills
Haomarush
Icecrown
Jaedenar
Kel'Thuzad
Khadgar
Lethon
Mal'Ganis
Norgannon
Onyxia
Scilla
Sentinels
Shattered Halls
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tanaris
Terokkar
The Scryers
The Underbog
The Venture Co
Thrall
Turalyon
Uldaman
Undermine
Velen
Ysera
Ysondre
Zangarmarsh
Zuluhed
]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Ralvorinn) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:51 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710581166/community-interviews-enigma-.html#39 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b3/t23710581166/community-interviews-enigma-.html#39 /yawn

Maybe little dude should've stayed in school instead of grinding battlegrounds, given he thinks "adaption" is a word.
Adaption is a word you silly goose. ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Zarhym) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:44 +0100 WoW US forum http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#10 http://wowraid.com/tracker/b25/t12878617896/1003-realms--free-character-moves.html#10 What about Mazrigos? Did you check previous threads? We've replied on that question only a few days ago:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12730485505&sid=1&pageNo=2#37 ]]> no-reply@wowraid.com (Wryxian) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:43 +0100 WoW EU forum