Gold farmers beware: Blizzard has been cracking
down hard on TOS violations since the 1.10 patch, and according to the official
website, they have cancelled over 5,000 accounts & suspended another 10,000 for using third-party programs
& other cheats in order to secure gold or items in the game.
I, for one, applaud Blizzard's stance &
tenacity on this subject...but I also think they're fully aware that those 15,000 or so people will just be plunking
down another $50 for the game again soon, so it's win/win for the boys in blue. I still like the crucifixion idea,
myself...
Well, I still haven't seen one single snowflake. not a raindrop...nothing. I've been running around Ellwyn Forest
& Stranglethorn Vale all week, and it's been dry as a bone the entire time. And I even bought a nice, new umbrella
for the occasion...
I guess there really are weather effects in there somewhere now, though,
because MTV.com
has a lengthy article
on the new weather system, with some interesting bits of behind-the-scenes trivia about it from the devs. Five years in
the making? Great, but can I just see it for five seconds, please?
If you've logged into WoW since the
new patch & found that your favorite add-on no longer works, head over to WoW Vault; they've posted a constantly-updating list of the
latest UI add-ons to be updated for v1.10.
Personally, I'm not a big user of add-ons & extras, but I do love my fishing buddy, and I'm glad to have him
back!
Now
that we've all had a (free) day or so to experience some of the changes in patch 1.10, people all over the net are
starting to weigh in. A lot of players are, as to be expected, pretty disgruntled over the extended downtime &
repeated outages, and some of the early reports from folks who have done the re-vamped instances have reported little
noticable changes. And me...I still haven't seen a single raindrop. Not to mention the little incident with my corpse
last night.
So, does anyone have anything positive to say about v1.10? Has any better loot dropped in the
reworked dungeons? Been caught in a cool rainstorm? Found you can now rock the house with your re-built Priest? Give us
some good news, people...
Ok,
usually I don't spend much time complaining about bugs, and I know we just went through a major update & there are
bound to be some, but this is just downright annoying. Both my teammate & I got jumped by a couple of
slightly-higher level Horde in Stranglethorn Vale, and when we awoke as ghosts, our graves were nowhere to be seen on
the mini-map, and when we finally found & reached our corpses, there was no option to rez; we had to high-tail it
all the way back to the spirit healer. Now I remember why I hate death penalties so darn much...
A few other
people on the server are having the same problem; any of you guys out there unable to return to the land of the living?
Well, just like the rest of you, I waited patiently all day for the servers to come back online to see all the pretty
new bells & whistles in v1.10; especially the new weather effects. Unfortunately for me, the forecast on
Lightninghoof must have been clear with no chance of showers, because I ran all over the updated zones trying to spot
so much as a cloud & I saw nothing.
How about you guys? Any of you storm chasers encounter any bad
weather? Any rain in Ellywn Forest or snow over in Dwarf lands? Got any cool screenshots to share with us?
Community manager Drysc informs
us that all servers have been taken offline (as of approximately 6:20 PM PST) to fix an "issue" with patch
1.10. There's no current ETA on bringing the servers back online, nor any information (that I can locate) about
what the problem may be. More updates as they come!
Update: As of 9:00 PM PST the login message reports
that the issue has been resolved and we should expect to see servers back online within the next 90 minutes.
The 1.10 patch notes seem to be live on the official
World of Warcraft site, though they have not yet been linked from the front page. Read on, and be prepared for
the test
realms coming up next week!
Major highlights include....
Weather effects
Level 60 dungeon re-itemization
Maximum level of players allowed into some dungeons has been
lowered
Level 60s will now be able to complete quests for monetary rewards instead of experience
If
you're a priest, you're no doubt looking forward to patch 1.10 with both anticipation and dread. That's right,
1.10 is the priest's turn for a class review, and while final details are scarce, the announcements
so far are promising.
On Blizzard's agenda:
New talents - expect from one to
four brand new talents in each tree
Talent reorganization - streamlining of all trees, with a focus on
Holy and Discipline
Racial abilities
- Dwarves are still the only ones with fear ward, but the proposed changes make other racials look appealing, as
well
Inner Fire - the
attack power bonus is being removed and replaced with... something! Hopefully there will be more info on this
soon.
Greater Heal - will have its casting time reduced by a full second and be made more mana
efficient (though whether that will be by lowering its mana cost or increasing the amount healed is unclear)
Holy Fire - will no longer require a talent investment
Power Word: Shield - Eyonix has stated that
they're working on improving its scaling (for those of you unfamiliar with PW:S, all of a priest's healing spells can
be improved by aquiring healing gear, while the power of PW:S remains static), but has not yet provided any details on
actual changes
Group buffs - expect group versions of both divine spirit and shadow
protection
Eyonix is collecting feedback on the racial changes, so if you have a suggestion, you may
want to post
it!
Some confusion has surfed on the forums about what will be in patch 1.10. Caydiem has come out to set everyone
straight, no new instances in 1.10! I guess someone confused the fact that a new tier (dubbed 0.5) armor set is
being released in the next patch, so they assumed that meant a new place to farm for that new set.
What
other 1.10 patch rumors are you guys hearing?
Gold farmers beware: Blizzard has been cracking
down hard on TOS violations since the 1.10 patch, and according to the official
website, they have cancelled over 5,000 accounts & suspended another 10,000 for using third-party programs
& other cheats in order to secure gold or items in the game.
Now
that we've all had a (free) day or so to experience some of the changes in patch 1.10, people all over the net are
starting to weigh in. A lot of players are, as to be expected, pretty disgruntled over the extended downtime &
repeated outages, and some of the early reports from folks who have done the re-vamped instances have reported little
noticable changes. And me...I still haven't seen a single raindrop. Not to mention the little incident with my corpse
last night.
Ok,
usually I don't spend much time complaining about bugs, and I know we just went through a major update & there are
bound to be some, but this is just downright annoying. Both my teammate & I got jumped by a couple of
slightly-higher level Horde in Stranglethorn Vale, and when we awoke as ghosts, our graves were nowhere to be seen on
the mini-map, and when we finally found & reached our corpses, there was no option to rez; we had to high-tail it
all the way back to the spirit healer. Now I remember why I hate death penalties so darn much...
Well, just like the rest of you, I waited patiently all day for the servers to come back online to see all the pretty
new bells & whistles in v1.10; especially the new weather effects. Unfortunately for me, the forecast on
Lightninghoof must have been clear with no chance of showers, because I ran all over the updated zones trying to spot
so much as a cloud & I saw nothing. 
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