should see the Burning Crusade tanking gear i got for my warrior... he looks like a clown (except for the shield that i got in Wrath). i didn't raid with him so the gear looks... really not dangerous. i think i taunted the monsters just with the ugliness of the gear
actually mages aren't as buffed as Moonkin druids. sure, many of the changes made our rotations far better but the buff itself wasnt huge (it was "decent" considering mages were nerfed for every single patch fron WoW release up to the WotLK patch). I think players who play mages are more versatile and can adjust easier to changes, good or bad, that's why it seems they're OP right now. Warriors got hotfixed and they seem quite decent to play. DKs don't have as easy a time to aoe tank as before and paladins kinda rock, yeah.
i wouldnt say its broken. at least no more than WotLK patch was before its release. I remember going into Black Temple and taking down trash packs to aoe instead of the "normal" procedures at that time too. It's just that the classes have gone through serious changes and most people haven't figured out good rotations just yet. once that happens it will be back to normal.
will probably take my undead mage to check it out, then. should be nice to watch. i'm also thinking about making a troll shaman, i started to like trolls alot lately!
haven't checked the horde quests (or any of the Alliance ones tbh). been checking out the mechanics (and found motivation to explore the world before Deathwing breaks it).
there's the possibility that someone hacked your account and "abused the economy". happened to a guildie of mine that hadn't played for 2 years (got a mail that told him he was getting banned - one that was real). anyway, he contacted Blizzard and it was easily solved.
the bugs could be a result of the streaming client. if not everything is downloaded or installed it appears there are problems (that dont exist after you finish with the download).
it's worse... there's 1.5gb to download after you download and install the first 5.29gb! and the servers will be down for about 11-12 more hours, so... owned
updating the client for my european servers right now. but the servers wont be up till tomorrow... oh well! it's gonna be awesome anyway! got to see all the changes!
there's still no official word on the european battle.net forums, that's why i'm sceptical about it. i certainly hope we're getting it tomorrow, i want the new talents!
no it will go live in a few weeks, its being tested on the PTRs and the first part (1.74gb) is already availiable for download.
as it happened before TBC and WotLK we'll get the new talent lines and some of the new mechanics. Worgen/Goblins and the changes in the areas will come with the launch of Cataclysm.
it should take several weeks till its released (the patch), following the steps of the Wrath of the Lich King launch.
getting really close to the release now, though. i'm pretty sure we'll get a release date for Cataclysm in Blizzcon.
i wouldnt say its broken. at least no more than WotLK patch was before its release. I remember going into Black Temple and taking down trash packs to aoe instead of the "normal" procedures at that time too. It's just that the classes have gone through serious changes and most people haven't figured out good rotations just yet. once that happens it will be back to normal.
the bugs could be a result of the streaming client. if not everything is downloaded or installed it appears there are problems (that dont exist after you finish with the download).
servers will have extended maintenance time this week for the new patch 4.0.1 to be released tomorrow (Wednesday October 13).
at least it's when it will hit the US servers.
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usually the European servers get the patches one week later, but i hope it wont be the case this time. can't wait to check the new talent lines.
as it happened before TBC and WotLK we'll get the new talent lines and some of the new mechanics. Worgen/Goblins and the changes in the areas will come with the launch of Cataclysm.
getting really close to the release now, though. i'm pretty sure we'll get a release date for Cataclysm in Blizzcon.
New mechanics and talents incoming very soon!