Real-Money Trading Policy It is our goal to provide an enjoyable experience to every Guild Wars player. That’s why we take the topic of real-money trading (buying and selling gold or in-game items for real-world money) very seriously. Every week, we ban thousands of accounts used by real-money trading companies, because those companies harm the game for other players by running large networks of bots to farm gold and items, spamming chat channels with their advertisements, and even attempting to steal login credentials from unsuspecting players. Why we crack down on real-money trading Real-money trading and related activities such as botting and spamming are breaches of the User Agreement and Rules of Conduct. These rules help protect the entire Guild Wars community from abuse by providing a set of guidelines for fair play that allow all players to enjoy the game. Real-money trading activities negatively impact the fun of many players. For example, real-money trading companies set up networks of computers to constantly spam players. Message spamming in cities and towns can be irritating to many players who wish to use the chat channels to legitimately buy or sell items, look for a group or a friend, or get advice on some aspect of the game. These messages clutter the chat screen, upsetting regular players because their own messages get lost in the clutter or scroll off the screen too quickly due to all that computer-generated spam. Real-money trading also upsets the game’s economy. Many players spend countless hours of game time earning gold so they can purchase skills, weapon upgrades, or runes to improve their characters. However, regular players cannot compete with the huge bot networks run on hundreds of computers that real-money trading companies use to constantly farm the game. These bot farms can make it nearly impossible for casual and hard-core players alike to reap the benefits of the time they spend in the game. Players may find that the value of their hard-earned items has dropped due to a glut of bot-collected items, or they may find that the cost of their upgrades skyrocket due to all that purchased gold flooding the market. buy wow gold There is also a shady side to real-money trading that players may not realize exists, but which has a serious impact on many players. Real-money trading companies hack into and steal legitimate accounts, often by distributing keystroke-logging malware to steal passwords. In fact, simply purchasing gold from these companies may open you up to a later hacking attempt. cheap wow gold These hacked accounts are then stripped clean of any valuable in-game items and/or used for botting. We are concerned that this kind of illegal activity happens more and more often in the games we all love to play. Ask any player who has had an account hacked (or fallen prey to a fraudulent scheme in the game) how he or she feels about it, and you will surely begin to understand how this growing problem affects the game. mp3 How we deal with real-money traders To help protect the Guild Wars community from the problems caused by real-money trading, we aggressively pursue these companies and try to stop them from abusing our players and the game. Listed below are some of the measures we take to protect Guild Wars players from the abuses of real-money trading companies. We identify and ban accounts-typically more than 5,000 per week-being used by real-money trading companies. wow gold We attempt to identify stolen accounts and return them to their rightful owners. Our GMs monitor the game around the clock so they can remove botters and spammers from the game, often within hours of account creation. When we detect a large amount of abuse from a single Internet address (IP address), we block that address from accessing the game. wow gold We block open proxies (open Internet servers which can relay traffic from anywhere in the world) from accessing the game. We identify players who purchase gold from real-money trading companies, and we suspend their accounts and remove the purchased gold. We also encourage these players to seek restitution from their credit card company. wow gold Real-money trading companies are not legally authorized to sell Guild Wars gold. They don’t own the gold - ArenaNet does.
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The Guide You’ve just created a brand-new PvP character and before you stands the Guide; behind him the Isle of the Nameless stretches into the horizon. The Zaishen took over this island specifically for combat training. While many use the Isle to prepare themselves for PvP endeavors, roleplaying characters may also visit here to test skills and builds. For the purpose of PvP training, the Isle serves as an excellent way to ease into competition. Here you can learn a wide range of fundamental concepts necessary to succeed in any type of PvP. The Isle of the Nameless really just shows you the tip of the combat iceberg. Nonetheless, it gives you an excellent place to get started, where you can practice by yourself as much as you want and not worry about fighting other players. We’ll have many more articles in this PvP Primer series, so rest assured you’ll have PvP guidance past the Isle of the Nameless. A squad of guards blocks your way off the starting dais, but as soon as you take the quest from the Guide, these guards will stand aside. To see what lies beyond them, hold down Ctrl and scroll your view around to see the names of everything you can attack, or hold down Alt to see the location of allies, NPCs, and objects you can interact with. Just like the dots on your compass, hostiles show up in red text while allies have green text. *Note: On a brand new account with nothing unlocked, you start in the Isle of the Nameless. Once you’ve completed the Nameless Masters quest, any future PvP-only characters you create start out in the Great Temple of Balthazar. You can take any of these characters back into the Isle of the Nameless via the portal in the Great Temple. Nameless Masters Quest When you talk to the Guide, he offers you a quest, as well as information about movement, control, and travel. Accept the Nameless Masters quest and head down the stairs after the guards get out of your way. While this quest only mandates that you speak with three Masters, plenty more abound. If you’ve never done any PvP (or even if you have experience with roleplaying or a little PvP knowledge), talking to all of the Masters will reveal much about the underlying mechanics of Guild Wars combat. These mechanics pervade both the PvP and roleplaying elements you find in the game. You may speak to any three of these Masters for the quest, though we recommend talking with all of them: Master of Combat: He has target dummies for you to beat up. These dummies have 480 Health and armor levels ranging from 60 to 100. They’ll show you how much damage you might expect to inflict upon targets in PvP. Watch how your damage output varies as you change from lower to higher armored targets. Master of Area Effects: More target dummies, spaced by range limits to show you spell radius. mp3 player Bring an area-of-effect (AoE) skill to see range differences. If you don’t have any unlocked, the Tainted Ally template has Deathly Swarm, which has an “”in the area”" range, and the Air of Smite has Balthazar’s Aura, with an adjacent range. Master of Magic: Hexes and Enchantment information. world of warcraft gold In addition to the pink arrows of Hexing and the yellow arrows of Enchanting on the Health Bar, these effects show up as dynamic auras around a character. Approach one of the torches near the Master to see the effect. When you get near the Torch of Hexes, you’ll get a pink down arrow on your Health Bar, an icon in the Effects Monitor, and a revolving dark ring around your lower torso. wow Enchantments show up as rotating rings of white around the center torso. Knowing about this could help you in large scale engagements. When some people call targets in 8v8 combat, they might look for someone without Enchantments, because this often means the character has no Monk Protection spells on them. wow gold Rather than tabbing through available targets and watching the Target Bars for the absence of a yellow arrow, a target caller may simply scan the battlefield for people without the Enchantment animation circling their bodies. Master of Conditions: Stop by the Master of Conditions for some conditioning! He has a pack of students—some of them even dying—suffering from different Conditions. Approach the various students to study the effect of each Condition type. wow gold Watch your Health Bar, and observe how the different Conditions visually manifest. Because some Conditions look the same on an ally’s Health Bar, you have no way of knowing what that Condition is unless you ask your ally or look for the animation. You won’t often have time to ask questions in the heat of battle, but you can take a look for yourself. wow gold For example, Blindness and Crippled look the same on the Health Bar (both show up as a simple brown down-arrow). But Blindness has a distinct swirling cloud of blackness in front of a character’s eyes, while Crippled makes a character limp and favor one leg. If you have Condition removal skills equipped, and you don’t know what to remove, pay attention to the animation.
Introduction I have been spending a lot of my free time in Guild Wars recently, hitting the arenas. From the Tomb of Primeval Kings to chatting with Marvin the shark in the competition arenas, I have seen a lot of what PvP has to offer. I can honestly say that Guild Wars has the best PvP setup I have ever encountered within an MMO. This guide is meant to take the player who has spent some time fighting in the arenas to a new level of competition. If you are completely new to PvP please read some of the great beginner guides hosted on the site first. The Setup To get the most out of your PvP time there are a few things that one should know to enhance the experience and winning potential of your team. Before you enter the arena on your next visit it is highly recommended that you download, install, and configure the FREE client for both of the following applications: www. ventrilo. com - Commonly referred to as vent in PvP chat www. goteamspeak. com – Commonly referred to as TS in PvP chat These applications are voice over IP clients that will enhance your team’s ability to communicate before, during, and after combat. Even if you do not have a microphone set up, using these clients will let you listen in on the ever-colorful chatter of your fellow Guild Warians. If there is only one key to success in Guild Wars it would be good communication between you and your team. Test Your Might! Now that you have the tools of the PvP trade you only need the character to start having the time of your virtual life. Starting, it is far easier to use a PvP build available in the PvP portion of the character creation tool than to develop your own from scratch. This is not to say that your ideas are not good, just that PvP skill importance is different than PvE skill importance. The two easiest builds to learn are those with the Warrior and Monk primaries. Both primary professions are in high demand in the arenas, so getting a team invite should be easy. The remaining professions are not by any means underpowered. They just require more knowledge of the maps, and your teammates to be truly effective. The most important part of making a good PvP character is the character’s name. It is the one defining aspect of your character that could easily cause you the most trouble. A good name is simple and easy to pronounce and type. A good name also should not offend. mp3 players I know you might think that people will like you if your name makes fun of some other player or country, but the fact of the matter is people play to win. Anyone with an obviously childish name will probably behave childishly during the battle. A childish name also usually infers little knowledge of how PvP works. world of warcraft gold Best to avoid being labeled in this group by choosing a good name to begin with, and finding a good team will be so much easier. Now, you should probably spend a few matches in the competition arenas first. This is especially true if you are trying a new or modified build. wow The competition arenas are made to test things out in. Testing a new build while trying to win the Hall of Heroes is an almost assured way to guarantee your team will lose. Think of it as the warm up before the workout. wow gold It gets you in the right mindset and makes you remember how to most effectively use your own skills. One Target to Rule them All! Calling targets and attacking called targets is the basis of any good strategy. You can attack and target another player’s target by hitting the ‘t’ key after the target has been called. wow gold kaufen If you are the person calling targets, you need to hit the ‘ctrl’ key and ‘space bar’ at the same time after you have selected the team’s target. If you are the caller for your team, it never hurts to continue to hit the ‘ctrl’ key and ‘space bar’ every 30-45 seconds. This bypasses some bugs in the targeting software and keeps everyone focused on the same character. wow power leveling A team of 8 going for the Hall seems to be most effective if there are two callers. Each caller will lead three other team members.
Guild Wars PvP or player on player is where groups of skilled players battle it out in organized events. A lot of focus in Guild Wars has been put into Guild Wars PvP combat, and rightfully so since Guild Wars’ emphasis is mostly in the battlefield, so by participating in Guild Wars PvP events, you’ll be able to build stronger and more skillful characters that will make fighting mobs a lot easier. Guild Wars PvP also gives you the opportunity to work and train within organized groups which can give you a strong advantage when you’re out in real combat! If you want to be able to create a more powerful character, than Guild Wars PvP is an excellent way to train and prepare for the battlefield. GW PvP will have you playing with a lot more confidence and skill and you’ll soon be winning a lot more fights. Guild Wars PvP is voluntary and you don’t gain any Guild Wars experience or points, but neither will you be penalized if you loose. Some people play Guild Wars PvP solely for the fun of player on player combat or to show off their fighting skills and powerful Guild Wars characters. For other players, PvP is an excellent way to get more practice and gain more skill that will benefit them when they are out in the real GW battlefield. There are several different servers you can go to play Guild Wars PvP to enhance your character’s fighting skills. The Website below can provide you with all the latest GW PvP information, PvP Guides, and PvP Secrets that will give you an advantage and increase your skill so you can go out in the battlefield with a lot more confidence and remain undefeated GW Skills, Guild Wars Skills Guild Wars Skills are an extremely important factor as you travel throughout the land of Tyria,. Each time you practice a Guild Wars Skill, you will gain experience and once you gain enough experience you will be able to advance a level, but acquiring GuildWars Skills can be a confusing process for not only new players but for experienced players as well. It is also extremely important to have the most effective combination of GW Skills for your primary and secondary profession if you want to advance in GW. With a more effective Guild Wars Skillset, you’ll be able to create a more powerful character to help you win battles effortlessly and collect a lot more attribution points, gain a lot more experience and level up way faster! The website below has all the latest Skill Guides, and Cheats that will assist you with completing Quests, and winning fighting so you can gain more Guild Wars Skill and get ahead in the game a lot quicker. The site can also provide you with a GW Forum and get you connected with other players so they can share their Skill Secrets, Cheats and all the information you need to know to be successful and make the most out of your GW profession Skills, gem Skills, Skill traders and Skill trainer NPCs for each class. ” “Guild Wars shook up the MMO scene with a radically different business plan, where game development would be funded with box sales instead of subscription fees. mp3 players It also stood out as one of the best examples of PvP design, since players were allowed to create top level characters dedicated to competitive gameplay. The game was later followed by two campaigns that added new classes, new PvP modes and a slew of different skills. Factions introduced Faction Points and Alliance Battles, while Nightfall brought in computer controlled Heroes to assist in all areas of combat. world of warcraft gold Although certain aspects overlap between PvE and PvP game types, Guild Wars has a “”separate but equal”" way of dealing with the two. Competitors have dedicated arenas, away from the story based areas, where they can quickly jump right into a battle. As a result, strong communities have grown around both PvP and PvE gameplay, and fans eagerly await news about Guild Wars 2. wow We speak with game designer Isaiah Cartwright from ArenaNet, who specializes in PvP, skill balance and most other combat-related design to find out what it takes to maintain the balance between PvP and PvE gameplay. Read the interview after the jump. What was the philosophy behind having separate PvE and PvP modes in Guild Wars. wow gold Isaiah Cartwright: We were interested in developing a game that could handle both an interesting story and hardcore PvP. It created a couple of different problems because one feature we wanted to be paramount was that the power curve would taper off and flatline as you reached top level. It wasn’t a power over time game like a lot of others were, and that was one of our starting points to make sure our PvP was balanced. wow gold Additionally, we put in things like Observer mode and Tournament to build the infrastructure needed to foster a competitive community. So, our overall philosophy is “”Here’s what we want to do. wow gold kaufen so let’s work our way through it and see what we learn, doing the right decisions along the way. “” Is there a difference in the amount of development focus one type of content gets over another. Isaiah: I don’t know if I’d call it a specific kind of dedication.
GW Guild Wars PvP Player vs Player Many RPG and Non-RPG fans appreciate some good ol’competitiveness and Guild Wars delivers with full force in this regard. Often seen as the focal point (not exactly true as the PvE is just as polished) of the game, it is an immense adrenaline rush to play and it actually requires human intelligence instead of the ability to click with your mouse at the speed of light. The better players are not those whom necessarily have the best equipment, the “best” skills nor uncanny reflexes but rather those who have an interesting mind which can creatively create potent strategies for defeating and neutralizing certain character types. Those whom can easily work as part of a team (as one) usually are considered the better players as the game relies more on team based qualities than individual effectiveness. For those who prefer fighting it out in smaller numbers, they can play in the Arena, which allows two versus two match ups, and are probably more useful at demonstrating individual skills. Although, often seen as being less exciting as it is lacking the sort of organized chaos, which is ever present within larger battles. The tournament system is great for guilds, as it allows them to show off exactly how great they are through concrete achievements, not to mention being a blast of fun. The system is rather simple, but very effective. Teams begin at the bottom of the ladder and every time they beat a group they move up and face other teams which have themselves beat their opponents (game types vary from 8vs8 to 8vs, only the winner moving on). The goal is to reach the top and become the champion of the guild wars ladder and in doing so spreading the word of the existence and establishment of a guild. But don’t expect them to stay at the top for too long as other groups/guilds will constantly be challenging for the top spot, as the top spot is more than just being the number one group. The emblem of the guild is spread throughout the world of guild wars (flags for example) and offer other rewards. The system is set up so that the better teams face other quality groups rather than pitching them against so-called ‘newbie groups’, nevertheless; if a ‘newbie group’ does reach far enough they will end up fighting other guilds which have a more decorated battle background. In PvP, players will find themselves playing in mostly scenario driven maps, where is a goal must be accomplished in order to be declared the winner (in many maps, killing off the team does not necessarily mean a victory as they can be resurrected). cheap wow gold In certain instances, an area must be held for a period of time and in others a Guild Lord or a Priest must be killed, and may be followed by the extermination of the opposing team in order to win. Defeating all members of the opposing team will not do much if an enemy Priest is still alive as he will resurrect everyone fallen member within a short a period of time. In these instances, the priest should be the primary target. mp3 players Many teams decide to forgo the opposing group completely and direct all their attention upon the priest (referred to as a Priest rush). Once the priest has been defeated, eliminating the opposing team will bring upon a victory as they will not be resurrected. Don’t forget, the priority should not only be of defeating the opposing priest but also of protecting your own from enemy attacks. world of warcraft gold Although the priest can often stand his own for a bit as he has ‘heal area’ which he uses when he suffers damage, the only draw back to this is that he heals nearby characters, including foes and hence makes it a bit tougher to defeat characters within the priests healing range. At times, the goal will be of defeating the opposing team’s Guild Lord (NPC), he is typically protected by a few clerics which have powerful healing skills at their disposal. In this case, attacking the clerics beforehand will make the defeat of the Guild Lord much easier as he will not be constantly healed by his allies. wow gold ” “In Guild Wars one of the things that keeps this game separate from traditional MMORPGs is the simple fact that one of the game developer’s main focus is on the player vs. player system. Why else would the game be called Guild Wars if you couldn’t directly compete against other guilds. wow gold In this guide I am going to take you through all the different aspects of PvP in Guild Wars, including rules, tactics, and the places where you can participate. Please keep in mind that this guide is not the say all of PvP, in fact I am fairly new to this aspect of gaming. If you would like to add, or find I wrote something wrong, or just to talk about PvP in general, please visit our forum we have dedicated to this guide and to player vs. wow gold kaufen player information. Also bear in mind that ArenaNet is still adding new features to it’s PVP system, of course, this guide will be updated as soon as possible (and when allowed) when these updates occur. Now onto the guide. Right now there are three different places you can go to to participate in PvP.
“If you are shortly going to be going to hospital to have an operation, it might not necessarily be the most comforting thing to hear that your surgeon, in whose hands lies your life, has had a good deal of training playing computer games.
Yet, recent studies have actually shown that the vast majority of surgeons who do regularly play computer games actually have a much better success rate and accuracy rating than their colleagues who play games either very rarely or not at all. This might seem strange, but there are a number of statistics to back up this claim, and a number of reasons why this trend may be the case.
The study was carried out at a medical centre in New York recently, and they found that those surgeons who, on average, play three hours video gaming per week managed to work almost thirty percent faster than those who did little or no gaming, and were over forty per cent more successful in operations. The tests were carried out on simulated operations, using virtual reality and computer controlled equipment, which is in many ways very much the way some operations are now carried out.
With more and more operations requiring finer accuracy and greater precision, human hands and clumsy tools are not always able to achieve the standards required. Therefore, computers are used to carry out the surgery, controlled directly by the surgeon. Shakes, tremors and inaccurate movement can be ignored by the computer, and where the surgeon moves his hand a long distance, the computer reduces this proportionally, so that very fine work can be carried out by the surgeon which would not be possible using the hands directly.
It may well be that this type of surgery is closer to playing a computer game, by interacting through a computer, than the traditional surgery normally carried out, that does not involve a computer in any form other than to monitor life signs. For this reason, the familiarity with using a computer, including visual interpretation, control and understanding, could mean that surgeons should be playing computer games more often in order to improve their skills.
Certainly no one would complain if surgeons were bought a computer game for them to play for three hours a week, if it meant that overall surgical operations were carried out nearly thirty percent faster and with a greater degree of accuracy, exceeding forty percent gain.
This study did focus on one very specific kind of surgery, but it does pose a number of interesting possibilities. With computers increasingly becoming tools which are used in every day life, to what extent do skills gained either directly or indirectly through playing computer or video games transfer to these real life skills, providing a better training and improved performance overall.
Taking this ideas further, should all students in school be provided with three hours of dedicated playing time per week in order to speed up their work success rate and improve their grades. cheap wow gold It is unlikely to happen, but the theory at least does pose a number of interesting points. Certainly it is unlikely that the idea would be discouraged by the students concerned.
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“One of the buzz words in computer gaming today is ‘artificial intelligence’. All right, so that’s two words really, but let’s not be too picky. What does it mean. Artificial intelligence is a phrase that has been around for years, and basically describes the ability of a computer to give the impression that it is thinking, in the same way that a human thinks. It has been suggested that the best artificial intelligence systems should give an impression of behaviour that, to the observer, are indistinguishable from the behaviour seen from a human. In other words, if the computer’s characters and responses are variable, appropriate and as meaningful as though another player was playing against you, then the computer is doing a good job of mimicking intelligence.
Many people argue whether artificial intelligence is something which is simply mimicked - in other words, the computer is giving the impression of intelligence and thought but actually this is pre programmed by a designer, or whether the computer is genuinely thinking independent and original ideas.
Our own brains are simply very complex computers - they are made up of millions of little processors all connected using living wires which use electrical signals to exchange, process, store and retrieve data or information. By linking together a number of computer processors, linking them together in complex ways and giving the computer a basic formula for learning, it can proceed through the same sort of stages we do as humans, learning about the world around it, learning about knowledge, information, responses, communications, reactions and the many other influences which affect behaviour. It is hard to see how this type of intelligence is really any different from our own. Certainly computers are able to come up with original ideas in just the same way that we do.
This kind of intelligence is necessary in computer games when players are competing against, or alongside, other characters which are played by the computer. Most people enjoy playing against other people rather than a machine because other people can provide variable, random and sometimes unpredictable responses and behaviours, whereas simply programmed machines will always respond the same way, in predictable ways that mean a player only has to remember the few basic responses possible, and respond to them in order to complete the level.
With artificially intelligent characters playing against you, it can mean that in some cases, even the game designers can’t entirely predict what the computers characters will do, and each game is likely to proceed a different way, depending on those responses.
Of course some games contain artificially intelligent characters more developed than others, and certainly those characters that are simply programmed to either run left, run right or stand and shoot, depending on a random choice, don’t resent much in the way of variation or intelligence. But in many cases it can become quite spooky watching characters milling about, getting on with their tasks, knowing that they are being controlled by a thinking computer. As computers become more and more advanced, and their intelligence becomes more developed, who knows what they will eventually be capable of doing.
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“Most games are geared for multiple players, as generally only electronic games are suited to provide competition for a single player. Likewise, many board games are also designed for more than two players, for while many exciting board games can be played out between two people, there is less of a thrill of competition between these two as there is only one other opponent to face off against. buy wow gold This is why many games have been built for many players to participate, for not only does this boost the social interactions of the game, but it can also provide for more of a thrill, as anyone could potentially win. The stakes are raised.
Many of these multiplayer games also approach the game with the intention of different players being eliminated throughout the game’s progression. mp3 players Risk is one of these games, each player begins the game with a certain number of territories on the board and must battle it out between themselves. The last player standing wins the game, meaning that at different points throughout the game, players will be eliminated and removed.
The best way to win this game is to play a smart game, building and reinforcing armies where trouble spots may arise. world of warcraft gold Paying close attention to the board and to the actions of other players may give insight into how to best plan both an attack and a defense, but other options are available. Players may form alliances with other players to remove a larger threat from the game. This is a tenuous option, as these players will have to turn on each other at some point during the battle, but can provide both players with footing to make it further along. wow gold Eventually, however, each player will need to stand on their own and fight.
Other multiplayer elimination games can have much different approaches. Clue often sees players eliminated, but not much can be done to affect another player leaving the game. wow gold Multiple players all are trying to figure out the solution to the same mystery in Clue and it is often a race against each other to unearth more clues first. Many times, a player will make a guess as to the answer of the mystery and when they are wrong, that player is removed from the game. While nothing can be done to automatically remove that player from the game, one could try to bluff and confuse the player, by making it seem like the cards holding clues in one player’s hand are actually not there. wow gold kaufen This trick does not always work, as players are not allowed to directly lie, but with a little luck, confusion can be made and other players may be tricked into making a false accusation.
Other games all have forms of either helping to bump other players out of the game or watching other players fail.
While best used at 5 applications of Sunder, it generally provides a modified threat level equivalent to Sunder Armor around 2 applications of Sunder, depending on weapon and gear. (thanks to Lavina)
Damage scales per Sunder Armor.
Battle Shout generates 55 threat for each player that is buffed; up to 5 people in your party and their pets, as long as they are on the relevant mob’s threat list. For example if you buff a player that is out of combat, no threat is generated. Therefore in a tightly packed group, Battle Shout can rival Sunder Armor for threat, but as a buff the threat is split amongst all the mobs that are aware of you. On the other hand, Demoralizing Shout gives 43 threat to each affected mob. As long as there are 6 or more mobs affected, it will hold aggro as well or better than Sunder Armor.
From the 2.0 PTR patch notes: “Fixed an issue where Warrior “Battle Shout” was causing too much threat.” - it is expected that “battleshout tanking” will no longer be effective and that the threat value of the shout is significantly reduced, though it’s not clear yet how this has been changed.
Taunt
Taunt does 3 things:
- Taunt debuff. The mob is forced to attack you for 3 seconds. Later taunts by other players override this.
- You are given threat equal to the mob’s previous aggro target, permanently. Importantly, you won’t necessarily get as much threat as the highest person on the mob’s list, only as much as whoever is currently tanking it.
- You gain complete aggro on the mob at the instant you taunt. Usually you would need 10% more threat to gain aggro (see section 3), but a taunt now gives you instant aggro on the mob. Of course if other people are generating significant threat on the mob, they could exceed your threat by more than 10% before the taunt debuff wears off, and will gain aggro as soon as it does. There is no limit to the amount of threat you can gain from Taunt.
While Challenging Shout and Mocking Blow have a similar forced attack debuff to Taunt, they do not give the caster threat in the same way as Taunt, just fixed amounts.
Growl (Druid) and Righteous Defense (Paladin) behave the same way as Taunt.
“Selin Fireheart is the first boss of the brand new (As of patch 2. 4) instance Magisters Terrace, on Sunwell Isle (Isle of Quel’Danas). He is fairly easy to take down but does some massive AoE spells which if unattended can easily take down a raid.
But as always, back to basics
Selin Fireheart has around 164000 health
He Syphons mana from crystals till he gains full mana, this also increases the damage dealt so crystals must be destroyed ASAP.
He casts fel explosion every second until he runs out of mana, this spell HURTS towards the end of the fight.
Drain Life - Drains life froma random party member, can be dispelled.
Drain Mana - In heroic mode only he will cast a drain mana spell, can also be dispelled.
The Tactics for this boss are laughably simple, as soon as he starts draining the crystal put all DPS on the crystal itself, this will minimise his damage increase and the number of AoE spells he can do. Apart from that its a very simple tank and spank, enjoy!
The Final 2. 4 patch change notes - including Sunwell Isle
Here are the full patch notes for World of Warcraft Patch 2. 4, im off to go play now, enjoy!
Patch 2. 4
Fury of the Sunwell
The glorious fount of arcane energy known as the Sunwell empowered the high elves for millennia, until the death knight Arthas laid siege to the elven kingdom and corrupted its sacred energies. Seeing no other alternative, a band of survivors led by Prince Kael’thas destroyed the ancient fount. Over time the surviving elves fell pray to a crippling magical withdrawal.
Now, promising salvation for his people, Kael’thas has returned. Soon the Sunwell will shine once again, but whether the sacred fount will usher in deliverance or destruction remains to be seen.
In Memoriam: Gary Gygax
Blizzard Entertainment would like to dedicate the patch in memory of Gary Gygax. His work on D&D was an inspiration to us in many ways and helped spark our passion for creating games of our own. As avid D&D players and fellow game developers, we were all saddened by the news of his passing; we feel we’ve lost a true adventuring companion. Thanks for everything and farewell, Gary. You will be missed.
Combat Log Improvements
The combat log has undergone improvements that allow more robust combat text filtering including the ability to define custom colors for enemies and friends, as well as combat text filtering for self and others.
Global Arena Tournament
Players will be able to create level-70 characters with epic equipment and compete on special tournament realms in a new global arena tournament. For more information, details and entry requirements, please visit the official tournament pages. mp3 players
General
The Sunwell Isle is now available for play. This area includes a new quest hub and 5 and 25-player instances.
The combined forces of Shattrath have launched an attack on the Isle of Quel’Danas, to confront Kael’thas and the Legion at the Sunwell and surrounding areas. world of warcraft gold Players will now be able to gain reputation with the Shattered Sun Offensive and participate in a new set of daily quests.
A representative of the Keepers of Time has been spotted at the World’s End Tavern in Shattrath. Players in good standing with the faction will be granted ease of passage to the Caverns of Time. wow
Characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers.
Spell Haste: Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. This change does not apply to melee and ranged abilities. wow gold
Item Cast Spells: Many spells cast by items were being cast as if the caster were the same level as the item. Most of those will now be cast at the player’s level, giving them a reasonable chance to miss, be dispelled, or be resisted.
Resilience: Now reduces the magnitude of mana draining effects by the same amount that it reduces critical strike damage. wow gold kaufen The Tooltip has been revised to reflect this.
Spirit-Based Mana Regeneration: This system has been adjusted so that as your intellect rises, you will regenerate more mana per point of spirit.
Weapon Skill: Points will be gained faster in weapon skills for levels 1 through 59. wow power leveling
The Daily Quest limit has been increased to 25.
Non-self % based haste spells will no longer stack with each other.
Racials
Find Treasure: This ability no longer deactivates upon death.
Druids
Cyclone range is now 20 yards, down from 30.
“Kael’thas Sunstrider is the last, and most complicated boss of Tempest Keep. He has no less than five phases, each as cunning as a weasle and sly as a fox. On top of that you will be dealing with four incredibly pain in the arse adds that you will need to defeat twice. In patch 2. 4 Blizz made up a bit for his difficulty by making it possible to reach him directly and also increased his loos to 3 Tier 5 Chest Pieces.
The Abilities of Kael’thas and his sidekicks are fairyl danuting at first. His advisors are resurrected in Phase 3 effectively giving them double their health! Perfecting the tactics required to defeat the final boss Kael’Thas need to be learnt by every member of your raid.
Thaladred the Darkener
Around 280k health
3-4k Melee on plate plus 2. 5k every tick for 12 seconds
Gaze – Fixes aggro to a random person in raid; 9 second cooldown
Psychic Blow – 4-5k damage plus knockback to his current target, 30 yard range
Silence – Silences anyone within 8 yards
Lord Sanguinar
290kHealth
3-4k Melee damage on plate
Bellowing Roar – A 35 yard AoE fear around him, 1. 5 second cast, fortunately does not reset his agro!
Grand Astromancer Capernian
Around 200k health
Fireball – 6-7k single-target fire damage
Conflagration – Randomly targets a player within 30 yard range causing disorientateand dealing 600-900 dps and 300 damage per second to all players within 8 yards of the debuffed raid member. Capernian does not attack any players with conflagaration.
Arcane Explosion – Deals 4. 5k Arcane damage and has a knockback effect with a slowing debuff. This only occurs when players are within melee range, so get your ranged attack on him!
Master Engineer Telonicus
Around 275k
Bomb - 7-9k fire in a small AoE centered on current target’s location, 1. mp3 player 5 second cast
Remote Toy – 60 sec debuff placed on a random player, periodically stuns the affected player for 4 seconds
Kael’thas Sunstrider
3. 6 Million Health
Around 4k Melee Damageon plate
Fireball – 2. 5 sec cast, between 16-20k fire damage, interruptible
Flamestrike – 3 sec cast, and around 3k fire damage per second AoE for 10 sec
Summon Phoenix – Summons a Phoenix
Arcane Disruption – 1750-2250 Arcane damage and a 10 second disorient to every raid member, 20 sec cooldown
Shock Barrier – a shield which absorbs 80k damage, lasts 10 seconds and stops spell interrupt abilities
Phase 4 specific abilities:
Mind Control – Mind controls 2-3 people in the raid
Pyroblast – 4 sec cast, 45k-55k fire damage, interruptible, 60 sec cooldown; begins casting immediately after casting Shock Barrier
Phase 5 specific abilities:
Gravity Lapse – All members of raid are teleported to him and then swim in the air for 30 sec
Nether Beam – 1850-2150 arcane damage to a random target, jumps to nearby players, damage doubled for each jump (So Spread Out!)
Nether Vapor – Small black clouds floating in the air near Kael’thas. world of warcraft gold If touched they add a stacking debuff which reduces max health by 10% each time, stacking up to 9 times, to 90% reduction.
Raid Composition for this fight is drastically important, you will need
Main Tank
Fire Resist Tank (With at least 150 fire resist for use as Conflag target during Phase 1 and Phoenix tank in Phases 4 and 5)
2 Off-Tanks
6-7 Healers
5-6 Melee
10-11 Ranged
Ranged damage dealers are much much better than melee in this fight since there are mobs which cause large amounts of damage to melee (Thaladred and Capernian), and the Phoenix eggs are muchmore easily killed by ranged who do not have to run to the Eggs.
Phase One
In the first phase you can take a quite relaxed pace in killing the advisors, each one has a tactic to take him down with relative ease. wow
Thaladred the Darkener - Sets his Gaze on a raid member thus giving him 100% agro for the fight. For the duration of the gaze he will walk toward that target, who must run away and kite him while ranged DPS attack Thaladred. For brief intervals between gazes, or if the gaze target dies, Thaladred may melee or follow the target with the most threat. wow gold Nobody should be closer than 10 yards when a gaze shift takes place.
Lord Sanguinar is a simple tank and spank boss, made interesting only by his fear ability which does not even reset agro. DPS, particularly Ranged, must remember to let the tank keep agro during fear. wow gold
Grand Astromancer Capernian casts Arcane Explosion if there are people in melee range, making this another ranged-only fight. Conflagrate must be avoided by everybody except her tanks. One possible setup is to have a fire resist tank stand rather close to her (remaining 15 yards away outside Arcane Explosion range) to take the conflagrations, while a Warlock kills her from 30 yards away. wow gold This tactic needs two healers on the warlock, and one on the fire tank. Alternately, she can be tanked by two warlocks which take turns - when one is conflagrated, the other takes over. Warlocks tanking her must not have Nether Protection, Since se will run forward to melee, and then cast arcane explosion, if one of her spells is resisted.
Master Engineer Telonicus is the least dangerous of the advisors.