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Hey guys,

I made some WoW profession guides recently, and I’m looking to get some feedback from actual WoW players on how helpful they are, what I can do to improve them, etc. If you have some time, please have a look!

alright so i just got the zygor guide, and TomTom doesnt work, but im fine with that since i have questhelper, but THIS stupid error keeps popping up ALL the time, and i need to know how to fix it. i cant see what anybody is saying in the chat box.

thanks a lot guys

Hey everybody. I’ve been snooping around here for a while now and finally decided to register! I’ve been trying to start up my own blog with WoW news and links to guides and all that good stuff. So I figure I should probably learn a little more about what everyone likes reading about!

So.. hello everybody! Haha.

p.s. If you want to check out my blog and let me know what you think (don’t be too harsh, its my first blog!) that would be awesome! http://worldofwarcraft-hints.blogspot.com/

Edit: Sorry if this is in the wrong area. I couldn’t find an introductions section

I know there are alot of different ways
and methods
but does anyone know any really good ways to do it?
Post em in here if you do thanks :D!

Hey all,

I’ve just had my app approved for the iPhone!

It will let you see all the different categories of blue posts and set alerts (delivered free to your phone) on anything you want to track. When new alerts come in, the server will detect them and pop-up a text-message window on your phone.

You can find it on the store for $.99 at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M…320767184&mt=8

Hope it’s useful to some people.

-Milli

I just found this video of the dance that the female Night Elf dance is apparently based off, and I have to say, wow. Ok it doesn’t look familiar until well into the video, but you recognise it immediately when it starts at 3.24 :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZ8s…layer_embedded

Anyway… this made me wonder where the hell all these extra dances are that Blizzard promised us in Wrath of the Lick King. Are they still coming? They haven’t been mentioned in ages.

Blizzard has actually posted previews of Tier 9 gear on the official site, see below:

	Blizzard Quote: (Source)
	We’ve added a preview of the tier-9 class sets that will be offered in patch 3.2, Call of the Crusade, and we’re doing things a little differently this time around. Warlock (Alliance) Shaman (Horde) Mage (Alliance) Priest (Alliance) Hunter (Horde)

So far everything worked good for me until I everything blackened and started to be laggy - next time I tried to enter WoW it said: Failed to find suitable display device. Exiting program. Also the scrolling down and up wasn’t proper anymore.

I already read couple of threads on how to fix this problem, and I followed instructions of one whoch went on like this:

start > control panel > system (classic view) > hardware tab > device manager > display adapters > (your display adapter here)
right click on your display adapter driver, click ‘uninstall’. Reboot your system, allow time for windows to reload your video driver and then give it another shot. if that doesen’t work, see if there is an updated video driver from your video card manufacturer. if this doesen’t work let us know.
So, I did everything well until the reboot part.
When I reseted, I had no clue where to continue, since I’m not really skilled at PC managing/fixing.

As a true WoW addict I’m desperate and I beg for some help, in details please.

My system looks like this:

DISPLAY:
Name:
Manufacturer: n/a
Chip type: n/a
DAC type: n/a
Approx. total memory: n/a
Current display mode: 1280 x 1024 (32bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:

SYSTEM:
Computer name: HOME-01
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP professional (5.1, build 2600)
Language: English
System Manufacturer: GBT__
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+, 1.8 GHz
Memory: 1792 MB RAM
Page file: 289MB used, 3400MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Paladin PTR Changes Analyzed

Many changes are in the works for the Paladin class, some good, some less good, and some are just changes. Let’s not get too worked up since these are just getting ready to go to the PTR, but itˇs always smart to keep your eye on the horizon.

Let’s break down the latest PTR notes as shown in the forum announcements and how they are going to affect the best class in the game (Paladins in case you forgot):

* Blessing of Sanctuary: This blessing now also increases stamina by 10%. This effect is not cumulative with Blessing of Kings.
Good for those of us running as single Paladins in a 10-man, semi-pointless for the 25-man runs.

* Charger: Can now be learned at level 40.
As expected, this concurs with the previously announced mount changes.

* Exorcism: Now has a 1.5 second cast time, but can once again be used on players.
This is going to be an interesting change. Since 99% of my time is in PvE, this will make the spell almost useless to me. I’m not sure I’d wait that long to cast on an enemy in PvP either.

* Hand of Reckoning: Redesigned. Now does damage only when target does not currently have the caster targeted, but damage done increased to 50% of attack power, occurring after the taunt effect is applied.
Making sure to keep this as taunt and not a damage spell, it appears that Blizzard is reworking this into a decent threat generator with more punch.

* Judgement of Light: Now heals for 2% of the attacker’s maximum health instead of a variable amount based on the spell power and attack power of the judging paladin.
This will reduce the potential for an uber Paladin to boost lower geared players by letting them leech off superior spell power. On the flipside, it also means that the gear of the Paladin won’t gimp the spell - better geared party members can now get more potentially.

* Lay on Hands: The buff from this ability now reduces the physical damage taken by the target by 10/20% instead of increasing the target’s armor.
Without doing the math, this looks like a reduction in main tank effectiveness - meaning that the armor increase provided more benefit than this reduction in damage. This will require testing to really understand the mechanic changes.

* Righteous Fury: No longer has a duration or mana cost, remaining until cancelled or death. Also cancelled when a Paladin activates a different talent specialization.
Not a huge change, as this has convenience written all over it. The mana costs were pretty heavy when trying to rebuff a whole raid, but it was just a few seconds of drinking. This almost turns RF into an Aura.

* Sacred Shield: When a paladin casts Flash of Light on a target with this buff, they also now place a heal over time effect on the target, healing that target for 100% of the Flash of Light amount over 12 seconds.
This could be nice. I see quite a few more FoLs being cast! There are some questions though. What happens when a second Paladin casts FoL on that target, does the target get another HOT? As a tank, can I cast SS on myself and get loaded up by other Paladins? Of course that assumes the buff lasts long enough (it seems to get wiped off pretty fast in tanking conditions).

* Seal of Blood: This ability has been removed.
* Seal of the Martyr: This ability has been removed.
Interesting. Seems like a pretty substantial nerf to Retribution DPS, but letˇs see what theyˇve done with Seal of Command. It was tough when I got caught using these in PvP and killed myself.

* Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption: These seals have been redesigned to deal substantially more damage. Now, once a paladin has 5 copies of the debuff from these seals on his or her target, on each swing the paladin will deal 33% weapon damage as Holy, with critical strikes dealing double damage.
More damage is good, but how will it work? What happens at less than 5 stacks? This needs some evaluation on the PTR.
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* Shield of Righteousness: Now deals 100% of shield block value as damage instead of 130%.
While this looks like a substantial downgrade, the overall game effect should go up due to changes in Block Value:

 Block Value: The amount of bonus block value on all items has been doubled. This does not affect the base block value on shields or block value derived from strength.

 On-Use Block Value Items: All items and set bonuses that trigger temporary increases to block value have been modified. Instead of increasing their block value amount by 100% like other items, they have all had their effect durations doubled. This applies to Glyph of Deflection, Gnomeregan Autoblocker, Coren’s Lucky Coin, Lavanthor’s Talisman, Libram of Obstruction, Tome of the Lightbringer, Libram of the Sacred Shield, the tier 8 paladin Shield of Righteousness bonus, the tier 5 paladin Holy Shield bonus, and the tier 5 warrior Shield Block bonus.
There is some debate on the overall impact since there is little gear with Shield Block Value as a stat. This will require some testing.
* Warhorse: Can now be learned at level 20.
Mounts are good. Mostly-free mounts at lower levels is great.

* Talents
Holy
Beacon of Light: The healing amount on the Beacon of Light target is now based on the total healing done (including over-healing) instead of the effective healing done. Radius increased to 60 yards. Multiple Paladins can now have this active on the same target. Buff indicating a player is within range of the Beacon target is no longer displayed.
Will overhealing become the new chain heal? This appears to be a nice add to the effectiveness of the spell, we’ll see how it plays and watch for more changes.

Divine Intellect: This talent now gives 2/4/6/8/10% increased intellect instead of 3/6/9/12/15%.
Looks like a downgrade (duh?). Lower mana pools just ahead, no diving.

Illumination: This talent now returns 30% of the mana cost of the spell instead of 60%.
Another downgrade in the works. Look for less mana returning to the lower mana pools described above. Not a huge nerf, but Blizzard wants mana to matter, so this is what we get.

Protection
Ardent Defender: Redesigned. Currently, any damage taken by the paladin while at 35% health or below is reduced. Instead, any attack that would reduce the paladin to 35% health or below has its damage reduced. In addition, once every 2 minutes an attack that would have killed the paladin will fail to kill, and instead set the paladin’s health to 10/20/30% of maximum.
Let’s see…Guardian Spirit-like with some Will of the Necropolis (a la Death Knight) thrown in and we’ve got ourselves a pretty good death avoidance ability. Watch this one for changes as it gets tested.

Retribution
Art of War: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or Exorcism instant.
No more magic crits to help out, but reducing both cast times for FoL and Exorcism (and it’s new 1.5 second cast time) to instant is nice.

Crusader Strike: Damage reduced to 75% weapon damage to match the new 4 second cooldown.
Less damage, but more strikes. Buff or nerf, your mileage may vary.

Seal of Command: Redesigned. This seal now deals 36% weapon damage on every swing, and deals substantially less judgement damage.
Without Seal of Blood/Martyr, this will probably be the Retribution Seal of Choice.

Vindication: Redesigned. Now lowers target attack power, is consistent and does not stack with Demoralizing Shout.
In the continuing trend of "Bring the Player not the Class" Paladins will now be able to cast Demoralizing Roar/Shout, leaving the Druids/Warriors to increase health or use other options.
As stated earlier, these changes are being uploaded to the Public Test Realm, not the live servers, so donˇt have a Tauren (cow) if the changes arenˇt to your liking. There are sure to be changes to these changes so watch these pages for updates.

quoted form wow forum

From the Journal of Kalen

World of Warcraft . . . it never seems to end. No matter how much I try, there’s always something bigger to kill, something better to buy. I’ve already lost everything that was ever precious to me, my life, my sanity, myself, all because the urge to adventure, the urge to explore this intricrately bizarre universe of infinite shenanigans, full of wonder and magic, with a whole lot of would-be heroes and villains, but mostly numbskulls, twits, and insanely colossal creatures. Few words can truly describe this magnificently horrifying and mildly satisfactory universe, but let me tell you my story that seemed to have captured most of the lunacy therein, anyway, and a whole lot of the buffoonery, but also a little bit of the heroism, villainism and mighty wonders and magic of this unique world.

Somehow, it all started with the inexplicable urge to smash hideously-rendered creatures, and before I knew it, that’s how I found myself in the disturbingly fascinating universe of World of Warcraft . . .

Zapped into Northshire Valley with a big amnesiac headache, Kalen found himself with nothing but a broken wooden sword, a chewed-up gum, and a shiny new stamp signature on his buttocks saying property of Blizzard, which he doesn’t remember at all he agreed to. I really gotta read those EULA’s first, was his first thought. The serene valley hosted the all-too-familiar Northshire Abbey, home to newcomers and many coming-and-going visitors. It was surrounded by impenetrable mountains, a river could be heard running nearby, and also strangely enough, providing the seemingly perfect background music was the incessant whacking of fluffy and fuzzy animals of sorts.
"Hey there, newbie!" Called at Kalen a giddy, gangling fella with rat’s tail hair and chinstrapped beard, with a pegland and a pegland replacing his missing limbs, looking like the before advertising of something. "Say, how would you be interested in floating your way through this entire adventure, effortlessly achieving all the best equipment and skills there are, instead of doing it all the hard way like all those other bozos and losers?"
"What? You mean cheating? No way, no how. I live by a moral code!"
"Well, your lost, starchy. Prepare yourself for an endless uphill struggle of repeated whacking until you get even the slightest whiff of fame or notoriety. But hey, look at the bright side, at least you’d get to make some new friends!" He pointed nearby at a host of bedraggled men and women being chased by wolves, kobolds, and one scrawny man was even chased by a rabid rabbit, screaming something along the lines of "Au Secours! Au Secours!".
"Well, as soon as they all stand still that is," added Crookshanks ironically.
"On second thought," said Kalen, decisively breaking all his moral codes, "what’s the quickest way up?"
"Great that you ask! But that depends, how much money do you have?"
"5 copper coins, it came with the starting kit I think."
"Ahhh… I see. Any rich uncles? Grampas? Secret inheritance stash?"
"Nope."
"Well, I can’t give you the premium. Actually," said Crookshanks more reservedly, "I can’t give you any deal, but here’s a complementary hawkstrider’s beak you can keep, on the house, come back to me when you’re loaded, kiddo."
"Gee thanks," said Kalen, wondering what the hell is a hawkstrider’s beak is useful for (seriously?). "I guess I got lots of adventuring to do…"
"Pshaw, adventuring," dismissed Crookshanks. "You know, I was like you once, all filled up with big aspirations of doing great things, of becoming a hero, slaying ginormous creatures, conquering the world…of warcraft."
"What happened? Is midlife crisis really as bad as they say?"
"Listen buddy, it’s a lunatics ground out there, don’t you realize? There’s always someone better than you, more addicted than you, and eventually the feelings of shame and inadequacy get to you– they sear through your soul, man! Turning you into a shell of your own self, all broken and lost. My conclusion? Never hope, never try."
"Well, still, I got this 10 days free shiny coupon. I’d hate it to go to waste."
"Hey, you know what? Just stick with me kid, I know this world like I know the back of my peghand. . . (which he then noticed was missing) hey, where’d it go?" He said, then saw it in the maw of a wolf who was scampering away with it.
"Aren’t you gonna go after it?" Asked Kalen.
"Nah, my prosthetic insurance covers everything from wolves to giant harpies," assured Crookshanks.
"I… didn’t know harpies come in giant size, but okay."
"Anyway, let’s hit Stormwind," gestured Crookshanks, "that’s the place to go whether you’re a king or a street sweeper, if there is a spot to start this adventure, this is it… you’ll love it."
"Stormwind" Blurted Kalen gleefully, his eyes lighting up. That was the city he read all about in that brochure, he remembered. . . walking through the dirt road of Elwynn Forest, he couldn’t wait to see the most glorious of the Alliance cities everyone was always talking about.

And so, somehow, as Crookshanks and Kalen headed towards Stormwind, our protagonist got the feeling he would regret this moment for the rest of his life. But on the other hand, he had the sneaky suspicion it would be a very short one. . .

((If you like it, let me know, so I’d post more parts))