Blizzcon predictions?..

[Rhiannon]

@Milius: They worked VERY hard to homogenize buffs, and now they are removing the buff totems.... So, if they are removing the buffs from one of the classes, it puts shamans at a disadvantage compared to the other classes that bring those buffs when building a raid comp.

He said they'll still bring the buffs, just won't have to keep dropping totems to provide them.

[Flex]

I thought they were trying to make this game less time intensive.

I was unaware you are required to do everything they announced in the game. seems to me like they are offering a lot of things for people to do that don't raid or are looking for unique things to do outside of raiding.

5 levels again....

5 is just a number. Would you be happier if you leveled to 126 in this expansion?

@Milius: They worked VERY hard to homogenize buffs, and now they are removing the buff totems.... So, if they are removing the buffs from one of the classes, it puts shamans at a disadvantage compared to the other classes that bring those buffs when building a raid comp.

And the buffs are cast by the shaman according to fuzzy.

[Sabindeus]

here comes the talents!

[Klaudandus]

talent and class system panel is on

I should get brownie points from you, sabin

[Milius]

I missed the you can cast them. but still, it doesn't seem that big of a deal...

[fafhrd]

I guess the "wands become mainhands" means Dragonwrath is going to be labelled "wand" once 5.x hits.

[KysenMurrin]

The pet battles is like Archaeology, something that'll fill time for the people who are interested but isn't at all required. Valor points from questing shouldn't be a big deal for people raiding enough to cap (I almost never run heroics now).

[Flex]

The pet battles is like Archaeology, something that'll fill time for the people who are interested but isn't at all required. Valor points from questing shouldn't be a big deal for people raiding enough to cap (I almost never run heroics now).

To repeat "crap for people that don't raid."

[halabar]

From what I've seen sofar...

Pandas - love it. Something new, not tied to the old schtick.
dungeons and raids, buffs for loot, challenge dungeons, - don't really mind the changes (as long as the quests to get the buffs don't take too long..
pokemon - ehh.. don't care, but don't care about pets now

I can see where old-school raiders will hate a lot of this.

For those of you who do hate this, remember, the raids will still be there.

On the other hand, with so much reworking and the new zone, this would be the time to get my wife to play, and just enjoy leveling pandas together.

Time to start reserving your panda character names...

[cerwillis]

Seeing how people straight reactivated for the halloween pets, can you blame them for putting this pokemon shit in?

I'm sure I'll be there on day 1, but so far their attempts to 'get me out of stormwind' have evolved into me sitting on the bank steps and watching TV between runs, so I'm not optimistic.

[Archeth]

The pet battles is like Archaeology, something that'll fill time for the people who are interested but isn't at all required. Valor points from questing shouldn't be a big deal for people raiding enough to cap (I almost never run heroics now).

To repeat "crap for people that don't raid."

Depending on the rewards it will be seriously hard for completionists and the OCD faction, though.

[Klaudandus]

The pet battles is like Archaeology, something that'll fill time for the people who are interested but isn't at all required. Valor points from questing shouldn't be a big deal for people raiding enough to cap (I almost never run heroics now).

To repeat "crap for people that don't raid."

More like "crap for people that make most of the subscriber base"

[Flex]

Time to start reserving your panda character names...

I wish I had a high latency connection so I could create a "Loping" in full irony mode.

[twinkfist]

The pet battles is like Archaeology, something that'll fill time for the people who are interested but isn't at all required. Valor points from questing shouldn't be a big deal for people raiding enough to cap (I almost never run heroics now).

To repeat "crap for people that don't raid."

Depending on the rewards it will be seriously hard for completionists and the OCD faction, though.

i don't think i can fit "sexual harassment panda" as my name

[Orthien]

Inc all talents.
Not from me. On the stream.