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Dragons Weyr » Recent Posts http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ World of warcraft Community en-US Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/search.php shalimar on "Kingslayer Team for ICC" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=68#post-490 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:54:22 +0000 shalimar 490@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ I would be intrested in going for Kingslayer... i can either tank or heal.. Jaxom i will have to speak to you about bringing in my healer to the guild. AS long as i have enough notice for the raids i can usually make most times mainly evening.. I do work a shift pattern of 4 days on 4 days off so i will work around that personnaly. All in aal i look forward to raiding with you all in the near future. <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> shalimar on "Cute and handy macros" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=77#post-489 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:40:12 +0000 shalimar 489@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ well, here is my addition to this thread.. mainly a tanking one but can be used for other things... just change the Devastate at the end to what ever you need /cast [target=mouseover, harm, nodead][harm,nodead][target=targettarget, harm, nodead][] Devastate Jaxom on "What type of Player are You" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=109#post-487 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:13:21 +0000 Jaxom 487@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Enjoy and think about it <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> The GL- He’s sacrificed his health, friends, and probably a couple of jobs to drag you through new content. When the guild isn’t performing, these decisions are in question. Prone to shooting sprees, forum flame wars, and the rapid advancement/gearing of whatever toon the guild “needs”. If you can keep your mouth shut, he’ll go emo and quit before you get gkicked. Still, you do like the guy. Or did. Before he went crazy. See drunks, below. The GL's Significant Other- Okay, so he was going to have to quit but he tricked his SO into playing. She loves it. She's terrible. You'll effectively 24 man every boss. Count on 4 constructs in the raid, every attempt. She plays a Belf. The Raid Leader- When you stand in the flames, he dies a little bit inside. The Heir Apparent- When the GM goes psycho, ninjas the bank, and gdisbands, you're the guy the guild is gonna look to to to fix the mess. You see it coming. You can't decide if ritual suicide or being the new gm would be more painful. The Positive Officer- “That was great. Just great. You know, only 5% of guilds have even made it to Supremus, and getting him down to 67% on the second attempt is hawt.” See Stoners, below. The Negative Officer- “Jesus Christ why are there corpses under all these goddamn volcanoes? It’s Supremus for %@*@s’s sake. GET OUT OF THE GODDAMN FLAME!” See Drunks, below. The Healing Officer- Has this job because, as the newest officer who plays a healer, he’s stuck with it. The Hunter Class Lead- Will tell you that it does actually require skill and preparation to play a hunter well in the end game. Lies frequently. Metermaid- He's got meters running. Always. Asks for meter postage whenever he's in the top 5, which is rare, as his focus on the meters is preventing him from seeing the volcano he's pathing towards. Pulls aggro. Has yet to realize that 0 health returns 0 dps. If he's healing, you might as well just put him on raid, he's gonna heal them anyway. Stratman- Has read every strategy on the entire internet for every boss. Unable to think critically. Knows where his talk key is. Hated by the officers. Likely to play a hunter or mage. If this is also Chick With Accent, below, guild will probably collapse. The Gay Guy- Affects the gay accent for effect. Upgrade decisions tend to involve lengthy discussions about gear appearance. Learned to use the dressing room function before the ‘v’key. The Stay At Home Mom- She’s around children all day and craves adult conversation. Babbles incessantly in vent, forgetting that adult conversation doesn’t usually begin with, “So I was talking to (insert name of four-year-old child) and he says…” Well liked, but frequently muted. Mr. Mikeless- Has a microphone. Hears the conversation and directions. Once wiped the raid because he started talking and most folks alt-tabbed to see who the hell was speaking. May be your best player. The Kid- So, you messed up on this guy’s interview and nobody noticed that he was 12. But, he can play. And if he gets a little bit excited when boobies are getting talked about? Hey, he’s young. The Backbone- Plays a tank. Doesn't have much to say. Made an error once in SSC, or so you heard. Will disconnect when Gorefiend is at 30% and keep aggro while offline for the rest of the fight. Has never said anything negative to the healers. Ever. GL with your progression without one of these. Hates the prima donnas. The Other kid- Remember that accountant you interviewed for the fury warrior position? And how you wondered how he’d make time to raid during tax season? He couldn’t. His eleven year old daughter took over about that time. She’s been raiding since. Mages, that’s an eleven year-old girl owning you night after night. The Hunter Who Doesn't Do His Homework- Always good for insightful commentary and clever observation just after a wipe. "Holy Crap Man! I was just standing and shooting and this damn VOLCANO popped on me! When did they put in those volcanoes?" The Prophet- Kept insisting that you were going to need a melee group for BT, despite the fact hat melee was dreadful for SSC/BT. Badgered the management until they broke. Plays a rogue. Shreds. Loved by the Most Devout. The Most Devout- This is the guy who gets to play an off-spec in a big-boy raid. He's the fury warrior or the enhance shammy. He cannot believe that some fate is letting him have this much fun that he's afraid it will all come crashing down. Prays devoutly to his favorite diety that the guild won't collapse because he'll never have THIS much fun again. Ever. The Drunks- The core of your guild. As raid progresses, their voices in vent are getting just ever so slightly slurred. You don’t notice because you’re trying to sound sober yourself. DPS output seems to scale positively with blood alcohol content. The Stoners- Quietly wiping raids since the beta. They really, really, really hate having to move out of the fire. Two of them are dead under the volcanoes. They live in fear of the negative officer. They have their own channel. Try /join (insertguildname)stoners. You’ll see who’s in there. It’ll explain a lot. Still, if these guys don't show, bosses don't seem to actually die. They’re also having more fun that everyone else combined. The Prima Donna- Requires special attention from management. Constantly whining. Plays some vital role. Might be a main tank, mage tank, or lock tank. The officers really hate this guy and as soon as they can find another tank with 24,000 buffed HP, he’s out. Not a stoner. The Chick with the Accent- Is the accent fake? Nobody knows or cares. Future visits to Australia/Britian/New Zealand/Alabama are now planned by all single raid members. The Healing Pallie- Hates healing and had to go holy to see endgame. If you raid with a boomkin, a feral druid, a fury warrior, or any non-resto shaman, you are not getting a 10 minute blessing. Forget it. He hates you. God help you if he has a raid-viable alt in one of those classes; you're not even getting heals. Also, see Prima Donna. The Departed Legend- You joined after he left. You suspect that he could not actually solo Doomwalker. But you're not totally sure. The Disgruntled Raider- Took an unannounced, extended vacation and now has to share his raid spot with the other 11 extra dps. Very angry about this situation. Doesn't realize that ##@#*ing is making things worse. Officers pray for a gquit. The Warlock Whisperer- Directionally challenged. Despite having run Karazhan 1.26 million times, will require a summon to Maiden's room from the entrance. Has a "summon pls" macro. Strangely, is good at moving away from volcanoes. See (you guessed it) Stoners. The New Guy- Begins most sentences with, "That's not how we did it in my old guild on Korgath." Likely to remain guilded for approximately one week. You wonder if he'll be tellign his next guild, "In my old guild, we ran TOWARDS the volcanoes. The Backup-He's the guy waiting in the wings for the raid slot. Totally dependable and plays about 200% better than the guy for whom he's filling in. He's got half the gear and puts out 20% more dps. Totally cool, amazingly competent. You love it when the main can't be there. The Buff-less Wonder - Plays a class with group buffs, but "forgets" to bring the necessary reagents. Highly skilled at turning a deaf ear and blind eye to buff assignments. If reminded, will proceed to slowly buff people one by one until someone else is overwhelmed by frustration and does it for them. Mr. Pick Me! Pick Me!- This guy is online and ready to raid. Always. Need a prot warrior? He's got one. A holy pallie? Check. Problem is, he's really bad. Like bad bad. You keep him in the guild because he's... well, he's always been in the guild. So when your main tank, back up tank, and back up back up tank have vanished Mr. Pick is ready to rock, much to everyone else's horror. Tootsie - Has a female toon. Claims to be female. Receives many of the benefits that the other females do, people are nice to her; she gets suspiciously good loot. Problem is, she's never posted a picture of herself, and she never talks on Vent. Could she really be a girl? Sure. But who's to know? The Dumbest Person On The Planet:- No one's quite sure exactly what's wrong with this guy, perhaps human evolution really has come to a standstill. Will be the cause of 60% of your wipes until he gets a /gkick. Tell him to spread out and he'll glue himself to a squishy healer. Tell him to avoid something and he'll stand in it till dead, then complain that he didn't get any heals. Ask him to CC the yellow star and he'll pick the orange circle then claim bleeding wounds debuff on his target. The Obvious Explainer - This guy has read Wowwiki and probably written some of it. He will stop the raid for 15 minutes before each fight to explain to all the new people (of which there are none) that this guy might produce ground fire once in a while or that the hunter adds might shoot arrows. He'll warn that the boss can hit hard, tell everyone to avoid damage, and remind the healers that they need to keep the tanks alive. It makes you a bit worried that an obviously intelligent person thinks you need spoonfeeding. Sadly, you wipe a lot when he's not here. darkmonkey on "Cute and handy macros" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=77#post-486 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:00:25 +0000 darkmonkey 486@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ jax if ya get this, theres a macro i've heard about for destro locks not sure which it is though but apparently its a 1 button macro Galdur on "Raid Sign Up" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=88#post-483 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:36:15 +0000 Galdur 483@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Name: Galdur Class: Druid Role: Melee DPS Tentative :- I would like to be in the back up list if I am online and will click Tentative for those I am available for Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-445 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:04:48 +0000 Cedarra 445@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ New Stoof Added Jaxom on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-444 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:14:35 +0000 Jaxom 444@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ LMAO Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-443 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:54:22 +0000 Mumm 443@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ All I can say, really, is /SLAP!! This was a nice serious(ish) thread til you came along!!! Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-442 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:45:05 +0000 Cedarra 442@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ <img src="http://darksides.co.uk/images/smileys/bannersmileys/this-thread.gif"> omg i've done it again Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-441 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:41:15 +0000 Cedarra 441@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ NOW STARTS THE SMILEY WAR 2010 Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-440 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:39:01 +0000 Cedarra 440@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Take this Copper <img src="http://darksides.co.uk/images/smileys/Neo-9-attack.gif"> Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-439 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:57:40 +0000 Mumm 439@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ <img src="http://ganjataz.com/01smileys/images/smileys/OddBall-copper.gif"> Vent Cop says GIVE THEM BACK!!! Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-438 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:53:06 +0000 Cedarra 438@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ <img src="http://www.darksides.co.uk/images/smileys/animatedsmileys/jedi.gif"> with my jedi powers i made mumm give me more points Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-437 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:48:39 +0000 Mumm 437@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ stupid forum, gave him rep points 3x <img src="http://ganjataz.com/01smileys/images/smileys/GT-NotFair-BigThumbsDown.gif"> I DEMAND A REFUND *runs off yelling 'Jaaaaaaxxxxxxxxxxxxx'* Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-436 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:41:27 +0000 Mumm 436@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ and i thought I was being witty for first thing in the morning lmao Cedarra on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-435 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:33:56 +0000 Cedarra 435@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ For more His'n'Hers Productions goto ohmygodyougottobekidding.co.uk or email us at <a href="mailto:ohmygodyougottobekidding@nuttersrus.co.uk">ohmygodyougottobekidding@nuttersrus.co.uk</a> Oh i Crack myself up <img src="http://darksides.co.uk/images/smileys/Egyptian/Egyptian-crazy.gif"> Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-434 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:27:28 +0000 Mumm 434@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ You will find that some people are very loud to you and some are very quiet. This isn't a problem, as you can adjust people's volumes individually! Just follow the numbers on our handy guide to learn how!! <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/madmumm/screenies%20etc/vol1-1.jpg"> <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/madmumm/screenies%20etc/vol2.jpg"> (Yes, more from the infamous His'n'Hers Prod team!) *~* still to come - muting people and making complaints to the admins! - overlay set up *~* - integration and changing the look of your ventrilo box Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-433 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:26:58 +0000 Mumm 433@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ OK, now you have vent set up and you've logged in, right!? Now you have some minor set-up to do, starting with PTT. PTT stands for Push to Talk, and it means your mic will only transmit when you hit the key of your choice, instead of transmitting automatically at a certain noise volume, ie-whenever you talk/cough/sniff/your dog barks etc etc!! You'll need to think what keybinds you have set in WOW, because you need a single key that isn't being used for anything else, but is easy to reach ... You may have to try several before you find the one that works best for you, or, like me, rejuggle your bindings to free up one you want. I used to use the right ctrl, but now use F2, as I wanted a key on the left of the kb and r ctrl was interfering with my casting I think! Here is how to set it up once you decide what key to use (or use right ctrl for now): <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/madmumm/screenies%20etc/ptt.jpg"> (brought to you by Cedarra & Mumm of His'n'Hers Productions!) Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-432 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:24:57 +0000 Mumm 432@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ saved... Mumm on "How to set up (Dragons Weyr) Vent!! >Updated" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=103#post-431 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:11:48 +0000 Mumm 431@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ First, obviously, you need to download a copy of Ventrilo from <a href="http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php</a> You want a Client program - assuming you are running a version of Windows, you will want the Windows i386 – 32bit link. To use Dragons Weyr's Vent server, you will now need an account set up for you by Mumm. Jax or any guild member can point you in my direction, or use the /who function in social tab to search my guild name (which is * who cares * (no capital letters)), and any username online with 'mumm' in it, is me!! My usernames are also in my sig at the bottom of this post! To make adding the ip addy easier, copy/paste this now: 85.236.100.19 Then open your vent prog up, follow these instructions to add your username and DW's server details, and you'll be ready to connect!! <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/madmumm/screenies%20etc/DW-1.png"> <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/madmumm/screenies%20etc/Setup.jpg"> brought to you by Mumm and Cedarra of His'n'Hers Productions Copyright 2010 =P Dirotra on "Raid Sign Up" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=88#post-430 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:02:47 +0000 Dirotra 430@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Name: Dirotra Class: Hunter Role: Ranged DPS Regular Raid: Available almost everyday at 8.30 pm Telax on "Worgen Info" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=101#post-427 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:19:14 +0000 Telax 427@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ True story. I've got a name saved for a Worgen: Nightghast. I have no idea what class I shall create just yet. I think I shall wait until more information arises before making any firm choice. Rouges always seem to be an under represented PvE class and of course there is always need for more healers. Telax on "Raid Add-on's" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=90#post-426 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:56:07 +0000 Telax 426@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ One of my favorite addons for use in dungeons/raids is TidyPlates. It basically tidies up the mob name plates and integrates a simple visualization of your threat value for that unit. Mumm on "Official recruitment add" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=98#post-423 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:23:22 +0000 Mumm 423@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ aww variety is the spice of... umm... recruiting <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" /> Mumm on "Raid Add-on's" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=90#post-421 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:43:47 +0000 Mumm 421@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ you dont need autotracking macros or addons anymore because of Improved tracking. You dont need to keep changing your tracking type anymore (since patch 3.0 if i remember rightly, been ages anyway) Jaxom on "Worgen Info" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=101#post-420 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:34:37 +0000 Jaxom 420@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Worgen_(playable)">Worgen Stats, Racials and Classes</a> <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_arrow.gif" title=":arrow:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090917190748/wowwiki/images/f/f9/Worgen_druid.jpg" /> Worgen Druid Jaxom on "New Information and this is real INFO" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=100#post-419 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:13:10 +0000 Jaxom 419@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Path of the Titans & Glyphs Path of the Titans has been scrapped and will not be implemented. Instead Blizzard will focus on improving the glyph system, as they feel it didn't quite hit the intended goals in Wrath. Glyphs will now be available in 3 categories: Major, "Medium" (PH name) and Minor. Major glyphs are core to each class and will be expected to be used to perform at maximum level. Medium glyphs will be to provide "fun" alterations to abilities. Minor glyphs will largely function as they do today. Based on the mockup shown, you'll be able to have 3 glyphs of each type at level 85: Major, Medium and Minor. The glyph UI will now display all of the glyphs available to your class, even if you haven't learned them yet, to the right of the section where you apply your glyphs. Blizzard wants to make glyphs permanent so you don't have to carry a stack of them around. Simply learn the glyph and then you can swap it whenever you want. Guild System Guild Leveling There are 25 levels in total. Guild talents are not going to be implemented. Instead, guilds will be automatically rewarded with perks. Each time a guild levels up they will receive a perk. Guilds gain experience through a member participating in dungeon or raid boss kills, winning rated battlegrounds, completing quests or unlocking guild achievements. Guild Rewards Guild currency has been scrapped. Guild rewards will be unlocked by completing guild achievements. Rewards will be purchased with gold, and anyone in the guild can purchase the reward once it's unlocked. Examples: mounts, tabards, heirlooms. Guild mounts will have a flag attached to them that displays the guild's emblem. Guild Reputation This is a newly announced feature; players will gain reputation with their guild similar to how other reputations work in the game. As you contribute to the guild by completing quests, killing bosses, winning rated BGs or completing guild achievements, you will gain reputation. The best guild rewards will require having exalted reputation with your guild. Guild reputation is on a per-character basis, so you'll have to gain rep for each character you have in the guild before you can buy rewards with it. Reputation is not wiped immediately upon leaving or being removed from the guild; this is to prevent losing all your progress in the guild due to someone jokingly kicking you. Guild Achievements These will be integral to the reward and level systems. Completing one can unlock rewards as well as give the guild experience. Guild achievements are earned and owned by the guild, so once it has it, it never goes away -- even if all members who participated leave the guild. Even classic raids will help level your guild. A new version of the classic raid meta will become available that guilds can complete. When viewing a guild achievement it will display the members who participated in earning that achievement. To earn a guild achievement you must have 7 of 10 or 20 of 25 players in the raid be members of your guild. There will be realm first achievements for guilds, as well as individual players. Guild Window The guild UI has received an overhaul and contains: The guild xp bar and its current level. An RSS-like feed of the latest news for the guild; boss kills, level milestones, etc. Some news like major raid boss kills or level 85 will be "sticky" (this is determined by Blizzard) and will persist at the top of the feed for a while. An upcoming events section that is a snapshot of your guild's calendar. The most recent perk the guild has earned, and the one for reaching the next level. The guild reputation bar (this is specific to your character). The guild roster page has also been overhauled and now contains a professions display for each member. You will be able to click on profession icons and view the recipes a guild member has, even while they're offline. Raids & Dungeons Raiding - General Players will be able to "downshift" their 25-player raid, splitting it up into 10-player versions. Raids will be able to split into up to 3 10-player raids. These raids will start at the same progress point the 25-player was at for the lockout. There are no plans to allow 10-player raids to combine into a 25-player raid. There will be more freedom for moving from raid ID to raid ID. Players will be able to join other raids, even when saved to a raid ID, as long as that raid has killed at least the same bosses in the instance you have during their lockout. While this sounds like the potential for cross-realm raiding, that isn't possible yet. It isn't ruled out for the future though. There will be more "Algalon" style encounters for both 10 and 25-player heroic modes which will offer loot a half-tier better than the rest of the instance. 25-player raids will provide around 50% more loot per-player. That includes items and the new currency used to purchase items. The goal of the philosophy shift for 10 and 25 providing the same loot (source) is to make it a playstyle choice where you choose the format that fits you, not the one you feel obligated to do. 10-player raids in Wrath of the Lich King were deliberately easier because that was the goal of it at the time. That is not the case for Cataclysm. Grim Batol - Bastion of Twilight (Raid) Described as the "Naxxramas" of Cataclysm; it will be an entry-level raid for the expansion. 5 bosses in total. Cho'gall is the end-boss of the dungeon. One encounter will require "dual-strafing" -- whatever that means. Another encounter will be a "council" fight called the Twilight Ascendants; Twilight's Hammer members who have ascended and become elementals. Upon defeating Cho'gall on heroic mode, the floor beneath you will collapse and you'll fall into a cavern of flowing lava that hides a "horrifying secret," according to Alex Afrasiabi. Speculation time! Skywall - Vortex Pinnacle (Dungeon) A dungeon where flying mounts work, but no flying combat (yay, not Oculus 2.0) The dungeon sports new cloud tech, and the visuals shown during the presentation were stunning. It's a palace area floating in the sky; it's the Elemental Plane of Air. Players will encounter djinn, or at least Warcraft's take on the mythical creature. One of the bosses is said to be a "storm dragon" Another is an elemental lord New Zones Uldum It's keeping with the Egyptian theme; "WoW does Egypt," according to Alex Afrasiabi. The tour was impressive; the zone looks great. Incredibly detailed textures on the terrain and buildings. Lots of pyramids and other Egyptian-themed sculptures. Uldum was locked away, protected by a Titan machine which created a projection of a large, impassible mountain, but the Cataclysm destroyed that machine -- opening up access to Uldum. The Tol'Vir are still planned to be a new race introduced here. Not ready to be shown though. Deepholm The Elemental Plane of Earth, where Deathwing was nursed back to health and "rebuilt". It's essentially the "core" of a sphere (though not Azeroth; it exists on its own plane). Deathwing ruptured out through a tower in the middle of Deepholm and entered Azeroth through the Maelstrom, according to Alex Afrasiabi. It looks like Blizzard changed their mind since BlizzCon. Therazane will be present here and is involved in a reputation similar to Sons of Hodir, "with the lessons learned from that," says Alex Afrasiabi. Orgrim's Hammer and The Skybreaker are both here. Orgrim's Hammer has been shot down by The Skybreaker. You will encounter many stone and crystal creatures here. Player versus Player Battlegrounds - General Launching with two battlegrounds: Twin Peaks and the Battle for Gilneas. More to come post-release. Twin Peaks will be a capture-the-flag map similar to Warsong Gulch (see the preview) with a few small differences. Two graveyards for each faction, with one of them being in the middle of the map. Dying out in the field will cause you to spawn here rather than at your base. It's relatively similar in size to WSG, but the field itself is larger, with the bases taking up less space. Twin Peaks will NOT be replacing Warsong Gulch like some players were expecting it to. Blizzard wants to focus on introducing new BGs to offer a variety of environments, rather than focusing on updating older ones. Rated Battlegrounds Players will participate in rated battlegrounds by forming their raid group prior to joining the queue. You will only face off against other rated groups. Each week the format for rated battlegrounds will be different. It will rotate between 10, 15 and 25-player battlegrounds. Rating loss will not exist until after a certain threshold. Conquest points will be rewarded for winning rated battlegrounds. There will be a limitation on the number of Conquest points you can earn each week to prevent feeling like you must participate in both arenas and rated battlegrounds. There will be end-of-season rewards for rated BG teams similar to arenas: The classic Honor titles will be coming back and rewarded to the top teams each season. The "Gladiator" equivalent teams will also receive epic ground mounts. Ground mounts because they want to reward something you can ride in the battleground and be proud of / show off. Archaeology No longer involved in Path of the Titans, since it was removed. Will now help to "dig into the lore of the game" -- essentially being used as a vehicle for storytelling. There are two types of "artifacts" players will be able to uncover through Archaeology. The first will be more of a lore or story artifact. The second can reward items; cosmetic or fun in most cases, with the rare usable weapon. It will not provide any must-have items. General There are, as of the event, 3000 new quests planned for Cataclysm. That's nearly 3 times as many quests added with Wrath of the Lich King. Leveling up will display a "toast" similar to earning an achievement. It will show: The level you reached If a new talent point is available Any new abilities for that level Feature unlocks: battlegrounds, dungeon finder, riding, glyphs, etc. Garrosh is the "acting" Warchief of the Horde. Garrosh's stronghold is at the front of Orgrimmar, right as you enter through the front gate, to show "who is in charge." The Valley of Wisdom is now the Tauren district. A new auction house, inn and bank have been added to the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar. Deathwing destroyed The Park in Stormwind. This was done to drive home the impact Deathwing has had on the world, and because he wasn't happy about his daughter's head hanging from the rafters. A new auction house, inn and bank have been added to the Dwarven District in Stormwind. New music will be added for all of the cities, and a large portion of the game world. The Forsaken have set up a foothold in Silverpine Forest and have rebuilt many areas with their unique architecture. They've done this to provide a base of operations for assaulting Gilneas, which is very strategically valuable to the Horde. Heirlooms will work for both Goblins and Worgen from the launch of the expansion. You earned them, so you get to use them -- no matter what you're leveling. They will only scale up to 80 though; new heirlooms that scale to 85 will be introduced with the new content. Unholytruth on "Raid Add-on's" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=90#post-415 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:56:28 +0000 Unholytruth 415@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Thanks for responding guys, its nice to see:) Hunters can use something called autotracker, paladins can use palypower, healers can use healbot....etc etc etc Would be nice to see other people reading these popsts as well and replying with there thoughts Jaxom on "Official recruitment add" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=98#post-414 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:17:26 +0000 Jaxom 414@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ If you wish to help in recruiting for the guild this is the official macro for Recruitment! Dragons Weyr is looking for Mature players to add to our SOCIAL, Fun, 3yr guild. Own Website & Forum. Raid Casually Twice a week (Friday & Tue) plus the Wed weekly and Enjoy the Game, as it is a Game. Apply at <a href="http://www.dragonsweyr.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.dragonsweyr.co.uk</a> or Whisp for Info. Please do not use any other add, thank you Cactrot on "Raid Sign Up" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=88#post-413 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:34:43 +0000 Cactrot 413@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Name: Glodshine Class: Hunter Role: Ranged DPS Regular Raid: - I will run every Thursday night at 7;30pm Mumm on "Sister Guild for Alts" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=94#post-412 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:41:30 +0000 Mumm 412@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ lol yea, me and cheeky make life easy for ya ... well, with our toon names anyway <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" /> Maybe not in any other way lol <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> Cheeky on "joke's" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=97#post-410 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:34:02 +0000 Cheeky 410@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ A couple made a deal that whoever died first they would come back and tell about the after life. Husband died first and makes contact "Gladys" "is that you Fred? "yes Ive come back to tell you what it's like. I have sex then breakfast, then off to golf course, then more sex, I sunbathe, then have sex again lunch romp around golf course, then sex all afternoon. Then supper and more sex" Oh Fred you must be in heaven "NO I'm a fucking rabbit in Norfolk" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheeky on "joke's" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=97#post-409 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:29:05 +0000 Cheeky 409@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ Man sat on a towel on beach, He had no arms or legs, 3 women walk past n felt sorry for him, 1 said have you ever had a hug? He said no, she huged him and walked on, 2nd one said you ever had a kiss? he said no, she kissed him and walked on. 3rd one said you ever been fucked? he said no, she said you will be when the tide comes in!!!!!!!! Cheeky on "Sister Guild for Alts" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=94#post-408 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:22:07 +0000 Cheeky 408@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ i agree tbh why stress ureself out more with another guild for alts, keep it simple (for my case you know i get confused easily) just put notews on the alts then we know who is who <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> lets face it you all know my alts there just as cheeky as the main <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> Mumm on "Any recruitment Ideas" http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/topic.php?id=17#post-405 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:14:47 +0000 Mumm 405@http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/ you're all obsessed with quizzes <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" /> I'd go something liiiike, ummm... off the top of me head... (and in better wording but you get the gist) A little bit about us: Dragons Weyr is primarily a social guild. We have a good number of people online at most times of day and night, and enjoy chatting in gchat and vent while we're playing. We also do some raiding together - both regular raids, on Weds and (whatever other day it is), and off-the-cuff raids - and are hoping to get some more members who are interested in joining us for those. Ideally, we would like to build a strong, serious raiding team and progress together, while still keeping the friendly, social aspect of the guild as a whole. If you have any questions about us, feel free to ask <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> What we'd like to know about you: All the usual stuff, such as your chars name/class/spec, your age and how long you've been playing wow. What other guilds you've been in and why didnt you decide to stay with them? Where did you hear about DW and what would you hope to get from joining us? Have you got raid experience - if yes, please elaborate <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> (We do have members who don't raid, ever, so don't feel this is a requirement!) Have you got vent, or be willing to install it, both for social and raiding purposes? (Just listening is fine, we understand not everybody is willing and/or able to speak in vent!) What else would YOU like to tell us that might aid us in making a decision on your application. This can be as much or as little as you wish. *********** NB- they dont need details of raid times etc at this stage so just go with wed/fri or whatever it is - if theyre that interested they'll know anyway cos they'll have read the rest of the forum to a degree <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" /> It doesnt matter what recipes they know, or anything dead detailed like that - i mean, seriously, you gonna decide to inv or not based on that!? <img src="http://dragonsweyr.co.uk/bbpress/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> As i said above, lack of experience doesnt mean crap member. would be nice they know that. I like *Ideally, we would like to build a strong, serious raiding team and progress together, while still keeping the friendly, social aspect of the guild as a whole. * and I think its kinda where DW is at at the moment, although its kinda unclear at this point. Something to think about? Remember too, that the appl is just an initial way to see if someone's likely to fit in with DW, if they're willing to make the effort to come to the forum, find the thread, and post in it. If they like the sound of DW, and you like the sound of them. From here you go to a chat with someone, and THEN to inv on trial, which is the most important stage. It really doesnt matter about fine details like specific talents etc - after all, if someones badly specced or enchanted, that can be changed if theyre nice enough people to begin with that theyre willing to listen to a more experienced player etc (and most ppl are dead happy to find a mentor in my experience, as long as theyre approached the right way!!) etc