Video

As stated above here is the new Ghost Wold glyph in action. As you can see the new form looks exactly like Feral Spirit.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Another glyph that got changed was Chain Heal, you can make the look more watery than ever. The first thought that came to my mind was “the drowned god would like that” if you can relate that to the Song of Ice and Fire (“Game of Thrones”). It looks really watery, almost as if you were standing on top of a water hydrant. Forgot to make a video of that hence the 2 screenshots below.

Chain Heal Cast

Chain Heal Beam

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Q & A Session

Aether surprised us over the week-end with a possible Q & A Session with Jon Underdog Wiesman. Topics were limited to User Interface (UI) and related subjects. Troy threatened us with pinching should we ask about beta!

At first Aether started a thread at the WSC Forum, but we were too shy to ask questions right away and then we got started on IRC at #wildstar. You can find the full chatlog at the end of this post. Here is a mix of questions from both sources.

What can we expect of the default UI?

• Before anyone posts a question, one of the first things I wanted to address was a concern that if we are allowing the UI to be modifiable, then that might mean that we are not giving 100% to making sure that the default UI is worthy of a AAA title. I can assure you that will not be the case. Our lead UI designer is passionate about making the WildStar UI a great UI, and for the people out there who never ever want to install new Addons, we are committed to making the default WildStar UI just as good as the rest of the game.

Why is there even a need for UI Api?

• I think having a modifiable UI is essential to creating a long-term MMO that people want to play, not just for a few months, but for years. Game studios have long realized that UI design and implementation is not just an afterthought. This stuff matters a lot. Unfortunately when certain types of games dominate an industry for a period of time, they sometimes tend to have a persistent effect on UI design for years afterwards, and studios are reticent about breaking out of established patterns. This is where you guys come in.

Do you have macros and keybindings?

• Yes, we do have macros in the game, but they are currently much simpler than they are in other games. Part of that is a desire to limit the possibility of botting, and part of that is because other areas of the UI API make macros less important. We will absolutely document all the macro commands. We still need to prevent botting, so our solution to that does mean tying certain kinds of actions to on-screen widgets.
  Keybinding is pretty straightforward, and will allow you to bind most key combinations to any action you want. If you want multiple rows of action bars, you can make that happen. It’s up to you.

Will there be an ingame map?

• Our map UI will have lots of cool features built in at launch, including features like showing friends, zooming in, highlighting objectives, etc. If it doesn’t do something really cool that you think it should… well, either you or somebody else will fix that soon we expect.

What kind of information you’d expose to the UI Addon API?

• Honestly, the answer is…….. pretty much EVERYTHING. The in-game UI will be 100% completely modifiable.You can completely recreate the UI to look however YOU want it to look. Seriously. One thing you will love about our API is the ability to create a new Addon based on an existing Carbine Addon, change it, make it your own, and then use it.

How do you deal with possible killer UI addon that you HAVE to use to be competitive are large?

• I’m not sure that’s true. Honestly, the way I set this up was with these kinds of issues in mind. We’re doing something a little different in terms of API.
  and more via Forum: One concern that is brought up is the invention of a “Superaddon” or something that basically makes it necessary to have that particular Addon in order to compete at all. I think our API should make that less of a concern, but we will deal with those kinds of things as they come up. We are going to be very much involved in the Addon development community. We won’t be just throwing the API out there and then ignoring everyone. And when we do need to make changes to the API, we will be forthright about the reasons why.

How do you make sure people can properly see the UI elements?

• We use what is called the “authored resolution” which sets a minimum virtual resolution for the screen. If you shrink the app so that it would be below that, we start scaling. The biggest challenge with that was with making sure fonts are still readable.

Can you use frames that are independent from gobal scale?

• Pretty much all the windows (we call them windows, not frames, but essentially the same thing) use the same UI scale. But I think you’ll find it works well. We will probably expose the function for getting absolute app size, so if you wanted to create a window at a specific size you could do that. All our window positioning uses a combination of % from parent edges (or the whole app if no parent) + an offset

Will the user interface allow profiles?

• Yes, you will be able to switch your UI for characters/realms/accounts. You could load a PvP addon for example only on PvP Realms. I think you should be able to accommodate those needs without reloading the UI

Would I need to set up 2 profiles for fullscreen and windowed mode?

• The window should adapt to that with no problem.

The UI Addon API is based on XML, why do you use LUA?

• XML is used for defining forms and other data-ish stuff. Lua is used for logic

How much does the game rely on reasonable latency?

• Certain aspects of MMO server architecture are just facts of life, for the foreseeable future, and dealing with latency by using strategies like client-side simulation, prediction, and resolution (when you are wrong about the predictions) will always lead to certain expected (and possibly undesirable visual) phenomena on the margins. Some games are better at making this feel more natural than others, but all of them deal with it in one way or another.

These questions are taken from Wildstar Central and the IRC chatlog from #wildstar channel, you can read the sources below. Hope that was interesting for you! Thanks to Troy and Jon for giving us this unexpected Q&A session!

Source

• Wildstar Central – http://wildstar-central.com/
• Chat – chatlog

Chatlog

(2012-05-08 23:23:02) starspun: http://wildstar-central.com/index.php?threads/hello-folks-meet-jon-wiesman-lead-client-engineer-at-carbine.593/

(2012-05-08 23:23:43) CosmicDebris: But maybe if it is skedule maybe this problem will not

(2012-05-08 23:23:47) Myrddin: yeah kgpanels, too

(2012-05-08 23:24:31) dpi209: New news have been newsed!

(2012-05-08 23:31:54) News: WildStarCentral: Oh look! A @Carbine_Studios #WildStar developer on WSC @ http://t.co/oJbJgob7 – come say hello, ask a question or two! – ZR – Twitter / WildStarCentral – http://twitter.com/WildStarCentral/statuses/199973753931833344

(2012-05-08 23:33:00) Myrddin: Is noone asking a question, yet?

(2012-05-08 23:33:09) Myrddin: Thought you had somehting nice

(2012-05-08 23:33:43) starspun: We're shy

(2012-05-08 23:34:57) dpi209: lol

(2012-05-08 23:37:18) Aether [webirc@209.203.107.218] hat den Raum betreten.

(2012-05-08 23:37:26) Aether: Tada!

(2012-05-08 23:37:49) Myrddin: Hello Troy!

(2012-05-08 23:38:04) Myrddin: we jsut realized that we are shy!

(2012-05-08 23:38:06) Myrddin:

(2012-05-08 23:38:16) dpi209: Har har

(2012-05-08 23:39:04) UnderdogBPL [webirc@209.203.107.218] hat den Raum betreten.

(2012-05-08 23:39:20) dpi209: I sense a distinct lack of [CRB] here

(2012-05-08 23:40:28) Myrddin: Hello UnderdogBPL

(2012-05-08 23:40:30) UnderdogBPL: I'm here

(2012-05-08 23:40:40) dpi209: Who's there?

(2012-05-08 23:40:41) Myrddin: welcome

(2012-05-08 23:40:45) UnderdogBPL: Thanks!

(2012-05-08 23:40:49) Aether: Dips! I see you!

(2012-05-08 23:40:58) Aether: Jon is UnderdogBPL.

(2012-05-08 23:40:59) ***dpi209 hides behind starspun

(2012-05-08 23:41:05) dpi209: AH!

(2012-05-08 23:41:18) Aether: Starspun! Myrddin! This is like old home week.

(2012-05-08 23:41:27) Myrddin: haha

(2012-05-08 23:41:37) dpi209: Hello Jon, nice to meet you.

(2012-05-08 23:41:43) UnderdogBPL: I hope everyone enjoyed my thrilling tale of programming in Ruby

(2012-05-08 23:41:49) UnderdogBPL: Hi dpi

(2012-05-08 23:41:58) starspun: Heeey you guys!

(2012-05-08 23:42:02) Myrddin: good to have you here!

(2012-05-08 23:42:18) Aether: So ya'll promise to be nice to Jon, right? I have to step away for a quick meeting.

(2012-05-08 23:42:18) Zap-Robo: Argh! Who let them in!

(2012-05-08 23:42:26) dpi209: UnderdogBPL: Yes

(2012-05-08 23:42:27) Zap-Robo: lo guys

(2012-05-08 23:42:34) starspun: We'll treat him right Aether, don't worry!

(2012-05-08 23:42:49) Modus (+vv Aether UnderdogBPL) von starspun

(2012-05-08 23:42:50) Aether: Also, remember- he is doing this while he is doing other programmery and such.

(2012-05-08 23:43:05) Myrddin: Sure, we will be nice, I suppose there isn’t much that will be worse thanbeing pinched and forced to come here

(2012-05-08 23:43:09) UnderdogBPL: So I posted a quick hello in that thread that Aether started

(2012-05-08 23:43:31) starspun: I'm about to post a reply there with some questions I really don't expect to be answered

(2012-05-08 23:43:49) UnderdogBPL: Those are my favorite kinds!

(2012-05-08 23:43:57) Zap-Robo: And I've upgraded your account to tag you as a Carbine peep

(2012-05-08 23:44:05) UnderdogBPL: YES! I have the power!

(2012-05-08 23:44:10) UnderdogBPL: (Is there any power?)

(2012-05-08 23:44:19) starspun: Your name turns yellow.

(2012-05-08 23:44:20) dpi209: As long as you don't morph…

(2012-05-08 23:44:32) UnderdogBPL: Yellow names are pretty powerful

(2012-05-08 23:44:35) dpi209: Mighty Morphin Carbine Rangers!

(2012-05-08 23:44:39) starspun: Some might even say… gold!

(2012-05-08 23:44:53) Myrddin: We realized that it is not, yet easy to come up with good questions.

(2012-05-08 23:45:12) Zap-Robo: (There might be a hidden forum or two)

(2012-05-08 23:45:26) Zap-Robo: No promises

(2012-05-08 23:45:37) dpi209: Especially when limited to UI addons, not the engine itself

(2012-05-08 23:46:00) UnderdogBPL: Ok, so I guess I will chat in here with you guys for a bit, and then go back and make a post summarizing anything I discussed here?

(2012-05-08 23:46:04) UnderdogBPL: Does that sound good?

(2012-05-08 23:46:23) Zap-Robo: Whatever you like – make yourself at home

(2012-05-08 23:47:11) CosmicDebris: Hello Troy

(2012-05-08 23:47:19) UnderdogBPL: *kicking off shoes* cool. Well, Zap asked if there will be Profiles and the answer is sort of. You can tag certain Addons to only load for certain characters/realms/accounts.

(2012-05-08 23:47:33) starspun: Hmm, maybe I'll ask the questions I got from friends here instead, then…

(2012-05-08 23:47:40) CosmicDebris: I am writting my questions, but i am long

(2012-05-08 23:48:16) UnderdogBPL: so if you have an Addon that deals with PvP (not that I am making any news about PvP) and you only wanted that Addon loaded on PvP servers, you could do that

(2012-05-08 23:50:14) dpi209: *bites his tongue and asks a serious question instead*

(2012-05-08 23:50:37) dpi209: You mentioned you built the UI Addon API on XML – why are you using LUA then?

(2012-05-08 23:51:08) UnderdogBPL: XML is used for defining forms and other data-ish stuff. Lua is used for logic

(2012-05-08 23:52:06) dpi209: I know I'm quite of leaving the grounds of addons, so feel free to decline that question, but…..

(2012-05-08 23:52:24) dpi209: Most pressing issue for me is, UI scaling is a frequent issue in games. Having to deal with resolutions from your stock 19" to a HDTV – how do you make sure people can actually properly see the UI elements?

(2012-05-08 23:52:56) UnderdogBPL: We use what is called the "authored resolution" which sets a minimum virtual resolution for the screen

(2012-05-08 23:53:14) UnderdogBPL: if you shrink the app so that it would be below that, we start scaling

(2012-05-08 23:53:35) CosmicDebris: (Is there a UIparent to refer?)

(2012-05-08 23:53:38) UnderdogBPL: The biggest challenge with that was with making sure fonts are still readable

(2012-05-08 23:53:46) UnderdogBPL: but I think we solved it pretty well

(2012-05-08 23:53:58) dpi209: I'm curious to see

(2012-05-08 23:54:18) UnderdogBPL: Cosmic, I don't quite understand that question

(2012-05-08 23:55:17) dpi209: I think he's asking whether there's a parent container UI addons refer to

(2012-05-08 23:55:33) CosmicDebris: UIParent I mean a great frame that can give the global scale and if we ask a frame to anchor it, it depend of its scale, but frames wich have others anchor may be independant

(2012-05-08 23:56:44) CosmicDebris: (sorry it isn't easy for me to explain)

(2012-05-08 23:56:53) Myrddin: I often switch from windowed mode, my normal playing one to full screen for frapsing. Would I need to use 2 profiles for that or will the window adapt?

(2012-05-08 23:58:38) UnderdogBPL: Answering Cosmic: hmmm, interesting. Pretty much all the windows (we call them windows, not frames, but essentially the same thing) use the same UI scale. But I think you'll find it works well

(2012-05-08 23:59:27) UnderdogBPL: We will probably expose the function for getting absolute app size, so if you wanted to create a window at a specific size you could do that

(2012-05-08 23:59:59) UnderdogBPL: Answernig Myrddin: The window should adapt to that with no problem

(2012-05-09 00:00:08) Myrddin: ok, thanks

(2012-05-09 00:00:15) CosmicDebris: So strictly absulute and no in %?

(2012-05-09 00:00:53) UnderdogBPL: All our window positioning uses a combination of % from parent edges (or the whole app if no parent) + an offset

(2012-05-09 00:01:18) CosmicDebris: Ah great

(2012-05-09 00:01:28) UnderdogBPL: so you can basically have both. Strictly % if you want (with 0 offset) or absolute if you want

(2012-05-09 00:02:10) dpi209: Have you decided already what kind of information you'd expose to the UI Addon API?

(2012-05-09 00:02:17) UnderdogBPL: Yes.

(2012-05-09 00:02:19) UnderdogBPL:

(2012-05-09 00:02:39) CosmicDebris: (<3)

(2012-05-09 00:02:57) UnderdogBPL: Honestly, the answer is…….. pretty much EVERYTHING

(2012-05-09 00:03:12) dpi209: So, chances to get a killer UI addon that you HAVE to use to be competitive are large?

(2012-05-09 00:03:53) Myrddin: (Ã la decursive on the early wow)

(2012-05-09 00:04:21) UnderdogBPL: I'm not sure that's true. Honestly, the way I set this up was with these kinds of issues in mind

(2012-05-09 00:04:32) Zap-Robo: Right, my working day is done – time to head home Have fun UnderdogBPL – don't be a stranger!

(2012-05-09 00:04:38) UnderdogBPL: We're doing something a little different in terms of API

(2012-05-09 00:04:43) Aether: Thanks for having us Zap.

(2012-05-09 00:04:48) Myrddin: ah, great to hear

(2012-05-09 00:04:53) CosmicDebris: Thank you Zap

(2012-05-09 00:04:59) Zap-Robo hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Quit).

(2012-05-09 00:05:01) UnderdogBPL: By Zap, nice chatting

(2012-05-09 00:05:02) Myrddin: cu later Zap

(2012-05-09 00:05:19) starspun: Posted some questions in the forum thread, I see my last one was pretty much intercepted by Myrddin just now

(2012-05-09 00:05:49) Myrddin: I got your question even more intercepted starspun "Think the question above about the profiles, were more situational than a per realm profile. For instance if you planned to do an instance, that you could use profile 1, when you are done you want to do some crafting and need other skills for that and switch to profile 2 for crafting, or pvp (not that there is pvp, just as example)"

(2012-05-09 00:06:08) starspun: Not THAT question!

(2012-05-09 00:06:36) starspun: Besides, that's what Zap wanted to know, wasn't it :p

(2012-05-09 00:07:00) UnderdogBPL: Well, I think you should be able to accommodate those needs without reloading the UI

(2012-05-09 00:07:05) CosmicDebris: thrully yes :p

(2012-05-09 00:07:13) Myrddin: ok, thanks

(2012-05-09 00:07:59) dpi209: I know this question might be a bit mean, but why is there even a need to have a UI API?

(2012-05-09 00:08:38) UnderdogBPL: that's it, I'm insulted. See ya!

(2012-05-09 00:08:38) UnderdogBPL: kidding!

(2012-05-09 00:08:38) dpi209: -.-

(2012-05-09 00:08:54) UnderdogBPL: I have a wild theory about MMOs and moddable UIs

(2012-05-09 00:09:04) starspun: Careful, dip, we might have to get the chips out

(2012-05-09 00:09:37) UnderdogBPL: I think having a modifiable UI is essential to creating a long-term MMO that people want to play, not just for a few months, but for years

(2012-05-09 00:09:39) dpi209: Once I was an MMO gamer, but then I took an arrow to my knee

(2012-05-09 00:10:42) starspun: I've thought just about the same thing, haha

(2012-05-09 00:10:53) CosmicDebris: And will be possible to bind spells without a visible slot to have a clean UI and in the purpuse to bind all our spells and RP-items/trinkets/vehicle etc..?

(2012-05-09 00:10:54) starspun: It's my #1 theory that WoW is still going strong

(2012-05-09 00:11:05) UnderdogBPL: Yeah, I'm pretty passionate about it. I will go on and on if someone doesn't stop me

(2012-05-09 00:11:18) UnderdogBPL: I agree with you starspun

(2012-05-09 00:11:48) dpi209: Okay, I don't play WoW – could someone explain to me WHY that makes people play WoW?

(2012-05-09 00:12:01) starspun: Playing any MMO with UI elements that are just flat out annoying and completely unchangeable… ugh

(2012-05-09 00:12:09) CosmicDebris: UI addons: D

(2012-05-09 00:12:28) Myrddin: I have some friends that love to set up their ui and spend an awful lot of time with it

(2012-05-09 00:12:41) UnderdogBPL: CosmicDebris: we still need to prevent botting, so our solution to that does mean tying certain kinds of actions to on-screen widgets

(2012-05-09 00:13:08) CosmicDebris: I am one of them and realy, i spent sometimes mote times to work on my UI than play the game

(2012-05-09 00:13:12) starspun: dip, I think it has something to do with the fact that you can make your UI look exactly the way you want to, so you don't have to be annoyed by certain bits and pieces

(2012-05-09 00:13:22) dpi209: Setting up the UI is great, but why don't companies just build a UI that makes people don't need addons?

(2012-05-09 00:13:33) UnderdogBPL: Yeah, so the thing is, everyone is different

(2012-05-09 00:13:35) starspun: People have different things they expect

(2012-05-09 00:13:40) CosmicDebris: (oki )

(2012-05-09 00:13:46) starspun: I guess that's the tl;dr of it, anyway

(2012-05-09 00:13:47) Myrddin: because you can’t make an ui that pleases 10 million players

(2012-05-09 00:14:06) starspun: Exactly :p One person wants one thing, another wants something else, a third wants something entirely different

(2012-05-09 00:14:27) starspun: I'm sure you've seen people arguing over the Skyrim UI, even

(2012-05-09 00:14:42) CosmicDebris: and we can see that on swtor, it is realy frustrating

(2012-05-09 00:14:45) starspun: I think it's (mostly) fine, a lot of people go UGH GET THIS THING AWAY FROM ME.

(2012-05-09 00:14:53) UnderdogBPL: yes, and merely allowing people to turn things on/off, move them around, etc, will be okay for maybe 85% of people, but the remaining 15% want MORE

(2012-05-09 00:15:07) dpi209: You got me on the 15%

(2012-05-09 00:15:30) UnderdogBPL: but again, I have some wild theories about this

(2012-05-09 00:16:01) UnderdogBPL: and soon we will see if I am crazy or… slightly less crazy

(2012-05-09 00:16:12) starspun: Soon… soon!

(2012-05-09 00:16:19) UnderdogBPL: soon….ish?

(2012-05-09 00:16:24) dpi209: You are per definition crazy, and it's good that way.

(2012-05-09 00:16:25) starspun: Is that with or without the trademark

(2012-05-09 00:16:35) dpi209: With.

(2012-05-09 00:16:47) dpi209: Game companies NEVER leave out the trademark :p

(2012-05-09 00:17:21) starspun: dpi209â„¢

(2012-05-09 00:17:31) ***dpi209 bows respectfully

(2012-05-09 00:17:38) dpi209: Thank you, but I'm no game company

(2012-05-09 00:17:55) starspun: Too bad, you're now a trademark

(2012-05-09 00:18:01) starspun: Not registered, but still

(2012-05-09 00:18:10) UnderdogBPL: how many of you guys have written Addons for a game?

(2012-05-09 00:18:26) dpi209: Never felt the need to.

(2012-05-09 00:18:34) starspun: Programming is scary.

(2012-05-09 00:18:38) Myrddin: <-

(2012-05-09 00:18:40) dpi209: The most I've written is manuals

(2012-05-09 00:18:55) CosmicDebris: I have to leave, thank you realy for this time and your answers. I hope we will have an overview of all this discuss. See you soon all of you

(2012-05-09 00:19:02) Myrddin: but I suck at it, need to find some addon and tweak it to my needs

(2012-05-09 00:19:07) starspun: I think there was a point where I wanted to try, but learning how to was intimidating

(2012-05-09 00:19:14) starspun: See you, CosmicDebris!

(2012-05-09 00:19:16) Myrddin: Thaks for joining cosmic

(2012-05-09 00:19:33) dpi209: Bye, CD, see ya

(2012-05-09 00:19:49) dpi209: starspun: Can't be worse than trying to code Ruby on Windoes

(2012-05-09 00:19:51) Myrddin: one whsipered people for missing buffs, and the other one helped with ressing after a wipe

(2012-05-09 00:19:52) dpi209: *Windows

(2012-05-09 00:19:55) UnderdogBPL: So, Myrddin, one thing you will love about our API is the ability to create a new Addon based on an existing Carbine Addon, change it, make it your own, and then use it

(2012-05-09 00:20:06) Myrddin: but I lack the skils to make somehting powerful

(2012-05-09 00:20:23) CosmicDebris: (Oh sorry before leaving: I am bad in programming but I 'm relying for a good initiation with guides^^)

(2012-05-09 00:21:21) starspun: I might have to try with WildStar… maybe. I really would like a decend mount/vehicle randomizer. :p

(2012-05-09 00:21:29) starspun: Also a decent one.

(2012-05-09 00:21:45) Myrddin: that is great, but hard to imagine at the moment. since we do no tknow what kind of addons will come with the game, what kind of helperaddons we’d like to use to improve/make stuff convenient, etc

(2012-05-09 00:23:23) Myrddin: For my needs sophisticated wow macros are all I need. Playing petty much with the default ui. Will there be macros, or can’t you talk about that?

(2012-05-09 00:25:22) UnderdogBPL: we have macros

(2012-05-09 00:25:50) starspun: Will they be crazy unlimited like in Rift? (Please no)

(2012-05-09 00:27:31) UnderdogBPL: I'm not familiar enough with Rift macros

(2012-05-09 00:27:34) starspun: You just ended up with a build compressed into a 1-3 button mash build if you wanted to be an effective player

(2012-05-09 00:27:58) Myrddin: I like macros, anything that helps me to keep the amount of buttons on my screen low

(2012-05-09 00:29:41) starspun: You'd just put all your abilities into one macro, arranged by cooldown time, and have at it. A tank with a macro was better than one without, it was… rather sad :

(2012-05-09 00:30:04) dpi209: That is always the danger with macros

(2012-05-09 00:31:32) Aether: ZOMG I CANNOT BELIEVE JON SPILLED THE BEANS ABOUT MACROS!

(2012-05-09 00:31:39) starspun: Hahaha

(2012-05-09 00:31:41) Aether: THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!

(2012-05-09 00:31:44) Aether: Just kidding.

(2012-05-09 00:31:45) starspun: Better go pinch him

(2012-05-09 00:31:45) UnderdogBPL: woops, time to update the resume

(2012-05-09 00:31:51) Aether: haha

(2012-05-09 00:31:57) ET`afk [ET@Community.staff.globalgamers.net] hat den Raum betreten.

(2012-05-09 00:31:58) dpi209: I can't believe jon spilled the beans about pvp servers either

(2012-05-09 00:32:45) starspun: Anyway, as far as macro systems go, I prefer WoW's to Rift's :p Really the only two I have any sort of experience with

(2012-05-09 00:33:01) UnderdogBPL: I only spilled hypothetical beans

(2012-05-09 00:33:12) UnderdogBPL: hypothetical beans make a very small mess, if any at all

(2012-05-09 00:33:14) starspun: Beans are pretty gross anyway

(2012-05-09 00:33:32) starspun: Hypothetical or not, I'm completely okay with spilling them :p

(2012-05-09 00:33:44) dpi209: Why can't we spill cucumbers instead?

(2012-05-09 00:33:58) starspun: Why, cucumber is delicious

(2012-05-09 00:34:01) Aether: There were no PvP server beans spilled.

(2012-05-09 00:34:06) UnderdogBPL: The bean lobby is particularly strong

(2012-05-09 00:34:58) starspun: Mr. Bean?

(2012-05-09 00:35:09) UnderdogBPL: I think I've lost control of this chat

(2012-05-09 00:35:10) dpi209: Don't get your pickles in a twist

(2012-05-09 00:35:41) Aether: hahah

(2012-05-09 00:36:21) Aether: Yes, when pickles get involved, things have clearly taken a turn.

(2012-05-09 00:36:39) ***dpi209 hides behind starspun again

(2012-05-09 00:37:11) starspun: You're such a gentleman, dip

(2012-05-09 00:37:32) dpi209: I know, right?

(2012-05-09 00:37:37) dpi209: Just covering your back

(2012-05-09 00:38:57) starspun: Thanks

(2012-05-09 00:39:13) starspun: UnderdogBPL! What is your favorite UI addon? :p

(2012-05-09 00:39:20) Etrigan hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Ping timeout).

(2012-05-09 00:40:02) UnderdogBPL: One of the versions of Gatherer, probably. TBH, it's been a while since I've played WoW

(2012-05-09 00:40:40) starspun: No time anymore or just sick of it? ;D

(2012-05-09 00:40:53) Myrddin: "Aether: There were no PvP server beans spilled." thanks for pointing my nose on it, I almost overlooked it!

(2012-05-09 00:41:12) Aquilus: What's all this.

(2012-05-09 00:41:19) Aquilus: People talking? Here?

(2012-05-09 00:41:22) UnderdogBPL: Now, my favorite WildStar Addon would probably be… oh gosh, look at the time

(2012-05-09 00:41:31) Myrddin: yeah gatherer, is nice

(2012-05-09 00:41:34) starspun: People were talking here when I poked you, Aquilus

(2012-05-09 00:41:41) starspun: Jeez, pay attention

(2012-05-09 00:41:48) Aquilus: I was busy levelling! :p

(2012-05-09 00:41:53) starspun: Pfff

(2012-05-09 00:42:14) dpi209: Achievement unlocked.

(2012-05-09 00:42:33) Myrddin: it is kind of nice to see how addonsbuild up on each other, each version a bit more sophisticated than the next

(2012-05-09 00:42:33) dpi209: All right, I'll call it a day.

(2012-05-09 00:42:37) Aquilus: Guess I owe you three pokes.

(2012-05-09 00:42:50) ***starspun pokes Aquilus three times

(2012-05-09 00:42:59) dpi209: Jon, it was nice of you to stop by and answer a few q's, thanks a lot for that.

(2012-05-09 00:43:10) Aquilus: Fine, six then.

(2012-05-09 00:43:14) Myrddin: gatherer, then calculate the perfect routes, drawing them on the minimap, onscreen, etc

(2012-05-09 00:43:19) dpi209: Aether, a drive-by pleasure as always :p

(2012-05-09 00:43:22) ***starspun pokes Aquilus six times

(2012-05-09 00:43:37) Aquilus: I'm starting to sense a pattern here.

(2012-05-09 00:43:41) Aquilus: Are you bored, perhaps? :p

(2012-05-09 00:43:52) starspun: Oh, you said you owe ME pokes

(2012-05-09 00:43:54) dpi209: Good night, folks

(2012-05-09 00:43:56) UnderdogBPL: it was fun, I'm sure we'll do it again

(2012-05-09 00:43:59) starspun: Night dip!

(2012-05-09 00:44:43) dpi209 hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Quit).

(2012-05-09 00:45:42) starspun: Aw, if you're heading out as well Jon, I guess the questions I posted on the forums will go unanswered for now … which really isn't unexpected since they're a little off-topic. *cough*

(2012-05-09 00:46:35) Myrddin: Thanks for joining up, hope the next time you won’t need to be pinched to come by

(2012-05-09 00:47:13) starspun: Yes! We appreciate it!

(2012-05-09 00:48:37) Aquilus: Oh, that was Jon.

(2012-05-09 00:48:44) Aquilus: I guess that's what I get for not paying attention :p

(2012-05-09 00:49:05) UnderdogBPL: don't worry, I'll write a post summarizing this chat (minus the pickle tangent) and answer some of the questions in there

(2012-05-09 00:49:25) UnderdogBPL: Aquilus, hi.

(2012-05-09 00:49:41) starspun: Awesome. I still don't expect answers to three of my four questions, but awesome.

(2012-05-09 00:50:00) UnderdogBPL: I'll see what I can do. Some of the questions were, er, loaded.

(2012-05-09 00:50:04) Aquilus: Hi, UnderdogBPL.

(2012-05-09 00:50:20) Aquilus: I wouldn't have known what to ask about either way, so it's fine. Kind of forgot about the game :p

(2012-05-09 00:50:36) starspun: UI addons.

(2012-05-09 00:50:44) Aquilus: This is the one with the bunny girls, right?

(2012-05-09 00:51:02) starspun: You forgot the bunny boys :<

(2012-05-09 00:51:11) Aquilus: That was deliberate.

(2012-05-09 00:51:36) starspun: Tsssh

(2012-05-09 00:51:37) Zap-Robo [zaphod@Zap-Robo.user.globalgamers.net] hat den Raum betreten.

(2012-05-09 00:51:37) Modus (+o Zap-Robo) von ChanServ

(2012-05-09 00:51:39) Myrddin: Pretty sure we will hear much more of Wildstar the coming months

(2012-05-09 00:51:45) Aquilus: But yeah, UI addons is an interesting topic.

(2012-05-09 00:51:50) Zap-Robo: And now, comfy at home

(2012-05-09 00:51:55) Myrddin: welcome home

(2012-05-09 00:51:56) starspun: Shame you're late

(2012-05-09 00:51:57) Aquilus: It's a fine balance, allowing for custom elements without allowing for what is effectively cheating.

(2012-05-09 00:52:12) Zap-Robo: I'm not late – I'm exactly on time (for me!)

(2012-05-09 00:52:21) Aquilus: You're late for us, though.

(2012-05-09 00:52:31) Aquilus: Well, not for me. I'm always here =/

(2012-05-09 00:53:52) UnderdogBPL: It IS a fine balance, and one I hope we are able to achieve. We have a plan, and I think it's a good one.

(2012-05-09 00:54:17) Zap-Robo: Kill them all, and let the gaming gods decide?

(2012-05-09 00:54:25) UnderdogBPL: I'm not going to make any grandiose statements and suggest that we will be perfect, but we are committed to getting it right

(2012-05-09 00:54:40) starspun: There are no gaming gods, only game masters

(2012-05-09 00:57:31) Aquilus: How would you prevent something like Gatherer from WoW, if you're familiar with that?

(2012-05-09 00:58:22) Aquilus: If that's even a concern, I guess.

(2012-05-09 00:58:27) UnderdogBPL: I am familiar with Gatherer; it's one of my favorites

(2012-05-09 00:58:30) starspun: Haha, I guess you didn't see the part where Gatherer is (one of) his favorites

(2012-05-09 00:58:35) Myrddin: hehe

(2012-05-09 00:58:35) Aquilus: Ah. Hehe.

(2012-05-09 00:58:44) [1]RedLynk heißt jetzt RedLynk

(2012-05-09 00:58:48) RedLynk: Yo yo yo

(2012-05-09 00:58:52) Aquilus: I used it myself, still felt like cheating.

(2012-05-09 00:58:53) ***starspun pinches RedLynk's cheeks

(2012-05-09 00:59:00) RedLynk: MY CHEEKS

(2012-05-09 00:59:01) RedLynk: VIOLATED

(2012-05-09 00:59:10) Aquilus: Oh, pipe down.

(2012-05-09 00:59:14) starspun: If Gatherer felt like cheating, I wonder how you'd have felt about using Recursive back in the Molten Core days

(2012-05-09 00:59:22) Aquilus: I used that.

(2012-05-09 00:59:31) UnderdogBPL: So, the "problem" with Gatherer is not at the UI Addon level, but in the fact that resource nodes are consistent

(2012-05-09 00:59:33) starspun: It was different back then :p

(2012-05-09 00:59:40) UnderdogBPL: it's not a question of API at all

(2012-05-09 00:59:56) Aquilus: I suppose that's right.

(2012-05-09 01:00:22) Aquilus: I have no idea how Recursive even worked. I just vaguely remember it as some sort of magic button that fixed everything.

(2012-05-09 01:00:26) UnderdogBPL: So, I'll just say that if Design wants those kinds of things to be hidden, then it's their job to hide them. *ducks*

(2012-05-09 01:00:50) Myrddin: I am kind of torn, I don’t like bots, but I also like bots … for example in Asheron’s call there were portal bots, basically characters that stood there and made portals if you traded them items/money … loved those, think they are a great idea. But at the same time I hate bots that let you walk around and fight/xp for you.

(2012-05-09 01:01:13) Aquilus: I assume the Explorable stuff is going to be at set places, so I guess people would make map mods for those.

(2012-05-09 01:01:32) Aquilus: But then again, you could just get that from a third party site if you wanted to, so I guess it's not a particularly important concern.

(2012-05-09 01:01:38) starspun: Aquilus, originally you just had Recursive running and it would decurse and stuff for you without having to even press anything

(2012-05-09 01:01:49) Aquilus: I recall having to mash a button.

(2012-05-09 01:02:07) starspun: Yeah, Blizzard changed how it worked because it was ridiculous to have it the way it was

(2012-05-09 01:02:07) Aquilus: For the first boss of molten core, I forget his name.

(2012-05-09 01:02:09) UnderdogBPL: We have ways to prevent that, but it's an arms race you know?

(2012-05-09 01:02:45) Myrddin: Lucifron

(2012-05-09 01:02:45) Aquilus: Guess I have to check up on Wildstar, see if I missed any fun reveals.

(2012-05-09 01:02:51) Aquilus: Yes.

(2012-05-09 01:03:03) Myrddin: and the addon was Decursive (from de-cursing)

(2012-05-09 01:03:21) Aquilus: See, that makes more sense.

(2012-05-09 01:03:24) starspun: Yeah I guess that might've been it :p

(2012-05-09 01:03:33) starspun: It's a long time ago, shhh

(2012-05-09 01:03:37) Aquilus: Though I suppose it was more of a recursive decursing.

(2012-05-09 01:03:41) Aquilus: :p

(2012-05-09 01:03:43) UnderdogBPL: The basic Decursive design (from what I remember) would not work in our API

(2012-05-09 01:04:07) ET`afk heißt jetzt Etrigan

(2012-05-09 01:04:18) starspun: No automatic "use X if Y is applied"? Excellent

(2012-05-09 01:04:34) UnderdogBPL: Absolutely not

(2012-05-09 01:04:38) Myrddin: do you protect windows in combat? so that they can’t jsut display "clickable" windows over each other n certain events?

(2012-05-09 01:05:14) Aquilus: Did they reveal the races of the other faction yet?

(2012-05-09 01:05:22) Myrddin: for example "boss loses armor debuff" and a button to re-apply that debuf would be displayed

(2012-05-09 01:05:29) UnderdogBPL: Myrddin, yeah. Certain types of windows (and their parents, grandparents, etc) will become locked during combat

(2012-05-09 01:05:37) Myrddin: great, thanks

(2012-05-09 01:05:43) starspun: Not other than humans, Aquilus :p

(2012-05-09 01:05:56) Aquilus: Alright.

(2012-05-09 01:06:05) Aquilus: Anything about server tech?

(2012-05-09 01:06:11) Zap-Robo: There have been race reveals, just not (necessarily) for another faction

(2012-05-09 01:06:21) Aquilus: I don't want to see old-school server selection in an MMO ever again.

(2012-05-09 01:06:38) starspun: Your face is an old-school server selection

(2012-05-09 01:06:40) starspun: Deal with THAT

(2012-05-09 01:06:41) Myrddin: its only about UI Aquilus!

(2012-05-09 01:06:49) Aquilus: Thank you for your thoughtful comment, starspun.

(2012-05-09 01:07:09) starspun: I know you love them so

(2012-05-09 01:07:26) starspun: Almost as much as I love sleep, which I should get to

(2012-05-09 01:07:26) Aquilus: I do.

(2012-05-09 01:07:33) Aquilus: You? sleep?

(2012-05-09 01:07:38) Aquilus: At a reasonable time of day?

(2012-05-09 01:07:40) Aquilus: I don't believe it.

(2012-05-09 01:07:54) starspun: I guess you haven't noticed I've been doing that for… two weeks now?

(2012-05-09 01:07:58) starspun: :p

(2012-05-09 01:07:59) Aquilus: Nope.

(2012-05-09 01:08:10) Aquilus: Guess I'm not that great at stalking =/

(2012-05-09 01:08:17) starspun: This is a good thing

(2012-05-09 01:08:26) Zap-Robo: I'm glad I've finished with my last night shift – although I'm going to be back in the UK next week…

(2012-05-09 01:08:58) Zap-Robo: Anyone ask what the most innovative/favourite new UI feature is?

(2012-05-09 01:09:08) Zap-Robo: (To be ontopic for a second!)

(2012-05-09 01:09:57) starspun: I really have no questions and I'll blame it on being dead tired… like I always do Good night, and thanks for your time, UnderdogBPL!

(2012-05-09 01:09:58) UnderdogBPL: Hmmm, I'm not sure if I can answer that

(2012-05-09 01:10:16) Aquilus: Is there an "awesome button"?

(2012-05-09 01:10:17) Zap-Robo: Ah, fair enough

(2012-05-09 01:10:21) Aquilus: That sounds like a UI feature.

(2012-05-09 01:10:33) Myrddin: Tell us and we can help you decide!

(2012-05-09 01:10:36) UnderdogBPL: I should make an "AwesomeButton" Addon

(2012-05-09 01:10:40) Zap-Robo: Feel free to be vague, if it helps!

(2012-05-09 01:10:41) UnderdogBPL: put it in the game

(2012-05-09 01:10:49) Aquilus: 14.99 DLC?

(2012-05-09 01:11:02) UnderdogBPL: Or maybe a "Beans" addon with a single button labeled "Spill"

(2012-05-09 01:11:48) UnderdogBPL: Well, I've avoided actual programming for long enough. Thanks guys for hosting me. I'll get a post up soon in that other thread answering some questions and summarizing this chat

(2012-05-09 01:11:52) starspun: That needs to be a mini-game

(2012-05-09 01:12:02) Aquilus: What sort of coding do you allow for when making custom GUIs?

(2012-05-09 01:12:03) starspun: Spill the Beans

(2012-05-09 01:12:14) Aquilus: Alright. Always great to see devs being active in the community. Builds confidence

(2012-05-09 01:12:16) UnderdogBPL: It's all Lua Aq

(2012-05-09 01:12:22) Aquilus: Ooh, fun.

(2012-05-09 01:12:28) Aquilus: I know that, so it suits me alright.

(2012-05-09 01:12:29) Zap-Robo: Pleasure to have you here UnderdogBPL! Feel free to stop by again (in official or unofficial capacity!)

(2012-05-09 01:12:37) Aquilus: Even though the scoping is weird :p

(2012-05-09 01:12:40) UnderdogBPL: ok, thanks everyone!

(2012-05-09 01:13:02) Zap-Robo: (And you Aether – we see you lurking and keeping tabs!)

(2012-05-09 01:13:26) Myrddin: Thanks for joining us

(2012-05-09 01:14:16) Aquilus: Heh, may actually want to make a GUI mod or three for this then.

(2012-05-09 01:14:21) Aquilus: Never done that for an MMO before, only MUDs.

(2012-05-09 01:15:00) UnderdogBPL hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Quit).

(2012-05-09 01:15:12) Aquilus: And yes, you're a MUD, starspun.

(2012-05-09 01:15:46) starspun: But you've never made a GUI mod for me

(2012-05-09 01:16:08) Aquilus: OR HAVE I!?

(2012-05-09 01:16:22) starspun: Also thanks for making that public knowledge, you will be my go-to person for all my addon demands

(2012-05-09 01:16:38) Aquilus: Decursive, for Starspun v0.753

(2012-05-09 01:16:55) starspun: Pff, that's not something I'd demand

(2012-05-09 01:17:09) Aquilus: No, that's the GUI mod for your face.

(2012-05-09 01:17:22) starspun: Well that's just rude

(2012-05-09 01:17:45) Aquilus: It's hard to come up with quality material so late at night.

(2012-05-09 01:17:49) Aquilus: Better get some sleep I suppose.

(2012-05-09 01:18:14) starspun: Oh god Aquilus

(2012-05-09 01:18:21) starspun: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/699266310?token=8687d29d

(2012-05-09 01:18:49) Aquilus: Hmm.

(2012-05-09 01:19:48) Aquilus: It's too late, better look at it tomorrow.

(2012-05-09 01:20:38) Aquilus: But if it gets the game made, I'm all for it.

(2012-05-09 01:21:25) starspun: I want to throw my money at them

(2012-05-09 01:21:27) starspun: All my money

(2012-05-09 01:22:04) starspun: But I'm not sure I'll throw my money at this :p

(2012-05-09 01:26:01) Aquilus: How'd you find that anyway?

(2012-05-09 01:26:34) starspun: Massively

(2012-05-09 01:27:26) Myrddin: since brian fargo had that success with wastelands 2, kickstarter projects are all over the news

(2012-05-09 01:27:45) Myrddin: I mean, I grew up with his games, bar’S tales was my first rpg

(2012-05-09 01:28:01) Myrddin: bard’S tale, but now he needs to deliver

(2012-05-09 01:28:26) starspun: The one comment on the Massively article is just… facepalm to the max

(2012-05-09 01:28:27) Myrddin: can only hope that wastelands 2 will be worth it

(2012-05-09 01:28:32) Zap-Robo: The one Kickstarter I supported raised 1.2mil

(2012-05-09 01:28:34) Aquilus: Haha, yeah.

(2012-05-09 01:28:34) starspun: "wow you have to pay 1000 to get into beta?! Remember the more money you pay the more important you are to the games community…"

(2012-05-09 01:28:51) starspun: Not beta, alpha. And you don't have to. :p

(2012-05-09 01:29:01) Zap-Robo: Speaking of betas, time to log into one! Catch you all later!

(2012-05-09 01:29:07) Myrddin: wastelands 2 got 2.9 million form kickstarter and 100k via paypal

(2012-05-09 01:29:13) starspun: HMM

(2012-05-09 01:29:17) Zap-Robo hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Quit).

(2012-05-09 01:29:21) Myrddin: hf zap

(2012-05-09 01:29:23) starspun: I'm going to beta test this new sleep thing I've heard of

(2012-05-09 01:29:31) Myrddin: haha

(2012-05-09 01:29:31) starspun: Good night… like I said earlier :p

(2012-05-09 01:29:35) Myrddin: nighty

(2012-05-09 01:29:41) Myrddin: I am heading to bed, too

(2012-05-09 01:29:51) Myrddin: glad that the carbne guys came by

(2012-05-09 02:45:22) Aether: Especially that Aether guy!

(2012-05-09 02:46:08) RedLynk: Oi

(2012-05-09 02:46:22) RedLynk: Maybe

(2012-05-09 02:47:59) Aether hat den Raum verlassen (quit: Quit).

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Bethesda

Following yesterday’s long-awaited reveal of The Elder Scrolls Online, we have just released the game’s announcement trailer. In development at ZeniMax Online Studios, this epic MMO is the first Elder Scrolls game to allow players to explore the series’ universe with others.

Video

Click here to view the embedded video.

Sadly the feedback is not all positive. Over 24 hours this video got 5000 comments, ranging from enthusiasm to rejection and even hostility. On one hand this is good, since it shows that players aren’t indifferent to their elder scrolls universe, but also a little weird with the lack of trust towards Bethesdas ability to deliver another great game of the franchise. No reason to get upset, yet … let us first see what the game is about, maybe they’ll surprise us!

Source

• Elder Scrolls Online – http://elderscrollsonline.com/

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The rumors you may have heard about an Elder Scrolls MMO have finally been backed up by an official announcement. Gameinformer features this amazing news in this month’s cover story.

Elder Scrolls MMO

Gameinformer reports that the MMO has been developed in secret by Zenimax Online and that a release is planned for 2013.

“It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years,” said game director and MMO veteran Matt Firor, whose previous work includes Mythic’s well-received Dark Age of Camelot. “The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”

You will definitely want to read the full story here!

Source

• Gameinformer – http://www.gameinformer.com

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Invincible on Alt

Here is a screenshot with my old-school Rogue Slant, Level 75, riding Invincible.

Notice the funny icon in the top left corner of the moun-ui?

Mount Farming

This is great news for mount farmers, you can finally start farming mounts especially in raid instances on more than 1 character. For the always elusive Karazhan Mount

Beta Bugs

When I first played the new build I lost all my mounts which seems to be related to zoning before you log out. I can imagine that it works like macros/action bars, those get saved once you log out. If you want to avoid all issues do this:

• log all chars
• before you do anything (especially zone) log out again

I was able to restore the missing mounts by copying my characters once more from live realms.

Update

Blizzard posted:

There is a display issue, you haven’t lost your mounts. Logging in and out and switching between characters seems to resolve the issue temporarily. We’ll be researching this further to get this resolved soon.

Mounts set randomly to 0, but repeatedly zoning helps

Faction Mounts

It appears that faction based mounts are not account wide. That means, we won’t see allies riding wolves or horde on tigers.

Rewarded Mounts

Mounts that are rewarded via achievements, quests, drops appear to be shared over all factions/characters at the moment. For example:

• Invincible
• Plague Proto Drake
• Swift Razashi Raptor
• Swift Zulian Tiger
• Traveler’s Tundra Mammoth
• Violet Proto Drake

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Build 15662

It is not Blizzard-like to have this kind of thrashy builds, can only guess that the D3 stress/beta-event was one of the reasons for the delay so far and that future builds will be a lot more playable.

The new level cap is 88 and can easily reached easily in Kun-Lai Summit zone. While it might have happened in vanilla or TBC that you might run out of quests when leveling up Mists of Pandaria Quest design takes the opposite turn with an abundance of quests. While Valley of the four winds seemed somewhat slow paced Kun-Lai Summit appears more fluent.

Quest hubs are not linear, instead they are marked on your map and you can choose yourself where to proceed. It took about 30-40% of the zone to ding 88.

It is a bit difficult to judge with all the crashes, but I guess it won’t take more than a few hours for Level 87 to 88. 135k experience at the entrance of the zone and roughly 170k experience further in means you’ll have to do around 80-90 quests to reach the 14,6 million xp required for level-up.

Green quest rewards are around item level 414 and blue items at 434. This means it is the end of your heroic Dragon Soul gear. For example blue bracers with 383 agility and 250ish secondary stats. Pretty nice, right?

Speaking of stats, the rating vs stats decay when leveling up is quite harsh, even with the quest rewards my stats appear quite low. Mobs are between 300 and 860k hp and hit you for 9k-12k. Fortunately I am a defensive player, but if I look at others HP the are usually around 40-50% at the end of a fight. Some monsters hit really hard and 2-3-4 can turn out to be quite a challenge.

Enhancement Shaman

Yeah, you might have guessed with the general talk above. There isn’t much to say at the moment. Just some minor tweaks to mana costs. Everything else is like Build 15544.
There are a lot of complaints that Enhancement Shamans suck at the moment. While this is somewhat true let me explain the reason for that.

• Attack Power Buff – Enhancement Shaman gives Spell Power (but does not benefit from it, complain on forums and we might get AP back)
• Strength of Earth Totem – removed
• Yellow Attacks – Stormstrike and Lava Lash damage has been decreased
• Stat Decay – For example at Level 88 it takes 406 crit rating to increase your crit chance by +1%, leveling up makes you weaker with the same gear
• Stormstrike – spellcrit +10% from glyph, removed
• Lava Lash – damage +20% from glyph, removed
• Feral Spirit – additional attack power from glyph, removed
• Talents – Elemental Acuity, Concussion, Elemental Precision, Elemental Weapons, Focused Strikes, Elemental Devastation, removed

As you can see, a lot of spells/abilities/talents/glyphs have been removed or replaced without any form of compensation and this will not happen any time soon. Number tuning is usually the very last step, towards the end of the beta.
Just load your character in Rawr, and deselect above abilities off My DPS dropped from 38k to ~20k. On top of that remove the stat decay.

Here is Blizzard’s comment on Enhancement Shamans:

Enhancement Damage

It is worth pointing out that one of our goals is for nobody’s damage to drop when you convert your Cataclysm level 85 character to a Mists level 85 character. The sources of your damage may change as rotations change somewhat, but once you’re comfortable with those new rotations, your damage should be similar.

Also remember that number tuning is one of the last things we do. There is no point in spending hours testing numbers if we decide that a particular ability or mechanic was a boneheaded idea and needs to be redesigned. We try to keep the numbers sane enough that players still feel like they can give feedback though.

Don’t judge Enhancement Shamans in their current state! We will get our pass once our abilities are fixed. THEN you can start to whine and not look like a fool.

Positive Changes

Now that we heard enough about nerfs, let us look at the positive side! Even though we are kind of underwhelming in our performance, I still love to play the class. Here a few minor changes, but I welcome them nevertheless:

• Lightning Shield, lasts 1 hour, has no charges and cannot be dispelled!
• Weapon Imbue (Windfury, Flame Tongue Weapon), lasts 1 hour!
• Grace of Air, passive mastery auraGrace of Air
  Level 90

  Empowering winds swirl around the Shaman, granting all nearby party and raid members 3500 Mastery [Rating].

• Burning Wrath, passive spellpower auraBurning Wrath

  Fiery elemental energy emanates from the Shaman, empowering all nearby party and raid members and increasing their spell power by 10%.

• Unleashed Rage, passive melee haste auraUnleashed Rage

  Increases the melee and ranged attack speed of all party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%.

• Spirit Walk, no longer tied to Feral SpiritSpirit Walk
  1.5% of base mana
  Instant; 2 min cooldown

  Removes all movement impairing effects and increases your movement speed by 60% for 15 sec.

It is interesting to observe other classes, how they handle stuff and even if they have a better kill rate at the moment, they have their own issues. As mentioned above the mobs hit quite hard and if you get an unexpected add it is easy to run into problems.

Not so for us. Even though Greater Healing Wave and Healing Wave have been removed, there is still Healing Surge, Healing Rain and Chain Heal as direct heals. Add Healing Storm Glyph (+20% healing per stack of Maelstrom Weapon) & Echo of the Elements (duplicates a spell effect, procrate seems quite high for Enhancement Shaman) our healing still seems quite powerful. Healing Surge on Beta heals for more than Greater Healing Wave now on live realms. Blues posted that this is intended, due to increased health pools in MoP.

• Healing Surge = 20k
• Healing Surge + Echo of the Elements = 40k
• Healing Surge + Healing Storm Glyph = 40k
• Healing Surge + Healing Storm Glyph + Echo of the Elements = 60k
• Healing Surge crit + Healing Storm Glyph = 80k
• Healing Surge crit + Healing Storm Glyph + Echo of the Elements = 100k

Not so bad, is it? But it is not the only tool we have.

Offensive Abilities

• Stormlash TotemStormlash Totem
  5.9% of base mana
  Instant; 5 min cooldown

  Summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster, empowering allies within 30 yards with lightning. While empowered, allies’ spells and attacks will trigger bursts of electricity, dealing additional Nature damage to their target. Lasts 10 sec.

• AscendanceAscendance
  5.2% of base mana
  Instant; 3 min cooldown

  The Shaman surrenders his physical form to the power of the elements, transforming into a being of raw elemental energy for 15 sec.

  While in the form of an Air Ascendant, auto-attacks and Stormstrike deal pure Nature damage and have a 30-yard range.

• Feral Spirit’s Spirit BiteSpirit Bite
  Melee Range

  Bites the enemy, causing Nature damage.

• Frozen PowerFrozen Power
  Talent

  Your Frost Shock now also roots the target in ice for 5 sec.

Defensive Abilities

• Shamanistic RageShamanistic Rage
  1 min cooldown

  Reduces all damage taken by 30% and causes your skills, totems, and offensive spells to consume no mana for 15 sec. This spell is usable while stunned.

• Stone Bulwark TotemStone Bulwark Totem
  Talent
  8.0% of base mana
  Instant; 1 min cooldown

  Summons an Earth Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 30 sec that grants the caster a shield absorbing (cond($gt(AP * 0.625, $SP), AP * 0.625 * 0.7, $SP * 0.7) * 3) damage, and up to an additional (cond($gt(AP * 0.625, $SP), AP * 0.625 * 0.7, $SP * 0.7)) every 5 sec thereafter.

• Capacitor TotemCapacitor Totem
  5.0% of base mana
  Instant; 45 sec cooldown

  Summons an Air totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that gathers electrical energy from the surrounding air and then explodes after 5 sec to stun all enemies within 8 yards for 5 sec.

• Healing Stream TotemHealing Stream Totem
  23.5% of base mana
  Instant; 30 sec cooldown

  Summons a Water Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 15 sec that heals the most injured party or raid member within 40 yards for (31 + ($SP * 0.3124) * 1 * 1) every 2 sec.

• Healing Tide TotemHealing Tide Totem
  Talent
  8.0% of base mana
  Instant; 3 min cooldown

  Summons a Water Totem with 10% of the caster’s health at the feet of the caster for (11 sec) sec. The Healing Tide Totem pulses every 2 sec, healing the 5 most injured party or raid members within 40 yards for 4932.

• Glyph of Shamanistic RageGlyph of Shamanistic Rage

  Activating your Shamanistic Rage ability also cleanses you of all dispellable harmful Magic effects.

• Glyph of Capacitor TotemGlyph of Capacitor Totem

  Reduces the charging time of your Capacitor Totem by 2 sec.

• Glyph of Healing Stream TotemGlyph of Healing Stream Totem

  When your Healing Stream Totem heals an ally, it also reduces their Fire, Frost, and Nature damage taken by 10% for 6 sec.

Other Tools

• Totemic ProjectionTotemic Projection
  40 yd range
  10 sec cooldown

  Relocates your active totems to the specified location.

• Windwalk TotemWindwalk Totem
  Talent
  6.0% of base mana
  Instant 1 min cooldown

  Summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 6 sec, granting raid members within 40 yards immunity to movement-impairing effects.

• Earthgrab TotemEarthgrab Totem
  5.0% of base mana
  Instant; 30 sec cooldown

  Summons an Earth Totem with 100 health at the feet of the caster for 20 sec. The totem pulses every 2 sec, causing roots to ensnare the legs of all enemies within 10 yards for 5 sec, preventing movement.
  Enemies that have already been rooted once by the totem will instead have their movement speed reduced by 50%.

  Replaces Earthbind Totem.

• Call of the ElementsCall of the Elements
  8 min cooldown

  When activated, immediately finishes the cooldown on all totems with a base cooldown shorter than 5 minutes.

• Glyph of Spirit WalkGlyph of Spirit Walk

  Reduces the cooldown of your Spirit Walk ability by 25%.

These abilities do not look very powerful, but using them in combination they become quite interesting. With Shamanistic Rage, Stone Bulwark Totem, Healing Stream Totem, Healing Tide Totem, Capacitor Totem and then on top Call of the Elements to reset all Totem cooldowns you can chain a lot of Healing, Absorbs.
Totemic Projection is also a good example. It looks pretty useless at first, but combined with Earthgrab or Capacitor Totem you get a real interesting tool.
For me as PvE oriented Shaman who loves to solo old raids, the changes are really great and I am looking forward to Mists of Pandaria. If they’d just give us our attack power buff back

Btw, the beta realms are currently down for maintenance and a new patch. If there is anything new, I’ll update.

Videos

At first, here is a Playlist with all MoP Shaman Videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB4780795A501B8A

Ascendance Model

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Talent Visuals

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Other Shaman Abilities

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Source

• Blizzard Forums – http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4366249705?page=1#3
• YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB4780795A501B8A

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• Enhancement Shaman Changes for the latest MOP Beta Build 15544
• First look at Enhancement MOP BETA
• The Enhancement Shaman 4.0 Guide

Just a little notice, I have updated many of the lists on this site. The creation tools have been mostly unchanged and the changes affect the item/id listings that you can access via the menu at the right.

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Congratulations to Carbine Studios! It seems that the crowd anticipating their upcoming MMOPRG Wildstar is growing day by day and has reached 10000 fans on Facebook. As reward they are giving away a nice T-Shirt.

On Facebook

If you’d like to have an opportunity to get a nice, new, unique T-Shirt head to this thread and post a comment.

Nice to see that people slowly realize that this game has potential and is something unique. The main reason for posting this info here is to encourage you to like the Wildstar on Facebook (if you haven’t already) and show your support. They aren’t spamming news and the ones they post are usually nice and eloquent written, I am certain you’ll like it!

Source

• Wildstar Online – http://www.facebook.com/WildStarOnline

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Monstrosity

So far we have learnt that Metal Maw has been altered by the ancient Race of Eldan. Scientists have uncovered that Metal Maw was an attempt to create an aggressive cybernetic organism that could be used in a wide range of environments. Creation of Metal Maw was however only one step of an even larger experiment. Even larger?!?!?

Wildstar Online has a lot more background information on their recent Wildstar Wednesday post here.

Video

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Long ago Robert “robeardo” Land was so excited to hear players reactions

(2011-10-05 20:57:24) Myrddin: cool more metal maw! he starts to look terryfiyng

(2011-10-05 20:59:52) Robeardo: I cannot wait to hear people tell stories of how badly he destroyed them!

Source

• Wildstar Online – http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/blog/wildstar_wednesday_boss_lore_-_metal_maw.php

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There are a lot of items and enchants in the game, to ease the process of fiddling around with IDs I thought this Dropdown Menu would make it much easier to do!

Create Enchanted Items

• This tool is work in progress! If you want to help with this, leave working magic effects as comments.
• Also I am desperately looking for a parse of MGEF effects.
• There is no error check, not sure if all enchants work everywhere, I am testing each enchant before posting here and try to only have the most potent version up.
• Enchant Strength depends on your Enchanting Skill

You can use the following command to create the item in your inventory or to place it at your feet:

Use the dropdown menu to display some console commands here

Abbreviations

• std : standard enchanting effect, the kind that you can get from disenchanting items
• wpn : a typical weapon effect
• arm : a typical armor effect
• alch : effect from an alchemy potion; usually an increase by % – can be enchanted with no problems
• conj : a conjurable creature
• mgef : other magic effects, often on items or from spells

Notes

• If an enchant is missing, leave a comment and I’ll try to fix it!
• Nocturnal and Nightingale Shadow need to be on the same item, then it does work

List of Effects

These effects are currently implemented, let me know if some of them do not work. to make it easier I used categories:

• Absorb Health; standard weapon effect
• Absorb Stamina; standard weapon effect
• Banish; standard weapon effect
• Drain Magicka; standard weapon effect
• Fear; standard weapon effect
• Fire Damage; standard weapon effect
• Frost Damage; standard weapon effect
• Magicka Damage; standard weapon effect
• Paralyze; standard weapon effect
• Shock Damage; standard weapon effect
• Soul Trap; standard weapon effect
• Stamina Damage; standard weapon effect
• Turn Undead; standard weapon effect
• Articulation; standard armor effect
• Fire Damage; standard armor effect
• Fortify Alchemy %; standard armor effect
• Fortify Alteration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Alteration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Archery; standard armor effect
• Fortify Armor Rating; standard armor effect
• Fortify Barter; standard armor effect
• Fortify Blocking; standard armor effect
• Fortify Carry Weight; standard armor effect
• Fortify Conjuration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Conjuration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Destruction; standard armor effect
• Fortify Destruction; standard armor effect
• Fortify Enchanting; standard armor effect
• Fortify Health #; standard armor effect
• Fortify Heavy Armor; standard armor effect
• Fortify Illusion; standard armor effect
• Fortify Illusion; standard armor effect
• Fortify Light Armor; standard armor effect
• Fortify Lockpicking; standard armor effect
• Fortify Magicka #; standard armor effect
• Fortify One-Handed; standard armor effect
• Fortify Persuasion; standard armor effect
• Fortify Pickpocket; standard armor effect
• Fortify Restoration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Restoration; standard armor effect
• Fortify Shouts; standard armor effect
• Fortify Smithing %; standard armor effect
• Fortify Sneak; standard armor effect
• Fortify Stamina #; standard armor effect
• Fortify Two-Handed; standard armor effect
• Muffle; standard armor effect
• Regen Health %; standard armor effect
• Regen Magicka %; standard armor effect
• Regen Stamina %; standard armor effect
• Regenerate Magicka; standard armor effect
• Resist Disease; standard armor effect
• Resist Fire; standard armor effect
• Resist Fire; standard armor effect
• Resist Frost; standard armor effect
• Resist Frost; standard armor effect
• Resist Magic; standard armor effect
• Resist Magic; standard armor effect
• Resist Poison; standard armor effect
• Resist Shock; standard armor effect
• Resist Shock; standard armor effect
• Waterbreathing; standard armor effect
• Fortify Alchemy ; alchemy effect
• Fortify Alteration; alchemy effect
• Fortify Barter; alchemy effect
• Fortify Block; alchemy effect
• Fortify Carry Weight; alchemy effect
• Fortify Conjuration; alchemy effect
• Fortify Destruction; alchemy effect
• Fortify Enchanting; alchemy effect
• Fortify Health; alchemy effect
• Fortify Heavy Armor; alchemy effect
• Fortify Illusion; alchemy effect
• Fortify Light Armor; alchemy effect
• Fortify Lockpicking; alchemy effect
• Fortify Magicka; alchemy effect
• Fortify Marksman; alchemy effect
• Fortify One-handed; alchemy effect
• Fortify Persuasion; alchemy effect
• Fortify Pickpocket; alchemy effect
• Fortify Restoration; alchemy effect
• Fortify Smithing; alchemy effect
• Fortify Sneak; alchemy effect
• Fortify Stamina; alchemy effect
• Fortify Two-handed; alchemy effect
• Invisibility; alchemy effect
• Regen Health; alchemy effect
• Regen Magicka; alchemy effect
• Regen Stamina; alchemy effect
• Resist Fire; alchemy effect
• Resist Frost; alchemy effect
• Resist Magic; alchemy effect
• Resist Poison; alchemy effect
• Resist Shock; alchemy effect
• Restore Health; alchemy effect
• Restore Health; alchemy effect
• Restore Magicka; alchemy effect
• Restore Magicka; alchemy effect
• Restore Stamina; alchemy effect
• Restore Stamina; alchemy effect
• Waterbreathing; alchemy effect
• Conj Dragon Priest; conjuration effect
• Conj Dremora Lord; conjuration effect
• Conj Familiar; conjuration effect
• Conj Flame Atronach; conjuration effect
• Conj Flame Thrall; conjuration effect
• Conj Frost Atronach; conjuration effect
• Conj Frost Thrall; conjuration effect
• Conj Potent Flame Atronach; conjuration effect
• Conj Potent Flame Thrall; conjuration effect
• Conj Potent Frost Atronach; conjuration effect
• Conj Potent Frost Thrall; conjuration effect
• Conj Potent Storm Thrall; conjuration effect
• Conj Storm Atronach; conjuration effect
• Conj Storm Thrall; conjuration effect
• Sum Arniel’s Shade; conjuration effect
• Sum Dremora; conjuration effect
• Sum Hero from Sovngarde; conjuration effect
• Flame Cloak; magic effect
• Insubstantial; magic effect
• Konahrik’s Privilege; magic effect
• Nightingale Shadow; magic effect
• Nocturnal; magic effect
• Candlelight; magic effect
• Invisibility; magic effect
• Dragonhide; magic effect
• Night Eye; magic effect
• Backstab; magic effect
• Ebony Mail Enchant; magic effect

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Rogue Parties

The Exiles mining parties have trouble on multiple fronts at once. Being outcast for a good thousand years the Deadstar Marauders had to to survive on their own, pillaging freighters and eventually turned into the ruthless band of cutthroats they are now. The force on Nexus is lead by Captain Thokov who is after profits and hostages close to Tremor Ridge.

Morek Throg a krogg enforcer and head of the local band of The Darkspur Cartel took charge of the town of Gallow by removing the town’s peacekeepers. Currently they are gaining control over the local mines and prepare for arrival of the lawman Judge Kain.

The Crowe Gang has allied with the Darkspur Cartel and took hold north of Gallow where they brew slush, a strong liqor. This Alliance protects the Crowe from law enforcement, however they are uneasy about the imminent arrival of Judge Kain.

You can find further details and screenshots at Wildstar Online.

Source

• Wildstar Online – http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/blog/wildstar_wednesday_algoroc_rogues_gallery.php

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To make it easier to add items in Skyrim you can use this Item ID Creator. I have all Weapons, Cloth, Light and Heavy Armors, Ammunition, Jewelry, Food, Ingredients and more to come. Check back!

Create Item Links

Hope you like this nifty tool, would be nice to leave a comment (no registration required) if you do!

You can use the following command to create the item in your inventory or to place it at your feet:

Use the dropdown menu to display some console commands here

Special Containers

There are also a couple of special containers available. These contain a lot of Items at once which causes some issues with slow machines and it may take a while to open or crash the game client.

• player.placeatme 000C2CD4 1 : All Ammo
• player.placeatme 000C2CD6 1 : All Standard Armor
• player.placeatme 000C2D3B 1 : All Books
• player.placeatme 000C2CD8 1 : All Clothing and Jewelry
• player.placeatme 000C2CD7 1 : All Enchanted Armor
• player.placeatme 000C2CDF 1 : All EnchantedWeapons
• player.placeatme 000C2CDA 1 : All Ingredients
• player.placeatme 000C2CDB 1 : All Keys
• player.placeatme 000C2CDC 1 : All Misc Items
• player.placeatme 000C2CE2 1 : All Potions
• player.placeatme 000C2CE1 1 : All Scrolls
• player.placeatme 0010D9FF 1 : All Skill Books
• player.placeatme 000C2CDD 1 : All Soul Gems
• player.placeatme 000C2CD9 1 : All Spell Tomes
• player.placeatme 000C2CDE 1 : All Staffs
• player.placeatme 000C2CE0 1 : All Standard Weapons

And special thanks to Dormilich and Acoder @bytes.com for help with the script!

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