Patch 3.2.2 is being released today and they are a couple of lovely shadow priest buffs in there including added benefit to spell power from spirit, spirit tap proccing from Mind Flay crits, and Glyph of Mind Flay no longer reduces the speed debuff.
Here is a link to the patch in case you are having trouble downloading it from Blizzard Patch 3.2.2 Read more…
Just like when Blizzard released Magister’s Terace at the end of Burning Crusade, the new 5 man instance Trial of the Champion seems to be giving some players a bit of trouble. I have been in groups where the problem has been the tank, and groups where it is the healer, and sometimes the overall dps is just too low. Whatever the problem is 99% of the time effective strategy and good knowledge of an encounter trump most deficiencies a group will bring. Since I have tanked this on my Warrior, healed it on my Priest, and dps’d it on both my DK and Priest I feel I have a fairly well rounded set of experience and knowledge involving ToC so I thought that instead of just writing this from a Shadow Priests point-of-view I’d give the full view. I don’t normally do this but I’m on a real kick lately about players learning what is required from the other classes in a fight so that they can see full scope of what is involved in encounter. Learning the jobs of other classes will make you a better player and better teammate. Read more…
This is not a major overhaul, just a few changes to aspects that were effected by the 3.2 patch. I will post both the full sheet and the link to the downloadable version.
Hit
* 263 hit is the cap with 6 points between Shadow Focus and Misery and with a Draenei in your group
* 289.55 hit is the cap with 6 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 314.78 hit before you can go to 5 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 341.02 hit before you can go to 4 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 367.25 hit before you can go to 3 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 393.48 hit before you can go to 2 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 419.71 hit before you can go to 1 point between Shadow Focus and Misery
* 445.94 hit before you can go to 0 points between Shadow Focus and Misery
The official Priest Q&A was released a few hours ago and surprisingly it seems to address most of the issues currently plaguing the Shadow tree. Don’t misunderstand though, there are very few solutions presented in this dialog and that might frustrate some people. However, addressing the issues that we have been hounding them with for months has scored Blizzard a few points in my book.
Some highlights of the Shadow part of the Q&A:
-They are looking into the “damage is increased while DoTs are active” talents, which they (and we) feel cause us to be handicapped in shorter fights where we don’t have the time to either apply DoTs or allow them to tick for any real value. Read more…
As many of you have probably noticed by now, I am taking a short summer break from WoW. I still log on occasional to say hi and check the AH and such, but after raiding so hardcore for months trying to get hard modes down before 3.2 came out, I got a little burned out.
As to be expected when you have kids and other responsibilities outside of the game, I need to take a little time off to finish some things I have procrastinated on and spend some quality time with the fam. I still check the site daily and answer and questions asked of me so feel feel to email, comment, or Twitter me if you have any topics that you have questions or just want to discuss.
Just because I’m taking a break doesn’t mean I am not keeping up with everything or that I am not interested in WoW anymore.
Thanks for being understanding and I am sure I will be back posting in not too long.
Yesterday Blizzard announced some interesting new patch notes for 3.2 that just might have Shadow Priests that PvP jumping with joy.
Courtesy of MMO-Champion
MMO-Champion has released the images of the new Tier 9 gear that will be dropping from the Argent Coliseum raid instances. The gear has a very Tier 3 look to it as do many of the other classes Tier 9 sets. I think this will give the old schoolers like myself a very nostalgic feeling and might even bring back some of that good old faction pride. (Edit: This is the Alliance set. I will post as soon as the Horde set pics become available.)
The items will now be attainable through a “General Token”. Meaning that the tier tokens will be tradable for any piece of the Tier 9 set instead of listing a specific piece. Blizzard states that this will help will guilds and players that are having trouble with recieving the same tokens over and over and not getting the piece they need. Read more…
I wasn’t super happy with the answers given on most of these questions but take a look for yourself. Remember these aren’t the official answers. They won’t be answered until Blizzcon. Read more…
Blizzard has announced today that player will soon be able to change the faction of their character to a similar character on the opposing faction. Many rules do apply. Read more…
More info came out today about Patch 3.2, including a major change to Wintergrasp, more about the resilience changes, and a few explanations for different existing changes.
To me the most important announcement was the continuing release of 3.2 data. Blizzard had given a statement a while back that said there would be very few class changes coming up in the next few patches. I took this as a sign that the 3.2 Patch notes released would probably be close to the final version other than a few PTR tweeks. However, Zarhym made a post today talking about releasing new info in waves according to readiness. This is more like the Blizzard I know and love. Hold it close to your chest and make ‘em sweat.
I just hope there are some Shadow changes in the works. This Replenishment nerf is coming off as the straw that broke the camels back to quite a few prestigious facemelters out there and I don’t know how much longer I can keep telling them that everything will turn out ok.
On a side note I’d just like to say that I am writing this from the balcony of my hotel room overlooking the beach while drinking a glass of Crown with exactly three ice cubes. Priest changes or not, life is good.
