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I'm going to do the usual preemptive apology if some of this was asked already, more so if a thread in the sticky does have this information. I'm having a hard time finding it anywhere. The majority of information seems to be on how to gear, and I'm more interested in several other 1. How exactly does Bonus Healing apply to our HoT spells, particularly ones such as Regrowth or Lifebloom, where there's a burst heal with the HoT? I'm assuming that with spells such as Rejuv or WG, it's just spread over the time of the entire heal. 2. A lot of the gear I have is stuff I collected while doing quests as a feral before I switched to Rejuv (I was planning on waiting until dual spec, but I really just wasn't finding dungeons as a kitty to be particuarly enjoyable - the rotation was just too much for me to handle). This had led to a general lack of knowledge of how to gear. I've gotten most of it down by now, and definitely know what is good or not for a Resto Druid. I still have a couple questions though: (Al...

That's awesome!!! Thanks for testing it out glass! I was hoping someone would had been able to try it before 5. My girlfriend cal...

I went up to the Elemental Plateau the other night to grind some motes of air in the hopes of getting my LW up to 375 in the much too distant future. I get there and low and behold, no one else is farming the airs! Even better, all the elementals have spawned! That's happened, maybe never to me before. After my first circuit through, I notice someone else had shown up. I run over and see it's a Tauren shammy. No problem. If I see a guildy on the plateau, we'll 'divide' the area in two and work together. If I see another horde, I don't let him have anything, but I won't go all out to take mobs from him. If it's an ally, well, too bad for him. Over the next several spawns, I just felt so bad for this guy. He was running around checking to see if any had spawned here or there o...

In this fourth installment of Fallen Earth's Dev Interview, Lead Scripter Michael "Funslayer" Broadwater reveals his personal work ethics and the truth behind the Landshark:In Dev interview #4 we would like to introduce Funslayer a Lead Scripter! As you can tell from his picture we hire all agesAlias/Forum Name: FunslayerTitle/Position at Fallen Earth: Lead Scripter What games have you played and worked on? Played?Many. Currently I'm playing far too much Warcraft while throwing in Fable II and a replay of Assassin's Creed. This is the first game I've worked on in a professional capacity.How long have you been working on Fallen Earth?Since October of 2007How did you get involved with your job position?Right place, right time. I was originally brought on as a writer/scripter before mounting a campaign to take over the entire scripting department.What type of college courses or schooling did you have to prepare you for your position at Fallen Earth?I have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science along with several years of industry experience in software development, QA and technical writing.What in particular inspired you to work in the gaming industry?The best job in the world is one where you can directly enjoy the product you create. There is a level of job satisfaction that comes from that which you will get from nothing else. As an avid gamer with a programming background, the game industry just seemed a natural fit.What games stand out in your memory for positive reasons?The Sierra adventure games (King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory). They'll always have a place in my heart.What advice would you give to budding games / software developers?Write code. Discover a project and develop it.On an average day, what do you do at Fallen Earth?Well, for the last several months I've been making the new tutorial work. As the largest and most tightly scripted series of events so far in the game it's taken quite a bit of my time. Along with that I triage bug reports, try to keep my team members organized and handle any scripting emergency that comes along. Oh, and I read far too much cracked.com. What is your favorite:-Game: Fallen Earth, of course!-Book: A tough one. "The Writer's Journey" changed the way I look at all story t...

there must be.. and tbh I really should get one of those mods too.. buturrently I've been happy without it... but if you find one someone else has a good one, link please :)I'm fairlyertain I had read somewhere on The Warlk's Den how to make MSBT alert you when Drain Soul Tks so that you don't evernael it to reffresh DoTs right before it's about to tk. I'll try to dig it it. Ok, a few things to help with Drain Soul Exute. First is an audible warning at 25% with MSBT: Wiki Link I am sure someone else hasome ross this before. I have a lk in its mid 60's so i feel that I have a pretty good grasp of how to play my toon. I rently started leveling an alt and have teamed up with a guildee aouple of times who is leveling a lk and is up to his early 30's. The problem is I don't fe...

So I just got ahar on a PVP server (dunemaul), and My guild runs a LOT of Kara and some other stuff. Most of the other lks in the guild are alts of hunters, warriors and pallies. I like my lk as a main, and I will probably be the only lk in the instae with them. What does everyone rommend I go for regarding a build for end-game attunement? urrent build I'm working on is as follows worldofwaraftominfoclass...00000000000 I'd appriate any help youould send my way. Also, What gear should I look at for my human lk? EhanterTailor Link to this 18 replies D 5th 2007 3:08am : Logged Reply to this Oakenwrathholar821 Default pretty dent spced, but sie you are ...

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a few hours at the Penny Arcade Expo otherwise known as PAX at the Seattle Convention Center. This year’s incarnation of PAX was much bigger and boisterous then the previous PAX I attended back in 2006. As in previous trade shows like E3 I tend to hover around the MMO company booths.As I only had a couple of hours to spare, I decided spend my time walking around the exhibit hall instead of attending yet another talk on game design. Therefore my report is going to be somewhat limited and reflective of my own MMO preferences. All of the big hitters were there except for SoE which I’m going to discuss later on in the article.General ImpressionsAs I wandered through the exhibit hall the influence of WoW’s highly polished user interface could be seen on almost every monitor as game after game looked eerily the same. Strangely enough the only games that didn’t seem to emulate the WoW interface were the 2 “other” offerings by Blizzard — Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.Part of me is worried about the lack of originality and experimentation given this apparent grand consolidation of gaming features. This is probably because of WoW’s success and the simple fact that most people in the industry creating video games have either played WoW or are playing WoW and are understandably enamored of its success. I suppose in some ways it’s good to see features becoming standard much like a rear view mirror and seat-belts became much like standard features in the automobile industry. Still, it is a bit unsettling that all games seem to be converging into one game.Blizzcon Lite…Very LiteTo be expected, my goal was to locate the Blizzard area as fast as possible. After watching the whole weekend of Blizzcon via PPV on the Internet I felt compelled to check out the demos of Cataclysm myself.The Blizzard booth was manned by community reps who were there almost as a token form of representation. There were no Blizzard panels or any sense of any kind of new or expanded information being released or discussed at PAX which naturally is anti-climactic coming after recent big event at Blizzcon. The Blizzard reps were basically babysitting maybe 60 or so computers set up to demo all 3 of their future games: Cataclysm, Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3.When I asked the reps about changes to fishing and the new MMO they were working on their lips were predictably sealed. I got the understandable “when it’s ready” response. One nice woman there who’s part of their PR department told me that she used to be in customer service — most likely a Blizzard GM. She explained that Blizzard believes in hiring from within. She also told me how much she likes working there and how cool the Blizzard culture is.No swag at the Blizzard booth but it would have been nice if Blizzard would have been able to give out a few beta slots for Cataclysm. The truth is they didn’t need it. Instead they let their games speak for themselves. Warcraft: Cataclysm, Starcraft II and Diablo III were all being previewed and opened to convention attendees.The Blizzard presence at PAX was a pittance of what they had to show at Blizzcon. I think that they must have decided that due to the proximity of Seattle on the west coast of the USA and the fact that Blizzcon was held 2 weeks ago must have made it somehow worth it for them to be at PAX.Cataclysm ImpressionsIt was in a large area next to where the Blizzard reps were standing behind a counter that they allowed players to play both the worgen and goblin starting areas of Cataclysm — as was demonstrated at Blizzcon in August. Both starting areas are very slick and heavily scripted. Blizzard has pulled out all of the stops to create a very heavily story based newbie experienced on the same caliber as the Death Knight starting area of Wrath of the Lich King.From the outset your character is on the famous Blizzard amusement park ride as the focus of the story all of the elements revolve around the player.聽 Despite being given a carefully crafted narrative, many of the players I witnessed demoing the MMO weren’t really interested in the sto...

The videogame generation is in The House: President-Elect Barack Obama has appointed a pair of Net Neutrality advocates and MMOG fans to head his FCC transition team.Wharton assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach and University of Michigan communications and internet law expert Susan Crawford will co-chair the transition team, providing information to the incoming Obama administration on U.S. internet and telecommunications policies, budgetary and personnel issues. The pair are described by GigaOM as "seasoned Net Neutrality advocates," and Werbach is also a World of Warcraft player.Not just a casual player, either: Werbach is a member of two guilds. "One of them was started by my friend and inveterate tech connector, Joi Ito," he wrote in a 2006 blog entry. "The other guild is very different - it's composed primarily of academics and other thinkers who study and write about virtual ...

Now, let me start off by saying that I am definitely not just another "WoW head" preaching the greatness of Warcraft to everyone I see. In fact, this article isn't about me glorifying World of Warcraft whatsoever, probably "respect" would bestGame Title: World of WarcraftPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentDeveloper: Blizzard Entertainment Genre: Role PlayingESRB: Teens (13 +)Platform: PC GamesOverall Rating: 83/10020/2523/2521/2519/25Graphics/Audio:Gameplay:Creativity:Fun Factor: classify this article. For any of those who do not know what World of Warcraft is, it is the most successful Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (mmorpg) currently on the internet.Personal Experience - I played WoW for about 2-3 months (not nearly as much as some addicts of the game) and I have to say that after everything I heard about the miraculous game, I was fairly disappointed. Now, don't get me wrong, it was a good game all around, however, maybe just not my cup of tea. ...

World of Warcraft is the most popular game on Earth, as it boasts over 11,5 million subscribers every month. All of these users can choose one of two factions, either play for the Alliance, which stands for purity and righteousness, or for the Horde, which stands for destruction and revenge. But while a lot of experienced players have characters in both of these factions, the team at Blizzard, which is always hard at work experimenting with new gameplay changes to the popular title, has just announced that a service will be launched soon enough, which will allow players to switch sides and have their character transported from one faction to the other as close to its specifications as possible. Here's what the company revealed on the official w...