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by Michael Sacco 
Mar 4th 2011 at 11:00AM
Probably not the one you were expecting, eh?
Batleth asked:
Since ZG and ZA will now be lvl 85 heroic dungeons in 4.1...does that mean the current lvl 70 10 main raid ZA will go away? Or stay put?
The achievement for completing the Zul'Aman raid becomes a Feat of Strength in 4.1, so it's safe to say that running the dungeon as a raid will no longer be possible.
Croc asked:
I was just curious since there seem to be mixed opinions online. My guild downed Omnitron last night and dropped Organic Life Inverter. Since we don't have a rogue they gave it to me as an enhancement shammy. I said it wouldn't be good since I keep reading slow/slow is way to go but everyone said increase over windslicer would make up for it, should I use it as offhand or keep windslicer? I am only enhance shaman in guild so I figured I would ask on here.
As an enhancement shaman, you should always be using a slow weapon in both hands. Even if the dagger has more DPS, you should be using your slow axe simply due to the way that your class mechanics work.
(Yes, there are people who use caster main-hands, but it's bound to get fixed or neutered one way or another, so it's better to focus on what your spec is actually meant to use.)
Rachmalz asked:
Is it a running joke with you guys to post something to fill the comments section with nothing but response to whatever you post so that the next guy has 20 pages of comments to read through?
This is mainly a thing that Adam does. To me.
Seminormal asked:
So with 4.1 raiding content changing/being removed when will they close the current PVP season? Obviously they cant give us a new PVP season and therefore upgraded PVP weapons with no way for PVE players to get equivalent raid quality weaponry.
It looks like the next arena season will start with 4.2, since that's when the VP -> JP conversion happens for PvE. Bear in mind that the weapons and armor coming from ZA and ZG will be item level 353, though.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 11)
joshychrist Mar 4th 2011 11:03AM
old shaman totems... earth totem, fire totem, air totem, and water totem... did i miss somewhere in the patch notes where they were being taken out of the game? because i remember having them precataclysm. but this morning i noticed they were gone.
mark.keely Mar 4th 2011 11:10AM
We actually lost all of them at some point in Wrath. I can't remember the exact expansion. It's nice for the on character bag space, but I totally kept mine in the bank - you can't get them anymore I don't think.
mark.keely Mar 4th 2011 11:10AM
the exact patch** (3.1, 3.2 etc)
LynMars Mar 4th 2011 11:20AM
Mine vanished from my bags entirely I think in 4.0 when all the class changes came down. I made a couple lowbie shamans, so it was fairly noticeable as I made them fairly late in Wrath and could still get the Earth totem quest and item, but couldn't get Fire a bit later when I went back to the character I'd kept and she had an empty space in her bag.
The totems are gained directly from the trainers now and don't have a "physical" item to carry anymore, nor require a quest so far as I can tell.
joshychrist Mar 4th 2011 11:25AM
@LynMars: thanks for the info. i knew i saw it not long before cata... i want them back... QQ
Matt Mar 4th 2011 11:31AM
IIRC, we lost the totems when the patch to update talents to Cata hit.
There was a point there where I still had the totems in my bag... and couldn't delete them or move them to my bank. An attempt to delete resulted in "You cannot delete that item". An attempt to put it in the bank appeared successful, but upon closing and re-opening the bank and bag, it still appeared in my bag.
I figured that it was just a couple bag slots and left it for a while and finally put them in my bank. I don't know what fixed it. Either a hotfix, or a server reboot...
Skarrde Mar 4th 2011 11:46AM
It used to be that the relic we carried would substitute for needing the 4 totems in our bags. Through me for a loop first time I saw it too.
joshychrist Mar 4th 2011 12:09PM
@Skarrde: i know that the relic takes the place of those totems, that wasnt the question at all.
the question was where did those 4 totems go that was in my bank
Zanathos Mar 4th 2011 12:36PM
Gone into the ether.
Lemons Mar 4th 2011 12:49PM
Your totems vanished because you didn't believe in them enough. You have no one to blame but yourself.
themightysven Mar 4th 2011 3:48PM
with the Inclusion of Call of totem spells, leveling Shaman were given a quest that turned all their totems into one (which could be put in the relic spot)
When 4.0 hit the powers that be just removed all the older ones
GiNgEr Mar 4th 2011 8:12PM
im smelling a hint of freddiew in this post :P
windstalker668 Mar 4th 2011 11:38PM
Your totems are missing?!?!? This means that this could all be a dream that someone else is controlling and you no longer have a way to test it! Leonardo DiCaprio would be ashamed of you right now!
Lockwood Mar 5th 2011 11:45PM
4.0.1 removed all class quests and therefore all class quest items, which would be in this case your totems
Baba Mar 4th 2011 11:03AM
I thought ZG and ZA gear was going to be ilevel 359?
That's what TotalBiscuit has said and he's in the PTR
N-train Mar 4th 2011 11:09AM
I believe the idea is to give less-progressed guilds a way to get more epics, allowing them to get a leg up on 4.0 raiding without nerfing the encounters or adding an ICC buff.
ZA/ZG are on par with the raids themselves, as opposed to the new 5mans in Wrath, which were there to help people catch up.
N-train Mar 4th 2011 11:10AM
Oh, I see what you were asking now, yes I believe the bit about the gear being 378 is a mistake.
/cry in shame
Nopunin10did Mar 4th 2011 11:22AM
353 was reported. Just under the current tier. Which means, depending on class/itemization, some pieces from ZA/ZG could be better than the 359 epics, but only just barely.
vocenoctum Mar 4th 2011 2:07PM
Do we know yet if it's ALL items that level, or a "the last guy has Epic" situation?
Nyold Mar 4th 2011 2:31PM
@vocenoctum
If the epic really is level 353, then doesn't make sense for it to be last guy only. They already stated that ZA and ZG would require average ilevel of 346 to enter. Why would it drop 346 if it requires 346 to enter? and between 346 and 353, there's no space to put an additional "level". They could drop 350 but it's so marginally above 346 that it doesn't really feel like an upgrade either.