Posts with tag blue-posts

Blue Posts: Ghostcrawler on bear damage, tanking philosophy

by Adam Holisky Apr 2nd 2012 at 11:59PM

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Blue Posts: More Ghostcrawler, Rob Pardo plays Titan

by Adam Holisky Mar 27th 2012 at 11:59PM

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Blue Posts: Ghostcrawler returns saying no to warlock tanking spec

by Adam Holisky Mar 26th 2012 at 10:40PM

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Ghostcrawler has returned to the forums, for at least one post in the beta section, to quell the warlock tanking talk that's been going on ...

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Blue Posts: New WoW comic strip, I remember when, "DK"

by Adam Holisky Mar 20th 2012 at 9:00PM

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Blue Posts: (More) LFR loot rules clarification, item squish, DotA-style BG, spoilers

by Adam Holisky Mar 19th 2012 at 11:00PM

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Blue Posts and Other WoW News: Arenas, Arthas statue

by Adam Holisky Mar 16th 2012 at 10:30PM

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Blue Posts: No filler raid, WoW Movie (nothing new)

by Adam Holisky Mar 15th 2012 at 9:30PM

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Blue Posts and Other WoW News: Daily screenshot gallery, Pi day!

by Adam Holisky Mar 14th 2012 at 9:00PM

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Blue Posts: War Banner, PvP tanks, MoP press tour

by Adam Holisky Mar 13th 2012 at 9:00PM

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Blizzard committed to keeping a sense of community

by Mathew McCurley Mar 13th 2012 at 4:00PM

Despite some players' objections that the Dungeon and Raid Finder tools have made dungeon- and raid-running too impersonal, Blizzard has responded that it has a commitment to keeping a sense of community. Nethaera took to the official boards to discuss the tough job of balancing the sense of community against meeting the needs of the community while making sure players feel connected to people around them.

Nethaera echoes a very important point, one that just doesn't get enough play in the MMO genre and its contenders -- people play whatever MMO their friends are playing. People go where the people are. The ingenious part is that while players are deriding the Dungeon and Raid Finder tools for destroying community and tearing people apart, the new Real ID instancing is making grouping and playing with new people I had never imagined I would play with a possibility. New communities are being formed. Just because the community doesn't look or feel like it did seven years ago does not mean that a sense of community is gone. It's just in different places.

Hit the jump for Nethaera's full post. Sound off in the comments about how you think Blizzard should go about fostering its community.

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Blue Posts: A 'plethora of information' is coming

by Adam Holisky Mar 12th 2012 at 9:45PM

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Daxxarri clarifies PvP and PvE gear changes in Mists of Pandaria

by Mathew McCurley Mar 7th 2012 at 5:00PM

Daxxarri took to the forums to clarify for players that the world will not end when the relative items levels of PvE and PvP gear change in the next expansion. Players have been confused as to what Blizzard meant when it indicated that PvP gear in Mists of Pandaria will be a lower item level than its PvE counterpart but more effective in PvP because of the addition of a free stat to the item's budget that boosts its effectiveness against other players.

Blizzard is making this change for many reasons, one of which is to stop player abuse of PvP gear's item level to inflate their scores to enter dungeons via the Dungeon and Raid Finders earlier than they should. Resilience is being changed to a PvP-centric stat that does not cost anything in an item's budget and enhances the item's effectiveness in PvP. The item's effectiveness in PvE, however, would be that of similarly leveled PvE gear.

This turns the best PvP gear into relatively decent PvE gear with a lower item level. The highest tier of PvP gear will still be the best gear for fighting other players because of the new stat that the highest tier of PvE gear is lacking, regardless of item level. If you PvP, wear PvP gear. If you PvE, wear PvE gear. Now, however, going between the two won't be as severe as it is right now.

Hit the jump for Daxxarri's posts and explanations in full regarding PvP and PvE gear.

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Blue Posts: 'One of our design philosophies is: simple to learn, difficult to master,' and 15 more Blizzard posts

by Adam Holisky Mar 6th 2012 at 11:59PM

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Blue Posts: Where'd your name come from?

by Adam Holisky Mar 5th 2012 at 11:59PM

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Blue Posts: EU free character moves

by Adam Holisky Mar 2nd 2012 at 9:50PM

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