Xmas Update!

This post, if you want to call it that, is a bit early this week. Bit of last minute planning went on and I'm headed back to stay with family for a week or two over the Xmas season. That'll probably mean that the next regular post will be on January 2nd or so, provided I didn't get so drunk on New Year's Eve that I;m still hanging on the 2nd. Regardless, I'll endeavour to get the post out then at the very least because I promised myself that I'd start posting regular updates as I got more serious with the game and with my career within PvP Live.

Other updates that may not be exclusively WoW-Based:

I signed up for the Wildstar Beta, after being very skeptical of how the game was going to be in the first 2-3 weeks after launch, however after watching the class showcase videos on NCSoft's website, I think I'll give it a go for the hell of it, the classes all look fun to play, and I think there'll be a point where I'll find it more fun than WoW, probably until Warlords of Draenor comes out.

If you don't have it, I'd sincerely recommend picking up Payday 2 in the Steam Xmas Sale if it gets reduced, and even if it doesn't get reduced I think its still about 16 pounds or so. It's by far one of the most fun Co-Op games I've ever played, and for anyone that doesn't know what Payday is about, you can check it out here: http://www.crimenet.info/

PvP Live is growing, but as always, any support we get from the community is great, even if that's just tuning in to the weekly podcast or watching it on YouTube when it's been uploaded. For the people that wish to watch it live, it's at twitch.tv/pvplive at 9PM EST on Sundays, which translates as 2AM GMT for the EU readers of my blog. Alternatively you can watch them all on Youtube @ http://www.youtube.com/pvplive (Note: this is a hyperlink, this actual address doesn't work for some reason) or listen to them all @ https://soundcloud.com/pvp-live

That's pretty much all the news I have, so I'll wish you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, and I'll see you all in 2014!

Exhil MD

5.4.2 - Warriors got a nerf. -A- Nerf. Singular.

So, as the title suggests, Warriors got a nerf to our mobility (which was out of hand). Intervene no longer breaks roots, but Safeguard keeps it's root-breaking abilities. Effectively killing two birds with one stone.

1) Warriors have to take Safeguard if they want to keep the mobility.
2) This stops them having double reflect + a root break.
3) If they go for double reflect, any class with a root can kite them forever (read: frost mages + hunters)

I'm happy with this change. Warrior damage was never the issue. Their damage got brought up to par and their burst damage, as with many other classes, is out of hand in general. The damage combined with the mobility was too much. I still can't help but feel that having Double Time as a talent is too much. I'd like it to be reworked, but I'm not quite sure what it would become. Perhaps reintroduce Intercept?

Obviously Blizzard are going to go through a lot of design changes in the upcoming alpha and beta testing for Warlords of Draenor, and I'm really hoping that a lot of stuff gets changed, including, how much CC and control are in-game.

I know this is a short post, but I'm still waiting on more info on Trial of the Gladiator to come out so that the draft post I have for that can be updated and published. As always for regular content and obviously Warrior-biased opinions from me, follow me on twitter @DrExhilMD!

Thanks for reading,
Exhil MD,

Joining PVP Live! And other things...

Again, I've neglected my blog a bit, should probably stop that.

Also I prefer this font, so I might use this a bit more.

But yes, moving on! Recently (read: for a few weeks) I've been dashed into the amazing community at PVP Live. As I've started moving away from slaying dragons and more into slaying Alliance, I threw all my eggs into one basket and it's paid off. I got introduced to a load of the community and been chatting to them all about all sorts, it's really refreshing to be part of a group of people that passionately care about the way the game is played (as well as having quite possibly one of the most enjoyable streams I've ever seen, courtesy of Thugonomicz)

I've been trying to push myself in terms of what I can do in arenas and RBGs, and while I'm still lacking a lot of expertise in arena, I'd say my RBG skill has improved over the past few weeks. I know right now I get a lot of flak from people because I play Warrior (despite the fact that I've played it since Season 11) but I'm enjoying it at the moment, though I would massively prefer it if Blizzard completely revamped Warriors a lá Warlock-style. (See my last blog post)

Moving back to Argent Dawn I think also helped, I'm back amongst friends I've known for a while, server's ridiculously active compared to Aerie Peak and it's home, for what that's worth. Even though it has it's fair share of idiots, the same can be said of any server, and it was nice arriving back to several actual whispers from people saying that they were happy that I was back. It seems Rage has his fanclub back.

I've got a few things that I'm going to be keeping a close eye on in order to write blog posts about, though for the time being I'll have to perhaps help people get inside my head when I get down to just playing. Maybe a VLog in the future? No idea yet.

So for now, keep it real and I'll talk to you guys soon!

Exhil MD.