Word of Warcraft Cataclysm Beta

**VeloZer0** · 08-25-2010, 12:47 AM

Are there still AoE tank skills? I found tanking got significantly less fun when they added the ability to AoE. Just do your rotation and thats it.

I miss back in the old days when tanking multiple mobs you had to do stuff like hamstring mobs targeted on the healer and hope the DPS killed it before it got there because there was no way you could pull down enough agro to hold them all. Not being able to be 100% in control of every pull was a lot more fun as you actually had to think on your feet instead of just do your rotation. But then again back then the difference in between the amount of damage a tank could take and the amount a healer/dps could was much, much less.

Glad this post turned into me reminiscing about the good old days...

**Renmiri** · 08-25-2010, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by VeloZer0

I miss back in the old days when tanking multiple mobs you had to do stuff like hamstring mobs targeted on the healer and hope the DPS killed it before it got there because there was no way you could pull down enough agro to hold them all. Not being able to be 100% in control of every pull was a lot more fun as you actually had to think on your feet instead of just do your rotation. .

You are going to love cata! That is exactly how tanking is now on beta. No more snap aoe aggro, and you don't keep your aggro indefinitely just by doing your rotation, you have to keep taunting, with care not to make the mob taunt immune.

This while also burning all my cds to stay alive (healers are having a very hard time w/o grid and we are all under gearead) led to many a wipe on Stonecore!

PS: Troll druids look awesome. And a pic of 1st boss on Stonecore

**Renmiri** · 08-25-2010, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Bunny

Grats on getting into Beta. Are hunters as awesome as I hear they are?

Didn't roll one yet. Druids and dks are nerfed, my shammy and mage are low level so didn't get a good feel for it yet.

**Renmiri** · 08-28-2010, 04:06 AM

Nom nom nom spell

A temporary name till they come woth the official name, but very appropriate

**VeloZer0** · 08-28-2010, 04:51 AM

Oooh. All this makes me want to start playing again.

**Renmiri** · 10-06-2010, 02:43 PM

OMFG, this is hillarious!

Stormwind Guards are spawning with the Horde debuff, and I suspect the king is Horde flagged too, but couldn't check since I went there on the Hunter thinking I was the Warrior and got killed very quickly.

EDIT: Guess some higher powers are watching these events too since all the Horde flagged players and NPCs disappeared within the time it took me to log off from the Hunter to log back on the Warrior.

EDIT #2: Now everything is Horde except for Andwin Wrynn. This is getting quite amusing again. I just saw the last Alliance Elite (Battlemaster Alison) turn Horde after a fight with the king, she turned Horde during the fight, with halth of her health pool, and then proceeded to chase Alliance players out of the keep.

All hail the new leader of the Horde: King Varian Wrynn!

**VeloZer0** · 10-07-2010, 12:53 AM

I think this falls under the 'we are done collecting data, lets just start messing with the players' category.

**Renmiri** · 10-07-2010, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by VeloZer0

I think this falls under the 'we are done collecting data, lets just start messing with the players' category.

Genius

**Bunny** · 10-09-2010, 10:30 AM

I hope 4.0.1 or 4.0.3 or whatever they are calling it nowadays gets released next Tuesday. It'll give me some time to root out the classes I no longer want to play. I'm really hoping that Protection Warrior, Shadow Priest, and Hunter are still enjoyable to play. I've heard mixed things about Warrior and mostly positive things about Hunter. SPriest is still in need of a lot of work though.

I'll probably be leveling a shaman with a few friends of mine. Play is to do Warrior/Druid/Priest/Shaman group and just random all the way to 85, or check out the new areas and see how they are. Who knows!

**Renmiri** · 10-10-2010, 07:55 PM

Shadow Priests are owning this last patch. Warrior dps is awful but tanking is good

PS: Bug happened on horde site too

YouTube - Killing Garrosh who Turned ally - WoW Beta Loolz

**Renmiri** · 10-11-2010, 07:19 PM

The aftermath

**Skyblade** · 10-12-2010, 04:40 PM

Well, patch is out, but realms not up yet.

Beta patch notes look fun.

Known Issue:
It is possible to check yourself "At War" with your guild on the Reputation page.

'Cause, y'know, sometimes those arguments get really heated.