2.3 instant shapeshifting for druids :) and other stuff
Shammy
from cat to bear in just 1 click with only /cancelform /cast Dire Bear() and
it goes so fast that you dont even see the caster form :) I even heard that
you can put a use potion in that and it should instanty transform you and
use the pot/healthstone or both.
Look like a really good change for druids.
I copied the mage to the test realm too to try the water summon spell but I
didn't find 2 people to help summon :(
It says it has 50 charges or 3 min duration, any idea what that means? 50 x
10 water ?
Another thing I got is the new CE mount, it costs 1600g and looks really
nice BUT he cant walk on the ground, it's sort of hovering like the ray
mount just the ray mount looks ok while doing it and this one is a bit wierd
(looks a bit like the hippogyiphs in ferals)
I hope that from next patch people will run a lot more heroics because now
you can equip your character enough to start SSC/TK without even looking
inside Kara just with stuff you buy from heroic badges (you need a lot
though).
A last thing I did was an AV game... it was a bit wierd for the first time,
not 1 elite between Galv and Drek, it seemed like the usual race as noone
knew what to do (no defense as usual). You have 1000 reinforcements at start
and you lose them when your towers get captured mostly and when you kill the
captain or when you kill enemy players (lol now you cant say to zergers in
the middle anymore you arent doing anything useful cause if they actually
kill 1000 horde you won).
1 thing noone could get used to is that you can't pull warmasters out, they
reset before the exit of the building, you must kill them in drek's room
with him beating on you, I tried to pull 1 out like 5 times... and they are
all linked I wonder who will say now "zomg noobs who pulled all"
Pete B
> I tested 2,3 a bit the PTR and I noticed that with a simple macro you can go
> from cat to bear in just 1 click with only /cancelform /cast Dire Bear() and
> it goes so fast that you dont even see the caster form :) I even heard that
> you can put a use potion in that and it should instanty transform you and
> use the pot/healthstone or both.
> Look like a really good change for druids.
Or a bug ;)
> I copied the mage to the test realm too to try the water summon spell but I
> didn't find 2 people to help summon :(
Jerks!
> It says it has 50 charges or 3 min duration, any idea what that means? 50 x
> 10 water ?
As it says they are mana biscuits, they provide mana and health.
>
> Another thing I got is the new CE mount, it costs 1600g and looks really
> nice BUT he cant walk on the ground, it's sort of hovering like the ray
> mount just the ray mount looks ok while doing it and this one is a bit wierd
> (looks a bit like the hippogyiphs in ferals)
Same like the engineering mount, it doesn't walk either it hovers over
the ground.
> A last thing I did was an AV game... it was a bit wierd for the first time,
> not 1 elite between Galv and Drek, it seemed like the usual race as noone
> knew what to do (no defense as usual). You have 1000 reinforcements at start
> and you lose them when your towers get captured mostly and when you kill the
> captain or when you kill enemy players (lol now you cant say to zergers in
> the middle anymore you arent doing anything useful cause if they actually
> kill 1000 horde you won).
I did one too, it was rather werid. I was alliance, and the horde were
just rolling over us pushing into Dun Baldar - and suddenly we won ;)
We were cutting them down faster than they did and they ran out of
reinforcements *g*
The "no mana because you just resurrected" buff is FAR TOO SHORT though.
> 1 thing noone could get used to is that you can't pull warmasters out, they
> reset before the exit of the building, you must kill them in drek's room
> with him beating on you, I tried to pull 1 out like 5 times... and they are
> all linked I wonder who will say now "zomg noobs who pulled all"
Perhaps people won't even try, just go for the 'nuke the soldiers'
approach now.
lcpltom
> In article <fevja5$fq...@ss408.t-com.hr>, n...@nothing.com says...
Yeah that reinforcement idea might lead to some long AV's if one side
completely turtles. Stay in the base and get them at the choke point,
then just slowly eat away at their reinforcements.
John Gordon
> It says it has 50 charges or 3 min duration, any idea what that means?
> 50 x 10 water ?
I'd guess it summons a water fountain that can be clicked a total of 50
times, with each click giving one stack of water. The fountain despawns
after three minutes.
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Pete B
> In <fevja5$fqu$1...@ss408.t-com.hr> "Shammy" <no...@nothing.com> writes:
>
> > It says it has 50 charges or 3 min duration, any idea what that means?
> > 50 x 10 water ?
>
> I'd guess it summons a water fountain that can be clicked a total of 50
> times, with each click giving one stack of water. The fountain despawns
> after three minutes.
It summons a cute little table, with 50 clicks of mana biscuits.
Shammy
PB> Or a bug ;)
Nope, a blue on forums said it's working as intended now, they removed
server check on shapeshifting, shadowform. It works like /dismount now.
PB> As it says they are mana biscuits, they provide mana and health.
How many do you get for 1 click, 10 ?
??>> Another thing I got is the new CE mount, it costs 1600g and looks
??>> really nice BUT he cant walk on the ground, it's sort of hovering like
??>> the ray mount just the ray mount looks ok while doing it and this one
??>> is a bit wierd (looks a bit like the hippogyiphs in ferals)
PB> Same like the engineering mount, it doesn't walk either it hovers over
PB> the ground.
But the engineering one has the engines that change orientation when he
lands, this 1 crashes into the ground.
Pete B
>
> PB> Or a bug ;)
>
> Nope, a blue on forums said it's working as intended now, they removed
> server check on shapeshifting, shadowform. It works like /dismount now.
Good for you then :)
> PB> As it says they are mana biscuits, they provide mana and health.
>
> How many do you get for 1 click, 10 ?
Don't remember, I think it was 20. You can take more than one stack
though, so you'll end up with someone filling up their sacks!
> ??>> Another thing I got is the new CE mount, it costs 1600g and looks
> ??>> really nice BUT he cant walk on the ground, it's sort of hovering like
> ??>> the ray mount just the ray mount looks ok while doing it and this one
> ??>> is a bit wierd (looks a bit like the hippogyiphs in ferals)
>
> PB> Same like the engineering mount, it doesn't walk either it hovers over
> PB> the ground.
>
> But the engineering one has the engines that change orientation when he
> lands, this 1 crashes into the ground.
Yeah the Engineering one is a VTOL, no need for a propeller *g* Haven't
see seen the CE mount though.
Ieyasu
"Pete B" <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote in message
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> Haven't see seen the CE mount though.
>
http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cenarionmountyb1.jpg
Chinese Farmer
> PB> Or a bug ;)
>
> Nope, a blue on forums said it's working as intended now, they removed
> server check on shapeshifting, shadowform. It works like /dismount now.
>
This would mean you can be shifted back to humanoid form on your
client but still be beast form on the server. If a hunter sent a
"Scare Beast" message to the server and that arrives before your
"Cancel Shapeshift" message arrives at the server, then your client
can be sent a "Run Around Crazily" message while you are in humanoid
form. Race condition! But of course this is just speculation.
Shammy
>This would mean you can be shifted back to humanoid form on your
>client but still be beast form on the server. If a hunter sent a
>"Scare Beast" message to the server and that arrives before your
>"Cancel Shapeshift" message arrives at the server, then your client
>can be sent a "Run Around Crazily" message while you are in humanoid
>form. Race condition! But of course this is just speculation.
Actually it's the opposite of that at least it should be, now the client
needs confirmation from the server that you shapeshifted out of the form and
due to lag you can still be scared by scare beast and ice lanced while
frozen, later it should happen instantly. I already heard complaints from
some guild mages that it will be nearly impossible to ice lance frozen
druids as they managed to do it due to server lag.
Smid
> PB> Or a bug ;)
>
> Nope, a blue on forums said it's working as intended now, they removed
> server check on shapeshifting, shadowform. It works like /dismount now.
Does that mean I can now have a macro to go out of shadowform, pot,
renew, then reenter?
Or have I always been able to do this? :)
Smid
steve.kaye
I don't think so because the potion and the renew will both activate
the global cooldown. You'll be able to go out of shadowform and start
a heal which you couldn't do before.
steve.kaye