WoW: Patch 5.0 Links and General Notes
Aug. 28th, 2012 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadedmusingsA post for the WoW Players and friends who live under a rock and somehow missed all the freak outs about 5.0.
I felt the video was appropriate given most of us will be staring dumbly at our screens this afternoon trying to work out the changes.
• WoW Insider has a pretty decent list of popular add-ons and whether they're ready for patch 5.0. Poking around Curse seemed to show that MyRolePlay is updated and ready for the patch as well. (And the RP servers all heaved a collective sigh of relief.) My favorite Reforgenator looks like it might be ready? I hope so because doing the math on Wynfor is going to be a pain (hunters have to worry about Expertise now).
• Noxxic is already updated with class guides for everyone, both for PvE and PvP. The Warlock section (specifically Demo) matches everything else I've been reading about. Hunters will see Beast Mastery becoming the favored DPS spec for PvE, or at least a good alternative to Survival spec. This means I'll be blue-side on Wynfor camping for some spirit beasts in the coming weeks, though right now it remains to be seen if I'll ever get a chance to raid Alliance side or not. Still, it'd be nice to have the opportunity to use him for more than RP.
• The Theramore world event won't go live until a couple of weeks before Mists launches, which is both a little disappointing and a relief because while I was really eager to see how this was going to play out, I also want to have a chance to familiarize myself with all the changes. Edit: Theramore event will open September 18 for all level 85s, and once Mists hits a week later, it'll turn into a level 90 event. You and two friends will team up to help out your respective faction (and if you decide to go solo, looks like you'll get two NPC assistants?). I predict overloaded servers, tons of bugs, and loads of whining. I'm psychic like that.
• I announced this on my IC Tumblr account, but my dwarf shaman is now a tauren shaman. Thamina will be re-rolled as a dwarf shaman, but she'll see mostly RP use. I've enjoyed my time Alliance-side, but Horde is where I belong, and I've found a new guild for Folami and the newly named Manisha. I've been running some instances and chatting over Mumble with them, and they're all really nice and amazing. Her main spec is Resto and her ilevel is 373, so if anyone needs a heals at some point, I'm available.
• There is going to be some sections of Azeroth that will now be cross-realm. It's going to be gradually phased in, and I'm not sure which servers are getting this first, but the idea is that the lower populated areas of Azeroth will be shared by servers of the same type (i.e. a PvP server can run around the area with players from another PvP server). As an RPer I am envisioning cross-realm role-play events. This would be great for the lower population servers, or RP servers where the RP scene is flagging. It also means Folami will have some opportunities to actually "see" her fiance face-to-face. (Despite being on a new server, Yarrow is too much a part of her story to be dropped off.) This feature will be in low-population areas only, so sadly we can't form a raid group comprised of several servers to go launch an attack on Stormwind.
Now, if you'll excuse me I'm working on my little notebook I purchased with three sections, one each for my Warlock, Hunter, and Shaman notes for 5.0 and MoP. Wait, doesn't everyone keep a notebook of notes on how to play their class(es) complete with stats and reforging notes?
I felt the video was appropriate given most of us will be staring dumbly at our screens this afternoon trying to work out the changes.
• WoW Insider has a pretty decent list of popular add-ons and whether they're ready for patch 5.0. Poking around Curse seemed to show that MyRolePlay is updated and ready for the patch as well. (And the RP servers all heaved a collective sigh of relief.) My favorite Reforgenator looks like it might be ready? I hope so because doing the math on Wynfor is going to be a pain (hunters have to worry about Expertise now).
• Noxxic is already updated with class guides for everyone, both for PvE and PvP. The Warlock section (specifically Demo) matches everything else I've been reading about. Hunters will see Beast Mastery becoming the favored DPS spec for PvE, or at least a good alternative to Survival spec. This means I'll be blue-side on Wynfor camping for some spirit beasts in the coming weeks, though right now it remains to be seen if I'll ever get a chance to raid Alliance side or not. Still, it'd be nice to have the opportunity to use him for more than RP.
• The Theramore world event won't go live until a couple of weeks before Mists launches, which is both a little disappointing and a relief because while I was really eager to see how this was going to play out, I also want to have a chance to familiarize myself with all the changes. Edit: Theramore event will open September 18 for all level 85s, and once Mists hits a week later, it'll turn into a level 90 event. You and two friends will team up to help out your respective faction (and if you decide to go solo, looks like you'll get two NPC assistants?). I predict overloaded servers, tons of bugs, and loads of whining. I'm psychic like that.
• I announced this on my IC Tumblr account, but my dwarf shaman is now a tauren shaman. Thamina will be re-rolled as a dwarf shaman, but she'll see mostly RP use. I've enjoyed my time Alliance-side, but Horde is where I belong, and I've found a new guild for Folami and the newly named Manisha. I've been running some instances and chatting over Mumble with them, and they're all really nice and amazing. Her main spec is Resto and her ilevel is 373, so if anyone needs a heals at some point, I'm available.
• There is going to be some sections of Azeroth that will now be cross-realm. It's going to be gradually phased in, and I'm not sure which servers are getting this first, but the idea is that the lower populated areas of Azeroth will be shared by servers of the same type (i.e. a PvP server can run around the area with players from another PvP server). As an RPer I am envisioning cross-realm role-play events. This would be great for the lower population servers, or RP servers where the RP scene is flagging. It also means Folami will have some opportunities to actually "see" her fiance face-to-face. (Despite being on a new server, Yarrow is too much a part of her story to be dropped off.) This feature will be in low-population areas only, so sadly we can't form a raid group comprised of several servers to go launch an attack on Stormwind.
Now, if you'll excuse me I'm working on my little notebook I purchased with three sections, one each for my Warlock, Hunter, and Shaman notes for 5.0 and MoP. Wait, doesn't everyone keep a notebook of notes on how to play their class(es) complete with stats and reforging notes?
