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Quick Quotes: Some monsters in Reckoning are playable races in Copernicus MMO
VG247 This game exists in the same world. In a small way, if you think of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and World of Warcraft, those were tied together because they were in the same IP, but there will be story connectivity between what we're doing in the games. |
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement, and restoration shaman. Josh Myers once only tackled the hard questions about enhancement but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all shaman DPS specs. (And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.)
I really like Tauren. If I had my way, the Horde would be comprised of six different tribes of Tauren who spent most of their days participating in competitive flower picking and saying “Walk with the Earthmother.” Unfortunately, the Herd is not a real faction, and most people aren’t Tauren.
While some players make racial choices for game immersion or fun, there are players who choose their character’s race for the best performance. A tank might choose Tauren for the 5% base health bonus, a PVPer might choose human for the extra trinket slot, and a healer might choose Blood Elf for the 2-minute cooldown mana return. For Horde elemental shaman, there’s a reason to play any of the four available options, but the choice is largely up to your playstyle.
Continue reading Totem Talk: Horde races for elemental shaman
Filed under: Shaman, (Shaman) Totem Talk, Cataclysm
Totem Talk: Horde races for elemental shaman originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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One of the most anticipated changes next to a revamped Azeroth for Cataclysm was the announcement of two new races. The goblins would be joining the Horde, and the worgen would join the Alliance. These were two races the players have been asking Blizzard to make playable for a number of years. You couldn’t browse the forums without seeing threads about what people would name their new goblin rogue or which class should Worgenfreman should play.
Cataclysm has been out for nearly 3 months, and most people have formed an opinion of the new races, whether it be positive or negative. Many people thought it would be a repeat of The Burning Crusade when you saw more draenei and blood elves running around than anything else. Surprisingly, this was not the case. Once Cataclysm went live, a number of people race-changed to one of the new races, while others started with a fresh level 1 to experience the new starting zones.
I played through the goblin zone first. I enjoyed it for the most part but at times it felt bloated or that Blizzard was trying too hard to mold the goblins into a certain image. It was still a blast, and I loved the Escape from Kezan cinematic. The only complaint with the goblins are the faces; all the faces look angry or like they are walking around with something “stuck.” The worgen starting zone was fun but felt bloated and too repetitive at times. Overall, I’m not as thrilled with the worgen as I thought I would be. I’m not a fan of the appearance of the worgen, and the Running Wild animation is just weird to me. Seeing a worgen in a robe on all fours is even worse.
What do you think of the new races? Did your main undergo a race change, or are you leveling a new worgen or goblin?
Filed under: Breakfast Topics, Guest Posts
Breakfast Topic: Are you happy with the new races? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, New Playable Races & New Starting Zones Review …
Zath … Stattering content patch literally changed the world – now with the latest expansion pack, there are two new playable races in the World of Warcraft! … |
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Spiritual Guidance for discipline, holy and shadow priests. Dawn Moore covers healing for discipline and holy priests. She enjoys grating carrots.
So 4.0.3 is out now, and all the little Holycows are running about Mulgore, grazing on the succulent young grasses. Pocketheals the gnome priest is strafing across Dun Morogh, avoiding those who would punt her.
If you haven’t heard, 4.0.3 has made it so that tauren and gnomes can become priests now. In another week, we’ll also be able to play worgen and goblin priests too! That means every race in the game but orcs (poor orcs) can now be a priest. That makes it a good time to talk about racial traits for priests then, doesn’t it?
So if you want some extra insight on making that new priest you’ve always wanted, hit the jump. And if you don’t want a priest, maybe you should reconsider that, huh?
Continue reading Spiritual Guidance: New priest races and racial traits in 4.0.3 and Cataclysm
Filed under: Priest, (Priest) Spiritual Guidance
Spiritual Guidance: New priest races and racial traits in 4.0.3 and Cataclysm originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Blizzard's latest StarCraft II patch tweaks races for more balance
MMOMFG On the heels of World of Warcraft's major patch 4.0.1, StarCraft II got its own minor patch yesterday bringing StarCraft II up to version 1.1.2. … |
Awesome new Cataclysm lore information has landed! Transcripts of the new player character introductions are now revealed, advancing the storyline of the old races and bringing new races up to speed. Remember, these new introductions contain some general WoW and Cataclysm spoilers. Check out the new introductions after the jump.
UPDATE: The Forsaken now have their transcript up.
This post contains Cataclysm story spoilers!
Continue reading Cataclysm Beta: New character introductions for all races
Cataclysm Beta: New character introductions for all races originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Here is a video from Blizzcon which highlights the various racial abilities from both of these races:
This next 2 videos will highlight the starting zones of both Worgen and Goblin respectively in a trailer format:
Last but not least, here is a map of all the new zones from Cataclysm which are mainly extension of the present Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdom:
