Sindsdien werd het een kleine traditie om op elke reis een foto van de lucht te maken. Liefst met één enkele wolk op. Deze is van onze eerste reis met digitale camera.

Hoewel het niet zo'n speciale foto is, vond ik het wel de moeite om te posten omwille van de achtergrond.

Name: Ice1

Author: Blizzard Entertainment

Comment: I always liked Blizzard's artwork. This one, though somewhat abstract, is no exception.

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Mit dem neuen Beruf Schriftgelehrter kommen das. Der kann Glyphen herstellen, die dann in dein Fertigkeitenbuch eingetragen werden. Du hast dann ein begrenzte Anzahl an Slot, wo du diese dann aus dem Buch reinziehen kannst. Ähnlich wie die normalen Spells/Fähigkteien. Die bestimmen dann, wie Fähigkeiten/Zauber wirken. So kansnt du eine Glyphe wählen, die dann die Regenzkosten etwar bei Zaubern beseitig. usw. So könnte es auch glyphen geben die festlegen ob sich deine Ausrüstung auf offensivezauber oder heilzauber beziehen.

Dennoch wird es Ärger geben, weil vermutlich ersteinmal die Heiler ausgestattet werden. Anderes Problem: Ich brauche Zauberwertertreffung, ein Heiler eher Crit und Manareg. Sie Items müssen also dann von allem ein bißchen bieten.

pell-damage only gear removed in WotLK
The latest issue of PCGamer in the UK had a WotlK preview article, most of the stuff here was already known but there was also a small Q&A with Tom Chilton (Kalgan) and a very interesting question answered. Thanks to Matt for the info.
Quote from: Kalgan
PC Gamer: What else is changing?
Tom Chilton (Kalgan) : We’re also going to be doing away with spell-damage only type gear. We’ll be moving to a system that, as part of your talents, will let players convert healing into spell-damage and vice-versa as part of their talents. That way they can use the exact same gear, but their talents just adapt what it does.”

Das wird interesssant, wenn Heiler und DDs sich um die gleiche Rüssi kloppen :P . Andererseits erleichtert es theoretisch das flexible Umskillen. Theoretisch wegen der entsprechenden Verzauberungen. Was mir jetzt schon Sorgen macht: Muß ich dann rechnen, wieviel Heilung gleich wieviel Schaden ist :-( ?

Na enkele dagen toch nog eens een postje! Voor de opdracht Natuur heb ik afgelopen week deze foto ingediend:

Ik vond het precies een puzzeltje dat paste (van drie stukken weliswaar maar ik heb nooit beweerd dat ik meer stuks aankan! :p )

Pixelgroeten

P.S.: als je dit een saaie foto vindt, terecht dan, want ik ben met een saai vak bezig ;-)

Het dichte dek bedekt me nu
En niets lijkt nu nog licht te zijn

De bliksem en het onweer
komen donderend dichterbij

Dan valt de eerste regen
uit wolk en mij en mij en wolk

Knipperend en met verdwaasde ogen,
Wimpers subtiel aaneengekleefd,

Zie ik de hemel opengaan
en plotseling
voel ik de zon
zie ik het licht

en ben ik
Thuis ...

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Worlds first WOTLK exploration movie.
Filmed and edited 20.05.08 by Glefs

Ansonsten hat Blizz zum Glück einen Prozess gegen ein Bot-Programm gewonnen, was zu einer Bann-Welle führte, einige Quellen sprechen von bis zu 110.000 verkauften Programmen, insgesamt sollen bis zu 350.000 - 500.000 Accounts gebannt worden sein.

Weiterer Thread im amerikanischen Forum, in dem auffällt, dass Blizzard nicht einmal Emails verschickt hat. Hoffentlich steigen jetzt die Preise für Farmzeugs auf ein annehmbares Maß.

Blogeintrag von Onwarden zum Thema Botting. Zitat zum technischen Hintergrund:
So to that end, I first need to address the people who are wondering how it happened. ISXWarden and Glider's Tripwire both attempt to identify when a new Warden is distributed with new functionality. So why did neither prevent this ban wave? Simple. Warden was not updated. The detection method was hidden away in the 2.4.2 WoW client itself.

Wenn man liest, wie die Botuser sich im Recht fühlen, ist das schon erstaunlich. Kein einziger, der schreibt: Ja, ich habe Mist gebaut, ich wusste, dass es nicht ok ist, aber ich hatte keine Zeit zum farmen....nichts was auch nur annähernd in die Richtung geht. Gut, das solche Leute, die nicht einmal Reue zeigen, wenn sie beim Betrügen erwischt worden sind, aus WoW weg sind. Wenn ich Zitate lese wie: Wenn der perm-Ban nicht aufgehoben wird, höre ich komplett mit WoW auf, würde ich Blizz am liebsten einen Blumenstrauß als Dankschön schicken. Solche Hundsfötte braucht kein Mensch.

Edit 22.5.08:
Beitrag von Lunahexe über die Legalität solcher Maßnahmen in Deutschland.

Getestet werden zur Zeit Todesritter, Druide, Priester, Magier, HM und Krieger.

Buffed

• Players will unlock their flying mounts at level 77

War zu erwarten.
• You can use your Outland flying mount, and Blizzard will have new flying mounts for players to get as well

Neue Mounts sind immer gut.
• WotLK flying mounts will be a little bit faster, more like the speed of the Pheonix Mount or the Armored Netherdrake. One of the things we're talking about right now, it's not finalized, but we're talking about the ability for those mounts to carry a passenger, so if your friend doesn't have an epic flying mount or if they are a lower level or whatever, they'd be able to jump on your mount and off you go.

• The Northrend in Wrath of the Lich King is considerably larger than Outland, the area explored by players in Burning Crusade. That means not only are there larger numbers of zones to explore, many of them are so large that they've been divided into "sub-zones," much like Terrokar Forest and the Auchindon Waste in Outland.

• The new "vehicle" system will enable characters to "drive" an object around. One example Blizzard gave them: Players will fly over a human settlement being overrun with the Scourge, lowering a ladder down to pull up and rescue civilians. In one dungeon instance, players will be able to "liberate" some blue dragons that they can mount up and fly around, fighting their way up a massive tower.

Wird nötig, da neue Questtypen eingeführt werden.

Inscription
• Inscribers will create glyphs that allow players to modify their spells and abilities.
• The first recipe is going to requires Peacebloom, thus they'll rely on the herbalist gathering profession.

Auf die Idee vor dem Addon Friedensblumen zu farmen, wäre ich nicht gekommen, gut zu wissen.

• Every player will get a new spell book page to which they can add six glyphs - currently, four major and two minor.
• Major glyphs will be effective in combat - adding damage over time or stun to a physical attack, for example - while minor glyphs will give convenient or cosmetic improvements, removing the need for some spell reagents.
• Glyphs can be sold on the auction house.

• Similar to World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, all 5-person dungeons will have a Heroic mode, and the loot tables for the 2 modes will be totally separate. Heroic dungeons will have their own "Tier" of armor completely unique to that level dungeon.
• The regular five-man instances take around one hour or less to beat (this probably won't be the case for the heroic versions)
• Zero raid bosses have been designed at this point
• PvE ladders on the official armory are possible in the future

Wenn ich das richtig verstehe, geht der Trend weiter in Richtung 5er Inis - sehr gut :-) .

New "two-tier" raiding system
• All raid dungeons in Wrath of the Lich King will have both 25-person and 10-person versions
- 25-person raiding progression is not dependent on 10-person raiding; players will not have to obtain keys or attunements in 10-person raids to participate in 25-person raids
- 10- and 25-person raids both have their own, independent progression paths
• Players will receive more, higher level rewards for completing the 25-person raid dungeons over the 10-person version

Desweiteren geht der Trend mehr in Richtung 10er Raids - auch sehr gut. Vor allem sieht man das Gleiche wie die 25er Raids, muß aber nicht in einem sein.

http://www.worldofraids.com/2008/may/small_deathknight.jpg Death Knights

A quick description of some of the spells:
• Blade Strike - Applies disease to the target in addition to doing damage.
• Blood Strike - Does an amount of damage based on how many diseases are on the target.
• Death Coil -- Depletes all Runic Power, dealing 600 damage to a non-Undead target, or healing 900 damage on a friendly target.
• Death Grip -- This is the Death Knight's "taunt" ability. It also pulls the target to the Death Knight, forcing them to attack the Death Knight for a short amount of time. Yes, I said pulls the target; Blizzard is going to allow players to move mobs in the expansion both with Death Grip, and other knockback/pull abilities. This works on players too, so PvP balance ahoy!
• Chains of Ice -- Roots the target in place. When the spell fades, it places a snare on the target that reduces in potency as the duration runs out.
• Mind Freeze - This ability interrupts casting.
• Raise Dead -- Raises a nearby corpse to fight for the Death Knight for 2 minutes. If used on a player corpse, the player has the option to play as the ghoul for the duration -- gaining access to the ghoul's abilities.
- The ghoul has the ability to do the following:
-- Leap to the target
-- Rend for decent damage-over-time
-- Stun target, and of course more
• Death Pact -- Sacrifices the raised ghouls to heal the Death Knight.
• Death and Decay -- Targeted, AoE Damage-over-time which pulses similar to the Paladin spell Consecration. Anyone affected by Death and Decay has a chance to be feared.
• Blood Presence - DPS. Increases DPS and heals the DK slightly when attacked.
• Frost Presence -- Increases Armor by 45% and allows the Death Knight to generate 25% more threat. Only one presence can be active at any time.
• Unholy Presence -- Increases Attack Speed and Movement speed by 15%. Only one presence can be active at any time. This was described by Tom Chilton as the "PvP" presence.
• Anti-magic Shield -- Reduces the damage of the next magical spell cast on the Death Knight by 75%. It also converts the damage reduced into Runic Power.
• Strangulate -- Depletes all Runic Power, dealing minor damage and silencing the target for up to 5 seconds.
• Summon Deathcharger -- Allows the Death Knight to summon a Deathcharger mount. This mount is acquired through quests, similar to the Paladin and Warlock land mounts.
• Name Unknown - it consumes all the runic power but grants the Death Knight immunity to stun effects and significantly increases their armor for 12 seconds.

Ich habe die Fähigkeiten der Vollständigkeit halber mit aufgenommen, reizen wird er mich wie Pala oder Krieger vermutlich gar nicht. Obwohl, neues Mount...

1. Die Beschreibung ist unklar. In der Questbeschreibung heisst es in allen Seen Nagrands findet sich der Fisch. Das ist aber falsch, in Wirklichkeit gelten nur der See beim Konsortium und der Himmelweisensee. Das erste Mal habe ich gut 90 Minuten umsonst geangelt, da ich in einem der Gräben bei Halaa stand. Man muß die Bezeichung See wirklich sehr genau nehmen, bei meinen bescheidenen Geologie-Kennnissen sind auch die Gewässer in den Gräben Seen.

2. Man muß den richtigen Punkt zum Angeln erwischen. Steht man zu nahe an der Hordenstadt wird das nicht als See gewertet. Am besten, man stellt sich an den Thron der Elemente, der ist in diesem Fall über alle Zweifel erhaben.

3. Die Droprate ist mies. Ich habe mit jeder Quest zwischen 20 und 40 Stück Eisblauforellen (lecker Schadensessen) mehr in der Tasche, dazu andere Fische, mit denen man ganze Heere von Jägern ausrüsten könnte.

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Mit dem Nexus ist eine neue Instanz aus dem Lichking vorgestellt worden. Als ich das Video sah, war mein erster Gedanke: Höhle in Winterspring reloaded. Bei den Temperaturen, die draussen sind, wünsche ich mich eine solch frostige Umgebung :-) .

I am not especially close to either of the people I have in mind. However, I respect them both.

The first of the situations I identified is rather straightforward. The teacher is new and unassertive, while his mentor has a strong personality and wants a pet. This has resulted in the teacher appearing to be a carbon copy of his mentor, right down to his syllabus, teaching style, even turns of phrase. I had a glimmer of his true self when he started to speak about new technologies. Although his passion for Second Life is a joke among my peers, I can't help but compare this enthusiasm with his normal, sterile lectures. When I carefully broached some of my concerns to him about the class I met with commiseration. I think the poor man wants to throw off the yolk of his oppressive mentor, but in all honesty I don't see how he can. I hope to help him, whether he likes it or not, in my evaluation of his course. I plan to be frank about the negative influence of his mentor.

The second case is even more distressing, because it is a fellow student. Driven to succeed, she clearly recognizes the perks of being so closely linked to her mentor. Only recently has she turned a critical eye on the relationship. Yet despite this, I have seen firsthand her strong sense of self waver. Her mentor is trying to convince her to follow the (admittedly lucrative) path he has laid out for her, using her ambition against her. The fact is that she's not sure she events wants the kind of career he has in store for her; I cannot help but think that he wants her as a puppet, a toady.

But while the first marionette is almost completely stuck in his situation, the second is coming to a pivotal decision. She will have to either sever her strings forever by refusing an offer, or enter into a pact that will bind puppet and master together for the foreseeable future.

More on this as it develops (or devolves).

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