WoTLK Beta

[Krandor]

I haven't been BM for a while now, but wasn't it free when the pet is on passive? And it is good damage, 700+ buffed and 1.5k crits

I haven't fucked around since this latest patch, but Hunter DPS has been absolutely insane on the beta. Unlinking of steady shot and putting Careful Aim at the top of the MM tree (not to mention it being 100% of INT instead of 45%) was a gigantic boost in damage. It's a nerf no doubt, but I think it's a fair one. I'll maybe go test it out after Hyjal tonight, but just looking at it on paper, I think the 2 minute cooldown will be reduced. However, it will stack really well with Cobra Strikes (60% chance on crit to make your pets next 3 Special abilities crit)

The spell pushback change means that the first 2 hits on you will knock back the cast time, but after that, hits have no effect on your cast time. Channelled spells are the same way, except it's 25% reduction in the channel time instead of the .5 second pushback

[Noobta]

I want to try out Survival :/ 15% crit on kill shot when target is below 30% health, and surv already has like 40-50% crit buffed

[Kytele]

kuai where u at

laughing at all of you

[Eaglestrike]

I want to try out Survival :/ 15% crit on kill shot when target is below 30% health, and surv already has like 40-50% crit buffed

DPS is going to speed up a ton when mobs are at low health. Ret paladins get +50% crit to Hammer of Wrath, and can easily get to 35% crit on it, and also get spell damage...and that's a 6s cooldown (crits do 2.5k atm for me as prot)

[Krandor]

Is it actually going to be worth it? Hammer of Wrath is so bad right now, even with a crit boost like that I don't really know if Ret Paladins will want to use it. If it no longer resets the swing timer, yeah it'd be good, otherwise, it's piss.

[Katlan]

WHER MY BETA KEY @

[email protected]

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2luofa&s=4 pic
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v74jya&s=4 my ass with pic

Holy shit you actually did... and I can't believe I clicked the link...

[Zalius]

Holy shit you actually did... and I can't believe I clicked the link...

nigga i aint no pussy

[Zalius]

do you have an idea how hard it is to take a cellphone picture of your ass while holding a picture and get it at a good angle

its hard

[Katlan]

lol, you definantly deserve the beta code for that. The others ain't worthy

[Gulkeeva]

Kinda curious, since wotlk upgraded graphics/shadows, how the game runs for you.

What kinda FPS are people getting with maxed out shadows... like

shadow setting (0 to 6)
cpu
memory
video card
OS
solo/5man/instance and or towns

extShadowQuality 0
[LOWEST] Precomputed terrain and blob PC/NPC shadows.

extShadowQuality 1
[LOW] Precomputed terrain and dynamic PC/NPC shadows.

extShadowQuality 2
[MEDIUM] Full environmental and PC/NPC shadows, low-res, med-dist.

extShadowQuality 3
[MED-HIGH] Full environmental and PC/NPC shadows, low-res, lg-dist.

extShadowQuality 4
[HIGH] Full environmental and PC/NPC shadows, hi-res, lg-dist.

extShadowQuality 5
[VERY HIGH] Full environmental and PC/NPC shadows, hi-res, lg-dist, dynamic shadows to the horizon.

extShadowQuality 6
[ULTRA] Full environmental and PC/NPC shadows, hi-res, lg-dist, translucent shadows, soft shadows.

[Dezzimal]

I've not heard of anyone getting more than 20fps on #6, 2 is probably the best for me in terms of look vs. performance. My computer is just mid range, nothing fancy. Core 2, 8600GTX

[Krandor]

The graphics only really seem to drag in the 2 starting areas compared to TBC.

[Elesirdur]

Do the graphic upgrades from WotLK affect pre-BC and TBC areas as well?

(Just thinking about installing beta client again for my live server characters)

[Krandor]

Older content is still the same.

[Dezzimal]

Older content is still the same.

I'll get a screenshot to show the differences in somewhere like undercity. I don't believe this is the case.

[Krandor]

IF was noticeably darker to me then on the Live, but the frame rate was still the same. Stormwind Harbor hangs a teeny bit, but the rest of the city felt the same.

Shatt wasn't lagging, but it's tough to gauge when there's like 10 people in the city compared to 50 thousand.

[Gulkeeva]

Do the graphic upgrades from WotLK affect pre-BC and TBC areas as well?

(Just thinking about installing beta client again for my live server characters)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfwR7MiIhHo&

Ghostlands with it, so yeah it effects everywhere.

Getting a new video card to handle max power though for it. Radeon 4870 X2 jsut came out today, Should be crazy enough to handle the most intensive stuff wow can throw at a machine and more

[Dezzimal]

Yeah the shadows work everywhere, but I believe there were some texture updates in non-expansion areas too. Also, the last two levels 5+6 are development levels for stress testing that probably won't make it to live.

[Elesirdur]

Sweet, I'm so reinstalling that beta client now

[Krandor]

Oh didn't realize you meant the shadow updates, I didn't even know there was a toggle for it.