Ask the Devs

Ask the Devs

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Manoloo
Arathor
Manoloo
09/04/2013
This question is not only for pvp-ers, but i think important for many many players... When will be get the chars remodel? for example i hate the human model but that is the better choice for me if i want pvp...
regards
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Narvid
Outland
Narvid
09/04/2013
Will warriors shield slam get nurfed in 5.3 couse it deals way to much dmg.
One time i got one shotted in low lvl by shield slam.
It just need a nurf in lower lvls!!
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Hordelor
Boulderfist
Hordelor
07/04/2013
Maybe a nice idea to remove the stat on the char cheet that we dont need annymore to avoit mistake or bad gearing for y spec y use , thx dev team .
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Hordelor
Boulderfist
Hordelor
07/04/2013
pls blizz team , give uss back our Hit , chrit , haste . Or can y set them so that we dont worry to much of these stat pls . Its still verry needet especially for fighting Elite npc's , thx blizz team for reading my post ;)
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Tigerhead
Stormrage
Tigerhead
07/04/2011
Will you bring back the option to summon the edge of madness boss in Zul'Gurub?
If so will there be an achievment for killing him? and maybe even make it even harder to do it by making the recipe non-get able, so you got to have it from before Zul'Gurub was removed? :D
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Dreigar
Grim Batol
Dreigar
22/03/2011
We've been in this expansion for a while nowaccording to data, from world of logs state of dps etc, enhancement shamans seem to scale poor with gear. In itemlvl 346 gear we're good, 359 decent and 372 not a s competetive as we would like to be.
Are you known with the given dillema and/or busy with finding any solution for the matter?

Kind Regards
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Explodus
Alonsus
Explodus
10/04/2013
@Dreigar: I don't have that problem, I'm always in top 5 dps while not having the best gear. use your bursts well and you will do fine.
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Habitat
Doomhammer
Habitat
14/03/2011
I have three questions;

1) Could we have a group finder' like dungeon finder but for quest that say suggest (3) players etc. I can never seem to find anyone when in that area?
2) What about Hunters being able to tame their own flying mounts within certain rules/criteria. Make the place more interesting and unusual?
3) What about a Guild Icon designer, something to break the mold?
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Eluryhn
Balnazzar
Eluryhn
14/03/2011
Some realms are very imbalanced when it comes to population. Balnazzar, for example, has 90% horde and 10% alliance players. This imbalance gives us a very small pool of alliance players and makes it hard to recruit new players to the guilds existing there. Most serious players transfers to other realms if their guilds are disbanding, making the range of available players even shorter. Are you even aware of this problem at all; and if so do, you have any plans of fixing it?
As for now I see only two options, either you merge the realm with one having 10% horde and 90% alliance, or that me and the rest of the player base on the realm does a paid character transfer. I would not preffer the latter, as I don't think players should be forced to pay their own money for getting the possibility to play as the player base does on normal populated realms.
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Deepsidedj
Mazrigos
Deepsidedj
14/03/2011
by this time i could answer all questions . what takes you so long ?
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Angelus
Argent Dawn
Angelus
13/03/2011
I'm curious since I bought my Frostmourne Replica I've started the runeinspection on it and I wonder... Does it stand for anything or it's just a random runemark? I mean come on it's Frostmourne the very blade of the Lich King!
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Gromlok
Defias Brotherhood
Gromlok
12/03/2011
Can i do ten man raids at level 70?
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Ithylian
Terenas
Ithylian
11/03/2011
When ar we able to see which questions were picked and the answers to those questions?
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Caithie
Darkspear
Caithie
10/03/2011
" Ask the Dev's" okey , i got a question, how come you remake old mounts? why dont you present the world of warcraft players with some new awesome mounts?, like the Fire hawk? looks like an Proto-drake/Pheonix? , and when are you going to make people able to send Heirlooms through servers? :D , else thanks for everything you ever done to wow , keep up the good work :)
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Panosz
Mazrigos
Panosz
10/03/2011
deathwing is dead?because in deepholm there's a place named as "Deathwing's Fall".but deathwing flies near goblin's starting zone
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Caithie
Darkspear
Caithie
10/03/2011
@Panosz: wow your slow ;), " Deathwing's Fall" means where he fell down when he came to Deepholm, and if you look through the quests and do em all, you'll see :D
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Equialox
Al'Akir
Equialox
10/03/2011
Priest:
I believe Priest healers could be more like the healers Paladins and Druids are today because always at bossfights even how much spirit I stack I still oom very, very quickly and I can't keep a high Health per Seconds with spamming my mana efficient "Heal" like other classes seem to be able to. Druids can just rejuvenation spam when they get enough spirit and there should be a lot more balance between the healing classes in WoW. If I was a guild leader I would 2x Druid healers and 1x Paladin for a 10 man guild and just lol through everything with overpowered heals.
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Caspiro
Outland
Caspiro
11/03/2011
@Equialox: Erhm hello? Priests best healing class on most fights they have the most hps output of all classes it's all about skills and skill prioritys
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Doyio
Stormrage
Doyio
10/03/2011
If I upgrade my account to Wrath of The Lich King digitally will it take up as much computer space as the disk?
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Móó
Saurfang
Móó
12/03/2011
@Doyio: Wrath of The Lich King is already installed if you are able to play the game. So is Cataclysm. So if you upgrade to Wrath then you would not have to download a single thing ;)
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Mazrithar
Kor'gall
Mazrithar
10/03/2011
Give us Vanilla servers. Nobody cares about your corporate version of WoW. The state today has nothing to do with the original game and its success, and repeatedly telling us so from your Ivory tower is not going to change that. The majority still plays either because there is nothing better to play at the moment, play it between game releases, or still have too much sentimental value invested to let go. I'm somewhere in between. Dragon Age 2 is out though so bye bye.
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Kalzuun
Hellfire
Kalzuun
10/03/2011
@Mazrithar: I think you might have overreacted, but you're right. I've started playing WoW less than a year ago, and I was always curious how it looked like "back in the day". 1 or 2 servers would propably make the oldschool fans satisfied
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Seabharrin
The Sha'tar
Seabharrin
10/03/2011
One of the problems I see with the game currently is the way it looks. By this I mean in term of the way your character is seen. With there only being one or two items that are considered 'Best in Spec' it is now starting to get to the point that each class is starting to look the same. Druids are a very good example of this and it makes the game a little dull. This leads me on to my question.
Will there ever be, a facility in the game to be able to customise your entire look, clothing and all?

With so many items in the game to choose from it would be great to actually look completely different from someone else in the same class. As a warlock, I look almost identical to another blood elf warlock and it would be nice to have a sense of being unique as opposed to someone who looks just like someone else who picked up the same loot. The facility is there with hair etc, and in my opinion it would be really nice to have that extended to clothing and the like.
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Inkuoh
Quel'Thalas
Inkuoh
10/03/2011
I had very good experience on Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep at lower levels on my alts. Now that Zul'gurrub and Zul'aman are coming would there be any chance to make those level 20(za) and 30(zg) instances. ZA would fit into ghostlands story and ZG for Stranglethorn vale storyline. And it would give more variety to 20-30 level instances.

or more general question:

Will there be more added low level dungeons in future? I had very good experience on new DM and SFK at lower levels and it would be cool to add more complex fights even to lower levels.
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Rakuel
Defias Brotherhood
Rakuel
09/03/2011
i see that dk's can combat ress next patch, but why cant they ress whit an normal revive?, it would be mutch more useful.
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Kilghan
Blade's Edge
Kilghan
09/03/2011
why cant i find Trade prince Gallywix out side of the goblin starting zones ?
and will Trade prince Gallywix get a new model ?
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Reversed
Genjuros
Reversed
09/03/2011
Why is it that hunters dont really got any AoE spells? Oh yeah, we got multishot doing 0 damage, we got Immolate trap but.. doesnt last forever, where is our Volley?
Why did you invent the current sould shard system to warlocks? i've just been playing some arena, and got quite sad when i on a few minutes already wasted my huge amount of 3 Soul Shards because of Soulburn -> Felhunter? why not just go back like in the good days, and have alot of soulshards, on that compromise it fills in your bags?:)
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Caithie
Darkspear
Caithie
10/03/2011
@Reversed: Hunter's became more like an Single target dps, that means we do alot more damage to single targets than AoE'ing the mobs out. even if your group members attack with aoe's , at high level hunters still do more damage than their aoe's as your single targeting.
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Fjenden
Steamwheedle Cartel
Fjenden
09/03/2011
are you satisfied with no longer being forerunners and risk-takers, but merely fixing things that the community thinks are broken? Seems to me that blizzard has becoem complacent, simply because of the lack of competition, and this saddens me... So i guess my question is this: Will you return to being "Blizzard"; the innovative and creative team of risk-taking game-designers?
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Reversed
Genjuros
Reversed
09/03/2011
@Fjenden: Actually this one made me salute in real life. Blizzard do lack on alot of the creativity, just a fast mindstorm would be just to look at arena weapons, the same weapons look just recolors, since Furious if i remember correct, This question asked by Fjenden is really, and i mean REALLY a question to grab on, NOMATTER how many people there liked it or disliked it.. +1!
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Grasher
Outland
Grasher
09/03/2011
I wonder what would happen if deathwing would fall in the ocean.
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Melodios
Sunstrider
Melodios
09/03/2011
@Grasher: fog... :P
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Reversed
Genjuros
Reversed
09/03/2011
@Grasher: Chuck Norris will beat him up before he hits the ocean.
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Darkboon
Ragnaros
Darkboon
08/03/2011
Paladin - Protection
Will you ever introduce a blizzard spell effect for Sacred duty?
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Doyio
Stormrage
Doyio
08/03/2011
Hey What ever happend to the hunter spell Volley, the aoe spell because I mis it :(
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Lanceálot
Kilrogg
Lanceálot
08/03/2011
when will blizz fix casters stead of buffing melee? or make every single slow/snare/cc in wow dispellable for starters
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Drinkpink
Genjuros
Drinkpink
15/04/2011
@Lanceálot: when will blizz fix casters
says the frost mage lmao....
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Moohoosive
Darkspear
Moohoosive
08/03/2011
Hi
Is there going to be any work to evolve the "looking for raid" setup? as it seems to be sat there unused, and could have great potential.
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Moshu
Defias Brotherhood
Moshu
08/03/2011
pls take in consideration this:
# holy paladin mastery - useless pls redesign
# holy paladin ultimate spell talent tree - useless pls redesign
# no repetitive cooldowns to avoid cc - so after buble/aura mastery/trinket you can tipe /leave at +2k rated 3vs3 or 5vs5 arena the all holy paladins are in cc for ever
# lack of mobility
# lack of cc other targets
# lack of intrerupt other casters in range (NOT melee - what healer run 40y to silence that incoming mb ? or that druid cyclone?)

when gladiator rank paladins start qq you know something is wrong :
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2089202189
and other highly rated people agree:
http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/190895-help-holy-paladins/
http://www.arenajunkies.com/topic/192696-hpal-fixes-compilation/
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Good luck having time looking back at all those pages for your question when the thread is steady filling :)