Shifting Perspectives: Dude, where’s my armor?

Posted on October 14th, 2008 by admin

Shifting Perspectives: Dude, where’s my armor?   Every Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week John Patricelli, the Big Bear Butt Blogger, takes a brief look at the changes to Feral Bear armor in the upcoming Patch 3.0. Welcome back, my furry, feathery and barky brothers and sisters! Last week, I did a brief rundown of the many ways the Feral Druid mechanics are going to change in Patch 3.0 and Wrath of the Lich King. This week, I’m going to touch briefly on the changes to tanking changes and bear armor in general, and how they may change the way we view our class. Oh, and by the way… finding a picture of a slightly stoned-looking bear wasn’t as easy as I expected. The lengths I’ll go to for a joke! A little recap Before we talk about what the changes may mean, let’s lay down what we’re talking about. I mentioned armor specifically, but really I’m going to be talking about changes to Damage Mitigation, Avoidance and Survivability. First, in the latest WotLK Beta build (9038) it is confirmed that Dire Bear Form has a decreased armor contribution from items, from 400%

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BlizzCon 2008: WoW Insider’s second annual BlizzCon Reader Meetup

Posted on October 14th, 2008 by admin

BlizzCon 2008: WoW Insider’s second annual BlizzCon Reader Meetup   We had our second annual Reader Meetup last night here in Anaheim at The Lost Bar, and it was a blast. Tons of people showed up (maybe 200?), and every single reader we met was completely awesome. We introduced all of our bloggers (Adam Holisky, Daniel Whitcomb, Alex Ziebart, Krystalle Voecks, Elizabeth Harper, Dan O’Halloran, and myself were all there), we drank plenty of libations (the bartender, unfortunately, wasn’t moving as fast as we would have liked), and we gave away a bunch of swag, to all kinds of readers, for everything from answering trivia questions to just saying hi. The Horde, I have to say, seemed to have the higher population, but Alliance made a good showing as well. And a few full guilds came out to see us: shoutouts to Thee Unforgiven on Destromath (the good folks above), Keine Neuen on Malganis, and Dread Pirates on Blackrock, not to mention all of the other awesome readers and guilds that stopped by. They’re all in our gallery below — thanks to everyone who came out for making it such a great time.  

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