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Some good news from the 2.3 PTR October 23, 2007

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Just reviewing the changes in the latest patch… of the 2.3 patch on MMO Champion. Two good things for a hunter and newbie engineer (got to Lvl 364 in 24 hours – yay me) – like yours truly:

  • Aimed Shot (Marksmanship) now reduces healing done to that target by 50% for 10 seconds.
    I can see the end of the un-killability (word ?) of resto shammies and healadins in bgs. With the quasi removal of our dead zone and the dispelling on a magic effect with arcane shots, I might actually consider doing a bit of arena.
  • Engineers have been crafting their own uber-bullets for some time. There is now a Adamantite Arrow Maker (Mats: Adamantite Arrow Maker) that allows you to create arrows with the similar damage profile: Adamantite Stinger.

I am copying Erbodie to the PTR again, so that I can test the engineering goodies, including the Engineering Flying Mount.

Update: The new name on the PVE PTR is Engbodie. Say hi if you see me online.

Defeating the Headless Horseman… October 23, 2007

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Will allow you to loot some brooms and other Halloween related items. Hence I ended up with a pumpkin head thrown away at me by a guildie of the group that killed HH (as we call him) 4 times in a row. In order to reach him, you need to go to the Graveyard of the Scarlet Monestary.

Not a difficult fight at all if you have enough DPS, and burn down the head as soon as it pops.

More about about Hallow’s End, and the Horseman fight.

Here is the picture:
Erbodie on a broom

Goblin Engineering Here I Come October 17, 2007

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For some time now, I have felt that my main profession Blacksmith (Axesmith) had become pretty useless. Besides the random Sharpening stone I am crafting every now and then, daily quests have been the primary source of income for Erbodie for some time. Only when I was trying to amass enough gold for my epic flying mount did I craft weapons selling for 100Gs or so.

I recently picked up Legacy in Karazhan (better late than never) which means that I no longer have to stick to Axesmith which is mandatory to use Mooncleaver. At this juncture, Alchemy would be the most useful profession since we keep on chugging potions, elixirs and other pots in SSC and TK. However my guild has a number of alchemists who are nice enough to craft what I need every week or so, so that is good enough.

Engineering has been a profession that I have never leveled, but have really started to appreciate on my BE paly. Low level paladins don’t have any ranged capacity, and I have been using dynamite as a fairly crude but efficient way of pulling mobs. Erbodie hopefully does not have that issue, but there have been a few engineering items that have grabbed my attention:

What is now throwing me over the fence is 1) Blizzard has communicated that Engineering would receive some overdue Engineering love, and 2) the Engineering flying mount I saw for the first time on the PTR. Just check this out:

So this week, I am dropping Blacksmithing after having crafted a few pieces of armor for my warrior, and going full steam on Engineering leveling.

Wow Coolest Pets: The Amani Bear October 17, 2007

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It is only on the PTR (Public Test Realm) for now, but hunters can enter Zul’Aman, the new 10-man instance that Blizzard will make available with Patch 2.3, and tame this cool looking pet. Unfortunately, it does not have any special abilities, but the look!Thanks to Mania for publishing a mini-guide to tame it. A few suggestions:

  • When you enter Zul’aman and talk to the NPC to open the door, stay outside of aggro distance of the door.
  • Place your (trash) pet on stay as far as you can at the back of the hall, and misdirect the two elite trolls at the door on it.
  • 6 other elite mobs are going to climb up the stairs to attack your pet, and it will be probably dead quickly so they will aggro on you.
  • Place your frost trap and run as far as possible down the stairs, towards the right and fd. Pay attention to the 2-mobs pat as well.
  • Further on right, you will see the bear boss. Hug the right wall until you see the bear pets and go around the first couple of trees. If you don’t hug the wall enough, you will aggro the bears, and potentially the three NPCs there.
  • Shooting the closest bear to trap it will aggro another one. As opposed to fearing the second one, I double trapped the two bears, and had time to tame the first one before the second trap broke – and the second bear killed me. Imp traps is a must to make this happen IMHO.

    • Update: I also went in last night on the PVE PTR with another hunter. With two MD’s on the elite guards, and two traps to freeze and tame the bears, it was a quick 5 mins to get it done.Enjoy the tells in the city when you have that pet up :-) .Update: I have tried to tame this bear in ZA after the release of Patch 2.3, and unfortunately the Amani bear is no longer tameable. Damn! Please leave a comment if you have had a different experience.Zul’aman bear