Kalganism

Apparently, you need a non-crappy gearscore for heroics!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:31:46 GMT

Yes, it's straight from the crab's mouth:

There are only two things that will prevent you from using Dungeon Finder to enter a dungeon: 1) You aren't attuned yet. The new Icecrown dungeons for example require you to do the first wing first. 2) Your gear is too low. To be clear, we are very lenient on this last point. It's basically there to keep new players in quest greens from stumbling into heroics where they'll probably struggle. (If you really want to take an undergeared player like this, you can still zone in the old-fashioned way).

How to survive: Need vs Greed vs Disenchant system

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:21:47 GMT

Oh yes, new whining about the N/G/D that every cross server PUG is automatically placed in. Well, let me tell you how to survive this, especially as a healing class in leather, mail, or plate.

ROLL NEED if it's an armor piece you would like to use. If there are no clothies in your group, feel free to roll NEED on cloth if it's an actual upgrade. I mean, you NEED the piece and your NEED roll is a higher priority than the disenchant option.

Caught on camera

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:05:34 GMT

This Blood Elf was caught resting in front of a nice Christmassy fire. Unfortunately, the Scarlet Crusaders near her weren't in the festive mood.

There is STILL crying about Will of the Forsaken's nerf

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:43:01 GMT

All right, just stop the crying and admit it--you picked Undead just because of this crutch. Yes I know the other Forsaken racials "suck" compared to this (explanation later). Yes I know you're still crying, but just STOP. Just for giggles, let's look at the other racials:

Underwater Breathing--yes that one sucks, but so does every profession bonus, because of the chance that you just won't take it.

Cannibalize--a free bandage every 2 minutes. If you're trying to cannibalize in the middle of a fight (in the miracle that you've gotten out of combat in the first place), chances are you'll get stopped. Don't cry about it, because other racials suck more.

Shadow Resistance--reduces the chance to get hit with Shadow spells by 2%. Fear is a Shadow spell, so you start out with a 2% chance that Fear just won't hit. When Fear didn't hit you, thank this racial and then ponder why every race doesn't get this.

As for WotF itself, it was overpowered. Yes it was. Admit it. Just finally say it. Even after the multiple nerfs it got, it was still that gamebreaking. It's worse than any other racial including Every Man for Himself, simply because it was in a class all by itself. For nothing you got two fear/seduce breaks or a fear break and then a stun break. Or a Fear and a rooting. Or a Fear and a...you get the idea.

You got this for NOTHING and yet you can't understand the idea that such a thing is absolutely game-breaking? You didn't understand the concept of stacking WotF with a Wintergrasp trinket to absolutely shut down two classes (Priest and Hunter) and decimating another (Warlock)? Did you not see the best Arena teams are Undead and how Undead teams will win over non-Undead teams?

Now honestly, instead of crying suggest a fix such as 15% reduction in fear, sleep, and charm effects. The crying just needs to stop.

Nagging Questions update!

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:33:53 GMT

Lots of changes to the Nagging Questions site and they are just too many to mention. Some classes still need to be filled in though, so please take a shot at it!

Click me to go!!!

Okay...This has got to stop

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:34:53 GMT

This is just too good NOT to archive:

Okay, the message will be simple. This isn't about damage dealing, but rather about how you do discussion on this forum.

PROPER WAY TO ARGUE AGAINST A NERF:

1. Explain the negative impacts on your class, most importantly those that are not wanted by the devs.
2. Provide data about your class' poor performance after the nerf.
3. Suggest other nerfs that would accomplish the same goal without being so crippling.

WRONG WAY TO ARGUE AGAINST A NERF:

1. Pretend that you'll be broken.
2. Say that someone else has another ability and they need to be nerfed too.
3. Act like you know everything about the game because you can hit 2000 rating with your cookie cutter group duel team.
4. Insult the devs.

There you have it, a general guideline. Number 2 is the one we see on the forums right now:

"Well, if WotF is nerfed, then so should EmfH!"

No. What will you accomplish? You think they'll say "Yeah, let's not nerf WotF anymore"? Nerf herders should be kicked off this forum.

That is all.

Cataclysm pre-analysis and WotF crying

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:55:17 GMT

You can't spell analysis without ANAL, so let's dive into it a little bit (more to come).

Players are already crying about the Worgen being Alliance and Goblins being Horde and I just don't care about it. Look, Goblins man the zeppelins outside of all the Horde cities and it's a logical extension based on this the playable Goblins (of a different sect than the Booty Bay guys) would be on the side of the Horde. This is the same thing with Worgen. Their human side is friendly to Alliance and hostile to Horde. It's a logical extension.

The new race/class combos do make me feel uneasy. I'm still trying to figure out Undead Hunters. I can make a case for Tauren Priests and Paladins (turning to the Light in the face of certain doom). This now brings us to the real crying point--Blood Elf Warriors (and yes there will be crying--watch the boards).

Now BE Rogues didn't make any sense to begin with. It would have made more sense to have them as Druids or Shamans over Rogues, since we could have always said they are twisting nature magic to suit their absolute need for magics. Now enter the Warrior Belf, which is even weirder than the Rogue, but hey--I'm betting there will be a lot of them out there because of Arcane Torrent's "instant rage." Still, though, I miss the absolute synergy between Mana Tap and Arcane Torrent.

Now onto Will of the Forsaken finally getting ultra-nerfed after years and years of it being game-breaking. With the next patch, it will share a 45 second cooldown with the PvP trinkets. Now every Undead player and their brother are crying about it. This alone should tell you how game-breaking it is--RMP teams are either Undead or auto-loss against the same team. Since every race should be at about 10% representation, such a thing was indeed game-breaking, hence the nerf.

So now the crybabies are working on Every Man for Himself, which only takes the place of the trinket and doesn't function as a second escape. Note the second half of that sentence--it doesn't function as a second escape. It works exactly like the PvP trinket, not as a second trinket. This is why EMfH is untouched while WotF is getting a justified nerfing.

Shameless comedy moment!

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:51:21 GMT

This was spotted around the Scarlet Monastery. Christians are already up in arms over the strange flaming goat cults that have erupted in Warcraft:

Cataclysm pre-analysis

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:15:16 GMT

Watch this space for the official Kalganism Cataclysm pre-analysis. It's so large it will take multiple days of thought and writing to do it.

Crying 3.2 style!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:35:02 GMT

Well, ever since 3.2, Destruction Warlocks and stuns are the targets of the crybabies. Now what are their reasons? Its all about burst damage and lack of control. So let's take a look at why the crybabies are wrong (even though we all know they will get their way anyway):

1. Destruction Warlocks have no defenses. There is a Demonic Circle that requires setup, is stupidly visible, doesn't break anything except for movement slowing effects, and the teleport has a cooldown. Then there is Fear, which is utterly useless as a defensive mechanic and so unreliable as an offensive mechanic that the best you can hope for is a momentary spell interrupt! Warlocks wear toilet paper armor, and no mitigation or redirection talent can make up for this. We are pet dependent in PvP, so if the Felhunter is out Rogues will absolutely slaughter us 100%. If we have the Succubus out, Mages actually become our worst nightmare (Water Elemental + Mirror Images) and will intentionally target the Warlock (Nether Protection only helps when procced and doesn't help a tremendous amount when you have a 1v5 situation like this). So there is high burst, but if you're able to catch them, there is literally nothing a Warlock can do, especially while stunned.

2. When people talk stuns, they talk Rogues and the stunlock. Being stunned 100-0 or 100-20 just sucks. But stuns and Cloak of IWIN, er, Shadows are all the Rogue has for dealing with anything (this is coming from a Warlock, so everyone can shut up). I've been stunlocked, I don't like stunlock, I've announced being stunlocked in any battleground. What I do understand though is without stuns and the stun mechanics (i.e. damage caps) Rogues become little more than Warlocks without a pet wearing Brawny paper towels. Same issue as the Destruction Warlock with large burst but the stuns provide enough for the Rogue to be effective. Removing stuns or stun damage caps would involve an absolute 700% overhaul of the Rogue class.