A Brief Briefing

Hoo boy, big news of patch 3.1 dropping all over the place.

Yesterday saw stuff for Rogues, Priests and Shamans, and today saw stuff on Warlocks, Druids and Warriors.

Tomorrow should see all the mage stuff and… I dunno, whatever the other classes are, announced. Man, what an akward sentence. Oh well.

This is basically pure speculation.

This change for Warlocks is interesting:

Improved Shadow Bolt – this talent now provides a 5% spell critical strike buff.

It’s hard to tell what exactly they mean by this. A buff? They say it works similar to Imp. Scorch, but Imp. Scorch is a debuff, not a buff.

Presumably it was meant to be a debuff; I mean, GC has admitted they type fast enough to completely miss things from time to time, and it is ridiculous to demand their typing be absolutely perfect.

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Can I Tell You a Secret?

Of course I can. This is the internet. How much more private can you get?

*cough*

Yes, anyways.

There’s a little thing that crops up every now and then. An affliction, if you will, that attacks the basic drive to do something.

I’m talking about burnout.

Le gasp! I know!

When Wrath was released, I joined the massive grind to 80. Roaring into Howling Fjord, I banged out quests as fast as I could while trying to keep the whole experience authentic.

Headphones on, graphics up, music cranked, ALL quest text read. No exceptions.

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