Let’s examine the image below as an example of how the “World of Warcraft” game client works. In it, a shaman named Yellowbell is collecting a stone for a quest, but she’s caught the attention of a goblin, which is on his way to attack her. Here’s what’s happening from a client perspective:
After pulling data from the archives stored on the computer’s hard drive, the client creates a representation of Yellowbell’s surroundings.
The client informs the server of Yellowbell’s position and receives information about stationary and mobile objects, or mobs, around her. A mob is essentially any wandering object in the world, but it’s most often used to describe attackable enemies.
When Yellowbell tries to pick up the stone, the client tells the server what she’s doing. It also displays a status bar, showing the player how long it will take for Yellowbell to retrieve the stone.
The client receives information about the goblin’s attack from the server. It interrupts Yellowbell’s stone collection when the goblin hits her. The client sends information to the server about how Yellowbell defends herself, and it receives information about the goblin’s actions and the progression of the fight.
Once Yellowbell kills the goblin and finishes collecting the stone, the client stops displaying it on the ground and instead displays an icon representing it in Yellowbell’s inventory. It informs the server that Yellowbell has collected the stone, so other players will no longer see it in the game world.
These are just the highlights. The client constantly accesses or receives information about the game world and the characters in it. The more other characters there are nearby, the more work the server has to do. This is why some players’ games can slow to a crawl in highly populated areas — the computer’s CPU and video processor can’t keep up with all the information they need to display. In some cases, the frame rate, measured in frames per second (FPS), can drop dramatically, causing players to see the world as a series of still pictures rather than a moving scene.
The client also stores information about your character and your in-game options in the WTF folder on your hard drive. Files in this folder are usually in one of three formats:
Text (TXT) files
WTF files, which can be opened and read with a text reader (like TextEdit on a Mac or Notepad on a PC)
LUA and LUA.BAK files, which come from the Lua programming language.
Tag: wow power leveling
Restore 200% of the sum of the two properties
We are going to the accessories to make some changes according to the testing and feedback. Our goal is: if you play badly, then this act the role ofing is tasted pretty good also. If you play well, then this adorn article can provide some better returns. We’re going to try with the following changes to better achieve our goal:
Duration of 10 seconds (down from 20 seconds), double but chance to trigger.
The properties, improve your highest value equivalent to 200% of the sum of the lower two other properties. For example, you have 3500 masters, 5000 crit, haste. 7000 Accessories fires, you gain [crit – 3500 master – 3500, + 17000] rapidly in the buff. And the old logic, is the highest attributes of the buff doubled.
Crab: DOT damage lock too outstanding balance druid is best
Online correction:
?Mage: netherstorm, activity and ice bomb damage increased by 40%.
We currently arcane, fire and frost mage relative balance in the PvE was satisfied, but the output of the department of the three mage expected from us still have some gap. We hope to pass the 5.2 a copy of the team players can benefit from many aspects, especially the mage output has increased, but now I haven’t seen. We don’t want to change the output loop mage, or forcing the player to change specialization, so that we can do relatively passive adjustment.
We have decided to strengthen the bomb damage, because their situation in three-line specialization is relatively similar, and the approximate mage passive output. We are not need casting skills because the mage will be in the fierce mobile warfare or loss of a variety of battle damage over more output, this is not what we want to see. If the gain is not in place, we would be happy to make more changes. But we think every back to do some slight modification, better than enhanced too, have to back to weaken the better.
?Warlock: corrosion damage reduced by 25%.
?Warlock: apocalypse that damage reduced by 25%.
?Priest: shadow word: pain damage reduced by 25%.
We hope to continue to hurt specialization of sustained damage in some need have excellence, but the problem is pain, demonology and shadow on a wide variety of battle damage is too great, even without many continuous damage is quite strong in battle. So far only balance is satisfactory. We
?The death knight: impact on around the secondary objectives are mainly target 50% damage (was 65%).
?The death knight: rune strike damage by 25%.
?Soldier: shield slam damage increased by 25%.
?Soldier: protective warrior seriously damage by 50%.
We are very concerned about the death knight. Frost and evil behavior is very grab an eye, but frost in the area attack performance beyond our expectations, even after this change, will remain strong.
The output of the tank is difficult to use digital to measure, because some tanks are care about their output, they will do all we can to improve; However other tanks are more content to play a traditional role of tanks, only care about survival ability and control the princes, and the output doesn’t mind. So want to through the data analysis to determine whether it is rather difficult to find out the output potential of tanks. At present, we think warriors and death knights do tanks when the output is a little low, so we made some adjustment.
Please keep in mind that our goal is not to put each specialization’s performance in fighting for assimilation, because it will be very boring. We don’t want to put things very extreme, make some specialization seem’s contribution to the team could do without. Because in terms of a copy of the team’s performance, and everyone’s opinion is relatively subjective, so we hope you pay attention to this point when make Suggestions.
Keen thief enhancement shaman monk will undermine popular?
monk
“We also hope you can to soothe the fog of the trial in actual combat, not in this paper. Now comfort is a 15% chance the basis of the fog of the generated gas, when a jump did not produce gas, the risk will be increased by 15%, not produce gas every jump to soothe the fog of the increase in gas until it produced, then the chances will be reset.
Damage to adjust
Yes, this is like a roller coaster given, our process is to make changes, if not in line with expectations will change again and again. If you think it look very uncomfortable, just hold on for a week or two.
Cancel to combat the vitality of strengthen, still provide attack strength by 30%.
Low to cancel part of slay weaken, killed now reduces damage by 15%. (have mentioned before, we adjusted the legendary colorful gems.)
When the sunrise play now to improve your damage by 10%, from 15%.
Low light sword now increases damage done by hands melee weapons by 15%, from 10%.
With low ghost now increases your spell damage to the target by 30%, from 25%. Ethernet standard as before we had weakened pain magic festival of sacrifice, this is part of the compensation.
Low to cancel part of combustion and sacrifice, before is + 20%, is now a + 15%.
When we noticed that in the case of equipment graduation, sharp thief, enhanced with popular monk DPS is still too high. But these aren’t easily play good of specialization, in this premise is not easy to reach the level of damage theory can maintain the status quo or. Just want to remind you that we keep an eye on this.
Rising Worth Playing Now That It’s F2P?
High-Quality. Low Prices. First-class Service
Dear customers, thank you for your support of our company.
Here, there’s good news to tell you: The company recently
launched a number of new fashion items! ! Fashionable
and welcome everyone to come buy.
As I feared… a lot of new things coming out are mostly only for Elites or Cash Shop.
Such as Pet systems, new mounts (all will be Elite/Cash Shop, there will be no PvE obtain mounts)
All costumes will be Cash Shop as they have stated before F2P launch on their website.
Enchanting system, the success rate have actually changed (or felt like it, and experienced by others), the rate is lower and harder to enchant to a higher + bonus. (because I see way less +12 enchants than before, it’s either because they lower the rate or it’s become way harder to obtain Alkhasts)
Especially the fact that they removed Masterwork from Specialty Stores and can now only be obtain from Drops (and as the Publishers said… in future Cash Shop)
However, if you have lots of money to spend or doesn’t give a damn about Cash Shop.
Than TERA will be one of the most fun game you’ve play (at least until future better games come out)
if for business -> f2p is ur best choice to lead a way to earn fast money :3
If for gameplay -> I rather suggest to tera gm or admin prefer stays as p2p../cause f2p will cause lots of booters/hackers come to rot at here spoiled the game :3
It’s fun when you’re leveling but end game is still lacking and now the game is leaning more towards a cash shop heavy mmo
A pleasant surprise
Scarlet Blade: A pleasant surprise
I have been playing Scarlet Blade, and I got to admit: IT IS AWESOME!
I feel really terrible now, because I gave my friends who play Scarlet Blade a hard time: They said it was good and I refused to believe them and then one night a group of us partied up and decided to give it a go and it was actually quite good.
Now, I did the same as you, and probably the same as many others: I saw the homepage, cringed, and moved on. Aeriagames is relying heavily on it being a “mature gameâ€, I disagree: Why would you attempt to ruin a great game with a gender lock and a lack of clothing?
I didn’t get to review all the features that the game has to offer, I got told by my friends that all the good content comes after level 20. (Levelcap during this beta is level 29). If that’s true, I’ll definitely play it more, because I’m already impressed by the game. So let’s talk about the game!
Scarlet Blade offers 6 classes: Defender, Medic, Punisher, Sentinel, Shadow Walker and Whipper. I had a hard time deciding a class, because they were all somewhat new to me since I don’t dwell in sci-fi games often but I settled on a medic. Each class is a different girl, with a different personality, voice acting and background. The medic was cute, small and a little too confident in her own skills of “harboring the lives of her entire partyâ€
Don’t you just hate running back into town to deliver all your quests and then back out the same way you came? You don’t have to deal with that in Scarlet Blade! It’s a futuristic MMOrpg after all: you can pick up and accept quests out in the field and even when you are in town, you can use a portal to go to areas surrounding you: it’s not free, but it is cheap!
What are even more impressive are the sound effects, I never thought I’d actually find a decent F2p-mmorpg that had voice acting; real English voice acting. One of the classes even has a touch of a British accent, at least according to me. Not all quests have voice-acting, but the important bits do! Besides the voice acting (where each character gets her own voice, I did say that right?) the music in the game is amazing. Opening windows, clicking all sorts of buttons, all have a sound effect. Sound effects I can only label as “sci-fiâ€. It fit’s so well with the game and creates a mood where it simply was hard putting the game down when it became too late to game anymore.
There is a few downsides though, one of them being the auto-walk feature. It’s great, I like it, but it could use some work. It is just beta, so it might be one of those features that will be improved, but there was a time when I was standing right next to my goal but I clicked “auto-walk†and went in one big circle around my goal. It was a huge detour, but I suppose if you bother to read your quests you won’t get lost mid-quest either.
Another downside is that I played with a party, and there is two minimaps: One in the bottom right corner that shows the map, where you see the roads, quest destinations and such. There is another one at the top corner, which is more like a radar system: You see monsters, party members and such. Problem is, I got a total tunnel vision and only saw the one at the bottom! I spent half my time ingame being annoyed of not knowing where my party was, which kind of made it experience not-as-ideal.
When Crusades Go Bad (Hating Jack Thompson)
Has anyone else noticed that over the years people have been actively against the spread of various forms of entertainment targetted towards younger audiences? In the early 1950s the US attempted to ban comic books. In the 1980s people wanted to get video games banned but Ronald Raegan made a speech on television condemning the act of banning video games.
Unfortunately, these people who attempt to get video games banned, only served to increase the sales of those video games in question because of the contraversy around it. People become more and more interested in it as they hear more and in turn increases the sales of the games. Video games like Grand Theft Auto only sell more because people make a fuss out of it. In fact, Grand Theft Auto largely remained in the background until Grand Theft Auto 3 was released and banned in several countries. As a result people wanted to know why it was being banned to sell more. Well if you’re a fan of video games you’ll probably hate Jack Thompson.
More recent figures who took a stand against video games were Eliot Spitzer and Jack Thompson. If you haven’t been keeping up with the news, Eliot Spitzer is the New York Governor who resigned after it was discovered he was involved in a prostitution ring. Jack Thompson is the former lawyer of Florida who is now disbarred for questionable practices (mostly lying). Despite this, he continues to act like he is a lawyer and has continued to file complaints against people he had to go up against when he was a lawyer. The most notable of these Spitzer wasn’t a big name against video games but he worked with some senators (one of which is Andrew Lanza) and representatives in an attempt to combat video game violence which was ironically only targetting Grand Theft Auto. It was one of the cases that led Grand Theft Auto to become something infamous throughout the world in the video game industry. Jack Thompson on the other hand is infamous for his insane prosecution of video games. Jack Thompson has attempted to link every high profile case to the latest violent video game being released regardless of time frame including creating false evidence. On several occasions he attempted the equivalent of what would be slander on the people involved in the cases and using the first amendment (free speech) as a defense while at the same time preventing others from exercising their free speech rights through anti Jack Thompson merchandise such as “I Hate Jack Thompson” t-shirts because it was hurting his name. I don’t know about him, but George W. Bush Jr. seems to do fine with all the Bush hate, Iraq hate, Anti Bush merchandise in the US and the mannequin burnings and US flag burnings in other countries. Seung Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter, played Counter Strike about 4 years before the shooting and was reportedly playing Sonic before the shooting. Ironically, no one seems to really mind that the US Army does in fact provide training through America’s Army which isn’t that far off from where Counter Strike is. Jack Thompson also believes that the Bible doesn’t advocate killing of people (see The Crusades for more information) and that the Quran does. Ironically both believe in the single omnipotent god but the focal dispute is as to who the followers are and who their successors are. REMEMBER, the Bilbe says stoning is just fine so the next time you meet someone who disobeys their parents or IS NOT a Christian, it is your right to stone that person to death if desired.
For more information as to why people hate Jack Thompson, see “A Modest Video Game Proposal” and the results of it.
P.S. Sorry to those who are devoted followers of Christianity, but many people unknowingly follow a religion blindly without knowing much about it. The Bible is one of those because many people don’t read their Bible enough to know what’s in it and at the same time they want to “update” the Bible to take out these uncivilized practices. If MMOSITE gets a notice receiving something like a cease and desist order from Jack Thompson, sorry about that in advance but he will probably get around to this if he ever sees this. I’ve received death threats for things far less serious than this before too.
Enjoy anonymous comments!!! Jack Thompson is a fun subject when it comes to arguments against video games because he makes so many mistakes.
World of Warcraft Burning Crusade on the shelf
It will be a big day for 8 million World of Warcraft players, the first expansion of WOW : Burning Crusade is now avaiable in the store.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is now available at a store near you! You can read the full press release here. Featuring a massive new world, two new races, several new instanced dungeons, and hundreds of unique new quests, The Burning Crusade provides countless hours of exciting solo and group content. And if you want to go toe-to-toe with human opponents, the expansion?s Arena PvP System and the redesigned PvP Honor System will provide the thrills and excitement you seek. There are both a standard and a collector?s edition available for The Burning Crusade; you can learn more about the latter in our detailed Burning Crusade Collector?s Edition Preview. If you want to learn more about the expansion and all its features, we suggest you check out the Burning Crusade Features Page and also take a look at the Burning Crusade Expansion FAQ.
During installation of the expansion, you?ll be able to upgrade your World of Warcraft account access to The Burning Crusade. Alternatively, you can click here to upgrade as well.
A generation has passed since the Dark Portal opened for the first time, unleashing the Orcish Horde upon Azeroth. The wars that followed changed the face of the world forever. Now, the portal between the worlds has been reopened, and the people of Azeroth find themselves in the direct path of the Burning Legion once more. To save the world from destruction, you must do what only few have ever done before: cross through the Dark Portal into the shattered realm of Outland. Prepare for the greatest challenge yet — the fate of not just one world, but of two, now rests in the hands of mortal heroes.
Beyond the Swamp of Sorrows, deep within the Blasted Lands, the Dark Portal beckons — and destiny awaits…
About the WOW second expansion
The World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade have been on the shelf. And there is no more new information about this first expansion. Players are putting their eyes on the next expansion for World of Warcraft. In WOW forum, Players are discussing this topic. However, Blizzard poster on the World of Warcraft forumgave a assured answer: They are working on the second expansion, but no more info about the 2nd expansion now!
Below are the details in WOW forum:
Do you guys (Blizzard Ent.) have any preliminary plans for the expansion after The Burning Crusade? Possibly a delve into Northrend? Opening up Hyjal?s current zone? Exploring a 3rd faction comprised of neutrals, i.e. Ogres, Goblins and the like; which would open up the possibility of exploring Undermine? Expanding the second seemingly obscure instance entrance in Stormwind? Allowing the general populous into the Emerald Dream? Opening Uldam in Tenaris? Hero Classes?
Ideas from Tegras of Argent Dawn
Q u o t e:
-Player Housing
-Guild halls
-Guild Banks
-Barbershops
-Seige Weapons
-Destructable buildings
-A new class
Also, if there are plans, do you think it might be slated for less than a years time; faster than the current expansion which from original release is looking like a little more than 2 years to become available? I really love this game and love seeing it grow, just a bit curious as to what we might see after we conquer Outland.
If curiosity killed the cat, I?m already dead 😛
/tar Kitty
/cast Rebirth
Edit: Ty Nethaera for your response, its fueled a lot of discussion 🙂
Here is the answer from the Blizzard Poster
Yes, we are working on plans. No, I can?t tell you what they are, how far they are or what timeline we are looking at. Sorry. 🙁
Please don?t let the kitty die!
World of Warcraft for Consoles in The Works
Is World of Warcraft coming to consoles? It could be the biggest question of 2008. the website of Gameplayer released a report from Chris Ansell regarding the potential future of World of Warcraft on consoles.
Ever since Blizzard’s mighty MMO burst onto the scene in 2004 it has taken the planet by storm, surging into the homes of millions, turning the epidermis of entire communities into a seedy shade of white and increasing global obesity by an estimated 5%*. It’s the ultimate in escapism, transporting close to 10,000,000 users to the fantasy land of Azeroth where they can forget their day jobs as schoolteachers and plumbers to become all-powerful Warlocks taking down fiery beasts in the depths of active volcanoes. To date, it is an experience only enjoyed by PC gamers.
Until now…
A bigwig with connections to the highest levels of Vivendi management has seemingly confirmed that World of Warcraft is coming to consoles.
“…we have to make sure we support it. Because next-gen consoles demand it. We have to be online. Obviously it’s gonna get more and more like what WoW are doing, with thousands of players on consoles, eventually. Which is pretty exciting. I can’t wait for that. It’ll be pretty fun.”