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Quick Look: Rorcraft: WoW Cataclysm Beta - Part 02

Rorie, Ryan, and Vinny encounter tornadoes, crashes, and level 80 crabs.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jul. 30 2010

Cast: Ryan, Vinny, Matt

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

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I love imagi-rides!

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Man it's tempting to jump back in there and grind for some crab meat.

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Ahh. The good Matt.
Watchable QL for the win!

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Edited By stinky

 
 nice work, i just keep wanting to see more.

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Heart for all the very WoW-y zone names they came up with.  I, too, have been sober for a while (over a year!) but this sure tempts me.  I never did try a tank....

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@Jiujitsuka said:
" Multitanking with a Warrior is NOT hard. Demoshout + TC. Also tab HeroicStrike/Cleaing works great. "
But when you compare it to Paladins and DKs, it's far more to handle than dropping an aoe on the ground.  A consecrate/dnd-like thunderclap makes sense for any tank, and levels the field so one isn't considered better or worse at it.  I just wonder what bears will get now.
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@Jiujitsuka said:
" Multitanking with a Warrior is NOT hard. Demoshout + TC. Also tab HeroicStrike/Cleaing works great. "
Dunno about you, but for most Warrior tanks I know, myself included, our problem isn't so much the difficulty as it is the effectiveness. We have so many abilities to use and so few GCDs to execute them in, and while that's actually pretty fun, we aren't going to be as effective at garnering AOE threat within, say, a 20 second battle as a Paladin, Death Knight, or Druid would. I love that challenge, personally, but I can see why most people get tired of it. 
 
Also, holy crap, that bit with the Maelstrom was beautiful. 
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I really hope they do a TNT raid when this comes out for reals.

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finally, I've been waiting for this!

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The worst part of these previews is that they tempted me start playing WOW again. Now if I can only get my character to a high enough lvl to see this stuff when it comes out.

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Crab Battle!

 

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@kollay:  Yeah I've never been super serious about raiding; I just like to get all the five-man content done. After that I get kind of bored. Although the guild I'm in on my Horde character has like 3,000 people, so we'll see what happens now that my warrior is 80 over there. 
 
Glad you guys like the video! I would stick around to answer questions like I did last time, but alas, this Charlie St. Cloud review isn't going to write itself. If you have questions about the beta, feel free to put them in as a reply to this message and I'll try to answer them later today or tomorrow.
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God I can't wait to get my hands on Cata. 
 
Count me down for the CE whenever Blizzard announce it!

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@connorbevans:  Hey, that comment wasn't obnoxious! Get outta here!
 
Also, I'm waiting for Cataclysm to come out before I jump back in. Can't wait!
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World of Roriecraft! now that's a game a I would play.

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Damn that whale shark was huge. Don't think this is a type of game I could get into though.

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I haven't played in a long time, I remember them talking about making items account bound instead of character bound, did they enact that yet?

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@zaglis said:
"Ahh. The good Matt. Watchable QL for the win! "

>>implying that there are unwatchable QLs.
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@nicklott said:
" I haven't played in a long time, I remember them talking about making items account bound instead of character bound, did they enact that yet? "
Yes, they are called Heirlooms, they are crap at lvl 80, but they are insanely helpful when leveling.
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@Rorie:
Needs more Horde.. totally wanna see a tour of the new orgimmar.. Otherwise that maelstrom is look hella sweet, and these videos are awesome
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Matt know his WoW!
 
Looking forward to the next episode!

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This is my favorite current feature on GB.  Keep 'em coming, Rorie.

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Giving warriors a consecrate is a bummer.
 
I hope the new pally tank abilities are good enough to make up for that. Cause it seems pally tanks are being less attractive to play since warriors always take our skills while we don't get much in benefits from them.  
 
Warriors already do better in single boss tanking so what the fuck? (Not to mention they never go oom)

Eh, makes me not want to play Cataclysm...

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Vinny is right about Mob.  It's a holdover from MUDs.

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Rorcraft for the win.

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That Whale Shark was epic.

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if i had the cash i would play , but  having to pay for every freaking expansion is BS.

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@animateria: 
That doesn't even begin to make sense.
 
Also paladins never go oom either.
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Rorie, Vinny & Ryan are a great trio.  I love the feature.  I hate you Ghostfish and Zerg-Rushing Sea Turtles.

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Im sort of said that I watched this cause it feels like im spoiling it, but I can't stop watching, that whale shark was awesome and the way you enter deepholme and FREAKING THRALL so epic man why did I watch this now I'm not gonna get surprised by anything, ok no more rorcraft for me.

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There's no unicorn, but there IS a sparklepony.

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Been waiting for this for a while since part 1!!!!

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For the Horde!

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@animateria said:
" Giving warriors a consecrate is a bummer.   I hope the new pally tank abilities are good enough to make up for that. Cause it seems pally tanks are being less attractive to play since warriors always take our skills while we don't get much in benefits from them.    Warriors already do better in single boss tanking so what the fuck? (Not to mention they never go oom)Eh, makes me not want to play Cataclysm... "
Aaaaaaaaaaand, here we go........ save it for the official wow forums please. Whining about a class being gimped before the game is even out is just dumb. And no, paladins will always be Blizzards favourite class, I mean paladins being underpowered? Seriously? That would be crazy.
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@connorbevans said:
" It's taken months to get this quest. I'd like to first thank the academy, for giving me the quest. Secondly, is the cast and crew. These guys worked hard every day, using Check4Change in order to find when to post, I think they aced it. Thirdly, and most importantly are my parents, couldn't have posted first without you! Well, before they play the music to throw me off stage, I'll cut this all short and just say thanks. Oh, and these videos are great. "
Nice obvious edit.
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That whale shark was perfect.

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Omg this game is so boring!

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They really wrecked this game when they unbalanced the classes so much. These days, Rangers are just way too powerful, and nobody wants a Necromancer in their group. Might as well have stopped putting out expansions after Return to the Dark Throne, imo.

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@animateria: Really?  Paladins are the single most overpowered and unbalanced class in the game.  This is common knowledge. 
 
@EggPuppet said:
" They really wrecked this game when they unbalanced the classes so much. These days, Rangers are just way too powerful, and nobody wants a Necromancer in their group. Might as well have stopped putting out expansions after Return to the Dark Throne, imo. "
Necromancers?  Rangers?  Return to the Dark Throne?  What the hell game are you playing?
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I wish I could afford the monthly fee, because World of Warcraft is still one of the most beautiful, most cohesive games I've ever laid eyes on.

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Hopefully they can find some better quests to do next time, maybe with some big story event or a vehicle.  That may be tricky to plan in advance for a video, but showing a bevy of kill quests probably isn't doing these zones justice.

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@connorbevans: I salute you sir!
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@Rolento:  Really?
 
Well Pallys have a tendency to be overpowered in their first patches, but that quickly gets fixed and nerfed (I remember the later Burning Crusade patches made ret pallys ridiculous, but they got nerfed fast). But most people remember them for their brief stints of glory.
 
I mean sure as a pally tank I went through most of the WOTLK without too much trouble (Never raided much though, was in a small time guild). But prot warriors did tanking AND pvp fairly well. Something a solo prot pally can't really do (Okay, okay I survive for ages, but I can't get the kill. The fights usually end up lasting forever until a random passerby joins the fight.)
 
Admitingly, I haven't played WoW since last year so any new changes to the class is lost on me. So pallys might be better now I guess. (I didn't get to try the single target taunt either)
 
Anyways, am I the only one that's annoyed that consecrate is going to warriors?
 
Does that mean all pally classes get something they need too? Multi-target heals? A charge move to close the gap? 
 
 
Well I guess I should check out the blizzard updates or something.
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WarCraft? Where is my StarCraft?
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Good to see more of the expansion & slowly looking forward to getting into exploring more with my warlock/roguex2 (one rogue on each side of the pve server i was on). Completely agree that the killer whale does look quite pokemans in how it's made. With wow's knack for the crazy I wonder if there's one underwater quest where you are looking around for a giant barrel of butter to unleash on the underwater inhabitants.   
 
I do feel somewhat sad that Matt didn't take the rogue/warlock up to the high levels compared to the ones he showed as those are quite fun. Realling liking the water running ability of the rogue & hoping that one is still there to get through areas quicker.

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epic crabs? is this ffxi?

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Whale Sharks. Why fight when you can swim into people.

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That was fun to watch, but i'm still never gonna play WOW.

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I never bought the Frozen Throne for this.
 
Oh Vinny...