A days worth of PvP as a Shammy

High Quality of course…..

Cheers!

N’kari the Keeper of Secrets My latest guide.  Now I know I havn’t been around at all, so if you see this … Kudos to you. ohh yea I switched to destro shammy

Cheers!

Had I known this morning the beta servers where up I wouldn’t have spent the morning trying to shield the sun-rays and cursing my duty to show up for work. I got a small teaser and was able to queue up for a single scenario. I have some plans for open beta, I have goals to get stuff done and brutalize! Ten Things for Beta.

1. Rediscover my love of healing.— I played a cleric back in the days of DAoC on Guinevere RvR server and then again later when I was PvPin on Mordred. I’m going to rank up an Archmage first and foremost. I want to reach Tier 2 with that character and try to decide if I want a Runepriest or Archmage as my healing alt.                                                                                                                 
2. Level yet another Engineer that will be wiped and go grenadier spec this time around. — I feel like rifleman spec will be one of the most popular specs to play and most likely what I’m aiming(OMG a pun) to be. I have always been one to take very original spec lines to properly fit my play style. I can only hope that all the paths will be viable to play in the endgame.
3. Along with #2 I’ll have to play around with the turrets again. — I am very optamistic over the patch notes (even though preview weekend was a good experience)
4. Dive deeper into class synergies and group make-ups.  — There are alot of morale abilities that when used around the same time paired with a specific class can and will manipulate the battle lines with great effectiveness.
5. Further study RvR zones. — There are tons of choke points, ledges, and secret back roads for good play.
6. Punt Goblins off our Keep. — hours of enjoyment
7. Find a way to play smoothly with full spell effects. — Easier said then done.
8. Solo a Hero mob. — Hey, I soloed a few champions… how hard could it be?
9. Record hours worth of footage. — I know I am selfish but I won’t be making any movies for the first few days I’m out there gettin’ blood and grudge all over me. (haha, ohh the jokes that will come from that mechanic… haha)
10. WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN — Imagine Tom Vs. Jerry

Cheers!

P.S. If ya have something you would like to see In the next movie, throw it into the comments and I just might go out of my way for ya.

So preview weekend is up, the NDA is down and the WHA class forums fill with guides, questions, and number crunching.  Class balance is one of everyones fears as it seems and cries of OP, underpowered, and even going as far as comparing “armies of war” class descriptions to 3 days of Tier 1-2 beta experiences and speak as if they know more on the subject then dev teams at Mythic. All this time I generally believed the WHA community was a bit more respectable then that. As a personal opinion, I could care less if <insert class here> is equal to <insert class mirror> and balance issues should ONLY be compared by a faction basis i.e.  

All 10 Order classes Vs All 10 Destruction classes working together: can put out X amount of damage, has Y amount of AoE roots/snares , mitigates Z damage , etc., etc.   

To put this in another way, think of the factions as a single organism and not as left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, tail, torso, and head. Order’s Head is larger but destruction’s right arm is longer to compensate! Boiling classes down and viewing them under a microscope will of course make them look irregular and out of place.  This is the only logical way of looking at balance, in my eyes.

Mornin’

Welcome to the 50,000 Invites, this should be fun. Don’t know what you want to try first? First things I would say is go experience your starter area and gather what gear you can from quests and Public Quests, then make your way to the Tiers “Warcamp” these are staging areas for the RvR Zones. Warcamps hold renown trainers, PvP gear merchants, and REPEATABLE PVP QUESTS for both RvR and Scenerio play. Use these Quests to build up cash and purchase “renown gear”

I would suggest trying out RvR ASAP these battlefield objectives give a ton of renown and exp…… gotta jet, more to come.

WAAAGH!!

Update: 8-22-08 10:05am PST Negative Burn and all its greatness will be slaughtering destruction on Abhorash server all weekend long. There ya go destruction readers, come battle! (alternate hand-to-forehead ending: Come battle, you’ll get served!)

Update: 8-25-08  A long weekend of RvR and plenty of footage! We ended up breaking into each factions keep and burning anything that moved. I’m working on a Preview Weekend video tonight and hopfully it will be finished within the next two-three days.  Fear the Burn!

Twas the night before the NDA drop.

Factions had prepared for the first stealth op.

not a blogger had post, not even  WAAAGH!(untrue)

Keen,Graev, and Snafzg all spored in puddly goo.

The Thunder Rolls early in the morn’ The Cog’s Rifle…. cocked

Answer 10 of what you ask then my blog is locked.

Join nB, abhorash server will strike destruction!

Back to RvR, Good luck with punctuation!

Now sleep.

Come be a community member of Negative Burn! With the recent news of NDA lift expect even greater things to come from nB be it videos, strat guides, terrain tactical guides, and more. If you feel up to the destruction onslaught that order will face come launch, please apply. If you already are a member of an order guild join our community forums and contribute your own info!

Thanks to the great forum fan site of WHA and Legal Beta leakers of Massively I woke up this morning to good news and the announcement of Open Beta… though we all know that’s not the news we want –::hint hint nudge nudge::–

On some other good news Negative Burn has kicked into stage two of our pre-launch schedule. So I’m very happy to announce NB has re-opened recruitment to give the masses a chance to get into this strong guild.  Negative Burn is an Order guild I choose to join months back when the only Order guilds where dwarf RPers. We are gaming vets from damn near every MMO to date and we plan to have a very strong presence in WAR. The sheer amount of organized hardcore guilds on the destruction side drove us to the side of order because we DEMAND a challenge and an uphill battle. We will be the wall to hold back those “big name” guilds and if you want to be apart of it, apply here. (please, read up the info presented on main page, see our public forums, and introduce yourself)

After letting my brain think about the rebooting issue last night and tinkering a bit I’m proud to say all is well in the computer stability area… and my computer was working efficiently till late night on stuff.

on a completely different subject. This monkeys gums and teeth are superb!

I finnaly got my Beta Invite and DLing now! Most of the guild is reporting invites as well. There is a steady buzz of preperation across the net, like runners before a marathon and hundreds of thousands of people deep. Tape your nipples down, stretch them legs, and get into your happy place because WARs Open Beta is about to begin!