http://treebarkjacket.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:42:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi guys, Just a short note to say I'm taking a bit of a break from the game and computery stuff in general, to give my wrists a chance to heal up, and because I probably should have a break now while it's quiet. I also need to focus on work and ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/28/short-break/ Courtesy of mmo-champion, here are the latest changes to the druid talent trees. I imagine they are long from being finished yet, so as always, take with a grain of salt and don't assume they will look exactly like this at release. The talent calculator is here. Balance ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/23/cataclysm-talent-update-armor-specialisation/ So.. fairly certain I have Cubital Tunnel. Imagine smacking your funny bone - you know that feeling? Now imagine that the feeling never goes away. Ever. HAPPY FUN TIMES. Waiting on x-rays to make sure it's not an issue with my neck, but my doctor is pretty sure it's carpal/cubital ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/22/debuff-cubital-tunnel-syndrome/ Another Blizzard dev chat on Twitter today - here are the druid-related questions and answers. Full questions are here. Q. Will druids finally get shapeshifting on a separate global cooldown like hunter aspects & warrior stances? A. We have no plans to remove shapeshifting from the global cooldown. Shapeshifting can be used ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/17/blizz-dev-chat-on-twitter-druid-question-roundup/ Just a quickie guys - I am updating my blogroll (down on the right sidebar, there). Have I missed you? Please let me know. It's highly likely I subscribe to you, but I need to manually add you to that sidebar list, and I'm very forgetful. I found a few long-standing blogs ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/14/wanted-more-resto-druid-blogs/ Today's new beta build brings us the first glimpse at the ripped-apart-and-rebuilt talent trees, courtesy of mmo-champion. A summary of the changes to talent trees in Cataclysm: Each tree/spec has been reduced to 31 point length. There are more than 31 points in each tree, but the last talent is the "31 ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/14/cataclysm-the-brand-spankin-new-31pt-talent-trees/ Public service announcement: BRK is selling druid shirts for one week only. We will be taking orders for seven days, ending next Monday night. We will collect all the orders, send them to the BRK Tshirt Manufacturer, receive the order, then mail the shirts to you lucky b@stards. Shipping is by Priority ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/13/brk-druid-shirts-one-week-only/ I was browsing the forums this morning and noticed a post called "Casual Kingslayer". Back in TOC, my 10 man guild ran "organised PUGs" of 25man TOC, including heroic modes - which, at the time, put us briefly at 3rd on the server progression ladder, or something similar. So I'm ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/13/casual-kingslayer/ *giggle* Internet Dragons! http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/10/slayer-of-dragons/ We won; no real names on the forums. It's a hollow victory though - because (like many others) I feel that something has changed, now. They hid the knowledge of the Real ID plan from us. When they introduced it in-game, I thought it was a nifty thing. I'd missed my ... http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/07/10/a-hollow-victory/