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Duels against Neilyo, New Guild now recruiting, WOTLK This Week

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Duels vs. Neilyo

 

In spite of the fact that I wasn’t sure if I would post this, I decided to because I thought it was pretty entertaining and that there hasn’t been much to discuss/post since the end of season 4. This is a selection from some duels I had against neilyo a few weeks ago, patch 3.0, no dismantle used. Although I’m not sure of the record (too many duels) I will say that he had the upper hand in terms of the ratio of duels won while being opened on and I give him the edge in terms of rogue v rogue.

http://files.filefront.com/duelswmv/;12313641;/fileinfo.html

Music:

Juno Reactor – Mona Lisa Overdrive

Ramallah – Days of Revenge

Skillet – Falling Inside the Black

I really haven’t taken rogue vs. rogue seriously until recently. I used to feel that it was almost completely based on the opener and maybe some luck, but I’ve changed my mind. While the opener gives a big advantage, if the person being opened on has prep, the fight goes a lot deeper.

Vanishing blinds is a huge reality; it equates to a guessing game coupled with reaction time scenario (guessing the person will trinket –> blind or trinket–> vanish, which isn’t much of a guess because if they don’t they’ll be reopened on without a trinket. Reaction comes in response to the other player’s trinket). There’s also the threat of being blinded out of vanish, wherein one rogue tries to vanish a blind but instead is blinded out because the rogue blinding hesitates very slightly on purpose. Another thing you’ll see here is blinding a blind, which is used in reaction to a rogue trinket –> blinding, and the rogue being blinded reacting with blind. (I realize this paragraph may be confusing). 

I was opening as mutilate and being opened on as prep because if you’re being opened on without prep you have a very slim chance of winning, even if you were to vanish the blind. I’m more experienced with mutilate but I’ve got a pretty good handle on how to try to respond with prep.

Anyway, hopefully you enjoy the video, and don’t over-think it.

 

New Guild, <INCURSUS> now Recruiting

 

http://incursusguild.com/

 

Although I’m well aware that the vast majority of the people who read this site are rogues and that is the class the we need least by far, I thought I’d post this here anyway.

We’re starting a new guild for WOTLK on cho’gall. This guild will raid 3 days a week and look to progress through endgame quickly without an overly intensive raid schedule. These will be 25 man raids.

The guild is starting with a core of about 20 players that have known each other for several years and have or will be transferring to Cho’gall. The server itself has a very strong horde population.

We keep things pretty light and love to pvp. We’re looking for members who can relax most of the time but know when to get serious during raids. If you’re a competant player that wants to be rewarded fairly for effort and commitment, check us out.

As far as class need goes, we are in most need of healers, tanks, and warlocks, althought we still are looking to fill out many of the other positions. Even if you’re class wasn’t just mentioned, feel free to apply at

http://incursusguild.com/recruitment/

where you can find rules and more information.

WOTLK this Week

Just a reminder in case you’re hiding under a rock somewhere, WOTLK is coming out this week. Roguerogue.com will keep you up to date on the latest developments for our class in the new expansion.

3.0 is live, Eviscerate 9 Additional Duels, New Spec Page Coming

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

 

Filefront link (download): http://files.filefront.com/9+duelswmv/;12063319;/fileinfo.html

Music: Robert Miles – Children (Original Mix)

Just some duels I decided not to use for my last video. Rather than delete them I thought some people might enjoy taking a look.

 

New Patch

3.0 hit today with a massive 1.2 GB patch. Here are some of the patch notes. To better familiarize yourself with the patch check out our 3.0 prepping article here

Notes

The following content will be disabled or removed :

  • The Atiesh quest-chain will not be completable anymore.
  • The Bear Mount from Zul’aman will no longer drop.
  • The Onyxia quest-chain has been removed from the game.
  • Naxxramas is "removed" from the game and moved to Dragonblight. (Unreachable until WotLK, obviously)
  • The ability to get titles related to Tier 4 or Tier 5 content is being removed. Of course, players who got them before the patch keep them. (Hand of A’dal, Champion of the Naaru) 

Also, a few things are being changed or added : 

  • Barbershops are now available in capital cities !
  • Achievements are being added to the game !
  • The amount of experience needed to level from 60 to 70 has been lowered.
  • New graphical effects are being added to the game, including the new shadow engine
  • The Stormwind Harbor will be available, but you won’t be able to travel to Northrend until the release of WotLK. However it does have a working boat travelling between Auberdine and Stormwind.
  • The Caverns of Time have been slightly modified to add an entrance for CoT: Stratholme. The instance itself won’t be available before WotLK, only the entrance is being added.
  • Mounts and Vanity Pets are now trainable spells and the old items will be used to teach you these spells. Once a mount or pet is learned you can access it through the Character Panel.
  • Various tokens like Badges of Justice or Honor Points are all merged in the new Token Interface. It will also remove the Badges of Justice and PvP Tokens from your bags to free up even more space !
  • The in-game Calendar used to schedule raids or events between your friends and guildmate will be available by typing /calendar

Item changes

  • +Healing and +Spell damage stats are being merged into a single +Spell power stat. Healers’ talents and spells have been updated accordingly to compensate this change.
  • Items with magic school-specific damage like +shadow or +nature have been converted to +spell power as well. This include most of the TBC items except for some enchantments like Sunfire or Soulfrost.
  • Protection Paladin and Tanking Warrior sets to reflect changes on the new mechanics. A lot of non set items are also being changed.

Raid changes

  • Raids buffs, debuffs, and auras stacking have been revamped.
  • All TBC raid monsters will have their health reduced by about 30%.
  • The standard melee damage output will be reduced as well.
  • Boss abilities remain unchanged, except for Illidan who won’t use Shear anymore.

 

Coming to Roguerogue.com in the next few days:

In the next few days we’re going to be testing out the rogue specs and seeing what works so we can bring you a talent spec page updated for 3.0. 

The servers are kind of choppy right now, but I’ll also be redoing my ui (or salvaging what’s left of it) for 3.0. Also going to work on re-uploading a bunch of the older videos that fell off with vimeo’s ban on gaming videos.

We should be implementing a new "video of the week" feature as well. Stay tuned for more.

Eviscerate 9

Thursday, October 9th, 2008



http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=91403


Content: World PvP, Duels against Skilled / Geared Opponents

Gear used: 4 Piece brutal / 4 piece Slayers, Guardian’s Ring, Band of Ruinous Delight, Bloodlust Brooch,
BT Exalted Trinket, 2x Shiv Of Exsanguination

My UI: http://roguerogue.com/?p=35

Music:

The End is the Beggining is the End – Smashing Pumpkins
Downfall – Children of Bodom
Whispers in the Dark – Skillet
Throes of Perdition – Trivium
Rebirthing – Skillet
The Noose – A Perfect Circle

My last full video before WOTLK, and for a while I guess. This is mostly world pvp with some duels against well geared / skilled opponents.

I use combat mutilate spec, 41 / 20 / 0 throughout the video.

I wanted to make a pure world pvp video, something I don’t think I’ve done in a while. I wasn’t going to make a video but this was my last chance with a positional mutilate spec that I really enjoyed before this game changed, so I’m glad I finished it.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it, comments and constructive criticism are always appreciated.