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WoW Shadow Priest DPS PVE Talents & Builds

Shadow Priest highly focuses on the damage output that it deals with, and it also brings a few de-buffs to raids that can increase the offensive magic damage dealt by the players present there. Another factor is that Shadow Priest can grant Mana to the members of their raid party, which entirely depends on the damage that they are dealing with. Thus, making them a perfect addition for raiding dungeons.

Shadow Priest: Talents and Builds

Discipline: Unbreakable Will, Wand Specialization, Silent Resolve, Improved Power Word: Fortitude, Improved Power Word: Shield, Martyrdom, Absolution, Inner Focus, Meditation, Improved Inner Fire, Mental Agility, Improved Mana Burn, Mental Strength, Divine Spirit, Improved Divine Spirit, Focused Power, Force of Will, Focused Will, Power Infusion, Reflective Shield, Enlightenment, and Pain Suppression.

Holy: Healing Focus, Improved Renew, Holy Specialization, Spell Warding, Divine Fury, Holy Nova, Blessed Recovery, Inspiration, Holy Reach, Improved Healing, Searing Light, Healing Prayers, Spirit of Redemption, Spiritual Guidance, Surge of Light, Spiritual Healing, Holy Concentration, Lightwell, Blessed Resilience, Empowered Healing, and Circle of Healing.

Shadow: Spirt Tap, Blackout, Shadow Affinity, Improved Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Focus, Improved Psychic Scream, Improved Mind Blast, Mind Flay, Improved Fade, Shadow Reach, Shadow Weaving, Silence, Vampiric Embrace, Improved Vampiric Embrace, Focused Mind, Shadow Resilience, Darkness, Shadow Form, Shadow Power, Misery, and Vampiric Touch.

Shadow Priest: Notable Talents

In terms of the Discipline Tree for wow shadow priest guide and wow shadow priest talents; Meditation, which is a large improvement to your Mana regeneration, and Inner Focus, which is used to perform a free spell cast that has a 25% chance for a critical strike.

Speaking in terms of the Shadow Tree for wow shadow priest talents; you have Spirit Tap, which provides 100% increased Spirit, as well as permitting 50% Spirit regeneration to work while casting. This happens when you deal a killing blow on a mob that is close to your character level for wow shadow priest guide. Shadow Affinity, which reduces the generated threat by 25%, making it a vital option for raiding. This allows Shadow Priest to deal with high threats, along with their spells when there’s a situation where they have to return the damage to death in the form of Mana & Healing for shadow priest shadowlands. Shadow Focus, which grants you a 2% chance per talent point for a Spell Hit, and provides a total of up to 10%. You can always remove the points from it if you have a gear that offers Spell Hit rating. The excess points can be placed in the Focused Mind. Mind Flay, which acts as a stacking debuff to increase the Shadow damage dealt on your target by 10%. Improved Vampiric Embrace, which is good for raid situations, as it heals your party members with 25% of the damage that you deal on an enemy target. Shadow Form, which provides a 15% increase in Shadow damage for shadow priest shadowlands. Misery, which increases the overall Magic damage that is dealt on an enemy target by 5%. Finally, there’s the Vampiric Touch, which is a damage-over-time spell that returns 5% of the damage that is dealt on an enemy in the form of mana – back to your party members.

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What in the World of Warcraft is Blizzcon?

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the dates of its upcoming Blizzcon 2008 gaming convention in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center. The makers of World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo have planned a two-day event to be held on October 10th and 11th. Tickets, which are $100, went on sale on August 11.

According to Kotaku.com, the run on tickets created errors on the Blizzard.com website where the tickets are being sold. Tickets for the convention are expected to sell quickly.

Why Is There Such A Demand For Blizzcon 2008 Tickets?

In the gaming world, not many franchises come even close to being compared to World of Warcraft. The popular game boasts the largest online gaming community, estimated in the millions, in the world. For gaming fans and experts, conventions like Blizzcon 2008 are a way to mingle with other gamers, cosplayers, and game creators. Conventions are also where game companies try out their developing wares, show off their best products, and often announce and/or debut their next big thing.

Blizzcon is no different. This year’s convention, Macworld tells us, will have costume contests (for those into dressing like their favorite characters from World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games), a songwriting competition, a dance contest, a motivational poster contest, a diorama contest, and gaming competitions for Warcraft III and World of Warcraft players. Top prize in the latter will be $25,000 per player.

Everyone who attends Blizzcon 2008 will also receive a goodie bag, which usually contains some pretty valuable merchandise. At last year’s Blizzcon, the goodie bag held a plastic key that Blizzard Entertainment revealed (ten months later, in July 2008) was a beta key to the forthcoming Wrath of the Lich King, the latest installment of the World of Warcraft saga.

So, for those who are into gaming, Blizzcon 2008 tickets can turn out to be quite valuable indeed.

Other Gaming Conventions

Blizzcon is not the only annual gaming event. For those out of the gamer loop and just thought that “South Park’s” spoof on World of Warcraft was just strangely amusing, there’s an entire real world out there full of people who spend most of their time in a virtual world setting. During their spare time, they attend conventions like Blizzcon 2008.

Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is one of those conventions. Penny Arcade Expo is a more general convention (Blizzcon is dedicated to Blizzard Entertainment games) and is attended by companies and gamers of various game genres. The PAX 08 schedule consists of gaming heavyweights like Electronic Arts, Sony, Harmonix, Microsoft, Nintendo and dozens of others. It’s fifth incarnation is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on August 27, 28, 29, 2008. Attending for a day will cost $30; a three-day ticket costs $50.

Another gaming convention — and undoubtedly the most famous — is the E3 convention. Held this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on July 13-17, the Electionic Entertainment Expo (E3) is an annual presentation by the Electronic Software Association and has been invitation only for the past two years. Previously, gamers and industry companies mingled at the gaming convention, where upwards of 60,000 people attended. The event is now open only to gaming companies and those associated with the industry. But E3 is a where the companies come to show off their new stuff and unveil what’s new. It is the singlemost watched event in the gaming industry.

And there are many others: Quakecon, Gen Con Indy (and its sister, Gen Con UK), Pacificon. Unlike E3, all of the other gaming conventions are open to the public. Gaming forums are also quite popular at comic book and science fiction/fantasy conventions as well. DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia hosts the largest multimedia event in the United States and dedicates part of its layout to gaming enthusiasts. So, if tickets to Blizzcon 2008 are unavailable, there are plenty other conventions to assuage the disappointment.

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“World of Warcraft: Cataclysm” – Story Elements & Gameplay Tweaks Impressions

Deathwing the Destroyer is here and nothing but tragedy is to come. Its time for World of Warcraft players to take up their swords and face this new challenge. I have to admit, I was pretty excited after suffering disappointment from Wrath of the Lich King. Let me go no further without saying that Cataclysm is the worthy successor to Burning Crusade that we’ve all been waiting for.

Story-wise, Cataclysm gets you hyped early on but is ultimately a bit disappointing. The premise of the repeated disasters and the coming of the great ‘cataclysm’ draws you in almost right away. You’re interested in seeing just what is at the root of all this turmoil and want to aid your allies in bringing it to an end. However, what you get in the end is too clichéd for RPGs. For World of Warcraft gamers that have never touched a sophisticated console RPG, the twists and turns of the Cataclysm story will appear fresh. Though anyone with a gaming degree beyond MMORPGs, it will be a ride that’s all too familiar.

On the plus side, it’s nice to be able to use flying mounts in the old zones- though it felt like something that should have been taken care of before. The new quests (numbering over 3500) have certainly given World of Warcraft players a lot to do. I am a bit bothered by the new PC requirements- as I feel the content upgrade doesn’t quite justify the jump. While Goblin isn’t the most appealing new race, the introduction of Worgen is an awesome addition- potentially my new main. There are a few questionable changes to the game- the Talent System tweaks are a bit in left field. I never really found myself getting upset by the changes, but I did ultimately wonder what the reasoning for some of them was- namely some of the PVP decisions.

Under the hood there’s been a lot of gameplay tweaks that I’m appreciative of. While rogues are still too broken for my liking, it is nice that the healing classes got some overdue improvements. A number of the system tweaks and refinements in Cataclysm have been long-requested and are a relief to finally have. While I don’t particularly find the PVP additions that interesting, I am very happy with the Raid upgrades. For World of Warcraft players put-off by Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm is the cure to what ails you.