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Legion - Restoration Druid Artifact Intro
The general Druid intro has been changed up a little bit from the last Druid intro we posted. You can see the Resto Druid artifact weapons on our Artifact Weapons page.
Legion - Achievement Search
The default UI is getting a nice search box on the achievements pane in Legion!
Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
So... how can there be three major land based civs and multiple land based races on a few isles that was raised only 20/30y ago?
The Tomb of Sargeras was raised. Other parts of the Broken Isles in Legion expansion have been around since the Sundering. (DaveKosak)
Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
I feel that the class homogenization, "bring the player, not class" policy, LFR and Norm/Hero/Mythic difficulties Blizzard had all the good intentions, but they backfired, hard, causing more harm than good, changing the community's mindset in a way difficult to undo. Do you have a similar sentiment?
I agree that offering multiple difficulty levels for end-game PVE content has been challenging. It's not okay for some players to just not have an endgame. On the other hand, it's possible to make something epic feel not epic if you can reduce it to punching bag status with a slider. I don't have a good solution here, and to be fair, I haven't thought about it a lot in some time.
I still think "bring the player" was the right call. We were in a world where many specs and some classes just couldn't argue for a raid spot and others were brought just for their fabulous buffs or utility. I don't think some kind of group buff arms race is the right call either. (Would you rather have Blessing of Kings or Might? Probably Kings. Sorry paladin number 2, but we need to sit you and bring a hunter.)
In terms of role, maybe there was a way to keep Paladins as the AE tanks and single target healers. Maybe if there had been multiple endgames then there could be more variety. It sounds like the current devs are trying to differentiate the classes more without making any unviable which is a great goal. But I do think letting more classes do dungeons and raids was the right call at the time. Thoughts?
For me it meant that having a good, reliable person at your side should be more important than the class that they play.
That was the goal. My first guild had 5 highly skilled rogues. It was lame to exclude them just because of their class choice. (OccupyGStreet)
Computers - Setup of the Month
Each month or so we will post a couple of hardware setups for those of you who are thinking of upgrading their computer!
This month
The current SSD prices are fairly flat right now, with most SSDs under $0.50 per gigabyte when on sale. New GPUs may be coming towards the middle of this year
Depending on how much you want to overclock, you may need to spend a bit more for a better CPU cooler like the NH-D15.
Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or streaming, you do not need the 6700K and should spend that money elsewhere.
Make sure to keep your AMD and Nvidia drivers up to date.
Don't forget to visit the Computer Forum for any extra questions!
Peripherals/Monitors
ComponentPuppy DolphinMonitorASUS VS228H-P 22-Inch Monitor - $100ASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor - $130
KeyboardKensington Pro Fit Media Keyboard - $20Cyborg V.5 - $59
MouseLogitech G402 - $45Razer DeathAdder Chroma - $60
SpeakersCreative A250 2.1 Speaker System - $28Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $39
ComponentNarwhal Unicorn
MonitorDell U2414H Monitor - $240ASUS PB278Q Monitor - $408
KeyboardLogitech G710+ - $92Corsair K70 - $120
MouseLogitech G502 - $68Razer Naga 2014 - $56
SpeakersLogitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $53Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $80
Puppy and Dolphin
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
ComponentPuppy DolphinAll of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
CaseNZXT Source 210 - $43NZXT Source 210 - $43
Power SupplyEVGA 600B - $45EVGA 600B - $45
CPUAMD FX-6300 - $102AMD FX-8320 - $143
HeatsinkCooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $29Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $29
MotherboardASUS M5A97 R2.0 - $92ASUS M5A99FX PRO - $115
MemoryKingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1866 - $398GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $46
Graphics CardASUS R7 370 - $125R9 380 / GTX 960 - $180
Hard DriveWestern Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $74Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $74
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21
Total$570$696
Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
ComponentNarwhal UnicornAll of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
CaseCooler Master HAF 912 - $68Corsair Air 540 - $125
Power SupplyEVGA G2 650W - $90EVGA G2 650W - $90
CPUIntel 6600K - $254Intel 6600K - $254
HeatsinkScythe Mugen 4 - $56Noctua 6 NH-D15 - $90
MotherboardASUS Z170-A - $155ASUS Z170-A - $155
Memory16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX - $9016GB Corsair Vengeance LPX - $90
Graphics CardXFX R9 380 - $180Gigabyte R9 390 OR GTX 970 - $325 / $310
Hard DriveWestern Digital 2TB Caviar Black - $127Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black - $127
SSDCrucial BX100 250GB (Review) - $90
OR
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB (Review) - $88SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB (Review) - $115
OR
SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB (Review) - $121
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21
Total$1129 - 1162$1350 - 1398
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