right now lies in the physics. As in, it wasn’t polished enough. That’s what wow‘s Tom Chilton revealed in the latest Blizzard podcast.
If you look at a lot of games that have done flight simulation, there is a lot of care that goes into giving you that sensation of flying by having the world tilt and stuff like that so it feels a little less mechanical, feels a little bit more alive or more natural.
So one of the things that we have kind of tasked ourselves with doing is figuring out how to polish that, how to improve on our vehicle physics, there s still a lot of vehicle physics tech that we want to get in that didn t make it into the first pass of Lich King.
Even though it may have been cut, aerial combat may still find its way into WoW someday, as Chilton also said that it’s currently on Blizzard’s to do list.
The same podcast also featured senior Diablo III artist Mike Nicholson, who admitted that the new UI for Diablo 3 drew a lot of inspiration from WoW‘s UI. Oh really? I hadn’t noticed and am now so overcome with surprise at this unexpected revelation!
Seriously though, the UI still retains popular elements from the Diablo series while throwing in some WoW staples into the mix. One thing that will definitely catch fans’ eyes – for better or worse – is the inclusion of WoW‘s colorful icons. Here’s Nicholson:
I love the WoW icons. And y know what we re trying to do is see, OK, what works about the WoW icons? They re illustrative; is there a way to try to maybe bridge the gap? You know what worked about the more symbolic DII icons, and what works with the WoW icons, and trying to find a way to put the two together.
Another new thing is the addition of expandable bags. This reminds me more of the D&D staple Bags of Holding which appeared in Neverwinter Nights than anything in WoW really. Nicholson again:
You’ll get bags and they will expand, you know kind of like in WoW, except you’re not going to open up separate windows. You’ll start off your inventory with say you know, eight slots, right, and then you’ll get a new bag and that has ten, so two more slots will open up within that tab, but you’ll never have multiple tabs. Like you won’t have two or three ‘large’ tabs.
It might sound like I’ve been taking a few jabs at Diablo III, but make no mistake – this is a day one purchase for me. Now if only I had some idea of when they’ll release it. Keep checking back for more updates.
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Source: wow.qj.net
WoW gold Pig giving away 500,000 gold in-game
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This is the gold mine right here. Literally. The WoW Gold Pig blog is running a contest for 500,000 WoW Gold. We ve gotten wind of it, thanks to tips (and tweets) from the community, and so went further to fish out more info about it.
Apparently, the contest goes like this: you register, you enter a name for their WoW Gold Pig Twitter mascot and, if your entry is chosen, you win 500,000 in-game gold for World of warcraft. Easy as pie, yes?
We got in touch with their representative Nick Gardner, and here’s the lowdown on this contest.
QJ: Hi Nick. First things first, who are you and what do you do?
Nick: I m your friendly neighborhood blogger at WoWGoldPig.blogspot.com. When I’m not doing that, I’m usually raiding or otherwise lounging around somewhere in Azeroth…
QJ: Can you walk us through the contest?
Nick: Sure. The contest you are referring to is called Name Twitter Pig . To join, just visit our blog site, enter a winning name for Twitter Pig and walk away with half a million WoW Gold. It couldn’t be easier.
QJ: That sounds pretty simple. However, the maximum amount of gold a World of Warcraft character can hold is 214,748 gold, 36 silver and 47 copper. How is the winner supposed to collect it all?
Nick: That’s the best part of the contest! Initially we struggled with that limitation as well, and almost settled for a measly 50,000g giveaway. But we really wanted the community to have some fun with this promotion.
And since community is such a big part of online gaming, we decided it to let the winner nominate ten (10) WoW characters. Each character will receive 50,000g. So the winner will be in a position to gift gold to guild mates, friends, family, or simply store it on alts.
QJ: Do contestants have to buy anything?
Nick: There s no purchase necessary. Just good old fun for everyone!
QJ: How did the Twitter connection come about?
Nick: We are all active members in multiple online communities and games. And we particularly like the real time aspect of Twitter. It’s fun to participate and it’s different than a blog site, which feels more like a turn based form of community. Twitter’s WoW community is large and robust and we want to be part of it. This contest is just one example of how we try to contribute to the community. It’s fun!
QJ: I guess fun is the operating word on WoW Gold Pig?
Nick: You betcha.
And so went our little chat. If you re a World of Warcraft gamer, don t miss this chance and join the contest today. For more on the contest details, just head to the source linked below.
Good Luck!
Source: wow.qj.net