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WOW Patch 3.2: Call of the Crusade

The New Features list is a sneak peek. It does not contain every addition, change, or bug fix going into the next patch. The upcoming major content patch, Call of the Crusade, will bring a host of new features for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

  • The Argent Tournament Expands: With the help of Azeroth’s heroes, the Argent Crusade will finish the Argent Coliseum just in time to call for all brave citizens to prepare for battle with the Lich King. New dailies, rewards, and more will be available at the Argent Tournament grounds to lure adventurers into the coliseum.
  • Crusaders’ Coliseum: In order to prepare for a siege on Icecrown Citadel, players will be called by the Argent Crusade to test their mettle in the coliseum. 5-player, 10-player, and 25-player challenges await inside.
  • New Battleground: Isle of Conquest, a new large-scale siege Battleground, will be open. The Horde and Alliance will battle head-to-head for control of strategic resources to lay siege to the keeps of their opponents.
  • New Arena Season: Season 7 will officially start, paving the way for all-new items and challenges.

Updated Druid Forms
Druids will find a host of new skins for two major forms, cat and bear. There will be five different designs for each of these forms for the Horde and Alliance. Click here to learn more!

Dar Narbugud (12-man raid)

The majority of the instance is +110 Dread, but you get an additinonal + 50 dread from bosses.

We do not require the hope chain anywhere. We made it so that if you are geared for Watcher, you are fighting in +30 gloom and if you are geared for DN you are fighting in +30 gloom.

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Click here for Dar Narbugud Loot List.
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New Raid, Quests, Bosses, Entrance

Lotro Champion Inter-Class Balance

Champions are a DPS class. They do top tier single target damage and are far and away the best AoE damage class in the game. Power use is not generally a concern. Heavy armor allows them to survive damage that would destroy other dps classes and gives them the ability to instantly convert from DPS to tank for even more survivability. These advantages are balanced out by removing all avoidance abilities while in DPS mode.

The post Moria world leaves us with two issues. First, the reduction in overall B/P/E has greatly reduced the penalizing effect of removing the Champions avoidance. This leads to an imbalance between DPS output and survivability especially in group encounters. If average Fellowship healing can keep a DPS mode Champion alive while the Champion is tanking an entire group encounter the purpose of the tank classes is jeopardized.

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Cities XL French and German official release date

Few weeks ago we wrote about new concept of a city-building MMOG known as Cities XL. This MMOG is a city creation sim that will allow players to create their cities on the same planet and connect them and share the experience.

While the North American market is still waiting for release date, Monte Cristo Multimedia announced yesterday

Cities XL, the next generation city builder, will be released on september 3rd 2009 on PC DVD in the following countries: France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Austria, in French and German languages.

A release is planned for other countries in English language, we will announce a precise date as soon as possible.

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Lotro Combat Screenshots

There’s always something to be said when you defeat the boss in your favorite game. A picture is worth a thousand words and these Lotro Combat Screenshots are breathtaking . All credits go to dcook42.

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