Comments on: I haz a dark secret!

By: Artorin

Artorin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:04:57 +0000

I wonder how much of the OPness in Hellfire is because of the abilities and how much of it is gear. I’m thinking all the gear you have up to that point is specially tailored for DK and therefore going into BC at 58 you are geared much better and more appropriately then a lvl 58 that just came out of Azeroth. Bare in mind unless you raided in Pre BC you replace all of your gear with 58 greens entering Outlands. I have a feeling the transition is much smoother for DK.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:12:34 +0000

Pike, you can get away with anything when you use the /puppy dog eyes.

And as long as you, a Hunter, admit you don’t care about or even bother to know about melee fighting stuffs, it restores my faith in the universe.

By: Sarai

Sarai — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:08:14 +0000

Female gnome DKs are pleh.
I made a big male tauren /flex
Also, Arch Druid? WANT!

By: Pike

Pike — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:01:17 +0000

I made a female gnome death knight. I know everybody else is too (though oddly, when I made mine, I didn’t see many others), but I don’t care! I couldn’t get past the third or fourth quest anyway due to technical difficulties =P

I have my own secret to confess: I have no idea what expertise is or does. Do I get away with it though, for only ever playing hunters? /puppy dog eyes

By: ARA

ARA — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:49:06 +0000

Itsnoteasy thank you so much !!!! Maybe you can contact CNN and get them to inform the rest of the human population about the lack of “tank specific talent trees for Dks in wrath”. Its obviously of vital importance to global security, and I’m sorry to say I didnt know this myself sooner. If we’re not careful, this dangerous myth could ruin everything. Thank you for you setting the record straight.

Now, go and have some fun dude!

By: Itsnoteasy

Itsnoteasy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:35:05 +0000

(And as for pink-haired female gnome DKs… I made one on the PvP server named “Tinyevil.” When I got to Hellfire, I ran into someone with the exact same hair and face. She was called “Minievil.” Sad, twisted minds think alike! :D)

By: Itsnoteasy

Itsnoteasy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:27:54 +0000

Please excuse the caps, but we’ve been fighting this tooth and nail since beta started, and I don’t want this myth to spread any further.

THERE IS NO TANKING TREE FOR DKS.

All three trees are viable. Frost can DPS just as well as Blood and Unholy can. Blood and Unholy can tank just as well as Frost can.

THERE IS NO DPS TREE FOR DKS.

Each of the different trees is viable for DPS, tanking and PvP. That’s not to say every SPEC is equally as viable, but each tree is.

ALL DK TREES ARE EQUAL BUT DIFFERENT.

Blood is all about self-regeneration. Frost is about big crits and control. Unholy is about straight-up DPS and, as you observed, funky situational spells.

YOU CAN TANK, DPS OR PVP IN ANY OF THE DK TREES.

Blizzard have repeatedly stated that if one tree is conspicuously better at tanking, dps or pvp than the other trees are, then that’s a balancing bug and should be fixed. The trees exist to allow for different play styles, not force the DK into a particular role.

THERE IS SERIOUSLY NO TANKING TREE FOR DKS. REALLY!

Thank you for your attention. This has been an announcement by the Death Knight Information Board. Authorised by Darion Mograine, spoken by Deborah the Death Knight.

By: Lenaiya

Lenaiya — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:02:52 +0000

Hey BBB, did you take the Bloodworms talent in the Blood tree? And if you did, did you turn green? Been curious if that “bug” is still in effect, though people were saying the devs put that in just so people would try other trees out.

Also, Ice spec is tons of fun for leveling. It is kinda like leveling with a prot pally, and has the same types of benefits as the Blood tree – running low on hp isn’t really an issue, and you still do very decent damage. Definitely more fun than popping consecrate and going afk for 5 min :P

I too had to do the quests twice… and will definitely do them again once the xpac comes out. Agreed, the design of the quests and gear was great, and I had far too much fun than was probably healthy.

Too bad the beta key is my friend’s account – he got an invite right after he decided to stop playing, and had uninstalled WoW from his PC. >.< Fortunately for me, it got put on my PC, so I’ve been able to reap the benefits, but am sad that I can’t transfer my druid on there. :(

By: Avonar

Avonar — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:53:34 +0000

Thanks for writing this, it was a great way to gain some insights into the class. Very interesting! :)

By: Toon

Toon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:08:24 +0000

I too have been playing the beta, I think many of the fearture that you discussed will be nerfed to more reasonable dps numbers maybe slightly better for DK’s. I think right now its just unGodly OP the damage DK puts out. Try the tanking spec BBB, much like palitanks w/ a twist. Be far my fave spell is to be able to pull runners away from me w/ my Sith power. I love watching a mage blink away only to be pulled right back to me….lol.