Druid Update

[Pielot]

--March 2, 2004--
[QUOTE]The Druid’s Grove
If Druids tickle your fancy, skip on over to The Druid’s Grove and check out Sobe Silvertree’s interview with Jeff "Tigole" Kaplan and Donna "Katricia" Anthony."

No beta as of yet but some new info on WoW in general and more speifically the druid class. So click, read, learn and enjoy!

WoW's Druids and other useful information (http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/forums/showthread.php?p=103889#post103889)

[Kalthanan]

Druid sounds like a very interesting class to play in WoW. The shapeshifting to different forms is a big nod to the traditional D&D druid.

I like the utility and variety inherent in that kind of character. Sounds like something I'll be trying out.

[Pielot]

aye the Druid's shapeshifting does seen one of the cooler things about the class. On top of that Druid's can shapeshift on the go, which is really cool to me. Plus druid will be getting a "buff" (Mark of the Wild) line of spells too as well. Plus when you in a different froms you will be able to use certain ablilites. (for example in bear form you will be able to use a rage bar just like a Warrior.)


Other interesting facts: that you only need 25-30 people to raid the hardest bosses in the game. (Hmmm.... that sound about the same number of people that Amichi usually has on raids) The best items in the game will be on raids but there are still good items to be earned by questing/tradeskilling.

There will be a varitey of instance dungens for every lvl range. Plus they are scattered all over the world and each has it't own unique story line to it.

You must chose 2 trade skills to master. You cannot be a master in all trade skills BUT you can unlearn a trade if you decide you want to change. (this is not new information)

All is all you are right K2, Druid are going to be interesting to see what they can fully do when WoW goes live. There is still one question I have been trying to answer is "what class will i untilmatly play in WoW?"

[Soeb]

Hey Pie your in the beta i take.....so from what ive seen from the screenshots...( Fantastic detail ). Is the game playable with that lvl of detail that i see in the screenies?? Or will you need one honkin system??

[Ramsus]

very playable.

[Pielot]

Soeb, I wish I could take credit for the screenies but I was not the one who posted them. Ramsus was. He pulled some strings and got into alpha testing for WoW.
Beta has not happended yet. (although the offical WoW forum is going crazy with people crying for beta to come out. but that is a different story). All the screenies I posted where from WoW information sites. Oh and to answer your question about what the computer specs to run WoW, here are the ones for beta:

What are the system requirements for the World of Warcraft® beta?
NOTE: World of Warcraft has NOT yet been optimized for many hardware configurations. The system requirements are expected to be lower for the final shipping version of the game, specifically in regards to processor speed and video card memory requirements. The system specifications listed below are for the World of Warcraft® beta only. The World of Warcraft® Beta test has the following requirements:

A 56K or higher modem with an internet connection.

Windows® System/OS:

800 Mhz or higher CPU.
256 Megabytes or more of RAM.
Geforce 2 Graphics Card or better.
3 Gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
DirectX® 9.0 or above.

Mac® System/OS:
1.0 GHz or higher, G4 or G5 processor.
512 Megabytes RAM or higher. DDR RAM recommended.
ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 64 MB VRAM or more.
3 Gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
MacOS X 10.3 ("Panther") or better

I shamelessly took this information from the Offical WoW site. Far as I can see yup, you can play WoW in all it's detail without needed an uber system. A big :thumbsup1 from me. :)