The Beta is over

and I've only had time to test about 5% of what I would have liked to test. Well it was fun while it lasted, and the expansion is only a week away.

Here are the top three things on my mind at the moment:

• Resource system
  
  With a full set of level 80 abilities the Rune + Runic Power system becomes a mini-game all by itself. The system allows for a wide variety of fairly convoluted rotations but at the same time creates

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http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f200/...fficients.html

Attack Power coefficients


Death Knight abilities that are not based on weapon damage generate a base amount of damage plus a percentage of the Death Knight's attack power. These abilities are generally considered "spells". They generate magic damage and are affected by spell resistance mechanics and spell hit / miss chance.

The Attack Power coefficient allows...

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This an extensive list of DK mechanics and their associated threat. Because we are dealing with a completly new class, I decided to look for threat in every possible buff, proc etc. As expected the vast majority DK threat will come directly from damage, with innate threat values being the exception rather...

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I finally got my hands on a beta key a couple of days ago. I've been working pretty long days so after the long download & install process I've only had the chance to spend about an hour in game last night.

I've decided to save the fun of the starting area for when Wrath goes live. For now I intend to focus on finding answers to the many "technical" questions I have about the class first, so I copied a premade level DK (aptly named ArmstrongDK) to the Murmur server....

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Just a very rough post to show that the gear is indeed out there to achieve 540 defense pre-Naxx.


1 Def skill @80 = 4.918498039 Def rating

Rating required for 540 Def (140 skill) = 689



77 Ley-Guardian's Legguards

76 Breastplate of the Solemn Council

71 Daunting Handguards

65 Seal of the Pantheon

61 Ground Tremor Helm

58 Sabatons of Draconic Vigor
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