Boubouille on on January 14, 2010, 04:50:54 am Armory Update - Model Viewer and Character Feeds!
One of the most interesting armory update is here, I announced it a couple of weeks ago and it is now live on the US armory site and will be available shortly on the EU one. Here is what you can get on any armory profile

3D Model Viewer
Every character profile now has a 3D model viewer that displays the character in his or her currently equipped gear, and accurately displays the character's physical features, hairstyle, and helm/cloak display as they appear in-game. Mousing over the character model window brings up a control panel with the following controls :
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Lord Marrowgar

Raid Preparation

An appropriately geared raid for this instance will have spent some time gathering equipment in Trial of the Crusader. You will want your raid members to have a majority of item level 245+ gear for the 25 man version, and 232+ for the 10 man version.

It is especially important that your tanks and tank healers be as geared up as possible, because this first encounter in Icecrown Citadel introduces players to the Chill of the Throne. This is an aura that debuffs all players in or around the Citadel, allowing mobs to ignore 20% of an affected player's dodge when hitting them with melee attacks and abilities. Additionally, Lord Marrowgar is a "gear check" boss, in that, if your tanks are not geared enough, his Saber Lash will simply kill them outright. Your healers will need to be at similar levels to keep everyone alive, especially the tanks.
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Be honest, I know you do, too.

What has to be the most requested feature of this dungeon -- the ability to skip the long and repetitive story -- isn't coming anytime soon. When there was some discussion about this in the general forms earlier this week, Eyonix appeared and enlightened us as to Blizzard's thoughts on the matter:

We agree, but unfortunately with the current tech/flagging that exists in regards to this -- it's just not possible for the game to recognize this sort of thing and allow for a bypass. It's always a possibility for the future though.

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