感谢拉法耶特先生提供信息
原文链接:http://www.spooncraft.com/pvp/lake-wintergrasp-updates-in-wotlk-beta
There will be a lot of tuning and balancing of the new PvP zone (Lake Wintergrasp) done in the coming months. One thing we are looking to do though to help with population imbalances is impose certain benefits for the side with less players in the zone. For instance, since supplies will be necessary to unlock certain vehicles, the side with the population handicap may see a decrease in requirements. We may also offer increasingly more supply benefits for a faction if they are suffering from consecutive losses in Lake Wintergrasp. The goal is to even the playing field regardless of faction population balances across all realms.
We plan to give Lake Wintergrasp a definitive play time where the event may last somewhere around 45 minutes. The event would not start again for a set amount of time after the battle is won. We will tune these times as testing further develops. The plan, additionally, is to provide certain incentives for visiting this zone between battles. We’ll be sure to provide more information about Lake Wintergrasp as well as the new Battleground as we get closer to releasing them for Beta testing.
下面一段时间会对新的pvp区域--冬拥湖进行大量的调整和平衡性工作。
我们期望要做的一个事情就是调整由于pvp区域里双方玩家数量差距而带来的不平衡
例如,因为开动相应的战争机器需要“必要资源”,我们会让人数少的一方所需的“必要资源”更少。我们也会让在冬拥湖pvp区域损失惨重的团队获得更多的供应优势。目的很简单,那就是让人数上劣势的一方能够从其他领域获得平衡。
我们计划在冬拥湖加入发生在某些地方的特殊事件,事件大约持续45分钟,这个事件在战斗胜利后一定时间内不会再度开启。我们会调整这些时间来测试更长远的发展,我们的计划里也包括给你参与这个战场的激励措施(恩?荣誉和牌子?)同时在此暴料:我们将会提供更多的与冬拥湖相关的信息,和某些即将公布的新战场,当然,这一切都是为了beta测试。
一些图

关于牦牛人的造型(有图)
虽然时间上有点火星,不过好像我还没看到其它地方转过这个消息。
大家都知道牦牛人Taunka是牛头人Tauren的表亲。在原画里,它们的样子和牛头人有所不同。但是现在wlk里的牦牛人都是牛头人模型,比如
[ http://bbs.ngacn.cc/read.php?tid=1766816&fpage=1 ]
里的牦牛人。
我以前也以为暴雪就偷懒拿牛头人的模型充数了,不过暴雪实际上还是很注意细节的。在wlk论坛的art discussion区提古勒回答一个玩家的疑问时说:
There is a new version coming. They look similar to the Tauren but have the Buffalo-esque head.
新版本中他们看起来会像长着美洲野牛脑袋的牛头人。
[ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8202463061&pageNo=1&sid=2000#2 ]
然后我找到了下面那张图,据说是目前mpq里就有的模型。也许是没有全部做完,也许是动作还没调好吧。我们可以看到不只是头部重新制作,身体上的贴图也重新绘制出长毛的样子。牦牛人的头很大,看起来有点大头补丁的感觉 -_-,如果能开放给玩家选择会很有趣吧 -c- 蓝色那个造型看起来不错,棕色和黑色有点像老头……
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