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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Heroic version had no drop because Thundercall is a trash drop and there are no "heroic" trash drops in raids or dungeons.IsayFever said:
It makes the regular version's drop seem really low since there's such a low chance of it dropping from an individual mob.
AdventureRacing
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Most people i knew suggested STV, however i found that it was way too long. Such a major chunk of my 1-60 experience was taken up by STV. Their pretty good zones but you will be skipping a lot of other areas if you go there.
RaySpencer
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Ok, so im very stupid.
Basically my 8k figure was from my just hitting a targeting dummy, unbuffed.
Yeah Im really that stupid
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So, Ive taken the time, to look through some of the gear I should have had through quests in Twilight Highlands, and the trinkets I should have. Luckily I kept my PvE trinkets so Im good there (and I have a rare world drop Figurine Jeweled Serpent thats pretty awesome). Ive also looked at the rep stuff I should get, and it looks like it would be a little better than my Bloodthirsty stuff, but thats only 3 pieces (4 if you include the crafted belt I guess). I think im actually in a pretty good place gear wise.
I will listen to your advice though, and go through some Heroic Dungeons. Fully buffed I have no doubt I will be getting at least 13k.
My Feral Druid buddy was standin next to me as we fooled around on these targeting dummy's too, hes got a little better gear than me,and he was just hitting 8.5 or so, and the last Baradin Hold I did with him, he was at least 12k with worse gear than he has now. So im not sure why I was so stupid, and didnt take that into account, haha.
Edit: I should also add that the whole "10k in quest greens" thing was actually true for me during very specific times while leveling. I remember when I was 84 and maybe not exactly all just quest greens, but pretty bad gear none the less. I was Demon spec at the time, and while running Lost City of Tol'Vir with a few cooldowns and tossing out a bunch of AoE I hit around 11k a couple times, and was very happy. haha. Most of the dungeons I would run I would sit between 6 and 8k though, which for a Demon spec lock thats not 85 and in pretty standard gear from quests and the occasional Dungeon drop wasnt horrible. I wasnt often the best DPS in the group, but I was never the worst.
So basically, I think I made a snap reaction to my new spec and came and posted here, now that Ive calmed down and remembered some stuff, I think everything will be ok. haha.
Basically my 8k figure was from my just hitting a targeting dummy, unbuffed.
Yeah Im really that stupid
. So, Ive taken the time, to look through some of the gear I should have had through quests in Twilight Highlands, and the trinkets I should have. Luckily I kept my PvE trinkets so Im good there (and I have a rare world drop Figurine Jeweled Serpent thats pretty awesome). Ive also looked at the rep stuff I should get, and it looks like it would be a little better than my Bloodthirsty stuff, but thats only 3 pieces (4 if you include the crafted belt I guess). I think im actually in a pretty good place gear wise.
I will listen to your advice though, and go through some Heroic Dungeons. Fully buffed I have no doubt I will be getting at least 13k.
My Feral Druid buddy was standin next to me as we fooled around on these targeting dummy's too, hes got a little better gear than me,and he was just hitting 8.5 or so, and the last Baradin Hold I did with him, he was at least 12k with worse gear than he has now. So im not sure why I was so stupid, and didnt take that into account, haha.
Edit: I should also add that the whole "10k in quest greens" thing was actually true for me during very specific times while leveling. I remember when I was 84 and maybe not exactly all just quest greens, but pretty bad gear none the less. I was Demon spec at the time, and while running Lost City of Tol'Vir with a few cooldowns and tossing out a bunch of AoE I hit around 11k a couple times, and was very happy. haha. Most of the dungeons I would run I would sit between 6 and 8k though, which for a Demon spec lock thats not 85 and in pretty standard gear from quests and the occasional Dungeon drop wasnt horrible. I wasnt often the best DPS in the group, but I was never the worst.
So basically, I think I made a snap reaction to my new spec and came and posted here, now that Ive calmed down and remembered some stuff, I think everything will be ok. haha.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Destro is only second to hunters in DPS right now.SquirrelNuckle said:
Warlock and Hunter the FOTM DPS classes, although very few people seem to actually have warlocks. There's a lot of mages still stuck on the easiness of Arcane, even if it does less damage.
RaySpencer
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SquirrelNuckle said:
The problem is I still really like Demon for dailies and just general solo stuff.
It seems to be Affliction = PvP, Demon = Solo, Destro = Raids. I dont have room for all 3
.You can decide when you hit a one line macroBisnic said:
I don't know how to check for a buff then say something.
Rather than wasting an input I guess you could make a modifier version of a common spell you'd use during the buff.
Is this for duels only? The other faction can't read it.
cuevas. PhD.
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Had a guy PM me asking me to stand still so he could take a screenshot of me. It was nice for someone to ask that so I did. He spent the next 30 minutes asking me questions about druids. I'm a paladin.
cuevas. PhD.
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I can't stand still in the game, I don't like to just idle in cities so if I'm in game I jump or fly to everything.
I can't figure out what something was. I checked live, DBM, and PTR.
I was in a party and all the dungeon adds had their own target/focus bars in the lower right side of the screen.
The noly mod I haven't checked is tidy plates, cause I feel like a dick leaving the group as soon as I get in, but that surely wouldn't be it.
I was in a party and all the dungeon adds had their own target/focus bars in the lower right side of the screen.
The noly mod I haven't checked is tidy plates, cause I feel like a dick leaving the group as soon as I get in, but that surely wouldn't be it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The type of macro you're talking about hasn't been possible since like 1.8.vilmer_ said:Does anyone know of a macro or addon where I can bind it to a /say when I steal a pallys wings? Ideally I'd like to have a phrase when I successfully steal it
An addon could do it, but I can't really fathom WHY you'd want to do that :lol
KernelPanic
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charlequin said:
I've seen both sides of the coin now. Been in bad groups where people are just massive fail and there's no way I can keep them up.
And I've been in good ones where everyone knows the fights and my workload as a healer is much easier because DPS don't do stupid things.
I'm still not quite used to Cata healing as a resto druid and I haven't done all the Heroics as a healer yet but so far as good. Only so much I can do.
KernelPanic
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Culex said:
Yeah that is the biggest change for me as a healer is trusting the rest of the group to do their part.
Healing is fairly new to me, it's the only role I have not played much and I've been around since launch. I imagine it'll be easier once I've done the fights with a good group so I'll know what to expect but when the entire group goes down to 25% health and I blow my mana bar and all my cooldowns and they're still dying, then someone is really screwing up.
I've played with lots of newbies that once you explain the mechanics they generally get it after 1-2 attempts. But they admit they don't know what to do and ask. It's the people who say they are good and clearly don't know or don't care to do it right that make you leave the group and do something else because you are just wasting your time.
cuevas. PhD.
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Healing heroics is actually easier now. We are all used to wrath babies by now so you gotta have a CD ready for them or just accept the fact that they are idiots and let them die every fight. The reason I think it is easier now is because every class can do everything, there is no 1 role that any class is stuck in. Pallies have aoe heals, druids have big heals for tanks, etc.
I liked how Ulduar hard modes worked, where you had to do more than just switch it to heroic. I wonder why they went away from this model.
I liked how Ulduar hard modes worked, where you had to do more than just switch it to heroic. I wonder why they went away from this model.
KernelPanic
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cuevas said:
I think it's harder because all it takes is 1 moron to wipe the group. In most random PUGs I find there's usually at least 1 DPS I am healing almost as much as the tank.
If the fight is done by the book by a competent group almost all the incoming damage is predictable making it fairly easy for me to heal everyone calmly and efficiently.
It sucks blowing a good chunk of your mana bar and cooldowns keeping some idiot alive and not having these resources when you may need them in the last 20%.
SatelliteOfLove
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cuevas said:
Money, Dear Boy.
KernelPanic said:
That One Guy dies at the end of a pull. Especially if he's kiting. Kiting means "I don't need healing" by default <--- BM Hunter, Frost Mage, Hpriest veteran
I'm also mystified by people complaining about smooth healing times. It getting easier as people play better is common fucking sense. /boggle
cuevas. PhD.
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Outside of raids I rarely log in now. Maybe ill level my 1 alt but that'll probably happen when our guild is 22/3 or whenever there's no cap. I'm okay paying for just the raid content. Anyone else just done farming, leveling, and gearing up? Not much else to do even on the AH. I only have 50k gold but I think it will last me till 5.0.
Alex
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I was for awhile, but I'm doing an alt with a friend now and having a lot of fun. Looking forward to 4.1 although I hope 4.2 isnt far behind. We're still plugging away at hard modes which I very much enjoy.
Im more interested in the game now than I was in WOTLK around this point, that is for sure though. Even though I loved Ulduar, by the end of it I was so sick of the game I never even glanced at it until Cataclysm.
Our guild is a little more personal and open door with things, not to a ridiculous extent but I could quit a tier or two, come back, gear up and get back in.
If you feel like you're trapped though, then you should totally just quit, I mean that's not a good feeling to have a game bestow upon you. That's how dudes burn out and become bitter forum ragers :lol
Not like you couldn't come back and find another guild next time you want to play, unless you've got a big thing going with your current.
Im more interested in the game now than I was in WOTLK around this point, that is for sure though. Even though I loved Ulduar, by the end of it I was so sick of the game I never even glanced at it until Cataclysm.
Our guild is a little more personal and open door with things, not to a ridiculous extent but I could quit a tier or two, come back, gear up and get back in.
If you feel like you're trapped though, then you should totally just quit, I mean that's not a good feeling to have a game bestow upon you. That's how dudes burn out and become bitter forum ragers :lol
Not like you couldn't come back and find another guild next time you want to play, unless you've got a big thing going with your current.
I'm on the other side of things. I leveled up 3 characters to 85 on a server waiting for 4 friends to do heroics with then they all bailed a month ago. We would have recruited people for a 10 man raid. The only other people I know on another server have a tight 10 man and a raiding schedule I can't do. Dungeon finder doesn't interest me. Aside from bad players who can't down a boss, I don't like ninjas and people who roll on gear they already have. So I'm not gearing up to APP into a random raiding guild.Entropia said:
Right now me and 1 friend decided to level alliance alts to experience the new content there.
This goes along with an earlier post. I feel fucked without enough wow friends on X server and non-compatible schedules on another.
I guess I should probably transfer and 85 over to at least do heroics with that tight 10 man. Maybe once they start not needing gear I could go in for a few raid bosses. But... I really need to transfer all 3 of my characters. 1, I'm over the 50k cap. 2, they all work together to make gold and support each other with crafting.
Shits expensive tho. I transfered 3 to the server people bailed on 2 months ago.
Just thought I'd pop in and kinda introduce my character as I'm new to GAF!
Well I have a 82 N Elf hunter (Aloecia) and a 85 Goblin Mage (Growlith) both on Grim Batol EU. My Mage is newly levelled but it's already got some good gear etc including Vicious Glad Silk Trousers. I actually won them first time in BH haha.
I'm working on Lore Master just for the hell of it really and last night I completed the last few quests to earn me Loremaster of Cataclysm. Does anyone have any advice on a particular order to complete the remaining quests or any add ons to help out?
Well I have a 82 N Elf hunter (Aloecia) and a 85 Goblin Mage (Growlith) both on Grim Batol EU. My Mage is newly levelled but it's already got some good gear etc including Vicious Glad Silk Trousers. I actually won them first time in BH haha.
I'm working on Lore Master just for the hell of it really and last night I completed the last few quests to earn me Loremaster of Cataclysm. Does anyone have any advice on a particular order to complete the remaining quests or any add ons to help out?
Well... I can't say i'm enjoying my self a great deal.IsayFever said:Teach me your secrets sir, I want to be interested in wow again, I really really do. I just can't bring myself to login more than needed for raids
I leveled my wotlk 80 DK with JC/Mining to 85 as soon as cat hit. Then I level a goblin warrior with eng/blacksmithing from 1 to 85 with a friend.
While waiting for 4 people to catch up and do heroic with I wanted to take advantage of the alch/enchanting maelstrom crystal trick so I transfered a 70 rogue over that had 300 enchanting to level to 75. When I got both professions to 525 the trick was hotfixed. So, I just leveled the rogue to 85 and leveled a goblin shaman from 1-70 cause my friends still didn't all catch up yet.
Then they bailed.
So, the past few weeks all i've been doing is logging on for a few hours to play the AH with my high level mining/JC/blacksmithing/Alch combo and talk to my friend while he leveled a hunter alt.
The other day we decided to make alliance alts. Both are 24.
I'd rather be logging in 2 hours a night for raiding but it's not working out.
I'm quite the opposite, i really dont want to waste hours wiping on some boss while my casual guild is learning the raids. I just dont find what's fun in this. So I spend most of my days doing my heroic daily, argent tournament dailies for mounts, doing Sethekk Halls/Magister Terrace/Stratholme runs in hope of mount drops and some rep grinding for the Exalted title(only 3 left!) and with some Kalimdor Archaeology with this, hoping to see the "AQ" mount. Oh yeah, and if i have some time left, maybe BGs or Tol Barads for Honor points so i can buy some mounts too.
Yeah, surely you guessed that im trying to get the 100 mounts achievements. 85/100 now with nearly 10 left with the Tournament and Honor mounts alone. I'll get it... eventually.
My mage is only missing an epic helm, shoulders and weapons, so raids are far from a priority for me, especially with 4.1 not being so far away and will probably have some of the epics i'm missing. Sure i would love to see the whole raid instances and boss fights, but spending a whole evening wiping on 1 boss? No thanks.
Yeah, surely you guessed that im trying to get the 100 mounts achievements. 85/100 now with nearly 10 left with the Tournament and Honor mounts alone. I'll get it... eventually.
My mage is only missing an epic helm, shoulders and weapons, so raids are far from a priority for me, especially with 4.1 not being so far away and will probably have some of the epics i'm missing. Sure i would love to see the whole raid instances and boss fights, but spending a whole evening wiping on 1 boss? No thanks.
KernelPanic
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I'm only casually playing now since I get about an hour a day. Once my first child is born I will be quitting (probably for good).
I just have fun learning to be a healer in randoms now, might work on some achievements, get my Ambassador title etc.
Melee DPS tends to take more damage so I usually have to watch them more closely. Random groups tend to range DPS heavy in my battlegroup and there's always 1 guy that gets hit way more than the others. This is the guy standing in the fire and not moving etc.
As a healer you really learn to appreciate a good group and you have the best vantage point to see who the bad players are.
I just have fun learning to be a healer in randoms now, might work on some achievements, get my Ambassador title etc.
SatelliteOfLove said:
Melee DPS tends to take more damage so I usually have to watch them more closely. Random groups tend to range DPS heavy in my battlegroup and there's always 1 guy that gets hit way more than the others. This is the guy standing in the fire and not moving etc.
As a healer you really learn to appreciate a good group and you have the best vantage point to see who the bad players are.
cuevas. PhD.
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I actually enjoy the hours of wiping on hard modes. Ill like it even more when we down heroic nef on Monday and we get server spam. Seeing progress and finally downing a boss is awesome.
Back in the NES days hours of failing was a big part of the experience. These days you can do an easy mode console game in a few hours. There are still levels I haven't be on Super Mario Brothers 3.
I enjoying soloing content for mounts and doing other non raid stuff. That's a big part of the game.
But, I think only raiding when it's a cake walk is unfortunate. Working hard for a down is an awesome win.
I enjoying soloing content for mounts and doing other non raid stuff. That's a big part of the game.
But, I think only raiding when it's a cake walk is unfortunate. Working hard for a down is an awesome win.
The Lamonster
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Are any guilds at lvl 20 yet? If so, how common are they?
I really want that BOA helm.
I really want that BOA helm.
SiegfriedFM
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My guild isn't THAT hardcore and we're 19 currently.
SatelliteOfLove
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19 here. Entropy has slowed this down considerably (although it is nowhere NEAR Wrath levels, mind you).
No pain, no gain unless you mooch.
Bisnic said:
No pain, no gain unless you mooch.
The Lamonster
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Goddam. I need to find one of these high level guilds. Mine has been stuck at 12 forever.
However, once I get into a different guild, I get to grind rep for months and months. Yay.
However, once I get into a different guild, I get to grind rep for months and months. Yay.
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