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devildog820
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suzu said:
Normal is only easy if people don't fuck up their SoF assignments.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Just saying, "everything is easy" is not constructive at all; the only purpose of announcing it is either getting a shot in at the poster or bragging. Maybe, just maybe, his guild isn't as good as yours.suzu said:
suzu said:
Like a bajillion games have gone F2P, take a break from wow until 4.3
I got sick of the game once they made FL raids to the point where breathing was a prerequisite to beating it (ok slight exaggeration), MMO's are easy by nature as they want to keep you on the hook with monthly subs but I did enjoy the challenge when first taking down bosses.
Joined Rift on the $10 Steam sale..LOVED it..Hit 50 and realized I don't want to do the steps to make myself raid ready (great game imho, like someone else's take on wow)
Started playing DC Universe Online (F2P)
Once 4.3 comes around if I resubb, WOW will seem like a whole new game
Not to turn this into a Rift thread, but I've been enjoying it too for the last couple months. One thing I'll point out is that getting to the point where you are 'raid ready' is actually pretty fun/simple. The T1/T2 dungeons are pretty awesome, and I love how they expand on the leveling dungeons to make them more meaty/challenging. You can also do level 45-50 zone events for gear, which I also enjoyed. In short, even if you don't plan to raid (i'm not sure whether I'm going to), it might be worth gearing up since the process was pretty entertaining. You can also just buy/craft upgrades and get 'raid ready' very quickly, but where is the fun in that?
I'm guessing 4.3 will release in early/mid Dec. If they release it in November, people will be bored of it long before SWTOR comes out. When it releases will be a strategic decision, not based on how bored everyone is of 4.2 unfortunately.
I'm guessing 4.3 will release in early/mid Dec. If they release it in November, people will be bored of it long before SWTOR comes out. When it releases will be a strategic decision, not based on how bored everyone is of 4.2 unfortunately.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think I got to level 9 before I got bored of the environments and quit. Let's not forget I bought this at launch, so I paid full retail. =/ I just didn't like it, but different strokes.Rokal said:
I don't think you'll see a mid-december release for 4.2 at all. That would miss the Darkmoon Faire and there really isn't enough left to test on the PTR to sustain that schedule. 2 or 3 more weeks seems more like what I'd expect since the only issue now is that the bosses are supposedly not tuned up. I have a sneaking suspicion they are as tuned as Blizzard wants them (i.e. 10 man WLK level tuned), but people don't realize Blizzard is doing that yet.
Angry Grimace said:
I was in the same boat as you, actually. I think I made it to 18 or so when it launched, and I quit after less than a month. I enjoyed it more the second time around, but I never had problems with the environments.
An under-tuned Deathwing raid would be very disappointing, especially if MoP is a long way off. If they are just testing mechanics/bugs, wouldn't it make more sense to let people test an easier version so you know they are moving through the fight? I don't see why they would tune the 4.3 raids easy if they're adding LFR in the same patch.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I just have a suspicion. They're back to the "Everyone should see content" song and dance from back in WLK when they had a really good raiding model going.Rokal said:
I suppose they could tune them back up, but for the most part, all the legitimate feedback they get on those bosses tends to be from guilds that could already smash it on release anyways.
You put the people least likely to fuck up/has stuns or knockbacks on the short side, and on sons closest to the hammer, right?
We have this typed out so ppl won't say they got their assignments wrong or whatever:
12 Hammer 345678 (flip this around for the other side)
1234 Hammer 5678
If it's always the same people messing it up... I dunno. lol.
When we did it people kept messing up on the meteor phase.
I'm the last person who'd ever think about bragging about my guild. lol.
We have this typed out so ppl won't say they got their assignments wrong or whatever:
12 Hammer 345678 (flip this around for the other side)
1234 Hammer 5678
If it's always the same people messing it up... I dunno. lol.
When we did it people kept messing up on the meteor phase.Well that wasn't my intent at all! It was an honest question. I'm sorry to everybody.Angry Grimace said:
I'm the last person who'd ever think about bragging about my guild. lol.
Oh yeah, I'm only logging in to raid once a week at this point. lol. I've been playing other things (non-MMO). :]Dunlop said:
RPGCrazied
Member
Human male model is the worst. My rogue was that, and I couldn't take it anymore and turned him into a Blood Elf.
I must be the only one who doesn't care about updated character models. I can understand the dissatisfaction with the differences between the newer developed races and the original, but the last MMO I played that revamped their character models later into the game's life I was pretty unhappy with it (EQ)
wonderdung
Member
Mairu said:
Naw, I was surprised to hear talk about this at Blizzcon. I don't really care if they do it, but it's not like it will make the game any better. I'm more interested in tangible improvements, which as far as I can tell mostly should involve undoing a bunch of Cataclysm changes.
Different topic: I get my orange staff Monday night... yay
DeathNote said:So many of the models were trash to begin with and now they are outdated trash:
I took a screen shot of a zoomed in screen shot.
Who the hell would create that face model and expect people to use it?
That's a bit disingenuous since the texture quality is basically at 0 as well. yeah the models are a bit chunky, but they don't look bad. I also recall the EQ debacle. People underestimate how big an impact new models can have. Your cahracter will NEVER look the same.
Oni Link 666
Member
I guess the rumor comes from Anne Stickney's post about how Monks use all these crazy animations that all the other characters can't do. I suppose they could update them and have awesome animations like the Pandaren OR they could just use the same damn rigs they've been using since day 1 and have less awesome animations for everyone who isn't a Pandaren.
Updating the models and bone structures of all the races is a much bigger job than it sounds like. It would mean redoing every single character animation for every race. All those dances. All those rubbing your hands together animations. All those floaty getting in a vehicle jumps. My BE Hunter girl's backwards bow shooting animation. All of that shit. Also all those dances they've done for the dance studio (lol) would also go to waste.
Updating the models and bone structures of all the races is a much bigger job than it sounds like. It would mean redoing every single character animation for every race. All those dances. All those rubbing your hands together animations. All those floaty getting in a vehicle jumps. My BE Hunter girl's backwards bow shooting animation. All of that shit. Also all those dances they've done for the dance studio (lol) would also go to waste.
Alex
Member
After the things they announced with Mists, new character and armor models would be number one on my wishlist. I'd love to see Gnomes with Goblin like detail and I'd like to see new styles of gear that aren't just textures stapled to generic models from classic/BC.
I think most of the animation is fine as is. Personally, I do not care for the over-animated style of Worgen/Pandaren. Touch ups, sure, but redoing everything would be an incredible waste for my tastes.
I think most of the animation is fine as is. Personally, I do not care for the over-animated style of Worgen/Pandaren. Touch ups, sure, but redoing everything would be an incredible waste for my tastes.
Angry Grimace said:
We're decent players but I have one person (a tank, no less) in my guild who just can't focus on her add. And then she likes to call out "well so and so's got through!" and everyone knows that's not the case. (She's one of the "I'm never, ever, ever wrong" people.)
When we do manage to get through the first set of adds we do well until the second transition where (usually) said tank just can't handle her job. -_- I'm sure we'll eventually get it but we're in no way hardcore or "progression" and it's no fun for anyone to wipe at the same part 47 times a night.
Anno said:
Where did this rumour come from? All they've officially said is that they're going to do it at some stage but gave no indication when.
Rambaldi said:
Drop her or tell her to step her shit up. People who aren't willing to learn or accept their mistakes are just a drag on guilds and groups in general.
awwyeahgurrl said:
I think the rumor started because people can't see how all of the current models can pull off all of the punching and kicking and rolling animations that the new monk class will have.
I guess I don't really care strongly if they don't update them, I just think it would be a good idea. It may even allow for different armor looks. Plus, maybe they can give melee classes some additional attack animations, which right now are a little lacking in variety at times. I just look at how pretty and nicely animated I am in kitty/bear form and wish that could be carried over to everyone.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Some cool new info on mmo-champion: World Event Pets No Longer Bound on Pick Up and Guild Master Dethrone in Patch 4.3 lol. The world event pets will be nice for me because I think i've missed children's week every single year since I started playing this game. It's basically why I don't have a violet protodrake yet, too.
This. If you don't do something, frustrated guild members will jump ship.awwyeahgurrl said:
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
Glad to see that they're finally looking at item level squishing. The way stats have scaled with every expansion has been silly.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2541-The-Great-Item-Squish-(or-Not)-of-Pandaria
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2541-The-Great-Item-Squish-(or-Not)-of-Pandaria
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Chop a 0 off the end of all the numbers and tell the playerbase to stop bitching
Interfectum
Member
Angry Grimace said:
They should patch in the new numbers in the 5.0 patch before the expansion hits. Players will bitch a bit until the expansion comes out with armor buffs. Everyone will go back to normal.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Aha that's funny. made me laughBisnic said:
Oni Link 666
Member
I have like 8 Sinister Squashlings in my bank. I decided to keep them after hearing all pets will become tradable in Pandaria.
Alex
Member
I like stats so the shit can look like Disgaea for all I care. It's not really important one way or another though, but the way they want to squish things seems like it'll just rise back up, in the end.
I did find the suggestion that due to the new talent revision that maybe they won't bother this expansion though, as it may be too hard for some players to grasp, to be really funny though.
I did find the suggestion that due to the new talent revision that maybe they won't bother this expansion though, as it may be too hard for some players to grasp, to be really funny though.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Mr Nash said:
Cataclysm is definitely the worst offender. Especially with only 5 new levels compared to 10.
Bisnic said:
This type of bug seems somewhat likely (and would be hilarious.)
Number squish would be awesome. I'm sure it's just preconceived notions of what these numbers should be like, but it's kinda watching 5 and 6 digit numbers fly everywhere.
Really though Blizzard brings this on themselves every time they insist that lvl 81 greens are >>>> lvl 80 raid epics. That shit is every bit as dumb.
Really though Blizzard brings this on themselves every time they insist that lvl 81 greens are >>>> lvl 80 raid epics. That shit is every bit as dumb.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=eBvLnEqWaRk
Win (video shows the new Levitation for priests in which you no longer just run while floating, you just glide around everywhere like a ghost.)
Win (video shows the new Levitation for priests in which you no longer just run while floating, you just glide around everywhere like a ghost.)
They already explained why they do that, though.Anno said:
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
4.3 is apparently now on the background downloader. Not a big deal, nor does it indicate release is imminent, so don't froth at the mouth quite yet.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
It started a 30 gig download for me... i dont think thats how big the patch is supposed to be, right?
the one im actually downloading appears to be 15 gig.
the one im actually downloading appears to be 15 gig.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's not nearly that large either. The entirety of my World of Warcraft folder is something like 33GB, which covers three expansions + multiple content patches.davepoobond said:
Heck, Uncharted 2 wasn't even 25 GB and the expansions come on single DL DVDs.
Castor Krieg
Banned
So I came back, leveled to 85 in less than a week, did every Cata quest in new zones, having fun once again.
I can't go raiding due to lack of time - pls pls pls pls LFR, don't suck.
Other than that I'm happy to discover new things I can do alone - Molten Front dailies and working on Meta achievement is awesome, I hope they bring something like that for 4.3.
Also, really tempted to race change from BE to Goblin, can't stand BEs anymore. >.<
I can't go raiding due to lack of time - pls pls pls pls LFR, don't suck.
Other than that I'm happy to discover new things I can do alone - Molten Front dailies and working on Meta achievement is awesome, I hope they bring something like that for 4.3.
Also, really tempted to race change from BE to Goblin, can't stand BEs anymore. >.<
B-Dex said:
At least in the early levels (and from what I've read on the forums this also extends to higher levels) Warlocks seem to be a bit more in-depth, whereas Mages might be more straight forward. I like my Warlock so far, but then I like pet classes and a massive number of DoTs running on multiple enemies at once.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
BGs unusually hot tonight for me in the 50-54 bracket as horde. Won at least 8 or so in a row now.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Angry Grimace said:
idk man, it must be counting the whole game's size or something. it says i download 14.7 gb of 15.5 or whatever.