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FieryBalrog
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I think I spammed Smite for the first 20-25 levels or so.Remember when the fastest way to level was pick up wand spec and rely on wands, bubble, and SW. So much fun!
I DO remember picking up a wand really late, like level 30 or so, and having to go back and grind my fucking wand skill on low level mobs until it caught up to my current level. And getting really excited every time my wand skill leveled up after that.
Getting shadowform was an immense moment for me (it used to look like the current glyphed version, I remember when they changed it to the current regular version, I loved the change so much). Level 40 & 41 were so exciting, lol.
Alex
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WoW would be a lot more timeless visually if the attention to detail and texture quality that popped up in WOTLK was the standard the whole way, it's kind of messy before then. BC was a hop and had the art direction but there was something in WOTLK where the art became much more represented
What would be the biggest upgrade for the games visuals is making it possible to avoid vanilla era assets entirely. Destruction of Theramore just screams 2004 in all the bad ways, it looks downright silly next to the tech upgrades and modern art in the rest of the expansion. They should really work on kits for things they don't have with updated textures and art, like all that rubble and stonework.
What would be the biggest upgrade for the games visuals is making it possible to avoid vanilla era assets entirely. Destruction of Theramore just screams 2004 in all the bad ways, it looks downright silly next to the tech upgrades and modern art in the rest of the expansion. They should really work on kits for things they don't have with updated textures and art, like all that rubble and stonework.
FieryBalrog
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Wrath is where they really perfected the "living cartoon/painting" for a lot of the zones. Howling Fjord to this day is one of the most amazing looking zones they pulled off.
A lot of vanilla was too coarse for this to carry through well. Sometimes they still did a bang-up job, like with STV.
A lot of vanilla was too coarse for this to carry through well. Sometimes they still did a bang-up job, like with STV.
Ive played the game off and on since 2004 but I've never really played priest or warlock, but I imagine that I could handle them at max level since I'm fairly familiar with their mechanics. I think I might try Tauren paladin.
fizzelopeguss
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before i use my scroll, i'm thinking of boosting a mage. My usual classes are melee (have a dk and pally) you reckon a mage would be a good change of pace for me?
sazzy
Member
go druid. if you don't like caster mechanics with balance, you can always go back to melee with feral.
disclaimer- i love my boomkin so i may be biased lol
Personally, as a melee guy, I like Shaman and Warlock range over Priest, Druid, and Mage.
Shaman and Druid would be smart bets since they can do melee, but I personally didn't really like Druid range.
sazzy
Member
:O
edit- i tried playing enhancement but it really didn't grow on me. im always worrying about lightning orbs and if my totems are near enough/active. its a huge distraction.
You can glyph lightning shield to not have to worry about it at all.
sazzy
Member
i only got to level 45 i think.. i dont even remember what i put in as my first glyph set. its been a few months since i played my shammy.
i'll keep that in mind next time i log in.
sazzy
Member
lol i see shammys doing that all the time
is resto shammy easy?
resto druid is pretty chill.
FieryBalrog
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Don't play Druid caster DPS unless you like hearing a manbearpig screaming all the time.
sazzy
Member
My priest takes a very short time to level, especially through dungeons with BoAs. So good.
It's the fucking easiest thing in the world
Enhancement is so easy. My SHaman is enh at level 70 and I just LOOK at something and it dies, and once I get damaged a bit, i cast my 1 second heal and it gives me back half my health
Why is my main not a shaman
Don't boost a mage. Mages are fun. Mage is 81, would not take back the leveling.
Boost:
Warrior
Rogue
Druid
DK
those are all boring
CarbonatedFalcon
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Maybe I'm just biased not having gotten very far with either, but I think Rogue and Warlock are two of the shittiest classes to level. Paladin may be up there at least for questing, not sure (I do have one at ~70). Leveling Rogue in Battlegrounds is pretty entertaining though. Subtlety can one-shot a lot of the time on any non-heirloomed people, even without heirlooms yourself.
Hunter I'm not sure how it is now, I don't remember - it was my second 80 and I haven't touched a Hunter in a very long time (e.g. Haven't touched one for more than 10 minutes after the Mana > Focus change.)
Hunter I'm not sure how it is now, I don't remember - it was my second 80 and I haven't touched a Hunter in a very long time (e.g. Haven't touched one for more than 10 minutes after the Mana > Focus change.)
As someone that randomly enjoys priest leveling more than any other class, I just wanted to add that discipline is a faster, much more powerful, and safer leveling spec than shadow, at least until 85.
Also, resto shaman, like most specs in the game is easy to pick up, but difficult to absolutely master. I've mained a resto shaman since vanilla, and I noticeably out-perform other, more geared shamans regularly. Healing successfully in general is a pretty easy thing, with lots of room for error, but absolutely perfect healing play is much more difficult, making for a high skill cap.
Also, resto shaman, like most specs in the game is easy to pick up, but difficult to absolutely master. I've mained a resto shaman since vanilla, and I noticeably out-perform other, more geared shamans regularly. Healing successfully in general is a pretty easy thing, with lots of room for error, but absolutely perfect healing play is much more difficult, making for a high skill cap.
Maybe it buckled under the weight of people asking "How do I get to Pandaland" every 15 seconds in SW...
/facepalm
sazzy
Member
So many pandas on the top of the starting temple for the scroll quest... i give up lol.
And what's with all the players saying they have 60 fps on ultra? I have a gtx 560ti with 8gb of ram and a 3.2ghz AMD quadcore and i get 20 over there with so many people. What kind of freaking computer do they have?
And what's with all the players saying they have 60 fps on ultra? I have a gtx 560ti with 8gb of ram and a 3.2ghz AMD quadcore and i get 20 over there with so many people. What kind of freaking computer do they have?
Leveling tailoring sucks. I need like 800 silk to move on
You poor bastard, you haven't even gotten to the worst part yet. Try not to kill yourself when you get to Frostweave.
Pro tip for Netherweave: Normal Blood Furnace.
Yeah I don't even wanna think about the later levels haha. Enchanting won't be too hard with all the tailoring stuff I can DE plus drops while cloth farming right? Or am I vastly underestimating the mats required for this as well?
Nah enchanting isn't too bad as long as you're DE'ing everything. The only annoying parts are the rods.
CarbonatedFalcon
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If you've ever done the Mag'har grind, you'll never want to see Netherweave cloth again. Besides that, I don't know if it's just the way I play in Outland, or there happen to be a ton of humanoid mobs there, but I always end up swimming in more Netherwave than I know what to do with whenever I go there.
Getting Frostweave is definitely more painful by comparison - fewer humanoids and a lower drop rate.
Getting Frostweave is definitely more painful by comparison - fewer humanoids and a lower drop rate.
sazzy
Member
you can get a bagful of frostweave stacks pretty quick around the icc plain.
look for the corrupted hero mobs.
edit- see the post below as well
yeah dont remember if theyre corrupted or converted .. but they go in a straight line formation and look like they have several hula hoops around 'em
look for the corrupted hero mobs.
edit- see the post below as well
yeah dont remember if theyre corrupted or converted .. but they go in a straight line formation and look like they have several hula hoops around 'em
Frostweave is ridiculously easy to farm for though. Icecrown has an area with big groups of undead mobs, converted hero, that are easily aoe'd and respawn fast.
^beaten
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I have 8 85s and never got to 525 Tailoring. I think I'm supposed to just do the Dreamcloth stuff, but I never once have wanted any dreamcloth, so it's kind of awkward.
You can, but you can also just go from making Cataclysm greens to Cataclysm PVP blues.
SillyEskimo
Member
It's like a game within a game! I did ctr V and clicked on visible health bars until I got it. Then I made a druid to see the talent tree and skills in action
I have some crazy screenshots of thousands of pandas standing in 1 spot!
sazzy
Member
that sucks
i havent been playing with my guild lately and a few days ago i logged in to see the guild motd saying 'we're merging with a lvl 25 guild. pst to one of officers for an invite to the new guild'.
i havent heard from anyone still
My guild does that but after 30 days because there's a perpetual flow of users coming in.
I lost honored
FieryBalrog
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Wouldn't you have to send a tell to one of the officers? /confusedthat sucks
i havent been playing with my guild lately and a few days ago i logged in to see the guild motd saying 'we're merging with a lvl 25 guild. pst to one of officers for an invite to the new guild'.
i havent heard from anyone still
sazzy
Member
ive logged on several times since then and didnt see them online. so just sent mail.
nothing yet..
FieryBalrog
Member
omg, log into my character in SW and get hit by Yogg-Saron's laugh, I was creeped the fuck out before I realized it was probably part of April Fools
Target dummies, noxxic.com.
Deadly Boss Mods April Fools, it has it in the code.
heh, tattoo of a skull and a tramp stamp. guess she really did go wild after theramore was destroyed.
april fool's i guess, must've taken some time to put together