RPGCrazied
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I just resubbed for firelands. It kinda sucks you have to like attune for this place, well you have to do some of the hyjal quests which I guess I didn't on the toon I want to do it with.
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Deputy Moonman
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The Hyjal quests weren't that bad though. Or at least it doesn't take that long to get through them. I was gone long enough that I missed out on all the new Stranglethorn Vale quests in addition to the new Fireland stuff. But I enjoyed the quick money and the black panther cub companion reward for doing them. Good stuff.
In other news, I started a goblin rogue just to try out the goblin starting area. I'm at level 8 and thinking about deleting the toon and just starting over again as Alliance for the benefit of being in my regular guild and all the leveling perks.
In other news, I started a goblin rogue just to try out the goblin starting area. I'm at level 8 and thinking about deleting the toon and just starting over again as Alliance for the benefit of being in my regular guild and all the leveling perks.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
RPGCrazied said:
there's no attunement for the raid. only for the daily zone.
I'm almost done with the firelands dailies, only 4 or 5 more days and i will finally have my fire hippogryph and all the rewards that might come with them.
I like Mylune's Call. Summoning grass, plants, animals all over the place! Also the item that transforms you into a druid of the flame is nice.
I like Mylune's Call. Summoning grass, plants, animals all over the place! Also the item that transforms you into a druid of the flame is nice.
GhostWriter24
Member
Holy fuuuuuuck 28 attempts on Lord Rhyolith tonight and we got him to 18% D= Our best attempt ever but I hate him so, so very much.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Dailies get old so fast. I'm still doing Tol Barad dailies for the 200 commendation mount... I hate TB now, lol.Bisnic said:
I'm getting a new phone today and my old phone has my authenticator on it. I have the restore/serial codes written down, but I don't know how the phone switch works. Do I need to remove the authenticator from my account first or when I download the new app will I be able to enter my restore code?
letsbereasonable
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Garryk said:
You used to have to remove your old code from b.net and then apply your new authenticator, but I think the new iOS version lets you restore your old code to your new mobile installation. I'm not sure if it's different on other platforms.
GhostWriter24
Member
That sucks, geez. I'm responsible for "driving" him, it's actually alot of fun.Dunlop said:
RPGCrazied
Member
Finally got to firelands. Man this place is fucking camped. Trying to find those ancient corehounds are annoying.
What's the easiest way to get the flying mount?
What's the easiest way to get the flying mount?
J-Roderton
Member
So I just started a blood elf rogue. This is only my second character I've played. I started it because I was getting a little burned out on leveling my dwarf hunter all the time. I'm a little confused as to what I should focus on as far as my stats go. With my hunter I would go for agility and stamina, so if my rogue is basically a melee damage dealer should I spec in strength or what?
I know I shouldn't have but I gave up on the daily quests a while ago. They started to remind me of what I hate about WoW. I know other people love them and that's ok but I really hate daily quests. It's an (in my mind) unreasonable carrot dangling over my head and I resent it for being there in the first place.
J-Roderton
Member
Miletius said:
I don't even know where to get daily quests. What is the point of them? I guess they give out a lot of XP or something?
Jroderton said:
They give out a regular amount of XP and/or gold. Mostly the point of them is to keep you doing something after you've reached level cap and need something to do in your spare time. A lot of the time they unlock special rewards (gear, cosmetic items like pets, or more daily quests) after you've done so many of them.
I think it's a good idea in concept but it's one of those things for me -- I don't want to be forced to log in every day in order to maximize my rewards. So, the min/maxer in me wants to login every day, but the realist in me says: we don't have time/ or we shouldn't log in just to jump through that hoop. It's an irrational cognizance in me, I know, but it's still there.
Edit: Beaten to the punch.
J-Roderton
Member
I'm sure I'll find out all about them when I one day hit the level cap. I'm at a crawling pace toward 50 right now. I don't see how everyone levels so fast.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Miletius said:
I never really needed them as a source of money (sure the extra gold is fine though), but only used them for the rep or other rewards. I grind that crap out as quickly as possible and I never have to deal with the quests again unless I'm short on cash or a quest is generally just fun/no-brainer to do whilst doing other things. Once you have a large enough pool of gold paired with the proper professions, you can just sort of work the auction house off of that.
The only time you would be strapped for cash is if you bought a BoE epic or BoE epic crafting materials, for example. For general usage, you could live off 10-20k for months without having to replenish gold.
Deputy Moonman
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This is so true. They take a while to get done. If no one is around to thin out mobs, it's easy to get overwhelmed, and the they respawn lightning quick. It's annoying when you can't even finish looting because things keep repopping on you. And as an added bonus, sometimes you even get ganked! Awesome.suzu said:
That's funny, after I got my character exalted with all the Daily Quest grinds, the only ones I still bothered to do was Tol Barad. I like how they're all confined to that island so it's a quick circuit, I like how the humanoids give a ton of clothe, it's cool actually getting to see other players outside of raids or SW/Org (sometimes even grouping up with them to do quests faster), and it's refreshing to actually have a place in the game to show off your favorite ground mount.suzu said:
J-Roderton
Member
So, I'm a hunter 48 and I'm Searing Gorge. Every quest that has given me rewards for the past few days, the gear is pretty much worthless to me. I'm supposed to spec in agility and stamina and every item I can choose from takes points away from those things. WTF? Is this normal or what. I need better gear.
Jroderton said:
You should queue for random dungeons in between questing. Maybe try moving to a new zone? I think Tanaris and Ungoro Crater are good for your level.
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Jrmint said:
Oh I do both. It's still annoying.
sykoex said:
I don't mind doing dailies in a pvp zone. I just hate how everything takes forever to die.
J-Roderton
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suzu said:
Are dungeons the best place for me to find gear? Sorry for the dumb questions but, again, I'm still fairly new to all of this.
Jroderton said:
Yeah, just queue for a random dungeon while you're running around doing stuff. A little window will pop up when you find a group and ask you to join. It will automatically teleport you there when everybody accepts.
It's good for finding "blue/rare" gear and gaining exp. Make sure you pick up any dungeon quests you see. When your group kills a boss it drops some random equipment. Click the "Need" button that will pop up if you actually need the gear. Otherwise just hit "Greed" on everything. At the end of the random dungeon (after you kill the final boss) you get a goodie bag in your inventory. Afterwards you can just leave the party (right click on your portrait) or go back and hand in the dungeon quests. When you leave, the game will drop you off wherever you were last time when you were questing.
If anybody gives you crap about how you are playing just tell them you're new to the game. Most people will try to explain or help you out. Since you're a hunter make sure you turn off "Growl" on your pet bar (so it won't take aggro from the tank).
Paragon VS Ragnaros 25man Heroic
http://youtu.be/owI0MSopcs0
http://youtu.be/owI0MSopcs0
CarbonatedFalcon
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Einchy said:
Beat MMO-Champ to the punch!
Watching it now - excited to see how this encounter plays out in the latter stages with all the NPCs and Ragnaros strolling about.
Mid-View Edit: Really digging that proximity display UI element. Anyone know if that's standalone or is bundled with some other mod? Seems like it would be really useful for the people who just don't get how to spread out - over and over again. More visual than the DBM range text.
CarbonatedFalcon
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suzu said:
I guess that's just a case of me not having played in awhile then. I'm thinking about hopping back into the game for a bit to check out the Molten Front and maybe hop into Firelands after I finish my current EVE kick (interesting game with some unique systems designs for an MMO, but flawed) and/or return to school.
At the least I'd probably wrap up enough quests on my main for The Seeker title (one of the better titles IMO) if not finish Loremaster. I already have Cataclysm and Northrend down. What I have left in Outland wouldn't be too bad, and all the lowbie zones is just a matter of powering through. Could finish up a few of the easier reps I have left while I'm at it (e.g. Skyguard, Ogri'La) - I already have The Exalted.
If not that, I can finish leveling my Mage and Paladin both of which are 69/70. Leveled those quite evenly and it was kind of fun doing different zones with them. I think they were both in Howling Fjord when I last left off since I can't stand most of Borean Tundra for various reasons. Level those and abuse the AH even more with the 2 new professions I hadn't had before on them (with the mage as a second/backup Alchemist as well.)
This is all speculative of course, assuming the Diablo 3 beta doesn't consume me instead.
MattPeters
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Heroic Rag looks brutal, and such a long fight. Great video again by Paragon.
Poor Laziel released seconds before the kill lol.
Poor Laziel released seconds before the kill lol.
GhostWriter24
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lol @ the one asshole after they kill it who says STOP SPAMMING! in /general as everyone on the server is wishing them congratulations.Einchy said:
wonderdung
Member
Einchy said:
Ugh. Great vid, but 15-20 minute fights are soul-crushing. For the eventual nerf Blizzard should just make phase 4 a separate fight.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Since I've been away from the game for a while, I decided to go check on Jadefang for the chance at getting another companion. My npc_scan went off and I was all excited till I remembered that there is no way to get to him without the specific daily quest, which wasn't being offered today. Doh.
The problem is that the whole reason most people are doing dailies is to make gold, and or to earn a certain amount of badges/commendations for gear, pets, and mounts. And most people would like to get their items sooner than later. So by cutting out half of the dailies, you are doubling the time it will take to get the items you want, which means more days of grinding. Doing fewer dailies isn't really a solution. Better to do a slightly longer grind each day than to double the days of doing them.Jrmint said:
Yep. Knowing a fight takes that long to finish completely removes any desire to even try it. Length of an encounter does not really add to the fun factor for me or add to the epicness of an encounter. Yuck.wonderdung said:
So I tried doing Shannox in a 10 man pug yesterday. Did pretty good, got to 6%, then it kinda fell apart as people needed to leave for other raids. The fight isn't that bad actually as long as everyone avoids traps and no one gets ice tombed. Luckily I'm not a tank so I don't have to worry about much. Question though, what's the stacking debuff that the tank has to get off? Also, we just burned rage face down, boss to 35, then killed the last dog. Is that how everyone does it?
The stacking debuff only increases damage taken, and has to run out by keeping riplimb and shannox separated as long as possible after the spear has been thrown (since neither the dog or shannox can renew the stack then).
But yeah, burn facerage down, and kill riplimb when shannox is at 35%.
But yeah, burn facerage down, and kill riplimb when shannox is at 35%.
Sax Russel
Banned
Einchy said:
Fight looks great, but I'm kind of disappointed Malfurion, Cenarius, and Hamuul just show up and afk off to the side casting something occasionally. Could have had them at least running around and dropping/casting their buffs or beating on Rag, Maiev style!
Alex
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I've never been terribly huge on Blizzard's narrative work, but everything post-launch Northrend/Archerus has completely lost me. To me it all just sounds like it was penned by marketers rather than writers. It's good when it's focusing on humor but when they're trying to be serious, I cringe. They're trying too hard to be cinematic and "cool" and the rest comes off as uninspired filler. Also, really, at this point fuck dragons god I am so sick of different colors of dragons.
I have the same issues with StarCraft II leading me to believe it's probably just Metzen, but at least it there we had pretty good acting and some interesting world building (and no dragons). Cataclysm sure did faceplant on the world building, though, hard.
It's a treat to go back to Northrend and see how hard the environment artists slaved on that continent and how it all gorgeously melds together... then you go back to nu-Azeroth and it's like...BLARGH.
I have the same issues with StarCraft II leading me to believe it's probably just Metzen, but at least it there we had pretty good acting and some interesting world building (and no dragons). Cataclysm sure did faceplant on the world building, though, hard.
It's a treat to go back to Northrend and see how hard the environment artists slaved on that continent and how it all gorgeously melds together... then you go back to nu-Azeroth and it's like...BLARGH.