I think it's kind of amazing that we're this close to Blizzcon without any big leaks. Aside from (most likely) the name of the expansion, everything else is a mystery. For the first time in a while I'm really excited about Blizzcon. At the same time, if the 4.3 PTR balance is any indication, it could just be Blizzard continuing to disappoint. I mean logically this expansion should be even more content starved than Cata, since they are making this expansion in 1/2 the time they spent on the past three, and they probably started late given how 'behind schedule' they seemed with Cata.
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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?"
Maybe they'll stop offering you the illusion of choice and just give you like 8 talent points that you can only spend on dumb shit like Hungering ColdTamanon said:
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I'll probably buy the ticket. I'm (morbidly) curious about what's been cooked up for this expansion. Otherwise the Diablo news will probably be worth it, and it'll be interesting if they unveil Heart of the Swarm multiplayer stuff.
Still, next Blizzcon will probably be a bigger deal, as hopefully we should be getting some info on Titan, and new, new Diablo and Starcraft stuff.
Still, next Blizzcon will probably be a bigger deal, as hopefully we should be getting some info on Titan, and new, new Diablo and Starcraft stuff.
RPGCrazied
Member
They sure do make it painfully obvious. World of Warcraft preview is so the trailer for the new expansion.
Subliminal
Member
RPGCrazied said:
The trailer would be in the opening ceremony, Preview would likely be some sort of panel with loads of info about it.
Subliminal said:
Yup. They'll announce and show a trailer for the new expansion during the opening ceremony and then talk all about it then.
Also, X-pac spoiler? http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/news/2011/october/petCodes.JPG lol
Freyjadour
Member
What's the tolerance for Vanilla private server talk around here? Asking this as someone who has had an active account since November 2004 and would happily play a retail Vanilla server if it were made available (never going to happen).
I figure as most of this content isn't even available anymore, there shouldn't be any qualms with it.
I figure as most of this content isn't even available anymore, there shouldn't be any qualms with it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Generally forbidden because it's content theft.Freyjadour said:
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You can't even get epic gems without running Dragon Soul a billion times, i.e. you're going to have to get on your alts and farm trash.DeathNote said:
HarryDemeanor
Member
Pandaren Marines! New Terran unit for SC2!Entropia said:
You know this brings up something. Is this the first expansion for WoW that hasn't been completely spoiled before announcement? I mean there is a chance the title might have been exposed but the content and what is happening has been really silent. The last several expansions got spoiled like 1-2 weeks before they got revealed before.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Fourth talent tree for each class imo
You know that'd
You know that'd
no, never.
Leveling a 42 Priest, man I don't know if I'm already running out of WoW steam or what cause I'm like not enjoying leveling my Shadow Priest at the moment, it's running slow. Disc isn't that much better for me.
Can someone give me a rotation for shadow cause frankly I think i'm doing something wrong.
Can someone give me a rotation for shadow cause frankly I think i'm doing something wrong.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
What spells do you even have a 42?G-Fex said:
The problem with leveling a priest is that priest DPS is almost as DOT based as Warlock, and the way things are balanced, it's super-awkward to try to DOT up regular questing mobs because they last too long to just get blown up with Mind Flay, but not long enough that it's anything but cumbersome to try to set up all your DoTs.
I'm assuming you have SWP, Mind Blast and Mind Flay at the least. Really, I would say you should just hit mobs with MB and then MF becuase it's probably going to be a waste of a global to set up SWP, Devouring Plague or VT on a Level 42 Quest mob.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I didn't even know you had Death at that level, you used to get it at 70. It's tedious, but it's going to be that way because Priest leveling is a tedious job at any level. Some classes suck more than others at leveling. I've never much cared for Rogue leveling at any level either.G-Fex said:
Angry Grimace said:
Yeah when I came back I found everything in the trees and powers are all switched around.
Yeah it's tedious but it's not as bad as leveling a rogue, still can't even finish leveling my old horde rogue.
Made a goblin shaman too, took forever to level her up and she's like 16, meh I don't feel like goinf further with her.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Does the Unburdened buff apply to that? I have epic flight on my Lvl 72 shaman and I hate dragonblight.DeathNote said:
Shaman is an easy class to level imo.G-Fex said:
RPGCrazied
Member
is the open ceremony free on the internet stream?
Syphon Filter
Member
Totally new to this and recently got the trial. Where is the store? My inventory is full!
Alex said:
I've been finding it hard lately to focus but that's not the game's fault it's mine.
Yeah, the world is fucking empty man.
Back then in 2008-9 or so you'd find other people questing and shit and get ganked.
I'd be surprised if I ever got fucking ganked ever.
I level my characters to their 50's and wasn't ganked once, I used to get ganked back then almost every other day.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Strafer said:
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
At which point we didn't have the money for mountsBisnic said:
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Tamanon said:
Hahahaha, I totally did that with my hunter in early Wrath. Got a PvP mount since I didn't have the money for an epic mount after the training (this being the first character I had leveled that high.)
Leveling through Outland and Northrend on ground mounts was a completely different experience too.
Bisnic said:
It was fun in the general sense of exploration fun -- I remember running through STV as a level 30ish character and it being the first real encounter I had with Alliance and a contested zone. Working with my guild to defend each other. There isn't much of the sense of mystery about WoW anymore, and I don't think any other MMO since then has been able to capture it in the same way (EQ and UO had it in spades though).
Current WoW is a much better game, but it loses a lot of it's charm when it loses it's mystery too. Plus back then I didn't understand anything about how the game worked.
Alex
Member
It did suck, class balance was horrible and end game was a wasteland but I still think the leveling was better balanced and designed back then.
I just prefer the grindy quests to the minigame marathon and there were lots of people and group quests and elite creatures and even normal mobs could be threatening, especially considering you rarely went into a new environment overpowering it like you do today.
But that's the sole highspot for me, even if it is kind of a big one. No one ever mentions the insane amount of annoying bugs this game had early on too. How fun it was to die as a Warlock with a Soulstone on and lose all bonus stamina. There was some Funcom level shit through 2006 or so.
I just prefer the grindy quests to the minigame marathon and there were lots of people and group quests and elite creatures and even normal mobs could be threatening, especially considering you rarely went into a new environment overpowering it like you do today.
But that's the sole highspot for me, even if it is kind of a big one. No one ever mentions the insane amount of annoying bugs this game had early on too. How fun it was to die as a Warlock with a Soulstone on and lose all bonus stamina. There was some Funcom level shit through 2006 or so.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Most of us call that grinding.Alucrid said:
Freyjadour
Member
Angry Grimace said:
Right then, back to other forums as that is a rather silly outlook for someone who has owned the content several times over and paid over a thousand dollars into a subscription system.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You've never owned the content.Freyjadour said:
Freyjadour
Member
Angry Grimace said:
There's probably an image out there to express the degree to which I'm rolling my eyes, but I'm too tired to go looking.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Just go look up "Rebirth server" and stop bitching about it here.Freyjadour said:
Alex
Member
Angry Grimace said:
Grinding isn't, by default, a bad word to me, though. I'm not looking to mash through the scenario here. I want to participate in a lot of combat, gathering, crafting, exploration, etc. I want to have to think and plan my way through situations at least once in awhile. That kind of grinding is only as good or bad as the designers make it.
Not looking for h4rdc0r3, but a good game world should have some danger and tension to it, at least that's what I think.
Personally, my idea of the mundane would be repetition without risk/reward or any meaningful mechanics driving the experience. Lately, that's certainly the best summary for Blizzard's questing where you trudge your deity across the empty land to do mini-games that would struggle to qualify as D-list in some oddball Little Big Planet game... At least until you hit 60 then you just fly over every object in the game.
They really should have found a way to make leveling more engaging and useful, even to veteran players, back when they redid Azeroth. Luckily, I don't need to level again, I've got the classes I like all finished up.... until they add another!
Syphon Filter
Member
Is there a way to put your pet away?