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But CRZ simulates what it was like to compete for resources when that was current content! lol.
Yeah I just need to get enough eggs for that new pet this year. Not sure if I will bother getting more to get some heirloom upgrades or not.
Robin64
Member
Didn't even see the items for sale on the vendor to do that, just some new weird eggs that you buy and set down for others to pick up and sell at 90% of the price you paid.
Edit: Mind, I did it on a < level 20 character because I don't have a sub right now, so maybe I just couldn't see the heirloom items.
Yeah was about to say.... That is exactly how I did it and I got all those achievements before CRZ was a thing lol. Was happy to get it out of the way all at once and never go back.
Though I think I have to do it now since I believe there is a new pet (or at least a pet I never got at some point).
Robin64
Member
I got all my Noblegarden achievements the first year it came out too, and I think it's busier now with CRZ than it was back then on my medium population realm. Didn't really bother me, mind, as you can see it didn't take long to get the pet and it's all I needed.
What I really miss, though, was recognising everyone running around. Even if it was crowded "back in the day", we all knew each other. Ah well.
What I really miss, though, was recognising everyone running around. Even if it was crowded "back in the day", we all knew each other. Ah well.
do you have the pink proto?
Robin64
Member
Yeah. That was actually how I got the epic flying back then. Didn't have the money, but I could go for that at least. Only a couple of achievements were ever really a bother, like School of Hard Knocks.
Yeah, that is the one I'm dreading every time.
Also, it doesn't award Master Riding anymore.
Just got back into the game, first character to 100 in a couple days worth of playing, and geared enough for heroics thanks to the kindness of a guildie with a gang of blacksmithing mats.
Whats the deal with my Garrison, and how long should it take me to get it up and running? It's tier 2 with 1200 resources at the moment, saving to try to get to 2k and get T3.
Whats the deal with my Garrison, and how long should it take me to get it up and running? It's tier 2 with 1200 resources at the moment, saving to try to get to 2k and get T3.
Your first Garrison will take a while to get full tier 3 buildings, if just because they're all gated behind achievements that require a minimum time investment (usually a number of work orders processed). Subsequent Garrisons on alts are faster to build up, with an up-front cost of about 10-15kg.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18390557/wow-token-coming-april-7-4-6-2015
WoW Token going live tomorrow in NA.
Initial price of 30k a tad too rich for my blood right now though. I expect it to equalize fairly quickly to ~25k if not lower after an initial uncertainty. Then I might be in. Still too occupied with EVE + lack of content in WoW to return immediately though.
WoW Token going live tomorrow in NA.
Blizzard said:
Initial price of 30k a tad too rich for my blood right now though. I expect it to equalize fairly quickly to ~25k if not lower after an initial uncertainty. Then I might be in. Still too occupied with EVE + lack of content in WoW to return immediately though.
Gentleman Jack
Member
The change in value of the tokens will be a good way to gauge general player interest in the game from month to month.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
It's definitely doable for me, but it would mean I have to actively be playing each day/week, rather than just chilling around. So I say it's a tad too much (without going into the red) for me at the moment since I don't think I would be playing all that much, particularly with no new content.
Hey everyone, I've posted in this thread before about coming back (and I did), but had to take another break due to becoming very busy personally. I leveled a Paladin to 90 and was thinking about boosting a warrior or hunter. Which of those two classes are most fun right now? Way back when in vanilla I played a warrior until TBC and went pretty far in raid progression and pvp. So I'd probably have an easier time picking that class back up, but having a pet as a hunter has always been really fun, I've just never stuck it out to level it to the cap. For someone who hasn't played a lick of wow since about last June, how's the game right now? I'm downloading the new expansion at the moment, so I might as well ask since I can't play.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
As inflation occurs I would assume that price will only go up.
I don't see it getting lower than 20k either, especially since there's a limit on it, at least for now.
The premium for it being 5 dollars more than an actual month of game time and that it is a legit way to buy gold will be preserved pretty easily...
I don't see it getting lower than 20k either, especially since there's a limit on it, at least for now.
The premium for it being 5 dollars more than an actual month of game time and that it is a legit way to buy gold will be preserved pretty easily...
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Yes, the price will almost certainly increase over time, as has been seen with PLEX. However with an understanding of both games, there some key differences between the two that lead me to believe that the inflation of the cost of a WoW token will be at a significantly slower pace than PLEX has experienced.
Yeah I've been making ~30k a week on my alt shaman/hunter combined (two best geared alts who I run through old content and have multiple treasure hunter followers) so this works out pretty well.
Pretty excited since that means I can keep the account going without really dipping into my main's gold for now.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Hunter is the flavor of the month because they're ridiculously powerful and versatile. So I think that would be the more fun class to play.
Chie Satonaka
Member
I don't know what it is about Kromog that kills pug raids.
Flamebender is a harder fight to me due in part to the coordiation effort on the wolves. I one shot that last night.
In all three Kromog pugs I was in, we had healers and DPS down before the the first hands phase.
I don't understand. It's such an easy fight. People just... keep getting hit with things.
Ah well. I'm going to add Thogar and Oregorger into my pug rotation this week.. I need to get the rest of my tier. Heroic Blast Furnace in pugs seems like it's not going to happen.
Flamebender is a harder fight to me due in part to the coordiation effort on the wolves. I one shot that last night.
In all three Kromog pugs I was in, we had healers and DPS down before the the first hands phase.
I don't understand. It's such an easy fight. People just... keep getting hit with things.
Ah well. I'm going to add Thogar and Oregorger into my pug rotation this week.. I need to get the rest of my tier. Heroic Blast Furnace in pugs seems like it's not going to happen.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Yeah, Stone Breath. I think people were getting hit by that, plus Reverbs and that line AoE thing he does as well.
Just frustrating. I had a solid guild in Pandaria, it's completely fallen apart now, and I have to deal with pugs to even get in the few kills I get on a weekly basis.
*grumble grumble*
Gentleman Jack
Member
I don't know what it is about Kromog that kills pug raids.
Flamebender is a harder fight to me due in part to the coordiation effort on the wolves. I one shot that last night.
In all three Kromog pugs I was in, we had healers and DPS down before the the first hands phase.
I don't understand. It's such an easy fight. People just... keep getting hit with things.
Ah well. I'm going to add Thogar and Oregorger into my pug rotation this week.. I need to get the rest of my tier. Heroic Blast Furnace in pugs seems like it's not going to happen.
In my heroic pug we were getting pasted left and right on Kromog.
- Melee need to learn to dodge every single reverb.
- Tanks need to call for external cooldowns to survive. Angry Assignments is a godsend here (and is very helpful on maidens/furnace)
- Ranged need to stay loosely grouped and not get clapped, ever.
The difference between a kill and a wipe always came down to how many healer resources went to waste because people were taking needless amounts of damage. There's other nuances, like not spreading out too much during grasp because it's easier to kill hands if you can keep hunters on corners and everyone else in between.
Hunter is in a really solid spot right now. I'd give one a try, they're fun!
Robin64
Member
Anyone confirm if you see heirloom upgrades at level 100 for easter chocolate? I am assuming they didn't put it on this time, given how easy (read: campy) it is to get.
Absolutely zero fucks. Pretty rare to have a pet that can't fight, but here we are, the lowest of all efforts.
Absolutely zero fucks. Pretty rare to have a pet that can't fight, but here we are, the lowest of all efforts.
I have been guildless for whole of WoD. Take it from me... mainly pugging for PVE will kill your interest in the game very effectively. Get another guild if you're even moderately interested in raiding.
One PUG I remembered was during H.Imperator when RL called wipe and asked us to suicide to mines, we did so. On reset he forgot about it and kicked any raid member who died to mines.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I might reactivate for a month with one just to try the system out. But I probably want to see how the price fluctuates at least this week first. If anything I think initial supply will be higher than initial demand.
And I'm really curious about the "deducting gold across all characters on the server" thing. Most of my gold is concentrated on 3-4 characters, so I'm interested to see how the totals play out. Like I don't think they would completely drain characters with minimal amounts of gold.
And I'm really curious about the "deducting gold across all characters on the server" thing. Most of my gold is concentrated on 3-4 characters, so I'm interested to see how the totals play out. Like I don't think they would completely drain characters with minimal amounts of gold.
Everyone in WoW should work as a whole to make the game F2P with 10k gold tokens.
*Someone* still has to buy them for $20, so I doubt people will accept $20 : 10kg.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Apparently WoW token usage qualifies as subscription time for RAF. So I could now finally get all those RAF mounts/pets for gold if I wanted (with just the initial WoW license paid for with real money - though it goes to $5 at least a couple times a year).
Yeah I believe we learned that a while back, I got really interested. Figure I'll end up doing it someday probably, I want some of the RAF mounts but never wanted to drop the real money for them. This way you're just paying gold like any other mount and the initial price will actually be pretty cheap compared to your typical "expensive" mounts.
Oh nice. I wasn't aware of that. Might get the 2-seater rocket then...
I think the gold price will rise. Have a feeling a lot more people are willing to spend gold for game time than money for gold. Combine that with the monthly purchase limit and they might be supply constrained.
Just a hunch, I don't have any data to back it.
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Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Well it is doubtful that the gold/cash ratio of the official tokens will ever significantly deviate from the existing third party market, because people would just leave the less attractive market for the other until it balances out.
They aren't direct substitutes. Some people are not willing to buy it from the black market. People who already were willing will likely not change.
Take legal marijuana sales in Colorado for example. That shit is way more expensive than street weed, and yet there are people who will happily pay it to avoid the black market.
Wow, the token is already up to 30k? Goddamn.
I'll finally have a fully functioning set of horde characters now (because I'm way too lazy to start from the ground up). Hype.
I'll finally have a fully functioning set of horde characters now (because I'm way too lazy to start from the ground up). Hype.
This is me. Never felt comfortable giving my credit card to those sites and I don't want to get banned.
Started at 30k, so didn't exactly go "up" to 30k. It's gone up 300g so far. Expect it to go up some more soon though since it is still supply strained. I haven't managed to get one yet and you are only allowed to try to buy one every minute.
Oh right, I'm dumb. Had it starting at 25k in my head for some reason.
Is the token exchange universal across all servers? Meaning one price/market for everyone?
I don't know what you're doing in your Garrison, but it shouldn't take that much time. Just run follower missions that reward gold. It takes maybe 5-10 minutes per Garrison, and a single Garrison is enough if you've been rotating in/rerolling for Treasure Hunters. Two or more is just more passive income.
Robin64
Member
Yep.
Managed to buy one and you have to go through multiple confirmation menus to activate it and then a menu pops up that says transaction in progress and then you get an email confirming you bought one with gold. Kind of a weird procress as the person who is purchasing with gold, the item is soulbound so its not like you can do much else with it.