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World of Warcraft |OT7| Feel the hatred of 10,000 Murlocs
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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!
I'm hopeful that anything in Legion will be meaty enough to keep me occupied for a while. I'm cautiously optimistic about the new Dungeon stuff. A 5-man option that drops current raid-caliber loot with a bit of D3 greater rift mechanics certainly sounds ideal for me and some of my buds, but we have to see how it actually turns out.
It also hinges on how compelling artifact stuff turns out to be. If it's actually a fun sense of progression and not a totally grindy chore, I could see Legion being one of the most alt-friendly expacs in a while, which I know is quite contrary to the common idea that having to level artifacts will discourage alts. But the way I think of it, if I know I can log on any of my characters and make progress towards new artifact powers (or skins), that would actually make me feel less like I'm stuck having to play one character and ignore the rest of them.
Blizz needs to get Trumpin' and Make Azeroth Great Again.
Okay... What's the song by the way? I think I've heard it before.
Robin64
Member
I Knew You Were Trouble
I think it's more that it really sucks for people who main swapped. No idea if they have sworn off adding another X reps achievement though
lol
It's obviously going to be grindy, feeling like a chore is going to be the real question. We know pretty much every activity in the game is going to give power which sounds perfect on paper but in practice we need to see some numbers as my main concern is just how much artifact power you can potentially gather up on a weekly/daily basis (speaking at max level of course, leveling is a different story).
More or less my point is that I hope artifact power is sort of a background thing that just happens while you play the game like you normally would.
Dog Problems
Banned
That thing is great. I wonder how much works it's going to take to unlock those bonus skins like that one.
Thanks both.
Just bought 12x Champion's Honor - Which mage spec do I go for solo BG fun?
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Agree completely. If I can log on any of, say, 5 alts, and know that I can just play whatever content I feel like and I will be progressing my artifact in addition to whatever loot/rep/etc I'm getting, that's definitely a good thing for feeling compelled to play alts. Compelled, but not forced.
Frost or Fire are both nice. I prefer Fire myself for those proc'd bursts.
As much as I was enjoying raiding and progressing through HFC, I'm off the game until pre-patch.
I've just got so many unfinished games piling up. Even focusing on one main and no alts, I never finish anything because of WoW. And a lot of my time in WoW is spent doing tedious shit I don't enjoy. Like the idea of REGRINDING all my rep isn't something I want to do. Ever.
I've just got so many unfinished games piling up. Even focusing on one main and no alts, I never finish anything because of WoW. And a lot of my time in WoW is spent doing tedious shit I don't enjoy. Like the idea of REGRINDING all my rep isn't something I want to do. Ever.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
is that going to be the new frogger for DHs? i think we're going to see so many people not know how to do it and then they just die
RoninChaos
Member
I can agree with that. I think WoW is the main reason I have a backlog as big as I do.
Yup. It was one of the main reasons why I had a huge backlog as well.
It's still pretty big. 
Yeah, the next rep achievement needs to be based on account wide reps and not an individual character. Make it 80 or 90 or whatever seems challenging enough and then build from there in the future. It's bad enough that there's still some metas like the Pandarian reps that aren't account wide. They've done such a great job of combining almost all of that stuff that the few things left now really stick out like a sore thumb.
Got that WoW itch again and re-subbed last week for the first time since shortly after WoD release, mainly to level all my alts to 100 and do some mount farming.
Second run:
Haven't been this lucky since I got ZG tiger on my first run back in the day. Feels good man.
Still never lucky with Raven Lord and Invincible though.
Second run:
Haven't been this lucky since I got ZG tiger on my first run back in the day. Feels good man.
Still never lucky with Raven Lord and Invincible though.
EverythingShiny
Member
Congrats on Ashes! Such a pretty mount. That and Invincible are on my wish list.
I saw the sheep staff video earlier and laughed so hard. If that's really a skin for the arcane mage artifact weapon, I know what I'm going to main in Legion!
I saw the sheep staff video earlier and laughed so hard. If that's really a skin for the arcane mage artifact weapon, I know what I'm going to main in Legion!
jaundicejuice
Member
Congrats! It took me like a year of casually farming on one toon to get Ashes.
JSoup
Banned
I had to check to make sure we were talking about the same thing and it seems I took your post out of context. You were commenting on Blizz charging for a dedicated Vanilla server, I'm specifically not.
Naice. Still one of my favourite mounts in the game. That took me over three years of fairly steady farming on multiple characters lol.Got that WoW itch again and re-subbed last week for the first time since shortly after WoD release, mainly to level all my alts to 100 and do some mount farming.
Second run:
Haven't been this lucky since I got ZG tiger on my first run back in the day. Feels good man.
Still never lucky with Raven Lord and Invincible though.
Blizzard has a returning players guide.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/returning-players-guide/account-management
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
As you go through leveling content, be on the lookout for followers, and keep you garrison up to snuff as much as possible.
Once you hit 100, go to Tanaan jungle, and start farming mobs (during dailies) for baleful armaments, which give a 650 ilevel item of a specific slot (with a chance to be upgraded to 675 or even 685).
At the same time, start the Legendary Quest (at least if you plan on raiding or are a completionist), and look into LFR/Heroics for Valor to upgrade your baleful gear ilevel by 5/10 total.
More specific guides can be found on Wowhead - search for something along the lines of 'new/boosted 100s', as well as a garrison/follower guide for 'optimal' strategies, depending on if you're looking for gold, raiding mats, etc..
edit: Yeah, talents/Glyph pruning/changes will also probably be a big part of your re-intro period, lol. Didn't even think about that one.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Ok Sorcerous materials are essentially useless now right? Selling them on the AH is impossible. I think just selling them as vendor trash would be just as much.
jaundicejuice
Member
Sorcerous Air should move if Hexwaeve Bags still sell in decent volume on your server. Although SA goes for 10G a piece while the bags sell for roughly 1400-1500G on Dalaran.
Wozzer
Member
In a similar position. Resubbed after being away for most of WoD and dinged 100 on 1st April. After blundering a few days trying to figure out where I should best spend my time I discovered Ashran. The same night I hit 700 gear score.
I got lucky and stumbled upon a team that consistently won for hours, whilst collecting chests from this guide in-between objectives. Not sure on the general reception of Ashran but I adore its meta and open approach to PvP vs WoW's other approaches.
It has been a good week from there. Casually went through a few Wotlk raids for transmog items and on my first clear of Tempest Keep got lucky with;
Then I discovered #FriendshipMoose and got lucky with being picked for the heroic mode Archi mount that I otherwise probably wouldn't have got in time before Legion.
Has been a good welcome back
Tried both, forgot how much I'd gone off WoW PvP, can't be bothered, 200k lost, oh well.
EverythingShiny
Member
Then I discovered #FriendshipMoose and got lucky with being picked for the heroic mode Archi mount that I otherwise probably wouldn't have got in time before Legion.
Has been a good welcome back
Congrats!! I love the idea of #FriendshipMoose. I tried to get into a few of Zelse's runs but never got picked. I considered paying for it, but then I joined an awesome guild that was as progressed as I was (12/13 H) and we ended up downing Archimonde the week after I joined. We even one-shot him last week!
And grats on Ashes, too. You've had a productive April.
Congrats!! I love the idea of #FriendshipMoose. I tried to get into a few of Zelse's runs but never got picked. I considered paying for it, but then I joined an awesome guild that was as progressed as I was (12/13 H) and we ended up downing Archimonde the week after I joined. We even one-shot him last week!
And grats on Ashes, too. You've had a productive April.
You know, FriendshipMoose is a good idea...
Do we have enough people on EU/US to put together a for-fun boosting team? If anyone fancies it, perhaps we can see what we have, what we need, and maybe get some non-GAF guildies involved or something.
I keep meaning to host some HFC normal fun runs, but I'd not be able to coordinate so many people at once.
I would take the community of vanilla over any expansion.
Seeing those screenshots of nost shutting down where there was more than 10 people on screen just made me long for more populated WoW areas. I can't remember the last time I went through a leveling or out-of-city zone and saw more than two other players.
The large leveling splits and phasing have completely killed the feeling of the MMO for me.
I'd be up for this if we did Heroic ;D
The devs are just claiming it's way better on alpha. It wasn't last I played much (few builds ago), but maybe they have an internal build where it's better
Wouldn't hold my breath on it though. Their ideas for Windwalker AoE are cumbersome and awful lol
EverythingShiny
Member
Bummer, Tenebrous, I'm US or else I'd totally help out! My shaman is fully heroic geared.
Seriously? Have you leveled recently? I just leveled a character through Northern Barrens and Azshara earlier in the week and I was fighting for mobs the entire time with like 10 other players on the same phase of the quest. There were 30+ players just hanging out in Crossroads and dueling. I thought Azshara might be a bit less populated but it was nearly as populated as the Barrens, which blew my mind a bit.
And because of CRZ, everyone is on different realms and no one wants to group up. I'd much rather only see 1-2 people from my realm than have to deal with a bunch of random people from other realms competing for quest mobs. But then again, my hate for CRZ is well documented.
Seriously? Have you leveled recently? I just leveled a character through Northern Barrens and Azshara earlier in the week and I was fighting for mobs the entire time with like 10 other players on the same phase of the quest. There were 30+ players just hanging out in Crossroads and dueling. I thought Azshara might be a bit less populated but it was nearly as populated as the Barrens, which blew my mind a bit.
And because of CRZ, everyone is on different realms and no one wants to group up. I'd much rather only see 1-2 people from my realm than have to deal with a bunch of random people from other realms competing for quest mobs. But then again, my hate for CRZ is well documented.
Yes, and I even transferred to a more populated server. Still I only ran into >5 players at a time while I was going through the zones under 20. After that most zones become ghost towns.
It just doesn't feel like an MMO at all unless you are sitting in a hub. I dislike it.
Yeah, I've seen this complaint on other forums and I wonder if CRZ is broken or something for some people. Whether on my main or an alt, I'm pretty much never in a zone that isn't populated with a decent amount of other players.
Aside from a few annoyances (like trying to get the time lost proto-drake) I love it personally.
This is like the complete opposite of my experience.
What server have you been playing on?
It's pretty much the same on every realm for me because of CRZ. Sargeras, Laughing Skull, Area 52, Drak'Tharon, etc.
Interesting. I played on Emerald Dream and most zones were ghost towns. Switched to Dalaran and it was only really populated during the pre-20 zones.
Org/SW are the same.
Ah okay. I'm usually just in Stormshield/Warspear lately (even though SS and WS are lame compared to Org and SW).