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World of Warcraft |OT7| Feel the hatred of 10,000 Murlocs
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jaundicejuice
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Harbalism sucks unless you're a Tauren.
The only professions I've had fun leveling while I level a toon are Mining and Engineering. You make a lot of fun stuff for yourself and there are a lot of big ticket items you can aim for while leveling Engineering. Mining can sort of be fun when you come across rarer nodes or secondary resources.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Khorium if you ever find any is $$$$$$ Cause it's used in flying machines and some other random crap (Jeeves I think). Will probably be in even more demand in Legion for awhile with all the rare Khorium weapons for the wardrobe.
So this prompted me to get a Gladiator's Sanctum. Finished my Laughing Skull rep and ditched the trading post this afternoon. (I have trading posts on everyone else, so losing it on the main isn't that bad - only rep not at exalted is the Ashran one.) But fuck man, like 2000 kills to get the level 3 building? Ugh.
Meh, there's no difference in leveling your profession in garrison or in front of the AH. Gathering all the materials by yourself is so... inefficient.
Someone quit at work and your schedule has to change for the next 3.5 months. It will miraculously change back a week or two before Legion (don't tell them this part though).
Not only that, but the idea that the "gating" is new is just bizarre. Gating and crafting cooldowns have existed since at least Wrath. And leveling professions has never been easier and requires less "craft this crap and npc it if for a loss" than it ever has. And having major patterns locked behind drops was horrible, there was an enchanting pattern in mana tombs I farmed for months before I just gave up completely (I actually got it on a recent timewalking run appropriately enough), and remember world drop jewelcrafting patterns that all cost a fortune? Yeah, that was great.
jaundicejuice
Member
TBC mining mats made me so much money in WoD. I could make more gold off of one bar of Khorium than a stack of 200 WoD ores. Primal Fire makes some decent coin still too.
I missed that "jackpot!" feeling with WoD mining.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Actually no, that stuff was pretty cool and persisted at least through Cata. (To some extent in Mists) Maybe if you've never been invested in professions and just don't give a damn, but if you're a collector or goblin, having the rare recipe(s) early could make you a boatload of gold (e.g. Bracer enchants in Cata, Vial of the Sands), even if they might require a high initial investment. Everyone having equal everything as in WoD just detracted from the RPG experience IMO. But that's me - I like hunting recipes, making gold, etc.
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Anyway, the titles the Alliance get from the Gladiator's sanctum are so much better than the Horde ones. Dis shit is gonna suck though. Guess I'll have to get into Ashran premades. 4000 fucking bones
jaundicejuice
Member
Aren't there groups for farming bones and pvp titles?
It's fine for things like the Vial of the Sands and other cosmetic type stuff. That can be rare drops without causing any issues. But primary profession recipes being rare drops is just obnoxious. I made plenty of gold back in BC selling those drops when I found them, and I'm sure people made gold doing the crafting as well. But I knew just as many people who bought them so that they could do them for the guild and never made a dime. Blizzard has steadily moved towards "rare and hard to obtain" being primarily cosmetic, and that's for the better (though of course the new legendary system seems to go against that, but we'll see).
Again, the thing people seem to forget when talking about design is that complexity and rarity might be fun *once* but repeatedly is almost always just annoying, and in the end the player base will always follow the path of least resistance. Personally I like very complex crafting systems with rare results and real skill involved, but I understand that is better served in a single player game where you do that once, not in a MMO where you will do something dozens or even hundreds of times. Think of that one Harrison Jones quest where you forge the weapon. Could they make blacksmithing like that for every item? Absolutely. Would you enjoy it by the second week? Of course not.*
*Yes, I'm aware some people would enjoy it. But in large enough repetition, everything becomes tedious.
Fake edit: Adding rare drops and more complex recipes back into the game to craft cosmetic items, toys, mounts, and the like I think would be great. So long as it's for things that are done occasionally, not the staples and the basics.
King Gilga
Member
So it's just better versions of the MoP challenge mode sets?
Cool I guess.
Not a fan of that log in screen, it's really mediocre.
Cool I guess.
Not a fan of that log in screen, it's really mediocre.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Uh, no. The Warlock one in particular is totally inferior to the legit set.
RPGCrazied
Member
Oboy, just saw some pictures on MMOChampion;
People outside Orgrimmar attending a funderal for Vol'jin it seems.
Why did I click on that?
And who does the horde have left to be warchief. Are they really setting it up for Thrall to return to it?
Troll players aren't going to be happy about dat.
Troll players aren't going to be happy about dat.
Robin64
Member
RPGCrazied
Member
Really?
LOL, why are they having random leaders take up the mantle? Who's next, Lor'themar?
Haven't you heard?
Horde get a new Warchief every expansion now.
Legion has Sylvanas.
Next one will have Gallywix
And when they're out of leaders, they'll either get Thrall back, or go back in time, again, for Durotan, or turn some Alliance leader traitor.
Legion has Sylvanas.
Next one will have Gallywix
And when they're out of leaders, they'll either get Thrall back, or go back in time, again, for Durotan, or turn some Alliance leader traitor.
Yeah, the sets have most of the cool extra details taken off them, especially in the shoulder/hat area. They still look okay though, actually really liking the rogue one myself, just find some new shoulders (or better yet hide them completely) and I will be good to go.
And continuing on from the Order Hall sets:
Death Knight
Rogue
Warlock
Okay, those look shit.
Oboy, just saw some pictures on MMOChampion;
People outside Orgrimmar attending a funderal for Vol'jin it seems.
Fuck this game, I'm leaving now.
I think so. You can have that guy as a follower in your garrison already.
Whaaaat? How? What do I look for trait wise?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
he is super duper rare. Find someone with him and just go to their Garrison because that works too.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Oboy, just saw some pictures on MMOChampion;
People outside Orgrimmar attending a funderal for Vol'jin it seems.
Perfect opportunity to bring Kael'thas back from death to lead the Horde after Sylvanas bites the dust in Legion.
Omg @ both of these =D August is too far away.Login screen
And Stormwind Park!
I quite like the Rogue set (despite the huge pauldron) but the Death Knight one is horrendous. The fur and the random green spots are ugly.
Wow they really nailed Stormwind Park: https://youtu.be/ZNdnP66fGz8
Stormwind is like my favourite city in gaming ever. The look and the music = many feels. Can't even imagine how much time I've spent there over the past 11 years.
Stormwind is like my favourite city in gaming ever. The look and the music = many feels. Can't even imagine how much time I've spent there over the past 11 years.
Yeah, I've got him on my shaman. Btag in email tag in post
JSoup
Banned
You can also just buy the toy on the AH if you can't find the follower.
Stormwind is pretty great. Probably my favorite Alliance city. Like human architecture.
jaundicejuice
Member
Stormwind is bunk, there's no sizable area for people to crowd in, just that crap-tastic fountain in between the auction house and bank in the Trade District. Most people ignore the superior Dwarven District. And the layout is a rats warren on made bearable by flying. Ironforge is where it's at, it's got the Commons and Great Forge. It's the closest thing there is to the Valley of Strength on Alliance.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Spider mount is 2 million gold, thanks Blizz, from all the arachnophobes.
Spider mount is 2 million gold, thanks Blizz, from all the arachnophobes.
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Shit I think 2 million is slightly below all the gold I've ever made in WoW combined