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World of Warcraft |OT8| CITIZENS OF DALARAN
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I'm really upset right now. This is not what I wanted to hear.
Blizzcon from now on will be super weird, those new expansion reveal hype speeches are literally gone now which sucks.
Thrall will most likely die.
I will never get to meet Chris Metzen.
My hunger for World of Warcraft suddenly dropped 98%.
How can I face my Orc Warlock now with Metzen gone, I just can't.
Blizzcon from now on will be super weird, those new expansion reveal hype speeches are literally gone now which sucks.
Thrall will most likely die.
I will never get to meet Chris Metzen.
My hunger for World of Warcraft suddenly dropped 98%.
How can I face my Orc Warlock now with Metzen gone, I just can't.
You know he's not dead right?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Now we know why Thrall "retired" in Legion.
neurosisxeno
Member
That's the nature of MMORPG's. You have to deal with some mindless quests here and there. I've heard mixed things but if you have purchased Legion already you should get a free character boost to 100--which cuts out a lot of the crap that is leveling in older content. A lot of the new features are relevant for newer content, but leveling in the Post-Cata old world really isn't that bad. There's a lot more diversity with quests the the number of zones you get access to with the "Call to Arms" quests out of Orgrimmar are a lot better than the olden days.
The problem is that these days Blizzard has cut out a lot of abilities from each class to kind of return them to their roots and get rid of people have 3 full action bars of situational abilities. It makes progression while leveling seem almost non-existent. The only class that really gains anything while leveling in Legion is DH's who get a few talents, but outside of Artifacts nobody gains any new big abilities.
It unlocks the second you get your second Artifact Knowledge. I'm pretty sure it's tied to that.
RPGCrazied
Member
Oh shit. Chris Metzen is leaving Blizzard? I know he gets a lot of flac, but I liked the dude. He did great voice overs at least.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I prefer them being more upfront about it. Every now and again you get some new MMO which claims to not use the "kill 12 X" formula and have you do more meaningful things instead, but they're still going to place a whole bunch of mundane mobs between you and your objective which you can't avoid, so in the end you're still doing the same thing, only difference is that you're not watching a progress meter get filled while doing it. And that kind of dynamic just ends up feeling more psychologically grating to me.
Actually, I'll just go ahead and say that I overall find the more story-heavy approach of modern MMO questing to ultimately be more frustrating than the archetypical old style of killing and collecting. Because the story stuff tends to rely so much on scripted sequences having to play out before you can move on. They might be novel the first time around, but on repeat playthroughs I just find them utterly insufferable. At least with the old barebones formula you had a lot more freedom to dictate your own pace.
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, I love his enthusiasm.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Gonna level my shaman in honor of Metzen 
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Losing Metzen does kinda suck, given the legacy that he's created. Especially since he could easily go another 10-15 years or more given his age.
However, it's probably a healthy thing for the company. One thing I've always heard about Blizzard it's that it's a top few guys that crowd out higher management positions and that there isn't much room for growth. Metzen retiring leaves room for some younger talent at Blizzard to get promoted.
However, it's probably a healthy thing for the company. One thing I've always heard about Blizzard it's that it's a top few guys that crowd out higher management positions and that there isn't much room for growth. Metzen retiring leaves room for some younger talent at Blizzard to get promoted.
Gonna level my shaman in honor of Metzen
Enhance is so much fun.
Definitely a big loss for Blizzard, but good for him retiring at such a young age to spend time with his family, talk about living the dream. I imagine at this point he had to be one of the busiest folks at the company.
Blizz-Con's opening ceremony won't be the same though I need my yearly dose of #MetzenHype!
Blizz-Con's opening ceremony won't be the same though
I need my yearly dose of #MetzenHype!Definitely a big loss for Blizzard, but good for him retiring at such a young age to spend time with his family, talk about living the dream. I imagine at this point he had to be one of the busiest folks at the company.
Blizz-Con's opening ceremony won't be the same though
Maybe he can still come out for Blizzcon to bring the hype. That would be cool.
Orochinagis
Member
I wish blizzard should establish permanent voice actors for LATAM,like Taran zhu have two voices now
jaundicejuice
Member
Who is gonna be the Blizzcon hype man now?
It's Red Shirt Guy's time to shine.
Night Angel
Member
Just about to get into WoW for the first time with my brother since we both lost our jobs.
Our buddy in Stormrage wants to sherpa us through the basics, but it seems like the server is killed with wait times.
Any suggestions on a good US PVE Alliance server to join? We were thinking Proudmoore.
Our buddy in Stormrage wants to sherpa us through the basics, but it seems like the server is killed with wait times.
Any suggestions on a good US PVE Alliance server to join? We were thinking Proudmoore.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
wow chris metzen leaving is a surprise.
he's kind of becoming a hack in the last arc or so of story IMO, but its going to be odd seeing where WOW and StarCraft go without his input.
he's kind of becoming a hack in the last arc or so of story IMO, but its going to be odd seeing where WOW and StarCraft go without his input.
Blizz talent pool is insane and people may be tired of Metzen's fav tropes.
NumberThree
Member
They killed off Wrynn, are they gonna kill Thrall?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Proudmoore is a good one.
Which expansion reveal was the one without Metzen, was it Legion? Christ that was mind-numbingly boring.
I cant tell if this is sarcasm or not
question to people that are having trouble with withered. are you always trying to do a "full run"? because my first few runs I did (well the first one was a complete fail) I just got like a couple of chests and got the hell out of there, didnt even fght bosses. You get items that improve your next runs each time. Like I didnt even fight the ghost dudes at first, just the small mobs,. I went down to the spider zone down the stairs, killed those, avoiding the ghost elementals, picked up a chest, and called it run. next time, same thing, picked up mybe one more, called it a run. as you get more items to make your withered not run so much or do more dmg or get upgraded to mages or something it gets better.
neurosisxeno
Member
I was really pissed with Guild Wars 2 for this reason. They spent the entire time bragging about a dynamic world and the death of kill/fetch quests, but when you got into the actual game that couldn't be further from the truth. Yea, you didn't have a quest that said "Kill 12 Rats at Happytime Farm", you instead had an ambiguous meter that said "Clean up Happytime Farm", which could be filled by... kiling 12 Rats. On top of that, all their "dynamic events" were basically on timers or triggered when specific things were done--at least Rift did that right.
No, because half the time no chests spawn before I get murdered by an elite that decides it wants to show up whenever it feels like it.
Orochinagis
Member
Gametime expired, prodound sadness.
Dro is always in the same room, so if you're a class that can't handle her (which is a lot of them), you can full clear the areas leading up to it and get a pretty easy 250 points, plus upgrades that will make it easier the next time. If you can get to the point of taking a berserker to Dro it becomes easier.
this
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Maybe my berserker was dead at that point (does the helm transfer if the berserker dies due to over-taunting?), but I got rocked by Dros's 300% attack speed aura, and my stun was previously down from trying to stop the withered jump-slashes. Will have to try and kite him somewhat next time, or just spec into blinding light or something.
That being said, next time I'll just have to get the mage helm and a couple of small upgrades, I think.
My last run I got one chest, and it added a bank to Suramar. Just what I always wanted?
At least you can't get that one again!
CelticKnight
Member
No. He says he'll still do the VO for Thrall because he enjoys it.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...y-Training?p=42226469&viewfull=1#post42226469
^^ That's the guide I've been using for Withered Training. It's from a Prot War/tank POV but you get the idea.
^^ That's the guide I've been using for Withered Training. It's from a Prot War/tank POV but you get the idea.
I mean like he's retiring but I can't imagine he doesn't keep voicing Thrall and showing up to every Blizzcon ever.
NumberThree
Member
Ok cool, didn't know he'd said more than what that post had.
Acidote
Member
I've been doing this with my 811 Blood DK I barely understand how to play with and with my 844 enh shaman. And it's so much easier with the DK that I couldn't believe it. But the guide is OK, it saves you time with those guidelines instead of learning it while losing a save =)
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
"Aw man they're wheeling out the old guy again to talk about how we are nerds"
not sure how much time I want to invest in the DK, I have the monk in the back of my mind, and not just for brewmaster but Im actually thinking the few friends I have that play the game still play tanks (2 of them at least), it would be nice to have a healer and I loved mistweaving in early mop (and then hated when it started going towards fistweaving being the best)
argh what to do
argh what to do
Spent a little time with my old hunter last night.
Beast Mastery? Cannot play it any more. Don't know what buttons to press.
Marksman? Weird new rotation with Sidewinders and burst damage from a hunter? Weird-ass things. Also, got murdered more times than I can remember. Loot is nice though. Went for the artifact bow, the one that I had to unequip my primary, log out of the game and only then could I pick it up.
Beast Mastery? Cannot play it any more. Don't know what buttons to press.
Marksman? Weird new rotation with Sidewinders and burst damage from a hunter? Weird-ass things. Also, got murdered more times than I can remember. Loot is nice though. Went for the artifact bow, the one that I had to unequip my primary, log out of the game and only then could I pick it up.