DarkAngelYuna
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Woot, they removed the MS effect from Shamans.
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Warlock Lifetap nerf is gone, too.
But they are nerfing one of the easier dailies
The daily quest Escape from Skettis has had its reward tuned down.
I understand that such a simple short quest shouldn't have a huge reward, but just getting the quest is such an ass-whipping (with both factions competing for a single-spawn NPC) I feel like the reward is justified. If they are going to tone down the reward then they should put the Skettis prisoner at multiple spots so more than 1 person/group can do the quest at a time.
But they are nerfing one of the easier dailies
The daily quest Escape from Skettis has had its reward tuned down.
I understand that such a simple short quest shouldn't have a huge reward, but just getting the quest is such an ass-whipping (with both factions competing for a single-spawn NPC) I feel like the reward is justified. If they are going to tone down the reward then they should put the Skettis prisoner at multiple spots so more than 1 person/group can do the quest at a time.
krypt0nian
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DarkAngelYuna said:
And the Lock nerf has passed as well. Whine away and the nerfs/buffs fall from the list!
Throw enough shit and see what sticks, Blizz? :lol
They explained the Warlock nerf, and its revocation. Oh, and they outright admitted that it was just for the sake of arenas, not due to any other sort of balancing issue.
They also gave a helpful chart, detailing their expectations for class representation in Arenas. I'm not sure if I would have given the players this information, as now they are going to have a ton of dumb shit to cry about, and data to back up their QQ.
According to Blizzard's expectations, warriors are under-represented in almost every Arena bracket. BUFF WARRIORS PLZ!
They also gave a helpful chart, detailing their expectations for class representation in Arenas. I'm not sure if I would have given the players this information, as now they are going to have a ton of dumb shit to cry about, and data to back up their QQ.
According to Blizzard's expectations, warriors are under-represented in almost every Arena bracket. BUFF WARRIORS PLZ!
Kalgan said:
I hopped onto the PTR and was finally able to get a group together to run Magister's Terrace. It's actually pretty cool, though it's a real bitch without CC. All we had was my succubus, who kept getting murdered by AoE.
A couple of the boss fights are mini-versions of Karazahn encounters. There's a dude like Curator and a group-boss that's like Moroes. Fighting Kael'Thas is pretty cool as well.....in his second phase he throws everyone into the air and you have to swim around while DPSing and avoiding these electric bubbles that float around the room.
Beating MT once in normal mode allows you to go Heroic mode immediately, which is pretty cool as well. I was thinking that it would take days and days of rep-grinding to get Heroic mode open.
A couple of the boss fights are mini-versions of Karazahn encounters. There's a dude like Curator and a group-boss that's like Moroes. Fighting Kael'Thas is pretty cool as well.....in his second phase he throws everyone into the air and you have to swim around while DPSing and avoiding these electric bubbles that float around the room.
Beating MT once in normal mode allows you to go Heroic mode immediately, which is pretty cool as well. I was thinking that it would take days and days of rep-grinding to get Heroic mode open.
border said:
It still might take rep-grinding, although to honored shouldn't take much time. Keep in mind they probably lowered required time to get into the Heroic so they could test it.
Although, I wonder what the abbreviation for the terrace will be since Mana Tombs is already MT.....
Well, completing the "Kill Kael'Thas" quest automatically rewards you with admittance to the Heroic....it's not like they just jacked up the amount of reputation you get to speed things along (I'm still neutral with Shattered Sun). Since it's a component of the quest reward I'm thinking they will keep it like that. Given the number of well-geared level 70 players there are, they may just give them the option of going straight to Heroic rather than making them earn it slowly. Though with the number of Shattered Sun dailies there are I can't imagine it'd take more than a few days to get to Honored.Tamanon said:
Fragamemnon
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You get the Magister's Terrace key when you turn in Kael'Thas' head (last part of a quest chain doable in one run through the dungeon) after beating it on Normal.
You also get a cut spinel out of the quest too, which is pretty hot.
You also get a cut spinel out of the quest too, which is pretty hot.
The Shattered Sun rep rewards are pretty sweet, too. I'll probably have a new tanking sword and tanking shield when all is said and done......plus I might get the +63 spell damage trinket for my warlock.
I logged onto the PVP test server this morning and it was a ghost town. Really strange to be getting 60 fps in Orgrimmar. PVE server seems to be where it's at.
I logged onto the PVP test server this morning and it was a ghost town. Really strange to be getting 60 fps in Orgrimmar. PVE server seems to be where it's at.
Fragamemnon
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border said:
Yeah if you don't have a Sun Eater or King's Defender yet (or better), the new tanking sword (Inuuro's Blade) is pretty darn nice. The necklace you get at exalted for tanking is amazing-it's got almost the same stats as the badge neck for threat plus a proc that is up about 20% of the time while tanking.
Shattered Sun rewards >>>>>>> other daily faction rewards by a mile.
yeah, I was just looking at 5v5. still, lol @ being overrepresented in the only bracket where they don't suck while warriors are underrepresented in the bracket where they're most dangerous.
actually, seeing that 2 of the crappiest arena classes (paladin/shaman) are considered "overrepresented" in 5v5 is insane. not as insane as the vastly overrepresented druid in 2v2 and 3v3 (or mages in 2v2 at the opposite end) but still, I guess more than 50 or so per battlegroup is too many in 5v5 for the classes that are only good in 5v5.
actually, seeing that 2 of the crappiest arena classes (paladin/shaman) are considered "overrepresented" in 5v5 is insane. not as insane as the vastly overrepresented druid in 2v2 and 3v3 (or mages in 2v2 at the opposite end) but still, I guess more than 50 or so per battlegroup is too many in 5v5 for the classes that are only good in 5v5.
BigJonsson
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Now that I'm 70, what do I do to get better gear quickly?
Just run instances over and over and over?
Get kara attuned and run it whenever possible?
Heroics?
AH?
Just run instances over and over and over?
Get kara attuned and run it whenever possible?
Heroics?
AH?
Fragamemnon
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Kara does indeed have at least two A-grade daggers if you can get in there, and tons of tasty leather drops. It's also your best badge/hour return by far, so if you can get attuned and get a decent group that is a very good idea.
Heroics are an ehh-OK way to gear up in comparison simply because the loot tables aren't as uniform and there aren't as many drops per time invested.
PvP might be painful for a rogue gearing up thanks to the low +hit values on the gear. Then again, raw item value may more than make up for it.
Heroics are an ehh-OK way to gear up in comparison simply because the loot tables aren't as uniform and there aren't as many drops per time invested.
PvP might be painful for a rogue gearing up thanks to the low +hit values on the gear. Then again, raw item value may more than make up for it.
Or depending on when 2.4 hits, you might not even bother getting attuned, since they're removing it.
Finally dusted the mage out of mothballs. Hadn't played her in about a year, forgot how pimped out she was. Transferred to a more progressive guild and will be ready to tackle some of the new stuff.
Finally dusted the mage out of mothballs. Hadn't played her in about a year, forgot how pimped out she was. Transferred to a more progressive guild and will be ready to tackle some of the new stuff.
krypt0nian
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Got my Epic Flight form (finally) so now I can poop on the Shat guards without fear of retribution.
BigJonsson
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I managed to get all of Kara but the Black Morass done in 2 days......I keep getting overconfident groups that fuck up the dark portal shiz
BigJonsson
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Yea I can see that lol
Know whats worse though? Getting pick lock up =/
Know whats worse though? Getting pick lock up =/
I gave up on leveling lockpicking a long time ago. Like before I even hit 125. It's just pure bullshit. It has no real utility or benefit, yet the time and effort it takes to level it is greater than any other skill or profession. The best you ever get out of it is a couple gold from someone as a tip, or maybe a blue item from some chest in a dungeon (though 95% of the time chests contain nothing of particular value).
BM is no problem for a PUG that simply knows how the instance works. Shattered Halls is a nightmare, though.
BM is no problem for a PUG that simply knows how the instance works. Shattered Halls is a nightmare, though.
BigJonsson
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I got from 101 to 185 in lockpicking tonight lol
Its just so damn tedious
And I want to be able to open all those locked instance doors........people on my server failed at getting the keys
I did shatt halls very fast with a pug lol, why do you say its trouble?
Its just so damn tedious
And I want to be able to open all those locked instance doors........people on my server failed at getting the keys
I did shatt halls very fast with a pug lol, why do you say its trouble?
Shattered Halls is only slow if you have a crappy tank in your PuG.
Ran Arcatraz for the first time in over a year, was quick and easy although I d/c'd at the room before the final boss. I was the sharder, had 2 shards we were going to roll on, but didn't make it back on until a half hour later. Gotta preserve my rep on the server(and Cat 5's) so I sent every party member a shard since we never rolled.
In the end I was out 2 shards, but doing the daily and getting the Whitemend Pants pattern made up for things. Now to figure out how to get the fishing daily, I found the cooking one already.
Ran Arcatraz for the first time in over a year, was quick and easy although I d/c'd at the room before the final boss. I was the sharder, had 2 shards we were going to roll on, but didn't make it back on until a half hour later. Gotta preserve my rep on the server(and Cat 5's) so I sent every party member a shard since we never rolled.
In the end I was out 2 shards, but doing the daily and getting the Whitemend Pants pattern made up for things. Now to figure out how to get the fishing daily, I found the cooking one already.
SatelliteOfLove
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rhfb said:
Nah, only SL is even considered long in my book.
I do miss big-ass city-size dungeons; I'm hoping Ultgarde is BRD sized with like, different levels connected as "seperate 5-mans" that can be specified via the entrance portal.
I just hate most of the instances provided in outlands that I ran. SV and Ramparts, BM, and Sethekk Halls were the only instances I liked :| guess thats what I get for only running pugs :lolSatelliteOfLove said:
BRD was fun, only when you were 60 and could blaze through it skipping large chunks :lol I liked the idea of Living/UD and DM
Yeah I must admit there were some awesome instances pre-BC. I was reflecting about it with a friend of mine about how cool ZF, Mara and even the low level 20s instances were. All she said was that she hated ZF because of the constant PUGs she had to run.
SFK is still one of my favorite instances in the game. especially after 2.3 with all of the upgraded loot from there.
edit: for the most part I like the quick instances in TBC, aside from Auchenai Crypts (that thing is just poorly balanced since you need a druid healer or an uber geared priest to get past the first boss). I'd rather go through a fast-paced instance with a lot of fights and bosses that take like 2 hours on heroic mode than U/LBRS and Strath. Although Strath isn't so bad now. I'm probably just thinking of before it was capped to 5 people and nerfed.
edit: for the most part I like the quick instances in TBC, aside from Auchenai Crypts (that thing is just poorly balanced since you need a druid healer or an uber geared priest to get past the first boss). I'd rather go through a fast-paced instance with a lot of fights and bosses that take like 2 hours on heroic mode than U/LBRS and Strath. Although Strath isn't so bad now. I'm probably just thinking of before it was capped to 5 people and nerfed.
BigJonsson
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I hit 350 lockpicking today, it went way faster than expected.......once you hit 300, getting the last 50 takes maybe 20 minutes in Zangarmarsh
Son of Godzilla
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A pally or shaman work fine so long as the melee aren't retarded and the tank isn't undergeared as fuck.firex said:
I pretty much like every instance in the game, save RFC and the stupid one in SW. Yes, even Uldaman.
DarkAngelYuna
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Woo, about half way into 66 on my warrior now. Took like 5+ hours today to find a group to do the Ring of Blood chain ;( I had to tank it. Tried to use my 1h sword and shield for the first boss...my skill was so low that my sunder and every thing just kept missing thank god he has little hp so everyone downed him asap. The next 4 bosses I just went back to my 2h polearm and wtf pwn tanked everyone without a problem. Only time I lost aggro was when they'd do some toss back move tossing me like 30 yards away.. and I still was 3rd dps woot! I love this new axe from the quest chain Should last til 70. http://thottbot.com/i25762 It looks fucking hot with my savagery on it
Should last til 70. http://thottbot.com/i25762 It looks fucking hot with my savagery on it It was a pretty fun night for my guild. We raided Ironforge, Darnassus, Exodar, and Stormwind. We killed every faction leader except the bishop dude in SW. They were only worth about 50 honor each, but it was cool since I'd never done anything like that in my 3 years of playing. They really oughtta make daily quests to go kill leaders :lol
Surprisingly none of the faction bosses were that hard, except Bronzebeard.....and that's only because we probably spent 15 minutes regrouping in Deepraum Tram and gave the allies enough time to put together a good defense. When we got to Bronzebeard we wiped because they were so many allies and spawned guards that everyone lagged out. We waited around for the allies to disperse, rezed simultaneously, and murdered him. Then we stayed for a bit to kill anyone foolish enough to enter the room, and finally ported out to Org.
Not a lot of bitter tears, but this was nice to hear:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5103826496&sid=1
My friends were in middle of Onyxia attunement when the raid happened. They've been waiting for Bolvar to respawn for about an hour now. GG.
Surprisingly none of the faction bosses were that hard, except Bronzebeard.....and that's only because we probably spent 15 minutes regrouping in Deepraum Tram and gave the allies enough time to put together a good defense. When we got to Bronzebeard we wiped because they were so many allies and spawned guards that everyone lagged out. We waited around for the allies to disperse, rezed simultaneously, and murdered him. Then we stayed for a bit to kill anyone foolish enough to enter the room, and finally ported out to Org.
Not a lot of bitter tears, but this was nice to hear:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5103826496&sid=1
My friends were in middle of Onyxia attunement when the raid happened. They've been waiting for Bolvar to respawn for about an hour now. GG.
BigJonsson
Member
Ring of Blood is one of the best quest chains in the game
ManaByte
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So my Priest on Bronzebeard is now 19 and I'm really enjoying it. Never really played a healer before.
But god damned, the ninja looters on that server are insane. Ran Deadmines twice and both times the Shaman in the group ninja looted the Cruel Barb (shaman can't use) and the Wand that drops off Cookie. They needed the items because "I need to sell it!".
But god damned, the ninja looters on that server are insane. Ran Deadmines twice and both times the Shaman in the group ninja looted the Cruel Barb (shaman can't use) and the Wand that drops off Cookie. They needed the items because "I need to sell it!".
BigJonsson
Member
Next time they ninja you, pirate their ass!
Oni Link 666
Member
Well, I guess I'm kinda done with WoW for now with Brawl coming out tomorrow. If the Xbox/Wii/DS scene gets slow again or if I just get the itching for some character customizing shit I might be back though.
My total belf rogue
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Trollbane&n=Kunoichi
My NE rogue
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Trollbane&n=Kunoichilink
I wish I could have gotten my S3 helm on my NE and gotten exalted with Cenarion at least. I still want the damn epic LW patterns from them and Honor Hold. It's really hard to find a group with no guild on Trollbane. Piece of shit server.
I got a lot done in 2 months with my BE. Just got my dragon mount the other day. I got kind of sick of PVP at the end there though so I didn't get all the gear I wanted.
I also rapidly started hating the Alliance playing Horde. Go figure. I think I get a little too much enjoyment out of tearing up Draenei Shamans. :lol
My total belf rogue
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Trollbane&n=Kunoichi
My NE rogue
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Trollbane&n=Kunoichilink
I wish I could have gotten my S3 helm on my NE and gotten exalted with Cenarion at least. I still want the damn epic LW patterns from them and Honor Hold. It's really hard to find a group with no guild on Trollbane. Piece of shit server.
I got a lot done in 2 months with my BE. Just got my dragon mount the other day. I got kind of sick of PVP at the end there though so I didn't get all the gear I wanted.
I also rapidly started hating the Alliance playing Horde. Go figure. I think I get a little too much enjoyment out of tearing up Draenei Shamans. :lol
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