Topic: World of Warcraft (Read 694530 times)

0bsessions · « **Reply #1350 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 11:57 »

Perhaps you do suck? I find dealing with a Rogue is a simple matter of popping bear form and hitting frenzied regeneration, casting faerie fire, popping Berserk and then spamming mangle. Rogues generate a fuckton of rage.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #1351 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 11:59 »

Not an option for me. Boomkin and healing specc'd.

And I probably do suck, I admit that freely. Half the terms lobbed about in this thread are alien to me.

You have much knowledge.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1352 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 13:23 »

as boomkin, faery them up, root/dotdot that other root thing where they get rooted if they hit you then spam moonfire?

Fuck it, fairy then spam moonfire.

Alex C · « **Reply #1353 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 15:04 »

Gear comes into this a lot as well. Any class can beat down someone they outgear given a large enough margin, but rogues are uniquely suited to making such encounters embarrassingly one sided if there's a big gap involved. For example, my rogue is stupidly dominant in an encounter in which both parties are wearing PvE gear; I'm running with around 37% crit and with procs I can ignore roughly 60% of my opponents armor. Hell, one time I killed a Paladin and a DK with a single Blade Flurry->Sinister Strike->Killing Spree combo simply because of the grotesque gear disparity and because I had jumped them in a space roughly the size of a phone booth; putzing around in the BGs isn't really the best way to ensure an even encounter. High grade pvp gear and resilience stacking, on the other hand, makes it a whole new ballgame.

Lines · « **Reply #1354 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 15:37 »

Nobody should ever spam moonfire. One, that's a stupid, annoying move that honestly doesn't work as well as people think, and two, you anchor their ass down with roots and use starfall, moonfire, faerie fire, swarming insects, blah blah blah. If you are resto though, yeah, you don't really have a chance. But seriously. Rogues may be sneaky, fast jerks, but you just have to remind them you are basically a mage in mail/plate that can cure poisons. Really the only classes I've had problems with are mages, due to lack of resistances, but once you get close enough, that's not really a problem. Also, treants are good friends to have in pvp.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1355 on:** 15 Jul 2009, 16:07 »

In my pvp set I can get to 1020 res.

Just bring it.

Alex C · « **Reply #1356 on:** 15 Jul 2009, 17:21 »

Yeah, 1k resilience is easily enough to take Combat specs from "I can burst people to death before they know what hit them" to "Crap, they lived and now I'm being kited again. I knew I should have specd for Preparation."

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1357 on:** 15 Jul 2009, 18:32 »

Mutilate prep is possibly on par with prot for annoyance level, but for a totally different reason, seeing as they actually have the ability to kill someone instead of being an unbreakable rock with shutdown but the inability to do enough dmg to kill anyone at all ever.

Lines · « **Reply #1358 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 05:54 »

I love how questing in certain areas of Storm Peaks turns you into a frost vrykul. What's even more amusing is when you're in flight from over these areas and you turn into a swimming frost vrykul. Just swimming through the air. That's not weird.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1359 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 12:52 »

The flying machine one is pretty cool as I found out on my dk, legs should be getting shopped up

variable_star · « **Reply #1360 on:** 25 Jul 2009, 09:35 »

I was a lvl 54 undead warrior named "Morrissey" on Azjol-Nerub. I quit in '05.

Strange, everyone thought I was a big fan of Morrissey. Is making him a zombie killer really a tribute?

I don't know, but Viva Hate was a pretty good record. In 1988.

Wait, what were we talking about again?

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1361 on:** 25 Jul 2009, 14:59 »

1988 was an awesome year for music.

And people being born.

Alex C · « **Reply #1362 on:** 29 Jul 2009, 23:14 »

I'm kinda bummed out 'cuz I thought I was going to hit 40% unbuffed crit with my next upgrade, but when I equipped it I topped out at 39.94%. Which, you know, is pretty nice, but I really wanted to hit that benchmark.

Covetous · « **Reply #1363 on:** 30 Jul 2009, 00:19 »

Patch next week (most likely).

Alex C · « **Reply #1364 on:** 30 Jul 2009, 17:59 »

A paladin in my guild is up to 33k mana when buffed now. Holy shit.

Lines · « **Reply #1365 on:** 30 Jul 2009, 20:26 »

I can has mana?

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1366 on:** 31 Jul 2009, 12:51 »

Only if ICH steady rage.

Also, druids never get rage starved, have an AoE instant attack on GCD, don't need to gear for crit immunity, hit the hit and exp hardcap with ease and can switch to dps instantly while in combat.

I only really realised what this means now.

Alex C · « **Reply #1367 on:** 31 Jul 2009, 15:03 »

Druids have been pretty much OP since BC hit.

Dazed · « **Reply #1368 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 09:59 »

Prot paladins will kill us all.

Oh yeah, I'm also playing this game again. Nurfbat on Greymane, Alliance US PvE.

0bsessions · « **Reply #1369 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 12:27 »

Patch day!

Hope nobody was planning on playing today.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #1370 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 12:42 »

i am gonna be able to afford my flying mount now. woot.
that is pretty much the most exciting thing about this patch for me.

Alex C · « **Reply #1371 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:11 »

Sadly, I managed to get my flying mount, leatherworking epics and enough mats to make a Greatness card within my first 5 days of being level 80. I wish I could say it was easy or that it took anything approximating normal, well-balanced lifestyle to pull that off, but really, it just means that I'm a sad obsessive. Things like that is why I have since made a conscious decision to only play three nights a week now, tops.

kemon · « **Reply #1372 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:12 »

Quote from: Dazed on 04 Aug 2009, 09:59

Prot paladins will kill us all.

Oh yeah, I'm also playing this game again. Nurfbat on Greymane, Alliance US PvE.

yay for prot pallies!

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1373 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:59 »

Prot warriors got 3 massive huge buffs too, I like it.

Kiki · « **Reply #1374 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 15:07 »

Actually taking a break from raiding, but I play now and then.

Kiboú - 80 resto druid on Hyjal
Inryoku, Shuu - 80 warlock/priest on Dawnbringer
Ènt - 71 balance druid on Nesingwary

I'll be going to Blizzcon this year too :3

My wow/personal blarg with a lot of WoW stuff x3 http://lovelyblackdress.wordpress.com/

Alex C · « **Reply #1375 on:** 08 Aug 2009, 13:16 »

I'm not really upset since it's just loot (hell, loot that I'll be replacing shortly now that the patch hit), but honestly, what's with people getting a best in slot item and then leaving the guild? I mean, I passed on the Golden Saronite Dragon in favor of a dude with a naxx 25 weapon 'cuz it was a bigger upgrade for him. Plus, he's always been exempt from our (rarely enforced) attendance policy to even get into the raid to begin with, so I'm kind of at a loss as to why he's wandering around general chat linking his Leviathan achieve and BIS mainhand weapon as a reason as to why you should recruit him.

Dazed · « **Reply #1376 on:** 10 Aug 2009, 11:44 »

Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later.

Also, I got Rivendare's Deathcharger this morning. You may commence being jealous of me.

Alex C · « **Reply #1377 on:** 10 Aug 2009, 18:06 »

I'd be jealous since that damn thing won't drop for me, but I got a shiny new Steel Bladebreaker so I'm content for now.

Alex C · « **Reply #1378 on:** 11 Aug 2009, 17:54 »

Downed Lord Jaraxxus but he didn't give any loot. Gonna chew me out some GMs.

Lines · « **Reply #1379 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 19:20 »

Quote from: Dazed on 10 Aug 2009, 11:44

Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later.

What the crap is up with that? I never had problems with instances until Ulduar came out.

Also yes, I am a bit jealous.

Aurjay · « **Reply #1380 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 21:29 »

So im a little late to the game but i finally got Lich King. I was a very well equipped resto druid on BC and now thats all gone to crap. O'well i just ran UK for the 1st time and got a nice BLUE...its been forever since ive had a blue...anyways so far im liking northrend and all my new resto traits. Omen of Clarity as passive FTW. Only thing really bugs me is that i worked my ass off for epic flight form and now its trainable and i cant even fly in northrend wtf!!!

Yakob · « **Reply #1381 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 22:48 »

Guys I'm terrible at making (and/or saving) gold. Tell me how.

0bsessions · « **Reply #1382 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 22:53 »

Dailies. Once you hit eighty and start doing dailies, gold comes hand over fist.

Oh, and also:

Onyxia is gonna fuck your shit up, seriously this time.

Yakob · « **Reply #1383 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 23:03 »

Are there certain ones I should be doing? I'm only really doing the Argent Tournament ones currently. I just wanna get epic flying. I normally wouldn't be bothered by not having it, but now I have a bronze drake I won from a timed CoS run just sitting in my bank.

P.S./Update: I'm now healing Naxx10 and the occasional OS10/25 and I'm really enjoying it.

0bsessions · « **Reply #1384 on:** 12 Aug 2009, 23:25 »

Before I got exalted, my rotation would start at the AT (Which gives a fuck ton of dailies), head to the Shadow Vault, to Sholazar, to Dalarn for the fishing and cooking dailies then finish up in Storm Peaks with the Sons of the Hodir (These were great as a leatherworker, since I would gather shit tons of discarded leather doing those and in turn sell it on the AH).

You can make about 325 gold minimum a day running dailies, more if you're an Argent Champion, since you can get those coin purses instead of the Champion's Writ if you so desire.

Basically, find your own pattern. Get a bunch you can do swiftly and form an order that's quick for them. It's even faster once you get epic flight. I got it about three weeks ago and I've built up enough money to dual spec some of my alts.

Yakob · « **Reply #1385 on:** 16 Aug 2009, 10:03 »

So I just got a new laptop and it runs WoW gorgeously.

Oh, and ty for the daily tips.

Alex C · « **Reply #1386 on:** 16 Aug 2009, 13:49 »

The only thing that bums me out so far about this patch is that the Loliseum is waaaaay too easy and that I can't even really say anything about it without people saying I'm an elitist who hates casuals yada yada yada. Please believe me when I say I do not have a stick up my ass! I think it's great that people can afford their epic mounts and that players can breeze through the (sadly barren) old content on their way to 80. When I say bitterly that this patch represents free loot for everyone, it is only the fact that this apparently includes raiders that upsets me. The easy conquest tokens means fuck all to me. It just kinda sucks to wait ages for new content to contend with only to utterly steamroll each encounter, that's all. It literally takes much, much longer to figure out how to divide the loot than it takes to down any of the new bosses. This makes me a sad panda.

0bsessions · « **Reply #1387 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 10:55 »

I'm genuinely shocked no one's gotten around to posting this, major POTENTIAL lore spoilers ahead, I'll shrink the relevant text.:

Alleged details of next expansion pack leaked.

Now, I'll be the first to admit that a lot of this seems dubious at absolute best. The gameplay mechanic changes make a lot of sense. With Outland and Northrend covered, short of going to the Emerald Dream, I don't see much latitude for adding zones shy of absolutely fucking the current Azeroth landscape. The race additions are sensible and some of the class changes seem cool (Troll Druids sounds neat, but sounds VERY suspicious without adding another Alliance Druid). The Thousand Needles being flooded and the Barrens being split both sound like absolute brilliance, in my opinion and opening Gilneas would be a long time coming. It's also a very sensible idea for adding flight to old world Azeroth and damned if I haven't been wanting a Hyjal zone since I started playing last year. Also, despite being a Horde fan, I think the idea of outright destroying Orgrimmar and opening a new Orc city seems ballsy and really cool.

On the other hand, most of the lore ideas mentioned seem absolutely idiotic to me. The Wolvar and Goblin rationales both make sense and I like the Cataclysm idea, but it pretty much ends there. Thrall as the Guardian of Tirisfal? No thanks, I like him as the level headed flipside to Jaina Proudmore, who would make so much more sense as the new Guardian (And my brother rightly points out that Velen would make the most bitchin' choice and the most sensible). And Hellscream as the Horde leader? No fucking thanks. I hate him. He's our version of that petty, whiny little bitch Varian, who is the biggest obstacle to me ever rolling an Alliance alt. If Thrall had to be replaced, I'd go with Saurfang, personally. He's wise, sure handed, has experience with the whole blood of Mannoroth mess and is an absolute badass, The Cairne/Baine thing makes zero sense as well. The only way I could imagine Cairne being executed as a traitor is if he stood up and said "Ummm, dude, Garrosh? You're being a tard, knock it off" and Baine stepping in after his father's executed and then STICKING with the Horde makes negative amounts of sense. All told, the ideas sound like actively making the Horde full fledged bad guys, which would really water down the experience to me.

We'll see what shakes out as true and what doesn't this weekend, one way or the other. A lot of it does sound like red herrings Blizzard might be throwing out there to keep people off track and keep the guessing games about the expansion to a minimum.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1388 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 12:10 »

Colloseum is awesome for gearing alts, because gearing alts is boring as shit.

Other than that it is baws, even if the massive red dude in 25 man is megapainful.

Alex C · « **Reply #1389 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 13:26 »

Yeah, but some decent kicks and proper spreading makes him pretty cake. Losing half the raid just means that the Fel Lightning is less likely to bounce, so even if you take ridiculous casualties he's still pretty easy to down.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #1390 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 16:09 »

I heard about the linked changes as well Jon, and despite my decree to never play WoW again, but if a quarter of that stuff is true (besides the whole class thing, I couldn't care less about changes) it made me very interested to hear what they have to say at Blizzcon.

Quick, you guys, start going into long and boring rants about numbers and stats and gear and dps, make me not want to play the game again!

Alex C · « **Reply #1391 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 16:23 »

My Saronite Dragon gave me an estimated 118.2 dps increase when compared to my other options if used perfectly in a fight that matches a scenario that exists only in the mind of some dude who spends too much of his free time with excel.

Is that boring enough? I think I threw up in my mouth a li'l while typing it.

Lines · « **Reply #1392 on:** 18 Aug 2009, 16:40 »

Quote from: 0bsessions on 17 Aug 2009, 10:55

Stuff.

Whoa. That could be interesting!

clockworkjames · « **Reply #1393 on:** 18 Aug 2009, 17:16 »

Quote from: Alex C on 17 Aug 2009, 13:26

Yeah, but some decent kicks and proper spreading makes him pretty cake. Losing half the raid just means that the Fel Lightning is less likely to bounce, so even if you take ridiculous casualties he's still pretty easy to down.

Just one shotted him as fury in a pug. Was boring but a little fun tbh.

I always ran over to the ad but since I was the only warrior my DPS was barely over 2k because of target changing and feeling the need to apply sunders...

Alex C · « **Reply #1394 on:** 18 Aug 2009, 22:42 »

Yeah, that's one of those fights where I try to convince the casters to suck it up and be on adds. Luckily that's not really an issue for me since people need me on interrupts anyway, since Fel Fireball does around 45-50k odd damage once you factor in the dot, and nobody really feels like healing through that too often. Just volunteer to be on pummel duty next time; you'll do a lot more good and as a tank you're probably more practiced at that sort of thing than a lot of dpsers.

kemon · « **Reply #1395 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 01:19 »

Quote from: 0bsessions on 17 Aug 2009, 10:55

I'm genuinely shocked no one's gotten around to posting this, major POTENTIAL lore spoilers ahead, I'll shrink the relevant text.:

Alleged details of next expansion pack leaked.

if this is true, i guess my pally is switching sides.

Tauren Paladin!

Skelley · « **Reply #1396 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 05:49 »

Quote from: kemon on 19 Aug 2009, 01:19

Quote from: 0bsessions on 17 Aug 2009, 10:55
I'm genuinely shocked no one's gotten around to posting this, major POTENTIAL lore spoilers ahead, I'll shrink the relevant text.:

Alleged details of next expansion pack leaked.

if this is true, i guess my pally is switching sides.

Tauren Paladin!

Tauren Paladins and Dwarf shamans.

Cataclysm has the potential to be amazing.

Pengupower · « **Reply #1397 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 16:08 »

If there is a dwarf shaman it will be the first time I have ever leveled a class twice (hoping so much). All my characters are dwarf except my shaman since he couldn't be. It all started with a female dwarf priest because there didn't seem to be any female dwarves around.

Even if these leaks turn out to be false, it seems to have given blizzard plenty of free advertising for Blizzcon. Before all this, we probably would have just been asking why aren't the instance servers working right.

I'm hoping these turn out to be true though. Giving the starting zones some big changes would be nice. Right now the earliest levels feel like the most unpolished. Depending on the path you choose to take while leveling can make it worse or better of course.

Now if they could just find a way to make the player base nicer to each other (seems highly unlikely).

Dazed · « **Reply #1398 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 20:29 »

SO Mimiron hard mode is pretty hard. Like, really really hard.

Alex C · « **Reply #1399 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 21:18 »

Haven't actually given it a try. I was bummed when they nerfed normal Mimiron though.

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