Monday Random Thoughts

- The new patch, a raid patch, should be coming tomorrow.

- And I got one of the things I wanted to get done before it came out done.

- I earned [Seat of Knowledge].

- That has to be the largest grind I can recall in a long time.

- I think maybe the BC reputations were the last time a grind took that much time and dedication.

- Or better yet, switching from scryer or aldor exalted to the other reputation and bringing it to exalted.

- Yeap, that was the last time anything was that much of a grind.

- In my opinion at least.

- I loved it and I hated it.

- I hated that one last piece that seemed to never come but I loved that it actually felt like I earned something.

- I love grinds, but I would never do something like that a second time.

- Same goes for the BC stuff, even now at 90, I would never do it a second time.

- And I love to grind stuff.

- I think that is a mistake blizzard made with this expansion, they made it so everyone needed to do some sort of grind, even if smaller the second time around.

- Most people are not like me, they do not like grinds.

- And if I do not like doing things like that a second time, why would someone that did not like getting reputations a first time want to do it a second time.

- So 5.2 comes and they still have not corrected that error.

- What are you waiting for blizzard?  A written invitation?

- Dear Blizzard, you are invited to remove the reputation requirements from gear and patterns, thank you, the people that pay you.

- There is your written invitation.  Now fix it.

- Back to grinding the seat of knowledge.

- I solved nearly 800 artifacts from the continent.

- That seems to be about average.

- I got the achievement for 20 of each along the way.

- I traded them all in for Tol'vir pieces.

- I still do not have the pet or the mount.

- I really do not have any luck with archaeology.

- Even less than my normal no luck.

- I love the title that comes with that achievement.

- What, you did not know it comes with a title?

- The achievement doesn't tell you but it sure as hell does come with a title.

- Seeker of Knowledge.

- That fits me so well I'd like to think.

- It might even be my favorite title.

- Speaking of titles there was one I had for a short time that I would have loved to keep.

- Slayer of Stupid, Incompetent and Disappointing Minions.

- I really wish I could have kept that one forever even if I usually hate long titles.

- That one is just so good I can over look the fact it was long.

- Perhaps I like it so much because it was a limited time title.

- Or I like it because it sounds cool and funny at the same time.

- Also sounds like it would be the ultimate insult in PvP to kill someone while wearing it.

- Was in a dungeon the other day and someone mentioned trying to do the achievements.

- I said, sure, why not.

- We knocked out one and I explained how to get the one on the next boss.

- We did it perfectly and we did not get the achievement.

- Someone said, what is it called, I can not find it on the list.

- I looked and could not find it, but I know I did it.

- So we talked about the rest of the achievements and someone else mentioned an achievement they could not find.

- Two of the people, me being one, remember having it and looked for it.

- It was not there.

- Did they remove achievements?

- We looked in feat of strength and it was not there either.

- It is like they completely removed the achievements.

- Sort of like that fight in the temple of the jade serpent where where you help the lorewalker.

- I've done that fight so many times but only once ever saw a different one.

- I've never ran into another person that has seen one different from the one we see all the time now.

- I swear there was at least one other lorewalker fight there.

- I did it, I swear, I did it.

- Missing boss fights, missing achievements, I am either losing my mind or blizzard is removing things without noting them in any patch notes.

- I wonder what other achievements are missing from dungeons that were once there and are now gone.

- I can only remember two of them.

- I also remember an achievement for killing all the named hozen in the area we go to for the tiller quests, and that is gone too.

- Am I losing my mind?

- Maybe I should be called the confused elf.

- I swear there was a different fight in the temple of the jade serpent, I am not losing my mind.

- I am going to try something new, to get a jump on things for tomorrow.

- I am going to do all the dailies today and not turn them in until tomorrow, so I will not feel as if I have to do them tomorrow before I head to the new content.

- They will all be done already and I can just run around and turn them in and head to the new area.

- I wonder if that will work.

- Sometimes if you do something that is a daily with rotating dailies and go to turn them in the next day you can't.

- I tried that once with the august celestials and when I went to the white tiger I could not turn any of them in.

- I will still try it anyway because I know me, I will feel compelled to do all the dailies before I enter the new area and I do not want to wait to get into the new area.

- I know I can do every single daily in an hour and a half or less, but that is an hour and a half I will lose in the new area and I don't want to lose any time there.

- I play in prime time and it is hard enough to get things done when everyone else is around so I am sure it will take me a while when everyone on the server is in the same place that first day.

- So I don't want to waste time doing dailies otherwise.

- Not to mention, I have 9,999 bones to collect so I want to get to it ASAP.

- More than 9,999 actually, I want to pet too.

- Killing rares in the new area will offer 15 valor points also, how awesome is that?

- If I had to guess I would say I have killed over 500 rares already this expansion for nothing more than the chance at getting one of those little baggies.

- They did not need to bait me more with valor.

- Now, with valor and shared mobs, you can valor cap just rare hunting all day every day.

- There you go blizzard, now that is a choice.

- We could do it, but it will not be the best way to do it, but that little extra is nice.

- Blizzard needs to learn not to be so stingy with things.

- Let people cap easier, let people gear faster, let people play the game and have fun.

- There is no reason to make them feel like they need to log in every day.

- If you make them feel they have to log in every day, they will revolt and not log in at all.

- Make them want to log in every day, not have to log in every day.

- One day they will learn that concept.

- The 80/40/90 first run 40/20/45 second run thing is something that makes some people feel that must log in every day.

- Doing it 80/40/90 all the time, even for second and third runs, would make people feel like they want to log in and can do it whenever they want and not be forced.

- Trust me, if people log on because they want to, they will be happier customers, better customers.

- Someone posted on MMO-C about a new SoR coming out.

- I think it was a troll, but would like it if they did do that.

- I have an inactive account I would gladly use it on it for the free mount and the free level 85.

- Wonder what I would make a free 85.

- I already have every class at 85 or better, 7 of the 11 classes are even 90.

- What would I want another of?

- I am thinking a panda priest.

- Or a panda shaman.

- I would never use a free level up on a hunter when hunters are the easiest class in the game to level.

- I bet you can do 1-85 now in less than 18 hours if you wait for rested and only level on rested.

- Less than 12 hours if you have some of those 300% experience boost potions.

- You would spend more time traveling than you do actually questing.

- You know the leveling process is broken beyond repair when it takes longer to get to a zone than it does to out level the zone you traveled to.

- I wonder when the entire leveling concept will be removed from the game.

- All you really need to play a class, if you are at least a mildly intelligent person that is, is 5 minutes research online.

- Leveling for the smart player is a waste of time.

- The game does not start until 90.

- At least not for PvE.

- That is one case PvP rules PvE.

- Their content starts as soon as you can fight another person and a 15 vs a 15 is the same as a 90 vs a 90, just bigger toolboxes.

- There is no comparison for PvE.

- Running a dungeon at a low level is a way to advance to what is more important.

- Fighting at a low level is important itself.

- Makes me want to get into PvP more, seems like it has the potential to be more fun sometimes.

- One reason I never would however, is the personal progression part.

- Gearing is all there is really to personal progression, and you can not progress in PvP without conquest and the only real way to get it effectively is RBGs and Arena.

- Could you image if PvE was like that?

- No thanks, do not want to imagine that.

- That would mean you would only get valor from normal mode raiding and heroic mode raiding.

- And lets face it, if you are clearing enough raid bosses normal and heroic each week to cap, you have no use for valor.

- My "raid" character has no valor gear, (one piece actually) they got all their gear from raiding.

- That is what PvP needs an equivalent of.

- You should not get the top gear from RBGs and Arena.

- You should get the top gear from the lesser stuff so you can get into those.

- Just like PvE has it.

- If and when I can get most of the stuff done this expansion I would like to try some PvP again.

- It has been since wrath since I really played around with it.

- I think I am due.

- And as a Seeker of Knowledge I should do it, for research of course.

- Have a great day.