tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post1033913396211904674..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89251291978282181732014-06-07T10:23:00.081-04:002014-06-07T10:23:00.081-04:00I knew they said something about adding an additio...I knew they said something about adding an additional space for crafting materials and making the stack largers, but this is a huge amount of space, even more so when you think almost everything stacks to 200.<br /><br />I just wonder what will happen with the profession bags being we will not longer need them. I have many characters with multiple profession bags in the bank. Now it will become wasted and unusable because I would not need it any more.<br /><br />Maybe they will change them into real bags like they did with the ammo bags, quivers and the soul shard bags when they removed those from the game.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-76523893440213212622014-06-06T20:26:11.237-04:002014-06-06T20:26:11.237-04:00Honestly, with the significantly larger stack size...Honestly, with the significantly larger stack sizes and the indication that they're giving us a large dedicated bank tab for reagents, not only might I not miss the 8th guild bank slot, I may be able to avoid mailbanking in the future. I didn't see that coming... and it'll be glorious.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-55456056493245339842014-05-30T09:12:44.893-04:002014-05-30T09:12:44.893-04:00Welcome back.
Blizzard does some strange things f...Welcome back.<br /><br />Blizzard does some strange things for strange reasons.<br /><br />I want my 8th slot. If blizzard added something like that to their store, where for 20 bucks you can buy it, I would. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-63784180051443968622014-05-30T01:25:46.793-04:002014-05-30T01:25:46.793-04:00Been MIA for a while, maybe back for a bit.
I hav...Been MIA for a while, maybe back for a bit.<br /><br />I haven't heard anything about that but I wouldn't think I've seen anything like that mentioned. Also no clue why they would even consider doing that, bank guilds are popular.<br /><br />And yeah, one person getting that last slot is just a tease. I just ignore it as best I can.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-49248874350023787402014-05-07T08:08:16.976-04:002014-05-07T08:08:16.976-04:00They had to give a date for stockholders. That is...They had to give a date for stockholders. That is more what it was about.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66232471747363951002014-05-07T08:07:36.942-04:002014-05-07T08:07:36.942-04:00Some of those timer ones are not easy, or were not...Some of those timer ones are not easy, or were not. The one when you have to kill things on the dragon took me a long time to get.<br /><br />But I like my double time on my flask. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-86637481368123402492014-05-06T08:04:14.297-04:002014-05-06T08:04:14.297-04:00They had to give a date since they opened up pre-o...They had to give a date since they opened up pre-orders. They should have just held on until later though. Open pre-orders when Beta is announced or something.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-82460557389104436772014-05-06T08:01:22.929-04:002014-05-06T08:01:22.929-04:00I have several solo achievements left, but few tha...I have several solo achievements left, but few that would seem fun to accomplish. For example, I have 9 quest achievements left: the vehicle timer dailies from BC and Wrath, a couple daily related ones from Mists and the roach one that can't be done solo.<br /><br />That's the problem with professions. I can't really think of flavor-only bonuses either, so it's just simpler that they remove the bonuses.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77704662851206183672014-05-06T06:46:48.762-04:002014-05-06T06:46:48.762-04:00I would not be surprised to see if subs dropped 2M...I would not be surprised to see if subs dropped 2M or more. I know it is not really something to base things on, but as soon as they announced Dec 20th as the date within 2 weeks my guild went from there being 30-35 on during the average evening to there now being 3-5 people on during the average evening.<br /><br />It is sad to see a guild get ripped apart like that so quickly and not because of drama, but because of blizzard and their horrible release schedule. I do not think they realized the impact of telling people there will be nothing coming out for so long. I am sure that not only my guild suffered from the "fuck that, I quit" mentality that happened after blizzard announced, screw the customers and what they want, we are not releasing anything for a year.<br /><br />You are one of the few that that enjoy organizing like I do. It does feel like you accomplished something when you get it all done.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-59602224535528712412014-05-06T06:42:14.380-04:002014-05-06T06:42:14.380-04:00I am running out of achievements I can go after so...I am running out of achievements I can go after solo myself. Just that one quest one really.<br /><br />I think profession bonuses should be changed, not removed. They should all give something, it adds flavor. Like leave the alchemy 2 hour flask thing, but what would you give other professions on par with that?TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-82045320664314823432014-05-06T06:40:40.649-04:002014-05-06T06:40:40.649-04:00As jaeger said heroic dungeon gear will be better ...As jaeger said heroic dungeon gear will be better than it is and LFR is finally becoming what it was supposed to be to begin with, super easy. In theory at least.<br /><br />Still, I do not agree with the no valor gear option. They need to bring valor gear back. Any game without a system to get gear that is not completely luck based is a bad game in my opinion and it is why I think mists ended on a bad note.<br /><br />As for the group finder, it is already in game. Not used as much and not advertised. But I use it to do Ordos and celestails each week. Click the social tab, then last tab for raids, then click other raids, and you can enter your name to look for a group for something.<br /><br />It is working well, but not many use it because not many know it is there. If they give it more support and advertise it and put it in a more prominent place it might be good for group making next expansion. For now it is good for world bosses only really.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89708497946861451102014-05-06T06:37:29.870-04:002014-05-06T06:37:29.870-04:00We are different people I would say. I too enjoy ...We are different people I would say. I too enjoy the organizing and cleaning up but I'd be willing to bet that the majority of players hate it.<br /><br />I still have a lot to do really and one day I want to start clearing out some old "stock" I have saved up that I do not think I will use.<br /><br />I still wonder why there are such steep requirements to get the extra guild bank tabs. An actual guild does not need 8 tabs but a guild bank does. So it is easy for an actual guild to get the 8th tab but impossible for a guild bank to do so. Where exactly is the logic in that.<br /><br />A friend told me that they read that any guild that only has 1 player in it will be deleted come 6.0. I can not find any reference to that, might you have heard anything on that? Would really suck. I have 2 solo banks that would be lost.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53450447922904948202014-05-06T01:17:46.572-04:002014-05-06T01:17:46.572-04:00All that said, maintenance is fun. I love sorting ...All that said, maintenance is fun. I love sorting things out, juggling them between alts trying to optimize everything - space / money / time for profs, etc. Spring cleaning is great!PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69019298132846267282014-05-06T01:15:00.514-04:002014-05-06T01:15:00.514-04:00I have something to report, too.
I was waiting fo...I have something to report, too.<br /><br />I was waiting for you to post your experiences on PVP and in the meantime got some good memories of arenas and that itch to maaaaaybe resub again. I was mulling about resubbing in my head for several days, then went to watch the streams to pump myself up a bit. Well. Glad I did that, because it became very clear very fast that the arenas didn't change one iota - same setups, same tricks, same issues, same boring dead-ends, same, same, same. After an hour and a half I thanked myself on being patient enough not to resub right away, punched part of the inner voice that was whispering into my ear to resub in the face, and went on to do something else.<br /><br />Also. My prediction for the subs for tomorrow (there's an earnings call): 500k-1000k down.PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44635850265424413312014-05-05T19:12:39.268-04:002014-05-05T19:12:39.268-04:00-Did world bosses (no loot)
-Solo'd BT again....-Did world bosses (no loot)<br /><br />-Solo'd BT again. One more partial run and I'll be exalted.<br /><br />-Also, did some Warbringer hunting. Found one. Killed it. No mounts...<br /><br />-Looked through the remaining achievements that I have but nothing jumped out at me to try and work on it...<br /><br />-I keep hearing people leveling a toon to 60 and then boosting it to 90 with profs... That's just so dumb in my opinion. You can level two profs in a few hours, whereas leveling from 1-60 takes a lot longer.<br /><br />-Agree that the lvling gear for each expansion is messed up. The greens have much higher ilvl but are seriously inferior to epics, so it makes no sense. I was in full heroic epics at the end of cata and kept that gear until 88-90. I really only replaced them since I was getting the end of zone blues from going for loremaster.<br /><br />-I love that prof bonuses are gone. They were never balanced properly.<br /><br />-Based on the recent interviews with Watcher, it seems like something during the WoD development process caused a major setback/unexpected delay. It really seems like the release will be after Blizzcon.<br /><br />-And played ESO. I'm going slowly so I'm up to lvl 36 of 59 (technically it goes to 49 and then Veteran Rank 1-10)Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19974195111469143172014-05-05T19:12:11.502-04:002014-05-05T19:12:11.502-04:00Regarding gear:
Heroic dungeons seem to be better ...Regarding gear:<br />Heroic dungeons seem to be better than LFR. Hopefully that means close to Flex.<br />Challenge Modes will potentially also provide loot bags with epics. Same with Garrison quests.<br />Other than that, we don't really know.<br /><br />Group finder will probably help with flex pugs after things are more settled in. I don't know it will really help otherwise though. Flexible Normal and Heroic will probably help more since guilds won't need strict raid rosters.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42529817492249131552014-05-05T13:21:46.409-04:002014-05-05T13:21:46.409-04:00Good to see you posting again. I do have a questio...Good to see you posting again. I do have a question. With valor gear gone, how will we get gear outside of raiding? Will it be the new heroic dungeons that offer gear slightly better than LFR loot? Or will it be level 100 quests or areas similar to the Timeless Isle that offer items close to what drops in raids?<br /><br />Also, what do you think about LFR now not offering tier sets and great trinkets and lesser quality loot? Do you think Blizz finally realizes it is meant just as a tourist mode? And will this make people who only knew about LFR actually want to try to get into normal raiding? I'm happy about this decision though.<br /><br />One other thing, I am curious about how this new group finder addition. I think I read it will be similar to OQueue. Do you think this will help those who can only raid say one night a week easily find groups in WoD? <br /><br />I must say, even though this expansion is taking longer than expected, I am getting somewhat excited about some of the possible changes and additions. Sufferwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-5144517606529169832014-05-05T12:57:54.989-04:002014-05-05T12:57:54.989-04:00Heh. I had a maintenance day myself yesterday, sp...Heh. I had a maintenance day myself yesterday, spent more of the day (yeah...) cleaning out mailboxes, DEing a bunch of stuff, dealing with tons of cloth, gemming/enchanting/reforging gear that I hadn't bothered to earlier, smelting thousands of ore (I think I spent about 2hrs smelting... good times... WTB faster smelting perk), moving some stuff to banks (which in some cases required cleaning out those banks a bit first), etc. I've been slacking on the maintenance for the past couple of months so I had quite a bit to do.<br /><br />Upside, that's probably the bulk of what I'll need to do pre-WoD... I still need to finish clearing out banks and bags but I've run through the majority of my mats, I've sold off most of my saleable items (except bags, they continue to move slowly and I have many (many) left) and I've mostly stopped accumulating new stuff to deal with.<br /><br />It was a good day. I'm sure not everyone would think so but for me, it was a good day. :)Rnoreply@blogger.com