tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post3894430988795269456..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52698294454158970892012-12-13T08:48:24.098-05:002012-12-13T08:48:24.098-05:00I do not min/max so I do not worry about professio...I do not min/max so I do not worry about professions too much but to someone that does professions are huge and they change all the time depending on what is best.<br /><br />As for tailoring, it can be fixed easily. Mining can not. Unless they want to change mining to give you a stat boost depending on the spec you are in, which would be perfect in my opinion.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89663892179445286722012-12-13T05:19:30.261-05:002012-12-13T05:19:30.261-05:00@Jaeger
Not all crafting proffessions gve the same...@Jaeger<br />Not all crafting proffessions gve the same bonus. JC gives a slightly bigger stam bonus. BS gives a bigger bonus still once epic gems come in. LW gives by far the biggest stam bonus, since, apparently, it's covering for the mastery or dodge you'd have on your wrists. So no, from a min-maxing point I'd have to pick up JC/LW now, BS/LW later.<br /><br />@Grumpy<br />While Alchemy does provide the 480 stam bonus, the bonus is not there all the time. First, I'm not gonna use flask outside of a raid. I use that +500 void thing atm. And if I decide to use another type of flask for a specific boss to reach something like a breakpoint or whatever, I get bonus in that stat. That's why I said Alchemy is debatable<br /><br />Tailoring is useless for tanks therefore it is useless. Remove it! Seriosuly, as long as some classes DO have use of mining, you can't state it's useless. Tanks are part of the game.<br /><br />Bottom line, the problem is not that gathering is useless to some. The problem is slightly bigger, not all professions are aligned to give same bonuses across the board for all specs / classes. But is that really a bad thing? Sure, I'd love choices, I'd love to not have those two clear winners of professions and feel I'm not doing my best by not having them.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-51975138742228689302012-12-11T20:07:08.162-05:002012-12-11T20:07:08.162-05:00I'm pretty sure the Alchemy one worked in Cata...I'm pretty sure the Alchemy one worked in Cata, it just didn't show in the tooltip, so everyone thought it was broken.<br /><br />But anyway, I really like the idea of two crafting and one gathering. Each of the crafting should give the same bonus though; not 10 extra for one like you mentioned with LW. BS is too good as well because as the new epic gems come out you get additional bonus and that shouldn't be the case.<br /><br />I have herb/alch so I'd add inscription, I guess. Not too enthusiastic about that...<br /><br />TBH, I'd just remove the profession bonuses. Do people really need to be incentivized to level professions?<br /><br />Get rid of racials while we're at it. Most people picked pandas because they think they're cute/cool; not because they have the best Alliance racial. Although I swear, it's just Blizz ripping people off for race changes for that tiny extra buff.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27249837174043467452012-12-11T09:46:01.055-05:002012-12-11T09:46:01.055-05:00Alchemy was broken all through cataclysm and gave ...Alchemy was broken all through cataclysm and gave no bonus, but it works again in mists. You get an extra 320 (more for stamina) of the stat you use the flask for which puts it in like with all others. Sucks it was broken an entire expansion and they never did anything about it.<br /><br />While mining is useful for tanks it is useless for everyone else and basically that means it is useless like all other gathering professions.<br /><br />As Jaeger said basically, being they do not give a primary stat boost they are basically useless.<br /><br />I do agree that tailoring needs something for tanks as well. Perhaps a dodge boost thing would be nice.<br /><br />Right now leatherworking is the best profession in the game as the bracer enchant gives you 330 additional of a primary stat and all other professions give a 320 boost.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40981496446305888182012-12-11T08:17:52.457-05:002012-12-11T08:17:52.457-05:00All crafting professions give the same bonus (in d...All crafting professions give the same bonus (in different ways) and it has options for any class/spec (unless they screwed it up this time).<br /><br />Gathering is very limited.<br />Mining - Stamina - useful for some tanks, waste for everyone else<br />Herbalism - Haste buff on CD - has it's uses (I use it) but it's not the same as a bonus primary stat<br />Skinning - Crit - nice but not as valuable as a primary stat.<br /><br />Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29388220146327367152012-12-11T06:55:42.522-05:002012-12-11T06:55:42.522-05:00Mining gives the same Stamina bonus as Enchanting....Mining gives the same Stamina bonus as Enchanting. And enchanting doesn't have any other option for a tank but stamina on rings. So they're completely on par. Tailoring gives me nothing. Nor does Inscription. Alchemy and Engineering are debatable. So to each role, his own, I'm pretty fine with it. Wouldn't mind a third profession though.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37272152049781185652012-12-11T06:29:01.704-05:002012-12-11T06:29:01.704-05:00For some things rogues rock. Like the one where y...For some things rogues rock. Like the one where you need to go through that area to rescue one of the stormstouts in amber, all my characters had to fight their way through. My rogue walked right around and touched the amber and jumped through and vanished and never needed to fight even one mob. Some things it is better at. AoE grinding quest mobs is where it fails horribly. At least at my skill level with it.<br /><br />I should have went assassination as that is what I had always leveled with before. I did 1-60 as combat and 61-85 as assassination and 86-90 as combat. Probably because I was in combat because of the weapons in cata and never thought to change back to assassination.<br /><br />I always did fine one on one, my issue with with multiple mobs. I even took out rares while leveling no problem what so ever. Did not die once to a rare. But if I got 3 quest mobs on me it was instant death if vanish was on cooldown.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-80634727284935974372012-12-11T06:24:07.148-05:002012-12-11T06:24:07.148-05:00I can reach levels of bad on my rogue that are unh...I can reach levels of bad on my rogue that are unheard of. lol<br /><br />Oddly enough, I can take out any of the rares on my rogue with no problem what so ever but I have issues with quest mobs. Does that make any sense?<br /><br />I do not mind the stealth around and picking off one at a time. Do the sap and hit and run method to break up packs of two or three and it makes life easier. At least doing them one at a time I do not need to keep eating.<br /><br />You will get there I am sure. Now for me the hard part, the plate people and the lock. I shutter to think what it will be like. But at least with the tank type classes I can pull lots and it is even advised for me to do so, which might actually make leveling faster.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-17186214282399492502012-12-11T06:21:08.485-05:002012-12-11T06:21:08.485-05:00Anon is correct. I had all my low levels lock sum...Anon is correct. I had all my low levels lock summoned to the vale early on for portal usage. Nice place to make home if you ask me. So people can get there, even a level 1 if they wanted to. The flying is a bot however.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-10011342710172818672012-12-11T03:27:18.389-05:002012-12-11T03:27:18.389-05:00Grats on another 90, but I am surprised as that yo...Grats on another 90, but I am surprised as that you had so much trouble leveling as rogue. At first I thought you had bad gear/weps , but when I read that you were using 450 BOAs then I was surprised. Rogues are one of the easier classes to level because of ability to reset combat whenever needed and stealth for passing through the bunch of mobs to the correct ones for the quests . I leveled as assassination because of the glyph of deadly momentum , which resets the snd and recup duration to their original duration on kills and keep it rolling. Opening rotation was -> stealth->cheap shot (4sec stun) , get snd and recup up , finish off the mob, then for other mobs that needed to be kill were easily downed in the stun duration as snd was already running. Combat has the allure of cleave and killing spree , but as you rise in levels and stats decay it starts getting worse and worse , and assasination shines even with low gear levels.<br />-Straws Outland EUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74749762458627184242012-12-10T15:31:44.445-05:002012-12-10T15:31:44.445-05:00The sub-90 flying toons are bots, report them when...The sub-90 flying toons are bots, report them when you see them. <br /><br />I believe it's possible for sub-85 toons to get to Pandaria through mage portals (to Vale) and possibly warlock summons. Once there, someone with a multi-person mount can fly them around. <br /><br />As for the fast running toon, there are a few named mobs that drop items with limited charges that give a huge short-term speed boost, could have been one of those rather than a bot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45858457127037906992012-12-10T12:30:39.452-05:002012-12-10T12:30:39.452-05:00Gratz on another 90, I am more impressed that you ...Gratz on another 90, I am more impressed that you levelled a Rogue than either of my Plate Wearing 90's.<br /><br />I still can't believe you are a worse Rogue than me. It is impossible to be that bad.<br /><br />I always find I need to eat or bandage after every fight, I am damned if I am going to stealth around all day to pick off lone mobs.<br /><br />I am mightily impressed at your army of maxed out characters, or is that totally jealous?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475673092257340904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-20001965096444150922012-12-10T11:00:45.937-05:002012-12-10T11:00:45.937-05:00Right click on them and report them for cheating, ...Right click on them and report them for cheating, they are bots. At least that way it puts them on the list of people they can watch and maybe one day they will figure out how to stop them.<br /><br />Mind you, I am a skeptic, I believe they allow them to bot and do not care, but if they are to be believed that they need to know who is doing it so they can monitor it and figure out how to stop it, reporting them is the best way to handle it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-80058025596464370802012-12-10T10:57:48.832-05:002012-12-10T10:57:48.832-05:00Hmmm,
Saw 3 lvl 85's flying in Valley of Four...Hmmm,<br /><br />Saw 3 lvl 85's flying in Valley of Four Winds and a lvl 81 flying there too! How in the hell does a lvl 81 come to Mists? And then saw a lvl 85 running so fast it zoom by me and I could not catch up with him while flying at 310%. How? Cheating, that is how. I have given up. -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-38408408246436025582012-12-10T10:54:28.861-05:002012-12-10T10:54:28.861-05:00Did combat but I am thinking I would have been bet...Did combat but I am thinking I would have been better as assassination.<br /><br />I tired that approach, blowing everything, and still would die quickly. Recoup just did not seem to outpace damage coming from 4 places even with evasion going. I noticed the only time I was able to do multi packs was if I played the dancing game, as in keep moving which actually avoids a crap ton of melee attacks believe it or not. If I stood still for even 3 seconds I was dead.<br /><br />I am just not very good at my rogue or melee in general. I tank when in melee. I do just fine on my bear, paladin, warrior or death knight. Face to face battle is what it is about for me. But those classes can take a beating.<br /><br />I have one hunter on a PvP server, probably will be one of the last ones I level of course, but I could surely ditch skinning on him for engineering. I still think of engineering as a PvP toy profession more than anything else.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28052473427400275932012-12-10T10:24:45.084-05:002012-12-10T10:24:45.084-05:00Gz on yet another 90. What spec did you level you...Gz on yet another 90. What spec did you level your rogue with? I have to say when I was on my rogue last week I was having a blast leveling past 85 on combat spec - blade flurry and multi target FTW. I found myself gathering up 3-4 targets blowing an avoidance cooldown, hitting recuperate and keeping blade flurry on. Felt like some sort of swashbuckling swordfighter(only, y'know..with daggers)hurrahing my way across the landscape. <br /><br />I did have to use a pot or two when it got hairy but for the most it was grand.<br /><br />And embrace the hunter engineer, my hunter has been one since the glory days of ammo (which i'm slighty nostalgic for) its great fun. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com