tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post4042090641537699789..comments2024-03-29T05:19:30.673-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-39624338239130061182015-12-10T10:17:56.757-05:002015-12-10T10:17:56.757-05:00I agree for anyone that was not over geared (and a...I agree for anyone that was not over geared (and a hunter) it could be a huge issue and it was a goof on blizzards part. I can't see how many other classes would handle it, if they could at all.<br /><br />Seems like the under 2 wolves in the big pack was the one I had. I had to pick it up right under his snout.<br /><br />Oddly enough, and I only need 8 more pristine items, and there are a lot, and that was the first time I have ever encountered that dig. I guess I am lucky. <br /><br />Perhaps you are right. They are intended for a raid group to kill them. Or just a hunter. ;) That is why I really was not that afraid, I can do garn and his buddies solo.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16158453562483744962015-12-09T21:21:59.125-05:002015-12-09T21:21:59.125-05:00Interesting that you enjoyed doing the Garn Nighth...Interesting that you enjoyed doing the Garn Nighthowl digsite. For me, it was a big goof-up by Blizzard and a deterrent from even doing archaeology. I got the digsite in the first couple weeks of WoD (on my warlock), and I started working on the digsite. I was able to get a few digs without aggroing any of the wolves, but then I found one that seemed to be right underneath two sleeping wolves. Every time I tried to get to the digsite, I aggroed the wolves and they destroyed me. Ended up with a couple hundred gold in a repair bill, and didn't even finish the digsite. I submitted a ticket to Blizzard, and the GM said, hey sorry, I had that digsite too and it was hard, good luck. Then I stopped doing archaeology. When I started archaeology again, I had made Exalted with the Arrakoa, so I bought the thing that randomizes your digsites just to get rid of the Nighthowl digsite. Did a couple more digsites, and Nighthowl digsite pops up again. I tried it again, and even in my 690 or whatever gear I had by then, I got destroyed by the wolves just as easily as when I was a fresh 100. I submitted another ticket. Next time I logged in, my digsites had been randomized. Did a whole bunch more archaeology, and then Nighthowl pops up again and I stopped doing archaeology. Next time I logged in, my digsites had been randomized again. I have no idea what's going on with my digsites being randomized every time Nighthowl pops up, but if it didn't I would just randomize them myself to make it go away.<br /><br />I suspect that this digsite was simply a colossal error by Blizzard. The professions team added the digsite, and then another team came along later, added Garn, his minions, and the mount drop. And no one realized that people would be venturing here solo for archaeology.<br /><br />I don't think this a precursor to what will happen in Legion. These wolves are not just level 100 elites. I can kill most 102 elites pretty easily now, and the wolves hit much much harder. The problem is that they stuck mobs designed to be killed by a raid team in an archaeology digsite and then never fixed it.Loremisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33374205718443957662015-12-09T10:39:41.960-05:002015-12-09T10:39:41.960-05:00That is why I laugh when I see hunters that massiv...That is why I laugh when I see hunters that massively over gear me and I still beat them. How is that possible, their gear should be able to beat me alone. I sometimes wonder why I can not be that lucky. I mean they have to be in a mythic group to be getting that much gear. I am getting more and more jealous over the years as I get older. It makes me yearn for the good old days when I could beat someone that vastly over geared me through being the better player. Now it is about "who you raid with" and not "how good a player you are". I get punished for choosing to raid with people I like raiding with instead of moving to a progression group.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46569926691551895332015-12-09T10:35:04.339-05:002015-12-09T10:35:04.339-05:00Funny you say 40K for heroic archie when most grou...Funny you say 40K for heroic archie when most groups turn me down doing 70K because it is "not enough" now. The times have changed already.<br /><br />We do forget that it is the tier set and the ring giving us that power. It is what makes it even harder on alts trying to make the jump into raiding unless they get carried. As much as some people will hate me for saying it, but this is why we NEED tier gear back in LFR. So alts at least have a way to work their way into a real raid.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-48820123837640575252015-12-08T11:33:37.491-05:002015-12-08T11:33:37.491-05:00When I started playing, a bad overgeared hunter di...When I started playing, a bad overgeared hunter did roughly the same as an undergeared good hunter and sets didn't dramatically change a class. Now a bad overgeared hunter does more damage than the best undergeared ones. I have seen this at mythic level where 10 item levels more and messing things up is way better output than a perfect everything hunter with also 0 unavoidable damage taken. So no surprise there, gear is everything.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29924618842901667912015-12-08T10:18:23.837-05:002015-12-08T10:18:23.837-05:00Well there is definitely a problem this tier in DP...Well there is definitely a problem this tier in DPS increase (that problem was not present to taht extend on HM/BRF)<br /><br />When you see that our benchmark for heroic archimonde was around 40k the first month of realease, and now on archimonde mythic we are all at 90-110k the increase is just insane.<br /><br />The problem is that for us that kind of dps start to feel normal, and we tend to forget the gain of 4set + 795 ring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37752679316118858152015-12-08T07:42:18.827-05:002015-12-08T07:42:18.827-05:00Yeah, the BRF tier was better for starting HFC eve...Yeah, the BRF tier was better for starting HFC even if all you had was the 670 one. It really was that powerful.<br /><br />I guess it was okay. But comparing item levels with and without the tier set you are looking at close to a 15K-20K difference at the same over all item level. I know tier sets are supposed to give you a boss, but that seems a bit over the line if you ask me. Makes leveling alts always feel as if you are way behind, even, if as you said, you really aren't.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-21555568901141527142015-12-08T07:39:36.781-05:002015-12-08T07:39:36.781-05:00It would not surprise me in the slightest if somet...It would not surprise me in the slightest if something like that happened. I got the beta myself last expansion, but after I got it I noticed someone sent me an extra one they had 2 weeks earlier I never noticed. Guess I have to keep an eye on my mailbox.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33828783316305002482015-12-08T07:38:28.273-05:002015-12-08T07:38:28.273-05:00I would say it is. The reason it seems most of th...I would say it is. The reason it seems most of the "positive" and newer, meaning video, people get them first is because they are trying to create buzz. Nothing wrong with that really. It is a good business plan to keep promoting your business.<br /><br />However I do believe that they are going about it the wrong way. I think pushing this hype so soon it will burn out in the long run, and as you mentioned, burn out the people they need to hype it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-51551212124635736622015-12-08T04:28:44.580-05:002015-12-08T04:28:44.580-05:00I don't think you did badly with your hunter a...I don't think you did badly with your hunter as BM at 682. It's more or less what I was doing when I was getting my horde hunter through the legendary questline.<br /><br />Remember that the DPS check on mythic butcher was around 35k per player and that was with 680-ish ilvl gear and no set bonus, and we're speaking mythic level there.<br /><br />Even on grull it was 40-45k ish and that was with set bonuses.<br /><br />Oh aswell, BM 4p in BRF was THAT ridiculusly OP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-82885199528618561092015-12-07T15:10:06.440-05:002015-12-07T15:10:06.440-05:00With your luck or lack thereof, I suspect you will...With your luck or lack thereof, I suspect you will find that you have already received a Beta invite, but your email put it in your spam folder where you will not happen to discover it until two days after Legion is released :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27661557627875379922015-12-07T13:23:21.960-05:002015-12-07T13:23:21.960-05:00"Hey, where is my beta invite blizzard?"..."Hey, where is my beta invite blizzard?"<br /><br />Lately, I've been reading and hearing a host of people talking about beta. You have the podcasters and streamers getting beta invites with a notable but smaller subsection of bloggers getting invites. A thought occurred to me listening to their observations and critiques.<br /><br />Blizzards press management leads inevitably to a feedback loop and influences expansion patterns, exacerbating, what was a natural progression of player interest.<br /><br />First, let us postulate that an expansions natural life cycle is Drop > Mid Expansion patches/content > Last Xpac patch > End of Xpac lull. I believe that at the drop of the expansion, interest is at its highest and slowly fades losing X% of people that just want to see the new stuff and unsub. Each mid Xpac content patch buffs the deflating enthusiasm bringing some small portion of X back (meanwhile X continues to grow as others unsub). Then when the final patch drops you see the highest return of X% just to finish up the Xpac which moves you into the Lull where you see X grow steadily until the pre-expansion event nears.<br /><br />I don't think this paradigm is revolutionary in any way. Why does Blizz do this? I believe its because it generates hype, buzz, and energy around the new releases (Xpacs, Content patches, etc). They utilize the media's reach and attitude to generate this energy, because they think these media sources DO influence the general player attitude, or else, why inevitably do the same people keep getting beta invites?<br /><br />Now let us look at these media personalities. They get access 6-9 months ahead of the content's official release. They play it and then use that material to fill content slots for their own entertainment productions: videos, streaming, podcasts, or blog articles. They dissect it at length, ad nauseam long before its official release. Then the official content drops and they play it, just like they've played it a couple? a few? a dozen times before? Perhaps, they wax poetic about the changes, the improvements, the actual official implementation compared to what they saw on beta. However, in the end, they've seen it a TON before and that enthusiasm can only last so long and shortly after launch of the Xpac, Content Patch, etc they grow bored, which is why you see multiple WOW podcasts talking about anything but WOW.<br /><br />Just like the hype, the buzz, the energy Blizzard sought to cultivate by giving these people early access; these media sources present information, thoughts etc much more muted having exhausted the fine detail analysis months earlier. That pall can't help but translate to the player base, who may have a qualm but the miasma that are these WOW podcasts and bloggers burnt out on what is actually newly dropped information can't help but permeate their future observations from playing the game. The players who listen and read and care are artificially burnt out by the burn out the media presence.<br /><br />From my perspective, it seems that Blizzards current predisposition to favor podcasters, streamers, and bloggers with beta access accelerates the life cycle of every expansion and subsequent component (like content patches).<br /><br />What do you think, Grumpy, is this a fair assessment?Thuggs@Alecmazzarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863319244184696508noreply@blogger.com