tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post6272729111563675707..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-11227002187247016442014-12-29T10:53:43.631-05:002014-12-29T10:53:43.631-05:00Yeap, did the instant boost. Don't think I wo...Yeap, did the instant boost. Don't think I would do another. You start now with limited abilities and that just is not fun. They ruined any chance of me ever doing it again, that is for sure.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-63503457153724842312014-12-27T10:21:58.065-05:002014-12-27T10:21:58.065-05:00late, but that's ok.
Blizz is doing somethin...late, but that's ok. <br /><br />Blizz is doing something like what you are chatting about - up your character to lvl 90? You did it, didn't you? $60. Heck, I still haven't used my instant 90 from buying WoD. I would rather Blizzard gave me 100,000 gold. <br /><br />Wouldn't hurt them, the economy is ruined anyway. Since before it seemed it was following the oil index, I would hope with oil going down, so will prices - nahhh, they won't. <br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-8052937186304611212014-12-24T07:44:51.465-05:002014-12-24T07:44:51.465-05:00I used to buy trading cards off ebay and sell them...I used to buy trading cards off ebay and sell them in game for gold. Legal gold buying. It has been around as long as I can recall. So buying gold is not anything different.<br /><br />We used to have a player in guild that bought gold and talked about it all the time. In wrath he got a new character to max, said in guild he was going to buy some gold and get it decked out, and then did just that. Every time he got a maxed character he bought gold and then decked it out in the best BoEs he could find so he could play catch up. He was doing this since the game started back in vanilla. He bought his first mount that way, flying in BC that way, etc. He was always open about it, always talked about it in guild and never got banned. Blizzard really does not care, unless someone else complains, then they "might" do something about it.<br /><br />It is about time they started selling stuff themselves. So they can make the money instead of some gold farmer.<br /><br />But how far should they go? You can buy 640 crafted items on some of those websites for 20 bucks, should they sell those? 665 world drops for 60 bucks, should they sell those?<br /><br />Give it time, they will all come. It will all be for sale soon. And in the end, no one can complain about it because everything those web sites sell is attainable in game otherwise and you can get it yourself. So even if blizzard sold it directly, it is still not pay to win, it is pay to skip the grinding to get it. Or so some would say.<br /><br />Gold buying has always been there and always will be. Blizzard is just trying to get in on the action and I see nothing wrong with it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64326058395273901232014-12-24T06:00:59.410-05:002014-12-24T06:00:59.410-05:00Token will probably work like Wildstar as in not t...Token will probably work like Wildstar as in not tradable. <br />Trading gold for cards will still be more profitable. The thing is - as much as I hate the idea - there's actually not much new here. Maybe just the people who didn't want to do illegal transactions (like me). But I think half of my guild sells gold and the other half buys gold. I think it's the same for the whole server really, it hardly even matters if you raid or not since you can buy anything and everything for gold / real money. Such a shame.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87291124314990533902014-12-23T15:57:43.418-05:002014-12-23T15:57:43.418-05:00There is no really good way to do it except just t...There is no really good way to do it except just to let it enter the system and become a part of the supply and demand system of pricing and see where it settles. It works in other games and it can work in warcraft. But there is the side effect that blizzard can not protect their own game thanks to duping. They should NEVER release this until they can stop that and with as many years as it has been going on I do not see them stopping that any time soon.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77310617070618320502014-12-23T15:19:00.162-05:002014-12-23T15:19:00.162-05:00Yeah, every idea that I see related to the game to...Yeah, every idea that I see related to the game tokens has pretty negative side effects...Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-35289757867216275082014-12-23T10:39:25.582-05:002014-12-23T10:39:25.582-05:00That would work well as a gold sink, however, it w...That would work well as a gold sink, however, it would really hurt blizzard bottom line and actually could promote more gold buying if the cost of buying gold is cheaper than buying a monthly subscription. Just think of it this way, blizzard would lose 15 dollars for every person that bought with gold instead of cash, and that could be a hell of a lot of money.<br /><br />So sure, that would be the safest way, but it is also a horrible business model to do so. It would give people and option not to pay. Whereas if they sell the item to someone, someone is always paying for it even if people are using gold. Each subscription would have to be purchased.<br /><br />Blizzard needs to get the clamp down on dupers before they even consider adding something like this, and if the last 4+ years that I have been seeing duping going on in huge amounts, blizzard is making no effort to stop it yet.<br /><br />The additional garrison chores are what is putting me off on alts this expansion as well. I like it, sure, I even enjoy it, but at what point does it become work and no longer fun. At 6 100s now, I think I have jumped that point and I am not longer having fun, I am working.<br /><br />Yeah, when selling the materials to make the crafted gear can buy you three or for 665 and 760 pieces, it really is not worth crafting one. You are losing money by crafting one. And the time involved to do so is insane. So no, crafted gear is not an option. Maybe, just maybe, for a level 91 leveling, get the three heavy stat pieces like chest, legs and weapon, and that would be worth it. But only at their base level, not even upgraded. The gear is useless otherwise because it is way to expensive and time consuming to make.<br /><br />LW is still a bit away for me, I think engineering is getting close thanks to making a few scopes along the way. But most of my professions are still not max. I am so used to having every profession maxed by the 3rd or 4th day of the expansion. Professions in general are just a joke right now.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-9050446978078568082014-12-23T09:22:49.787-05:002014-12-23T09:22:49.787-05:00The only way I really see it working is if you can...The only way I really see it working is if you can purchase the game time directly from Blizzard for gold. There would be no actual item in game to dupe or anything as it just gets credited directly to your account.<br /><br />With world PvP, the skill gaps are made even worse by gear gaps because the skilled players typically have better gear... So as a casual PvPer with no PvP gear and minimal raid gear, it's a waste of my time to even do PvP. I just die over and over without doing much.<br /><br />I was looking for a change of pace and thought about working on leveling my DK. I don't mind the leveling, I just don't want the additional garrison chores... Instead, I went and finished playing Act 5 of D3 last night on my demon hunter... Next time I get the urge for a change of pace, I'll probably play Dragon Age:Inquisition that I bought but haven't had time to play yet. Not sure when I'll get to alts in WoW. I've got 4 90s waiting to be leveled...<br /><br />The crafted gear is stupid. It's way too expensive. The "rare" BoE drops cost 1/3 of the mats for a fully upgraded crafted piece. Just the mats... that's not counting all the time. Market value for a 670 crafted is 7.5-10k for level 1, 30-45k for level 2, and 60-75k for level 3. Easily 100-130k and you can buy 665 BoEs now for 35k or less... I bought the BoE mail shoulders for 25k the other day after looking into the upgrade costs for my 640 LW mail legs. They are too heavily gated (time, lots of mats, max 3 equipped). They should be cheap to make and limited to 3 equipped or expensive to make with no limit. All the work order time gating is just bullshit though... Gems and Enchants are outrageously priced because of those damn work orders as well.<br /><br />I finally got my LW up to 700 on my main because it takes so damn long to level up crafting professions... Dreading doing that on an alt.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16131456679339112642014-12-22T15:37:53.509-05:002014-12-22T15:37:53.509-05:00Same you you Taitrina, have a good christmas and n...Same you you Taitrina, have a good christmas and new years.<br /><br />I have alchemy x 2 and JC x 2 maxed already, and of course all secondary ones, but no other professions maxed yet. I am used to having them all maxed even before I start leveling the character. Not liking this change at all from a professions standpoint.<br /><br />You are not alone, there are many people that just hate leveling. I actually enjoy it for the most part. But doing it over and over again can be seen as a punishment of sorts. This expansion however you need to quest. Too many garrison resources, books for free buildings, followers to be had from questing.<br /><br />Give LFR a shot while it is still easy. You know that will not last, and most definitely get your world boss kills in. Loot is less than normal mode but still better than most items out there.<br /><br />I am hoping with my 50 characters to run to the tree I can get all of them, or extras of some to trade.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-58992637992135842262014-12-22T10:02:25.106-05:002014-12-22T10:02:25.106-05:00I have max level engineering now, got it a few day...I have max level engineering now, got it a few days ago. That was my first, and still only, max level profession. Blacksmithing has 14 more points to go and I haven't started anything else. I'm just not feeling that urge to go max all the things. Still not run LFR, still not run most of the heroic dungeons, still got a 2/3 full quest log, still got the dungeon quests for the legendary ring even.<br /><br />So your priest is your PvP character. I chose my druid to be my PvP character this expansion. All those title garrison achievements sucked me in. Although I was not at all impressed. I'd hoped to level 90-100 via PvP to get some needed experience, and perhaps then buy/have gear waiting for me when I got there. It seemed more efficient, plus it was different than the loremaster I did on my main.<br /><br />However, I don't know if it's broken but I got virtually no xp in the battlegrounds I went into, so I reluctantly decided to level to 100 'quickly' via questing. I put quickly in quotes because I'm one of those that really can't be doing with it. You say levelling is fast, I just wish there was an instant button or something. I want to get to 100 on my druid so I can start doing what I want, can start playing the game. I guess it's a bit like gating, or make work or something. Jump over these hurdles before you can get to the game. Meh I know that's lazy but I really just want to get started with what I decided to do.<br /><br />However, my lock I decided to do Pet Battles on. I never really got into that. I collected all the pre-Warlords world pets pretty much I think. Got my Minfernal just after Warlords dropped finally!! :) but I only had 10 or so at level 25 and I couldn't open the menagerie as I didn't have the right combos. Went and levelled a few pets, get 10k xp per battle and I've gone up 2 levels. I did the mandatory quests for a level 2 garrison but aside from that, it'll be Pet Battles till 100. Then I'll get a spot of gear from Nagrand and then park the lock outside Firelands for Dragonwrath soloing. This is the kind of alternate levelling path I like and what I wanted from PvP. I can get to 100 as a byproduct of playing the game and doing something I want to do. With my main I wanted to quest, to complete everything, on alts I want something else. Is that lazy? Undoubtedly but that's levelling in Warcraft for me.<br /><br />I should probably run LFR next week, or try for a world boss or something. I have 10/10 coins and I could do with the gear for attempting to solo MSV again. I don't know if it's advisable to try it over christmas though, who knows who would be online.<br /><br />Good luck on getting the 4 new toys under the tree from Greatfather Winter. I'm hoping with all my chars I'll get them as it's account wide now anyway. If I don't I'll just create new ones I guess till they all drop, I assume you can do that.<br /><br />Oh and ^^ on draenic dust, it really is like dust. I did look at enchanting on my lock (I have 4 enchanters from years past anyway) and wow I'm going to need a lot of dust.<br /><br />Have a good christmas/new year Grumpy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17771213542953346538noreply@blogger.com