tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post734567731779302465..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-6668704630417825152015-06-17T15:15:24.438-04:002015-06-17T15:15:24.438-04:00The comfort mark for me is 100K, but with all the ...The comfort mark for me is 100K, but with all the alts I have that adds up. My main of course has considerable more, but the garrisons have been a flow of gold I never expected. Like my rogue, whom I rarely log in, is approaching 100K and he usually never had more than 20K before. All thanks to garrisons.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-32854434225903661042015-06-17T15:10:22.965-04:002015-06-17T15:10:22.965-04:00I think at least a dozen of my friends also bought...I think at least a dozen of my friends also bought time in game with gold. That is why it was a decent idea for blizzard to add it. Lots were doing it already. Except blizzard charges a hell of a lot more than other people were. But they were most likely using stolen credit cards, so at least it is honest now so even if more expensive it is better in my opinion.<br /><br />I have not even considered selling them. I think my personal breaking point would be around 100K where I might consider it. Or maybe as low as 40K if I was starting on a new server, but 20K seems so useless. I can not believe so many are selling in the US. Must be a lot of broke players over here and based on the number of people in my guild that never even saw 20K before this expansion, that seems like a very accurate statement.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22743579351726578082015-06-17T11:18:42.476-04:002015-06-17T11:18:42.476-04:00I was actually about to buy the 120k yak before th...I was actually about to buy the 120k yak before they announced the nerf. Now I'm keeping my gold just in case there's something on the AH I really want. Yes, I don't have a lot of gold, but 150k is enough for me to feel comfortable.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-60093946456003972872015-06-17T10:55:18.866-04:002015-06-17T10:55:18.866-04:00Token is 40+ k on EU. And actually, no, people wil...Token is 40+ k on EU. And actually, no, people will always make gold if they want to buy time, at least on EU. My guildies used to buy time before blizz offered the option and before garrisons.<br />It's the ones that buy tokens from Blizz that matter. So who sells them? People who need gold. I am a person who would sell tokens if I needed gold. But since garrison covers my needs unlike previous expansions when I was flat broke, I just do not. I continue to pay my sub and remain uninterested in selling tokens.<br />I would never sell for 20k like US though, guess EU is different in that regard.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-9352646289938912942015-06-16T16:01:48.573-04:002015-06-16T16:01:48.573-04:00I have a post with that in mind, but it is not sol...I have a post with that in mind, but it is not solely about class balance, but game balance in general and how they handle it. Basically the idea that "its okay for this class to be bad for a while". I was not thrilled with that.<br /><br />Yes, a spec always has to be the worst of the three for a DPS class, but that does not mean it has to be horrible and it sucks that they always use the "we do not fix specs mid expansion" excuse all the time.<br /><br />I'll get to that in time. I write about whatever strikes me to write about for the day.<br /><br />SV hunter is just like Demo lock now. They will be battling with disc priests on the DPS charts come 6.2. So it hit my class as well as locks.<br /><br />Wow is dead last on blizzard priority list now. What makes more sense. Hundreds of workers and thousands of hours to make wow or a handful of workers and a handful of hours and add more cards to heartstone and make more profit in the long run? To a business hearthstone matters 10 times more than wow does now.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36994858988876657682015-06-16T15:26:50.415-04:002015-06-16T15:26:50.415-04:00I thought it was a decent q&a until he got to ...I thought it was a decent q&a until he got to the part about class balance, which is the part I thought you'd jump on. <br /><br />So apparently it's alright to have a worst spec for a class, as long as there isn't a best spec? And screw you, arms warriors and survival hunters (and brew masters in 6.2), ability pruning actually didn't go far enough. Because apparently rotations aren't supposed to be engaging? <br />It all left a very bad taste in my mouth, and a reminder that WOW is a long way down the Blizz totem pole these days with all their best designers assigned to overwatch and heroes. <br />Josefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497283177664622129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-20507334676065691232015-06-16T11:47:24.003-04:002015-06-16T11:47:24.003-04:00I've 10 100s myself. I don't even log int...I've 10 100s myself. I don't even log into them all but it is nice to know that gold is there, should I wish to put in the effort to make it.<br /><br />Personally I do not harvest my herbs or mine even on the characters I do log into most of the time. I had well over 10K of each before the first month of the expansion was over and I am still not running out. My fireweed gardens are the only ones I do, once or twice a week.<br /><br />If the nerf gold however and I ever find myself needing gold, that means I might feel the need to do those things. Do you know how long it takes someone with 10 100s to do everything in all those garrisons even if they rush?<br /><br />Lowering the gold so we do not feel we need to log in as much would do the exact opposite. I would change for a 15 minute things each day most days to a 2 hour thing each day every day. No thank you.<br /><br />I say leave gold as it is, if someone wants to take full advantage of it, more power to them and if someone wants to be lazy and not log in all of them, like me, it is my choice.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46016686655503006022015-06-16T11:28:03.990-04:002015-06-16T11:28:03.990-04:00As someone with 50+ characters, 10 in Draenor (5 o...As someone with 50+ characters, 10 in Draenor (5 of which are 100) the gold is a nice bonus, yes. I've never been great at making gold but honestly it was never much of an issue. I made enough for me.<br /><br />However with the costs of the garrison, the gold from missions has been a nice offset. I think more than anything, nerfing gold would be yet another sign that Blizzard isn't thinking these things through. And that isn't a good sign.<br /><br />The other reason that nerfing gold may not have much impact on logging in is the "loss" of unharvested herbs, ore, resources, and daily cooldowns. Even when I have a day where I have no gold missions, I still may need to log in to do one (or all) of those other 4 things.<br /><br />All of that said - with their current track record, if they mess with things too much I'm sure I'll be logging into my alts less...because I just won't be playing or paying.Lurking readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46746999970379749232015-06-16T09:52:43.299-04:002015-06-16T09:52:43.299-04:00I used OR last expansion quite a bit but have not ...I used OR last expansion quite a bit but have not at all this expansion thus far. I guess I should pop on and give it a look again. Thanks for reminding me about it.<br /><br />I am jealous, you probably had a full clear of both in less time than it took me to get zero boss kills in. :PTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-48109571257639515062015-06-16T09:27:10.568-04:002015-06-16T09:27:10.568-04:00Pugging with group finder is the path to frustrati...Pugging with group finder is the path to frustration and getting nowhere. Openraid is where you can find good groups with good raid leaders. I've gotten near full clears on both normal and heroic the last couple of weeks.Arthurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66920382118946536092015-06-16T07:17:35.605-04:002015-06-16T07:17:35.605-04:00There is no need to nerf the gold from missions. ...There is no need to nerf the gold from missions. It is not like there are really inflation issues, at least not in the US. The token only sells for 20K as is. It is completely worthless. If they lower the amount of gold people can get it will decrease in price, not go up.<br /><br />If they do want to nerf it nerf it on the asian realms, maybe even UK realms, but on the US realms it is a non issue. The token is already not worth buying with cash as is, if the price goes down even further it sure as hell would not be worth it. They will not sell more tokens if you get crap gold for it.<br /><br />If they want to sell more tokens they need to do the exact opposite. They need to increase gold. So people have more and thus would be willing to spend more, so the price on the token goes up thanks to the demand of people that can afford to buy it, and then it is worth it for people to sell them for gold.<br /><br />So no, nerfing gold from missions will lower token sales, not increase them. Basic economics. Think about it in real life terms. When people have money the price of luxury items goes up, not down. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37697601118091904172015-06-16T07:11:06.275-04:002015-06-16T07:11:06.275-04:00That idea pass through my mind as well. The one t...That idea pass through my mind as well. The one thing that actually goes against the idea of it being about the token is the fact that well before the token came out they mentioned the desire to lower the gold from it.<br /><br />The problem is that blizzard takes forever when there is an issue in game to fix it. They could have fixed the gold thing on beta, at release, a few weeks or months after, before 6.1, after 6.1, etc. They had so much time to fix it but they are just slow as crap when it comes to fixing things.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42207318924843915592015-06-16T01:08:11.145-04:002015-06-16T01:08:11.145-04:00Also, wasn't the salvage yard basically gettin...Also, wasn't the salvage yard basically getting a nerf too?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-80827435582728749552015-06-16T01:06:14.478-04:002015-06-16T01:06:14.478-04:00Of course it's about the token. I don't th...Of course it's about the token. I don't think there's much doubt. They screwed up a bit with treasure hunters and now need to nerf them because the already rich are covered for a year and there should be some new gold need created. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2390203291054103502015-06-16T01:03:09.257-04:002015-06-16T01:03:09.257-04:00Of course they will nerf the gold. People are brag...Of course they will nerf the gold. People are bragging left and right that they make half a million a week. So who's buying tokens if so? Pfft. I wish people would stop saying things like this.<br /><br />And I've always used my alts to support my main. Saying I'm doing it wrong and I should be playing alts how Blizz wants is just insulting. Blizz, it's been years, you don't get to tell me how to play and enforce it just so you get richer. If you cared about alleviating the alt situation, there would have been more important stuff to deal with.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-72285435413333076092015-06-15T17:15:53.382-04:002015-06-15T17:15:53.382-04:00I thought the gold nerf comment was less about con...I thought the gold nerf comment was less about consideration for player time and more about selling more tokens. But then I am the cynical type. If there are fewer ways to earn easy gold in game, more people will be interested in shelling out $20 for a few thousand gold. We will probably not see the figures for number of tokens sold, but I bet the number has nosedived over the last couple of months. Fiannorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808195500680797589noreply@blogger.com