tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post7559230815208707370..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29766953440281620172014-02-21T17:12:14.622-05:002014-02-21T17:12:14.622-05:00They might do that for pet battles in the future, ...They might do that for pet battles in the future, even said so, but it will never happen for hunters. We might however be able to choose which buff our pet brings some day.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-71433265201781752892014-02-21T15:02:44.034-05:002014-02-21T15:02:44.034-05:00right "haste" - do'h! when I dont p...right "haste" - do'h! when I dont play for a few days, thigns get messed up. But it is nice have faster haste. <br /><br />Now if blizzard brought out 1 more profession - animal breeding where we can take different animals and breed them, such as a "catyena". part cat part hyena. cool. or "hybat". two leet pets as one.<br /><br />and no, I dont live in Colorado or Washington state. -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28113692761700139362014-02-20T11:21:24.886-05:002014-02-20T11:21:24.886-05:00If they would have announced it in advance I would...If they would have announced it in advance I would have been happy. Or if when they released it the cut off date was after it was announced at some point I would have been happy.<br /><br />I understand what you are saying, but the fact still remains that was piss poor customer service and it lost them money and could have lost them a subscriber all together if I had quit in my moment of rage. <br /><br />I would have had that account active for a while and all those months active would have been revenue generated for the game. Was all that lost revenue really worth not awarding a digital item that it would have cost nothing for them to give?<br /><br />Lets say, for arguments sake, that I only had that account active for 6 months after that point, which I am sure it would have been if not more, that would mean at $15 per month they would have made $90. So they lost $90 right off the bat, could have lost more if I quit completely, and added another person to the massive amount of voices that will gladly tell anyone that will listen how horrible their customer service was.<br /><br />Even just looking at the dollar value, I would have paid more of the mount than it would have cost if they sold it directly from the store if they had just given it to me.<br /><br />In the end it was bad customer service no matter how you look at it, milestone or not.<br /><br />Glad you like the post, I'll keep writing, thank you for reading.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42314783710293249312014-02-20T09:16:19.022-05:002014-02-20T09:16:19.022-05:00Dear Elf, I've been reading your blog for quit...Dear Elf, I've been reading your blog for quite some time and i really enjoy it. The reason I've decided to post something is about your other account and your "mount saga" ;). <br />Although I do agree with you that there was no cost in giving you that mount, the real question is: how many days before the marked date would be ok for them to grant such requests? <br />Imagine someone that subbed 3 days earlier and he wouldn't had got the mount while you did. Would that be ok ? what about 4 or a week ?<br />What I'm trying to say is that certain "milestones" are set exactly to avoid such things which could lead to potential bad feelings, misunderstandings, etc. etc.<br /><br />P.S. If you keep writting , I'll keep reading ;)Vonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64020020491986542652014-02-19T13:15:28.683-05:002014-02-19T13:15:28.683-05:00And now that PvP gear becomes the new gear for the...And now that PvP gear becomes the new gear for the PvE player that only does LFR. It is entirely possible for them to feel they need to do PvP to get it now. They should have a new set of gear as well.<br /><br />Whenever they update one part of the game they should update the other.<br /><br />I am not looking forward to gearing next expansion at all. It is bad enough to have to wait on "luck" to get gear now. But now I will need to wait on luck to get a warforged piece, or luck to get a piece with a gem slot, or luck to get a piece with a tertiary stat or luck to get a piece that has a gem and a stat, or luck to wait on a piece that has a gem and is warforged, or wait on luck to get one that is warforged and has a stat, or wait on luck to get one that is warforged and has a gem and a stat. You get the idea.<br /><br />I am not looking forward to being screwed over even worse by RNG then I already am on a regular basis. No more of this random shit. Just give us gear we can earn by doing something and let us play the game instead of playing the gear lottery.<br /><br />I am using the mistaken release that was screen captured as confirmation.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-72796429717421438832014-02-19T12:57:54.588-05:002014-02-19T12:57:54.588-05:00Heh. Yeah, to me that means they're probably ...Heh. Yeah, to me that means they're probably making the right decision, when two opposite opinions about it both seem reasonable. :)Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-55968026995610931652014-02-19T12:56:59.484-05:002014-02-19T12:56:59.484-05:00Yeah, but an LFR player in full LFR gear is fully ...Yeah, but an LFR player in full LFR gear is fully geared... there isn't a new tier of PvE for them to gear up for. There IS a new tier of PvP so they had to come up with better gear. Is it too good? Maybe, but it's a smaller gap than the i522->i553 PvE gap between 5.2 and 5.4. Ultimately, I think you want PvE and PvP gear to be separate things again but if anything, I'm a huge fan of the gear being more relevant to the other play style, PvP gear no longer dedicating secondary stats to PvP stats was a good thing for me... I was actually functional doing the PvP quests for the legendary, for instance.<br /><br />Enjoyable? Maybe not, I'm more thinking potentially useful... the guys I've been raiding with lately mostly have all the gear but they're still looking out for Warforged gear. It's a thing. Tertiary stats will be similar, especially if making specific tertiary sets is even remotely possible. It's just a small incentive to keep playing a geared toon when you might otherwise switch to an alt... consider it a reason for single-toon players to keep raiding at all. I'm sure the RLs appreciate every little bit of sticky that Blizzard offers.<br /><br />I dunno, I have heroic weapons at this point but not heroic warforged... I still did the dance of joy when I got the heroic ones, it wasn't at all minimized because they weren't BiS. I think you're in the minority on this one, upgrades are upgrades.<br /><br />It was pointed out on another blog that the highest price for their services right now is the transfer + race change combo for $55... in that context, $60 makes a shocking amount of sense as the premium option in a list of service offerings. This lets them keep the prices of their current services the same, too, if they went sub-$50 they'd probably have had to lower the other prices accordingly. Better for them not to...<br /><br />Not sure where you saw the confirmation, I was aware of the $60 in-game indication when I mentioned the $60 but I don't think that's confirmation, until it actually goes live (which is different from showing up on the live server) or is confirmed by Blizz I'm assuming it's still just a placeholder price.<br /><br />Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44034488276198922782014-02-19T11:26:17.069-05:002014-02-19T11:26:17.069-05:00You make a few great points there. They could sca...You make a few great points there. They could scare away the new tanks, or tanks like you that don't need anything might not run. Then add tanks like me, who they are just alts and I just want to get in and get some valor but refuse to because of them. They lose me too.<br /><br />So by acting against the rules of group conduct with their actions now, when they over gear it and do not need the tank, will hurt them later when they do need a tank because the newbie tank, you and me are all not doing it because of them.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37414568367905843292014-02-19T11:11:38.524-05:002014-02-19T11:11:38.524-05:00I was actually agreeing with you through my post, ...I was actually agreeing with you through my post, trying to force the following train of thought: you pull for the tank now, it seems like it doesn't do any bad, but you make the tank miserable. And no, ppl who are thankful that they are not doing their job are not tanks. Also, this works fine now when you have gear but what of when you dnt and actually need a tank. One who doesnt tank anymore because he wasnt allowed to learn. Or the me kind, who doesn't need to run dungeons for anything after week 1.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12443840094707303232014-02-19T09:13:00.266-05:002014-02-19T09:13:00.266-05:00Cata questing was horrible. Not because of the qu...Cata questing was horrible. Not because of the quests themselves, they were not so bad, but because you had to bounce all over the world.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-62651598810660853902014-02-18T17:29:07.731-05:002014-02-18T17:29:07.731-05:00@GE & R - both of you make perfect sense about...@GE & R - both of you make perfect sense about gear. I can understand GE's point of view and I can understand R's point of view. Which is scary. :D <br /><br />@GE - I posted a reply about the $60, but I don't see it. So here it is again - <br /><br />Screw that. Too much geld for me. But then again, though I am not well gear, I do have 9 lvl 90's and 8 at lvl 80 or better. I just hate having to run them thru Cata lands. <br /><br />-roo -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52502739060502478222014-02-18T17:18:56.501-05:002014-02-18T17:18:56.501-05:00isn't that what I said :P
-rooisn't that what I said :P<br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64898096826101952702014-02-18T15:15:07.666-05:002014-02-18T15:15:07.666-05:00BTW $60 was just confirmed.BTW $60 was just confirmed.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28145096472405047102014-02-18T15:12:11.677-05:002014-02-18T15:12:11.677-05:00The problem is for some people, PvEers that only r...The problem is for some people, PvEers that only raid at an LFR level, for them to get any personal progression they now have to PvP. If they wanted to PvP they would already be doing it. It is unfair to them that they should feel forced to PvP for upgrades.<br /><br />If they added new levels of PvP gear they should have added new levels of PvE gear as well. Simple as that.<br /><br />That would be interesting if he did that to people. You stood in the fire, you did not run when you were the bomb, your DPS sucks. lol<br /><br />Warforged and tertiary do not make it more enjoyable. Now we just need to wait longer. If I want the 559 weapon because it is my BiS normal, I will keep killing it until I get it and even if I get a 553 one it would still not be the one I want, the 559 one. So all they did was add an even harder to get item to make me do it even more and not get what I want.<br /><br />Adding warforged and tertiary just make the whole random gearing up system worse. Now adding random gem slots makes it worse too. Because even if you get a piece, it is just an "okay' piece to tide you over until you get the warforged version with the multi strike tertiary and 2 gem slots. See what I mean? It does not make it more interesting, it makes it more frustrating because what you want never drops. It makes the dreadful design of RNG 1000 times worse.<br /><br />I still say 60 is more likely, 35-40 just seems too cheap. They are going to want to price it the be equivilent, but slightly less, then buying another set of all the expansions to get the free 90 would be. They make it too expensive, people will by a new game for the free 90, they make it too cheap, they are screwing themselves out of money. So in my opinion look for a price that would be roughly equivalent to what it would cost to buy the base game and all expansions, up to and including warlords.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-13760979872450311692014-02-18T14:58:56.197-05:002014-02-18T14:58:56.197-05:00I'm not seeing the issue with better PvP gear ...I'm not seeing the issue with better PvP gear being available. If nothing else, it helps even up the world PvP (which does happen at times) situation a bit. We're well into the late expansion slump at this point, who's it hurting? It only seems to be benefiting your toons, once again it's all those other people getting the "free" loot that's going to cause all the problems. As always, I'd like my noobs to have the best possible gear, I'd rather they do 50K than 40K. In premade groups they can be kicked if they don't perform, same as always. High iLvl has never been a guarantee of anything.<br /><br />Also, PvE players can still be progressing, deeper into SoO and doing heroics and hoping for Warforged gear... a full 522 PvP player is geared up. Those who care about gear progression needed that option or they wouldn't have done it.<br /><br />So, a few random musings of my own...<br /><br />* When Ordos kills someone he makes his usual "Up in Smoke" comment/taunt... what if bosses sent customized taunts to players who die or do things wrong as a snarky educational thing? Would that be good or bad?<br /><br />* Blizzard is putting a decent amount of effort into finding a way to make the 9th time that stupid belt drops interesting via Warforged chance and incoming tertiary stats... but is it time to make gear aging a thing? Over time, reduce the max durability of an item as it's damaged/repaired to the point where a new item is desired so you don't have to repair after every 2nd wipe, which could include using a less optimal piece (I'd be fine with that, not sure everyone would). Or have a new DE mat so when items are DEed you also get a "refresh" token to boost the max durability by some amount, it's not like current DE mats are particularly interesting after the first few months, I'm generally stockpiled for the entire expansion at that point.<br /><br />* Possibly $60 for paid 90s... that's in my "hope it's $50-100" preference range and above my "suspect it'll be $35-40" range so I'm pretty happy with that number if it turns out to be true.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-68302358948530188682014-02-18T14:30:25.378-05:002014-02-18T14:30:25.378-05:00I have a couple of characters that only gear up th...I have a couple of characters that only gear up that way. Then again, I don't play them, so that kind of explains why.<br /><br />I just do not think it was right to give PvP a new season with new gear and leave PvE with nothing, except PvP gear as their only source of upgrades, should they still need them because they do not run normals.<br /><br />Can you imagine all those people that only run LFR, that do not do flex or higher at all? Now the only place for them to feel personal progression through gear is with PvP gear? That seems a little wrong, or a lot wrong, in my opinion. PvP gear should never be better for PvE, even at LFR level.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-48992744577661427162014-02-18T14:25:20.098-05:002014-02-18T14:25:20.098-05:00I think you're a little overblowing the pvp ge...I think you're a little overblowing the pvp gear issue Grump. The only way you can get it without pvping is on celestials (a 15% drop rate once a week chance). If that's the only way you're gearing up it's not like people will be flooded with 550's. <br /><br />Running PvP content will get you the gear more quickly, and yes it's better than LFR gear in most cases and slightly better than flex in a few slots. To be honest I'm not sure that's a bad thing at this point. Normal mode raiders aren't going to be pressed to do PvP so late in progression so I'm not sure why it matters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218706040348104690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87855551010766964442014-02-18T13:57:36.310-05:002014-02-18T13:57:36.310-05:00Yes, the one off the coast of the jade forest that...Yes, the one off the coast of the jade forest that you still have not been to.<br /><br />Get your butt over there. Do I need to come get you on my two person flying mount and fly you there? lol<br /><br />The hyena is attack speed which does make the rotation feel nicer. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-34197327264741554772014-02-18T13:51:06.342-05:002014-02-18T13:51:06.342-05:00@ James
Oddly enough, that is how I learned to ta...@ James<br /><br />Oddly enough, that is how I learned to tank. Never stop. I tanked on a warrior and I learned from a warrior, and he did not even use a mouse. He did everything with keyboard only because it allowed him the ability to do everything faster. He would have the next set of mobs marked for CC before the set we were fighting were dead. He would call out, start CCing as the last mobs where dying. He never stopped, he never looted, he moved like wild fire.<br /><br />So needless to say, that is how I tanked. For the longest time that is how I tanked. Unless I learned another lesson for a healer. Never leave your healer behind. So I keep one eye on the healers mana, and th other eye on the mobs in front of me. If the healer sits, I wait, if the healer doesn't, I pull. As I have said here a million and one times, I am not a big fan of wasting time. lol<br /><br />But I never consider it a waste of time to help someone that asks for help. Because if they are asking, that means they want to know, so spending a little time helping them trumps my desire to run as fast as I can. At least that is how I see it.<br /><br />And yes, human nature, at least for a good tank, if someone pulls they pick up the mob. Even if they did not mean to. I always say, if you yank it, you tank it, but I still taunt it. I just can't "not" tank when I am the tank. It is not in me to not do my job.<br /><br />@Roo<br /><br />When I started raiding the tank was always in charge of pace, even now as a raid leader, I give my tanks assist, they lead the pace. I might yell out wait for the healer once in a while, but other wise, it is at their desecration. Pulling is the tanks job. Even if I am the raid leader, I let them do their job.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-63370804985260805952014-02-18T13:32:25.568-05:002014-02-18T13:32:25.568-05:00amen brothers, amen.
Tanks set the pace.
When...amen brothers, amen. <br /><br />Tanks set the pace. <br /><br />When I use to raid, the RL (think of him/her as the Platoon Leader - a Lt) always once the raid was going, pass leadership over to the main tank (NCO) of each raid group. And if you didn't follow the main tank (NCO) or his Corporals, then by gosh the raidleader had a talk with you along with the other officers and you didn't want to go before the Captain's Mast - it wasn't pretty (not pretty in real life either). <br /><br />Now you know why I dont do LFG or LFR or anythign else like this - way too fast for me these days. <br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-58773914229038124052014-02-18T13:23:39.965-05:002014-02-18T13:23:39.965-05:00well, from your past posts and my responses, you k...well, from your past posts and my responses, you know I think it sucks too. <br /><br />But who is going to give this new gear away? - wait, I think you and Jaeger answered that part of the question - Celestials on timeless isle, that I still haven't been too. Right? :D <br /><br />You didnt say anything about my leet sporebat. <br /><br />And you are right, I love the hyena - nothing like free agi every 2 minutes or so. Thank you for posting about them. <i>now if only looked like a cat</i> mu-hahahahahaha-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52803187197365840392014-02-18T13:19:08.012-05:002014-02-18T13:19:08.012-05:00Sort of offtopic but I remembered how some ppl got...Sort of offtopic but I remembered how some ppl got annoyed with me I dnt loot. I dnt do it on purposr, it's just that I learned that tanks are not allowed to waste time, keep going, keep running, or someone might pull. And when they pull, they dnt hold threat on the whole trash pack, some will go on the healer and I'll have to struggle to save the party members, healer might die, dps same, wipe. Sure, due to gear lvl it's unlikely to happen but at the start of next expansion? What you teach a tank stays with a tank. And true tanks will try to do his job no matter how useless you think he is.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2223071029029527222014-02-18T12:36:39.098-05:002014-02-18T12:36:39.098-05:00I come here to complain. I do not belittle people...I come here to complain. I do not belittle people in game, I do not pull for them, I abide by the rules of the game.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with complaining, I just do not act like an asshole in game. I made this blog originally for that exact reason, to vent about things that bothered me instead of becoming a jerk in game.<br /><br />That is what makes me a much better person than 90% of the players in the game. Even if I dislike want is going on, I do not go all "jerk mode" and pull for the tanks.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-50528364753843043612014-02-18T11:32:37.155-05:002014-02-18T11:32:37.155-05:00like your to elite to tank but then you come here ...like your to elite to tank but then you come here and bitch about tanks you get in LFR? yeah your a great person. Tigginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-15670188231231143172014-02-17T23:29:48.688-05:002014-02-17T23:29:48.688-05:00I will roll with it if it is better. Why wouldn&#...I will roll with it if it is better. Why wouldn't I? The best gear is the best gear, always said that and always will.<br /><br />I just do not see the reasoning for offering new PvP gear and giving no new PvE gear. It is wrong to boost one aspect of the game and totally ignore the other. That is my main problem with it. PvP is a mini game, like pet battles, or the auction house. It can be really competitive, but it is a mini game. There is no reason that PvP gear should ever be better than the entry level PvE gear. Never, ever.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.com