tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post995591684581683359..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Class Balance, Clueless Blues, Alts and MoreTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-62047871522477561772012-10-15T14:40:32.858-04:002012-10-15T14:40:32.858-04:00The gear boost from quest items to dungeon gear is...The gear boost from quest items to dungeon gear is just insane, I have seen a drastic boost in mine as well with the gear. Seems like they are taking stat inflation to a whole new level now with how fast stats blow up.<br /><br />You are almost there, one more piece should do it. Not bad at all really.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-91628562412340727212012-10-13T22:34:19.304-04:002012-10-13T22:34:19.304-04:00Just wanted to give an update. I'm 459 now......Just wanted to give an update. I'm 459 now... Killed Sha and got the 476 boots, bought a 489 VP ring, bought some 450 crafted items (couple of pvp items), using a crappy 463 arch trinket, got a 463 xbow from a heroic, and got a 463 shoulder from a scenario. Lost rolls on the brewfest AP trinket twice... once to a tank! and once to a melee dps. But just need one more 463 drop and I'll be 460 and can do LFR...<br /><br />Going from 440 to almost 460 increased my dps by like 10-15k, or so it seems... quite crazy... so I'm usually 2nd dps in 5mans now.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36684271132707033332012-10-12T10:24:21.128-04:002012-10-12T10:24:21.128-04:00They said they are thinking of adding that, they h...They said they are thinking of adding that, they have not yet to my knowledge.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40327836986502902452012-10-11T10:32:56.180-04:002012-10-11T10:32:56.180-04:00At work so cant look it up, but I recall seeing on...At work so cant look it up, but I recall seeing one that said if you are exhalted with one faction on a toon, you will recicve reputaion with that faction on other toons at a 50% increased rate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19433734470428945282012-10-11T09:31:52.687-04:002012-10-11T09:31:52.687-04:00Thanks. lolThanks. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-4904860144073002982012-10-10T20:01:34.501-04:002012-10-10T20:01:34.501-04:00You speak so much truth in this post that you coul...You speak so much truth in this post that you could be my mind-melded brother. I rate this post 5 star!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-14715147923283959482012-10-10T13:34:24.978-04:002012-10-10T13:34:24.978-04:00I have every profession maxed so I can take care o...I have every profession maxed so I can take care of myself. I never want to depend on anyone else to make something for me and never want to let myself be subject to the auction house and the insane prices they charge there. It is just how I play. I do everything myself. Any old school gamer is the exact same way. They will make any efforts they can to do everything for themselves.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16321917404779562652012-10-10T13:31:32.608-04:002012-10-10T13:31:32.608-04:00DPS just seems like it is all based on luck now an...DPS just seems like it is all based on luck now and I do not think that is right. Luck should never take the place of skill in my opinion.<br /><br />GC has a habit for going over the edge on many things. If they made it honored only with reputation I am sure no one really would have had a great deal of a problem with it. But the revered and needing to be revered with GL before you can do AC and SP is the main issue I see most having.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-43092737226040004132012-10-10T13:24:47.987-04:002012-10-10T13:24:47.987-04:00The core problem is that they made bad Rep grinds ...The core problem is that they made bad Rep grinds (pretty much only, low rewarding Dailies) and latched it on to Badge gear, which used to be a different content type aimed at different players.<br /><br />Besides the issues Dailies bring especially for casual ie at own pace players (casual =/= bad/lazy) in general (you can't 'pig out' on progress when your time schedule allows, no, show up every day for what usually is as exciting as groceries - or suffer), this makes them unwieldy for players in general: it isn't a 'Wintersaber' (you need Instance badges), and it isn't an Instance Rep (as you can't get the Rep in an Instance). <br /><br />I do wonder wether the issue is only temporary for Instance people (the Tier Reset model would suggest it is, but I'm not sure wether they'll follow it in MoP), and Im 100% against them altering Reputations gamewide as besides another nail in the MMORPG aspect it takes away gameplay for those for whom rep grinds primarily exist and turns them into giant chumps for doing the content repeatedly as-is instead of waiting for the nerfs to roll in.<br /><br />No offense and I know where you are coming from (Professions have always been one of the fun things for me, and being from a Wrath-opened realm my friends and I basically had to built up Vanilla and TBC resources from the ground up) but Profession alts are a luxery, not a necessity, people should -and with current end-game offerings, almost always can - interact with others to get their Gear in a MMORPG (that's why you can have only two Professions on a character).<br /><br />So please, for the love of all that's holy, not even more Accountwide features, enough is enough already, pleasee retain at least some tatterings of a MMORPG.NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78237412335932354002012-10-10T07:21:11.925-04:002012-10-10T07:21:11.925-04:00Ah, so blame me for not noticing the date. I just...Ah, so blame me for not noticing the date. I just noticed a blue post while looking for information when I was trying to find what was going on and only saw that one, not the date. I'll edit my post.<br /><br />Not sure about them, I do not make them but I know what you mean. I've commented on a few that took me 6 or 7 tries to figure out.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75377891472025013022012-10-10T07:18:12.823-04:002012-10-10T07:18:12.823-04:00I went a little over board being I had the day off...I went a little over board being I had the day off work. I do not have that type of time to play on a daily basis. It is just too much.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-1834644013804113122012-10-10T07:17:19.463-04:002012-10-10T07:17:19.463-04:00You are the perfect example of the person I said t...You are the perfect example of the person I said that all parts of gear should be available for purchase at all times. No luck in dungeons, limited time to grind reputation, having at least lesser powered alternatives for every slot would help you and millions of others a lot. <br /><br />There is just so much going on at the start. In time you will see that it dries up however, it is just because it is new there is so much. In 4 weeks I bet I am saying I am bored on my main now and just waiting on raid night. Once you finish that rep grind there is nothing else except doing it again on alts.<br /><br />It is content at least, even if I am not fond of it completely. Better than anything cataclysm offered me.<br /><br />And I know how you feel on gear. Did a guild LFR last night and found that only 7 people had the item level to get in there yet. Pretty sad state of things for the #9 guild on the server just a few short weeks ago.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-41240060835926503972012-10-10T07:15:13.449-04:002012-10-10T07:15:13.449-04:00While I agree with pretty much everything (except ...While I agree with pretty much everything (except maybe that the first daily grind could be fun and dailies are a great idea), your example of the clueless blue post is a bad one.<br /><br />Posted on 9/28/2012, that post has nothing to do with the problems after the restart, it was just a stupid necro of another moron.<br /><br />And what the fuck is wrong with your captchas, I already gave up on a few comments in the past because I just couldn't solve them -.-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-81520295050952615022012-10-10T07:12:34.150-04:002012-10-10T07:12:34.150-04:00Enjoy yourself leveling, no need to rush it. I ha...Enjoy yourself leveling, no need to rush it. I have fun seeing how efficient I can level and do it quickly but that is how I have fun. To each their own. No need to rush it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-6460896498336646092012-10-10T06:55:57.915-04:002012-10-10T06:55:57.915-04:00Class balance is ridiculous at the moment. It'...Class balance is ridiculous at the moment. It's so messed up I haven't set foot in a battleground yet because of it. <br /><br />Somehow I don't think it's healthy to do 6 hours worth of dailies :/ Damn dude ... 6 hours?Beetlezombiehttp://beetlezombie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27839201248359617602012-10-10T05:30:07.657-04:002012-10-10T05:30:07.657-04:00You can now count “Arms warrior” as someone seeing...You can now count “Arms warrior” as someone seeing the bizarre numbers you describe. So far, my Execute critical strikes have ranged between 119k and 241k with the same buffs and conditions and that simply can NOT be right. Something’s amiss.<br /><br />As for dailies… You’ve probably read my post about them. It’s a fine line between “mandatory” and “optional”, but giving players no choice BUT time-consuming dailies is unfair; it’s got Greg Street and his incompetence written all over it. I find it very telling that one of the best MoP factions (Order of the Cloud Serpent) has seen absolutely no innovation, whatsoever, since Netherwing.<br /><br />I don’t agree that reputations should be account linked, but I have slowly come round to the idea that, honestly, tabards should be available for the Golden Lotus, August Celestials, Shado-pan and Klaxxi.Zellvirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382061860691005530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28716719767391473072012-10-09T20:24:11.927-04:002012-10-09T20:24:11.927-04:00I got to 90 on the Saturday after launch. I work ...I got to 90 on the Saturday after launch. I work full time (and then some since I'm salary) so I wasn't that fast but it still went pretty fast. I finished all the loremaster achievs that day as well and I was qualified for heroics because of that. I did some heroics the next day and got jack.<br /><br />I've been doing dailies and grinding up the secondary profs. Got them all to 600 this weekend but my rep is crap still. Friendly with SP. Honored with GL, Anglers, and Klaxxi. Revered with Serpent, Tillers, and Tushui. Exalted with Lorewalkers. I didn't do all the dailies every day so I'm behind.<br /><br />I'm already burnt out though. When I was raiding heroic DS at the end of Cata, I played maybe an hour or two every other day and then played a lot on the weekends (Fri/Sat were raid nights). I could do that; although raiding both Fri and Sat was getting to be too much.<br /><br />Now, I need to log in every damn day and play for 4+ hours to do dailies and run scenarios and heroics just so I can be unlucky with drops and grind rep to buy under-spec'd valor gear. Sorry, not happening. I didn't even log in yesterday because I didn't feel like it and I'll probably just log in tonight to check auctions.<br /><br />Raid leader wants us to raid this Friday night, but there's no way in hell that I'll have ilvl 460+ by then. I'll be lucky if I have that by the end of the month at this rate. I hate the gear grind. I wish I could just do all the quests (running a few heroics would be acceptable if I was guaranteed an upgrade each time) and be ready to raid.<br /><br />Honestly though, looks like my raiding career was short lived and it's back to soloing and achievement hunting. Maybe I'll take up Pet Battles! :SJaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16683888769084537552012-10-09T16:18:31.549-04:002012-10-09T16:18:31.549-04:00ahhh, ok. Since I am not there yet, it makes sense...ahhh, ok. Since I am not there yet, it makes sense I don't know about it. Thank you Grumpy! And as usual,another bloggy blog food for thought. :D Maybe I should stop trying to track the white tiger and start leveling again. Oh well, t'nights the night. PS- I just saw that I can use me google and not be a annodimoose. Sweet peas in the morning! -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-83116548948817712582012-10-09T16:04:14.180-04:002012-10-09T16:04:14.180-04:00It is a level 90 ability you can choose.
The seco...It is a level 90 ability you can choose.<br /><br />The second character took no time. Knew where to go for everything and was on rested so it kind of speeds by. Even more so when leveling a tank and you can pull all 10 mobs you need for a quest at the same time. Makes for fast leveling.<br /><br />I am still having lots of luck with motes, I seem to get roughly 20 a day just when doing dailies. They seem to drop a lot more often in the 89-90 zones, so you will see a boost in them when you get there I am sure.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-6954434532172939222012-10-09T15:59:19.726-04:002012-10-09T15:59:19.726-04:00I play BM hunters, not great, but I play them. Bu...I play BM hunters, not great, but I play them. But I have never seen "glaive toss". Whats that? And, you got a 2nd toon up to 90? Heck, I still only have 1 at 86 - almost 87. WTF, over :D But, I have seen the cloth drop the first week, where I got 1st Aid up to 600, but now this week, hardly any cloth at all. Also, hardly any gems or these spirit motes. I have only 4 of them after what, 2 weeks or so. I'm not running instances, so maybe that is where I am missing. ah well, good hunting to ya Grumpy.<br /><br />-rooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com