tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post1172295256946893003..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: 5.4: What are you Looking Forward to?TheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-76378809394709863882013-09-09T09:44:10.062-04:002013-09-09T09:44:10.062-04:00I am pretty sure they will be.
Heck, doing it on ...I am pretty sure they will be.<br /><br />Heck, doing it on that first day seems to be the best time because you know everyone will be going for it. Just lay a shot in on the bosses, as they are shared tags.<br /><br />That is probably how I will do stuff on my alts.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-86777161370587986472013-09-09T09:43:06.671-04:002013-09-09T09:43:06.671-04:00Doesn't it need to be all 100 next patch?
If ...Doesn't it need to be all 100 next patch?<br /><br />If I knew I could have started early it would have been something great to do while waiting for the patch.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-92111610629944549312013-09-06T19:05:44.278-04:002013-09-06T19:05:44.278-04:00Any spots open for some crossrealm people in that ...Any spots open for some crossrealm people in that Legendary group? :)Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-31216013398251058522013-09-06T17:58:33.621-04:002013-09-06T17:58:33.621-04:00haha i m at 40 wins aleady, that mount will be min...haha i m at 40 wins aleady, that mount will be mine :D<br /><br />-strawsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-23581136949788480482013-09-06T11:32:21.243-04:002013-09-06T11:32:21.243-04:00As an achievement hunter that is one of the things...As an achievement hunter that is one of the things I am greatly looking forward to on the island. Although it does seem like they over did it with achievements, I will still try to get them all.<br /><br />I am readying a crew with the legendary quest line to go in there on day of release so we can all move along with it at the same time ASAP. I am glad we get it sooner than later. Kind of sucks that the previous legendaries you needed to finish the content before you got them. This one is designed to help you finish it. I like that idea better.<br /><br />Sounds like they did not learn anything from the ToT LFR. When will blizzard get it through their head that the LFR is way to hard for the average player.<br /><br />They should not put any "lesson" stuff in LFR. That is what a real raid is for. That is why I run 25s, to teach new players. LFR is for loot. Not for teaching. At least in my opinion.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87827775242919679862013-09-06T10:32:40.318-04:002013-09-06T10:32:40.318-04:00ToT LFR was like that at first, too. LFR is alway...ToT LFR was like that at first, too. LFR is always like that at first. The pain, as it always has before, will lessen over time and most bosses will become one-shots. If you want to avoid that, skip LFR for a month or three and wade in once most of the players have at least seen the fights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75337458776746388312013-09-06T10:20:42.598-04:002013-09-06T10:20:42.598-04:00I have been running on the PTR for the past month....I have been running on the PTR for the past month. While the Isle is fun the first two weeks, after that it becomes relatively useless except for hunting achievements or farming 496 gear for alts. You can get your legendary cloak in one night by killing the four celestials in a competent group. The rares are not rare, they spawn about every 30-45 minutes. The only reputation to farm will reward you with a pet and a mount (which requires killing a minimum of 2500 Yaungol). The isle is relatively small and so that if a call is made that a rare is up, it will be dead by the time you get there, except for the pirate ship. After you have your cape and if you are not interested in every last achievement, you will go there to kill 1 celestial per week (can only loot 1 of 4 per week) and perhaps take a crack at Ordos for a gear drop. If you play alts then you may continue to farm rares for the 496 gear, but the gear that drops is random and may be useless to you. There is no gating to the island, so everyone discovers all there is to know within the first week - so no anticipation or excitement after that. The LFR is a nightmare right now. I have done 3 wings. Expect 10 stacks of determination on almost every boss for the first few weeks. Lots of mechanics, lots of move out of bad and much more punishing than ToT LFR - lots of near insta-death and massive hits by the boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-23204545030567962322013-09-06T08:17:39.332-04:002013-09-06T08:17:39.332-04:00I really would have never pictured you a pet perso...I really would have never pictured you a pet person.<br /><br />I forgot about that. I am looking forward to it as well but I would out it in the same league as proving grounds, something that would have been better for 5.5.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19335533881145956402013-09-06T08:16:53.443-04:002013-09-06T08:16:53.443-04:00I forgot about doing the achievements in flex, tha...I forgot about doing the achievements in flex, that is going to be awesome. Not having to kill the bosses on heroic and being able to get them in flex really does make this the first raid meta I can get while it is current. (miss DS by 3 achievements)<br /><br />I made a post before 5.2 came out telling people the best way to catch up was PvP. PvP has always been the best way to get starter gear for PvE but this expansion it is even better being PvP stats do not weigh into the stats on it. So a 496 PvP item and a 496 PvE item are equal for PvE. Have to love that, and hate it at the same time.<br /><br />I still wonder why a PvE easy mode catch up like that was never added. I think secretly they are trying to get more people into PvP. See, it is working on you. ;)<br /><br />I plan to do some arenas seriously for the first time since wrath come next patch for the 100 win mount. I figure 100 wins should be easy. So worth getting it done. So maybe it is working on me too. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64757714921503244052013-09-06T08:11:58.589-04:002013-09-06T08:11:58.589-04:00I am also ready for mists to wrap up. I do think ...I am also ready for mists to wrap up. I do think it is a fantastic expansion but still believe that is a two sided opinion. For my main it was fantastic, for my alts it sucked at the start and never really got all that much better.<br /><br />Seems like flex really has a great deal of people excited. I so hope it can live up to the hype.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56074732183333089482013-09-06T08:07:30.134-04:002013-09-06T08:07:30.134-04:00I like grinding some valor while hanging out on th...I like grinding some valor while hanging out on the island being it is dead now. I make my rounds and solo all the rares. I even do it on my lesser characters because they are accessible. The one with the 2 minute timer is about the only one I can not get on some characters. It is such a great way to get some valor. I hope they keep adding things like that.<br /><br />Valor is going to be almost useless come the new patch. In a way I am almost beginning to like that idea. I plan to make a post about that today. I wonder who else would feel the same.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-65378963183253212222013-09-06T01:55:02.228-04:002013-09-06T01:55:02.228-04:00Pet tournament!Pet tournament!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66190760507641747402013-09-06T00:50:41.295-04:002013-09-06T00:50:41.295-04:00I have been so busy with rl and raiding and trying...I have been so busy with rl and raiding and trying to progress hc modes in semi-casual group that I dint even notice that 5.4 is out next week.I am really excited about the new raid.There are 14 bosses init, holyshiiiiiit, thats largest number since Ulduar I guess. I was severely disappointed at 7 boss fl and 8boss DS. <br />I am happy that flex is there, we can do meta's in parallel to our normal/hc progress. Even talked to gm to add another non - mandatory raid day just for flex for meta hunting :D<br /><br />Another interesting thing, leveled a druid to max level and went to arena with a friend on his suggestion that its the fastest way to gear. And holly molly is it fast ? I entered with 435 ilvl, 3 hrs later , 8k cp and four 496 pieces ( helm,weapon,belt, neck) , would have been more if i had gone for cheaper items first. But for ferals weapon dps is most important stat. I still have 20k more cp to get and so im gussing 6 more hours of arena and i will have full 496 gear. Going the route of 5man->msv lfr-> hof/terrace lfr ->tot lfr <br />it would take me way more time than 9 hrs.Even with buying cheap 496 boa's and getting really lucky with drops, it wont be faster.<br />I dont know if I should be annoyed that best way to gear an alt for pve is pvp, or be happy that 2 things that blizzard stated work perfectly , pvp catch-up and pvp gear will be decent in pve.<br />Another side effect of this is , i never tried organzied pvp like arena or bg, and what started as an quick route to gearing an alt has got me interested in arena,I am thinking of doing more seriously. And this is coming from a player who got duelicious in cata after getting the legendary daggers :P .<br /><br />straws,champion of cupcake club<br />@Kazzak-euAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37656033977332717822013-09-05T21:49:36.557-04:002013-09-05T21:49:36.557-04:00Sorry if this sounds to snarky, but I'm most l...Sorry if this sounds to snarky, but I'm most looking forward to see Mists of Pandaria wrap up.<br /><br />I think this was some of Blizzard's best work, but at the same time it's been my least enjoyable expansion.<br /><br />I really want to see with what they come up with next, especially with their 10th anniversary on the horizon.<br /><br />But to answer your question, Flex Raiding and Proving Grounds are two things I'm most curious about.Darkbrewhttp://thebrewhall.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-17456683017014169772013-09-05T21:26:55.603-04:002013-09-05T21:26:55.603-04:00I'm another person at the "make or break&...I'm another person at the "make or break" stage.<br /><br />I'm probably putting most of my hopes into Flex and Connected Realms. Timeless Isle will hopefully be good; I still go to Isle of Thunder to do dailies and kill elites, so hopefully Timeless Ilse will give me another place to do that. <br /><br />However, I'm not sure how important it will be to valor cap, if there's no valor gear. Not sure I'll be getting two new pieces of gear every week (if that's even statistically feasible) and I'll probably have 3000 vp by patch day. That'll be enough for 6 full upgrades already, which is almost half of the gear slots.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-51814469573615913892013-09-05T15:30:40.225-04:002013-09-05T15:30:40.225-04:00Connected realms were pushed back and will not be ...Connected realms were pushed back and will not be there on release. If they were I would have mentioned it and maybe even gave it 1 point higher on my assessment. <br /><br />I too am looking forward to them. Would be nice to see more people around. As long as they do not over do it and turn every server into a mega server it could be awesome. True medium servers would be nice. Not too big, not too small.<br /><br />LFR is a nightmare and it keeps getting worse because blizzard keeps making it harder for the people that can't raid to begin with. Sure, I would not mind a little challenge there, but when I am the only one that survives a mechanic 4 months after the LFR was out, that means the mechanic should have not been in there to begin with. LFR needs to be greatly adjusted downward to ever be something I could consider worth doing.<br /><br />I am with you. This is make or break for blizzard. I am all primed and ready to quit. Just waiting for blizzard to open the door once more. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56346855476333821512013-09-05T15:23:32.488-04:002013-09-05T15:23:32.488-04:00Sounds like your toons might have a hell of a lot ...Sounds like your toons might have a hell of a lot of fun on the island to start off. Being it will be packed and there is shared loot (I believe) tag along on your low geared characters and get some shots in, maybe you can get some 496 gear.<br /><br />Now you see what I think the island sounds pretty awesome? Things like that.<br /><br />Flex raids will be popping up in trade in no time. Flex is all about pugging and rebuilding community. Give it some time for the people that assemble the pugs and like to lead to get their feet wet and then, if all goes well, it will be like the good old days of ICC where there was a pug going 24/7.<br /><br />I am actually on the edge a bit about it. I am almost considering stepped down as a raid leader if flex works well and just start being a flex only player. I think I've had enough of the "trying to get better" grind over the past few years. Might be time to just sit back, relax, and let the game come to me. Just considering it, don't hold me to it. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89183671609444797492013-09-05T15:12:42.286-04:002013-09-05T15:12:42.286-04:00I'm looking forward to the connected realms fe...I'm looking forward to the connected realms feature, whenever that happens. The servers I play on (Grizzly Hills, Fizzcrank, Tanaris, to name a few) are so dead it's not even funny. I've held out on transferring because of this feature.<br /><br />What I am not looking forward to is LFR. I plan on running it once just to see the new raid. I may be in the minority, but I still blame LFR for my burnout that started back in Dragon Soul. Doing those 2 parts in LFR weekly to cap valor (500 valor was pretty nice, I guess) AND still doing 2-3 nights of raiding the same damn raid just got to me. Hence the reason I don't do it anymore, which is why I wouldn't mind raiding again at some point.<br /><br />I'm with Grumpy, maybe a 5, or even a 4 for my interest. This is a make or break patch I'd say for Blizz, and for me to keep playing. Crossing my fingers...Sufferwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22292634403262763092013-09-05T14:12:23.495-04:002013-09-05T14:12:23.495-04:00I have mixed feelings about 5.4...but not in the w...I have mixed feelings about 5.4...but not in the way you might think. Where I find myself right now is in a state of "meh" when it comes to WoW...when it comes to any of my games really.<br /><br />Lately I've been finding myself sitting at my computer staring at my desktop for 5-10 minutes trying to figure out what it is I want to do. Do I play WoW? If I do, what do I do? Do I play SC2? Do I play SimCity(5)? Do I play Pirates101? Do I blog? Ugh.<br /><br />At least I have other's blogs to keep me entertained...sadly I read through them all too quick and am left in the above situation.<br /><br />Maybe 5.4 is what I need to get out of this rutt. Sitting here right now thinking about it doesn't seem like it is.<br /><br />With all the goodies they gave us to do so far I am way behind. My highest ilvl toon is at 495. The rest are between 450-something and 470-something. I still have a lot of catching up to do to even think about new content.<br /><br />Now, about the patch itself, and less about me, I am interested in trying out Flex and Proving Grounds and seeing what Timeless Isle is about. I am certain there is a lot I could learn on my bevy of alts in Proving Grounds.<br /><br />Timeless Isle intrigues me, but I've not been following PTR info that well and have no clue about much of what awaits me there.<br /><br />I am most excited about Flex raiding, but am worried at the same time. It sounds like it's the type of raiding that is right up my alley, but with my wonky work schedule, and limited Bnet friends list, I doubt I'll ever get to give it a shot.Jstmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423675330687776883noreply@blogger.com