tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post1334015022540440585..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Is Blizzard Sending Mixed Messages?TheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64074801167995894252013-01-19T08:58:59.394-05:002013-01-19T08:58:59.394-05:00Doesn't even have to be a big company. The CE...Doesn't even have to be a big company. The CEO at the company I work for contradicts himself all the time...Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28045764110685137102013-01-19T01:38:28.283-05:002013-01-19T01:38:28.283-05:00And I thought 35 bosses in a row counts as bad luc...And I thought 35 bosses in a row counts as bad luck... oh my... you have done... almost double that?<br /><br />required iLvl for ToT LFR will be ... 480? Or even lower? I'd expect the new items to be 509+? So you will get raider level equip for doing LFR and some dailies. Sounds not so bad to me, but maybe I'm missing something.<br /><br />You are right about mixed messages - but working for a big company that's no surprise. I'm working for a big one myself, and I often wonder about idiotic decisions and mixed messages myself.<br /><br />It's often the result of 2 bosses requiring the opposite of each other, and then the decision is "let's do both" <br /><br />Rauxis, chosen of CATRauxisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74210686877594588512013-01-18T22:19:23.374-05:002013-01-18T22:19:23.374-05:00It is hard to please everyone and there are so man...It is hard to please everyone and there are so many different aspects to the game. I really do not envy what they have to go through but I do question it often. Like why put forward such a huge effort to appeal to such a small portion of the game.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-49621325133316570052013-01-18T21:02:19.610-05:002013-01-18T21:02:19.610-05:00Thanks Grumpy - here's why I asked -
So it see...Thanks Grumpy - here's why I asked -<br />So it seems that 90% of the game is only for 10% of the people who pay for it. And if 30% pvp then 100% of the changes made to the game (outside of the 10% for raiding) is only for 30% of the people who pay for it. <br /><br />I know I don't ask for pvp or raiding changes, yet, Blizzard believe we should be doing exactly that. Something wrong there. -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-90563515579075690072013-01-18T19:16:34.079-05:002013-01-18T19:16:34.079-05:00True, that is what raiders use it for. My raiding...True, that is what raiders use it for. My raiding characters do, but my alts use it to stay geared up so they can come off the bench, even if they never raided the entire expansion.<br /><br />That is what valor gear has evolved into and it did so a long time ago. It is nothing new that people play catch up with valor gear. It was actually stated by a blue that it was a way for new players to catch up.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-15594301117489910892013-01-18T19:09:14.261-05:002013-01-18T19:09:14.261-05:00Based on what GC said last expansion, including pe...Based on what GC said last expansion, including people in the LFR, so lets call that light core, that 7% of the population has cleared DS. So that means, even with the LFR, only 7% of the population raids.<br /><br />Now, if you mean raids well? Less than half a percent, yes, 0.49% have finished heroic this tier, and honestly if you have not finished heroic already you can not be called hard core. So that means that less then half a percent are hard core.<br /><br />So basically, not many people raid.<br /><br />Compare that to the other number he mentioned, 30% PvP with some degree of regularity.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89548060279711840782013-01-18T19:07:41.264-05:002013-01-18T19:07:41.264-05:00Valor wasn't made for catch up purposes though...Valor wasn't made for catch up purposes though. That's what the dungeons/previous tiers/Justice gear was for.<br /><br />Blizzard's position (which is different from the playerbase's) is that you don't need Valor gear to start raiding, you just need decent blue gear from dungeons.<br /><br />Valor has always been to supplement the current tier of gear.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-76741897973015227572013-01-18T19:03:54.616-05:002013-01-18T19:03:54.616-05:00That is only one of the points. It will still be ...That is only one of the points. It will still be good for the people with no luck, but what about the people just gearing up for the first time?<br /><br />Firelands was a few extra pieces for gold, not valor. Valor gear was purchased even if you never stepped into firelands.<br /><br />Other raids like ICC and hyjal, etc, had rings as quests for the raids only. One piece, and a small piece at that. Badge gear could still be purchased even if you never stepped into a raid.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66054539140100491312013-01-18T19:01:28.990-05:002013-01-18T19:01:28.990-05:00It still works for the bad luck people, which is m...It still works for the bad luck people, which is me for sure, but what about alts? What about new players? What about the catch up factor that point/badge gear was made for?TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53682695783901542852013-01-18T16:36:31.617-05:002013-01-18T16:36:31.617-05:00Grumphy -
Interesting. How many people out of th...Grumphy -<br /><br />Interesting. How many people out of the 10 million that blizzard says are subscribing - 1)hard core raiders, 2)light core raiders(this being LFR) and 3) aren't raiders? Any ideas on percentages? -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52591073962172678122013-01-18T16:06:12.516-05:002013-01-18T16:06:12.516-05:00So in one paragraph you state "by the time yo...So in one paragraph you state "by the time you reach revered to be able to buy the valor gear you will already have full raid gear"<br /><br />Then a few more down you say "One of my characters has done the LFR, all 5, for 6 weeks straight and has not seen one thing drop"<br /><br />Ever think that you will still have missing pieces that you can fill in with that reputaion gear? You might have bad luck and not have full raid gear?<br /><br />Also didnt they have this model for FL, and some what ICC (granted only a ring)? And iI dont recall to many complaints on it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-6856564147314659792013-01-18T14:12:22.604-05:002013-01-18T14:12:22.604-05:00I think you answered your own question in the firs...I think you answered your own question in the first sentence.<br />"Point/Badge gear was introduced as a catch up method for new players or alts to get gear or for people with bad luck with drops to fill in missing pieces"<br /><br />this valor gear from the rep is probably not for catch up purposes its for <b>people with bad luck with drops to fill in missing pieces</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com