tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post2384906229440972764..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: 6.2.3 AKA "If we had done this earlier we might not have lost over 5M subs."TheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-17923877529111894882015-11-17T08:19:10.819-05:002015-11-17T08:19:10.819-05:00I can surely understand that. A lot of friends th...I can surely understand that. A lot of friends that run in competitive guilds tell me they got burnt out this expansion running split raids. It would not surprise me if that is one of the key reasons many top level guilds have broken up this expansion, it just got to be too much.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19495055014028449522015-11-14T06:55:01.004-05:002015-11-14T06:55:01.004-05:00why they didnt enable after world first ? cause ev...why they didnt enable after world first ? cause even being top 100 is still a good achievement and having split raids abuse that is NOT F$@(I$(@# FUNAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986809742525602716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-58706084054754296812015-10-26T11:13:27.765-04:002015-10-26T11:13:27.765-04:00As many have sadly.As many have sadly.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77564638095733615762015-10-22T05:26:57.052-04:002015-10-22T05:26:57.052-04:00Yes faaaaar tooooo late, such that it no longer ma...Yes faaaaar tooooo late, such that it no longer matters since I've long gone.Kingerzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578801448226537178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-30769532160963497572015-10-16T12:32:52.354-04:002015-10-16T12:32:52.354-04:00I got one piece piece like that and I am still wea...I got one piece piece like that and I am still wearing it. And I did not even get it myself. Someone else won it and gave it to me. Two best stats, warforged and with a gem slot. It might only be 691 but stat wise I have gotten multiple 710 pieces that can not hold a candle to that piece.<br /><br />I do not mind the random if stuff dropped at a good rate. If they want to do random on top of random on top of random, then every single boss you ever kill should drop at least one piece, sometimes more, for you. <br /><br />In my opinion that is the only way this much random would ever work. If they flooded you with gear so it made it seem like you actually have a chance. As it is now you kill a boss 17 times, finally win one piece, and it is basic, now you have to kill it another 250 times before you get a good one. Hell not, that is horrible design. My opinion only of course, but I am not a fan of it. Killing a boss 17 times and getting nothing makes you want to quit, it does not make it exciting because it "might" be warforged.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87539862784261200672015-10-16T12:21:04.989-04:002015-10-16T12:21:04.989-04:00I agree we could be more tied together. The issue...I agree we could be more tied together. The issue is they did it wrong when they started it.<br /><br />Here is the simple solution they should have done from the get go.<br /><br />When they merged people they would not put James-Servername, they would make your server name your last name. This of course would require them adding an SQL field for last name but that is really zero trouble at all.<br /><br />Then offer everyone one free last night change for each of their characters, so they do not need to walk around with their server name.<br /><br />So now if your server and my server were merged and we both had character named James it would make no difference. You might have made your name James Jones, and I might have made mine James Smith and then when they add another there could be a James Williams, a James Johnson, etc.<br /><br />The biggest problem they had with the merges, as they mentioned at least, was people being connected to their names and they did not want to make them change it. I personally think "adding" a last name would have solved this as no one would ever need to change their name.<br /><br />But no... such a great solution and no one in a billion dollar company ever thought of it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44553257876501446252015-10-16T12:03:40.288-04:002015-10-16T12:03:40.288-04:00I just missed my 100 by 12 two seasons ago and nev...I just missed my 100 by 12 two seasons ago and never got my team back on to finish it. We were doing about 50% ourselves playing fair. I think we were 88-92, but all three of us were not PvPers and we ere not an idea make up. So it is not as bad as it seems, in my opinion at least.<br /><br />As someone that does not PvP it might surprise you to find out I join the arena servers every time they are around and I love it. I mean really love it. No gear worries, no gems or enchants or what have you, everyone is even and it is all about skill. That is how PvP should be. Do I get my ass whooped a lot, sometimes sure, but I can learn there and I have a lot of fun doing it.<br /><br />I guess the PvP gear will only be useful for those doing LFR or only early normal then. So it might still have some use for some people.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-38878723518299594532015-10-16T12:00:02.881-04:002015-10-16T12:00:02.881-04:00Would love something to change things to specific ...Would love something to change things to specific stats, even if it cost a fair deal. I am about as tired of RNG as any one elf could be.<br /><br />I would also love to be able to add gem slots. They make a huge difference and anyone that says they don't is fooling only themselves.<br /><br />If valor would be away to completely bypass RNG I would love it even more, I would adopt it, I would give it its own room, I would hug it and squeeze it and call it George.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29890601176790783972015-10-16T11:56:18.082-04:002015-10-16T11:56:18.082-04:00@regardsanon
I love dungeons too. It is a fun wa...@regardsanon<br /><br />I love dungeons too. It is a fun way to play and unlike most people I actually like when we start to over gear them and can try to do more than intended with big pulls, or in some cases 2 bosses at once, which is really fun.<br /><br />I too will offer my tank or healer for instant queues for guild mates or even go on my main just to help them power through it easier. But there has not been much of that as no one seems to want to do dungeons any longer.<br /><br />@James<br /><br />I think it is the rewards. There are no real ones. That is why so very few in guild ever say "running a dungeon, anyone want in" which every expansion previous that was an extremely common line you would see in guild chat.<br /><br />There are some bugs with the armory, like one raid I used to solo for all the time shows I only killed the end boss once, which I know is false, and another dungeon it shows I killed the last boss 120 times when I know that can not be possible as I do not recall doing it that often and it is not a mount dropping boss, so I see no reason why I would have. So take armory stats with a grain of salt. However some sound reasonable, I have 60+ for the zuls and as I did them and only them for valor for a long time, so I believe those are probably accurate.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56513606716873368502015-10-16T11:35:33.414-04:002015-10-16T11:35:33.414-04:00You seem to have done quite well for yourself on a...You seem to have done quite well for yourself on a smaller server, nice work.<br /><br />I know I could be doing better but two things are holding me back. One, I like the people I play with so I am willing to accept lesser progression to stay playing with them and two, as the raid leader I have lost a lot of the gusto that I used to have and that has to have some trickle down on the team I am sure even if you can not see it. I guess you could add a third which is, with so few guilds on the server once you fall behind on progression it becomes nearly impossible to catch up unless you can grab new people and train them, and hope you do not lose them.<br /><br />I have grabbed a few this expansion, but the loss of the long time raiders had been really painful, to say the least. Not to mention me having to tank most of the time is not great because I am not the best tank, I get by because of my knowledge, not any real skill. Like this week my hunter got only 1 heroic kill in, killrog, did 112K (with 1 down phase) which is okay for a 702, but I think me tanking all the other bosses is hurting my DPS as I am out of practice. I have a higher item level and more heroic kills on my tank, an alt. Over all if I could recruit a tank we would be better off because I am a much better hunter than I am a tank. But such is life, I am still enjoying the kills when I get them, and that is all that really matters in the end right?<br /><br />After reading your post last night when I logged in I took at look at my heroic dungeon kills, from wrath on. Every expansion I had at least 20 last boss kills on my main, the hunter. I am sure if I add alts I would easily be over 60 of each.<br /><br />There are even 4 dungeons that I had over 60 on,on just my main, two being the Zul ones from cata of course.<br /><br />This expansion on my main I have 18. Not on one boss, 18 total, for all dungeons combined. Not counting mythic.<br /><br />If I added my alts, outside of my tanks or healers which I would help guild mates with instant queues, the only dungeons I have done on alts are the 5 you need to do for the legendary line, queued for directly, not at random.<br /><br />I did not even do dungeons on my alts for gear this expansion because I did not like the entire gearing system for alts and had no intention of really playing them.<br /><br />I liked the valor for gear system, it made me want to play alts, want to gear up alts, and actually get interested in trying other classes because of it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-57346938331221189132015-10-16T10:58:31.619-04:002015-10-16T10:58:31.619-04:00I do not know when it is coming out, but as it end...I do not know when it is coming out, but as it ended not so long ago I would say soonish. I too read that there was a bit more bleeding for them to make such an unexpected change like this. Guessing, just as anyone else would have to do right now, I would say they had to lose over 500K to make a response like this. So my guess is 800K.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-35509387879294844372015-10-16T09:54:26.763-04:002015-10-16T09:54:26.763-04:00I like everything about 6.2.3 except for the addit...I like everything about 6.2.3 except for the additional RNG on gear. From 6.0 until now, a perfect piece of gear required the correct secondary stats, war-forged, and a gem socket (and I don't think I've ever gotten any piece of gear with all of this the entire expansion). In 6.2.3 not only do you need all of the above, but you also need to roll the highest possible level of warforged. So now even if you get warforged, socket, right secondaries, the item will still become vendor trash if you get another version that rolls a higher level of warforged. True Diablo-style loot, if Diablo had Ancient+1, Ancient+2, Ancient+3 in increasing rarity at each step, and while Diablo is a fun game, I tend to get burnt out quickly because you hit a point where it takes a massive amount of time to get even a small increase in power.Arthurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-63771339389589903732015-10-16T03:57:26.288-04:002015-10-16T03:57:26.288-04:00The armory shows the stats really off. For example...The armory shows the stats really off. For example, it shows me 36 kills of Heroic Zul'Aman end boss but no kills in Zul'Gurub. Anyway, at a glance, in Wrath, Cata and Mop I did every dungeon around 20-30 ties with a few exceptions (like having 88 Drak'Tharons). For WoD though I have less than 10 of each, and the only one I have 10 of is Iron Docks because that's the absolute only one I get if I queue for a random as a tank (if I queue as a healer it's Grimrail Depot). And I have so many only because I needed resources at some point (because of the shipyard), I finished the Tavern quests and I wanted to do Pepe achi.<br /><br />Overall, I dislike the WoD dungeons. Maybe it's the rewards, but mostly I find them ugly and uninteresting and they don't have a special magic feeling. And the queue only gives me two of them, which burned my will to do dungeons.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-20140020951060461712015-10-16T03:34:08.372-04:002015-10-16T03:34:08.372-04:00They should consolidate realms properly.
Actually,...They should consolidate realms properly.<br />Actually, if I think about it, there is no logic in realms outside of technology limitations (and financial, money from server changes and whatnot). Why shouldn't everything be cross realm? Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75619277413590387172015-10-16T02:58:44.887-04:002015-10-16T02:58:44.887-04:00Here's a link for one random piece of pvp ches...Here's a link for one random piece of pvp chest.<br />http://www.wowhead.com/item=125262/wild-gladiators-armor<br /><br />You can see its actual item level and the PvP item level in parenthesis. It's a new WoD thing, so that PvP gear isn't outclassed by PvE gear but PvE players don't feel forced to PvP for it either. I think the concept of it was ok.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66374700373861590512015-10-16T02:56:06.497-04:002015-10-16T02:56:06.497-04:00I like playing fair. We're at 52 - 44 win/lose...I like playing fair. We're at 52 - 44 win/lose ratio. I also thought I'd be piled on, but that only happens in around a quarter of the fights. Seems the main strategy in 3v3 is to CC the healer and kill the squishiest dps. So I mostly run run run and try to avoid CC and interrupts with trinkets, bubbles, hands, fake casts and more running while throwing some heals and dispelling the teammates. Oh, and also denouncing the hunters, so they don't crit haha. I denounce everything, just that hunters seem useless without crit.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-24822331021123073232015-10-15T20:06:51.176-04:002015-10-15T20:06:51.176-04:00I would like to see them do it a little differentl...I would like to see them do it a little differently.<br /><br />Baleful gear: base is 655 or whatever. Upgrade for apexis to 695. Have a purchasable (valor or apexis) token to change the random stats to a specific stat set.<br /><br />Mythic dungeons: base loot as 705, Warforged as 710 or 715<br /><br />Valor upgrade tokens for:<br />- Warforged token that makes a normal item be Warforged<br />- Gem token that adds a gem slot to an item that does not have one<br />- Tertiary tokens that sets a specific tertiary stat on an item<br /><br />So I wouldn't have the random 5 lvl increments.<br />And I wouldn't have the MoP ilvl upgrades.<br /><br />In summary, I'd make valor be a way to bypass all the RNG bullshit rather than adding more RNG.Jaegerhttps://twitter.com/makosdvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-61901516680354166692015-10-15T16:09:28.559-04:002015-10-15T16:09:28.559-04:00I can only speak for myself, but I love dungeons.
...I can only speak for myself, but I love dungeons.<br />I've done tons of them, but I've done enough of them.<br />The only reason I do them now is if I am feeling charitable toward strangers in LFG, or if a guildie needs help leveling up (I can tank normal skyreach when they hit level 97), or if a guildie needs legendary quest progress on an alt.<br /><br />As a tank, I don't need better gear for heroic raids and I'm only 704 equipped. And if I did need better gear, I am not going to get it from 5-mans or 5-man mythics (at least not until after this new patch comes out).<br /><br />So I'm ambivalent. I might do dungeons for better gear, but I am not going to die without it. But if guildies are running dungeons anyway it might be fun content to do together.<br /><br />Blizzard doesn't provide easy to get statistics on dungeon completion, but going off the last boss kills, I have done quite a few this expansion.<br /><br />http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character///statistic#14807:15233<br /><br />Just on my main, I see the following:<br />* cataclysm: 382 dungeons (actually higher since the expansion was alt friendly)<br />* mists of pandaria: 656<br />* warlords of draenor: 251<br />--<br />regards,<br /><br />regardsanonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-25563583836066710092015-10-15T13:59:43.361-04:002015-10-15T13:59:43.361-04:00So, first just to give you context, here is my cha...So, first just to give you context, here is my character :http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/xavius/Evilsamigina/simple<br /><br />In MOP (and before that in cata) I never ran dungeons past the gearing process cause I was capping by doing the other stuf (raiding/dailies, you get the idea), when they added the valor aginst timeless coin in MOP it was even worse because I had MILLIONS of coins due to farming the place fo achievements.<br /><br />In warlord, I needed ressources, a lot of them, and dungeons were one of the best way to get som thanks to the dailies they added in 6.1<br /><br />I'm also playing around 3 alts semi serously, but the way I play is "a character can only use what he gets by himself" (exception is made for crafted gear). In MOP those alts aswell were capping through raiding/dailies. SO dungeosn for me were only the stepping stone for gearing. <br /><br />Checking in game now, the boss I've kill the most in MOP is Yan-zhu with a grand total of 18, in WOD the one I killed the less is viryx with 21.<br /><br />I'm somewhat that thins that gear should only come from what your character is actually doing, because that force you to learn the character, no point having the best gear if you can't use it.<br /><br />That's also why I never used heirloom, and never had the problem of outleveling a zone.<br /><br />As for the "larger race". I was more reffering to ppl Mythic is actually designed for like the 150-200 first guild. the actual first are inconsequential, they are not the one for who mythic is really made.<br /><br />I know the problem aboutsmall servers having trouble with getting a guild, but if you check my server, you'll see that we're a really small server, even more so alliance side, and still we managed to be leading that server, and even horde side have 2 good guilds, so it's definitely possible, but it takes strong leadership.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-23195152293617992822015-10-15T12:55:16.937-04:002015-10-15T12:55:16.937-04:00When is the third quarter Blizzard financial state...When is the third quarter Blizzard financial statement coming? I presume these changes are in response to what they saw in accounting at the end of the quarter. I am surprised we haven't been seeing weekly store mount sales considering these changes appear to be to stem the bleeding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-41317941964977840162015-10-15T12:08:55.596-04:002015-10-15T12:08:55.596-04:00Even if people would feel "forced" to do...Even if people would feel "forced" to do them there are some that are just not capable of doing them, so they won't.<br /><br />It is the same with mythic raiding. People feel "forced" to do them, but some are just not capable for whatever reason, so they don't.<br /><br />Just because content is there doesn't mean you have to do it. But if you want to, you will get better so you can.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56821511414293387942015-10-15T12:07:29.762-04:002015-10-15T12:07:29.762-04:00Hell no, just like last expansion with no valor ge...Hell no, just like last expansion with no valor gear at the end. Some of my unplayed alts were sitting at valor cap with dungeon gear and early MV, HoF and ToeS gear that I did not think was worth upgrading.<br /><br />They should have gear (for the people that need it) and upgrades (for the people that do not need gear) to make everyone happy.<br /><br />It would be great for me, 4 characters would upgrade, the rest would buy gear, and it gives me a reason to play them all once again.<br /><br />But right now looking at a 670 piece I would never even think of wasting valor to upgrade it. But if they made 695 gear for valor (that was not random like baleful) I would buy it in a heartbeat. As odd as it sounds, I would rather but a 695 piece with bad stats knowing what I am getting, then keep trying to get the right stats over and over with baleful gear any day.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-24244962159502034042015-10-15T12:04:34.198-04:002015-10-15T12:04:34.198-04:00Ah, I got you. Now I understand. I see 740 and t...Ah, I got you. Now I understand. I see 740 and to me it is 740. I was always under the impression that it was indeed whatever item level was on it and in instanced PvP it was lowered, not the other way around.<br /><br />PvP will not be upgradable, at least I do not suspect it would be as it never was last expansion and that makes sense.<br /><br />Being a healer in 3s takes a special mentality, as you know you will always be piled on. Good luck getting it.<br /><br />If you want to make ti easier. Have someone dog their rating and then you will get a slew of easy fights for a while.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75381575246908073712015-10-15T12:01:24.601-04:002015-10-15T12:01:24.601-04:00I think it comes down to the idea of working towar...I think it comes down to the idea of working toward something, at least for me. Even if it is "boring" so to speak, once you start to over gear it is then it is just quick and easy.<br /><br />Kind of like the old school RPG games where you would run in circles killing the same type of mob over and over again waiting for the rare drop. You did not do it because it was fun to grind the mobs, you did it because you deemed the reward at the end was worth the effort.<br /><br />I am a very logical person, it is why I would prefer the "earn" your gear method over the "luck" into gear method. And dungeons for valor with valor gear was the perfect thing for me, it kept me playing, because I knew if I needed that chest piece on one of my characters it would be 2250 valor points and that means if I want to I could get it in 2 and a quarter weeks worth of capping, or do a little here and there to get it whenever. It put the power of gearing in my hands and I could take whichever I felt was the most logical approach to getting it for that character.<br /><br />Each person enjoys their own style of play and I have made no effort to hide that I prefer to work for my gear. That is why I actually liked doing dungeons over and over. At least when they got faceroll easy, then they became fun.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-49883062124434074542015-10-15T11:56:58.159-04:002015-10-15T11:56:58.159-04:00I look forward to it. I like seeing the game from...I look forward to it. I like seeing the game from a different set of eyes. It sometimes even helps me find new ways to enjoy myself along the way.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.com