tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post3152639408289569278..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-10778114332938695682015-01-29T07:16:20.326-05:002015-01-29T07:16:20.326-05:00OS is obsidian sanctum, a raid that drops the moun...OS is obsidian sanctum, a raid that drops the mount you were talking about. 3D means with the 3 mini dragon bosses still alive. ToC is trail of the crusader.<br /><br />As for the drakes and that raid, no, there was no such thing as normal and heroic as we know it when that raid was out. There is just 10 and 25, that is it.<br /><br />Invincible is the mount that drops off arthas in ICC but only on 25 heroic. It is a rare drop.<br /><br />The rolling dragon can be hard to get used to. Many people can not do it. But once you get it then it is easy. I died 3 or 4 times before I got it and now it is easy. Just annoying as hell.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-17043374402480003942015-01-28T16:43:22.981-05:002015-01-28T16:43:22.981-05:00ok, you are alive, great! There you go using tho...ok, you are alive, great! There you go using those initials again - what in the sam hill is "OS"? What is "3D"? And what is "TOC"? I got both drakes on 10 and 25. my question was is there an actually a 25 man heroic in the old litch king dungeons and who would have up todate info that I can read (everything is at least 2 to 4 years old). Not sure what "invincible" is either. But I do know I tried 25 man heroic on that death dragon and he beat me 30 times. I cant seem to figure out which way left or right is when I turn around, etc. Never again unless there is an add-on that will show me an arrow in the direction he is rolling. lol, falling to my death that many times and spending over 500G+ repair bills is not fun. <br /><br />-roo -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52442957566962744152015-01-22T08:37:20.007-05:002015-01-22T08:37:20.007-05:00I made it out alive, I think. I made it out alive, I think. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-35713672716270432972015-01-22T08:37:02.963-05:002015-01-22T08:37:02.963-05:00You are not too far from the truth. ;)You are not too far from the truth. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89713470027262723432015-01-22T08:31:54.434-05:002015-01-22T08:31:54.434-05:00The bullet point thing is a monday habit because I...The bullet point thing is a monday habit because I would come on with so many different things to say after a weekend and usually it would be little tidbits. Over the years I added some more flow with it, but it because something of a habit to do monda posts like that.<br /><br />I doubt we will ever get to the day where everything would have a solo option but I really would love if it ever happened. I too would be raiding so much more. Every alt I had would be in all raid gear and I believe I would get better at them because I would have to. It would give me the chance to get better at them too doing it solo.<br /><br />As you said, it would also make groups want to treat people better, because people would not need a group any longer. So if you wanted a group to do something you would have to treat them well, or they will just go and do it solo. The last thing the group people would need is to upset a decent player who would leave and make it harder on them because they did. And I believe many decent players would never touch a group if they did not need to.<br /><br />Not sure I would call it "raging" but blind "this is an MMO" comes out all the time as the ultimate excuse why they do not make things solo. Who cares, it can still be an MMO while allowing people to do things solo.<br /><br />I saw someone mention the idea of raids scaling down to 5 man. That would be interesting, and if anything, I could see that happening way before solo would. I could get behind that. It is easier to find 5 people of like skill than 20. I swear the only reason I do not clear mythic in the first month is because I can not find 19 people with the skill enough to do it. Heck, I can not even find enough people with the skill enough to do heroic most of the time. <br /><br />Yeah, I would love solo play. I would have mythic done on week one. Come to think of it, that is exactly why they do not add it. I and many thousands upon thousands like me would finish current content faster if we did not need a group for it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64447842214272092682015-01-22T08:11:25.954-05:002015-01-22T08:11:25.954-05:00In a way this makes sense. To release it staggere...In a way this makes sense. To release it staggered. However I do not care if they call BRF the same tier as HM. It drops higher item level gear, it is a new tier. They can call it what they want, I know what it really is. ;)<br /><br />Staggered will work better for them in the long run. The only people that really sufferer from it and see it dragged out is the LFR crowd.<br /><br />Normal / heroic raiders still get everything all at once the week of release, mythic raiders still go one week after the raid first comes out. No change for raiders at all in any way. <br /><br />The only people that get milked are the LFR crowd. And in truth that is what is needed. You need to keep those paying people coming back and releasing it all at once would mean people could "finish" the game in one day. Not really good for the game.<br /><br />Not saying a agree with them but I do understand their reasoning.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78491873982368521012015-01-22T08:01:33.001-05:002015-01-22T08:01:33.001-05:00I saw that and some of the sample pictures they pu...I saw that and some of the sample pictures they put on MMO-Cs cover and three of the four looked exactly the same to me. So if there was supposed to be a difference, I do not see it, and in that case the tool will not help me much, if at all.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53901451490682889232015-01-22T07:55:45.348-05:002015-01-22T07:55:45.348-05:00Nope, did not get it yet because I do not have a B...Nope, did not get it yet because I do not have a BM spec to get it with. I am MM and SV and have been all expansion thus far.<br /><br />I agree, I think it would look better ghost white instead of what it looks like.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87306476026670932782015-01-22T07:51:03.168-05:002015-01-22T07:51:03.168-05:00Well, being I rolled a pair of BoE glove off the f...Well, being I rolled a pair of BoE glove off the first boss again and still no boots from it, I can say that it is not as it should be. Hey, at least they were BoE.<br /><br />It could have been a "we are thinking of doing this" post. It was around blizzcon 2 years ago. Thought it was said live but could have been a post somewhere around that time.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19403419534486708792015-01-22T07:45:06.016-05:002015-01-22T07:45:06.016-05:00To do the OS 3D you need to not kill any of the mi...To do the OS 3D you need to not kill any of the mini bosses around the big boss.<br /><br />If you want to mount you need to leave them up. Best to sneak around and clear all the trash and then go kill the boss with the three drakes still up. That is how you get the mount. There is one for 10 man and one for 25 man. <br /><br />As for as OS, there is no heroic mode for it. Heroic was not added until ToC came out. Before that in LK 10 was normal and 25 was heroic, or that is how it was considered. There was no 10 heroic and 25 normal.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66913974323054191222015-01-21T17:46:09.195-05:002015-01-21T17:46:09.195-05:00looks like. ;)looks like. ;)Thorbartinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19760004594151512722015-01-21T11:38:51.150-05:002015-01-21T11:38:51.150-05:00I think the Garrison's may have swallowed grum...I think the Garrison's may have swallowed grumpy!!!Tigginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45586016146162577652015-01-17T16:39:48.956-05:002015-01-17T16:39:48.956-05:00Great article as usual. One small caveat: I love i...Great article as usual. One small caveat: I love it when you use paragraphs, not bullet points for formatting. Much easier to read :).<br /><br />I pugged a lot in Mists, for Cmodes and Normal/Heroic raiding, and I most always used Oqueue. I don't and won't Pug in Warlords. Blizz has incentivized Master Looter over Personal Loot, and the scams and Ninjas have become common enough that I don't care to deal with it. Between that, and the "bads" will be kicked rudeness (often from players with the attention span of gnats) I no longer Pug. Any raiding I do will is with my Guild or with people I know. <br /><br />Make everything potentially soloable? I'd love it. Soloable with the option to invite a friend/friends with scalable difficulty. I'd be all over it and I'd be raiding constantly under that kind of system. It would be a blast. <br /><br />It would also mean that groups/guilds would have to treat players with respect, and be more fun to work with, since players would have the ability to get good enough at soloing to opt out.<br /><br />At this point, between reading the forums and listening tonplayer feedback I have come to the conclusion that Blizz knows many players would like soloable content and gearing, but it does not at this time wish to provide it. Not because "it is an MMO" but because the game is focused on guilds. Individual players, duos, small groups can get with the program or walk. Listen to the raging when you even suggest such a thing on the forums and see what I mean :). <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-47175687705813135252015-01-17T16:12:51.434-05:002015-01-17T16:12:51.434-05:00Hi I'm not Grumpy :) but yes there is still 25...Hi I'm not Grumpy :) but yes there is still 25man HK LitchKing. You can farm Invincible as much as you like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-55521121028345062962015-01-15T08:29:16.888-05:002015-01-15T08:29:16.888-05:00Off-topic:
You saw release schedule for BrF? Firs...Off-topic:<br /><br />You saw release schedule for BrF? First appearance in Feb, last wing in LFR open at end of March? It seems releasing a raid tier is going to look like this from now on: two months opening first raid in tier - two months of nothing - two months opening second raid in tier. I guess 5-6 months per tier are going to be history. It'll be 9-10 months. For same amount of content. By players request, obviously (everything is by players request /sarcasm).<br /><br />Two tiers per expansion suddenly become way more real than three, as well, because two tiers are now basically two years already.<br /><br />"Milking like no tomorrow" doesn't even begin to describe it.PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33191083368733645822015-01-14T19:31:57.921-05:002015-01-14T19:31:57.921-05:00hey, are you still reading this site or what Grump...hey, are you still reading this site or what Grumpy? I gots a question - I just did what I thought was heroic 25 man Twilight Destroyer. My raid settings is set to 25 man and heroic. is there such a thing as heroic 25 man anymore in Litch king? and I did it by myself. :) I love it. was a little challenging, but did it.<br /><br />And who do you recommend for up todate info on raids and dungeons on old add-ons?<br /><br />-roo<br />-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-9484989002176127622015-01-14T19:29:00.657-05:002015-01-14T19:29:00.657-05:00I find it not so much. (greens and reds are my pro...I find it not so much. (greens and reds are my problems). I just do what I always do and play with my monitor settings, but if you are color blind, try it Del.-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42386347770085710632015-01-14T08:49:50.302-05:002015-01-14T08:49:50.302-05:00Hey, have you seen this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/me...Hey, have you seen this:<br /><br />https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7SnJs0IMAAzqOU.jpg:large<br /><br />Is it actually helpful?Deliriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576124406751861955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66421292024007085322015-01-13T11:47:20.785-05:002015-01-13T11:47:20.785-05:00Both roll's It's not an item I want or des...Both roll's It's not an item I want or desire. I think what the anony under you said is accurate. but I can't find the blue post to go along with it. In fact I thought it was a more along the lines of a we are thinking of doing this post. Tigginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87871395139026234712015-01-13T11:36:21.258-05:002015-01-13T11:36:21.258-05:00wtf?!? you don't have the spirit wolf? you mea...wtf?!? you don't have the spirit wolf? you mean, I got something before ya? heck I even got it on me - roo, when I was lvl 92. And before anyone says anything, I gathered all the parts myself and yes, had a friend help me with the end portion (fighting that lvl 100, he wiped my behind a few times).<br /><br />But you will. It is/was a fun quest line. <br /><br />I don't use it much because it seems everyone and their sister has it now. But what would have been really nice is if it was truly a spirit wolf and ghostly white like the wolves over at the Burial Ground area. Now that would be cool.<br /><br />Been puggin' with a friend of mine. In chat, some asshole said to me -you are bad, how did you get silver? LOL. Hunters don't get attacked, they just have to kill in a certain amount of time. I asked my friend, should I explain to him and he said, "no, he's a jerk". Was feeling not so good, but that asshole in his own way made me laugh. So thank you asshole. <br /><br />But all in all most of the folks we have been grouping with have been pretty nice. <br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16926720193836379362015-01-12T15:41:20.661-05:002015-01-12T15:41:20.661-05:00Once again they never said you CAN'T roll dupl...Once again they never said you CAN'T roll duplicate, only less likely.<br /><br />IIRC they said something like "system will be smarter and take into account what you already got" that doesn't mean you can't roll the same again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-25870323408174596752015-01-12T15:21:08.082-05:002015-01-12T15:21:08.082-05:00Both on a roll, or looted one and rolled the other...Both on a roll, or looted one and rolled the other? I've seen plenty of people loot and roll the same thing.<br /><br />If that is the case then you did burst my bubble and just showed me that blizzard is full of shit once again. I am really getting sick of them saying one thing and doing another. Unless that is the only item on your eligible list, you should never get it on a roll again until you have rolled anything else.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-8501996517291675622015-01-12T11:58:41.994-05:002015-01-12T11:58:41.994-05:00I really hate to tell you this and ruin your day b...I really hate to tell you this and ruin your day but yeah you can roll the same item twice. I rolled two of the caster off hands from the first boss both heroic versions one right after the other :(<br /><br />I still have one sitting in my bags incase I go fire and need an off handTigginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-90786024397711657242015-01-12T10:54:19.137-05:002015-01-12T10:54:19.137-05:00I have the normal one as well. Hey, better than n...I have the normal one as well. Hey, better than nothing right, just want the heroic one. I am greedy. ;)<br /><br />I thought they said specifically that if you already won a item with a coin off a boss you will not win that item from a coin again until you have won everything from the loot table suitable for you. I am sure they said that. Not "less likely" bit you will not get a duplicate item from a roll until there is nothing else to give you. I think it was at blizzcon 2 years ago. I will have to see if I can find it. But it would not surprise me if it doesn't work as intended, that is kind of blizzards MO.<br /><br />I am miles away from mythic on my server. I am contemplating server transferring just so I can do some mythic runs. They should just allow it in the group finder, that is why I managed getting my heroic (now mythic) garrosh kill. My guild, and no guild on my server, ever managed it. Yeah, piss poor server. :(<br /><br />About soaking, winning is all that matters. I would not mind being dead last in DPS as long as what I did helped the team win. DPS is fun and all, but there is a lot more to it than pure numbers. One day they won't put you on special duty and you can show them all how hunters rule. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-9856475035857442812015-01-12T10:05:15.320-05:002015-01-12T10:05:15.320-05:00Drop the lvl 90 talent ST as SV, it is proven to b...Drop the lvl 90 talent ST as SV, it is proven to be a DPS loss.<br /><br />And you finishing top on butcher is just how SV works, ppl start at stelar number with burstand leave you behind , and then you climb up the damage meter to finish top.<br /><br />That was the case for me on our mythic butchers tries....well until I had to soak those pesky adds with deterrence before the charges to not have shit puddles, but at least that gave us a kill.<br /><br />Also for the coin thing, they never said you CAN'T get a dupplicate from roll, they said you're LESS LIKELY. But yeah so far for me no duplicate aswell (and still stuck with butcher normal trinket :( )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com