tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post3514533108832062269..comments2024-03-29T05:19:30.673-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: A Personal Guide to My Shipyard PlansTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74568519187549106112015-12-01T13:15:46.402-05:002015-12-01T13:15:46.402-05:00I've only had 2 rare missions on my main and 1...I've only had 2 rare missions on my main and 1 rare mission on any other alts. So thank goodness for that one. I thought I would never get that achievement.<br /><br />The above 90% this is a suggestion I have put in multiple times and had everyone in my guild do the same. Glad to see we, and many others I am sure, got to them.<br /><br />All in all nice, and over due, changes.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46509451126813026162015-12-01T09:52:09.123-05:002015-12-01T09:52:09.123-05:00Lovely quality-of-life changes coming to the shipy...Lovely quality-of-life changes coming to the shipyard. Blue from the forums:<br /><br />Shipyard Changes<br />Please note, the following Shipyard changes are still in testing.<br /><br />Naval Missions<br />Rare naval missions should now appear more frequently.<br />Increasing the chance of success on a naval mission will now also decrease the chance a ship will be destroyed on failure. If the mission success chance is at or above 90%, no ships will be lost on the mission.<br />Naval blockade missions now have a shorter duration of 30 minutes (down from 4 hours), reduced Oil cost to 50 (down from 100), and increased the amount of time before a naval blockade returns to 7 days (up from 5 days).<br /><br />Ships and Crews<br />Increased success chance bonus on missions provided by a Human Crew by 50%.<br />Increased success chance bonus on missions provided by a Pandaren Crew by 33% and the bonus will now apply to Missions that are 12 hours or longer (was 18 hours or longer).<br />Significantly increased the effectiveness and bonuses provided by Naval Equipment items by 100%.To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-649520913352349082015-07-15T07:13:01.853-04:002015-07-15T07:13:01.853-04:00Yes, there are raid gear missions based on your cu...Yes, there are raid gear missions based on your current raid progression. Not sure how many kills at a certain difficulty you need to get gear of that level, but you do get gear missions.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74400667841462188152015-07-14T17:39:08.419-04:002015-07-14T17:39:08.419-04:00
do the missions drop raid gear?...more I should s...<br />do the missions drop raid gear?...more I should say...I had one drop of a 691 hunter helm(rancorbite hood--part of set)), which is really ugly. but gets jealous inspects!..blog on...:)DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659553543939969140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29476442800594974022015-07-09T11:06:33.167-04:002015-07-09T11:06:33.167-04:00That would be a good idea. Something like complet...That would be a good idea. Something like complete 25 missions with all crews and unlock recruitment, where you can recruit the race you want for your ships. I would love that.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22992358721313357282015-07-09T09:41:53.135-04:002015-07-09T09:41:53.135-04:00Yep, even if they don't want to make that base...Yep, even if they don't want to make that baseline they could add it after x-number of missions using all crews or something as a gate. I'm feeling the need to grind my shipyard more, so I'd support that.<br /><br />/smirkTo Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-88002996391611129932015-07-09T06:51:46.001-04:002015-07-09T06:51:46.001-04:00It would seem that makes the pandaren crews the be...It would seem that makes the pandaren crews the best crew for the long missions now. Interesting change.<br /><br />I'd like to see there be a way to change the crew just like there is a way to change the equipment.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66657430495790626832015-07-08T17:52:20.165-04:002015-07-08T17:52:20.165-04:00It would appear that pandaren crews now may have v...It would appear that pandaren crews now may have viability.<br /><br />"Pandaren Crew now increases success chance on naval missions that last more than 18 hours (was >1 day) and the degree of this success increase is now greater than a Human Crew or Undead Crew."<br /><br />http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5004-July-7-Hotfixes-NA-Arena-Qualifiers-Champion-s-Strongbox-Blue-Tweets-Movie-Props<br /><br />The heirloom ring missions are all two days long. The other missions for the achievement are only one day, however.To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36395709259722797262015-07-07T15:32:14.568-04:002015-07-07T15:32:14.568-04:00I apologize for being being a hope dasher.I apologize for being being a hope dasher.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-86259839656494001472015-07-07T12:46:10.859-04:002015-07-07T12:46:10.859-04:00Bah, you are absolutely correct. My hopes have be...Bah, you are absolutely correct. My hopes have been dashed!To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28812915306945759652015-07-07T12:42:21.057-04:002015-07-07T12:42:21.057-04:00I saw that, but that really is only one part of th...I saw that, but that really is only one part of the problem. There is the vendor I need to go to so I can upgrade my ships with the right gear, the drydocks I need to go to so I can create a new ships, so there are other reasons to still go to the ship yard.<br /><br />If anything they should have put the follower table down there, not the ship table up in the building. Once again blizzard fails at logic.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-58509195002007317092015-07-07T12:16:17.775-04:002015-07-07T12:16:17.775-04:00FYI, Naval table coming to garrison:
http://www.m...FYI, Naval table coming to garrison:<br /><br />http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5002-Warcraft-at-SDCC-Mythic-HFC-July-6-Hotfixes-Blue-Posts-Mythic-Shadow-Lord-Iskar<br /><br />#BetterLateThanNeverTo Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-13454029487186827422015-07-06T13:20:14.724-04:002015-07-06T13:20:14.724-04:00I will probably min-max until I am done with all t...I will probably min-max until I am done with all the legendary quest ones and achievements or pets or toys, have 3 left sharks now myself, but after that I will never touch the damn thing again.<br /><br />Just hate I have to do it on all my characters I want the ring on. Blizzard did a good job of making me not want to do the ring on any alts. Thanks blizzard.<br /><br />I am guessing the mage tower is how you finished it so fast. I am only one the second mission on my hunter and the third has yet to pop up on my druid, so you had to rush to finish them all I guess.<br /><br />No rush for me, as it seems it is going to take forever to get the tomes anyway. Sitting and 5 and 2.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-6497480249518439552015-07-06T12:13:03.446-04:002015-07-06T12:13:03.446-04:00I've started to rethink just how seriously I&#...I've started to rethink just how seriously I'm going to be taking min-max'ing my ships. I completed the legendary quest line this past weekend with ease. I've gotten Left Shark. I am going on any mission with an 80% rate of success without changing any of my counters and I've only failed twice, losing one ship. For missions with lower rates, I do change the counters. I can't help myself. And as of yet, I don't have a single ship with a human crew.<br /><br />Really the only missions remaining about which I care are the two for the black market AH and the mount. Neither requires a counter to cursed crew. While I wouldn't object to getting the heirloom rings, they seem to be the missions that require a curse crew counter. Do I really want to kill myself in this process for rings I'll likely never use? I'm thinking not.<br /><br />I already have most of my specialist achievements, marching for expert. This all seems easier than I first thought. Am I missing something?<br /><br />And I have rethought my large building option. For now, I'm going to keep my mage tower. The mission completion orders are great for pumping out missions. Anything over 8 hours gets one and it has allowed me to do double or even triple the number of missions I otherwise could every day. Once I have everything naval done, I'll likely ditch the tower. For now though, I'm getting more out of it than I likely would anything else.To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-74170491986606805042015-07-02T12:09:30.949-04:002015-07-02T12:09:30.949-04:00I think I am putting off leveling and / or bringin...I think I am putting off leveling and / or bringing more people to T2 outside of world boss kills until flying is added as well. I have not interest in doing a lot of that stuff without it.<br /><br />I do not even do my garrisons any longer, no time for me with the T2 dailies being my time is limited and in the grand scheme of things if I am going to pick and choose what I do with my time garrison chores are at the bottom of my list.<br /><br />As far as rep, it does not take too long. Already revered with 2 of the three and will be with the 3rd shortly I am sure. I am not a human and I did not use any of the rep tokens. It goes by really quick if you do all the dailies it seems. I did have a level 3 trading post however, and that does make a difference.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2206637819444675982015-07-02T10:21:02.263-04:002015-07-02T10:21:02.263-04:00Nice summary, glad you did the work so I don't...Nice summary, glad you did the work so I don't have to. Your comment about what "unsinkable" really means was enlightening.<br /><br />I will do the absolutel bare minimum amount of Galleonville I can get away with. So far I've done enough to get to T2 and I'm doing any 100% chance missions that come along. I only get 3-4 hours to play the game, 1 hour of which is wasted on Garrisonville for my 5 characters. The rest I want to spend on something remotely enjoyable, thank you very much.<br /><br />My two raiding characters will go to T2, and my human will do the rep grinding needed for the Pathfinder achievement.<br /><br />Like Archaeology the rest will be put on hold until flying comes back. I refuse to trudge around another dreary maze wasting my energy and getting frustrated with dead ends.<br />Grumstanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-21112278166205832472015-07-01T13:37:48.654-04:002015-07-01T13:37:48.654-04:00I did not have shadowmourne, it would not allow me...I did not have shadowmourne, it would not allow me to do the quest. I am not sure why either, it was a hunter weapon. ;)<br /><br />I loved deathbringers will. I had actually held on to it all those years. It now sits in my void storage. Might never use it again but the effects were cool.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-71420015795016784542015-07-01T11:10:09.721-04:002015-07-01T11:10:09.721-04:00Oh, please, everybody and their mother had Shadowm...Oh, please, everybody and their mother had Shadowmourne at the time. If you did a bg you saw all str melee with it (and all hunters with the saurgfanf trinket). Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173436197557929355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44518379982524007432015-07-01T07:48:06.567-04:002015-07-01T07:48:06.567-04:00As long as the accounts are on the same battle net...As long as the accounts are on the same battle net account then yes, it should count for all of them. That is how I read it.<br /><br />If you are not interested in the legendary ring then no, there is absolutely no reason to do it unless you are looking for something to do. It is completely mandatory if you want the ring and completely optional if you do not.<br /><br />It is more legendary than any of the legendary items were before it. Sure more people have it but more work is put into it. it is not just a drop that you go lucky enough to win the roll for or be award and it not some collection quest one person was lucky enough to be given that lasts for only one raid.<br /><br />The ring and the cape before it, are more legendary that any legendary items that came before them. The quest line is long, takes a lot of kills, tells a story, has individual challenges, and requires a lot of time and dedication to get it, even if you do it completely in LFR. That is way more legendary than having the bow drop in sunwell. Absolutely. <br /><br />You can't judge a legendary on how many people have it, you judge it on how much effort was put into getting it and without a doubt these legendary items are indeed legendary.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-72489407347544344292015-07-01T07:42:38.585-04:002015-07-01T07:42:38.585-04:00An end? Depends on how you look at it. When I ge...An end? Depends on how you look at it. When I get the things I want from it than it is done, so yes, it has an end.<br /><br />I agree, they should have saved it for the next expansion if it is indeed sea based. More so because if they do this again there it is not going to see new but as rehashed content.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36202671688650662052015-07-01T07:40:56.659-04:002015-07-01T07:40:56.659-04:00Yeah, after looking into it further it seems the h...Yeah, after looking into it further it seems the human and undead blanket mission success bonus is better.<br /><br />I still believe having a balance works best. A little of each will allow you to do everything. I pure counter (like orc) will always be better than not having that counter at all and having undead for mission success. Maybe not for the "key' missions as you mentioned, but for some missions otherwise.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22375217711225316622015-07-01T07:37:35.974-04:002015-07-01T07:37:35.974-04:00For the pet, the mount and the legendary quest. A...For the pet, the mount and the legendary quest. And for someone like myself that seeks out achievements I can do solo, there is that as well.<br /><br />If it was not part of the legendary quest line and did not have achievements I would not touch it with a 10 foot poll. I'd let someone else do it and buy the pet and mount off the auction house instead.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19212874326001136502015-07-01T07:35:38.159-04:002015-07-01T07:35:38.159-04:00Yes blizzard wins. They get away with sub par con...Yes blizzard wins. They get away with sub par content because we make them believe we like it by doing it even if we don't. <br /><br />Then blizzard takes the fact that everyone is doing it as affirmation that the content is good content people wanted to do and they do not see it as it is, content people felt forced to do, and this makes them design more similar content.<br /><br />You got it right with saying "blizzard is seeing me as a happy customer" and that basically comes to the fact that they do not know how to analyze their data. Look at the number of people that had securing draenor before they announced it was needed for flying, it was on MMO-Cs main page that day, I think it was something like 2% of the player base (I was one of the weirdos). <br /><br />Now that they tied that to flying that number will be much higher, I would guess over 80% if not over 90%. They will read into that, people liked the securing draenor dailies when in fact only 2% actually did them and I am sure of that small 2% even less actually enjoyed doing them. <br /><br />That is what I mean about reading data wrong. We will end up with lots more content like that because 90% did it and not have it go away like it should because in reality only 2% did it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27094060012021568332015-07-01T05:15:35.391-04:002015-07-01T05:15:35.391-04:00Anon, Grumpy's former Guild Leader:
Why would...Anon, Grumpy's former Guild Leader:<br /><br />Why would I even want to do the shipyard at all? I am not seeking the legendary ring as a legendary, merely doing part of the chain to get a better ring, so I have no interest in the final stage of the shipyard process. My main character in our guild this time is my paladin and he has a level 1 shipyard which gives me access to Tanaan via flight paths. Once flight kicks in, I hope to have the Pathfinder achievement and there after, I should never even have to build another shipyard for any alt. <br /><br />So for me, the shipyard is a waste of time and resources. For someone who is a raider, yea, it is a necessity to strive for the legendary ring (or at least so everyone seems to feel). That requires missions from the shipyard, so ya'll have fun with it. Thank god, I don't have to do that.<br /><br />As an aside, how is a ring that everyone who raids should wind up with, how is that legendary? I mean really. Blizzard does such a good good job of screwing the meaning of words, no wonder they have a public relations problem so often. To Blizzard, rare means common as dirt. Epic is a standard fare expectation. And now, for two expansions, legendary has come to mean everyone gets a (legendary) participation ribbon (item). <br /><br />Also a question about Pathfinder...does it count for only one account or does it cut across all accounts? In other words, will my paladin doing the Pathfinder achievement unlock flight for my characters on my other account or will my non-guild warrior at 100 on that account have to duplicate it for flight? It seems like it should be across all accounts under the same name, but I have not read that addressed specifically. So I was wondering if anyone could point me at some knowledge of this answer. Thanks in advance.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33767500206866072032015-07-01T05:06:14.913-04:002015-07-01T05:06:14.913-04:00Nice guide, and the last phrase is pure gold. Ther...Nice guide, and the last phrase is pure gold. There's the end of the shi[yard game?<br /><br />I moderately like the shipyard cause it's new, but hey, as I said before, the shipyard was better put off for the next xpac (which will be most likely sea-themed). Two Garrisons to manage for each toon is imo a bit much. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com