tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post7334136807821326622..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: The Joke of The Black Prince Is Upon YouTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-52067115292070626482014-06-18T07:50:17.067-04:002014-06-18T07:50:17.067-04:00They were not, because they were not needed. This...They were not, because they were not needed. This is a different case. It is a legendary yes but it is one intended for everyone that puts in the work and effort to have. Add to that the fact everyone is experiencing some burnout and needs something to keep them interested, and that is why we are getting a catch up now. At least that is how I see it.<br /><br />I agree it is a perk, but I do feel bad for the people stuck in a place where they will get nothing from the perk.<br /><br />It is not the buff anyone is really complaining about, no one would complain about a buff. It is the limited nature of it and the fact that it does make a great deal of people feel as if they were screwed by the timing of it. Namely those stuck on the collect valor phase.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69317631869207425152014-06-17T19:16:38.476-04:002014-06-17T19:16:38.476-04:00I don't recall speed-up mechanics being introd...I don't recall speed-up mechanics being introduced for any of the previous legendaries so I'm not sure complaining about this makes much sense in that context. It's a perk... not a huge one, but a perk. It'll get some people to pay a bit more attention to progressing on alts... it has me thinking about it although I probably won't bother. That's all it's intended to do, I think, just introduce a reason to shake things up a bit.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-83081904593981472302014-06-17T13:12:07.703-04:002014-06-17T13:12:07.703-04:00That is why I think it needs to be longer, at leas...That is why I think it needs to be longer, at least a month. If it were a month, even people like yourself that get caught in an unfortunate part of the quest would still be able to get "some" help from the buff.<br /><br />As it is now you basically had blizzard say "screw you" to you two buffs in a row.<br /><br />About the rep thing, depending on the size of your server, you might have been better of doing it when you did. When you are alone there grinding rep is pretty quick and painless. When you are fighting for mobs (more so if on a PvP server) even with double reputation you might end up with less in the same amount of time.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18919402037551179292014-06-17T12:15:34.996-04:002014-06-17T12:15:34.996-04:00You are so right about the timing thing. After muc...You are so right about the timing thing. After much hemming and hawing, and after getting the cloak on my main hunter and my healer, I decided to bite the bullet and go for it on 2 of my other dps alts. Yep, you guessed it. I was on sigils during the valor buff, and now I am on valor for the duration of the tokens buff. To cap it all off, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, I put in some serious grind time to get exalted with BP on both.<br /><br />Words cannot express how mad I am over this, it just seems like a big fat f*** you from Blizzard, and one I am paying for to boot!Fiannorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808195500680797589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53335471798776708162014-06-17T10:54:19.944-04:002014-06-17T10:54:19.944-04:00For someone like you an increased experience gain ...For someone like you an increased experience gain for 2 weeks might be suitable, or an 20% increase in damage in the world, etc.<br /><br />Do not be surprised if we see those, and others, while we wait the long wait for the next expansion.<br /><br />You are almost at the point where your priest will get atonement, then you can go back to leveling as disc and it is fun even if still kind of slower than a pure DPS spec would be.<br /><br />Have fun leveling, I still think that is the best part of the game. You always feel like you are getting somewhere, at your own pace, and you can see yourself moving forward.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69610255464064453522014-06-17T10:49:50.281-04:002014-06-17T10:49:50.281-04:00That is an interesting question.
What if? I can ...That is an interesting question.<br /><br />What if? I can do you one better than a what if. I do not think they should release warlords at all. Yes, I honestly do believe that.<br /><br />I see what you mean about looking forward, a lot of people are still playing now only because they have something to look forward too. If it were not to come out I would not be surprised if the subs dropped 50% within the first month.<br /><br />However, I do like my idea, do not release WoD, not as an expansion anyway. Just release it in content patches.<br /><br />Release the leveling part, 90-92, two months later give us 92-94, then two months later give us 94-96, and so on, you get the idea.<br /><br />Then when capped release a raid, then a content patch, then a raid, etc. <br /><br />They should never make us buy another expansion ever again. We pay 15 a month, why should we have to pay for a box too. Just release the content when you have it ready instead of making us wait.<br /><br />We know that blizzard can do small patches at one time, they did great at the beginning of this expansion, so why can they not add everything in the future, WoD included, in a series of patches.<br /><br />Is the obsession with a box you can sell so important that you would rather lose customers while they wait for it instead of keeping them while you release it a little at a time?<br /><br />Perhaps that is something blizzard should think about.<br /><br />Your thought however, is scary. It would end the game effectively if nothing were to ever come. How long until everyone is gone? Only RPers and PvPers would still have content if that happened.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75513788247097429122014-06-17T10:45:47.571-04:002014-06-17T10:45:47.571-04:00well here is the other side of the coin. I didn...well here is the other side of the coin. I didn't see the valor buff and it would never have help me. I don't understand this black prince legend cloak crap and I still wouldn't do any type of pvp or lfr or lfg stuff to do what seems a awlful lot of dungeons, etc. <br /><br />So, in a nutshell this is wasted on me, but on others, maybe not. <br /><br />Well, I put my priest to bed in an inn becasue I found priest leveling is very very slow even as an evil priest. She is lvl 34. I started up a gnome locky (my 2nd ever) named Bigwasp. Now what is funny, my first toon in WoW was a locky, gnome of course named Bigwasp! LOL, and man can she kill. She's only 6 or 7, but thats ok. I saw I had a lvl 84 monk, a lvl 45 monk, a lvl 30 shaman, a lvl 80 warrior, a lvl 80 death knight, a bunch of mages lvl 20 and below, and 5 hunters from lvl 5 to 80. Oh well. I guess my goal is clear - get them to lvl 90. :) <br /><br />fare thee well<br />-roo -abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-20465144082750862072014-06-17T10:43:09.455-04:002014-06-17T10:43:09.455-04:00It is surely an attention grab. It is not really ...It is surely an attention grab. It is not really to help players or it would have been a much better buff. They do not care about helping players, they just want attention.<br /><br />Well, there has always been the achievement for logging in on their anniversary. I've gotten one every year and will get one this year if I am still playing. But I guess that is a little different. Hey, at least this time we get a pet from logging in. Love my 5th anniversary onyxia pet.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42392456147898342952014-06-17T10:40:52.186-04:002014-06-17T10:40:52.186-04:00Basically that is all it seems to be, something to...Basically that is all it seems to be, something to shave a week off the over all process. I doubt, unless some amazing luck happens, that it will shave any more than 1 week of anyone's journey. It is nice, but not really needed. Already have the cloak on 4 characters and did the whole line no problem, even one when I was doing it as it came out. The process is not so horrible, except the valor and pvp parts, and this does nothing to address either of those things.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-81544269343215892962014-06-17T10:38:21.457-04:002014-06-17T10:38:21.457-04:00Some characters, if in the right phase, will get l...Some characters, if in the right phase, will get lucky with it. I was lucky with the valor buff because 3 characters that I do not often play were able to get past their valor (or a good chunk of it done) because of it.<br /><br />Over all the buffs work if you happen to be at the right place, and they do nothing if you are not.<br /><br />I like your idea where it is an activated one time buff that lasts for the two weeks, instead of a two week buff that you might miss out on.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-66855478383364493172014-06-17T00:27:01.846-04:002014-06-17T00:27:01.846-04:00OT, some food for thought:
What if they never rel...OT, some food for thought:<br /><br />What if they never release WoD? OK, fine, they will, but suppose they will drag their feet for 10 more months and cut some more features. I know this seems unlikely, and perhaps things will be better, but just imagine - what if?<br /><br />If they do that, is that time that we are spending on the game now, playing, thinking and writing about it - is that time wasted? Yeah, I know about "play as long as it's fun", but a big part of why people play - lately, almost the only part for me - is that "investment" into long-term char progression which stinges on hopes to advance it. Most of the fun left to be had consists in getting that mount that you never saw drop, etc. If they never release WoD, it wouldn't make much sense to play the game now, because, well, there's nothing going forward, you are already at the ceiling. And if they release it late and / or with not many features worth talking about, it's the same, just a bit weaker, there's little sense to play, because you are near the ceiling.<br /><br />And what then?<br /><br />Scary thoughts, eh? :-)PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-10484141208823195372014-06-17T00:10:28.883-04:002014-06-17T00:10:28.883-04:00Looking at this and the other recent "limited...Looking at this and the other recent "limited time offer" with double valor buff, I think they are only doing it for attention. They want people to look at the game every once in a while and they want them to stay subbed guessing what's next.<br /><br />It's pretty lame, because it's so clear what they are doing and it's also very clear that all they can offer is these increases in drop rates, which are made temporary so you try and chase them. I am laughing on the suggestion that I am going to chase anything. Nah.<br /><br />Next step: achievement that you can only get by logging in during these two weeks. Or title / mount / pet. If something like that ever happens, I will unsub and never return, because this will devalue the only thing which is of interest to me besides PVP - long-term char progress via achievements / collectionables.PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-12440893345097873942014-06-16T21:04:43.319-04:002014-06-16T21:04:43.319-04:00Ha ha ha ha, how useless can they be. Sure, like t...Ha ha ha ha, how useless can they be. Sure, like the short valor boost, this will help me, but only because I have alts on all phases of the questline. This will shave about one week off of the quest for anyone, not really that much overall.Tiessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457953872797884709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-29436430631737473622014-06-16T18:23:41.991-04:002014-06-16T18:23:41.991-04:00This buff will actually help my Alliance hunter, a...This buff will actually help my Alliance hunter, as the valor one did, but that's only because I happen to be at the right point of the quest. You have very good points. I'd really like to see all the buffs applied to alts of people who've done the quest once, or even have the buffs be available from an NPC as a one time use per character with a set duration on them, letting someone go and turn on that valor buff for ten days or whatever when they need it and then do the same for this one. Because you're right. As it is it's useless for probably a good number of the people working on this, and no... even though it does help me it doesn't make up for the lack of new content. If it were going to be available for alts I have not at the stage to take advantage of it right now... it might help do that.PlaidElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322405383723446243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-72485502114844668612014-06-16T14:03:29.674-04:002014-06-16T14:03:29.674-04:00I would end up doing on characters anyway because ...I would end up doing on characters anyway because I seem to be experiencing a bit of self hate (you need to have some to subject yourself to that many LFR runs) and any buff is a good one but I think they are really just not thinking things out right now. This screams of desperation, panic if you will, to add anything to the game.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-47463779020518315572014-06-16T13:57:33.894-04:002014-06-16T13:57:33.894-04:00There's still 6 months till December they'...There's still 6 months till December they've got to pull this out as long as they can >_<Tigginoreply@blogger.com