tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post8142145333025467710..comments2024-03-29T05:19:30.673-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-15669699997933809362015-05-04T09:50:58.715-04:002015-05-04T09:50:58.715-04:00We need to finish heroic first, and that might sti...We need to finish heroic first, and that might still be a bit away. Soon, but not too soon. And with 6.2 around the corner who knows when it might not be worth pushing too hard as the gear reset is coming with the patch.<br /><br />I never had a problem with carrying people that know they are being carried. Sometimes they become regular raiders later and it was well worth the investment in them. What always bugged me is carrying people that do not see themselves as being carried. The ones that think "I am as good as anyone else" when they are not. These carries I can do without. It makes them think they are raiders when they are not. As I see it a real raider knows when they are being carried and uses it as a chance to learn, get better, and gear up whereas someone who only thinks they are a raider gets carried and think, now that I have done this, I am a raider.<br /><br />Yeah, you as an old time raider knew most everything we danced with already, so it was just a matter of kicking into gear. Not much in BRF has never been seen before, outside of maybe the moving floor and the trains, but stuff like that had already been in the game in parts. Like any hunter that did belts on blackfuse had no problem with the moving floor. It was all been there, done that. And for you, it seems most of it came back. You did well for the first time in group content since cataclysm.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-31640907158623823662015-05-04T09:41:08.882-04:002015-05-04T09:41:08.882-04:00Don't feel bad about the world bosses, no one ...Don't feel bad about the world bosses, no one else is killing them either because they drop crap gear worse than LFR. Blizzard needs to realize that people will not do something, even more so something that could be stressful like a world boss, without reasonable reward for the effort. So you are not missing out on anything by missing the world bosses.<br /><br />I miss 15-25 minutes. I think 20-25 is the longest any queue should ever be personally. Anything more than that, blizzard should start paying me for waiting.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-80212510714486610522015-05-04T09:35:21.576-04:002015-05-04T09:35:21.576-04:00It is the best way and a way that should be adapte...It is the best way and a way that should be adapted to everything in game in my opinion.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-72992006751191396392015-04-30T11:39:39.583-04:002015-04-30T11:39:39.583-04:00Anon, Grumpy's former Guild Leader:
Well I wa...Anon, Grumpy's former Guild Leader:<br /><br />Well I was one of those who returned after a long absence. It was fun even though I was mortally embarrassed on more than one boss by my low DPS and on most by my way to early deaths. <br /><br />On the last boss fight, I should have lived but my "lay on hands" was a moment after my death, and that was a moment to late. Even so, I was pleased that I generally managed to figure out the dances needed even though the raid as a whole did not really benefit from me figuring it out. <br /><br />I have to be honest and admit that I was carried. Our guild has that capacity to do so once in a while and for that I am very grateful. Not just for me but for any and all other guild members who get to "leech" off of our regulars. That carrying will likely wind up with one or more full timers down the road who in their turn will carry others along who maybe should not be there just yet. <br /><br />I did not really have to much difficulty with figuring out the new steps needed. Your explanations were pretty much tailor made to fit the needed information into my head. As you well know, for me, the only real way to get it in there is by doing the fight. None of the fights were particularly complicated, or maybe I just remember fights from long ago that I had far more difficulty with (like a certain dance in Naxx...). At any rate, I am sure that the fights would become second nature with just a bit of practice. <br /><br />OFFICER NOTE:<br /><br />If you really want to try mythic raiding with our guild, I will give you what ever support I can in trying to assemble such a team. Talk to me in game about it if you want...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-59847125695891979422015-04-29T12:39:28.016-04:002015-04-29T12:39:28.016-04:00Totally agree with you about the no flying. In MoP...Totally agree with you about the no flying. In MoP, I used to just fly around while in queues looking for rare mobs, ore/herbs/artifacts, etc. Now I just sit in my Garrison. I'm not about to fly out into the world (on a PvP server and I hate PvP), get ganked and not be able to respawn "smartly" so that I can mount and fly away. I haven't even killed one world boss yet in WoD. Strange, but not being able to fly just leaves that part of WoW inaccessible to me because it's really too much of a hassle to me to figure out flight paths, where to mount and run to, etc. Just not fun or interesting to me so I just sit in my Garrison... reading mindless trade chat... waiting for the queues to pop (which are no where near as bad as the ones you described - 15-25 minutes for me on my server).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942440850950953231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-31654966767076930422015-04-28T18:58:17.111-04:002015-04-28T18:58:17.111-04:00Yes, really like the Noblegarden drop/currency sys...Yes, really like the Noblegarden drop/currency system.Jaegerhttps://twitter.com/makosdvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69284971354612507632015-04-28T09:32:02.772-04:002015-04-28T09:32:02.772-04:00I'd like to see some sort of guarantee as well...I'd like to see some sort of guarantee as well. Doesn't need to be quick or easy either. Say 100 times for a raid mount, 500 for a dungeon mount. If you have done it that many times and have not got it then it automatically drops. Something would be nice instead of having to deal with 1% always. At least if it was something like "if you do not get it by the 100th time it is guaranteed" you would know even in failure to get it you are working toward something.<br /><br />Noblegarden even had it best. Needed 500 eggs to buy the mount, or you could get lucky and get the mount while collecting eggs. Perfect system. You either get it or worst case end up with it for enough work. Everything should be designed that way.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-34110916241152294032015-04-27T18:50:08.230-04:002015-04-27T18:50:08.230-04:00I've had the same issue with dungeons and LFR....I've had the same issue with dungeons and LFR. Dungeons queues were always 30+ minutes and LFR is 30-50+ minutes.<br /><br />Hence why I haven't even run LFR in the last two weeks.<br /><br />I finish all my daily stuff before any of the queues pop, so I just log out...<br /><br />I just want to finish the legendary. I'm at about 830/900, but I can't get myself to wait in the queue anymore.<br /><br />I did some mount/achievement runs a week and a half ago. It was fun but time consuming. I only got the ZA bear that I never got back in the day. No other good drops. Got a ton of Ulduar 25-man achievs though.<br /><br />I'd be more inclined to keep doing it if there was some guarantee I'd get the mounts eventually, but sub 1% drop rates are just insulting...<br /><br />Honestly, I feel like I'm in a gaming rut. I don't really want to play WoW. I don't really want to play TESO. I don't really want to play DA:I. I don't really want to play D3. Just don't really feel like playing anything...<br /><br />I think I've got too much IRL shit dragging me down... C'est la vie...Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36914022374407425832015-04-27T12:01:19.451-04:002015-04-27T12:01:19.451-04:00Well, I am slightly exaggerating. It is usually a...Well, I am slightly exaggerating. It is usually around 40-45 minutes, I just rounded up. But sometimes it is an hour.<br /><br />I do that trying to get the misprinted coins. Or was doing it. I can say with 100% certainty I never had the dungeon pop before I was done with my garrison stuff, and that includes the mine which takes the most time.<br /><br />The only time I get those dungeons done is if a healer or tank pops on and asks if anyone wants to come along. Otherwise I can not get into a 5 man unless I want to waste my entire night.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2928281702772375072015-04-27T11:49:03.823-04:002015-04-27T11:49:03.823-04:00AN HOUR wait for a 5man dungeon?
Guess that show ...AN HOUR wait for a 5man dungeon?<br /><br />Guess that show the difference between US and EU, on my hunter I never waiting more than 15 min do go in a dungeons, and that as specific dungeon.<br /><br />I just log, queue for the daily quest dungeon, by the time I'm done with my garrison stuff, queue pop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com