tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post914250968739797383..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-2791154899636908862014-01-29T15:54:15.393-05:002014-01-29T15:54:15.393-05:00It is really a hard decision.It is really a hard decision.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45978961923294351592014-01-29T13:15:21.255-05:002014-01-29T13:15:21.255-05:00yes, I am like you GE in this regards, but I also ...yes, I am like you GE in this regards, but I also like Cain's ideas. Why do spend all that time, money, etc to gem enchant, upgrade or reforge ones that really aren't going to be used for any other thing. <br /><br />NOTE - not a question, but if you want to answer back, go ahead :)<br /><br />-roo-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40587799739244099652014-01-24T15:38:47.863-05:002014-01-24T15:38:47.863-05:00This might sound like a cop out, and probably is, ...This might sound like a cop out, and probably is, but I am just not the type of person that can put on a piece and not gem, enchant, reforge it. If I am going to put it on I want to do it all the way.<br /><br />If it is one of my questing only alts or one of my bank alts (yes I have bank alts at 90) I might put it on because I do not intend to do group content with it. But I can not, will not, ever feel comfortable showing less than my best in group content, even on a character I am bad on. I would rather wear a 502 not done up right and say I have not got anything better then put on something better and not make the effort to do it up.<br /><br />Hope that makes sense.<br /><br />A new alt I will not gem and enchant or reforge as I am first leveling it up gear wise like you, for the LFR. But once I reach the top level and for LFR that is SoO, I will start to set it all up right because I feel I should.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40911288009745691882014-01-24T13:19:02.918-05:002014-01-24T13:19:02.918-05:00I definitely understand the "this is an alt a...I definitely understand the "this is an alt and I can already do the content I'll do on it", but just curious why not still equip and just not enchant/gem the 559 vs the 502. I would think it'd still be an upgrade. <br /><br />Personally most of my toons I don't gem, enchant, and reforge them optimally at all because I'm still good enough for the LFR which is all I do on most of them. I actually will tend to figure out what I would gem and enchant them when I finish getting the set I want and just put those in now and not worry about if it is optimal currently. If I'm still always going to be top few in LFR I don't think me being over the hit cap by 0.5% is really going to matter. If I was raiding progression heroics still I'd understand redoing every piece, but I'm not.Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787494494043104629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33942751087416206082014-01-24T09:24:18.446-05:002014-01-24T09:24:18.446-05:00That would be great.
Remember when worgen used to...That would be great.<br /><br />Remember when worgen used to be skinable? I loved that.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-69593727086201078132014-01-24T09:20:56.873-05:002014-01-24T09:20:56.873-05:00They said they would be adding flex capability to ...They said they would be adding flex capability to LFR during blizzcon to help with queue times. Not sure how that would work but it would be welcome.<br /><br />Part 1 to change. Make all fights capable of being solo tanked.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-4952471983664514842014-01-23T16:38:41.602-05:002014-01-23T16:38:41.602-05:00On that last note in particular:
http://darklegacy...On that last note in particular:<br />http://darklegacycomics.com/172.htmlRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-88942216901036221252014-01-23T16:34:56.186-05:002014-01-23T16:34:56.186-05:00I'm reading it that they may implement a syste...I'm reading it that they may implement a system change that'll make it possible to run LFR without a full group or without queuing... could be the "[ ] Just let us in with our current group" toggle that has been discussed before. I'd be fully in favour of them rolling that out for all queued content, not just LFR and no reason it couldn't apply to older content, too. Fingers crossed.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-8195321588899411582014-01-23T15:53:17.487-05:002014-01-23T15:53:17.487-05:00That would mean, as I read it, that it might happe...That would mean, as I read it, that it might happen for future LFRs. The old ones you will most likely never get a chance to go back into. Blizzard has a terrible track record for updating older content to fit a newer system. So unless they go out of their way for it we will never be able to walk into anything from mists LFR or DS.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-79634397049245817412014-01-23T13:41:10.958-05:002014-01-23T13:41:10.958-05:00Recent Twitter exchange re: old LFR that should pr...Recent Twitter exchange re: old LFR that should provide some good vibes:<br /><br />Any chance of us ever being able to do Dragon Soul LFR higher than 85? Really nice xmog sets in there!<br /><br />Unlikely that it'll just be opened up as is, but future system changes may make such viable.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-73499875915290183802014-01-21T16:54:58.872-05:002014-01-21T16:54:58.872-05:00Just heard it today while at work. Was funny with...Just heard it today while at work. Was funny with BRK calling me the angry dwarf. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37313877479804301092014-01-21T12:26:52.271-05:002014-01-21T12:26:52.271-05:00Yeap, decent ones happen from time to time. had w...Yeap, decent ones happen from time to time. had wipes, but had good people for the most part which makes it okay in my opinion. I am not against wiping, I am against the people that make wipes hell.<br /><br />Seems like we traded groups this week. Your sha adventure is the same one I have nearly every single week.<br /><br />Never though of doing that, nice idea. Heck, just tell them to stay at the entrance and collect the valor if they want. I still think we should be able to just walk into a scenario.<br /><br />I only keep toons I intend to use for the real raid as up to date as possible. If all I am doing is a flex or LFR as long as I can do my job well I'll wait to update.<br /><br />Spontaneous cooperation is nice and I too have experienced it before but it is really rare.<br /><br />Making current LFR equal previous normal and current flex equal to previous heroic that would solve a lot, in my opinion.<br /><br />I agree, and as I said, why raid heroic if you can get the same thing from LFR. Unless you actually want to for the challenge, there would be no real motivation. Gear has always been and will always be the great motivator. Even for non raiders.<br /><br />I hate that they are thinking about harder 5 mans also. They will be face roll by the second tier anyway, so why not just start them like that.<br /><br />I hope they are working on something for the LFR. It is way too hard, insanely hard, for the people that it is intended for. If it were not for a few good players each run they would never down anything. Sometimes even with 10 stacks.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-747917716866655262014-01-21T12:13:53.098-05:002014-01-21T12:13:53.098-05:00It is annoying when someone steals a skin from you...It is annoying when someone steals a skin from you like that. I can see if they did not know you were a skinner, but when they know you are and do it, it is infuriating.<br /><br />-<br /><br />On a PvP server that would work, that if the same faction skins you can kill them. That solution would never work on a PvE server. I can hear people complaining about it already. TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44609776683145696542014-01-21T12:02:51.153-05:002014-01-21T12:02:51.153-05:00I've gotten most of the dungeon meta achieveme...I've gotten most of the dungeon meta achievement ones doing them solo. Just need to get a group for schools out, because you can not do it solo, and I will be done with it.<br /><br />We are a different breed that do it for something other than gear. For most gear is the great motivator. I have many people in my guild that just do not want to raid unless we are going to do heroics because "there is no gear I can get from it" even if we are doing it to help gear others.<br /><br />The hunter community has taken a huge hit over the last year sadly. We lost so many great hunters and pages and pod casts. It is sad each time I see one go. But we still, even at that, have one of the most active class communities, just fewer places to gather now.<br /><br />That is awesome. I would have figured I would be an outcast being I am often opinionated, and always grumpy.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53730164767081322702014-01-21T10:52:34.471-05:002014-01-21T10:52:34.471-05:00I don't mind 4 mini-tiers of gear, I do mind 4...I don't mind 4 mini-tiers of gear, I do mind 4 tiers of gear that are all better than the previous tier... if they make current LFR equivalent to previous Normal and current Flex equivalent to previous Heroic, that'll basically chop off 1 or 2 of those mini-tiers for any one person if they're raiding regularly. Otherwise, must suggestion has always been to just run the highest level of content you run semi-regularly... if it's normal, just run normal. Flex, flex. Again, possibly different for a primary raiding toon, I'm talking more casual toons that you would still like to get some gear on.<br /><br />Blizz has acknowledged that getting gear upgrades IS a core part of and reason for raiding for most, if not all, players... for some it's the entire point but even those of us who in large part just "raid to raid", it's still a perk. Interest in raiding would probably crater if you got the same gear from heroic as well as LFR and I'm not saying that from a 1%er perspective... better gear is one of the reasons someone might be convinced to try Normal raiding if they've been doing nothing but Flex.<br /><br />As for 5-mans, agree to disagree... normals should be easy, heroics should provide some challenge at appropriate gear levels (they did at i435, absolutely) and for those who want the Cataclysm experience, there are Challenge Modes. I haven't actually tried those because I didn't like the Cataclysm model for 5-mans... I hate that they're talking about going back to a harder 5-man model again in WoD, I hope like hell that was said in error or that they change their mind on that.<br /><br />Blizz has also acknowledged that old LFR is an issue, I think they're working on something. That shouldn't be an issue forever.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-79254512518145783442014-01-21T10:52:13.170-05:002014-01-21T10:52:13.170-05:00Heh. You finally had some of my decent LFR runs, ...Heh. You finally had some of my decent LFR runs, I finally had one of yours, a fail on Sha of Pride... I gave it 5 attempts before giving up, even at that point we were barely getting to the Pride reset. 10 people, the same 10 people, constantly dying as soon as the puddles hit hard enough to take them out. Some, unfortunately and ironically, near the top performance-wise... why someone with gear and skill and actually pushing buttons appropriately would wipe themselves and by extension the raid, repeatedly, is beyond me. Didn't really need anything off that boss on that toon, though, so I sacrificed the 90VP in exchange for my sanity and walked away.<br /><br />Upside, I picked up a few LFR weapons this weekend on alts that needed them... pretty soon I'll have LFR+ weapons on all my main server toons. That'll be step 1 in wrapping up MoP for me. Still many steps after that, of course.<br /><br />I've done that a few times for scenarios, just ask a pair of buddies to pop on max-level alts, group up, get into the scenario, then they can log off and go back to their business leaving you to yours. 2 minutes, done.<br /><br />For me, I typically do the gear upgrade thing once a week... once a toon has gotten all the upgrades for the week they're likely to get, I deal with it all at that point. That includes if only a single piece is being replaced, I like to keep my toons in a relatively ready state in case an opportunity comes up to do something. Weapons are the exception, if I get a weapon I'll switch to it immediately and upgrade it or farm the VP to do the upgrade if I'm short.<br /><br />I've had that same thought to be able to turn off AoE looting, also for skinning purposes... it's really the only reason I can think of to do it. I don't think I've ever been stalked by anyone looking to steal my skins but I've lost a few over time... probably also got a few I shouldn't have without realizing it. Not sure if this is the case everywhere but on one of my servers I've occasionally farmed (for XP, so not really farming) the small turtles in the Valley for skins and others have been there doing it as well. Usually we get into a quick rhythm, we all grab turtles and pull them back to the shore, clump 'em up, burn 'em down and then collectively skin them all together. Rinse, repeat. Not sure why but that's ended up happening every time I've been out there when others are there too. Spontaneous cooperation. Crazytown.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-21539621065589118532014-01-21T02:18:57.667-05:002014-01-21T02:18:57.667-05:00oh, better idea: if you skin someone else's...oh, better idea: if you skin someone else's kill, you're now tagged for pvp, from either faction. If someone still skins your killl, and you then kill them, they become skinnable, regardless of race, which makes them unable to rez at their body, and they have to take res sickness, while still flagged for whatever pre-determined amount of time. <br /><br />Now that I think about it, that would be a fun way to encourage world PvP on PvE servers. You can loot the opposing faction's kills, but when you do it flags you for pvp, and if they kill you, they can loot whatever they would have gotten. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-81473463056813685592014-01-21T02:10:11.746-05:002014-01-21T02:10:11.746-05:00People stealing skins also pisses me off. So much...People stealing skins also pisses me off. So much so that I'll waste my going around either the timeless isle cats, or the goats in the valley, and just kill all of them that I can without looting, just so that other person can't skin anything. <br /><br />I would be fine with not being able to ever skin anyone else's kill, as long as that meant no one could skin my kills. <br /><br />I realize that it's not really that big of a deal, and that I can (especially this late in the xpac) just go kill some more, since it takes way less time to kill them than skin them... but it still makes my furious. It's probably the only thing I do, in game, that makes me angry (I gave up LFR long ago). <br /><br />~deliriumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-15648194997002419492014-01-20T23:11:32.119-05:002014-01-20T23:11:32.119-05:00I'd love to be able to walk into scenarios to ...I'd love to be able to walk into scenarios to do achievements. That'd be awesome. I do that for dungeons all the time.<br /><br />If walking in is a development problem, at least allow solo queues.<br /><br />I don't re-gem or re-enchant other pieces when I get new gear unless there is a hit/exp cap problem. Normally, just gem and enchant the new item and then reforge everything.<br /><br />I could go for the same gear in all difficulties; they'd never do it because of all the reasons you mentioned, but anyway. The world first groups always do the content while undergeared. The gear grind is really just there to keep people doing it over and over, but I've never subscribed to that model. I alwayd did it for progression, achievements, mounts, etc. Gear was just a bonus.<br /><br />This week I said adieu to the Hunting Party Podcast. They had their final show, Episode 200, on Saturday. It was 5.5 hrs of hunter fun and shenanigans both ingame and on the stream. Even Crithto joined the stream for a little bit, which I was very surprised to see someone from Blizzard jump on. Very sad that the show is over though. The hunter blogging/podcasting community has definitely been shrinking over the last year.<br /><br />They did make a special mention about "the Angry dwarf, err, Angry Elf, no wait, The Grumpy Elf"... I blame it on the alcohol... Anyway, your blog seems to be a favorite among the hunter elite.Jaegernoreply@blogger.com