tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post5004955712352473732..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Lacking lusterShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-72585063032729295992011-03-03T19:32:31.983+00:002011-03-03T19:32:31.983+00:00I don't currently raid. I haven't raided ...I don't currently raid. I haven't raided since vanilla, when I decided that having to be online at a certain time x days a week felt too much like a job.<br /><br />So Heroics are my end game. I'm not really looking forward to them becoming the Wrath zerg fests they will be when a lot of players get their 4.1 epics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-15002848905058472762011-02-28T23:19:49.630+00:002011-02-28T23:19:49.630+00:00I am in a similar situation, with only half of the...I am in a similar situation, with only half of the bosses down and I was a little discouraged (on the news of 4.1) because I felt like we were just starting this tier. <br /><br />It could feel very short because of the relative time compared to T10, which was about a year. Also we had much more grinding to do to be ready for raiding than we had in Wrath which probably further limited time in the current content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-3663675204647434572011-02-28T18:35:29.970+00:002011-02-28T18:35:29.970+00:00Yep, I can't disagree that it's one more t...Yep, I can't disagree that it's one more thing that's gone. Gear and planning and tactics is largely a thing of the past. In all honesty, the tacs so far in Cata are very easy (I occasionally moan about ppl not reading tacs posts, but I'm not sure they even need to). WoW seems to becoming more of a twitch game, 0.7 second interrupts, dodge flying discs. It's a lot more arcadey than it used to be. I'm not so worried about loot per se, but i do miss the fun of planning and gearing, whereas now its, take an epic in the current tier, they are all the same, or will be once reforged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-89562865272814068472011-02-28T17:44:56.996+00:002011-02-28T17:44:56.996+00:00@Boxer: The experience of celebrating the win is d...@Boxer: The experience of celebrating the win is definitely something that still counts, but well... I used to be motivated by a variety of factors, which <i>included</i> shiny loot, wanting to see the content and embracing a challenge, but bit by bit parts of that keep getting chipped away. I always think "well, that one development that I don't like won't ruin the game for me", but after a while it adds up.<br /><br />@Kring: Tiered heroics would be... interesting. I'm not sure whether in a good or bad way, but definitely interesting.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-91353283858266334252011-02-28T09:41:10.603+00:002011-02-28T09:41:10.603+00:00@Kring.....Hmm, you raise a very good point. So we...@Kring.....Hmm, you raise a very good point. So we are faced with two possibilities.<br /><br />(1) People run Tier 11 for VP, making it the new Kharazan. Well, that's not ideal.<br />(2) Tier 11 doesn't reward VP, not even Nefarian or Al'Akir. But somehow, you still get 70 VP for zerging Throne of Tides.<br /><br />Yuck!<br /><br />Well, this further reinforces my opinion that all loot should be treated as vendor trash, but with a 3 month time-limited period when it boosts your character. Only killshots are worth having! Boxerdogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-26076521578313356102011-02-28T08:44:06.516+00:002011-02-28T08:44:06.516+00:00If T11 will continue to reward VP we'll have a...If T11 will continue to reward VP we'll have a new Karazhan.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-78736348644832459232011-02-28T08:40:46.209+00:002011-02-28T08:40:46.209+00:00BTW, if Blizz has *any sense at all* then Tier 11 ...BTW, if Blizz has *any sense at all* then Tier 11 will still award VP.<br /><br />This will be great, because (1) guilds will be able to get something from finishing Tier 11 and farming it out, and (2) spending a night in Tier 11 will be a good alternative to farming the daily every day.<br /><br />If Blizz make it so that Tier 11 does not award VP, and heroic Throne of Tides does award VP, then I will probably flip out and maybe even make one of my six-monthly visits to the official forums to complain. That would be unacceptable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-47145366909110352862011-02-28T08:28:37.088+00:002011-02-28T08:28:37.088+00:00LFD Dungeons
* Zul'Gurub
* Zul'Am...LFD Dungeons<br /><br /> * Zul'Gurub<br /> * Zul'Aman<br /> * Random Cataclysm Heroic Tier 2<br /><br /><br />I assume that means that you'll only get the VP from heroic tier 2. That would mean that you don't have to run the same heroics over again but only the two new ones... which would be even more boring.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-49142240442462571412011-02-28T08:24:57.803+00:002011-02-28T08:24:57.803+00:00I agree wholeheartedly with everything in this pos...I agree wholeheartedly with everything in this post, well, maybe with one exception. First up, what I have seen on the PTR tells me that Blizz are a long way from 4.1 going live, so I do think that we have 10-12 more weeks on Tier 11. Long enough to kill whatever is killable, so i don't think the content will be totally stomped before players are done with it. Another 10-12 weeks will be fine to get as far as people can get.<br /><br />Otherwise, I definitely have the "I don't care about loot, it all gets upgraded, meh" thing going. In fact, I felt like this since ICC, when I put a totally perfect ArPen feral DPS set together, with every damn item optimised within an inch of its life, and then put it in the bank for Cata. Initally, this somewhat depressed me (I never worked so hard for a BIS set). But strangely, now I find it quite liberating. I just don't care at all about loot now, I just want to play to my maximum (whether measured by dps or interrupts or utility in another sense) and kill bosses. Loot is just vendor trash with a time-limited ability to enhance your character.<br /><br />Incidentally, this has also liberated me from the heroic daily grind. That's all vendor trash too. I did do heroics for 2 VP pieces, when they were really good early on, but am I going to grind any more for the last 1-2 pieces? Hell no! I have better things to do, films to watch, other games to play.<br /><br />And one or two other ideas. First, I think that the "new instance trumps old instance" is indeed a very corrosive phenomenon. I don't like it. But hopefully Shintar you are in a good Guild of nice people that have the right attitude and will go back to Nef, even if they don't get him first time. I remember in TBC, people did still go back to kill Vashj or Kael even after MH and BT attunements were lifted. I think a good Guild would be able and willing to spend 1 night a week finishing Tier 11 as well as making a start on Tier 12. And I think that's OK.<br /><br />Second, I also personally have had a lot of success with "celebrating the win". What I remember fondly now of WotLK is not the loot (well maybe a little bit). Rather, it's about having the achievements recorded in my log, the fun loot items I have picked up, the killshots and videos I took, the groovy mounts I picked up whilst they were still current content. Maybe the items are easy to go back and farm now. But no-one now can go and get the fun of a LK kill at the 10% buff stage, or an Ulduar / Naxx Undying feat of strength, or a GotIR mount pre-Cata, or a set of fun videos of raids on Youtube. These are all tangible things that no amount of patching of new content can take away! Taking a moment to reflect on the victories and acknowledge them is really important.<br /><br />Personally, I don't much like the current raid content either. That's a completely separate topic, but I'm a firm believer that twitch gameplay and doesn't really belong in large-scale MMO gaming with mixed teams and latency. Some of the mechanics in the current tier just layer too much complexity and gimmickry in my view. I like twitch gameplay, but in FPS and 3rd person actioners please, not in an MMO, which I prefer to be about strategic thinking and teamwork. If I want 0.7s interrupt timers and bizarre sound cookies to dodge I'll play mario.<br /><br />We-ell, that was a longer post than I meant to make. But anyways, cut back, chill out, take it less seriously, and maybe it can become more fun again :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-91535866555345791512011-02-28T08:18:11.197+00:002011-02-28T08:18:11.197+00:00The few times I was in a similar situation in the ...The few times I was in a similar situation in the past, i found that playing less and also looking into other games, can really re-kindle the spark for WoW, yep. so maybe that's the best way to go for you. =)Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-83809749512981900932011-02-27T21:07:14.618+00:002011-02-27T21:07:14.618+00:00Oh, I'm not quite near quitting yet (especiall...Oh, I'm not quite near quitting yet (especially since I realised that I've pre-paid for several more months of game time anyway :P) but I'm thinking on cutting down on my play time since it doesn't excite me as much anymore.<br /><br />Raiding is one thing that still keeps me going right now, though as I said I'm worried at what will happen when Blizzard decides to effectively send another very good tier of raid content to the dumpster in order to keep people re-running the same couple of heroics.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-87262159571783365232011-02-27T18:56:29.547+00:002011-02-27T18:56:29.547+00:00I'm so with you, Shintar. Raids have always be...I'm so with you, Shintar. Raids have always been what kept me going in WoW, but things have gone downhill for me there ever since the past few weeks. adding a few more personal reasons, I've decided to call quits on raiding - and after reading the current patchnotes on all the upcoming recycled content, I only feel confirmed in my choice once more. <br />I've stopped my subscription for WoW a couple of times in the past and have come back 2-3 times to the game, but this time around I doubt I will. it's simply become too great a compromise, giving me very little back in return. playing should be fun and relaxing, if it's not anymore then it's simply time - for some of us sooner, for others later. :)<br /><br />I'm looking into RIFT a bit at the moment, and even if it's not a whoawhoa super-overwhelming novelty, it's fun to dabble at something new and it's very solid. we'll see what happens from here, there will always be games and MMOs that keep me entertained.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com