tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post7205967920550137399..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Welcome to the DeadminesShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-4888337094441333372015-05-27T20:26:15.977+01:002015-05-27T20:26:15.977+01:00You know, I never quite realised that your blog we...You know, I never quite realised that your blog went back <i>quite</i> that far. Interesting to see what sorts of things the community had on its collective mind back then.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-17346245924059787012015-05-27T18:00:07.313+01:002015-05-27T18:00:07.313+01:00Azuriel, honestly, it was pretty fun in small grou...Azuriel, honestly, it was pretty fun in small group play. You'd be throwing out off-heals and blessings, keeping an eye on the group as well while attacking. Maybe you'd be off-tanking one add while the tank and dps killed a different target.<br /><br />In solo play it was terrible, and in raids the role did not scale properly. But the Vanilla paladin was amazingly fun in 5-mans. Take a look at some of my very first posts in 2005/2006.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-18149804292546184642015-05-26T18:51:11.168+01:002015-05-26T18:51:11.168+01:00I was surprised to find out that there are apparen...I was surprised to find out that there are apparently players on Kronos that never played in Vanilla at all and are just curious about how it all worked... I would have thought that the amount of "it's all nostalgia, Vanilla really wasn't good at all by today's standards" talk going around would deter genuine newbies from trying it out. Apparently not.<br /><br />Still, most people seem to be nostalgic Vanilla players who know the basics but have forgotten about a lot of the details (like me).<br /><br />Kronos' performance has been good; I haven't experienced any downtime or lag. Player numbers are, as I mentioned in a previous post, hovering between 300-500 online according to /who whenever I check. The auction house seemed a bit devoid of low level items when I started playing but seems to have picked up since then, possibly due to the YouTube review causing an influx of new players. And I've only seen 2 people who <i>obviously</i> donated money so far, because due to a cock-up when the donation system was implemented its possible for people to get cross-faction mounts through it, which results in weirdness such as orcs on nightsabers and night elves on kodos. Not good for that good ol' Vanilla feeling, but very rare from what I've seen so far.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-39677774812751658012015-05-25T23:06:14.721+01:002015-05-25T23:06:14.721+01:00I still think that BC was when the game was at its...<i>I still think that BC was when the game was at its best, as that expansion basically fixed all the most glaring problems that Vanilla had. Starting with Wrath, Blizzard began to "over-correct" and started removing or changing things that didn't need fixing</i><br /><br />Amen!<br /><br />I purposefully chose a Night Elf Warrior this time in order to tank (and lead) groups of my choice. So far my experiences are quite good with only a handful of unpleasant or annoying people. It seems, however, that at least on Nostalrius the number of actual newbies is quite low. Almost everybody I’ve interacted with so far is a Vanilla veteran who knows what they’re doing. I also have to admit that my knowledge of Vanilla is very dusty, but I did some research beforehand to be better prepared.<br /><br />How is Kronos holding up so far? Server stability? Number of people online? Auction House? Donations? Keep us posted :)Maldwizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726258842496198525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-60579434615016030192015-05-25T20:40:46.680+01:002015-05-25T20:40:46.680+01:00Because the number of buttons in the rotation of a...Because the number of buttons in the rotation of a single class decides the value of the entire game? Come on, Az, you can do better than that. :PShintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-14930100620978265582015-05-25T19:28:09.993+01:002015-05-25T19:28:09.993+01:00Yeah, Judgments and auto-attack sound interesting....Yeah, Judgments and auto-attack sound interesting...Azurielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581263347888757710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-37051588655078916812015-05-25T08:37:14.925+01:002015-05-25T08:37:14.925+01:00Let's not forget having to recast everyone'...Let's not forget having to recast everyone's blessings every 5 minutes! I can only imagine what fun that must have been in a 40-man raid...<br /><br />Anyway, I never said that Vanilla WoW was without flaws - I just think that it was a much more interesting game than the current live version (and still is in my opinion).Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-4201022678543301262015-05-25T06:07:38.240+01:002015-05-25T06:07:38.240+01:00It's good to see that you are discovering a lo...It's good to see that you are discovering a lot of the flaws in Vanilla.<br /><br />For the record, paladins were not tanks in Vanilla. It's my belief that they were originally designed as "5th man hybrids". A party would consist of tank, healer, 2 dps, and a 5th man. The paladin would back up both the tank and healer as necessary, but could not replace either, as the druid could.<br /><br />That's why the rotation was so terrible. Since it was mostly autoattack, there is plenty of space for you to off-heal.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-1524165484017983562015-05-24T20:18:25.026+01:002015-05-24T20:18:25.026+01:00I think that if you have retri aura up and can get...I think that if you have retri aura up and can get the mobs to hit you, the reflected damage does a pretty good job at creating aggro, as it did on Van Cleef's adds for me there... but I'm definitely putting my next couple of points in holy now. I do miss having Righteous Defense (and some other BC additions). I do love this Vanilla experience, but I still think that BC was when the game was at its best, as that expansion basically fixed all the most glaring problems that Vanilla had. Starting with Wrath, Blizzard began to "over-correct" and started removing or changing things that didn't need fixing.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-18843244290399999622015-05-24T19:47:41.919+01:002015-05-24T19:47:41.919+01:00I am impressed. Being able to hold all those mobs ...I am impressed. Being able to hold all those mobs at the same time. You rock the house. No taunt. No AOE. Sweet!<br /><br />On the flip side. Those mobs just will not die. The typical ADHD WoW player of today would be going crazy. How funny would that be. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-53252213946014066472015-05-24T16:47:52.475+01:002015-05-24T16:47:52.475+01:00Hehe yeah, its incredible that the way to spec tan...Hehe yeah, its incredible that the way to spec tank in vanilla starts with 11 points in holy for conc. Also with a warlock a hunter and a druid in bearform, you really arent well set for ending up tanking anything. <br />People forget that tanking in vanilla was something the dps had to LET you do. As a paladin without the taunt be prepared to completely ignore main target in most groups, as people very likely will not "wait for sunder", with consecrate and some tabtargetting and judging, you can usually hold the rest of the mobs though, and if your group is actually willing to cooperate your conc alone will hold healer aggro, leaving your full attention at the main mob... But thats usually a pipedream :-)Shandrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243368468608048536noreply@blogger.com