And to Blizzard - WoW talk

[sparkindarkness]

Ok this patch? More than kinda rocks. I love what you've done to the spec trees. I love that classes are all using rotations rather thans just spamming the same abilities (our Destruction warlocks hate you, btw). I'm not madly keen on buffs being unniversal and not stacking (I can make a raid of nearly ANYONE now and I don't have to fiddle to make the groups perfect - and I liked organising 25 guildies so the best groups lined up!) but it is interesting (My totems are now GODS! GODS I SAY!) Stormwind harbour looks soooo shiny and achievements are such a great idea! My old raids will count for something even if it's for epeen! In general I'm loving this patch, yes yes I am.

But what the hell have you done to the bosses? Alright, I know you want us to see Sunwell before the expansion - but we killed Mother Shazrah with NO SHADOW RES GEAR OR BUFF. Seriously, that should not be possible. Really. We've cleared Black Temple, if we go to Illidan on Sunday and kill him as if he were Attumen after all those weeks of whiping then that's going to be hella depressing. But I think we will, from what I've seen. Why don't the bosses just commit suicide as soon as the raid shows up and hand out the shiny epics?

Ah well, I suppose it's only until WOTLK, but it still kinda bugs me.

My main, the Resto Shaman is extremely happy with the patch. Earthliving weapon and Riptide? GODLIKE! Totems working on the whole raid? FEAR HIM. But why why why why can a Gruul equipped Holy priest now heal him into the ground? He used to be the best healer in the guild by a good 4% margin - only resto druids challenged him. Now a noob holy priest can leave him standing?!

My first alt, the Feral druid tank is loving the infinite target swipe, the feral charge in cat form, the berserk and many other talents that are just LOVE. Really LOVE. Infinite mangles! However he would like to know what the hell you've done to his armour, 'kay thanks? Because I've lost 10k armour. That's not good. Really not good.

My second alt, the Gnomish fire mage says... well, not much. He's running round in circles singing and dancing and screaming "BURN!" at regular intervals. But I think that this rather ridiculous crit chance is going to make him the biggest agrowhore in the guild (instant pyroblast on consecutive crits? OH MY GODS). And I've always argued with the warlocks that fire mages have the best Aoe. Now? I think we can forget the argument. I win.

My third alt, the Retridin/Protadin is just sat in the corner with a nasty little smile on her face. When asked to comment she just says "bring it." because DAMN!




Does the fact I have 4 BT level characters mean I play too much WoW do you think?

Is there such a thing as too much WoW?

Comments

[harald387.livejournal.com]

Patch good. Non-stacking buffs good. I know people will miss the 'group composition' minigame, but being able to take 25 people I *like*, instead of that idiot asshole we only raid with because he brings the right buff to the table, is a godsend.

Raid Bosses took a 30% nerf to their health so that people could experience that last gasp of content before it all became obsolete. 30 minute Kara run, go!

The removal of downranking from Resto Shamans means we can run into mana issues if we're not careful. If you have an elemental set, try swapping some MP5 pieces out for crit - Riptide (and other) criticals will proc Water Shield orbs, which will give you mana back more often than the MP5 will. I'm actually using 2-piece Elemental Skyshatter in my resto set right now, because the 'you have four totems out' bonus is too good to pass up.

The Druid armor nerf was mostly done because they don't want ANY tanks at the armor cap. It may cause a few problems now, but once you get into WotLK itemization it will work out that you get the mitigation elsewhere.

Crit is ridiculous right now. My Shaman in Elemental gear and spec has 51%, self buffed, without consumables.

Retadins are going to be undergoing some changes to bring them into line - they're broken right now, and all but the worst of forum trolls is admitting it. PvE/sustained DPS will remain about where it is now, but PVP/burst DPS will be lowered, because dude. Two-shotting people isn't cool.

I have only one BT-level character, and people say I play too much WoW.

There's no such thing as too much WoW.

[mharbourgirl.livejournal.com]

Duuuude... I haven't seen a rant that incoherent since the days I used to play on the old text-based MUDs. I'd suggest switching to decaf, I really would. :)

Is there such a thing as too much WoW?

Reread your post, dude... I think the answer is there if you look close enough.

Though I appreciate the very pleasant giggle it gave me on a morning where I'm pre-migraine and inclined to hurt people, so thank you very kindly. :)