WoW Patch 5.2 Is Out Now, Raid Designer Talks Thunder King
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And to think, my old guild was getting pissed because we weren't raiding fast enough to get gear for 5.2 then it only goes live 3 months later. Funny thing is a few months ago, this would've excited me, new content to go smash my face against with people who can't master basic mechanics, huzzah! But now it's more a "Huh...so they finally released it...I thought I'd care more."
I know right, Greek names are pretty awesome sometimes! I can't wait to sink my teeth in the new region tomorrow, the dailies seem to be very story driven and interesting, and the raid design from what I've read seems to put a full emphasis on original complex mechanics rather than gear checks. I'm excited and a bit scared, since the first tier content of MoP kicked my guild's ass and we didn't manage to complete it in time (nowhere near).Fat_Hippo said:
It's pronounced "ee-on"DVS BSTrD said:
Is it just me, or does this guy look like Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living from the old thundercats cartoon?
Nothing you mention their was fun or challenging, you seem to think that leveling was the be all and end all of WoW, WoW is based 100% around its end game, leveling is just story to build. I leveled up in classic on 5 chars, it was not hard, it was long, even on a class like balance (no Moonkin form for a while back then) was not a challenge to level with, it was just time consuming, the only difficulty lay in not over pulling and killing creeps one by one, Time is not difficult.Doomsdaylee said:
But if i must dissect your argument, Leveling up to level 20 as a druid with none of you main damage ability's was not a difficult or FUN (that odd word again) thing, it was a pointless time wall set their just to slow you down. Making you wait 80 levels for a cool down (the old Metamorth for 'Locks is in no way shape or form related to the new one, If you can wipe the tears of rage away from you face and look into it, its now a main mechanic of the spec and not just a damage cooldown), the "gutting" of hunters, as compared to the one button macro mashing of TBC, back then hunters were so hard i finished a BT, Hyjal and 3/6 Sunwell with only the use of my mouse with 3 extra buttons and still came out on top of DPS. Hunters have never been better to play. You can disable the quest helper. The branching trees was fun until EJ or AJ created a cookie cutter build, then "yay" get to spec the same as everyone else.
I have no idea what you mean by gave Warlocks their pets.
Outside of Raiding WoW, even back in classic WOW was never hard (ok I'll give you v1 TBC heroics but that was 100% a gear check and not at all skill based), it was grind, a faux difficulty used to trick people into thinking they were doing something hard, It was not hard to kill 50 merlocks without an overpull. Demon souls is not hard because it takes a while, Waiting for the Render bar is not the hard part of film making. Complaining about the difficulty of end game raids (Wrath had this issue with T7 and 9) or the laziness of design (Dragon Soul can burn in a pit) or even PVP balance is a Fair point, but you are just barking at the moon about 5% of the total time you'll spend playing the game, Sorry this game is not Everquest, other Everquest like games are available, I'd suggest EverQuest.
But still no, sorry you were mad at the people that made Call of Duty, Ill let you rant, I hate kill streak bonuses too.
I may return when they go entirely free to play, my wallet can't handle the subscription fee right now.
also, I'm still kinda bitter about what they did to Illidan and Arthas, and Cataclysm looked kinda boring, but still, the game pulls on my Warcraft 3 and early WoW strings, and that's probably enough to keep my attention for a little while.
also, I'm still kinda bitter about what they did to Illidan and Arthas, and Cataclysm looked kinda boring, but still, the game pulls on my Warcraft 3 and early WoW strings, and that's probably enough to keep my attention for a little while.
What does "giving warlocks their pets" even mean? And I'm glad lvling is easier. The entire game is based around end game. And gutting the talent trees? You mean actually giving useful talents that DO something other than just "increase X stat by 5%"?Doomsdaylee said:
So tired of hearing the talent argument. I change my talents multiple times in a day depending on the situation whether it's dungeons, raids or arenas. Unlike back in the day where I had a cookie cutter spec I got off EJ. Only people who ever changed their talents on the old system were min/max junkies.
But please, don't return to the game. It's better off without people raging over nothing.
I'm wondering how many subs WOW has now. Really I lost interest after WTLK, but did pop back for Cata. I never picked up Pandaria. But even hardcore WOWers I know have stopped playing (most seemed annoyed by Pandaria's new mechanics) and moved onto Guildwars2.
When even the hardcore fans start dropping, it has to dent WOWs subscriptions.
When even the hardcore fans start dropping, it has to dent WOWs subscriptions.
You're probably better off for it, my guild is just constantly smashing our faces against Heart of Fear now and making no progress (We did manage to clear Terrace of Endless Spring though, so yay), and now with this patch released we get to spend the next five weeks or so wiping endlessly against the first two bosses in a new raid. And then six weeks or so after that slowly making progress until we can blow through the whole thing in an hour and it all gets really boring and monotonous because there's no point in going back to the previous tier of raids.anthony87 said:
I love WoW, but I'm really burnt out on how they've been releasing content since Wrath. I get that creating and balancing new raids is probably a ton of work, but when they've only got an average of about five-seven bosses, there's only one raid that gets released for content patches, and there's months and months in between content patches, it gets really tiring.
EDIT: Ulduar is still probably one of my favorite raids, because it actually had variety and the hard-modes were naturally implemented along with the boss fights rather than just being a switch toggle (except Mimiron). Even Icecrown Citadel, as nerfed as it got and as boring as the layout was, still had a decent number of different encounters.
Spoken like someone who hasn't Raided or RankBG'd/Arena'd in this expansion. I used my glyphs and talent changing abilities on close to every boss to see what works. It was hella fun. I'm just burnt at the moment and unlike SOME I can manage to tell when the problem is my waning interest and not 'ERMERGERD dis game SUX is so eezee mode now for babies'.Doomsdaylee said:
You may get your skills earlier and easier, but clearly mastering them is a chore for many since LFR still experiences wipes and tards aplenty.
It's not any easier. It's CONVENIENCE. It's taking out what doesn't need to exist and replacing it with actual challenge. Hard Mode raiding is still hard. Challenge modes are impossible for your average player. PvP needs balancing but when does it not. Content is still fresh and interesting. The stories on Pandaria are up there with some of the best of BC and Wrath and beyond. You lost interest or your friends lost interest and you and moved on.
Thats. O.K.A.Y. You don't have to have a little temper tantrum and justification session about it.
Anyway this patch had amazing build up but the Heroics in 5.0-5.1 were SO Draining (Sha of Fear can go hump a rusty pike). I need a break. So I'll be rejoining the flock much later in 5.2 or even 5.3.