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[WoW] [Chat]: Rock is Overpowered, Scissors Needs Buff, Paper is Fine

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  • MonstyMonsty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Is there an add-on that is sort of like Grid but for monsters? Like, it will dynamically put up a grid for the top ten aggroed mobs sorted highest health first? Even if it just listed everything haphazardly I may still find a use for it...
    Is there a way to tell how many XP left until your next level? I'm playing a 14-day trial and I haven't been able to find that info anywhere in the UI.
    Also, you can hit escape until the options window pops up, click on interface and then status text. Check experience bar text to always show it. I definitely prefer it that way.

    Monsty on
  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Monsty wrote: »
    Is there an add-on that is sort of like Grid but for monsters? Like, it will dynamically put up a grid for the top ten aggroed mobs sorted highest health first? Even if it just listed everything haphazardly I may still find a use for it...

    I use this. The limitation that it can display but not let you target is unavoidable. I don't know if it can sort like how you want.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    Brainleech on
  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    Some would get annoyed with how raids are selected, but a line has to be drawn on how many times you want to swap to another character, and there's only so many DK's you can fit into a 10 man raid.
    If my experiences running Uld10 are any indication, that number is 3.

    But only if you also have 2 shammies, 3 druids and you're the only pally and they all want a different blessing.

    edit: our ICC10 group is usually 2 DKs, 4 pallies, a feral druid, a resto shammy, then whatever ranged we find, usually a lock and a hunter recently.
    We once had 3 dks, 4 pallies, 2 shammies, and the feral druid.
    Our motto in 10man is "Raid composition? what's that?"

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  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Man, I respecc'd into Meditation and Inner focus for my Dungeon-Finder-Only priest... I am now officially shitting mana out. On an RFK run I literally cleared half the instance with a giant tsunami of mana out of my ass. The only survivor was the final boss because he was on higher ground. When I was holy, I'd go OOM every other pull.

    Now level 27. So averaging around 3 levels a night I guess. I usually do one full clear of SM on an alt for silk and mageweave to level tailoring.

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  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    I don't think you can buy the triumph badge set via honor, the offset pieces you buy with honor point (belt, boot, rings, etc). As for honor cap it is 75k last time I checked.

    Best bet is to do VoA regularly (and hopefully with a group that does all the bosses) snag what you can there. WG battles will net you a nice chunck of honor too.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Hmm, so disc is good for LFD leveling then?

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Neyla wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    I don't think you can buy the triumph badge set via honor, the offset pieces you buy with honor point (belt, boot, rings, etc). As for honor cap it is 75k last time I checked.

    Best bet is to do VoA regularly (and hopefully with a group that does all the bosses) snag what you can there. WG battles will net you a nice chunck of honor too.

    Lawl let me tell you about Wintergrasp, Windrunner and the Horde
    We win Wintergrasp rarely when we do it's a fight to get into a group for the vault. Even the upcomming bandaid to Wintergrasp is not going to fix the mess it is

    I was jsut looking at the armour set I forgot they sell rings, boots and other junk
    Do they sell last season's weapons as well?

    Brainleech on
  • ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    bowen wrote: »
    Hmm, so disc is good for LFD leveling then?

    Yes

    I'm disc with spirit tap, so if my mana pool is in trouble during a fight, I can just pop one of the low health stragglers with a holy fire or something and keep on with the rock n' roll.

    But mostly? I'm throwing a renew and a heal or two every pull. It's great. A group that isn't full of morons has to pull whole rooms in SM to put me below 50%. Was doing that last night, super fun.

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  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I just went into it enough for 3/3 Meditation and Inner Focus. Now I'm back into Holy. You really dont need all that PW:Shield shit. So A quick 17 or whatever points into Disc will rock your socks off.

    Here's my armory profile
    http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Wyrmrest+Accord&cn=Lunaire


    I didn't bother with spirit tap because I never get killing blows really. Unless I wand a fleeing mob.
    Edit: Oh I didn't hit 27. Damn. I must be pretty close then. And it's 14 points in disc.

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    TTODewback wrote: »
    I just went into it enough for 3/3 Meditation and Inner Focus. Now I'm back into Holy. You really dont need all that PW:Shield shit. So A quick 17 or whatever points into Disc will rock your socks off.

    Here's my armory profile
    http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Wyrmrest+Accord&cn=Lunaire


    I didn't bother with spirit tap because I never get killing blows really. Unless I wand a fleeing mob.
    Edit: Oh I didn't hit 27. Damn. I must be pretty close then. And it's 14 points in disc.

    We went a different way with it. Mine's going deep into Disc and I just about danced when I picked up Soul Warding so I could bubble the silly goose DPS face pulling extra pats (and bubbling me when a silly goose tank doesn't know how to deal with more than one mob at a time).

    Nobody on
  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Neyla wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    I don't think you can buy the triumph badge set via honor, the offset pieces you buy with honor point (belt, boot, rings, etc). As for honor cap it is 75k last time I checked.

    Best bet is to do VoA regularly (and hopefully with a group that does all the bosses) snag what you can there. WG battles will net you a nice chunck of honor too.

    Lawl let me tell you about Wintergrasp, Windrunner and the Horde
    We win Wintergrasp rarely when we do it's a fight to get into a group for the vault. Even the upcomming bandaid to Wintergrasp is not going to fix the mess it is

    I was jsut looking at the armour set I forgot they sell rings, boots and other junk
    Do they sell last season's weapons as well?

    :( ouch. VoA is such a nice and easy place to gather up decent pvp gear... that blows!
    Buuuut even a losing battle can net you some nice bonus honor (i think i got 4k for losing once). As for weapons, there isn't any unless you Arena (2030 rating i think) and that blows :(

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  • ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    TTODewback wrote: »
    I just went into it enough for 3/3 Meditation and Inner Focus. Now I'm back into Holy. You really dont need all that PW:Shield shit. So A quick 17 or whatever points into Disc will rock your socks off.

    Here's my armory profile
    http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Wyrmrest+Accord&cn=Lunaire


    I didn't bother with spirit tap because I never get killing blows really. Unless I wand a fleeing mob.
    Edit: Oh I didn't hit 27. Damn. I must be pretty close then. And it's 14 points in disc.

    Yeah, spirit tap for me was because I also don't just use the dungeon tool, I also quest. It just happens that it's been pretty useful in instances too if I get the timing right.

    Here's me: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Grizzly+Hills&cn=Romulus

    It's not just the PW:S part (which is really useful for sillygoose dps trying to tank their own mob off to the side) it's also the mana related talents. That's mostly what I'm concerned with and it's working out really well thus far. Makes it so I can start doing mass-crisis-management at the drop of a hat. I feel like the holy tree just doesn't have that kind of utility as much, especially in that first part of the tree that I'd still be in.

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    On my server (Mannoroth) WG switches like clockwork because the Alliance always cheats and gets 16 sieges right at the start while the Horde always wins when they attack while not using said cheat. The Alliance cheating makes it impossible to get that damn "kill 20 mounted people" achievement too, since one cannon can't kill a siege (let alone 16) before it gets out of range.

    Opty on
  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Opty wrote: »
    On my server (Mannoroth) WG switches like clockwork because the Alliance always cheats and gets 16 sieges right at the start while the Horde always wins when they attack while not using said cheat. The Alliance cheating makes it impossible to get that damn "kill 20 mounted people" achievement too, since one cannon can't kill a siege (let alone 16) before it gets out of range.

    Hmm, do Alliance always have tenacity? That's one reason.

    Also, the NPCs fighting by the bridges and the road do count towards ranking up. It's also possible that a few people on Alliance are parking Horde alts by their start point to make certain they can level up right out of the gate.

    As far as the achievement goes, it's my belief that if you hadn't gotten it in the first few WG battles, you're never going to get it now.

    Nobody on
  • ChronicChronic Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Control of Wintergrasp for Medivh Horde does not exist. I was in one last week ~15 horde, tenacity 20, and 50-60 alliance charging me.

    Chronic on
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  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I had a tank in RFK last night that was using the full "light chain armor" set that you buy from armor selling npcs in your first town. They had a level 20ish "of the tiger" shield and butcher's slicer as their weapon and I rarely had to do more than renew + flash heal the entire run. We pulled 4-6 mobs at a time. I wouldn't think they'd be able to take hits that well.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    A rogue could probably tank most instances until 50-60.

    bowen on
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  • PierceNeckPierceNeck Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I rogue tanked Durnholde once.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    PierceNeck wrote: »
    I rogue tanked Durnholde once.

    Hopefully not Heroic Durnholde.

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  • PierceNeckPierceNeck Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Nah, just normal. I tried rogue tanking a few heroics, didn't work out very well.

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  • SegSeg Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I remember pre TBC a rogue in my guild wanted very badly to tank Onyxia, he might have done ok too if the healers had taken him seriously, instead the warrior who was set as the tank let him have initial aggro and you can geuss what happened next. (If he weren't the top DPS in the guild at the time he probably would have gotten a talking to, but instead he gave the rest of the raid a chuckle.)

    Seg on
  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    And then the videos came out of rogues tanking Gruul and Mother Sharaz which lead to avoidance nerfs :P

    Nobody on
  • MonstyMonsty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    End wrote: »
    Monsty wrote: »
    Is there an add-on that is sort of like Grid but for monsters? Like, it will dynamically put up a grid for the top ten aggroed mobs sorted highest health first? Even if it just listed everything haphazardly I may still find a use for it...

    I use this. The limitation that it can display but not let you target is unavoidable. I don't know if it can sort like how you want.
    Oooh thanks! Gonna tinker around with this in a bit.

    Monsty on
  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm wondering why it's not possible to target an NPC with an addon like that? PvP?

    If I could target with that addon, that'd be useful as shit.

    bowen on
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  • SamphisSamphis Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Probably because of the same limitations that they don't want you to have addons performing essential character tasks such as moving and casting. If it could target, it'd become an instant farming bot.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    SilverDragon can target on the portrait it pops up. How does it do that?

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    That Gruul kill with the Rogue tank was awesome. Gruul is hooooj at thirty growths.

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  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Neyla wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    I don't think you can buy the triumph badge set via honor, the offset pieces you buy with honor point (belt, boot, rings, etc). As for honor cap it is 75k last time I checked.

    Best bet is to do VoA regularly (and hopefully with a group that does all the bosses) snag what you can there. WG battles will net you a nice chunck of honor too.

    Lawl let me tell you about Wintergrasp, Windrunner and the Horde
    We win Wintergrasp rarely when we do it's a fight to get into a group for the vault. Even the upcomming bandaid to Wintergrasp is not going to fix the mess it is

    I was jsut looking at the armour set I forgot they sell rings, boots and other junk
    Do they sell last season's weapons as well?



    This right here. At a population ratio, it doesn't matter what fixes throws at Wintergrasp. If it isn't an AOE unavoidable instant kill, alliance is going to hold WG.
    As a fellow horde Windrunner-er, I offer this statistic from last time I was running the 'Vault:
    Horde has defended WG 16 times.

    Grape Ape on
  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    SilverDragon can target on the portrait it pops up. How does it do that?
    I'm guessing it just does a simple /targetexact <mob name>, which won't work when there are mobs with the same name.

    His Corkiness on
  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    They don't care about making it even for defending while outnumbered, because if you're defending then you just held it for 2 hours and had the chance to run VoA.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Samphis wrote: »
    Probably because of the same limitations that they don't want you to have addons performing essential character tasks such as moving and casting. If it could target, it'd become an instant farming bot.

    I don't want it to target for me, it'd just be nice if I could click one on that list and it'd select it. Don't see how that'd be any an easy way to exploit really.

    I guess you could utilize it with a screen scraper or something.

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ranlin wrote: »
    They don't care about making it even for defending while outnumbered, because if you're defending then you just held it for 2 hours and had the chance to run VoA.

    Apparently they don't really care about making it even for attacking either.

    I have seen 16 sieges get aoe'd down before they break through a wall.

    Nobody on
  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Chronic wrote: »
    Control of Wintergrasp for Medivh Horde does not exist. I was in one last week ~15 horde, tenacity 20, and 50-60 alliance charging me.

    When we lost WG during prime hours last week, half my guild popped over to congratulate the Horde, because holy silly goosing population misbalance... Not quite Chogall's 20 to 1 but... It's a tad screwed up and there's no hotfix for server pop

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Neyla wrote: »
    :( ouch. VoA is such a nice and easy place to gather up decent pvp gear
    Ahahahahaha.

    forty on
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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Seriously.

    VoA is there so you can grab 4 extra Top Emblems per week and have a vanishingly minuscule chance at some gear.

    shryke on
  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Did they remove the title for Argent Champion?
    I got the achievement sunday, but no title.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Grape Ape wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Neyla wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I have been pvping in pve gear again, I remembered you can buy last season's set for the triumpth badges but then I also remembered I can buy it via honour

    I was curious in the patch does the price come down? THe honour cap is the same? and other dumb questions

    I don't think you can buy the triumph badge set via honor, the offset pieces you buy with honor point (belt, boot, rings, etc). As for honor cap it is 75k last time I checked.

    Best bet is to do VoA regularly (and hopefully with a group that does all the bosses) snag what you can there. WG battles will net you a nice chunck of honor too.

    Lawl let me tell you about Wintergrasp, Windrunner and the Horde
    We win Wintergrasp rarely when we do it's a fight to get into a group for the vault. Even the upcomming bandaid to Wintergrasp is not going to fix the mess it is

    I was jsut looking at the armour set I forgot they sell rings, boots and other junk
    Do they sell last season's weapons as well?



    This right here. At a population ratio, it doesn't matter what fixes throws at Wintergrasp. If it isn't an AOE unavoidable instant kill, alliance is going to hold WG.
    As a fellow horde Windrunner-er, I offer this statistic from last time I was running the 'Vault:
    Horde has defended WG 16 times.
    I think Hellscream is on a gradual slide toward Windrunner status. Horde typically loses (offense or defense) during the prime hours. Most of the Horde wins seem to come at the awful hours when I'm not on (and even if I were, it'd be a bitch to get enough people for VoA25) like 3AM-3PM.

    forty on
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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It's there, there's a small scrollbar off to the side that's changed in color, it's hard to see but it's there, use that to scroll through your titles.

    bowen on
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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    shryke wrote: »
    Seriously.

    VoA is there so you can grab 4 extra Top Emblems per week and have a vanishingly minuscule chance at some gear.
    Unless you are terrible at WoW, in which case your gear will drop and you will outroll the competent players of the same class (assuming you have any competition at all) and be rewarded with some of the best gear in the game for being a burden on others.

    VoAIDS is a reverse-meritocracy. A failocracy?

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
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