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[WoW] Did anybody beta test this [Chat ant Generul Discushion]?

Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited January 2011 in MMO Extravaganza
Because I'm pretty sure that it wasn't beta tested, there are a few glaring problems.

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  • TurksonTurkson Near the mountains of ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So I maxed out Archaeology earlier today. And got the Fossilized Raptor mount.

    I feel like maybe I need to go outside and get a life or something.

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  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I spent a bit of time at the weekend doing this archeology thing. I don't really understand how this can be thought of a worthwhile addition to the game, beyond adding a way for people to get RNG vanity items some of which aren't any good (guild mate got an item which transformed you into a wisp for a whole 10 seconds, and it has a 10 min coodown).

    Fishing I've never found fun, but at least it's got a point in that it helps you level up cooking.

    As a sidenote, one guy in the guild was saying they'd buffed the speed of this profession (you get more relics when you dig them up now).

    I've not tested to see if that's true though.

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So because not everything you get is some uber awesome epic lootz or not a BoA item it's not worthwhile?

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  • ironzergironzerg Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    I spent a bit of time at the weekend doing this archeology thing. I don't really understand how this can be thought of a worthwhile addition to the game, beyond adding a way for people to get RNG vanity items some of which aren't any good (guild mate got an item which transformed you into a wisp for a whole 10 seconds, and it has a 10 min coodown).

    Fishing I've never found fun, but at least it's got a point in that it helps you level up cooking.

    As a sidenote, one guy in the guild was saying they'd buffed the speed of this profession (you get more relics when you dig them up now).

    I've not tested to see if that's true though.

    Let's no go there, less we all realize that at its heart, WoW is nothing but a waste of time dominated by RNG.

    Please, I'm having too much fun!

    In other news...FOSSILIZED RAPTOR MOUNT WANT!

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  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Arthil wrote: »
    So because not everything you get is some uber awesome epic lootz or not a BoA item it's not worthwhile?

    Well done. That's exactly what I'm saying.

    In no way was I saying it was dull, doing exactly the same thing (playing a game of hot and cold), over and over from 1-525. That maybe there could have been a bit more variety with regards to what else you can do to level up this profession.

    It's not as if I cited fishing where you're again doing the same thing, but then pointed out that I can see why people do it because it helps with levelling up cooking.

    Or cited a slight lack of imagination on some of these items.

    I don't even know why you're talking about BoA.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've managed to get decent enough gear to join heroics now.
    They really made these hard. I enjoy a challenge, now to convince other people to stop being so face rolling retarded. :?

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I made a worgen. And man, the worgen starting zone isn't even close to how good the goblin one is.

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    It's not a difficult, might I add, secondary profession to level. Actually moving around to do it makes it infinitely more entertaining than fishing ever could be in its current state. Blizzard can add a lot to Archaeology in the future with little difficulty, and on top of that it's a ridiculous way to gain XP. While I was around 83 I would gain nearly 30k XP per fragment.

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    It definitely does feel more laboriously grindy than other professions, but I suppose that's by design. I'll spend more time with it when I've got nothing better to do.

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    They did just buff it too, it used to be 3 fragments per dig (so 9 per site), and they upped it so it could be 3-6 fragments per dig.

    That said, It's more a lazy "I don't feel like tanking pugs" thing for me.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Ugh. My guild is a small group of friends, who don't really have enough people online to pull together a heroic run. So I'm left with pugs. And nearly every time I join, it's a group who have failed on a boss so many times that I don't even get a chance to say hello as they all drop group.

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    Arthil wrote: »
    So because not everything you get is some uber awesome epic lootz or not a BoA item it's not worthwhile?

    Well done. That's exactly what I'm saying.

    In no way was I saying it was dull, doing exactly the same thing (playing a game of hot and cold), over and over from 1-525. That maybe there could have been a bit more variety with regards to what else you can do to level up this profession.

    It's not as if I cited fishing where you're again doing the same thing, but then pointed out that I can see why people do it because it helps with levelling up cooking.

    Or cited a slight lack of imagination on some of these items.

    I don't even know why you're talking about BoA.

    They mentioned BoA because all of the epics you can get from Arch are BoA. I've got a BoA mail helm and a BoA cloth robe so far.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Rizzi wrote: »
    I've managed to get decent enough gear to join heroics now.
    They really made these hard. I enjoy a challenge, now to convince other people to stop being so face rolling retarded. :?

    The good news is the queue on KJ has dropped from 3000 people to 1000. Which means a half hour wait instead of 4 hours. Mainly because most of the people who renewed can't even do the heroics.

    Yay I guess?

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  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So, heirlooms are BoA, correct? If so, how do you mail them between servers? Is there some weird syntax I need to put in?

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    ForceVoid wrote: »
    So, heirlooms are BoA, correct? If so, how do you mail them between servers? Is there some weird syntax I need to put in?

    It's not in yet. Apparently they've been having issues getting the mail systems on different servers to talk to each other.

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  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    ForceVoid wrote: »
    So, heirlooms are BoA, correct? If so, how do you mail them between servers? Is there some weird syntax I need to put in?

    You don't ... cross server is not implemented yet as far as I know.

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Okay who didn't see THIS coming
    * The Mana Tide buff is now applied for each Mana Tide Totem on the ground.
    * The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Arch wrote: »
    Okay who didn't see THIS coming
    * The Mana Tide buff is now applied for each Mana Tide Totem on the ground.
    * The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.

    I forgot to check the tooltip after seeing this. What was the stacking effect doing? I'm assuming it was making mana flow like the Nile or something.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I play this game too much.

    85 Priest
    80 Druid (Maxed Mining and Herbalism, he is my farmin' machine)
    80 Paladin
    80 Mage
    Then 60+ everything else, except for my shiny new worgen rogue who is only like 18.

    My druid is making me SO MUCH MONEY

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  • PhyphorPhyphor Building Planet Busters Tasting FruitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Well, I have an 85, 82, 81, 71, 2x 68, 61 and two more around 50

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  • XArchangelXXArchangelX Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    ^What?
    V

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Nobody wrote: »
    They did just buff it too, it used to be 3 fragments per dig (so 9 per site), and they upped it so it could be 3-6 fragments per dig.

    That said, It's more a lazy "I don't feel like tanking pugs" thing for me.

    Really? I've been getting 2-4. Maybe because I'm only like 75 skill.

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  • CuntyCunty Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    So as far as money is concerned, are there any large expenses I should be concerned with outside of the 4500 azeroth flying?

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  • W2W2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Cunty wrote: »
    So as far as money is concerned, are there any large expenses I should be concerned with outside of the 4500 azeroth flying?

    Azeroth flying is only about 250 gold. The 310% upgrade is the one that costs 4-5k (depending on your rep with the faction you're buying it from.)

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bobble wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    Okay who didn't see THIS coming
    * The Mana Tide buff is now applied for each Mana Tide Totem on the ground.
    * The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.

    I forgot to check the tooltip after seeing this. What was the stacking effect doing? I'm assuming it was making mana flow like the Nile or something.

    Well if it stacks, and it is like 350% spirit increase for each one....

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  • belligerentbelligerent Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I xfered over to alliance side with about 300g. Just questing alone I made about 4k. I'm waiting until max level to get the 310 speed.

    My problem is that I liked healing before the change, and now I'm worried. I'm not especially talented and I feel like I shouldn't even bother because everything's so tough now.

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  • Mnemon-CorbantisMnemon-Corbantis Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I had no intentions of getting the 310 flying. Just didn't think it was worth the amount of cash for a 30 percent increase.

    That is until I saw how much case I was making in Cataclysm. So I bought it at lvl 83 (as I had already made close to the 4k needed since I was exhaulted with Org). And a little more than a week later I'm back to the same amount of cash I had before I bought the flying.

    One big perk - between 310 flying and the guild movement speed bonus, if I ever find myself in a mining dual with another player I'm usually going to hit the nodes quicker.

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    What if they have the guild buff too?
    What if they're a Paladin?

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  • SammichSammich Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    Makes me wonder if the Vial of the Sands is going to be instant cast or not.

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Phyphor wrote: »
    Well, I have an 85, 82, 81, 71, 2x 68, 61 and two more around 50

    That it? There are several of us in the Altoholic category around here.

    85 druid, 82 shaman, 80 mage, 80 warrior, 80 priest, 80 paladin, 80 Deathknight, 72ish hunter, 64 rogue, 60 warlock.

    My problem is, I hear about something cool and think "oh, I should level that." Like when someone mentioned the rogue smokebomb skill the other day. Then I remembered all the other crap I need to do, skills I wanted to try, specs I wanted to play, professions I want/need to level.

    I need a lottery ticket :P

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  • SammichSammich Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    Makes me wonder if the Vial of the Sands is going to be instant cast or not.

    My alchemist already has the mats for it, just need the pattern(other than the vendor ones) Which i assume only he can find right? and through archaelogy?

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    1) 20k is roughly 25-30 bucks. You're sending people to gold sellers at that point. It is far too cheat for that.
    2) You're not a druid. Not gonna happen. :P
    3) People have no idea how easy it is to get around now, it's sooooo easy. I don't wanna hear shit! lol.
    4) 310% with guild bonus is noticable. 4k is easy to obtain, and worth it.

    Just my .02

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  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Sammich wrote: »
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    Makes me wonder if the Vial of the Sands is going to be instant cast or not.

    My alchemist already has the mats for it, just need the pattern(other than the vendor ones) Which i assume only he can find right? and through archaelogy?

    So I assume. I have most of the mats... except the truegold, which I'm working on by transmuting a bar a day. And digging. Lots and lots of digging.

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    Makes me wonder if the Vial of the Sands is going to be instant cast or not.

    It's not :(

    Nobody on
  • DecomposeyDecomposey Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Nobody wrote: »
    Decomposey wrote: »
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    Makes me wonder if the Vial of the Sands is going to be instant cast or not.

    It's not :(

    Well damn.

    Can we at least herb in dragon-form to stick it to those smug druids?

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited December 2010
    I had 18k gold.

    Then I got sick and tired of farming ore to level engineering and spent close to 3k gold getting engineering maxed: down to 15k gold.

    That was two days ago. Today I was at 16.5k gold.

    So I said "fuck it" and bought the 310% skill.

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  • SammichSammich Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Sammich wrote: »
    You know what i want, and wish they put it out..
    5k gold - reduce mount cast .5 seconds
    20k - instant cast mount

    I want it.. or steps similar to that. Have to buy previous steps to eventually get instant cast mount. Sigh.. the brooms really really spoiled me.. and druids.

    1) 20k is roughly 25-30 bucks. You're sending people to gold sellers at that point. It is far too cheat for that.
    2) You're not a druid. Not gonna happen. :P
    3) People have no idea how easy it is to get around now, it's sooooo easy. I don't wanna hear shit! lol.
    4) 310% with guild bonus is noticable. 4k is easy to obtain, and worth it.

    Just my .02

    1) Ha! id never buy gold, i have more than enough. :D So i dont care if they make it 50k! Id pay it for instant cast mount
    2) I have one, not my main, thats why it makes me miss it sooooo much on my paly
    3) Yea it is, thats not it tho. My main, paly is also my Miner. So re-mounting everytime i see something.. i rather if it was my druid, who is a skinner. Its awesome

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  • Mnemon-CorbantisMnemon-Corbantis Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    What if they have the guild buff too?
    What if they're a Paladin?

    this is why that word "usually" was included in the post.

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    What sort of damage is decent for a warlock in mostly ilevel 333 gear trying to start heroics?
    I can usually pull out 8500-9000 dps, but I don't have any sort of rough idea of what other people are doing.
    Thoughts?

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