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[WoW] Legion: Kingdoms are being burnt

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    oh neat, so they actually started giving out the quest before 'launch time?' that's a good idea

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Randomly granting the quest to people over a ten or fifteen minute window either side of the launch window is a great idea.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Fatboss is also noting that at least on EU, aside from temporary Druid area overcrowding, the servers are otherwise unbelievably smooth.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Aegis wrote: »
    Fatboss is also noting that at least on EU, aside from temporary Druid area overcrowding, the servers are otherwise unbelievably smooth.

    Always knew Europe was full of furries.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    saying goodbye


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  • BinnyBinny Whidbey Island, WARegistered User regular
    Haven't played in 6 years. Re-activated my account to see what the expansion will be like and how the game has changed. Excited to get back into it. Anyone else in the same boat?

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    As a us player I imagine given I have to be in bed around midnight I probably won't be legion ing today?

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    midnight PST.

  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    Nobody wrote: »
    Got Windwalker monk to 100

    Oh, there's the rotation and feel I was missing from Ret this time around. Extremely tempted to main WW and Fire mage this time around.

    It's really probably one of the most well done melee classes now.

    I played a lot of SWTOR, and one of the nice things there was that there always was a button to press. Even if you ran out of your class resource there was a weak no cooldown attack that gave you more rage/focus/whatever.

    Right now of the melee style classes (and I consider hunter to be more of a melee style class than a caster) only really marksman and windwalker have this kind of mechanic, and in most other melee classes I have tried there's a significant sit and wait component where you are out of a resource or holding off on using abilites to avoid running out or save up for an ability which makes those rotations seem disjointed to me.

    Your preference really bewilders me. What kind of content are you doing?

    I leveled a shadow priest, thinking that the madness mechanics would be interesting. But it turned out that my hands would ache after a couple of dungeon runs. You're pressing Mindblast, Mind Flay, Void bolt, or another ability what feels like every second. Thirty minutes of that in a dungeon run is exhausting. I remember doing a Mythic dungeon with @Sepah and @Corp.Shephard and like, doing a round of combat while playing a shadow priest feels gave me the same feeling as getting up from doing a set at the gym.

    I really don't understand how someone would find that pleasurable for more than an hour, at most.

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    I look forward to reading about the DDOS woes from my desk at work tomorrow.

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  • OldSlackerOldSlacker Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Just logged off on the EU side, got my Ashbringer and made some way into Stormheim quest line. Only had one disconnect and there seemed to be a bit of an input lag in Dalaran during the intro quests. Other than, smooth launch so far.

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  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Finished leveling my fire mage for legion. All up, it took me 8 days leveling through invasions. Not bad!

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    Binny wrote: »
    Haven't played in 6 years. Re-activated my account to see what the expansion will be like and how the game has changed. Excited to get back into it. Anyone else in the same boat?

    I think I am about to be

    I haven't played in 5 years

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    Man, they have got to do something about profession leveling 1-cap. When the cap was 375 it was fine, but at more than double that we're talking some serious grinding to get it capped off. They keep flirting with catch-up mechanics and even have some for things like Cooking thanks to Pandaria, but for the main professions there seems to be jack all save for the little Darkmoon Faire boosts you can get once a month.

  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    Halfmex wrote: »
    Man, they have got to do something about profession leveling 1-cap. When the cap was 375 it was fine, but at more than double that we're talking some serious grinding to get it capped off. They keep flirting with catch-up mechanics and even have some for things like Cooking thanks to Pandaria, but for the main professions there seems to be jack all save for the little Darkmoon Faire boosts you can get once a month.

    Every single profession in Draenor had items that could be made using Draenor resources starting at lvl 1. I am fairly certain Legion will have something similar.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Halfmex wrote: »
    Man, they have got to do something about profession leveling 1-cap. When the cap was 375 it was fine, but at more than double that we're talking some serious grinding to get it capped off. They keep flirting with catch-up mechanics and even have some for things like Cooking thanks to Pandaria, but for the main professions there seems to be jack all save for the little Darkmoon Faire boosts you can get once a month.

    WoD did add catchup mechanics for all crafting professions, where you can do a simple recipe from 1-600. Also, Legion crafting professions only require level 300 for the quests.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    MuddBudd wrote: »
    Halfmex wrote: »
    Man, they have got to do something about profession leveling 1-cap. When the cap was 375 it was fine, but at more than double that we're talking some serious grinding to get it capped off. They keep flirting with catch-up mechanics and even have some for things like Cooking thanks to Pandaria, but for the main professions there seems to be jack all save for the little Darkmoon Faire boosts you can get once a month.

    Every single profession in Draenor had items that could be made using Draenor resources starting at lvl 1. I am fairly certain Legion will have something similar.

    You'd think that, but I definitely did *not* see any Tailoring ones while I was in beta.

    I assume it's going to be "just make the current stuff to skill up and blow it up later for Obliterium." Or maybe head to Draenor and use the Garrison to skill up off of.

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    uhhh i just did that thing where i started reinstalling this game

    do you guys play Horde on Cho'Gall like the SE++ thread does?

  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    reVerse wrote: »
    Halfmex wrote: »
    Man, they have got to do something about profession leveling 1-cap. When the cap was 375 it was fine, but at more than double that we're talking some serious grinding to get it capped off. They keep flirting with catch-up mechanics and even have some for things like Cooking thanks to Pandaria, but for the main professions there seems to be jack all save for the little Darkmoon Faire boosts you can get once a month.

    WoD did add catchup mechanics for all crafting professions, where you can do a simple recipe from 1-600. Also, Legion crafting professions only require level 300 for the quests.

    I may have missed it in the Legion beta but I didn't see anything like that for the gathering professions at least. It was pretty much one gather per skill point which, at 800 for a cap, is somewhat daunting.

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    for gathering, you just gotta gather

    but I mean, you can go to the new zones and gather there and get new materials for it

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Al_wat wrote: »
    uhhh i just did that thing where i started reinstalling this game

    do you guys play Horde on Cho'Gall like the SE++ thread does?

    we don't play on any one realm. for best results join our collective Discord. Everything important is cross-realm now anyway.

    https://discord.gg/cDx52

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Al_wat wrote: »
    uhhh i just did that thing where i started reinstalling this game

    do you guys play Horde on Cho'Gall like the SE++ thread does?

    this wow thread is much more of a "bunch of randos who talk about wow" thread

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  • DarkMechaDarkMecha The Outer SpaceRegistered User regular
    Binny wrote: »
    Haven't played in 6 years. Re-activated my account to see what the expansion will be like and how the game has changed. Excited to get back into it. Anyone else in the same boat?

    I'm in the same boat too, mostly. Haven't played since like 2012 or so.

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    Wait so you can actually do raids with basically anyone on any server now?

  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    Al_wat wrote: »
    Wait so you can actually do raids with basically anyone on any server now?

    You can do pretty much anything that way, if grouped.

    There might be a few exceptions, but I forget what they are.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Mythic raids.

    That is about it.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Kai_San wrote: »
    Mythic raids.

    That is about it.

    And only temporarily. I think HFC Mythic became cross server in like, March or something. Maybe even earlier.

  • danxdanx Registered User regular
    Druid class hall is kind of awesome. There are these pretty little flowers everywhere in the portal area which react as you move through them.

    The balance quest had some nice call backs to vanilla and while the resto artifact quest was shorter it was pretty nice and funny.
    A pitlord called Destromath comes out the portal. Runetotem tanks him for a bit but then someone cyclones his ass.

    Good times.

  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    Ahahahaha, please be real:
    I can't do the Druid artifact quests because I'm hostile with the Cenarion Circle. Archdruid Hamuul Runetotem won't speak to me. Can you guys turn him into a neutral faction NPC please? I know this is karma for the hours spent murdering Moonglade Guards but this is literally barring me entry from WoW Legion. I'm pretty sad right now. : (

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    Aegis wrote: »
    Ahahahaha, please be real:
    I can't do the Druid artifact quests because I'm hostile with the Cenarion Circle. Archdruid Hamuul Runetotem won't speak to me. Can you guys turn him into a neutral faction NPC please? I know this is karma for the hours spent murdering Moonglade Guards but this is literally barring me entry from WoW Legion. I'm pretty sad right now. : (

    hahahahahahahhaha

    Oh screw that guy. There are only two kinds of pvp that could have happened enough there to anger the guards that much.

    Killing people there for the Lunar Festival.

    Kill lowbie druids teleporting there at lvl 10 to go learn bear form. OTHER DRUIDS, the monster.

    I hope they make him grind it out.

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  • ZundeZunde Registered User regular
    Lady Karma is having a chuckle into her tea.

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    It is a good chuckle and karma at it's best. At the same time, I think Blizzard should probably do something about that.

    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    from a poster in that thread:
    Circle member: My lord, the Druid I spoke of will be arriving shortly
    Hamuul: Good. With the Legion storming our gates, we will have great need of his power. He might just be our last hope to deliver us from damnatio-
    Druarr: Oi, how's it going? Where's my scythe?
    Hamuul: ...
    Druarr: What is it?
    Hamuul: Get out

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    Geez, the new Dalaran ring costs 250,000 g? And the spider mount is 2 million? I know, they aren't necessary, but I'd like to think that I could afford them someday.

    I suppose those prices make sense, with people exploiting the garrison for tons of gold. But it really kinda sucks for people who are coming back.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    eh there's always been a vanity item or two that's dramatically out of reach of your average player's wallet

    it's just hard to remember when a mount that cost 20k was a huge deal, now that we're where we are

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  • WiddershinzWiddershinz Registered User regular
    Yeah, I came back a month ago, never played WoD and the gold inflation is ridiculous. I've got maybe ten thousand across a dozen toons after a month so those prices may as well be infinite.

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  • ZundeZunde Registered User regular
    I have been looking forward to buying my spider for months.

    Going to be amazing until halfway into Legion - Blizzard releases a patch with the Spider riding desert gnomes of middlefingertothefacetopia who offer a fancier better looking spider for 500g and a happy slap on the bum at exalted.

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    Yeah, I came back a month ago, never played WoD and the gold inflation is ridiculous. I've got maybe ten thousand across a dozen toons after a month so those prices may as well be infinite.

    There was some inflation in Guild Wars 1. The developers added such blatant gold sinks as paying to stand in circles on the ground to slowly grind out a title. Also readily available chests with neat stuff in them that could only be opened with rare, expensive keys. Blizzard is marginally more subtle.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Quest just popped for me, here we go!

    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    Whelp, my hope of trying to get the heirloom from the STV pvp chest failed when it was me vs a team of two people who apparently had the same idea. Oh well, I'll never get it now.

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