tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post5197552349686054624..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Blizzard is a Bad ButcherKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-27949674295188153022012-09-07T07:13:36.235-05:002012-09-07T07:13:36.235-05:00For a while now I've been of the opinion that ...For a while now I've been of the opinion that Blizzard should turn Blackrock Depths into a regular questing zone, since it's really not a good fit for the modern game – as you said, groups either blitz through to the 'last' boss (particularly in Detention), or, more rarely, spend hours killing everything.<br /><br />Besides, the instance as it is now is really anachronistic, what with Moira being at the end etc. It doesn't fit with the current lore at all.caerphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126464462656422279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-43308879628398713682012-09-04T09:49:20.843-05:002012-09-04T09:49:20.843-05:00@Ngita: The random loot does get weird around the ...@Ngita: The random loot does get weird around the transitions, such as around level 40 as you mention. In Outland it doesn't seem to have kept up with the gear inflation, so the random loot is even less useful than usual, though it is a nice source of large brilliant shards.<br /><br />@vlad: I haven't tested since 5.0, but the Stratholme main entrance side still has the functioning mailboxes and will summon the boss on the third. I have personally gotten the pants on my mage.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-75553185083694874572012-09-04T06:08:13.339-05:002012-09-04T06:08:13.339-05:00Is it still possible to get the Postmaster set? I ...Is it still possible to get the Postmaster set? I had it on a Paladin that I deleted a couple of years ago. I regret losing that outfit now, but it was kind of useless except for 'RP'.<br /><br />Battle for Undercity - while I liked the idea, the actual event was horribly buggy. Just getting it started was a major pita sometimes, and it was easy to get attacked by mobs with 10 times your hit points and get no help from your own side, leading to your inevitable death. *vlad*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-18911180108369076272012-09-02T17:56:20.094-05:002012-09-02T17:56:20.094-05:00I have seen a couple of posts complaining about SM...I have seen a couple of posts complaining about SM plate, as a priest that was created back in vanilla the gear I was getting was pretty much awesome. No rings/jewellery at all and i was getting blues my level.<br /><br />On the other hand I took a hunter of the same vintage into dire maul and as a level 40 hunter getting strength mail and a strength/parry bow quest reward made me sad.<br />Ngitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526961657299848611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-41823707499938948072012-08-31T18:03:45.279-05:002012-08-31T18:03:45.279-05:00@NetherLands: I was referring to the Cataclysm cha...@NetherLands: I was referring to the Cataclysm changes. For completeness I could have included Naxxramas from vanilla to LK, which I thought worked fairly well with few changes (despite the strange feeling of the hardest raid becoming the intro).<br /><br />Anonymous: The strangest thing is that there's not even much of a rush given the long time between expansions and raid additions.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-56521859498577134232012-08-31T12:37:51.345-05:002012-08-31T12:37:51.345-05:00Blizzard's problem is this. They quite rightl...Blizzard's problem is this. They quite rightly develop expansion content to be interesting and meaty so that you have a compelling leveling experience instead of blowing through it in a day. The dungeons you mention in vanilla. Outland in TBC. Northrend in Wrath. Cata zones in... Cata.<br /><br />But then a new xpac rolls around and that robust leveling path is now in the way of getting to the new, shiny, compelling zones. So, the devs are in the position of redesigning complex content to be faster and simpler but still coherent for people who are going to spend 25% of the time/attention that it originally got when new. Sometimes they do OK and sometimes they fail but it inevitably feels shallow and lacking in comparison to the way it was originally designed.<br /><br />It's a shame but Blizzard wastes an enormous amount of content trying to get people to the end game of the latest xpac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-66510285679414383522012-08-31T12:14:10.397-05:002012-08-31T12:14:10.397-05:00Perhaps I'm being dense here, but did they cha...Perhaps I'm being dense here, but did they change Dire Maul yet again, or are you talking about the Cata changes :/?<br /><br />I can see the butchered SM Instances being considered too long when they will be changed into Heroics, funnily enough the original wings (except perhaps Library) were probably more suitable. <br /><br />It's also totally annoying that they drop Strength Plate and Agility Mail in a 'progressed, brought to the times, blah-di-blah' level 28-30 Instance, if Heavy Armor Classes still benefittted Dodge-wise from Agility it might be slightly defensible (as the Gera would still be usefull to Tanks) but now basically Heavy Armor Tanks and DPS gets gimped with Drops (no meanigful Strength Gear).<br /><br />Frankly, they should just have added another wing or - bette ryet - opened up a new Instance in the Alterac/Arathi area, it has quite a lot of now-empty real estate.NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.com