tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post8586162127345547323..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Why do instances give XP?Klepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-13430679478289408822010-12-02T20:23:01.836-06:002010-12-02T20:23:01.836-06:00May I add you as a reference if I apply for a job ...May I add you as a reference if I apply for a job at Blizzard?<br />Skills: "Knows how to lie about being a Blizzard employee"Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-85014989784454639302010-12-02T02:02:24.276-06:002010-12-02T02:02:24.276-06:00That is what ANY undercover Blizzard employee blog...That is what ANY undercover Blizzard employee blogging, would say!Dwismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332850111235993334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-23682619920771989302010-12-01T10:33:14.834-06:002010-12-01T10:33:14.834-06:00"It scares me, and at the same time comforts ..."It scares me, and at the same time comforts me, that Klep holds this amount of sway with Blizzard."<br />Sadly, I can't say that nerfing the quests was my idea. I was just part of the collective whining.<br /><br />My first response was a joke about my meeting with GC and wondering why he was involved with XP and him getting mad, but my iPod ate it and people got confused the last time I joked that I worked at Blizzard. I don't work at Blizzard, sadly.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-39996701080268152982010-12-01T04:07:51.389-06:002010-12-01T04:07:51.389-06:00It scares me, and at the same time comforts me, th...It scares me, and at the same time comforts me, that Klep holds this amount of sway with Blizzard.Dwismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332850111235993334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-16760029618254681482010-11-30T21:15:34.877-06:002010-11-30T21:15:34.877-06:00Good news, everyone! A wild blue appears!
http://...Good news, everyone! A wild blue appears!<br /><br />http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1127159591Glyph, the Architecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770027239906401274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-7873888663368644522010-11-30T14:12:59.611-06:002010-11-30T14:12:59.611-06:00When Wrath came out I levelled 70-80 completely in...When Wrath came out I levelled 70-80 completely in instances with a group of friends. I did the same thing later on with a group of alts from 20-60. It was a boatload of fun, much more than I ever would have gotten through questing. I'm not sure if I would have bought Wrath, much less played it for as long as I did, if I had been forced to level using quests.<br /><br />For me, group content is what the game is about and instances provide that. Every time I'm forced into solo content (and quests are essentially that) I get annoyed. <br /><br />Yeah I could still do instances without XP, but I would have to quest a lot as well.scrusihttp://procrastinationamplification.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-47918817234579114842010-11-30T11:41:44.958-06:002010-11-30T11:41:44.958-06:00To answer the question, yes, I, a devout soloist, ...To answer the question, yes, I, a devout soloist, would run instances at least a couple of times just because they really can be fun to do when I'm in the right mood. If they didn't grant XP or even loot, I'd still play them.<br /><br />Then again, loot and XP are just means to an end for me. They only matter because they facilitate my exploration. They aren't the point of playing.Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-85229830043201096382010-11-30T10:33:41.364-06:002010-11-30T10:33:41.364-06:00@Dwism: Questing would be faster now that it has b...@Dwism: Questing would be faster now that it has been streamlined so much. But the general point remains that we're perfectly willing to level in non-optimal ways.<br /><br />@Anonymous and Anonymous: Turning off XP is a nice option, but it's pretty awful game design if players need to actively turn off leveling (which is what turning off XP would do) just to not get thrown off the rails. To some degree there is self-correction in leveling, that players who become too high get less XP from kills and therefore slow down, but when the majority of the mobs I fight are green (meaning that this correction is constantly going) and I'm praying to not level up and get greyed out of a desired instance, something is wrong.<br /><br />@Shintar: Questing may be too fast as well, but with the huge rewards for instances, they seem like the greatest XP outlier. By that I mean they give so much, adding XP on top is a bit out there.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-87272751909249765612010-11-30T10:20:22.056-06:002010-11-30T10:20:22.056-06:00I would run instances without XP, but then I'm...I would run instances without XP, but then I'm an instance-a-holic. I just wish they would reduce experience gains across the board, at least a little.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-54209532534817860432010-11-30T09:29:30.117-06:002010-11-30T09:29:30.117-06:00You can always turn off XP once you enter the inst...You can always turn off XP once you enter the instance...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-45493123972483072452010-11-30T07:33:23.039-06:002010-11-30T07:33:23.039-06:00I aggree totally with you. Starting a Priest Gnome...I aggree totally with you. Starting a Priest Gnome last Wednesday, everything went well and fast in the quest lines until I reached lvl 15. I started to LFG and entered my first dungeons. Having all the quests available inside the instance is also a huge boost in xp. But today, at lvl 38, I just finish questing Arathi Highlands...hitting grey mobs. <br />I know I could skip some areas and jump directly to higher lvl areas but Blizzard put such energy in revamping the old quests that : 1) It would be spitting on their work<br />2) Not enjoying as much the storyline of wow.<br />Decreasing significantly the xp in instances could be a great solution or maybe like in BG, having the choice to turn off xp in instances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-21792454241379982232010-11-30T07:21:31.972-06:002010-11-30T07:21:31.972-06:00I do not believe in the premise that mob-grinding ...I do not believe in the premise that mob-grinding is faster than (planned out) questing. I am pretty sure that James leveling guides proved just that. And especially in 4.03a where quests are so fast, and award so much xp. <br /><br />Aside from that, it is an interesting idea, considering that you can outlevel your current position in the leveling a-b-c-d-go-here-then-here progression that leveling is, now. on my low-level toon, I've skipped queueing for dungeons because they gave xp, and would skew my leveling progression.Dwismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332850111235993334noreply@blogger.com