tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post3540380433127797431..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Because it's easier to target an ultralisk than eleven million zerglingsKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-42607926446047313392011-06-17T19:44:12.143-05:002011-06-17T19:44:12.143-05:00@Sthenno: The disproportionate loot is a problem, ...@Sthenno: The disproportionate loot is a problem, I won't deny that. I wish there was some sort of consistent buffer from gear, so that if you farm to death tier X, you will be a little overgeared for X+1, a little under for X+2, so that with farming you can compensate a bit for a lack of skill (or whatever other problem), but tier X won't boost you up to X+3, as we saw in LK, and a bit in BC as you point out.<br /><br />I tended to blame the jerk. Of course I also use to have the power to back that up, thanks to my favorite tank lie "give me lead so I can mark." Then I'd kick the jerks.<br /><br />It just shows how experiences vary: I found more than a couple of my guilds from meeting them in groups. If that doesn't sound like many, I tended to stick to guilds for a while, so overall I'd guess at least half came from groups.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-80120079264049545152011-06-17T14:55:04.182-05:002011-06-17T14:55:04.182-05:00I think undue powers are attributed to the LFD in ...I think undue powers are attributed to the LFD in terms of ruining the community. I'm pretty sure the big problem was giving out top tier badges for doing heroics. Honestly, I started to feel the impact of that problem in BC. As soon as they started selling BT-level weapons for badges you had a new class of players trying to do heroics: people who really didn't want to be there but felt they had to because of the reward structure. And then those people bred an even newer class of heroic players: people who start thinking they are awesome because they get carried through some heroics by raiders and then talk down to other players who are similar to them in terms of skill and progression when the heroic isn't easy.<br /><br />When some jerk who thinks he's a lot better than he is calls out the lowest dps in the group for making the group fail and then the group fails, people are just as likely to blame the lowest dps as the jerk, when more of the time the jerk is the problem.<br /><br />Of people who were not in my guild, I remember precisely one person I ever met doing a dungeon. While I'm not the most social person out there, I don't feel like being restricted to your server made much of a difference.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-56078048300069619882011-06-15T23:10:55.893-05:002011-06-15T23:10:55.893-05:00I agree completely with what your saying. I rememb...I agree completely with what your saying. I remember back in BC every guild I ever got invited to was thanks to doing dungeons. <br /><br />I also recall it being very easy to pick out the ninja's and trolls and such when forming groups. <br /><br />Also like you say most people were willing to stick around even after a few wipes which hardly ever happens in today's pugs. But I suppose that could be attributed to the difficulty of forming a group.<br /><br />P.S. I'm not sure how many people caught it, but I loved the Monty Python reference there.<br /><br />P.P.S. Long time reader, first time commenter. Love your blog man, keep up the good work.Thorannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-28999825000290031242011-06-15T19:13:13.500-05:002011-06-15T19:13:13.500-05:00I have to agree, that somehow I didn't run int...I have to agree, that somehow I didn't run into the same people much in LK. More so in BC, more so in vanilla. I don't know why.<br /><br />"I think the player who is pulling 2K DPS in an overgeared group of 5K DPS players would not make it onto those players "invite back" lists, even if they are technically a member of those players' server communities."<br />That's actually the point. If you play poorly, people can filter you out. There's less desire to trash talk someone when you can more easily ignore and not invite, and never get forced into a group with them.<br /><br />I wish there was one single, simple problem and solution. Alas, there are the loot problems and the social problems and a thousand other in the middle and none are easy to solve. Though possibly easy to create.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-22117004275058517132011-06-15T18:35:31.749-05:002011-06-15T18:35:31.749-05:00I'm one of relatively few players who actually...I'm one of relatively few players who actually got a lot of use out of the old LFG tool in the patch 3.0 to 3.2 era. I'd sign on, flag myself as looking for Heroic UK, Violet Hold, and whatever the daily was, and I'd go do quests until either someone who was LF1M invited me to a group or Wintergrasp happened. I don't recall ever encountering the same players multiple times, but I suppose there was theoretically some social construct in place because we were all on the same server. <br /><br />That said, the thing that stood out for me was the jump from 3.1 to 3.2, when the daily dungeon quest started handing out Conquest emblems from raid content two tiers above heroics. Before that time, the groups I would meet would be filled with alts and newbies in blue gear who still wanted emblems of honor. After that time, we started to get players with the Algalon kill title who could practically solo the instance. This was what started us down the path where 3K DPS went from unreasonably high to unreasonable low for Heroic dungeon mobs that remained the same. <br /><br />I definitely agree that there is something you lose when your server ties diminish as much as they have. That said, I think the player who is pulling 2K DPS in an overgeared group of 5K DPS players would not make it onto those players "invite back" lists, even if they are technically a member of those players' server communities.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.com