tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post3660710823706477264..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Can we have long instances again?Klepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-43861952065526803832009-12-23T05:05:40.058-06:002009-12-23T05:05:40.058-06:00Sometimes I miss the old days of long instances. ...Sometimes I miss the old days of long instances. Blackrock Depths comes immediately to mind. I have very fond memories of running that place with friends and guild mates, spending hours roaming around killing every dwarf in sight. I miss it.<br /><br />But then I remember running it with PuGs. I hated it when we'd get two hours or so in and one dps or the healer bailed because of [insert lame reason here] and the rest of the group would basically disband. It felt like I had wasted the previous two hours.<br /><br />So I'm torn. I miss the long instances, but PuGing them can make them endlessly painful. But the new LFG feature might make that much less painful. Something to think about anyway.Thistlefizzhttp://www.thecrankyoldgnome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-45632216889236277862009-12-14T11:58:48.519-06:002009-12-14T11:58:48.519-06:00@Kiryn: I think it's the lower XP that people ...@Kiryn: I think it's the lower XP that people care about more. But gear would help!Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-39136319504183184962009-12-13T16:46:54.534-06:002009-12-13T16:46:54.534-06:00I really hope that when they re-itemize everything...I really hope that when they re-itemize everything in Cataclysm, they change the loot in the previously endgame 5-mans to be worth running while leveling, so that they aren't ignored entirely.<br /><br />I would love to be playing on my level 58 whatever and queue for a group for Scholomance, and get gear that's approximately equivalent to the gear I could get in Ramparts.<br /><br />I think it's been long enough that people aren't sick of these places any more, and splitting people up between multiple different dungeons isn't as much of an issue when you have the new LFG system.<br /><br />I'll actually be rather disappointed if they don't do this =(Kirynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868901474885427449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-84579180551956330652009-12-13T13:45:34.529-06:002009-12-13T13:45:34.529-06:00@kaozz: I pugged those back in the day, didn't...@kaozz: I pugged those back in the day, didn't mind it. But maybe things were different back then.<br /><br />@Shintar: I guess it could go either way.<br /><br />@Green Armadillo: I hope to see something between the super-short instances and raids.<br /><br />@Ateve: Ever since BC, yea.<br /><br />@Stabs: I can barely play alts, let alone entire other games.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-40009672631337585802009-12-13T13:07:39.633-06:002009-12-13T13:07:39.633-06:00Someone mentioned that they did a full BRD run as ...Someone mentioned that they did a full BRD run as tank on one of the other blogs.<br /><br />The healer stuck with the group, the dps came and went but were effortless to replace.<br /><br />So if you play an alt you'll be able to do tons of instancing.<br /><br />Alternatively start DDO. It's free and while instances start out as 5 minutes long they become increasingly complex and long as you progress.<br /><br />It really is worth a look if you like instancing.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-85457878722817622772009-12-13T12:49:41.163-06:002009-12-13T12:49:41.163-06:00Well, the new instances is really one instance bro...Well, the new instances is really one instance broken up into small digestable peices.<br /><br />What I miss from the longer vanilla instances were the choices.<br /><br />Scholo had bosses that you could easily skip if you didnt want to clear up to (and some that you needed to do specific questlines to be able to summon). Strath was 2 instances in one. LBRS/BRD were filled with options.<br /><br />Current instances are too linear imho.Atevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-3953267519234911692009-12-13T12:47:56.138-06:002009-12-13T12:47:56.138-06:00The new Icecrown 5-mans appear to be designed with...The new Icecrown 5-mans appear to be designed with this in mind - you can zone directly from one dungeon into the next and on to the third without breaking up your cross-server group. It's not perfect, since the gang has to agree to stay together, but I think that's probably as close as you're going to get. It doesn't make sense to make longer 5-mans that can't be completed by random groups, when people who can make the longer commitments are probably raiding rather than doing 5-mans.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-64454486126515867322009-12-13T11:33:56.570-06:002009-12-13T11:33:56.570-06:00I don't see instances becoming longer again. W...I don't see instances becoming longer again. With the old world instances, they took a fair amount of time to put a run together but then you also got a decent-length instance run out of it. With dungeons becoming shorter and shorter in WOTLK, you started to wonder why you even bothered for 20 minutes to form a group for an instance that takes less time than that to complete. Now, with zero preparation time and effort involved from the instance runners, I think they'll only use that as an excuse to make instances even shorter if anything.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-50607724994717920922009-12-13T09:13:50.567-06:002009-12-13T09:13:50.567-06:00I don't know if I could deal with some of thes...I don't know if I could deal with some of these pug people for long periods of time LOL. <br /><br />I do miss those old BRS, Strat, Scholo runs. Those days were so much more laid back.kaozzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058067791146704803noreply@blogger.com