tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post5418140452369215139..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Self-interest and balanceKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-1753338127224867632009-06-19T18:50:11.434-05:002009-06-19T18:50:11.434-05:00Dire Maul is the place you want to be my friend. ...Dire Maul is the place you want to be my friend. The repeatable "Free Knot" quest not only grants you +350 rep with all four cartels at once, but also does nothing to damage your Bloodsail rep.<br /><br />Go to Dire Maul and kill the ogres until you find the Gordok shackle key (it drops off any orge but most frequently off of a boss). Once you have it run straight to Knot, tell him you found the key, release him, kill any remaining bosses and/or ogres on your way out (once you use the key, another can drop for you in the same run), then reset and repeat.<br /><br />You'll be fishing in Booty Bay again in no time.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317192114528466408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-14114476747174585292009-01-20T05:40:00.000-06:002009-01-20T05:40:00.000-06:00I'm pretty sure that the most prominent cause of t...I'm pretty sure that the most prominent cause of this change was the Hydraxian faction, which was extremely difficult to max if you weren't already exalted from level 60, due to the week-long lockout in Molten Core. That said, I think Blizzard likes the idea of lowering the bar on a number of other cosmetic achievements, including the BC dungeon reps, the Timbermaw (and, to a lesser extent, Kurenei and Sporeaggar), etc. <BR/><BR/>One other annoying issue was that diminished rep gain hosed your reputation with the other faction of centaurs in Desolace - you still LOST the same amount of rep you would have if you'd been the right level, but you only gained a fraction of the rep. I no longer NEED to repair my faction with the other side due to the changes to Loremaster of Kalimdor, but it's a bit irritating that I'm buried more than halfway through hated, where I would have been a lot closer to reparable had this change been in the game to begin with. (As always with reputation changes, there is no way to compensate players for things they did back when reps were set up in a less favorable manner.) <BR/><BR/>As to the Bloodsails, I respect you for accepting the consequence of your choices. It seems that most of your fellow Admirals feel that Blizzard can never again add any content to the game without first checking to see whether certain players would have problems accessing it due to a voluntary and reversible choice to go KOS with four major towns in Azeroth. Under the circumstances, I was shocked that Blizzard went so far as to add a title for the faction (why encourage MORE players to go into this boat?), much less further expansion of Bloodsail content. But hey, like I said, I was already wrong on the title. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I'd imagine you already knew this, but there is supposedly a repeatable quest in Dire Maul that might be able to help you if you find yourself just shy of a rep level.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.com