World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Calhoun · 17-10-2014 4:02am

MagicIRL wrote: »

Lads, don't resub just for this patch if you've already played during MoP. It's the exact same thing with about 2 hours of new gloss over it all. Come back in WoD and enjoy a new game.

Didn't see this early, this takes into account folk only doing dailies and stuff which is true but if you open your mind there is loads to do.

I pvp allot so getting an understanding of change to classes is key, soloing old raids is now very doable. Tonight I did firelands 10 man solo, so I can do hc next week for the mount, nexus ,vault of archavon , ulduar 25 man ect . In addition I did some pet hunting to get some rare hydras and other stuff .

So lots to do if you up for it .

Kiith · 17-10-2014 11:05am

I'm enjoying the changes to healing, even at lower levels (lvl50 ish). I actually have to cast spells quickly now, and not just use the odd renew. Also, loving the bonus objectives in repeated runs.

Glebee · 18-10-2014 7:45am

Gave in and resubbed last night. Oh well here goes nothing. Any good servers out there if I reroll???

Vicxas · 18-10-2014 12:34pm

Glebee wrote: »

Gave in and resubbed last night. Oh well here goes nothing. Any good servers out there if I reroll???

Argent dawn is one of the most populated servers. I quite like it

MagicIRL · 18-10-2014 12:47pm

Come to Tarren Mill.

Levelling a rogue at the moment. Very enjoyable as combat.

killanena · 21-10-2014 1:57pm

I rolled a druid for WOD, at 90 now and very sorry with my choice of class. Don't like any spec, I used to love resto but its a bit boring now tbh.
I also used my pre-order boost on a shaman, I just about like ele but I hate resto and ench

I think ill roll a paladin again for old times sake, my first and by far my favourite class sense vanilla.
Feels like the hardest choice of my life xD

Hesthea · 21-10-2014 7:48pm

killanena wrote: »

I rolled a druid for WOD, at 90 now and very sorry with my choice of class. Don't like any spec, I used to love resto but its a bit boring now tbh.
I also used my pre-order boost on a shaman, I just about like ele but I hate resto and ench

I think ill roll a paladin again for old times sake, my first and by far my favourite class sense vanilla.
Feels like the hardest choice of my life xD

I know your pain!
That's why i decided to stick with my pala and priest to avoid incoming headaches xD

shruikan2553 · 25-10-2014 12:00am

If you look under referals and rewards you should all have 7 days free availble if you arent currently subbed.

Kiith · 26-10-2014 6:15pm

85-90 seems way faster since 6.0 hit. Got my Rogue from 85 to nearly 89 in a few hours today (granted, im on rested, but still)

Hesthea · 27-10-2014 11:37am

Kiith wrote: »

85-90 seems way faster since 6.0 hit. Got my Rogue from 85 to nearly 89 in a few hours today (granted, im on rested, but still)

It is way faster. Lvled my priest and pala in no time by doing quests and dungeons.

Still have the boost in case i decide to roll something new,

I'm on LS at the moment.

Kiith · 28-10-2014 5:22pm

I spent all day doing some of the old raids i never got around to. Mount Hyjal was brilliant, and i'd love to have gotten through it with a group when it had been released. Kind of hilarious killing Archimonde in about 5 seconds with a solo Rogue right now though

Can't manage Blackwing Lair though. Razorgore just dies too quickly now, and apparently it's not really soloable since 6.0

Dcully · 28-10-2014 5:56pm

Yeah the old raids are great for transmogs,im kinda addicted to transmogs at this stage.

Glebee · 28-10-2014 6:52pm

Kiith wrote: »

I soent all day doing some of the old raids i never got around to. Mount Hyjal was brilliant, and i'd love to have gotten through it with a group when it had been released. Kind of hilarious killing Archimonde in about 5 seconds with a solo Rogue right now though

Can't manage Blackwing Lair though. Razorgore just dies too quickly now, and apparently it's not really soloable since 6.0

Snap, being doing the exact same thing. Going back over old content that I missed on my Rogue..

My first character in wow was a human warrir which I brough to about 70 till I stopped him for some reason. Think I might reroll one..

Calhoun · 28-10-2014 7:30pm

Kiith wrote: »

I soent all day doing some of the old raids i never got around to. Mount Hyjal was brilliant, and i'd love to have gotten through it with a group when it had been released. Kind of hilarious killing Archimonde in about 5 seconds with a solo Rogue right now though

Can't manage Blackwing Lair though. Razorgore just dies too quickly now, and apparently it's not really soloable since 6.0

His HP is getting a buff, if you look at MMO champion they have an update on it.

Canis Lupus · 28-10-2014 10:08pm

killanena wrote: »

I rolled a druid for WOD, at 90 now and very sorry with my choice of class. Don't like any spec, I used to love resto but its a bit boring now tbh.
I also used my pre-order boost on a shaman, I just about like ele but I hate resto and ench

I think ill roll a paladin again for old times sake, my first and by far my favourite class sense vanilla.
Feels like the hardest choice of my life xD

What's resto like post 6.00 patch? I was reading a thread in the forums the other day that healing has become really difficult ie even keeping tanks alive on trash mobs is hard however I don't know how much of that is just whining because healing might no longer be afk button pressing or if there is a genuine problem.

I only ask because I was planning on returning and I used to do resto healing as a relaxing passtime :P

Calhoun · 28-10-2014 11:18pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

What's resto like post 6.00 patch? I was reading a thread in the forums the other day that healing has become really difficult ie even keeping tanks alive on trash mobs is hard however I don't know how much of that is just whining because healing might no longer be afk button pressing or if there is a genuine problem.

I only ask because I was planning on returning and I used to do resto healing as a relaxing passtime :P

Someone is lying, damaged is so messed at the moment things have never been easier.

You can do a HC (old normal) kill on garrosh in a very short period of time. UBRS is quite simple the only problem is undergeared or boosted 90 tanks not knowing what to do.

Dont get me wrong it is getting harder but not too hard.

Canis Lupus · 29-10-2014 6:27am

That's good cos I like to do some casual resto bidness. I've never been a hardcore endgame grinder so was a bit worried they had tinkered and ruined it.

Kiith · 29-10-2014 10:22am

I can only comment on low level healing, but my lvl55 priest is finding it much tougher to heal. It's not hard, it's just not the 1 click renew spam that it used to be. And that's a good thing.

MagicIRL · 29-10-2014 7:31pm

Healing now, in full tier gear etc. is very easy.

Healing in the beta is another story. Think back to Cataclysm dungeons. There'll be a lot of dying and wiping going on in dungeons until people start to get the gear together.

All in all I would say that the difficulty of each role has remained the same, but the effort the player must put in to paying attention to fight mechanics has gone up dramatically. 9/10 it's going to be someone making a mistake on a fight that will result in death, not a player unable to heal.

Calhoun · 29-10-2014 8:59pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

Healing now, in full tier gear etc. is very easy.

Healing in the beta is another story. Think back to Cataclysm dungeons. There'll be a lot of dying and wiping going on in dungeons until people start to get the gear together.

All in all I would say that the difficulty of each role has remained the same, but the effort the player must put in to paying attention to fight mechanics has gone up dramatically. 9/10 it's going to be someone making a mistake on a fight that will result in death, not a player unable to heal.

Well to be fair the MOP dungeons when they first came out were hardish as in you had to pay attention. The difference was they never scaled them with the gear levels and they became meaningless.

KGLady · 03-11-2014 12:20pm

In terms of lvl90 healing I've two disco priests (obsessive I know, but ones is alliance and one horde, and I adore the mitigation and dmg/heal mechanics) and a healadin all at 90, and I have to work a little harder on the less geared one, but its still daftly easy as the only restriction currently is how fast you can get the heals cast. Regen is not even slightly an issue at all.

The only issues I've had were on a Heroic (aka the new normal) Garrosh kill with tank deaths due to poor tanking skills, and similarly poorly performing tanks in the new Blackrock Spire. I've healed my mates boosted 90 tank in there and it was fine, but then he's a career tank so he plays the **** out of a prot warrior regardless of gear :P Other issue is random group dps standing in bad stuff and then balling me out when they die, esp boss 2 & 3 in there, but thats an error behind the keyboard and not on me

Same for Ordos, some folk dont seem to realise that they can't stand in the fire and yell at the healers to plough through the dmg anymore.

So yeah healing is imo in a daftly easy place - providing you are not being expected to heal 'Stupid'.

Kiith · 06-11-2014 1:00pm

So, anyone have any good tips for making a bit of gold before WoD next week? Should i just finish off the questing zones in MoP, or would i be better off farming? I'd like to get around 20k before it launches, as it apparently costs around 13k just to max out your Garrisons.

Kiith · 06-11-2014 1:42pm

Also, will WoD go live at midnight on Wednesday night/Thursday morning?

MagicIRL · 06-11-2014 1:49pm

Kiith wrote: »

So, anyone have any good tips for making a bit of gold before WoD next week? Should i just finish off the questing zones in MoP, or would i be better off farming? I'd like to get around 20k before it launches, as it apparently costs around 13k just to max out your Garrisons.

You will rake in money during WoD. Everything has moved from Justice points to gold now, so they've boosted the amount you make at 100 to compensate.

killanena · 06-11-2014 2:23pm

Does anyone know if the price for a boost to level 90 will drop at WOD release? I got accepted to a decent raiding guild on another server and have 2 friends in it I used to play with during WOTLK but the cost of race change + server transfer is only a 5'er less the a boost at the moment and would prefer to play a different class.

Calhoun · 06-11-2014 2:27pm

They have already done their discounts on char moves and transfers ect, they did not include the level 90 boost in that.

They could do it but my thinking is that as the game will be at its most populated at launch and many folk will return, you will have more that want to use it or have the free one already. So why discount a revenue stream at the peak of when people will use it.

I think you may have demand working against you.

killanena · 06-11-2014 2:32pm

Yeah I thought that but my other line of thought was 1-90 isn't a level cap boost anymore so why should it cost as much?

Was that a recent addition or available throughout MOP?

Calhoun · 06-11-2014 2:36pm

killanena wrote: »

Yeah I thought that but my other line of thought was 1-90 isn't a level cap boost anymore so why should it cost as much?
Was that a recent addition or available throughout MOP?

It only came out i think in 5.4, so it not been available for the whole of MOP but maybe the past 6 months or so (could be longer).

Your line of thinking would differ from blizzards, the level 90 boost was never supposed to be a cap boost it was was a catchup boost for newer players as level 1-100 is daunting. They have put in place new starter content for level 90's to get them up to speed.

Did you not get one when you upgraded to WOD everyone got one.

killanena · 06-11-2014 3:03pm

I did and used it before I was invited to the guild I mentioned on another server and opposite faction so Im trying to decent between a realm and faction change or just boost a new character.

I also don't have anything worth bring over in a server swap because its a fresh new account.

Calhoun · 06-11-2014 3:14pm

killanena wrote: »

I did and used it before I was invited to the guild I mentioned on another server and opposite faction so Im trying to decent between a realm and faction change or just boost a new character.

I also don't have anything worth bring over in a server swap because its a fresh new account.

Really it's a question of what you have done on the char and if you want to play something else.

If you op it allot of time in are you willing to start over.

shockwave · 06-11-2014 7:56pm

Kiith wrote: »

Also, will WoD go live at midnight on Wednesday night/Thursday morning?

Usually goes live at midnight, theres always a massive scramble for the starting quests

TheDoc · 07-11-2014 2:51pm

shockwave wrote: »

Usually goes live at midnight, theres always a massive scramble for the starting quests

Yup its launching midnight respectively for each time zone.

As with MOP the servers will have a light restart, potentially not even required and will then go straight away. I remember with MOP the quest just appeared and I lashed through starting quests to get ahead, had no downtime.

If you have digital copy WOD is basically ready to go now, so launch night, you will get the starting quest pop up at 12:01 or there will be a light restart. I think they are aiming for it to go live on the fly, which would be great.

I've a log full of dailies to hand in, gain rake loads of xp, then skip starting quests to get ahead of the mob

MagicIRL · 07-11-2014 3:09pm

I'm not looking forward to my garrison and all that comes with it. Feel complete 'meh' about it as a feature, just like Pet battles.

Calhoun · 07-11-2014 3:32pm

The garrison is one of the things i am so looking forward to, its like the farm which helped you out and you could enhance your piece of the world. The pet battles were just another form of competitive play this is a little different, i cant wait.

Like if you look at all major MMO's they all have player bases. In WoW you can do as little or as much as you want with them.

MagicIRL · 07-11-2014 3:52pm

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2lhxw2/pc_gamer_we_are_both_quite_confident_from_our/

HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Kiith · 07-11-2014 4:02pm

Warcraft 4? Warcraft 1-3 with updated visuals and cinematics? God i'd love that.

Will be interesting to see what it is.

TheDoc · 07-11-2014 5:12pm

TBH all I want from Blizzcon is a date for WC3 being added to the launcher. Was confirmed as a project within blizzard near competion, where WC3 and Frozen throne would be added to the launcher, to play on Windows 7 based systems with upgrades res'

Warcraft 4 would be pretty awesome though. I played Warcraft before Starcraft, so could never get into SC properly. SC2 was good but required to much time investment and is all about the macro up until high level of solo. Warcraft was all about the micro and imo more skillfull (contraversial)

MagicIRL · 07-11-2014 5:25pm

Ah yes, the patented Blizzard "Soon TM"

Dermighty · 08-11-2014 7:50pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

Ah yes, the patented Blizzard "Soon TM"

Actually belongs to CCP who made EvE Online, they invented soon™

Kiith · 10-11-2014 12:08pm

So instead of grinding gold, I just levelled my Hunter from 75 to 90 over the weekend. Bloody hell you can level quick when you get stuck into questing. Also made around 8k, so have a small sum now to keep me going.

Now to grind out some skins over the week to get to max leatherworking.

Vicxas · 10-11-2014 6:15pm

Anyone know if WOD is live at midnight tomorrow night?

colinmac · 10-11-2014 6:22pm

Based on the information that has been provided on forums and the official release date notes, WoD Should go live at 00:00 Central European Time (CET) on Thursday 13th November

In Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland WoD should become active at 00:00 CET 13th November (Midnight between the 12th - 13th)

In UK, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Faroe Islands and Canary Islands WoD should become active at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday the 12th November as these places are CET-1

In Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia - Kaliningrad, Turkey, Ukraine WoD will become active at 01:00 EET on Thursday 13th November as these places are CET+1

nix · 11-11-2014 4:29pm

so its 23:00 tomorrow?

****, i was hoping it would be live at midnight tonight >=(

Kiith · 11-11-2014 4:41pm

Yeah, 11pm tomorrow. Might get an hour or two in once it launches, but will have to wait till Friday night to play anymore.

Vicxas · 11-11-2014 4:45pm

Luckily I'm on bottle watch for my newborn tomorrow night so ill be up anyway

MagicIRL · 11-11-2014 9:41pm

Planning to try boss a few levels at launch, sleep and tackle it Thursday morning.

jabberwock · 11-11-2014 9:56pm

Changed around my work to get finished at 9am. I play US so 8am release for them.
Get stuck in and crash some time on Sunday!!

Kiith · 12-11-2014 1:30pm

Where does the starter quest begin? It's with Khadgar somewhere, right?

Vicxas · 12-11-2014 2:22pm

Kiith wrote: »

Where does the starter quest begin? It's with Khadgar somewhere, right?

You'll probably get a popup quest to send you to the blasted lands.

Anyone else excited?

PropJoe10 · 12-11-2014 2:24pm

Vicxas wrote: »

You'll probably get a popup quest to send you to the blasted lands.

Anyone else excited?

Yeah! Its seems like a lifetime ago since MoP launched. Its been a decent expansion but ran its course a long time ago. Was 5.4 for about a year!

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