Anubis, I went on my warrior and the Furious Gizmatic Goggles do the following:
-60 HP
+30 AP
+0 HIT
+.23 CRIT
That's without a gem, so I may gain a little bit more, but to me... that's not much. Oh they also give like 400 armor, which is nice. Tankatronic are a lot better, but they do lack strength, which I wouldn't mind some, but I can deal with that.
Originally posted by: yuppiejr
Since this is the WoW intro thread figured I'd pop in say hey, my alter-ego is Biggensak; 49 Orc warrior on Tichondrius. I just picked up the habit a couple of months ago and play very casually (1 night a week, usually 3-4 hours max) along with some friends who have been in the game for years and are patiently teaching me the ropes via some alts. In hindsight I'm not sure I picked the easiest class to start playing (the rage mechanic, stance dancing, learning to tank properly, etc..) the game with but so far it's been interesting, particularly on a mature PvP server where getting ganked at the least convenient times is a fact of life. My Fury build is probably painful to the eyes of most experienced warriors but, like I said, learning as I go - a respec is in order once PvP or raiding/instances becomes a major part of my playtime vs solo PVE questing. Right now I'm just trying to break the "click" habit and start using mouse move/keybinds as part of my regular routine.
What's wrong with being a clicker? I beat the hell out of plenty of 'boarders that think they're better because I use my mouse. Fact of the matter is, global cooldowns make clicking efficient in almost every aspect. The only advantage you get by using key bindings is when AoE spells where you have to select the location of effect (Priests with Mass Dispel or Frost Mages with their pet's Frost Nova).
Originally posted by: Anubis
honestly tho locks may be easy to play but are hard as hell to master, kinda like hunters, AFK autoshot your way to 70
Hunter and Priest have to be the easiest to level... I literally walk away from my hunter at times while fighting and I did that quite often on my priest as well.
Originally posted by: Xavier434
Maybe more patterns should require them. I would have to reevaluate the mats and the market to figure that out though. Many of them do already by the way, but they often come from raids.
Why do more patterns
need them? Nethers essentially set the plateau of the player being at a heroic level or higher. Not everyone does or even wants to do heroics.
Originally posted by: Xavier434
That is your choice more than anything. You can always respec or join a casual guild that runs a lot of heroics. I am not saying you are implying that the game should change here but I should state that it really shouldn't change for this reason
I am in guilds that do crap like that. It's also not
MY choice that classes get stuck in certain roles... no one wants a DPS warrior!
Originally posted by: Xavier434
Most of the good feral gear comes from raid pattern drops again, but that doesn't mean you can't buy them because they really do drop much more than any guild needs. Farming gold is easy especially with daily quests. That plus the gear is T5 quality. You need to work for it.
I highly doubt I'll ever spend money on crap like that. All I do is level a character to 70 and never play them again. I should just start selling them or something, at least it'd be more than just having them sit there doing nothing.
Originally posted by: Xavier434
Blizz feels the exact same way you do here. You get your gear by running heroics, crafting, and world drops if you are really lucky. I'm all for giving them descent gear and I believe they have that available right now. However, don't confuse "descent" with "equivalent". It is not supposed to be equivalent to T5. It is easier to get so the quality isn't as good even though it is still excellent gear. Blizz prioritizes the gear's quality based on how hard it is to obtain. Obtaining items that require a team is easier than obtaining them solo. If there is less challenge and less teamwork then the reward is lesser. That is simply how an MMO works. They have to do something which motivates players to spend time completing the most challenging tasks. The only real answer to this problem is that the most challenging tasks provide you with the best rewards.
Meh, I'm just tired of how WoW seems so damn segregated. I was talking with someone at work today and the topic of twinks came up. I mentioned how Twinks ruin PVP for people that are leveling. There's really no point in going up against a twink unless your class is very good against theirs (for example, my 29 hunter kited a 29 rogue twink). Why do they still allow this? Because they want to appease the PVP'ers? Yet this completely ruins the game for levelers that just want to PVP a bit. Just an example of how WoW has a horrible blend of PVP and PVE. Not to mention they tried to separate it even more with the idea of resilience that separates PVP gear from PVE gear. Arena season gear is the real answer to the old problem that PVE gear was always better than PVP gear (because it really was... my priest had the blue set... (PVP1) it was such a piece of shit).
I don't think people should have gear handed to them (although Arena does a pretty damn good job at that as well as PVP), but the game certainly does
not cater to all types of people. I'm too burnt-out to raid anymore (unless I can find some people I truly enjoy to raid with)... I hate all PVP but Arena, yet I need to find someone to actually do that with (or more).
This is why I play by myself... there's no hassle and no retards to bother me. I think I just need to start drinking when I play again .