07/27/2016: Pre-Patch Thoughts...
Players have noticed that their beloved class that they play have been butchered and changed; you know, the usual bullshit the company goes through with every patch or so.
It'll either render a class unplayable or unappealing, but I suppose it is a way for them to force players to play other classes that are not as popular or as played.
It is what it is. But I've been able to adapt to the most inane changes so far. Why stop there. But I'll have to say, if a class has been pruned to the point where it has become
unviable, there is no point in playing it.
Frost Mage - removed blazing speed, frostfire bolt (w/ flurry), deep freeze, 1 charge of ice nova (probably with some damage nerfs), added new talents such as ray of frost, re-added frost nova (not the same shatter combo however),
among other. Shadow Priest - Insanity replaces Shadow orbs, new spells such as void eruption/bolt, removed psychic horror and void tendrils (only forms of cc gone), removed angelic feather (w/ shield that gives some speed boost)
Mind Spike/Mind Blast re-worked, among others. Warlock - leaning towards Demonology/Affliction.
I suppose the period between now and when Legion arrives gives players time to re-learn their classes with all these changes.
Alright, the new Transmog system is certainly a welcome addition.
07/17/2016: Pre-Patch and Countdown to Legion...
With the Pre-Patch arriving on the 19th, it isn't much of a content patch but rather just some updates to prepare for the expansion.
The demon event is not going to happen until mid-August, but that's still a few weeks of waiting. As for simplifying the UI and other bullshit changes (or none thereof) in class/race,
that should be another entire rant heh.
I'll probably most likely put up the new web page when the demon event happens.
Although I'll probably be able to complete 'Glory Of The Draenor' achievements solo at 110, it has not been as convenient or easy in group finder because practically no one (at least when I log in)
has been interested in doing achievements. Either that, it takes hours to form a group which I don't time anymore. Well, 110 it is then.
05/29/2016:
I've never agreed with nor supported anything RNG related in game, but it is what it is. Skilled players that have worked hard for their wins or accomplishments should
be continued to be justly rewarded with purchasing gear of choice rather than having fate decide whether the player should get gear or not. Or the same, useless gear roll after roll after roll..
But in "Legion", I suppose they said that PvP gear is going to be removed anyway with a new system where gear is not going to matter but ultimately skill. In that case, they better make sure to
balance class and buff/nerfs abilities correctly or the imbalances from WoD is going to continue.
In a way, the new system of prestige levels instead of gear could backfire or could work. Although the focus for a player would change in terms of what they want to accomplish (accumulating gear or achievements),
it is a subtle and conniving way to keep players from unsubscribing from boredom after they have achieved everything they could by removing the need to purchase gear. Whatever, this seems more of an incentive
for players to quit.
04/18/2016: Legion To Arrive August 30th
The next expansion of the WoW series called "Legion" is set to arrive on 08/30/2016. That's the entire summer of waiting, folks heh.
I'm personally curious to check out the content and the leveling from 100-110, but with all the changes to classes and abilities it's never going to be as it was.
In the meantime, what to do? I could possibly level and master all the classes as there seems to be plenty of time until then. The characters I have is enough.
I'll create a "Legion" web page as it approaches (while archiving this one), and possibly another angry fat guy screenshot for it heh.
04/03/2016:
Oh yeah, 250K hk's finally for the "Bloodthirsty" title. I play bg's sparingly, so it took awhile but I always go for the objectives and the win rather than
farming hk's; which was the reason it took awhile. It's even more satisfying that most of the hk's happened during winning random bg's, which is
a rare occurrance during WoD because of faction imbalance and transfers. In other words, I got most of the kills during WOTLK through MoP. Grinded
out the last 10K however in Ashran and bg's.
I've been completely against ability pruning, but it is what it is. But, there are usually some unused abilities or spells that could be removed. As far as nerfing and buffing classes, it's become a bad habit
that the company can't seem to make up its mind on what works and what doesn't. Although I can usually make the most of it, the downside to this is that nerfing certain classes make them undesirable
in terms of competitive play. Of course, a skilled player can make up for that but it'll take a bit longer to land kills though. Something which might not sit well with certain comps.
One of my final thoughts for the day. With subscribers decreasing, I wouldn't be surprised if "Legion" was the final expansion.
Faction pride!
01/16/2016:
It's going to be another long wait until Legion arrives, and the usual conundrum of 'what is there to do' lingers in a lot of players
who have already accomplished or conquered what they want to do. As a solo player, I could continue going after Achievements, but
most of the challenging ones aren't soloable. Still, my prized 'Battlemaster' required some sort of teamwork and know-how in random groups (god knows how atrocious that
could be), while carrying a few to maintain a winning skid. Other than that, it's leveling more alts.
Blizz has a tendency to make awful changes to classes and specs, and I heard Shadow Priests are going to be gutted and nerfed for Legion (Shadowform is a must for them in my opinion, a way to distinguish that from the healing specs and it's their identity.) With that said,
I'll just have to delete my only Shadow Priest and re-roll my Pandaren character to another class. I'm sure I can conquer that. I can usually adapt to changes and make the most of it, but in this case it is unacceptable.
Legion might be my last expansion, or I might not even purchase it at all. In that case, my WoW time would be over for sure.
BLIZZCON '15: ONCE AGAIN, BLIZZ HAD NO ANSWER OR JUST GIVING GENERIC EXCUSES HEHEH
BLIZZCON '14: APPLAUSE FOR THE RED SHIRT GUY! (BLIZZ, JUST CALL HIM "LOREMASTER" FROM NOW ON MUHAHA)
BLIZZCON '13: APPARENTLY, BLIZZCON '10 and '11 WAS JUST THE BEGINNING MUHAHA
AT BLIZZCON '10, A NEW LEGEND BEGINS: THE RED SHIRT GUY!
THE WOW FAT GUY RETURNS TO WOD? AND HE'S STILL PISSED MUHAHA
SCREENSHOTS:
FROSTFIRE RIDGE
GORGROND
TALADOR
SPIRES OF ARAK
NAGRAND
PREVIOUSLY, THE FAT GUY WAS SEEN ROAMING THE VALLEY OF THE FOUR WINDS. BUT NOW, HE WAS ABLE TO SOMEHOW FIT THROUGH THE PORTAL INTO DRAENOR. BORROK THE DEVOURER IN FROSTFIRE RIDGE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN DEVOURED BY THE FAT GUY. BEWARE ALL PLAYERS!
HE IS HUNGRY AS EVER AND SEEKS TO DEVOUR ALL! MUHAHA
