Which zone? I was prob still in jade forest or valley of the four winds at 87, maybe 88. Quests were so zen. Didn't care for the other zones much.
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nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I'm in the second zone (to the left of the starting zone). Not sure what it's called...
Evil Benius
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The quests really did not grab me all that much either. Jade Forest was fun, but everything after that was downhill. I think part of it is just that fresh quest ideas are kind of rough at this point.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Oh shit, I just ate all those tricky treats! Ah whatever, I already have my purple protodrake.
Probably Valley of the Four Winds, where the quests slow down significantly since it's a more laid back pace and atmosphere. Krasarang Wilds is a bit more on the "action kill kill kill" side of questing and might be a bit faster for you.
You CAN. I know people who got loot with their coin on their second run the same week. I don't know if that was a bug, and if so, if it was fixed. But the way I understand it: if the game lets you use your coin, it means you can get loot. You can't "waste" a coin.
Trickster
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I felt pretty much the same. Doesn't help that the zones pretty boring visually. Kun-lai is barren, brown and grey. Last 2 zones are pretty much the same, except they use different colours. Valley of the four winds is big open farmland, hardly the most interesting setting.
I loved Kun-Lai summit. Felt like they nailed that zone.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The last two zones were originally just the same zone. Dread Wastes is just a section of Townlong Steppes that has been taken over by the Sha and Sha-corrupted Mantid. If you look at it from above, they have the same assets and general features, but Dread Wastes are sha-corrupted.
I don't really understand the criticism of Kun-Lai being "brown." The zone is supposed to look like the Himalayas/high mountains and it does a really good job - I thought it was one of the coolest looking zones to run through in the entire game - having those huge Everest like mountains (that you can actually climb up!), plus the monasteries was just awesome.
Gentleman Jack
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What is the fourth 'bonus' Klaxxi daily? There seems to be one for every daily hub you get sent to:
Zan'Vess: Kypa'rak's Core
Terrace of Gurthan: The Warlord's Ashes
Clutches of Shek'zeer: The Matriarch's Maw
Lake of Stars: ????
Zan'Vess: Kypa'rak's Core
Terrace of Gurthan: The Warlord's Ashes
Clutches of Shek'zeer: The Matriarch's Maw
Lake of Stars: ????
As far as I'm aware, there isn't one, and the Paragons give you one more daily than usual to compensate.
I'm probably wrong on at least part of that, though.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Not sure about Unholy (really dislike the spec, though I should give it a go again sometime), but Frost lurves haste.
I guess one with crit wouldn't hurt, but both Frost DKs and Retribution have more use for haste/mastery than crit. Makes up for the starting tier trinkets being 2/3 crit.
Crit is weighted as slightly better than Mastery for 2H Frost, but it's fairly insignificant. Mastery may even be better in a real world scenario X% of the time due to the randomness of Crit.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yeah, hitting exalted never prevents you from doing dailies associated with those reps.
Unless they add another source for coins, yeah. By that point you might have enough lesser coins for 6-8 weeks after, anyway.
Shining Sunshine
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wtf was this posted?
I mean, everyone probably knows BM hunters are OP. One macro button wins Arenas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoeCnDycsw#!
I mean, everyone probably knows BM hunters are OP. One macro button wins Arenas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNoeCnDycsw#!
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Does anyone know if the headless horseman sword/helm are drops from the boss or are they only available in your bags?
Robin64
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Just the bag for those. Only rings from him.
Gentleman Jack
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What keeps healing the hunters? It seems they go from 28% to 100% in less than a second in most every fight.
SillyEskimo
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Just confirming that they drop in bags only. I got the sword in my very first kill. Sells for 47g to the vendor. Cool graphic on it though!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Just look up the bosses loot tables to figure out what gear you need. I don't offer up the coins on any boss from the first three since I have normal/LFR gear off of them. I used the coin three times and got some legplates off of Will of the Emperor LFR, but I was disappointed I didn't get the STR trink, so I would probably use it again.
Hardened Shell on Windward Isle is the fucking best. It's hilarious.
Hell, I already have enough coins for 6 more weeks. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't a finite resource.
Heh, saw that on Reddit.
Anywho, it's been toned down a bit now.
All the heals come from an all Spirit Beast Stampede.
But the heals have been nerfed during Stampede, and it doesn't do as much damage (supposedly).
Oh, wasn't sure what you were asking. The quests don't go away at exalted for any of the factions, so you'll keep earning if you keep doing.
I left the Jade Forrest as soon as I was able to but kinda wish I had stayed there longer now Only did like 10 quests in Valley of the Four Winds but did everything in Krasarang Wilds and Kun-Lai Summit.
In Townlong Steppes now and counting down the time until I can leave, worst zone ever :< Only two bars away from 89 and the Dread Wastes though.
Only did like 10 quests in Valley of the Four Winds but did everything in Krasarang Wilds and Kun-Lai Summit.In Townlong Steppes now and counting down the time until I can leave, worst zone ever :< Only two bars away from 89 and the Dread Wastes though.
O I am pro at researching loots, but since I am already 470+, there's no reason to really need gear from the first LFR (other than maybe if trinket is considerably better for your class/spec)
everything else has upgrade in the second 2 raids most likely
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
My assumption is that 5.1 will be out by the time the average player actually has capped out Pandaren Ambassador. In any case, I have like 180 coins still. Doing Lotus dailies gives you tons and tons of them since Lotus dailies are immoral
Trickster
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I get what they were going for, and they definitely nailed that aspect. But holy hell is the setting just boring to me. It's definitely my least favourite zone, by a large margin. And I do not like any of the zones in MoP outside of the jade forest.
Both wotlk and cata zones were an order of magnitude better. Especially from a visual standpoint. Those zones felt like the world designers had creative freedom to make the coolest zones they could come up with. MoP zones felt like one of the lead designers told the world designers that they HAD to make it feel asian/chinese. And so we end up with zones like Kun-lai and valley of the four winds.
Looks like mages are getting nerfed on the PTR. These are the things that stand out the most:
The Ice Barrier is just annoying but the other two are definitely fire nerfs.
- Pyroblast now has a 3 second cooldown.
- Combustion's periodic damage is now based only on the current Ignite, instead of both Ignite and Pyroblast. Damage has been increased to bring it up to approximately the same level as before.
- The damage absorbed by Ice Barrier has been reduced by 25%.
The Ice Barrier is just annoying but the other two are definitely fire nerfs.
It's Borean Tundra part 2.
Had a really frustrating night of challenge mode attempts. Worked on Scarlet Halls a bit, using Yanger's guide which is quite good, but we could only get past the first 2 chained dogs about 1 in 5 attempts without the healer or a dps dying (dogs either came of the chain or someone was dumb and got too close).
The times we got beyond that part, we had two buckets get wasted, and the time we got past the first boss (making good time) everyone but me somehow got popped out of their invisibility pot in the cannon room so we called it for that dungeon : /. Not sure why they got popped out, I think one person used Death's Advance while invisible -_-
Tried Gate of the Setting Sun next... multiple dps deaths on the first trash part (standing in bombs), wipes on the second boss, wipes on the third boss (dps stood in the cleaves and we got overwhelmed by adds), couldn't kill the final boss
Makes me really sad
We kill the first chained dog. It adds another 10-15 seconds to the run, but it's worth it if it prevents someone from dying (especially if you wipe and people have to run back through the hall again). The dog will attack the closest person to it, so your tank will want to know if you decide to kill it.
Mind you, we weren't going for gold (yet) but it doesn't sound like you are either.
Completely different types of difficulty, though pretty much anyone can work to Silver with enough practice.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I barely missed out on it, but most of the folks I still play with do. I have a plagued, at least.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Guys... I'm reading that Microsoft Intelli 3.0 has stopped being in the making. Is this only a thing in Sweden or what? I'm scares as fuck right now...
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Yup. Where did I get it, though? I have no idea...
Black Proto-Drake is from Glory of the Raider (25-Player), the T7 25-man raiding achievement. The meta is still in the game, but no longer rewards the mount, as of 3.1. A lot of people were close but just barely missed it.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
It's common not to remember where you got your mounts fromuhm, did you ebay your character?
Heck, I barely even remember where I got my Pandaria-mounts from!It's common not to remember where you got your mounts from
It's a sign to take a break.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
uhm, did you ebay your character?
I lied, I have the Black Drake, not the Proto-Drake. I was confused about that one!
E: I dislike when a mount has two VERY similar names. My flying carpet mounts are the same way. :|
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
It's a sign that mounts are retardedly stupid as a druid, and that they need to become instant cast for us to give any shits :3
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