That is a stupid statement. If you're a raider that seeks progression, you HAVE to do LFR and try get the tier out of it. That's what my guild a couple of months of DS and it was horrible, we got as many guildies as possible to gear to push heroic modes faster.
The loot system maybe changing, but it will still be advantageous to bring as many guildies as possible to up the chances of someone in the guild getting loot over a pug.
Wat. I did not mention PvP. I'm on your side. LFR is a problem in its current state.
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Guess what.
Gemming and enchanting is optional - want harder content, don't do it.
Oh wait! If you want to be competitive you have to gem, enchant and do LFR for every possible chance at upgrades to be the best you possibly can for your raiding guild! Ooooooh!
And you need to think a few minutes. it is about timing. On Dec 18 (or any other day), LFR is more difficult than a heroic dungeon on the same day. thus you get better rewards. On Dec 18, YOU are being rewarded with higher iLevel gear for completing the heroic raid than someone who on that same day cant´complete that content. You are receiving a greater reward than someone for doing the harder content. That is a good system.
It is fairly obvious that the people like yourself arguing against him cannot think past your snowflake syndrome. His comments were very easily understood and made sense, but as usual, people either can´t understand, or intentionally try to twist them. From most of the posts, my guess is you just don´t understand.
Nobody is "forcing" you to do anything.
You choose to run LFR but, if you don't, big deal - it takes you a little longer to get to the end.
Basically you're complaining about being "forced" to run LFR and then you complain about not having anything to do when you rush through content. /boggle
Can someone please list the UI or addons this rogue is using on the screenshots?
It's not and Blizzard is completely retarded for doing so.
New Player browsing through the classes:
"Oh shit, that Warlock Robe has a mean-ass looking skull on it. I think I'll like the class! Gonna make one now."
--Proceeds to create said Warlock
--Enters/Loads Game
"What the shit? I thought I was going to have a mean-ass looking skull robe."
"This is lame, I look completely retarded with this 1 toned robe of fail. Fuck this, I'm out."
--Logs out.
---...is completely disheartened.
Yup, Blizzard at it's best.
Hail Thor-show thy might. Let thunder roar and lightning strike!
Hurl thy hammer into the fray. And let thine enemies know fear this day!
VICTORY, OR VALHALLA!!!
If someone is leaving coz dont like lvl 1 robe I dont know who is more retarded there...
Aesthetics plays a HUGE role in any MMO. I've been playing for god knows how long, and I've seen people leave in Vanilla because they were tired of resembling a sickly looking rainbow.
My point with the post is that Blizzard is clearly performing the ole' "Bait and Switch" where they show you some sweet-ass looking gear on the character creation, then when you login you're actually wearing some lame-ass gear. Thereby forcing you into wanting to level, so you can look just like you did on the character creation screen.
Hail Thor-show thy might. Let thunder roar and lightning strike!
Hurl thy hammer into the fray. And let thine enemies know fear this day!
VICTORY, OR VALHALLA!!!
anyone else annoyed that lfr wont open up till a week or so later after the other raids? Wouldnt it make sense to release them the same time as the other raids?
Hail Thor-show thy might. Let thunder roar and lightning strike!
Hurl thy hammer into the fray. And let thine enemies know fear this day!
VICTORY, OR VALHALLA!!!
We (Accession) did kill this and can confirm that it does drop.Earlier today, we saw that Sigil of Wisdom appeared as a quest objective on Grand Empress Shek'zeer's tooltip in 25 Man Normal Difficulty Heart of Fear. Unfortunately, no one was able to kill her to confirm that it actually drops. Keep in mind that this is beta and things can change in the future and may not be working as intended.
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Alternatively it's so that raiders don't burn out as fast on LFR content for gear (Yes, 1 entire week of not being burnt out). Delaying LFR for 1 week hardly fixes any problem on either side, in fact it only creates the problem of the casual players not seeing content as fast. The amount of snobbery on this forum is amazing.
30% of the 12 million circa the beginning of Cata is approx 3.6 million meaning we are not at the 30% reduction yet, that will be at 8.4 million-ish, but the exact percentage is irrelevant - the causes are more relevant, from those I have spoken too that was the lack of content through out cata, anecdotal admitted but far more common that any other reason I have heard. Am I suprised that the number dropped 1.1 million last quarter, not at all given looking at the 2 servers I play regularly the number of guilds progressing is massively lower than the number that were progressing 2 months prior to cata release. Blizzard really needed to hit the may-july window with Mists, they didn't this a consequence. Plus its an old game, if star wars can survive on 500k then WOW is doing fine on 9.1M.
Which is why blizzard seem to be doing the right thing and ensuring everyone has a lot of content they can access, if that leads to a few losses due to "I am no longer a special flower" they can probably eat that over a massive drop due to lack of content. Ultimately they are never going to please all subscribers, let alone vocal forum posters and if someone at blizzard gets it wrong then they are probably going to suffer the consequences to their career.
Some annual pass holders will unsub, but if they are no longer bother about wow and don't play or are willing to buy D3 there is nothing stopping them from doing it now. I am an annual pass holder, I have remained subbed largely to keep in contact with guild etc, will I be cancelling - no as mists will be out before my annual pass runs out and from the beta is likely to hold my attention. I imagine that is the same for a lot of players.
Given I have been commited through probably the worst period of wow's history in terms of content available, am I likely to ever sign up to another annual pass given the quicker content seems to be a goal they cannot reliably deliver - No.
I wonder how would the upcoming (5.1 -> ) legendaries work for dual-wielding..
As it seems, those gems are Unique-Equipped, so it would make the other weapon less effective. And so, when we actually get the legendary WEAPON, will it work on both or would we have to farm another one it the original gem is consumed upon the process.
It is a Sha-Touched socket, our tooltips are wrong. They will be correct sometime next week.
Anyone can start the quest.
Everyone gets it in LFR.
When you move to the next screen for customization the gear changes to what you start with. It is clear that it is only a preview.