Garrison is a hundred times better than Sunsong Ranch. Which may be the problem, actually, as it makes it even more punishing to skip it on a character
Garrison is a hundred times better than Sunsong Ranch. Which may be the problem, actually, as it makes it even more punishing to skip it on a character
that right there is what bothers me.
That said I also don't like just being given all the things without work...putting professions into the garrison in the form of buildings and mat collection was what kills the whole garrison for me.
the daily work orders for mats are no fun. i like having my fishing shack. i like my follower missions. i like my salvage yard. I like my inn and trading post. its just logging on every day to deal with all the crafting crap is irritating because if i dont i am leaving essentially free stuff on the table. its like not matching your employers 401k contribution %.
Garrisons as housing to be permanent and based in capital cities.
Halfhills in the expansions as daily hubs, but operate similar to the garrisons in scope.
The ideal medium is Molten Front. Evolves over time, with plenty of story to go with it (the people doing this stuff are the lore types; and then the alts ... and Molten Front was alt friendly. I brought out 2 alts with me, while downing the content while it was current).
Things like this has been nevermore ever since (group pic for the Molten Front highest point achieve - ran my alts through it all at once)...
From the #1 Cata review on Amazon.com: "Blizzard's greatest misstep was blaming players instead of admitting their mistakes.
They've convinced half of the population that the other half are unskilled whiners, causing a permanent rift in the community."
Neither. they are poor excuses for player housing & should be swiftly removed from the game.
Actually you did have to do the first few quests for the garrison to progress through your starting zone (at least as Horde). You could technically skip it by spamming dungeons or grinding until the next zone, but if you wanted to level through questing you had to set it up.
The Garrison completely made Mining / Herbing
From the #1 Cata review on Amazon.com: "Blizzard's greatest misstep was blaming players instead of admitting their mistakes.
They've convinced half of the population that the other half are unskilled whiners, causing a permanent rift in the community."
I detest how the Shipyard is part of the legendary questline.
The ranch was better in every single way conceivable.
I have played Cataclysm http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...96:15070:a5879
Anyways, i know transmog came in 4.3, but i looked at that mage (i think it's a mage) and those shoulders aren't from Cata.
Then you'd know my sis didn't transmorg then -- http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...96:15070:a5879
But my alts did (and I kept their gear, too).
From the #1 Cata review on Amazon.com: "Blizzard's greatest misstep was blaming players instead of admitting their mistakes.
They've convinced half of the population that the other half are unskilled whiners, causing a permanent rift in the community."
Honestly I think the shipyard is the best iteration and seems to strike the best balance between the ranch and the garrison. The garrison had too many followers to manage and free resources made it feel like a chore to log-in and harvest every day. I do agree that professions were crushed with garrisons.
I dislike that stuff altogether. Imo best design was cataclysm weekly valor cap - I could do cap in one evening or bit by bit. Garrisons are hourly to daily to <workorder duration> - it's too much timecaped stuff. It feels eery, it feels alienated from the actual game and it just is unnecessary. Hell in classic I would go mad if I wanted my arcanite reaper and had no possibility to actually farm arcanite crystals out in the world but had to wait.. day for day... for some cooldown. That just sucks. If I want that purple I want it NOW even if that means I have to farm the next 20 hours ingame nonstop.
Didn't like the farm one bit. It felt horribly instanced and generic. At least garrison gives you the illusion of slight customization.