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Seems like we've gone full circle in a way. Originally people had to work at making groups and it was such a time-sink / drag for people who didn't have a regular group to run with that they implemented a LFG tool and Heroic versions of dungeons. Then they started adding fancy achievements to...

Judging from the massive sea of orbiting fireballs in the Mage Class Hall I seem to be Mage-ing wrong by being Arcane. I've also noticed, in heroic only since I have not braved the social stigmata of looking for a Mythic group, that Demonhunters seem to do crazy high damage.

Why on earth would they nerf the kite?

I had considered that, but since I am a tailor I figured it was the height of laziness to do that rather than make my own. Naturally the questing necessary to actually make my own seems rather arduous as well. Tradeskills really do seem to be something you do for trade / for other people...

Having recently played on my work laptop (I know...bad) I think there might be a certain level of tech-curve involved in this as well. Certainly on the work machine things were pretty choppy and just the awkward control mechanism made me move my character like he'd suffered extensive...

I was very excited when I finished the 5th of 5 Class Quest missions... and then promptly had another set of 5 one step later. Now about to finish the second wave of 5. I still haven't even done heroic dungeons yet as my ilevel is 809, mostly getting dragged down by the ilevel of my artifact.

Any sign of the Class Hall companion app this morning? I just checked the Android app store on Google Play and did not see anything, but the search function on there sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. Perhaps Blizzard will make an announcement after the weekly maintenance?

For any company that is in or is thinking of entering the persistent world MMORPG product space there should be a mandatory role within that company with the job title : "Exective Vice President of Never Using Groundspawns". No matter how smart you think YOU might be compared to all those...

Hit 110 and there is so much to do I'm actually a bit dizzy from it all. The broader storyline is definitely going in the direction I expected, but there's a LOT of side detail and misc extra stuff. Really shows they did a good polish on this expansion as compared to the last one.

I thought they came out and said that the weapons were only for this expansion and would not carry over. Probably explain that they are tied to Azeroth and stop functioning once we get to Argus / wherever we go into space in the next expansion.

I am really glad that I got up a bunch of alts to 100 because the class / artifact stuff is quite compelling. I'm trying to decide what I want to boost, perhaps a melee class. I actually don't have a real melee class since I play the Monk as a healer only.

I'm at 107 and have done Highmountain and Azsuna to near completion including the capstone dungeon. I figure I will be 110 before I actually get to the 4th 'leveling' zone, but I readily admit that I have been stopping to smell all the roses plus doing the class hall campaign elements etc.

No spoilers but holy cow... for lore nerds this is a major return to form for Blizzard. Very clear what the next major expansion will be judging from some of the big plot elements. I say 'major' because the Legion invasion was heavily foreshadowed in Mists of Pandaria and yet WoD is what we...

Hmmm I had noticed that when I got artifacts that they were locked to the spec I was in when I got them rather than being able to be socketed to a different weapon. I thought the AP items I got when adventuring had a similar note on them. I stand corrected then.

I can see why they made a buff to the DPS for healing specs. In order to raise your artifact power you need to be doing stuff using your artifact in the spec that you want the power to go to and by nerfing gains from dungeons you have eliminated the main way in which healers were able to heal...

I got to 105 on my primary (mage) but also took the time to do the weapon intro bit for my Mistweaver Monk and thought the way they did the big battle for a healing class was quite nifty. I'm always a fan when they find ways to repurpose old content and this was a very good use of that, plus...

Its early days (hours) but I have more of a sense of 'place' for the Broken Isles than I did for alt-Draenor. WoD felt like every zone was caught up in the middle of a war, but without any lingering post-adventure-ohase stability like we saw with some of the Pandaren zones. It still feels...

Im going into this puppy without any foreknowledge for the very first time. Always before I was thoroughly spoiled by at least one phase of Beta, but this time I know virtually nothing and it makes for a much more enjoyable experience. I do like how the class quest for the artifact weapon is...

Finally got some time to play this and I'm remembering how hard it is to decide what to spend Praxis on. So many cool things, so little Praxis.

Both the Alliance and the Horde need to stop using flying ships... those things are airborne deathtraps. Then again they are at least more useful than the Iron Horde and their railroad to nowhere.

Assuming access to BiS items that won't be available for several months seems like quite a stretch. Have people been doing evaluations based on what should be available within the first couple weeks? Undoubtedly by the time those BiS items are available there will have been at least a couple...

I have some millennial friends who were born in the 90s but who are nevertheless unabashed John Carpenter fans who are absolutely beside themselves over this series. When talking to them it is clear one reason, beyond the obvious quality and 80s tropes, is that it is something they can see new.

My experience with Boomkins is pretty much non-existent as my highest druid was like 21 and I'd leveled him as feral. Flash forward to yesterday when I finished maxing out my last 'real' alt and decided to use my WoD 90-boost** on the druid and level him up to 100. I understand that they...

I'm feeling odd about this pilot. Peter is just not 'big' enough to be the Tick in my view. I can't shake the feeling that it needs a more obviously big dumb guy in the roll. The stuff with Arthur and The Terror is interesting though, Jackie Earle Haley was unrecognizable as the Terror, but...

So I got my "mains" to 100 with the Invasion stuff so kudos to them for this as I couldn't bring myself to repeat the WoD content on alts. Even the vastly accelerated "do just 20% of each zone" pace was still too much. I've actually always enjoyed going through an expansion multiple times in...

I'm sure that the pre event is really just a stress test for the new scaling system and the Open world content, but it is pretty nice now.

Solo a mob in Westfall with my mid 90s Shaman = 8900 exp. Have one other person hit said mob once and I get 283 exp... So the most advantageous way to play this pre-patch MMO content is to be completely isolated. Noble intentions, terrible execution.

After all the setup in the pre-patch and the Hearthstone expansion I had a feeling we were going to have some refreshed Karazhan content. Good to know they are committing to preventing any more content droughts, although honestly we have heard that song before.

What exactly is the logic for exp sharing to be so wonky on auto scaled mobs? Is it just a flat number that scales somewhat linearly with level and therefore quite large for alts if you solo the mob, but if it gets tagged by a second person you each get X% of a level and therefore a very small...

There is a definite gattaca vibe here, but also very cyberpunk as well so I'm willing to give it a shot. I am continually amazed by how much of Gibson's fantasy is becoming reality as we move further into the 21st century, so shows like this are like philosophical porn to me.

Of all MMO 'failures' over the years this is one that hit me most keenly as they genuinely had an amazing story and overall aesthetic AND hands-down the best skill system I have ever seen in a game MMO or otherwise. The Skill Wheel and all the ways in which your abilities could synergize yet...

Good lord. I never thought I'd be this excited for this movie...

I just did the dreadwispers thing and that was the most fun I've had in awhile... Sneaking around and infecting people so I could Dreadlord out and cause havok

I'm still exploring the starter system even though I could have left awhile ago. Am I correct in thinking that every person has a different process-generated starting planet?

So more bitterness and mistrust between Alliance and Horde because homegirl couldn't say "Yo! We gotta pull back!" Stupid. I am assuming Jaina is going to go all psycho-bitch-banshee insane.

So it takes place in the Prime universe 10 years prior to the Original Series... they also say it is centered on an event that has been talked about by fans for years but never seen. Well the Romulan War is much earlier than that and they said it isn't about Axanar, although I can see why...

I tried out the Demon Hunter for giggles and I also feel that something is missing. When I tried out Death Knights I really felt the experience captured the "class fantasy" to use the recently invoked terminology, but I dont get that from the Demon Hunter at all. I feel that the Windwalker...

I seem to be farming skillseeds wrong... I need 13 bajillion and I get like 20 a battle if I am lucky.

I enjoyed the Goblin starting area, played it when a buddy of mine wanted to try the game again in Cata era. You could tell they really worked hard on the Goblin stuff and just phoned in the Worgen bits.

Well the reason for including "mundanes" was alluded to in the movie: that they could stand up to metas like the Flash and hold their own. It could have been telegraphed more, but given that the cinematic DCU doesnt really exist yet it is hard to convey that sort of legacy.