World of Warcraft: Current Year
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TJT
Mr. Poopybutthole
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I don't mind catchup mechanics and I like them on my alts. I have just been honestly surprised at how fast they've been introduced this time around.
But if it lets my alts get into, "the game" faster then whatever I guess.
kaid
Blackwing Lair Raider
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Do warfront then pug the raid. May as well takes some shots to up your ilevel to make the puggigng go smoother.
moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Nola
Trakanon Raider
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Guess I need to run my hunter through warfronts several times until I get get a decent 340 set. Did it once on my BDK and got a 370 cloak. No need to run it anymore on him cause it's no upgrade for me with 340 drops.
Tarisk
Pathetic Reaction Bot
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I'm curious as to what spec. I had this problem in legion as one spec, but changed and it became vastly easier. I can't remember if it was fire -> Frost or the other way around but I remember it being very similar in feeling of hating the leveling.
Nola
Trakanon Raider
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I ran a few mythic+ with 2 frost mages and it was pure carnage. They are amazing for m+ and I can't see any group pushing m+ not have one.
Araxen
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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Frost and Arcane are in a great spot. Fire is pretty lackluster so far sadly. I was Fire and shit was eating up my flame shield so quickly. I finally tried the other two specs and they are so much better. I settled on Arcane, but Frost is supposed to be even better.
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Qhue
Tranny Chaser
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I've been playing as Arcane for the last several expansions and have been having a solid time in BfA so far, especially in AE situations given the Azerite ability for an AE execute <35%.
I should give Frost a whirl and see how it feels, though I've often felt the rhythm of Frost a bit off putting.
Bad part about Arcane is having to eat after every pull. So as soon as we are ooc I start snacking and then blink towards the next fight
I should give Frost a whirl and see how it feels, though I've often felt the rhythm of Frost a bit off putting.
Bad part about Arcane is having to eat after every pull. So as soon as we are ooc I start snacking and then blink towards the next fight
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Ukerric
Bearded Ape
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No. Normal AND heroic dungeons are completely pointless; I dinged 120 on saturday, did zero dungeons and am now average ilvl 304. In a week, two maybe, I will probably be sporting an higher ilvl average than heroics. So what's the point of running heroics? None. Zero. You do normal to rush the WQ (if you really want it done), and M/M+ for some gear and crafting components. Heroics? Who cares?
At some point, they will need a "difficulty crunch".
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Ukerric
Bearded Ape
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I hit revered and did a /cheer on random birds and crabs. Go feed, my pretties!!! It's all yours now!
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a c i d.f l y
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Frost is a much "safer" class to play. All sorts of passive slows, roots, and no mana concerns; but arcane does better damage when played/geared appropriately. Fire was buffed on last patch, but they're still pretty average. Overall though, mage is in a really, really good spot. Now that we have personal loot, bring ALL the mages, lol. With normal drops, being one of the few folks wearing leather was nice. Personal loot, all the same armor type means more sharing.
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Nola
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I barely did any heriocs this expansion. I did about a dozen or so heriocs and went straight into mythic 0/2 and farmed them until I had every slot 340+ ilvl. I'm doing mythic 3 & 4s and will start 5s when I get better gear. I did all this in about 2 weeks time and my ilvl is currently 345 with no raid gear.
alavaz
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I'm mostly in heroic gear, but I also chose to wait for some friends to do m0/+ dungeons. I didn't do any normals, by the time I completed all my questing and first round of WQs I was high enough to jump into heroics. The first few days were a challenge but at 330 ilvl they are pretty trivial for me as a healer even with a low ilvl group.
I have shit luck with gear, so even clearing out every yellow star in Arathi in only got one piece of 340, plus the free one from the quest. I guess I'll see what happens in another week when alliance get to queue - though I am not even sure how that works. I know there is a guaranteed 370+ for the quest but will the mobs drop more gear then? I guess I don't see how it could replace dungeons or raids solely as a source of gear. At best you can get a few pieces per month and will probably get repeats and subpar pieces.
I have shit luck with gear, so even clearing out every yellow star in Arathi in only got one piece of 340, plus the free one from the quest. I guess I'll see what happens in another week when alliance get to queue - though I am not even sure how that works. I know there is a guaranteed 370+ for the quest but will the mobs drop more gear then? I guess I don't see how it could replace dungeons or raids solely as a source of gear. At best you can get a few pieces per month and will probably get repeats and subpar pieces.
a c i d.f l y
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I lucked out and got 5 pieces of gear from the mobs in Arathi, plus 1 toy. Make sure you have the HandyNotes Arathi addon to ensure you're actually hitting all available mobs. There's quite a few, many
Honorbound Artificer's Sandals @345
Honorbound Artificer's Cuffs @355
Honorbound Artificer's Legwraps @340
Honorbound Focus @340
Honorbound War Staff @340
You can run the Warfront over and over, and it rewards 340 Honorbound gear that can Titanforge. I got another pair of the same above pants, but with a gem slot. This covers all slots except rings and trinkets. Unfortunately, all of the azerite traits on the azerite related gear are the average ones, not the best ones, at least for Arcane mage - those are all found in Ulduir currently.
However, the quest that gives a 370 piece fucked me pretty good by giving me a pair of Honorbound bracers, that replaced the only Titanforged item I'd gotten this whole expansion (355), with the same item at 370. Fucking bracers. Gee, golly willikers, thanks!
Honorbound Artificer's Sandals @345
Honorbound Artificer's Cuffs @355
Honorbound Artificer's Legwraps @340
Honorbound Focus @340
Honorbound War Staff @340
You can run the Warfront over and over, and it rewards 340 Honorbound gear that can Titanforge. I got another pair of the same above pants, but with a gem slot. This covers all slots except rings and trinkets. Unfortunately, all of the azerite traits on the azerite related gear are the average ones, not the best ones, at least for Arcane mage - those are all found in Ulduir currently.
However, the quest that gives a 370 piece fucked me pretty good by giving me a pair of Honorbound bracers, that replaced the only Titanforged item I'd gotten this whole expansion (355), with the same item at 370. Fucking bracers. Gee, golly willikers, thanks!