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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 3, 2008 10:42:50 GMT -5
I am in a mad dash to get 70 by the 13th. Almuhan is 25% away from 67. Got a good 50% last night from one quest chain. Its insane how much they lowered the amount of exp needed from 60-70.
Hortario, i cant decide if I will make it to 70 with him or not. I really wanted Kvoth up there, but being that he is only 33, we know that wont happen.
Almuhan will be my third 70 though, so I am going to be happy with that. Hortario is 63, so hes close enough. maybe once Muhan gets there I can focus on Hort, and see how close I can make him.
Tonight I am getting help to do the Ring of Blood event in Nagrand. Its a quick series of boss fights, with a great weapon reward, as well as tons of gold and potions. Good times.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 3, 2008 10:53:45 GMT -5
I saw a video on GameSpot of the staff playing the Death Knight and from what i saw there they had paler skin tones. Even the tauren. I mean it was a small video but it did seem that way. That video I posted was for the alpha testing and thats even before the beta so a lot of things weren't even finished yet. So maybe they still will tone down the skin color for the job. Either way, I kinda disapointed they don't start you off with a Death Knight type helmet. Or maybe they do and they just don't show it for that character creation.
Yeah I'm not surprised they downed the exp to get from 60-70. I heard pre Burning Crusade it was insane getting from 50-60 but they lowered that too when the expansion was about to come out. And when expansion number 3 comes out I'm sure they will lower the exo needed to get from 70-80. They want people ready for the new areas ahead I guess.
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Post by Caller on Nov 3, 2008 11:08:46 GMT -5
Well honestly they didn't proportionately increase the quest and mob exp for that level range and it just took an obscene amount of exp to level up. I know *why* they did it but it's still ridiculous, so lowering it should've been done well before this. Of course, if I remember correctly, once you broke Lv100 in Phantasy Star Online, it started taking 1 million exp to level up and you only got maybe 200 exp a kill so...at least it wasn't THAT bad I guess. My account ends tomorrow so I'll catch you guys in Azeroth later.
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 3, 2008 13:06:50 GMT -5
Caller, you guys joined the game after they already bumped the quest exp fro m20-60. Before they had made the 20-60 grind easier, it scaled perfectly. It is a bit of adjustment for newbies ,but veterans loved it.
Skin tones will be slightly different according to Blizzard for the deathknights. Not sure what all will be different, but the ysaid it will very.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 3, 2008 20:08:51 GMT -5
I got Jan 54, but stopped out of general boredom and frustration. I'll try to grind some more tomorrow. I know Norfy wanted to help me out after he got home from work, but I just don't feel like playing anymore tonight. Any suggestions on where to quest at level 54? I hate Un'goro, Winterspring is a possibility, and Felwood still has a few more quests... only problem is that my Darnassus reputation is now capped. I will get 55 before the 13th, but it may take me a few days to get there.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 3, 2008 20:40:02 GMT -5
54, huh? Well if you're up for groups Blackrock Depths is a good place to go. its massive though. Questing wise, maybe The Plaguelands. I remember the Plaguelands being the last place Raylu levelled in before heading out to Draenor. The good thing is though once you hit the Outland area it gets easier to level up. Even if they wouldn't have lowered the exp it is easier. All the Outland areas are on one simple, yet large enough, continent so you don't have to keep relying on boats, airships, and tramways to get from one chunk of land to the next. I heard from a former corworker (and I think Kik told me this once too) that back in the original WoW days (pre BC) the best way to level up was instance runs. I wish it still was that way. Of course, if I remember correctly, once you broke Lv100 in Phantasy Star Online, it started taking 1 million exp to level up and you only got maybe 200 exp a kill so...at least it wasn't THAT bad I guess. Level 100? What the hell was the level cap to that game? XD
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Post by Caller on Nov 3, 2008 22:52:01 GMT -5
Lv200 was the cap, and Lv199 to Lv200 took 5 or 6 million exp to get and I don't remember which. Either way it took a massive amount of time. >_>
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 3, 2008 23:49:20 GMT -5
That sounds extremly hardcore! Goodbye, life! I noticed something has been done with the bonus healing stat. All my Primal Moon Cloth gear no longer has +healing. Infact, the stat doesn't even exist anymore on gear I think. My bonus healing was about 1300 before the patch and its only 745 I think now. I wonder why they changed that?
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Post by Caller on Nov 4, 2008 0:40:59 GMT -5
I forget why, but they did have an explanation for it. Something to the effect of "We don't want you inviting based upon class, but by rather by player" so they condensed all +spell into merely "Spellpower" to reduce "racism" over choosing a Priest or Druid for example.
Except that they didn't really do this, and you can still get just +Shadow or whatever, and Priests are still going to be the better healers. I dunno what they were going on about but they left that kind of update halfassed.
Though, in the end, you probably won't even notice a difference. I know I didn't. After all was said and done my Bonus Healing was almost exactly the same (I think I lost 6 or so points), even though I no longer had +healing. I'm afraid that decision is lost on me.
Who knows, maybe it has something to do with the Rune system and maybe the +Spellpower screws up RUne power so they had to change it. Or something. >.>
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 4, 2008 1:54:18 GMT -5
Yeah I have no idea. I had Raylu spam heals in stormwind on herself to see and nothing seems too out of shape on it. I guess another thing worth noting is that certain equipment pieces dropped in instances won't be as specific with what job can use it. So non Priest jobs like Mages can benfeit from whatever cloth drops instead of having to pass it cause it has the +healing.
Cause I've been in a few groups where I got a drop and a mage wanted to roll but didn't/couldn't/wouldn't cause it focused more on +healing rather than +spell damage.
/shrug
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 4, 2008 9:12:48 GMT -5
I also noticed this change. I was rather upset about the changes made to priest, but like Caller mentioned, all of them appeared to be set towards reducing racism. All of priest only racial abilities are gone.
We got an update today, a small one that is geared towards fixing any bugs with the previous patch.
I'm gonna try for 55 later today. Dunno if I'm up for any instance groups, though...
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 4, 2008 9:14:46 GMT -5
For heals the +Spellpower is multiplied. Vortia actually gained a little bump in how much her heals would go for after the change. Hortario as well. They did it exactly for the reason Norfy mentioned. Priest items would drop and no one could use them so they got trashed.
I cant tell you how many warlocks/mages i see in the Blood furnace robes now. Makes me sad because Hortario cant get them to drop!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 5, 2008 2:21:59 GMT -5
Oh hey, the king of Stormwind is finally back. No idea where he went but he's been awol ever since WoW's launch. He has very Blood Elf like hair
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 5, 2008 8:55:16 GMT -5
He was off playing lol arena with a blood elf, a night elf, and an orc. Seriously, go into Stormwind Harbor and look for the female blood elf, and a night elf with antlers. Those are his friends. He was center stage of a WoW comic book, he ended up in Durotar because some Defias cronies attacked his ship near Alcaz Island... Orcs put him into some sort of arena slave ring. The story of him and his friends from that comic book is very interesting. www.wowwiki.com/Varian_WrynnI don't think he's gonna be back in Stormwind for long, I think he's gonna go to Northrend to command an army? I dunno. yay Lore!
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Post by Office Ninja on Nov 5, 2008 9:09:43 GMT -5
I do know he tries to take over Undercity. Horde have this amazing quest where you, Thrall, The Troll leader, and Sylvanas take on Unercity and Varimathras. The quest is amazing and there is so much happening its insane. After you recaputre the city here comes the king of stormwind to take you on.
They really weent nuts with the story in this expansion. I am so excited.
Also glad I play horde cause that is a horde only quest.
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