Revive the heroics!

Heroics are a half assed attempt of keeping the same instances alive longer. Why not going for a more story related/accurate version of the heroics. Why are they harder? Why the same exact mobs?

Probably (I'm no designer) the hardest part wit the places are the layout and that kind of graphics. So keep that. The other must be the skins and movement of the mobs/bosses. So keep that too. The third must be placement so they chain pull properly etc and are at the right level of challenge. That needs to change.

Take Blood furnace for instance. That is a place where they have corrupted orcs to fel orcs and tapped the blood of Magtheridon to do so. Last boss is Kelidan the breaker - a warlock.
Lets make heroic BF like this: Since the heroes (that’s us ;D ) cleared the place the remnants of Kelidans soul has reshaped into an unstable dimensional rift and is spawning demons all through the place. Make first boss w skin of Omor (from ramp) and some new abilities. Place demons all over the place and make it feel new. Etc.

In my mind that wouldn’t make it that hard to get done - and give completely new content. Just jacking up the health and damage of everyone seems like a cheap solution.

Let the Belfs invade the empty Slave pens, make Nagas push into Mana tombs, let the demons take over Shadow labs. And why not revive the old continent instances in the same fashion? Let the beasts and monsters from Outland transgress the portal as well as us. Fel orcs would love BRD in my mind. Let the Belfs of Tempest keep ally with the Scarlet crusade.

What would you like to see?

S1 and Kara badges broke the way of progression

In a way I think that the vendor S1 (although I love it) has broken the progression chain. Same with Kara dropping badges.

Since Kara started dropping badges no one needed to go Heroics if they where in a good guild. And if you didn’t get anyone from a good guild to do Kara you wouldn't make it. And not being able to do heroics stops you from entering/playing with a good guild.

Now you might imagine that S1 for honor might solve that. But it actually made it worse. Foremost because it isn’t possible for a group to clear Kara if everyone has S1. The tank and healers need some PvE gear at least.
To make it worse, many decided that doing BG's half heartedly was an easier way to get the loot than struggling in Kara.

And if less people are going Kara or 25-man content. What do you need your epic S1 gear for?

Heroic PuG is a pain

Tried to do a heroic the other day with a PuG. Got really nasty. The last couple of times I have done heroics it has been an all guild run - but at the moment our guild is disbanding a bit. People are leaving WoW for LotR and other games.

Well anyhow, a PuG was assembled for Mechanaar. But it got ugly in the first room, which is a pretty easy pull if tank can hold aggro.

After the wipe and reassembly I inspected the others gear. Mostly green gear like "Crappy shoulders of the Easykill"!!!

I asked: "How did you manage in the normal mode with that gear?" One answer was stunning... "I haven't done normal mode."

This I blame the availability of getting heroic keys at honored instead of revered.

After talking with a couple of friends they stated that heroic PuG's are dead.

I always advocate that more should be able to join the fun. But this has made PuGging heroics harder and thus more casual unfriendly.

Bored, stupid or just mean?

I am currently leveling my lock a bit since it's a slow period in my warriors guild. My warrior is on a RPPvP server which is nice in two ways. First - it is always cool to have some RP interaction although it is scarce. But the best part is that ppl are a bit more mature. If I see a horde, I'd say it is a 50-50 chance that he will attack me. If I'm a lowbie and he's a lvl ?? for me I'd say he will only attack once out of ten. It is a bit civilized actually.

But my lock is on a pure PvP server. It is aggravating.

Logged in into Gadgetzan the other day. Came out of the inn and outside there is 4 lvl 50's loitering around trying to emote taunt me in to attacking them. Like anyone would with the guards around. Then they hang around waiting for any alliance trying to leave to gank them well away from the guards.

Next time in Gadgetzan a lvl 44 (I was lvl 48) tries to taunt me and lure me out of the city so his friendly ?? rogue can backstab me there. Good the guards cast net otherwise I would been had again.

And the third time I barely log on before a pally (?? again) runs around Gadg slaying all alliance and bubbles to get away from guards, runs out to loose aggro then repeat.

On this realm I always check out an inn before entering because often some lvl ?? hangs around there killing ppl.

What I wonder is - WHY??!!

The only gain from this behaviour is to aggravate other ppl. And the only reason to do so must be to take out their frustration from real life on someone in the game that can't fight back.

Now you might imagine that I am pissed. Well, I was at first - but not any longer. If anyone out there have been bullied in school, mistreated by their parents or feel that they are the lowest form on the social evoloutionary ladder. Then you are welcome to attack my lock. He's just a bunch of pixels and there isn't even a repair cost for PvP death. Go ahead give him your best shot.

I just hope that you realize that IRL-problems can't be solved in WoW or vice versa, so learn how to deal with them in real life too.

The Sunwell

I am really looking forward to The Sunwell in 2.4. Especially the 5-man instance. Should be like Shadowlabs in difficulty. Nice.

The repetivity is the biggest issue now a days for me. Doing heroics? Nah, done them all to damnation before in normal. Doing Kara - don't got the time to join the guild. But battle grounds? Well - being the only one on defence sucks.

Arena is the joy of the moment. And playing my lock. I am at 48 so going ZF should be done already. But as most at my lvl are alts wanting to get boosted, LFG is mostly filled with lvl 41's that want to be walked through.

But it is nice anyhow to play the lock. Good fun to dot em up and fear em. Take next mob, repeat, then third. By that time the first is ready to be looted. =)

The irresistable lure of MMORPG

The Witcher is a great game, I've gotten to episode 2. Medieval Total War II is awesome in its big scale battles, I've almost conquered France.

That is the thing. I have tried them out for a while, but I always get sucked into WoW again.

I have just a little time to play and I need to choose what to play. And the decision always falls on WoW ultimately. Just that instance, just that piece of gear. Always wanna become a little better.
And when one character gets boring someone new gets my attention. Right now I am playing my 44 lock and try to level him up. Good fun to try to learn a new class. And locks rock when u get a hang of it. As we all know as warriors who have done the feared dotted up running around.

But the thing that really keeps me in the game is my friends. I live 500k away from most my old friends and a good chunk of them are playing WoW. It is a great way to keep in touch and have fun at the same time.

What is that makes you tick? Is it that extra gear or the social life?