EPT[wow] Warlords of Draenor - Page 405
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farvacola
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Teoita
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Thalandros
Netherlands1151 Posts
On January 24 2015 23:37 Mikau wrote: I currently have a pretty outdated PC (3.5 years old I think) and WoW has started to fps lag. I can run medium/fair and get 20-30 FPS on average (funnily enough, raids, bgs and arena seem smoother than Warspear/Garrison) and I was thinking about upgrading my GPU (and getting a SSD). Are you guys saying that because WoW taxes CPU the most I won't be getting a noticeable increase in framerate? I can't afford to replace my entire rig right now and new GPU and SSD seemed like the easiest way to patch the problem before being able to afford a new setup. Am I wrong? You might! I need to know your rig to be able to analyse that. Sometimes, GPU can be the bottleneck. Easiest way to check is to put resolution lower/higher, see if your framerate changes greatly. If it does, then it's the graphics card's fault. if not, it's the CPU that's lacking. In general something along the lines of a GTX 660+ should be fine, I was playing on decent settings with my HD 6950 (nearly 4 year old card), but the CPU usually really lacks. an SSD will help load times, but I don't think it helps FPS in any noticeable manner, WoW textures aren't that hi-res anyway. Post your specs, and people will take a look at it. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On January 25 2015 02:00 Teoita wrote: Also WoW isnt a competitive game like Starcraft or Dota Well its competitive in a small amount but the way to be the best is kinda dumb | ||
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GhostLink
United States450 Posts
On January 25 2015 02:00 Teoita wrote: Also WoW isnt a competitive game like Starcraft or Dota There is quite a bit of information, more game content up for discussion than any other game, pvp, raids, professions, classes, you name it. There are guilds progressing steadily through end game content, it'd certainly be enough to keep it running, assuming the right amount of playerbase. Besides, it'd be the first one of its kind, I don't think there is a site like TL for WoW, most people just go on the bnet forums | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On January 25 2015 04:58 Capped wrote: Is there even an actual WoW comp. scene outside of the pvp ladder? lol. You could say world first is competitive but in order to get world firsts this time around you have to alt farm which is a little silly. | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
On January 25 2015 04:59 Drazerk wrote: You could say world first is competitive but in order to get world firsts this time around you have to alt farm which is a little silly. Why so? | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21976 Posts
On January 25 2015 04:59 Drazerk wrote: You could say world first is competitive but in order to get world firsts this time around you have to alt farm which is a little silly. This is nothing new. Top guilds have been farming with a few mains and a lot of alts repeatedly for years now. As for a WoW TL site. Why would you? There are already many websites with long WoW traditions. There is no need for a new website when sites like MMO-C already exist. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
because of the mythic wait lock out (2 weeks) basically the only way to ensure you are competitive for mythic these days is to use alt farms while it wasn't uncommon back then it is now mandatory because of this short lockout period. | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
On January 25 2015 05:42 Drazerk wrote: because of the mythic wait lock out (2 weeks) basically the only way to ensure you are competitive for mythic these days is to use alt farms while it wasn't uncommon back then it is now mandatory because of this short lockout period. I mean, what's so silly about it? Except randomness of drops I guess... | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On January 25 2015 06:19 Duvon wrote: I mean, what's so silly about it? Except randomness of drops I guess... When they have a loot system that can pretty much put a stop to it as long as world first is still up for grabs it does seem a little odd that they don't use it. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21976 Posts
On January 25 2015 06:21 Drazerk wrote: When they have a loot system that can pretty much put a stop to it as long as world first is still up for grabs it does seem a little odd that they don't use it. Yes lets turn the race for world first into an even bigger RNG fest by forcing personal loot on raid teams. "I'm sorry your dps did not get a drop this week. Tobad you wanted to get Butcher down" | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
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Mikau
Netherlands1446 Posts
On January 25 2015 03:22 Thalandros wrote: You might! I need to know your rig to be able to analyse that. Sometimes, GPU can be the bottleneck. Easiest way to check is to put resolution lower/higher, see if your framerate changes greatly. If it does, then it's the graphics card's fault. if not, it's the CPU that's lacking. In general something along the lines of a GTX 660+ should be fine, I was playing on decent settings with my HD 6950 (nearly 4 year old card), but the CPU usually really lacks. an SSD will help load times, but I don't think it helps FPS in any noticeable manner, WoW textures aren't that hi-res anyway. Post your specs, and people will take a look at it. I'm not on my desktop atm (at my parents') so I don't know by heart. I'll update on monday when I get back home. | ||
NonY
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On January 25 2015 06:19 Duvon wrote: I mean, what's so silly about it? Except randomness of drops I guess... It's silly because it's just a huge time sink in order to get a passive increase on the power of your character. A competitive game would require a person to practice between performances, not farm. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21976 Posts
On January 25 2015 07:50 NonY wrote: It's silly because it's just a huge time sink in order to get a passive increase on the power of your character. A competitive game would require a person to practice between performances, not farm. The race for world first is not an esports, its simply a race that people do because they enjoy it (because there is no reward other then epeen) Why would blizzard spend significant effort trying to redesign/balance for the race to make it a genuine competitive thing? | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
On January 25 2015 07:50 NonY wrote: It's silly because it's just a huge time sink in order to get a passive increase on the power of your character. A competitive game would require a person to practice between performances, not farm. Well it's Some kind of practice playing alts, especially healer/utility... Though I agree, and the competitiveness of PvE is thus a bit lessened by the grind influence. On January 25 2015 08:00 Gorsameth wrote: The race for world first is not an esports, its simply a race that people do because they enjoy it (because there is no reward other then epeen) Why would blizzard spend significant effort trying to redesign/balance for the race to make it a genuine competitive thing? I disagree, it's somewhat of an esport - just not in the same manner as PvP. I mean, I would consider doing an Iron man a sporting event - even if you do it only to have done it. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21976 Posts
Personal loot wont stop the alt grinding since then instead of 1 main and a bunch of alts you start the expansion with 8 warriors, run them all through Heroic and the one that gets the most loot is the one you take to mythic. The only system I can think of where you actually make it truely competitive is having preset gear inside a raid. When you enter all your stats are hard-locked at X value and you race to complete it in the shortest time. Do you think the top players would enjoy that? Also where does that leave blizzard and their re-playability? The gear grind is there to keep people paying. | ||
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