[wow] Mists of pandaria - Page 103

On November 06 2013 19:09 Thorakh wrote:
I'm pretty sure Warlords of Draenor is not a WoW expansion. The name just doesn't sound expansion-ish.

On November 06 2013 19:46 Haedley wrote:
No like anyone would still play this terrible Casual-MMO.

On November 06 2013 20:08 Haedley wrote:
10M have not payed to play it for years! Of the 7M Players at least 5M are from Asia and there is no 15$/Month Sub-System. At least in china you have to buy Timecards so Blizzard does not get that much money after the Cut to the Chinese Company.

And since Casualysm the Game has just become terrible. They even patched out the Skill-Trees wtf!

On November 06 2013 23:41 Warri wrote:

I too thought this is a bad thing, but then i played the game and enjoyed it, because unlike before, you know have to adapt your skills to every boss. Theres not much room for customizing, but you play the bosses differently, which is better. In the end, there was a cookiecutter build for every spec anyway, so you either sticked to that or you were a scrub who doesnt do damage. I like it the way it is now.

For example: I play shadow priest. Each class has 6 tiers of skills, which each have 3 different options.
For Thok, i ignore the first tier, because thats more pvp relevant. In the second tier i use feathers, because you can have 3 of them at a time and they give a greater speed boost for longer time. This is essential in the encounter because the boss chases random people around. In the third tier i spec From Darkness comes light, this gives me instant cast procs, which is usually a dps loss compared to the third option, but on this boss its impossible to cast a full mindflay because he counterspells every second and you also have to run a lot. In the forth tier it doesnt really matter, this one is pure preference. I prefer bulwark because its a passive skill and i have one less button to press, but it also prevents me frm dying to his high damage nukes that i wouldnt be able to react with a manual heal. In the fifth tier i go Divine insight, because it also gives me instant cast procs, just for a different spell. This is the to go option for 90% of the bosses, but there are exceptions. In the sixth tier i go Divine star. This is a dps loss compared to halo, but its a 15second cooldown spell which heals everyone in line between me and the boss for up to 200k. In this encounter it is required to stand together and he has very high damage so it helps the healers a lot.
Now we kill thok and go to the very next boss in the dungeon: Blackfuse! What skills do i change? every single one(except for the first tier which is a pvp tier).
I dont need feathers for blackfuse, so i go body and soul, which gives me a speed boost whenever i cast a shield on myself (or others). Then i get solace and insanity instead of FDCL, because i dont need the instant procs which are a dps loss compared to solace, when i have plenty of time to cast a full mindflay. Also, this boss has an ability that some classes can dodge, like rogues with their vanish, hunters with feint death and also priests, with guise, which i skill instead of the bulwark which would have granted me heal. in the next tier i go Twist of Fate, because this boss is add heavy i can have 90%+ uptime of this buff, which is a huge dps boost comapred to Divine Insight. In the last tier i go halo, which is the go to dps option when the boss has adds but they are stacked together so cascade doesnt do full damage.

You see, this were just 2 bosses, not only do the bosses have different abilities, but i myself have different abilities for the bosses. This brings more variety and more fun. And im just a shadow priest, i only have one damage spec. Just imagine how much pure dps classes can change in playstyle between bosses!

On November 06 2013 23:41 Warri wrote:

I too thought this is a bad thing, but then i played the game and enjoyed it, because unlike before, you know have to adapt your skills to every boss. Theres not much room for customizing, but you play the bosses differently, which is better. In the end, there was a cookiecutter build for every spec anyway, so you either sticked to that or you were a scrub who doesnt do damage. I like it the way it is now.

For example: I play shadow priest. Each class has 6 tiers of skills, which each have 3 different options.
For Thok, i ignore the first tier, because thats more pvp relevant. In the second tier i use feathers, because you can have 3 of them at a time and they give a greater speed boost for longer time. This is essential in the encounter because the boss chases random people around. In the third tier i spec From Darkness comes light, this gives me instant cast procs, which is usually a dps loss compared to the third option, but on this boss its impossible to cast a full mindflay because he counterspells every second and you also have to run a lot. In the forth tier it doesnt really matter, this one is pure preference. I prefer bulwark because its a passive skill and i have one less button to press, but it also prevents me frm dying to his high damage nukes that i wouldnt be able to react with a manual heal. In the fifth tier i go Divine insight, because it also gives me instant cast procs, just for a different spell. This is the to go option for 90% of the bosses, but there are exceptions. In the sixth tier i go Divine star. This is a dps loss compared to halo, but its a 15second cooldown spell which heals everyone in line between me and the boss for up to 200k. In this encounter it is required to stand together and he has very high damage so it helps the healers a lot.
Now we kill thok and go to the very next boss in the dungeon: Blackfuse! What skills do i change? every single one(except for the first tier which is a pvp tier).
I dont need feathers for blackfuse, so i go body and soul, which gives me a speed boost whenever i cast a shield on myself (or others). Then i get solace and insanity instead of FDCL, because i dont need the instant procs which are a dps loss compared to solace, when i have plenty of time to cast a full mindflay. Also, this boss has an ability that some classes can dodge, like rogues with their vanish, hunters with feint death and also priests, with guise, which i skill instead of the bulwark which would have granted me heal. in the next tier i go Twist of Fate, because this boss is add heavy i can have 90%+ uptime of this buff, which is a huge dps boost comapred to Divine Insight. In the last tier i go halo, which is the go to dps option when the boss has adds but they are stacked together so cascade doesnt do full damage.

You see, this were just 2 bosses, not only do the bosses have different abilities, but i myself have different abilities for the bosses. This brings more variety and more fun. And im just a shadow priest, i only have one damage spec. Just imagine how much pure dps classes can change in playstyle between bosses!