tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post437189311820829642..comments2023-05-31T07:48:14.121-05:00Comments on As the World...of Warcraft...Turns: Cataclysmic messSkauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11065187571763499572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post-87043671871892622442010-12-27T17:56:30.749-06:002010-12-27T17:56:30.749-06:00Been reading you blog since I started the game abo...Been reading you blog since I started the game about a 1 1/2 ago. I started out alot like you, I never thought I would be able to ever get into groups, or be skilled enough to run dungeons, or any of that type of stuff. After about 4 months I learned alot abut how things worked and ended up joining a guild right around the time the LFD tool came out. It changed the game for me. By the end of Lich King I had raided about 7/12 in ICC on my Mage and Paladin, and had become completely comfortable in any 5-man setting.<br /><br />I know those things aren't an option for you though, given you personality, and honestly, as far as content at 85, I don't know that Cata will have much to offer you. Endgame is much more difficult now, even for people interested in raiding. I am lucky to have found a late-night guild that is fairly causal but interested in some progression, but I would never want to PUG these new Heroic dungeons (which i know you could care less about).<br /><br />However, Cata should keep you entertained for at least a bit since I know how much you like alts. And the new world quests are fantastic in almost every zone. You could do Loremaster, or even grind out "The Insane" title? In new gear you and your husband and child go and 3 man many of the Northrend instances you never got to see very easily, and you can almost certainly solo any BC heroic. Just some ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post-12174761470535524822010-12-14T18:35:41.323-06:002010-12-14T18:35:41.323-06:00I just had a bugged dig site in Dire Maul, so I lo...I just had a bugged dig site in Dire Maul, so I looked on the forums. Apparently, if you go dig somewhere else, and come back to that dig site, it'll reset the spawns. It worked for me.<br /><br />Aerie Peak...in the Hinterlands? Those are level 40 npcs I believe. Just grit your teeth and kill kill kill. :)Bloodshrikehttp://aboyandhisdeathrays.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post-50304970482788453712010-12-14T13:24:11.889-06:002010-12-14T13:24:11.889-06:00Hey hey, don't give up on Cataclysm or Archaeo...Hey hey, don't give up on Cataclysm or Archaeology.<br /><br />Yeah, Archaeology is extremely boring, but it will have its rewards. I'm looking forward to the level 85 BOA epics from it, and luckily the one toon I'm doing it with is also my Alchemist, so hopefully I'll get the Vial of the Sands Dragon Mount recipe drop.<br /><br />Guild XP - Just make sure to do as many quests or dailies as possible. Yes, Wrath mobs only give 10% XP, but Wrath quests still give a good amount of XP, and the dailies XP ratchets up with higher levels (i.e. Dalaran dailies giving 40k xp at level 83)<br /><br />My personal guild is at 17% to level 2, and that's with me doing the Argent Tournament dailies on 2 toons per day, since they're still working towards Crusader, doing the Orgrimmar Cooking and Fishing dailies on all toons, and the Dalaran fish/cooking dailies on maybe 6 toons, if they're the easy quests that don't require travel.<br /><br />I haven't even touched any Cataclysm quests yet, yet my main is 83 just from Archaeology and dailies.Bloodshrikehttp://aboyandhisdeathrays.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post-90045349752229844542010-12-14T12:43:12.748-06:002010-12-14T12:43:12.748-06:00Hey Skaut! Glad to see you posting again! It'...Hey Skaut! Glad to see you posting again! It's been a few months.<br /><br />I did try leveling my paladin in basically nothing but left over quest greens from WOTLK and a few crafted blues that I could pull together and it worked fine. The mobs don't seem to start hitting ridiculously hard until Deepholm, and by then I had upgraded almost every piece of gear with quest rewards from Mt. Hyjal. <br /><br />I definitely needed to be a little bit more careful and strategic with my pulls - no more just flying into the objective and not worrying about all the mobs around - but eventually figured out that it was workable as long as I was careful.<br /><br />Uldum and Twilight Highlands have both been really good. I echo your feelings on the lack of dailies though. There seems to be significantly less available than there were at the launch of WOTLK - but hopefully that is something they'll get fixed soon.Joarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343975994265805336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36953971.post-69753716972870448572010-12-14T11:08:17.954-06:002010-12-14T11:08:17.954-06:00Mobs hit harder and have more hit points, but Cata...Mobs hit harder and have more hit points, but Cata gear has heaps more stamina than WoTLK gear so that helps. With 8 80's I'm sure you have the skill and experience to overcome most situations. Maybe WoTLK was too easy. Embrace the excitement of near-death experiences.<br /><br />Don't get hung up on people in raid epics. Chances are almost every piece will be replaced by quest reward greens. Epics will be much harder to come by as well, with heroics being much harder.<br /><br />When all is said and done, WoW is a multiplayer game, so there have to be benefits to social players and this can and does disadvantage solo players. I hope your guild does level sufficiently to gain a few perks. A dozen (or however many you have in the guild) 80's should get you a few perks, albeit more slowly than before.<br /><br />Most people are so absorbed in what they're doing that they won't notice your name being broadcast, especially when they've heard the broadcast 200 times before. If there are too many people around there's always fishing or farming in a quiet spot.<br /><br />Whatever you do don't go back to the dark side. Playing The Sims is like looking into the abyss. And it doesn't have a vibrant economy.Gyldenfeaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285660683888321198noreply@blogger.com