tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post1336626626325906101..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: Reddit AMA with Ion HazzikostasRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-85010604072799583152018-09-19T13:45:16.819-07:002018-09-19T13:45:16.819-07:00Well, I disagree with you about the Heart of Azero...Well, I disagree with you about the Heart of Azeroth as I posted earlier. It's fine so long as you aren't getting gear that is vastly higher than your AP level. Most of the power is in that first trait, so as long as the first trait is unlocked, it's pretty much just like chasing specific secondary stats.<br /><br />As for island expeditions, I've made a more detailed post since them. I'm not really certain what you mean about diminishing returns, though. The weekly seems more than enough for me.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-32252062245716147932018-09-19T13:42:01.023-07:002018-09-19T13:42:01.023-07:00Good summary of the "other side". I'...Good summary of the "other side". I'd like to address your comment in more detail in a future post.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-81216153110626247532018-09-19T13:41:22.980-07:002018-09-19T13:41:22.980-07:00Eh, healing can be that way too. That's the do...Eh, healing can be that way too. That's the downside of the strengths and weakness idea. The other option is homogeneity. Everyone has a mobility cooldown, everyone has a full AoE rotation, everyone has the same single target behavior.<br /><br />For better or worse, Blizzard has decided on a different path, and a path which is guaranteed to make some classes better in specific content than others.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-78354382594468349022018-09-17T18:50:11.011-07:002018-09-17T18:50:11.011-07:00While you're correct in that the major activit...While you're correct in that the major activities are in a really good spot currently (M+/Raids/Other dungeons), you're missing the mark on the core concepts of the expansion.<br /><br />The core part of BFA is the Heart of Azeroth, and as a mechanic it's objectively awful. Ample opportunity to get upgrades that aren't, the gating is terrible, and leveling it just feels *bad*. Island Expeditions, as mentioned elsewhere, are supposed to be the primary leveling method for them, but diminishing returns kick in far, far too fast for those to feel rewarding.<br /><br />Beyond that, there were multiple classes that shipped in an absolutely broken state. Shaman are being almost completely cut out of high end content, and Shadow Priests are objectively terrible right now.JThelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154318552494642680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-54399212283540610262018-09-16T23:36:17.999-07:002018-09-16T23:36:17.999-07:00Damn. Early morning. ilvl 320 requirement.Damn. Early morning. ilvl 320 requirement.AlexFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277715324703690004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-23224585724225608252018-09-16T23:35:35.305-07:002018-09-16T23:35:35.305-07:00I have a number of complaints:
1. The most recent ...I have a number of complaints:<br />1. The most recent one. Rares in Arathi Highlands have been reset for the Horde but not for the Alliance. Horde players can now farm them again for drops. Alliance cannot.<br /><br />1.2. Horde players could queue for the Warfront scenario without any restrictions (except be a level 120) for a WEEK before Blizzard introduced ilvl 120 requirement. A piece of ilvl340 gear drops after every “run” of the Warfront scenario and can titanforge. The first run gives ilvl370 gear and can titanforge.<br /><br />1.3. Look at how many Horde guilds are at the top of the Mythic Uldir raid progression table. They are there because of the Warfronts.<br /><br />2. Results achieved in Mythic+ Legion dungeons were used to give people extremely high-level gear in BfA weekly chests. The gear has since been taken away from people.<br /><br />3. Server lag. People report every day that they have problems with combat lagging and loot lagging. The community has come to the conclusion that the server prioritizes dungeons and raids over quests and the open world.<br /><br />4. Professions are garbage. Recipes that need a lot of mats give only one skill point. Products of crafting professions like blacksmithing, leatherworking, and tailoring are barely useful. They give a set of gear for level 110 and for an extremely lazy level 120. The later recipes require at least 15 mythic 5-man dungeon end boss kills, are BoP and by the time someone farms the mats, he or she would have surely got something to drop. Even later recipes require 250 bloods or several weeks of farming heroic Uldir or months of killing normal Uldir bosses.<br /><br />5. Lack of communication on the part of Blizzard Activision. They change the behavior of raid bosses overnight and don’t report it anywhere.<br /><br />6. Massive bugs. When the Warfront scenario became available for queuing, the entire LFG system broke down and took quite some time to fix. When a 2H weapon dropped from an Uldir boss, Blizzard said it was supposed to be a transmog weapon with low stats and hotfixed it to be that way. People with the drops had enchanted and scrapped their old weapons by then. A lot of complaints made Blizzard to revert the hotfix.<br /><br />7. Island expeditions are garbage. On Beta they had bosses and much more randomization. Every island was a different experience. Not on Live.AlexFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277715324703690004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-60599709401166946442018-09-16T21:40:45.235-07:002018-09-16T21:40:45.235-07:00DPS specializations are a really awkward fit with ...DPS specializations are a really awkward fit with Mythic+ being a major path of progression, especially for people that can't find the large, scheduled blocks of time needed to raid. Polyniceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572569966804611855noreply@blogger.com