WoW thread (was Computer Help)

[Bryan]

Seems like the Computer Help thread was derailed when he mentioned World of Warcraft. I figured I would start a thread on the topic.  I've currently got 2 characters, a level 70 undead warlock and a level 70 tauren druid.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Maelstrom&n=Trayke
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Maelstrom&n=Draiven

I used to play nightly when I was on the road for work (not much else to do in a hotel room). I've slowed down significantly though.  I generally only pop on a few nights a week for Black Temple / Hyjal raids on my warlock.  My druid mostly sits around except when I need to farm herbs or to help friends that need arena points.


Topic of Discussion:  Nerf warriors!


discuss.

[Shaun Martin]

I only have minimal experience with WoW.  When I played, I started as a warrior and it bored the crap out of me so I switched to a rogue.  I plan on playing again once summer time rolls around.  My characters only got to 31 (warrior) and 24 (rogue).

[Brad Nunnally]

Thats only cause you are an uber noob Shaun and couldn't hack it :P

And Bryan don't complain you know you will be back in the swing of things when Sunwell comes out.

Vashj dies tonight!! Buff Hunters!!!


BTW Hi  :D

[arcdrag]

I've been playing for a little less than a year now and I've started playing more and more lately since I realized that arena = chasing resto druids around pillars and it really is the absolute least enjoyable part of Wow for me even though I love to pvp in BGs.  Now I'm a little more focused on PVE and have been running daily heroics and kara and working on getting geared for 25 man content.  I'm a bit of an altoholic though so I'll probably never actually reach end game content.  I've got a char of just about every class to level 25+ but my mage is the only one I truly enjoy. 

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Antonidas&n=Arkdrag

Topic of discussion:  Nerf warlocks

[Bryan]

I'll probably enjoy the newness of 2.4 for a while. I'm admittedly looking forward to it.  We cleared Hyjal in record time on Tuesday, just over 2 hours.  Tonight we're back into BT for our first look at reliquery.  I have a feeling they'll have some more problems with Bloodboil, but we got him down last time and it was our first look at him.


As for arenas, 2v2 is horribly imbalanced. I personally wish they'd can it and introduce 4v4.  Mages are powerhouses in 3v3. You should team up with a mace speced combat rogue and disc priest. You'll see your team rise drastically.  As for nerf locks, why?  I'm strugglign to think of any serious reason.   You are at a disadvantage being a caster. SL/SL is pretty cookie cutter for PvP, but it really only works well against casters in a 1 on 1 environment.

[arcdrag]

No reason, just giving you a hard time. 

[Bryan]

There goes my hope for debate :(

[Mark Sands]

Topic of discussion: Nerf druids!

(mainly applies to level 70 druids)

[Bryan]

I agree, moonkins are HORRIBLY unbalanced and need a nerf.

[Mark Sands]

I agree, moonkins are HORRIBLY unbalanced and need a nerf.

THANK YOU!

Not to mention their cyclone, in battle cheetah form (immune to polymorph), and their ultimate healing; if they're near death they run, heal, repeat.  However, you do have to play the class well, I see a lot of druids that need /reroll

[Bryan]

actually moonkins are the spec that doesn't need nerfing. The only thing that needs nerfing is healing & pvp. Feral pvp could use a buff.

[arcdrag]

It will be hard to nerf them without nerfing resto druid raid healers.  I hear blizz is taking one step forward in nerfing arena water though to where it doesn't give any mana for like the first 3 seconds.  This way they have to get out of combat for a fairly considerable amount of time to get mana back.

On a side note:  What makes someone say, "You know what, I think I'm going to spec to become a moonkin"?  Thats the one class/spec in the game I have no intentions whatsoever of ever trying.     

[Bryan]

A Moonkin in a raid is any caster's wet dream.  When I see that sweet sweet 5% crit buff come up I know I'm going to be seeing 8K+ shadow bolt crits quite frequently.  Combine that with a ret paladins seal of the crusader and I'm sitting at an extra 8% crit.  I've got 28% crit base (with talents), that puts me up to 36% crit*



*I'll be dead in the first 1 minute of the fight if I get distracted by the pretty numbers and don't look at my threat meter.

[Brad Nunnally]

We always raid with atleast one boomkin. One thing that we found out that was killer for Vashj was a boomking on stair duty and keep themselves and their melee dpser up during phase 2. The only time they may need help is when a tainted pops.

[Bryan]

boomkins and ret paladins are both incredibly useful for raids.  They have limited use though. You don't need more than 1.