Some of those cookie specs are only possible because of end game gearing, others because of private server values, and all still sub optimal compared to focused specs. Naxx was out for quite a long time before TBC, with most of the bosses on far so it was only really 4horse, Sapphiron, and KT loot that was missing. I must say though I am looking forward to it this time around just as much as the first time around.
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Some of those cookie specs are only possible because of end game gearing, others because of private server values, and all still sub optimal compared to focused specs. Naxx was out for quite a long time before TBC, with most of the bosses on far so it was only really 4horse, Sapphiron, and KT loot that was missing. I must say though I am looking forward to it this time around just as much as the first time around.
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Really enjoying playing wow again, I just hope this time round I get to kill cthun and clear naxx.
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Just wanted to check something.
Should whirlwind (warrior skill) cause me to spin around for a few seconds doing constant AOE? A friend of mine says this happens with other warriors but I don't spin and just hit everything once.
Should whirlwind (warrior skill) cause me to spin around for a few seconds doing constant AOE? A friend of mine says this happens with other warriors but I don't spin and just hit everything once.
They likely have the SM axe.
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The whirlwind skill. Spins you round once and can be used with any weapon. It hits every mob in range once and only once. (unless you combo it with other stuff). Tops out at 4 enemies.
The whirlwind axe is a big 2H axe from the class quest. Obtainable at 30 and useable until early 40s. It is just a big 2h axe.
Ravager is a 2h axe that drops from herod in SM (armoury). It has a proc that spins your around a lot and hits every mob in range multiple times. It procs often. you spin for 9 seconds and do + damage on every hit to everything in range. No max.
If you get lucky and get this axe ( i did not and got bored of running SM). It can be used effectively in aoe dungeon grps until the low 50s. It does not work very well while solo questing though so you will need another weapon for this.
You can combine sweeping strikes, the whirlwind skill and ravager procs and go all out aoe nuts.
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That makes sense. Thanks!
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Dire Maul is being released next week, Blizz have just announced it. Looking forward to my epic mount quest!
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Well, there goes any sense of a reasonable economy starting up on the servers.
Good for fun and loot though some nice stuff in DM.
Good for tanking ShortWarning https://classicdb.ch/?item=18376 while you work towards QS.
Don
Yeah, so much for no changes!
Bit worried they’ll churn out the phases a lot quicker now rather than follow the original pacing.
Bit worried they’ll churn out the phases a lot quicker now rather than follow the original pacing.
Soldato
Keep hearing all this doom and gloom about the economy being ruined and MC being pointless, yet in vanilla DM was released less than a month after launch in EU.
https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_(World_of_Warcraft)
Not saying I agree it should be this early, but it's hardly going to ruin anything compared to last time if it's actually coming out relatively later.
https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_(World_of_Warcraft)
Not saying I agree it should be this early, but it's hardly going to ruin anything compared to last time if it's actually coming out relatively later.
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Small update from Zeed.... I'm like around 20 days played. Ehh i missed my WoW addiction 
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X Times more players on every server. X Times more mages AOE farming DM. X times more mages with obscene amount of gold and X times more mages selling the BoE drops.
Also no one had cleared MC in the first month of retails. At the moment its being run weekly by pugs wearing blues and greens.
I wouldn't worry though. The impact from todays china news will have a bigger impact on player numbers and future plans.
The thing is, a lot of people have hit 60 way quicker than what happened in the original release. Most people take 8 days /played now, where as in the original a lot of people took far longer than that because we simply didn't have a clue what we were doing. People are now also already farming Molten Core relatively easily, again this took ages in Vanilla. So essentially the game and players are currently in a state similar to what we were when Dire Maul was originally released.
Exactly this, by the time I hit 60 originally Dire Maul was in the game.
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It’s worth noting though that EU release was 2-1/2 months after the actual release though.
I think it sets a precedent that “it’s easier now” could be used to bang out the phases twice as quick as they were originally.
I think it sets a precedent that “it’s easier now” could be used to bang out the phases twice as quick as they were originally.
Is anyone playing on Nethergarde Keep? I've got an Orc Warlock at 24 which I'm mostly levelling via quests but I'm trying to do every dungeon at least once. I'm quite enjoying the occasional help I get from Alliance players (and vice versa).
I also have a Human Paladin at 11 on Razorgore but I don't think I'm going to have enough time to level it to 60 before phase 2 is implemented - reddit seems to think that ganking will become more of a thing when honour can be earned.
I also have a Human Paladin at 11 on Razorgore but I don't think I'm going to have enough time to level it to 60 before phase 2 is implemented - reddit seems to think that ganking will become more of a thing when honour can be earned.
Dire Maul is a good thing early on no? The main issue i have is the sheer wait until a single BG arrives six months? Lets face it they borked phase 1 rushing this makes no difference now you might as well.do it so pvp phase is sooner. I think when you have BWL you can ease off especially ZG. It would suck if they rushed all the phases though it takes time. I like having time to farm things this is the main issue i have with wow by the time you farmed that tier set, Spent a load of gold and effort the expansions coming to a close or they announce new content and everyone is like meh i am gonna quit now until then.
They ruined retail by giving too much easy content, It means you need more expansions, Which means more lore. Which means quantity now overcomes quality and you have this deadline for a new expac because they burnee through the content. So you have to make up these stupid lore and game ruining scenarios like time travel, Chinese pandas and now i see foxes and mechanognomes.
They ruined retail by giving too much easy content, It means you need more expansions, Which means more lore. Which means quantity now overcomes quality and you have this deadline for a new expac because they burnee through the content. So you have to make up these stupid lore and game ruining scenarios like time travel, Chinese pandas and now i see foxes and mechanognomes.
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Dire Maul was essentially a catch up mechanic for people heading to BWL that hadn’t geared up via MC.
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Best thing is just to wait for PVP. All the gear without the 100 runs for weapons. We got ashkandi once in over 100 runs. I had to wait 20 something runs on chromaggus for the xbow. PVP after it got buffed was tier 2.5 level anyway. I was the bane of my guild as I had R14 gear so just used all my DKP on rings and trinkets!