Gallow has hit level 45!
I was eyeing an upgrade for a weapon, and the damned https://classic.wowhead.com/item=9418/stoneslayer was never dropping. I considered upgrading to a https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2291/kang-the-decapitator but the prices have been rising and my gold cannot match that (they used to go for 40g, now 80g+).
Instead I opted for a https://classic.wowhead.com/item=10626/ragehammer for just 10g and enchanted with https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=13695/enchant-2h-weapon-impact for real cheap. The proc is great (approx. 1 per min, which brings the top end higher than Kang actually, and higher attack speed means more rage). And while I'm losing 5% crit from 2H axe mastery, I'm gaining 6% chance to stun for 3 seconds. On a PvP server I much rather have a semi-rare stun every once in a while as that may be the defining factor between life and death.
https://classic.wowhead.com/item=2291/kang-the-decapitator but the prices have been rising and my gold cannot match that (they used to go for 40g, now 80g+).
Damn thats cheap! They are going for 250g on my server.
Grats on 45 and the new weapon man! Youre getting close now.
I went into the game thinking this time I'm going Alliance.
Created a gnome warlock because i was going to min/max etc...by level 27 i couldn't look at the gnome one more second.
Going Paladin, the hell with min/max, I'm just going for the light and level at my own speed. By level 24 I couldn't stand paladin's mechanics.
Druid Night Elf it is!! The first race I played back in Vanilla, that is going to be my main. Lv22...losing hope I couldn't keep playing the game.
Then it hit me, I just can't stand alliance zones, gnomes and paladins QoL, so I went back to my roots.
Troll Shaman, I'm loving every second, took way more time with it, probably double the time I've been playing this character, but the zones and the athmosphere is just so different.
A question remains, will I keep playing him after the lvl25 barrier or will my Alt addiction beat me to it. Next time on DBZ.
Went all in with my Enhancement Shaman at launch and rushed to level 30 and then slowed it down a lot from then on, Now Im level 51 and starting to feel the oppression from dungeon groups. So Ive been playing some alts when I get overwhelmed with the 50+ Grind.
Uther's tomb!
Level 42 and got my mount last night! :cool:
I will be 60 tonight. I will not rest until I ding. I'm over halfway thru 59.
Had the honor of getting a https://classic.wowhead.com/item=17204/eye-of-sulfuras and MLing it to one of my paladin officers tonight. We dont roll rets in raids, but he will have fun with this piece in PvP. We run a DKP system with a few items on loot council, so I was happy to reward his hard work outside of raiding. I didnt know this guy 4 weeks ago, and now I consider him a friend. Not going to lie, as a warrior (despite this being pretty bad for warriors) it was hard to loot it to him at first hahahaha.
Of course within about 10 mins of getting the item, he went and vendored it for a quick screenshot (to a vendor that is moving during a period where our server was having lag spikes)
This is how I know I gave such a powerful item to the right person... :confused: He bought it back and plans to build it over the next month. Congrats Daghet (Fairbanks Alliance).
Got to say... For only a month into Classic and seeing a binding and now an eye we've either been on a lucky streak (probable) or Classic drop rates are higher than private.
UPDATE: Daghet completed his hammer build on October 20th. It took him about 2 weeks to complete.
(despite this being pretty bad for warriors)
I resent this and feel personally attacked. As a warrior, this will be vastly superior to any weapon I'm likely to see. :D
I resent this and feel personally attacked. As a warrior, this will be vastly superior to any weapon I'm likely to see. :D
If only https://classic.wowhead.com/item=17076/bonereavers-edge didnt exist =(
I'm actually considering running a slam build for raids leading into phase 3. So I will be slamming with https://classic.wowhead.com/item=19169/nightfall and periodically swapping to BRE. As an alliance warrior, 2 hander builds sort of suck (no windfury) but someone needs to wield nightfall and it wont be a Ret paladin haha. This leaves Hunters and Fury warriors. Given how early we got this Sulfuras Eye we will probably have a bunch more drop throughout Classic, but I'm conflicted if I would ever take one, even as a 2 hand warrior.
If I were a ret pally, I would probably still run BRE. But as a Spelladin, you are vastly superior for PvP than ret because you are FAR more suited for a team. You are desirable. And spelladins WANT that sulfuras hand spell damage proc, it is godly for them. You wont sacrifice much healing and will still yield some pretty great burst numbers. You will also be running a spec that is competent for healing but can still be used in raids. Due to all of these factors, it made the decision pretty easy.
Regardless who gets this item (sulfuras), I dont really plan on seeing it in raids. So this is more of a talking piece or a guild banner.
Honestly, I'd use Nightfall. It's still a strong enough weapon at the end of the day. I can just close my damage meter and be happy with my numbers.
In Magical Christmasland, I'll one day wield a BRE, but before then, I'd be happy with the old https://classic.wowhead.com/item=18822/obsidian-edged-blade . Used one in Vanilla and housed the meters.
Getting 60 today.
Gotta farm Plaguelands all day.
Level 47 here.
REALLY getting tired of the spellcleave runs i accidentally join with my mage because they're not announced as such. I really don't want to pull the entire ZF graveyard and wiping yet another time because of a few overconfident group members. I just want to run a regular dungeon and have a good time doing so.
I really don't want to pull the entire ZF graveyard and wiping yet another time because of a few overconfident group members. I just want to run a regular dungeon and have a good time doing so.
I dont think a lot of these groups are tracking their xp per hour. The tolerance for mistakes is very small. As a melee cleave, we tracked our xp per hour and if we wiped even once, our hour was shot. These cleaves are not valuable as pugs. The group needs to be in VOIP and on point. I'm really not sure why these groups became common place. A strong quest route will yield consistently higher xp per hour than an untrained spell cleave pug.
This is especially confusing because Jokerxd showed us the potential for solo aoe grinding as a mage. I mentioned during the pre launch that this had the potential to be the fastest route to 60 IF someone could consistently violate layering, and Joker was able to do exactly that. If I were leveling a mage, I would be taking advantage of layering while it still exists.
Level 47 here.
REALLY getting tired of the spellcleave runs i accidentally join with my mage because they're not announced as such. I really don't want to pull the entire ZF graveyard and wiping yet another time because of a few overconfident group members. I just want to run a regular dungeon and have a good time doing so.
I'm trying to reduce the exposure I have to random PUGs at this point too. Just frustrated with lazy DPS, melee characters who have an unspoken agreement to never attack the same target, mages who AOE before I even get to a pack of mobs, DPS running in and attacking a group of mobs that I've already pulled and am waiting to arrive during LOS pulls.. All different issues, but still annoying. I started adding every good player I've found in PUGs and then I make my own groups as often as possible. I try to pull from a list of known good players. Things just go smoother this way and it makes for a more enjoyable experience. You should try to do the same.
I dont think a lot of these groups are tracking their xp per hour. The tolerance for mistakes is very small. As a melee cleave, we tracked our xp per hour and if we wiped even once, our hour was shot. These cleaves are not valuable as pugs. The group needs to be in VOIP and on point. I'm really not sure why these groups became common place. A strong quest route will yield consistently higher xp per hour than an untrained spell cleave pug.
This is especially confusing because Jokerxd showed us the potential for solo aoe grinding as a mage. I mentioned during the pre launch that this had the potential to be the fastest route to 60 IF someone could consistently violate layering, and Joker was able to do exactly that. If I were leveling a mage, I would be taking advantage of layering while it still exists.
Yeah but you know this because you're extremely plugged into the game and knowledgeable. You know what is valuable, you know what is efficient, and more importantly you know who to pay attention to for information. This goes back to why I didn't think this game would be as easy for everybody this time around as you thought - for you, guys you run with, even myself and a lot of people on this forum the game is easy. We know what we're doing. We know where to get good information, and again probably the most important skill of all - we all know how to screen guides and information and tell if the information is crap.
There is a ton of bad information about Classic floating around. So many poorly written guides. I've seen you complain about this too. The signal to noise ratio is pretty awful. Throw in new players and players from retail who are used to the AOE everything gameplay, combine it with vague knowledge that 'people are getting leet leveling speed without tanks, just AOE everything' and you get inefficient PUGs trying to run spell cleave. They're low information players and they don't know any better.
Progress:
- Druid is 38 full feral. Mostly been DPSing dungeons with my tank buddy between solo leveling. Really really enjoying it.
- Shaman is 31 enh/resto. Only runs dungeons with friends at this stage, but that has been rare. Respecc'ed enh/resto when I got corpsemaker to provide solo questing ability and also to supplement some DPS in dungeons when I 4 man them with my RL mates.
Have about 55g saved up for the druids mount, although I'm certainly not stressed about getting it at 40 - travel form is fantastic. Leatherworking on my shaman is at 190 currently. All other professions are either skinning @ 225, or something not worth mentioning. I am enjoying my time, especially on my Druid, and I am really looking forward to the 40-60 questing and dungeon content.
Have about 55g saved up for the druids mount, although I'm certainly not stressed about getting it at 40 - travel form is fantastic.
Yeah I didn't get mine until a guildmate tossed me a 13g loan to buy it at level 42. Travel form was doing a fine job though, so it wasn't that big of a deal waiting a couple extra levels.