tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.comments2023-06-02T01:56:03.689-07:00Death To Questing!Krispshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297081784264704267noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-2709730441846262242011-02-04T15:44:21.503-08:002011-02-04T15:44:21.503-08:00Dungeons & Dragons Online is f2p, if you are a...Dungeons & Dragons Online is f2p, if you are a veteran (ie paying customer) you can start your characters at level 4 to skip the entire beginner area. Level cap is 20, you can reincarnate and start a character over at level 1 but with 32 instead of 28 stat points. A second reincarnation gives you even 36 stat points. And you can use all your highend gear once you gain the required level to wear it again.<br /><br />For WoW I would like the option to start level 80 characters. I only have melee tanks/DD characters and hunter but I'd like to try a caster/healer. BUT... I do not want to level casters, the farthest I got was 36 with a mage.<br /><br />Starting warlock, mage, priest at 80; questing a bit, running some dungeons etc would be nice. Then just delete if I don't like the char.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-17982982877600880572011-02-04T15:14:16.351-08:002011-02-04T15:14:16.351-08:00i quit wow because I got bored with my one top-lev...i quit wow because I got bored with my one top-level char. straight to 85 wouldnt help much as by then I was also bored with dungeons too. Anyways wow was a rep for when i got annoyed with ffxi. but thats a lot better now so i doubt I'll quit that again.Skypiratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12737361025486180158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-25391892633217897462011-02-04T04:20:33.845-08:002011-02-04T04:20:33.845-08:00There are a lot of potential problems with a '...There are a lot of potential problems with a 'straight to 85' system. Perhaps instead an account with 'x' amount of 80-85 characters could be able to pick an alt to start at 65 (a little like the DK system). Deathknoobs were a little bit of an issue but not too bad and, really, no players with level-capped characters should have to have their hand held through hitting a boar with a stick for 10 levels...<br /><br />Additionally there does seem to be a disconnect between levelling quests and dungeons vs end-game heroics and raids, especially in Cata. I think, as you pointed out, this is why many are not heroic/raid-ready even after 85 levels of play.<br /><br />~RealaNathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781970721564189148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-21332895590078245352011-02-04T01:41:25.953-08:002011-02-04T01:41:25.953-08:00Casual is a difficult term to quantify. I wouldn&#...Casual is a difficult term to quantify. I wouldn't consider myself or my guild hardcore by any stretch of the imagination, yet I will adjust my work and social schedules around my raid days and raiders are expected to be fully gemmed, enchanted, food and flask buffed and prepared with consumables before the start of each raid. <br /><br />Progression is important to us and although no-one is expected to play in a way that they don't enjoy, rotation, responsibilities and slight spec tweaks for the good of the raid are expected. Our raid leader is encouraging but firm and we all get frustrated if there are too many silly mistakes. It's certainly not a 'casual' approach but nor is it busting a gut Paragon-style to down bosses as fast as humanly possible. <br /><br />I think the problem comes down to the terminology not allowing for a middle-of-the-road stance - both 'casual' and 'hardcore' are extreme terms, which probably come from Vanilla when 40-man was hardcore just because getting that amount of people together, geared and organised was a mammoth task in itself. But now, especially after the Wrath era, most of us reside somewhere in the middle, and maybe we need a new term entirely.<br /><br />~RealaNathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781970721564189148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-60784136607595368572011-02-04T01:16:41.704-08:002011-02-04T01:16:41.704-08:00Absolutely agree Krisps, raiding is the part of th...Absolutely agree Krisps, raiding is the part of the game I enjoy most - both because I like the mechanics of boss encounters and because I have a great guild that still makes it fun after 10 wipes.<br /><br />There are a lot of reasons I don't like the dungeon finder tool but, I have to say, it meant I could level my warlock alt almost exclusively through dungeons, which I preferred to questing.<br /><br />~RealaNathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781970721564189148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-1626143933464818452011-02-02T05:11:18.975-08:002011-02-02T05:11:18.975-08:00I'm with Roidrage on this. I have been in a &q...I'm with Roidrage on this. I have been in a "casual" guild who (at least tried to)raid a couple of times per week. The amount of raiding or the skill of the players isn't what coins someone as casual or hard core. We didn't replace people when they failed, we didn't punish people for having the wrong specs, not being buffed etc. We told them that we really wanted them to give their all, but in the end we didn't do anything about it if they didn't, and we didn't recruit unknown people to replace our slacker guild friends. It is one of the reasons our raiding didn't work out very well ^^ It's not about being (or not being) casually invested in WoW at all, but definitely casually invested in the success of your raids, especially when it would mean taking it out on your social relationships. Simply put: Hardcore = Game > Friends.Zinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935881612077507321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271513428146696658.post-70233113326539933782011-02-02T01:28:35.406-08:002011-02-02T01:28:35.406-08:00The term ‘Casual raider’ has nothing to do with yo...The term ‘Casual raider’ has nothing to do with your ability (at least in my own interpretation) It describes you approach to the game. For me WoW is a way for me to socialise so the people I play with are more important than getting a boss down. For me a hardcore raider is someone who has things the other way round. I am over 8500 gearscore but getting the next piece of epic gear isn’t so important that I would lose a friend over it. <br /><br />Also, casual raiders aren’t necessarily less able players than hardcore raiders. If you find a guild that raids with a ‘casual’ approach i.e. they put having fun above getting a kill then the guild will survive longer and develop more synergy. Success in WoW just like RL is about getting the balance right. I know a few players who have been in this game from vanilla and are still playing and till raiding. They all have one thing in common. They have a balanced approach to the game. On the other had I have seen so many obsessive, single minded, over achievers in WoW just burn out and disappear. <br /><br />I’m a casual raider ad have been for over 5 years. Flesh and blood will always take priority over a bunch of pixels and I’d rather have lots of friends than lots of achievements.Roidragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151435313190648783noreply@blogger.com