World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

JM1 · 2010-11-19T06:15:16.000Z

Nephrinn:

So, the 4.03a “shattering” patch will bring a 20% reduction to xp from 71-80. Why? I didn’t do half the content in Lich King (or BC) to level to 80 and it’s going to be even worse now.

First time round? Without the +xp equipment, without the xp bonus to BC quests? I call shenanigans.

Sir_Digby · 2010-11-19T06:20:58.000Z

Nephrinn:

On MMO-Champion it says xp required to level.

So… I don’t get it.
Maybe I’m being obtuse but any -% required to level would mean that you require less XP to level… right? Making the whole leveling process from 71 to 80 even faster, right?

That’s good news, I still have my mage stuck in Borean Tundra and could use the boost.

Andrew · 2010-11-19T06:30:39.000Z

Nephrinn:

So, the 4.03a “shattering” patch will bring a 20% reduction to xp from 71-80. Why? I didn’t do half the content in Lich King (or BC) to level to 80 and it’s going to be even worse now.

They probably want to keep the time to get to level cap roughly constant. They did the same thing at the release of WotLK for the BC level range. As for not doing everything, you can just roll more alts.

Robert_Sharp · 2010-11-19T06:42:54.000Z

I’m fine with it. It felt like it slowed down a lot when I hit 70, so putting it more in line with other level ranges is fine by me. I have alt-itis, though, so missing content isn’t an issue for me.

Claycw · 2010-11-19T06:47:04.000Z

FieryBalrog:

Hey guys, I had some questions about the Drop Bears!

-Server is Moonrunner, Alliance?
-is the guild still active? (or will be, come Cata)
-do you guys plan to do any raiding?
-how can i join and who do I PM/msg/talk to?

Yes we are on Moonrunner and are alliance.
We are very active. well except for me i’m kind of in and out.
There is always something going on.
got to http://dropbearsguild.garoun.net/forum/ to sign up.

Robert_Sharp · 2010-11-19T06:53:52.000Z

What’s the join channel again , Clay? In game, I mean. I thought it was listed in this thread, but I can’t seem to find it.

Shimarenda · 2010-11-19T07:44:46.000Z

JM:

First time round? Without the +xp equipment, without the xp bonus to BC quests? I call shenanigans.

My 80 hardly touched Zul’drak, Howling Fjord, or Grizzly Hills. Fortunately, my 78 hunter has come up through HF and GH, so I’ve done a good bit of those zones, but I will probably go into Cataclysm having never done much in Zul’drak.

intruder · 2010-11-19T07:58:19.000Z

Shimarenda:

My 80 hardly touched Zul’drak, Howling Fjord, or Grizzly Hills. Fortunately, my 78 hunter has come up through HF and GH, so I’ve done a good bit of those zones, but I will probably go into Cataclysm having never done much in Zul’drak.

If it’s a supporting char for your main you could try to level to 85 in Northrend and saving the new zones questing to make gold (as the XP is converted to additional gold once you reached max level).
You can also quest now the rest of Northrend to make gold and then start at the new zones to level but I think the new quests will net more money than the current ones.

Athryn · 2010-11-19T08:29:08.000Z

Robert Sharp:

What’s the join channel again , Clay? In game, I mean. I thought it was listed in this thread, but I can’t seem to find it.

/join dropbears

Sometimes it’s also kinda quiet, (especially during the day lately) so you can also do a /who Drop Bears and ask any of them online if there’s an officer about. There are a few people that hang out in the channel that aren’t in Drop Bears (either ex-DB’s or other QT3 people who are on the server but in other guilds) so make sure you specify that you’re looking for a Drop Bears officer! :)

inactive_user · 2010-11-19T09:43:45.000Z

I can say that the Bears are very welcoming, as well :) I came in a few months ago while leveling a DK on Moonrunner, and they’ve been a great group of folks to chat/group/raid with (though I’m so far behind the gear curve I’ve obviously just been tagging along on farming/achievement runs, which is fine).

The Bears for Bears program was a huge success ;)

Chris_Gwinn · 2010-11-19T10:46:03.000Z

JM:

First time round? Without the +xp equipment, without the xp bonus to BC quests? I call shenanigans.

With my first level 80 character, I skipped Howling Fjord and Zul’Drak entirely, skipped most of Grizzly Hills and had just started Icecrown when I hit 80.

I was rested for most of it, and my faction usually held Wintergrasp on my server. If you do a fair amount of PvP and run instances, it’s not hard to skip a lot of content on the way to 80.

DragonPup · 2010-11-19T11:24:58.000Z

I’m amused. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOCh4WSLlGQ

Hansey · 2010-11-19T11:54:25.000Z

DragonPup:

I’m amused. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOCh4WSLlGQ

lol… love the Hell’s Kitchen reference. “What’s this? This murloc’s RAW. You DONKEY!!!”

<3 Gordon Ramsay.

Shellfishguy · 2010-11-19T12:38:52.000Z

Hehe very cool, loved the CEDA logo on the charts.

JM1 · 2010-11-19T17:14:40.000Z

Chris Gwinn:

With my first level 80 character, I skipped Howling Fjord and Zul’Drak entirely, skipped most of Grizzly Hills and had just started Icecrown when I hit 80.

I was rested for most of it, and my faction usually held Wintergrasp on my server. If you do a fair amount of PvP and run instances, it’s not hard to skip a lot of content on the way to 80.

Right well PVP/instances aren’t really what we’re talking about, but it’s worth noting that neither of you have mentioned the TBC zones. Before the XP buff to TBC, you’d have to be pretty masochistic to level out of there having “not done half” of the zones.

Shimarenda · 2010-11-19T19:18:44.000Z

JM:

Right well PVP/instances aren’t really what we’re talking about, but it’s worth noting that neither of you have mentioned the TBC zones. Before the XP buff to TBC, you’d have to be pretty masochistic to level out of there having “not done half” of the zones.

I hit 70 on the aforementioned character without doing much of Shadowmoon and hardly any of Netherstorm. Right at the end of TBC, I did do the quests to get “Hand of A’dal” and keyed for Black Temple.

I forgot to mention before that my 80 didn’t do the DEHTA quests and stopped in the quest line that asked me to torture some guy.

inactive_user · 2010-11-19T20:27:46.000Z

Heh. I submitted beta feedback basically saying, “Seriously, torture? WTF is wrong with you?” on both of the torture quests during their respective betas. Sigh.

The_Mad_Hatter · 2010-11-20T03:04:02.000Z

Adam B:

Heh. I submitted beta feedback basically saying, “Seriously, torture? WTF is wrong with you?” on both of the torture quests during their respective betas. Sigh.

It was for the greater good.

Sir_Digby · 2010-11-20T03:57:23.000Z

The Mad Hatter:

It was for the greater good.

But I kept torturing him even after he confessed…

Also, in the DK starting zone there was a similar quest where you had to torture Scarlet Crusade grunts to try and know where some dude was so torture in WoW wasn’t confined to that quest.

That said, I don’t get what’s so wrong with it, considering you are playing a game where you indulge in the mass murder of fellow members of your species, animals, random acts of destruction, etc…

intruder · 2010-11-20T05:31:15.000Z

I think the torture quests are a hidden political statement by some of Blizzard’s design team concerning what happened in Iraq and with combantants of war being given to other countries to be “interrogated” there.

Me doing them made me think about that which probably didn’t happen by accident.