[WoW] Thinking on coming back, how much has it changed?

[Azzikai]

Originally Posted by Needless

I ALWAYS armory somebody if i have to stoop to grabbing somebody via pug, and like you if i see a lack of CC or absurd ammounts of Season1 gimps i just leave as well (im also a tank heh)

I generally log out in my "dps" gear. I'm a holy Priest. This morning I got a tell for an instance, said "yes" and was whispered not 15 seconds later telling me I was uninvited and that I needed to "l2p noob" because my gear was "shit" for a healer.

Moral of the story, the armory is a great tool but isn't exactly a proper representation of what gear a person has.

[The Ancient]

Or maybe you should l2p.

[Agraza]

Originally Posted by Vinen

So easy to outgear Heroics to the point of them being Trivial... I hit 70 about a month and a half ago... and I've already tanked a few Tier 5 bosses with ease- Badge gear is <3.

I've just noticed... the majority of PvP geared players suck at PvE to the point I'd rather take a blue geared person into a Heroic over a Season 2/3 PvP geared person. Makes me sick when I take a fully purple person into MGT and they have NFI how to deal with the second or last boss.

This. I have so much hate for PvP tards sneaking into my group or raid. No one seems to want to call them out either. Marshals and Gladiators are beyond suspicion to the lemmings.

[Caocao]

Originally Posted by Azzikai

Moral of the story, the armory is a great tool but isn't exactly a proper representation of what gear a person has.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet tbh.

[Sabyn]

All right, got another dumb shaman levelling question: is it possible to make a decent hybrid spec (elemental/resto) to solo and be able to heal 5mans while levelling? From messing with a talent calculator seems like I would be giving up too much one way or the other. Are 5 mans 60-70 generally easy enough to heal as elemental? I tend to think it could make for some painful pugging, but I am not sure.

[Zest]

Normal instances are easy. Provided your tank has some points in their tanking tree, you'll have no problems healing as Elemental.

[Jabberwhacky]

I healed some of the lower ones as enhance, but I had been keeping greens and blues with healing on em. It wasn't exactly fun, but it was a change of pace. I'm too scared to try it in the later 60's, but the highest I did was Mana Tombs.

[Miele]

Originally Posted by Sabyn

All right, got another dumb shaman levelling question: is it possible to make a decent hybrid spec (elemental/resto) to solo and be able to heal 5mans while levelling? From messing with a talent calculator seems like I would be giving up too much one way or the other. Are 5 mans 60-70 generally easy enough to heal as elemental? I tend to think it could make for some painful pugging, but I am not sure.

It is possible (depending on your tank) and it is not fun at all, in fact it pretty much sucks imo as all you'll do is healing wave on your tank and the occasional chain heal.
If you want to do it occasionally, get all the offspec items you can, with a lot of mp5 or you'll go oom fast.

All instances are easy on normal mode, but healing as elemental makes some of them pretty... interesting let's say. Get yourself a good prot paladin, some mp5 and try out.
As a note: I respecced resto for a while, using the scrap blues found here and there in dungeons and it's a lot more fun to heal with that spec. I'm back to elemental now, I'm a LB junkie I guess, but I don't exclude speccing resto again in the future, it was quite fun in heroics.

[Sabyn]

Originally Posted by Miele

It is possible (depending on your tank) and it is not fun at all, in fact it pretty much sucks imo as all you'll do is healing wave on your tank and the occasional chain heal.
If you want to do it occasionally, get all the offspec items you can, with a lot of mp5 or you'll go oom fast.

All instances are easy on normal mode, but healing as elemental makes some of them pretty... interesting let's say. Get yourself a good prot paladin, some mp5 and try out.
As a note: I respecced resto for a while, using the scrap blues found here and there in dungeons and it's a lot more fun to heal with that spec. I'm back to elemental now, I'm a LB junkie I guess, but I don't exclude speccing resto again in the future, it was quite fun in heroics.

Hmmm, thanks for the input. May switch to elemental for a bit at 62, and will give some of the lower instances a shot.

I am really looking forward to resto at 70, but I can't stomach soloing with a healer spec, and until 70 I just can't justify speccing for it.


Fun aside: windury is just beyond fun in world pvp while leveling. Gibbing alliance after I try to ignore them is deeply satisfying.

[Sharmai]

Originally Posted by Sabyn

Hmmm, thanks for the input. May switch to elemental for a bit at 62, and will give some of the lower instances a shot.

I am really looking forward to resto at 70, but I can't stomach soloing with a healer spec, and until 70 I just can't justify speccing for it.


Fun aside: windury is just beyond fun in world pvp while leveling. Gibbing alliance after I try to ignore them is deeply satisfying.

My shaman is 67 and as a test I jumped on my 70 druid, respecced resto and when to see what kind of healing fun a druid is. Well healers aren't all that needed on Shattered Hand. Oh they are needed more then other classes generally but sitting in LFG spamming LFG any non-heroic for an hour netted me 1 read ONE whisper. (Yes I had blue resto gear)

Once i got into the group it was a nightmare healing. I forgot just how undergeared PUGs are and I quickly realized that at 70 it won't be any different for my resto shaman unless I start raiding again.


So now I am wondering if I should just stay enhance dps shaman. It has been fun and I haven't had a hard time finding a group plus soloing and PvP are a riot if noone notices me to early. I'm wondering if I should drop my Alchem/Herb profession for something more solo/pug friendly like Engineering or something..

[GrobbeeTrull2.0]

Elemental pvp. Blow people up.

[Brikker]

I always suggest Elemental before Enhancement. I have full off-spec sets for each and find elemental (which I also leveled with 61-70) far more fun, plus there are a lot less Elem shamans running around then Enhance retards. Elem is also better for pvp if you like that.

For what it's worth, Resto Shaman is the most fun Healing class I've played; I've raided as a 60/70 Resto druid and a 70 Holy Priest prior.

[Brikker]

Originally Posted by Sharmai

So now I am wondering if I should just stay enhance dps shaman. It has been fun and I haven't had a hard time finding a group plus soloing and PvP are a riot if noone notices me to early. I'm wondering if I should drop my Alchem/Herb profession for something more solo/pug friendly like Engineering or something..

Oh, and if you don't plan to raid, pick up Engineering/Something else. If you stick with Enhance, Blacksmithing has nice weapons but they'll eventually get replaced by S3/S4 (if you're that into pvp). Really, what you pick all depends on if you want to raid/how much you want to raid, and your endgame main spec. As a main spec Resto, I'm Enchanting/Alchemy. Making pots/elixirs and one of the two best resto trinkets in the game + Ring enchants/DE'ing shit is ftw as a raider.

[Kuro]

I’m planning on returning to WoW (Played up until a few months before Nax, had a short stint in MW stuff but was still mostly playing EQ1. Tried out AoC, combat system wasn't my cup o' tea but the game was okay), but I’m in an odd position. None of my friends are still playing, and my old account is out, so I’m going to be starting over fresh with no one to hang out with.

I'm mainly looking for advice on starting over fresh; not knowing anyone. What kind of server would y’all think best? Big server, small server, PVE vs PVP?

The big servers seem like the best for having a pool of people to try to meet people, but overcrowding/hostility towards newcomers seems to be the theme of their forums. The flipside is that leveling up and making acquaintances on a small server can leave you stranded when it comes to raiding, or ditching friends to move to a server with more people.

Back when I played before, a large number of good players/guilds were located on PVP servers (and as far as I can see, there's no PVE/PVP transfers still), but the leveling process was plagued by bored dickholes camping 1-50 quest NPCs/leveling areas.

Class-wise, I assume playing a healer would be best for making acquaintances/grouping, as last I played the servers were drowned in DPS and Warriors (although few warriors competent enough to tank)?

Is there any way to find out what servers have a higher average competence level amongst the playerbase? I'd assume the release servers have a higher % of long-time gamers/their alts.

The WoW realm forums are little help, as they just make every server look like a cesspool of incompetence.

(Side Question: Are all the battlegrounds pre-level cap pointless to play in unless you're a twink?)

[Plorkyeran]

If you want to raid, don't even consider rolling on a PvE server. Ironically enough, high-end PvE on PvE servers is gradually dying due to that smart players reroll on PvP servers for the better guild selection, and aren't willing to transfer to PvE servers and get stuck.

Ideally you want to roll on the higher pop side of a PvP server just short of queues on the closest datacenter to you. Other than queues, there's no downsides to a high pop server, and a lot of advantages -- more people to group with, better supply of stuff to buy, and hyperinflated prices at lower levels that makes breaking 100g by level 30 fairly easy.