Random Question Thread

[Rokku]

The trinkets which give you Mana/Rage/Energy etc when you kill an enemy that gives XP or Honour, is the description literal or does it just mean you need to fight shit that cons green and above at 80 to have a chance at the proc?

Also how the fuck do BG queues work now? Still can't get in anywhere.

Need to fight shit that cons green or above, iirc

[Guitarman]

Also how the fuck do BG queues work now? Still can't get in anywhere.

if your not getting in it means your battlegroup is so bloated your in the sidelines waiting for others to finish. 51-59 and 80 groups are especially bad for this. Just grab a book and read while you wait : /

[Correction]

Also how the fuck do BG queues work now? Still can't get in anywhere.

Check your battlegroup forums for Ventrilo-enabled premades, it's pretty much the ONLY way to go now, particularly for AV.

[Blarg]

what?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...ld/wowface.jpg

[Plow]

yeah I have that on me right now too lol

[rithridan]

I'm getting close to level 80 on my paladin now and am wondering how progression is in end-game for WoW. Obviously I won't jump into heroics right away with my average of ilvl 160 greens and blues. From what I read I can do daily dungeons to get Emblems of Conquest and slowly grind my way to ilvl 200~ish. I hope its possible to do more then one daily dungeon otherwise with getting 1 Emblem a day it'd take over a month to get 1 item from Emblems alone.

Are there "must-do" dungeons or questlines before I put myself out there for the bigger end-game content?

Right now I'm still grinding my way to 80 and getting the last riding skill and I might try to get dual-spec soon aswell so I can try out either prot or holy without wiping my ret paladin.

[Tricen]

Find a tank friend with good gear, find a healer friend with good gear, go to Trial of the Champion, spam it until you get geared. It's easy to carry people nowadays through heroics.

[Khelek]

If you know how your class works, jumping into heroics straight away is not a problem. Do the rep grinds on the side though and see what 200 items you can get from the quartermasters. Also, have a look through the AH.
If you can get some friends or a PUG to help you do ToC normal over and over, that'll net you enough gear to do h toc, which in turn will gear you up for raids, along with the emblems of conquest/triumph from heroics and daily heroic.
As for quest lines, you're going to want to do the hodir ones in storm peaks for shoulder enchants, and then the argent crusade/ebon blade ones in icecrown for head enchants.

[Jodwahh]

Tricien beat me to it lol. Spam ToC and spam heroics. Dont even worry being undergeared for heroics, most people these days are so vastly overgeared for them that one undergeared person really doesn't matter.

[Plow]

Yeah, go ret even if you need to so that groups aren't overly dependent on you, nobody gives a shit about the drops at all.


But regardless, I was tanking heroics within minutes of hitting 80 wearing kara epics (i115) and even a few level 70 blues still. They're not hard.

[Norellicus]

Find a tank friend with good gear, find a healer friend with good gear, go to Trial of the Champion, spam it until you get geared. It's easy to carry people nowadays through heroics.

Let me caveat this: While it's true most heroics are easymode anymore, ToC is not your average heroic and you can't carry 2 scrub dps through it unless your tank puts out some obscene (read: more than 2200) dps and/or your 3rd dps is doing like 8k solo. You do have a certain dps requirement to beat the confessor's heals and if you can't do that you'll basically be there forever (speaking from firsthand experience), and Black Knight will overpower your heals quickly if it takes too long to down p3.

[Khelek]

you only really need to pull 2.5k dps in h toc to be considered not carried, and ret pally pulls 3k+ on day 1 at 80 in there, so it shouldn't be a problem lol

[Norellicus]

Yeah it doesn't take much and if you have a brain you can contribute enough. I'm just saying don't take it as lightly, I've had many a run who thought otherwise >_>

[Eaglestrike]

Let me caveat this: While it's true most heroics are easymode anymore, ToC is not your average heroic and you can't carry 2 scrub dps through it unless your tank puts out some obscene (read: more than 2200) dps and/or your 3rd dps is doing like 8k solo. You do have a certain dps requirement to beat the confessor's heals and if you can't do that you'll basically be there forever (speaking from firsthand experience), and Black Knight will overpower your heals quickly if it takes too long to down p3.

2.2k dps is obscene for a tank? I pulled 3.5k dps in heroic ToC last night while tanking...

[Norellicus]

I'm saying that personal experience, a tank pulling 2200 and a single well-off dps isn't enough to pull two people wearing full greens through. I'm pulling closer to 3k as a tank these days myself, but I was basing that on what I was doing back in just 226 (i.e. badge) gear.

[Tomino]

Could you please rank from strongest to weakest the solo abilities of these wow classes?
I'm referring to the chance to solo group 3 quest elites, old content, etc

Mage, Hunter, Shaman, Rogue

My idea would be :

Hunter > Mage > Shaman > Rogue

but I might be very wrong

[Correction]

Could you please rank from strongest to weakest the solo abilities of these wow classes?
I'm referring to the chance to solo group 3 quest elites, old content, etc

Mage, Hunter, Shaman, Rogue

My idea would be :

Hunter > Mage > Shaman > Rogue

but I might be very wrong

It's more like

Hunter > Frost Mage == Rogue >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other Mages >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaman

[Eaglestrike]

Hunter > frost mage if mob can be snared > shaman >>>>> frost mage if mob cannot be snared > rogue

And I hit 80 and can automatically do at least 2k dps, being in greens isn't what makes you do terrible dps, it's not knowing how to play. Being able to play your class you can do ToC fine. And I did fine DPSing and healing normal ToC starting at 78 on my DK and priest.

[Guitarman]

It's more like

Hunter > Frost Mage == Rogue >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other Mages >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaman

110% agree. BM spec hunter with every mend pet boost you can find + turtle for shell shield is stupidly OP. Pet just doesn't die. Only thing better for soloing is a pally or DK, but since thats not on your list, etc.