 TiraelBOHICAPremium
join:2009-03-18
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1 | reply to Nick D
Re: [MoP] Great Post - I couldn't agree more Realistically, the current system in WoW is a gating system not for reputation, but for raiding.
It's pretty simple to see. Most guilds (at the beginning of the raiding tier, so 3 weeks ago) were killing bosses in MSV with 463/1-2 pieces 476 gear. If you raid in MSV (which I am sure you do) then you know that a tank/healer/dps back then was about 5k-10k lower in dps than they would be currently (when most people are sitting at about 485 ilvl). It's the gating of content through stunted gear acquisition.
This model will fall flat on its face pretty soon. Simply put, I believe that once people have mostly 489 valor gear (about 7 pieces or so), then the content will become super easy. Then the crying of "why is this so easy" will happen. It allows Blizzard to not have to actually nerf the content (ala Cata raids) in order for people to see it.
Yes, this has happened all this time in WoW's history, and is generally the way content gets easier. However, the mechanics are not necessarily difficult in raids. They are more annoying than anything else. However, this all plays into the model. Instead of having to nerf content because they made it too hard in the beginning, they balanced it around gear 2 tiers ahead of what is available to you prior to stepping into LFR. This way, the content naturally progresses to lesser difficulty instead of "roflmaowaytonurfcontentblizz".
I am on the fence on how the system works. However, the current system will produce less QQ overall (I am already exalted with all the relevant factions of Pandaria and have started on a second character because I am a masochist), but still produce some QQ. At the same time, this way, content naturally gets easier, instead of becoming immediately irrelevant after one huge ass nerf. Pick your poison.
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| Plus, the gear in HoF and ToES is higher ilvl than the VP and MSV gear. Not a great deal, granted, but it does mitigate the previous expansions' issues with items of VP gear being "all that was needed".
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 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | and IIRC the HoF LFR gear is higher ilvl than the MV reg gear. |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | as I haven't counted or paid attention much to ti can someone say what the amount of rep per day is for shado-pan and august?
I'm going to max rep on klaxxi tonight and then just have those to left to max out (well and anglers) and of course some of the tiller NPC's.
and I'm not bothering with nat rep. |
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