no, i'm not picking on you by quoting ya again....


i'm assuming you like to pvp? if yes, i'd say screw it and pvp / df your way to 80, we all know the majority of the quest rewards are crap, and unless you're chasing the nerd points with rep, you won't be losing out on anything.

 

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Heirlooms plus the 20% less required exp per level.. you are at 40% faster. Believe me.. I have leveled a mage 75-78 the last couple of days and it is FLYING by. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

I may like the quests and the lore, but I would like it more if I was still rewarded for completing them.


I like doing all the dungeons and raids too, but by your logic I shouldn't expect any loot from them as long as I enjoy doing them..

 

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Yeah, but it's still content he doesn't want to play, 40% faster or not.


I can see the gripe about an expansion that seems to 'fast-forward' you to the old content that you've already played. I won't be playing until Dec 7th, but the main reason I was looking forward to this expansion was for the newly remade zones. I'm disappointed to hear that they'll go by so quickly. I'm hoping that the comments are exaggerating a bit, or that my experience differs.


I'll be interested to see how fast the 80-85 experience is. From the comments here, you'd think that a good chunk of the WoW playerbase will hit end game before Christmas, even with newly made characters. Which would be disappointing as hell given the 2 year wait we'll have before the next expansion.

 

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That's not what I said at all. It's not even similar.


Those gray quests give achievements, rep, cash, and loot. You can't claim they don't offer rewards. You're correct in that they do not offer XP. Neither does an dungeon with gray mobs, though it offers the same cash, loot, and often rep and achievements as well.


Would you argue that gray level dungeons should also give XP?

No, I see what you mean there.

 

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If you honestly think it adds to the game to have trade skills which are only useful once you hit the level cap, then you would be just plain wrong. Arc is right. There is no incentive to level up leatherworking or enchanting as you progress, because spending 30 minutes in town catching up your gear, when it takes 20 minutes to just outlevel it again, is a broken system.

Properly done, you would have to make a choice of spending time leveling up a tradeskill to improve questing time, OR you would not do so and quest slightly slower due to weaker gear.

As it is, If you hit the AH to upgrade gear/enchants once in 10 levels you're a sucker because you aren't sitting in any gear long enough to make it worthwhile. The game is certainly not as good by not having this aspect to it.

THe AH currently exists for people to level up their tradeskills once they hit a level cap, whether top level or just a psychological "at 60 I'll catch my skills up". That's a shame.

Take away the feeling of accomplishment for actually getting to high level, and you are left with most accounts filled with alts trying to fill a void which was once, very successfully, done by taking some pride in having taken your main to the end game.

Troll disclaimer: "Pride, accomplishment," and the like are used loosely in reference to a game.

Actually you are at ~58% faster, assuming two 10% heirlooms.

 

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I gotcha.. thanks for correcting my flawed math!

You nerds will whine if it is too slow.


Or whine if it is too fast.


Hell you nerds whine about everything and anything constantly.


Get jobs and lives and then see what you have to whine about.

 

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