World of Warcraft

[vee4473]

Originally posted by Solver
Hang on, how do quests work in this game? Given that there are tons of users, I assume each character can receive & do a quest independently of any and all other characters?

Quests are for individual characters. You can solo most of them, but some need groups and in that case each character in the group needs to actually have the quest.

[Jon Miller]

Pretty much, WoW is a PVE game.

JM

[vee4473]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Expansions are always an opportunity to close gear gaps. It's just Blizzard have taken it to the extreme given their playerbase, with some greens equal to tier 2 epix.

If you have a full set of tier 2 and up it may take a while to replace items. The earlier tier sets still have the set bonuses going for them.

But, If you only managed to get hold of one piece of tier 2 etc..., then yeah, some greens may be better. But, i'm not certain they are worth breaking a set up over.

Although I have no tier anything so i'm happy about the greens.

[Solver]

Originally posted by vee4473


Quests are for individual characters. You can solo most of them, but some need groups and in that case each character in the group needs to actually have the quest.

How hard is it generally to find a group of people who are willing to go on a specific quest or whathaveyou with you?

[vee4473]

Originally posted by Solver


How hard is it generally to find a group of people who are willing to go on a specific quest or whathaveyou with you?

For most quests not too hard, especially now since it's all new and everyone is doing the same quests.

It's server dependent too. An old server or one with a low population of players may make it harder to find a group. On a new one, you will hate the constant flow of people.

Also, class specific quests can be hard to get a group for. Sometimes it's hard to find a group that wants to help a paladin get his hammer quest done, for example, if there is nothing in that particular dungeon for them.

[Jon Miller]

Yeah, Black Fathom Depths is a stupid dungeon. I have played 2 characters through those levels and neither has done it (I had a bigger character run me for the hammer).

JM

[vee4473]

Originally posted by vee4473


Quests are for individual characters. You can solo most of them, but some need groups and in that case each character in the group needs to actually have the quest.

I should clarify my statement....each player in the group doesn't need the quest to be in the group and play, they just need it to get credit for the quest. For example, just because the group leader has the quest doesn't mean you will get credit for it if you don't have it yourself.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh, and you can usually find folks who are obviously doing the same quest at you, and a lot of times you can group up with them for that one quest. Or, I've seen people not group up, but kill the big baddie and then stick around a bit to help others on the same quest kill the baddie.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by vee4473


If you have a full set of tier 2 and up it may take a while to replace items. The earlier tier sets still have the set bonuses going for them.

But, If you only managed to get hold of one piece of tier 2 etc..., then yeah, some greens may be better. But, i'm not certain they are worth breaking a set up over.

Although I have no tier anything so i'm happy about the greens.

I only have a 6 piece tier 1 set (with a few odd epix) so even with the bonuses some of those greens are going to be in pretty fast.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Some advice, if I can pick your ears. I've been reading that high level Tailoring is crappy. The big bags have very long cooldowns (96 hours for one of 'em). I'm thinking of jumping ship on Tailoring (though I'm around 150 in it) and taking up Enchanting (though I realize that'll cost me big time). Is that a good idea, or should I stick to my bagmaking-ness?

[Harovan]

They have cooldowns on tradeskills? Good lord.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Some advice, if I can pick your ears. I've been reading that high level Tailoring is crappy. The big bags have very long cooldowns (96 hours for one of 'em). I'm thinking of jumping ship on Tailoring (though I'm around 150 in it) and taking up Enchanting (though I realize that'll cost me big time). Is that a good idea, or should I stick to my bagmaking-ness?

If it were me I'd never restart a tradeskill at 150 (they don't play a big enough role in the game, just something to do whilst you are levelling up and a small source of cash), but ymmv.

Tailoring is best on a cloth wearer since for nice craftable pieces (though there aren't many) like robe of the archmage it's essentially bind on craft.

However guilds can always use people who can make craftable resistance gear for raiding (which tends to be sellable/tradeable), so if raiding is anything like the same in the x-pack you may as well stay with tailoring imo.

Also, enchanting is teh suxxor!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
They have cooldowns on tradeskills? Good lord.

I heard that in VG you have a 50% chance of imploding every time you craft, and if you do you have to hunt down all 324 pieces of your body then do a 5 part quest to reattach it together using just your eyeballs.

Challenging game that VG.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
They have cooldowns on tradeskills? Good lord.

Yes, to prevent a flooding of the marketplace of very high end materials (eg, mooncloth).

[Imran Siddiqui]

However guilds can always use people who can make craftable resistance gear for raiding (which tends to be sellable/tradeable), so if raiding is anything like the same in the x-pack you may as well stay with tailoring imo.

Sounds good . I think I'll go for that. As a Druid, I basically use... the bags .