Spangles, NE warrior, is 69.25 and counting ![[Image: icon_smile.gif]](http://www.righteoushope.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
The best part of the expansion is grouping with people that I haven't seen for many months. We were all boxed into our places in the old progression. We have a few weeks now of churn and entropy before getting boxed into our places for the new progression.
Warrs are slowpokes because they bandage after every kill. Even so, questing 60 - 70 is nowhere near as hard as getting to 60. Speccing back to DW fury from protection smoothed the process considerably. Seeing skills increase was a forgotten pleasure.
There are no new quests that lock you down and kill you again and again, like the one in Auberdine where you dive into sunken ships filled with angry murlocks. Everything has been done to fatten us up as easily as possible.
Questing in T2 armor with GM weapons is luxurious. I replaced jewelry and accessories many times in the sequence of quests and instances through Nagrand and into Blade's Edge. Only recently have I started using new weapons. But I have not needed (or been able) to replace armor yet, which makes the process a lot less stressful.
Grinding rep and gold is better. Every mob drops something, if only a bit of 10s chaff. Hitting Stormers and Rumblers in Silithus to get empty loot windows time after time was infuriating.
I'm sure that getting keyed for Hijal will be a grind, but hopefully not like the boring and pointless treadmill for CC rep. Anyway, I'm wary of being trapped on treadmills now. I'll play some other game if they try that again.
The best part of the expansion is grouping with people that I haven't seen for many months. We were all boxed into our places in the old progression. We have a few weeks now of churn and entropy before getting boxed into our places for the new progression.
Warrs are slowpokes because they bandage after every kill. Even so, questing 60 - 70 is nowhere near as hard as getting to 60. Speccing back to DW fury from protection smoothed the process considerably. Seeing skills increase was a forgotten pleasure.
There are no new quests that lock you down and kill you again and again, like the one in Auberdine where you dive into sunken ships filled with angry murlocks. Everything has been done to fatten us up as easily as possible.
Questing in T2 armor with GM weapons is luxurious. I replaced jewelry and accessories many times in the sequence of quests and instances through Nagrand and into Blade's Edge. Only recently have I started using new weapons. But I have not needed (or been able) to replace armor yet, which makes the process a lot less stressful.
Grinding rep and gold is better. Every mob drops something, if only a bit of 10s chaff. Hitting Stormers and Rumblers in Silithus to get empty loot windows time after time was infuriating.
I'm sure that getting keyed for Hijal will be a grind, but hopefully not like the boring and pointless treadmill for CC rep. Anyway, I'm wary of being trapped on treadmills now. I'll play some other game if they try that again.
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