02-09-2012, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2012, 09:02 PM by MongoJerry.)
I finished Redridge and most of Darkshire, and I enjoyed the new Redridge very much. I especially liked the quest where you had to stealth in, rescue the prisoners, and then blow up the buildings. It was fun to be a rogue for a moment. Darkshire didn't seem to change very much, but I was happy that Stitches was still in the game -- albeit much lower level and appearing directly in town rather than walking down the road. I didn't mind that change though.
I also had a very enjoyable time with a pug group last night. After a couple false starts with some not so great pugs, I got in one group where we got along so well that we ended up running four more random dungeons after the first. People who roll need on items they don't really need don't know what they're missing.
One thing I really like about the new WoW is that I don't mind collection/kill quests so much. The drop rates of the collection quests are good. No more "collect 10 of X" where the drop rate is 1 in 3, so you spend a half an hour working on one stupid collection quest. Also, I noticed that the kill quests are no longer so specific. Rather than "kill X number of Y and W number of Z," they usually just say "kill X number of the general type Y mobs." It makes it a lot easier and frankly less annoying when you can just walk into the appropriate area and kill whatever happens to be there rather than hunt all around for the specifc type of mob.
I am liking Shadow Word: Death. Also, the glyph that immobilizes mobs when affected by Psychic Scream rocks. Now, I can use Psychic Scream in an instance or outdoor PvE without having to worry about dragging every mob in the area to me. It won't be so hot for PvP, but I can switch it out later, when I'm ready.
Off to the Southern Barrens! I finished the Northwatch Hold part last night. I'm really looking forward to Thousand Needles when I'm ready.
I also had a very enjoyable time with a pug group last night. After a couple false starts with some not so great pugs, I got in one group where we got along so well that we ended up running four more random dungeons after the first. People who roll need on items they don't really need don't know what they're missing.
One thing I really like about the new WoW is that I don't mind collection/kill quests so much. The drop rates of the collection quests are good. No more "collect 10 of X" where the drop rate is 1 in 3, so you spend a half an hour working on one stupid collection quest. Also, I noticed that the kill quests are no longer so specific. Rather than "kill X number of Y and W number of Z," they usually just say "kill X number of the general type Y mobs." It makes it a lot easier and frankly less annoying when you can just walk into the appropriate area and kill whatever happens to be there rather than hunt all around for the specifc type of mob.
I am liking Shadow Word: Death. Also, the glyph that immobilizes mobs when affected by Psychic Scream rocks. Now, I can use Psychic Scream in an instance or outdoor PvE without having to worry about dragging every mob in the area to me. It won't be so hot for PvP, but I can switch it out later, when I'm ready.
Off to the Southern Barrens! I finished the Northwatch Hold part last night. I'm really looking forward to Thousand Needles when I'm ready.