Infraction for Toabo: General Idiocy

• Aldriana · 11/03/08, 3:53 PM

Post: The Burning Crusade: Scoreboard
User: Toabo
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

If you'd read the thread, you might have noticed:

1) Kaubel asking people not to make lists like this, and
2) 5 people getting infracted for doing it anyway.

But you didn't. So now there are 7 people with infractions for doing it anyway.

Original Post:

Zones and Quests
Quest-wise, I thought they added some nice variety. I also liked how many of the zones would naturally send you to the next zone for your level; made them feel more linked. The addition of dailies was a great idea, particularly syncing it with rep-grinding.

Most of Outland was fine. Nagrand was my favorite, both for the long questlines and the aesthetics. Hellfire I didn't care for, though the lagginess from every 60 on the server arriving in the same area was a big part of the problem.

I particularly liked the Draenei zones. I found the quests here to be vastly more varied and interesting than in the other starter zones. It also provided a nice showcase of the things to come. Within the first 20 levels, you got to try slow fall, water walk, fast swim speed, invisibility, and an epic mount. I particularly liked how the zone was capped by a quest against elites where you got your own NPC tank, giving you an idea of how grouping might work. A very well done intro to WoW.

5-men content
All in all, fine. The motifs and aesthetics were new and varied, so liked that aspects. Same with the bosses.

Heroics were a bit out-of-tune to begin with. Some were a fair challenge, but some were just absolutely brutal, particularly given the lackluster rewards. That said, I really liked that difficult PvE challenges weren't being confined to raids. (Completing the Trials of the Naaru before things got nerfed is still a minor point of pride for me.) I also liked how it let you return to early 60s instances. So if you liked Slave Pens or Ramparts at 61, you could still enjoy them at 70 via Heroic.

Raids
The 40 to 25 transition was a bit rough, but ultimately I liked the smaller raid size. The level of individual responsibility increased, helping identify and weed out the weaker players.

The 20 to 10 was nice in how easy it made it to form raids. Moreover, once KZ got tweaked enough, it became readily PUG-able, making raiding accessible for pretty much everyone.

PvP
The idea of having ranks depend entirely on skill rather than how many hours of BGs you ran per week was nice. However, it quickly became too easy to acquire Arena epics that rivaled or surpassed PvE epics. I thought Blizzard should have been quicker to implement Arena rating requirements so that you couldn't lose 10 games a week and end up as well geared as a 25-man raider.

Professions
I generally liked the idea that by having a profession, you get a few bits of gear that were slightly better than what others could. I thought the upgradeable weapon idea from Blacksmithing was a nice idea. Obviously some things (the tailoring sets, particularly) were too good too soon, but the general idea was sound.

Misc
I have to give special kudos to Blizzard for Toshley's station. Perhaps my favorite moment of the BC leveling process was when I came over that rise and found the gnomish outpost. I had no idea that Blizzard put something in like that and it just brought a smile to my face to see a town populated by my brethren.

Badges of Justice were a nice idea and I'm glad Blizzard decided to extend them to raids as well. However, it was a little uneven in that some items were KZ-equivalent whereas some were almost good enough for BT.

Best and Worst
Best: Flying mounts. I just really like flying.

Worst: The rigidity of the attunement process was overdone. The need early on to take a new recruit through old content in order for him to be attuned to your current tier was annoying. Even worse, the requirement that your raid start in a 10-man before it could transition to a 25-man was totally wrong.