Infraction for Leighlu: General Idiocy

• Relwin · 11/03/08, 6:57 PM

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

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Enough with the lists already, we said stop a ways back. Mein eyes.

Original Post:

Zones and Quests

Hellfire Peninsula-(3/5). A let down after walking past the dark portal entrance. Fel Reaver was fun to dodge.
Zangarmarsh-(2/5). Meh. I trained fishing here.
Nagrand-(5/5). Excellent, both in looks and quests. Favorite zone in the game to this point.
BEM-(2/5) Disjointed at best.
Netherstorm-(3/5). Consortium grind.
SMV-(4/5). Felt epic, was challenging and fun.

5-men content

(4/5). All in all, quite happy with them, despite the linearity. Love the implementation of heroics and the badge system ensured that eventuallly, everyone got something.

Raids

(1/5). I'm of the opinion that TBC raiding was difficult on guilds in general. There were fights that had very little margin for error, and that was in direct conflict with the guild concept. In TBC raiding, "Casual" players could not come to a raid unprepared and succeed. "Hardcore" players could not carry others on their proverbial backs and succeed. This caused unbelievable friction resulting in extreme demands on guild leadership, and sucked the fun out of the endgame for players that can't devote a significant amount of time to the game.

Loot distribution. (0/5). RNG is ridiculous, especially when KEY items (DST for one) have such low drop rates.

Attunements (0/5). Kael and Vashj. Great fights, but difficult if not impossible for non-hardcore guilds, limiting the available encounters to T5 content.

PvP

(0/5). Arenas threaten to ruin the game. Imbalances that cause the dev team to affect other aspects of the game (PvE) trying to correct them.

Professions

(2/5). Discoveries, while nice, are again at the mercy of the RNG. Profession-specific bonuses are not balanced, leading to narrow choices based on your class. Sales of crafted items are imbalanced. There's a reason my wife (Enchanter) has 3 times the money I do. (Leatherworker)

Misc

Something that sticks with me almost two years later, is the CUTTHROAT aspect of leveling once TBC came out. Specific mobs for quests brought out the worst in people, including myself.

Best and Worst

Best- I'm in the minority here. I like Shattrah. The Aldor/Scryer choice, the layout of the city, hub to everything.
Worst- Dragonspine Trophy. Such a key dps trinket for so many classes. Such a low drop rate in an instance that is nothing more than a pit-stop between Kara and T5 content make it nearly impossible to get. There's no reason for tanks/healers to go back to farm it, leaving people like myself SOL.