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Forum: The Dung Heap 05/11/09, 5:48 PM
Replies: 219
Views: 55,258
Posted By Lodekim
Bookmarked. God damn I hope that's real and gets...

Bookmarked. God damn I hope that's real and gets updated.
Forum: The Dung Heap 05/06/09, 7:41 AM
Replies: 219
Views: 55,258
Posted By Lodekim
Almost enough to make me wish I still...

Almost enough to make me wish I still played/raided and thus had the motivation to laugh at people more often.

Great find!
Forum: Public Discussion 03/01/09, 2:01 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 84,860
Posted By Lodekim
I think the big thing comes from is it additional...

I think the big thing comes from is it additional loot from that boss or does it limit your progression going forth. If he dropped less loot because you failed the achievement that's one thing, but,...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/09, 5:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,782
Posted By Lodekim
I've actually got a lot on my mind about this...

I've actually got a lot on my mind about this too.

I think the issue becomes can achievements and hard mode stuff ever be the kind of progression that high end raiding guilds want. I agree fully...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/19/08, 7:26 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 62,957
Posted By Lodekim
That's not really how it works though, because...

That's not really how it works though, because every time you lose that one top end thing, it trickles down to the next level. On top of that there is something with the carrot on the stick and...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/19/08, 5:20 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 62,957
Posted By Lodekim
That's quite simply not true. The work behind...

That's quite simply not true. The work behind keeping a guild together with nothing to do is ridiculous, people go off and quit for a while, well you have to replace them for farm, then maybe they...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/17/08, 1:24 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
Yes I've seen that with conflag, I think it's a...

Yes I've seen that with conflag, I think it's a pretty common bug/feature. Out of respect to the rules here, I can't say more beyond that.
Forum: News 04/17/08, 1:21 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 23,641
Posted By Lodekim
Congrats guys, I really agree with the sentiments...

Congrats guys, I really agree with the sentiments Gurgthock put in the original post. After the only times we spent more than a day or two on a boss in all of TBC being due to just pure retardism...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 2:56 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
Yes, I'd have to say it certainly doesn't seem...

Yes, I'd have to say it certainly doesn't seem like Sunwell Radience is removed when Felmyst dies as well. I ran with significant avoidance, and suffice to say it was a lot lower than would have...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 2:52 AM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
Honestly I'd have trouble calling it undertuned,...

Honestly I'd have trouble calling it undertuned, or overtuned. As far as I've seen, there's no way to entirely remove any of the elements of the fight, and no matter what, it's a healing intensive...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/03/08, 4:13 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,137
Posted By Lodekim
Honestly, after having done brutallus both with 2...

Honestly, after having done brutallus both with 2 warriors and with a warrior and a druid, it doesn't feel that much different between the two. Both warriors and the druid could get burst hard, the...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/31/08, 3:55 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
Most guilds are killing him after the berserk by...

Most guilds are killing him after the berserk by a few seconds. We killed Illidan in the first week of August, and it was a kill 15 seconds after the berserk with 7 healers. Obviously it's doable...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/31/08, 2:16 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
On what IKT said, Sunwell is tuned well, that...

On what IKT said, Sunwell is tuned well, that doesn't mean that it's not a bit of a joke in terms of developing strategies. We spent almost no time on the PTR, and while it's cost us some time, and...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/31/08, 12:54 AM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,735
Posted By Lodekim
Really looking at this fight, there's a few...

Really looking at this fight, there's a few things I'd comment on.

For one, it's definitely tuned around having a raid that's been farming Illidan for a while at least. When we ran with 8 healers,...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/28/08, 3:34 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
First on the note of the Alchemists trinkets, I...

First on the note of the Alchemists trinkets, I think some people have the right idea, Alchemy doesn't have to provide the best in slot trinket for every class to be a viable profession, the game...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/28/08, 9:18 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
I'm wary of any effect that buffs something the...

I'm wary of any effect that buffs something the game is balanced around. A 20% flask buff might not be too bad, 100 hp is on par with the 8 stats from enchanting, but combining buffs like that with...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/28/08, 8:58 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
The tank trinket is actually pretty good I'd say....

The tank trinket is actually pretty good I'd say. Not counting the clicks on Moroes Lucky Pocket Watch and Scarab of Displacement, it's up there for one of the highest passive avoidance trinkets in...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/08, 5:08 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Maybe I'm missing something, but you're talking a...

Maybe I'm missing something, but you're talking a situation where the only damage you take is life tap it takes more healing to keep you up the more health you have right? I don't see how that's so...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/08, 4:19 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Because pvp is more about burst than sustained...

Because pvp is more about burst than sustained dps in almost every case. By downranking you can still go behind a pillar and lifetap to full while taking heals, but there's a significantly smaller...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/08, 4:09 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
I think what Gurgthock is pointing out is really...

I think what Gurgthock is pointing out is really the base problem. At 15% max hp for 15% max mana it's a dps loss in PVE, and there's no real way around it. My understanding of it is that it would...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/08, 9:45 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Elendril, I agree with the idea behind a more...

Elendril, I agree with the idea behind a more involved world, I love the idea of kind of a progression you build with the whole server, that's cool, and I do know that you have competed in plenty of...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/08, 6:31 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Seriously why are people arguing against...

Seriously why are people arguing against improving the game with some of these arguments?

Sillia, no matter what you say, relying on transfers is NEVER a better idea than doing the system right. If...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/08, 4:00 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Ungeir you got called out because a lot of people...

Ungeir you got called out because a lot of people do take it pretty seriously and are not interested in hearing what someone who is not part of that group has to say about why it shouldn't or doesn't...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/18/08, 3:55 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
I fully agree racials are imbalanced, but until...

I fully agree racials are imbalanced, but until arena people understood that and it wasn't a huge imbalance, I fully have no problem in removing racials from pvp, wouldn't bother me, I love my...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/18/08, 3:19 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
Please, no more respec costs, I'm fine with the...

Please, no more respec costs, I'm fine with the whole idea of being able to select your racials, I'm fine with the idea of being able to change them, but if I all of a sudden had to spend 200 gold...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/16/08, 3:08 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
It's got nothing to do with any piece of gear in...

It's got nothing to do with any piece of gear in particular or any set, it's just the continued trend to make every piece of raid gear obsoleted by gear you can get by doing Kara and heroic Mech over...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/16/08, 3:02 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
I guess I don't know what to say, obsoleting old...

I guess I don't know what to say, obsoleting old gear this fast just seems to kill any enjoyment I get from gear progression in this game, call it a whine, but they damned well better deliver on...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/15/08, 6:26 AM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
That is unfortunate, I hope it's a bug. Yeah my...

That is unfortunate, I hope it's a bug. Yeah my Cataclysm's would look cooler, but it's already cool enough, and I don't need my Bulwark looking that retarded.
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/14/08, 3:12 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 9,500
Posted By Lodekim
I see this maybe being viable for some classes,...

I see this maybe being viable for some classes, but at least for warriors, to me it seems like a pretty big loss of Resil, for a class that is already getting less on it's gear. I checked the...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/09/08, 2:44 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,574,965
Posted By Lodekim
So I'm curious, have they actually announced...

So I'm curious, have they actually announced season 4 or is it just speculation about that based on the fact it's a new patch with a new raid instance and there's some item set names data mined.

I...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/07/08, 2:50 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,774
Posted By Lodekim
It's hard to say what is ideal. On one end, an...

It's hard to say what is ideal.

On one end, an entry raid is pretty much required to bring new players up to speed, teach them how to work in a raid, anyone could learn to raid through MC or even...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/07/08, 2:38 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
What I would suggest is that they just finally...

What I would suggest is that they just finally re-do the map. Fortunately for you, changes to Balinda and a slightly moved back starting tunnel will not make a particularly big difference to a rush...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/06/08, 4:47 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
Maybe your battlegroup is weird or something, but...

Maybe your battlegroup is weird or something, but on almost every US battlegroup now, we're seeing horde use their advantage, and the alliance never get a chance to use theirs, because the game is...
Forum: Player vs. Player 02/04/08, 2:16 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
So they've listed some changes for AV in 2.4, and...

So they've listed some changes for AV in 2.4, and I didn't see them posted here yet:



WoW Forums -> Alterac Valley Improvements in 2.4...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/31/08, 2:38 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 12,573
Posted By Lodekim
I just want to quote on this one, avoidance gems...

I just want to quote on this one, avoidance gems are fully available, but no one uses them because stamina is better, but there would be uses for hit/expertise gems. Mostly I'd like to see Expertise...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/30/08, 1:43 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
Even when defending the map, giving the comment...

Even when defending the map, giving the comment that Alliance "can" win, at best we're seeing arguments that they can rush Drek, and just kill Drek, at best that's a 350-250 win, there is no way the...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/28/08, 5:34 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
Talgog is also exactly right, yeah alliance can...

Talgog is also exactly right, yeah alliance can win, yeah I've won since 2.3 myself, but 1) it is never a 600-0 win like horde can push on alliance, and 2) it simply requires horde to slip up...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/28/08, 2:32 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
Melador is exactly right, any kind of solution...

Melador is exactly right, any kind of solution that removes the horde advantage at defense right now gives the alliance the advantage of a much more defensible base, the only real way to fix it...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/27/08, 11:15 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,112
Posted By Lodekim
As SR was before, you're completely right,...

As SR was before, you're completely right, several people in this thread are advocating capped resists to add a gear strategy as an element of the game, and to somewhat allow people to balance out...
Forum: Player vs. Player 01/27/08, 10:14 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,112
Posted By Lodekim
Well unfortunately, I've pretty much quit pvping...

Well unfortunately, I've pretty much quit pvping in season 3, and even in season 2, I was only around the mid 1900's on my best teams, but there are still some interesting things this post brings up...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/27/08, 9:45 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 16,241
Posted By Lodekim
We do the free offspec like many people listed as...

We do the free offspec like many people listed as well. We may not have it perfect, and some dps specs aren't at the point where they're getting everything exactly as it could be and don't pick up...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/30/07, 1:51 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
It works, you can still get honor out of AV this...

It works, you can still get honor out of AV this way yes, it'll just lead to same thing anyway, because right now a 5 man queue in wsg ab or eots is pretty much a sure win, which has been what I've...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/26/07, 6:07 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
Looking at some of the newer posts, YES, attitude...

Looking at some of the newer posts, YES, attitude makes it worse, but it started because of the imbalances, on stormstrike, I have stopped queueing because alliance don't win, it started when horde...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/22/07, 1:21 AM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
To be quite honest, this post (imo) is one of the...

To be quite honest, this post (imo) is one of the worse I've seen, it's ignoring the difference between farm and competition, as well as secondary reasonings that are always involved in a PVE guild. ...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/20/07, 2:21 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,255
Posted By Lodekim
25 dailies sounds nice to me, like really nice. ...

25 dailies sounds nice to me, like really nice. Personally I usually don't have time to do dailies every day, so the ability to do 25 in a day, instead of stopping at under 10 (since there really...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/20/07, 3:22 AM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
I was replying to a post, explaining why the fact...

I was replying to a post, explaining why the fact that AV is essentially a waste for Stormstrike Alliance, that's part of the reason right there. Yeah I can get honor in groups, I'm just pointing...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/19/07, 6:37 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
So impossible isn't a perfect word, do you want...

So impossible isn't a perfect word, do you want to bitch about the point just due to the fact that I used a hyperbole? Getting honor out of AV as stormstrike alliance is a no-go. It's not going to...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/19/07, 6:21 PM
Replies: 1,843
Views: 449,828
Posted By Lodekim
Referencing wowwiki here is not really going to...

Referencing wowwiki here is not really going to get you a response about how factual that data is, melee has not had a 99% hit cap previously, regardless of what wowwiki says, and if people are...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/18/07, 6:03 PM
Replies: 885
Views: 107,035
Posted By Lodekim
So reading more of this, I suppose it's nice to...

So reading more of this, I suppose it's nice to see that it's not the same on every battlegroup, but it is kind of concerning to see people actually pointing out serious issues right now. I have...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/16/07, 6:36 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 23,158
Posted By Lodekim
The issue I have with a lot of these suggestions...

The issue I have with a lot of these suggestions is that the classes that are going to be affected don't need this kind of nerf, I've run warrior shaman, and realistically, in most situations if we...
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