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Forum: Public Discussion 03/17/10, 10:18 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
I'm not sure why people feel compelled to see the...

I'm not sure why people feel compelled to see the racial leaders all rotate their way through the spotlight like the ensemble cast on our favourite tv shows. Its not as if in any political arena you...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 01/04/10, 12:11 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 360,934
Posted By Oaken
I use the Vertical Mouse from Evoluent...

I use the Vertical Mouse from Evoluent (http://www.evoluent.com/vm3.html). It doesn't have as many buttons as many of the advanced gaming mice (5 buttons if you count pressing the mouse wheel) but I...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/08/09, 9:54 PM
Replies: 223
Views: 119,557
Posted By Oaken
The same is true of the two purchased pets,...

The same is true of the two purchased pets, Pandaren Monk and Lil' Phylactery. They have changed from Account bound and non-consumable to Soulbound and consumed on use.

This seems to be a reversal...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/30/09, 9:42 PM
Replies: 2,712
Views: 333,610
Posted By Oaken
Beer Map of the US

Not sure if anybody has seen the strangemaps site, a blog of sorts that reports and comments on unusual ways of mapping this world we live in. Unfortunately only for the US but they have an...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/19/09, 9:10 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 360,245
Posted By Oaken
Well, speaking personally, it would be better if...

Well, speaking personally, it would be better if the gold wasn't split with any of the other raiders at all and I went home with the entire pot. The problem is, I have to convince 24 other people to...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 05/08/09, 11:19 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 360,934
Posted By Oaken
Yeah, I mentioned mine near the beginning of this...

Yeah, I mentioned mine near the beginning of this thread (http://elitistjerks.com/f32/t16252-hardware_interface_keyboards_mice/p4/#post528427).

Turning doesn't really give me a problem because I...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/25/09, 10:27 PM
Replies: 2,712
Views: 333,610
Posted By Oaken
My experience has been that hops grows like most...

My experience has been that hops grows like most weeds. I planted a single bunch of it and every year it keeps sprouting and climbing up my walls and all over the rest of the garden, choking...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/11/09, 8:07 AM
Replies: 261
Views: 76,224
Posted By Oaken
I'm seeing some pretty wonky theories on...

I'm seeing some pretty wonky theories on motivation, leadership and their applicability to raiding. Let me start by putting this fallacy up for examination: raiding is not a personal exam.

Let's...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/02/09, 1:14 PM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,854
Posted By Oaken
Two things. First, they are unlikely to really...

Two things. First, they are unlikely to really fall into the category of 'friends' if they do that. Second, why do you care? If it is a reasonable price that you can make gold at, buy it anyway plus...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/02/09, 10:17 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
I always wonder if this is an issue with the...

I always wonder if this is an issue with the player base or with Blizzard. As has been described above, a huge part of the vanilla end-game was tied together around Blackrock Mountain, Nefarian, the...
Forum: User Interface and AddOns 12/29/08, 12:58 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 360,934
Posted By Oaken
I have an N52te and I don't use it - I find the...

I have an N52te and I don't use it - I find the d-pad too sloppy for use moving. I was hoping it would be a replacement for my old Microsoft Strategic Commander but it lacks the flexibility of...
Forum: Druids 12/14/08, 2:01 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 199,660
Posted By Oaken
Rawr suggests to me that Gored Hide Legguards are...

Rawr suggests to me that Gored Hide Legguards are superior to the two blues listed on the front page, they are a drop from Heroic Gundrak.

The Greatstone ring is from Drak'Tharon, not from Gundrak.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/07/08, 10:47 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
Given the nature of an MMO it really can't be any...

Given the nature of an MMO it really can't be any way else. Personally, I don't mind it; great battles will always be a mixture of great heroes and the forces that support them. We're just those...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/07/08, 10:08 AM
Replies: 2,072
Views: 1,158,854
Posted By Oaken
It was a conscious decision to reduce farming of...

It was a conscious decision to reduce farming of raid-related mats to a more manageable level, not an oversight.

Well, the weightstone sounds like an oversight.
Forum: Public Discussion 11/11/08, 5:55 PM
Replies: 174
Views: 34,344
Posted By Oaken
I don't know why people find this such a stretch....

I don't know why people find this such a stretch. Leotheras was imprisoned by those broken. Illidan ended up with a powerful but psychotic demon hunter on his hands. He could kill him but instead he...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/09/08, 12:36 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
Uhm, Akama maybe? Just because he is one of the...

Uhm, Akama maybe? Just because he is one of the Broken doesn't mean he isn't part of who the Draenei are or their story. And granted that Auchindoun wasn't the best executed of storylines but you had...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/07/08, 9:40 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,264
Posted By Oaken
Call me masochistic but I actually enjoyed the...

Call me masochistic but I actually enjoyed the Fire Resist scavenging that preceded our first Ragnaros kill. We were the first guild to clear the other bosses in MC on our server and summon Rag. It...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/28/08, 11:31 AM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
In addition to the point made above about how...

In addition to the point made above about how Ner'zhul bent the elements to his will, I also believe you are putting some kind of moral compass on elementals and using that to justify why Ner'zhul's...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/28/08, 11:19 AM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,462
Posted By Oaken
You may as well just list the epic BoP patterns...

You may as well just list the epic BoP patterns for all professions then. The point is that these items will get replaced - whether it is soon like the BlackSmithing items in TBC, or later like the...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/27/08, 6:24 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 17,196
Posted By Oaken
Because people who play Moonkin really enjoy...

Because people who play Moonkin really enjoy having half as many drops as everybody else?
Forum: Public Discussion 09/27/08, 2:33 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,264
Posted By Oaken
As I recall, this was also the subject of much...

As I recall, this was also the subject of much angst and pre-TBC wailing and gnashing of teeth because Hellfire Peninsula was a single quest zone for both factions. Most PVP realms reported that...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/27/08, 11:27 AM
Replies: 1,901
Views: 881,462
Posted By Oaken
None other than the fact that the 24-slot...

None other than the fact that the 24-slot specialty bags are a fraction of the cost of the 22-slot general ones.
Forum: Public Discussion 09/18/08, 8:58 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
You can, in fact, do it properly. When I had the...

You can, in fact, do it properly. When I had the same thing happen to me - walked in on Tirion Fordring's speech and suddenly had the "Quest completed" message pop - I simply abandoned the quest and...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/17/08, 11:42 PM
Replies: 477
Views: 69,281
Posted By Oaken
You are, of course, still free to take as many...

You are, of course, still free to take as many flights as you want to get from Shattrath to the Caverns of Time - starting with a flight to Hellfire Peninsula to go through the Dark Portal. Nobody is...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/17/08, 10:37 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 16,741
Posted By Oaken
That pretty much says everything that needs to be...

That pretty much says everything that needs to be said about the validity of your ideas.
Forum: Public Discussion 09/14/08, 11:26 PM
Replies: 10,771
Views: 2,450,979
Posted By Oaken
I've actually been a bit disappointed in overall...

I've actually been a bit disappointed in overall story development. It seems like WoW so far has primarily closed off old Warcraft storylines and not really opened any new ones. I know its partly...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/14/08, 12:25 PM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,343
Posted By Oaken
It is way too early to be making predictions...

It is way too early to be making predictions about how well you will scale when talent trees aren't even finalized yet. Lots of people have the impression that all classes scale the same and...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/08/08, 8:44 PM
Replies: 477
Views: 69,281
Posted By Oaken
That is the part I'm not terribly impressed by. I...

That is the part I'm not terribly impressed by. I have no issue with races between guilds, servers and factions but for something absolutely unique that only one person may have? There are way too...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/07/08, 10:05 PM
Replies: 477
Views: 69,281
Posted By Oaken
Am I the only one who thinks you are...

Am I the only one who thinks you are contradicting yourself? The old Azeroth chains were fun because they dragged you all over Azeroth and introduced you to zones you might never have gone to. They...
Forum: Druids 09/05/08, 8:33 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
Shoulder enchants are now available. And the...

Shoulder enchants are now available. And the tanking enchant is...



I'm certainly hoping they have a shoulder enchant somewhere that does not have defense rating on it.
Forum: Druids 08/29/08, 8:55 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
In terms of surivability, armor does not have...

In terms of surivability, armor does not have diminishing returns.
Forum: Druids 08/29/08, 7:46 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
Well, they scale in odd ways. We all know by now...

Well, they scale in odd ways.

We all know by now that dodge has 'improving returns' - the more you have, the more valuable it is.

For Mother Bear, it is an odd sort of scaling.

For the same boss,...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/25/08, 10:50 PM
Replies: 477
Views: 69,281
Posted By Oaken
I always wanted NPCs who might acknowledge who I...

I always wanted NPCs who might acknowledge who I was - the fact that I'd killed C'Thun or Illidan for example.

Then we get to the Isle of Quel'Danas and the lame things the NPC's say when a player...
Forum: Druids 08/20/08, 1:05 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
You don't have to read anything into it, you just...

You don't have to read anything into it, you just have to read the threads. The quote that you are giving is Blizzard referring to how TBC turned out, not how WotLK is being designed. This is WotLK...
Forum: Druids 08/20/08, 12:29 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
I think Blizzard has been fairly clear that this...

I think Blizzard has been fairly clear that this is not one of the concerns they are focusing on. The goal is to have tanks be fairly interchangeable so that if you don't happen to have a feral, you...
Forum: Druids 07/14/08, 9:16 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,868
Posted By Oaken
Serious answer here - it depends on lots of...

Serious answer here - it depends on lots of things. For example, I've dps'd on Felmyst (I've MT'd him too). Why? Because we wanted a warrior tank in just in case the shield drops and we want to give...
Forum: Druids 07/01/08, 8:26 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,868
Posted By Oaken
I believe they did exactly the right thing in TBC...

I believe they did exactly the right thing in TBC by starting us off OP and then nerfing afterwards. There was a tremendous amount of baggage that ferals carried - especially in raiding guilds - from...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/27/08, 12:24 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 72,367
Posted By Oaken
Unlike, say, how easy it is to get your character...

Unlike, say, how easy it is to get your character and gear restored when you are hacked.
Forum: Druids 06/15/08, 11:44 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,868
Posted By Oaken
I remember in the early days of TBC, druids could...

I remember in the early days of TBC, druids could easily out-threat warriors with their eyes closed. Then they nerfed our mitigation and our threat generation maybe a month into the expansion but I...
Forum: Druids 06/14/08, 8:59 PM
Replies: 3,759
Views: 756,660
Posted By Oaken
Well, certainly after the expansion it won't be a...

Well, certainly after the expansion it won't be a big deal. For anybody with a decent level of tanking raid gear you'll outgear any of the levelling 5-mans so you can level 70-80 focused on kitty dps...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/05/08, 12:37 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,264
Posted By Oaken
I'm guessing that for some class/spec...

I'm guessing that for some class/spec combinations, being taken off of your own loot table like you are today and mixed into a broader loot table is going to be a bit of a shock....
Forum: Public Discussion 05/28/08, 8:13 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,441
Posted By Oaken
I think this is a really bad idea - what it...

I think this is a really bad idea - what it encourages is the suggestion a few others have made: you should have one of each spec in the raid. That proposition just makes managing a raiding guild a...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/28/08, 12:04 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,441
Posted By Oaken
I'm not sure anybody is asking that a spot be...

I'm not sure anybody is asking that a spot be reserved for every hybrid spec.

Remember how we got into this situation with hybrids:

The argument starts that "Hybrid specs can't be as good as 'pure'...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/27/08, 1:07 AM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,441
Posted By Oaken
I really don't think it is necessary to feel bad...

I really don't think it is necessary to feel bad for them - its somewhat of a self-imposed purgatory many of them have put themselves into. The argument that a lot of rogues and mages make is "I...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/20/08, 11:58 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,542
Posted By Oaken
Because of the argument above about spike damage....

Because of the argument above about spike damage. To reiterate, in general I don't care how much damage you take, I care if I have enough time for that next heal to land.

I might care about total...
Forum: Druids 05/20/08, 10:25 PM
Replies: 5,072
Views: 1,924,868
Posted By Oaken
I think you've hit the nail on the head but it...

I think you've hit the nail on the head but it isn't to reduce reliance on pvp gear. Remember, they've talked a lot about consolidating tokens/gear so there is less gear rot. It only makes sense that...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/20/08, 9:50 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,542
Posted By Oaken
Just to clarify lest people mis-interpret that...

Just to clarify lest people mis-interpret that graph, if I put together a table of TTL increase based on a +1K armor increase at different levels I will find that the actual TTL increase granted by...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/19/08, 11:56 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,542
Posted By Oaken
My response is to the OP's post and so its in the...

My response is to the OP's post and so its in the context of the OP's claim - as an absolute measure and not with respect to other stats.

Having said that, I still hold by the point that Armor has...
Forum: Class Mechanics 05/19/08, 11:06 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,542
Posted By Oaken
As Aldriana has pointed out, you are asking the...

As Aldriana has pointed out, you are asking the wrong question. Another way of looking at it is If I measure 'diminishing returns' as total damage mitigated (or, what amounts to an equivalent...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/13/08, 7:17 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,904,264
Posted By Oaken
I fully expect Kalecgos to be effusive in his...

I fully expect Kalecgos to be effusive in his thanks and offer to mediate for me with Malygos after I saved his sorry ass in Sunwell Plateau, killed the fellow who murdered his cohort, and helped put...
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