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Forum: Public Discussion 10/03/07, 11:32 AM
Replies: 777
Views: 85,765
Posted By aarkh
I think you misunderstood, I'm speaking purely...

I think you misunderstood, I'm speaking purely theoretically here. I mean I'm not trying to propose to merge TK + SSC or MH + BT as they are or something. I'm trying to say if the aim is to slow down...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/03/07, 10:40 AM
Replies: 777
Views: 85,765
Posted By aarkh
I definitely disagree with this. A...

I definitely disagree with this. A Naxxramas-style instance is perfect - the majority of bosses accessible pretty much for anyone, but if you want to kill the end boss, you'll have to be efficient...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/03/07, 8:24 AM
Replies: 777
Views: 85,765
Posted By aarkh
I don't think that how content is paced is the...

I don't think that how content is paced is the question itself, the question is how to keep the top end guilds reasonably occupied and interested, while at least trying to avoid negative effects such...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/12/07, 1:15 PM
Replies: 870
Views: 138,559
Posted By aarkh
This is the first time after starting to see all...

This is the first time after starting to see all the new consumables from Beta times that I've again felt hopeful for this game. Thank god, please let "greatly" also mean greatly.

Now just please,...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/12/07, 8:55 AM
Replies: 870
Views: 138,559
Posted By aarkh
Thing is though, if you want to make a difference...

Thing is though, if you want to make a difference then you need to make it now. Chances are whatever bandaid they're gonna throw at us in 2.1 is going to be all we're going to get. Wait and see and...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/12/07, 2:22 AM
Replies: 870
Views: 138,559
Posted By aarkh
Good post, sums up pretty well how I feel. The...

Good post, sums up pretty well how I feel. The sad thing is watching a game with so much potential be marred.

Having been detached from raiding for a while, I don't know whether to laugh or cry at...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/02/07, 2:53 PM
Replies: 548
Views: 90,518
Posted By aarkh
Yay, communication. It's nice to see something...

Yay, communication.

It's nice to see something finally, and who knows, maybe these will be the magical fixes to everything. It still doesn't change the fact that they need a whole community of...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/31/07, 11:33 AM
Replies: 445
Views: 89,170
Posted By aarkh
Funny enough that this is describing the same...

Funny enough that this is describing the same firm that produced increasingly better raid instances, with their last one before BC being a true pearl. Pre-TBC, looking at the quality of Naxxramas,...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/23/07, 3:10 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 20,356
Posted By aarkh
It isn't wild speculation, it's what they...

It isn't wild speculation, it's what they announced already back in August 2006. I see no reason to think that they'd have straight out lied.

Some...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/21/07, 7:56 PM
Replies: 449
Views: 81,893
Posted By aarkh
Yea, I'm not claiming I have any knowledge about...

Yea, I'm not claiming I have any knowledge about Blizzard's inner workings or how they allocate their devs, I'm just trying to think of a logical explanation here. I would disagree personally on that...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/21/07, 7:38 PM
Replies: 449
Views: 81,893
Posted By aarkh
Regarding the trash and other timesink/tedium...

Regarding the trash and other timesink/tedium issues encountered in BC, I've been thinking about it and I think that there's a few large contributors to the problem. I'm going to make quite a few...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/15/07, 3:58 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 10,463
Posted By aarkh
Thing is though, when you wipe due to lack of...

Thing is though, when you wipe due to lack of DPS, you'll wipe 8 minutes into the fight when you hit the Enrage and can after the fight say that "ok, we would've needed a little more DPS". When you...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/15/07, 2:12 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 10,463
Posted By aarkh
Well yeah, there's this. It's that feeling of...

Well yeah, there's this. It's that feeling of being in control when you pick that most crucial healing or whatever role. Addictive thing, that.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/15/07, 2:01 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 10,463
Posted By aarkh
For the paladin part, yeah pretty much. That's...

For the paladin part, yeah pretty much. That's why I don't find it very intriguing personally, even though the raw healing power is obviously impressive.

As for priests and variety, well yeah,...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/15/07, 1:49 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 10,463
Posted By aarkh
What comes to motivation for playing a class, I...

What comes to motivation for playing a class, I don't think "wanting to help the group" is a bad reason to choose a healer. Amazingly enough, some people genuinely enjoy helping the group, or knowing...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/15/07, 1:39 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 10,463
Posted By aarkh
I'm currently in the process of leveling a druid...

I'm currently in the process of leveling a druid which, if I ever raid again, will be my main and a healer. I love healing, but the TBC holy priest feels dumbed down with many of the healing options...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/14/07, 10:51 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 13,169
Posted By aarkh
That's odd, I always felt Sapphiron was the...

That's odd, I always felt Sapphiron was the pinnacle of retardedness, even more so than Loatheb.

It's hard to say what really makes for a fun encounter. Challenging encounters such as Twin Emps back...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/13/07, 11:45 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
On-use consumables can be modeled as mana/5 by...

On-use consumables can be modeled as mana/5 by taking the average mana they restore divided with their cooldown in seconds times 5. So for example a Major Dreamless Sleep Potion that restores 3600...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/13/07, 10:56 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Well the whole point of the comparison was to...

Well the whole point of the comparison was to compare some completely extreme ends, to show just how retarded it is. Of course it's not a situation that would happen in reality, but that's beside the...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/13/07, 4:25 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Well if you look at the sheet you'll notice that...

Well if you look at the sheet you'll notice that it's only an 1k health difference. Group the priest with a lock and a warr and he'll have as much HP as anyone. Obviously I'm not saying it's the same...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/13/07, 3:22 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Well, thought I might throw this up here as well...

Well, thought I might throw this up here as well in case someone is interested. Basically got a little angry with a "consumables are fine l2p" type person speaking with the firm experience of someone...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/12/07, 11:12 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
What? Of course the game needs to account for the...

What? Of course the game needs to account for the fact that most guilds will not have perfect management, focus or recruitment capabilities, far from it. A big part of the reason for the success of...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/12/07, 10:28 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
What certain people seem to miss is that even if...

What certain people seem to miss is that even if consumables could be farmed in 1/100th of the time they take now, they'd make just as little sense and be just as overpowered. Try asking a healer how...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/05/07, 8:16 PM
Replies: 157
Views: 28,907
Posted By aarkh
You're absolutely right, 1 person's HoTs are not...

You're absolutely right, 1 person's HoTs are not good for healing a tank who's taking heavy damage. They do, however, stack. But even so, you're correct - they're not completely optimal for healing...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/05/07, 7:22 PM
Replies: 157
Views: 28,907
Posted By aarkh
If you're talking about 5mans, you're probably...

If you're talking about 5mans, you're probably correct, sure. HoT spam is obviously suboptimal when you have only 1-2 people taking damage at a time. Try raids, though, with enough people taking...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/05/07, 7:09 PM
Replies: 157
Views: 28,907
Posted By aarkh
I wonder how extensively you have actually tried...

I wonder how extensively you have actually tried Tree form. Sticking to using healing touch only is in my experience pretty much the weakest possible use of a healing druid atm. The HP/S a Tree can...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/03/07, 1:42 PM
Replies: 157
Views: 28,907
Posted By aarkh
The PW:S change is cosmetic at best, one more...

The PW:S change is cosmetic at best, one more absorbed rogue offhand hit will hardly change anything, nor will it make any difference for PVE either. 10 seconds on PoM is more reasonable than 20, but...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/07, 10:48 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
True, but to play devil's advocate here, with the...

True, but to play devil's advocate here, with the amount of pointless and unbased whine that they get, judging the magnitude of whine is one way to judge whether something actually is important...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/07, 10:25 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Obviously, but this is the way it's always been -...

Obviously, but this is the way it's always been - the reality is they're not gonna fix them in a week or two. The decision whether to play or not while waiting for the fixes to come is yours to make,...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/07, 10:06 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Eh, why would this be true? Nothing in the game...

Eh, why would this be true? Nothing in the game mechanics prevents them from expanding itemization upwards from what currently exists, just at the moment they don't, really. They've stated they know...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/02/07, 7:58 AM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Funny, that's what I thought back in BWL when I...

Funny, that's what I thought back in BWL when I discovered how insanely powerful chainpotting was. Keep that attitude up for 2 years and you might not be quite as happy to embrace them anymore.
Forum: Public Discussion 03/01/07, 7:06 PM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Well it is some mystical bond indeed since it...

Well it is some mystical bond indeed since it allows people to cast spells on each other they couldn't otherwise, such as PW:S, greater blessings etc, and besides it's a silly point :P

You're saying...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/01/07, 6:22 PM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
Why is it a clumsy solution? To me it seems like...

Why is it a clumsy solution? To me it seems like no encounter should be balanced around flasking a whole raid, yet no one minds flasking a few people on some specific encounters. Why, then not let...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/01/07, 5:45 PM
Replies: 1,702
Views: 288,047
Posted By aarkh
As disillusioned as I am with the whole farming...

As disillusioned as I am with the whole farming business, I have to admit I've always liked the feeling of using certain buffs. Clicking a manapot and seeing your bar jump up does add, even if just a...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/24/07, 12:14 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 40,623
Posted By aarkh
Problem is, how do you determine the field is...

Problem is, how do you determine the field is level? For different roles, determining how good each class is at that role is not equally easy, and also the importance of each class being good at...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/18/06, 2:25 AM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,503
Posted By aarkh
Not really. The effort comes from having to do...

Not really. The effort comes from having to do ZG, DM or whatever buffs you want to get, but most guilds run ZG anyway, and all that's required is to save the heart for when it's needed. To get DM...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/17/06, 4:11 AM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,503
Posted By aarkh
I don't think adding income to raiders will...

I don't think adding income to raiders will really be any solution to the fundamental problem. What it does is create an amount of income for raiders that can potentially be massive, depending on the...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/16/06, 10:59 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,503
Posted By aarkh
Heh, slightly offtopic but the AD vendor has a...

Heh, slightly offtopic but the AD vendor has a respawn time of less than one minute, so we used to repeatedly kill it with an alt who didn't need AD rep and buy the potions for dirt cheap. Ah the...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/16/06, 9:41 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,503
Posted By aarkh
It isn't about something being required or not...

It isn't about something being required or not being required. If consumables weren't required, encounters would be trivial with them. The very existence and availability of powerful consumables for...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/16/06, 9:25 PM
Replies: 540
Views: 89,503
Posted By aarkh
Excellent post, these have been my exact feelings...

Excellent post, these have been my exact feelings for a year now. Especially as a healer, consumables are not optional, and the sheer insane power boost they give makes all gear upgrades look trivial...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/12/06, 8:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,943
Posted By aarkh
They did almost everything right with the new...

They did almost everything right with the new system, the only major thing they went wrong with is that they didn't properly limit the amount of honor / items you can gain from PvP over any given...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/11/06, 9:36 PM
Replies: 353
Views: 56,581
Posted By aarkh
Patchwerk has never landed crushing blows on the...

Patchwerk has never landed crushing blows on the MT.
Forum: The Dung Heap 12/07/06, 11:25 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,805
Posted By aarkh
He did 5.5k average HSs on our tanks on our kill,...

He did 5.5k average HSs on our tanks on our kill, 8.6k highest, this with the warlock debuff. No other changes, but it was far easier than expected, MT healing is trivial with stacking HoTs and with...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/07/06, 6:12 PM
Replies: 353
Views: 56,581
Posted By aarkh
We couldn't raid yesterday due to all EU servers...

We couldn't raid yesterday due to all EU servers being down, but did Abomination Wing + Anub'Rekhan today, and though the start was pretty horrible with people sorting their UIs, FPS issues (which...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/03/06, 7:02 PM
Replies: 158
Views: 25,364
Posted By aarkh
Frankly, the cost of 1 Flask of Titans is not...

Frankly, the cost of 1 Flask of Titans is not really much compared to repeated wiping. On the current prices on Horde side on our server, you can get a flask for about 40 gold, whereas I spend 20...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/03/06, 7:34 AM
Replies: 158
Views: 25,364
Posted By aarkh
Blizzard is not an unpredictable burst damage...

Blizzard is not an unpredictable burst damage factor. Sapphiron can only have 2 blizzards up at a time and while they are up, it's trivial to avoid them. Therefore, when you can see 2 blizzards...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/30/06, 5:30 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,573
Posted By aarkh
HoTs are very powerful for raid healing and very...

HoTs are very powerful for raid healing and very good HP/S when you have a situation where the incoming overall raid damage is high and a lot of targets are taking damage, so that no one will heal...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/22/06, 1:09 PM
Replies: 446
Views: 34,816
Posted By aarkh
If thinking from a larger scale viewpoint, as in...

If thinking from a larger scale viewpoint, as in what is caused by buying gold, sure. But if you think about the motivation of the gold buyer, then he's right. It's a hobby that many of us spend a...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/22/06, 5:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,489
Posted By aarkh
Hmm, we've had offtanks get MCd in P3 and we go...

Hmm, we've had offtanks get MCd in P3 and we go all out on him then, so I don't see how the MC targets beside the MT can have anything to do with threat.

As others have said, waiting for an MC pre...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/14/06, 10:49 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 8,993
Posted By aarkh
+50 to all stats is more than what it gives now,...

+50 to all stats is more than what it gives now, at least to stamina for most classes. Considering you can pick up 2 Zanzas(use one, pick up another in inv) at the same time, it will continue to be...
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