Comments on: Swimming for Firelands

By: Clanadd

Clanadd — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:44:45 +0000

BBB doing tanking guides again?!? Now I'm excited!! When I started Bear Tanking your guides were what got me through. Sure there were other guides around but none that didn't either lose their way in theorycrafting (Does an extra 0.1% mitigation really count when my ping was over 300ms) or didn't understand the difference between Bear Tanking and other classes. For what it is worth BBB, I am sure there are many of us Bears who would love to see your guides again. Please bring back the common sense approach that is so often sorely lacking.

By: Michelle R

Michelle R — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:04:03 +0000

I went into the beta for MoP a few times to check things out, then decided I didn’t want to ruin the fun and surprise of a new area/quests for myself and the kids, the only thing I went on to try, when it came up, was the pet battles and then it was to get my daughter re-interested in the game. All she wants to do it get to 60 so she can get flight form on her druid and collect pets, oh and pvp with her brother. It’s fun watching the two of them go into a bg together, my daughter bouncing around in prowl watching her brother’s back (rogue), tossing him the occasional heal and the both just having fun.

By: Erex

Erex — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:47:32 +0000

I got so far that I played through the starter area for monk and moved my druid over. And then I stopped and decided that learning Mist could wait until it was released. Too much to do inCata to consentrating on Mist. And since it looks like I have to change my muscle responses to play properly in Mist would mean to unteach some of my current muscle responses, the choice was easy :-)

By: Specter

Specter — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:04:58 +0000

I know I have been issued at least 30 invitations to beta. I have ignored each and every one in my desire to go into the next expansion with as fresh a feeling as I can manage. I wish to recapture that “new car smell” the game had when I first logged in. Granted I will be level 85… but I am not willing to give up EVERYTHING in my quest. The age old question of if you could go back in time and start over with your current knowledge would you… I find my answer is “Not quite.”

By: Gameldar

Gameldar — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:18:01 +0000

But that’s alright Honors – it’s an expansion so everything Paladin will have changed anyway… although you switched to hunter didn’t you??

That said – BBB I’ve played a little bit on the beta and bears haven’t changed all that much – at least not in bear form. You’re basically doing the same thing minus pulverize… well except you need to press savage defense and frenzied regen and not use maul – although if I was seeing it correctly swipe is worth using single target when you run out of other things to press. Not sure of the final stat breakdown, but crit is king at the moment – so for me since I’m already crit/mastery I don’t think I need to change anyway. Now… going kitty as bear leaves a lot to be desired – but I think feral (not guardian) got more fun things to play with than bears – bears are largely the same (apart from there not being a lot of reason to switch to cat). The other thing I need to learn is to hit mangle in AoE situations as otherwise you don’t build any rage…

But for me – three of the things I like most and I am excited about:
1. Root shifting!!!
2. Full speed stealth! Takes a glyph, but I sorely miss the speed in stealth as cat.
3. Prowl activates cat form!! Having been playing my rogue a lot lately… I keep pressing my ‘stealth’ button on my druid and wondering why I’m not in stealth as it takes 2 buttons to press at the moment.

OK… so I might be thinking of pvp a bit more than pve…

Ok maybe one more thing that excites me… Bearphoon!

By: Alburet

Alburet — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:06:54 +0000

But BBB isnt that the progression peeps are for. To help Blizz push the envelope so some of us can enjoy the scenery?

By: Brian Minnich

Brian Minnich — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:53:18 +0000

Regarding your Mage:

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it should have to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate to say
That for destruction ice is also great,
And would suffice.

-Robert Frost

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:20:33 +0000

Too true, Theo… plus, Alex doesn’t have to reroll to use the Spyglass!

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:20:11 +0000

Hmm… good thing more folks weren’t like us or mists would still be in beta a year from now.

By: Kamalia

Kamalia — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:44:03 +0000

Yeah, I’m excited about Pandaria itself, and Pandaren and Monks and stuff, but when it comes to raiding, I’ve been feeling the much the same way as you — bring on the level 90 gear so that I can go sightseeing in the level 85 content!

I read a few class/talent reports early on in the beta. Lately, however, I’ve decided that I want to go into patch 5.0 blind and figure things out by experimentation as I go along. I think it’ll be more fun that way.