Comments on: Preparing to Raid… UGH

By: Iocane

Iocane — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:25:46 +0000

First time commenting, and I’m a few days late to the post, but I discovered that it’s a lot less time consuming to just fish up 20 of a specific kind of fish (other than golden carp) to trade in for a token to buy veggies with than it is to try and farm them all. In a half hour or so of flying around the edge of the continent for octopus and shrimp pools, I got enough fish to make two of the 10 man feasts. This means I get to just use my farm for motes, which is kinda nice.

Granted, I also just quit raiding because I’m so overwhelmed by all of the stuff that there is to do. The game is suddenly far more enjoyable for me without that push to get geared and run endless heroics that always make me cranky…

By: Riegnman

Riegnman — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:21:12 +0000

You know what I haven’t seen? I haven’t seen people sitting around stormwind complaining that there is nothing to do in this stupid game and how they are going to GW2 or something. Now everybody sits around stormwind and complains that there is too much crap that they have to do and this isn’t a job that they are getting paid to do. How can Blizz expect them to do X, Y and Z just so they can do A? Maybe there will be a middle grou d reached soon. I, however, can’t help but think that Blizz is giving everybody the finger and saying

“Down the first ooking raid boss the first week now”.

By: Surya

Surya — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:08:35 +0000

Glad I could help. :)

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:50:40 +0000

That is a very smart way of spreading the contribution around while making it easier for non-Alchemists to get them made!

By: Surya

Surya — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:51:50 +0000

Maybe this could help concerning the flasks. What my guild does is require everyone in the raid to convert at least one spirit of harmony into 3 golden lotus per raid night while the guild provides the other herbs required for the flasks.

This has actually worked quite well for us and has made my guild leaders job (who is our flask specced alchemist) a lot easier. We just give him the lotus before raid and he just makes us the flasks for the night.

P.s. we’re a 10m guild, may be a little more difficult in a 25m setting.

By: Theodoxus

Theodoxus — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:40:51 +0000

Just curious, the Golden Lotus sitch has been commented on, Blizz knows there’s too few, so that’ll probably be upped. But my problem is with 100 year soy sauce/ black pepper. I’m having a much harder time getting iron paws than lotus. I got to 600 cooking, and have basically stymied getting any other Way to 600 due to lack of them. And the items? Forget it – no 40 or 50 in sight.

I’m spending most of my available time doing dailies on my main. I have very little time to devote to a second toon (much less 6) and my monk is still only in his 60s despite massive boosts to his xp (pandaran rested xp boost, monk xp boost, full set (including pants) of heirlooms and level 25 guild.

Gathering up mats to turn in to iron paws isn’t really on the chopping block.

Kinda getting a bit miffed over the gating in everything this xpac has delivered.

By: Mannyac

Mannyac — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:23:19 +0000

It’s not an adventure, it’s a job…

By: Alburet

Alburet — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:35:53 +0000

Personally I embrace this change. People need more personal responsiblity. Back in my day BC you were responsible for your own damn food and flasks and any other comsumable you needed. Played a hunter then which ment 2 bags of ammo to make sure i had enough for the run. It was then you looked at the team and knew who was ready and who would show up just at the time to start and start bumming off people beacuse they nevr brought their own. Made ya tink if they couldnt prepare ahead of time, then were they worth the effort to keep them in the raid instead of bob who was sitting there on stand by with all his shyte ready to go.
And those calculations would be off for my old raid team we raidd 2 nights a week 3 hours at a time so tat would be 60 for us. Also makes me glad my old raid team is taking their time leveling up to see if we feel the raiding desire anymore.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:36:40 +0000

I’m not saying I am expected to, by anyone.

What I’m saying is, the system before Cataclysm was personal responsibility, during Cataclysm is was adjusted to one person being able to supply everyone, and now it feels like we’re back to personal responsibility… BUT only if everyone in the team is equally aware of the problems in making Flasks for All.

I wonder, how many folks know there are no cauldrons anymore? I didn’t know for sure until I started researching it yesterday.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:30:41 +0000

Why are you the person expected to provide Flasks for everyone? Why not tell each raider to provide their own flasks or elixirs? The Auction House exists. As for food, the best food is only +25 more stats than the feasts. The feasts are more than good enough for a non-royalty group.

The thing is that Blizzard always provides a slightly worse option which is much cheaper. If you use that option, life is a lot easier, and you upgrade to the best option when it becomes more viable.