tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.comments2023-09-02T03:33:35.024-04:00Redhawks GazeRedhawkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14567396050451449534noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-9970712449092675862022-11-19T07:18:00.241-05:002022-11-19T07:18:00.241-05:00This is awesomeThis is awesomeCommercial Cleaners North Richland Hillshttps://www.find-commercial-cleaning.com/us/commercial-cleaning-texas/commercial-cleaners-north-richland-hills.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-25796034977767503992022-06-07T08:13:14.547-04:002022-06-07T08:13:14.547-04:00Great reading your blog posttGreat reading your blog posttLori Whttps://www.loriweber.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-40446202503990498882011-08-09T08:30:24.023-04:002011-08-09T08:30:24.023-04:00Note: This is pure speculation, please anyone rea...Note: This is pure speculation, please anyone reading this don't go batshit insane.<br /><br />The real money AH with Diablo 3 is going to be a game changer. Blizzard isn't selling stuff on it, and honestly the advantage of money will only really be there for those who either have it to burn, or those who are savvy with the AH. They posted something about a free once a week post on the AH or something like that.<br /><br />My real concern with it actually isn't people being able to spend their way to better gear. I want to know if Blizzard is anywhere *near* secure enough to handle monetary transactions like this. They're playing Bank of Blizzard with this, and they're going to get burned if they're not super careful with account security.<br /><br />We're talking account security issues leading to REAL crime since it will be real money and not just virtual currency with no real meaning in court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-28476321851199219732011-08-06T13:04:58.592-04:002011-08-06T13:04:58.592-04:00@Borsk
I do agree that the schedule seems to be a...@Borsk<br /><br />I do agree that the schedule seems to be approximately every 6 months, which is fine. Looking at your history, Blizzard has for the most part done something new for raiding every 6 months. <br /><br />However, just for me, one new raid every 6 months when your biggest competitor is frequently updating doesn't cut it anymore. And Blizzard's subscription losses of recent history seems to side on that point that players need to have frequent updates to keep them around. Having only 7 bosses in a raid tier will not cut it for most players and my guess is you are going to see more subscription losses before Tier 13.<br /><br />But the biggest point I can agree with you on is the last sentence. I'm just not wild about the new WoW.Redhawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567396050451449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-23341710963283085642011-08-06T12:50:20.252-04:002011-08-06T12:50:20.252-04:00The number of tiers per year thing is completely s...The number of tiers per year thing is completely subjective. Tier 11 lasted 6 months but only 2% of guilds actually completed the entire thing. Only about 50% completed it on normal mode.<br /><br />The instance/tier release schedule has been consistent for WoW's entire history:<br /><br />Tier 1: 23 November 2004<br />Tier 2 12 July 2005 (7.5 months)<br />Tier 2.5: 3 January 2006 (5 months)<br />Tier 3: 20 June 2006 (6 months)<br />Tier 4: 16 January 2007 (6 months)<br />Tier 5: 16 January 2007, only accessible after attunement. which was removed 19 June 2007 (6 months)<br />Tier 6: 16 January 2007, required attunement (completion of Tier 5), removed 25 March 2008<br />Tier 6.5: 25 March 2008 (9 months)<br />Tier 7: 14 October 2008 (7 months)<br />Tier 8: 14 April 2009 (6 months)<br />Tier 9: 4 August 2009 (4 months)<br />Tier 10: 8 December 2009 (5 months)<br />Ruby Sanctum: 29 June 2009 (7 months)<br />Tier 11: 7 December 2010 (12 months)<br />Tier 12: 28 June 2011<br /><br />Blizzard screwed up twice in their history with releases: Not enough time for Original Naxxaramas and too much time for Icecrown Citadel.<br /><br />You aren't playing the game anymore because Blizzard has changed things, you just don't like the game anymore. And that's is <i>perfectly</i> ok.Borskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941327073575814893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-32261972392864902542011-06-25T02:56:24.958-04:002011-06-25T02:56:24.958-04:00Its one of the good platform for awareness of peop...Its one of the good platform for awareness of people. Keep sharing such stuff in the future too.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.retractablebabygate.org/" rel="nofollow">retractable baby gate</a>Blog_Commenting_Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686479161092418792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-18067160724310241162011-06-12T16:35:41.302-04:002011-06-12T16:35:41.302-04:00@Anon
A: Agreed. This adds to the list of argum...@Anon<br /><br />A: Agreed. This adds to the list of arguments why you should have a low level bank alt that has his own guild. You can't kick yourself out of your own bank alt guild.<br /><br />B: Very true. It is rewarding those who actually look at the quantity of the item before they hit the buy button.Redhawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567396050451449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-91288898628209565642011-06-11T22:32:44.684-04:002011-06-11T22:32:44.684-04:00A: For the love of all things holy, don't do ...A: For the love of all things holy, don't do this on your main. It's a good way to get booted from your guild if the leader/officers are feeling picky about the guild representation.<br /><br />B: If you need justification for doing it, you're not punishing those who don't pay attention, you're rewarding those who do pay attention. Gogo sophistry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-77517384237077122692011-06-09T22:34:30.328-04:002011-06-09T22:34:30.328-04:00Well tou are planning that kind of build, it is a ...Well tou are planning that kind of build, it is a nice idea. For resto druid i think the best buid is using instant cast and the ability to move faster, instant to release it in a short time and speed for the attack then back strategy.Paladin PVP Guidehttp://paladinpvpguide.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-21339579480439429092011-06-09T22:30:05.908-04:002011-06-09T22:30:05.908-04:00Starting with a blance druid? well this is a nice ...Starting with a blance druid? well this is a nice idea. Ii is definitely a great beginning. By the way what is the advantage playing int battle field than the arena or vice versa? Lols!! making the other team cry! probably correct. It is my favorite part on the battle field..Paladin PVP Guidehttp://paladinpvpguide.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-51443811469138938122011-05-24T07:37:30.154-04:002011-05-24T07:37:30.154-04:00i can see where your going with your build, i'...i can see where your going with your build, i'm guessing with stacking haste, that you are using HT as a mainstay ability. In PVP i've found it better aiming towards 'exclusively' instant cast abilities, reducing the potential to be interrupted etc, and ofc, ToL opens up extra instants wen u use it.. if you cant heal while interupted, well you cant heal. from experiance, and most of the guides i've seen, resilience and intellect are your prime stats after you reach spell hit cap (if your doing cc work, then spell pen is uber important, but im guessin as your boom pvp thats something you'll already have) right, thats my 5 dollars worth, its an opinion and nothing more.. what works for 1 doesnt work for all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-33114870417218107362011-05-02T11:41:18.159-04:002011-05-02T11:41:18.159-04:00DPS that do Archy while waiting in the queue argua...DPS that do Archy while waiting in the queue arguably get much, much better (I.e. Stat-boosting gear, better looking rarer non-unique cosmetic rewards, and more gold) than someone queuing as tank or healer who would have otherwise queued DPS .<br /><br />Besides the system is garbage because once you get the reward out of it you wanted, you will go back to queuing as DPS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-79576866704808026352011-04-18T12:35:43.368-04:002011-04-18T12:35:43.368-04:00Making it server wide rather than battlegroup wide...Making it server wide rather than battlegroup wide would not fix anything imo. I don't see how it would "weed players out." Wouldn't it just be exactly the same?<br /><br />I posted an opinion on CTA at http://www.toprosters.com/call-to-armsTop Rostershttp://www.toprosters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-53418833386621215582011-04-17T14:24:25.441-04:002011-04-17T14:24:25.441-04:00Haha this cat's face is too funny, where do yo...Haha this cat's face is too funny, where do you find pictures like that. <br />Gearscore can be a bad indicator and might not mean that your higher gearscore means better DPS or tanking or healing.alliance leveling guidehttp://alliancelevelingguidex.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-68907749623095992032011-04-15T16:15:14.161-04:002011-04-15T16:15:14.161-04:00My personal opinion, take away the server wide RDF...My personal opinion, take away the server wide RDF and make it server ONLY. Before you get all puffy, it will be tough for awhile, long que and bad players but as the servers community starts to govern itself; those jerk players will be weeded out. Besides, we have long que and bad players now, at least this way we know in a few weeks it will get better. At least good players will want to play again knowing that they will have some sort of control over who they play with. My opinion, as a healer, I don't plan on taking Blizzard up on their offer of extra loot. It's too frustrating. I've been harrassed and called names from people I will never see again, it's no fun. I'd like my server to be a community again.Edenvalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478781757911860428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-29185731419136143272011-04-07T15:03:35.723-04:002011-04-07T15:03:35.723-04:00@Redhawks
I think there is something you are miss...@Redhawks<br /><br />I think there is something you are missing from all of this. The reason the queues are so long is there is 15-20 times more dps queuing up over tanks and healers. If your suggestion of having a dps 4 hour window show up every few times would screw dps even more then they are screwed now. <br /><br />The whole point of giving extra rewards to tanks and healers is to get them to queue when they didn't plan on queuing. If there is no reward they won't queue (even if they have a dps spec). If they did you only increase the time spent in the queue. If you think hour long queues are bad now what happens when tanks are now queuing as dps during the dps 4 hour block. What do you think that will do to queue times?<br /><br />The whole LFG reward thing is kind of pointless if you get 4 hours to your roll and you have to spend all 4 of it in a queue.<br /><br />Is this system new reward system fair to dps? Well it is and it is not. On the one hand DPS are in the queue because they need gear or points. I fail to see how getting what you want faster is screwing you. The most valuable resource in this game is time. Sure you miss out on the possibility of getting something shiny, but you get what you were there for in the first place faster.<br /><br />Prior to the LFG system the whole game is built around favoring DPS. As part of any activity that requires a tank (Dungons/Raids) you only need 1 tank per 5 people for dungons and 10 person raids, or 2-3 tanks per 25 people for bigger raids. Removing healers that is a 3-1 - 7-1 ratio of dps per tank. In a small 10 man raiding guild having more then 3 tanks is usually over kill. Even in large guilds you only need 3-5 tanks total. Prior to the LFG tool if you were that 4th or 6th tank in the guild, you didn't get to do much other then solo quest or look outside the guild for a dungon run. In this way people have by natural progression kept the tank population low.<br /><br />Because of this game design concept Blizzard has 2 options to boost queues. 1. They need to encourage existing tanks to run more often than the once a day they need for themselves, or 2. Encourage more people to be tanks. While this solution isn't perfect (which they admit as such) giving any incentive for DPS to run more often will only make the problem worse.Tinderhoofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-34633243455353348682011-04-07T12:30:42.248-04:002011-04-07T12:30:42.248-04:00@Rilgon
I agree with all of that. You are gonna ...@Rilgon<br /><br />I agree with all of that. You are gonna see bears trying to tank in caster gear or paladins tanking in healing gear. It could be nasty.<br /><br />@Thorianar<br /><br />That is one possibility I thought of, which in turn would make the queues much longer. At the same time, all 3 tank classes also have DPS specs, and 2 tank classes have healer and DPS specs, so having a random hour change on it would allow people to use their secondry specs more for DPS or heals, if they are skilled. However, you could also see paladins and druids healing who have no reason to heal.<br /><br />@ktokthrooks<br /><br />Yes, the mounts are currently available in game and nobody cares too much about gems or gold. However, the pure DPS still get screwed.<br /><br />Let take the Swift White Hawkstrider. I don't know if this is one in the Call to Arms bag or not. You can farm heroic Magister's Terrace for this mount or you could queue for the Call to Arms. Pure DPS would get one shot a day at this, which would be the farming of heroic Magister's Terrace since they would theoretically never get the Call to Arms. As a healer, I could have anywhere from 2 - 10 times a day to get that rare mount depending on how many dungeons I queue for. For one day, the percentage difference may be small. However take 6 months, and the advantage statistically swings heavily to the healer doing the Call to Arms and farming heroic Magister's Terrace. The main reason is while the drop rate is the same between the Call to Arms and the mount dropping in heroic Magister's Terrace, just the shere number of attempts gives the advantage to the healer.Redhawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567396050451449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-38091784886783426762011-04-07T12:29:02.326-04:002011-04-07T12:29:02.326-04:00"If I want Anzu I'll go solo a BC heroic ..."If I want Anzu I'll go solo a BC heroic like anyone else should be able to do at 85."<br /><br />Right. One chance per day, as is the same for everyone.<br /><br />Except now, tanks get more than one chance because they... chose the right class at character selection.<br /><br />This is fair how, exactly?Rilgon Arcsinhhttp://www.stabilizedeffortscope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-37203686249452065462011-04-07T12:12:30.652-04:002011-04-07T12:12:30.652-04:00While I'm not a fan of the proposed system, I ...While I'm not a fan of the proposed system, I don't buy the "DPS are being screwed" argument.<br /><br />Nothing in that bag is unique, and everything in it can be acquired, usually with less effort and no RNG (such as pets from the other faction), through other means. And, frankly, a little extra gold and occasional gem (which are worth next to nothing as is) just isn't worth having to deal with a full PUG anyway.<br /><br />I mean, I'm a tank. I've always been a tank. It's my passion. I have multiple tanks of every class than can tank because I enjoy it so much... and I'll say right now. I don't care about the bag. At all. If I want Anzu I'll go solo a BC heroic like anyone else should be able to do at 85. There are tons of valid reasons to worry about this change. "Pure DPS is being slighted" isn't one of them IMO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-30131429525273203312011-04-07T12:02:28.382-04:002011-04-07T12:02:28.382-04:00I understand what you're trying to do with the...I understand what you're trying to do with the 1 hour random thing.<br /><br />The problem I see with that is that tanks will look at the LFD window, see that it's not "tank hour" and will not queue. "Meh, I'll try again next hour". Same with healers.<br /><br />Indeed, it's a bad situation for all pure DPS classes, unless Blizzard locks people into their tanking/healing spec and removing all options to switching back to DPS.Thorianarhttp://hecamefromshattrat.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-54930548473078751132011-04-07T12:00:11.214-04:002011-04-07T12:00:11.214-04:00I don't even buy the argument that this will r...I don't even buy the argument that this will reduce queue times. The majority of the "new tanks" introduced to the queue won't be actual tanks - they'll be shitty asshole hybrid DPS trying to get carried to free pets and mounts.<br /><br />If I hadn't already quit, this would be the reason I would. Hands down.Rilgon Arcsinhhttp://www.stabilizedeffortscope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-35108199062511637132011-04-04T13:18:02.018-04:002011-04-04T13:18:02.018-04:00Good post. Wish I'd read this before all the t...Good post. Wish I'd read this before all the times I've tried setting up a RBG with guildies and randoms :P I've given up now, cause they never listen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-10596900230499807852011-04-04T13:08:13.470-04:002011-04-04T13:08:13.470-04:00@Markus
I was thinking Redhawk for my second stud...@Markus<br /><br />I was thinking Redhawk for my second studio album, but decided against it since I'm still playing WoW anyway.<br /><br />@J (Z?)<br /><br />I'm sorry for making fun of you and your record album. I know you still have guns because you haven't sold them all. Please don't stick anybody on me.Redhawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14567396050451449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-17154854911505920072011-04-01T16:08:20.258-04:002011-04-01T16:08:20.258-04:00MUST BE APRIL FOOL AGAIN!!!!MUST BE APRIL FOOL AGAIN!!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14005202735149843967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001127441809225686.post-24218097750494122482011-04-01T09:08:52.475-04:002011-04-01T09:08:52.475-04:00As just a long time reader, congratulations on you...As just a long time reader, congratulations on your new career move!<br />If you remember, please post something about your record on this blog, as that is probably the only way i'm going to be able to check it out!<br />(Unless you name it something with Redhawk :D)Markusnoreply@blogger.com