petertrei
5/15/2012 12:55:00 PM
On May 14, 6:28 pm, Catriona R <catrionarNOS...@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 13:39:39 -0700 (PDT), Cryptoengineer
>
> <petert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Since I got the MoP beta, I've been working on little else. My main is
> >a Holy Pally healer in an end-content raiding guild, one of the top
> >ones on my server (which isn't saying much :-). We are hoping to get
> >some server firsts when MoP drops for real.
>
> Good luck to you there! :-)
>
> >As a result, I've been concentrating on the new lvl 85+ content more
> >than anything else - I copied my Holy/Ret Pally over, and dinged 88
> >last night. I joined a beta guild to get the 10% xp boost, then
> >concentrated on questing in Ret spec.
>
> >I'm *not* the most single minded player, I have job/commute/house/kids/
> >wife etc. In 3 weeks I've just dinged 88. During 85 my pre-MoP gear
> >was mostly good enough, but by the end of 87 pretty much everything
> >from WotLK has been replaced.
>
> You've got further than me, I'm still lvl 86 hehe, keep getting
> distracted and frankly, I don't want to spoil *everything* for myself
> so I'm enjoying the journey, but slowly, just doing a few quests per
> day. Of course I'd have got further if 50% of the times I do log in,
> it wasn't lagged to hell, to the point where I log off having decided
> trying to kill stuff is too frustrating. Between that and the odd
> quest where mob respawn rates are tuned WAY too low, I've got stuck a
> few times so far.
>
> Gearwise, I've replaced everything except the 397 BoE boots already,
> but this was a low-geared alt; 359 ilvl on live and the boots were the
> only thing I had above 378, so not too surprising. Worst thing
> statswise is there's very little hit and expertise on the quest
> rewards, and as someone who's a bit completist about things, I hate
> missing all the time so keep having to port to SW and reforge, sigh.
> Big upgrades for me overall, I suspect my main would've replaced
> nothing so far though, since everything I have is 378+ and
> enchanted/gemmed/reforged optimally, so I'd be less likely to replace
> with a 384 green!
>
> >My current plan is to try to solo Ret quest up to the current ceiling,
> >then try to backfill the healing spec gear by going back and
> >completing skipped quest lines from earlier, learning healing in
> >instances and raids, pugged if I can't get a guild group
>
> >The idea is to get the knowledge and experience to quickly powerlevel
> >to 90 when MoP drops for real. If I can, I might even take a day or
> >two off work.
>
> >At the moment, most quest rewards offer gear only for your current
> >role. I suspect that if I am in Holy spec at turn-in time, I'll get
> >healing gear. Anyone know for sure?
>
> As I understand it, it is indeed based off your spec at time of
> turnin, so switching spec to the one you want an item for should work.
> Apparently in the highest lvl questing zones, you'll get a choice of
> all items suitable for your class, so can then pick which spec you'd
> like to use without having to switch first, to help people gearing up
> two specs for lvl 90 playing.
There are at least two plate vendors, at levels 86 and 89, who carry a
pretty comprehensive set of gear. I expect there are similar for other
armor types.
It is indeed the case that the class of gear you are offered for quest
handins is determined by the spec you're in at the time; if I don't
think the ret item I'm offered is a significant upgrade, I switch to
healing and get that. The one lvl 89 chain I pursued to the end before
dinging 89 (and ceasing to gain xp) offered blue gear, so I expect I'm
getting near the top.
> >What other things are people doing in MoP?
>
> I'm just taking it easy right now, got my rogue out there, done all of
> Jade Forest and I'm wandering around Valley of the Four Winds, done a
> bunch of quests and explored much of the rest of the zone, loving the
> look of it so far! Haven't even been to the other open zones, but I'll
> look at them later on, maybe won't do all though, or at least I'll try
> to leave plenty of nooks and crannies left unexplored, since what I've
> seen so far is blowing me away with the sheer details and little
> touches in everything; I want to explore it all, but don't want to do
> that too soon, would rather leave plenty till it's live.
I don't think I'm 'spoiling' it for myself - just seeing it early. I
do like the new zones a lot.
> I'm not looking to powerlevel too fast when MoP goes live, although I
> *would* like to get a little ahead of the crowd and avoid the worst
> overcrowding experiences. On live, I'll be focussing on my usual
> playstyle of soloing, factions, quests, exploring, professions etc,
> none of which is too time-critical, I just want to not be surrounded
> by crowds constantly, since that takes the fun out of seeing new
> places (I was so grateful I got in the first major wave of beta
> invites, meaning I did the Pandaren starting zone when it was only a
> bit crowded, instead of ridiculously crowded; I'm expecting it to be
> dreadful on live for the first while as well so I saw it at the best
> time!)
> Oh and my beta testing will be held up somewhat by Diablo 3... writing
> this while I wait for the server to be a little less busy so I can log
> in! Knew this would happen, chances of actually getting through the
> login server when there's probably half a million people trying to get
> in at once were always pretty slim :-)
Have fun!
I was in the Diablo III beta, both open and closed. My reaction was
sort of 'eh'. I'll probably download my free copy, but don't know how
much I'll play.
pt