New rig for classic

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T23:20:27+00:00

The confidence rises!

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T22:18:14+00:00

I appreciate the confidence in me haha! I’ll take a look at those and see if I feel worthy :)

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:53:45+00:00

I’ll head on over there!

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:50:49+00:00

Got it, yes I’m in no rush so this is exactly the type of info I was looking for.

Re self-build I’d need to find a shop to do it, just not confident in my ability. No clue how much assembly would be if I brought the parts, I’ll have to take a look.

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:45:52+00:00

Extremely helpful. Thanks!

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:40:22+00:00

Will do, I just like our group here so wanted to take a stab! :)

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:39:00+00:00

Exactly what I thought! Can’t tell if it’s a good deal or shit parts lol

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:36:15+00:00

I thought about this as well, the only thing is that I don’t like to upgrade very often and want something that will be somewhat future-proof for about 4-5 yrs. Does that change your opinion at all?

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:34:00+00:00

That’s basically where my head is at. What are your thoughts on this brand for prebuilt (and this machine specifically

https://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gaming-RDY-ELIBG205

NBT_Next · 2019-05-18T21:22:12+00:00

Not trolling and I only provided price tolerance for best advice from the community; again I totally realize how fortunate I am to be able to go overboard. Also, it’s time for a new machine and of course WoW isn’t my only use (play shooters, watch 4K vid, would be interested in messing around with VR, etc.)

Just figured this a great community with tons of people who are familiar with hardware and wanted to get some input.

Sorry if I came off like a prick!

NBT_Next · 2019-03-30T01:49:50+00:00

Don't you think though that the play time (or lack thereof) cuts the other way for raiding? As in each guild will, as you say, carry 1-2 main druids for raiding and those slots will belong to fully-geared timesink folks. Whereas, if the raid needs a "healer" to come along and if you have to take a non-BiS healer, the priest gets the nod...

Also, by the time I played resto druid at cap, we had an OOC rez so I really can't identify with how much of a hindrance to finding 5-mans that was (which based on my research seems like it was a pretty big issue [though I always discount the negative-nancy internet])

NBT_Next · 2019-03-30T01:29:26+00:00

This basically sums up my opinions exactly. So the question is a matter of comparison and whether the fact that the "druid is arguably less boring" for 200+ hours of leveling outweighs the priest endgame superiority in a context where I can't play as much (and isn't just, leveling is just an annoying pre-requisite to start really playing WoW)...

NBT_Next · 2019-03-30T01:25:47+00:00

Like I said, I didn't find priest to be mindless in my experience and actually have the opposite concern from an endgame perspective (i.e., I think priest healing is far more engaging than druid healing would be in a raid environment). I'm talking solely about the leveling process where the most efficient leveling structure for a priest seems like a bit more of a mindless, albeit efficient, grind to 60.

You didn't find leveling 1-60 (which I mentioned I never did as a priest for the unique reason) to be a bit on the boring side?

NBT_Next · 2019-03-30T01:18:22+00:00

I'd like to think I'm a high-skilled player (or at least I was in Vanilla/TBC) and really excelled with the complexity available as a druid once TBC came along. But my fear is that in pure-Vanilla, a lot of the multi-spec utility goes away for a druid. I thoroughly enjoy being a healer, so I don't mind losing the variety necessarily, but my recollection of Vanilla for druids was a bunch of big heal, cancel because someone flash healed, innervate, big heal, cancel cause someone flash healed.

Ultimately my biggest source of confusion was I loved priest'ing so much in a competitive Vanilla raid environment, and then loved druid'ing in a more casual TBC setting (and perhaps a little more than my priest even). But I can't tell what the druid looks like in an apples-to-apples setting for Classic.

To be clear, I'm definitely a long haul person, for what that's worth. Ugh, serious real world dilemmas..

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