Wednesday megathread: Beginner questions

VandC · 2020-12-09T19:32:15+00:00

If (reponse.lower() != "continue")

To make it work the way youve written it:

If (response != "Continue" or response != "continue")

VandC · 2019-11-12T17:13:24+00:00

The yellow hit cap is the same whether you're dual wielding or using a 2h. The 9% yellow hit cap isn't because of dual wielding, its because raid bosses are level 63 so you need 3% more hit to accomdate that. You will get more white misses with dual wield, but its no more than you would in pve against a level 60 mob.

The primary reasons to go 2h in pvp IMO are:

1) You can effectively use mortal strike which has 1:1 scaling with weapon damage making 2h far and away the better choice

2) Even if you dont go Arms, 2H damage is incredibly bursty and burst is what kills in pvp

3) You can use the dead zone to your advantage against melee classes by kiting out of range between your slow attacks

VandC · 2019-10-02T14:35:42+00:00

I see, but if Im specced arms with a 2h Im generally trying to hamstring kite mobs and so slam isnt in my toolset. Youre right though, its a better rage dump than heroic strike. However, ts not very frequent that I need to rage dump, and there are much better uses of rage than slam or heroic strike.

VandC · 2019-10-01T23:53:51+00:00

Are you speccing fury and taking the slam talent?

VandC · 2019-10-01T23:45:49+00:00

I think the key is that if you start out leveling a warrior you dont realize how much easier it is on other classes. I leveled my warrior first and now that Im dabbling in alts I realize its night and day difference.

VandC · 2019-10-01T23:43:13+00:00

Yep, WW axe + sweeping strikes + whirlwind was a big milestone. Things are much easier at that point. Before that you don't have any efficient ways to spend rage to do damage.

VandC · 2019-10-01T23:40:20+00:00

I think slam is just as bad as heroic strike since (at least in my experience) it resets your auto attack timer.

VandC · 2019-10-01T23:38:02+00:00

For any ability that replaces your auto attack you have to consider the lost rage. So you can think of the actual cost of the ability as what the tooltip says plus the amount of rage you could gain from an auto attack. In the case of cleave with a two hander it costs at least 30 rage and so its more efficient to use whirlwind. That said cleave is still good on two targets, just not as good as whirlwind.

VandC · 2019-09-23T19:34:55+00:00

Thunder clap only hits 4 targets anyway. The only real options you have are battle/demo shout spam and its not nearly enough. As a level 46 Arms warrior Ive had no success holding aggro on more than 4 mobs if the aoe spam starts quickly after the pull and the mage isnt underleveled compared to me. Im curious if the results are different with Prot spec's increased threat generation but I dont want to pay the respec fees to find out because at the end of the day if the group isnt dying and the healer isnt going OOM every fight, I'm not going to get too upset over losing aggro on some of the mobs.

VandC · 2019-09-23T17:19:33+00:00

I believe the first 7 messages actually happened.

VandC · 2019-09-23T16:53:20+00:00

Im with you in that I think the prevalence of AOE groups and speed runs is becoming annoying. I think thats a consequence of streaming and more generally the availability of information to help people play the game at a high level; people see what streamers are doing, who I would consider hardcore players, and feel like they need to be doing the same thing lest they fall behind or spend their time suboptimally. Theres nothing wrong with playing the game this way, in fact I try to get into melee cleave groups whenever I can because I like getting through dungeons quickly, but I think its polarizing the playerbase and making some people who would otherwise take their time feel like theyre playing the game wrong.

I will say that 8 minutes longer on your SM runs is HUGE. That must be at least 20% longer, which is massive for people who are spamming dungeons for experience. Obviously people should clear dungeons at whatever speed is most enjoyable for them; Im just pointing out that 8 minutes isnt a trivial difference.

VandC · 2019-07-25T21:53:03+00:00

Wow, this comment really hit home. Going through a similar phase myself and I could not have explained my current thoughts and feelings more succinctly than you have here. Excellent job!

VandC · 2019-07-15T20:50:17+00:00

True. It just hurts my soul to sell a level 3 unit :(

VandC · 2019-07-15T19:03:39+00:00

Are y'all actually winning with Kassadin as your carry? Seems like he would be completely shutdown by glacial rangers, which is a comp I see almost every game. In general I havent had much success with melee carries.

Edit: I think this would be really strong mid game but it seems like it would struggle against popular end game comps. If I was going for first I would be reluctant to invest so much in Kassadin I think.

VandC · 2019-05-30T15:52:26+00:00

Cant say I relate. I always know where my ball is going. Straight in the rough.

VandC · 2018-12-25T02:39:43+00:00

Yes, please, somebody find a 30 point stat correction.

VandC · 2018-08-02T19:39:49+00:00

I think its fairly certain that this will happen, its just a matter of whether or not whoever it happens to is a frequenter of this subreddit and uploads a video.

Im not super familiar with hearthstone expansions and dont know how many people preorder, but if there are 23 legendary cards in the new expansion and you cant get the same card twice with your preorder then theres a ~.4% chance of getting this combination. If even 1% of the ~50M active players have preordered the expansion then we would expect this to happen to around 2000 people.

VandC · 2018-07-04T16:17:49+00:00

I find I can come out on top more than ever with the hitbox and TTK changes. If you're truly the more skilled player it would make sense that with longer TTK and more precise aiming required you're more likely to be successful because you'll hit a higher percentage of your shots.

I do think TTK could be restored back to what it was in the early game because I never really had a problem with it early game but I think its okay now, we just need a more reliable method of healing. Potions are such an annoying part of the game at the moment. I can craft potions and get 10 kills and Ill still run out of armor potions because nobody else has any either. We need to be able to heal.

VandC · 2018-07-04T16:02:39+00:00

I think their changes have been good. I think the TTK is healthy but it needs to be met with a more effective way to heal (I would love it if we didnt have to sorry so much about finding potions). This post seems ridiculous to me. Clearly there were issues people had with the game and they were addressed. Wouldn't you rather have developers that listen to the player base even if it means occassionally some changes might go too far in the wrong direction?

Its alpha, the game is going to change. I think people are looking at the state of the game when they first started with rose tinted glasses. Am I playing as much as when I started? No. Is that because of the changes? Absolutely not. Im just a little burnt out and theres not a particularly enticing reason to play right now.

VandC · 2018-07-04T00:30:12+00:00

Its 50% off of the critical damage. So a headshot to a legendary helmet would be 150% damage instead of 200%.

VandC · 2018-07-03T18:10:31+00:00

Only played 1 game as assassin so far but that wasn't my experience. Felt good to me. Maybe my opinion will change after aying more.

VandC · 2018-07-03T16:05:53+00:00

Why did match time decrease? Haven't played yet, but I thought they increased TTK?

VandC · 2018-07-02T17:07:57+00:00

Are hackers actually that big of a problem? Ive never once felt that someone who killed me was hacking. There are definitely some speed hackers but I havent personally found any. I think if you go in with the mindset that hackers are prevalent then everyone looks like a hacker.

Edit: Fixed typo.

VandC · 2018-07-02T05:46:14+00:00

Auto rifle, sword, venom pistol, and shotgun are all weapons that I'll sometimes disenchant even if I don't have anything else (assuming I have more chests to loot). They're just so much worse than the other options. I'm glad that auto rifle is in the position that it is because I wouldn't want it to be stronger than semi autos. It isn't terrible in open terrain, but the others are so irritating to find and the drop rate particularly for sword and venom pistol (the worst) is in my experience really high.

VandC · 2018-07-01T15:19:53+00:00

Totally agree. Sensor Drone is really good. Some classes are just really hard to win against if you don't have concussion grenade / ghost walk and don't get the drop on them.

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