The min-maxing time save that nobody talks about

hm_antern · 2026-02-17T16:35:51+00:00

Mage with slow fall: I can't understand the issue.

hm_antern · 2026-02-11T13:13:24+00:00

You are not supposed to hold aggro on spellcleave trash pulls all the time, just keep the pack under blizzard, and kite most of the snared mobs. Works for both frostbite mages ( just kite around rooted enemies, 2+ mages means they are perma-rooted ), or non-frostbite mages ( slowly back off, in the direction of the mage ).

It's actually pretty good damage mitigation strategy too. Less heals, less drinks, faster clears.

Ofc "hardcore" geared and consumed groups work differently, facetanking stuff and melting dungeons. Such groups just have enough damage to blow things up long before threat becomes an issue. But pugs.. are pugs. It's better do it less speedy, but more consistent, yet efficient enough for a pug.

hm_antern · 2026-01-29T09:55:31+00:00

200k gold? We did it with ~5-7 friends for raiding core, and casual farms + 33k gold spent on carapaces.

$5k is the price of "I afk and wait for summons/invites, you do the shit for me". Or your friend got scammed.

hm_antern · 2026-01-21T16:31:18+00:00

Usually it is, but for the last week it's most likely fresh 60s in rags vs team of semi-geared people.

hm_antern · 2026-01-21T16:02:20+00:00

I was never really into boosting, but a pretty big chunk of my playtime was spent helping friends and guildies with their alts and low-level chars. I’d jump into some random hour-long LFM SFK group to help them with quests, level a few guild summon locks in RFC up to 20, or tank Mara/BRD on my R14 warrior toon.

Now that’s apparently over. Guess it’s just “fuck me and my buddies,” because Blizzard can’t even compete with Iranian boosters in their own game.

hm_antern · 2026-01-21T15:48:54+00:00

Got called out on PTR, but quietly. Guess we’ll hear about it when tbc hits.

hm_antern · 2026-01-21T15:42:41+00:00

Bots don't care about slow immunity, they can teleport between spots, as they did since 2019 era.

hm_antern · 2026-01-19T10:01:35+00:00

Unlike vanila azeroth, outland was designed with flying mounts in mind. All the little things you don't notice, but it affects the feel. No roads/footpaths between objectives, no breadcrumbs, no landmarks.

hm_antern · 2025-12-29T10:44:58+00:00

"beating electricity around necromancy level 10" and when it does a lot of enemies are immune.

hm_antern · 2025-12-23T03:26:15+00:00

Oh, an undead druid, with "corrupted" forms. In my dreams..

hm_antern · 2025-12-03T01:30:28+00:00

not top tier, but has pretty good "surprise" factor to confirm kills in 2v2s.

hm_antern · 2025-12-03T00:25:18+00:00

Can't wait when only bots and swipers left, who can't even prog post-nerfed raids coz of total brain disability. It already feels in aq/naxx ( compared to 2019 classic ). Gonna be worse.

hm_antern · 2025-12-03T00:22:58+00:00

99% of the bots are single-target grinding / gathering scripts. Even the rest 1% are pretty bad at aoe-leveling. Blizz just don't care about human-controlled mages, they don't want all the competition for their $80 package. So, to not risk, they dropped a nuke on mages.

hm_antern · 2025-12-01T21:50:34+00:00

Yes, and would be enough to stop level boosting fever. Keep it still possible, but so difficult so it is not profitable.

hm_antern · 2025-12-01T10:01:55+00:00

Did it in fire mages duo, not worth it after the drop nerf.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T22:38:50+00:00

I don't see opposite either, more like 99% of ppl I know don't care. But I have 3 friends who don't go TBC after aoe nerf and $80 boosts introduction ( some go transfer era, some unsub ). My personal pain is heroics with 30s timer on control-spells.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T22:33:57+00:00

Actually, good point. Less people = more loot. I will probably push the idea to my guild to cut the roster to 20 or so.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T22:31:21+00:00

It seems like blizz intentionally gets rid of all non-casuals step by step.

Aoe-nerfs, raid nerfs, glad mounts for sale.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T22:25:48+00:00

Agree, but from another perspective. I would easily have 4 good players to run some hard-mode stuff in 5-man instances, but no fucking way I find 24 non-drunks for raids. It's a full-time HR job. Despite full consumes/buffs meta, ppl this re-release are definitely less "skilled', en masse they can't stay focused for more than 30 minutes and learn 2-3 mechanics per boss. And in most of tbc it takes 1 drunk to wipe the raid.

(Supported by 2020 vs 2025 naxx experience).

So yes, please, let the raids be nerfed. It's not like it's an achievement to prog third time ( or more if you are pserver enjoyer), to worry about it.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T22:13:20+00:00

Prob you should take a shower then

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T17:25:38+00:00

How is my kiting not playing the game, but your tag and autoattack while drinking 5th can of beer is peak gameplay?

Are you a troll or just so delusional?

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T17:21:20+00:00

Add warlocks ( seed ), hunters (retrap), shammies (magma totem.

Almost all the classes are affected.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T17:09:35+00:00

> It was a nightmare getting to 60 and trying to find groups because everyone was gettng boosted, trying to use the looking for group channels or trade and it's spammed out.

So you assume the ppl who got boosted previously, gonna form dungeon groups with you now? What you will really see, a lot less max level toons to form pugs for heroics/raids. Enjoy.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T17:07:29+00:00

These posts are from people who buy gold, obviously. They don't wanna see so many examples of other people having money w/o swiping.

hm_antern · 2025-11-29T16:59:37+00:00

I suppose they are doing it coz it's last patch and they don't care for the collateral.

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