SoD was billed as casual and fun. Phase 1 was great. Runes were available early to make leveling fun. Phase 2 is not fun. Runes are gated by needing to be a high level to get runes that should have been easily available.
Tho the problem may really be that the big events are all focused on PvP so classes and runes have to be balanced rather than just making them fun and not worrying about balance which would be casual and fun.
100% agree. A rune that would make levelling so much more enjoyable for me is gates behind having to kill a bunch of level 41 elites. Who thinks thats a good idea? The runes should all be available within the first few levels of the phase so you can enjoy them.
Divine storm, metamorphosis, any rune that the goblin in ratchet sells…
Join a raid for the runes
They make me not even want to make a new character. I feel after the first phase they should be buyable from a vendor. Call it lazy but I just can’t be asked. I feel bad enough with the battleground rep farm and being behind let alone the rune system to try a new class.
Season of Discovery better lock it in and not want to play another class or else you better not have a job…
Glad for those that like it but it’s not for me sadly, it’s just to much of a time commitment to try a new class.
P1 was 10 weeks to do 25 levels and 1 raid.
P2 is probably 10 weeks to do 15 additional levels and 1 raid that we know of.
How do you not have time for at the bare minimum 1 alt if you really want an alt.
One of these is a lot easier at hitting the fresh level cap, even without gear. I’ll give you a hint: It’s not the one that has you fighting elite mobs anywhere from four to seven levels above you to get a rune.
Yeah rune acquisition is an area where they really messed up. Especially for players who start later.
funny enough I did that but you need to land a hit to get credit and loot the item. After failing to land a single hit on one of the riders 4 times in a row I gave up and went back to leveling without a fun rune.
Imo, you don’t ‘have to’ get every rune. They’re just good options to have.
I only got the Grizzy/Ratchet rune for my Warrior, but skipped out on the Priest and Hunter ones.
Charging in combat on a Warrior is massive for PvP.
I know Hunter’s Lone Wolf is good, but I don’t play pet-less, I know the pet AI really well and would hate to play Hunter without it.
So, I just skipped that rune.
Why should we have to though?
Shamans can tank from the get go, Locks need to complete what is essentially the Onyxia attunement chain just to try tanking. Not to mention Shaman runes in phase 2 being a mind numbing grind/farm…
If anything, make it easier for those wanting to run alts so reputation is account wide and the Goblin in Ratchet is unlocked account wide. This is all about discovering but so far all i’m discovering is how lazy and half baked SoD truly is.
Dev team are creatively void.
Yep.
Why should you have to group for content in an MMO? These retail kiddos man.
Make a group…
Join a guild…
Try to socialize in a MMO…
Don’t join classic and expect Retail solo-ability and ease…
This is kinda like joining retail and malding that rogues get a self-heal skill.
Season 1 runes were gated too though? Did we all just forget about that AWFUL ratchet rune?
What class are you? Our mages were like 28-30ish. No way the can hit the boss with their spells. They ended up hit him with melee, and they say 1 after they hit, otherwise ppl stopped dps, and just wait until they hit the riders.
I guess if you effectively healed the tank, it will also countered. I am not sure tho
I was a Mage without the hit talents I was in aoe solo farm SM GY spec.
I remember when SoD first launched. Tons of people rolled lock wanting to tank. Then they found out you don’t even get to try lock tanking until after you’ve already basically completed all the content at least once. Must have been a huge let down. I really thought we’d see lock tanks everywhere p1 til I saw Blizzard did that lol
Yeah, I didn’t roll lock to tank but I figured it would be a great way to start my own groups and farm dungeons was easier.
The worst part was all the hype and speculation in the Warlock classic discord people tested all sorts of crazy insane theory’s but it turns out the rune was just bugged and nobody could get it. Instantly deflated all hype surrounding it.
I was about to make a post about it, but I wasnt sure if adding every feedback on the same post or make one for each topic
Gated runes are 100% “against the spirit of the community”
makes no sense to have an alt
and here comes the 2nd issus… having engineering + LW/BS/TAILORING as bis… who will gather our gold flr double crafting? an Alt or a sexy bot that sells gold?
I cant believe how wrong designed was this phase…