…is we didn’t get any new runes until level 40.
90% of the runes are all locked behind quests not feasible to do for under level 40 players - so no wonder nobody wanted to actually be out in the open world enjoying it?
Shaman was especially egregious:
- Corpse run through Maraudon a dozen times
- Run all over the world multiple times, spend hours farming elemental essences, then fight a level 38 elite
- Farm Wind Serpents and Harpies for hours
And then the one EVERYONE had to do:
- Run all over the world multiple times looking for a group to fight each Dark Rider
And when we get these runes at 40, we use them in Gnomer, they no longer become “new”, and then phase 3 drops, our “new” runes are old, and we now have to wait until level 50 to see anything interesting.
Why can’t blizzard understand people want to PLAY with half of their new toys while they earn the other half, instead of having to wait to play with any of them??
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Good post, little long winded though.
i got my two runes at mid 30s.
Mid 30’s is too late. Way too late.
Ret is below feral right now.
all I know is every questing hub is locked down by 25 huntards and 25 mages farming all the quest objectives, becoming very old very fast.
Well you got your runes early apparently, be grateful. I’m in the Maraudon caves right now and I am seeing just ghost after ghost after ghost of poor shamans running through who just want something cool to play with, without having to suffer for it.
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That’s not true at all. I literally couldn’t level with quests because every mob went extinct and it took 40 minutes to find 10 tigers to kill.
I just wait for someone who can no-life it to hit level cap and find runes, then tell me how to find them.
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Spam SM for a steady and predictable xp/hour, or quest in the open world and have to put up with ganks, corpse camping, and having to compete over quest objectives / mobs…
Yep.
I think lock tank was especially egregious that so many people were excited for it then they found out you basically can’t get it without having cleared all the available content once already.
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I feel like your exaggerating on the Wind Serpents and Harpies. I managed to complete that entire rune in 30 minutes.
Honestly the shaman runes this phase were lackluster.
Id add another point separate to this; not only is dungeon spam faster and more efficient (obviously), but with the gold costs of mounts/consumables/recipes etc, leaving as many quests available for max level is a way to guarantee a solid chunk of gold.
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Tried questing last night. Every single quest mob was camped on spawn or there were 10 hunter bots with chinese pet names running around tagging everything.
I gave up and I’m not doing SM again. Shame Aggrend nuked my main because leveling is rough.
I got all but two shaman runes before level 40.
(Fire Nova and 2h Mastery I haven’t gotten yet, just hit 40 today.)
We need to find a way to fire this aggrend guy. I can design a better game than he did
He’ll get it right next time. I’m sure of it! He definitely won’t ruin multiple other classes and lead to thousands unsubbing throughout the games lifecycle. Oh wait that already happened.
Vanilla levelling only gets grindier. 40-50 is much longer than 1-25.
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it’s the only way the scr00bz0rz will understand.
Fire nova should have been a book. It being a rune is laughable especially on the belt.
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