Twinks, AI and Separate XPoff Queues

Jugajr-emerald-dream · January 16, 2019, 7:38pm

Level 40. And yea compared to vanilla it’s probably decent.

Wilkenshire-shattered-hand · January 16, 2019, 7:39pm

Indeed!, and usually crafting some cool items.

Fatfreddy-emerald-dream · January 16, 2019, 7:41pm

That doesn’t fit the “challenge” narrative being thrown around here.

Apparently it’s the norm for all new players to be healers who only run bgs with no gear.

Wilkenshire-shattered-hand · January 16, 2019, 7:45pm

I always thought gearing up and customizing our characters was one of the most fun things to do.

Some folks make this out to be the wrong way to play.

Tosko-scarlet-crusade · January 16, 2019, 7:50pm

My method for gearing toons without hierlooms is to spend the first 4-5 lvls replacing outdated gear via questing or dungeons then spending the next 3 queing bgs. Followed by a trip to the wsg vendor and arathi vendor at 28,38,48 etc to replace pieces with vendor gear.

Thats how I would go about it personally. The only real downside is no hierloom weapons means no consistent ele force enchants. Ele force on weapons alone is enough to make rogues a threat lol.

Myninja-llane · January 16, 2019, 7:51pm

Elemental Force is seeing a nerf next patch

Tosko-scarlet-crusade · January 16, 2019, 7:57pm

I saw, that’s good I look forward to playing around with other enchants like landslide and mongoose again.

Anyway this is the rogue I am currently lvling ( lvl 85 atm)
h ttps://imgur.com/ZEGL9G3

with double landslide proc tirnket proc and on use tirnket my ap is around 1200ish. which is not bad considering I only have 4 slots with gear that have sockets which have the 4 agi gems from the thrallmar vendor.

I didn’t que any bgs 1-60 because its a net loss xp wise I am not going to go in on how I level toons these days I don’t want it nerfed. But I am pretty confident Icould hold my own with this toon against 80,85 and 87 twinks.

Edit- no idea why my ss quality is this bad sorry lol

Fatfreddy-emerald-dream · January 16, 2019, 8:25pm

When I first started I did a lot of that. Wsg and ab gear (the awesome outriders bow) helped me a lot gearing up before I ever had heirlooms.

My experience with early playing (when twinks were around pre-xp in bgs) was a lot like that. New player, crafting gear, lots of quests, wsg and ab items (dem speed boost boots), etc.

Wilkenshire-shattered-hand · January 16, 2019, 8:30pm

Choosing this age old path to glory still pays off in exactly the same way.

Litleshiznit-sargeras · January 16, 2019, 9:46pm

not when people are telling levelers to go gear themselves at the AH every bracket.

Wilkenshire-shattered-hand · January 16, 2019, 9:56pm

All that needs to be done is staying active, and utilizing all of your options as you level.
Dungeons, Questing, Crafting, PVP vendors etc.
Everything else will come with those actions in this game.

Between drops and gold earned the slots will be easily filled with BOEs if they are needed.

Jugajr-emerald-dream · January 17, 2019, 6:25am

Just got out of a TP, where someone was called a twink on the Alliance side: https://imgur.com/a/R04BAVh go ahead and look him up on the armory… though it is bugged and doesn’t show the right level

Myninja-llane · January 17, 2019, 12:49pm

What they are going to say is that this is an “exception” to the “rule” to discount it. Levelers cannot possibly compete with twinks

Greyhide-khadgar · January 17, 2019, 12:56pm

How many twinks were in that BG? What were the stipulations surrounding the conclusion?

Lots of needed information here considering this is not coming form a credible source. I’ve seen monkeyshines like this before. A guy in another MMO bragged because he got a XP chain over 500 with no healer in the group in order to try and pad his comments. It turned out, there was a group outside power leveling him.

Kangmurloc-dark-iron · January 17, 2019, 1:09pm

Just like that linked ss from the 70-79 bracket.
The SV hunter “Leveler” did great.

Battlegrounds are very organic, which creates so many variables.
Each bracket has it’s own issues for sure, focusing on these things that we would like to see changed is much better use of our time IMO.

Welfarê-silvermoon · January 17, 2019, 2:20pm

http s://imgur. com/uLw9ACH

says a lot.

Myninja-llane · January 17, 2019, 3:48pm

Aside from the leveler that was assumed to be a twink? Technically, there is only 1 person in that BG that looks like they have their XP turned off (the horde shaman healer). However, I would like to make some additional observations:

The teams look like they were pretty well balanced on paper. Both sides had only 1 healer, everyone else was dps. There are also 4 people that have gear with enchants on them (namely BoAs but some have gloves and wrists with enchants and stuff too) 2 alliance and 2 horde.

Although alliance lost, the highest damaging player, by a sizable margin, was from the alliance that doesn’t even have enchants on his gear. The highest healing player, again by a significant margin, was also alliance that doesn’t have enchants on their gear (even beating the twink healer).

Was it that the leveler was farming the GY with the druid healbotting them?

Greyhide-khadgar · January 17, 2019, 3:57pm

Do you know this for sure or are you drawing your hypothesis? If you’re drawing, it’s rather difficult to do utilizing a non-credible sample.

Kangmurloc-dark-iron · January 17, 2019, 4:04pm

8.1.5 coming soon.
The lower brackets appreciate the adjustments.

Enjoy BFA.

Myninja-llane · January 17, 2019, 4:04pm

Just going off of what is seen in the image and what can be looked up in the armory.

Side note - I think its hilarious you’re trying to say someone is non-credible when you have been caught manipulating the “like” system