soulzek

Vanilla information is surprisingly difficult to find in categories on the internet nowadays (wowhead was only good for specific item/spell/mob lookup). Here is a compiled list of stance restrictions for Warrior abilities. ANY STANCE Battle Shout Bloodrage Bloodthirst Challenging Shout Cleave Demoralizing Shout Heroic Strike Intimidating Shout Mortal Strike Shield Slam Slam Sunder Armor BATTLE STANCE Charge Execute Hamstring Mocking Blow Overpower Rend Retaliation Shield Bash Thunder Clap DEFENSIVE STANCE Disarm Rend Revenge Shield Bash Shield Block Shield Wall BERSERKER STANCE Berserker Rage Execute Hamstring Intercept Pummel Recklessness Whirlwind

Warriors are the only tank people are going to be looking for at 60. Inb4 "paladins and druids can tank 5 mans with naxx gear just fine"

Hi all! Crossposting this over from Crestfall (which hopefully is supported now due to Legacy Network) http://forums.crestfall-gaming.com/index.php?/topic/1860-soulzeks-supreme-classic-leveling-tips/ Enjoy :D

Thanks Elysium for the opportunity to play the real game! <3

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The following details are my opinions of the effectiveness of each class' ability to level 1-60 in 1.12. My personal experience includes a 60 on Nost, both K1 and K2, as well as multiple 60's across various new launch realms during retail Vanilla. This post opens with a final tier list, in order, of which classes are best at leveling; followed by a short explanation on a per-class basis. Please note these ratings are tailored specifically to the expectations of the fresh start PvP realm. This means overcrowding and, obviously, PvP flagged. TL;DR > > > > > > > > CLASS SUMMARY #1 Stealth is the most important ability to have access to on a PvP server. This lets you pick and choose your fights as you see fit or nullify the threat (gank 'em!) before the problem even arises. Druids also have movement speed increase options available as they level up pre-mount with Travel Form as well as the always-on movement speed talent for Cat Form. Movement speed is the largest component to leveling quickly in Vanilla because you don't get your mount until literally halfway through the journey. Finally, Druids can heal. Healing allows you to solo elite content or save yourself valuable time from dying. With all these stacked chips, it's no wonder why Druids are #1. #2 Again, Stealth (see Druid). Again, highly ranked. It's no coincidence and I just can't stress enough how powerful being able to avoid ganking on a PvP server is. On top of that, Stealth allows you to bypass many obstacles in various quests around the world. Shorter quests = faster leveling. Rogues come in behind Druids because they lack the persistent movement speed increase and healing features. But, again, simply because of Stealth they get ranked at the next available spot at #2. #3 If it wasn't a PvP server then pet classes dominate the ranks. Having a pet essentially makes you a 2-party group at all times, minus all of the disadvantages of split xp and double duration on item drop quests. Not only that, but your Hunter pet is STRONK. It's actually going to be stronger than a Warrior friend in greens on a fresh start server. Additionally, Hunters have the ability to kite elite monsters and thus can solo them without outside help. Ranks in at #3 thanks to PvP. #4 Another pet class. "But why do they rank lower than Hunter, mr guy?". Because they are reliant on mana (bad for efficiency), have less burst (dots are more efficient), and their pets are weaker. The voidwalker is simply a tank and you are the damage dealer. Also, spell resists hurt A LOT more than a missed auto attack. I could keep going on about how they're just worse Hunters during the leveling process, but a pet is a pet and that makes them still super good. Sits at #{HunterRank + 1}. #5 Shamans are basically just Druids but without Stealth. They have wolf form for pre-mount movement which is just as good and also all the healing in the world. They are also just as good at soloing elite content with their over-time efficiency like flame shock dots, searing totem, healing totem, and stoneskin totem. Shamans are about as efficient as you can get without having a pet, landing them at #4. #6 Sorry to say, but now we're getting into baddie territory. Priests before Shadowform are pretty awful, but the healing options put them a cut above the rest resulting in less dying and more capability of tackling elite content than their non-healing friends. They are also pretty damn good at efficiency; never needing to stop for food/drink if played correctly. #5 is about as average as it gets. #7 "But if healing is so good, why are Paladins ranked so poorly?". Paladins can't do damage. Like, almost literally. You are the slowest killer in the game and that simply translates to slower everything, questing and leveling included. Why aren't they at the bottom of the barrel, then? Well, they can still heal at least. Oh yes, it gets worse than #6... #8 "This tier list is stupid. Mage is super good. You're an idiot and should kill yourself because you're bad. Hayden Hawke told me I can pull 50k xp per hour with this AoE build". Yeah, you won't be AoEing on this server (see the disclaimer at the top). So now that that's out of the way, what else do they have? Err.. Mages spam Frostbolt while suffering pushback from being bashed in the face. No healing, no Stealth, no pets. Yikes! That's pretty bad. Oh, and they have ZERO efficiency whatsoever. You have to constantly spam spells to kill something which means no mana regeneration. There's a reason they can summon food and drink and it's because they are reliant on it. Enjoy your 10 second downtime after most fights . But so bad and only #8 of 9 classes total? #9 Blizzard accidentally renamed this class to "Warrior" before release. During Alpha, they were called the "Masochist". Warriors have absolutely nothing at their disposal. You can't do фекал. You're an auto-attack right-clicking starter hero in a MOBA. If someone wants to gank you, you will die every time. The elite tag means you forget about that content. Spend all of your hard earned money on food that you can't summon. There is literally nothing good about this class when it comes to leveling. Your level 40 talent simply makes you suck less; but never forget... you still suck. But hey, at the end of the day, bringing the top deeps in full Naxx gear is gonna be worth it, right? Sure thing, #9.

I was in for a few minutes from USEast and the ping was surprisingly tolerable with thousands of players near me (< 200ms). However, the dc's were constant and login issues abound.

sunday is the beginning of the week. today is literally the last day of the week

outta here with your beard logic

a bit harsh, but entirely true lol

warlock summoning portal and soulstone are far more utility than a mage can bring. portals dont really do anything. its not like raids are in major cities.

http://www.blizzardguides.com/wow/ is pretty good. It goes up to TBC so all the 1-300 stuff is exactly the same still. Has all the profs on there

For such a simple video it actually made me realize that "player-driven content" shouldn't involve building, dungeon makers, etc and all that other crap that devs have tried over the years. It only requires freedom of the player to be able to do things (attack anything basically) that creates content all by itself. It's not like there was anything to gain for fighting in hillsbrad at level 60 but people did it anyways because it was magic. That's all long gone now in every modern game.

since the old servers are coming first, just play there and by the time the new server is out then you'll already know your answer

Because progression meant something and it wasn't instant gratification. Dungeons were balanced just enough where you had to try but wouldn't wipe every single time. Yes, I miss the QoL features like mass looting and talent respecs. But modern WoW has no goals or rewards. Everything is just handed to you with a gold star telling you that you're special.

the server handles 99% of the game logic. the client merely displays the data

This is also what I use. Here is a slightly more efficient version that uses up less macro characters and allows for maximum bar space possible (as I use bongos) /run for z=1,172 do if IsAttackAction(z)then if not IsCurrentAction(z)then UseAction(z);end;end;end; /cast Sinister Strike

it certainly hasnt failed in terms of $$$, which is how success is measured in a business.

Colored me impressed! I just read over the stress test #3 scenario and it seems like a whole game mode they scripted from scratch. This is quite astounding

Vanilla raid tanking is one of the hardest aspects of modern MMOs. You must spend hours reading detailed information about threat, gear, strategies, as well as every dungeon and raid guide. For a beginner, the answer is a big fat NO