WoW update: Crafting still makes me sad
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thistlechaserMini-Keen is not so mini anymore! He hit 65, so I paused for, um, an hour or so to finish off his professions. Alchemy and JC had been stuck at 375 because of his level. I did 375-450 on both of them in less than two hours. SIGH! I always translate JC as goldsmithing (WoW/FFXI) so I expected/hoped it would be a bit of a challenge, even though I had been told that engineering was the hardest profession (heh). So sad. FFXI's crafting was insanely hard; generally it was harder to get .1 of a skillup (yes, that's a tenth of a skill point) than it was to do 375-450 in any profession I've done (all except BS). Can't we have a happy medium? I don't want FFXI's insane pain, but WoW's is just... god. Just toss a little gold at it and you're done. And by little I mean little. I spent literal fortunes on FFXI skilling, WoW is just like... yawn. It's just... it doesn't feel like I've accomplished anything at all. I've taken almost every profession to max skill, half of them multiple times, and I feel nothing. On FFXI, I felt amazing pride when I got that last .1 and got all my sub-crafts done. RL pride. On WoW I just sort of frowned and sighed and wished it meant something. :/
Oh well. In more positive news, Mini-Keen hit 66 once I was done with that. I like Nagrand, and I need rep there for my talbuk, so I've been questing for a couple levels. While it's much slower, it's SO NICE not to have to listen to teenage boys being idiots. (Pug chat is almost as bad as BG chat.) Two more levels until Northrend flying, eeeeeeeeeee!
In much more positive news, I went on an IC raid tonight! A low level one (Blackrock, um, Lair I think?). The RP was better than I expected, helped muchly by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
itsbacon, and Harlo and Jell being there. I really liked the guy who organized it though, and I like the DK he hangs out with, so it was mostly a positive night. :D
Oh well. In more positive news, Mini-Keen hit 66 once I was done with that. I like Nagrand, and I need rep there for my talbuk, so I've been questing for a couple levels. While it's much slower, it's SO NICE not to have to listen to teenage boys being idiots. (Pug chat is almost as bad as BG chat.) Two more levels until Northrend flying, eeeeeeeeeee!
In much more positive news, I went on an IC raid tonight! A low level one (Blackrock, um, Lair I think?). The RP was better than I expected, helped muchly by
itsbacon, and Harlo and Jell being there. I really liked the guy who organized it though, and I like the DK he hangs out with, so it was mostly a positive night. :D
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Date: 2010-09-30 04:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-30 01:00 pm (UTC)The ease of leveling professions kinda matches up with Blizzard's view that everyone should be able to accomplish the basic stuff.
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Date: 2010-09-30 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-30 06:35 pm (UTC)...
...wait...
^_^V
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Date: 2010-09-30 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-30 07:05 pm (UTC)Profession Recipes - Multiple Skillups
With Cataclysm, professions such as Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, etc. can now give multiple skillups for certain items when creating them. The recipes panel has been updated to reflect this. The number of skillups you receive (beyond one) will be displayed with an up-arrow and a numerical value, to the right of the recipe name.
Source: http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/17188-cataclysm-beta-ui-enhancements/
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