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Garrison Nerf Coming in Legion
Well Internet, we knew it had to happen sometime. Blizzard said as much, but part of me (the greedy part) kinda hoped they might just accidentally overlook it. You know, just let it slide to throw a bone to the working man.
Instead, they threw a bone (the throbbing one) into the Garrison and banged the gold out of it.
This information seems to have been met with a resounding “meh” because people are pretty sick of garrisons in general. Like I said, everybody knew this was going to happen because Blizzard had mentioned it before. Plus, and let’s be honest here, if anyone currently involved in WoD content had no idea that garrisons were a gold making machine, they haven’t been paying attention to pretty much anything.
I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say this was “broken” as much as maybe a thank you from Blizzard for sticking with a pretty sparse expansion. If you have one or two characters with a fully fleshed out garrison, you were probably making some decent passive gold. It probably covered your raiding repair bills, and maybe you picked up a bobble or two off the AH, if it tickled your fancy. If you happened to have six characters with jacked garrisons, you could probably buy a token for a free month of WoW every week.
Some have said that people are going to have to work for their gold now. They said that garrisons made gold-making too easy. I have sixteen characters at 100, and fifteen of them are at the point where they can make some decent gold for me. I see that as a return on my investment of a) gold spent in leveling up the garrisons, and b) time leveling each character to 100 and amassing enough resources to build up the garrison. I leveled those characters up so I wouldn’t have to spend hours farming old raids for vendor gold, or to gather transmog shit that may or may not sit on the AH for days or weeks before they sell. I front loaded my timesink so that I could coast later.
Am I bitter that the nerf is coming? Not overly, to be honest. Sure it devalues my investments, because those treasure hunting followers are going to be pretty much useless now. I’ll have to make some shifts, but with a little more work I feel that garrisons could still be potential money-makers. They might not make tens of thousands of gold per week, but if they can make that in a month then I’m still playing World of Warcraft for free. That’s what I make my gold for. I’m not in it to measure my “gold-peen” as a millionaire in a video game. I’m in it to save 12-15 real life dollars a month that I could use elsewhere.
What are your thoughts on the nerf? Happy to see it go? Mourning the loss of the gravy train? Do you have plans to keep your garrison making gold in Legion?
Legion Unholy DK Talents and Abilities
I know this video is yesterday’s news. Literally. It just came out yesterday. But with job, and life, and job, I didn’t get a chance to sit down and look at my Youtube feed. Which is always fun, because if it wasn’t for Youtubers and Twitchers (that can’t be the right term for Twitch TV people – sounds more like someone going through drug withdrawal), there would be almost zero things to talk about in World of Warcraft.
Anyhow, Bajheera gave the Unholy DK a spin on the Legion alpha. He shares with us the talents and abilities of the Unholy DK as they stand currently. Of course this could mean nothing by the next patch. We’re talking about alpha testing here. Shit happens between alpha and live. I’d be happy if they still had an Unholy DK as an option by the time Legion goes live.
So check it out, and see what might(?) be coming for the Unholy Death Knight (maybe?)
And New
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Last night at UFC 194, not only was a new UFC Featherweight Champion crowned in spectacular fashion, but a new alt was added to my roster. The level 100 boost will probably happen during my time off so I can start working on optimizing the garrison and getting some LFR and dungeons in.
So in honor of the new champion, Conor McGregor, here is my next character to reach 100 (soon) –
Bloodsport Boost Betting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_biPEdthlk
This has been quite a busy week for the UFC. Three days of fight cards, back to back. Thursday night was UFC Fight Night 80. Friday was the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 22. Saturday, one of the most anticipated PPV events of the year, UFC 194. This pay per view has not one, but two title fights – Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman facing Luke Rockhold, and Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo meeting Interim Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor!
Many of you have glazed over at this point. One paragraph in and I’ve already lost you.
Sure, there may be a few people who know what I’m talking about. However, I suspect that the most real-life combat exposure a majority of readers have is wrestling open a bag of Cheetos. This is fine, acceptable, and not something to be judged over.
I, however, have a few passions and violence is one of them. Fasten your seatbelts because there’s about to be an ugly collision of worlds.
A short time ago I posted a poll on Twitter regarding my upcoming Level 100 Legion Boost. I wanted to know what class I should be using my boost for. I proposed four classes – Rogue, Mage, Monk, and Death Knight. The result of the polls came up with a tie between Monk and Death Knight.
My first thought on the results was that I should let the winners fight it out but that wasn’t about to happen. Because how, obviously. That’s when the UFC’s three days of blood gave me quite the idea.
I was going to let others fight my battles for me.
Fight Night 80 had two profile fights that I would use as my decision makers. I was leaning toward boosting an Alliance character, since the majority of my fourteen characters were Horde. So I bet the faction on the fight between odds-on favorite Sage Northcutt and glorified punching bag Cody Pfister. If Sage won, I’d go Alliance. If Cody got the nod, I’d use my boost for a Horde character. Sage was the majority favorite, and besides, the kid looks as Alliance as they get.
The result? Alliance roar!
Second fight was going to be for the sex of the character. I was actually indifferent to this so I put it to the main event – Rose Namajunas vs. Paige VanZant. Paige, the pretty girl, would be the avatar of my female avatar while Rose was for the male.
Paige is too pretty to stand in the front.
Much like the narrator in the movie Fight Club, Rose wanted to destroy something beautiful. She wrecked poor Paige, and by the end of Day One of Blood I knew that I was boosting an Alliance Male.
Day Two was going to start deciding classes. I was going to stick with the profile fight, which was the main event – Frankie Edgar vs Chad Mendes. Oddsmakers and fight fans had this as a coin flip favorite, so that’s what I did. I flipped a coin to see who would rep the Mage class, and Frankie boy won. So if Edgar won the fight, my Mage would advance into the Bloodsport Boost finals. If Mendes won, then the Rogue would go on.
The result of the fight? Frankie the Mage Arcane Blasted the holy Hell out of “Roguish” Chad Mendes.
Edgar also made Chad’s nose disappear.
Tonight’s Day Three will tell the final tale. There are two fights I’m focusing on, and both are title bouts. My two preferred classes in the initial poll, the Monk and the Death Knight, will be decided at the same time the UFC Middleweight Champion is. My preferred class is the Death Knight, and oddsmakers give champion Chris Weidman a slight advantage over Luke Rockhold. So Weidman will be my Death Knight representative, and Rockhold will be my Monk.
The winner will take that class into the UFC 194 Main Event – Conor McGregor vs Jose Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship.
Oddsmakers have Conor with the slightest of advantages. Unlike the other fights, I’m bucking the odds. I do not see Conor beating a guy with the talent and skillset that Aldo has. Could he win? Yes. Will he? Not unless he pulls off some magic. And that’s why Conor McGregor will rep the Mage class, while Jose Aldo will represent the winner of the Middleweight class battle.
World of Warcraft. Mixed Martial Arts. Two very separate worlds, brought together by a single Nerdlord. Boggles the mind, the shit I come up with sometimes. Coincidentally that’s also one of the fun things about being me. I have no idea what I’ll come up with next.
Windwalker Monk Artifact Quest
The Fist and the Furious.
Bajheera has been busy.
His Royal Swollness has been playing many classes in the Legion alpha, checking out artifact quests, class halls, and overall gameplay. When I saw his playthrough of the Fury Warrior it didn’t surprise me, since his main is a Warrior (as are several alts). But when I saw him testing the gameplay on a Windwalker Monk, it certainly got my attention. In fact, watching the playthrough may help sway the decision from my Twitter poll results.
So here it is – the Artifact Quests, Class Hall, and some sweet gameplay from the Windwalker Monk in Legion!
Rokk Talk 