Comments on: It’s About the Fun

By: Lienrs

Lienrs — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:20:28 +0000

I agree that boomkin is initially fun due to the big numbers, but I too found it boring. I raid with a fury warrior, and find it challenging and dynamic. I’m gradually moving more towards my rest Druid as my new raiding main, so the balance is restored.

Warriors are hard to level, but you get a lot of respect if you can play it well in end-game. Taking a look at recount state tends to show our damage as being quite diverse. Makes me feel sorry for classes that are just spaming the same spell through most of the fight.

By: Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:01 +0000

I’ve had the same experience, sort of. I spent the last 2 or 3 months pulling a Prot Warrior up to 70 and gearing him *decently*, abandoning my Druid and Shaman completely. My intent was to make him my main for Wrath. Changes to Protection in 3.0.2 only solidified my decision.

Then Wrath came, and as much fun as I had playing the Warrior, and it was a LOT of fun, I must say that my young Death Knight has garnered the VAST majority of my attention and affection. I’ve run 1 instance on my Warrior since Wrath. I’ve run 4 on my Unholy Death Knight. I’ve tolerated the kind of crap, that would have ordinarily had me foaming at the mouth while playing another character, with a grin and a shrug, because he is that fun to play.

My gear is far from excellent, half of it the remaining quest rewards from the DK starter chain, the rest is a blue quest reward from HFP, a BoE blue drop, and some craftable armor by my Warrior. Yet, even then, I was doing upwards of 5-600 *sustained* DPS last night at level 62 in SP and 63 in UB (the Rogue with us in UB was doing about 350). I felt myself becoming a greedy, self-serving DPSer, the kind I used to hate with such a passion on all my other toons (even the DPS), and liked the feel of it.

But, for now, I’m having fun, and that’s all that matters.

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:17:32 +0000

Gogogogo tank! The only reason I still play is because I love tanking so much. I’m sure its the most complex role in the game, and I’ve tried other specs, but they bore me for the reasons you describe – same thing every time, no leadership elements, and very little complexity compared to tanking. I’m not saying it doesnt take skill to play all the classes. But personally, I’ll always want to tank.

By: Mama Druid

Mama Druid — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:02:53 +0000

Hip hip hooray! Three cheers for FUN!!!! Mama Druid’s last blog post..Four days played, and nobody’s over 70

By: Averna

Averna — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:01:35 +0000

Well done! I'm a *huge* advocate of playing what is FUN to you, and not just playing a class because you feel you should, or because your guild leader is telling you you have to. Personally, I'm a resto druid and I love healing =P However, I'm totally loving leveling my hunter right now, and a lot of times I'll log over to her to play. (Although right now I'm totally all about northrend.... hehe) I hope you keep having a blast with your warrior! Averna’s last blog post..Northrend...

By: PTD

PTD — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:15:46 +0000

@Sonny

Warriors don’t REALLY hit their power curve till the 50s, IMO. Once you start to put points in talents like Taste for Blood, they can really take off. They do improve dramatically once you can get Mortal Strike, however.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:58:06 +0000

I have massive warrior (and druid) envy. My old gnome warrior made it to level 20 before becoming a bank alt. I think I was a little too n00b to handle what is, IMHO, one of the most difficult classes in the game.

I also found that mobs died too slowly against the warrior. Is there a level where warriors hit their “power curve”? I found on my mage the serious pew pew started around level 30 and my hunter has been a killing machine since day one.

Regarding the future of PTD, I don’t think you’ll confuse anyone by changing your angle. It’s Part Time Druid, not Full Time Druid!

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:57:58 +0000

I was in the same boat as you. I had my main resto druid for raiding, and a pvp arms warrior for none raid days really. What I ended up doing is specing feral on the druid and will make sure I burn off my warriors rest xp when it get’s close to full. Though my new death knight might slow that down a bit, we’ll have to see.