World of Warcraft

This thread is for those who have played the game since the patch, read the patch notes, and fiddled with all the new control and options.  I'd like to get some opinions about the changes. 

Only thing so far that I don't like is that Rogues can no longer make poisons, rather they are bought from vendors.  I do like the fact that I don't have to carry around a bunch of stuff for poisons, which I'm assuming was the reason for the change, but still I liked being able to brew my own poisons rather than purchase them.  I'll get used to it, but it was a letdown.

Other than losing all my mounts cause i sent them to pet tab then the game crashed, i am very happy with.

Achievements Rock!

Classes bring much flavor to the staling setup.

UI and other changes for the most part make the game even easier to use and less burdened when playing

Shadows are nice too.

So all and all good but i want my bear back >.< !!!!!

I can see what you mean, Pappy.  I've always been a fan of crafting rather than buying, but think you're right on the reasons why they made the change.  In fact, there's been a lot of space-saving ideas implimented and I like all of them.  The currency tab is the greatest since I had those battleground marks cluttering my bags and stopping at 99 so it's nice to see that cleared out and still be able to use them.  Vanity pets and mounts is a nice touch, that saved me 2 bag-slots and 2 bank-slots from just mounts, 1 bag-slot for vanity.  It's nice to be able to look in my bags without all that stuff in the way.

Originally posted by crimsonskyes

Other than losing all my mounts cause i sent them to pet tab then the game crashed, i am very happy with.

Achievements Rock!

Classes bring much flavor to the staling setup.

UI and other changes for the most part make the game even easier to use and less burdened when playing

Shadows are nice too.

So all and all good but i want my bear back >.< !!!!!

Losing your mounts O_o?  I'd open a ticket for that one, did you do that yet?

Achievements are interesting.  I'm not sure if I'll pursue them individually or not, but always nice to get that extra "well done!" when completing things that weren't previously recognized as milestones.

I'm very happy with what they did for my paladin, I believe soloing will be a lot easier and battlegrounds more interesting for pally.  I haven't played all classes and abilities, but overall it sounds just plain better.

UI is a bit smaller giving a better viewing area, which is smart.  Overall the game seem sped-up a bit, don't know if that's the case or what's going on, but it's a good thing.

Shadows add a third dimension to the game, very very happy to see them here finally.  It seems a lot more real now and dynamic. 

After a very bumpy first day its great now.

Had a lot of fun taking a Devilsaur to Kara.

Pretty much everything is great.    I play a lot of alts, so some of my classes I'm still 'relearning' because some of them play a little differently now.

I'm a fanboy, so I'm going to bait some of the haters by saying stuff that is negative about the patch LOL

1.  Most of the exotic pets are too annoying to actually use.. The corehounds and devilosaurs in particular.  I honestly think people wil 'kick' a BM hunter from a group just because of this.  I mean they are REALLY annoying (and I have a strong tolerance).  They need to remove the footsounds and the screenshake.  I'm a bit disappointed in this because it is something we've been reporting for a month on beta.  Edit:  I know a lot of that can be avoided by turning off ambiance sound.. but I like all my sounds, even music, to be on while playing.

2. Instances and raids are almost 'story-mode' right now.  In a way this is great so that everyone can see the instances before they become obsolete... but the 30% nerf to raid mobs was a bit too much.  I think they did the 30% nerf to mobs in response to the nerf to healing.. but then didn't take into account our new talents and glyphs.  I bear-tanked kaz and 2 heroics last night and it was just really really easy-mode.

3. The calendar thing isn't as functionable as I would like.  It's a neat tool for some players, but if you are member of a large guild (and not the guildmaster) you are really limited on what you can do with it.  I guess you can say this is my fault because I didn't give any feedback during beta on this.

But overall it is awesome.. There are little nuggets which just make my gameplay SOOO much better.  Being an alt-aholic..  being able to enchant my alts gear is just HUGE.  Also the pets/tokens/mounts change is nice.

I just really can't wait til you all can play Lake Wintergrasp and Strands.  They are such a huge improvement on current pvp in the game.

Originally posted by Xiaoki

After a very bumpy first day its great now.

Had a lot of fun taking a Devilsaur to Kara.

Question on that.  I see a lot of new hunter pets.  Is that a Blizzcon thing or did they make it possible to tame more?  I saw a kurken and an infernal-looking kurken.

game looks better, textures look crisper, and I'm not even mentioning the new great looking shadows.

Spell effects for my warlock look great, especially health funnel on pets, reminds me of a dark jedi lol.

All other additions are great as well haven tried Inscription yet, which is by the way in game part of an update and not an expansion, unlike Jewel crafting in TBC.

All around great changes, 51 point talents look really useful all around.