FNF: Unknown!?
There’s a tie for the Friday Night Fight. This isn’t the first time the polls have had ties either. It’s starting to happen quite frequently. We can either wait for more votes, go for a tiebreaker, or we can arbitrarily pick one (or by some rule, like the hardest or easiest or whatever). We don’t really have a guild position on instance ties…
There has also been some reservation about joining Instances by those who didn’t get what they wanted… Although it is understandable that some may really need to do LBRS and UD Strat wins, that they really don’t want to go there, or don’t think they’re up to it, that they might not sign up, and that is any member’s perogative.
I think it has more to do with the pending expansion. Players would rather level alts and get set for the rush and excitement of the Burning Crusade rather than grind reputation or visit Scholomance again (hey, I’m leveling Kurdt). There are exciting rewards possible, but the Beta rumormill has shown so many juicy items available just above 60 that it’s hard to try getting anything better for your character right now if you’ll replace it by the end of January.
However, I’ve heard many reports that some classes and class-types, particularly healers, will not have quite the selection in the expansion. Many are saying that the natural raid-instance progression will continue to be necessary, since making headway in the 70-level instances and raids is proving very difficult without Tier2+ (that’s from Blackwing Lair, AQ40, and Naxxramas) or equivalent gear (gained along the way to 70). As a result, and as part of the guild’s attempt to “do everything”, we have developed the HFC Progression Page (now featured in the side navigation). This page shows the instances we’ve been in, completed, and have yet to complete, in order of progression difficulty. World events are not listed, although we may list them later.
And lastly, there are partial instance guides for Sunken Temple and Blackrock Depths for the quickly-approaching-60 group of mid-level characters.
Quantix replied:
It is my understanding, so please correct me, that gear found in the new group instances 60-70 should be better than anything we can find at the moment, and be prepared for the heavy dungeons easily enough without having to do the grind of MC, BWL, AQ, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’d be the first to sign up, just be cause I’m a collector of things, but I don’t think we need to get bent out of shape over it.
Vaharneim replied:
What Quantix says is true, up to the 70 instances, however, the reports are that if you think you’ll replace all 8 pieces of armor, 2 rings, and 2 weapons by the time you’re 70, you’re either in for a lot of mid-60 instance grinding, or extraordinarily lucky. Yes, there’s great stuff, but not something for everyone to fully deck out.
Additionally, reports of the 70 instances make it sound like trying to venture into them in anything less than Tier2+ (a hybrid mix of BWL Tier2, AQ40 Tier2.5 and Naxx Tier3) will prove for a stubborn roadblock. Of course, these are reports from Beta testers who are decked in Tier3 and having a rough time.
We, as a guild, have made astounding progress on our teamwork, skill, and tenacity… so I’m not too worried about it. But if I can deck Sky out in the ultra-pimp Dreadnaught Tier3 set, I’m not about to complain.
Plus, I’d like to experience all the content, regardless of whether I’m doing it at the “appropriate level”. =]