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So I was pondering something. What if a person wanted to level thier toon 80-85 through Northrend...strictly. If that person is geared out in T10s (ilvl251) when that person gets to 85 will he/she be able to run heroic Cata dungeons?
Will GS keep that person back?
Will that person be handycapped?
Is there that much of a divide for 80 T10s and 85 trash?
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You clealy did not use enough question marks. Thus, your lack of replies.
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Blizzard changed it just a couple days ago so that mobs give level 80 players 10% of the XP they used to give. They did this at 60 for classic content, 70 for BC content and 80 for WoTLK content.
So, good luck with that.
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id rather be a Patriots fan then do that...
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IndridCole posted:
So I was pondering something. What if a person wanted to level thier toon 80-85 through Northrend...strictly. If that person is geared out in T10s (ilvl251) when that person gets to 85 will he/she be able to run heroic Cata dungeons? No. Not even close. Could you run heroic WotLK dungeons in BC gear?
Will GS keep that person back? Don't think it would matter, see above.
Will that person be handycapped? I should say so, yes.
Is there that much of a divide for 80 T10s and 85 trash? There is that much of a divide between T10 and 85 trash, yes.
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siujoey posted:
IndridCole posted:
So I was pondering something. What if a person wanted to level thier toon 80-85 through Northrend...strictly. If that person is geared out in T10s (ilvl251) when that person gets to 85 will he/she be able to run heroic Cata dungeons? No. Not even close. Could you run heroic WotLK dungeons in BC gear?
Will GS keep that person back? Don't think it would matter, see above.
Will that person be handycapped? I should say so, yes.
Is there that much of a divide for 80 T10s and 85 trash? There is that much of a divide between T10 and 85 trash, yes.
Thank you. It was nice ot have an answer. However, the basis of the question was brought on because I leveled my toon from 70-80 strictly through Outland. When I did get to Northrend I only did faction quests. (Sons of Hodir for the shoulder ench, Knight of the Ebon BLade for the helmet ench, Kirn Tor, Wyrmrest, AT dailies, etc.)
So I was wondering if this was repeatable. I guess there is no penalty walking into Hyjal for the first time as an 85.
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Liquid741 posted:
id rather be a Patriots fan then do that...
How is Peytinterception Manning doing anyway these days 
They lost to the cowboys.. the COWBOYS.. buthahaahaha
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As Sly pointed out, Blizzard changed xp gains from mob kills in previous content, so if you try to level in Northrend 80-85, you only gain 10% of their worth. One can also assume that the quests are not worth much either, and you ought to keep in mind the fact that just 84->85 alone takes over 9 million xp.
On the other hand, if you want (for some reason) to avoid questing in Cata areas, you are still able to level via instances, via Archaeology, and mining + herbing.
Also: your 251 gear is already surpassed by lvl 81 gear (on beta I had already thrown away all of my 277 gear with lvl 81-83 crafted greens+blues), and each level increases the gear gap pretty quickly.
Finally: the game is less forgiving about allowing you to enter instances you're not geared for... if your avg ilvl isn't high enough, you simply won't be allowed to enter. Not even for normals.
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nemesis1 posted:
As Sly pointed out, Blizzard changed xp gains from mob kills in previous content, so if you try to level in Northrend 80-85, you only gain 10% of their worth. One can also assume that the quests are not worth much either, and you ought to keep in mind the fact that just 84->85 alone takes over 9 million xp.
On the other hand, if you want (for some reason) to avoid questing in Cata areas, you are still able to level via instances, via Archaeology, and mining + herbing.
Also: your 251 gear is already surpassed by lvl 81 gear (on beta I had already thrown away all of my 277 gear with lvl 81-83 crafted greens+blues), and each level increases the gear gap pretty quickly.
Finally: the game is less forgiving about allowing you to enter instances you're not geared for... if your avg ilvl isn't high enough, you simply won't be allowed to enter. Not even for normals.
Good to know.
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How dare you post on these fourms with less than 15,000 posts.
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Renegade. posted:
How dare you post on these fourms with less than 15,000 posts.
Go away
 I've been posting here for months.
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satire not directed at you, good sir
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I will never understand the thought process behind rendering an expansion that someone paid $40 just two years ago virtually worthless. I guess it's a winning strategy for Blizzard, and it's hard to argue with results, but I always felt a bit nostalgic for the "old content" after BC and Wrath were released. There was soooooo much quality gaming IMO that people were missing out on in places like Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands because it was a complete waste of time to do that content once BC was released. Same for the higher level Outland content post-Wrath. And now Northrend will be a ghost town. Such a shame.
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That's kind of how expansion packs work........
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siujoey posted:
That's kind of how expansion packs work........
And sequels for games that come out every year, with a price tag of $60 for 5-10 hours of play.
Welcome to gaming.
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Ashmaele posted:
I will never understand the thought process behind rendering an expansion that someone paid $40 just two years ago virtually worthless. I guess it's a winning strategy for Blizzard, and it's hard to argue with results, but I always felt a bit nostalgic for the "old content" after BC and Wrath were released. There was soooooo much quality gaming IMO that people were missing out on in places like Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands because it was a complete waste of time to do that content once BC was released. Same for the higher level Outland content post-Wrath. And now Northrend will be a ghost town. Such a shame.
Well I started playing shortly before TBC was realeased. I stopped playing (shortly) around the time ZA was put out in a patch. When I came back 2 weeks before Wrath came out I was only level 35+. I never had a chance to really get in to outland, so when I hit 70 I stayed till 80 and got my loremaster. Now I'm 80 and I've still not done a lot of the quests in Northrend....why? Because I maxed out at 80 and saw no point in doing more quests other than faction rep quests. So now that Cata is realeased I want to go do those quests.
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Well I started playing shortly before TBC was realeased. I stopped playing (shortly) around the time ZA was put out in a patch. When I came back 2 weeks before Wrath came out I was only level 35+. I never had a chance to really get in to outland, so when I hit 70 I stayed till 80 and got my loremaster. Now I'm 80 and I've still not done a lot of the quests in Northrend....why? Because I maxed out at 80 and saw no point in doing more quests other than faction rep quests. So now that Cata is realeased I want to go do those quests.
Do it in Cata imo, the quests are infinitely better.
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Nakal posted:
Liquid741 posted:
id rather be a Patriots fan then do that...
How is Peytinterception Manning doing anyway these days
They lost to the cowboys.. the COWBOYS.. buthahaahaha
its been a rough season...i feel like im back in the days of Jim Mora.
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Liquid741 posted:
Nakal posted:
Liquid741 posted:
id rather be a Patriots fan then do that...
How is Peytinterception Manning doing anyway these days
They lost to the cowboys.. the COWBOYS.. buthahaahaha
its been a rough season...i feel like im back in the days of Jim Mora.
Try being a bronco fan...
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Here is a rough idea how much better cata gear is. My level 78 pally purchsed a green cata weapon and 2 pieces of green cata armor. His health went up from 17k to 23k, and his dps up about 50%
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