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Intrinsic

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Man floors 1 - 6 weren't that bad at all even in my shit tier gear and Soul Shields, but Floor 7 dude is wrecking me. I beat the guy at the end of the 1st arena but this guy is like him x100.
 

Sabbat

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Grab Stalker Jiangshi first at 10, then upgrade to the purple Tomb of Exiles drops (it's good to farm a little bit here so you get a nice stash of Infernal Horns for later) -- it's possible to skip the ToE drops and just move onto the next set. Then upgrade to Profane Jiangshi in Moonshade. Once you've got that you'll be 45 soon a day later, and you can either insignia farm (depending on your faction) or struggle with PoH24/Nightshade to get that set. Once you hit that, it's Mushin Tower time.
 

Zaide

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Mushins is a ton of fun. Best content so far imo.

Has anyone fucked with Blackwyrm since the patch? Enjoy his extra 30 million hp now :^)
 

Kriptini

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So as someone who hasn't hit 45 yet, what should be my progression now? Can I skip a few soul shield sets? I'm mostly trying to preserve my unsealing charms if I don't need to use them.
Exactly, preserving Unsealing Charms is key. What you should do is:

Level 20: Viridian Hero Soul Shield (trade Viridian Valor Stones to get it)
Level 33: Pinchy Soul Shield (outside of Yehara's Mirage to the northeast)
Level 40ish: Lycan Soul Shield (from the Lycan boss in Moonwater Plains)
Level 43ish: Profane Jiangshi (Orchard of Souls)
Level 45 T1: Blackram Supply (also knowns as Poharan)
Level 45 T2 (PvE): Bloodshade Harbor
Level 45 T2 (PvP/Tanking): Endless Tower (floors 1-7 of Mujin's Tower)

I would skip the Moonwater Arena Soul Shield since we have Mujin's Tower now.

Has anyone fucked with Blackwyrm since the patch? Enjoy his extra 30 million hp now :^)
FUCK THAT. FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
 

Zaide

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Exactly, preserving Unsealing Charms is key. What you should do is:

Level 20: Viridian Hero Soul Shield (trade Viridian Valor Stones to get it)
Level 33: Pinchy Soul Shield (outside of Yehara's Mirage to the northeast)
Level 40ish: Lycan Soul Shield (from the Lycan boss in Moonwater Plains)
Level 43ish: Profane Jiangshi (Orchard of Souls)
Level 45 T1: Blackram Supply (also knowns as Poharan)
Level 45 T2 (PvE): Bloodshade Harbor
Level 45 T2 (PvP/Tanking): Endless Tower (floors 1-7 of Mujin's Tower)

I would skip the Moonwater Arena Soul Shield since we have Mujin's Tower now.



FUCK THAT. FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
Yeah I hadn't even thought of that. I'm running into a problem where all my soul shields are infused with crit so everything I get is a downgrade on crit unless it's both a perfect roll and I infuse it. So my soul shield is all fucked up atm.

Idk on the Blackwyrm thing though, it's so retarded.
 

Cinge

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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I would assume the increase of HP is in relation to the increase of character power. There was a pretty big difference in kill time from when everyone just had max infernal to recently when people were running around in mostly true profane or higher.

Damage added to his AE is unimportant, since you should never get hit with it.
 

Zaide

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There's no reason to make him harder. It feels disingenuous, are they going to increase his loot quality to match now? Probably not.

Half the fun of getting more powerful is going back and being like "wow remember when this took 20 minutes?"
 

zombiewizardhawk

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There's no reason to make him harder. It feels disingenuous, are they going to increase his loot quality to match now? Probably not.

Half the fun of getting more powerful is going back and being like "wow remember when this took 20 minutes?"
Are his drops all trivial now or something? Probably not.
 

Rhuma_sl

shitlord
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4 man BSH is actually difficult, breezed through 24 and 6 man but holy shit! Anyone else takes the 4man? I would think it's the easiest but apparently it's the hardest.
 

Zaide

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Are we really defending adding 30 million hp to a mob that already took no skill outside of tanking? It doesn't make this encounter more challenging, it just increases the time commitment to do what you've already been doing.

The loot is fantastic but I stand by the fact that old content getting easier as you grow in strength is a hallmark of gaming in general and mmos especially. I don't see the logic in it.
 

zombiewizardhawk

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Are we really defending adding 30 million hp to a mob that already took no skill outside of tanking? It doesn't make this encounter more challenging, it just increases the time commitment to do what you've already been doing.

The loot is fantastic but I stand by the fact that old content getting easier as you grow in strength is a hallmark of gaming in general and mmos especially. I don't see the logic in it.
Yea, instead they should give him 4k hps and have him die like a normal mob. People should be able to just solo him every 15 minutes all day long. It's not really "old content" when the game hasn't even been out for a full month yet............................................... .................................................
 

Cinge

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Are we really defending adding 30 million hp to a mob that already took no skill outside of tanking? It doesn't make this encounter more challenging, it just increases the time commitment to do what you've already been doing.

The loot is fantastic but I stand by the fact that old content getting easier as you grow in strength is a hallmark of gaming in general and mmos especially. I don't see the logic in it.
Considering power increase, the time commitment will either be the same or even faster then before. And I wouldn't consider something that still holds BiS gear "old content".

I wouldn't consider it "Defending" either, I really don't care either way. I understand why they did it though and I don't pout/whine about it.
 

zombiewizardhawk

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Naw it's old content. It should be soloable like dungeons in other mmos 5 to 12 expansions later when you're double the level with 100x the stat values from gear inflation. That, or they need to make those BiS drops much better than simply BiS.

On a related note, I still haven't bothered trying to get in to a blackwyrm group. That's the one downside to not being in a guild/clan, having to deal with the stupidity of random people.