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Completely agree. I looked again and I couldn't spot any "major" changes. Some adjustments to classes, a new questhub, tweaks (read: improvements) to many features... perhaps the only "major" change is being able to upgrade items. And tit's, uh, not really major. You get 4-8 ilevels... it's something for those people with extra JP/VP and nothing else to spend it on.

The 50% Enlightenment doesn't stack either, which I found out the hard way. The only reason I'm still leveling my Monk is because of that buff. I'd forgotten how mindnumbingly boring leveling is. 1-60 isn't so bad now that they've redone the questing thing, but it still gets old way fast, especially when you've done it a bunch of times. And I've run so many dungeons that I'm already burning out on running dungeons. That's not supposed to happen until level 90, dammit.

The next expansion should feature a level reduction or something. There's no way in hell I'm going to level the next class released to level 95 or 100.

They must have hotfixed it, because the WoW buff doesn't remove the Enlightenment buff now. Did last night.

The Commendation medal are 35 gold per @ Revered, its a single use consumable, and affect all toons on the account permanently . I lvled my monk 88-89 in Townlong Steppes last night instead he's now Honored (6955/12000 to revered) with the Shado-pan. One thing I did notice is it shows up as a 50% buff, like it will say Your rep with Shado-pan went up 1000 (+500.0)


Why this wasnt always the case idk 20 was stupid to much for such a low drop rate




Edited, Nov 29th 2012 9:11am by BeanX

I would agree, kinda maybe, at lower levels but when 88-89 is 22.8 million xp and 89-90 is 27.5 million xp your talking about 10 mil xp shaved off from the 20% buff (88-90) which at most quests in the range giving 200k equals out to be about 50 quests saved, which isnt a huge amount but it is a few hours saved(approx 2 hours give or take).

IIRC, the Mistweaver stance negates any AP benefit from agility or attack power. So the agility, I think, will only give you some extra crit chance but it won't increase your damage any.

I mean, BoA gear is still great for the crit, stamina, and exp bonuses, but the main stats won't help you.

Edit: Oops, misread your spec. Nah, agility I think is fine for Windwalker (assuming you meant that one)

Edited, Nov 29th 2012 11:02am by LockeColeMA

I am so confused. What the heck is a Mistwalker? There's Windwalker (DPS) and Mistweaver (healing), right? Or is there a Mistwalker spec that I've missed somewhere along the way? Maybe it's an EU thing?

Edit: Or is it a player-created term for Mistweavers who DPS in Tiger Stance? My monks (who I've never gotten past 20 so far, incidentally), have both been Mistweavers who DPS like crazy and heal allies in dungeons if necessary (read: almost never). They're also pretty much impossible to kill without 5+ people or a stun in PvP. Usually only with 5+ people AND a stun


Edited, Nov 29th 2012 2:05pm by LockeColeMA

My bad.
I meant Mistweaver.
And yes I level in Tiger stance. I just felt the need for self-healing if I wanted it.
If the Windpasser is that good and has the self healing anyway then I may as well dual-spec and see.

Give Windwalker or Brewmaster a try for leveling. If you find yourself in AOE situations often, it might be worth going Brewmaster over Windwalker. Fists of Fury is mildly underwhelming for AOE while Brewmasters have a powerful AOE on a short cooldown (Keg Smash) and another powerful AOE with no cooldown (Breath of Fire). One generates Chi, the other spends it.

I want to switch to Windwalker for leveling, primarily because of Tiger Stance's speed buff, but at my current level (50+), I'm way better off just sticking to Brewmaster. Keg Smash hits almost as hard as Tiger Stance's Blackout Kick, but it hits 5+ targets. Due to Keg Smash applying a snare on everything it hits, you also have easy access to a root (Disable roots snared targets) and Breath of Fire applies a DoT on everything it hits (and disorients for 3 seconds with the glyph). On top of that, you have abilities such as Guard, which effectively makes you indestructible in PvP and enables you to solo groups of elites without even slowing down.

I guess you've got access to Rising Sun Kick, though, so Windwalker might be a significant DPS boost. Just make sure you get Chi Wave. Zen Sphere is also pretty good, but nowhere near as powerful as Chi Wave, in my opinion. Sure, if you're doing a lot of big AOE pulls, Zen Sphere would come out on top, but Chi Wave makes you immortal in a 1v1 fight.

I still need to try out Mistweaver, but I don't have any leather caster heirlooms and I'm not buying armor off the AH (transmog prices have gone crazy - 1.5k gold for a level 49 armor piece). I'm a bit confused about the stance thing. I don't get why they didn't just remove the stances and apply the benefits to the specialization instead. It's not like Brewmasters switch to Tiger Stance ever. They'd lose all their survivability and gain no damaging abilities. I can see why some Mistweavers would want to switch to Tiger Stance - I guess - although you can level just fine in Serpent Stance, as long a you're wearing intellect gear.

Never understood their fascination with RNG quest item drops. You set out to get ten items and kill between ten and a hundred enemies for them.

They should learn from SWTOR in that area and make some bonus objectives where you kill xx number of additional dudes to get the bonus. That way you always know how many more you need until you're done. The crap where you kill a dozen boars and none of them drop tusks... get out. Now. I saw they all had tusks - that's how they were able to Gore me!

Update on Rep items : OP Leveling in Townlong Steppes took me to 8000/12k through Honored with Shado-pan, Leveling through Dread Wastes took me to 10k/21k Revered with Klaxxi, Only doing the dailies once + 2 Shard turn ins. Tillers doing the opening Learning how to farm + 1 set of dailies and im 10500/12k Honored I unlocked my 2nd plot on day one.

Edited, Nov 30th 2012 4:10am by BeanX

Whelp I know what I will be doing this weekend.