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Monday, January 14, 2008
A watery mini-rant
As I said I leveled my WoW mage from 44 to 47 this weekend. And that again made me wonder why they set up the mage's summon water spell the way it is. The various drinks that recover mana have a level restriction, and that restriction goes up in steps of 10 levels. There is level 5 drinks, level 15 drinks, level 25 drinks, level 35 drinks, level 45 drinks, and so on. So when you hit level 45, you naturally prefer the level 45 drink, which gives three thousand mana over the level 35 drink which gives only two thousand.
The mage water summoning spells also increase every 10 levels. But instead of going up at levels 15, 25, 35 and 45, they go up at levels 20, 30, 40, and 50 etc. Thus a level 45 to 49 mage can only summon level 35 water, and ends up rather using the level 45 water he can buy for cheap enough. Then at level 50 to 54 he'll use his summoned level 45 water, until at level 55 it again becomes better to use bought water.
Why can't I summon level 45 water at level 45, where I need it?
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Welcome to the service industry. Conjured foods and water are not primarily for you, but for your teammates.
Wouldn't it be much better if there was just one spell that scales with your level ? That would solve this problem ;).
# posted by 
: 14/1/08 12:46
: 14/1/08 12:46
Isn't there a quest in Feralas that addresses this problem?
And pushing cold snap further down the tree blows!
And pushing cold snap further down the tree blows!
# posted by : 14/1/08 12:46
: 14/1/08 12:46
Same with a few professions. You wont make much good gear for you char with your crafting profession unless you powerlevel it with stuff you cant get at your lvl. Even gather professions suffer the same fault.
It's because mages get it for FREE while others have to buy it from vendors (or beg mages). There has to be some mini-drawback for getting something for free...
# posted by : 14/1/08 15:24
: 14/1/08 15:24
Plus, Blizzard made it so that every 10th level is a "special" level, where you get some sort of mini-benefit for having achieved it. It made sense at the time, but now with all of us wanting to just hurry up and catch up, it seems more like a pain in the butt than an achievement.
# posted by : 14/1/08 15:35
: 14/1/08 15:35
snafzg---->Warlocks and Paladins get their mount for free, why can't mages summon water and food for free too? The argument that they should have to pay for it makes no sense to me. If it's a matter of not giving out quality food and water to your group-mates for free, they could create a new spell for the mage than summons BOP food and water.
# posted by : 14/1/08 20:44
: 14/1/08 20:44
Getting free food and water is a benefit that the mage enjoys for their entire adventuring career, and represents a far greater monetary benefit than the rather meager one-time savings of a free level 40 mount.
Yes, I can see that it's irritating to be stuck using level 35 water until level 50, but nobody is FORCING the mage to buy level 45 water from level 45-49. That's a choice in the name of speed - level 35 water is still free.
If you could no longer use level 35 water when you hit level 45 that would be an obvious and valid problem, but it still works just fine.
For whatever reason, Blizzard has designed the game such that items generally don't become available until long after their optimal level performance is past--just look at most crafted goods.
Why it is designed that way I don't know, but it's a game-wide problem, rather than specific to a single mage spell, and a bigger issue for crafters funneling hundreds of gold into skills that aren't helpful than for a mage with sub-optimal free stuff.
Yes, I can see that it's irritating to be stuck using level 35 water until level 50, but nobody is FORCING the mage to buy level 45 water from level 45-49. That's a choice in the name of speed - level 35 water is still free.
If you could no longer use level 35 water when you hit level 45 that would be an obvious and valid problem, but it still works just fine.
For whatever reason, Blizzard has designed the game such that items generally don't become available until long after their optimal level performance is past--just look at most crafted goods.
Why it is designed that way I don't know, but it's a game-wide problem, rather than specific to a single mage spell, and a bigger issue for crafters funneling hundreds of gold into skills that aren't helpful than for a mage with sub-optimal free stuff.
# posted by : 15/1/08 02:20
: 15/1/08 02:20
I had a 70 Mage (canceled now), and I never found it to be a problem. I'm the type that surfs the net while I play the game, so I just enjoyed the extra few seconds I had while drinking.
My complaint was not offering up the turtle polymorph as a training, or even a simple quest option. I can't get a group to go to ZG in todays WoW, so I'm stuck with my Sheep / Pig. It doesn't matter now since I've canceled, but damnit, I wanted a turtle!
My complaint was not offering up the turtle polymorph as a training, or even a simple quest option. I can't get a group to go to ZG in todays WoW, so I'm stuck with my Sheep / Pig. It doesn't matter now since I've canceled, but damnit, I wanted a turtle!
# posted by : 17/1/08 18:45
: 17/1/08 18:45
The way the game goes mages use up mana alot faster than any other classes. On average, a mage has to drink per 2 kills. All other classes can go many more kills before having to sit down to eat/drink. So if mages were to buy drinks like others they would obviously have to pay alot more gold. Or alternatively they can conjure inferior drink for free and sit down for twice as long as any other classes (that's on top of having to sit down at least twice as frequent as any other classes). So its obvious blizzard is making mages life hell, until level70.
To snafzg:
There's already a drawback for getting water for free, and that is the fact that mages have to drink at least twice as often as any other classes (due to design of the game, not personal choice). So to make them drink inferior water or pay hefty amount of gold for normal water just don't seem right to me.
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To snafzg:
There's already a drawback for getting water for free, and that is the fact that mages have to drink at least twice as often as any other classes (due to design of the game, not personal choice). So to make them drink inferior water or pay hefty amount of gold for normal water just don't seem right to me.
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