Yumyum. my warlock, has all the Triumph pve gear and is working on the Furious pvp set five days after 3.3 went live. After running ten or more instances an evening some trends are apparent.
The mechanics of cross-realm instancing are working well. Entering the instance may take several tries, but that will improve soon. Instance stability is good. Gear matching works to the extent that I haven't been placed in a group that couldn't finish an instance for lack of dps. (For lack of tanking or healing skills, yes, but rarely.)
Replacing players who dc or opt out (usually from Occulus) is quick. This is surprising considering how long it could take to find a tank or healer using LFM on Stormrage.
I have not yet seen a loot fight. There is a problem with hybrid classes being unable to roll need for offspec gear. There is so little socializing during these speed runs that it isn't possible to discuss passing on an item so that someone can be assured of winning with a greed roll.
Losing the social aspects of grouping from the LFG list is the only downside to the new system. I hope they will revive the LFG/LFM lists for grouping locally.
I always have Recount up, and have detected a new form of camping. A player may act out the fights and autofollow without actually doing anything. This is immediately obvious when dps/damage doesn't change. These parasites are voted out and replaced, or not, as necessary.
Yumyum will have stripmined all the new gear by January, then it's LFR to see Ony 10. I don't see how random groups can raid any but the simplest instances, but I don't mind trying.
The mechanics of cross-realm instancing are working well. Entering the instance may take several tries, but that will improve soon. Instance stability is good. Gear matching works to the extent that I haven't been placed in a group that couldn't finish an instance for lack of dps. (For lack of tanking or healing skills, yes, but rarely.)
Replacing players who dc or opt out (usually from Occulus) is quick. This is surprising considering how long it could take to find a tank or healer using LFM on Stormrage.
I have not yet seen a loot fight. There is a problem with hybrid classes being unable to roll need for offspec gear. There is so little socializing during these speed runs that it isn't possible to discuss passing on an item so that someone can be assured of winning with a greed roll.
Losing the social aspects of grouping from the LFG list is the only downside to the new system. I hope they will revive the LFG/LFM lists for grouping locally.
I always have Recount up, and have detected a new form of camping. A player may act out the fights and autofollow without actually doing anything. This is immediately obvious when dps/damage doesn't change. These parasites are voted out and replaced, or not, as necessary.
Yumyum will have stripmined all the new gear by January, then it's LFR to see Ony 10. I don't see how random groups can raid any but the simplest instances, but I don't mind trying.
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