Wow first character vs second

Mcwoods55 · April 2016

Ok. As of last week I only had one char a v16 sorc with 350 CPs. I remember how difficult things were the first time I ran them and I am a completionist so I never really had a need for another character.

However. I have become very tired of waiting for a party as a DPS so I created a Templar healer last week and went from lvl 1 to VR5 during the cake exp. I may even hit vr 6 before it ends tomorrow.

All I can say is wow... It is so much easier to fly through the content with an alt then it was with my primary char. I understand the thought behind this but at the same time I don't agree with it. It was so easy to do and took all the fun out of the character... The only thing that kept me leveling the templar was that I wanted the end game content without waiting for groups.

What was really funny is some of my friends with multiple vet 16s gained 15 CPs in 5 days (which is awesome!) but once I hit vr1 I gained 16 3/4 CPs in 4 hours because my enlightenment stacked up on my vr16 and I was on cake and exp scroll.

Sorry for the rant... but I guess my real concern is I know I will not get to vr 16 before brotherhood because there is no reason to... I mean once the dlc comes out I will technically be above a vr16 because of my CPs... I don't know if I like that or not.. To me I am putting the cart before the horse and considering obtaining my vr 16 gear because I will be able to put it on as soon as dlc lands... But I also know buying some of it later will be cheaper because new (hopefully better) gear will be out and I will want that.

What are your thoughts on the removal of vr level and never raising the level from 50 again?

What are you thoughts on characters sharing CPs?

Do you think they should find a balance between VR levels and CPs instead of removing one all together?

MissBizz · April 2016

I liked (like?) VR. Always have. Although it doesn't overly bothering me that they are taking them away. I guess I always liked the visible vertical progression VR levels gave me. I don't get the same feeling from CP as it comes quite quickly.

I like the idea of characters sharing CP. You can still have fun and go through the content without actually spending that CP on your new alt. This will probably help fix "flying through content" like you explained. As well, obviously cake buff and such helped that massively. Although, for folks who want to just try new playstyles and don't care to play through as many of the quests again (as they may have already done it multiple times) this allows them to fly through the content.

I think it will be okay with just CP. Sure, it will be really weird and there will probably be some issues creeping up when the change comes, but I'm sure it'll work out in the end.

Stannum · April 2016

in autumn 2014 there was patch after which PvE had bocome much more easier.

Mcwoods55 · April 2016

MissBizz wrote: »

I liked (like?) VR. Always have. Although it doesn't overly bothering me that they are taking them away. I guess I always liked the visible vertical progression VR levels gave me. I don't get the same feeling from CP as it comes quite quickly.

I like the idea of characters sharing CP. You can still have fun and go through the content without actually spending that CP on your new alt. This will probably help fix "flying through content" like you explained. As well, obviously cake buff and such helped that massively. Although, for folks who want to just try new playstyles and don't care to play through as many of the quests again (as they may have already done it multiple times) this allows them to fly through the content.

I think it will be okay with just CP. Sure, it will be really weird and there will probably be some issues creeping up when the change comes, but I'm sure it'll work out in the end.

I agree with you about the CPs coming quickly and with minimal change (Unless you don't use them up front and then dump al 100 in at once) and I also like the vertical progression.

So do you think achievements and the such should be shared as well? As a completionist it kind of stinks that this new guy has very few achievements while my other is loaded. LOL

Mcwoods55 · April 2016

My other thought is are we actually OP now as what we will be....

And what I mean by that is will we loose 15 skill points and ability points once they down size our vr 16? so will that make things challenging again?

Obliterate · April 2016

We won't loose 15 skill points, I think they're putting those skill points as milestones throughout 1-50.

Mcwoods55 · April 2016

Obliterate wrote: »

We won't loose 15 skill points, I think they're putting those skill points as milestones throughout 1-50.

Thank you! I have not seen that anywhere and was scared because my vr 16 is master crafter and if they took those away I wouldn't be able to have all crafts open even though I have all but 4 shards (those in the gates of our enemies (LOL)!