So far patch 4.3 for World of Warcraft has been the best part of the expansion thus far. Yes, things were greatly simplified but you always have to realize that not everyone is great. For instance, I did LFR today where some jackass griefer kept pulling mobs and wiping our group. Since we didn’t have a chance to rez properly, it was hard to boot him. Eventually, he left once people realized that he was causing issues. But once we got rid of him, the raid went pretty smooth.
At the moment, I’ve been gearing three guys, my hunter, shaman and death knight. I’ve managed to get enough gear on all three to do the LFR, but I’m mostly focusing on the first raid. Thus far, it’s pretty simple. After going through it once, you shouldn’t have too much difficulty. At the moment, I’m having my hunter and DK handling that side. My hunter has finally maxed himself out with regards to the current batch of Heroics. My DK is close too and just needs to replace his legs and shoulders (especially his shoulders!!!!!). I’m waiting on my shaman a little since he’s still technically undergeared.
However, my plan for my shaman is to continue grinding out gear from the current batch of Heroics until he replaces most of his current stuff. The worst items are his trinkets, but there’s little I can do outside of get JP for the trinket and hope that the Arrow of Time drops down the road. At the same time, I’m building up an elemental gear set on the side. I hope to play him as a range eventually. At least then, he’ll have more things to do when he maxes out from the current instances.
I have to admit that the new instances aren’t that bad. I am sick of Well of Eternity, but honestly it’s a pretty easy instance. I just kept hitting it over and over despite not needing anything for one of my guys. The positive is that they’re pretty short so you can gear up reasonably quickly (unless the RNG gods do not look favorably upon you). Eventually, you’ll hit a wall where the drops slow down. However, you can just keep farming JP to load up on badge gear.
Overall, it’s been much better than the previous patches. Not as grindy but at least we’re back to the positive parts of WOTLK.