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Edited by Вишмастер on 24/07/12 11:47 (BST)
Hello!
A little prehistory... I’ve started playing on the official server since 2008. Like every beginner player, I’ve got the highest level, simultaneously marveling at the new world, customs and rules of the official server, achievements, and indeed almost any smallest details of the game. But one year has passed. I’ve obtained a long-awaited Level 80. Equipped in an ordinary blue items and knowing nothing about my own class, but met a lot of different people, who started as the same novices as I was, and finished the hardcore raiders. Then I began to wonder: What next? What else can I do here? At that time raids seemed to me incomprehensible, difficult, they scared and totally did not attracted me (especially after the guild raids on Sartharion from the Obsidian Sanctuary, when, having a terrible Internet, we heard the cries of RL, who implored us to run between the fire walls). BG was bored, Arena (like raids) seemed also hard and difficult. There was nothing to do. Until... Once I saw a player, who was riding on a white Winterspring Frostsaber. He stood out against common gray mounts, and I (as a big lover of something unusual and unique), right of wanted to get this mount. Who does not want to stand out among other? Immediately abandoning my shyness, I asked this player how to get it, and then, I rushed to farm. Yeah, it was difficult for about a month running up and down in the Winterspring, cruelly killing Chimeras, Frostsabers and Ice Giants. But finally I got my Winterspring Frostsaber and in addition a great achievement. And ... I loved it! Insane in the Membrane Further I got Insane in the Membrane. At first it seemed to me crazy, and impossible to achieve. I spent 3 insane months. One of them I’ve leveled up a rogue to level 60 and diligently farmed heavy junkboxes. Second month, days and nights, I sat in Dire Maul (friends "complained": "I enter the game - Wishmaster is in a Dire Maul, I wanna get out - he's as usual there, and I oversee it every day"). Third month I’ve finished everything that's left. Then in such a way I got a Hero of Shattrath and one by one started to obtain the other achievements... Friendship with the raids failed. I’ve raided the Ulduar, the Citadel and the early Cataclysm raids. I’ve got a lot of good friends with whom we continue to communicate until now. But most I prefer to depend on myself, on my desires and possibilities. I like to overcome the difficulties, I like this pleasant feeling when I do something difficult, that other players have refused to do. I like to do the "great thing" at the end of which I will be rewarded. And the most attractive for me is the process of receiving but not the moment of getting the achievement. And finally, there are great moments, when other gamers point at you a finger, loudly calling «Achievement geek» (no, it does not hurt, it even please), but after all whispers: «How long did you farm it?» In our days... Came the Cataclysm time. The achievement “Insane” became “Scarcely Insane” because the Shen'dralar faction (about 1/4 of the achievement) was removed. You’ve added guild perks, that significantly increased the speed of gaining the reputation, the Darkmoon Faire was updated in patch 4.3 and thus and so gamers were able to obtain all reputation only making usual daily quests. “Insane in the Membrane” has lost its uniqueness - everyone can get it, making just little effort. During all the Cataclysm beta I hoped that we would get an analog of “Insane in the Membrane”, a new crazy achievement, having heard the name of which, ordinary people would say: «It is impossible, unreal!». But unfortunately it didn’t appear. Cataclysm came to its logical end. Slowly, approaches Mists of Pandaria. And there is no New Insane in the Membrane. PvE players get their raiding achievements, PvP players - their own. «Achievement geeks» - get nothing. But why there is no small achievement? It is just a couple of lines of code, a few letters and little achievement icon! Why not create a global goal for which you can throw all? Double Insane I understand, that not many people are interested in hard achievements, like us. But we do exist. And we need our «new content». Please do us a favor. Let be the new achievement’s name «Insane in the Membrane – 2» and its title «Double Insane», but let it be! We really need it. I hope that you would understand my wish. In any case, I want to thank you for this amazing game, and for a special "spirit of Blizzard», which prevails even outside the game. Thanks! =) With best regards. Your eternal fan and feral druid to the innermost of my heart, Wishmaster (Вишмастер) PS: I’m looking forward to any support (click "Like") and comments… |
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While The Insane is still an achieve I have not even gathered the courage to go farm for, I do agree with this post that there needs to be a new version of some sort.
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I like how the insane was nerfed to the ground gradually so the casuals could get it
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In all fairness, you got it after the first nerfs as well. |
explain |
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Darkmoon Fair-trinkets becoming BoE, enables people to sell em for more $$, and the bloodsail-nerf that make it possible for people to not have bloodsail and steamwheedle at the same time, to get the feat.
Might sound like lesser nerfs, but it's still nerfs. |
Darkmoon Fair-trinkets becoming BoE, enables people to sell em for more $$, and the bloodsail-nerf that make it possible for people to not have bloodsail and steamwheedle at the same time, to get the feat. not having bloodsail and goblins at same time was never a nerf. it was always possible. as for the trinket part yeah, doesnt mean you actually sold em though |
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Darkmoon Fair-trinkets becoming BoE, enables people to sell em for more $$, and the bloodsail-nerf that make it possible for people to not have bloodsail and steamwheedle at the same time, to get the feat. Wrong, feel free to check it up. as for the trinket part yeah, doesnt mean you actually sold em though Still a nerf |
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Nice read indeed :-) Not really related to the "New insane" discussion, but a new Battlemaster would be neat. |
Nice read indeed :-) I agree - what we going to grind - currrently seems that we have all the achi's - Insane and Hero of Shatt With MoP the new Beloved title is gonna cover the 60 exhalted reps, it beggs the question, what is left to grind like that??? Well this rules out reps, so it may have to be some kind of physical item one has to grind in game: "THE OVER-RATED" This could entail the following: kill 45000 Scarlets Kill 45000 Nether rays Kill 45000 Vykrul Kill 45000 Twilight Cultists Kill 45000 of a MoP mob this would never nerfing and just be a plain killing grind "The Gatherer" Mine 100 000 ore Gather 100 000 herbs Fish 100 000 fish This is a gathering achi and also would never need nerfing "The Dungeon Runner" = This plainly is kill all dungeon end bosses X times (say 1000 or 10k etc) Also the achi could be any combination of the above Hope this gets the creative thinking going :-) |
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I LOVE the idea. I want it. I need it. WoW is an MMO but i never liked Raiding and while i enjoy PvP i prefere to play alone and The Insane was the perfect thing for me. I remember how i rushed it before the Darkmoon Nerf so i can get it "while it was still hard" hehe. I dont really care what it will require as long as it will be SUPER hard and wont make me group up with ppl.
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Edited by Nethermore on 24/07/12 18:00 (BST)
Get something that req. skill instead.
The Bloodthirsty. |
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Edited by Banzhe on 24/07/12 18:05 (BST)
Hidden Npc's in the open world, preferably moving about to avoid spot on guides granting a series of unique quests all tied together, once all are completed you get a title; Shady <insert player name> / <Insert player name> of the Dark Covenant.
Could complete a story through the ages of warcraft. I can't come up with an idea for another insane of the top of my head, but will return if there's some ideas:-) Great post OP! +1 |
