Repetitive heroic dailies
by John Himes 
Nov 18th 2007 at 9:00PM
I've enjoyed the heroic daily quests recently added to WoW. In addition to the new badge rewards, they give me a reason to run five-player dungeons again, which is really one of my favorite parts of the game. While some of the quests have led to frustrating situations where the group is trying to learn the strategy for a heroic dungeon that none of us have attempted before, most of my experiences have been good ones.One downside of the random nature of the quests is the fact that the same dungeon can be selected several days in a row. On my main server, Auchenai Crypts has been selected three times over the last four days. This dungeon was considerably nerfed in the last patch, but some of the encounters are still annoying and many of my guildmates have expressed their growing distaste for the instance.
Have you had much repetition in the new daily quests on your server?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
klink-o Nov 18th 2007 9:08PM
Along the same lines, the PVP daily has been Arathi Basin 3 of the last 4 days.
Mr. Whaa? Nov 18th 2007 9:29PM
This post had absolutely no point.
Hellbena Nov 18th 2007 9:40PM
Posts don't always have to have a point. He's just looking to see how other people have been affected by the random selection of dungeon dailies.
So far my server has gotten Steamvault as the Heroic daily twice in a row.
And @#1 try Warsong Gultch 3 of the last 4 days.
Rich Nov 18th 2007 9:45PM
@2, your reply had no point either...
My server has had a different heroic each day, but 3 WSG's for the PvP daily.
Coach Nov 18th 2007 10:12PM
We've had two heroic ramps and two heroic mechs for Destromath so far.
Ves Nov 18th 2007 10:16PM
Heroics on Ghostlands have been fine, but the Rokk has asked for Kaliri, Manaberries, Manaberries, Kaliri, Manaberries, Kaliri.
Paul Beard Nov 18th 2007 10:34PM
Crypts 3x as well. Crypts isnt to bad a run with a good group so I have done it all 3x.
Rokk hasnt asked for manaberries yet for me.
I also got a different PVP daily from Stormwind to what I got in Shatt. and no it wasnt the previous days etc as that was EOTS and this was WSG/AB
Tharina Nov 18th 2007 10:58PM
So far Hydraxis has had Slave Pens, Ramparts, Mechanar and Black Morass. I've ran them all, two with guild and two with pugs, there are so many great players horde side on Hydraxis though it's super easy to find pugs that go well. Overall the addition of these dailies has added lots more activity on the server, one of the better additions Blizz has given us lately imo.
brett Nov 18th 2007 11:17PM
On Feathermoon we've had Slavepens for the last three days.
Baluki Nov 18th 2007 11:25PM
Hey, that's just the nature of randomness. Sometimes, you get the same thing over and over. Theoretically, it's possible to get the same thing every single time until the servers shut down.
I've really enjoyed the new dailies. I've actually been PvPing too. Lucky for me, for the past 2 days, the quest has been for EOTS (and it's EOTS weekend).
I've been trying to do the dailies, but of course the dungeons are filled with noobs who have no reason to be in a Heroic dungeon yet. And, of course, there are dozens of groups saying "lf2m, need tank and healer, have 3 dps". I'm not even going to attempt to pug for another couple weeks.
Morrigän Nov 18th 2007 11:26PM
We (at Norgannon) had Arcatraz, Shattered Halls and today Cryps, the most irritating instance, heroic or not. We really are out of luck...
Pulls that bring invisible mobs, surprise explosions in the middle of a bridge (that more than once punted guildies off while they were afk drinking), a boss that increases your spell casting making healing almost impossible and with some nasty ways to kill the group all at once and finally a last boss that makes doppelgangers of everyone (including himself).
Unless they starting giving 10 badges as reward, I'm not going back there -_-
alokoc Nov 19th 2007 2:09AM
the post in this site has no point.
it you are growing a distaste for the instance, then just dont run it, nobody is forcing u to run it, get a brain and get a life, k thanks.
Rerolled Nov 19th 2007 2:19AM
I think my realm has had heroic BM every single day. Fortunately it's the shortest heroic there is, which is kinda nice.
Solnova Nov 19th 2007 4:10AM
Shadowmoon has had Ramparts and Black Morass exclusively - until today when it was Shattered halls. L2 Variety?
hpavc Nov 19th 2007 4:51AM
Next on the WOWSPAN2, farming motes ... is it repetitive?
Wraeth Nov 19th 2007 5:25AM
If a post isn't to your liking, don't read it. Last time I checked you don't pay anything to read this site, so if its not to your taste, stfu and gtfo. Constant barrages of people complaining about the writing here serves no purpose; I highly doubt any of the critics could write to anywhere near the average standard of article here. This site constantly entertains and amuses me throughout the day, and an ignorant "omg terrible post never write again" style comment just isn't necessary. You don't like it? Stop reading and let those who do read it in peace.
Merc Nov 19th 2007 6:51AM
Echo Isles has seen some repetition, but not much. Fortunately, we've had 2 days that the heroic and normal dailies have been in the same instance. In case you hadn't figured it out, doing the normal daily in a heroic dungeon still counts.
As for the article complaints, I'm really happy to see a backlash against it. If you want hard hitting journalism about how you spend your time, take up a hobby that isn't a video game. Idiots.
Vestras Nov 19th 2007 8:02AM
Medivh: Mana Tombs at least 3 days. Ramparts at least 2. It's not been fun...
So far only 2 cooking quests: Revenge stew and Demon broiled.
plixer Nov 19th 2007 9:53AM
all variety on Eitrigg :)
Ramps, BF, SH, then uh. well I didn't check today yet
Karl Nov 19th 2007 11:31AM
This is a little off-topic, but is anyone else annoyed at the fact that you only need to be honored in order to get the heroics key now?
Setting the scenario:
My friend has wanted to go back to tanking for a while and had gear good enough to tank most heroics without any issues. He was revered on his tank and has only a green or two (good greens for the +def or block on them). Otherwise, his gear was blue-purple.
My friend sends a tell to me while I am on my alt to help assist with the last boss of Heroic Ramparts. They kept losing members and just needed to perform the last boss. I jump on my Warlock main and join the group. I don't recognize any of the names from the others in the group, but whatever...its a PuG. Upon arrival, I see there is another Warlock in the group, and a very annoying little twerp of a Warlock as I soon came to find. His attitude made me feel the need to check his gear. Yep - all greens except for the blue staff from the Ring of Blood in Nagrand. What the heck was this guy doing in a heroics? Then I remember, you only need to be honored to enter.
So, we go in and my friend tanks the last boss, and because of knowing his play style, I open up after a few seconds and we quickly down the boss. My friend then says, "Finally." I ask what was wrong, and he tells me about the noob group who would not pay attention to marking, focus fire on marked targets, and the Warlock that would DoT everyone (including CC) and then attempt to use fear as CC throughout the instance...then asked to see damage meters. He said they had been trying to down the boss 4 times and kept wiping because the healer would run out of mana due to the DPS being so low, the fight would go on forever. So, just curious, I check my DPS meter on the last boss. Warrior Tank (my friend) was sitting just barely below the other Warlock.
Now, aside from my loathing for the way the other Warlock acted, I sat back and wondered why Blizzard would make the move of allowing a "Honored" toon into a Heroics. Please remember now, you can get honored with almost any faction just by doing a few quests for that faction while leveling. You don't have to have stepped into a single instance in the game. Therefore, people that have NEVER even been in a group, much less a regular instance, now have access to heroics such as Heroic Arc, Heroic SH, and Heroic SV. These people would not stand a chance in a regular instance, much less a heroics. They become a liability. And since everyone and their dog can go to heroics now, it is a lot harder to bother with looking people up in the Armory before adding them to your group (because someone else may actually snatch up the good players). Also, to compound the problem, Armory will not be a good way to gauge a character either, since Badges of Justice are so easy to get by coasting by a lower heroics instance on the back of other players. Eventually everyone will have gear better than Kara/Gruul's/SSC epics, without having to have learned how to use their class.
I apologize for being OT from the post, and for being long winded as well, but with the question so fresh in my mind, I wanted to know if others were seeing the same problem.