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You liked the Tourney? How much is Blizzard paying you?

It was the most clunky thing ever. Even with 18ms latency, I would ride straight through **** and not hit it.

I didn't mind the tourney at all. And I have all mounts and pets that can be acquired there. The only thing still missing is the Horde-only Grunt-pet. But soon my Horde Monk will take care of that, too.

I think at first I had some problems with it since the handling is really screwed up. But after I got the hang of it it worked pretty well.

The 'lore' behind the tournament (including the 5man instances and the raid) was indeed incredibly stupid.

Pretty much. Clunky but enjoyable since it is just located to that specific area and no where else.

When I had perfect latency, there was still a HUGE delay in using the action and the action happening. That's only gotten worse with time.

And the controls themselves are clunky and odd. It's just not a reactive system (even by design, with the way the vehicles move).

I could DO it, and I could do it decently well by the end. But I did it by exploiting the systems in ways they clearly weren't supposed to be used - pretty much cheating the vehicle mechanic against itself.

Which was the first flaw: A jousting mechanic where you just stand there and beat someone up with your lance. Great game. The second flaw was the fact that any movement, any movement at all, caused hitboxes to go ******** hence the aforementioned ************************************** comment.

I'm glad the mechanic worked for you, I really am, but I had angry players comment on it daily in the Icecrown general chat, so I know it wasn't just me. One of WoW's strong points has always been the responsiveness of the game, so the jousting thing was a very jarring switch from that.

Tried it with and without addons, but I didn't notice a change.

Tbh, for most of my WoW career, I've been extremely light with addons. Usually used the default UI, for instance. Only thing really standard was a threat meter.



I did notice this, as well.

Honestly, though, I just think jousting was just at the intersection of a bunch of problems.

For one, vehicles have always had an input lag (at least for me). That's not limited to jousting. There's a noticeable delay between using a vehicle action and using a character ability. I just always figured it was a design problem (or choice).

If some people aren't having this, then it's definitely a design problem. And it's definitely a widespread one. Maybe it's not a majority of players (though before this thread I thought it was everyone), but it's definitely a really, really big minority.

But jousting itself is also just poorly designed. The shield-throw-charge thing just doesn't work out like it's supposed to. It's vastly more effective to cheat against he UI and the vehicle lag so you can chain charges together, plus playing fast and loose with the range detection. I'm not sure I know how to explain this, but I have finished the 4 champ fights without needing to heal, because you can exploit the mechanics against them.

On the other hand, if you DON'T exploit the mechanics, it's just painful. And it's just horribly inefficient to play as they designed it (if you're using 1, ever, you're doing it wrong).

/shrug

I wasn't a fan when they implemented it. I'm really not a fan now that the input lag has gotten much worse.

Then they introduced aerial jousting in Cataclysm as part of the leveling chain...

Homeage aside, that quest is probably my least favorite of all times, including all the quests in Vashj'ir.

I enjoyed it. Although I'm old enough to have played the original.

Whatever it was, that one in Storm Peaks, where you're circling (Thorim's throne?) on a drake and need to knock off the other riders. Only you're on your hunter, and it's all melee, and there's a minimum range for your bow.

I don't particularly like that quest but I never thought it to be that bad.

Maybe I'm just weird.

Why must you be so different from me all the time?

I hated Vashj'ir on my Warlock, but loved it on my Warrior. The whole depth thing was off, and I had one heck of a time judging distance, especially in places like that starting kelp forest. Is that a big fish in the distance, or a little fish up close?

Warrior was easier since there was little reason to judge distance, just get up close in their mug and click rend. None of this watching and trying to judge aggro distance with both you and a pet in 3D space.