AV xp nerf in 3.2.2

[Souca]

I'd guess that it's still faster than questing twice. AV exp was more consistent, at least for me, than questing. I always ended up stuck on a low drop rate collection quest, or get camped by horde, and lost multiple hours of xp time. In AV, we only lost exp when we lost, but it takes less time to lose than it did for me grinding 50 low drop rate items off of mobs that don't reset fast enough... Also, if you are 10 boxing, and can successfully rush the end boss, you have a good shot at being able to secure a win all by yourself. I know that 5 boxing, I've turned the tides more than a few times. I was able to kill Galv along with a tank and a healer one game after what was largely a fail run, so i got my exp from that. If you can box drek/val you can likely win it for your team.

Rushing end bosses won't help anymore. They are still level 83, or maybe 82; they show as skull to my 76s. You'd have to be 79 with some great crafted and quested gear to stand a chance of taking them out and then you've likely put more time into getting the gear than it would have taken to level.

I've watched a lot of wipes on Galv and Drek so far today because most people don't have a good tank set pre 80, and they are tanking the same mobs that the 80s were. I'm trying not to be too negative about this change, but it looks like it is going to put a wrench into my plans for some additional teams.

- Souca -

[Ualaa]

I'd imagine AV will still be less painful then collection quests in Northrend.

Sure, do the collections/chains which open the dailies you want to do, but AV with a distraction (dvd going) is still going to be a much easier option then quests. You'll get a few pvp items for free, and have the option to do the quests for extra gold if you choose to. Just don't AFK AV's, move around a bit and give the game some attention, so you take/hold/retake an objective, even if you don't have 100% of your attention on the 113th AV of the week etc.

[Ruodhaid]

You do still get honor aswell, imo its still the best way

[Coltimar]

One thing that a lot of you are failing to consider is that not only was the amount of xp nerfed, a ton fewer people are going to play it and there will be queues. There were only 2 AVs all day today. I waited 20 minutes on one and 25 on the second. Instant queues with the current xp rate might be ok but otherwise I don't think this is a superior option any longer.

[Multibocks]

So do both, quest when waiting and the combined should be ok xp. Just for the record I could easily outdo AV by questing in northrend. You just gotta know whats where and how to do it. Also flyers at 68 is awesomesauce. Makes questing so damn easy.

[Tasty]

You're all looking at this the wrong way.

People were complaining its a bit OP cause you end up with 3 epics at 80. If they halved the exp that means you'll have 6 pieces by 80 :P

[Multibocks]

LOL I had 4 epics when my rets finished the run and then I went on my shamans and bought as many 2k honor shards from the WG vendor as I could and bought another piece. 5 pieces to start at 80 is niiiiiice! Instant 5k health upgrade from what I was wearing lol.

[Multibocks]

Rushing end bosses won't help anymore. They are still level 83, or maybe 82; they show as skull to my 76s. You'd have to be 79 with some great crafted and quested gear to stand a chance of taking them out and then you've likely put more time into getting the gear than it would have taken to level.

I've watched a lot of wipes on Galv and Drek so far today because most people don't have a good tank set pre 80, and they are tanking the same mobs that the 80s were. I'm trying not to be too negative about this change, but it looks like it is going to put a wrench into my plans for some additional teams.

- Souca -

They said this was a oversight and will be hotfixing it shortly. So expect the boss to be killable by the 71-79s whenever they get around to hotfixing it. Back to the race I say!

[Coltimar]

You're all looking at this the wrong way.

People were complaining its a bit OP cause you end up with 3 epics at 80. If they halved the exp that means you'll have 6 pieces by 80 :P

That is a good point. I just hate the extra time.

[Smoooth]

They could have just removed honor gain if you got xp. Sort of like how you don't get as much quest gold if you still get xp from it.