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Scott Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2025 total appearances

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The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

yeah or uh that or maybe dps but maybe even some kind of healing thing maybe it's more utilitarian like providing instead of heels or providing stone shields that well like i said the rune carving right you're like you put you plop runes on the ground that people can stand in and and do stuff and great idea it's a great idea what would they think you know what i bet if we could ask the right people they'd say oh well this was on the whiteboard we just didn't get to it or something

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Yeah. I agree. All right, well, let's get down into the dirt where these guys would go if there was such a class, and that is the newest system in the game, the Delves. Overall, I think Delves are really great, but I did not have that impression at first. My first impression was, oh, well, these are going to get boring quick because I don't see a lot of variation in here.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Yeah. I agree. All right, well, let's get down into the dirt where these guys would go if there was such a class, and that is the newest system in the game, the Delves. Overall, I think Delves are really great, but I did not have that impression at first. My first impression was, oh, well, these are going to get boring quick because I don't see a lot of variation in here.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

But here's where I was wrong. The variation, maybe if you ran only at Tier 3 for the rest of your life, you're going to limit your variations. But when you go up in the tiers... And by the time I got to 6, 7, and 8, it was like wildly different what you were doing in these same Dells, which may share similar layouts.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

But here's where I was wrong. The variation, maybe if you ran only at Tier 3 for the rest of your life, you're going to limit your variations. But when you go up in the tiers... And by the time I got to 6, 7, and 8, it was like wildly different what you were doing in these same Dells, which may share similar layouts.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

But they would throw new mechanics, new reasons to be there, new quests to do while you're in there. And also, it's very generous with giving you gear commensurate with the tier level you choose. And I have very quickly shifted from these are okay to this might be my favorite thing in years that the game has done.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

But they would throw new mechanics, new reasons to be there, new quests to do while you're in there. And also, it's very generous with giving you gear commensurate with the tier level you choose. And I have very quickly shifted from these are okay to this might be my favorite thing in years that the game has done.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

And I've been curious the whole time, cause you and I haven't really talked about it in depth. What do you think of delves and how they've been executed?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

And I've been curious the whole time, cause you and I haven't really talked about it in depth. What do you think of delves and how they've been executed?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Yeah. Even more so now because they've nerfed it for solo and buffed it for multiplayer in there.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Yeah. Even more so now because they've nerfed it for solo and buffed it for multiplayer in there.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I think these should be focused on single player, but anyway.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I think these should be focused on single player, but anyway.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Like he would get turned?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

Like he would get turned?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I feel like it was about a week there of chaos in the month that just felt like they weren't sure what was going on. But I feel it feels pretty solid right now. I was also around for one of these runs where I did two people, and it took us longer to take that boss down together than it did with me on my own. And I think that's how it should be, right?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I feel like it was about a week there of chaos in the month that just felt like they weren't sure what was going on. But I feel it feels pretty solid right now. I was also around for one of these runs where I did two people, and it took us longer to take that boss down together than it did with me on my own. And I think that's how it should be, right?

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I don't want to go in there and just chip away, even if it's not really hurting me that much. I don't want to chip away in an eternal freaking damage sponge. That's not fun. I can think of plenty of other things I'd rather be doing than that. And I feel like they've balanced that out pretty well since.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

I don't want to go in there and just chip away, even if it's not really hurting me that much. I don't want to chip away in an eternal freaking damage sponge. That's not fun. I can think of plenty of other things I'd rather be doing than that. And I feel like they've balanced that out pretty well since.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 669: Bug Hunters

And to my luck, most of these problems were happening when I was maybe running up to tier three and only doing it here and there. I was doing other stuff. So really, it's been post all those fixes that I've enjoyed it the most. Yeah. I don't know. I think it's really strong. I would like to see more, even more variety, maybe less spider shit. You know, there's things about it.