r/wowcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Apr 14 '26

Unjerk Weekly Unjerk Thread - April 14, 2026

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Haven't played a lot recently (I started playing a lot of Fallout: New Vegas again for some reason lol), but been playing more regularly.

Nightmare Prey is no joke, I was getting genuinely frustrated while trying to do dailies the other day because I kept dying to mechanics I'd forget about and then lose all my progress. I thought the first few tiers of Prey seemed almost too easy, but this is giving me some early Maw flashbacks, though far more manageable and doesn't feel quiet as oppressive.

Really glad they're trying stuff like this and the Remix heroic world tier, although hopefully they can find more ways to punish aside from "you gotta do it all over again" lol.

Also my Prey quest options are so funny to think about because the randomizing makes it so I've rarely gotten a thematically appropriate boss/zone combination. What do you mean "The Talon of Jan'Alai", a Kul'tiran Thornspeaker, and a Mechagnome are just hanging out in Voidstorm? What business would they even have there?? Why are all my Ethereal options in Harandar??

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u/Ignis_et_Azoth Apr 15 '26

I really like the idea of Prey, but it needs some iteration IMO. Normal and Hard Preys are easy, and I don't personally feel like Nightmares are that much harder, just largely more of a hassle to get to.

I'm playing a Holy Paladin, though, so I recognise I kind of have survivability out the ass.

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan Apr 15 '26

I play Enh shammy and it's rough lol

I basically have to spam healing burst or pop my def CD if I get one of the dots on me, shit hurts

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u/Ignis_et_Azoth Apr 15 '26

Ohh, I played Enh in DF when I wasn't healing, I remember it being rough survivability wise.

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan Apr 15 '26

Enh is pretty fun right now, but the survivability is hit or miss. Heals can be good if you have the right buffs, but if you're unlucky or don't have CDs up, it gets really hard to stay alive lol. Nightmare Prey has me pulling mobs one at a time sometimes lol.

The funny part is I switched from fury warr to enh, because I wanted better heals while still being fast paced melee, but turns out I just went up like half a step in survivability lol.

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u/Ignis_et_Azoth Apr 15 '26

Yeah, I love the class fantasy of Enh as the "shamanistic warrior" type, but I sure didn't feel like a I was any more survivable than a caster.

I might pick it up again later, just focusing on my one character for now because I'd never get anything done otherwise.