I got a new laptop and felt compelled to fill up some of my empty hard drive space with WoW. It's been very strange seeing my old characters after almost a year off. Even though I played a Warlock up to 70 and a Hunter up to 50 after a year I can barely remember how to play, what the controls are, etc. I feel like a fresh faced noob again, lol.
I've heard that Blizzard has made the leveling requirements much faster and easier for characters levels 1-60, so I am thinking about starting a new class character. If anyone here is still playing WoW, and feels like rolling up a new character and playing with a fellow TrekSFer for a little while give me a shout and we can get started together. It would be so much fun to get a regular little WoW group going with folks from here. Like I said, I have other toons so if we get started together on the server where my characters are I can help us out with gold.
I'm still on Earthen Ring but don't seem to have a great deal of time to play lately. I have my little 70 gnome mage named Reico. I also am working on a Blood Elf Hunter named Lyndark. She is about level 28.
Earthen Ring as well. Horde side. I have a 66 undead priest named Theshat (yes, you read that right) and a 26 blood elf rogue named Rasht.
Rico, is you hunter on Earthen ring as well? I know for a fact alea iacta est would love to add you to its ranks.
My hunter is on Earthen Ring - only server I have really ever played on. I was in alea iacta est for a time, but they dumped me when I went off to get my mage to 70. LOL!
Well a quick whisper to an officer can get you right back in! A pool of 2000 other players is great for leveling. I'm not much on instances but when a run pops up and I happen to have the time (which isn't often) it's a blast.
I have a lvl 51 Dwarf Hunter on Earthen Ring and a lvl 4 ORc Rogue on there also
Well, good luck in Wow. Eve Online is my new home after my guild burned me alive.....
If you need any advice, I can give some.
King
I started a Troll Warrior on Earthen Ring and I am going to try to get in AIE next month when they open up registration again. In the meantime I am levelling my Undead Mage on the PvP sever that my Warlock is on, Darrowmere. I've gone from lvl 9 to 39 in just a couple weeks...I am loving this new levelling curve from 1-60---super fast!
Let me know when you get in! Fell free to add Theshat (66 shadow priest) and Rasht (29 rogue) to your friends list and fire off a whisper.
You know i've never played WOW and i'm very weary about even going there. Our RPG takes up a lot of my time so i dare not go there. Plus i have no idea what anyone is talking about. ;)
Heh heh. Wow is certainly its own "beast". Right now, I consider it a vacation away from it. I might return but who knows. I still have friends there.
King
I'm tempted but i simply do not have the time. I'm writing for three internet comedy shows now and along with our RPG and my normal work life it's just not possible. 30 hour days are needed ha ha.
All I'd say is that if you can control your playtime, WoW is fun becuase you can pop on for 10 mins or play for 6 hours. At least in my opinion. However that *really* depends on you and the way you play the game. I've been playing for about 2 years and my highest character is level 66. Level 70 is the top, some people get there in a month, I like messing around and taking my time.
If you don't make it a competition, it won't be.
^^^ Very good advice. However, I find Wow to be far less flexible than Eve Online atm. Mostly because I was into Arena and raiding so I guess I was just asking for a burnout of WOW.
Just a word of advice. Unless you REALLY want to be the "best" at wow, don't try. 3.0 is comin and I'm afraid any gear you get at this point will be mute soon. Just play how you want, and don't let ANYONE dictate what you do. Be that your spec, class or otherwise.
Otherwise, you'll burn out like I did and hate Blizzard's guts. ;)
King
Ha ha, Tim you crack me up ;)
Heh heh. :)
Yea, I have a lot of feelings with that game. 50% good. 50% bad.
*sighs with contentment*
King
1500 posts Tim. Congrats to you my fine friend.
LOL I didn't notice that. Ty Hawkeye!
King
WOW :D Just hit 3000g - getting very lucky finding gems while mining.
I need to do something to get the gold pouring. I still need an epic flyer for my Warlock and 5000G seems like an impossible task to me.
Just takes hard work for the most part. And of course resisting the temptation to buy anything.
Although, I'll admit I cheated. A warlock and mage friend and I were racing each other to get the epic flyer first. So the lock gets with me so that we can beat the mage to it by him giving me the gold for the mount. In return, I would help him get his epic flyer. However, the irony is, is that he transferred off the server about two weeks later. I got really lucky :)
King
I don't dare to start WoW...it will be like opium to me...and I couldn't stop.
I got that monkey off my back way back when I played Ultima 5 (by Origins) straight through one night......
Shamino lives!
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on June 24, 2008, 06:43:23 AM
I need to do something to get the gold pouring. I still need an epic flyer for my Warlock and 5000G seems like an impossible task to me.
Dailies Dailies Dailies. I also make god money with dual gathering professions (skinning/herb)
Well, I have joined the online sensation that is WoW. Figured it might make my Dad more interested in playing again. Earthen Ring- Eiex soon to be the most baddest druid on the planet.
Oh - you don't need to make me more interested in playing bud. ;) My new shaman named Jadeye should be on some tonight.
PLEASE tell me you both rolled horde! I wanna roll with you guys! Otherwise I may need to level my Gnome Mage.
We are alliance. I wanted to do a Dranei. Son is a Night Elf. I've played mostly alliance so it's just easier. But I do have a Blood Elf hunter around level 28 I was doing a little with.
Lol. Time to get on my little gnome then! My issue with Alliance is I don't have anyone to play with. AIE got me to used to the constant buzz of gchat. I keep wanting to levell an ally but I tend to get bored.
Feel free to look us up. If I have time to get on, I usually play at around 6-8 pm EDT - give or take.
You'll be added to the friend's list!
Oh, you guys are tempting me to transfer...........
Oh wait, I didn't say I was back. No way, just thinking out loud, you know.
King
No need to transfer, we're all lowbies. roll an alt!
Then again, you're not back.
;)
*sigh* fine. Might as well admit it. I'm back >.<.......................................
My parent's hate it though, but wth. I'll live. It is after all MY MONEY. Besides, If I got a Wii or something, that would actually cost more $$ per month than Wow ever will. So I'm actually SAVING money.
Who am I kidding. lol
King
Just remember, everything is fine in moderation and games are supposed to be FUN.
Quote from: billybob476 on July 08, 2008, 10:25:59 AM
Just remember, everything is fine in moderation and games are supposed to be FUN.
Of course. I'll admit, that the reason they hate it is because I did tend to splurge on it early on. I just wish I could move out of the house.
*Moving out of house reduces glare effects by 75%*
*Moving out of house also reduces chance of war by 85%*
;)
King
Billybob, what are names of your toons. I'll be on this afternoon/evening/night after I eat/workout/and do some HW.
Quote from: Rico on July 08, 2008, 09:55:09 AM
We are alliance. I wanted to do a Dranei. Son is a Night Elf. I've played mostly alliance so it's just easier. But I do have a Blood Elf hunter around level 28 I was doing a little with.
Yay! Another alliance. I dislike playing horde ;)
King
Quote from: MSUFan on July 08, 2008, 10:28:26 AM
Billybob, what are names of your toons. I'll be on this afternoon/evening/night after I eat/workout/and do some HW.
Trinko is my only Alliance (12 gnome mage). My Horde toons are Theshat (67 undead priest), Rasht (29 Blood Elf rogue) and Malto, 13 (I think) Troll Shaman.
Ok, I've made a character on Earthen Ring called: Isaacsr Elemental Shaman. Basically a carbon copy of a shaman that is lvl 5 on my "home" server. I only like playing hybrid classes and I already have a druid and paladin. So shaman is the missing link in the triforce. :)
See you in wow.
King
Quote from: Kinglinksr on July 08, 2008, 10:24:59 AM
*sigh* fine. Might as well admit it. I'm back >.<.......................................
My parent's hate it though, but wth. I'll live. It is after all MY MONEY. Besides, If I got a Wii or something, that would actually cost more $$ per month than Wow ever will. So I'm actually SAVING money.
Who am I kidding. lol
King
Nope. I don't know about wii, but I know for a fact that Live is half the cost of wow at it's most expensive. I was into WOW, but I'm going to stick with Live. You get a diversity on online games for one low monthly fee.
Even if you decide to go to something with a fee like Final Fantasy, it's still comparable to WOW and my TV looks better than my laptop.
Quote from: MSUFan on July 08, 2008, 10:28:26 AM
Billybob, what are names of your toons. I'll be on this afternoon/evening/night after I eat/workout/and do some HW.
Ahh - good school work first I see! :)
Quote from: Just X on July 08, 2008, 10:54:21 AM
Quote from: Kinglinksr on July 08, 2008, 10:24:59 AM
*sigh* fine. Might as well admit it. I'm back >.<.......................................
My parent's hate it though, but wth. I'll live. It is after all MY MONEY. Besides, If I got a Wii or something, that would actually cost more $$ per month than Wow ever will. So I'm actually SAVING money.
Who am I kidding. lol
King
Nope. I don't know about wii, but I know for a fact that Live is half the cost of wow at it's most expensive. I was into WOW, but I'm going to stick with Live. You get a diversity on online games for one low monthly fee.
Even if you decide to go to something with a fee like Final Fantasy, it's still comparable to WOW and my TV looks better than my laptop.
The argument against that is the WoW costs 15.00/month and a one time cost for the game. With Live, you pay less for the service but whenever you want to play a new game you're shelling out 40-70 dollars.
Quote from: Rico on July 08, 2008, 10:58:29 AM
Quote from: MSUFan on July 08, 2008, 10:28:26 AM
Billybob, what are names of your toons. I'll be on this afternoon/evening/night after I eat/workout/and do some HW.
Ahh - good school work first I see! :)
Don't forget workout. That's the part I keep forgetting to do!
Not too diverge too much but I'm with Billy on this. Ask my kids. I hardly ever buy other games these days since I play WOW (or before Everquest). Plus, for the hours of entertainment per month, WOW is the biggest bargain around.
Quote from: billybob476 on July 08, 2008, 10:59:05 AM
Quote from: Just X on July 08, 2008, 10:54:21 AM
Quote from: Kinglinksr on July 08, 2008, 10:24:59 AM
*sigh* fine. Might as well admit it. I'm back >.<.......................................
My parent's hate it though, but wth. I'll live. It is after all MY MONEY. Besides, If I got a Wii or something, that would actually cost more $$ per month than Wow ever will. So I'm actually SAVING money.
Who am I kidding. lol
King
Nope. I don't know about wii, but I know for a fact that Live is half the cost of wow at it's most expensive. I was into WOW, but I'm going to stick with Live. You get a diversity on online games for one low monthly fee.
Even if you decide to go to something with a fee like Final Fantasy, it's still comparable to WOW and my TV looks better than my laptop.
The argument against that is the WoW costs 15.00/month and a one time cost for the game. With Live, you pay less for the service but whenever you want to play a new game you're shelling out 40-70 dollars.
This is why I think its cheaper. Disregarding the system cost and etc, Wow VS a system means Wow wins because you (might) have to buy new games and those cost 20-50 a shot whereas Wow only costs 15.00 a month and you don't need new games. That's what I meant.
King
I don't play WOW or Wii.. but with WOW you do need a decent computer system and that can cost alot of money as for Wii. you pay a fourth or third of what a computer will cost.
Actually system requirements are one of the main reasons WoW is s popular. You can play WoW on the best whiz bang system in existence and it looks great, but I have friends who play on 4 year old laptops. The range of systems that will run WoW is actually pretty astounding.
Recall, this game was game of the year in 2004. It's in no way a new game.
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Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on July 08, 2008, 11:48:21 AM
I don't play WOW or Wii.. but with WOW you do need a decent computer system and that can cost alot of money as for Wii. you pay a fourth or third of what a computer will cost.
Very true. But if you already have a computer, this usually isn't a problem. However, if I had to choose between a computer and a Wii strictly for gaming, I would go Wii because there are a lot of games on it that I would love to play.
King
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on July 08, 2008, 11:48:21 AM
I don't play WOW or Wii.. but with WOW you do need a decent computer system and that can cost alot of money as for Wii. you pay a fourth or third of what a computer will cost.
Unless you have no PC at all, this isn't really an issue - even plays on Macs. Actually I gave my son a pretty old PC that is about 5 years old. Plays WOW just fine.
but it does require DSL or higher internet speed.. I couldn't' imagine playing WOW with dial up.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on July 08, 2008, 03:27:26 PM
but it does require DSL or higher internet speed.. I couldn't' imagine playing WOW with dial up.
People do play on dial up.
56K minimum, though I assume that's not an issue. I wonder how well it would play on my old 2400 bps modem?
well that is another cost that needs to be added to the monthly fee.. :)
I can see your point a bit Kenny, but this would only be the case if you had no computer, no internet access already. It's like adding the cost of a car into a vacation trip across country. Yeah - if you don't already have a car. Typically, most people interested at all in playing these types of games already have the needed equipment.
Wow is playable on dial-up...but I wouldn't suggest it. Especially if you group up with other people. Lag sucks. :)
King
Well back on subject who's gonna be on this weekend.. We need some level 20ish toons to possibly run BFD in Ashenvale- Anyone down?
Level 20?!?! Steve - slow down! Hehe! I'll see what I can come up with.
Level 21- almost 22 actually.
I'll try and be on, but my parent's are being a pain in the neck and forcing me to work all day when not working at my job.....grrrrrr.
Must...move....out!!!
King
Gawd I haven't had a second to get on. Hopefully late tonight and early tomorrow!
Alright, I rerolled alliance on Earthen Ring, hopefully you all will soon be able to meet the new gnome Rogue, Dinger. She should catch up with you guys soon I hope, if I can tear myself away from my Mage on the PvP server, who just turned 65 and is a great deal of fun.
Going to try and pop on a bit this evening.
I might be on tonight, but probably tomorrow.
King
Hey guys, the mage wasn't doing it for me. I re-rolled a gnome warrior named Warwik, got him to level 10.
MY new Draenei Priest Bev is now a proud member of the Papa Palpatines on Earthen Ring. We should use the boards here to communicate when we are going to be playing so hopefully we can get together for a bit and wipe the floor with Azeroth's denizens.
I can probably be on tonight. I usually get on around 6-7 pm EDT. Look for either Reico or Jadeye.
Driving to Montreal tonight. Durnit. I likely won't be on much over this weekend.
Got work, busy busy busy tonight. =( Oh and I need an invite to your guy's guild, who do I get said invite from? :)
King
I believe our fearless leader is the guild master of the illustrious Papa Palpatines.
Quote from: billybob476 on July 25, 2008, 10:17:10 AM
I believe our fearless leader is the guild master of the illustrious Papa Palpatines.
Really. =)
King
Hit 40 last night with my druid.
DUDE!!!
Jeebus, congrats! You might hit 70 before my 68 priest does!
Hey there, I need some help transferring a bit of gold from my Alliance toon to my Horde character on ER. If someone with an Alliance character could get back to me so we can set up a time to meet in Booty Bay at the neutral faction auction house I would be most most appreciative.
Thanks!
I could help ya out.
Quote from: Kinglinksr on July 25, 2008, 10:16:25 AM
Got work, busy busy busy tonight. =( Oh and I need an invite to your guy's guild, who do I get said invite from? :)
King
Ok, to be a member of the guild you will be required to be eating a turkey club, cole slaw (but don't eat it) and of course - a cherry coke. A torso light-bright with ATM accesory is optional. :D
Quote from: MSUFan on July 31, 2008, 01:02:32 PM
I could help ya out.
cool, thanks you can drop me a note here or on any of my toons (Bev whos in the guild or Treghan, who has the gold for you, and let me know when I can pass it off. Thanks
Quote from: markinro on July 31, 2008, 02:34:29 PM
Quote from: Kinglinksr on July 25, 2008, 10:16:25 AM
Got work, busy busy busy tonight. =( Oh and I need an invite to your guy's guild, who do I get said invite from? :)
King
Ok, to be a member of the guild you will be required to be eating a turkey club, cole slaw (but don't eat it) and of course - a cherry coke. A torso light-bright with ATM accesory is optional. :D
Shouldn't be hard. hehehehehe
King
Thanks Eiex for your help getting that money to my horde character. All went very smoothly, and I can finally afford my level 12 abilities. whoopee!
I've canceled my account permanently this time. I MIGHT come back for WOTLK, but its highly unlikely. I've gotten a lot of harassment in the game for being retribution speced paladin. I'm sick and tired of the elitists so I left the game.
Good luck to you guys though.
King
Quote from: Kinglinksr on August 13, 2008, 03:06:59 PM
I've canceled my account permanently this time. I MIGHT come back for WOTLK, but its highly unlikely. I've gotten a lot of harassment in the game for being retribution speced paladin. I'm sick and tired of the elitists so I left the game.
Good luck to you guys though.
King
You let a lot of guys get under your nerves that sit behind a computer... Play the game you'd like to play it. Your money and your time to spend as you please.
Quote from: MSUFan on August 13, 2008, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Kinglinksr on August 13, 2008, 03:06:59 PM
I've canceled my account permanently this time. I MIGHT come back for WOTLK, but its highly unlikely. I've gotten a lot of harassment in the game for being retribution speced paladin. I'm sick and tired of the elitists so I left the game.
Good luck to you guys though.
King
You let a lot of guys get under your nerves that sit behind a computer... Play the game you'd like to play it. Your money and your time to spend as you please.
No, the main reason I quit is that I couldn't find a guild anymore, couldn't raid/instance, and PVP bored me. I had no friends, no fun, nothing. Why should I play if all I do is solo crap all the time? That's not the point of a MMORPG.
King
Well, in the end a game should be fun. If it's not, you're wasting your time and money. Since I've been busy the past few weeks I haven't logged in more then twice. It was a nice break that I think I needed. Now when I get the chance this weekend I'm excited to play.
I once took a break of about three months and went back to play City of Heroes. That break was also needed. That was a big break. When I came back I re-rolled and left my old toons to retire. For me it was like a new game.
Sometimes you need to step back for awhile.
I have played MMO's a very long time. And I actually play them solo quite a bit. I tried some guild stuff in Everquest and it ALWAYS just turns a fun little game into a job and big time sink. In Warcraft, I find you can have a lot of fun on your own or with just a small group of friends who play. I mean even last night, I was doing a couple quests with my Warlock and I met someone in the same area and we teamed up for awhile. Simple, easy, no strings attached. Many people allow these games to control them and that is just asking for trouble. Better to just stop and do something else if you find that happening - at least in my opinion.
I hate to plug my guild (especially since a lot of you listen to the Instance and hear about it a lot) but I have to say i love it. I solo a lot as well since I don't usually have a long stretch of time to run instances. However there is always a good group of people having at it in guild chat, always someone around to help if it's needed and if I do find myself with enough time to run a dungeon, getting a group together usually takes about five minutes.
Hopefully in the next little while I'll be able to log in with my alliance toons on Earthen Ring and find some of you guys.
But again, if the game is no longer fun then it is no longer worth your time and money.
In the end, I play MMOs to have fun with other people. If I want to play pure solo all the time, I'll play Warcraft 3 or Starcraft or some other game. Or grab my Nintendo GC. The multi-player experience is why I play. Otherwise, its just a waste of time for me. And a lot of $$ wasted.
In most ways, I blame Blizzard for how this game is now created. Its made so that most people can just solo all the time or forces you to raid all the time. There is no middle ground anymore. I remember how it used to be in Pre-BC. I never raided back then, but I had lots of fun in my guild doing things that weren't focused on getting "PHAT LOOT" or epics. Nowadays, people just want gear, gear, and more gear. If they aren't doing anything that isn't getting gear, they won't do it. That underlines my entire frustration. I don't want a job, I just want to do fun things. Now, its almost a sin to not have a full set of T6 epics. That makes the game no longer fun.
Case in point: PVP. Used to be I could join any BG in full greens maybe some blues and still be able to kick 20 people's butts. Now, you have to be fully geared out (and that's a lot of grinding) in order to kill 5 ppl in a game. That is wrong. It is not how PVP is supposed to be.
King
Well the simple answer is to stop playing WoW for awhile. Maybe take a few months off of MMO's completely. Then come back (to an MMO, doesn't need to be WoW) if you want to and see how you feel.
I've been playing a some Halo 3 on XBox live and it was a nice change.
Me want a Wii so badly. Can't get it though as I still have to figure out what I'm going to do for fall.....
King
Honestly, the Wii is fun but the novelty wears off. If you can swing it I'd go 360.
idk if I really want to buy a 360 that has more hardware problems than my current computer I'm typing with.....and really, it seems way more common than it should be. Several friends and people I know that have em always have the red eye of death. That....doesn't appeal to me.
King
New X boxes no longer have that problem.
Logged into my gnome last night a bit after a month off. Saw Eiex online but I didn't wanna bug ya since you seemed to be in Uldaman.
It's hard to tear myself away from my lvl 70 Mage to log into my puny little lvl 7 priest in Papa Palpatines. Especially since I've started raiding quite a bit with the mage, and have been really enjoying the benefits of improved gear. I got my first epic drop out of Karazhan yesterday, the Staff of Inifinite Wisdom. Mmm...purple.
Same here. I do the majority of my time on my 68 priest. But when I need a break I go over to my little warrior. Gnome warriors are too much fun.
I've started back up my Warlock the last few days. Look for Jyx on Earthen Ring.
Wrath of the Lich King cinematic is up! Go Arthas go!
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/intro.xml
Once again, Blizzard's cinematic are absolutely great. :) However, it still doesn't change my opinion.
King
You know what I do wish Blizzard would do? Make a movie about the events that transpired after WC3. And then perhaps a 2nd movie about the original WOW. a 3rd about Burning Crusade and the fall of Crusade, and then a 4th about WOTLK. It would be awesome. in my opinion anyway....
King
Well hit 57 last night.. One more level to Outlands
Quote from: MSUFan on September 08, 2008, 08:17:36 AM
Well hit 57 last night.. One more level to Outlands
Oh just you wait for that outlands gear. Great stuff!
Congrats dude! Yeah get ready to toss all your old gear into a dumpster! ;)
That's why I started a paladin. Outland seems to favor this class
I started a Pally yesterday as well. He's at level 8 or something. Still trying to find the class I really want to play on the Alliance side.
Quote from: markinro on September 08, 2008, 09:12:46 AM
That's why I started a paladin. Outland seems to favor this class
Uhhh......no it doesn't. I don't want to get your hopes down, but actually, leveling as Prot becomes worse in outlands, as Holy, You will be outhealed by every other class at lvl 70. Up till then, your still very decent. At 70, I wanted to /facedesk every time I instanced as holy. It just plain sucks.... Retribution is loved ONLY by the guy who plays as Ret. For some reason on my server, there was a huge hatred of Ret-speced paladins. Probably jealousy.
BTW, congrats MSU fan. :)
King
Actually Tim we were talking gear drops per class. And when we first did Outland it seemed like every other drop was for a Pally.
Quote from: Rico on September 08, 2008, 10:36:38 AM
Actually Tim we were talking gear drops per class. And when we first did Outland it seemed like every other drop was for a Pally.
Oh right...that's correct. A lot of it is (at first) for paladins. My warrior friend complained about that a lot lol. It gets less the more you go though.
King
Made it to 58 and the Outlands are awesome!
Nice bud! I'm going to try and get on and do a little more with Jyx today.
HAPPY 3.0.2 PATCH DAY EVERYONE!
Remember, all your talents are going to be refunded and talent trees are changing a bit so don't forget to reassign and re-learn your spells/abilities!
Not sure whether to be happy or sad about this.
I guess we'll see tonight! Remember though, same thing happened at 2.0. Just takes soem getting used to.
Just logged in for a sec (I couldn't resist).
Can't get past the login screen but they changed it to the Wrath login. Frost Wrym flying around. VERY VERY COOL.
Quote from: billybob476 on October 14, 2008, 06:36:14 AM
HAPPY 3.0.2 PATCH DAY EVERYONE!
Remember, all your talents are going to be refunded and talent trees are changing a bit so don't forget to reassign and re-learn your spells/abilities!
Woah O_o They can't be releasing 3.0 yet?!
King
Actually they are releasing 3.0.2. All the new talents, inscription profession, new spells and abilities and all the class changes.
It's not suppose to be up until about 2pm PDT - right?
Quote from: billybob476 on October 14, 2008, 09:53:06 AM
Actually they are releasing 3.0.2. All the new talents, inscription profession, new spells and abilities and all the class changes.
Your...joking...right?.....They haven't even released WOTLK and they're releasing 75% of it now?!
King
Quote from: Rico on October 14, 2008, 09:59:39 AM
It's not suppose to be up until about 2pm PDT - right?
Yes, the patch is live and updating your client but the servers are still down for a good while.
Ok, never mind, apparently I'm really behind on the news.....well, at least I don't feel nearly so bad for not playing it lately. Because 3.0 is released soon. Sucks for all those ppl who worked so hard to get Tier 6.5....
King
WOW....I am...truly shocked. Blizzard actually made the Paladin class strong....this might just bring me back to the game.
King
I'm so fascinated by what you all write here because i have absolutely no idea what is going on. ;)
Come meds...join us...it will be fun...you'll like it...I promise...
one of us...one of us...ONE OF US...ONE OF US!!
Ha ha, No i think I'll leave it mate, I can't cope with all the lingo ha ha
Surely billybob means...
Da Da Dum Dum Dum another one becomes us!
(Sorry, listening to the last RR this morning and the song's been in my head ever since. Actually, I'm with Meds on this - clueless!)
Quote from: feathers on October 14, 2008, 11:13:59 AM
Surely billybob means...
Da Da Dum Dum Dum another one becomes us!
(Sorry, listening to the last RR this morning and the song's been in my head ever since. Actually, I'm with Meds on this - clueless!)
rofl.
Yea, we should convert you two >_> lol jk
King
ha ha, i think i'm way too far behind plus, time tick tock tick tock.
Just bugging ya Meds!
Felicia Day asked me to join her Guild "the Knight's of Good".. I'm really considering it... how can you say no to Felicia Day.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on October 14, 2008, 12:14:52 PM
Felicia Day asked me to join her Guild "the Knight's of Good".. I'm really considering it... how can you say no to Felicia Day.
0_o nice!
King
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on October 14, 2008, 12:14:52 PM
Felicia Day asked me to join her Guild "the Knight's of Good".. I'm really considering it... how can you say no to Felicia Day.
Kenny, if you can say no to her you truly are a strong willed person. And honestly, we joke around a lot but the game is only as addictive as you make it. Running around with friends can't be beat.
I'd love to get involved with WOW, as it does sound so much fun. Keep talking about it everyone because even for us non-players it's cool to read all about it.
I can do that eheheheheheheheh Who here has a 70?
King
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on October 14, 2008, 12:14:52 PM
Felicia Day asked me to join her Guild "the Knight's of Good".. I'm really considering it... how can you say no to Felicia Day.
I certainly couldn't! ;)
But, you can always get the game and try it for awhile. One nice thing about it Kenny is it works well on both PC's and Mac's.
I have a 70 undead shadow priest. The rest of my toons are in the 20-30 range.
My gnome mage Reico is 70. Got a warlock closing in on 50 now too.
I'm done work sitting watching the login screen. I love the frost wyrm. Come on Earthen ring! Come online!
EDIT: The realm status page (www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus)) keeps going down. I can only imagine how many people are sitting and refreshing it every 5 seconds.
Billy - Did you ever get on last night? I never got in. Was wondering what you thought of all the changes?
I got on for a few mins last night and a few mins at lunch today. I'm still in the process of getting my mods up and running. Things I did look at:
1. achievements screen: fun, I got a bunch of retroactive achievements for getting to level 70, exploring areas, having some special items (Yellow brewfest stein etc)
2. calendar: cool and handy, they pre-fill it with seasonal events, pvp weekends etc
I haven't had a chance to respec yet (plus I'm still trying to figure out what to do!) and I haven't played with the new pet interface yet. Overall the changes don't seem negative. I probably won't get a ton of time to really play until at least Friday.
Ok, I had about an hour last night. In that time I:
1. respecced all the way down the cool new shadow tree
2. logged in and out about 100 times trying to get my mods running (I'm a bit of a mod whore). Finally got them up and running. The only thing that's bugging me is my cartographer 'crazy arrow' isn't working with QuestHelper properly.
If I have time tonight I'll run some isle dailies and see how my spec works. I'm really liking the achievements. they are completely meaningless but they are damn fun!
I'm lost on the achievements - do they get you anything??
At the moment no, they are just for fun. However you do get 'achievement points' so we can only speculate that at some point you may be able to do something with them.
They had the same thing in City of Heroes called badges. Basically it was just another thing to do, some people would chase badges. You'd get them for completing certain quest lines, finding certain locations, getting certain level goals, etc.
Just some more fun.
I have been on every day since the patch. There are problems, and Blizz has it's hands full hotfixing problems. The most serious ones have been really bad latency, server crashes, and FPS drops. Hopefully some of these will be fixed with the downtime today.
I LOVE the new inscription profession. My main, the 70 Mage on the PvP server Rivendare, is now at 352 Inscription and has access to all the Major Glyphs and about 6 or 7 Minor Glyphs. I've made almost 3500 gold from the profession so far, but things are slowing down now so I am going to hold back on selling stuff until the expansion.
Kenny: I have a new toon in the Knights of Good so if you do decide to play let me know and we can group/level together.
There are some things you can get from the new achievements. One of these are titles. If you notice a bunch of people running around with the surname "Jenkins" that's from the "LEEEEEROY Jenkins" achievement, which involves going into Molten Core or something and killing a bunch of rooks. I am going for the title "the Hallowed" which you receive from completing a large number of the Hallow's End world event achievements. There's also an achievement that will net you a rare Netherdrake flying mount, that one entails purchacing or owning 50 different mounts.
Also hunters can tame rare pets now. I took part in a Molten Core run to get some of our 70 beat master hunters their very own core hounds.
I have two major glyphs associated to my preist right now thanks to a generous guildie. Now on to the minors.
You guys are so hard-core compared to me. I just don't have the hours in the day.
Naw, I play 2-3 hours on the weekend mornings (usually when you're podcasting!) and maybe an hour or so one or two weeknights if i've got time. What helps me is AIE. There's always folks who are willing to give away stuff for free or cheap and who are willing to run stuff.
You should get one of your horde alts back in once you're done leveling your warlock Rico. You'd be up there with Old Man Franks and MeneGene in web celeb power!
LOL - you don't get booted from AIE for that little play time? I joined them awhile back with a Horde Blood Elf alt and they kicked me out when I wasn't online enough for them.
Quote from: Rico on October 21, 2008, 09:55:57 AM
LOL - you don't get booted from AIE for that little play time? I joined them awhile back with a Horde Blood Elf alt and they kicked me when I wasn't online enough for them.
They actually upped it to 3 months of inactivity. Also if you do get booted you just need to whisper an officer and they re-instate you no questions asked.
The inactivity kick thing is just a mechanism to keep the guild size somewhat under control. The armory is currently reporting 3439 guild members so management for the officer corps is sometimes a nightmare.
I have a lvl 12 Troll warrior named Uglyfoot in AIE but I never play him, what with my main raiding toon on the PVP server, my lvl 38 Priest on the OTHER PvP server, and my new Mage in the Knights of Good over on the PvE server, poor old Uglyfoot just doesnt get the attention he deserves. I pop on the toon every once in a while to keep him active in the roles of AIE, but I wouldn't be surprised if he gets booted soon.
I'll stop plugging the guild but honestly it's really the main reason I still play WoW. When I try and roll a toon on another server I REALLY miss the green wall of gchat.
I have a dwarf pally on ER Alliance side, but I keep burning out on playing him because of the isolation!
Quote from: billybob476 on October 22, 2008, 10:32:26 AM
I'll stop plugging the guild but honestly it's really the main reason I still play WoW. When I try and roll a toon on another server I REALLY miss the green wall of gchat.
I have a dwarf pally on ER Alliance side, but I keep burning out on playing him because of the isolation!
That's why I quit. I had no guild because the one I started disbanded and the two I joined later hated me because I speced Retribution. I just quit altogether because I would get on and if I ever got a guild invite, it was because they wanted me holy. I could never find a guild that wanted me just because I played.
King
We'll take you in Papa Palapatine's Tim!
I gotta catch you online with my pally and get him in as well...if you take dwarves that is.
We take any Alliance we can get! I might be on tonight.
Look for:
Reico (my main)
Jyx (my warlock)
Pretorus (Markinro here - he can invite you too)
Quote from: Rico on October 22, 2008, 11:15:14 AM
We'll take you in Papa Palapatine's Tim!
Ya know, might take you up on that offer Rico.
:)
King
Quote from: billybob476 on October 22, 2008, 10:32:26 AM
I'll stop plugging the guild but honestly it's really the main reason I still play WoW. When I try and roll a toon on another server I REALLY miss the green wall of gchat.
I have a dwarf pally on ER Alliance side, but I keep burning out on playing him because of the isolation!
Actually that green wall of gchat is one of the reasons I don't play my AIE toon that much. It's overwhelming, and a little bit annoying to see all the chat going on all the time. Part of me want to sit and watch the conversations going on, then I get annoyed when I miss something and scrolling up to see what I missed is a pain, and dying because you drown while you are reading gchat is just too frustrating lol.
Wow. I logged into my lvl 15 dwarf pally last night for a few mins ( busy night!) and they sure changed things up! I hadn't read about pally changes. Two judement types instead of one and I had a helluva time finding my seals. Looks like they dropped Seal of the Cursader and changed part of it;s effect to a talent...interesting.
Quote from: billybob476 on October 23, 2008, 05:20:23 AM
Wow. I logged into my lvl 15 dwarf pally last night for a few mins ( busy night!) and they sure changed things up! I hadn't read about pally changes. Two judement types instead of one and I had a helluva time finding my seals. Looks like they dropped Seal of the Cursader and changed part of it;s effect to a talent...interesting.
Yep, crusader is gone. Talent is now in Ret tree for now. Should be better, but I hear that ret paladins are going to get the nerf bat in WOTLK...go figure.
King
Caught Mark online last night, say hello to Breyt, dwarf pally, newest Papa Palpatine.
Cool - I've been playing a bit more lately. Usually a little in the evening or over the weekends. Mostly with my warlock Jyx right now. Trying to level her up. Almost 50.
Well no worries about that I'm only level 17! Just nice to have a small group of allies on the Alliance side.
Actually I was pretty shocked. Being that I spend the majority of my time on the Horde side of the fence I'm amazed at how many people there are in Stormwind! Maybe it's just the layout but it seems like there's a lot more people out in front of the bank/auction house then in Orgrimmar.
You should try Ironforge sometime. But most of the major cities are packed these days. Alliance is probably like 2:1 on the server, I'd say.
Yeah I started off in Ironforge, I just haven't been to Darnassus or The Exodar as of yet on this toon. I ran to Stormwind because leveling in Westfall is more efficient then Loch Modan or whatever it is.
I'm currently hanging around in redridge.
Well I'm 63 now- probably get close to 64. This game's too easy lol =).
Yeah I went from 15 to almost 18 in about an hour and a half last night. Blizz REALLY wants us to 70.
Zombie plague ends today:
QuoteWe'd like to thank players for participating so zealously (and valiantly!) during the Great Zombie Plague of '08. Our intention with this event was to create something memorable and to literally change the face of Azeroth for a few days. This event is just one of many leading up to Wrath of the Lich King. As you know, the Scourge Invasion is now live as well and there is some other cool stuff coming up before all is said and done. Also, Hallow's End continues on!
While we recognize that the event could prove to be disruptive at times, we hope you made the most out of it while it lasted. Part of playing in a "living and breathing world" means that things are going to change from time to time. We meant no harm but only wanted to create a lasting impression on players as they head to Northrend to defeat the Lich King. The Lich King's goals (as you will soon learn) are to turn the Horde and Alliance not only on one another, but on their own kind as well. I think the plague truly demonstrated this firsthand.
So it looks like a cure has finally been found... for now.
Thank you for participating in our most memorable event to date... for better or for.... brrrrrrraaaaaains...
Couple of other important notes:
* The scourge invasion will continue for a few more days.
* The prologue event is not over! More to come!!
* The Karazhan boss will be up for approximately another week still
* We increased the respawn rate of the Necropoli
* Zombie cure should kick in by around noon PST
Mila Kunis enjoys WOW too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsnIB6JxDQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsnIB6JxDQ)
(check about 4:05 into the clip)
She definitely isn't lying. She appears to know her stuff!
Level 66 woo.
This is way too funny..... read the highlighted section.
(http://wow.allakhazam.com/mediabox/dopeopleacutallyreadtheagreement.jpg)
You know I never actually read the EULA? Does it actually say that?
Oh dang, good thing I quit before they got mine ><'
King
OMG Woltk is here OMG! OMG! L3WWT UBER PWNAGE! Man I'm so excited to play. Must... go... to... orgo lab.. must... take NMR... can't go down the dark path! Oh but I want to so bad.
Ha, it's gonna be hard today. I work from home and it's being delivered today.
Must...work...must make deadlines!
I'll have to hide it until 5 pm.
As a side note...a guildie of mine is making fake achievements for people. Since my main is named "Theshat" in honour of our favourite Captain and his is an undead preist, my achievement got to be...
(http://www.foursevensix.net/Stuff/acheivement.gif)
Well Wotlk got here at 9:30 onto the good ol' campus of East Lansing. Wow- this is gonna suck forcing myself go into orgo lab.
Too bad you can't train alchemy for chemistry credit!
Quote from: MSUFan on November 13, 2008, 08:16:35 AM
Well Wotlk got here at 9:30 onto the good ol' campus of East Lansing. Wow- this is gonna suck forcing myself go into orgo lab.
I know I can count on you to resist bud! Work now - play later! ;)
Just FYI for those who haven't gotten the Collector's Edition, WotLK soundtrack is availalbe on iTunes for 10 bucks.
I wish I could play WOTLK....but its a bad $40 investment (which btw is a really foul price, should have been $20-$30) if I'm only going to play for less than a month...:(
King
Quote from: billybob476 on November 13, 2008, 08:40:07 AM
Just FYI for those who haven't gotten the Collector's Edition, WotLK soundtrack is availalbe on iTunes for 10 bucks.
In addition: The if you like movie/game soundtracks, this one is awesome. Listening now.
Level 68 now onto Northrend! lol
Still the brain hurts......................................
DDDDDDing 70.
WOOOHOO! Grats!
You won't be able to fly in Northrend until level 77 but go get your flyer and tool around in outland for a bit.
Somehow I knew he'd be undead...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48)
Dang - there's the Ozzie video. We need more than one WOW thread.
Heh, I was keeping things in here because I thought you only wanted one WoW thread!
No biggie - just kidding. We actually have a few WOW threads. I almost split off the Wrath talk into a new one. God, Ozzie kills me!
OK, a coworker of mine bent my ear for 15 minutes today about WOW. He's just about convinced me to go ahead and take the plunge, but I'm kind of apprehensive-- I don't want to end up like one of the characters on The Guild!
Does anyone have any advise on getting started? How does "leveling-up" work? Should I start off playing solo until I get a feel for the game, or try playing with folks I know and learning from them? Is there a particular module that I should start out with? And how much does it cost per month?
Any advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
15 bucks a month and get them all because you'll need them sooner or later
Well, it's really an easy game to get into. I almost always just play solo. The game does a very good job of leading through the basics. The cost per month is $15. Let me know if you want a little help to try it together sometime. I'm on the Earthen Ring server (you can pick the server you want to make a character on). I think I have a trial code that will let you play the game for free for ten days - just to try it out. It can be downloaded too.
Oh - here is my warlock Jyx on her mount after she got turned into a little elf during the Christmas in game festival (Winter holidays).
Thanks!
I just googled "World Of Warcraft Servers" and there's like A TON. This might seem like a silly question, but why so many? Is there an official World Of Warcraft server for online play, and if so, does it differ from the other servers out there? And once a character is created on a server, can you use that character to interact with players using other servers?
It;s been reported that WoW has over 11 million active users. A single game server couldn't handle the load of trying to serve that many players at once, so they spread out the accounts amongst many servers.
You interact with the people who are also logged into your particular server. There is one situation where you can interact with players from other servers but generally you do not.
I've never seen a specific number but I believe each server generally support about 30,000 characters. You can have up to 10 different characters on a single server per account.
They are all offical, however there are a few different types.
Normal: Standard setup, player vs player combat is opt-in.
PvP: More 'realistic'. Player vs player combat is 'always on' so horde can always attack alliance and vice versa.
Roleplaying (RP): Same as normal except roleplaying is encourages (i.e. speaking as if you were your character instead of speaking as yourself playing your charcater)
RP-PvP: Roleplaying server with always on player vs player.
I'm also on Earthen Ring (which is RP) but I play Horde-side primarily whereas Rico plays Alliance.
Thanks man! And who are the Horde and Alliance? Are they the "dark side" and "light side" of the WOW world?
To put it simply the Horder are the "bad guys" and the Alliance are the "good guys". They've been fighting for years but there is currently a tenuous peace between them.
There is A LOT of warcraft lore if you are interested in getting into it but it's not required knowledge in any way to enjoy the game.
Quote from: billybob476 on January 07, 2009, 04:40:40 PM
To put it simply the Horder are the "bad guys" and the Alliance are the "good guys". They've been fighting for years but there is currently a tenuous peace between them.
There is A LOT of warcraft lore if you are interested in getting into it but it's not required knowledge in any way to enjoy the game.
Horde the bad guys?! They are just misunderstood and they did break away from the real bad guys.
That's why I put it in quotes! Trying to keep it simple here! I'm a proud Hordie myself.
FOR THE HORDE!
Anyone collecting these eggs in the Noblegarden event? Is there a trick to it?? Seems like people just sit on the spots that they appear at.
I haven't logged in since the last patch but it looks like you just have to wander around and/or camp the egg spawns.
World of Warcast just did a mini cast on Noble Garden. Check out their feed on iTunes, it isn't linked on their site yet.
I finally got some eggs! It's much easier and less crowded early in the morning.
Yeah Renata was saying the biggest problem is the amount of people trying to find the eggs and the fact that all the acheivements rely on finding them.
Personally, when I log back in, I'm gonna check out the Argent Tournament.
It took a time committment but I got enough eggs for all the achievements PLUS the polymorph: bunny spellbook for my mage :) A little late I know, but my trick was to go to a MORE crowded area where many people were hunting because the eggs were on an instaspawn timer: whenever one was picked up, another in the area spawned immediately. So I hung around a small area where I knew five or six eggs spawned, and grabbed em as quick as I could.
I'm having more problems with Children's Week, I got all the easy achievements out of the way, now I am dreading going into the Battlegrounds. I hate PvP, suck at it, and have no idea what to do with the four BG achievements. I am pissed because I am completely on track for the Violet Proto Drake. I have every holiday achievement from Hallows Eve forward. I have a bad feeling about these BGs though.
Yeah I wish blizzard wouldn't require PvP stuff for the meta achievements.
On my end I finally got back in and I'm having fun running Argent Tournament dailies.
Joby you are really committed to the game. Even with a little more time these days, I still don't have enough to do all that stuff. Heck, my mage is still only 76!
Quote from: Rico on May 04, 2009, 11:44:05 AM
Joby you are really committed to the game. Even with a little more time these days, I still don't have enough to do all that stuff. Heck, my mage is still only 76!
Thats cool Ric, I'm sure there are tons of people that say my lack of committment is...disturbing, considering I haven't been into Ulduar yet. I've actually cancelled my subscription to WoW, it ends for me on May 18th. I just don't have the time to dedicate with three kids, new job, and wife on the brink of madness from stress and lack of sleep. If I manage this dumb PvP achievement for the meta I will probably reup my subscription when the next holiday rolls around (midsummer fire fest I believe) just to keep my streak going. The big problem that has soured me on the game though has nothing to do with time or the game itself. It's my laptop, it just doesnt run the game well enough to make it fun. My framerate is so bad, sometimes when lots of action is on the screen I get literally 2-4 fps. It's unplayable that way. I will likely start playing again in earnest once I get my new computer, probably around the holidays.
Wow, what framerate do you get in Dalaran? I get 50-60 in old world and 10-15 in Dal.
generally around 5-7 in Dal. Im really considering just getting an IMac, the lack of any need to worry about upgrading or components and having the game play as intended is appealing to me.
Yeah I've heard good things about performance on iMacs.
I could never play under those conditions. With my hot PC rig that I built about a year ago, frame rate never goes below about 30-40, and usually over 100 in most areas.
Quote from: Rico on May 05, 2009, 02:12:22 PM
I could never play under those conditions. With my hot PC rig that I built about a year ago, frame rate never goes below about 30-40, and usually over 100 in most areas.
Never say never buddy, the game is like crack and my poor little laptop has been the only way I can play it for the past couple years. Most of the time when I am out in the wilderness I get around 12-17 fps which is good enough to play most of the time. The problems really show themselves in raids and capital cities.
I can easily say never with games. I tried to play on a kind of low end laptop when I went to Taiwan and it was too choppy to play for me. This game has very little hold over me. I've always played casually, just like I did for years with Everquest. Even now with some time off and a solid PC, I play very little.
I wish I could play 'hardcore' but i just don't have the time. I rarely run dungeons cause I can't dedicate the block of time and i flatly refuse to join a run if I can't stay around till the end.
That's why I'm enjoying the argent tournament. I'm thinking once I dual spec my first spec will remain shadow for soloing and my second spec will go to Disc-PvP. I feel like my play schedule can support running battlegrounds.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on May 05, 2009, 12:49:28 PM
Quote from: Rico on May 04, 2009, 11:44:05 AM
Joby you are really committed to the game. Even with a little more time these days, I still don't have enough to do all that stuff. Heck, my mage is still only 76!
Thats cool Ric, I'm sure there are tons of people that say my lack of committment is...disturbing, considering I haven't been into Ulduar yet. I've actually cancelled my subscription to WoW, it ends for me on May 18th. I just don't have the time to dedicate with three kids, new job, and wife on the brink of madness from stress and lack of sleep. If I manage this dumb PvP achievement for the meta I will probably reup my subscription when the next holiday rolls around (midsummer fire fest I believe) just to keep my streak going. The big problem that has soured me on the game though has nothing to do with time or the game itself. It's my laptop, it just doesnt run the game well enough to make it fun. My framerate is so bad, sometimes when lots of action is on the screen I get literally 2-4 fps. It's unplayable that way. I will likely start playing again in earnest once I get my new computer, probably around the holidays.
This describes my pc ^
Made this for my WOW char:
(http://www.zetbit.com/sig-893746.jpg) (http://www.zetbit.com/)
I have this older not quite so nice looking one I use at Extralife:
(http://www.dkpsigs.com/sigs/EarthenRing/32975.jpg)
I actually need to tweak the stats on display, maybe switch over to your site, it looks cooler.