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#1

HowDroll

HowDroll

You know you want to join The Crimson Battalion, the awesome heavy-RP guild BananaHands and I started on Wyrmrest Accord.

I know most of you have already stopped reading because you're on your way to boot up your World of Warcraft accounts and get in on this action, but for those of you who are still with me and need convincing, we play as a group of criminals recruited by the military to do the jobs nobody wants to do in exchange for pardons from the king. The guild is still super small, but we're going to start actively recruiting soon and wanted to give our dear friends at Halforums the chance to get in on the ground floor. It's going to be gritty, drunken, and a shitload of fun.

The Crimson Battalion: Your best shot at getting HowDroll drunk and having your way with her.


#2

Jay

Jay

Do you guys ERP? If so, time to reinstall.


#3

BananaHands

BananaHands

HowDroll said she'd ERP with Shegokigo


#4

Piotyr

Piotyr

I'm in, I could use some Enterprise Resource Planning tips. Wait, what?


#5

HowDroll

HowDroll

Jay said:
Do you guys ERP? If so, time to reinstall.
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Bananahands is always willing to accompany anyone to Goldshire, ifyaknowwhatImean.


#6

BananaHands

BananaHands

Jay said:
Do you guys ERP? If so, time to reinstall.
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do u liek sexy teimez


#7

Jay

Jay

Isn't WoW FTP yet?


#8

Piotyr

Piotyr

Jay said:
Isn't WoW FTP yet?
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FTP until level 20. Which, at the current leveling rate, is about 10 hours of play time. Maybe.


#9

BananaHands

BananaHands

If I give you a scroll of resurrection you get a free level 80 on the server of your choice and two weeks of free playtime.


#10

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Is this alliance side? I've been needing a heavy rp guild to get me back in the game.


#11

HowDroll

HowDroll

Ravenpoe said:
Is this alliance side? I've been needing a heavy rp guild to get me back in the game.
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Yessir.


#12

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

HowDroll said:
Yessir.
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I think I have an alliance dk on that server. Corvil shall be joining you


#13

HowDroll

HowDroll

Ravenpoe said:
I think I have an alliance dk on that server. Corvil shall be joining you
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Great :D I'll be on later tonight as Calidorra -- hit me up for an invite.


#14

Dave

Dave

RP servers give me the willies. It's not "Roleplaying" as much as "cybering with some dude from Jersey who says he's a chick."

Cybering is just weird, in my humble opinion.


#15

BananaHands

BananaHands

Someone spent too much time in Pornshire.


#16

Piotyr

Piotyr

I can enjoy a good bit of RP. I'll start a guy on there tonight.


#17

HowDroll

HowDroll

Dave said:
RP servers give me the willies. It's not "Roleplaying" as much as "cybering with some dude from Jersey who says he's a chick."

Cybering is just weird, in my humble opinion.
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The majority of RP on roleplaying servers isn't erotic in nature. I mean, yeah, you have certain people who will take any opportunity to get their rocks off, but I've been playing on WoW RP servers since launch and the mature, thoughtful players who are looking to get involved with good stories FAR outnumber the creepy pervs.


#18

BananaHands

BananaHands

Woo. I'll set ya up with instance runs and whatnot.

Just do what I do for gold and bug HowDroll. :D


#19

HowDroll

HowDroll

BananaHands said:
Woo. I'll set ya up with instance runs and whatnot.

Just do what I do for gold and bug HowDroll. :D
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Oh lawd, it was bad enough being your sugar mama, but now I'm going to have to give it up to everyone ;)


#20

Piotyr

Piotyr

Noted...


#21

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Darn it! I would join you but I promised myself no more new servers! :(


#22

BananaHands

BananaHands

ScytheRexx said:
Darn it! I would join you but I promised myself no more new servers! :(
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#23

HowDroll

HowDroll

ScytheRexx said:
Darn it! I would join you but I promised myself no more new servers! :(
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You should totally make an exception.


#24

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I already got two servers full of characters that are overwhelming me, starting over again on another server with no money, heirlooms, etc... I just don't know if I can...

Maybe if I found someone to RaF with me...


#25

Dei

Dei

HowDroll said:
The majority of RP on roleplaying servers isn't erotic in nature. I mean, yeah, you have certain people who will take any opportunity to get their rocks off, but I've been playing on WoW RP servers since launch and the mature, thoughtful players who are looking to get involved with good stories FAR outnumber the creepy pervs.
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Actually in my experience, also playing on RP servers the whole time I played, it was 5% roleplayers, 90% people who didn't RP, just wanted a less trollish game experience, and 5% trolls from other servers who thought it would be awesome to make fun of RPers while their servers were down.


#26

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

HowDroll said:
... FAR outnumber the creepy pervs.
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Looks like I'm out.


#27

Dave

Dave

HowDroll said:
The majority of RP on roleplaying servers isn't erotic in nature. I mean, yeah, you have certain people who will take any opportunity to get their rocks off, but I've been playing on WoW RP servers since launch and the mature, thoughtful players who are looking to get involved with good stories FAR outnumber the creepy pervs.
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Yet you tried to sell this experience using the sex of it. Not saying I won't log in, but if that's the only reason to go I wouldn't have.

Hate starting a new toon all over again with no money or anything, though. Sucks balls. Oh, and a low level guild? I like my rep gains from the level 25 guild my other characters are in.


#28

HowDroll

HowDroll

Dave said:
Yet you tried to sell this experience using the sex of it. Not saying I won't log in, but if that's the only reason to go I wouldn't have.

Hate starting a new toon all over again with no money or anything, though. Sucks balls. Oh, and a low level guild? I like my rep gains from the level 25 guild my other characters are in.
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*shrug* The sex thing was a recruitment joke. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

This isn't really a guild for people who are looking for hardcore progression -- if that's what you want, and you really have no interest in roleplaying, you should probably stay in your other guild. We probably wouldn't have a lot to appeal to you.


#29

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Man, who let the old man out?


#30

BananaHands

BananaHands

Dave if you roll a char I'll level with you and not sleep with you. ;)


#31

Bowielee

Bowielee

Wow, Droll, that is the most polite way to tell someone to get stuffed I've ever heard. :)


#32

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Well I made a character on the server. Whether I play the character is another thing, but at least I got the courage to make one!


#33

Bowielee

Bowielee

I may make one... I've never really given a Shaman a good try.


#34

Piotyr

Piotyr

I created a human paladin, Pioty.

I saw an Edrondol on the server in Goldshire. I said hi, but he was too busy chatting with his class trainer. So either it wasn't Dave, or he was having none of this social crap. ;)


#35

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

The character I made is a Worgen Hunter named Valhyde.


#36

BananaHands

BananaHands

I'll be on in a little bit. Reige, 74 Warrior to run you through some quests/instances.


#37

Bowielee

Bowielee

Whatever happened to the Halknights?


#38

Bowielee

Bowielee

Started a Dranei Shaman. Name is Boweilei

Thought I'd make identification easy.


#39

Bowielee

Bowielee

Thank god Darkmoon Faire is going on right now. I was able to get out of Azuremyst Island right away.


#40

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Bowielee said:
Whatever happened to the Halknights?
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We did not have the population to keep the guild going.


#41

HowDroll

HowDroll

I didn't manage to make it on last night (mah man wanted a date night, and I felt quite inclined to get pretty and be taken out for drinks), but I'll definitely be on for a while this afternoon, if anyone would like an invite/gold/etc.!

Despite the risk of being slut-shamed again, I just want to say that Bananahands and I are really hoping someone will roll a resto druid to "team up" with us, if you know what I mean :unibrow:

In PVP.


#42

drifter

drifter

HowDroll said:
Despite the risk of being slut-shamed again, I just want to say that Bananahands and I are really hoping someone will roll a resto druid to "team up" with us, if you know what I mean :unibrow:
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Oh yeah!

In PVP.
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Oh... yeah...


#43

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Playa vs playa, aww yeah.


#44

Dave

Dave

BananaHands said:
Dave if you roll a char I'll level with you and not sleep with you. ;)
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I already rolled a toon on that server. He's almost level 12 but nobody was on all last night while I was playing.


#45

BananaHands

BananaHands

Dave said:
I already rolled a toon on that server. He's almost level 12 but nobody was on all last night while I was playing.
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Bah, what's your name on there?


#46

Dave

Dave

Piotyr said:
I created a human paladin, Pioty.

I saw an Edrondol on the server in Goldshire. I said hi, but he was too busy chatting with his class trainer. So either it wasn't Dave, or he was having none of this social crap. ;)
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That was me! I did see you but general on that server there is OMFG BUSY! I even remember seeing you and saying to myself, "Huh. That name looks like Piotyr's."


#47

Bowielee

Bowielee

The trade chat last night was... interesting... Lots of anti-semetism (sp?) going on there.


#48

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

You guys still listen to public channels? Why abuse yourselves like that?


#49

Bowielee

Bowielee

I just happened to be in Stormwind, and it was there.


#50

Bubble181

Bubble181

Masochism, it's a hobby for some :p


#51

Bowielee

Bowielee

It's the same sick fascination that leads me to read youtube comments from time to time.


#52

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

So with the summer deal I have been looking for a RaF partner. I think if I had one I will be more likely to play on another server for awhile like WA. At this point I can't seem to find anyone in my close friends that does not already own the game, so I am putting out an offer to any Halfourmites that are interested.

To get more interest I will even buy the main game and WOTLK for the RaF partner, in exchange for leveling with me and letting me abuse the bonus XP on two servers. ;)


#53

BananaHands

BananaHands

ScytheRexx said:
So with the summer deal I have been looking for a RaF partner. I think if I had one I will be more likely to play on another server for awhile like WA. At this point I can't seem to find anyone in my close friends that does not already own the game, so I am putting out an offer to any Halfourmites that are interested.

To get more interest I will even buy the main game and WOTLK for the RaF partner, in exchange for leveling with me and letting me abuse the bonus XP on two servers. ;)
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People should do this. Me and HowDroll did and it makes it soooo easy.


#54

Frank

Frank

In a week or so I may allow one of you awesome folks to scroll of res me. Maybe. Depends on how hardcore I continue to be not playing in the MWO beta.


#55

Bubble181

Bubble181

BananaHands said:
Me and HowDroll did it ... soooo easy.
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Finally! Congrats!


#56

BananaHands

BananaHands

Frank said:
In a week or so I may allow one of you awesome folks to scroll of res me. Maybe. Depends on how hardcore I continue to be not playing in the MWO beta.
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;D


#57

HowDroll

HowDroll

Bubble181 said:
Finally! Congrats!
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Well, I do have a thing for fruits.


#58

Silent Bob

Silent Bob

People still play WoW?


#59

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Silent Bob said:
People still play WoW?
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People still watch Kevin Smith movies?


#60

Bowielee

Bowielee

Silent Bob said:
People still play WoW?
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Yes
ScytheRexx said:
People still watch Kevin Smith movies?
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and Yes
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#61

Silent Bob

Silent Bob

ScytheRexx said:
People still watch Kevin Smith movies?
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Bash them all you want; I'm not emotionally attached enough to give a crap. WoW is just so fundamentally boring though. I played it until Burning Crusade, and boy did that novelty wear off quickly. So yeah, I'm genuinely intrigued when I see people still attached to the game (and venomously defending it).


#62

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

You still play WoW?

-Yeah.

Well... don't defend it so venomously.


#63

Piotyr

Piotyr

Says the guy trolling the WoW thread.


#64

Dave

Dave

Silent Bob said:
Bash them all you want; I'm not emotionally attached enough to give a crap. WoW is just so fundamentally boring though. I played it until Burning Crusade, and boy did that novelty wear off quickly. So yeah, I'm genuinely intrigued when I see people still attached to the game (and venomously defending it).
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I've never understood someone going into a thread which has a defined and specific topic and then bashing that topic. It would be like walking into a Starbucks and starting to yell at everyone for paying too much for crappy coffee. Well, people do that sometimes but we call them insane and they get escorted out.


#65

BananaHands

BananaHands

Bash WoW all you want; I'm not emotionally attached enough to give a crap. Kevin Smith is just so fundamentally boring though. I watched until "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", and boy did that novelty wear off quickly. So yeah, I'm genuinely intrigued when I see people still attached to him (and venomously defending him).


#66

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Silent Bob said:
Bash them all you want; I'm not emotionally attached enough to give a crap. WoW is just so fundamentally boring though. I played it until Burning Crusade, and boy did that novelty wear off quickly. So yeah, I'm genuinely intrigued when I see people still attached to the game (and venomously defending it).
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Be aware, I like Kevin Smith movies.

My sentence was to point out the ridiculousness of coming into a WoW thread and smugly saying "People still play WoW?", I simply used your avatar and name as the basis of the point, so you can understand what you ended up implying about us. I don't go into the threads of things I don't care for and go "People still play this?" like I am some type of better person for not taking part in the game. It's rude and unnecessary to those that enjoy it.

Go ahead and dislike the game, I have no problem with people that dislike the game.


#67

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I play with those bananahands of yours all kinds, if I still had an account or could afford to play..

I was always my guilds work horse... I loved doing the dumb professions and running instances for lower levels.[DOUBLEPOST=1341886100][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, I'd also play with you all kinds too, Droll, ifyaknowwhatimean


#68

HowDroll

HowDroll

ScytheRexx said:
To get more interest I will even buy the main game and WOTLK for the RaF partner, in exchange for leveling with me and letting me abuse the bonus XP on two servers. ;)
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Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I play with those bananahands of yours all kinds, if I still had an account or could afford to play..
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#69

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I think bumble was implying he can't afford the monthly fee. :( I ain't that rich.

I ended up RaFing myself for a bit and bought the game + wotlk on standby just in case I don't find anyone else to RaF. Already got my worgen hunter and a human paladin to 15 with the help of another RaF hunter as a mule on WA. Once I hit the level 20 limit of the starter account though I will have to decide if I want to use up the copy I bought to keep mutli-boxing.

Multi-boxing is really difficult to get the hang of though. Would much rather have someone to run dungeons with and scream through quests.


#70

HowDroll

HowDroll

ScytheRexx said:
I think bumble was implying he can't afford the monthly fee. :( I ain't that rich.

I ended up RaFing myself for a bit and bought the game + wotlk on standby just in case I don't find anyone else to RaF. Already got my worgen hunter and a human paladin to 15 with the help of another RaF hunter as a mule on WA. Once I hit the level 20 limit of the starter account though I will have to decide if I want to use up the copy I bought to keep mutli-boxing.

Multi-boxing is really difficult to get the hang of though. Would much rather have someone to run dungeons with and scream through quests.
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Aw, didn't read close enough. Oh, well!


#71

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

How long would it take to install for the trial...


#72

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Looks like I am running out of time to do a RaF with another player, does no one want a free copy of the game (which is vanilla + bc) and the wotlk expansion?

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
How long would it take to install for the trial...
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A starter account takes very little time to setup and install. If you want me to send you a invite so you can setup an account and download, it's free. At least it gives you a chance to see if you really want to get into it again before trying anything.


#73

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I really just want to hop on and dick around in Stormwind (is that even still the hub?) for 10 days lol


#74

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I really just want to hop on and dick around in Stormwind (is that even still the hub?) for 10 days lol
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Well you can do that without me inviting you. Though you will be limited in your ability to talk (pretty much limited to party chat and /say, can't talk in yell or general channels)

Also, trial accounts don't exist anymore, so you don't have to do it for just 10 days. They are called starter accounts now, and you can use them however long you want (you are just limited in what you can do, like you can't go beyond level 20, use the AH, etc.)


#75

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Say whaaaaaaaaattt??

That's ridonkulous. Who wants to have Bumble wander around behind them saying dirty things


#76

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
That's ridonkulous. Who wants to have Bumble wander around behind them saying dirty things
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BananaHands? :troll:


#77

HowDroll

HowDroll

ScytheRexx said:
BananaHands? :troll:
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He's out of town for a week :(


#78

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

HowDroll said:
He's out of town for a week :(
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But... who will I whisper sweet nothings to while I play trial now :(


#79

HowDroll

HowDroll

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
But... who will I whisper sweet nothings to while I play trial now :(
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Nobody, because you can't whisper during WoW trials.


#80

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Man I forgot how sucky RaF can be when it comes to cash. I already hit 20 and can't buy my mount training. :okay:


#81

HowDroll

HowDroll

ScytheRexx said:
Man I forgot how sucky RaF can be when it comes to cash. I already hit 20 and can't buy my mount training. :okay:
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I'll send some money your way :)


#82

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

ScytheRexx HowDroll BananaHands

Who's gonna recruit a friend me hmm. hmmm.

Nevermind, got onee


#83

Dave

Dave

Hit me up on Friday, Bumble. I will buy you the $15 a month.


#84

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Oh Dave, you scamp!


#85

BananaHands

BananaHands

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
But... who will I whisper sweet nothings to while I play trial now :(
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I missed something.


#86

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

No one in your guild is ever on, WHY ARE YOU SUCH LOSERS


#87

Bubble181

Bubble181

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
No one in your guild is ever on, WHY ARE YOU SUCH LOSERS
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Because they're all WOWtards :troll:


#88

BananaHands

BananaHands

But I'm in BAAAAHHHSton.


#89

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

BananaHands said:
But I'm in BAAAAHHHSton.
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You used to be cool, man. You've changed..


#90

BananaHands

BananaHands

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
You used to be cool, man. You've changed..
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This bromance is over.


#91

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

BananaHands said:
This bromance is over.
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#92

Dave

Dave

I'm sorry I've been absent from "Das Guild" lately. I got to 30 really fast, but life intervened. The wife and I started a gym membership and we've been taking classes.


#93

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I was going to be sooooo damn active in this guild, and I still will be, but... The Secret World


#94

BananaHands

BananaHands

Dave said:
I'm sorry I've been absent from "Das Guild" lately. I got to 30 really fast, but life intervened. The wife and I started a gym membership and we've been taking classes.
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Yeah Dave! Level up IRL!


#95

HowDroll

HowDroll

Ravenpoe said:
I was going to be sooooo damn active in this guild, and I still will be, but... The Secret World
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The next week or two is gong to be slow anyway with BH and me being out of town, but things should start picking up soon!


#96

Piotyr

Piotyr

Besides, ScytheRexx still needs a day or two to get a couple of 80's ready for the guild...


#97

Bubble181

Bubble181

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
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Don't worry, I understand you're in a vulnerable place at the moment. Really, everything will be alright. Come here, you *shuffles over to make some room*


#98

Bowielee

Bowielee

I've been extremely busy with grad school research and preparing for the GRE, so I'll probably not get back on till the weekend, if at all.

I did make a Death Knight version of my Paladin from my main server. I plan on making him a "what if" dimension version of that character.


#99

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Well they just announced the new Recruit-A-Friend mount. The Touring Rocket is going to be retired on the 17th, so if you want it, better get it soon. The new mount is the ability to turn into an Obsidian Nightwing, which is basically a black stone panther with wings. Once you turn into the panther, another player can jump on your back to fly with you. Mechanic wise it's very similar to the Sandstone Drake.

If you are already doing RaF and would rather have the Nightwing then the Rocket, just don't claim the Rocket, and the new mount will roll over after the 17th to be claimed.


#100

Dave

Dave

I love my Tyrian's Mount absolutely to death. I will use no other mount ever. I wish I could name him.


#101

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

So is anyone near abouts lvl 12 gonna play tonight?


#102

Dave

Dave

I will probably be on about 8 or 9 after I get back from killing myself at the gym.


#103

Gared

Gared

Hmm... this might be a good excuse to get my mains transferred over to a new server with a decent group to play with, since my last guild fell apart... We shall see.


#104

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Im a human, btw. If that means anything as far as where im leveling. Ive never played alliance before, and I havent played at all since launch of wotlk.. this is a whole new game to me


#105

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I can always make a new character and level to 12 in 20 minutes. :awesome:


#106

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I worry im gonna slow anyone down because i like to explore and read the quests and stuff lol


#107

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I don't mind a nice slow leveling experience as long as I have someone to goof off with. It's when I level alone I get a bit impatient. One of the reasons I wish my wife would start playing again.


#108

Piotyr

Piotyr

20 minutes? It took you 20 seconds to level from 14 to 30.


#109

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Piotyr said:
20 minutes? It took you 20 seconds to level from 14 to 30.
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Well I might go a little slower okay!? I don't have dungeons to throw me through the levels!


#110

Dave

Dave

We need to have the ability to /ginvite. Bumble is on but HowDroll and BananaHands are both gone.


#111

HowDroll

HowDroll

I just popped on but nobody knew your in-game name, Bumble the Boy Wonder :(


#112

Dave

Dave

It's Bumbledore.


#113

HowDroll

HowDroll

Dave said:
It's Bumbledore.
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Got him, thanks!


#114

Bowielee

Bowielee

Dave said:
I love my Tyrian's Mount absolutely to death. I will use no other mount ever. I wish I could name him.
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Tyriel's mount

sorry, nitpicky.


#115

Dave

Dave

Yeah, I thought I spelled it wrong but was running late and didn't have time to look it up. Or I was lazy. Whichever.


#116

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

HowDroll said:
Got him, thanks!
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You's muh gurl, gurl


#117

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Logged in for the new beta patch, pet battles are a bit addicting.


#118

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

So having never RP'd before, should I begin a story for my mage, or just kinda wing it as things come up?


#119

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

ScytheRexx said:
Logged in for the new beta patch, pet battles are a bit addicting.
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Oh god, I would kick so much arse at pet battles... I had well over a hundred.

Once some guy just randomly walked up to my toon and started showing off his 12 pets, cycling through them all...

Then I went through my 140+ pets for him...


#120

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

sixpackshaker said:
Oh god, I would kick so much arse at pet battles... I had well over a hundred
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Well the amount of pets won't matter, since you can only have 3 active ones ;)

Really though, after playing it earlier today, it's a lot more like Pokemon then I even originally thought. I mean, it's so similar Blizzard had to have some sort of agreement with Nintendo, it's crazy.

You find random "battle pets" in the wild, you can then engage them with your own pets and either defeat them, or capture them. Capturing them involves tossing a wooden trap that lands on top of them, with the battle pet attempting to escape. You can't trap pets unless they are weak from battle. They have pet trainers that are located in zones that you can challenge for lots of pet experience. They even have it so if the pets are dead or injured, you have to take them to a stable master to revive and heal them. (lol poke hospital). Lastly, certain pets types are stronger or weaker versus other pet types.

Either Blizzard is paying loads of cash to Nintendo, or I see them getting major sued in the future.


#121

Bowielee

Bowielee

It kind of sucks that after August, I pretty much won't have time to play ANY games, much less WoW.


#122

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

In case anyone is wondering where I am this week, I decided to finish some leveling goals on another server, so focusing on that this week.

Also, I found out I have a friend on Wyrmrest Accord that plays on the Horde side, so likely I will make one or two characters on that side before RaF is up. Anyone else want to play some hordies?


#123

Dave

Dave

Maybe once I get this guy to 85. I tend to focus on one toon at a time. I'm thinking about making a Rogue, though. I hate finding chests and not being able to open them. Besides, i think raiding with an RP group might be worth my time with a Rogue. Maybe they'll take their time & sneak instead of rushing in like they are punching a clock, nullifying all my skills.


#124

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

BTW dungeon queue times on WA suck. Having been leveling an Ghostlands this week all the dungeon queues are like 3-5 minutes. On WA, I was looking at 20 minutes most of the time. Must be a pretty low population battlegroup.


#125

Bowielee

Bowielee

ScytheRexx said:
BTW dungeon queue times on WA suck. Having been leveling an Ghostlands this week all the dungeon queues are like 3-5 minutes. On WA, I was looking at 20 minutes most of the time. Must be a pretty low population battlegroup.
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I concur. it took quite some time last weekend to get into instances and BGs.


#126

Piotyr

Piotyr

I've discovered that Strat:service is really unpopular right now. Five groups bailed as soon as they saw it was Strat.


#127

Bowielee

Bowielee

You'd think on a RP server, people would be clamoring to get Baron Rivendare's mount. Then again, at 85, you can just solo farm for it.[DOUBLEPOST=1342743136][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, I ended up running Gnomeregan THREE TIMES yesterday... god, please let me outlevel that place. When I got Scarlet Monastery, I was ecstatic. In fact, everyone in our group was glad that it wasn't gnomeregan.


#128

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Strath is unpopular because it's so densely packed it's downright annoying.

I have said it once and I will say it again, a lot of the dungeons that were long and difficult due to high mob volume were never all that enjoyed. I still argue with people that call Blackrock Depths the "best dungeon ever" when it was the one people hated the most due to the huge amount of space, getting lost, tons of mobs, etc... It would have worked better as a quest zone then a dungeon.

Stratholme had a similar problem, one that was partly fixed with the splitting of the dungeon, but still way to densely packed with mobs with ridiculous skills like anti-magic shell.

This is why everyone friggin loves it when they get to the SM section of dungeons, because SM is tight, quick, simple to understand. It does not overload you but still give you options through the four different wings.

MoP Update

Druids are officially gaining the Stag as the new travel form, replacing the Cheetah. The cheetah is still an option by using a special glyph if someone feels nostalgic for it. There is another glyph that allows other players to ride on your back while in the Stag form.



Also, I can see why people love Pokemon now. I avoided it when I was younger as I didn't see the appeal, but with pet battles I find myself logging on beta just to take part in the pet battle system rather then do anything else. Right now I have my "Dragon Master" team using Frosty (Frost Wyrm Whelp), Phasy (Netherwhelp), and Ony (Onyxia Whelp), and I find myself traveling to different zones just to find rare pets to capture. They added a TON of pets for this system, so much that the collection achievement now goes up to 400. Just going through Durotar I collected two different beetle types, a blue water snake, a small black widow, and a new rabbit type.

I attempted to capture a team of toads in Ashenvale, but they obliterated by whelp team with their water spit and soothing waters heal!

I think my favorite thing is they put a lot of effort into making all the skills unique per pet. I have yet to see much in the way of skill overlap (there is some, but it seems very light). My whelps have unique skills that fit entirely with what they are, and some seem unique to just that pet, like my Onyxia whelp and her Deep Breath.

They also recently changed the rarity system a bit. Before, all items had a random rarity, meaning even items you collected manually, like all the old whelps, phoenix hatchling, armadillo, etc... you would have to keep getting or buying if you wanted to get a rare with high stat allocation. They altered it though, making pretty much all the rare drop and pet store pets into automatic rares with a set high allocation. You can still get a rare pet through the catching system that will edge out these rares, but now getting a rare drop (or putting some cash into the pet store) automatically means it's going to be a good battle pet. I can already see some complaining about the pet store pets being part of this.

Lastly, they are making rare mobs extremely attractive in terms of finding, fighting, and defeating them. Every rare mob in Pandaria now drop special items depending on the rare. Here are some small examples of the items you can get, though I am not going to mention which rare holds the item.

An account bound potion that increased XP gain by 300% for 1 hour. Basically gives you RaF without the friend for 1 hour.
An item that automatically boosts all reputations on Pandaria by 1000 rep.
A turtle shell, that when hurled at an enemy mounted player, will dismount them. Yes, even flying mounts, from 40 yards away. (Sadly not colored blue or red)
Various transformation items, like a compass that lets you look like Mr. Smite and say his catch phrases from old Deadmines.
A CC item that turns an enemy mob into an amber prison for 2 minutes. Can't be used on players. (Basically any class can have PVE CC if they have this item)
A lily pad that gives you when used casts a random druid ability based on your class and spec, though what happens if you are a druid is unknown.
An item that summons a Hozen who you can send out to collect items, he will return after a set time with a bag of resources like herbs and other randoms
A box of stray puppies, calling them out will bring out a bunch of pugs wearing different hats.
A banana you can throw on the ground, which will trip the first mob or player that walks over it (I can see this being disabled in BGs).

Goes on and on. This is going to make finding rares very attractive. Expect a lot of PVP on PVP servers in or around their spawn areas.


#129

Dave

Dave

Any idea as to release date?


#130

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dave said:
Any idea as to release date?
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Only speculation. Usually Blizzard announced the date a bit after they show off the cinematic, which is happening next month. I think the most viable estimate is October.


#131

Bowielee

Bowielee

Sooo, seeing as I didn't have any ties on my main server and we need high level guildies, I'm transferring my 85 Druid over to this server. She's dual specced feral combat/heal so I could DPS or heal.

For those that can invite, her name is Arlissa, unless the name is taken on the server already. If so, I'll update with the new name.


#132

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

For those that are interested in seeing some of the changes in MoP but don't have the beta, from what I hear the PTR just went live.

This is good news, it means we will likely see the 5.0 patch next month, and after that a month of the "transitional" content before MoP is released. Late September to early October are looking good.


#133

HowDroll

HowDroll

Bowielee said:
Sooo, seeing as I didn't have any ties on my main server and we need high level guildies, I'm transferring my 85 Druid over to this server. She's dual specced feral combat/heal so I could DPS or heal.

For those that can invite, her name is Arlissa, unless the name is taken on the server already. If so, I'll update with the new name.
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BananaHands -- you on this? I should be back tomorrow or Sunday at the latest, if not.


#134

Bowielee

Bowielee

Transfer complete. No name change needed. I'm ready to assist high, low and mid level guildies now :)


#135

Dei

Dei

ScytheRexx said:
For those that are interested in seeing some of the changes in MoP but don't have the beta, from what I hear the PTR just went live.

This is good news, it means we will likely see the 5.0 patch next month, and after that a month of the "transitional" content before MoP is released. Late September to early October are looking good.
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Was the "Playing with RealID friends regardless of server" thing implemented already, or is that a MoP thing?


#136

Bowielee

Bowielee

Oh, and did I forget to mention, my Druid is max level Inscription with a ton of glyph recipes. So if you guys need glyphs or dust, just let me know.


#137

Dave

Dave

Dei said:
Was the "Playing with RealID friends regardless of server" thing implemented already, or is that a MoP thing?
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I saw Scythe come on last night and could have talked to him. And he was playing a dirty, dirty Horde at the time.


#138

Dei

Dei

Dave said:
I saw Scythe come on last night and could have talked to him. And he was playing a dirty, dirty Horde at the time.
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Talking to is not what I meant.


#139

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
Was the "Playing with RealID friends regardless of server" thing implemented already, or is that a MoP thing?
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Myabe, depends on what you mean. There is a button in the social panel that allows you to group with friends from other servers for things like dungeons. It does not work for LFR or battlegrounds yet, as far as I know. I actually ran a few dungeons once with a friend on Wyrmrest Accord from my Horde characters on Tichondrius.

Once MoP comes out though (well, 5.0 more specifically, it's not something that will require MoP), the "Cross Realm Zones" will be implemented. This will allow you to group with a friend and then quest with him in any zone, even though he is on another server. They are testing it out right now on the beta and sometimes while questing you might see someone from the other test server questing around.


#140

Bowielee

Bowielee

So, if anyone needs glyphs or Dust, send me an in game mail request and I'll fill it as soon as I can (I have no ink right now, so have to do some farming).

Here's my profession link so you can see what glyphs I can make.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/wyrmrest-accord/Arlissa/profession/inscription


#141

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

How do the trial accounts work? Can you make characters on multiple servers?


#142

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Squidleybits said:
How do the trial accounts work? Can you make characters on multiple servers?
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Yes, you can make as many characters you want up to the 50 max per account. The main limitations is you can't take part in most public broadcast communication, can't trade with other players, can't use the AH, and can't level beyond 20. Most of those restrictions you can blame gold farmers for, as they were abusing trial accounts for laundering stolen gold or advertising.

P.S. MoP just got it's official release date, September 25th. This is also the first year they are selling a Digital Deluxe version rather then just the Regular and Collectors Edition. The Digital Deluxe version gives you the digital goodies that normally come only with the CE, and this year that is both a pet and a new mount.


#143

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ScytheRexx said:
The Digital Deluxe version gives you the digital goodies that normally come only with the CE, and this year that is both a pet and a new mount.
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Dammit... it's like they know my weakness!


#144

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Ravenpoe said:
Dammit... it's like they know my weakness!
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Considering the DD is $20 more then Regular, that makes the pet and mount cheaper then getting a combination of those through the Blizzard Store. I find that rather odd.



Oh god those eyes...


#145

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I've been playing around on a trial account. I'll check out the RP server this evening.


#146

Dave

Dave

I'm a sucker. I'll buy the game. When it comes out I may roll a Goblin. I have yet to play one other than a bit (I think I stopped after 6th level or so). That area will probably be pretty empty so it'll be easy.


#147

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dave said:
I'm a sucker. I'll buy the game. When it comes out I may roll a Goblin. I have yet to play one other than a bit (I think I stopped after 6th level or so). That area will probably be pretty empty so it'll be easy.
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Cross-Realm Zones mean very rarely will zones be entirely empty now.


#148

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

The beginner zones I tried on another server were almost totally empty. It was weird.


#149

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Squidleybits said:
The beginner zones I tried on another server were almost totally empty. It was weird.
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Most of them will be pretty empty, most players are already at the max level and those leveling alts usually move very quickly.

I was actually surprised when I logged on Wyrmrest and players were filling up areas of the human starting area.


#150

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

That's a good thing! I found it so odd to be almost alone. Even the city was quiet.


#151

Dei

Dei

I just got Scroll of Ressed, so I might make a character over there. Saving my free char transfer for something else though. (If only I could transfer 2 characters for free)


#152

Dave

Dave

Explain cross zones for me, please.


#153

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dave said:
Explain cross zones for me, please.
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All servers are going to be linked in a cross zone system. Basically think of it like merging all the servers together so that rather then servers, each is basically a little phase or dimension of existence.

So let's say you make a new character named Elfdave on Blackhand. You finish a few quests and move out into Teldrassil, but Blackhand in general does not have a lot of people actually leveling in Teldrassil. The server communicates with his partners and says, "Hey, I noticed Coilfang, Bladefist, Durotan, and Fenris only have like two people in Teldrassil each, how about we link ups?" The other servers answer "Sure thing bro!"

Next thing you know, you are on a quest when three other elves, one from Coilfang, maybe the other two from Bladefist, pop into the zone and you can see them, talk to them, or even group with them. They will be in the zone as long as needed to help make it feel a bit fuller, and then will phase them out when not needed anymore.

Let's say you meet another guy named Legololols and you group together and have a lot of fun, well you might want to continue questing with him. Simply make a group and stay in a group together, and neither of you will phase out for the other. If you really hit it off and want to level with him again in the future, you can add his BattleTag (which are finally getting official in WoW with 5.0), and invite him to group later, allowing you both to once again phase into a communal zone to do the same quests.

So for instance, lets say you really like that character you made on Ghostlands but want to level with my new hunter on Wyrmrest Accord. I can invite you using the BattleTag and we could level through Pandaria together regardless of the server separation.


#154

Dave

Dave

Hmm. I would think that would make some places harder to quest. Like areas where you have to kill "X" creatures and they are hard to find. I actually like it when I'm questing if an area is sparsely populated. Hell, if I'm the only one in the zone I love it!


#155

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Well then I don't know what to tell you! It's going to be happening pretty soon now. The 5.0 patch is expected to come out beginning of September.


#156

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I'm certainly going to feel like a huge dick when I gather up all the creatures Dave and I need for our separate quests, and aoe them all..


#157

Dei

Dei

I made a dwarf paladin named Rubinet on Wyrmrest if anyone gets a chance to invite me sometime. (Or give me a timeframe to have her logged in)


#158

Bubble181

Bubble181

Dave said:
Hell, if I'm the only one in the zone I love it!
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Haven't you heard? You're not allowed to choose h ow you enjoy your games! ActiBlizz will decide for you exactly how, when and where you are allowed to enjoy their games, and you can just sit there and do it their way, or go elsewhere. You're just one in an army of millions desparate to give them their money, after all.
I may be slightly annoyed with Blizzard for the moment - their handling of Diablo III lately really shows a shift in corporate policy from "we value our customers and in return the customers love us" to "our customers really love us and will defend us no matter what, we know what's best for them and we will decide how to enjoy our games".

It's some sort of weird mentality shift. "Everyone" has to be able to enjoy their games (ok, fine by me if they want to appeal to a large audience), so they're "improving" their games for easiest play and very "guided" (never alone, preset skill choices which you can change if you jump through 50 hoops first,...). The gameplay this results in is extremely streamlined, I can see why they'd want to make it that way and i'm sure lots of people will enjoy this type of experience. Unfortunately, people wanting to play their games in their own way are left in the cold. Playing WOW alone is obviously not the way it's meant to be played. Using mods? oh no. heck, even interface and such were 10x more malleable and changable in older Blizz games than in the newer ones.


#159

HowDroll

HowDroll

Dei said:
I made a dwarf paladin named Rubinet on Wyrmrest if anyone gets a chance to invite me sometime. (Or give me a timeframe to have her logged in)
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I should be on later tonight :)


#160

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

HowDroll said:
I should be on later tonight :)
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And here I thought you got us all to join a guild you were abandoning as some sort of elaborate ruse... :notes:

(I didn't know we had a music notes smiley, and had no idea when to use it. So I used it there.)


#161

HowDroll

HowDroll

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
And here I thought you got us all to join a guild you were abandoning as some sort of elaborate ruse... :notes:

(I didn't know we had a music notes smiley, and had no idea when to use it. So I used it there.)
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:notes: I've been out of town! :notes:


#162

Dave

Dave

(The previous post made funnier by Dave.)


#163

Dei

Dei

WTB cross realm heirloom mailing. :/


#164

Frank

Frank

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF ALL AAAAAAAGES! Who wants to scroll of resurrection me?


#165

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

How horribly out of touch would I sound if I asked what that meant?


#166

Bowielee

Bowielee

Frank said:
ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF ALL AAAAAAAGES! Who wants to scroll of resurrection me?
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Me, please!


#167

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Let me do it!

I want that WYVERN DARN IT! ;)


#168

Frank

Frank

Bowie beat you to the punch.


#169

Bowielee

Bowielee

:devil:[DOUBLEPOST=1343252299][/DOUBLEPOST]Actually, Frank, if you haven't redeemed it yet, I'd be OK with you giving it to Scytherexx, He's a much more active player than I am. I only get to play in spurts in the summertime.

(of course that doesn't mean that I don't want that spectral mount)


#170

Frank

Frank

Well, I'm a chode. Apparently my account is still active......


#171

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Ya right you just hate me. :(

Just kidding, it's cool man.


#172

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I made a gnome warlock - Squidleybits.


#173

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I love the new instance-finder!


#174

Bowielee

Bowielee

Unfortunately the battlegroup for this server is kind of lacking. On my main server, I only have to queue for an average of 2-5 minutes, maybe ten during slow hours. On this battlegroup, it takes a minimum of 5 min up to 45.


#175

Dei

Dei

Bowielee said:
Unfortunately the battlegroup for this server is kind of lacking. On my main server, I only have to queue for an average of 2-5 minutes, maybe ten during slow hours. On this battlegroup, it takes a minimum of 5 min up to 45.
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I dunno, I still get instant queues as a tank! :csi:


#176

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Long waits for non-tanks :(


#177

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Well 20 on my warlock :) That was fun! I think I will upgrade my starter account!


#178

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Yup, this pretty much sums up how I often see hardcore players.



#179

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Mists of Pandaria Cinematic came out today, for those interested.



Also, big new change. They are removing expansion requirements from all races, even the Pandaren. What this means, is you can technically not own a single expansion, and can still make a Goblin, Worgen, or Pandaren (Draenei and BE were already merged into the base game awhile back). Worgen and Goblin go live in the base game during 5.0 this month, and then Pandaren will go live when MoP releases and 5.0.4 is deployed.

If you want the new Monk class, level range, and obviously the continent of Pandaria itself, you would still need to buy the expansion.


#180

Vrii

Vrii

Is it me or does that cinematic completely contradict basically everything they've said about the expansion?

"It's focused on the Horde/Alliance conflict!" - okay, for about a minute, then they team up again to fight...a panda. Big drama here.

"It's not cartoonish/silly/based on kung-fu panda!" - then why is the fight in your cinematic consisting of a panda using his kung fu moves to make both the orc and the human look silly in a slapstick kind of way?


#181

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Vrii said:
Is it me or does that cinematic completely contradict basically everything they've said about the expansion?
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Yes and no...

It is focused on the Horde and Alliance conflict, but the Pandaren are supposed to be the ones to help "calm" them leading into the next expansion. The cinematic is simply forshadowing what the Pandaren will likely bring later on, but much like the beginning of the cinematic, the conflict is going to be the focus when it all boils over in 5.3 with the final raid at Orgrimmar. The cinematic is simply setting up something for the future rather then something for 5.0

Also, while the fans like myself have been intent on pointing out Pandaren were created before kung fu panda, Blizzard themselves have never really said anything about it. Obviously the game is more lighthearted then Cataclysm, and the cinematic goes a long way to show that, but it still has some serious story arcs. It does make me curious though, how would you introduce Pandaren and Monks in the cinematic if they don't make them do kung fu?

P.S. The Pandaren in the cinematic was Chen Stormstout, so he obviously was going to make those two supposedly no-named grunts look like fools.


#182

Vrii

Vrii

Honestly? If the focus is supposed to be on the pandas, make the cinematic about the pandas. Show them doing their thing, maybe introducing one of their storylines, dungeons, or raid bosses. If they're interesting enough to build an expansion around, they should be able to carry a ~3 minute cinematic, and it would convey a lot more information than this did. Having a monk/monks here is even fine, but it shouldn't be the ONLY thing you show about them if you want to downplay the kung fu panda thing.

If the focus is on the Horde/Alliance dynamic, don't make a panda central to your cinematic. By all means show them, but do it through the lens of what the factions are after, not by having them interrupt and overshadow everything else.


#183

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I can see what you are getting at, but considering what they are going for, I think a mix was good in this case. Besides, seeing Chen in CGI was pretty sweet.


#184

Bubble181

Bubble181

Also, nobody wants to see a "realistic" gameplay video (as a cinematic). The cinematics for WOTLK didn't show a Death Knight being able to keep their own against a Warlock or whatever - they showed the DKs as kicking ass. No point in adding new things and making them out to be "just as good, more or less" than the older ones - even if they sort of have to be for balance. In your PR, they're going to be awesome and cool.

Also, huuray for Chen! I probably like him just because he hasn't been completely horribly mutilated by WoW-lore yet, but I guess that'll be over soon. Oh well.


#185

Frank

Frank

The cinematic for WotLK showed Arthas being mopey, summoning a dracolich and ruling over an army of the undead. Not much Death Knight stuff going down there (the class anyway, I guess Arthas was technically a DK once, but he had since long outgrown that silly nonsense).


#186

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Frank said:
The cinematic for WotLK showed Arthas being mopey, summoning a dracolich and ruling over an army of the undead. Not much Death Knight stuff going down there (the class anyway, I guess Arthas was technically a DK once, but he had since long outgrown that silly nonsense).
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The MoP cinematic I find to be closer to the BC cinematic.

The Vanilla cinematic focused on many of the various races and classes without showing them getting an edge over the other. Just some character and location shots, a few random battle shots, and then the logo.

The BC cinematic focused on the draenei and blood elf with a peppering of other races, and obviously Illidan. Rather then showing either race evenly with the others, we get to see the draenei obliterate multiple orcs and then watch the blood elf have to save her orc ally after he gets arrowed to death.

The WOTLK and Cataclysm cinematics were designed mainly to focus on the "power" behind the main enemy, with Arthas raising a massive wyrm while Deathwing is shown ripping up the planet.

The MoP cinematic goes back to promoting the new race (and in this case, class) over the old guard, using Chen as an example of how badass a Pandaren Monk could be.


#187

Frank

Frank

Still, Blizz is gnome racist and almost troll racist if not for the briefest of glimpses in the BC intro.


#188

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Looks like Blizzard is attempted to make more Wrathgate-style cinematics this time around (Cataclysm really lacked them outside of the patch trailers and the final DS one). Right now we have one for both the Horde and Alliance Pandaria Intros, and one after a long quest in Jade Forest that shows how we fully unleashed the Sha.





#189

Frank

Frank

The final Dragon Soul cutscene was really bad.

King What'shisnuts is still just as awful as ever too.


#190

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Frank said:
The final Dragon Soul cutscene was really bad.
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It did feel a bit melodramatic, then again I am a huge hater of Aggra so anything with her in it obviously falls a few points just because of that.


#191

Piotyr

Piotyr

So, Crimson Battalion, let's do something fun.

You want to be mercenaries? Then be mercenaries. This evening, I'll post a themed set of bounties for things to kill, along with rewards. Everyone who participates and offers some proof (i.e. screenshot?) of your deeds will get the rewards for now, so there's no need to race, and feel free to work together as necessary. I'll offer the names of the NPCs for the bounty, and a clue as to their whereabouts. If you want to head to WoWhead or wowpedia to get the exact location, knock yourself out.

This set's theme is going to be...TMBG.


#192

Piotyr

Piotyr

balboa_wanted.png

So...over the top?


#193

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Scary gnome!

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#194

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Squidleybits said:
Scary gnome!
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Good thing you moved out of the way before he landed..


#195

Piotyr

Piotyr

That was quick, but a mere sample of the bounties that will be available to you...soon.


#196

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Good thing you moved out of the way before he landed..
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Could have been messy!


#197

Frank

Frank

Is that coppers, or gold. Because if it's gold, shit!


#198

Piotyr

Piotyr

It's coppers. A million copper is 100 gold, it just looked better on the poster with the bigger number.


#199

Piotyr

Piotyr

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#200

Bowielee

Bowielee

Is that all three, or any one of the three?[DOUBLEPOST=1345266796][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, I have fleshed out the backstory for my shaman, so if we ever get around to actually role playing, I'm ready.


#201

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I heard there were giants running amok near Booty Bay.. Several Alliance had already fallen victim. I took it upon myself to see these menaces slain.. The reward was also tempting.
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I set off at dusk. I knew I had to head south, my steed had been well rested. I could make the trip before the sun returned.

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I always loathed Duskwood. I never could stand the smell of the rotting flesh of the undead. The woods are crawling with them.

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A small pack of them got a bit frisky, so I had to make short work of them.

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I hate the smell of their flesh..

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I finally reached the edge of the jungle, which would take me straight to the land where the giants were known to roam.

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I was ambushed by a pack of Murloc's..

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Luckily, I've figured out how to best communicate with the beasts.

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I was beginning to get lost in the thick foliage of the jungle, so I decided to head for a higher vantage point.


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I could easily spot the direction I needed to head from atop the high hills of Stranglethorn.

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Once I began to smell the sea breeze, and taste the salt in the air, I knew I had reached my first goal..

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I was quickly flagged down by a local sailor (filthy pirate) and he claimed he had just been attacked by Gorlash. His crew was fighting him as we spoke. Naturally I headed for the lead.

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We were too late...

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We heard screams from around one of the hills, and I rushed as quickly as I could to the source. The cowardly pirate chose to run the opposite direction of the danger. Clearly an indicator of why he remains alive, while his crew all died.

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Again... I had just missed the monster..

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Finally, without notice, the ground began shaking! He had come to me!


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Before I could realize what happened, he had approached! It was difficult to understand how this giant oaf could be so swift!

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I had to keep my distance, so I began to slow him with my mastery of the frozen arts!

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I had him on the run, and I was gaining the distance I wanted!

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I began assaulting full-force! But the giant was still too strong!

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I had created enough of a gap to allow me the time to summon the perfect ally to assist me... myself.



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We unleashed!





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While I had my images attacking, I took the opportunity to run up while he was distracted, and deliver a fatal blow!

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And with a mighty thud... Gorlash had fallen. His death may save many lives.. but the victory is not yet had. There are others that remain. And there is always work to be done.

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#202

Bowielee

Bowielee

All Hail Bumbledore the Giant Slayer!
(Also... Geez, Pioty, you're all racist against giants and stuff. It makes sad Hagrid sad)

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#203

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Yeah man, Pioty's got giant envy or something.


#204

Bowielee

Bowielee

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Today was fishing day. I like catching fishies. They have shiny scales and they can breathe under water, so I gobble them up and I can breathe underwater too!
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I think I hear something behind me. The ground is shakey-shakey, but it's like that when my friends are here sometimes.
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It IS a new friend. He's got shiny scales just like a fishy... I wonder what he tastes like. I think my friends would like to play with him.
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They DO want to play with him. My friends are good at playing with new friends.
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Awww... they hugged him so hard, he's not moving anymore.... He tasted like fishies...
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I thought I should tell the bossy-man of Booty Bay about my new friend. I think he will be mad at me because I played so rough with him.
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He wasn't mad! He called me a hero. Being a hero is fun.


#205

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Love the innocence


#206

Bowielee

Bowielee

Yeah, I'll be posting her back story soon. Long story short, she used to be a priest of the Naruu due to how easily she could communicate with them, but the crash on Azeroth introduced new voices in her head (the elements) and all the noise up there pretty much drove her insane. She's kind of looney toons now.


#207

Bowielee

Bowielee

Hey, I just noticed that our guild is almost level 2!

Fast track is a sweet bonus. We'll all get to 85 faster!

I'm also loving Archeology. I'd never levelled it before. I've already got 2 pets and a couple fun dodads from it.


#208

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Level 2 will be awesome!


#209

Piotyr

Piotyr

Bowielee said:
All Hail Bumbledore the Giant Slayer!
(Also... Geez, Pioty, you're all racist against giants and stuff. It makes sad Hagrid sad)

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Aww, man, you guys aren't gonna like the next four bounties then...

Hey, they're all bad giants, though...


#210

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Piotyr said:
Aww, man, you guys aren't gonna like the next four bounties then...

Hey, they're all bad giants, though...
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You could make them BadDragons but then... I think that would be a different kind of bounty.


#211

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

So we reached rank two... What happened to everyone D:


#212

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
So we reached rank two... What happened to everyone D:
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I got way to many characters and sadly my new goals require me to concentrate on my 85s. I am on a mount/companion craze so I am collecting as many as I can before we hit account wide in a week.


#213

Bowielee

Bowielee

It's just me, Bumble, Squidleybits, and Pioty nowadays... :(


#214

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Maybe it will be a bit easier once we have cross-realm zones. We could all post battletags and then invite eachother for quests in Pandaria or around the world without having to keep switching servers. That is the biggest issue for me right now, just trying to now balance three servers. Wyrmrest takes the third seat since it's not very established.

I might be more willing to play if I get more established, but that would require leveling a lot of characters.


#215

Bowielee

Bowielee

How are the cross realm zones to work, exactly?


#216

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
How are the cross realm zones to work, exactly?
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If a few servers don't have many players in a certain zone, it will combine them all into the same zone. Example...

Grogmar is on Ghostlands, Frunepic is on Blackhand, and Lucci is on Tichondrius. They are all questing in Southern Barrens pretty much by themselves. The servers will "link up"and suddenly all three of them can see eachother questing, group up, talk, etc... all in the Southern Barrens zone. If they are grouped, they will stay together moving on to the next zone. If they break up or don't group, the minute one moves out of the zone he phases back to his normal server and the other two vanish, unless it links them up again.

That is the main purpose of the system.

However, it allows much more. Say you are on Ghostlands but you have a friend on Tichondrius, he is having issues with a quest in Pandaria and you want to help him. You can exchange battletags (the new RealID system that does not require a real name), which then allows you to talk or party with him using the social panel. Once you are in a party, you will both phase into the same cross-realm, allowing the two of you to group regardless of the fact you are both on different servers. It's similar to how you can right now cross-realm invite for dungeon queues, only now it works in the whole world.

Right now, the only zones that will not allow any cross-realm are cities, for obvious reasons.


#217

Piotyr

Piotyr

Well, I just hit 85 on Wyrmrest, so let's get this party started! :)


#218

Bowielee

Bowielee

If you can cross-queue for dungeons, hell, if you guys want to run 85s, I can use my DK for tanking or my Pally for healing on my home server. Too bad you can't do guilds across servers, but I totally understand why that wouldn't be feasable with all the guild rewards and such.[DOUBLEPOST=1345437085][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, actually, my Druid is specced for healing right now, so that doesn't even have to be across realms.


#219

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

ScytheRexx - Played on Tichondrius long? I played Horde there from launch until BC. Was such a good server. I hope it still is


#220

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
ScytheRexx - Played on Tichondrius long? I played Horde there from launch until BC. Was such a good server. I hope it still is
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It was my original server since release. I have played Horde on that server all the way till the end of WOTLK, when I started playing a bit more on Ghostlands since my wife wanted to make some Alliance characters. Cataclysm saw me mostly ignore Tichondrius, I just had more interest in the alliance characters. I only leveled two of my Horde up to 85.

As for if the server is good, well... it's busy, which is nice. I wouldn't have ever called it good though. As a server it always felt less friendly, and most of the guilds I joined either were full of douches, or ended up imploding within a month. The last guild I joined once got pissed at me because I had a funny macro make a joke in /say when I was ressing the raid leader.

I think the deterioration started half way through BC, got worst in WOTLK. Since I didn't play much Cataclysm on that server I can't really say how bad that got.


#221

Dave

Dave

Sorry about that, guys. I've been absent from pretty much everything for a little while, including here except for a few moments here and there. Ben under increasing pressure at work and have cut back on the technology at home so I can spend more time with the lady.

I'll be back.


#222

Dei

Dei

I made a pally there but basically stopped playing her because I never really saw anyone on when I wasn't playing with friends/family on my other server. When they add battle tags I'll do stuff with people on either faction for sure (or you can just add my battle.tag through D3 now, but I'm not home to look up what my number was)


#223

Frank

Frank

Yeah, I got Dawnguarded out of the game for a while.


#224

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Frank said:
Yeah, I got Dawnguarded out of the game for a while.
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This happened to me, too.

And I'm barely even through the dawnguard story... so much other stuff I never explored in the game.


#225

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Funny enough I got Dawnguard but have yet to play it more then a few minutes. I am having issues figuring out which type of character I want to play this time.


#226

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Honestly, if they allowed cross server usage of heirlooms, I'd gladly come by and start a char over here.


#227

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Server maintenance! Forgot about that!


#228

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

And Diablo 3 is down too!


#229

Dave

Dave

Gilgamesh said:
Honestly, if they allowed cross server usage of heirlooms, I'd gladly come by and start a char over here.
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Aren't heirlooms by account, not server? I thought you could send them across already. But then again I've never tried, so....


#230

Dei

Dei

Nope. Can't. Super lame.


#231

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

It's kept me from playing with alot of awesome people in the past, very lame.


#232

Frank

Frank

They're such a crutch. You level faster than the zone storylines can complete as is without them.


#233

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Frank said:
They're such a crutch. You level faster than the zone storylines can complete as is without them.
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I have 6 lvl 85s, I've seen the story many many times on both sides, both Vanilla and Cata, I enjoy heirlooms because they get my alts caught up faster with the people who would want to play with me (Ex: Starting characters on this server to play with Halforumites)


#234

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I hadn't played in ages before now and I can't believe how fast leveling is. What is the total bonus with heirlooms and the guild bonus?


#235

Frank

Frank

Levelling is so fast now that the time saved by the heirlooms is so little. They're convenient, but that's all they are.


#236

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Actually, with heirlooms, you level 1-2x every single instance you LFG. Without them you get 1 level every 1-2 instances especially post 60. Saving hours per level with 85 levels to consider is a bit more than -minimal time saved- in my eyes.


#237

Frank

Frank

35% from items and whatever your guild bonus is doesn't equate to more than double experience.[DOUBLEPOST=1345575556][/DOUBLEPOST]Look, none of that matters overall. What I'm saying is if you tell someone you'd like to play with them but, you know, no heirlooms, sorry it comes across as the saddest excuse a person can give.


#238

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I'd like to play with them but I don't have the weeks of time extra it'd take to get to the levels they're at before Panderia comes out (it's 40% xp from heirlooms as well as the massive damage increase to kill things alot faster) is the -excuse- not that it's heirlooms or fuck off.

Thanks for the put-down though.


#239

Dave

Dave

Heirlooms give a huge benefit and if your guild is high enough (ours isn't) you also get a bonus for guild runs. So they do help out quite a bit for the higher levels.

I think I might play tonight a little. If the wife lets me.


#240

BananaHands

BananaHands

I had to take a break on it. Heart issues and financial issues. I'll be back though.


#241

Dave

Dave

Heart issues? You okay, Rosie O'BananaHands?


#242

BananaHands

BananaHands

pre-excitation and wolff parkinsons white. :confused:


#243

Dave

Dave

BananaHands said:
pre-excitation and wolff parkinsons white. :confused:
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Holy round fuckballs, dude! I feel bad about my joke now! What's the prognosis on something like that? (If I might ask. You can tell me to fuck off and it's none of my business and I'll understand.)


#244

Bowielee

Bowielee

wow, that is a rare condition. Thoughts are with you.


#245

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

BananaHands said:
pre-excitation and wolff parkinsons white. :confused:
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After googling that, you have my thoughts, so good luck with that. Also, not to make light of the situation, but the wiki article led me to the realization that "Bundle of Kent" would be a great band name.


#246

BananaHands

BananaHands

Dave said:
Holy round fuckballs, dude! I feel bad about my joke now! What's the prognosis on something like that? (If I might ask. You can tell me to fuck off and it's none of my business and I'll understand.)
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Ah, it's fine. I've been making jokes about it too, my heart just isn't into it right now :rolleyes:.

I actually was diagnosed with it back in 2009 and had a surgery to fix it because I was at risk of that sudden cardiac death, but recently I've been getting light headed and having chest pain, so I went back to my cardiologist and apparently I'm the 5% of the people who get the surgery and have it grow back.

Sooo, now I'm just avoiding drinking and focusing on getting in shape so the whole process would go smoothly. Not looking forward to another round of surgery, heart surgery messes with yer emotions.


#247

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

BananaHands said:
my heart just isn't into it right now :rolleyes:.
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#248

Shakey

Shakey

I may join up. I still have crap internet, which frustrated me the most last time. I'm hoping that spending more time doing a bit of RP will make it a bit more tolerable.

My main problem with the initial install still remains. You get the trial, spend all the time downloading, and finally play. You have fun and you're digging it. Then you decide to sub and all of a sudden you have to stop playing to download another 2 gig before you can log in again, with 6 gig being the total download. Just give me a full install download! I was playing 2 minutes ago and the only change was I subbed, why can I not play!


#249

Dave

Dave

I got on last night and got 78th level. Pretty close to 79 before I had to bug out & Skype with someone for a while.


#250

Dei

Dei

Who can actually invite? I have a 40ish pally and yesterday I made a DK to see if that would motivate me to play more.


#251

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
My main problem with the initial install still remains. You get the trial, spend all the time downloading, and finally play. You have fun and you're digging it. Then you decide to sub and all of a sudden you have to stop playing to download another 2 gig before you can log in again, with 6 gig being the total download. Just give me a full install download! I was playing 2 minutes ago and the only change was I subbed, why can I not play!
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Because you need to download all the data that makes up all those other zones, including the whole continent of Outland. They try to make it easier for Starter Accounts by not having them download information they won't ever see, otherwise everyone would be downloading 2 gigs more then they ever need.


#252

Shakey

Shakey

ScytheRexx said:
Because you need to download all the data that makes up all those other zones, including the whole continent of Outland. They try to make it easier for Starter Accounts by not having them download information they won't ever see, otherwise everyone would be downloading 2 gigs more then they ever need.
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I get that. It would just be nice to get one big download, instead of having to use the launcher. I'm sure 99% of the people don't care, but damnit I want it my way! I need to learn to just not uninstall the damn game. I think it's about 15 gig total, which is nuts.


#253

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

You... you are going to hate the update patch getting ready for MoP.


#254

Shakey

Shakey

Oh, I know. I bring my computer in to work and mooch their connection to download stuff like that. Which is why it was annoying last night at home when the game said I had everything downloaded, until I logged in with my active account.


#255

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Dei said:
Who can actually invite? I have a 40ish pally and yesterday I made a DK to see if that would motivate me to play more.
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Bumble can for sure. Not sure who else.


#256

Dave

Dave

Most everyone can...if they are on. I have rehearsal tonight so I probably won't be on.


#257

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

BTW, Monks have ridiculous mobility. I am going to hate trying to run away from them in Battlegrounds.

I decided to make a human monk on the beta to test out the feel, as I am considering making one as a homage to my original EverQuest character on live (A human monk from Freeport), and was trying out specs.

Not only does the monk have Roll, which allows them to roll quickly ahead of themselves, much faster then general run speed. They also have talents that either improve roll, or one called Tiger's Lust, which is basically like a rogue's sprint, only it requires a Chi orb (easy to keep stacked up), breaks snares and immobilization effects, and has only a 30 second cooldown. In the rare case neither of those will help you catch up with your prey, and you decide to play a Windwalker, you also get Flying Serpent Kick, a Liu Kang worthy flying kick that launches you like 40 yards forward at high speed. If you point it right and actually hit the flying kick on an enemy, it does damage and slows the enemy for a few seconds, allowing you to blackout kick their face off.


#258

Piotyr

Piotyr

I can invite, and I'll likely be on later tonight (after 9pm central).

On a side note, I soloed Molten Core last night, just to see if it was possible. Two deaths on bosses, but actually a ton of fun (and really lucrative, since each boss dropped upwards of 25 gold, and Rags dropped over 100).


#259

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Piotyr said:
On a side note, I soloed Molten Core last night, just to see if it was possible. Two deaths on bosses, but actually a ton of fun (and really lucrative, since each boss dropped upwards of 25 gold, and Rags dropped over 100).
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Enjoy it while it lasts. Blizzard saw this become a bit too easy of a method to bring in large quantities of gold for botters, since more and more raids are able to be soloed as our levels increase. They are changing it now so that each boss will drop gold based on the amount of players in the raid, so if you solo it, you get 10g, if you do it with 40 people, you still only get 10g per person.


#260

Piotyr

Piotyr

Which is completely the right way to do things, and exactly why I wanted to run MC this week before the 5.0.4 patch. :)


#261

Dei

Dei

My DK was soloing BT, until I got to RoS and SPIRIT SHOCK GD IT. (lol) (My lvl 85 one obv) This made me sad because I want the 2h mace from that damn boss.


#262

Shakey

Shakey

ScytheRexx said:
Enjoy it while it lasts. Blizzard saw this become a bit too easy of a method to bring in large quantities of gold for botters, since more and more raids are able to be soloed as our levels increase. They are changing it now so that each boss will drop gold based on the amount of players in the raid, so if you solo it, you get 10g, if you do it with 40 people, you still only get 10g per person.
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I doubt that'll change anything for botters. They could just form a raid filled with bots. Sounds more like a way to push people towards making gold through new content instead of steam rolling old content. Which is fine, but I doubt it's really about the botters.


#263

Bowielee

Bowielee

whelp, off to MC tonight for me. i'm saving up the 4k for swift flying on my shaman.


#264

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
I doubt that'll change anything for botters. They could just form a raid filled with bots. Sounds more like a way to push people towards making gold through new content instead of steam rolling old content. Which is fine, but I doubt it's really about the botters.
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It would be more efficient to send all 40 bots out to farm random materials then have them run raids for small cash drops. Why would I worry about sending 40 bots down into a raid for 500g when I can get 2000g selling ore, herbs, and cloth with only 10 of them? It was only efficiant before because you got full gold value from the bosses for a single character, and thus could have 40 running it individually, wracking in tens of thousands of gold.

Preventing bots is also why the new "motes" (Spirit of Harmony) are BoP but drop from every mob in Pandaria. They are much easier to farm now, but since a botter would actually have to have a lucrative co-profession to use those motes in order to make gold, it's less likely they will do it.


#265

Shakey

Shakey

There'd be less to monitor though. You'd only need one character doing the work, and the others on follow. Plus you don't have to worry about being reported by players. Either way, it's probably a good change so it doesn't matter much.


#266

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I am totally in love with the Dungeon Finder. How are the heroics? Will they be a disaster with random groups?


#267

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Squidleybits said:
I am totally in love with the Dungeon Finder. How are the heroics? Will they be a disaster with random groups?
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Some might suck, others may go smoothly. It's still better if you get a few familiar people to queue with you. It all depends on the people.


#268

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Did one this morning and it went really well. The queue times are horrid though.


#269

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Must be your server, dps on either Horde or Alliance doesn't wait more than 5-10 mins on Muradin. Tank and Healers have less than 5 min wait.


#270

Bowielee

Bowielee

The battle group for this server is horrid. From what I understand, it's all the RP servers, so that means there's less random queueing. It also has a weird market with armor that has crap stats, but looks nice going for triple the gold of something actually useful. Also, crafting materials are SOO overpriced.


#271

Dei

Dei

Bowielee said:
The battle group for this server is horrid. From what I understand, it's all the RP servers, so that means there's less random queueing. It also has a weird market with armor that has crap stats, but looks nice going for triple the gold of something actually useful. Also, crafting materials are SOO overpriced.
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The crappy armor that looks nice going for a lot actually happens everywhere, not just RP servers.


#272

Piotyr

Piotyr

Yep, we have transmogrification to thank for that.


#273

Dei

Dei

Random thing: I feel like something has been weird with the dungeon finder lately, because I will queue as (fast queue role) + DPS, and it will basically set my role as a DPS and estimate my queue time on that. Ever since you can hover over the eyeball thing and see which roles in your party are filled, I find it baffling. This also happens (as an example) when I queue as a tank alone and my husband queues as healer/DPS, it will assign him to DPS and we will sit there for 5 minutes waiting for a healer to fill the other role.


#274

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

When I'm on my baby priest, I pretty much have a group as soon as I hit the button.


#275

Bowielee

Bowielee

Dei said:
Random thing: I feel like something has been weird with the dungeon finder lately, because I will queue as (fast queue role) + DPS, and it will basically set my role as a DPS and estimate my queue time on that. Ever since you can hover over the eyeball thing and see which roles in your party are filled, I find it baffling. This also happens (as an example) when I queue as a tank alone and my husband queues as healer/DPS, it will assign him to DPS and we will sit there for 5 minutes waiting for a healer to fill the other role.
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Same with my Shaman. If I queue both it almost always dumps me directly to DPS.


#276

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Never had this happen to me personally, but it could be that the system is attempting to find a DPS roll for you first, since there are a lot of players around that prefer DPS and would only tank or heal if they were forced to do it. Those that enjoy tanking or healer and want to focus it just wouldn't pick DPS as a possible option, like myself, who leave DPS unchecked on my tank and healer characters.


#277

Dei

Dei

I wouldn't pick tank or healer if it wasn't something I wanted to do, but that doesn't mean I don't leave DPS checked once and a while for lols.


#278

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
I wouldn't pick tank or healer if it wasn't something I wanted to do, but that doesn't mean I don't leave DPS checked once and a while for lols.
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Yes, but think about it. If the system didn't at least attempt to find you a DPS spot by having you wait a little bit, you would never ding DPS before a tank or healer spot opened. They probably coded it to pass the first few spots on the tank and healer queues to see if a DPS spot opens, before giving up and just injecting you into a group as the tank or healer.


#279

Bowielee

Bowielee

That's just plain silly. I wouldn't queue as both if I wasn't just as willing to do either role. As a matter of fact, I'd wager that the reason most people queue as either would be so they don't have to wait around and just want to take the first of those two roles available. When I queued with my druid in the past as either, it seemed about 50/50, so I don't know if it's just something about this battlegroup, or what.


#280

Frank

Frank

Wasn't there a huge problem where people were queuing as both, then switching to DPS once the group was in an instance?


#281

Dei

Dei

Bowielee said:
That's just plain silly. I wouldn't queue as both if I wasn't just as willing to do either role. As a matter of fact, I'd wager that the reason most people queue as either would be so they don't have to wait around and just want to take the first of those two roles available. When I queued with my druid in the past as either, it seemed about 50/50, so I don't know if it's just something about this battlegroup, or what.
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When I definitely want to tank/heal/DPS whatever, I only queue as that. When I queue as multiple it's because I want to fill the role that will get me in a dungeons as soon as possible. I don't want to sit in a longer queue because the game arbitrarily picked a role without using both.


#282

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I hope they open it up so cross-realm can raid soon too (and I don't mean LFR). I am wanting to run some old raids for mounts and titles, but Fusion is being a bit boring. It would be nice if we could form some runs.

Update: I just checked with a friend and it looks like joining a cross-realm raid IS possible. Anyone want to try some old raid runs after the patch to get some unique mounts and titles?


#283

Bowielee

Bowielee

I'd like to run some of the old raids just for the experience of actually doing them, like Black Temple, Icecrown, Naxxramus, etc... Being a lorehound, It would be nice to actually see what happens with Illadin, Kel Thu'zad, Arthas, Lady Vahj, etc... The highest level raid I did was Karazahn, so yeah...


#284

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
I'd like to run some of the old raids just for the experience of actually doing them, like Black Temple, Icecrown, Naxxramus, etc... Being a lorehound, It would be nice to actually see what happens with Illadin, Kel Thu'zad, Arthas, Lady Vahj, etc... The highest level raid I did was Karazahn, so yeah...
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I wouldn't mind doing that. We are at a level where all those raids for the most part can be done with two people. Three or more would make it a cake walk.

Mostly I want to do the WOTLK raids for the titles and mounts, for instance the Frostwyrm, but I would love to do some BC raids for old transmog sets like the Crystalforge set on my Draenei Paladin. I can try to organize the runs if we get enough people interested.


#285

Piotyr

Piotyr

I'm interested, but I'd be unable to participate in a Magtheridon or Molten Core run until next week... :)


#286

Shakey

Shakey

I just joined the guild last night, and was up entirely too late. I got my druid up to 20 though. The worgen running wild animation bugs me horribly for some reason. I think I'll be sticking with travel form.

If we can do cross realm raids, I might be up for it. I don't have any high level characters on this server, but I have a warrior on another I'd bring along.


#287

Bowielee

Bowielee

Shakey said:
I just joined the guild last night, and was up entirely too late. I got my druid up to 20 though. The worgen running wild animation bugs me horribly for some reason. I think I'll be sticking with travel form.

If we can do cross realm raids, I might be up for it. I don't have any high level characters on this server, but I have a warrior on another I'd bring along.
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you can also get faction tabards at the flight masters at the main city that boost your faction in every dungeon. once you get to exalted, you can get that faction's mounts. my worgen rides a cat mount.


#288

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Bowielee said:
I'd like to run some of the old raids just for the experience of actually doing them, like Black Temple, Icecrown, Naxxramus, etc... Being a lorehound, It would be nice to actually see what happens with Illadin, Kel Thu'zad, Arthas, Lady Vahj, etc... The highest level raid I did was Karazahn, so yeah...
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I would be interested. When I last played there was only MC/BWL/Naxx and that awful desert one with the bug mounts. I would like to see the new ones for sure.

I'm also trying to see every dungeon on my lock. On the random thingy I missed RFC and Maura. I can solo the latter, can I get to RFC as alliance?


#289

Bowielee

Bowielee

yeah, you're pretty much boned. it's in the center of Ogrimmar.


#290

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
the only dungeon you really wouldn't be able to get to without the dungeon finder would be the one that is inside Ogrimmar. I can't recall the name at the moment. it is the analogue of stockades for the horde.
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If you are high enough level, with a flying mount, and properly time it so you don't aggro the flying guards, you can easily get into RFC. You just fly down into the Cleft of Shadow and bolt for the portal. If you do aggro anything you usually can outrun them into the portal, or worst comes to worst die close enough to run back in and res at the portal line.

News Update: Blizzard has just updated WarCraft Remote to be free.

For those that don't know what the service is, it was something you paid a few extra dollars monthly that gave you access to both the auction house and guild chat without having to play the game. You could access the features either on the website or through the iOS and Android Armory apps. If you had a former Remote subscription they give you a free Lil' XT mini-pet and a week of game time to make up for the change.

I would be messing with it right now, but my authenticator is at home, so I can't log onto the website. :okay:


#291

Shakey

Shakey

The mobile app doesn't use your authenticator. I logged into it, and mine is at home too.


#292

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

iphone auction house!!!


#293

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
The mobile app doesn't use your authenticator. I logged into it, and mine is at home too.
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Try to post an auction though, it will ask for the authenticator. I know because I used to have a Remote Subscription.


#294

Shakey

Shakey

Gotcha. I just went in and poked around a bit. I was wondering why they would allow that.


#295

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
Gotcha. I just went in and poked around a bit. I was wondering why they would allow that.
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I just checked and found that you can get into the guild chat without the authenticator, so that's something. Auctions still require the authenticator though, probably to prevent someone from taking your phone and posting all you materials for 1 copper, so that makes sense.


#296

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Can you use the Diablo AH also?


#297

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Squidleybits said:
Can you use the Diablo AH also?
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Nope, as Diablo is not part of the Armory app. I would be surprised if they didn't come out with a Diablo 3 app someday though.


#298

Bowielee

Bowielee

I honestly don't think D3 will last long enough to come to that. I'm fairly certain it will be the first blizzard game that won't be actively played 10 years after it's release (console games aside).


#299

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
I honestly don't think D3 will last long enough to come to that. I'm fairly certain it will be the first blizzard game that won't be actively played 10 years after it's release (console games aside).
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We have no way of knowing just this yet. Right now it's getting a lot of bitter press, mostly from people angry about low drop chances or the RMAH. It could still at least be a moderate success, it already made their money back on the investment.


#300

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I played way too much when it first came out. Very much in need of a break from it.


#301

Dei

Dei

I have a lot of lvl 85 alliance chars and 1 lvl 85 horde healer if we want to do friend list stuff. Need to remember to look up my b.net ID number.


#302

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Well I had a very fun and lucrative final day of Cataclysm.

Finished most of my dailies and finally got the Hyjal Bear Cub pet, that was the start of my WoW day. Later on some friends on my Horde server invited me to run some old dungeons, and I got the Orb of the Sin'dorei on my rogue, an item I was attempting to get on my rogue since BC. Never did drop for me. So that was something.

That's not the best part of the day though.

At some point a week ago my Blood Elf DK was invited into a max level guild that, once I joined, seemed a bit weird. The guild itself is named after the Guild Master, and the Guild Master put up dozens of different events on the calender. None of them were raiding or PVP, but instead contests, lotteries, events for gold and such. It basically seemed like one big contest guild with hundreds of people.

So I check out the contests and for August 27th, he had planned a hide and seek event in which if you locate him hiding in a zone, he gets you a mount. I thought it would be interesting so I signed up, but then promptly forgot about it. Well the day comes up and Altoholic reminds me of it happening, so I am like "Oh ya, might as well give it a shot". I log on, head to the "start" point, which was Booty Bay, and then just had to find him hiding in Southern STV. I mount up, he starts the contest, I ride out of the town, and...

He is standing right there in the entrance tunnel.

He declares me the winner, waits for two more people to find him for runner-up gold prizes (took them maybe 15 minutes to realize he was just in the tunnel), and then gave me a Vial of the Sands mount for my victory. A mount that, just to make, requires weeks/months of Archeology and a lot of luck just to get the recipe, and often goes for a minimum of 28k gold on the AH, and that's if the seller wants little in the way of profits. I got it just in time for Account Wide mounts too.

Talk about being lucky. So glad I decided to give it a go. I plan to go back for all the guys events now, even just being a runner-up he gives a few thousand gold.


#303

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I'm am just overwhelmed by all the changes in 5.0 that I have no idea where to begin once the servers come up. I have 6 lvl 85s and was working on my 7th (a hunter) and was only up to 64. I kept saying I was going to level a warrior as well before MoP and with my free time being so limited I have to choose whether to try and finish the hunter AND raise the warrior to 85 or just straight drop the hunter and start working on my warrior to be Mists ready.... not only that, but all my other chars are now going to be a mystery to play with all the massive sweeping changes to classes across the board..... greeeeat.


#304

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

This is why I am glad I was in beta, it allowed me to mess with the new specs and get a feel for them all. It's not going to be super hard to figure out though, mostly because the glyphs and talents are so simple now. The hardest part for me was getting used to the new "one page fits all" spell book.


#305

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Yeah it's funny how I'm worried about learning a -simpler- system.

It'll take a whole 1 day, I'm sure, to learn it all, but as with every xpac thus far, it's just getting annoying having to relearn so much


#306

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Gilgamesh said:
It'll take a whole 1 day, I'm sure, to learn it all, but as with every xpac thus far, it's just getting annoying having to relearn so much
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The way I see it, if we don't change stuff now and then, the game would grow extremely stale extremely fast. I think the fact each expansion alters the mechanics a bit is one of the reasons the game has survived as long as it has, because if we were still playing the same type of game as vanilla wow I probably would have quit years ago.


#307

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Don't get me wrong, as annoying as I find it, in the end I find it much more refreshing change of pace. I can't even remotely imagine WoW's current gameplay world with vanilla WoW mechanics. That's for sure.


#308

Shakey

Shakey

I transferred a warrior over here. I wasn't going to, but I'm really enjoying the low level quests so far and don't want to burn myself out on them. This way I don't have to push myself to get high enough level to take part in the MoP events. Oh, and thanks Piotyr for the bags. I'll pay you back as soon as I get my character transferred.


#309

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I need to log on Valhyde again this week. I put him on hold once I hit 80 because I wanted to see if the experience drops were going to happen in the patch. Going to save a lot of time in the final cataclysm zones.


#310

Shakey

Shakey

That's also part of the reason I wanted to get on my warrior again. He's 82, so the 30% xp drop will be nice.


#311

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

It's actually a 33% drop for 82-83 and 83-85, and a full 50% drop on 84-85. Pretty nice. Might make me level all my alts in the next month, just so it will be easier to try them out in MoP.

Too bad the MoP levels themselves look a bit insane. At least they recently lowered the XP requirement in that regard, I just hope the leveling curve is a bit smoother.


#312

Shakey

Shakey

It would be nice if the had a system where once you leveled one character through the latest xpac levels(85-90 for MoP), it would reduce the xp needed for the rest of your characters for just those levels. I understand them wanting you to experience all the content, but once you've made it though once it's such a drag to get through it again. I suppose that's what they put heirlooms in for though.


#313

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
It would be nice if the had a system where once you leveled one character through the latest xpac levels(85-90 for MoP), it would reduce the xp needed for the rest of your characters for just those levels. I understand them wanting you to experience all the content, but once you've made it though once it's such a drag to get through it again. I suppose that's what they put heirlooms in for though.
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Yes they had heirlooms for this, in a way, but they just don't do as much as they used to, since they cut off old heirlooms at 80 and only added two more, that will now be cut off at 85.

Right now, Blizzard is trying out a new system in which, once you cap Valor Points, your alts will get a buff that increases Valor Point collection on alts by 50%. This buff is automatic on the alts once you log on to that account. My hope is that the next iteration of the heirloom system follows a similar design. Reach 90, and all your alts get a buff that increases experience gained by 50 or 100%. I know they considered something like this before, but we have not heard about it for months.

They also have a flask you can collect off a rare spawn that increase experience gained by 300% for one hour, and can be traded to alts. I can see that getting farmed a bit.


#314

Dei

Dei

IMO, the Cata levels were too small on release, I think it took me a couple of days to get to 85, and I know people who did it in 20 straight hours of playing, cause they are completely crazy. That might just be because there were only 5 levels.


#315

Frank

Frank

Here's a little bit of nostalgia.

http://imgur.com/a/jj3m7


#316

Shakey

Shakey

Dei said:
IMO, the Cata levels were too small on release, I think it took me a couple of days to get to 85, and I know people who did it in 20 straight hours of playing, cause they are completely crazy. That might just be because there were only 5 levels.
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I think my problem was it all felt like one long quest line, and there wasn't a whole lot of distraction from it. I got bored with it after a few levels and gave up.


#317

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Frank said:
Here's a little bit of nostalgia.

http://imgur.com/a/jj3m7
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First screen shots that I ever saw that got me truly interested in WoW were the shots of playing as Forsaken.

First time in an MMO anywhere we could be -undead-. I was sold.


#318

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Gilgamesh said:
First screen shots that I ever saw that got me truly interested in WoW were the shots of playing as Forsaken.

First time in an MMO anywhere we could be -undead-. I was sold.
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Before the game ever came out, I planned my first character to be an undead paladin.

... I still wish my dream could come true.


#319

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Ravenpoe said:
Before the game ever came out, I planned my first character to be an undead paladin.

... I still wish my dream could come true.
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Always seemed silly to have UND priest but not paladin. I feel ya.


#320

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
IMO, the Cata levels were too small on release, I think it took me a couple of days to get to 85, and I know people who did it in 20 straight hours of playing, cause they are completely crazy. That might just be because there were only 5 levels.
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I explained it before but the issues with the levels was they attempted to pack to much into only five levels. Yes, the levels as a whole took less time then the past times we had ten levels, but each level itself felt progressively longer. Here is my chart I made to represent what I mean.

WOTLK 70-80.

70--71--72--73--74--75--76--77--78--79--80

Cata 80-85

80--81---82----83------84---------85

Milestones are extremely important, and a smooth line of levelups reduces the risk of burnout, because that next level (milestone) always feels in reach. When each level gets progressively longer, the milestone feels farther each time. This is not a huge deal during the first playthrough, but gets worst the more alts you have, because once you reach the new milestone the next one feels so far away you just don't care to play at that point.

I would much rather have 10 levels with an even line of progression then 5 with such a drastic curve, but sadly can't do much about that, since they need to drag out as close as they can to 10 levels of leveling into only the 5 levels.


#321

Dei

Dei

ALSO, my b.net ID is AnnaDei#1673 if anyone wants to add me.


#322

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I'm optimizing....not sure what that means but they weren't joking about it taking a while!


#323

Dei

Dei

It reduces the size of your WoW folder. ;)


#324

Shakey

Shakey

Hodir mounts don't transfer between Horde and Alliance. :cry:

Other than that I'm liking the patch so far. My Fury warrior feels a lot less squishy then he did before, got him up to 83 last night.


#325

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Anyone up for some heroic BC fun?


#326

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

So yeah after logging in all my characters and getting my achievements across my accounts I hit 9500+ achievement points.

Not sure if I'm proud of that or vehemently ashamed. :confused:

Also, really REALLY disappointed I didn't get my pvp titles from my oldest char onto my others but still, having all my mounts (near 150) on nearly all my chars is pretty fantastic.

Most of my mods updated or were already ready for this patch too so this has been a smooth transition.


#327

Dei

Dei

10,370 >.>


#328

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

One big change I don't think I ever mentioned. They normalized guild contribution and guild reputation.

What does this mean? Well right now when a level 10 finishes a quest, it gives barely any guild experience and maybe like 5 guild reputation. You didn't get the max amount of experience and reputation until you were 85 doing the max level quests, and then those could be cut off by the weekly cap.

With the normalization, you get max experience and reputation no matter what level you are. This, in combination with the removal of weekly caps, means new guilds can now finally reach max level with lower level or just in general less players, a lot faster, and reach exalted quickly. Right now just doing quests from 80-85 can now take you from Neutral to Exalted with a guild.

As everyone knows from my Cataclysm rant, the difficulty of leveling a guild was one of the things I felt was a huge downside to the game. This has been fixed with these changes.


#329

Bowielee

Bowielee

In that case, we should have our guild leveled in no time. I already pre-ordered the digital deluxe version of MoP, even though I won't really have time to play until my next break.


#330

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I noticed that on my little priest. I love it!


#331

Piotyr

Piotyr

The new Scarlet Hals/Monastery and Scholomance are pretty neat.

AOE looting is the best thing ever.

RIP auras. :(


#332

Dave

Dave

Okay you convinced me. It's WoW night tonight!

After rehearsal that is.


#333

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Piotyr said:
RIP auras. :(
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I will miss the Auras, they were nice to have, even if they were pretty worthless since WOTLK. At least we still got Aura Mastery and Devotion Aura wrapped into a new cooldown skill.


#334

Shakey

Shakey

Squidleybits said:
Anyone up for some heroic BC fun?
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Heroic BC fun? I didn't know that was possible...
I might be up for it. I have a sketchy connection though, so I may randomly disconnect.


#335

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

lol it can be with the right group :) I'd like to get all the heroics done, but random groups are scarce for them.


#336

Dei

Dei

It's ok, now all your seals are like auras instead... just you know, single target, and different buffs >.>


#337

Shakey

Shakey

It would be nice to get the guild achievement too. Hit me up some time when I'm on Crater and we can give them a try. I haven't been in any of them in a long time.


#338

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Shakey said:
It would be nice to get the guild achievement too. Hit me up some time when I'm on Crater and we can give them a try. I haven't been in any of them in a long time.
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Awesome!


#339

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Woah, wait. AoE looting? In WoW? Finally?!

Hot damn.


#340

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I still need to get used to it.

I still do my rapid clicking when I have a lot of corpses, and sometime wonder "Why does this one mob have so much stuff on i.... ohhhhhh right...."


#341

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Same here ScytheRexx though I'm coming around to it and wow is it fantastic.


#342

Piotyr

Piotyr

Another new thing is they made Archaeology significantly faster to level again, since each dig site now has 9 digs before it gets used up, and artifact costs are lower. I even got a Tolvir artifact last night!


#343

Shakey

Shakey

I still haven't taken the time to figure out Archaeology. It has to be the least intuitive profession ever made, and there are zero directions in game on what to do.


#344

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
I still haven't taken the time to figure out Archaeology. It has to be the least intuitive profession ever made, and there are zero directions in game on what to do.
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You can always ask for help. Is the issue you are having finding the fragments using the survey?


#345

Dave

Dave

Piotyr said:
Another new thing is they made Archaeology significantly faster to level again, since each dig site now has 9 digs before it gets used up, and artifact costs are lower. I even got a Tolvir artifact last night!
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I SAID I was going to play tonight! Geez!


#346

Piotyr

Piotyr

I've also discovered the sad truth of archaeology after 500 skill...


#347

Shakey

Shakey

ScytheRexx said:
You can always ask for help. Is the issue you are having finding the fragments using the survey?
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I know I can. You shouldn't have to ask for help or research outside of the game to figure out what to even do with a profession. I finally figured out what the telescope thing does, and looking online know you have to research the fragments some how or other. Where in game does it tell you how to do any of that though? I'll get to it eventually, it's just frustrating.


#348

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

When Cata first dropped, I spent all my time getting Archy up to 500 and getting a couple of the mounts and pets etc... Then I went back and breezed through the leveling zones. I never missed a raid with my guild either...


#349

Dave

Dave

Well, I WOULD be playing...if the game let me. "Reconfiguring game files" and has been for over an hour.


#350

Dave

Dave

Guess I don't play tonight. I left my iPod on my desk at work and it's got my authenticator on it. I tried downloading the app to my wife's iPad, but no go. So I'm locked out.


#351

Dave

Dave

Laugh it up, fuzzball.


#352

Shakey

Shakey

The guild hit level 3!


#353

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Thank you for the help with the heroics tonight!


#354

Dave

Dave

I would loved to have been there.


#355

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

  • I'm always up for a guild run :)


#356

Dave

Dave

I gotta get to 85 first. I just got to Vash. The other night when I got on I didn't even level, I worked on my cooking. :confused:


#357

Piotyr

Piotyr

Squids wins the prize for most creative group death for last night.


#358

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I promise to use my flying mount and only my flying mount from now on!


#359

Bowielee

Bowielee

I'm still trying to figure out an optimal damage rotation now that totems are borked. Even if they wanted to keep them temporary, they should have still kept the call of elements to place all four totems at once. I don't even have enough room on my bars for all my abilities now that I have to put individual totems on there. It' just balls.


#360

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I just played my hunter again for the first time in ages. It was really fun!


#361

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I've played so many classes over the years, most to max level, and I just cannot -main- anything but Druid. There's just nothing like it. I am loving the patch so far, it really helps us specialize further into what we want to do.


#362

Dei

Dei

So.... I need 5 more Cata heroic dungeon achieves for Glory of the Cataclysm Hero. We can queue cross server for this as long as we are b.net friends. Any 85s interested? I can do anything on Ally side or heal on Horde side. If we go with Ally side, I can heal and my husband can tank, or he can DPS and I can tank or w/e. I just don't want to do it unless I have a full group of people who won't be dicks about doing achieves. :p


#363

Piotyr

Piotyr

I can help out, but I primarily play protection. And by primarily, I mean only since about level 40.


#364

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I would be down for some this weekend, protection paladin on Alliance.


#365

Dei

Dei

The meta achievement is somewhat buggy ATM and is showing a Pandaria achievement in it instead of Extra Credit Bonus Stage. HOPEFULLY it's a visual bug only, or at the very least will be fixed soon.


#366

Bowielee

Bowielee

I've been having issues with interacting with the environment, looting, quest givers, quest pickup items. Sometimes hovering your mouse over these things doesn't change the cursor. I had to relog 3 times just to complete quests.


#367

Dei

Dei

When my cursor doesn't change i can usually mess with the camera angle a bunch and it will fix. I'm not really sure what they did to screw that up.


#368

Shakey

Shakey

Have you disabled all your addons? I've been able to quest from 82-84 since the patch and haven't had any troubles.


#369

Dei

Dei

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/819776-Glory-of-the-Cataclysm-Hero-Monster-Guide-by-Exul

This is somewhat out of date as it was written at the beginning of Cata when gear levels were lower, but it's still basically right, other than the fact that basically everything can be done with a normal group and doesn't need extra healers. (Only exception is the Springvale one I think, but I got that one when you could still cheese it by pulling him to the Courtyard. Though if someone else needs it that is helping me then w/e :) )


#370

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I have been noticing a few weird loot issues. I chalk it up to a combination of the new loot system and the fact the servers I am on are pretty crowded right now. I logged onto Ghostlands and even Dalaran was full of players.


#371

Dei

Dei

I kind of hate the new loot UI, mostly because it is too big, and gets in my way. Also because you can't see how other people in your group are rolling (need or greed) to know if you can need something for OS.


#372

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
I kind of hate the new loot UI, mostly because it is too big, and gets in my way. Also because you can't see how other people in your group are rolling (need or greed) to know if you can need something for OS.
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I agree and disagree. I disagree on the new loot window, I love it because now I don't have to scour my bags hoping it appears in the open slot. Now when I win it finally just tells me "YOU WON!"

I agree on the fact it's no longer showing other players rolls. I have no idea why they made that change. Maybe it's a new chat option? I have to look into that later.


#373

Bowielee

Bowielee

Shakey said:
Have you disabled all your addons? I've been able to quest from 82-84 since the patch and haven't had any troubles.
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ScytheRexx said:
I agree and disagree. I disagree on the new loot window, I love it because now I don't have to scour my bags hoping it appears in the open slot. Now when I win it finally just tells me "YOU WON!"

I agree on the fact it's no longer showing other players rolls. I have no idea why they made that change. Maybe it's a new chat option? I have to look into that later.
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I really think that they should restrict need rolling to specializations- leather, cloth, mail, plate. There's no way in hell a warrior should be able to need roll on a robe simply because he's able to wear cloth.


#374

Shakey

Shakey

Bowielee said:
I really think that they should restrict need rolling to specializations- leather, cloth, mail, plate. There's no way in hell a warrior should be able to need roll on a robe simply because he's able to wear cloth.
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Don't they already do that? I know they used to at least.


#375

Bowielee

Bowielee

Shakey said:
Don't they already do that? I know they used to at least.
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No, it's restricted by armor proficiency. Warriors and paladins can wear any type of armor, so they can roll on anything. I just had a warrior roll on a robe last week.


#376

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Bowielee said:
I don't use any add ons.
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#377

Bowielee

Bowielee

I used to use a ton of them, but most of the most useful add ons were implemented into the actual game UI.


#378

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I'm just jabbing fun at you, I've really come down a huge amount on mine as well. However things Blizzard still doesn't do better than modders for me are still:

Recount (Damage Meter to see how I can tweak my gameplay)
Bartender (I prefer to set up my bars how and where I need them)
Xperl (Unit frames are not Blizzard's specialty though I'm glad they allow the movement of them now at least)
Raven (Buff bar frames, I can't stand Blizzard's icon system)


#379

Piotyr

Piotyr

My new favorite glyph: http://www.wowhead.com/item=85716


#380

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Piotyr said:
My new favorite glyph: http://www.wowhead.com/item=85716
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The glorious return of the bubblehearth!


#381

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Piotyr said:
My new favorite glyph: http://www.wowhead.com/item=85716
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Bubble Hearth is back baby!


#382

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Brb rollin a paladin.


#383

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

The new hunter ones are great! Fireworks and fetch!


#384

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
No, it's restricted by armor proficiency. Warriors and paladins can wear any type of armor, so they can roll on anything. I just had a warrior roll on a robe last week.
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Was this in LFD? Because LFD has a hard restriction and does not allow people to roll NEED outside of their armor specialization. Warriors can't roll on cloth or staves, as an example. If you make a manual group though, like for questing, then the loot is open to all, as it does not use the hard LFD system.

LFR utilizes a slightly different system in which it gave a +100 bonus roll to those that actually could use it in your spec. Example a warrior could roll on cloth, but even if he got a 100 and the mage only for a 1, the mage would get a bonus 100 making it a 101 and allowing him to win the item. That has been changed again to the new individualized loot system.


#385

Shakey

Shakey

That's what I thought. I remember not even being able to roll need on plate that has int or spell power with my warrior. I haven't had a chance to do any dungeons yet since I played in wrath, so I wasn't sure if they reversed it or not.


#386

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I'm pretty sure my priest got out rolled by a warrior on some shoulders recently.


#387

Dei

Dei

Bowielee said:
No, it's restricted by armor proficiency. Warriors and paladins can wear any type of armor, so they can roll on anything. I just had a warrior roll on a robe last week.
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I'm pretty sure it's restricted after a certain level. I know I can't need in that stuff in heroics.


#388

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
I'm pretty sure it's restricted after a certain level. I know I can't need in that stuff in heroics.
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Now that I think about it, I think you are right. I think all pre-cataclysm dungeons don't carry the restriction, it was probably not coded in for them. It is definitely coded for end game dungeons of all types, heroic or not.


#389

Gared

Gared

Gilgamesh said:
I'm just jabbing fun at you, I've really come down a huge amount on mine as well. However things Blizzard still doesn't do better than modders for me are still:

Recount (Damage Meter to see how I can tweak my gameplay)
Bartender (I prefer to set up my bars how and where I need them)
Xperl (Unit frames are not Blizzard's specialty though I'm glad they allow the movement of them now at least)
Raven (Buff bar frames, I can't stand Blizzard's icon system)
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Recount! Thank you, that's the name of the addon I couldn't remember last night. I uninstalled a while back (before I bought an external drive and I needed some extra storage space) and reinstalled. I could remember Bartender and Omen, but could not, for the life of me, remember the name of Recount.


#390

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

So anyone else enjoying the new talent system as much as I am?

I have a total of three hunters now at 80+. All three of them feel unique when I log on them and mess around. In the old system they barely felt different. Warlock is almost silly in how different each spec feels now. Only mage so far feels a bit similar between the specs, and even then it's still a lot more different then the old talent system.

I will miss a few things, like the fact spec skills are way more rigid means a lot of skills I used to have baseline are no longer baseline, but in a way it makes my bars a lot less crowded, so that's good.


#391

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Agreeing with you 100% ScytheRexx my druid is dual spec Guardian/Feral and it's amazing.


#392

Dave

Dave

The Crimson Battalion is now level 4. And I was the only one on to see it.


#393

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

So what's up with all the mount duping going on in 5.0?

Vial of Sands going for 15k, Crimson Death Chargers going for 10k? What's up?


#394

Dei

Dei

So Fire feels more RNG to me than pre-patch (Mage). I don't think the rotation changed all that much, but now that I can only proc Hot Streak on 2 crits again, my damage is hella streaky.


#395

Piotyr

Piotyr

Dave said:
The Crimson Battalion is now level 4. And I was the only one on to see it.
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He says at 2:30 pm on a Friday before a holiday.


#396

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Gilgamesh said:
So what's up with all the mount duping going on in 5.0? Vial of Sands going for 15k, Crimson Death Chargers going for 10k? What's up?
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This type of duping has been going on since last patch, but if Vial of the Sands is already down to 15k it means it's getting a LOT worst. I don't understand why Blizzard has not figured out how to fix it by now.


#397

Dei

Dei

Other random thing: Even though my priest has 23% hit as shadow spec (lolhealinggear), I keep missing the ?? Target dummy. Apparently it's lvl 93+ already . :/


#398

Bowielee

Bowielee

I'm still none to pleased with the talents for Shaman. Only good for healing or PVP.


#399

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
I'm still none to pleased with the talents for Shaman. Only good for healing or PVP.
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Is the problem that you can't choose because you can't tell which one makes you do more damage in a dungeon or raid? The point of the talents is they add utility, because utility has more choice then pure damage increases.


#400

Dei

Dei

ScytheRexx said:
Is the problem that you can't choose because you can't tell which one makes you do more damage in a dungeon or raid? The point of the talents is they add utility, because utility has more choice then pure damage increases.
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Not entirely true. There are classes with damage talents and glyphs, but enhance shamans are not one of them.


#401

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
Not entirely true. There are classes with damage talents and glyphs, but enhance shamans are not one of them.
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I guess it depends on what we consider damage. I would think the 4th tier would be considered a decent damage boost for either shaman type. Most of the classes focus mostly on utility with one tree that either passively increases damage or gives a new skill that does damage. Either way, they are balanced so they are more effective under different situations.


#402

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Dave said:
The Crimson Battalion is now level 4. And I was the only one on to see it.
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Fantastic!


#403

Dei

Dei

Other side effect: Healers are so OP at low levels now that queue times for healers have gone up a ton. ;)


#404

Bowielee

Bowielee

I ran my first dungeon since the update with my shaman as a healer, and I can literally cast my most mana expensive heals continuously without getting to even half mana.


#405

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Thank you for the heroic help tonight!

Also, I tried out the new warlock pets and they're pretty fantastic!


#406

Shakey

Shakey

So that's why I got a random dungeon group so quick tonight.

I hit 85 tonight! On to working on professions now.


#407

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Thank you for the help tonight!


#408

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

level 5!!


#409

Bowielee

Bowielee

Hit 85 with my Shaman. Also, for you squishies, I put a really good blue wand in the guild bank.


#410

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Bowielee said:
Hit 85 with my Shaman. Also, for you squishies, I put a really good blue wand in the guild bank.
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Congrats!!!


#411

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I just joined up with the guild, increasing the awesomeness level by 1000%


#412

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

We needed more gnomes :)


#413

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Level 6!


#414

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Levels are going to happen a lot faster now that the cap is gone.


#415

Shakey

Shakey

Dang, now it's an extra 10% xp. You're really cranking the levels out too Squidley, into the 80's already.

We should set up some sort of schedule for group runs. It doesn't have to be high level stuff either, we could work on some guild achievements. We need at least 3 guild members in a dungeon to count towards them.


#416

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

If you ever need a tank I can play my Paladin from the cross-server system.

Cross-server has been a godsend for me. I spend a ton of time playing with friends I never had a chance to play with due to the server gap.


#417

Bowielee

Bowielee

I got my top flight speed upgrade last night. All I have to do is max out my fishing, cooking and leather-working and I'll be completely ready for MoP.

To that end, if anyone has any savage leather or crocolisk tails they want to send my way, I'd really appreciate it.


#418

Dave

Dave

I said I'd help by farming leather for you, but I'm working on the tails myself.


#419

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I'm totally in for some guild runs soon!


#420

Piotyr

Piotyr

Finally made it on last night after a week of vacation, and a lot of people are high level now!

Looks like it might be high time for another bounty...preferably a Guild Run bounty.


#421

Piotyr

Piotyr

Oh, and for everyone's information, here are the requirements for guild dungeon/raid achievements:

5 man dungeons/heroics: 3 guild members
Classic raids: 8 guild members
BC raids: 8 guild members
LK raids: 8 guild members in 10 mans, 20 guild members in 25 mans
Cat raids: 8/10 guild members (but we'll need 10 anyway to try them)

So guild dungeon/heroic runs could easily be spur of the moment deals, but doing a guild raid would probably require a touch of planning and scheduling.

That isn't to say we couldn't do, say, Molten Core with 3 players. It just wouldn't count as a guild achievement.


#422

Shakey

Shakey

Piotyr said:
Finally made it on last night after a week of vacation, and a lot of people are high level now!

Looks like it might be high time for another bounty...preferably a Guild Run bounty.
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BC world bosses! :awesome:


#423

Dei

Dei

Almost 85 after a marathon run today (el oh el at the level shrinkage for reals). MORE 85 DKs FOR ME WHEEEE


#424

Bowielee

Bowielee

Piotyr said:
Oh, and for everyone's information, here are the requirements for guild dungeon/raid achievements:

5 man dungeons/heroics: 3 guild members
Classic raids: 8 guild members
BC raids: 8 guild members
LK raids: 8 guild members in 10 mans, 20 guild members in 25 mans
Cat raids: 8/10 guild members (but we'll need 10 anyway to try them)

So guild dungeon/heroic runs could easily be spur of the moment deals, but doing a guild raid would probably require a touch of planning and scheduling.

That isn't to say we couldn't do, say, Molten Core with 3 players. It just wouldn't count as a guild achievement.
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They need to be level appropriate for the guild achievements, i believe.


#425

Piotyr

Piotyr

Bowielee said:
They need to be level appropriate for the guild achievements, i believe.
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That isn't true. A group of 85s can go to Ragefire Chasm and get the guild achievement.


#426

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

which was awesome :D


#427

Shakey

Shakey

Would Thursday nights be an ok night to work on guild dungeon achievements? I figured we could start at the lowest level and work our way up. We can work on it as we want, but it would be nice to have a set night for it.


#428

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Are we going to do them all as 85s? We could try to get a lower level group together too?


#429

Dave

Dave

Who's our blacksmith? I want to give them a lot of stuff and get armor back so I have the iLevel to do heroics.

I need to learn how to tank properly.


#430

Bowielee

Bowielee

I think Pioty is a BS


#431

Shakey

Shakey

Squidleybits said:
Are we going to do them all as 85s? We could try to get a lower level group together too?
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We can do whatever people want to do at that time.

I'm a BS, but I'm not up to Cata stuff yet. I just got up to LK level, so I'm still a ways away.


#432

Dei

Dei

my DK is probably going to spend her JP on heirloom gear and not bother with gearing herself with it, since the expansion is so close.


#433

Dave

Dave

Dei said:
my DK is probably going to spend her JP on heirloom gear and not bother with gearing herself with it, since the expansion is so close.
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That's an excellent point.


#434

Piotyr

Piotyr

Dave said:
Who's our blacksmith? I want to give them a lot of stuff and get armor back so I have the iLevel to do heroics.

I need to learn how to tank properly.
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I am a BS, level 505.


#435

Shakey

Shakey

You'll probably be better off selling the mats on the AH and working on hording your gold. Pandaria is only about two weeks away!


#436

Dei

Dei

If you haven't done it yet, once you hit 85, make sure you do the Thrall quest in Mt. Hyjal and you at least start doing the Molten Front dailies for one day, you can get a couple pieces of 365 gear fast. To unlock the Molten Front dailies, you have to have helped the 4 ancients in Hyjal (lvl 80 quests).


#437

Dave

Dave

Haven't even gone to Hyjal yet and the Molten Front dailies are annoying. To get anything takes fucking forever so I was purposely staying away.


#438

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

All my JP I am using to buy items I like for transmog purposes, I already have all the heirlooms.


#439

Dei

Dei

If I could send my heirlooms cross server, this would not be an issue. ;)


#440

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Dei said:
If I could send my heirlooms cross server, this would not be an issue. ;)
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Pretty much this.


#441

Bowielee

Bowielee

D'oh, heirlooms is a better idea than end game gear, isn't it... I hadn't even thought of that. I just used 2200 JP on my healing chest.

Do we know what stats are going to be primary for Monks, anyway? I mean, I would assume that it would be STA and AGI like a rogue, but not sure.


#442

Dei

Dei

agi, imagine int if healing but not sure.


#443

Bowielee

Bowielee

It would be kick ass if I can make a crapton of leather gear for my Pandaren Monk.

And I don't care if every player and his brother is making a Pandaren Monk, I will have that toon.


#444

Bowielee

Bowielee

I ran my first heroic Cataclysm dungeon as healer last night. It was fun. got a great trinket that will be obsolete in 2 weeks


#445

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
agi, imagine int if healing but not sure.
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Agility Heirlooms if you are Brewmaster or Windwalker, and Intellect heirlooms if you are Mistweaver. Much like what Druids gained in 5.0, the healer Monks have a passive that when using the healing spec converts caster stats into near equivalent melee damage stats.

The Druid's version converts all intellect into agility when in bear or cat form. The Monk version, when in the healer stance, gives a boost to hit/expertise based on 50% of spirit, and increases attack power by 200% of whatever spellpower you have.

The downside is that while in this stance, all items that would add attack power naturally will give no bonus at all, so you want to stick with only intellect and spirit items if you play a Mistweaver.


#446

Bowielee

Bowielee

ScytheRexx said:
The downside is that while in this stance, all items that would add attack power naturally will give no bonus at all, so you want to stick with only intellect and spirit items if you play a Mistweaver.
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Enhancements shaman have a similar talent that translates attack power to spellpower.


#447

Dei

Dei

I'm probably going to make a female dwarf or female orc monk (or both on different servers) but I still have not decided what specs to do, though knowing me I will do healing/tank because that is what I always do with my paladins. :p (Don't do it with druids because I don't really like bear tanking)


#448

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Because we aren't on a pvp server, does that mean we can have horde characters as well on our server?

And yes...shame on me for thinking about more alts.


#449

Dei

Dei

You can have chars on both sides on any server. They changed it long ago.


#450

Bowielee

Bowielee

Of course, they can't be the same guild and such.


#451

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Should we start The Horde Battallion?


#452

Bowielee

Bowielee

I'm pretty sure any guild name iteration that includes the word Horde is already taken.


#453

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I have some friends that play on the Horde side of Wyrmrest Accord, and from what they have shown me, the Horde side is about a hundred times more intense when it comes to RP.

The guild they are a part of will not even allow anything other then Orc Warriors to join. I am serious. The entire guild refuses to take any orc other then a warrior because they are supposed to be a clan that makes up a majority of the Kor'Kron, the Warchief's elite guard. I made a DK to join them on that side and already learned I will never be able to guild with them unless I roll over to warrior.

It's so intense that just to buy the green Kor'Kron chest pieces costs tens of thousands of gold.


#454

Bowielee

Bowielee

So, Undead guild? I love the Forsaken.


#455

Shakey

Shakey

I can't stand the new Horde. I want Thrall back. :mad:


#456

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Well, I've run into a very annoying bug.

Outland doesn't work. At all. The graphics won't load, or take forever to load. If I pull up my map, it's invisible for about 30 seconds before the graphic for it loads. If I fly around the map, the minimap runs off into invisible territory, and mobs and other things in the world are missing until I wait long enough for them to load in. For my level 62 Death Knight, this is making him unplayable.

I'm running on a SSD, there shouldn't be any problem loading up the graphics for the game. I've deleted my cache, wtf and interface, disabled all addons, but it's still doing the same thing.

I is sad :(


#457

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

My suggestion for any new Horde Guild is Axes of Evil...


#458

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Shakey said:
I can't stand the new Horde. I want Thrall back. :mad:
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We likely won't get Thrall back, but we will likely get a much more tolerable Warchief by the end of MoP.


#459

Bowielee

Bowielee

I'm glad that they've evolved the storyline. If nothing else, Cataclysm really helped to push the major story of Azeroth along. I like that Thrall is now the new Guardian. I think it was intentional that they gave King Wrynn a similar backstory to Thrall's so that you still have the leader who's trying to do the right thing, but struggling with the forced gladitorial past. I will concede that Varian is a much bigger dickhole for his experiences as opposed to Thrall, but still.

I'm happy to have Malfurion back in the mix and out of the Emerald Nightmare. He was one of my favorite characters in WC3 and War of the Ancients.[DOUBLEPOST=1347165315][/DOUBLEPOST]I was extremely sad to see Cairne go, though.


#460

Dei

Dei

I am not a big fan of how armor looks on Forsaken. =/


#461

Bowielee

Bowielee

Really, for the most part Humans and Orcs are the only races where armor looks like it's actually supposed to. Everyone else either has weird posture, feet, horns, torn out bits, etc... that make some stuff just look terrible.


#462

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Bowielee said:
Really, for the most part Humans and Orcs are the only races where armor looks like it's actually supposed to. Everyone else either has weird posture, feet, horns, torn out bits, etc... that make some stuff just look terrible.
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My worgen says WTF AM I WEARING?


#463

Shakey

Shakey

ScytheRexx said:
We likely won't get Thrall back, but we will likely get a much more tolerable Warchief by the end of MoP.
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I'd be ok with Garrosh if he settled the hell down and Sylvanas came to her senses. Him and Sylvanas destroyed almost everything I loved about the Horde. I don't like what Cata did to the Horde.[DOUBLEPOST=1347168452][/DOUBLEPOST]Except trolls. I love what Cata did for the trolls.


#464

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Cata showed that Blizz doesn't know what to do with the horde if they aren't acting straight evil.


#465

Bowielee

Bowielee

Ravenpoe said:
Cata showed that Blizz doesn't know what to do with the horde if they aren't acting straight evil.
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That would be true if this wasn't really the only time that this has happened. I understand what they were doing, shaking up the status quo by killing off or promoting the level headed leaders of the Horde. It leads to a greater redemption later. It's not like the orcs have never been led into evil by their leaders before...


#466

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Ravenpoe said:
Cata showed that Blizz doesn't know what to do with the horde if they aren't acting straight evil.
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Garrosh punishing the Orc that blew up that Druid settlement disagrees with you. The evolution of Garrosh as a Bloodthirsty Warchief was beautifully illustrated in the novels for Cataclysm (Shattering/Wolfheart). I personally think what's been done with the Horde is awesome, though temporary as we already know that Garrosh is dethroned at the end of Mists.


#467

Dei

Dei

It's not like Varian Wrynn is a shining example of goodness here.


#468

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Varian has come a loooooong way since the end of Wrath, especially with the novels.

Also another point against -The Horde is evil in Cataclysm- is everything the Blood Elves and Tauren have done. Well, more than Tauren but the Blood Elf -calming down- since BC has been a refreshing depth that they needed. Especially considering the Reagent's storyline on the Blizzard site.


#469

Shakey

Shakey

Cata is the only WoW xpac that Horde have actually straight up evil though. BC you got to see Thrall come home and set the record straight about Grom (Which made me fall in love with the Horde). LK the only shitty thing they did was done by a rogue group and wasn't authorized by any of the leaders. Cata you have Sylvannas knowingly using the plague, and Garrosh being a war hungry ass.

Like Bowie said, it's just a shake up. They need to wrap it up in the current xpac if they're going to do that though. It leaves a bad taste when you don't.


#470

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

They've already stated that the xpac after Mists is going to be a big war against a bigger evil and that there will be alot of settling between the Horde and Alliance in Mists. That's the purpose of the Panderans. To help bring -not a peace- but a settling between the two sides so they can face the new big bad -kind of- together.


#471

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Gilgamesh said:
They've already stated that the xpac after Mists is going to be a big war against a bigger evil and that there will be alot of settling between the Horde and Alliance in Mists. That's the purpose of the Panderans. To help bring -not a peace- but a settling between the two sides so they can face the new big bad -kind of- together.
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A big war against a bigger evil has been every xpac.


#472

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Yep, and this will be the biggest, world threatening that requires Horde and Alliance to come together in a way they haven't in the past. Wish I had links to the posts but it was described in detail as one of the reasons for Panderans and their way of life.

It's like Warcraft 3 big evil.


#473

Bowielee

Bowielee

Like, Sargeras, big?[DOUBLEPOST=1347180882][/DOUBLEPOST]In regards to Sylvannas, I'm not so sure that she didn't know exactly what was going on with Putress. There were undertones that she had similar plans going all the way back to vanilla WoW.


#474

Bowielee

Bowielee

The guild dinged a lonely ding this morning. Level 8


#475

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Has anyone else encountered the outland problem I posted?


#476

Shakey

Shakey

Ravenpoe said:
Has anyone else encountered the outland problem I posted?
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I didn't have any troubles with the minimap, but I did notice puling up the full map takes a long time in Outland.


#477

Dei

Dei

Bowielee said:
Like, Sargeras, big?[DOUBLEPOST=1347180882][/DOUBLEPOST]In regards to Sylvannas, I'm not so sure that she didn't know exactly what was going on with Putress. There were undertones that she had similar plans going all the way back to vanilla WoW.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure Sylvanas is more pissed that he used it behind her back than pissed that it was made. :p


#478

Squidleybits

Squidleybits

Bowielee said:
The guild dinged a lonely ding this morning. Level 8
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Yay!!! We're flying!


#479

Dei

Dei

So MoP is my first expansion where I am not going into it as a raider. I wonder if I can deprogram the raider mentality for expansion week 1 from my brain...


#480

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
So MoP is my first expansion where I am not going into it as a raider. I wonder if I can deprogram the raider mentality for expansion week 1 from my brain...
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I find that kind of funny, considering MoP will be the first expansion where most of the playerbase will be able to take part in the raids.

Best thing to do is read quest text, wander a bit, don't try to rush. Rushing on alts is all fine and good, but the first character you need to enjoy the scenery.


#481

Bowielee

Bowielee

Unless it's a quest I've done a few times, I always read the flavor text in quests. There are some really great stories going on there in Azeroth. Some of my favorite quests from vanilla that aren't around since Cataclysm are the Scythe of Elune, Legend of Stalvin, and the most heartbreaking of all was the little ghost girl on EPL. The quest line is still there, but in a more watered down form.


#482

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Bowielee said:
Unless it's a quest I've done a few times, I always read the flavor text in quests. There are some really great stories going on there in Azeroth. Some of my favorite quests from vanilla that aren't around since Cataclysm are the Scythe of Elune, Legend of Stalvin, and the most heartbreaking of all was the little ghost girl on EPL. The quest line is still there, but in a more watered down form.
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Legend of Stalvan is also still around, but they condensed his notes into Duskwood areas and added his brother (Tobias Mistmantle) to the mix, ending with a confrontation between the brothers. The Scythe of Elune kind of gains it's conclusion in Gilneas, though we still never find out what they do with it.


#483

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I always liked the scythe of elune because it's one of the few times elune is portrayed as being morally ambiguous. Elune is one if the few deity characters that you cant meet or fight in some way, and still has a lot of mystery to her.


#484

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Ravenpoe said:
I always liked the scythe of elune because it's one of the few times elune is portrayed as being morally ambiguous. Elune is one if the few deity characters that you cant meet or fight in some way, and still has a lot of mystery to her.
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Did you read the Curse of the Worgen graphic novel? Kind of takes a bit of the mystery out of the object, as a large chunk of the novel why it was created.

It was basically made by the Druids of the Pack, with the help of an Elunite Priestess, using ones of Goldrinn's fangs for the blade and the Priestess' own staff as the shaft. They made it to help control the rage that would overtake them while in their wolf forms, but instead it transformed them into the first Worgen and made them even more out of control. It's speculated that this was due to the fang of Goldrinn being corrupted at some point. Malfurion then gave it to another night elf for safekeeping, who was buried with it. From what I remember, this turned out to be Mel'Thandris, whose shrine of which was where Velinde was "gifted" the Scythe of Elune and later became the Howling Vale.

As the Worgen themselves were tied to the Scythe, so too could it be used to break them out of the pocket of the Emerald Dream they were forced to slumber by Malfurion.

Either way, we still have no proof the Scythe was utilized by Velinde at the hands of Elune herself. Elune could have been the one to give it to her, but she was praying at the Shrine of Mel'Thandris at the time, where the Scythe was buried. It very well could have been a residual bit of magic inside the Elunite Priestess' staff simply heard her praying and came to her, much like many casters have a sort of binding to their weapons that allow them to retrieve them from a distance.


#485

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ScytheRexx said:
Did you read the Curse of the Worgen graphic novel? Kind of takes a bit of the mystery out of the object, as a large chunk of the novel why it was created.

It was basically made by the Druids of the Pack, with the help of an Elunite Priestess, using ones of Goldrinn's fangs for the blade and the Priestess' own staff as the shaft. They made it to help control the rage that would overtake them while in their wolf forms, but instead it transformed them into the first Worgen and made them even more out of control. It's speculated that this was due to the fang of Goldrinn being corrupted at some point. Malfurion then gave it to another night elf for safekeeping, who was buried with it. From what I remember, this turned out to be Mel'Thandris, whose shrine of which was where Velinde was "gifted" the Scythe of Elune and later became the Howling Vale.

As the Worgen themselves were tied to the Scythe, so too could it be used to break them out of the pocket of the Emerald Dream they were forced to slumber by Malfurion.

Either way, we still have no proof the Scythe was utilized by Velinde at the hands of Elune herself. Elune could have been the one to give it to her, but she was praying at the Shrine of Mel'Thandris at the time, where the Scythe was buried. It very well could have been a residual bit of magic inside the Elunite Priestess' staff simply heard her praying and came to her, much like many casters have a sort of binding to their weapons that allow them to retrieve them from a distance.
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I did read that, but didn't like it. I dislike most times blizzard decides to demistify things (and retcon).

Don't even get me started on the Eredar.


#486

Gared

Gared

All of this talk about the Lore of the WoW universe really makes me want to play again, starting from the beginning and actually reading all of the quest text, which I'm pretty sure I haven't done since Cataclysm. But every time I start out to do that, I get fed up at the lack of skills and unkillableness that I have on my 85s and wander off to play minecraft some more. I really wish I hadn't played so much WoW over the years and could still enjoy it as a somewhat new-ish game.


#487

Dei

Dei

So since there's still 2 weeks to wait for MoP, my brother-in-law, husband, and I have made a 3 man RP guild based on a Fiasco game we ran a month or so ago that we based in WoW. It's basically fantastic. My brother in law is a gnomish bartender on a quest to beat all the dwarven brews at Brewfest.


#488

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

BTW I hear the new Pearl of Pandaria graphic novel is fantastic.


#489

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

2 weeks left to go and I'm trying to finish up all my Archaeology Achievements and get the lore master title. Going to be down to the wire I think.

I'm looking forward to the Jaina novel as well.


#490

Dei

Dei

Well, you can't get the loremaster title till Pandaria if you don't have it already now.


#491

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Dei said:
Well, you can't get the loremaster title till Pandaria if you don't have it already now.
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I meant more finishing the content currently released for it.

It's one achievement I never got around to, so I'm working toward it now.


#492

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

I started doing Loremaster a few weeks ago, but got bored pretty fast. I never realized how many quests are required for some of the low level zones, it's just insane. Each zone should have maybe 30-40 quests, because anything more and you will very quickly outlevel it before you ever finish, yet we sometimes have double that. Darkshore requires 90 quests, Azshara requires 100 quests, it's just silly.

I plan to still finish it sometime, but not yet, I have to do Pandaria anyways so figured I could just finish it up sometime after finishing the Pandaria quests.


#493

Dei

Dei

I find that Hyjal and Vash'jir suffer from the same thing. Not only are the quest rewards meant for lvl 78 because they didn't adjust them after they changed lvl req, by the time you finish, the end rewards are out of date. (This is even worse in Vash'jir where you have to do the whole zone to get the Throne of the Tides quest, which has terrible rewards for the level you can finally get it at)

Also, there are some balances to the giant zones, like Arathi Highlands for alliance that has 18 quests. Zones like Azshara and Darkshore are meant to take you from 10 - 19 or something like that, which is why they are so big, it just never works out that way.


#494

Piotyr

Piotyr

Arathi Highlands has 18 quests because it was sadly neglected by the Cataclysm.


#495

Piotyr

Piotyr

Let's plan on getting a guild group together Thursday evening again. What we'll do will vary depending on how many participants we have (and what level they are), but it can range from guild dungeon achievements to old world boss kills to old raids to Cata heroics. If we get five or fewer as I expect, we might just cut a swath through one continent's dungeons.


#496

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
Also, there are some balances to the giant zones, like Arathi Highlands for alliance that has 18 quests. Zones like Azshara and Darkshore are meant to take you from 10 - 19 or something like that, which is why they are so big, it just never works out that way.
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That does not really fit though. Arathi Highlands has a low amount of quests mostly because it was ignored (Silithus only requires 19, while the other 55-60 zone, Blasted Lands, requires 35.) Going into even the 10-20 zones, placed like Silverpine Forest only require 55. Some zones, just to drag out the totals, even were combined, like you have to do both Wetlands and Loch Modan to cover a single achievement.

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Piotyr said:
Let's plan on getting a guild group together Thursday evening again. What we'll do will vary depending on how many participants we have (and what level they are), but it can range from guild dungeon achievements to old world boss kills to old raids to Cata heroics. If we get five or fewer as I expect, we might just cut a swath through one continent's dungeons.
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Since we only need 3 Guild Members to get the achievements, I can come on one of my 85s on the other server, DPS, Heals, or Tank.


#497

Bowielee

Bowielee

I miss Arathi... that used to be fun. Hunting down the giant for the princess quest. Getting groups for what amounts to an outside instance in the ruined castle there.

Good times.


#498

Timmus

Timmus

Just rolled a Mage named scarvis someone should add me.


#499

Dei

Dei

On another note, I just need 2 achieves from heroic lost city of tol'vir to get my dungeon drake...


#500

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Dei said:
On another note, I just need 2 achieves from heroic lost city of tol'vir to get my dungeon drake...
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Lucky. I am nowhere near having it, lol. But hey, I got that free Vial of the Sands, so I guess I can't complain too much.


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