WotLK Prep?

[Parkbandit]

So what's everyone doing in anticipation of the expansion? What toon are you leveling up as your main?

For me, I'm leveling up my warrior first, then leveling up my Death Knight. I'm also trying to be ADHD and trying to get the exploration achievements done.. which are a gigantic pain in the ass... but pretty easy with Carbonite map addon.

I also have 25 big quests to turn in once I get into Lich King to give me a headstart on leveling. I'll need it because I'll be working late most of the following week.

[Atlanteax]

I wonder how many will adopt doing the "Dailys" (Ogrilla, Isle, etc) as a way to "farm" exp/gold in WotLK.

[Parkbandit]

I wonder how many will adopt doing the "Dailys" (Ogrilla, Isle, etc) as a way to "farm" exp/gold in WotLK.

I know I will... at least until like 72 or so. I have a feeling that Blizzard will end up making them give lower than normal experience to force players onto the new island. Personally, I doubt I'll go to the new island for a couple of days, unless I get 25 dailies done and still playing. The lagfest will be frustrating as all hell.

[Me]

finish quests in my log so I have plenty of room for new quests
clear bags of all pve gear so I can level and fill my bags full of juicy vendor or ah stuff
clear an alt to hold leather and items needed later
Get my warrior (my enchanting bitch) higher level so he can de for me once I get 80
I am off thursday and friday so have the time to get significant levels by Sunday
I am sure there are other things I can do but right now those are my focus.

Achievements I have finished all exploration and was working on rep. I really wanted to be exhalted with undercity but not sure I will get that in time and I have no clue how to get higher with TB and Silvermoon as I have did all the quests in those areas so just the 1/4 stuff you get for normal questing. I am also working on the fishing ones and book ones those are fun.

LF

[Parkbandit]

finish quests in my log so I have plenty of room for new quests
clear bags of all pve gear so I can level and fill my bags full of juicy vendor or ah stuff
clear an alt to hold leather and items needed later
Get my warrior (my enchanting bitch) higher level so he can de for me once I get 80
I am off thursday and friday so have the time to get significant levels by Sunday
I am sure there are other things I can do but right now those are my focus.

Achievements I have finished all exploration and was working on rep. I really wanted to be exhalted with undercity but not sure I will get that in time and I have no clue how to get higher with TB and Silvermoon as I have did all the quests in those areas so just the 1/4 stuff you get for normal questing. I am also working on the fishing ones and book ones those are fun.

LF

Do 25 daily quests and turn them in when the expansion hits. That'll be over 100K experience right there and you will have zero quests in your log to pick up the new ones.

And I hate you for having off Thursday and Friday... My only comeback is that I have off from Friday 11/21 to Monday 12/1.

[Kyra231]

So what's everyone doing in anticipation of the expansion? What toon are you leveling up as your main?

For me, I'm leveling up my warrior first, then leveling up my Death Knight. I'm also trying to be ADHD and trying to get the exploration achievements done.. which are a gigantic pain in the ass... but pretty easy with Carbonite map addon.

I also have 25 big quests to turn in once I get into Lich King to give me a headstart on leveling. I'll need it because I'll be working late most of the following week.

I was planning on the 25 quests ready ahead of time also but then saw a blue post saying it most likely won't work if you took the quest at 70 since you 'accepted' the reward as being gold instead of xp :( Now he said if you were just under 70 at the time you'd be gtg.

Here's hoping.

[Parkbandit]

I was planning on the 25 quests ready ahead of time also but then saw a blue post saying it most likely won't work if you took the quest at 70 since you 'accepted' the reward as being gold instead of xp :( Now he said if you were just under 70 at the time you'd be gtg.

Here's hoping.

Are you fucking kidding me!?

That's fucking bullshit.

[Nieninque]

Hitting level 70






















again.

[Some Rogue]

WoW is serious business.

[Parkbandit]

WoW is serious business.


As you post this on a Gemstone IV forum...

Yea...

[Some Rogue]

That doesn't mean I am taking it seriously. You know, scheduling time off work and shit to play...nub.

[Parkbandit]

That doesn't mean I am taking it seriously. You know, scheduling time off work and shit to play...nub.

It's Thanksgiving week.. I always schedule myself off that week. If the expansion didn't come out, I would still be off that week.

nob.

Now get back to WoW and stop being a fucking pussy.

[Kyra231]

Well I've been searching & I can't find the post I read now, I think the advanced search function is broken on the wow site.

What I did find if you do have 25 quests & IF they do give xp it will be significantly less than what the northrend starter quests do.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10544541948&postId=106998698683&sid=1#2

One mvp response anyway.

[Me]

Yeah I heard instance grinding will not be like TBC and 70 quests won't give you what 71 will. I like doing new quests and you get all the exploration stuff out of the way

LF

[Keller]

25 completed quests is still more experience than 0 completed quests.

Unless each quest gives 0 experience.

[Nieninque]

25 completed quests is still more experience than 0 completed quests.

Unless each quest gives 0 experience.

Except the time spent turning them all in (unless they are close together) would have been better spent on questing in Northrend.

[Methais]

I'm leveling my mage to 80 first, then I'll probably roll a death knight. Then eventually I'll level my warrior and rogue. One day.

Right now I just want a motorcycle mount with a sidecar.

[Tea & Strumpets]

You guys make me sick with your talk of 25 quests ready to turn in and all the other preparation. I was always completely lazy about that kind of stuff, but awesome in every other respect.

[Nieninque]

You guys make me sick with your talk of 25 quests ready to turn in and all the other preparation. I was always completely lazy about that and in every other respect.

fixed.

[Tea & Strumpets]

fixed. You are just mad about that time I killed you in Arathi Basin, proving I was the best BG player on any server.

[AnticorRifling]

I will be starting a DK. I've got 2x axe of the legion (lvl 64 BoE 1h axe that will last til lvl 70), gems, 4x 18 slot bags, gold, all the cloth I need to max first aid, etc prepped and waiting. Tauren DK named Dachcow.

I'm going dual wield frost/unholy like I did in beta, at least to lvl.

[Parkbandit]

You guys make me sick with your talk of 25 quests ready to turn in and all the other preparation. I was always completely lazy about that kind of stuff, but awesome in every other respect.

You should come back and show us how completely lazy you were again.

[Parkbandit]

I will be starting a DK. I've got 2x axe of the legion (lvl 64 BoE 1h axe that will last til lvl 70), gems, 4x 18 slot bags, gold, all the cloth I need to max first aid, etc prepped and waiting. Tauren DK named Dachcow.

I'm going dual wield frost/unholy like I did in beta, at least to lvl.

Is it better than the axe you get at 58? The blue gear you get as a death knight was pretty overpowered for the level if I remember correctly.

[AnticorRifling]

Is it better than the axe you get at 58? The blue gear you get as a death knight was pretty overpowered for the level if I remember correctly.
That's a 2 hander. The blue gear is ok but you'll have most of it replaced by 65 in just quest rewards. Which sucks because you'll look like a hobo. Helm and pants are the hardest to replace.

I also made a leg patch for my pants since those are one of the last pieces to get replaced around lvl 68 if I remember right. So yeah I'm on track to have everything I need for lvl 70 (which you can hit quite easily given the xp changes. Do thrallmar, zangarmarsh, a few instances, skip to nagrand and you're already 66 finishing nagrand quests puts you at 69-70).

[AnticorRifling]

Ohh if you're not going to try dual wield don't waste your money with a BoE blue 2h. The axe/sword you get from the DK quest will last you just fine. You can pick up a hellreaver from ramparts or any of the green quest rewards until ring of blood at 65. You could also snag the green 2h sword from Halaa at lvl 66.

[AnticorRifling]

Quick note. You're going to feel like a badass when you finish all the DK starting quests because you have all of this gear that looks like a pimp ass tier set:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n177/anticor/WoW/WoWScrnShot_101208_200250.jpg

Only to hit outlands and look like a homeless guy trying to piece together armor out of scraps:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n177/anticor/WoW/WoWScrnShot_103108_124228.jpg

The second screenshot was an accident where I hit printscreen by mistake but you can see the sweet gear is gone.

[RichardCranium]

Quick note. You're going to feel like a badass when you finish all the DK starting quests because you have all of this gear that looks like a pimp ass tier set...

...Only to hit outlands and look like Sean trying to piece together armor out of scraps...

Man, that's cold.

[Ashlander]

I've managed to stay away from WoW for almost 8 months now but I'll probably be starting back up to try out a DK if nothing else.

[Drinin]

The paladin will be rushed to 80. One great thing about management in retail is the flexible schedule. I took off friday, I'm working later in the day on saturday and will take sunday off as well.

[Kyra231]

Highly bored with the extended maintenance atm. Just a few bars from 70 on my shaman :spin2:

[TheRoseLady]

When is the expansion going to be released?

[Nieninque]

Midnight tomorrow.

[Ashlander]

Just realized that it's tomorrow myself, weird. Most games usually come out on midnight tuesday or during the day wednesday right?

[TheRoseLady]

Midnight tomorrow.

<3 Thanks.

Wonder how many people will be at the store at midnight to get their pack.

[Nieninque]

It will be geek central

[oldanforgotten]

<3 Thanks.

Wonder how many people will be at the store at midnight to get their pack.

The gamestop in the mall here expects 250+. The one 1.5 miles away thats tucked away in the back of a small shopping center expects somewhere around 40.

And as for me, levelling my warrior, my mage, and then probably checking out the deathknight fun in the spare time if I have any, since I've only got about 3 weeks to get the two mains to 80.

[Some Rogue]

!!#^%#!^

I decide to reinstall tonight and I cant find disk 4! Goddammit.

WoW doesn't care about white people.

[RichardCranium]

!!#^%#!^

I decide to reinstall tonight and I cant find disk 4! Goddammit.

WoW doesn't care about white people.

All of the realms are down anyway, it doesn't matter.

[AnticorRifling]

!!#^%#!^

I decide to reinstall tonight and I cant find disk 4! Goddammit.

WoW doesn't care about white people.
You can DL from world of warcraft but it's the whole thing in one file and takes forever. You could probably find a disk by disk DL somewhere on the web.

[Some Rogue]

Yeah, the trial alone was like an 8 hour download. :(

[AnticorRifling]

I can go grab disk 4 and zip it if you've got a place to transfer/host it.

[Sean of the Thread]

F T P F T W

[Some Rogue]

I can go grab disk 4 and zip it if you've got a place to transfer/host it.

Nah, I'm gonna keep looking around. The disk has to be somewhere around here heh.

[TheRoseLady]

!!#^%#!^

I decide to reinstall tonight and I cant find disk 4! Goddammit.

WoW doesn't care about white people.

I have two full sets sitting here staring at me. If you can't find it, I'll send you my set.

[Me]

News flash I was just in 7-11 and 5 copies of lich king for sale there. Now I have collectors edition coming thursday but it was really hard not to buy. You might want to check your local store.

LF

[AnticorRifling]

Can't companies get in deep shit for putting that on the shelves prior to Nov 13 at 12:01AM?

[Me]

its 7-11 heh what do they know

LF

[Parkbandit]

its 7-11 heh what do they know

LF

WHICH ONE!

[Me]

The one on park blvd and park st in st. Largo I checked the one on waters and they didn't have it

LF

[Parkbandit]

The one on park blvd and park st in st. Largo I checked the one on waters and they didn't have it

LF

F-Largo....

It's not like I can do shit right now anyway with the server down.

[Me]

so do you think if I buy a regular edition I can upgrade it once my ce edition comes in?

[Shifted]

15 hours down and counting...

plus the website downtime...

plus the forum downtime...

[Daniel]

Noob question: What's so good about WoTLK?

[Shifted]

80 level cap and death knights.

[Shifted]

15 hours down and counting...

plus the website downtime...

plus the forum downtime...

yeah, i know i'm quoting myself, but...

Gemstone V?

[Daniel]

So everyone is gonna be a death knight now?

[Shifted]

until they get it to 80 and then get bored with it

[Jayvn]

I can't wait for 25 nax.... and also the strat quest that we did back in warcraftIII... killing 'infected' villagers ftmfw

[AnticorRifling]

Noob question: What's so good about WoTLK?

It's new content; instances, zones, raids, pvp, etc

Going fromg 70 to 80.

Death Knights.

Etc.

[Nieninque]

so do you think if I buy a regular edition I can upgrade it once my ce edition comes in?

No. You link your account to the upgrade at the time. Your BC edition will become WotLK edition #xxxxxx forever

[Alfster]

I know I will... at least until like 72 or so. I have a feeling that Blizzard will end up making them give lower than normal experience to force players onto the new island. Personally, I doubt I'll go to the new island for a couple of days, unless I get 25 dailies done and still playing. The lagfest will be frustrating as all hell.

In beta, the level 70 daily quests gave a total of 10 xp each (and far less gold).

You'd be retarded to fill up your questlog full of dailies and expect much xp.

Personally, I"ll be leveling the mage, followed by the druid, then the rogue. (rogue's on another server atm).

Oh, and this shit couldn't have come out at a worse time if they had tried. I work Fri - Mon (basically 40+ hours over the weekend), then heading out for deer hunting from Thursday - Wed.

THen stuck working for 8 days/nights straight. I'll be waaaaaaaay behind everyone.

[Me]

No. You link your account to the upgrade at the time. Your BC edition will become WotLK edition #xxxxxx forever

oh good thanks hun!

LF

[TheEschaton]

This fucking down time is pissing me off.

I'm gonna go with my spriest first, then my rogue. Then I might take my 58 shammy up.

[TheEschaton]

Oh, and btw, thank god there's a BestBuy right across the street from my apartment.

[Methais]

In beta, the level 70 daily quests gave a total of 10 xp each (and far less gold).

You'd be retarded to fill up your questlog full of dailies and expect much xp.

Personally, I"ll be leveling the mage, followed by the druid, then the rogue. (rogue's on another server atm).

Oh, and this shit couldn't have come out at a worse time if they had tried. I work Fri - Mon (basically 40+ hours over the weekend), then heading out for deer hunting from Thursday - Wed.

THen stuck working for 8 days/nights straight. I'll be waaaaaaaay behind everyone.

You could solve that problem by being less redneck.

[Odups]

so do you think if I buy a regular edition I can upgrade it once my ce edition comes in?Little late, and I know you've been given an answer, but it was wrong. :P

You can indeed upgrade your account to Lich King using a regular version, then apply the Collector's Edition later on. It'll just mean you have to call Billing directly to have them attach that Auth key to your account. The regular key that was used up would also be lost and couldn't be attached to another account.

Way back this wasn't possible, but we've been doing the CE upgrades for a little while now. Take it from someone who works at Blizzard. ;)

[AnticorRifling]

Little late, and I know you've been given an answer, but it was wrong. :P

You can indeed upgrade your account to Lich King using a regular version, then apply the Collector's Edition later on. It'll just mean you have to call Billing directly to have them attach that Auth key to your account. The regular key that was used up would also be lost and couldn't be attached to another account.

Way back this wasn't possible, but we've been doing the CE upgrades for a little while now. Take it from someone who works at Blizzard. ;)
Keylogger.

Bot.

That is all.

[Ignot]

do you get something special with the collector's edition?

[Odups]

Keylogger.
Bot.
That is all.Maybe I should start including sex leg comments in my one post every few months. *ponders*

The CE has a Lich King art book, some behind the scenes DVD something or other, a soundtrack CD, a mousepad map of Northrend (although it's the slick kind, I hate those ones without traction), some TCG card starter decks and a vanity pet biscuit loot card. Every character will also get the baby frost wyrm pet, similar to the BC netherwhelp but cold-themed instead.

[StrayRogue]

Wrath is up. And it is awesome.

[Ashliana]

::sigh:: I'd been debating whether or not to come back for this one, seeing as how I somewhat quickly lost interest after TBC's lack-of-expanding PvP options (..No thank you, Eye of the Storm), over-focus on the Arena and I couldn't dedicate as much time as I could when I was working on my undergrad.

I generally get bored with my characters in games, a big reason why I was never able to stick with one character in Gemstone until they made Empaths capable of kicking ass, but the Druid in WoW was versatile enough to let me change styles. I enjoyed battleground PVP (wanted more large-scale battles like AV), but trying to Moonkin through the Arena was extremely discouraging.

Anyway, I ordered the collector's edition (still available on http://www.newegg.com) and hope to get it on Friday. I wonder if my old guild is still around..

[Parkbandit]

I don't get the whole desire for the collector's edition to be honest. 40 extra bucks for a bunch of garbage:

A 208-page LK art book (Crap)
Frosty, the baby frost wyrm (non-combat pet) (Crap)
A DVD with developer interviews, commentary on the cinematic, etc. (Crap)
Soundtrack CD (Crap)
Mouse pad with a map of Northrend (Crap)
Two starter decks for the CCG, and two exclusive cards (Crap)

For $40 bucks, I would want something useful.

[Me]

thanks so much!!



Maybe I should start including sex leg comments in my one post every few months. *ponders*

The CE has a Lich King art book, some behind the scenes DVD something or other, a soundtrack CD, a mousepad map of Northrend (although it's the slick kind, I hate those ones without traction), some TCG card starter decks and a vanity pet biscuit loot card. Every character will also get the baby frost wyrm pet, similar to the BC netherwhelp but cold-themed instead.

[Apathy]

I don't get the whole desire for the collector's edition to be honest. 40 extra bucks for a bunch of garbage:

A 208-page LK art book (Crap)
Frosty, the baby frost wyrm (non-combat pet) (Crap)
A DVD with developer interviews, commentary on the cinematic, etc. (Crap)
Soundtrack CD (Crap)
Mouse pad with a map of Northrend (Crap)
Two starter decks for the CCG, and two exclusive cards (Crap)

For $40 bucks, I would want something useful.

How about a month of Gemstone?

[Jayvn]

bleh..20 minutes till I head out to get a copy... AFTER I realized there wouldn't be a digital download.... my dvd rom crapped out a bit ago.. so today before work I ran to pick up one..awesome little dvd rw on sale for 35 bucks at bestbuy... closed down my store..got home..threw it in the machine... OH RIGHT my IDE cable was no where to be found for some reason.... so i jacked one out of an old machine I had.. got it up and running..now I get to play the waiting game... I'd go up there but I'm afraid.... I remember when the 'gamers' were waiting on the WII release..holy jesus...soap people... that's actually where we get the phrase something smells 'gamey'... it's nothing to do with animals... I'm totally gonna rock my blizzard shirt.. and be a super geek with my horde tat....
~Jayvn

[Odups]

I don't get the whole desire for the collector's edition to be honest. 40 extra bucks for a bunch of garbage:

A 208-page LK art book (Crap)
Frosty, the baby frost wyrm (non-combat pet) (Crap)
A DVD with developer interviews, commentary on the cinematic, etc. (Crap)
Soundtrack CD (Crap)
Mouse pad with a map of Northrend (Crap)
Two starter decks for the CCG, and two exclusive cards (Crap)

For $40 bucks, I would want something useful.If I wasn't getting the CE free, I probably wouldn't get it. I'm just not into the extras personally, and I'll probably never even use some of them. But it's not that much extra money, it's not like people are trading their first-borns in for it.

Seems like it's one of those "may as well just go all in for the expansion" kind of situations. I tend to be that way with other stuff. Spend a little extra to get a little more, just in case I ever want it in the future.

[Parkbandit]

If I wasn't getting the CE free, I probably wouldn't get it. I'm just not into the extras personally, and I'll probably never even use some of them. But it's not that much extra money, it's not like people are trading their first-borns in for it.

Seems like it's one of those "may as well just go all in for the expansion" kind of situations. I tend to be that way with other stuff. Spend a little extra to get a little more, just in case I ever want it in the future.

Yea.. but nothing is really useful in the entire set of "extras". An art book? a CD? Nothing that really made a guy want to spend the extra money. I think Blizzard did a horrible job in thinking that out.

Want to make a fortune? Put in a cool mount that would cost you next to nothing and people would pay out the ass for it. Put in like a Rhino or elephant mount and you wouldn't have been able to keep up with all the orders. Or put in a cool trinket that isn't overpowered but is fun as hell to have.. like that drill thing that ports you off to BRD.

An artbook? A CD? Garbage.

[Nieninque]

Yea.. but nothing is really useful in the entire set of "extras". An art book? a CD? Nothing that really made a guy want to spend the extra money. I think Blizzard did a horrible job in thinking that out.

Want to make a fortune? Put in a cool mount that would cost you next to nothing and people would pay out the ass for it. Put in like a Rhino or elephant mount and you wouldn't have been able to keep up with all the orders. Or put in a cool trinket that isn't overpowered but is fun as hell to have.. like that drill thing that ports you off to BRD.

An artbook? A CD? Garbage.

Didnt you get the CE for TBC?

[Parkbandit]

Didnt you get the CE for TBC?

Not sure.. what did you get?

[Nieninque]

Not sure.. what did you get?

Same thing really, plus the netherwhelp pet

Art book, cards, a DVD copy of the game (as well as four CDs) so it's quicker to install - that was about the only thing I used from mine.

Have to agree it was all pretty useless, although I did use the mouse mat...never looked at it since though, so the map was kinda pointless.

[AnticorRifling]

I have to go buy it this morning. I went to bed last night instead of going out and getting the game.

[Parkbandit]

I have to go buy it this morning. I went to bed last night instead of going out and getting the game.


Same.. popped in this morning and there are already people at 72.

Fuckers.

[AnticorRifling]

I gotta wait for kids to get up, get them dressed and fed, and then I can head out. I don't think it would be a good move to leave 2 2year olds in the house while I go buy a video game somehow that just doesn't sound like the smartest course of action.

[Parkbandit]

I gotta wait for kids to get up, get them dressed and fed, and then I can head out. I don't think it would be a good move to leave 2 2year olds in the house while I go buy a video game somehow that just doesn't sound like the smartest course of action.

What could possibly happen!?

[RichardCranium]

I gotta wait for kids to get up, get them dressed and fed, and then I can head out. I don't think it would be a good move to leave 2 2year olds in the house while I go buy a video game somehow that just doesn't sound like the smartest course of action.

Fuck they're 2 now?

[AnticorRifling]

Fuck they're 2 now? That's what I say every single morning.

[AnticorRifling]

What could possibly happen!? Probably nothing. They would just watch spongebob and play with toys. But for whatever reason I like the little buggers enough that I am somewhat protective :)

[RichardCranium]

I'll probably pick it up tomorrow or Saturday.

[AnticorRifling]

They are awake now!

Time for Mr Mom to go make some breakfast, get them in some warm clothes, and beat feet to Best Buy.

[AnticorRifling]

Wow wish I would have pre ordered.....

Walked into best buy, not a soul around, walked to the WotLK display, had to pick between the mounds of regular editions or collector's editions, got my regular copy, walked to the cashier, no line, paid and was out in under five minutes.

[Nieninque]

If I wasn't getting the CE free, I probably wouldn't get it. I'm just not into the extras personally, and I'll probably never even use some of them. But it's not that much extra money, it's not like people are trading their first-borns in for it.

Seems like it's one of those "may as well just go all in for the expansion" kind of situations. I tend to be that way with other stuff. Spend a little extra to get a little more, just in case I ever want it in the future.
Is there a way to change a EU version of the game into a US versioon.
I remember there was something in a file that related to the servers the game connected to once upon a time.

If there is, can I buy an EU version and change that part over so I can use it on my US game?

[TheEschaton]

I just bought my copy and installed it this morning, but I haven't been able to play. Got a couple motions going tomorrow, so I've been preparing for court all day, as well as a networking event I'm running this evening. Argh.

[Sean of the Thread]

I gotta wait for kids to get up, get them dressed and fed, and then I can head out. I don't think it would be a good move to leave 2 2year olds in the house while I go buy a video game somehow that just doesn't sound like the smartest course of action.


No you can't get away with that until they're at least 3 or if you have a cage.

[AnticorRifling]

I do have a cage....

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n177/anticor/Twins/OurNewPuppies.jpg

[Sean of the Thread]

ahhahahah fucking awesome.

Sew a couple of these on those jammers and you'd get rep for life.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/USMC-E7.svg/380px-USMC-E7.svg.png

[Methais]

Is there a way to change a EU version of the game into a US versioon.
I remember there was something in a file that related to the servers the game connected to once upon a time.

If there is, can I buy an EU version and change that part over so I can use it on my US game?

All I can think of is to edit your realmlist.wtf file to this:

set realmlist us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com
set patchlist us.version.worldofwarcraft.com

That's also how you access private servers, but with the private server's address of course.

Except I don't even see a realmlist.wtf file in my WoW folder anymore since I put Wotlk on, so that could pose a bit of a problem.

[Odups]

All I can think of is to edit your realmlist.wtf file to this:

set realmlist us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com
set patchlist us.version.worldofwarcraft.com

That's also how you access private servers, but with the private server's address of course.

Except I don't even see a realmlist.wtf file in my WoW folder anymore since I put Wotlk on, so that could pose a bit of a problem.It's something like that, but I don't personally know how to do it. I know that people do edit the realmlist to be able to access the EU servers from a US client - so I'm pretty sure that one's possible. Maybe give google a shot, you could probably get a definite answer on the WoW Forums too (if you want to put up with those Forums ;)).

The realmlist was moved to a different place in the WoW directory in one of the recent patches, not certain if it was to discourage private server use or for another reason. A quick search puts it in C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data\enUS (assuming you've got WoW installed to the default location).

[Nieninque]

Thanks for the responses, but there is no need as Blizz have very kindly stuck a digital download from the account management page, so now I just need someone to send me a key and I'm g2g

Sweet!

[Nieninque]

Found this dinky little resource. Looks pretty sweet
http://wotlkwiki.info/index.php/Interactive_Northrend_Map

[AnticorRifling]

Dunemaul has a queue, ahh the good ol days.

[Odups]

Sonofa... 560 queue on Emerald Dream for the lose.

Makes me remember the old days of 2k queues on Argent Dawn. :|

[Ashlander]

465 for Moon Guard

[Daniel]

So weird.

I have a new computer. So, I went to go download the game and it let me download frozen throne, but when I tried to get to my character it didn't show my existing characters. Interesting enough, it suggested I use Dunemaul and now there is some que. Hopefully I still have my character...

Let you know in about 20 minutes.

lol.

[Alfster]

I read somewhere that they lowered the server caps.

Doubt it though. 408 in line FTL

[Drew2]

So, I went to go download the game and it let me download frozen throne, but when I tried to get to my character it didn't show my existing characters.

Have fun playing Warcraft III?

[AnticorRifling]

Got the DK to 60, got my grunt's waraxes to hold me over til 63 when I can use my axes of the legion. Time for sleep.

[FNLN]

Friend of mine is sleeping at 4, 8 and 12 (AM and PM) for 30 minutes at a go to maximize his game time. His guild wants to start raiding as soon as possible.

I, on the other hand, am pretty much http://vault.error-403.net/files/1/Public/emotes/gf-effort.gif about all this. Figure I'll give myself a month to hit 80.

Leveling my priest. I'll dick around with a DK later.

[Daniel]

Have fun playing Warcraft III?

yea. whatever the fuck it is.

Fuck you very much (nerd).

It worked too.

[CrystalTears]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/Jemah/wow/icechair.jpg

[Some Rogue]

Hahaha...BITCH KING.

[Parkbandit]

Yea.. heard that and Glich King in general chat for the past week...

[Alfster]

Hasn't been that bad mang.

[Sean of the Thread]

Anyone else having to wait 20 minutes or so to log into dunemaul?


I don't even have teh fucking expansion since I'M BROKE but I still got other chars to burn up to 70. The queue is pissing me off.

[RichardCranium]

They're all like that.

[AnticorRifling]

Anyone else having to wait 20 minutes or so to log into dunemaul?


I don't even have teh fucking expansion since I'M BROKE but I still got other chars to burn up to 70. The queue is pissing me off.
Everyone and their brother is coming back to see what the new shit is all about, hence the queues.

[Some Rogue]

Thanks for the warning. Guess I'll be waiting awhile longer.

[Methais]

No queues or lag on Eredar. There was a 74 running around last night though trying to sell Dalaran ports for 30g.

How the fuck do you hit 74 so fast? I'm pretty sure he wasn't being powerleveled by an entire guild like that guy that hit 70 in a day in TBC.

[FNLN]

Was taking me upwards of 45 minutes yesterday to log onto Skullcrusher and Uther.

[Some Rogue]

You fuckers win. Downloading patches now...

[Some Rogue]

Fucking hell, 2.6 GB patch??

[g++]

Fucking hell, 2.6 GB patch??

Your telling me I have never playing this game before decided to try it out..I started downloading shit during the steelers game im now watching the friggin cowboys and still downloading crap from blizzard...its like christ I just wanted to kill a fucking skeleton

[g++]

still downloading, if this isnt the last update i quit

[Some Rogue]

Well, I realized I didn't need the huge patch. I stopped it from downloading, proceeded with the BC install and then the WotLK install and then had a couple small downloads after that.

[Kyra231]

They're all like that.

No queue's on the servers I'm on. Sounds like a pain in the ass.

[RichardCranium]

No queue's on the servers I'm on. Sounds like a pain in the ass.

It has gotten better. The first night, half of the servers were locked, and another quarter were full.

[oldanforgotten]

No queues or lag on Eredar. There was a 74 running around last night though trying to sell Dalaran ports for 30g.

How the fuck do you hit 74 so fast? I'm pretty sure he wasn't being powerleveled by an entire guild like that guy that hit 70 in a day in TBC.

it's 4-6 hours per level if you know what you're doing. If you have the right gear, that person likely bought his copy at a 7-11 that was selling em early, or just downloaded wrath the night before the release, had it fully installed so they could start at 12:01 a.m, sped through only the main questline in Borean to get them to Dragonblight halfway to 71 before most people even got their copy of wrath home and installed, and had Dragonblight and Grizzly Hills to themselves for the majority of the first day. Ezmode 74 in 18-20 hours.

I had thursday off from work, back at work friday, and spent most of my day saturday and sunday watching football, and I've still hit 77 without any real trouble, mostly from getting to 74.5 and into Zul'Drak on the first day.

[Keller]

So which one of you nerds got to 80 first?

[Some Rogue]

I'm only 72 but I didn't start til Saturday evening. I don't think anyone in HoR is even close yet. Highest there is like 74 I think.

[Nieninque]

I get my key tonight ready for hitting 70.
Then it's game on!

[DeV]

I'm only 72 but I didn't start til Saturday evening. I don't think anyone in HoR is even close yet. Highest there is like 74 I think.Same. I bought my copy Thursday night but didn't get to play until Saturday. I'm halfway to 73, but we have nerds in our guild already at 77 last I checked.

[Keller]

I logged on yesterday during an xbox live outage and saw a dozen people on Dunemaul at 80.

I laughed. They all called in sick for the last week, lost their shitty jobs, and now will sit bored for weeks as the rest of their guilds catch up.

[Some Rogue]

I logged on yesterday during an xbox live outage and saw a dozen people on Dunemaul at 80.

I laughed. They all called in sick for the last week, lost their shitty jobs, and now will sit bored for weeks as the rest of their guilds catch up.

lol @ Assent

[Daniel]

I logged on yesterday during an xbox live outage and saw a dozen people on Dunemaul at 80.

I laughed. They all called in sick for the last week, lost their shitty jobs, and now will sit bored for weeks as the rest of their guilds catch up.

This is why my only character is only lvl 61 after like 9-10 months. I don't understand how some people have MULTIPLE 70's.

[Some Rogue]

This is why my only character is only lvl 61 after like 9-10 months. I don't understand how some people have MULTIPLE 70's.

Eh, once you do it once, you start learning the tricks and it goes way faster. Not to mention, you have your other characters able to send gold/bags/etc to you.

[Keller]

This is why my only character is only lvl 61 after like 9-10 months. I don't understand how some people have MULTIPLE 70's.

Far be it from me to not nerd out occassionally. Shit, I spent all of two weekends ago playing Gears of War 2.

But I think 70-80 in a weekend is just insane.

[Daniel]

Eh, once you do it once, you start learning the tricks and it goes way faster. Not to mention, you have your other characters able to send gold/bags/etc to you.

I don't doubt, but anyway you shake it, it's a huge investment of time.

I would have to spend most of my off time to do something like that, to the detriment of dating, learning a foreign language, going to the gym, hanging out with friends. Etc. That just seems real off for me. I guess if I was married and had a family or was 19 years old, but some of these people are my age. That's just ridiculous.


Far be it from me to not nerd out occassionally. Shit, I spent all of two weekends ago playing Gears of War 2.

But I think 70-80 in a weekend is just insane.

Trust me. I'm not begruding anybody from being a nerd. I'm a huge one. I'm just questioning those very few people who let a game take over large swaths of their life.

Taking off work to be the "first one" to be 80? You've got to be shitty me.

[Nieninque]

Our guild had server first Priest, Shaman, Draenei, Human Gnome to 80

They did it from Wednesday night to Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

[Me]

Honestly I didn't spend more than my usual time other than thursday and friday I had vacation time and I used it. And I was 75 on Sunday evening. the experience goes fast and I so enjoy doing quests and seeing the new instances.

LF

[Keller]

Our guild had server first Priest, Shaman, Draenei, Human Gnome to 80

They did it from Wednesday night to Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

I'm pretty sure I will be the server first male undead priest named Rasputen to hit 80.

[Nieninque]

And the first gay one.

[Augie]

Last night on Blackhand, we had the Realm First Death Knight hit 80.

Reminds me of the South Park episode "How do you kill that which has no life?"

[Keller]

And the first gay one.

I was watching Ricky Gervais' stand-up from NYC last night.

One line in particular stood out. He used the insult "Dopey cunt."

I don't know why I just thought of that, but I figured I'd share.

[TheEschaton]

So, I don't know wth I'm doing wrong, but I could only start playing around Saturday morning and I'm only about 2/3rds to 74 right now.

Actually, maybe I'm doing things right.

[Parkbandit]

So, I don't know wth I'm doing wrong, but I could only start playing around Saturday morning and I'm only about 2/3rds to 74 right now.

Actually, maybe I'm doing things right.


ONLY!? ONLY!?

Fuck you.

-Signed a level 72

[TheEschaton]

You were working with a far more severe handicap....


(wait for it)






.....you had to deal with Nekk.

[Some Rogue]

I might be offended if this wasn't coming from a dirty hippy lawyer. :D

[Parkbandit]

You were working with a far more severe handicap....


(wait for it)






.....you had to deal with Nekk.

I was going to blame him.. but then I realized he only cost me like 2 hours of leveling.

[Drisco]

Lvl 71 almost 72.

I'm a little rattled I'm not 80 already. I just can't seem to stay home on the weekends. I'm going through a faze where I can't stay home on the weekend.

Thats not like me either. I usually like staying home all day going out at night. I can't even stay home in the day. I'm at the point where I hate not being with people. It's not good. I want my oldschool self back.

[Furrowfoot]

Argent Dawn had it's first level 80 DK tonight around 6 PM. I've got one to 70 as it's going to become my raid main and I didn't want to be lagging levels behind the guild, now it's back to a casual leveling pace. Though, thanks to the refer-a-friend deal, I AM actually nerd enough to dual-box, so my old hunter main is jogging around behind me firing off autoshots so they'll get to 80 together. 55 to 70 was so easy, and it's nice to actually see the difference my hunter's gear is making as I laugh at the quest rewards when I turn stuff in with him, and instantly equip something from nearly every quest with the DK.

[Parkbandit]

Shit.. forgot today was Tuesday... was going to pop on before work and finish leveling up my mining to 300.

:(

[Parkbandit]

Argent Dawn had it's first level 80 DK tonight around 6 PM. I've got one to 70 as it's going to become my raid main and I didn't want to be lagging levels behind the guild, now it's back to a casual leveling pace. Though, thanks to the refer-a-friend deal, I AM actually nerd enough to dual-box, so my old hunter main is jogging around behind me firing off autoshots so they'll get to 80 together. 55 to 70 was so easy, and it's nice to actually see the difference my hunter's gear is making as I laugh at the quest rewards when I turn stuff in with him, and instantly equip something from nearly every quest with the DK.


I should do this with my hunter.

[Nieninque]

So, I don't know wth I'm doing wrong, but I could only start playing around Saturday morning and I'm only about 2/3rds to 74 right now.

Actually, maybe I'm doing things right.

What you levelling on?

[AnticorRifling]

My DK is only 69 at the moment. I'm not going at a bad pace but I'm not going to just live in front of the pc.

[Nieninque]

What's your DK called?

[Some Rogue]

What's your DK called so I can gank him?

Fixed.

[Nieninque]

Hmm, that may or may not be the case.
Have had variable success against DKs. Took a while to get the hang of fighting them, but now do well against them mostly.
Had some terrible encounters though, it has to be said. Two DKs with pets = misery.

[Ashliana]

Got my C.E. yesterday. Played a few hours, about halfway up to 71. New areas are pretty, and there's been a lot of "ahh, makes sense" changes to WoW like the incorporation of pets/mounts/currencies into the interface rather than inventory, the unification of +spell damage and +spell healing into "spell power," and the new Druid abilities like Typhoon and Starfall (FINALLY! Starfall).

I'm used to to a few differences in Warhammer, where in addition to showing up on the minimap, quest destinations/goals show up as indistinct red blobs on the global map, giving you a place to search around. In WoW, I have to read the quest description (oh noes!), which feels like a step back. Not being able to queue up for battlegrounds from anywhere also feels kind of limiting, but I guess I'll get used to it.

They had refunded my talent points, so I re-specced as balance and am loving it. 5000+ starfall crits are always fun, but it's really annoying not being able to fly in Northrend yet. Feels like another step back. Unfortunately, my guild on Dragonblight has disbanded and I'm trying to hook up with remnants at the moment.

Tried out a Death Knight.. I love the starting area/quests, runeblading and the fact that they just dump blues/a purp on you through quests. I really wish they'd let you create other Lv55 chars, though. If I wanted a mage, it'd be a huge pain to start out from scratch.

[Alfster]

QuestHelper has a warhammer feel to quests.

[AnticorRifling]

What's your DK called?

Tauren DK, named Dachcow http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dunemaul&n=Dachcow.

I'm a pretty easy kill at the moment because I'm not specc'd for PvP at all. I only went 26 points into unholy for the pet to make questing easier and the rest is frost for dual wield which I'm enjoying. My burst potential is very good and I've got a 30 yard range on my big damage but I don't have the deep survivability of a full blood or unholy build. It's more of a true PvE dps build (although I wouldn't go deeper than 21 points unholy for raiding).

[Some Rogue]

Haha, I forgot to post this here..but when I transferred Rennick off the one account onto a new account for PB, I left him with one character already on it. Here was the PM I got about it...



YOU MOTHER FUCKER! DID YOU NOT THINK I WOULD SEE "FAILGRIN"?

I hate you. Alot.


:lol:

[AnticorRifling]

That's awesome!

[DeV]

QuestHelper has a warhammer feel to quests.Best addon ever.

[AnticorRifling]

Best addon ever.
False.

Asshattery was the best addon ever.

[Some Rogue]

False.

Asshattery was the best addon ever.

Especially when Stabbed and I added about 100 new sounds hehe.

[Alfster]

Haha, I forgot to post this here..but when I transferred Rennick off the one account onto a new account for PB, I left him with one character already on it. Here was the PM I got about it...



:lol:

what's your main now?

[DeV]

False.

Asshattery was the best addon ever.For a flamingly obnoxious addon, it rocked socks, I've heard.

[AnticorRifling]

Especially when Stabbed and I added about 100 new sounds hehe.

Hell yeah I wish we could get that rockin again it was so awesome.

[RichardCranium]

Someone needs to make an addon that plays "Get over here!" when you hit a dk death grip.

[Ashliana]

Or Pudge's "FRESH MEAT!" abomination grab sound from WC3's popular map, DotA. Saw an abomination do that yesterday, eyes went "<3!"

[Ashlander]

Someone needs to make an addon that plays "Get over here!" when you hit a dk death grip.

There already is one on WoWinterface.

[Some Rogue]

what's your main now?

Nekk is 72 and my mage I just started on last night, so I haven't really decided yet.

[Parkbandit]

Hell yeah I wish we could get that rockin again it was so awesome.

I don't think I laughed any harder when we are trying to raid and we have you, me, Nekk and Survain CONSTANTLY hitting that damn thing.

[Ashliana]

Awesome. They changed Preserved Holly so that it works on flying mounts. Last year, it wouldn't.

Question, though. Can you get Preserved Holly (the kind that stays year-round) every year, or only once while Fresh Holly is every year but expires?

I wish you could get the expendables any time of the year. I've got one of the Elune Stone makers, which is nice.. but I miss the rose petal falling item and the holly.

[Some Rogue]

I don't think I laughed any harder when we are trying to raid and we have you, me, Nekk and Survain CONSTANTLY hitting that damn thing.

I dunno, that was funny but still the greatest ever was when Dar kept playing Werewolves of London over Mitten or the Dar/Nekk gnome incident in BWL. :lol:

[DeV]

Anyone know what ever happened to Mitten?

His classical music playing during raids always cracked me up.

[Some Rogue]

He just quit playing. Dunno what happened to him after that but I did see his "girlfriend" a little while before I quit playing. She turned out to be a pretty decent person when not around him haha.

[FNLN]

Or Pudge's "FRESH MEAT!" abomination grab sound from WC3's popular map, DotA. Saw an abomination do that yesterday, eyes went "<3!"

It's not just from DotA. It's hardcoded into War3 f(it's a homage to The Butcher from Diablo).

[Keller]

Anyone know what ever happened to Mitten?

His classical music playing during raids always cracked me up.

You played (play?) on Dunemaul?

[Some Rogue]

You played (play?) on Dunemaul?

.....

:club:

[Keller]

.....

:club:

:help:

[CrystalTears]

You played (play?) on Dunemaul?
Terrorin! :heart:

[Some Rogue]

and Moooooooooooo :D

[DeV]

Terrorin! :heart:Come play with us! :(

Mooella's been my main for a while, but Terroin is and always will be my alchemy bitch.

[CrystalTears]

Nah, I've lost all my interest in WoW. I just uninstalled it a week ago.

[TheRoseLady]

Nah, I've lost all my interest in WoW. I just uninstalled it a week ago.

I really need to uninstall mine as well. I gave all my coins and crap on all my characters to PB and shut it all down.

I miss Dev though :(

[Parkbandit]

I really need to uninstall mine as well. I gave all my coins and crap on all my characters to PB and shut it all down.

I miss Dev though :(

You are better off.. achievements would be the death of you.

[Sean of the Thread]

Man I thought those achievements were wellington at first but they got fucking addicting.

I've been crazy busy the last week since landing a position as a business partner and will probably never have time to get and play the expansion for months.

The good news is I'll be able to post a budget in the budget thread now :P

[Drisco]

You are better off.. Leveling to 80 would be the death of you.

Fixed

[Alfster]

You are better off.. achievements would be the death of you.

borrow me 2k gold. kthanx.

[Furrowfoot]

You are better off.. achievements would be the death of you.

This, for me. I can't leave a zone now without making every attempt to get into that last little greyed out area on the map. Effing achievements.

[FNLN]

I have no interest in banana stickers.

[AnticorRifling]

He just quit playing. Dunno what happened to him after that but I did see his "girlfriend" a little while before I quit playing. She turned out to be a pretty decent person when not around him haha.

They broke up, he had a meltdown, he quit pretty much everything. His brother is still on from time to time and is riding the family high horse.

[DeV]

Nah, I've lost all my interest in WoW. I just uninstalled it a week ago.Et tu? Apparently, my woman shares your sentiments. Boo to the both of you. :heart:


I really need to uninstall mine as well. I gave all my coins and crap on all my characters to PB and shut it all down.

I miss Dev though :(We would make awesome leveling partners in Northrend, but alas, it is not to be. I miss you too, babe, and If you ever decide to come back I volunteer to be your personal leveling anti-gank bodyguard. Serious business.

[Nieninque]

If you are going to uninstall...dont delete the patches.

[CrystalTears]

I deleted the whole folder once it was done. I honestly have no intention of playing it again.

[Atlanteax]

is it me, or does Northren feel like it has been hit with a huge nerf hammer?

I'm 2-manning 5-man quests ... and when my group didn't realize that Anubrak (in Anjol-Nerub) will lock you out if you don't move in enough when the fight starts ... me (Prot Paladin) and a Holy Paladin basically 2-man-ed that fight (holy priest and 2 hunters were stuck watching).

That was the shortest 3 boss instance ever. What was even the point to it?

.

What does everything think about Nilhem/SK having completely cleared Naxx 25-man, Magyos, etc ... within the first weekend?

I glanced at their website, and they indicated that they think WoW may have been nerfed too hard in favor of the casual players.

[Ashliana]

.

What does everything think about Nilhem/SK having completely cleared Naxx 25-man, Magyos, etc ... within the first weekend?

I glanced at their website, and they indicated that they think WoW may have been nerfed too hard in favor of the casual players.

Hm. Maybe. I always felt kind of disenfranchised by the "extreme" content like MC/Naxx/etc, but even my first guild's feeble attempts to clear MC were fun, if pointless.

My next guild, a fairly serious raiding guild, essentially didn't bother with Naxx or the like. They went in a few times, but I only went to Zul'gurub/CoT/Kharazan/etc. Some stuff, I just found painful.

Heroic Shattered Halls? We weren't the best constructed group, didn't have the necessarily best equipment (we'd just all hit 70), and kept wiping out over and over and over again on the long hallway with groups every few yards. Very frustrating. Don't really remember it well at this point, though.

Edit: While I'm kind of let down that I'll probably never be one of the people to kill Arthas, as my playtime is relatively limited, I'm glad it exists. I want there to be challenges to keep those kind of dedicated players in the game. I don't want them to dumb all the content down so I can casually experience it. Even though I can't spend 10 hours a day on it as I did for a long time in college, I'm glad some people can.

[DeV]

I glanced at their website, and they indicated that they think WoW may have been nerfed too hard in favor of the casual players.There has always been several aspects to WoW, only one of them being high-level end game raiding. I think these elite guilds forget that very few guilds are going to be as dedicated as they are when it comes to new content. They cleared all new content in the span of 2-3 days, yet, they are still the minority in WoW; a game with a massive casual player base. I think this was definitely one of the methods to keep more casual players interested in new content that they actually have a shot at clearing and to aid actual raid progression for more casual guilds. Naxx was re-released for a reason.

The hardcore players have already cleared all new PVE content released in WOTLK and now they have to wait until the next patch to explore new content. Boo. Hoo.

[Methais]

is it me, or does Northren feel like it has been hit with a huge nerf hammer?

I'm 2-manning 5-man quests ... and when my group didn't realize that Anubrak (in Anjol-Nerub) will lock you out if you don't move in enough when the fight starts ... me (Prot Paladin) and a Holy Paladin basically 2-man-ed that fight (holy priest and 2 hunters were stuck watching).

That was the shortest 3 boss instance ever. What was even the point to it?

I'm gonna guess that a lot of the low-mid 70s content is coming across as easy because of gear. I'm geared in a mixture of S1-S4 gear and haven't replaced anything yet, and the instances I've ran have been cake.

I'd imagine if you were sporting level 71 greens or something, the instances might have posed some sort of challenge, but who knows maybe they did go nuts with the nerf bat.


What does everything think about Nilhem/SK having completely cleared Naxx 25-man, Magyos, etc ... within the first weekend?

I glanced at their website, and they indicated that they think WoW may have been nerfed too hard in favor of the casual players.

Do the Naxx encounters work the same as they did before, just with numbers adjusted for 25-man and being 80? If so then that would explain how they plowed through that so quick. No idea about malygos though.

[Me]

On clearing the material so fast. They have been doing this stuff in beta forever they knew it backwards and forwards and were sunwell geared the whole guild. Will some green geared group who never got farther than kara do that I will wait and see.

Naxx fights are basically the same so it should be a fairly easy instance as the strats for those have been out for 2 years.

The part about it being too easy I thought so too I was solo'ing all the elite group quests through the fjord and tundra. Well I am in dragonblight and I tried to solo a 5 man elite dude and I am still scraping the pieces of myself off the cliffs. he was a bit harder.


UT is very very simple. Nexus is fun but again not very difficult. Anub place tiny bit harder we are t6 geared and wiped a few times on those bosses we are all now mid 70's and its a breeze. I really enjoyed Drak something or other. Just did my first level 80 instance and it was tough we only had 2 80's with us took forever to kill bosses and the fights were quite interesting. I am looking forward to trying them in heroic.

I am loving the place so far wonderful detail and we are back to a warcraft feel not so much aliens from outer space.

anyway just my take.

LF

[Some Rogue]

Does anyone have a good site with death knight info? Rolled up my orc death knight last night and basically just button mashed until he got to level 58 heh.

HEARTHLEDGER FTW

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/WoWScrnShot_112008_001909.jpg

[Ashliana]

SR, Wowwiki and Wowhead are decent resources if you haven't checked them out already.

I ran Nexus last night as a healer (although I'm a balance Druid). I was afraid I wouldn't be able to cut it with my lack of resto enhancements and mediocre equipment (only +630 heal/damage, 15% crit) but we made it through okay. I did manage to /facepalm wipe us out by accidentally pulling about three normal pulls worth of mobs with a careless cast of Starfall.

Nothing good dropped for any of us. Trash plate boots off the first boss, a wand from one of them.. I collected some Storm Guard Tokens (or something), but have no idea where to turn them in. It was fun, but I'm not sure I'll do it again for anything except the chain quests.

I also dropped blacksmithing. I can't decide whether I want leatherworking or tailoring. On one hand, with leatherworking I'll actually be able to make a few nice pieces I'll wear. On the other hand, I seriously doubt I'll A) end up making it and B) end up keeping it over raid/quest equipment.

With tailoring, I can make the thread inserts to give +spellpower/etc into any of my equipment, cloth or not, and also be able to make the flying carpet. <3

I got up to 75 in tailoring, but they want 10 gold per 20 wool and I'm just not willing to pay that. Time to start farming..

[Nieninque]

I got up to 75 in tailoring, but they want 10 gold per 20 wool and I'm just not willing to pay that. Time to start farming..

That's a steal. I sell for 15g per stack.
No idea why, but it sells. You can just do a deamines run (or WC) and get a ton of wool. Not sure why people feel the need to pay really exorbitant prices for easy-to-acquire stuff. not really bothered though, pays for my stuff.

[CrystalTears]

SR, Wowwiki and Wowhead are decent resources if you haven't checked them out already.Not necessarily for profession-specific skills and advice on how to advance them. Those are mostly tools for items, quests and mobs. Good sites though.

Besides, someone with at least four 70+ characters and a DK already knows about those sites. ;)

[DeV]

If you haven't already checked, you might want to give Elitistjerks.com a look. I'd be surprised if they didn't have a couple threads devoted to the class already.

[Some Rogue]

If you haven't already checked, you might want to give Elitistjerks.com a look. I'd be surprised if they didn't have a couple threads devoted to the class already.

Yeah, I usually check them out but they tend to make my eyes glaze over with all the numbers and formulas and shit heh.

[Some Rogue]

Haha, awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeyYdGoLCU

[CrystalTears]

SOME ROGUE, STOP TALKING ABOUT WOW TO ME OR I'LL BREAK YOUR FUCKING ARMS! GODDAMNIT!

[Some Rogue]

:(

[Parkbandit]

Haha, awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeyYdGoLCU

2nd one is SO you.

Now where the FUCK is Dar!?

[Kyra231]

Does anyone have a good site with death knight info? Rolled up my orc death knight last night and basically just button mashed until he got to level 58 heh.

HEARTHLEDGER FTW

mmo champion has some decent info in their forums, worth checking out.

[CrystalTears]

Haha, awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8maUTzE48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeyYdGoLCULOL!

Fuck.

I hate you. :(

[TheEschaton]

is it me, or does Northren feel like it has been hit with a huge nerf hammer?

I'm 2-manning 5-man quests ... and when my group didn't realize that Anubrak (in Anjol-Nerub) will lock you out if you don't move in enough when the fight starts ... me (Prot Paladin) and a Holy Paladin basically 2-man-ed that fight (holy priest and 2 hunters were stuck watching).

That was the shortest 3 boss instance ever. What was even the point to it?

.

What does everything think about Nilhem/SK having completely cleared Naxx 25-man, Magyos, etc ... within the first weekend?

I glanced at their website, and they indicated that they think WoW may have been nerfed too hard in favor of the casual players.

This happened to us, when Falgrin (on his tank Rennick), myself (on my spriest), and Nekk (rogue) ran AN with two guildies.

Rennick and our healer got in with the boss, all three DPS got locked out, and they took the boss out while we just watched. It was pretty fucking hilarious too.

Edit: Just dinged 75. First person in our guild to hit 80 capped last night. Still ahead of Rennick, ha.

-TheE-

[Parkbandit]

This happened to us, when Falgrin (on his tank Rennick), myself (on my spriest), and Nekk (rogue) ran AN with two guildies.

Rennick and our healer got in with the boss, all three DPS got locked out, and they took the boss out while we just watched. It was pretty fucking hilarious too.

Edit: Just dinged 75. First person in our guild to hit 80 capped last night. Still ahead of Rennick, ha.

-TheE-


That fight was funny.. but I think it has more to do with our gear going in and skill than it does with that fight being super easy.

And FU on your "OMG L00k @ me & my L3v3lz!".. also fuck off on all the loot you constantly pull out of instances.

[TheEschaton]

It's not my fault I was the only clothie in that group, and only cloth dropped. ;)

[CrystalTears]

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ft/2008/ft081116.gif

[DeV]

LOL

[Ignot]

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ft/2008/ft081116.gif

Ha! Good post.

[Some Rogue]

Hehe...this reminds me. I love the new pop culture references I've caught so far. I saw two last night in the death knight starting area that were great. There's a mayor of the town there named Mayor Quimby and one of the NPC's in the necropolis is named Siouxsie the Banshee.



Oh and one of the Orcs in Vengeance Landing sings a Pink Floyd song from The Wall. :D

[Sean of the Thread]

Rofl Hearthledger... awesome.

He should have had his bubble hearth macro'd and then we might get a Knight's Tale sequel!!!! ... .... ..... pause.... .... NOT!

That or a priest nearby to debuff alprazolam sickness. Or a few packs of Xan-X (GET IT?! lolz) on hand.


(yes I'm digging Fallout 3 I just can't decide what to fucking do in it.. I may do the main quest then just go fucking evil bitch and raid the world. That speech perk is nice for staying neutral however.)

[Some Rogue]

Hehe, I orginally intended to make him a paladin but never got around to it. I figured a Death Knight worked pretty well too.

[Sean of the Thread]

My Pally is named bubblyhearth.

[Parkbandit]

Hearthledger isn't a deathknight name...

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/belike53/Arthastewert.jpg

[AnticorRifling]

Still lvl 70, should ding 71 tonight. For some sick reason I decided to take up mining and herbalism on my DK and I've been working on those....

[BigWorm]

Still lvl 70, should ding 71 tonight. For some sick reason I decided to take up mining and herbalism on my DK and I've been working on those....

Gotta get that 420 in herbalism, dude!

[TheEschaton]

I have to say, this expansion is far more impressive than TBC, in terms of how in-depth the care put into it is.

-TheE-

[Sean of the Thread]

Says Alok the warcraft nub.

Lol you just started playing not long ago.

[TheEschaton]

It's true. What can I say?

[Parkbandit]

Says Alok the warcraft nub.

Lol you just started playing not long ago.


That fucking nub is still ahead of me. If anyone know's his boss' number, I'll pay handsomely for it. The fucker is 'cheating' by playing at work.

[g++]

I just started and I am really enjoying it. Playing a 25th level undead mage I made, its kind of starting to suck drinking water 50% of the time though im on Najawhateverthefuck server. You guys think I should start a different character on another server?

[Some Rogue]

Some mage specs are more mana intensive than others but yeah, you'll be drinking a lot as you level up. They're still a lot of fun to play.

[g++]

Well I guess ill stick it out, spec'd for frost its pretty frustrating being a mage on an uber small pvp server and being low level. Had to walk alot last night and a 30th level hunter was hunting outside a town I had to walk past he killed me like 7 times without even stopping his grind....its like why am I so weak.

[Ashliana]

I love how much they've buffed the Balance school. Starfall, Typhoon and now Hurricane has no cooldown whatsoever (though still mana intensive), can usually take on 3-4 like-level mobs at a time without too much difficulty.

[CrystalTears]

Well I guess ill stick it out, spec'd for frost its pretty frustrating being a mage on an uber small pvp server and being low level. Had to walk alot last night and a 30th level hunter was hunting outside a town I had to walk past he killed me like 7 times without even stopping his grind....its like why am I so weak.Because you wear paper for armor. :D

It'll get better though and a lot more fun as you get more spells. I tried doing a fire as well as an ice spec and I loved them both. Fire moves faster because it causes a lot of damage, where ice just slows them down so that you can take your sweet time.

And... I really need to stop reading this thread. :(

[DeV]

Well I guess ill stick it out, spec'd for frost its pretty frustrating being a mage on an uber small pvp server and being low level. Had to walk alot last night and a 30th level hunter was hunting outside a town I had to walk past he killed me like 7 times without even stopping his grind....its like why am I so weak.Mounts at 30, ftw. It used to be 40 so that's a nice advantage for you n00bs. Get a leveling buddy, this will undoubtly make an ally think twice about ganking you. Typically, any mana dependent class will go through mana water. It's a must that my hunter keep a nice supply of mana water on hand at all times because of it.

I'm having a blast with wotlk, so far; it's brought a lot of enjoyment back into the game that I lost somewhere along the way pre-tbc.

[Ignot]

I just started playing maybe a few months ago or something so i guess i have plenty of content to look forward to. I only have one character who is 59, do I get a fast mount @ 60?

Also, I get harrassed to join a guild about everytime i enter a capital city. whats the advantage of a guild? I had joined one when i first started and everyone was real overly nice and douchey so I quit and never joined a guild since.

[Some Rogue]

Yeah, fast ground mounts at 60 for a price. :D

It's a regular group of people to chat with, do quests with, do instances with and eventually down the road to raid with. Depending on the guild's rules, they often have banks to use for mats you might need as well.

[Ignot]

okay i guess i just have to find one with people more my playing style.

[g++]

I guess the idea is eventually to build up a base of people that can do instances and raids well together and share materials. The guild I joined the leader runs me through shadowfang keep repeatedly(hes 60) to get me experience and blues, I think they really need a mage or something. I dont really care about that stuff yet but I guess it will be cool later.

[Alfster]

I have to say, this expansion is far more impressive than TBC, in terms of how in-depth the care put into it is.

-TheE-

Agreed.

I hated most of the zones in BC, they were the gay.


Now, someone level up my mage while I'm out of town for the next 5-7 days (depending if i get a deer or not)

[Methais]

Mages are full of win, I'm having a blast with arcane.

I spent most of last night 1v2'ing these two retards (shaman + rogue) that kept trying to gank me while I was questing. They either had terrible gear or were just fucking idiots, because I was mopping the floor with them both.

Either that or I'm just super duper l33t like Tamral.

[g++]

Mounts at 30, ftw. It used to be 40 so that's a nice advantage for you n00bs. Get a leveling buddy, this will undoubtly make an ally think twice about ganking you. Typically, any mana dependent class will go through mana water. It's a must that my hunter keep a nice supply of mana water on hand at all times because of it.

I'm having a blast with wotlk, so far; it's brought a lot of enjoyment back into the game that I lost somewhere along the way pre-tbc.

I have not grouped with a good partner yet. The server I am on is like 50% hardcore assholes and 50% "Where am I" newbs like me. Some of them dont have the advantage of having a background in rpgs though. Grouping with someone who isnt going to draw any aggro or do any damage is like hey want half my experience? especially for a mage cause I really just need someone to taunt. And on the water deal I can make it so thats never a problem the waiting 22 seconds pisses me off

[Sean of the Thread]

I haven't bought the xpac yet due to time restraints to get into it but if you want/need some levelling help on dunemaul horde let me know.


Yeah and Methais I'm still tweaking my arcane spec (I fucked up on accident speccing) but it's not bad. I was pure frost prior but with some tweaks and some gear arcane seems to be the new shiz.

[DeV]

Grouping with someone who isnt going to draw any aggro or do any damage is like hey want half my experience? Completely understandable considering the kind of class you play (AOE damage master), but keep in mind that leveling with someone is going to increase the speed at which you complete your quests while at the same time mitigate your chances of being ganked, which is a big waste of time when leveling. Finding someone capable and suited to your play style is the kicker.
And on the water deal I can make it so thats never a problem the waiting 22 seconds pisses me offYeah, that's what I meant to refer to. I take less time drinking as my character is older and has a higher rate of mana regenerated, but the number of times I'm drinking/eating while leveling is just about the same, especially when I'm hunting alone.

[Apathy]

Anyone tried out the siege pvp? How is it? I may have to break down and reactivate :(

[AnticorRifling]

Anyone tried out the siege pvp? How is it? I may have to break down and reactivate :(

I fell in love with it on the beta but I haven't tried it on live.

[Nieninque]

It's true. What can I say?


I saw you in the Grizzly Hills today. Not sure if you realised it was my druid.
I didnt connect that it was you, to start, I just noticed the HoR tag. WHen I did figure out who it was, I thought about killing you just to say hi, but you aggro'd one of the elite giants that was wandering around. I figured killing you would have been a hollow victory when you tried to mind blast it instead of running the fuck away. I like a bit of a contest, at least.

[Sean of the Thread]

rofl

[Augie]

I've been having a blast since I decided to start tanking with my druid. I am working on getting a good set of tank gear from these quest rewards.

I'm only 74 and was able to tank Violet Hold last night which was a lot of fun. Steve brings his ret pally and one of our buddies is an awesome holy priest with COH. It's so easy getting groups now that all we need is DPS.

I just need to build up some better gear but even in crap gear I have over 20k in health in dire bear form. Can't wait to hit 80 and start taking heroics and raids to really get good gear.

[Me]

Heh took me a while to notice that was your druid there dear. I saw this druid dancing all around me in an area that was definitely alliance heavy and thought oh shit I am so going to die again. Then I noticed it was you and was so happy! But 10 minutes later I was squished by another druid who was not you.

I am 5 bubbles to 80 woot!

LF



I saw you in the Grizzly Hills today. Not sure if you realised it was my druid.
I didnt connect that it was you, to start, I just noticed the HoR tag. WHen I did figure out who it was, I thought about killing you just to say hi, but you aggro'd one of the elite giants that was wandering around. I figured killing you would have been a hollow victory when you tried to mind blast it instead of running the fuck away. I like a bit of a contest, at least.