World of Warcraft

[Dunkurtin]

Going to resub after I download wow again. Just wondering what ganking is like now there's 85's flying about the place.

Last time i attempted to start lvling my DK it was pretty bad. Less than an hour of spending more time dead and i was back to my pally.

[Araenel]

Being on a PVE server now, I have no idea what's it's like!

[Araenel]

For Ruda, the boat mount you get in thousand needles

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/Araenel/boat-1.jpg

[JubeiSaotome]

Like the sea horse, it's a pity you cant use it in any body of water.

[bulkerking]

So got into cata last night and tryed my best not to get lost about the place. It will take abit of time to get into the swing of things again. If anyone want's any help etc give Calndra on frostmourne a message. :)
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[tau]

how can you get lost? lol

Just get the quests for the new zones available to you and follow the quest chains! Aint all that easy to get lost, really.

[bulkerking]

I haven't played in about a year or so and the first place I went to was the underwater zone (forget what it's called) where I almost drowned until I done the first quest there and got my sea legs ability. If it wasn't for the quest toggle that lets you quickly see where the quests are I be lost for sure.
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The Cigar Boss (http://thecigarboss.com/)

[tau]

Well that's the point lol. Use the quest log/map to your advantage. It'll lead you around the zones and help you get acquainted with all the places you need to get to.

[Queenie]

I do not like tanks one bit.

Since cataclysm made tanking require brains again or to an extent i never queue as dps anymore.

Half the time we're in the middle of a fight and I'll throw on my sword and shield and drop into defensive cos the tank got overzealous and died to too many people, or stood in the fire, or something.

I don't know how pure dps classes even cope.

[JubeiSaotome]

Sometimes I switch to Blood Pres if the Tank has died, but half the time the healer is trying to DPS or packpedal to safety.

[StorminNorman]

I don't know how pure dps classes even cope.

Feign Death.

[Sytadel]

Had a play of cata at claire's today. It might strike as a strange comment, but what stuck out for me is that it's fundamentally the same game. I mean, that should be obvious, right? I suppose when you hear about an expansion, the world torn asunder, and so on - you expect some really fundamental changes, but it was quite strange to see... you still do dailies, to earn stuff, to exchange for other stuff. Everything was a little cooler and frillier, buffed around the edges with a few extra knobs and buttons to fill out the experience. Which isn't bad, and indeed if the formula is working for 99% of the player-base then Cata is perfect.

I likened it to Claire of meeting an old friend whom you hadn't caught up with in a while. He's moved in to a bigger place and has a new car, he's seeing a new girl who's a lot like the one before. He still calls you buddy and has a firm handshake. Of course, he also still turns up late for everything and is fickle with appointments. He possesses a vague streak of misogyny you find distasteful and is known to be too honest when he drinks.

(From what I can gather), Arena is still pretty imbalanced and rated BGs hasn't effectively been fleshed out yet. The size of the world is still somewhat trivialised by flying mounts, ports, and the LFG system. Gold sinks are still not really sufficient to maintain a skewed economy. Balancing for multiple skill-levels is harder than ever. GearScore never got under control, and had to be internalised and given undue credit. The levelling process is still fundamentally boring and the focus is on making it shorter rather than more fun. Like the above friend, it's perhaps silly to wish for the bad things to go away -- but if you can overlook them then you might have something there.

** To add some balance, I'll concede they seemed to have learned from Dalaran (in having a larger Orgrimmar) and the difficulity level of Heroics seems pitched better.

Anyone else have anything to weigh in on what they felt the big issues were in WoTLK and rather or not they've been improved upon?

[Araenel]

I likened it to Claire of meeting an old friend whom you hadn't caught up with in a while. He's moved in to a bigger place and has a new car, he's seeing a new girl who's a lot like the one before. He still calls you buddy and has a firm handshake. Of course, he also still turns up late for everything and is fickle with appointments. He possesses a vague streak of misogyny you find distasteful and is known to be too honest when he drinks.

You thought about that way too much lol.

[TrinityJayOne]

The small guild I joined tried our first raid tonight- the new VoA. Success!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/SoulsticeFirstRaid.jpg

Had a heartbreaking attempt prior to that where he enraged with 400k left. :(

[TSplodey]

Wow you have Sweetbro AND Hellajeff in your guild?

Also how do you see stuff with that UI. I know the Achiements/Loot fill it up but still.

[Silverwolf]

Wow you have Sweetbro AND Hellajeff in your guild?

Was gonna post this when I saw it, that's pretty awesome.

Also agree about the UI, absolutely hideous =P

[TrinityJayOne]

You guys have really been burnt by the good ol' days of raiding on 4:3 monitors, haven't you? >_> Not everyone wants a minimalist UI, and besides, what I have there still leaves the majority of the screen clear!

I take it Heffajeff and Sweetbro are old guildmates? I'll tell 'em you said hi.

[Vindik8or]

I take it Heffajeff and Sweetbro are old guildmates? I'll tell 'em you said hi.

That'll cause some awkward confusion. Do it!

[TrinityJayOne]

I did (to Hellajeff, Sweetbro not online)! Hellajeff remembers Tsplodey but not Silverwolf. What character would you have been on at the time? I mentioned Nubfase and Kyreen but he had nfi who they were.

[TSplodey]

I have nfi who they are but who was Hellajeff if he knows me.
(http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/)

[TrinityJayOne]

Oic. Well I'll find out what guilds he was in I guess!

[Sytadel]

You thought about that way too much lol.

I'm a natural wordsmith, time has nothing to do with it

[TrinityJayOne]

D:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/floating1.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/floating2.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/floating3.jpg

Some guy with the Touring Rocket invited me to a group and was going to fly next to me so I could jump in, but the zep came back before he got to me and I was able to jump and safely land on top. Very strange bug.

[Silverwolf]

Your UI still looks like balls.

[TrinityJayOne]

It's because I don't care for your (or anyone else's :D) opinion on it and haven't changed anything! :P

[Queenie]

i noticed you guys are doing critter kill squad

I'm not sure if the bug in uldum still works but there was one where there would be endless critters spawning on day one, unsure if still there, likely not but who knows.

[Vindik8or]

I did (to Hellajeff, Sweetbro not online)! Hellajeff remembers Tsplodey but not Silverwolf. What character would you have been on at the time? I mentioned Nubfase and Kyreen but he had nfi who they were.

As I said. Awkward and confusing.

[TrinityJayOne]

i noticed you guys are doing critter kill squad

I'm not sure if the bug in uldum still works but there was one where there would be endless critters spawning on day one, unsure if still there, likely not but who knows.
The sheep? Yeah that was fixed fairly quickly. The Terrordale cave in EPL is still the best I know of, and the old python boss' area in ZG has a lot of snakes. The EPL cave has more, but the ones in ZG respawn constantly. Not being able to downrank spells makes it pretty slow going even if you AoE. A Warlock with that Hellfire-while-moving talent would be the best bet.

Anyhoo, we're not really racing for it as you need to get exalted for the pet anyway, I just like having the counter there because it makes for fun short-term goals.

[Second]

Just dinged 79 on my Druid. Should be doing Hyjal before dinner time, methinks.

[JubeiSaotome]

That is the worst UI I've seen in a long time.

[Dunkurtin]

Just dinged 79 on my Druid. Should be doing Hyjal before dinner time, methinks.

I might sign on to my DK later then and join you.

[FX-GTZ]

D:

http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Etrinityjayone/floating1.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Etrinityjayone/floating2.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Etrinityjayone/floating3.jpg

Some guy with the Touring Rocket invited me to a group and was going to fly next to me so I could jump in, but the zep came back before he got to me and I was able to jump and safely land on top. Very strange bug.

You can survive that fall, i dismounted on my flyer in the same place you got stuck, with roughly the same health. Stop wasting people's time.

[sausage]

WOWned

[TrinityJayOne]

You can survive that fall, i dismounted on my flyer in the same place you got stuck, with roughly the same health. Stop wasting people's time.
A. I was having a laugh with the in-game message, not trying to "waste people's time", and B. no you can't. (http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/orly.mp4)

[Silverwolf]

Plus, amount of health has nothing to do with falling damage, falling damage is a % of your hp.

Derp how to obvious game mechanics

[Spudzilla]

yeah FX

http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/image.php?u=1158&dateline=1283845762

[Silverwolf]

Yeah!!!1!

0wnz0r3d

[FX-GTZ]

Well F you all, i survived the fall.

[Spudzilla]

no you didn't

[FX-GTZ]

On a rogue.

[Second]

Liar. You didn't even fall. You're just a liar.

[TrinityJayOne]

So as per a recent post about auctioning, I've been playing the AH a little bit since just prior to The Shattering. During one of my scans back then I snapped up the Kaldorei Spider Kabob recipe for the princely sum of 750g. This recipe was an Alliance-only quest reward until The Shattering removed the quest entirely. As it's a recipe the deposit is something like 1c, so I've relisted and relisted and relisted with hopes that one day a collector with a lot of gold will come along and buy it. That day just came.



http://members.iinet.net.au/~trinityjayone/holyshit.jpg

[StorminNorman]

You know, all I can think of when I see your UI is "you're still using Recount?"

[Second]

Would you be impressed if I told you recount was Japanese?

[StorminNorman]

Not... really.

[castr8or]

ok fags, i'm going to have a crack at this game again, what server are yall on?

[Bob the Destroyer]

I've been making my money skinning (Lost City has an awesome spot for that) but spending it on leveling blacksmithing. Found a neat spot to farm up volatile fire as well but yeah, all of that goes to smithing as well, sigh.

[Spudzilla]

I'm watching the Tankspot vids for Blackwing Descent. the first 3 or so videos are narrated by a chick with a soft gentle voice. I then click on Chimaeron video...

HELLO

and it's some dude who sounds like a 10-foot tall George Takei.

[TSplodey]

That sounds pretty awesome. Got link?

[Spudzilla]

chicks voice

kVZMP1RCivs

imagine that for a while

then all of a sudden

eLa57ES3py8

so much reverb in his voice

[TrinityJayOne]

Hahaha, he's completely right!

[Araenel]

You know, all I can think of when I see your UI is "you're still using Recount?"

It's a dps mod, what's the problem?

Is there some new mod all the cool kids are using?

[TSplodey]

Skada. They both have pros and cons though.

[Araenel]

I feel like some sort of caveman!!

[TSplodey]

I don't use either. A) Saves memory, and FPS on some encounters and B) Someone else always has one anyway.

[JubeiSaotome]

Skada. They both have pros and cons though.

If anything he should neckbeard over using Omen if a non-tank.

[Vindik8or]

I don't use either. A) Saves memory, and FPS on some encounters

WoW being exceptionally taxing on both.

[Ad-Rock]

It's quite taxing on fps, especially with the graphics on Ultra.

[Queenie]

So as per a recent post about auctioning, I've been playing the AH a little bit since just prior to The Shattering. During one of my scans back then I snapped up the Kaldorei Spider Kabob recipe for the princely sum of 750g. This recipe was an Alliance-only quest reward until The Shattering removed the quest entirely. As it's a recipe the deposit is something like 1c, so I've relisted and relisted and relisted with hopes that one day a collector with a lot of gold will come along and buy it. That day just came.





Reminds me of this time i was pumpin prices on eternal fires and someone bought my eternal fire for 2k.

Feels good man

[Second]

Son of a bitch. Someone accidentally put up a stack of 20 or so Volatile Airs for 2G. Tried to snipe it, but it was already gone.

[Queenie]

sometimes i very much dislike snatch lists. that would be such a time.

[TSplodey]

Lots of class changes on new PTR. Its all on MMO-Champion to save spamming here. Theres 2 or 3 seperate news posts so scroll down when you look.

Priests got lots of (needed) buffs. Very happy so far.

10min Levitate duration fk ye.

[StorminNorman]

Friend of mine and I two-manned MC last night, and had Eye of Sulfuras drop. He's a druid, so we've decided to farm up what we need to make Sulfuras for him.

First time I've ever even seen an MC legendary item drop. Now, if only the bindings would drop for my hunter...

(And yeah, I know MC is 100% soloable at this point, but legendary drops are still rare as all hell.)

Also, Core Hound packs still suck a nut if you don't do it exactly right.

[Araenel]

They sure are, especially when someone (tau) pulls 2-3 packs at once, forgetting what they did.

[tau]

^_^;;

[Lordage]

I sold Corefire Legplates today for 15k. :)

On another note I am growing tired of WoW again, so I have pre-ordered a new MMO by the name of RIFT. I've been in the Beta for some time now and I am very impressed. It's basically WoW meets EQ2 via Vangard. The lore is quite rich and the gameplay is amazing. The developers have really been taking on board any suggestions by the community and thus far it's working really well.

Just thought I would mention it in case anyone else is interested in checking it out. The class system is excellent in that you pick a class and 2 sub classes (from the same archetype, Mage, Warrior, Cleric or Rogue) from which you can mix and match abilities. Given there is some 20 classes it is making for some really interesting gameplay.

[Silverwolf]

What matters though is how much it costs

[Lordage]

The game? $49 for the initial purchase then $12/month thereafter.

[Spudzilla]

Interesting

[Lordage]

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=484970422513

The trailer for Rift, pretty funny.

[Spudzilla]

okay, not interested anymore

[Lordage]

okay, not interested anymore

Haha, why is that?

[Spudzilla]

It was the Wizard of Oz quote

[Spudzilla]

"We're not in Azeroth anymore"

Pretty cheesy

[Spudzilla]

But seriously, I'll give this a proper look

[StorminNorman]

Their hubris is hilarious. They'll get trampled by Guild Wars 2.

EDIT: Dude, use the edit button.

[TSplodey]

Never been to UYAC have you.

[Spudzilla]

Their hubris is hilarious. They'll get trampled by Guild Wars 2.

EDIT: Dude, use the edit button.

Look at this boy scout

[Second]

Less of a boyscout, more of a ****.

[Second]

http://www.wowhead.com/item=55066

I think I'll get one of these made.

[Araenel]

Just get the heroic polearm from the first boss of Tol'Vir.

[Second]

Is it a Scythe? No. GTFO!

[Second]

You know... it's such a shame. It's a Scythe... Awesome looking weapon. Who benefits from it most? Druids who stay in their forms and Hunters who only keep it on their backs. :(

[Dunkurtin]

You know... it's such a shame. It's a Scythe... Awesome looking weapon. Who benefits from it most? Druids who stay in their forms and Hunters who only keep it on their backs. :(

I'll get one for my dk. Who cares what people say, it's just an alt anyway.

[tau]

I learned the hard way today - Don't take your iPhone in for repairs/replacement if you have a mobile authenticator linked to it without removing it first.

Waiting for blizz to get back to me and remove it... sigh.

[TrinityJayOne]

Oh dear, and what a simple mistake to make :( I could absolutely see myself doing the same thing.

[TSplodey]

Thats why I keep using my keychain authenticator even though I've had an Android phone for quite a while now lol.

[Lordage]

Thats why I keep using my keychain authenticator even though I've had an Android phone for quite a while now lol.

Same hahaha. It just feels safer...

[tau]

:( :( :(

edit: oh, it's maintenance anyway. Yay!~

[TrinityJayOne]

Epic blog by GC about heroics and difficulty in general (you'll need 5-10mins to get through it).

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2053469

[TSplodey]

Many many more patch notes up.

[SOX]

Epic blog by GC about heroics and difficulty in general (you'll need 5-10mins to get through it).

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2053469

I remember BC heroics being bitchin hard when that was still new - did they get really easy in WotLK or something?

[TrinityJayOne]

That and the re-released Naxx, yes. They were MILDLY difficult at first, but nowhere near the level we're at today. They very quickly turned into AoE-fests, CC was never needed and healing them on my Droid was basically Lifebloom then /afk.

[TSplodey]

Basically 99% of PvE (dungeons and raids) today (to varying degrees) punishes bad play, and is fairly cruisy if you do the fights right.

Which is how it should be anyway.

[StorminNorman]

- Beauty now spawns with only two pups in Heroic difficulty. Not to worry though, the missing pup has been adopted by a wonderful, if not insane family.

So, for all the posturing about heroics being "just right" in terms of difficulty, they choose to nerf the easiest fight in the entire instance. GG.

[JubeiSaotome]

Basically 99% of PvE (dungeons and raids) today (to varying degrees) punishes bad play, and is fairly cruisy if you do the fights right.

Which is how it should be anyway.

Will it stagnate into having only one way of playing each dungeon, though?

[TSplodey]

Meh Beauty was more annoying than tough. She has like 16mill HP counting her pups. :/

Gonna have to be more specific than that Jubei. The best way is always the way for me and theres only one way to do it the best way.

Way.

[Second]

It amazes me that you are not a massive success in life with such an attitude.

[TSplodey]

Preferential to internet tryhard.

The abridged (or Second) version would be like "You do it in a worse way on purpose?"

[Bob the Destroyer]

Started a Prot PvP spec for lols, turned out I had enough gear to tank heroics (accidentally tanked a Lost City and was suprised when the Choas Orb dropped) which I've been doing since because hey, 1 sec queues vs bullshit minutes. Now thinking about going a full PvE spec for tanking and a PvP for possibly Fury since it's been a super long time since I tried that and my hit rating is acually ok for once and possible take that spec into PvE since the balance between PvE and PvP has never been closer

[nintendo]

So Im about 4 bars from 85 on my lock and I was wondering whats the easiest/best way to bridge the item lvl gap so I can start getting into heroics?

Also, its incredibly easy to get gold now. I make around 4k a day just from lvling, not even farming, just grabbing random herbs and skinning.

[Ad-Rock]

Rep rewards, pvp rewards and a couple of 85 dungeon items will get to the required item level easily. As long as you know your role in heroics and can do +8k dps you'll get no complaints.

[Queenie]

Started a Prot PvP spec for lols, turned out I had enough gear to tank heroics (accidentally tanked a Lost City and was suprised when the Choas Orb dropped) which I've been doing since because hey, 1 sec queues vs bullshit minutes. Now thinking about going a full PvE spec for tanking and a PvP for possibly Fury since it's been a super long time since I tried that and my hit rating is acually ok for once and possible take that spec into PvE since the balance between PvE and PvP has never been closer

Fury's pretty middle-of-the-road atm, which is fantastic for us! though i fear that when the next couple of tiers roll out and we get to 27% hit that we'll probably get nerfed because of the huge dps we'll be pulling. atm me and a couple other fury's can only get 20% and that's with reforging and mostly purples with a couple blues.

Hit is GOD.

[bulkerking]

For some reason I can't get into this expansion. Playing shadow priest and running out of mana every 2 mins in dungeons not fun. Been kicked out of my last 5 groups because of it :(.
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[TSplodey]

SWDeath and Disperse on CD. Dont fully DoT mobs with less than 100k HP, Mind Spike instead. Shadowfiend trash if you have to, not many bosses need it as a DPS cooldown.

Shadow mana is really annoying to manage at the moment (imo) but its not awful in PvE.

[Queenie]

my server has TB all the time. In fact, we only lost it on purpose it seems a few times so people could get their achievements, LOL.

Expansion is fun. TB dailies on a pvp server equals chaos, so I wonder what frosty's like, being a full server.

[TSplodey]

Heroic Nefarian down. Finished T11. :D

Hopefully work on our Glory drakes in a week or two.

[Queenie]

nice job, adept's pretty big on the world stage, as far as mmo-champion tells me. Quite a few World or US first I think I saw. /clap

[TSplodey]

World First Halfus and US First Conclave and Al'akir. Once WoWProgress is fixed and updates we should be world 7th or 8th I think.

[StorminNorman]

From the 4.1 patchnotes:

The gold amounts on the following encounters have been substantially reduced: Flame Leviathan, Magtheridon, Gruul the Dragonkiller, Doom Lord Kazzak, and all encounters in Karazhan.


FFFFFFUUUUUUUU

[Emilbus]

Gotta love Blizz's April Fools

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2325684862

[Queenie]

I find many of the WoW machimina videos to be so very awesome.

I've recently been going through all of greyfoo's stuff and emberisolte's.

Start perhaps with exodar disco, but this one here, is quite haunting.

All of greyfoo's are fantastic.

Q0CoVOmWRhA

[Emilbus]

4.3 transmogrification (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3309048)!

I knew there was a reason why i kept all my old tier.

[Second]

I'm kinda feeling stuck between "It's about time" and "A little too late".

[bulkerking]

Been playing the starter edition. WoW needs to go FTP before I start playing on my 84 priest again.

[TrinityJayOne]

It's pretty cool for armor, but I'm not sure I agree with having guns changeable to bows if you can't change a staff to a mace, etc.. There'll be soooo many tears from people that have long deleted all their gear. :D Then people will have to go through the old instances and realise how easy they have it now compared to back when loot was left to chance, not operating on a funbucks system like it does now. Once that happens, I also foresee people complaining that some classes can solo those old dungeons, mine can't, nerf those classes.

[tau]

I like how they're pretty much conceding that today's gear looks like shit compared to tier 2.

[TSplodey]

People have wanted this for a long time before 'the gear became shit looking'. Priest T5/6/8 and maybe even 10 all look better than T2 anyway (T2 isnt bad looking by any stretch, but its not the pinnacle of Priest design).

[Queenie]

so, does anyone play anymore?

also, thought I'd post so quatters can nep me again. nep away! It really matters!

if you nep me enough, I might kill myself!

with a gundam!

[Silverwolf]

You mean you're playing on a server by yourself? Plenty of people still play WoW.

[Queenie]

nah, my server's pretty dead is all. After rugby world cup I'm moving to frostmourne... alliance. Some of the guild already did after I said it's not shit, so yeah.

[Emilbus]

http://www.thedailyblink.com/comics/2011-09-19-206.jpg

[FX-GTZ]

That's how everyone envision's it, but it's also the worst way to describe how they do changes. It would be more like a Word document file with table charts.

Nobody know's how Blizzard edit's the changes to the classes inside of the actual engine, but it would require alot more than just flicking a low poly count switch.

[Vindik8or]

Naw man, you sure? I'm fairly certain that they just use some levers for each class just like in the picture.

[Watchers]

FX how are you still alive in this world?

[FX-GTZ]

Soulstone's man.

[Vindik8or]

Who the heck is the Soulstone's man? How does he keep you alive?

[Silverwolf]

Soulstone's man is a shaman.

[Queenie]

roflmao

[abbyafton]

where can i download this game?

[Vindik8or]

www.internet.com

[FX-GTZ]

where can i download this game?

Free starter edition can be found here:
https://us.battle.net/account/download/

Sign up is free, which can be done here:
https://us.battle.net/account/creation/wow/signup/
World of Warcraft: Starter Edition is now free to play up to level 20.

[bulkerking]

When's the new expansion due ?.

[Second]

Blizzcon this weekend. I imagine we'll find out then.

[Emilbus]

Oh god, another talent system change.

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/203784/world-of-warcraft-class-talent-system

And pet battles WTF?!?

[aubergine]

So... Kung Fu Pandas...

World of Warcraft is basically finished now right?

[bulkerking]

So... Kung Fu Pandas...

World of Warcraft is basically finished now right?

It proberly sounded like a "good" idea at the time.

Been playing abit of the starter ed and won't go back to full until it go's FTP.

[Ad-Rock]

It's all pretty mad, this new expansion.

I reckon they're starting to test out systems that could be used in their next MMO, rather than trying to improve WoW specifically.

[TrinityJayOne]

So... Kung Fu Pandas...

World of Warcraft is basically finished now right?
They've been part of the series for a while.

Also, at Blizzcon Metzen confirmed the old rumours that they were originally going to be the new Alliance race way back in Burning Crusade, but some "issues" (China) got in the way.

[tau]

So... is there a new horde race?

[TrinityJayOne]

Yes, Pandaren.

[tau]

So do both factions get pandaren or is it just horde?

[TrinityJayOne]

Both factions get them.

[Ad-Rock]

Got a resurrection scroll from a mate. 3 days left of free play, before I decide whether or not I will subscribe again. After a year off, it seems as if so much has changed and yet it all feels incredibly familiar...

EDIT: Maybe I will be SWTOR instead... I do love space...

[Vindik8or]

where can i download this game?

Free starter edition can be found here:
https://us.battle.net/account/download/

Sign up is free, which can be done here:
https://us.battle.net/account/creation/wow/signup/

I love this. The smart bot gets the dumb human to do the advertising for him.

[Sytadel]

Is anyone still playing this? I've got a few months before going back to Uni, and am between jobs, so am in the rare position of having a metric ****ton of free time to play. I haven't played since WoTLK first came out and would be keen to level a new character through catacylsm.

Also, hey guys.

[Ad-Rock]

Cataclysm improved levelling 100 fold. Do it.

[Sytadel]

Do hyper people still hang out on a given server/guild?

Oh and can anyone toss me a ressurection scroll? (my e-mail is sytadel@gmail.com, and I have WoTLK so only need cata trial)

[Sytadel]

Thanks teegs for the scroll! Unfortunately the game is taking bloody ages to download... it's hovering around 100kbps and looks like it wont' be done for at least another 36 hours!

[Second]

Come to SW:TOR instead. <_<

[JubeiSaotome]

Playing on Thaurissan with interstate friends. I got sick of moving around from server to server with different friend groups who were active at the time.

[Lordage]

Do hyper people still hang out on a given server/guild?

Oh and can anyone toss me a ressurection scroll? (my e-mail is sytadel@gmail.com, and I have WoTLK so only need cata trial)

There is no given Guild anymore, but I believe FM is still the preferred server - that's where I am at least.

Also, I though you had your phD, why would you ever need to go back to uni :P

[Sytadel]

There is no given Guild anymore, but I believe FM is still the preferred server - that's where I am at least.

Also, I though you had your phD, why would you ever need to go back to uni :P

Nay, I only had/was doing my Honours when I was last playing WoW. In the end I decided to pursue the Masters route, which is more about practicing than research work.

Also had a year off and have done most study PT, so yep, still going :(

[Lordage]

Nay, I only had/was doing my Honours when I was last playing WoW. In the end I decided to pursue the Masters route, which is more about practicing than research work.

Also had a year off and have done most study PT, so yep, still going :(

Ouch, that hurts :/ I've managed to do a Psych undergrad and an Advanced Dip. in IT in that time :P

I think Teegs, etc still play on Frostmourne. Although I could be wrong...

It is worth coming back. Leveling is a lot more refined and the LFR (Looking for Raid) feature means you can still raid without being in a hardcore raiding guild. It is a cross realm system similar to the Dungeon Finder except you are only eligible for loot from each boss once a week. The encounters are a lot easier also, and the ilvl of the gear reflects that.

Still, the game is better than ever if you want to play casually.

[Sytadel]

Ouch, that hurts :/ I've managed to do a Psych undergrad and an Advanced Dip. in IT in that time :P

I think Teegs, etc still play on Frostmourne. Although I could be wrong...

It is worth coming back. Leveling is a lot more refined and the LFR (Looking for Raid) feature means you can still raid without being in a hardcore raiding guild. It is a cross realm system similar to the Dungeon Finder except you are only eligible for loot from each boss once a week. The encounters are a lot easier also, and the ilvl of the gear reflects that.

Still, the game is better than ever if you want to play casually.

I'm trying to think back now... I mean, when I started, I was only a first year. I think I was still playing when I moved out of my folks house, which would've been... late 2009. At that point I was just handing in my honours thesis. '10 I worked full-time, '11 I worked part time with Masters... so yeah, that adds up I think. Still 2-3 years to go.

I never really had that post-WoW aversion to it that so many people have. WoW and I left each other on good terms, and yeah, I just want to play casually. I'm debating levelling another hunter (with the new focus sytem) or druid, or maybe a warlock. If I can hit 85 and do a handful of dungeons then quit, then I'll be happy :)

Add my realid guys: sytadel@gmail.com. I'm still on SC2 occasionally.

[Sytadel]

Yeah I remember why I like this game so much.

I think WoW was having a sort of identity crisis when I left - didn't know whether to be casual or hardcore; in PvP, didn't know whether to be battlegrounds or arena. Seems like it's come in to it's own now. I do have nostalgia for "hardcore WoW," but I prefer casual WoW to the ambiguous hybrid it was a few years ago. I mean, Azuregos is a bohemian in a relationship with a spirit healer and the whole Goblin "haha we're capitalist engineers" is taken to the Nth degre... but it has an appeal.

I'm a Lv.21 Goblin Rogue.

[Lordage]

Yeah I remember why I like this game so much.

I think WoW was having a sort of identity crisis when I left - didn't know whether to be casual or hardcore; in PvP, didn't know whether to be battlegrounds or arena. Seems like it's come in to it's own now. I do have nostalgia for "hardcore WoW," but I prefer casual WoW to the ambiguous hybrid it was a few years ago. I mean, Azuregos is a bohemian in a relationship with a spirit healer and the whole Goblin "haha we're capitalist engineers" is taken to the Nth degre... but it has an appeal.

I'm a Lv.21 Goblin Rogue.

Nice, you're on Frostmourne I assume?

Waiting for a friend to start playing then I will role a Goblin Priest :)

I think when it comes to end game, wow is still a bit of a hybrid.

You have LFR which is raids made easy, cross realm, with lower ilvl gear. Then conversely you have the 10 and 25 man raids with Hard Modes which are quite hard.

[Ad-Rock]

I'm in the same boat as Syt. I miss the "good old days", but with less time on my hands now I really enjoy being able to play casually without missing out on seeing things.

[bulkerking]

Been playing the starter ed for abit. I seem to like the fact that you can only get to level 20.

[JubeiSaotome]

My main is still a death knight (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/thaurissan/cestlafin/advanced), however, I've started a Hunter just to level something super mindless. I don't know if low level groups have always been this retarded, but it's damn entertaining.

[Sytadel]

Nice, you're on Frostmourne I assume?

Yep!

Lv.45 so far. I've been playing a fair bit (cough), but just casually, mixing grouping, quests, levelling professions, and general toomfoolery. I'm in some lame pre-raiding Perth guild, but it's good to have people to chat to.

Amazed at how much of the content is new. Aside from 1-2 ashenvale quests and a handful of feralas quests, I haven't done any quest yet that was in vanilla WoW.

You have LFR which is raids made easy, cross realm, with lower ilvl gear. Then conversely you have the 10 and 25 man raids with Hard Modes which are quite hard.

What amazes me is how I have absolutely no idea how good any character is, unless I specifically inspect them and check the ilvl of their gear. Between transmog, easy epics, and hundreds of different epic flyers, everyone looks decked out. The flyers in particular surprise me - used to just be racials, drakes, and a few special mounts... now there's all sorts of stuff.

[JubeiSaotome]

380+ is about the benchmark for decently geared for raiding, 390+ means they're probably in a guild who is raiding good content.

GearScore is still around, but called PlayerScore. It's got it's uses, like seeing if people are decked out in PvP gear or not.

[Sytadel]

380+ is about the benchmark for decently geared for raiding, 390+ means they're probably in a guild who is raiding good content.

GearScore is still around, but called PlayerScore. It's got it's uses, like seeing if people are decked out in PvP gear or not.

That seems about right. I've heard that there are some items out there that are 400+ now (someone linked this guy (http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D 0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%81/simple) to me). Apparently Blizz uses it now also to determine what raids you can/can't do using LFR/LFG?

Just had Baron's mount drop but lost the roll :(. My first assumption was that now the mount drops all the time (reasonable given how casual the game has gotten), but apparently it is in fact still a 1-in-100 sort of thing.

[TrinityJayOne]

They do, but Blizz use their own internal version that can't be BS'd as easily. GearScore literally just checks the iLvl of your gear, assigns values to your gems then adds it all together. A Rogue could wear Druid healing PvP gear socketed with +spi and have a great GearScore rating. At least it worked like that for the longest time, maybe they've improved it.

[JubeiSaotome]

Yeah, ilvl is the in game check for dungeon levels, but people still use achievements and other stuff to measure a player's ability. The new set of dungeons pretty much set you up with a gear set to walk into the LFR dungeons with.

[Sytadel]

Jesus christ. Hit 60 on my rogue and immediately realised how bloody boring and slow outland is. All my bold intentions of getting to 85 suddenly vanished!

Anyway, switched to playing Maynard again to enjoy the cata content :P

[Lordage]

380+ is about the benchmark for decently geared for raiding, 390+ means they're probably in a guild who is raiding good content.

GearScore is still around, but called PlayerScore. It's got it's uses, like seeing if people are decked out in PvP gear or not.

Yeah 372 is the minimum for LFR, so I'd say 380+ is "Geared."

I think I am about 382 ilvl, however I am just a sub these days due to work. Some of the guys in my guild (5/8 HMs) are close to, if not, 400+.

I really appreciate LFR though, it makes the game worth playing for someone like myself. I have spent all week at seminars and can't raid, but with LFR I am not entirely missing out.

Jesus christ. Hit 60 on my rogue and immediately realised how bloody boring and slow outland is. All my bold intentions of getting to 85 suddenly vanished!

Anyway, switched to playing Maynard again to enjoy the cata content :P

Outland and Northrend are untouched. I really wish Blizz had done at least something with those areas, as you spend more time getting from 60-80 than you do getting from 1-60. :(

[bulkerking]

http://us.battle.net/en/int?r=wow

Anyone still play looks tempting...

[Lordage]

http://us.battle.net/en/int?r=wow

Anyone still play looks tempting...

I do.

I actually tried to cheat the system by canceling my sub as the roll over date is the 4th of March. However when you subscribe via credit card it appears to give you a 'grace' period and I am not eligible. Would have been nice to fast track my priest to 80. =P

If anyone wants an invite just PM me your details.