ITT We post our WoW servers & chars

[Thefremen]

Alliance:

Gilneas - Duncaan
Gilneas - Murbella

Horde:

Staghelm - Nickwright

(my wife's char on this server is Miafey)

[Ministeve]

Ministeve: Alliance on Lightbringer-EU

[Grahamr]

Grahamr-Alliance on Dragonmaw

Milestravis-Horde on twisting nether.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Medivh:
Horde:
Oguler, 60 Male Orc Hunter
Xlorep, 60 Male Tauren Druid
Kankali, 45 Female Undead Warlock
Daskinor, 22 Male Troll Shaman
(TBC) Elrena, Female Blood Elf Paladin
Alliance:
Sorlina, 53 Female Dwarf Hunter
Uyness, 35 Female Gnome Warrior
Rolthen, 14 Male Night Elf Rogue
Sielba, 16 Female Human Mage
(TBC) Zhokq, Male Draenei Priest

[steelcobra]

You officially have no life.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

You officially have no life.

lol. Except I have a 45-hour a week job, have a solid 4.0 GPA while completing my AA in Comp Sci, am planning my wedding, plus my fiancée has two kids that I've taken over the role of "dad" for. Somehow I squeeze in an hour here, or an hour there to work on a character. Most of them haven't really advanced much in a long while... free time is something I used to have but rarely do any more.

[Grahamr]

lol. Except I have a 45-hour a week job, have a solid 4.0 GPA while completing my AA in Comp Sci, am planning my wedding, plus my fiancée has two kids that I've taken over the role of "dad" for. Somehow I squeeze in an hour here, or an hour there to work on a character. Most of them haven't really advanced much in a long while... free time is something I used to have but rarely do any more.


Tell me the secrets for lving fast, plz.
:(

*Really wants tabard of the protector and early access into outland to witness the encore gankfest extreme*

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Tell me the secrets for lving fast, plz.
:(

*Really wants tabard of the protector and early access into outland to witness the encore gankfest extreme*

Honestly, after I started going to school, had a job, a girlfriend, and everything... my leveling rate significantly diminished. That said, Every so often, if I can get the time, I'll push a character forward as much as I can afford to.

[KN]

Tell me the secrets for lving fast, plz.
:(

*Really wants tabard of the protector and early access into outland to witness the encore gankfest extreme*

Mage. AoE-spam.

[Ministeve]

Mage. AoE-spam.

Hit your face off the keyboard until they die.

[Grahamr]

Mage. AoE-spam.


But I R pally!

:(

[Boffo97]

All chars on Medivh:

Alliance:

* Boffo: 46 Human Warlock
* Libbi: 39 Human Paladin
* Iridiscia: 38 Night Elf Hunter
* Sapsinger: 25 Gnome Rogue
* Traitor: Pending Draenei Shaman

Horde:

* Morsh: 48 Orc Warrior
* Stormwindspy: 20 Troll Mage
* Greygear: 16 Tauren Druid
* Ilp: 14 Horde Priest
* Humansbane: Pending Blood Elf Hunter

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Mage. AoE-spam.

Notice the level of my Mage...

[Demontestament]

Just got WoW, I have already installed it once but I had to uninstall after I installed BC because for some reason it could not validate the version. What the hell does that mean anyway? Friend of mine told me since I bought it from EB that disc 3 of BC has a problem with it and it will do that, so to just take it back and get a new one. Is this right?

[Thefremen]

Just got WoW, I have already installed it once but I had to uninstall after I installed BC because for some reason it could not validate the version. What the hell does that mean anyway? Friend of mine told me since I bought it from EB that disc 3 of BC has a problem with it and it will do that, so to just take it back and get a new one. Is this right?

When did it say it couldn't validate it? My advice for errors installing from disks: dump all the contents of the disks into a temp directory on your harddrive and install it from there.

Also, check the forums. ^_^

[Demontestament]

When did it say it couldn't validate it? My advice for errors installing from disks: dump all the contents of the disks into a temp directory on your harddrive and install it from there.

Also, check the forums. ^_^

It said it after I installed everything

[Thefremen]

It said it after I installed everything

You could always download BC from a torrent site, failing that and if you can't get it to install from your disks I can mail you mine (2 extra copies since the collector's ed came with the expansion on DVD as well as CDs).

[Demontestament]

Ok I finally got it working :D after I put in a call to their help line. It seems if you get an error saying "Unable to validate game version" it is mostly caused by a Trojan virus. They have two anti-virus programs on their tech help site that will find it and remove the virus from your computer. Once I did that the game ran fine :D so here is my info as of right now.

Rhojin
Level 9 Blood Elf Paladin
Blackwing Lair Server.

[steelcobra]

Well, I finally just said **** it and decided to try to install it on my computer anyways. And it worked... for a bit. Then the graphics drivers died twice forcing reboots. Turns out it was some ****ty DLL masquerading as real drivers, so I replaced them with the official Intel ones. Worked like a charm.

Xhelharas
Level 4 Night Elf Warrior
Mok'Nathal server

[Demontestament]

I have a question, is anything ever intelligent muttered in General chat? Or is it just a bunch of idoicy combined with bad spelling and the random "OMG PWND!!!!1!!!" crap? Aside from the looking for group and bazzar spam I have not seen many conversations in General Chat that don't kill my brain cells. But then again this may just be me.

[KN]

I have a question, is anything ever intelligent muttered in General chat? Or is it just a bunch of idoicy combined with bad spelling and the random "OMG PWND!!!!1!!!" crap? Aside from the looking for group and bazzar spam I have not seen many conversations in General Chat that don't kill my brain cells. But then again this may just be me.

You have just encountered the Barrens Chat.

I wish LFG was still there. It was basically like that all the time.

[Demontestament]

You have just encountered the Barrens Chat.

I wish LFG was still there. It was basically like that all the time.

lol wow the funny thing was I just ran through the Barrens for the first time last night.

[Ministeve]

Fedora - Level 25 Blood Elf Mage - Ghostlands-EU

We've got one of the biggest guilds going right now, y'all should stop by sometime.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I have a question, is anything ever intelligent muttered in General chat? Or is it just a bunch of idoicy combined with bad spelling and the random "OMG PWND!!!!1!!!" crap? Aside from the looking for group and bazzar spam I have not seen many conversations in General Chat that don't kill my brain cells. But then again this may just be me.

It does depend on the zone. Newbie zones are usually filled with useless, meaningless drivel. Higher-level zones are usually a lot more quiet, with people asking for and receiving actual, useful advice.

However, at least on my server currently, the repulsive newbie-zone grade of chat seems to be rampant in the Outlands.

[Thefremen]

noob zones are how Gaia must be, it sounds like all the gaiatards that post on /b/.

[Demontestament]

Ok I have taken a few screen shots but the pics as listed as TBK files so I am unable to view them. Is there a program or anything I can install so I can view the screenshots I have taken while playing WoW?

BTW my Blood Elf Paladin hit 21 last night while in SFK :D

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Ok I have taken a few screen shots but the pics as listed as TBK files so I am unable to view them. Is there a program or anything I can install so I can view the screenshots I have taken while playing WoW?

BTW my Blood Elf Paladin hit 21 last night while in SFK :D

WoW's screenshots are saved in tga format. I'd suggest doing a google search for tga -> <whatever format you want, like jpg> converter. The GIMP (open source graphics program) is able to do the conversion. I can't tell you which program to use, because my operating system naturally handles tga files.

Edit: oh, I had some fun making an interesting php-enabled sidebar widget for my website, which has some simple statistics about my characters, easy for me to update (I only have to update the levels of the characters). I used "wowmodelviewer" to make the animated gifs that are displayed in that sidebar "widget" on my site. Thanks to some CSS manipulations of the html that is generated on that widget, technically the listing is a bulleted list, rather than something like a HTML table (so it is "table-less"). I've made sure it renders virtually identically in IE and FireFox (but some other scripts on my site have problems with IE, so my site might come up with javascript errors; ignore them and the site will work fine).

http://darkhelm.org

[steelcobra]

I just have to find the answer to this. Every single time I enter or leave Darnassus on Sentinels server there's a corpse of a female Tauren named Gotmilk. WTF?

[Demontestament]

I just have to find the answer to this. Every single time I enter or leave Darnassus on Sentinels server there's a corpse of a female Tauren named Gotmilk. WTF?

Lol maybe Blizzards twisted sense of humor, they seem to like leaving random bodies of NPC laying around all over the place. I don't know how many times I have tried to Rezz one of them for a few minuets only to relaise that it is an NPC.

On another note I finished the adept quest for my Blood Elf Pally last night :D. I now how my Blood Forged Ransure ^^, granted I had to pay 1g to learn how to weild polearms but it was totally worth it, it is the hardest hitting weapon I have right now. And I am like 300xp from level 22, god why didn't I get into this game sooner?

[Ministeve]

Lol maybe Blizzards twisted sense of humor, they seem to like leaving random bodies of NPC laying around all over the place. I don't know how many times I have tried to Rezz one of them for a few minuets only to relaise that it is an NPC.

I'm pretty sure that those corpses are from retarded players who think having a dead character in the opposing factions city will cause some extra lag.

[Demontestament]

I'm pretty sure that those corpses are from retarded players who think having a dead character in the opposing factions city will cause some extra lag.

Man people are stupid on this game huh?

[Ministeve]

Man people are stupid on this game huh?

That's why I love being an officer in one of the big guilds. I get to do something about stupid people. :D

[Demontestament]

Is Chuck Norris the ****ing god of the Barrens Chat? And am I sad for laughing at the arguement one night that a /b/tard had nothing to do with Barrens Chat. It went on for ten minuets, one person saying it stood for Barrens Retard and then 12 people yelling at them that is wasnt.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Actually, I haven't had General chat open/visible in my chat display in... a long, long time.

[Demontestament]

Actually, I haven't had General chat open/visible in my chat display in... a long, long time.

I want to do that, but I can't. It is like an accident on the freeway with bloody burning corpses and massive destruction. You want to look away but you can't and for some reason you chuckle.

[steelcobra]

I generally ignore it unless a druid or other non-melee class needs a sword-slinger's help to finish something.

[Demontestament]

Ok I have to ask, what is up with all the hate against Blood Elves? I have been catching flack from people because I made a Blood Elf Paladin. I have been accused of being broken and people demanding we be nerfed because of the mana tap and silence ability. If they looked at it, mana tap does not take alot of mana away from the target and the silence lasts for 3 seconds, yeah enough to interupt a spell but it has like a minuet or two cool down time so there is like how many chances to sling another spell? Is that why blood elves are hated, or is it because it is the new race so it is cool to hate it?

[steelcobra]

I think you nailed it with the last one there.

Edit: Picture very related
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20070205.jpg

[Thefremen]

Ok I have to ask, what is up with all the hate against Blood Elves? I have been catching flack from people because I made a Blood Elf Paladin. I have been accused of being broken and people demanding we be nerfed because of the mana tap and silence ability. If they looked at it, mana tap does not take alot of mana away from the target and the silence lasts for 3 seconds, yeah enough to interupt a spell but it has like a minuet or two cool down time so there is like how many chances to sling another spell? Is that why blood elves are hated, or is it because it is the new race so it is cool to hate it?

I don't get it, but I wonder if people will be so tough on Panderaens?

I've gotten a lot of flack myself...I think people are just jealous because their Horde characters will never be as attractive as BE.

[steelcobra]

Does anybody else here play Warrior? I was wondering if I could get an opinion on the talent build I'm planning:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warrior/talents.html?3532230030201052000100055041122005000 04000000000000000000000000000

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Ok I have to ask, what is up with all the hate against Blood Elves? I have been catching flack from people because I made a Blood Elf Paladin. I have been accused of being broken and people demanding we be nerfed because of the mana tap and silence ability. If they looked at it, mana tap does not take alot of mana away from the target and the silence lasts for 3 seconds, yeah enough to interupt a spell but it has like a minuet or two cool down time so there is like how many chances to sling another spell? Is that why blood elves are hated, or is it because it is the new race so it is cool to hate it?

I'm not certain either. I have a Blood Elf Paladin (pretty much the first race/background I was comfortable enough to play a Paladin as). While I find the blood elf racials convenient, they certainly aren't overpowered. My Orc Hunter's racials are also very convenient -- especially after Blood Rage was no longer the "I lose" button, and then was further retrofitted to work for ranged attacks. Heck, I tend to pick my race/class combinations with an eye toward the racial bonuses just so that they can come to the forefront. My Undead Warlock gets plenty of use of her Cannibalism ability. That said, it doesn't always work. My Tauren Druid gets almost no use out of his warstomp ability (as it is useless in cat/bear form). My Gnomish Warrior doesn't really use her +15 to engineering (as a blacksmith/miner).

I do think that it just is a case of the new race just getting attacked, mainly because it is new and unknown.

[Ministeve]

Ok I have to ask, what is up with all the hate against Blood Elves? I have been catching flack from people because I made a Blood Elf Paladin. I have been accused of being broken and people demanding we be nerfed because of the mana tap and silence ability. If they looked at it, mana tap does not take alot of mana away from the target and the silence lasts for 3 seconds, yeah enough to interupt a spell but it has like a minuet or two cool down time so there is like how many chances to sling another spell? Is that why blood elves are hated, or is it because it is the new race so it is cool to hate it?

Because people think that now the Horde have a "good looking" race they'll be populated by horny 12 year olds and general morons.

BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE THE EXPANSION

I'd like to quote myself here, something I said on the wcradio.com forums about the subject:
I'd like to dispel a common myth here: Horde are not more mature than Alliance. Whoever tells you that is a dirty liar. I've played plenty of both, and the only difference is that 12 year old Alliance kiddies want to see naked Night Elves, whereas 12 year old Horde kiddies haven't decided whether they'd rather see naked Night elves, Blood elves, or even Tauren. The same can be said for RP realms; there's nothing different from normal/PVP except that the morons dress it up in better grammar. This is the internet, people ain't smert.

[Demontestament]

I don't get it, but I wonder if people will be so tough on Panderaens?

I've gotten a lot of flack myself...I think people are just jealous because their Horde characters will never be as attractive as BE.


/silly "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"

One of the most disturbing things a male BE can say lol.

[SidewaysDownSidewalks]

Horde (and ONLY Horde, because alliance sucks! :P):

Server: Sentinels

Bronzehoof
lvl 59 Tauren Shaman (Enhance spec'd)

Artymis
lvl 19 Blood Elf Rogue (Twink'd for WSG)

My GF:

Shnell
lvl 59 Troll Shaman (Resto Spec'd)

Valadra
lvl 17 Blood Elf Warlock (affliction spec'd)

Shadowspeak
lvl 19 Undead Priest (Twink'd for WSG)

[Thefremen]

Horde (and ONLY Horde, because alliance sucks! :P):

Server: Sentinels

Bronzehoof
lvl 59 Tauren Shaman (Enhance spec'd)

Artymis
lvl 19 Blood Elf Rogue (Twink'd for WSG)

My GF:

Shnell
lvl 59 Troll Shaman (Resto Spec'd)

Valadra
lvl 17 Blood Elf Warlock (affliction spec'd)

Shadowspeak
lvl 19 Undead Priest (Twink'd for WSG)

If only you'd come on earlier my wife and I could have made characters on your server and make an all couples party. :P our BE chars are lvl 20 right now.

[Ministeve]

Horde (and ONLY Horde, because alliance sucks! :P):

I'd like to dispel a common myth here: Horde are not more mature than Alliance. Whoever tells you that is a dirty liar. I've played plenty of both, and the only difference is that 12 year old Alliance kiddies want to see naked Night Elves, whereas 12 year old Horde kiddies haven't decided whether they'd rather see naked Night elves, Blood elves, or even Tauren. The same can be said for RP realms; there's nothing different from normal/PVP except that the morons dress it up in better grammar. This is the internet, people ain't smert.

YARR, I BE DANCIN NAKED WITH YER TROLLS!

[steelcobra]

At least the Dranei have the Tunak Tunak Tun (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo) dance.

[Demontestament]

At least the Dranei have the Tunak Tunak Tun (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo) dance.

The BE have the Napolean Dynamyte dance for the guys and Britney Spears dance for the girls. Still i think the undead and the orcs have the best dances in the hoard, nay the game.

[Demontestament]

Ok serious noob question here but I can't seem to get an answer in game without catching flack for only playing for a week now. I am currently level 24, about halfway to 25 and most of the quests I find are grey so they offer very little to no xp, I need to find quests that are better for my level. I it seems that I only gain xp when I go on dungeon runs with people. Where can I go to find quests that are more suited for my level? I am horde.

[steelcobra]

Did you grind to level 24, or did you take quests as they became available?

Because some of them are tiered quests.

[Demontestament]

Did you grind to level 24, or did you take quests as they became available?

Because some of them are tiered quests.

Quests, if I get a tiered quests I tend to run through it until I finish it all. I have leveled maybe once or twice just by killing crap but usually that was when I was going to a location for a quest, looking for herbs, or killing a few things because I was like 700xp til the next level.

[steelcobra]

What it sounds like is that you leveled past all the quests in your current area. Maybe go to a higher level area?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/flashmap/

[Demontestament]

What it sounds like is that you leveled past all the quests in your current area. Maybe go to a higher level area?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/flashmap/

Thanks, going to have to look at the map when I get home, work has it blocked. Someone in my guild told me to try Hillsbrad.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Ok serious noob question here but I can't seem to get an answer in game without catching flack for only playing for a week now. I am currently level 24, about halfway to 25 and most of the quests I find are grey so they offer very little to no xp, I need to find quests that are better for my level. I it seems that I only gain xp when I go on dungeon runs with people. Where can I go to find quests that are more suited for my level? I am horde.

Depends on where you are at, and what faction you are. There *should* have been a "bread-crumb" quest -- a quest which sent you to a new area to quest in, so you can continue.

For Horde, there's generally about three areas that come to mind for that level range -- the Barrens really isn't cutting it any more, but there is possibly some quests in Stonetalon Mountains; your best bet, however will probably be checking out Hillsbrad Foothills (East of Silverpine Forest) or Ashenvale (North of the Barrens).

For alliance.... let's see. I'm not quite as familiar with Alliance, but I'd guess there's the Wetlands, maybe Duskwood, and possibly Arathi Highlands.

[Demontestament]

Depends on where you are at, and what faction you are. There *should* have been a "bread-crumb" quest -- a quest which sent you to a new area to quest in, so you can continue.

For Horde, there's generally about three areas that come to mind for that level range -- the Barrens really isn't cutting it any more, but there is possibly some quests in Stonetalon Mountains; your best bet, however will probably be checking out Hillsbrad Foothills (East of Silverpine Forest) or Ashenvale (North of the Barrens).

For alliance.... let's see. I'm not quite as familiar with Alliance, but I'd guess there's the Wetlands, maybe Duskwood, and possibly Arathi Highlands.

Well I am horde :D, I was thinking about Hillsbrad because I haven't been there yet but I have heard there is a guild on Blackwing Lair that likes to camp there and gank anything that resembles a horde member.

Also, is camping a graveyard and ganking anything that rezzes there against the rules or something. This happened to me the other night and I was told I should of reported the player doing it because people are not allowed to spawn camp gravesites.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Well I am horde :D, I was thinking about Hillsbrad because I haven't been there yet but I have heard there is a guild on Blackwing Lair that likes to camp there and gank anything that resembles a horde member.

Also, is camping a graveyard and ganking anything that rezzes there against the rules or something. This happened to me the other night and I was told I should of reported the player doing it because people are not allowed to spawn camp gravesites.

Must be a PvP server, and yes. To my knowledge, it is a violation of the conduct rules for PvP to spawn camp a graveyard.

[Demontestament]

Must be a PvP server, and yes. To my knowledge, it is a violation of the conduct rules for PvP to spawn camp a graveyard.

From what I have been told Blackwing lair is one of the more populayed PVP servers, aside from being ganked I actually like going PvP when it is one on one but when it is one on one on mob, or one on one and level 60 or 4 is bs. Ok is it also against the rules to spawn camp a body or is that fair game?

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

From what I have been told Blackwing lair is one of the more populayed PVP servers, aside from being ganked I actually like going PvP when it is one on one but when it is one on one on mob, or one on one and level 60 or 4 is bs. Ok is it also against the rules to spawn camp a body or is that fair game?

I'm not certain. I play on a "normal" (PvE) server, so I couldn't tell you exactly (spawn-camping a graveyard or corpse is mostly futile on my server). I personally never liked the ganker-friendly atmosphere of PvP servers -- I PvP when I want to, and I quest when I want to. I don't have the time, inclination, or desire to sit there and have to constantly worry about getting ganked while I quest.

[Demontestament]

I'm not certain. I play on a "normal" (PvE) server, so I couldn't tell you exactly (spawn-camping a graveyard or corpse is mostly futile on my server). I personally never liked the ganker-friendly atmosphere of PvP servers -- I PvP when I want to, and I quest when I want to. I don't have the time, inclination, or desire to sit there and have to constantly worry about getting ganked while I quest.

Lol an alliance Guild Ganked Tarren Mill for six hours stright last night. After doing two quests and only being killed twice the whole time I was over there I have deiced that all Blood Elves are related to Solid Snake for stealth abilities. But it was annoying when I am in RFK and I keep seeing Tarren Mill is under attack! Poping up every three seconds. By all means after six hours of death the place should be a hole in the ground now.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Lol an alliance Guild Ganked Tarren Mill for six hours stright last night. After doing two quests and only being killed twice the whole time I was over there I have deiced that all Blood Elves are related to Solid Snake for stealth abilities. But it was annoying when I am in RFK and I keep seeing Tarren Mill is under attack! Poping up every three seconds. By all means after six hours of death the place should be a hole in the ground now.

Had a couple Alliance people who were wiping out Crossroads the other day. They were in their 40's. I got tired of it (since I was playing an alt who needed to turn in quests there), so I logged out from my level 15 character, and logged back in as my level 67 character (who also conveniently was parked right there). For some reason, the second they saw my level 67 Orc Hunter and his level 67 giant bat of DOOM, they decided it was time to flee. I always think it is comical to see people attempt to run from me. Don't they understand how relatively futile that particular tactic is when facing a Hunter?

[Demontestament]

Had a couple Alliance people who were wiping out Crossroads the other day. They were in their 40's. I got tired of it (since I was playing an alt who needed to turn in quests there), so I logged out from my level 15 character, and logged back in as my level 67 character (who also conveniently was parked right there). For some reason, the second they saw my level 67 Orc Hunter and his level 67 giant bat of DOOM, they decided it was time to flee. I always think it is comical to see people attempt to run from me. Don't they understand how relatively futile that particular tactic is when facing a Hunter?

Lol to quote a hunter friend of mine "Oh yeah running away from me might stop Melee damage, but you forgot about my ****ing gun and attack Lion!"

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Lol to quote a hunter friend of mine "Oh yeah running away from me might stop Melee damage, but you forgot about my ****ing gun and attack Lion!"

I sent Flappy my bat to go take out one, and I two-shotted the other one (level 67 means that a level 43 really has no chance). One of them decided that rezzing at the graveyard was the smart move. The other one decided that rezzing at his corpse, with the PvP flag still on was a smart call, and then tried to get on his level 40 mount. The problem with that is that my Orc Hunter has a level 60 Epic mount (Swift Blue Raptor), and the hunter Beastmastery talent that knocks up his riding speed a little more (216% total movement speed is nice) -- he wasn't getting far. He decided to let the PvP flag turn off the next time.

[Demontestament]

Has anyone does the Valentines event in game? If so what exactly is there to get from it and is it worth the time to do? All I can tell is people keep getting broken hearts in game and cry out of someone to heal it, what exactly is worth going through all that trouble? Do you get some sort of weird armor piece of something?

[Thefremen]

Has anyone does the Valentines event in game? If so what exactly is there to get from it and is it worth the time to do? All I can tell is people keep getting broken hearts in game and cry out of someone to heal it, what exactly is worth going through all that trouble? Do you get some sort of weird armor piece of something?

You can get a Black Dress which is pretty much just lengerie. There's a regular ol fetch quest too, which for horde begins in Orgrimar and ends in hillsbrad, and for Alliance begins in Stormwind iirc...it's all in wowwiki...Anyways if you wear cologne and give a love note to a male npc with a heart above thier head you'll either be heartbroken or you'll get awesome swag like a box of chocolates with great buffs.

There's more to it than that but yeah...pretty much the important stuff.

[Ministeve]

It's all for funsies. And cybersex, oh yes, the cybersex...

[Demontestament]

You can get a Black Dress which is pretty much just lengerie. There's a regular ol fetch quest too, which for horde begins in Orgrimar and ends in hillsbrad, and for Alliance begins in Stormwind iirc...it's all in wowwiki...Anyways if you wear cologne and give a love note to a male npc with a heart above thier head you'll either be heartbroken or you'll get awesome swag like a box of chocolates with great buffs.

There's more to it than that but yeah...pretty much the important stuff.

I demand boxers with hearts on them....and then get a ton of people to run a raid in lengire and boxers to see how far you get :D.


It's all for funsies. And cybersex, oh yes, the cybersex...

Sadly you are right, I don't know how many people forget to put their **** in tells and everyone gets to see a very disturbing description of a sex scene. I was laughing at an Orc and an Undead player doing that, I had to say "Dude....you do know Necrophelia is not only wrong but it is against the law right?"

[steelcobra]

Current character:

Zelcien
level 17 Night Elf Warrior
Sentinels server

[the1jeffy]

Medivh, Alliance:

Jalana: 65 NE hunter
Jephaer: 61 NE druid
Jephara: 48 H paladin
Jeffram: 44 H rogue
Kistari: 35 H warlock
Albinome: 17 G mage
Jahler: 7 DI shaman

My fiancee:
61 druid: Misschief

NOTES:
1. **** the Horde.
2. /leave general is the single most useful command in the game, the second is /ignore.
3. There is no rule agaisnt spawn camping, however, it is considered 'rude.'
4. My guild <Bent My Wookiee> will welcome any GPers. It's a small family-style guild, consisting of myself, my fiancee, and our close personal friends. PM (GP forums) me if you'd like an invite, or send a tell.
5. I will try and assist with anything I can, horde, alliance, Medivh or other. PM (GP forums) if you need anything. As you can see, I've played quite a bit of Alliance, so my knowledge is biased that way.
6. My drood is tree of life spec, so I can main heal if you need it.
7. **** the Horde.

[Demontestament]

Medivh, Alliance:

Jalana: 65 NE hunter
Jephaer: 61 NE druid
Jephara: 48 H paladin
Jeffram: 44 H rogue
Kistari: 35 H warlock
Albinome: 17 G mage
Jahler: 7 DI shaman

My fiancee:
61 druid: Misschief

NOTES:
1. **** the Horde.
2. /leave general is the single most useful command in the game, the second is /ignore.
3. There is no rule agaisnt spawn camping, however, it is considered 'rude.'
4. My guild <Bent My Wookiee> will welcome any GPers. It's a small family-style guild, consisting of myself, my fiancee, and our close personal friends. PM (GP forums) me if you'd like an invite, or send a tell.
5. I will try and assist with anything I can, horde, alliance, Medivh or other. PM (GP forums) if you need anything. As you can see, I've played quite a bit of Alliance, so my knowledge is biased that way.
6. My drood is tree of life spec, so I can main heal if you need it.
7. **** the Horde.

Hey what do you have against the Horde? We aren't that bad, seriouly people just think that because we have the Undead and Orcs on our side. Seriously if you got to know them you would see they are really nice chaps :D. What are you mad that Blood Elves are sexy while Night Elves look like hippies with war paint on? :P

[steelcobra]

You can keep the magic addicts.

[Demontestament]

You can keep the magic addicts.

Rather be a magic addict than a tree hugging hippie with sticks in my hair :D

[the1jeffy]

I loathe the undead. Will of the Forsaken is the crappiest thing ever invented. And I'm not talking about the CC break it engenders - I'm talking about how a reanimated corspe is somehow rendered immune to a Paladin's exorcism and turn undead. Riiiiight. The will of a banshee Queen somehow subverts the Light? Don't think so.

I like the Tauren; respect the orcs. Trolls? Jar-jar Binks single handledly made me hate Star Wars, and this comes from a guy who wore a lightsaber to his high school graduation because the robe, "looked soooo Jedi." Trolls=Jarjar. Blleeeech. Blood elves? ****ing weak-ass traitors. I like that BC kept a few High Elves on the Alliance side, I have loved the elven archers from WC2 onward.

Yes, I am a big Warcraft nerd. As soon s I re-read the Wheel of Time, I will pick up the WC books.

I hope I have enlightened you all to as why I say: **** the Horde. To each his/her own, of course. Just my all-too-nerdy-and well-documented opinion.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Medivh, Alliance:

Jalana: 65 NE hunter
Jephaer: 61 NE druid
Jephara: 48 H paladin
Jeffram: 44 H rogue
Kistari: 35 H warlock
Albinome: 17 G mage
Jahler: 7 DI shaman

My fiancee:
61 druid: Misschief

gasp, the1jeffy is on my WoW server.

NOTES:
1. **** the Horde.
Why? I like playing both Horde and Alliance. Of course, I tend to play my Horde characters more than Alliance, but that's more because I started with Horde characters...

2. /leave general is the single most useful command in the game, the second is /ignore.

Agreed.

3. There is no rule agaisnt spawn camping, however, it is considered 'rude.'

True.

4. My guild <Bent My Wookiee> will welcome any GPers. It's a small family-style guild, consisting of myself, my fiancee, and our close personal friends. PM (GP forums) me if you'd like an invite, or send a tell.

I think I've seen someone with that guild tag the other day.

5. I will try and assist with anything I can, horde, alliance, Medivh or other. PM (GP forums) if you need anything. As you can see, I've played quite a bit of Alliance, so my knowledge is biased that way.

That's cool.

6. My drood is tree of life spec, so I can main heal if you need it.

I'm curious -- as a tree of life spec druid, do you ever get told you need to be able to main tank and/or melee DPS or else you are nothing but a "gimped priest"? Do you feel the need to carry around a spare set of armor just because someone might want you to be a main tank in an instance? (ref: article on my site (http://darkhelm.org/2007/02/20/if-i-dont-carry-a-healer-set-of-gear-in-my-bags-does-that-make-me-a-bad-druid-player/))

7. **** the Horde.
Bah.

[the1jeffy]

gasp, the1jeffy is on my WoW server.

Except if you play Horde, I likely would try and kill you. I enjoy using my guildies low-level female NE hunters as bait.


Why? I like playing both Horde and Alliance. Of course, I tend to play my Horde characters more than Alliance, but that's more because I started with Horde characters...
I detailed my hatred of the Horde in previous posts. It's all very nerdy and opinionated, and by that I mean Scientific.


I think I've seen someone with that guild tag the other day.
Remember the class, or name?


I'm curious -- as a tree of life spec druid, do you ever get told you need to be able to main tank and/or melee DPS or else you are nothing but a "gimped priest"? Do you feel the need to carry around a spare set of armor just because someone might want you to be a main tank in an instance? (ref: article on my site (http://darkhelm.org/2007/02/20/if-i-dont-carry-a-healer-set-of-gear-in-my-bags-does-that-make-me-a-bad-druid-player/))

I don't have time this morning to read your article, but I will later. I'd just like to comment on the 'gimped Priest.' I routinely out heal many Priests becuse my char is spec'd mostly for that. And I think that way. In fact, soloing him is near impossible (not really, just tedious) because of my lolDPS. But, I roll with my fiancee, and she's feral - so she kicks ass, I heal her.


Bah.

/ponder

You ponder Xlorep DarkHelm's actions.

EDIT: I had a chance to read your post. I have to admit, it made me want to vomit. Not because I particularly care how you choose to play your Druid, but because it was really just a blow-by-blow account of the WoW forums, which are the worst on the net - bar none. I visit them once or twice a week to read blue posts, that's it. More than that, and I feel my brain die a little.

To the content:

"If I don’t carry a “healer set” of gear in my bags, does that make me a bad Druid player?"

Nope. It makes you a limited hybrid, for sure, but not bad in any way. I take pride in filling every role well with a gear swap. That means I trade bag space for it. You take pride in being an effective, experienced melee DPS/Tank. Hakuna Matatta (-1 spelling), man.

I carry two full sets. A 'caster kit' and a 'feral kit.' My caster set has int/mana regen and I have a couple trinks that switch between +heals and + spDmg. I can main heal or ranged spell DPS. My feral set is str/sta/agi/AP, with a couple piece switches between more sta or more agi. Feral AP weapons are super in the BC, too. I can Kat DPS or Bear tank effectively (admittedly, not 100% as well as you Mangling bastards :p ).

Now, I have a full 18-slotter dedicated to my versatiliy. That's a trade that most druids won't make - and thus we have the bull**** threads about 'proper roles' on the WoW crap-for-boards.

This issue has 3 sources:

1) WoW is very gear dependant.
2) Blizzard wants inventory space to be sparce.
3) Healing/Support roles are a scarce commodity.

Those three facts lead to the pigeon-holing of our class. Personally, I think the addtion of 50-slot (OK exaggerated) equipment-only bags would solve this issue, but Blizzard won't do it. They want people to choose a role/playstyle/spec and stick with it. With easy gear swaps you further reduce 'pure' classes into the muddy hybrid waters. Which people hate, because they don't like to have to actually plan or converse in PUGs.

[Demontestament]

Ok I was talking to a few people in a party last night about PVP and I was called weird because I have guidelines I follow in PvP. This is what I told them that got their reaction.

-Not going to just up and kill something that is a lower level than me(ie not in my level range, 11 or more levels lower) But if they draw on me first then the gloves are off.

-I will only draw my weapon on someone who is in my level range and only if they decide that today would be a fine day to attack me, or if I need some aggression I need to get rid of :D.

-Ganking a level 10 character is neither cool nor epic and it just makes you a dick for doing so.

-If i see more than three people on one alliance player I will not join in on the raping, where is the challange or the chance of death there?

[KN]

I just realized BC has opened up a whole new realm of excitement:

Ganking 60s.

[the1jeffy]

@demon

I don't think that's weird. Those rules are 'honorable.' Coming from a PVE server, I don't PVP much outside of BGs, so when I see a yellow/red tag, the frenzy is a little hard to overcome - especially if it's an undead. I kill them on sight, as well as Blood Elves. But otherwsie, I take no pleasure in killing low levels, unless it's a revenge thing - like protecting my younger guildies and the like.

[steelcobra]

Rather be a magic addict than a tree hugging hippie with sticks in my hair :D

That's just the druids. I'm more along the persuasion of dealing a half dozen debuffs and then cutting you in half when you try to run away.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Except if you play Horde, I likely would try and kill you. I enjoy using my guildies low-level female NE hunters as bait.

I've seen such tactics, but alas, I don't really PvP. Got burned out on it about 3 games ago. Not the PvP itself, so much as the general attitude of people who tend to PvP... on either side of the fight. I've honestly grown tired of the "dishonorable" way people just like to annoy others with PvP.

I detailed my hatred of the Horde in previous posts. It's all very nerdy and opinionated, and by that I mean Scientific.

LoL

Remember the class, or name?

Not offhand. I just remember seeing the guild tag.... I want to say in Ironforge.

EDIT: I had a chance to read your post. I have to admit, it made me want to vomit. Not because I particularly care how you choose to play your Druid, but because it was really just a blow-by-blow account of the WoW forums, which are the worst on the net - bar none. I visit them once or twice a week to read blue posts, that's it. More than that, and I feel my brain die a little.

I typically try to steer clear of them. I only keep my eye on the threads, because one of the jobs I am currently pursuing is a CM at Blizzard (I know, I know). But you are right.... the official WoW forums really suck.

To the content:

"If I don’t carry a “healer set” of gear in my bags, does that make me a bad Druid player?"

Nope. It makes you a limited hybrid, for sure, but not bad in any way. I take pride in filling every role well with a gear swap. That means I trade bag space for it. You take pride in being an effective, experienced melee DPS/Tank. Hakuna Matatta (-1 spelling), man.

Aye.... I just don't have the inventory slots to throw an extra set of gear in them. My highest level tailor is level 45....

I carry two full sets. A 'caster kit' and a 'feral kit.' My caster set has int/mana regen and I have a couple trinks that switch between +heals and + spDmg. I can main heal or ranged spell DPS. My feral set is str/sta/agi/AP, with a couple piece switches between more sta or more agi. Feral AP weapons are super in the BC, too. I can Kat DPS or Bear tank effectively (admittedly, not 100% as well as you Mangling bastards :p ).

Now, I have a full 18-slotter dedicated to my versatiliy. That's a trade that most druids won't make - and thus we have the bull**** threads about 'proper roles' on the WoW crap-for-boards.

Of course, the thing about how I play my druid... I'm usually soloing/questing/grinding with him. I have him built to accomplish that. I almost never am in an instance, a battleground, or a raid -- partially because I lack the time to dedicate to any of those things, partially because I'm biased against PvP & Raiding as well.

This issue has 3 sources:

1) WoW is very gear dependant.
2) Blizzard wants inventory space to be sparce.
3) Healing/Support roles are a scarce commodity.

Those three facts lead to the pigeon-holing of our class. Personally, I think the addtion of 50-slot (OK exaggerated) equipment-only bags would solve this issue, but Blizzard won't do it. They want people to choose a role/playstyle/spec and stick with it. With easy gear swaps you further reduce 'pure' classes into the muddy hybrid waters. Which people hate, because they don't like to have to actually plan or converse in PUGs.

Hehe good point. Then again, about the increased slots... if you add 4 inventory slots to each character, and let's say that most people have on average 2 characters, that comes to 4 * 2 * (number of people on your server) * (memory space for 1 inventory slot) more resources required. This is something that can rapidly impact the available resources for each server. So... I can kind of see why Blizzard doesn't exactly go hog-wild with inventory slots. But, you are right.... it would be easily solved with more storage space.

My Druid just recently upgraded to 14-slot bags (with 1 20-slot herbalist bag). This was an improvement over his previous 10-slot bags.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

That's just the druids. I'm more along the persuasion of dealing a half dozen debuffs and then cutting you in half when you try to run away.

Have you seen your home cities & towns lately? The Night Elves, on a whole, are tree-hugging hippies, not just the Druids. :D

[steelcobra]

Have you been to Darnassus? It's a built-up city with heavy stonework. It's just that Night Elf architecture blends into nature better. Doesn't mean every member is a tree hugger. In fact the warrior class is generally very active in reducing the wildlife population of an area. You can tell where we've been by the trail of dead beasts that decided to aggro when we walk by.

[Thefremen]

For the Horde!

[Demontestament]

Have you seen your home cities & towns lately? The Night Elves, on a whole, are tree-hugging hippies, not just the Druids. :D

Exactly the Druids are just the Epic Hippies.

[Thefremen]

Exactly the Druids are just the Epic Hippies.

Epic Hippies are more difficult kills than regular hippies and it requires a national guardsman of higher lvl or a party to kill safely.Their skills include Peaceful Demonstration and Sticking Flowers in Ranged Weapons.

[Demontestament]

Epic Hippies are more difficult kills than regular hippies and it requires a national guardsman of higher lvl or a party to kill safely.Their skills include Peaceful Demonstration and Sticking Flowers in Ranged Weapons.

And I heard the T4 set coming out will include a tie dye bandanna, a tie dye shirt, old cargo pants, and a pair of colored sunglasses. Also those who have Herbalism can make "Special" herb mixtures. Their Legendary Artifact Weapon is a protest sign.

[steelcobra]

Don't diss on the Herbalists. Where else would you mana classes get mana potions without us?

[Demontestament]

Don't diss on the Herbalists. Where else would you mana classes get mana potions without us?

I am a Hebalist myself, just picking on the NE is all :D. Though I pick on them I got nothing but respect for people in the game, nomatter what you choose to play. Just be warned, if you are on Blackwing Lair and you are a Gnome you are open game to me :D

[the1jeffy]

Medivh:
Horde:
Oguler, 60 Male Orc Hunter
Xlorep, 60 Male Tauren Druid
Kankali, 45 Female Undead Warlock
Daskinor, 22 Male Troll Shaman
(TBC) Elrena, Female Blood Elf Paladin
Alliance:
Sorlina, 53 Female Dwarf Hunter
Uyness, 35 Female Gnome Warrior
Rolthen, 14 Male Night Elf Rogue
Sielba, 16 Female Human Mage
(TBC) Zhokq, Male Draenei Priest

I added your Alliance peeps to my friends list. If you are ever on one, I'll send you a tell. Except 'Sielba' because it kept giving me the 'player not found' error. Jephaer can make 16 slot bags with 26 netherweave cloth, so I will hook you up if you farm the cloth in the outlands. Are you able to cross-faction switch items?

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I added your Alliance peeps to my friends list. If you are ever on one, I'll send you a tell. Except 'Sielba' because it kept giving me the 'player not found' error. Jephaer can make 16 slot bags with 26 netherweave cloth, so I will hook you up if you farm the cloth in the outlands. Are you able to cross-faction switch items?

I can transfer items cross-faction, and that's odd that Sielba is giving a "player not found" error. Because she's been parked in Westfall for a bit now. I've been swapping between Sorlina and Oguler lately.... Sorlina because I want to get her up to being able to get into Outland, and Oguler because I want to get him to level 70.

[steelcobra]

Has anybody else here glitched so they fell through the world on a different Continent than their corpse?

[Demontestament]

Has anybody else here glitched so they fell through the world on a different Continent than their corpse?

Can't say I have, where exactly did you die when this happened? I have seen people hit and dead on the wall from one of Ragnaroks attack but never falling through a hole and ending up in China.

[steelcobra]

I was talking to the alchemy dealer in Menethil.

[Demontestament]

Five more levels, just five ****ing levels til I get Plate Mail and my Mount. God I wish SM wasn't such a hell hole. Oh well I can now run Armory so hopefully more Scarlet Armor Set pieces drop :D.

[Demontestament]

Does anyone know if there is going to be a Blizzcon this year? and if so is it still going to be in Anaheim Ca? I tried looking online but have found nothing.

[Demontestament]

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackwing+Lair&n=Rhojin

Here is the profile for my Main :) I thought I would post it just for fun. I hit 37last night so hopefully it updates soon.

[Thefremen]

Does anyone know if there is going to be a Blizzcon this year? and if so is it still going to be in Anaheim Ca? I tried looking online but have found nothing.

I hope so just so we can hear what they have upcoming for WoW and if they have anything else planned at all. The question is: Will Pandearens be playable?

[steelcobra]

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Sentinels&n=Zelcien

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Does anyone know if there is going to be a Blizzcon this year? and if so is it still going to be in Anaheim Ca? I tried looking online but have found nothing.

I hope so just so we can hear what they have upcoming for WoW and if they have anything else planned at all. The question is: Will Pandearens be playable?

Nothing about it yet. It would be interesting to have another one. I'd also halfway expect them to possibly choose a different location this time.

[Demontestament]

Nothing about it yet. It would be interesting to have another one. I'd also halfway expect them to possibly choose a different location this time.

I hope not, I am like 30 minuets away from anahiem

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I hope not, I am like 30 minuets away from anahiem

Yeah, I only live about 3 hours away from Anaheim myself.

Anyway, since others did it (I have these linked through my website's sidebar with all my characters):


Oguler (http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Medivh&n=Oguler)
Xlorep (http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Medivh&n=Xlorep)
Sorlina (http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Medivh&n=Sorlina)
Kankali (http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Medivh&n=Kankali)


That's my four highest-level characters, in the Armory.

[Demontestament]

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackwing+Lair&n=Burgernfries

This is my druid.

[MrKenyon]

Man, I can't believe it took me so long to post here.

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Hyjal&n=Virella

My 'Splodey Mage over in Hyjal.

[Demontestament]

Has anyone here ever left a guild due to the drama caused by someone?

[Ministeve]

Ah, guild drama stories? Do share.

I was officer in the guild Renegade on Ghostlands EU. One of the high level members left because he didn't like the fact that we had about 60 members and were still inviting (I'll admit, the rules were pretty hazy and the GM didn't keep control, but leaving is obviously the better choice than to bring up the issue with officers. I'll also skim over the fact that he invited peoples alts to the guild because veterans could accidently invite; but I digress). Soon after, the whole guild fell apart. The guy who left and some other higher ups formed a new guild (Although not out of spite) called "The breed". For some good old harmless revenge, we salvaged what members we could and formed "The bread".
Please, everyone share their drama stories.

Also, I've started a Nelf Hunter on Nagrand, and it'd be nice to have someone to talk to. :(

[Thefremen]

Has anyone here ever left a guild due to the drama caused by someone?

Yeah, but only by myself. In FFXI I started a guild with a friend, I played Mithra and decided to RP the person behind the keys as well as the Character. X-play to be exact. Eventually, someone let slip and I confirmed I was a trap by calling the other Guild master. There was a huge hullabaloo and it split the guild asunder. To this day I have people in LJ and AIM who call me "Murbella" and can't help but think of me as F instead of M.

[Demontestament]

Ah, guild drama stories? Do share.

I was officer in the guild Renegade on Ghostlands EU. One of the high level members left because he didn't like the fact that we had about 60 members and were still inviting (I'll admit, the rules were pretty hazy and the GM didn't keep control, but leaving is obviously the better choice than to bring up the issue with officers. I'll also skim over the fact that he invited peoples alts to the guild because veterans could accidently invite; but I digress). Soon after, the whole guild fell apart. The guy who left and some other higher ups formed a new guild (Although not out of spite) called "The breed". For some good old harmless revenge, we salvaged what members we could and formed "The bread".
Please, everyone share their drama stories.

Also, I've started a Nelf Hunter on Nagrand, and it'd be nice to have someone to talk to. :(

Well the guild I was in seemed to be a cool guild, but then all went to hell when one of the GMs friends decided to take it upon themselves to run the guild/tell people how and when to play their character/chastise anyone who was of a lower level if they asked for help on something claiming they were just milking the guild/ordering people not to play alts. It got so bad that one of our better memebers and propbably one of the coolest left the guild because he got to 70 and was leveling an alt to help the lower members level. Well they did not like this and started in on them, well he left and with him went my friend and then another friend. Now I didn't know they left til the next day when they were badmouthing them, well I left right then and there. And now I am in a guild with my two friends and our pal who has done more for us in the game than the rest of the guild, and I don't mean PL i mean offer advice or tips if we were stuck.

By the way he wants us to change the guild name since he said he made a bad choice in a name to start with, can you do that or does it need to be deleted and a new one made?

[MrKenyon]

So, I'd recently joined a guild of a friend of mine over in Hyjal. The guys there are awesome, all around, but I guess drama can come from unexpected places.

*Accessing Memory Banks...*

At one point, the higher-ups were commenting about some guy wanting to join. This guy apparently had a history, so his request was denied. This led one of the guildies to comment, "Well, I guess we're officially elitist, now." The conversation then jokingly went on about t-shirts and berets, until I went and said "Does this mean I have to start playing on a Mac?"

This in turn led to some fairly light-hearted Mac jokes all around. All of a sudden, out of the blue, one of the guildies up and quit, with no apparent explanation. As we determined a short time later, the guildie was a Mac user, and was apparently very upset about all the jokes. This caused a bit of a shouting match between friends of the guildie and those who considered it to be a silly reason to /gquit. Luckily, the drama only lasted for a day or so, and everyone's back and (seemingly) happy, but I guess I can take pride(?) in claiming that I was single-handedly responsible for starting the drama. Go me.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Has anyone here ever left a guild due to the drama caused by someone?

Yup, mainly the guild I was in started building up tremendous amount of drama -- those who were Raiding more or less ignoring or otherwise treating non-raiders (including the new low-level members of the guild) like trash. Their only reasoning being that if people weren't raiding, they weren't "helping the guild" -- while those who didn't raid, were just trying to get *someone* to help them, talk to them, anything. It went so far that the guild leadership even was divided -- the guild had three elected leaders, and two of them along with a number of other guild members were caught plotting to throw out everyone who didn't agree with them (basically, anyone who either couldn't or didn't want to raid and anyone else who stuck up for them, including the third guild leader).

It was just too much to handle, what with people I had taken as friends since before the game launched more or less stabbing me in the back, simply because what little time I have to play WoW (I'm talking a few hours a week), I had the audacity to want to spend it working on developing my characters, not spending the couple hours waiting for a raid to start (and then having to log off before it started).

It took me... oh, a number of months before I found a new guild. Or rather, Boffo found the new guild, and I tagged along. Much smaller, much nicer environment, without the conspiracies and schemes that the previous guild had. However, I can only hole that this guild doesn't end up down the same bitter path every other MMO guild I've been in eventually goes.

[Demontestament]

Yup, mainly the guild I was in started building up tremendous amount of drama -- those who were Raiding more or less ignoring or otherwise treating non-raiders (including the new low-level members of the guild) like trash. Their only reasoning being that if people weren't raiding, they weren't "helping the guild" -- while those who didn't raid, were just trying to get *someone* to help them, talk to them, anything. It went so far that the guild leadership even was divided -- the guild had three elected leaders, and two of them along with a number of other guild members were caught plotting to throw out everyone who didn't agree with them (basically, anyone who either couldn't or didn't want to raid and anyone else who stuck up for them, including the third guild leader).

It was just too much to handle, what with people I had taken as friends since before the game launched more or less stabbing me in the back, simply because what little time I have to play WoW (I'm talking a few hours a week), I had the audacity to want to spend it working on developing my characters, not spending the couple hours waiting for a raid to start (and then having to log off before it started).

It took me... oh, a number of months before I found a new guild. Or rather, Boffo found the new guild, and I tagged along. Much smaller, much nicer environment, without the conspiracies and schemes that the previous guild had. However, I can only hole that this guild doesn't end up down the same bitter path every other MMO guild I've been in eventually goes.

Well the guild that I jumped too decided to change the name and since nobody wanted to be the GM of it I decided to be it and put the gold out for the tabard. So since I put the monies down I got to choose the name and thus The Church of the Fonz was born :D, anyone on Blackwing Lair on Horde hit me up if you want an invite.

[Thefremen]

http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=10930

I love you blizzard. ^_^

[Demontestament]

:D Blizzcon has been announced ^^. Who is going?

[KN]

http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=10930

I love you blizzard. ^_^

Hah, that's awesome. Wasn't there another worm-like raid boss they called "Hai-Shulud" (wrong on purpose, of course)?

:D Blizzcon has been announced ^^. Who is going?

They're going to announce Frozen Throne there. No one in their right mind should go. At least 2 of your sensory organs would perish.

[Thefremen]

Hah, that's awesome. Wasn't there another worm-like raid boss they called "Hai-Shulud" (wrong on purpose, of course)?



They're going to announce Frozen Throne there. No one in their right mind should go. At least 2 of your sensory organs would perish.

Frozen Throne? What?

[KN]

Frozen Throne? What?

Someone found a map of Northrend in the latest WoW update. In a folder called 'Frozen Throne'.

What this means is that the next expansion will add Northrend.

No way you're actually going to fight Arthas though.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

We'll see about Arthas. If they bump the levels up 20 more, there's a good chance. But yeah, all signs are pointing to Frozen Throne as the next expansion now -- whatever they call it.

That said, I'd not be surprised if they add a new class, but don't add new races.... following what I've seen as a "traditional" MMO layout. Or, rather than a new class, they unveil the Hero Classes (or whatever they want to call them), which branches out the various classes potentially into a number of alternatives at higher levels. Think what would happen if they branched based on the typical popular builds for characters....like, if Priests could subdivide into a class that exemplifies the Shadow side of the class, while another that exemplifies the Holy side of the class, and so forth.

However.... I'd be curious what will happen with the flying mounts. Will Blizzard spend the time to make old-world Azeroth "flying mount safe" and open it to people with flying mounts finally, or will they restrict flying mounts oly to expansion areas?

[georox]

I wanna go, so F***ing bad. Really bad. I live in Michigan. It is teh suck. :(
Eldre'Thalas, 70 hunter 61 priest 60 warrior 50 shaman misc. alts

I'd post names but I'd rather not disclose them, and I left more out due to I'm lazy and about to be eating dinner.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I personally would love to go. Considering I live only 2 - 3 hours north of Anaheim, it would be great. However, there are a couple things that could make it so I can't go. First is my wedding, planned for July 7th. As such, money I have is heading toward the wedding fund right now. Second is that my fiancee and I are expecting a baby early August. These two things, along with getting a home for all of us (my fiancee & myself, her two girls, and the new baby) are all on my "to do list" for just before BlizzCon. I just don't see myself really being able to juggle all that PLUS the convention this year. Which is a real shame, I had a lot of fun at the last one, and I *know* my stepdaughters-to-be would love to get to go to Disneyland.

[Thefremen]

I wouldn't be suprised if the Frozen Throne area is free content, it wouldn't be un heard of.

[KN]

I wouldn't be suprised if the Frozen Throne area is free content, it wouldn't be un heard of.

Well, they have to, or no one would be able to interact with players who have it.

You won't be able to go to Northrend without the expansion though.


And yeah, I think class splits should happen. The end of the talent trees should be "ascend to *class*" or something.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I wouldn't be suprised if the Frozen Throne area is free content, it wouldn't be un heard of.

Well, I'd be surprised. we're talking about a whole new continent, after all. Multiple zones, and of course, it is the "homeland" of the Scourge -- so I'd expect more than a few instances, leading to a Frozen Throne instance where raid groups face off with Arthas himself.

Considering what Chris Metzen said aboout players taking on Arthas "only" at level 70 (as in, "yeah, right -- the raid would get creamed") back in BlizzCon '05, we're talking another level cap increase. If not to 90 (or 100?), then to 80 at least.

Considering that "hero classes" or "alternative advancement" for high-level characters is becoming an increasingly "hot-button" issue that Blizzard has been working out the details on for a while now.... I'd honestly expect it to be part of the Northrend expansion. There might also be the addition of one totally new class (making the number of classes match the number of races, and the number of slots on a single server -- symmetry.... even if it is compulsary). Of course, this doesn't have to be there, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

So, we're looking at a number of things that will be part of the Northrend expansion. This is far more likely to be a paid-for, box-released expansion like the Burning Crusade, rather than some free content.

[steelcobra]

Considering how fast BC sold, I would not be in the least surprised if it's a retail box purchase.

[KN]

It will probably unlock the Emerald Dream too, or did they finally open that up for BC users?

[georox]

They could get really good and do race mutations once you hit a certain level to! That could get interesting... AkA I'm sick of being a fricking Night Elf.

[steelcobra]

What's wrong with being a Night Elf?

[KN]

What's wrong with being a Night Elf?

The stigma of being the imbalanced race in WCIII.

I simply don't play WoW enough to know if that carried over into it. But it probably did >.>

[steelcobra]

Not really. We get 10 nature resistance and shadowmeld, but that's it. By the mythology the NE's lost their immortality saving everybody else's asses.

[Ministeve]

I blame Malfurion Stormrage. It's not the first time he's tried to solve everyone's problems by blowing up the damn world tree.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

It will probably unlock the Emerald Dream too, or did they finally open that up for BC users?

No Emerald Dream yet. I dunno if I'd expect that in a Northrend expansion. That, to me, would seem more like an expansion dealing with opening other planes.... Just like the Maelstrom I don't see in a Northrend expansion.

[georox]

What's wrong with being a Night Elf?

Being compared to the hundreds of nubtarded kids, and being a pointy-eared freak :D I only rolled Nelf due to I can't stand midgets.. (Dwarfs/Gnomes) and I wanted to have a pet.

[Demontestament]

I blame Malfurion Stormrage. It's not the first time he's tried to solve everyone's problems by blowing up the damn world tree.

He just wanted a reason to blow **** up, the whole solve everyones problems was just a cover to his illegal logging operation.

[KN]

I blame Malfurion Stormrage. It's not the first time he's tried to solve everyone's problems by blowing up the damn world tree.

My babies. Have them ^_^

No Emerald Dream yet. I dunno if I'd expect that in a Northrend expansion. That, to me, would seem more like an expansion dealing with opening other planes.... Just like the Maelstrom I don't see in a Northrend expansion.

The Maelstrom would be brutal. I'd like to see that.


More Caverns of Time content would be nice.

[steelcobra]

I has a (brain) bukkit! http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Sentinels&n=Zelcien


So, I ran into an interesting movie reference. For the level 30 Warrior quest, you are sent to Fray island just off the Barrens to meet Klannoc MacCleod (who wears a dress and carries a katana).