Post by: 3Z3VH on 17 Dec 2004, 12:30
* First off, tell us the name, and server you play under.
* Also, your character info such as Race/Class/Professions.
* Anything cool your character does, or has.
* IN-GAME PICTURES !
Post by: 3Z3VH on 17 Dec 2004, 12:36
Currently my character is a Lvl 29, and is an artisan Engineer and nearly a top-level Miner.
I am specializing him in Dual-Wield/Fist Weapons/Combat and can dish out a LOT of pain with the claws (soon to be BLADES !) he uses !
Here is a pic: (If this is too small, just save the picture to your drive, it is shown a lot smaller than the picture's actual size here)
Post by: Phrozen on 17 Dec 2004, 19:46
Post by: Bailey on 17 Dec 2004, 22:24
No recent screencaps, but here's one from when I was seventh level (and my narcoleptic panda!):
(http://www.endtimescomic.com/bailey/kassany-panda.jpg)
Also, Thottbot profile (get Cosmos!) http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?p=Kassany.Icecrown
Post by: Outshined on 18 Dec 2004, 00:37
I <3 Felhunter.
Post by: Phobos on 18 Dec 2004, 00:42
Quote from: Outshined
Dorngaard, Llane server. I'm a level 44 human warlock, currently at ~260 tailoring and enchanting. Perhaps unusual for a caster class, I like cutting things up with a sword.
I <3 Felhunter.
Are there like 400 levels or something? My god, how did you get to 44 so quickly?
Post by: Phrozen on 20 Dec 2004, 03:36
I have my lvl 13 Night Elf Huntress kicking it out on Feathermoon. If you're ever on the realm my name is Himitsu.
I'm also becoming an RP geek. This is quite possibly the most frightening aspect of what this game has done to me. I went to a "ball" and joined a guild today. It was fun in it's own demented sort of way.
Oh and if you play on an RP server I highly recomend playing as a female.Guys attempt to pick up on you and be nice, it's sad but I get stuff out of it! yay stuff!
Post by: 3Z3VH on 20 Dec 2004, 09:48
Also, I am not sure how the players feel... but I have seen some Lvl 60 people in there already... All I can think is how sad their lives must be to already be that high a level... although I am sure they think they are super-popular because they are that high. Poor, poor souls.
Post by: Phrozen on 20 Dec 2004, 17:20
Post by: 3Z3VH on 21 Dec 2004, 10:55
Post by: 3Z3VH on 21 Dec 2004, 11:02
Anyway, here they are. (Click on the pic for full-resolution versions)
A (real-life) friend and I using our Hearthstones.
Me getting 100+ damage on critters with a FISHING POLE ! Hehe
A boar I saw climbing a tree near the Burning Steppes :D
The size comparisson of me vs some of the beasts I kill...
The caves I am currently exploring with my guy...
A fun one of me flying a griffon in the town of IronForge.
Post by: Vaitork on 23 Dec 2004, 19:58
Race/Class: Night Elf/Druid
LvL: 21 by now
Server: Whisperwind
Guild: Silver Blades
Christmas Screenshots :D
Me sitting with Santa (http://www.ddrla.com/~vaitork/images/stuff/WoWScrnShot_122204_115142.jpg)
Me with xmas tree behind (http://www.ddrla.com/~vaitork/images/stuff/WoWScrnShot_122204_115341.jpg)
Me in cat form watching over King Dwarf (http://www.ddrla.com/~vaitork/images/stuff/WoWScrnShot_122204_115427.jpg) :P hehehe
btw, for those who are wondering, Jeph is lvl24 and loves to crack crocs heads :D it's cool to see your favorite webcomicker around sometimes, even if its an online game..
Post by: est on 24 Dec 2004, 20:42
Race/Class: Gnomish Arcane Cannon (Mage)
Lvl: just turned 19 today
Server: Whisperwind
Tradeskills: Alchemy (130), Cooking (20), First-Aid (100), Fishing (50), Herbalism (150)
Cool stuff I do includes taking out things 3 or 4 levels higher than me (grr 3-level resist thingo), taking on two guys my level at once and taking out an elite that was my level (at lvl 18) by myself. well, at least i think it's cool. :) my rationale for taking on the Elite was "well, if i can take two even-levels at once, and Elites have double the hitpoints, then...". as for the "3 levels above" thing, that's about my only indication (as well as Elite status) now for if i can take something or not. taking something 3 levels above me is pretty simple if it is not elite & i am rested up. how is it for melee classes? similar, better/worse?
i haven't really paid that much attention to gear as yet, as i am constantly poor. maybe i can get better results once i start getting into the levels where decent int gear is prevalent (ie: 20+)
Stuff I am doing at the moment/near future:
- that quest where you stop dudes from blowing up the dam in Loch Modan. up to killing the Mo'Grosh dudes, and couldn't find anyone to help me out, hence killing elites by myself.
- once this quest is done, or maybe once i hit 20 i am taking a ship to Darnassus in order to get my Expert Alchemy training done.
- once i hit 20 or maybe 21 i'll go and try to take out Ol'Sooty by myself (level 20 Elite bear, have to kill him for a quest in Loch Modan).
- i will need to harvest a bunch of stuff and begin making healing potions and selling them for crazy dollars at the Auction House
In the future:
- will have to re-do my Talent selection. i am totally not sure what kind of Mage i want to be yet, but once i figure it out i will probably pay to remove and reconfigure my Talents so that they are exactly what i want.
- make a bunch of potions, send them & some gear to my warrior.
Post by: jeph on 24 Dec 2004, 23:27
Post by: Meisou on 25 Dec 2004, 00:00
My Primary:
Name: Kanae
Race/Class: Female Human Rogue
Lvl: Currently 37
Server: Thunderlord
Tradeskills: Herb/Alch, around 200ish. Not actively working on maxing them out until I'm 40+ (Ie after I get my mount)
Guild: Jhereg (Guild Leader) It's mainly friends I know in real life plus a couple of good players I've grouped with ingame; not actively seeking enrollment because I want to keep it a good set of people who know and talk to each other.
Unfortunately, due to coming home to 28.8 and other circumstances I can't play until the 12th of January *sobs* So my friends damn well BETTER catch up to my level by then XD (I'm leading by like....12 levels? >_>)
Cool stuff I do: Stab the shit out of the Horde. Stalking is fun. I'm the kind of person you'd hate to run into; I kill anything that isn't Alliance and moves...or doesn't move. I stealth through entire contested zones so I have the upper hand on anyone I come across *whistles*
Post by: est on 25 Dec 2004, 10:59
would be interesting i think to see what the differences are once i've had some nice, friendly fun on Whisperwind.
Post by: jeph on 25 Dec 2004, 11:49
Post by: Vaitork on 26 Dec 2004, 08:19
Quote from: jeph
If we do start some PvPing, we should coordinate so we get a bunch of QC peeps on the same PvP server and on the same side. We could roam the countryside, bashing fools who read MegaTokyo and sprite comics! :)
Please do! I want to see what's all about.. I made this Tauren Shaman on Burning Legion, but it's a Low server so I never started training :( maybe we should get on a Medium PVP server.. Say, Kil'Jaeden? Tichondrius? Pick one and i'll see you there.. I'll have Toromalo as my Tauren Shaman or Benito as my Gnome Rogue :D hahaha Benito.. I love his name.. ehm..
So, anyway.. Maybe Jeph could pick one? :)
Post by: Mnementh on 26 Dec 2004, 15:41
Post by: Vaitork on 26 Dec 2004, 17:25
I have yet to train a character in that server, but Vaitork is already reserved there (Gnome Rogue, Benito wasn't available :( )
Whaddayasay?
Edit: Bleeding Hollow then :)
Post by: Mnementh on 26 Dec 2004, 19:14
Post by: Vaitork on 27 Dec 2004, 07:25
Post by: Whorhay on 27 Dec 2004, 07:33
Post by: Mnementh on 27 Dec 2004, 07:35
Post by: cheesepie on 27 Dec 2004, 10:54
Im going to be a Night Elf Rogue on Skullcrusher... Haven't picked a name yet.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 27 Dec 2004, 11:39
And to all those who want a taste of PvP without having to build a new character... as long as you are on a "Normal" server... not a Role Playing server, once you reach the high 20s and up, you will be in "Neutral Zones" that have towns for both Horde and Alliance. There are regular attacks on each city from the opposing sides and makes for a fun evening. 2 nights ago I was protecting Astranaar against some Horde that wanted to take it out for some reason. After they were all offed, I went on with my quests in the woods, but my PvP tag was still active, so some Lvl 38 Orc Warrior tried to off me. Shame he didn't realise what my flash powder does. I got him to about half his life, and I was almost dead... I used my flash powder and instantly disappeared, hit myself with a heal potion, and Sinister Strike'd him in the back for a 524 point hit, and Eviscerated him for another 488. Dropped him like a sack of potatoes. He was so pissed he called in his level 54 Tauren buddy to kill me, so I Sprinted away, and went stealth. the 54 never found me :D
Rogues > All
Post by: 3Z3VH on 27 Dec 2004, 12:52
With my engineering skill I made a Gnomish Universal Remote and was able to control the mechanical beasties down there and have them fight for me instead of against me. That was the coolest (and funniest !) thing ever :D
And holy hell the guy at the end of that city is hard, we had to fight our way to him 3 times before we figured out the trick to beating him.
Post by: cheesepie on 27 Dec 2004, 22:48
Here i Am! (Gavriel, Skullcrusher, NE Rogue)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/cheesepie/Lvl10.bmp
Post by: 3Z3VH on 28 Dec 2004, 09:47
You can download it here (http://www.cosmosui.org/cosmos/Cosmos_Beta.zip).
Post by: cheesepie on 28 Dec 2004, 11:26
Quote from: 3Z3VH
Also, to anyone who plays a lot, I highly recommend the Cosmos UI (http://www.cosmosui.org/) plugin for WoW... It has so many cool thingers to add to the user interface in the game that help a LOT !
You can download it here (http://www.cosmosui.org/cosmos/Cosmos_Beta.zip).
Not to burst your bubble or anything...but Cosmos is illegal...Read the Terms of Use before you agree to them
Post by: 3Z3VH on 28 Dec 2004, 12:39
Quote from: cheesepie
Not to burst your bubble or anything...but Cosmos is illegal...Read the Terms of Use before you agree to them
Before you rehash INCORRECT rumours... it is better to get it from the horse's mouth (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowGM/?id=agm01480p).
Post by: 3Z3VH on 28 Dec 2004, 13:35
I have noticed every time I join a Party to do some instance or something, I end up having to lay down a bunch of ground rules they all have to abide by if they want my help, otherwise the party gets nowhere in the dungeon. I am definitely a leader in that game. I end up telling the party what they all need to do, and orchestrating our attacks... such as "Paladin1, you need to aggro the big guy so he stays off of us damage dealers while we do our jobs... Paladin #2, you need to do nothing but heal us and look out for other incoming enemies... Mage, you need to sheep the guy on the left, I will use my remote to control the robot on the right... everybody got it ? Ok, let's go"
I am totally not like that in real life... I find it odd.
Anyway, back on the topic... I noticed about 80% of the players in that game are followers. I became a leader from joining too many groups of all followers and all they do is keep rushing enemy after enemy and not resting up to gain mana and health, or aggroing a ton of guys at once, and they all end up dying.
Just something I noticed... anyone else notice the same ?
Post by: est on 28 Dec 2004, 15:29
some people just don't get it, and it is a fine, fine group indeed that is filled with people who know their roles and can TCOB.
ps: just abandoned both alchemy & herbalism and switched to Tailoring and Enchanting. they just seem more fun. more things to do than just make potions all day, most of which won't help me.
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 28 Dec 2004, 21:55
Post by: Taim on 28 Dec 2004, 23:26
;)
I've got a lvl 32 Tauren Druid on Arthas.
Herbalism around 180ish and Enchanting about 150ish
Post by: 3Z3VH on 29 Dec 2004, 11:45
Post by: Vaitork on 29 Dec 2004, 14:11
Ok then, besides my Night Elf Druid on Whisperwind, I'm training my Gnome Rogue on PVP Bleeding Hollow (both are Vaitork so drop by and say hi ^^)
Est, are you gonna do the chart signing thingie for the guild creation? How is the Questionable Content guild gonna be named? Should we wait for Jeph and see if he's really willing to PVP in Bleeding Hollow?
Stay tuned :) this may be good..
Post by: 3Z3VH on 29 Dec 2004, 14:19
Post by: est on 29 Dec 2004, 15:40
i made lvl 20 yesterday, almost got to 21 today, but spent most of the day (and all last night) farming for linen to get my Tailoring skill up to a semidecent level. 92 in 2 days isn't quite so bad, but i tell you, jumping from 10cp to 1sp per spool of thread was a bit of a shock. then i saw the prices of the other threads, (10sp, 50sp, etc) and nearly had a heart attack. it's gonna be interesting trying to level this skill up once i get up into the higher levels.
also, the higher the type of material, the more you need for a spool. wtf? from 2 with linen to 3 with wool. then 4 for silk, 5 for runecloth(?) etc. it's going to be very annnoying if the drop rates for the materials stay anywhere near what i'm experiencing now :/
Post by: Whorhay on 30 Dec 2004, 07:37
Post by: 3Z3VH on 30 Dec 2004, 09:26
And honestly... 50s isn't all that much cash to me in the game anymore. Especially when you consider these Level 40s drop about 5s each, you only need to kill 10 of them to get 50s. The only thing is you still can't save up your cash all that quick because all your spells cost more as well... My Level 36 stuff cost about 1g50s for each ability... and I got like 7 new abilities to buy at 36... add to that buying equipment, giving up all the magic items to my enchanter guildmate so he can enchant my shiz, etc. You will honestly be strapped for cash up to at least level 50 as far as I can see so far.
Post by: est on 30 Dec 2004, 14:27
there are some things that i just cannot take on due to high spell resistance, no matter what the level. like Dragonkin, for example. tried taking one on that was 2 levels above me & it just resisted everything.
playing a Mage is fun and all, but if i can't be as effective as a melee character, then nuts to that.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 30 Dec 2004, 14:46
When I do join a group, they all love me for how much damage I can throw down on an enemy all at once. Currently me, A Lvl 38 Paladin, and a Lvl 40 Warlock are doing an instance full of Lvl 38 Elites and we are mopping them up. Basically the Paladin takes all the enemy's damage while healing everyone, I do all the damage, and the Warlock uses his spells to keep other enemies from trying to kill us while we attack the one. It works really well. If I ever do too much damage to the enemy to get him to start attacking me, I just use Feint, or Vanish, and he goes back to attacking thepaladin so my fragile guy with leather armor lives long enough to toss more damage than the enemy can live through.
It's all about using your strengths, and minimizing your weaknesses. When a Mage is soloing, he should be trying to keep the enemy at as much a distance as possible. Freezing them in place and doing ranged damage, backing up to the maximum distance so you have time to freeze him again when he breaks free, and sheeping the guy if he gets to be too much to handle.
The most successful mages I have seen have been Miners/Engineers as their professions. As weird as it sounds, it works great for them, because they get all the toys that can do damage while they recharge their mana, and they can use the mechanical pets like Compact Harvest Reapers and Battle Chickens and such to keep the enemy from attacking them.
Post by: est on 30 Dec 2004, 15:36
i hate the 2-profession limit :/ i'm a tailor/enchanter now. gave up on a 180/150 herbalist/alchemist because i realised that it was fucking boring. pick herbs, make potions i hardly ever use. repeat. just spent some time building up to the beginnings of wool (~90), and enchanting gives me something to do with all those pissy little green things you pick up but can't use, other than selling them.
i guess that it wouldn't be impossible to change again to mining and engineering and make those chickens, etc, but i'm not sure if i want to go that route. i mean, it doesn't really curtail my original problem, in that over 3 levels above me, basically nothing hits. i'd be relying upon my engineered pet to kill the creature all by itself, which sounds to me to be pretty much impossible. less than 4 levels above me, it's toast. i guess that the pet might help out with Elites in that range, though. i can hit them just fine, but they have all those goddamn hitpoints. hmm.
one thing that is anoying though, is that if i am going to switch back to a melee character then i probably should have kept my herbalism/alchemy so that i could have made potions for my melee dude. oh well. see, problem with me is that i am the type of player that wants to be able to do everything with the one character (tradeskill-wise). i would have much preferred them to have done something like the EQ tradeskill method, where you can do any tradeskill up to a point, then you have to select one to specialise in to do the high-end stuff. it gives people time to try out each one before they choose which one they want to do seriously.
all bitching aside, Mages in WoW are definitely a lot more fun to play than Wizards in EQ. you get a lot more versatility being able to summon things & poly enemies.
ps: CosmosUI looks awesome. gonna have to try it out later.
Post by: Mage_Man on 02 Jan 2005, 03:35
I'm all up for an Alliance clan. I'll make that guy one of my prime characters also. Probably go with Human Paly or something Paly. Maybe a druid.
After playing with something with a low amount of armor and no healing spells the game gets difficult. So yeah I can't wait to hear news back from Jeph or whoever start it.
Oh yeah I have some cool screenshots. I have one where my head is on a chair as if it was cut off or something. (Happened by sitting in a chair then falling asleep from the chair.)
I also have a few screenshots where the game lagged and someone saw me roaming around with me still riding the gryphon. =D
Post by: jeph on 02 Jan 2005, 09:19
I can usually take out anything 2 levels above me with little to no trouble, but 3-4 levels usually requires Evasion or a healing potion if I want to survive.
One thing I'm starting to regret is not really paying attention to crafting earlier on in the game. I have basically no experience in anything other than basic first aid and it'd be nice to be able to make some potions for myself sometimes. Maybe I'll take up herbalism tonight or something, who knows.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 03 Jan 2005, 13:22
I finally made my Gnomish Battle Chicken (I have screenshots I will post soon) and my Goblin Jumper Cables (which don't work nearly as often as I would like :( )
But as I said, my character has suffered in terms of levelling. All my guildmates are Level 42-45 and I JUST made it to Level 40 last night. I am convincing myself that my character is flat broke so I don't spend all the money I am saving up for my Mechano-Strider. I even got involved in the IronForge Auction House Commodities Trade to get more gold. Most profitable item ? Truesilver bars. You can send out a /2 saying you will buy Truesilver bars for 1g each, then turn around and sell them for 2g in the auction without much trouble. I have not found any other item so profitable. The next is Mithril bars, which can sell at auction for 6g for a stack of 20 all day long, and you can typically buy a stack for 4-5g using /2.
It is a shame though... I got all kinds of cool rogue abilities to buy at Level 40 and I can only buy the bare necessities :(
I am also getting rather pissed that there are so few fist-weapons in the game... my Level 30 Blades are finally starting to show their age at Level 40, and I have no upgrade options till Level 49 I have kept them going this long by having my Enchanter friend give me +5 damage on each (and making them glow blue which rocks everyone's socks ;) ). I may just have to switch to Dagger/Mace for a while :(
I even have a Leatherworking friend hooking me up with a complete set of Nightscape armor which is the bee's knees ! I put on each piece as I get to the level that I can wear it... soon I will be entirely nightscaped :)
Anyway, I will try to get those screenies up tonight when I get home !
Post by: 3Z3VH on 03 Jan 2005, 18:04
Us fighting as a team ! (Note my bitchin' blades :) )
My current damage stats... most notable is the Max Crit... 559dmg in one hit !
A Wake of destruction behind me. (Click for full res)
My guild fighting a 5 story tall chick ! (Click for full res)
Getting it on in the IronForge Hall :D
Post by: Whorhay on 05 Jan 2005, 06:00
Post by: 3Z3VH on 05 Jan 2005, 16:00
My biggest crit in Level 39 was the one in that screenshot... 559.
Now that I am Level 40, I am critting for 700+ damage constantly !
I need to update my DPS screenshot ;)
Post by: Phobos on 05 Jan 2005, 20:05
After 10 hours of working on my computer and being on hold or talking with dumbass Comcast reps, I finally get my internet working, only to drive around town to EVERY SINGLE STORE looking for World of Warcraft and then find out that EVERYONE IS SOLD OUT!!!!!
AGH.
(Edit: In order to get the game, I have ordered it Next Day delivery from *shudder* Dell.)
Post by: 3Z3VH on 06 Jan 2005, 10:43
Post by: Phobos on 06 Jan 2005, 10:51
CANCELLED. Is this a sign that I shouldn't play WoW?
Post by: 3Z3VH on 06 Jan 2005, 12:13
Post by: Phobos on 06 Jan 2005, 20:24
Post by: Mnementh on 06 Jan 2005, 23:21
I have a gnomish rogue there, lvl 12, named Kohoutek. Look me up.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 07 Jan 2005, 10:06
They seem to have fixed it on the DoomHammer server I play on after they took it down for a couple hours yesterday. They plan to do the same maintenance to the rest of the game servers, and they do them in batches of about 10 servers at a time. I was lucky that mine was in the first batch of 10.
As far as ordering the game direct from Blizzard, good luck. The reason there are no copies in stores is that Blizzard is not producing any more till they get more servers online to handle the influx of players. If they aren't distributing them to stores for that reason, I doubt they will sell them from their store for the same reason.
I commend Blizzard for not accepting more money in the name of keeping the game playable for everyone.
Post by: Phobos on 07 Jan 2005, 13:43
That's pretty weak though. I mean, yeah, it's a good idea because then people don't buy a game which they can't play, but the situation is still shitty. Anyone know what the average player count per server is? I'd think they would have made enough money by everyone in the known universe buying their game to be able to upgrade all their servers sufficiently.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 07 Jan 2005, 13:48
Problem is they hit a brick wall where new people who sign up, are joining the servers that are already overpopulated, rather than the new, empty, servers because they want to play with their friends. Blizzard is having trouble convincing people to move to all these new servers they built. Currently they are working on a way to allow users to move their existing character from one of the overpopulated servers to a new, empty one, but they are having some issues with it, so they have not allowed anyone to do it yet.
I guarantee once they allow people to move their characters to less populated servers, the problem will be solved, and they will start distributing new copies of the software again.
Post by: Phobos on 07 Jan 2005, 19:53
I wonder why they just don't set max users to each server, and make it so you can't even connect to that server and create a character if you don't already have one on it.
Post by: Something Witty on 08 Jan 2005, 06:51
Anyway. After reading all this, This game looks like it would be worth buying and playing if I was going to have any time. But as it is I would only be able to play on the weekends, for a few hours at a time.. so I'll stick to FFXI for the time being.. unless I manage to get a computer that will play WoW, and internet in my dorm.. Not likely.
Post by: jeph on 08 Jan 2005, 10:17
Turns out Vaitork and I are in the same guild now! I'll have to post a screencap or two one of these days.
UPDATE:
(http://www.questionablecontent.net/images/aquinas.jpg)
UNF
Post by: est on 08 Jan 2005, 20:32
Post by: Phrozen on 09 Jan 2005, 17:00
Post by: est on 09 Jan 2005, 19:42
Mage = Tailor (95) / Enchanter (5)
Rogue = Mining (75) / Engineering (115)
Warrior = Mining (~50) / Blacksmithing (~60)
Hunter = Skinning (75) / Leatherworking (57)
Warlock?* = Herbalism () / Alchemy ()
haven't actually started the Herbalist/Alchemist character yet. trying to decide if i want it to be an Undead or Gnome Warlock, a Night-Elf Druid, or a Tauren Shaman. each has it's own merits. for example, the Gnome Warlock will be in an area i know well. the Tauren will have a bonus to herbalism, and i know that the area around the Night-Elves is very herb-rich, even at lower levels.
that said, though, the idea of an Undead Warlock sure does strike me as awesome. i've already made an Undead Warlock named "Sid". he's got a big green mohawk. he's so hardcore.
Post by: captainawesome on 09 Jan 2005, 19:51
Rogues are fun, though. And sneaky.
Post by: Mage_Man on 09 Jan 2005, 23:14
26 Human Warlock now. Only if I could buy my new spells. = (
Post by: Phrozen on 10 Jan 2005, 03:24
Post by: 3Z3VH on 10 Jan 2005, 12:49
I am also getting used to my cool Rogue stuff like Thistle Tea and Flash powder. They rock so hard core ! I really should try out my blinding powder some time, I just keep forgetting it exists.
Post by: est on 10 Jan 2005, 13:02
i'm going to keep both of them up, though. see how things go.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 10 Jan 2005, 13:14
I have had to put all my talent points into Combat specs just to make my rogue work in a group (at least one that isn't comprised entirely of rogues).
If I was entirely solo, I would be putting more into Assassination and Subtlety so I could sneak up on people, but against mobs, that stuff only works once or twice in a battle, and you end up falling back on pure damage.
If I was doing PvP I might do more of a stealth-ish rogue.
On the other hand, Mages get more groupable because if they try to solo, their lack of armour against increasingly tough enemies becomes more and more of a hinderance, but with a group, they can dish out a ton of damage and have someone back them up when a mob comes after them.
Post by: jeph on 10 Jan 2005, 14:07
I've definitely noticed the same thing as 3Z3VH. At level 32 I can pretty much handle any single enemy within 3-4 levels of me with ease, but any more than 2 lvl 30-32 critters on me at one time spells trouble. Most of the time this isn't an issue, but it gets tricky when you're trying to solo Syndicate patrol groups...
Jesus. I'm an addict.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 10 Jan 2005, 14:38
Oh, and I second your opinion on poisons Jeph ! Poisons are teh win !
I even customize the poisons I use depending on what I am fighting. If I am fighting large groups of lower level stuff, I tend to use Instant Poison on one blade to cause a lot of damage all at once, and Crippling poison on the other so when they get low on health and try to run, they don't get very far, so they can't call in their buddies for help.. but when I fight Elites or big boss guys, I use my Deadly Poisons because I get more damage out of them (They even stack up to five times on the same target !!!!) and Mind-Numbing poison if they are a caster so they lose their main offense by having it take twice as long to cast, making all my hits knock them even FURTHER back in their channeling attempts. I can kill casters like nothing when I toss that stuff on my blades :)
On a side-note... not a day goes by that someone doesn't ask "OMFG What weapon is that ?!?!" referring to my blades that glow blue from the Striking enchant my friend put on them :) It seems noone uses Fist-Weapons...
I love being unique :)
Post by: 3Z3VH on 11 Jan 2005, 09:13
I am knocking out these Stranglethorn Vale quests like nothing. I think I was supposed to head down there about 3 or 4 levels ago, but oh well ;)
Has anyone else seen the Gnomish Shrink Ray in action ? I just built one and it has to be the funniest thing ever ! I am shrinking the bad guys to like 1/3 their original size before I fight them :D
I also built my Gnomish Mind Control Cap, and Gnomish Rocket Boots. The Mind Control Cap basically makes any humanoid my pet for about 30 seconds. Hehe. The Rocket Boots have been disappointing so far... the first time I tried to use them they fizzled out like a second after I started running. I will have to try them again tonight.
And I must say, now that Haeze has a full set of Nightscape Armour, he looks bad-ass (And is now up to 200 Agility !) !!!! I will post screenshots of my new stylish look :D
Post by: 3Z3VH on 11 Jan 2005, 15:09
Last night, while down in Stranglethorn, I was on the beach south of Booty Bay killing Bloodsail Buccaneers (Level 43 Mobs) when these two TaurenDruids (Level 43 and 45) start coming over and stealing my kills, and just being jerks in general... So I go to the more northern camp on that beach and they follow to kill all the mobs there before I can, and I make sure to spend enough time there to let the entire south camp respawn (Like 12 of these Level 43 Mobs). When I head back down to the south camp, they start killing a mob that I aggro so they can steal the kill, so I hit Sprint (makes me run really fast) and Evade (Makes it so the enemies can't hit me) and went and aggroed the ENTIRE camp... like 10 Level 43 mages and buccaneers following me, I stop right near the Tauren, who are laughing at me for getting my ass beat up, then suddenly I hit my Flash Powder (makes me completely invisible). All of a sudden all 10 of these Bloodsails are attacking these two Druids all at once, and I stand back and watch them both get flattened :D
So one respawns and Ressurects his friend (Druids can resurrect another player once every half hour) so his friend doesn't have to make the 10 minute walk from the graveyard (Which is forever in terms of the game). They get all huffy about it and stuff while I just /laugh at them. So they start stealing my kills again, and I do it to them AGAIN, only this time he can't resurrect his friend because he already used it. After doing that to them the third time they just left the beach. I consider it a small victory for the Alliance :D
Post by: Vaitork on 11 Jan 2005, 15:46
Post by: est on 11 Jan 2005, 16:18
vai: i so want in on the next raid. the last one was fun, but i arrived way too late to do anything decent. i was /duelled by one of our guild afterwards (lvl 23 paladin) when we were sitting about, but got stomped because i didn't really know wtf was going on (it was my first duel. need to practice more methinks)
Post by: Phobos on 11 Jan 2005, 22:00
For those looking to buy WoW, Blizzard is still selling it themselves. My copy would have arrived today, in fact I have the UPS slip for it, had I not been at school filming a project (they came by after 5:15PM). Tommarow I probably won't get it either, since I have to be in class from 10 until 5, and those are the exact times they expect to stop by from.
I may come home during one of my breaks and hope they come by during that time period. Doubtful though.
Post by: jeph on 11 Jan 2005, 23:41
Quote from: est
i was /duelled by one of our guild afterwards (lvl 23 paladin) when we were sitting about, but got stomped because i didn't really know wtf was going on (it was my first duel. need to practice more methinks)
Paladins are tough. I got my lvl 31 ass handed to me by a lvl 27 pally. Also Fynx beat the snot out of me. Of course, now that I have decent poisons I might stand more of a chance.
Post by: Vaitork on 12 Jan 2005, 06:13
Anyway, i'm about to hit lvl30 and be a decent fighting machine. I'm getting VERY attractive leatherworking recipes :D basically im my own armorer at this point, and you just gotta love the help from your fellow guildies..
Gosh, after reading this again i remember that Warcraft 3 silly response (the ones that sound after you click a unit too much):
"Hi, my name is Rob and I'm addicted to Warcraft" "Hi, Rob!"
Post by: Mnementh on 12 Jan 2005, 08:01
(Maybe they'll do some patching and balance out the classes a bit.)
Quote from: Goatsquirrel
Patch notes (I'd like to see):
-Warriors will always hold aggro over mages
[gets killed by a gnoll]
Seriously. Anyway, this means you can't play tomorrow night so you can go hang out in Noho and meet Jeph, rstevens, and the teenage millioniare psychopath (I read the first half of that book while smashed on New Years Eve waiting around for people in my friends apartment, hilarity.).
Post by: Phobos on 12 Jan 2005, 16:37
I came home between classes and they actually stopped by! What sucks is I only have a few hours before the servers go down =(
They also delivered my violin. Which I proceeded to break 2 of the strings within 15 minutes.
Post by: jeph on 12 Jan 2005, 18:44
At level 33, suddenly I have a plethora of different places to quest and explore in. Currently I can't decide if Desolace or Stranglethorn Vale is more lucrative. SV is certainly more convenient as I'm based out of Ironforge, but the quests in Desolace have been pretty fun and easy so far.
Post by: est on 12 Jan 2005, 19:01
think about it. you'll need the highest level dude getting the skins from the highest level mobs you kill. also, the higher level metals are generally in the higher level areas.
at last thought, i'm thinking of playing both my Rogue and my Mage as mains fairly evenly until i get sick of one or both. my Rogue has some catching up to do, but he'll get there. my Rogue will be a miner/engineer, and my Mage will be a Miner/Skinner.
at this point you may be asking "why two miners and not a Herbalist/Skinner?". that's a pretty good question, actually. but i'm making my Warlock my Herbalist/Alchemist, and they can hold their own pretty well anyway. also, i'm not all that interested in Herbalism/Alchemy, so i'll probably only take it up to mid-level.
also, i need my two mains to both be miners because whenever you see an ore deposit you should really jump on it, seeing as every other fucker out there is trying to mine it to make l33t arm0rz. i have two hungry mouths to feed (my Engineer and my Blacksmith) so i'll need all the help bringing home the bacon (metal) that i can get.
at last thought, i figure it will look like:
Mage : Skinning, Mining
Rogue : Mining, Engineering
Warrior : Blacksmithing, Enchanting
Hunter : Tailoring, Leatherwork
Warlock : Herbalism, Alchemy
anyone see anything wrong with this, or can think of anything that will make this more efficient? (ie: if you know of profession interelations that i've overlooked that will help me out). the only thing i can maybe think of is putting my Tailor and my Enchanter onto the same toon so that i can make cheap green things like Brown Linen Robes to disenchant. not quite sure how important the low-level stuff that i get out of that kind of thing is to Enchanting, though. so maybe it'll cease being a benefit rather early on in the piece? don't know. i do know that Tailoring and Leatherwork have a fair bit of shared materials, though. so at this point my config looks like the best mix to save on postage costs.
one last thing: don't mix mining and herbalism. remember that these both have "find..." abilities, and it'd get annoying/busy with all those dots over the screen. my hunter is a dwarf, so i'm imagining what a minimap would look like if i were tracking something in a herb/ore-rich area with treasure about. dots aplenty :D
Post by: Phobos on 13 Jan 2005, 02:29
Here's the list of the 16 hour ones:
Kil'Jaeden
Bonechewer
Kilrogg
Cenarion Circle
Lightbringer
Cenarius
Nathrezim
Deathwing
Ner'zhul
Destromath
Proudmoore
Dethecus
Shadowsong
Doomhammer
Silver Hand
Dragonmaw
Silvermoon
Frostwolf
Spinebreaker
Gorgonnash
Terenas
Hyjal
Tichondrius
Icecrown
Uther
Kel'Thuzad
Windrunner
I guess the rest will be back up at 8AM.
Post by: Trav on 13 Jan 2005, 18:36
I've got a Lvl 6 human paladin, but getting used to the game is a bit weird (espically when i can't play it!)
So far so good tho, looking forward to leveling and exploring the world!
Post by: Vaitork on 13 Jan 2005, 19:46
This game will be the end of me. Period.
Post by: Phobos on 13 Jan 2005, 20:20
I'm also in my first queue. Before I hadn't had any problem logging in. But looks like it'll only take a few minutes. It sucks, but it's not like it's a 30 minute wait.
Post by: jeph on 13 Jan 2005, 21:58
Quote from: Vaitork
I'm scared.. I'm actually making friends there...
Our guild is pretty awesome!
Hit level 34 tonight, might hit 35 tomorrow or Saturday. I am starting to get some truly tough-looking armor now.
Post by: est on 14 Jan 2005, 04:07
i predict i'll hit 10 with the minors (warrior is already 10, hunter is maybe 5 kills off it, and warlock is lvl 6, but is so easy to play) and maybe i'll hit 15 with the rogue (he's 14 right now) but my mage is 22, and i doubt he'll end up any higher than that this weekend, as i have work tomorrow (bleh) then i'm out with the guys on saturday night & will spend most of sunday recovering.
Post by: Trav on 14 Jan 2005, 09:29
She is my fav now. Fast, dedly and sexy. But im saving level 10 and dule knives untill tomorrow night :) Give myself something to look forward to.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 14 Jan 2005, 11:41
Quote from: est
...anyone see anything wrong with this, or can think of anything that will make this more efficient?
...my hunter is a dwarf, so i'm imagining what a minimap would look like if i were tracking something in a herb/ore-rich area with treasure about. dots aplenty :D
More efficient ? Join a guild of awesome people who play the game for fun, not as a one-up thing. I am in a guild on Doomhammer called Conspirators that is made up of a bunch of people from here in Colorado and we have LANs all the time and stuff. It is more efficient because all we do is send mail to the person who specializes in the skill we need saying "Hey Grumpy, I need 60 Thick Leather" and the next day I have 60 Thick leather in my mailbox... on the flip side, if anyone needs ore, gems, guns, dynamite, scopes, etc from me, I give it to them. No exchanging of money or anything for it, we just understand that what you need is provided, and what you have should be shared. Our Enchanter at one point had to tell us to STOP sending him all the green items we collected that noone in the guild needed because he had no more room for them all. Every person in our guild is hooked up with glowing weapons, armor kits, crafted armour, etc and we consistently stay at armour and weapons that are VERY close to our levels. It works great !
And you can only track one thing at a time. So having Herbalism/Mining/Treasure Finding will only net one of the above skills at a time. You cannot search for herbs and ore and treasure at the same time.
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Also, Aquinas/Jeph. You NEED to pick up the Nightscape set when you get to the appropriate levels ! Each piece has a minimum of +12 Agility ! I had my guild mate make me a full set of Nightscape armour and my agility is currently at 210 ! I am now critting with my Eviscerate for 850dmg in one shot !
As for a suggestion on where you should go ? Stranglethorn all the way. There are a MILLION quests down there, I get a minimum of a green item every 30 mins or so dropping from the mobs there, and it is awesome to watch all the PvP stuff going down in the Arena, and in the zone itself from people getting angry at the other side ! Sooo much fun.
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And Est, it doesn't take provocation for me to want to piss off Horde players. We are enemies for a reason :) Even if they weren't being jerks I would have done it. But if they were Alliance I would have helped them any way I could.
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And yeah, I finally had to retire the blades for the next 5 levels or so.... A Level 30 weapon at Level 43, even with it's enchantments were just no longer feasible. Cool part is, though, that I got a Blue daggar called The Ziggler as a drop of random guys in a cave in Stranglethorn, and I picked up an even better, similar daggar by doing quests in The Scarlet Monastery, so I am dual-weilding two Blue Daggars that are Lvl 39 already with my Lvl 43 Rogue. Anyone who plays a lot knows that is nearly unheard of unless you are grinding for items. These daggars are awesome because they are really fast, and each have a chance to hit of about 20-30 instant damage... just like a built in poison... PLUS I add my poisons to them... with their speed it just makes me toss more poison on the guy I am fighting. That is why I am going to make my character a poison rogue. Once I get to 50 I will be picking up a Vilerend Slicer (Blue blades) and a Bloodfist (Blue Fist) that do the same, but are even faster than these daggars, and I will pison the living hell out of everything ! :D
Post by: est on 14 Jan 2005, 18:38
Post by: Phobos on 15 Jan 2005, 12:16
"This quest is very urgent! You must travel North/West/East/South and spawn camp the lowest level monsters you can find. There you will compete with 10 other players, all of whom are 20+ levels above you. You must collect, 100 pointless items and return them to me, even though they only spawn on 1 out of every 10 monsters. When you have done this, you will receive a great reward! It shall consist of: 1/20th of the experience needed to level, no money, and an item that you either cannot use or have no use for. Go quickly now!"
Post by: est on 15 Jan 2005, 12:54
this is not a thread for dumping on WoW. it is a thread for people who like and are playing/will play WoW. if you want to complain about WoW then please do it in another thread.
also: i forgot to say, Haeze, that i am a tradeskill freak. it's not like i am doing it out of necessity, it's just that i want to be fluent in them all & to be able to make bunches of cool stuff by myself. that might sound masochistic, but it's one way that i am having fun in the game :)
Post by: jeph on 15 Jan 2005, 13:10
I'm definitely looking forward to the Nightscape stuff when I hit that level. I'd KILL for a blue dagger or two that I could actually use, but I spend so little time in instance dungeons that I never get the drops. Ah well.
Est: I'm actually a Combat/Subtlety rogue right now, and quite enjoying it. One thing I'd recommend is to stick with daggers, at least in your main hand- Ambush and Backstab are truly awe-inspiring damage and you can't do them with a sword.
Another handy thing for Rogues is to train in guns or bows. They have much better range and damage than your standard throwing knives when it comes to pulling enemies. On the other hand, the higher level I get the less actual pulling I do- now I usually just sneak up behind someone and either Cheap Shot or Ambush them.
Post by: est on 15 Jan 2005, 13:54
as for daggers vs other, SS goes off the max damage of your main hand weapon. i'm gonna be mainly using SS, so i'll probably get a better sustained damage output with a decent sword.
but this is just from me soloing, so maybe once i start teaming up with people, either pickup groups or with the guild, i'll change my outlook :)
Post by: Phobos on 15 Jan 2005, 14:10
(http://home.comcast.net/~msmitasi/furbie.jpg)
15 Dwarf Rogue / Archer, Illidan.
Post by: est on 15 Jan 2005, 14:32
Post by: Phobos on 15 Jan 2005, 16:33
I haven't encountered this in other MMORPGs. Not people camping spawns lower than them. Higher, sure, but I don't recall ever seeing anywhere else a level 22 camping a level 10 spawn. It seems wrong. Especially for quests. AO isn't the only MMORPG I've played where it wasn't like this. I don't remember anyone doing the quests in UO, because it wasn't necessary. As I recall, Planetside doesn't even have quests. DAoC has quests, but most of the time I was killing shit that was at least my level. Same applied to SB.
Don't go getting all pissed off and posting in your blog about it, I'm not insulting your mother, and I'm not even saying WoW is the shittiest game on the planet. Right now, I'd say it's the best MMO available. I like it. But this is frustrating. I do it too, so I'm not just blaming the other people who do it. A quest that has mobs four-levels below me will yield better rewards and XP than going out and solo-ing equal level monsters right now. It's not that I can't kill monsters my own level, I can kill ones above me, but doing the quests is faster. I don't think it should be like that, I think going out and solo-ing should be just as fruitful as doing quests that are below you. The item spawning thing is a pain also, if they spawned more frequently it would make it quite a bit easier.
Just because you like something doesn't mean you can't criticize it.
Post by: jeph on 15 Jan 2005, 17:37
I would much rather that criticism of the game be relegated to its own thread, I envision this one as more of a resource for people more interested in playing the game that discussing its flaws.
Post by: Phobos on 15 Jan 2005, 19:25
Post by: est on 15 Jan 2005, 19:50
but anyway, let's get this back on topic.
after watching a lvl 12 Paladin take on two 8 warriors an 11+ warrior and a 10 wizard and win, i'm actually seriously thinking about changing my warrior to a paladin for ease of levelling up to hit the level reqs for tradeskills. the warrior isn't all that much fun to play. i've only just got defensive stance, though, so maybe that'll help out a little.
still trying to decide. i've heard that Paladins are grossly overpowered up until they hit around level 40, then they turn to shit. well, i don't think i'll be taking it up that far, maybe 35 max for max non-specialised tradeskills, but that's it.
oh! also, i am having scads of fun with my Warlock. at the moment she is lvl 10, and her shiny new Voidwalker helped beat down 4 level 8 wolves at once. also, at level 7 i was /duelled by a lvl 10 mage, and i kicked her ass.
Post by: Vaitork on 16 Jan 2005, 06:46
In other matters, I'm finally feeling like I have a lvl30~ character :) Mark of the Wild is the BEST FRIGGIN BUFF ever, and it only gets better later.. I seriously hope the Dire Bear form is worth it, cuz i forgot about the Bear as soon as i got my Cat (which is why i had to create a Rogue in a PVP server and check out the extreme fun about them :D )..
Another dilemma I'm on is the thing about talents. I found this site (http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Talents.View) and have made quite a few templates to follow.. If i wasn't SUCH A TERRIBLE DECISSION MAKER i could then use one of them.. Maybe a FULL cat could be nice.. mmm
Anyway, I'm off to play.. I've spent 10 hours on lvl 31 and that's not good.. But I finally got my Sleeper Rod from Kelris at Blackfathom Deeps :D yay me!
Post by: jeph on 18 Jan 2005, 15:33
I cannot BELIEVE how much shit there is to do in Stranglethorn. I've been playing there and nowhere else for days now and my quest log just keeps filling up no matter how quickly I polish them off. The hunting is good too, I routinely make 3-5g off of a full inventory's worth of loot...and then promptly spend it all at AH and in training. ;)
Combat/Subtlety was definitely a good talent line for me to follow. I'm getting critical hits (in the 400-500 damage range against stuff that's my level!) more than 50% of the time with Ambush and Backstab (I think) and just having a lot of fun with my character in general.
Post by: cheesepie on 18 Jan 2005, 17:16
Quote from: jeph
Finally hit 36 today, and got my hands on a Nightscape Tunic and Headband as well as some spiffy other armor.
I cannot BELIEVE how much shit there is to do in Stranglethorn. I've been playing there and nowhere else for days now and my quest log just keeps filling up no matter how quickly I polish them off. The hunting is good too, I routinely make 3-5g off of a full inventory's worth of loot...and then promptly spend it all at AH and in training. ;)
Combat/Subtlety was definitely a good talent line for me to follow. I'm getting critical hits (in the 400-500 damage range against stuff that's my level!) more than 50% of the time with Ambush and Backstab (I think) and just having a lot of fun with my character in general.
Oh yeah man for sure there is a shitblock to do in STV...
My lvl 34 NE Rogue Gavriel is pretty awesome...I crit a lot on ambush and BStab for over 400 dmg...I'm following the Assassination tree along with a few talents here iand there in the other ones (like the one that increases stealth speed)...
And what the hell are you looting that all together gives you 3-5 gold?! .when my pack is full it's only around 2 gold....
then again i usually have 2 packs full of poisons and herbs/potions for alchemy so....
I should start farming some herbs hardcore and making potions to sell more at the AH...
On another note..Do any of you all play any alternative characters when you're bored of playing your main? I have a lvl 6 Gnome Warrior named 'Anklebiter' He's hilarious! who'd a thunk a gnome could be a warrior?! I can't wait till he's high lvl and can wear plate armor..i'm sure it'll look hilarious. he has pink hair. nuff said.
Post by: jeph on 18 Jan 2005, 17:24
The Bristly Whiskers you find on the cats in SV sell for like 7s apiece, so those really add up.
Also I pickpocket every humanoid I come across, and at level 30-36 they usually have a silver and some change on them.
Post by: cheesepie on 18 Jan 2005, 17:37
also, For my ranged weapon I use throwing knives instead of bows..
The aligity bonuses the bows give are negligible to me cause i have room for another bag which brings in more money...that's just my logic though
Also what kinda weapons do you use currently?
I have a 23.9 dps Howling Blade dagger and a 18.9 dps dagger of some other sort...
Post by: est on 18 Jan 2005, 22:01
i'm on a few quests at the moment which look pretty good. killing raptors and so forth. their teeth are excellent money, i just wish that they dropped more often. i have another quest to kill Troggs(?) and collect flint, but every time i get anywhere near the swamps a bajillion crocs appear and fuck with my shit. it is getting beyond a joke.
in order to make the quest a little safer i teamed up with a Warlock dude who seemed to be both blind and deaf. at one point he pulled an entire camp of dudes that were about 5 levels above us onto us. do warlocks have the same level restrictions on their spells? (ie: anything higher than 2 levels gets massive resists). another time we were looking for Giant Crocs for a quest. i "found" one (it appeared next to me & aggroed) and i kept telling him in both /party chat and /whisper that i had found one and that it was on me. i watched him keep on walking around looking for one while i died. i used the soulstone that he'd given me earlier to resurrect, and he seemed completely oblivious to my death. it was at this point that i politely excused myself and we parted company.
now i need to save up 3g before/around the time that i hit lvl 24. "why?" you ask? well, to get the 4 spells that i want, plus re-spec my talent points so that they are not totally fucked-up anymore that is what it will take. each new spell is like, 50sp. i guess that i am supposed to be making more money by now, but i can't really see where it would be coming from :/
Post by: Whorhay on 19 Jan 2005, 10:42
Money does come in a lot more rapidly as you level up. Just remember to keep and look up any items you loot that have a white name. If it's white it is used in a tradeskill somewhere and people will pay money on the AH for it.
I've very rarely had trouble with competition for spawns. And if someone is several levels over the level of the quest mobs the quest is probably still yellow to them and even green quests are giving me several thousand xp nowadays and so are worth doing.
Haeze, how were those druids killstealing from you? In my experience so far it is impossible to do so because the first to hit a mob for damage locks that mob until they either runaway or they are killed. The closest I can think of is if you clear to a mob like a named one or something and then someone jumps ahead of you and takes it while you are killing the last mob. This kind of griefing happens a lot with mining and such. I also won't do it to other Horde folks but I have lost count of the number of times I have run up on an alliance toon trying to mine something and just jumped on the node ahead of them. I consider training to be a bit to much though if they aren't flagged for pvp myself though.
Speaking of pvp and such though I dueled a rogue the other night with my mage when he was insulting me with emotes while I was minding my own business. I let him have his way and let him straight up melee me until I was low on health. Then I blinked away and nuked him down while he tried to figure out where I had gone, lol. One more level with my mage and he will have one more insta cast nuke and duels will get even easier.
Oh yeah Nightscape is some sweet armor, it was tough for me to switch to Tough Scorpid and give up that stamina, but the higher agi and ac is worth it I think.
Post by: est on 19 Jan 2005, 12:07
as for Haeze's killstealers, they weren't killstealing as such, just intentionally working the same mobs as he was in order to piss him off. i am guessing that as there was two of them they could work through them faster or something.
and as for the duel: if he was an anywhere near decent player he would have expected you to blink away, (it's like, textbook mage tactics) so watch it, us mana-flingers don't have the kind of health reserves it takes to be cocky like that :)
also: my price-shock on tradeskills has been somewhat abated, as i realise that you can actually sell most items back to a vendor for a small profit. i totally didn't expect this, as i am from EQ originally & am used to them absolutely fucking tradeskillers over in that regard. combine that with not breaking things when you fail an item & i'm actually pretty damn happy about the way tradeskills are panning out. now all i have to do is go on a humanoid mob killing spree to grab some wool & silk for my tailor & all is good++
Post by: Whorhay on 19 Jan 2005, 13:57
Hehehe yeah the duel was probably one of his first mage encounters or he wouldn't have looked so confused. Given that mages are typically going to win versus a Rogue in a 1 on 1 I was being cocky. It'd be nice if they could balance all the classes against each other but that is about an impossible task so they went with the better choice of trying to balance group vs group.
Almost forgot I saw someone complain about hunters using pets in duels. The pet is almost useless in duels as it is to lottle damge to matter much except versus a cloth class maybe. It's primary purpose as a tank for the hunter is totally negated since it's pvp and most players aren't going to want to let the hunter stay far enough away to use ranged. My hunters damage output goes all to hell when he has to melee rather than use ranged.
Tradeskills are so much more usefull throughout in this game than in EQ it is crazy. The fact that combines can't fail is also a huge plus. As far as I know you can't make anything purely from vendor bought stuff, combine it and sell it back for a profit. You can however combine materials that you find with some vendor bought items and improve the sell value of it all and cover the cost of the vendor stuff. The only problem with tradeskills is that sometimes it seems like the over abundance of crafted items devalues them, well that and most of them are inferior to easily obtainable items on the AH for the level.
Post by: cheesepie on 19 Jan 2005, 14:45
all I do is sneak up on them, Ambush them build up some combo points while keeping em stunned....also i use kick every time it cools down...
Post by: est on 19 Jan 2005, 15:23
Post by: Whorhay on 20 Jan 2005, 05:35
What were your talents like before you respec'd est? Have you gotten your Improved Arcane Missles and Improved Arcane Explosion yet? I rarely remember to use Evocation but it has saved my bacon a couple times. And Clearcasts are awesome. A good strategy in groups is to use Scorch and Fireblast a lot and whenever you get a clearcasting state hit arcane missles for tons of free damage.
Post by: Trinary on 20 Jan 2005, 12:00
Well, any rogue worth his salt and over lvl22 knows that Vanish instantly removes all movement impairing effects, as well as a 10sec uberstealth. :) This can allow the rogue to get back over to the mage and do some kicking. There's a long cooldown on it, but if you can get back over and hit em with a Cheap Shot (4sec stun, 2 combo points) while still stealthed and get another one or two SS or BSs in it shouldn't matter, especially after 30 when you get Kidney Shot for combo-finishing stun. Kick has a relatively short cooldown too, 10sec, especially taking into account the stun-lockdown strategy. I'm going combat rogue with (eventually) mace spec and hopefully will be a stunning machine, and thanks to my handy new instant-weapon-swap macro I can gouge for stun, swap weapons while running behind them, backstab and swap back to high-damage weapons for big eviscerate and SS hits and higher overall DPS.
Post by: Whorhay on 20 Jan 2005, 12:28
I think Cone of Cold is the spell you are thinking of that is damage plus a snare, it's a directional cone AE on a 10 second cooldown.
Post by: jeph on 20 Jan 2005, 15:33
Quote from: Trinary
I AM A NINJA ROGUE.
Oh ho, looks like someone got sucked into WoW after all! :)
Post by: Trinary on 20 Jan 2005, 15:39
Post by: est on 20 Jan 2005, 20:37
if you are on WW, then this is good! we can hang out and get ready to look sooo goood!
Post by: stokage on 20 Jan 2005, 21:40
Just started playing this past week, & have quicky become an addict. :)
I have 2 characters on Earthen Ring:
Grimbooze, Level 13 Dwarven Warrior
&
Celciae, Level 8 Human Mage
Chose an RP server because of my experince with pen & paper RPGs, back in the day. Also, it just makes the game that much more immersive. Not that it needs to be. Guess that could be a bad thing for those without self control. Like Me. :P
Feel free to look me up if anyone ever ventures to my realm.
Anyways, good luck to all & happy adventuring.
Post by: Trinary on 21 Jan 2005, 09:57
Post by: Phrozen on 21 Jan 2005, 10:47
Post by: jeph on 21 Jan 2005, 11:01
Post by: 3Z3VH on 21 Jan 2005, 11:07
Not only is Rogue VERY anti-Mage, but they are anti-any caster.
Also, I am putting most of my combo points into Combat, with a few in assassination for added crits. Cool thing about my ability tree is now I am ALSO anti-group, and anti-melee character. If someone isn't a hunter or a dual-weild rogue/warrior, I can kick the crap out of them... Why ? Two abilities on my tree.... The one you guys know about is the "Kick" that cancells spells, reducing casters to their slow staves or low-damage wands and cloth armour... not a problem to kill them. But I also have an ability called "Riposte" which allows me to disarm my opponent after parrying their attack, which happens all the time because I added 5 points to my parry ability. Paladins are left to swinging fists at me while I dance around them slashing every last appendage of theirs off. I also got another ability called "Blade Flurry" which when active, makes my attack speed 20% faster, AND any damage I do to my target, it does the SAME damage to ALL enemies near him ! It isn't uncommon for me to take down a group of 4 mobs all my level, all at once and still have half my life when they are all dead. Also, with all those points in Combat, I am critting for up to 860 damage with a daggar... not even using swords. And with Instant Poison IV I am adding about 70+ damage to almost every 5th hit. I am just RAINING damage on these poor saps.
Jeph... my biggest suggestion for you once you hit about Lvl 40 ? Got to Scarlet Monastery ! There is a Daggar you get there from one of the quests called "Black Menace" that is 1.4 speed (fast as hell) and has a chance on hit to do about 50 extra damage to your opponent... like built in poison, and you can ALSO stack your poison on top of it. With it in my main hand I have hit 3 times with a single swing of that daggar, my poison, it's ability, and it's regular hit. That is just MEAN ! :D
Oh, I also picked up my Mechano-strider a while back, and it is so bad-ass ! I can't imagine walking anywhere anymore ! I will have more pics up here soon !
Where am I now ? I am soloing the Searing Gorge mining Mithril and Thorium. My Mining is up to 278, and my Engineering is up to 293. I have my own Mithril Mechanical Dragonling to help me kill baddies, and I am generally enjoying life ;)
By the way, Est, if you really are a trade-skill whore, I have found the ultimate money-maker ! At 280 Engineering I am now able to make something called a "Green Lens"... It has awesome plusses and such and can be made for next to nothing in materials as long as you can find Wildvine, but can only be used by engineers, so it doesn't sell all that well... BUT My friend who is an enchanter disenchanted one and we found out they have a 100% drop of a Large Radiant Shard. Anyone who is an enchanter knows this is their +1 money making item since it is used in the Greater Striking Enchant that EVERYONE wants. Those shards sell for nearly 6g each in the AH, and I make these lenses, and subsequently shards, for approx 2g in materials.
Post by: est on 21 Jan 2005, 19:52
on the gnomish Mage front, i am happy to report that i spent a bit of time in the AH a couple days ago, updating my gear. i raised my hp/mana from 483/1403 to about 600/1600 with a few stragetically-selected upgrades. plus i got a black swashbuckler's shirt :) tres sexy!
i am 24 now, talents re-specced to 5xImproved Arcane Missiles, 5xConcentration, 1x Evocation & 4x Improved Fireball. i already know where my next 6 points are going: 1 last point in Imp Fireball, then 5 into Imp Arcane Explosion :) fun fun fun. looks like i'll be going fire/arcane at least until about 40, then seeing how things go from there.
Post by: Whorhay on 21 Jan 2005, 20:13
Post by: jeph on 21 Jan 2005, 21:44
Quote from: 3Z3VH
Jeph... my biggest suggestion for you once you hit about Lvl 40 ? Got to Scarlet Monastery !
This is my one niggling complaint about the game- all the best gear is in instance dungeons that I don't have time to do! Arrgh!
Post by: Whorhay on 21 Jan 2005, 22:03
Post by: stokage on 21 Jan 2005, 22:36
Quote from: Phrozen
Stokage, how is Earthen Ring? I was wondering because I always here a lot of complaining about every RP server except feathermoon. we get a lot of immigrants from the other servers as well in fact.
Yeah, before I joined I read up on the RP realms, and several people on the WoW forums had posted that FeatherMoon was the best. I chose Earthen Ring though because its East coast. So far my experinces have been good. Most of the players I have spoken with in game have played in character, and have been pleasant. Also, haven't seen any players running around with names like "l33td00d" or anything. Hopefully it stays that way as I advance and venture out into the more advanced areas of the game.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 23 Jan 2005, 17:52
And Instances are where the fun is in that game ! Getting a good group together an overcoming these huge obstacles is awesome :) My next stop looks to be Zul'Farrak... Yummy !
On another note, I now have a talent point in the top of the Combat tree, meaning I have Adrenaline Rush... for 15 seconds my Energy regen is TWICE as fast ! Bitchin ! Not to mention all the critting I am doing now with Agression.
I have figure out what my final talent build will be... It is specialized to help with the groups I constanly play in, as opposed to making a solo character.
My average DPS in Uldaman tonight ? 505.3 !
<3
Post by: 3Z3VH on 23 Jan 2005, 18:08
My new Mechano-Strider mount:
Found a place on the map I should not have been in the Badlands :D
Me and my friend killing some bad-ass Dragons !
My first solo of a Level 50 enemy (I was still 46)... only it was Level 51 ! Hehe
Some bad-ass looking Mer-folk in Azshara:
I just liked this guy's plane and decided to make a post-card shot of me waving :) Wish you were here !
Post by: Jiperly on 24 Jan 2005, 14:15
Post by: jeph on 24 Jan 2005, 14:16
Some of my guildmates and I are gonna finish up the Scarlet Monastary tonight (I helped the guild leader finish it himself last night). One more kill (Herod) and I get a truly bad-ass dagger.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 24 Jan 2005, 19:28
Post by: Jamoky on 24 Jan 2005, 20:10
Quote from: Jiperly
Can't touch this (http://www.steakandcheese.com/content/detail.asp?ID=16366&type=1&page=1)
that link is NSFW at all. It probably violates forum rules too.
Anyway, I'm very tempted to get this game, actually I'm proud of myself for not buying it yet. I guess I'll wait till all of the server-overloading stuff blows over and then get myself a copy.
Post by: Jiperly on 24 Jan 2005, 20:11
Yes, the website does contain pornogrpahic material, but i did not focus on it. If you go into the adult sections, i take no responsiblity.
Post by: est on 24 Jan 2005, 20:53
also: i started a new character after talking to you last night, Jeph. Malachias, NE Priest. sixth character. i suck so badly.
gonna make it a herbalist/skinner, probably. or maybe herbalist/enchanter. we'll see how it goes. if so, then i guess i'll move my Paladin back to miner/blacksmith.
this is my first NE character though, so it's fun running around in a new area.
Post by: raldath on 25 Jan 2005, 01:16
Post by: 3Z3VH on 25 Jan 2005, 10:38
Post by: Proto on 25 Jan 2005, 12:15
Hi! My name is Proto, and I'm a WoW addict. Also a QC addict. So I registered an account just for this thread.
I play on Earthen Ring because I, too, am a roleplay nerd. I run an RP guild called The Knights of Medivh, look me up if you can't find any good roleplayers on Earthen Ring. I'm slowly absorbing them all. >:3
Er, yes. I have way too many characters, let's go through the list.
- Dyrnthal: Night Elf Druid, level 41. Main character.
- Taryndra: Human Warlock, level 18. Tailor and occasional muse.
- Kurimatsu: Troll Mage, level 20. Main Horde alt.
- Tyrielle: Night Elf Warrior, level 9. No real purpose.
- Garothyn: Tauren Hunter, negligible level. Random alt.
- Rakshaw: Undead Warlock, negligible level. Also random.
- Gryfthin: Dwarf Paladin, negligible level. Nerfbound.
- Gonflobbin: Gnome Mage, negligible level. Has a skullet.
- Magrok: Orc Rogue, negligible level. Has stubble.
- Bergeron: Human Mage, negligible level. Made to simulate IRL me.[/list:u]
This concludes my Earthen Ring characters. Elsewhere I have another Rakshaw on Mannoroth, Warlock at level 9, and I made a Night Elf priest named Galamand once when my server was down, I think he's on Feathermoon.
*Cough*
And for any Earthen Ring players who might be interested, Dyrnthal is an herbalist/alchemist with an Alchemy skill of just over 230. Taryndra is a Tailor who's just broken into the wide world of wool. Send me your wool, Earthlings.
Post by: jeph on 26 Jan 2005, 00:09
(http://www.questionablecontent.net/images/aq38.jpg)
The big dagger is my afforementioned Black Menace, and I also managed to pick up a Ziggler at the auction house tonight as well. Woot!
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 09:48
I wish the plans for the Ebon Shiv didn't require you to complete the Scholomance quests to get them ! I mean a level 46 dagger and you need to complete a Level 62 quest to get their plans, which are bind-on-pickup so you can't even sell them to someone who can use them ?! What a dumb idea ! Now the only use for those plans is for Level 60 people to make money selling the daggers, only they use ore that is mined in Level-40sville, where the 60s couldn't arse themselves to hang out and mine. Argh ! Throw those plans someplace useful, like the end of Uldaman.
Me and my buds just completed Uldaman last night. I mean, sure, I thought I had finished it before and all I needed was this green quest for gems... that is until I got those gems and was told I needed a power core for the necklace. Holy HECK was the final end guy to Uldaman HUGE ! There was also this kick-ass chamber after we killed him that had a Time-Machine-esque Mainframe-ish thing that told all about the history of the dwarves on this world and even hinted at the fact that there are others like it that will teach you the origins of the other species on the world. Such an awesome addition to the game. As usual, I have a couple screenshots of it that I will post up when I get home.
Also, I went poking around in Thotbott (http://thotbott.com) looking for what armor I wanted to replace my Nightscape set, and have decided that I will start collecting Wicked Leather armour as I find the plans for my Leatherworking guildmate. But while I was looking those up I found an even better chestpiece that I had to quest for (which is why I fought those 2 Level 50 Elite dragons in the screenshot above). I recommend each and every rogue around level 46-54 get the Blazewind Breastplate from the quests in Badlands ! I have not seen anything CLOSE that I can wear for another 8 levels. It is 148 armor, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina, and +23 (!!!!) Agility !
On another note... Only one more day !!!! (ARGH !) I went farming in Felwood for something called Felcloth, which is one step above Runecloth, and is the major component of something called a Mooncloth Bag (16 slot baybee !) Problem is, it takes 2 Felcloth, and my Tailor friend can make a Mooncloth... but to make it into Mooncloth, he needs to purify those two Felcloth in a Moonwell, then wait 4 DAYS to make another ! Damnit ! So yeah, one more day and he can make the second Mooncloth my Mooncloth bag requires ! Yay ! And on the note of bags... Finishing the Uldaman quests gave me a 14 slot ! It is to the point my bags even cover up my compass with the UI set to super small mode at 1280x1024 ! Yikes !
Post by: Whorhay on 26 Jan 2005, 10:54
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 11:01
Post by: Whorhay on 26 Jan 2005, 11:13
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 11:47
Of course, if you have a good leatherworker, he can make you some 16 slotters as well :)
Post by: Whorhay on 26 Jan 2005, 11:53
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 12:31
And I actually prefer instances. Just last night I stealthed through the entire Scarlet Monastery picking pockets to build up my pick-lock skill. The sheer number of enemies per square foot is awesome, not to mention the fact that most of them will stand still in instances, unlike out in the open, where they like to wander. Not to mention the loot is cooler, the enemies are more interesting, and the groups you get involved with add a really awesome HUMAN dynamic to the game.
Post by: Whorhay on 26 Jan 2005, 13:02
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 13:48
As far as pickup groups not being able to take larger mobs, that is why I try my best to dictate the roles of each person in the group before hand as well. If you give a player their primary focus in the instance, and then maybe some individual task for a unique type of mob, they do their jobs much more efficiently, and don't get overwhelmed with things to do, only to end up just using their solo technique they are used to. Giving them a clear plan like "Your pet is going to be the tank, don't worry if he isn't doing a lot of damage, just make sure he aggros as many enemies onto him as possible so we can damage them" allows them to focus their ability on holding aggro, while we all perform our roles, be it healing, damage, debuffs, or catching runners.
The best example I have of this was the plan I came up with for my group in Gnomeregan. Anyone who has fought Thermaplug in that instance knows he is a bitch of an enemy to fight. I gave my entire group (only 4 people) their tasks and we beat the guy time and time again without issue, when it was only 1 and a half people (me and a VoidWalker) damaging him. Normally people would think "No way ! That would take too long and you would get smoked !" but what I did is told our hunter to just kill every one of those bombs he saw, to keep them off me and the voidwalker... with his range on his gun, and his pet across the room, he could take them all out without issue long before they got to me. Our Paladin, instead of fighting, was dedicated to healing. That is all he did was watch everyone's health and heal who needed it. The Warlock only had to make sure his VoidWalker was keeping the boss's aggro and keep his demon from dying, while running around the room pushing all those buttons. And me, the rogue, was tasked solely with doing as much damage to Thermaplugg as possible, and stunning him often enough to keep the Voidwalker alive. I don't think anyone in our group ever got below half health, and Thermaplugg was slain every time... because everyone knew their role, and stuck strictly to it.
Much like in football, if everyone just lined up at the line and did whatever they felt they could to win that down, the game would never go anywhere since people don't have their roles, and the organized team will whip the crap out of them every time.
Post by: Whorhay on 26 Jan 2005, 14:00
Post by: 3Z3VH on 26 Jan 2005, 14:04
Post by: AbsolootGeek on 28 Jan 2005, 09:36
even as a lowly level 6 tauren shaman, the game is amazing. just the environment itself is breathtaking.
i play on cenarion circle with my brother. i know most of you play on different servers, but i'm sure the experiences are much the same, so i figure i'll post updates about my character, hauntu.
here's to one of the coolest games ever!
Post by: est on 29 Jan 2005, 04:15
in case you don't already know, something happened between Fynx, Tunar & Whishes. i'm still sketchy on the details, but it had something to do with a disagreement between Whishes & Fynx.
i went on a run through the Deadmines with some guildies, so that one of them could finish the VC quest. Steriodman was there & rolling on everything, even the Bind on Pickup shit he couldn't use. Jett(?) was asking him why he was doing it, and he just ignored him and kept doing it. Whishes was also there, on an alt.
after the run i told Tunar about it, and she said she'd talk to Fynx. when i talked to Whishes, she said that the disagreement was somewhat to do with that incident.
so anyway, from the sounds of things, there was a disagreement, Whishes left, and Fynx started kicking people out of the guild so that she'd come back. then Tunar left too & he lost it. started saying that he was going to make a Horde character & hunt them down & grief them, etc. sounds like a classy dude.
so anyway, Whishes & Tunar made a new guild called "Shadow's End", and i guess i'm a member of that guild now, 'cos when i logged in both Est & Timmeh were de-guilded. if either of you find yourself in the same situation or just want to quit & join SE then talk to Whishes or Tunar, i guess.
edit: no, actually, just gimme a yell. they just made me a guild officer, so i can invite you guys if you want, hehe.
Post by: jeph on 29 Jan 2005, 11:02
UPDATE: Yeah looks like I got kicked out too. And Vaitork, and Liain, and pretty much everybody I've played with. I'll be on this evening so give me a shout and a /ginvite if you see me.
Post by: est on 29 Jan 2005, 17:04
ah well.
i will be on in a little while, if any of you guys are about and haven't been reinvited already then i'll do the honours.
Post by: Whorhay on 31 Jan 2005, 07:27
I found a sweet place to exp grind while mining for mithril and thorium yesterday. The mine in the Blasted Lands right by the road into Swamp of Sorrows. The mobs are all NPC's in the range from 46 to 48. The majority are Miners that are basic melee's, Foremans and Engineers wander about and are a bit tougher with the engineers using guns and dynamite while the foreman are straight melee. Anyways if you are patient you can always get single pulls, atleast I was able to at level 50. The tunnels are wide enough that I just worked my way down one side of the tunnel and didn't have to fight the mobs on the other. I came out with six full stacks of mageweave, a few grey weapons, a couple green items, and several gold in coin.
I also found a couple Imperfect Draenethyst crystals and one flawless one. There is a NPC in the zone that will give you a container of "junk" for each crystal you give him. I turned in my flawless one and got a box with a Cow King's Hide and some green bracer. I think there is a limit to how often you can turn in crystals to him though because after that the NPC would talk to me but not give me the option to turn in more crystals even though his dialogue appeared to encourage you to go get more of them for him.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 31 Jan 2005, 10:35
Post by: nothingwitty on 31 Jan 2005, 13:35
Post by: Whorhay on 31 Jan 2005, 13:57
I am starting to really wish that blizzard would ship copies of the most popular interfaces with WoW because I get tired of explaing to people over and over again where something is when it'd be so much easier to just send them a mapnote /sigh
Post by: est on 31 Jan 2005, 20:03
a guildy asked where something was the other day. i was like "you got Cosmos?". they did, so i sent them a map note, and they were all like "oh, oh god wow, how do you do that?".
that shit was actually one of the reasons why i got Cosmos. (well, to make map notes for myself, mostly, not to send to others).
Post by: Goat on 31 Jan 2005, 20:10
Death to all Night Elves.
Post by: 3Z3VH on 01 Feb 2005, 10:34
Uldaman
The end of that instance renewed the "Holy crap this is AWESOME !" feeling I had the day I got the game. You know the one ;)
Seriously. Do NOT skip that instance, and do NOT wait till you are too uber for it and just mow the end guy. The challenge of that guy makes it all the more enjoyable !
You will also have to get all the Uldaman quests, because in doing those, you will kill the guys who will drop the "Shattered Necklace" which is your whole reason for going to the end guy in Uldaman. If you do anything in this game, you must do that instance before you go higher than about Lvl 45. So bad ass ! (I may even post some screenies from when I did it, I will just have to be sure not to include the spoilers :) )
Post by: Whorhay on 01 Feb 2005, 11:28
Post by: jeph on 01 Feb 2005, 11:48
Post by: paleollama on 01 Feb 2005, 16:43
Post by: 3Z3VH on 02 Feb 2005, 09:05
And if there is anything I have learned about this game, if you ever fall into a routine, just re-make your talent build, and move on to the next level zone and it is like a whole new game :)
Post by: 3Z3VH on 02 Feb 2005, 09:12
Me and 4 guys from my guild last night decided to pester Tarren Mill beating up the Lvl 50 Guards there, and some NPCs from that town decided to try to kill us while we were recovering from a guard fight, which led to use murdering those players because we are way more organized, which led to them calling in their Level 60 friends, which led to us calling in another guild with a ton of Lvl 60s, and so forth. By the end of it the field outside Tarren Mill was littered with skeletons, rotting corpses, and sparkling bodies from the guards of that town.
PvP action keeps the game WAY interesting at high levels !
I didn't even get 2000xp for the entire night, but the fun was worth it. When you can no longer predict the moves of your enemy, because they are no longer programs, it gets your blood pumping a lot more :)
Post by: jeph on 03 Feb 2005, 11:08
I don't think I'll ever have enough cash for a mount, but whatever. I don't mind walkin'.
Post by: Keiron on 04 Feb 2005, 17:38
My main character is Keiron, a 41 Night Elf Hunter on the Mannoroth(PvP) server. I have a 13 rogue on this server as well, and I'm planning to start a mage soon.
I actually got my mount at 41, and I started saving at 35 or 36. I basically impoverished myself to do it, though, and my gear needs replacing soon.
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 04 Feb 2005, 21:55
level 7 gnomish mage on dalaran
Decahedron is the name
Post by: est on 04 Feb 2005, 22:59
![]("http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/est_xplosif/est_thru_world.jpg")
my alt rogue as a young 'un, learning the wrong and right way to dual-wield:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/est_xplosif/timmeh_fish01.jpg)
and then as a smooth and swarthy swashbuckler:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/est_xplosif/timmeh_swashbuckler.jpg)
ps: Timmeh is the angriest little man ever.
Post by: est on 06 Feb 2005, 01:36
it's not actually a weapon. you can, for some reason, just hold it in your hand.
Post by: Proto on 09 Feb 2005, 01:03
Quote from: est
he is well aware of the fishy nature of that particular clobbering instrument, yes.
it's not actually a weapon. you can, for some reason, just hold it in your hand.
Well, what better way to display that prize catch!
I just finished Uldaman today on my main Earthen Ring character, which was well worth the effort. And it got him 45, which I can't argue with.
Post by: AbsolootGeek on 09 Feb 2005, 13:28
I'm having a tremendous time playing the game, and I do so pretty much every chance I get. Most of the time I'm soloing, just building levels so I can group with my brother (who is upper 20s). But the most fun I've had so far is when I finished Ragefire Chasm the other day. My group consisted of myself, an orc hunter, a troll priest, and two undead rogues. Oddly enough, I ended up as the tank for the most part. We only died once, when the hunter decided to shoot a couple troggs from the top of a cliff, and ended up pulling about 15 of them to us. Otherwise, we tore the place up. The boss lasted about 30-40 seconds.
Post by: est on 09 Feb 2005, 19:25
was fun!
Post by: zzyzx on 09 Feb 2005, 21:57
Post by: Whorhay on 10 Feb 2005, 05:36
Post by: AbsolootGeek on 10 Feb 2005, 14:44
Post by: Whorhay on 11 Feb 2005, 04:40
Post by: Vaitork on 17 Feb 2005, 19:39
BUT
I am SOOOOOO finding the warlock an interesting piece :D it's just amazing! Being a warlock forces you to think a damn lot, and act quickly in the middle of battles, strategies, etc.. and i didn't have that as a druid.. Besides, trying the Forsaken story just gets me into such a different way to see the game, and I remember how it was at the beginning :D yay!
I'll get back to my druid eventually.. The guild disbanding also kinda ruined it for me, and Whishes isn't getting online as much as before so.. Better to start over..
OH OH, and the guild I joined is SOOO damn cool (Les Chants de Maldoror). If anyone feels the hype for roleplaying, I really recommend it.. It's the most idiot-free server I've played in..
Aaaaand im done :)
Post by: est on 17 Feb 2005, 22:29
Post by: Whorhay on 18 Feb 2005, 10:33
Post by: utmost.anon on 18 Feb 2005, 22:39
I figured if I wanted to do quests with not much real incentive for grouping, I'd just buy a console game.
I really gotta find an MMORPG to play....
/me sighs
Been through Asheron's Call, AC2, Saga of Ryzom, Anarchy Online, WoW, Conquer... probably more.. hell I beta'd or did the free trial of almost everything out right now..
Why oh why isn't there something that catches my interest... sigh...
Post by: Proto on 21 Feb 2005, 02:06
I'm not so wrapped up in guild politics, though I think leaders who frivolously disband are too proud, too self-centred, or both. As I started to play Horde more and more frequently and neglect my Alliance character more and more (who happened to be a guildmaster), I simply relinquished my title to the officer who had been doing my job for me. That way I can play Horde and not feel guilty, while the guild I started continues to grow.
Coincidentally, if anyone has any Earthen Ring characters and is looking for a quality roleplaying guild, both of mine are excellent: The Knights Of Medivh allianceside and the Ragefury Legion hordeside.
Post by: RaideR on 23 Feb 2005, 11:29
Post by: est on 23 Feb 2005, 16:59
Quote from: utmost.anon
I figured if I wanted to do quests with not much real incentive for grouping, I'd just buy a console game.
there's plenty of incentive for grouping. some quests, especially the elite ones almost require grouping. instances pretty much require grouping also, and that's where most of the good gear is.
you seem to dismiss it out of hand based on one portion of it's content, rather than the entirety of it. i appreciate the single-player questing because more often than not i don't have time to find a group. even when i do try to find a group, a lot of the time the people i find are either hapless newbs or asshole powergamers (or hapless newb assholes who believe that they are powergamers) and this tends to make me shy away from grouping more often than not.
if i couldn't solo so well in WoW, i wouldn't be playing it.
Post by: est on 23 Feb 2005, 19:23
(ps: what server you on, dawg?)
Post by: cliffkik on 24 Feb 2005, 10:18
Post by: Goat on 25 Feb 2005, 15:10
After a hard instance it's always nice to go fishing...naked.
Post by: Trollstormur on 02 Mar 2005, 21:21
300mining 270armorsmithing
warriors can use guns.
Post by: Spike on 02 Mar 2005, 21:47
Post by: Trollstormur on 02 Mar 2005, 21:49
Post by: est on 02 Mar 2005, 22:17
now i have to wait until i hit 35 to do the artisan thing. fuckl.
Post by: Whorhay on 03 Mar 2005, 06:43
My 55 hunter just got his schematic for the Thorium Shells. Now he just needs one more point in engineering ot be able to use it and then I gotta start collecting the stuff to make em.
Post by: est on 03 Mar 2005, 18:53
also: apparently i am like, the 3rd-best (http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?f=p;race=Dwarf;race=Gnome;race=Human;race=Night%20Elf;race=Orc;race=Tauren;race=Troll;race=Undead;class=Rogue;name=;stat1=AC;c1=gt;v1=500;stat2=;c2=gt;v2=;stat3=;c3=gt;v3=;stat4=;c4=gt;v4=;stat5=;c5=gt;v5=;stat6=;c6=gt;v6=;stat7=;c7=gt;v7=;minl=23;maxl=23;server=;co=Name;co=Level;co=Class;co=Race;co=Guild;co=Server;co=Stats;co=AC;co=Health;co=Strength;co=Agility;co=Stamina;co=Intellect;co=Spirit;sort=total_stats) equipped lvl 23 rogue running Cosmos (on total stats), and i'm on top on AC (http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?f=p;race=Dwarf;race=Gnome;race=Human;race=Night%20Elf;race=Orc;race=Tauren;race=Troll;race=Undead;class=Rogue;name=;stat1=AC;c1=gt;v1=500;stat2=;c2=gt;v2=;stat3=;c3=gt;v3=;stat4=;c4=gt;v4=;stat5=;c5=gt;v5=;stat6=;c6=gt;v6=;stat7=;c7=gt;v7=;minl=23;maxl=23;server=;co=Name;co=Level;co=Class;co=Race;co=Guild;co=Server;co=Stats;co=AC;co=Health;co=Strength;co=Agility;co=Stamina;co=Intellect;co=Spirit;sort=total_ac).
i guess, though, that that is completely misleading, as my stats seem to be bulked up by a heavy spirit boost. i have no idea why, as i am constantly looking for STR/AGI/STA equipment. also, the two dudes above me have a fair bit of stat boost from enchantments, which i have none of. hmm, maybe it's something that i should be looking into.
next on my "to-do" list is a Deadmines run in order to kill Van Cleef & get the Tunic of Westfall, as well as (hopefully) picking up the cloak he drops. :D
edit: funny thing - when you change the search to include other levels (say, 22 for example) you get a few profiles that are wiggedy-wack. ie: they say they are level 22 rogues, but they are wielding weapons that you need to be lvl 53 to wield, etc. very strange.
Post by: cheesepie on 03 Mar 2005, 21:20
so i made a warrior. a gnome warrior. a female gnome warrior.
named frank
lol shes a fun character......lvl 20 right now.....just did deadmines and finished up loch modan/westfall.
good times
i think pintsize should play WoW.
Post by: est on 04 Mar 2005, 18:16
i have a feeling that i'm going to go back to Loch Modan & finish those green quests off before they turn grey, then maybe venture into the Wetlands for a bit to do some of the lower-level quests in there before returning to to the rest of the Redridge quests once they are green.
melee characters seem to churn through green stuff a lot quicker than mages. with my mage it seemed better to do quests when they were 1-2 levels higher, or even to me, because even the difference between killing green stuff and even stuff didn't appear to be all that great. it's interesting to me to learn the differences between the play styles :)
but yeah, so i'll go through Loch Modan, first part of Wetlands, then Redridge, then the rest of the Wetlands. i am not quite sure where to head after that. by my calculations i should probably be nearing level 30 at that point. anyone have any times for where a level 30 Alliance rogue should be hunting?
Post by: Trollstormur on 04 Mar 2005, 18:24
also: got to 58 last night, gonna do some full BRD runs/raids & Stratholme and Scholomance raids. mebbe when I hit 60 I'll do some BRS raids.
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 05 Mar 2005, 12:39
Post by: est on 05 Mar 2005, 16:35
Post by: Trollstormur on 06 Mar 2005, 02:12
mmm
Post by: Vaitork on 06 Mar 2005, 06:46
Period.
Sorry Est and Aquinas.. Whisperwind is kinda on the back burner, like Shadows End member Phelia said once.. I've realized Normal servers are to be enjoyed until some point, then you HAVE to move to PVP or RP servers to fully enjoy the game again..
So anyway, like Phelia did, you are all welcome to join us in the Roleplaying server Cenarius Circle as Horde :D I am Vaitork, Forsaken Warlock of Les Chants de Maldoror, and I will see you there.
Post by: Trollstormur on 06 Mar 2005, 09:45
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Mar 2005, 15:58
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 06 Mar 2005, 20:01
i will be smiting you soon :)
Post by: Trinary on 07 Mar 2005, 13:03
Quote from: est
anyone have any times for where a level 30 Alliance rogue should be hunting?
Darkshire/Duskwood? You'll be able to tear through most of it at 30, but the last quests will likely require you to get a couple extra hands to help. I loved that area with my rogue, specifically the hermit quests and the Legend of Stalvan quests. Very fun story and atmosphere. Also, find a group and go own Gnomeregan around then. Fighting Thermaplugg was hilarious.
Post by: Vaitork on 07 Mar 2005, 15:48
Did anyone get picked for the test servers?
Post by: est on 07 Mar 2005, 19:07
somewhere in there though, i've really gotta make time to do VC to get my Westfall tunic, as this current one just isn't cutting it anymore, and i don't want to pay for something when i could get a really nice one for free.
Post by: Trinary on 08 Mar 2005, 13:20
Post by: est on 08 Mar 2005, 22:00
Post by: est on 16 Mar 2005, 04:56
got online, checked mail - something small sold at AH for 1gold. this was pretty cool!
went into the Angerfang Orc camp, cleared the way to Nek'rosh (lvl 32 elite) and killed him solo. i am level 31, so it felt kinda good to be able to kill an elite mob a level higher than me :D
i finish off a quest in the Wetlands, then head back to town & find that another thing i put on the AH (that was fairly easy to get) sold for like, 3.5g.
hoorays!
Post by: FreshJive787 on 23 Mar 2005, 00:42
Post by: est on 23 Mar 2005, 03:49
Post by: FreshJive787 on 23 Mar 2005, 12:19
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 24 Mar 2005, 17:35
Post by: Trinary on 25 Mar 2005, 14:45
Post by: SeanBateman on 27 Mar 2005, 17:39
Post by: Vaitork on 31 Mar 2005, 10:19
To Aquinas: Are you the Aquinas I believe you are?
From Aquinas: y dood who u think i am???????
To Aquinas: Uhm.. Nevermind
:( what a let down..
Post by: Whorhay on 05 Apr 2005, 14:59
Post by: dannyboy on 11 Apr 2005, 15:07
Also: I'm level 18 and guildless by choice. I'm trying to solo cause I usually play weird hours and for short amounts of time so I don't want people to depend on me cause I know I'll let them down and cause I know I'm essentially useless until 20. I wish there was a way to automatically turn down guild invites though because I usually get hit with 10-15 everytime I walk into a town and 30-40 whenever I hit Ironforge to sell at the auction house. It's muy annoying.
Post by: Phrozen on 12 Apr 2005, 01:00
Just became guild master of one of the most respected guild on the realm Sunday. Crazy arguments and such drove us apart so I stayed behind to pick up the peices. Anyways. If any of you play on Feathermoon send me a whisper and maybe I'll give you a dink *wink*
Post by: will: wanton sex god on 12 Apr 2005, 12:48
Post by: Trollstormur on 14 Apr 2005, 11:12
it's a fine weapon.
Post by: cheesepie on 17 Apr 2005, 11:36
So I made a warrior
He's lvl 42 right now, and he's making so much more money, and is so much more useful than my rogue
I love it.
I have 5000 armor
and it's a female gnome
named Octopad
after the song by Yo La Tengo
Moby Octopad.
har har har har
loveme
Post by: joethemonkey on 21 Apr 2005, 18:54
BTW, First Post! :P