This is the first World of Warcraft thread for ILG

i need to try Rift

What killed it for you, DJP? Isn't there some kind of patch coming out?

The ppl in my guild who organize raids stopped logging in and I suck at PVP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20110526/tc_yblog_technews/chinese-prisoners-forced-to-play-world-of-warcraft-make-money-for-guards

ok lol @ kung-fu panda expansion

???

haven't played in awhile

on the one hand: yes absolutely lol
on the other hand: ...why am I considering renewing my subscription so I can play WoW: Kung Fu Panda

the monk class sounds pretty dope, though; interested in seeing how that plays out, esp as a healing class

realized with horror the other day that i forgot to cancel my subscription and have been paying for it despite not playing for 6mos

I was paying 6 mos at a time so mine actually just ran out... 2 days ago?

and also tbh just read about the new talent system and i think it sounds way better---as someone who only played casually and had neither the time nor the inclination to research the "right" way to build a given character, it's nice that they've streamlined that process

(basically, since a lot of players with a given class/specialization were learning identical talent trees, because that was the "best way" to play that class/spec, they shifted most of those talents over to abilities that you automatically learn as you progress through the game as that class/spec. what's left over are talents that are more about personal playing style. seeing as how i got chewed out for not playing my own character "correctly" in a couple dungeons, it'd be nice to have some of that taken out of my hands. but maybe the nerds will be pissed about this training wheels approach, w/e)

why am i talking about this like i'm actually going to start playing again, sweet god

A friend of mine used to fill his rogue's bags with bandages and play him in dungeons as if he was a healer. Obviously this was before vote-kicking.

haha. i always wished rogue's had a spec to become dps/healers (it wouldn't be hard to do either! just give ability to increase range of bandages and decrease the cooldown and you're there!)

I hope monk healing involves punching people to life

haha I forget I had signed up for the beta for the new expansion

guess I know what I will be doing in April

Much much much much crying in the forums by people who bought the yearly pass to get guaranteed MoP beta access and didn't get in first in the first wave of beta invites first first first and also people who didn't even buy the pass are also getting beta invites why does god hate them?

Blizzard seem to be really enjoying the opportunity to push out end-game content - after they turned the entire lvl 1-60 world over last time and people went "meh", they're pretty loud about being able to put everything where most people will see it.

<a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/4637611";>A Night in Mists of Pandaria</a>

Bah

man I really need to get my act together and replace my computer so I have something to install this upon

has anyone played lately? Was Pandaria fun? I'm suddenly tempted to stick my head in again, just run around, see the old places, level a bit, try a monk. (I don't even have time for that tbh)

I'm tempted by the new expansion but I haven't played in 2 years

i don't think i went back in after i last posted. Three-and-a-bit years clean.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fix-warlords-draenor-server-lag/jQDhZSB5

Is "Fire and Fury" a World of Warcraft mission that a dedicated player would know by name? Is it noteworthy in some respect?

sup 8.0.1

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Anyone play? This is my third time in a decade of trialing a month, giving wow classic a go. I have always enjoyed the month, but then the tug of life gets a hold of me and I realise I don't have it in me to commit the time this game demands. Maybe playing for a month every three or so years is what I am made for?

Come play w/ me, I'm on the US servers I think?

I did a month about a year ago and it was a blast - just tore through 10 years of expansions & got basically up to date (I bought Shadowlands iirc). I don't have the time now & I think there wouldn't be the same rush of novelty tearing through zone after zone & fiddling with garrisons, order halls etc (oh and op blasting thru instances solo). But I'd certainly do another month if I did have more free time - it was so relaxing or comforting finding the rhythm of it again.

I started playing WoW Classic with coworkers and then everyone quit again after like 3 weeks