This is the first World of Warcraft thread for ILG

This is not meant in any sort of snotty holier-than-thou fashion, but can I just say that i am SO GLAD I never got near this game. I feel certain it would've eaten me alive.

based on the data from that one dude who data mined the armory I think that if I were to play I would have to be a fishing-obsessed troll shaman

named Belichick

I find playing a priest way more fun than any of the other classes because tanking sucks and dpsing is boring. Also it's been much easier for me to find groups as a healer than a dpser.

this is so true.

the server I am on is always needing tanks too, tho. mage is EZmode, that's for sure.

seriously guyz should i 'get into' this? where should a n00b start?

I recommend getting into it if you are willing to accept the enormous time sink it can become if you find that you like it.

I always recommend DPS classes to n00bs because a) tanking sucks and is not satisfying, and b) healing is also hard and you are more likely to be blamed for party wipes than anyone besides the tank. Mages, warlocks and hunters in particular are good starter toons; I always recommend Alliance because I know those races better than I know the Horde races.

can I just ask what the fuck DPS stands for

Damage Per Second, aka Classes That Can Quickly And Efficiently Kill Things. Some classes have different builds that allow characters to tank (aka soak up damage and remain alive, neutralizing threat to the rest of the party), heal (self-explanatory), buff (make other classes more effective at their jobs) or DPS (PEW PEW PEW DED). Different classes are suited to different roles but mages, warlocks, hunters and rogues are always damage classes no matter how you build them.

ok do i get to 'cyber' with hot elf chicks?

Yes, but they will be hot elf chicks played by 16-year-old boys looking to scam you for gold.

no change there then

I recommend getting into it if you are willing to accept the enormous time sink it can become if you find that you like it.

That is so the crux of the matter. I tried it, and I 'got into' it, and I found that I liked it, but I also found that I wasn't getting to sleep before 5am each night. So I quit, after just seven days...and even now, two weeks (or so) later, I'm having dreams where I'm exploring woods and killing bats and generally levelling up, and whenever I wake up after one of those dreams I a) regret quitting, and b) regret ever starting.

So yeah...handle with care dude.

Actually, hitting the level cap and doing scheduled raids helped me cut back my playing time; I now know when I'm going to be playing and exactly what I'm going to be doing when I'm on, so I can concentrate my play experience in a manner that I don't do when I'm in level-grinding mode. (Of course, I do have two alts that I really want to lvl but I am terrified of devoting the time to it because I know I won't be sleeping or eating all that much.)

so you're not at the point where your guild leader is telling you to grind for resistance gear for hours before every raid?

that's where we were when i quit. fuckin' ahn'qiraj.

Haha I only did AQ40 once; pretty much all of my raiding pre-BC was in Molten Core and I never bothered to get fire resist gear. (Also this is another reason why I like playing a priest; pretty much all I'm ever asked to do is heal. No special tanking gear requirements or anything odd like that; just heal.)

ahh, you didn't really need FR as a raid until AQ40, I think, for the nature resistance against the blobby guy. then again, by the time i quit the game, litereally nobody had beaten him, so who knows? mabe they nerfed him and you don't need to have all of those stupid capes from that stupid level 40 instance... what's it called again? in a mountain, lots of slimy guys in it? feh, never mind.

i think they got rid of that grinding resistance crap and replaced it with grinding reputation or something, anyway.

Yeah, the rep grind is a lot more tolerable because they tied high-level recipes/patterns to it, so you end up with something tangible you can oftentimes use to make money once you're done.

A link via Metafilter:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2008/jun/25/interesting.world.warcraft

Games designer discusses the geophysics of WoW. Sound a bit quiet/fuzzy. Features lulz.

just watched this doc, "second skin" about WOW and MMORPG players. pretty balanced, some absolutely depressing stories and some not-so-much. still, what a thing.

last week I read they're going to be selling RSA SecureID fobs to players for $6.50 to help protect against account stripping

they offer that for WoW but not for say Fidelity?

do I want to go work for blizzard?

I think that apart from anything else, they're going to be making money for the next five years, and that'll be handy over the next five years.

s1ocki, the everquest guy (who married the everquest girl)!!!!! that's all i have to say!!!!!! THAT FUCKING GUY! (in second skin)

holy shit

http://theinternetisterrible.com/wp-content/things/nigro-4d.jpg

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uh, WotLK comes out November 13.

!!!

And there's a list of changes from the patch realm already. The short version is <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/14/ptr-3-0-2-patch-notes/";>EVERYTHING</a>.

Oh, fuck a BBcode.

What are green and red things in your picture Cozen?

I think they are... watermelons : /

SO racist

I would just like to make clear for all future googlers and my mum that is not "my" picture

Wait, am I reading that correctly?

They're eliminating stun-locking?????

omg I may have a chance at pvp now if I'm reading that correctly ^_^

I think they are... watermelons : /

Oh my...

Hit Rating, Critical Strike Rating, and Haste Rating now modify both melee attacks and spells.

!!!

So I'm in Karazhan for the first time since February, half guild, half PUG. The main tank is a prot pally from another raiding guild who:

- doesn't know what gear he needs as a prot pally
- doesn't understand why most raiding guilds stopped raiding in advance of the expansion pack (duh new gear that will make old tier gear obselete)
- wiped the raid by turning Nightbane so that his tail knocked half the raid into the charred earth
- wiped the raid by pulling all five exploding ghost mobs in the room in front of opera
- wiped the raid by BUBBLING WHILE TANKING PRINCE

I'm never going to complain about feeling like an underperformer ever again. It was kind of nice going in there after not raiding for 7 months and healing like a fiend for most of the run; love love love LOVE the neck trinket from Sunwell!

pulling all five exploding ghost mobs in the room in front of opera

Leroy Jenkins?

Bascially! He tried to pull two with his Avenging Shield and ended up aggroing two across the room, which then aggroed a patrol. It was kind of epic.

He also pulled 2 tables and a waiter in the Moroes room all at once via a really awful pull but we managed to get through that.

omg FINALLY I GOT AN EPIC FLYING MOUNT

I'd like to thank daily quests and random epic drops for making this possible before the expansion pack came out.

/congrats

I think you have to get some new mount for the xpac though

Of course you do! I just wanted to cross this one off the list. (lol, just like how I got my epic horse right before BC came out; I really like to wait until the last minute on the mounts)

word on the street is patch day is next Tuesday

yeah, dan you should go ret, get in on the fun before the nerfs drop

A ret... priest?

btw, IRL lolz from a coworker on another server:
http://gizmodo.com/5061632/steelseries-world-of-warcraft-mouse-destroys-orcs-your-last-shreds-of-dignity-with-15-buttons

nice to see a WoW thread on ILX.

some RL friends and i started a guild a while back and we're trying to kill Illidan before the patch hits. we're praying the patch doesn't come out 'til the week after next because our last few weeks of attempts have been petty rough.

i've been sort of deflated by all the changes coming up - not sure if i'll keep playing after i hit 80.

i thought you played a pally, hi dere. the new patch is totally confusing O_o

ret priest = wtb monk class

^^^^^ this would be totally awes

On the other hand, some of the new things they gave/spread out to priests are A++ awesome; Devouring Plague for all woot! That mana regen channelling spell woot woot!

http://kotaku.com/5066214/mila-kunis-hearts-world-of-warcraft#c8444145

hahahahaha WAU, first the Vikings kicker and now this