X-13 Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 That's right. I'm considering going over to the dorkside. The only reason I haven't before now is the fact I couldn't afford it. [i've since realise I actually can... ] I recently picked up a copy of the WoW comic and the "Curse of the Worgen" mini-series. [it was cheap and I like the art style... and the story is pretty good.] Reading through it, I found myself dropping into my old frame of mind... The mindset which makes me want to do things, in this case get the world of woecraft. If I were to get it, I would probably get game cards... I've looked about and can only see 60 day ones. Although Blizzard sells 30, 90 or 120. [No 60?] Does anyone know where to get the 30's apart from Blizzard? Also, if I were to start playing what would be a good class to start with so I can learn the game? [i'm liking the look of rogue; Either Undead, Worgan or Blood Elf.] And are the players the kind that only see others as either worthy [Max level, best equips, min/maxing] or n00b [now max level, whatever equips, possibly dodgy/unusual build]. TBH, If I start playing I'm not going to try to get the best of everything. I'd rather play for fun than stress out over items.
siuko Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Have a look at Rift instead.... Played wow for years and have now switched to Rift instead... Found it loads more fun so far I've found the invasions the most fun - youtube of fire invasion Edited March 30, 2011 by siuko
Disease Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 If I start playing I'm not going to try to get the best of everything. I'd rather play for fun than stress out over items. If thats what you want then do not play WOW, itis the most item centric MMO out, it's all and only about the gear you have.
X-13 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 If thats what you want then do not play WOW, itis the most item centric MMO out, it's all and only about the gear you have. Well that sucks... Some of it looks cool. Surely there's people out there who aren't obsessed with having epic armour/weapons...
CAM Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 It's OK in a good guild that does stuff. Pickups are loot obsessed.
X-13 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 CAM, That's the sort of this I'm looking for... What's going on with the Edugeek Guild I keep hearing about?
Dom_ Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 If you do start - I find hunters the most fun, I picked back up when cata came out, and rolled a priest to about 65, decided I didn't like it so rerolled a warrior tank to 85, which was quite fun, but got fed up of dps afkers getting an easy ride... now i've rerolled a hunter (my main from vanilla/tbc/wotlk), which is far more fun! It's not as bad as the others have said, and with the new need/greed system and justice points/rep to grind for, it's easy to get good loot. If you decide to sign up, come to Azjol Nerub - Alliance (worgen), I'll sort you out with some cash for flying mounts and the like!
Rawns Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Well that sucks... Some of it looks cool. Surely there's people out there who aren't obsessed with having epic armour/weapons... I'm not obsessed with gear. I just like the casual levelling aspect and doing instances (however, you find that when you get beter gear and you kan kill mobs a lot quicker, you get the urge to get better gear!). I'm 61 at the moment and lets face it, if you come across someone on the other faction 10 levels higher, no matter what gear you have, you will get ganked. It's happened to me many a time. And to focus on epic gear, you really need to be lvl 85 and a hard core raider/PvPer Saying that, I'd recommend playing as a Worgen if you wanted to try it. They are part of the Alliance faction and I think just look cool. I can't advise on class really, as I've only every played as a warlock and a hunter. Both classes have pets and are more about inflicting lots of damage from a distance. Warriors, Paladins & Rogues are more one on one combat types, and look awesome at top level with good gear. Edited March 30, 2011 by Rawns
RTFM Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 To get upto a level of a decent raiding guild that is doing all the top end stuff is going to be near impossible if your starting from scratch (when i say near impossible, you have to get to max level, then start trying to build your kit with the easier instances before you could even apply to a raid guild, even then the top guilds want experience, kit etc). If you can find an 'in' to a guild that will boost you and then run you through some instances to get you decent kit then thats really the only real way to get into the top end quickly. I stopped playing WOW when WOTLK was released so things may have changed, but i doubt it. It will all depend on who you know and how much they'll help you out really
Rawns Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) CAM, That's the sort of this I'm looking for... What's going on with the Edugeek Guild I keep hearing about? Three people rolled on the server in the end and I think I turned out to be the only one still playing on it! Edit: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/gaming/68785-wow-edugeek-guild-casual-play.html Edited March 30, 2011 by Rawns
X-13 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 If you decide to sign up, come to Azjol Nerub - Alliance (worgen), I'll sort you out with some cash for flying mounts and the like! From what I've seen Worgan don't get mounts. They have a skill that lets them run at mount speed.
Rawns Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 You can get mounts form other races, but yea, when you reach lvl 20, you get to run on all 4's at 60% speed. I have a striped Frostsaber from the Night Elves. As a Worgen, when you leave the starting area, you quest in the Night Elf zones, so throw on one of their tabards to get extra reputation, and when you hit "Exalted", you can buy their mounts. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/04/wowmg_striped_frost.jpg
Dom_ Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 From what I've seen Worgan don't get mounts. They have a skill that lets them run at mount speed. They get a skill for run faster running, but have to pay for the skill to run @ 100%, and also to fly, and also to fly faster, and also to get flying mounts :-P My warrior is actually a worgen, but I went off their looks... They've changed it now so the mounts cost barely anything, and the skill costs a lot too.
GrumbleDook Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 I logged in to WoW the other day for the first time in 6 weeks ... I do miss it, but just don't have the time right now. I'm going to be giving it another few weeks to see whether it is still worth coughing up the cash and then I might go to the cards to top things up when I can. I haven't even really gotten into Cataclysm yet either
X-13 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 On the topic of cards, out of those of you who play, what do you use? Cards or subscription?
Rawns Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Monthly sub here. It's nice as I have to manually pay each month so if I laps in playing, I don't keep paying automatically when I'm not touching it.
Guest TheLibrarian Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) I am a casual player, not loot / item obsessed. I've been in a few of the older raids and a couple of the WotLK ones; but not very much. I find using the random dungeon finder to be enough, but more over I like wandering about questing and helping guildes where I can. I also like the archeology and collection professions which means my main is minted so if I really wanted good kit I could pay for it but the kit I got from dungoens and particularly finishing all areas in Cata is good enough for what I want. Personally I'd join a PvP server (and have done), it's great fun to be able to fight the *spits* alliance while out and about, not just in the battle grounds. Don't even bother with hardcore raiding guild applications if you want to have a normal life, there are plenty of casual raiding / social guilds you can get in to quite easily (ime). I've got an Orc Warrior, Orc Death Knight, Undead Warlock, Blood Elf Mage and a Tauren Paladin, by far the most satisfying fun class to play I've found is Warlock. I hated my priest so much it got deleted at level 12, my shaman went the same way at 6, my hunter didn't make it past 4. IME I'd say find a server and stick to it, that way you can pass items etc. between your characters. Edited March 31, 2011 by TheLibrarian Typo.
Rawns Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Personally I'd join a PvP server (and have done), it's great fun to be able to fight the *spits* alliance while out and about, not just in the battle grounds. Horde scum! /Slaps with a fish
Guest TheLibrarian Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) Horde scum! /Slaps with a fish Negative rep for you! You allie rotter! *GRIN* ________ No rep was harmed in the making of this joke. Edited March 31, 2011 by TheLibrarian JOKE!
Rawns Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Negative rep for you! You allie rotter! *GRIN* Which server do you happen to play on?
Guest TheLibrarian Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Karazhan mainly; my DK is on Azjol Nerub though.
Rawns Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Ahhhhh, thats OK then. If you were on Agamaggan, you would be in for a world of hurt!
Guest TheLibrarian Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Ahhhhh, thats OK then. If you were on Agamaggan, you would be in for a world of hurt! Most likely, I tend to lose most of my encounters. I won't Gank though; though I did once but that was because he attacked me first, 80 vs 40ish so I un-equipped my sword and killed him with a single punch.
Valentine Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 If you want a fun easy to play casual game i would also put a vote in for Rift. I play Rift and WoW currently and WoW is all about end game/items etc, levelling is just something you do to get there. Rift on the other hand is new for everyone, no-one really knows what they are doing yet and levelling and grouping is actually part of the experience.
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