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Official NeoGAF World of Warcraft Guild and Server

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firex

Member
oh yeah, I don't care if it's CST or PST. even though I'm in EST, the main server I play on is PST... doesn't really bother me any.
 
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sevenchaos

Banned
Yeah I don't care what time zone the server is as I live in the twilight zone. And I'm really diggin' on the guild name. I'm excited doods.
 
Alex

Alex

Member
If anyone is concerned with timezone due to lag, Blizzard is making a latency reduction bit in 2.3.2, but you can apply it early:

WoW lags, it's not something new if you're playing on servers a bit far away from your country, but don't worry people are fixing it ! Out of all the methods offered to fix the lag on your machine, one of them posted on Elitistjerks forums seems to work very well.

<> <> <> Read this first <> <> <>
1 - It might have side effects, like slowing down your download speed or affecting your performance on other softwares. (In my case, it didn't change anything)
2 - If you're not sure about what you're doing, just don't do it. I don't want to be responsible because you crashed your computer in some way because you wasted your registry.
2.1 - Seriously, if you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. It will be fixed in one or two weeks anyway. (and the official fix won't have any impact on other softwares)
3 - If you don't have the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\ directory, you can download and apply this file to your registry.
4 - Windows Vista users might want to check this post too.

Source - Elitistjerks.com

"1 - TcpAckFrequency - NOTE if you are running Windows Vista this setting may not have any effect - a hotfix is needed which i'm tracking down. This works fine under Windows XP

Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu

Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\

There will be multiple NIC interfaces listed in there, find the one you use to connect to the internet, there will be several interfaces listed (they have long names like {7DBA6DCA-FFE8-4002-A28F-4D2B57AE8383}. Click each one, the right one will have lots of settings in it and you will see your machines IP address listed there somewhere. Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TcpAckFrequency, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.

You can change it back to 2 (default) at a later stage if it affects your other TCP application performance. it tells windows how many TCP packets to wait before sending ACK. if the value is 1, windows will send ACK every time it receives a TCP package.

2 - TCPNoDelay
This one is pretty simple (Discussed here)

Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu

Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters

Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TCPNoDelay, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.

Click Ok and close the registry editor, then reboot your PC."

Basically, this fix is deactivating the Nagle algorithm to improve your ping. If you don't want to do it you can just wait for the 2.3.2 patch as it's supposed to deactivate it too, but I don't think you can test it on PTRs right now because the updated patch notes from the latest PTR Build (7705) are actually for the upcoming build (7710).
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It's from MMOChampion which is probably the best WoW news site, in terms of just pure news/updates at least.

My latency was about 200-300 depending on the time of day and area and whatnot and it cut 100-150 off, very noticable and pretty nuts for 5 minutes of work.

Should be really helpful for Euro/Oceania folks too.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

Gold Member
Ok, server is Gurubashi. It's a PST PVP server with medium pop, with about an even balance between Horde and Alliance. I leveled Alliance there once, and it's a decent server.

HORDE SIDE.
 
F

firex

Member
man, I can't decide between orc warlock, tauren hunter, BE mage or orc shaman. although I think I'll just leave orc shaman behind since that's what I'm currently playing on Kilrogg (PST PvE server) and I won't just drop him entirely for the guy I'll make on whatever server we decide on. I'd consider a warrior since they are awesome to pvp with, but it seems like it'd be a pain in the ass gearing up + grinding cash for a mount as a fresh start.

so I guess I'm gonna go with one of the casters. what's everyone else thinking?
 
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Quagm1r3

Member
firex said:
so I guess I'm gonna go with one of the casters. what's everyone else thinking?
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I mentioned earlier, but I'm going to roll an Undead Mage. I won't be able to get on for about a week though.
 
Q

Quagm1r3

Member
ManaByte said:
The in-game voice chat is really not that bad, and it's free.
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Ha, I didn't even know there was in-game voice chat. Still, nothing beats the clarity of a vent server.

Just connected to the public vent server Icy set up and there's literally no one in there. Seems like an excellent opportunity if he's willing to pay for it.
 
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sevenchaos

Banned
I think I want to roll another Lock. Maybe try Blood Elf this time. I don't know. I'll figure it out. Anyone planning on hopping on tonight?
ManaByte said:
The in-game voice chat is really not that bad, and it's free.
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I was in the game earlier and couldn't find the setting for that. Couldn't figure out why. It works with USB headsets right?
 
Alex

Alex

Member
I made a Blood Elf Rogue, it's like the only class I don't have access to as a 70 on Alliance.

I'd like to apologize in advance for bringing down the integrity of our whole project!
 
F

firex

Member
all right, made an orc lock named Fhjull. logging in now since I had to disable a shitload of old addons I haven't cleaned out.
 
E

Eric WK

Member
I'll roll a character, but to be honest I probably won't be playing it entirely regularly, unless something happens to my guild or I get tired of my Warrior.

Aside - Tauren Druid
 
J

JoeFu

Banned
I wanna play too!

But I probably won't be on this one much, got another character on another server with a really good friend.

Undead rouge - Dondleroan (lol random)

anyways, this is my second character and I most likely suck.
 
F

firex

Member
oh yeah. I'm going to go tailoring/herbalism, though I might drop herbalism for enchanting later on (when I can solo instances and don't have to worry about the money drain of enchanting).
 
F

Flesh Into Gear

Member
I'm so bad with choosing a character and sticking too it :(

I want to make a Belf hunter but I dont know if i could live with myself after that.
 
B

BigJonsson

Member
I'll think about it since I'm trying to get my main on Anatheron up to 70 as quickly as possible so I can raid with my friends

I'm level 34 right now so I need like another month haha
 
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Flesh Into Gear

Member
I went from hunter to mage, back to hunter and now i'm a rogue...

The blood elf sneak animation is awesome though

So I'm on the horde, a blood elf rogue, and I have a ascii key in my character name. I truly have become what I hate most
 
L

lexi

Banned
So I'm assuming if you're playing WoW Mana then you've overcome the odds against you around Christmas?
 
M

Manick Joe

Member
D'oh and I just started a belf lock on Earthen Ring too! It's PvP too and I just hit 26.

Well I'm definitely in. Seems we're lacking tanks and healers (not a surprise) so I'll go either Shaman or Pally.
 
Z

ZeroEdge

Member
Ohhh Gaf guild in Wow, makes it actually sound good again. I played for a while with a 70 warrior and a few alts level 35-50ish but quit after I couldn't stand the little kiddies (after my main guild split just couldn't find a good one afterwards) but I'd be willing to restart the addiction with fellow Gaffers. Thinking maybe undead mage seeing as it's the only class I haven't leveled past 30. Yeah undead mage sounds good, think I will call him Blial.
 
Y

yacobod

Banned
best bet is to pick a high pop pvp server, just in case guild falls apart, ppl can easily go elsewhere, on low pop servers ppl get screwed

whats teh guild name?

or ppl's toon's names
 
R

RedDwarf

Smegging smeg of a smeg!
yacobod said:
best bet is to pick a high pop pvp server, just in case guild falls apart, ppl can easily go elsewhere, on low pop servers ppl get screwed

whats teh guild name?

or ppl's toon's names
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This server is medium, which is the type I usually play on with no problems. No official guild yet I don't think. Hopefully Manabyte (or someone) will form a guild or at least organize our names in the first post.

I haven't started a character in a long time, the leveling seems crazy fast now, did they fix something?
 
ToyMachine228

ToyMachine228

Member
I made an Orc Warrior...Not sure if that's what I'll stick with. I'm a strong Paladin and Rogue. We'll see. Would also consider a Warlock or Huntard because I've never played them before...Anyway, my Warrior's name is Broxxarian.
 
M

Manick Joe

Member
Started up the shammy (Mengus) and got to 9 in an hour and a half. Once we get enough money to buy a charter and such our name just has to be "Believe". It's too perfect.

Oh and boy do they old starting areas suck balls compared to what the belfs and draenei get. My lock had dinky greens and two small bags already at this point whereas my troll is all white with two greys.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

Gold Member
lockii said:
So I'm assuming if you're playing WoW Mana then you've overcome the odds against you around Christmas?
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No I didn't and WoW is really the only thing I have to take my mind of things and keep me around.
 
Q

Quagm1r3

Member
Scrow said:
kinda like how horde has cow humans

or humans with green skin?

or undead humans?

or humans with pointy ears?
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I think we can both agree that most alliance characters are much more similar to humans than most horde characters.
 
Alex

Alex

Member
If you want some good leveling mods, I'd suggest Lightheaded and Tomtom. Really, really convenient. Built in strategy guide + waypoint arrows/markers.

Quagm1r3 said:
I think we can both agree that most alliance characters are much more similar to humans than most horde characters.
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I might've sided with you until you knocked Draenei!
 
S

Spike Spiegel

Member
Hey, maybe after you guys are done organizing this we can get a NeoGAF Guild Wars guild up and running.

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:lol :lol :lol

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