I've played an Undead through the new stuff up to Arathi, so I was definitely thinking about doing Kalimdor this time. I have the classes narrowed down to Mage, Warlock, Shaman, or Druid. Never leveled any of these.
Are the Goblins not any fun?
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Are the Goblins not any fun?
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Goblins are great, they are just really unique, which could be seen as a negative since their whole starting experience seems so separate from the game at large for the most part. I love the Goblin music as well, it's the same tune that plays when you hop a zeppelin to STV.
Yeah, i love my little Demonology Dwarf Warlock lvl 26.The demon form is cool, but i lose demonic fury so fast since i got the passive that change Shadow Bolt to some instant spell. That thing drains Demonic Fury so fast!
But is it just me or Soul Fire just suck? The cast time is way too long and it barely does more damage than whatever Shadow Bolt is called in Demon form. Oh well, maybe it will get better in later lvls.
You should only cast Soul Fire when Molten Core procs, but you get that at 69.
Robin64
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Oh if you haven't done goblin, then definitely do that. I had just assumed you had as practically everyone rushed out to do the goblin zones. Honestly, those are amazing. Kezan -> Lost Isles -> Azshara -> Ashenvale -> Stonetalon. HELL YES. This is a good route. Maybe one of the best.
I can't read it since its blocked at work, is it the same thing as Pyroblast from fire mages where you get an instant proc once in a while?
Yeah, I avoided them when Cata started because I figured they would be packed. After leveling three characters to 85 and running that Undead through the new stuff (Forsaken lorewhore here), I was burned out and never got around to them.
And you got Decimation, similar to warriors Execute.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I've never actually been able to finish Stonetalon - I always outlevel before I've gone through the entire story. It is a very good story though, and it's interesting, since you get a taste of what some higher level content is like at a low level. Sort of like a more polished Ghostlands (which is still pretty good.)
And I forget what the current Ashenvale is like at the moment. All I can remember is the old one, which was a bit tedious, but I did it enough as an alternative to the other options.
And I forget what the current Ashenvale is like at the moment. All I can remember is the old one, which was a bit tedious, but I did it enough as an alternative to the other options.
Current Ashenvale is a lot about Orcs VS Night elves, with them invading Astranaar and that Sentinel building near the lake. It's also a preparation for what happen in Stonetalon with the Goblin's "nuke" bomb.
Welp my hunger for more mounts never wanes... just got this bad boy on run #21
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Now to get that pesky drake from vortex pinnacle![/QUOTE]
Grats, I've been going for the Stonecore one lately on my blood dk.
A guildy just got both the stonecore drake and the vortex pinnacle one on the same day, lucky bastard.
The Lamonster
Member
ugh. If this is true hopefully it bites them in the ass. Blizzard is better than that.
DJ Lushious
Member
Yet Activision isn't. Blizzard is now owned by Activision and we should never forget this.
eudaemonic
Member
I think people give Activision too much credit for Blizzard's affairs. Blizzard has their company to run, Activision has theirs, and in between they need to coordinate back to shareholders and Vivendi's board. If Blizzard wasn't as successful as they are, sure. I'd give in that Activision has some secret shadow changing some business habits. But they're still pumping out successful titles so they've had no reason to be messed with.
As for the screenshots, it'll be interesting to see what the response is. I can understand why they'd do it... people breaking NDAs or doing something against the TOS and thinking they're safe by blacking names out. But like someone mentioned in that other thread... you can at least be open about it like with Guild Wars 2.
Makes me glad I never really had a reason to post screens anywhere though.
Wait, what! The hell. Crazy that they can't find more recruits. And DS was long, you'd expect the old people to come back. Sucks
Either way, they both can't be trusted.
IsayFever
Member
Incorrect, both are owned by Vivendi. The same company that's owned Blizzard for years. Hence why Blizzard still acts independent and has virtually no ties to Activision
DJ Lushious
Member
I much prefer my sensationalism...
Yeah, thankfully we never see the Activision logo when you start a Blizzard game for the first time. It would ruin all their nice intro cinematics. ;p
Well, CRZ is completely breaking the game. There is a small patch today that has introduced way more bugs than it was supposed to "fix". For example, in Northrend (working on crusader title, lol) SWain misses everything. I just got all the achievements for First Aid when I've never even trained it. And now, the world server is down for Northrend and I can't log into my main. All of these issues seem to be tied to CRZ. Check the bug forums. It's hilarious.
ain misses everything. I just got all the achievements for First Aid when I've never even trained it. And now, the world server is down for Northrend and I can't log into my main. All of these issues seem to be tied to CRZ. Check the bug forums. It's hilarious.eudaemonic
Member
Well, CRZ is completely breaking the game. There is a small patch today that has introduced way more bugs than it was supposed to "fix". For example, in Northrend (working on crusader title, lol) SW
Yeah, I'm discovering that cross realm is causing my PC to completely freeze up. It only happens during Dragon Soul (which was confirmed on Twitter earlier it was using the cross realm feature) and in other cross realm areas. I tried all the fixes (go to 32 bit client instead of 64, DX9 instead of 11) and it still happens. I really don't know what they're going to do considering the bugs are multiplying and the launch is getting closer.
Honestly, I think they're going to need to disable it pending further testing. While it seems like a good idea in theory, it's just not working in practice.
My friend who has the recruit-a-friend rocket with an additional seat told me that if someone else is with him on the rocket while changing zones, this guy will get dismounted.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It works just fine for most of the playing population. It's mostly a vocal minority complaining about competition for "their" herbs and then another subset of people pretending they have a clue how the game's engine works and what causes various things.
The Lamonster
Member
My friend who has the recruit-a-friend rocket with an additional seat told me that if someone else is with him on the rocket while changing zones, this guy will get dismounted.
Yep, I posted this a couple days ago and someone didn't believe me
Not only are they dismounted, but they are phased onto a different realm so you won't be able to quest or do anything with them until you both cross another zone border.Another bug with CRZ is that the game freezes for a second each time you cross a zone border. Extremely annoying.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yep, I posted this a couple days ago and someone didn't believe me
Another bug with CRZ is that the game freezes for a second each time you cross a zone border. Extremely annoying.
That isn't a bug. The game has to dynamically send or pull other people to your server.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Haven't experienced it (yet), but it definitely seems like they need to work all the kinks out of CRZ.
On the plus side, you probably won't have to worry about it in Pandaria fucking things up, as those zones should be full enough for the first couple weeks that it probably won't trigger.
On the plus side, you probably won't have to worry about it in Pandaria fucking things up, as those zones should be full enough for the first couple weeks that it probably won't trigger.
The Lamonster
Member
It's against Blizzard's MMO ideology. They have always said they are against zone border loading. I realize they were proably talking about loading screens but even a 1-second freeze can be extremely jarring when we're used to the seamless transition that had existed for years.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
CRZ isn't active in Pandaria at all, actually. CRZ is supposed to make the world in general seem more active. GC just said it won't be "on" in Pandaria.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Ah. Forgot (or didn't catch) that they mentioned that. Well either way...
Hopefully they get the bugs sorted out soon.
I'm sure you're sick of all the CRZ bitching, but that's not even what I'm talking about. It is, quite literally, making the game unplayable for a lot of people due to the amount of bugs inherent in the CRZ system.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Are you really going to try to use Blizzard's goal for WoW in 2001 when the game was developed as some kind of operational strategy that cannot be altered in any way shape or form literally a decade later? It's 1 second and for the most part, you rarely cross zone boundaries. It's not even 1 second, it's just a momentary frame hiccup.
Again, I'm not seeing a ton of evidence these aren't garden variety bugs as opposed to something specifically related to CRZ.
Random other glitched I was experiencing the other day. My game was freezing for half a second each time loot was past out to someone. This made doing Naxx extremely annoying when killing trash since people were looting all kinds of stuff and my game kept skipping each time.
Very odd glitch.
Very odd glitch.
Have you logged in today? These bugs only appear when entering a cross realm zone.
Enosh
Member
they should just remove the whole crz thing, test it thoroughly internally and then put it out when it passes at least some basic QA
don't think it's active for my server yet, didn't see anyone with a * while questing on my SP but a lot of people have a lot of problems, that is pretty much unacceptable, especially so close to the release of an expansion
don't think it's active for my server yet, didn't see anyone with a * while questing on my SP but a lot of people have a lot of problems, that is pretty much unacceptable, especially so close to the release of an expansion
Question: Friends sent me a scroll and I'm interested in playing again, but while I'd like to play on their server - I'd prefer a name change. Mostly trying to avoid any potential drama considering my Ex still plays on the same server.
So I called Blizzard asking if they'd do it for free. They wont. And while $10 isn't a lot of money - I'm not even sure how long (if any) I'm going to be playing. I'd rather not spend the money till I know for sure.
Is it possible to just delete my character, then reserve my old name, and ask them to restore it again? Seems like a surefire way to get a free name change.
So I called Blizzard asking if they'd do it for free. They wont. And while $10 isn't a lot of money - I'm not even sure how long (if any) I'm going to be playing. I'd rather not spend the money till I know for sure.
Is it possible to just delete my character, then reserve my old name, and ask them to restore it again? Seems like a surefire way to get a free name change.
The Lamonster
Member
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
scoobs
Member
my LFR group was rushing through the last 2 bosses lol, glad they cancelled cuz idk if we woulda killed hagara
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
When you move servers or accounts you always get flagged for rename anyways.