CoG WoW Thread

[Hawkzombie]

You...you're rather bored right now, aren't you?

In anycase, WELCOME tortiekat!

[Blue]

My wife is sick and I've been home taking care of her. In three days I've seen just shy of 40 episodes of Wings.

[Hawkzombie]

Wings is the greatest sitcom ever.

You and I are now friends.

[Blue]

http://www.samruby.com/Villains/DoctorDoom/DrDoomChap.gif

[iHap]

Pretty new here, but figured I'd toss out my WoW info.

Main server: Garona

Svetya - draenei hunter (85)
Panacéa - gnome priest (85)
Aeraenlys - night elf rogue (83)

Also, an assortment of alts sprinkled around.

Welcome to CoG!

I am Sestuis btw.

[Zero]

You and I are now friends.

Christ, Hawk. Why don't you just wish he gets the AIDS?

[Hawkzombie]

I got back into WoW pretty much just because I wanted to get my achievements done for the holiday achievement :p...I really should actually PLAY it some more.

[J Arcane]

The subject has come up a few times of going back lately, but I don't think it'll happen. There's nothing to do. They've made the level curve so easy that you out level half the content, and reaching cap takes so little time it has essentially cut the game short.

I'd already done pretty much all cataclysm had to offer before a month was even up. It was good content, but except for the post-Northrend stuff it was out leveled so fast that half the zone would be grey before you were even done with it.

[Matthias]

The subject has come up a few times of going back lately, but I don't think it'll happen. There's nothing to do. They've made the level curve so easy that you out level half the content, and reaching cap takes so little time it has essentially cut the game short.

I'd already done pretty much all cataclysm had to offer before a month was even up. It was good content, but except for the post-Northrend stuff it was out leveled so fast that half the zone would be grey before you were even done with it.

Yeah, I had the same problem; I never made it very far when I played back in BC-era, so it was a bit of a challenge to make sure I got enough of the story quests to know what was going on and where to go before outlevelling the area.

[evilgoodwin]

I've probably put in around 20 minutes of WoW since January. I don't have the nerve to cancel it, though.

[SilentScreams]

I haven't been back since the 2 weeks I played after Cata hit, and I hadn't played for months before that either.

I think I'm actually over WoW for good. I simply don't feel any urge to go back.

[diablopath]

I haven't been back since the 2 weeks I played after Cata hit, and I hadn't played for months before that either.

I think I'm actually over WoW for good. I simply don't feel any urge to go back.

Yeah, I'm the same exact way. I haven't had an urge to play in 7 months now. I played for only a week or two after Cata came out, and I was really excited by the release, but I don't know. I'm just done for now.

[Exodus]

Warhammer and Tera Online are what I'm waiting for. WoW has become too boring with game play that's become stale. The game play just never grew Yeah here's some new 5 man dungeons and raids with encounters that are just a mish mash of everything they've already done with difficulty raised on the number side only to be nerfed with following patches. That's just how I feel about it. I've had a lot of fun raiding but the lack of guild housing and other tools to help run a guild it's just become too much tedium of becoming a quartermaster and an organizer on top of the rehash game play that just feels like jumping hoops.

Honestly I can't wait for Tera with the feedback in combat it looks like a nice change requiring skill that the average back of the bus MMO player who is just there to chat will lack.

If there's one thing I can't abide in games it's when you're trying to achieve something that's difficult but being held back by dabblers. I don't see how I play as hardcore, I play because I love the game and I control my character as well as I control my own body and when the game allows my responses to be as accurate as fast as I can think and how fast I can react, I'm happy.

[digitalErich]

There's another Warhammer MMO coming soon?

[Exodus]

There's another Warhammer MMO coming soon?

Only teaser trailers are available :\ there's more game play in last years footage but...hell it's not WoW!

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[tortiekat]

Hawk, Blue, iHap: Thanks! Ghostbear/Wiam told me I should check this place out, so I did.

iHap: I kinda figured you were Ses, considering Wiam calls you Hap on occasion on Mumble :)

Hawk, Blue: Wings was such a fun show!

I have my moments with WoW, but for the most part, I do enjoy it, and the camaraderie with guildies and other friends playing it. I get really annoyed though with the randoms and people not being happy if your group isn't steamrolling through everything. Hence me sometimes running away to Minecraft for hours on end to build (or attempt to build) stuff and kill some creepers :D Anger management, I guess.

[Hawkzombie]

Anyone who likes Wings cannot be bad. Period.

[tortiekat]

Woot! \o/

Yeah, good memories of watching that show with my parents while growing up :)

[bstiff]

Well I guess my account got hacked I guess. In the period of a few hours, I got messages from blizzard saying my account had been suspended for exploits, items restored (?), banned, then closed/permabanned. Strangely I find myself not really caring about wow enough any more to even bother to appeal this. Fortunately, I had cancelled my sub and deleted all my info just a few days before this happened.

[Uatu]

w00t got Aeonaxx!

[Squidbot]

The next expansion has been announced at Blizzcon. Mists of Pandaria (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2515-Mists-of-Pandaria-is-the-next-WoW-Expansion?page=3#comments)

[Ink Asylum]

Holy shit. They're doing a new race and class, plus the new race will be in both factions. And it's the Pandaren. Well played, Blizz. You've got me thinking about resubbing again.

[SonofSeth]

I actually really like our new Panda friends and by the time it comes out, I'll be away from WoW for a long enough time to make going trough it again with my shiny bouncy new Panda Monk fun again.

I was thinking about what they could do with the new expansion to compete with SWOTOR and GW2, how much they would have ramp up everything to make big enough impact. Instead, Blizzard decides to take this time when many people (potentially the most hard core people, the alpha gamers) will go and check out the new and the shiny to revamp the whole talent system, this time for real. They decided to give us feel good expansion, full of cute and cuddly things, pandas and pets expansion.

Pet Battles though, I hear there are some pokemon fans out there and results and implication of this are just too interesting to miss. Also, almost ALL pets are tradeable, this in combination with the flying lion cub experiment... i see a long and lush future for World of Warcraft.

[roboninja]

I want to play a monk. Very badly. I am really hoping combat with a staff will be possible, because that is something I am interested in.

[SonofSeth]

I always thought there were some great fist weapon designs, but it just didn't fit with my rogue, I always saw him as my bladed assassin, not a bruiser, but a monk, yes, I can see it.

[Ink Asylum]

They mention that monks only use their weapons for finishing moves, so I think a lot of their abilities, and perhaps even their auto-attack, will be using their fists.

[SonofSeth]

No auto attack for monks. They have energy builders and spenders, no auto attack though.

[IIntrude]

I want to play a monk. Very badly. I am really hoping combat with a staff will be possible, because that is something I am interested in.

If I am correct, I believe I read some Blizzcon discussion saying that the tanking Monk would use a Staff much like a Tanking Druid.

[Hawkzombie]

So Tank, DPS and Heal class? Intriguing. They get grouped with the Paladin and Druid now.

Any word on new character slots? Mine are full on my main server, and I'd go back right now just to reserve a name:

Jackblack or Pikofdestiny. Yes, I'm one of those. I was gonna be WorgenFreman but it was already taken :p

[SonofSeth]

I went ahead and reserved a name on the trial account.

[Pigeon]

They're talking about removing the toons per server limit and just sticking with whatever the max character overall limit is. Not set in stone yet.

[roboninja]

They're talking about removing the toons per server limit and just sticking with whatever the max character overall limit is. Not set in stone yet.

That would be nice.

[Hawkzombie]

That would be nice.

That would be. But then I only need 1 character slot to get what I want.

And a super cheap copy of the game up to WotLK. Then I can RAF again and get to 80 on all my chars :p

[BigJonno]

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[Squidbot]

So what you're trying to say is that they're bastards?

[BigJonno]

That's the overall theme of my post, yes.

To understand the pull that those fuzzy panda people have on me, you need to know that last night I sent off a photo of my ID to get my old mobile authenticator removed from my account. The mobile authenticator was on my iPod which died around Christmas time last year.

[Squidbot]

Disappointed there are no Panderan Druids. I wanted to be a Bear Bear.

[Zero]

Oh man, oh man! Look at what I just got!

Greetings from Blizzard Entertainment!

We’re gearing up for the forthcoming launch of Diablo III and would like to extend you an invitation to participate in the beta test. If you are interested in participating, you need to have a Battle.net account, which you can create on our Battle.net website.

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Thanks and see you all in the Burning Hells!

I went ahead and sent my info in, seems pretty legit.
*anxiously waits to hear back from them*

[Squidbot]

Of course it's not legit! They didn't ask for your bank details. Come on, man, get some net sense!

[UWCrash]

When you start out, the only attack that uses Chi is your Jab, which is just meant to build up light/dark power. If you equip a staff, Jab is instantly replaced with Thump (or something like that).

[violent]

Well, I'm back in. Currently working on an Undead Mage on Garona.

[UWCrash]

Well, I'm back in. Currently working on an Undead Mage on Garona.

It's opposite day again, right?

[violent]

It's opposite day again, right?

Today is normal day. For the most part. Now I'm on the search for a mini Diablo.

[Squidbot]

How can you get a mini diablo?

[violent]

How can you get a mini diablo?

The original WoW Collector's Edition.

EDIT: Or knowing a previous Blizzard employee, nudge nudge, wink wink.

[Knightsaber]

I dunno. I jumped back in a few weeks ago to find:

1) One friend left.
2) Guild gone completely, besides myself.
3) A nearly silent server.
4) A whole lot of new mind-numbing dailies.

Then Blizzcon came, and I read all about MoP, and I digested it in mine own brain. And I thought, and I thought. And then I pre-ordered the Old Republic CE.

I can't quite pinpoint why I decided that this new expansion signals the total end of my WoW career, but it does. I have zero interest in any aspect of it. I really don't know why. It may be the weird faces I made when I heard about pet-Pokemon, or it may have had to do with everyone I used to play with having vanished (I find this the most likely). It's hard to run a raid by yourself. And the Raid Finder doesn't count. And after a few days of getting kicked out of Cataclysm heroics (not the troll ones) as a holy paladin with an item level of 355...yeah. That's enough.

[SonofSeth]

I plan on buying SWOTOR too, but there is no doubt in my mind I'll be there when Pandas come.

I was in WoW the whole duration of WotLK and Cataclysm just broke me, like the first time when Vanilla broke me because I didn't find raiding fun, it was a classic example of burnout.

I plan to take this time to play soooo many other games and TOR, so that when Mists get released I can come back and feel like there are new stuff in the game again.

Pandas are cool in my book. Pet battles, well I did spent some hours fighting with those little remote control tanks, so that's where my mind goes when I think about all the pet possibilities.

[rein]

So I guess with the introduction of the Gaurdian Cub there is now a legal way to convert money for gold? It's a rip off because you never know how much the pet is going to go for on the AH but it is legal.

I'm back in but not really doing anything. Mostly collecting a few more pets while I contemplate recreating my original Orc Hunter that was on a PvP server that I will never go back to.

[LordDon]

"Hmmm maybe I should give that free 20 level thing a try to see what Cataclysm looks like."

Goddamn you Blizzard.

[Hawkzombie]

I shouldn't want to go back. I really shouldn't. And yet...

I haven't yet, but I'm actually tempted.

[SonofSeth]

I actually dreamed last night that i resubscribed.

[J Arcane]

I can't go back. I've been locked out by the authenticator system because of an iPad reset, and I just don't care to go through the reset process again.

Plus, the Golden Panda and the halfassed Cataclysm mean I don't really want to.

[Troggles]

I can't go back. I've been locked out by the authenticator system because of an iPad reset, and I just don't care to go through the reset process again.

Plus, the Golden Panda and the halfassed Cataclysm mean I don't really want to.

My authenticator's battery died, so I had Blizzard remove it from my account. Less then 24 hours later, my account was hacked, and my WoW sub banned.

[evilgoodwin]

My authenticator's battery died, so I had Blizzard remove it from my account. Less then 24 hours later, my account was hacked, and my WoW sub banned.

I'm sorry, but I laughed.

Those WoW hackers are INSANE. I actually got an email that someone opened up a battle.net account at one of my alternate email addresses. I should really look into getting it shut down now that it's been a few months...

[SonofSeth]

So, what would you pay for a game that gives you 231 days, 21 hours and 21 minutes of gameplay time?

[Matthias]

So I resubbed this past Sunday--yes, I know TOR just came out, but to be honest, I don't have the space to install it or the patience to deal with server queues. Anyway, I think it's the fact that I've typically played over winter breaks, but I was getting mad cravings for the game. I had never gotten a character above 35 (I never played that much my first go-round, and was pretty alt-crazy when I did), so it's nice to see some of the Vanilla end-game zones that I never reached. While I'm definitely glad that the system has been streamlined as much as it has in the past 4 years, I'm a bit sad that I seem to be the only one interested in seeing any of the pre-85 content. I know it stands to reason that most people playing are at or near max level, but I've pretty much solo'd the whole game so far, with a few PUG 5-mans and one run-through of Strat with an lvl. 85 guildmate. It also stands to reason that while I associate December with winter break and downtime, this is the season people are least likely to have time to play, so even the normally-active guild I found on my server has been increasingly barren over the past few days.

But a friend of mine was apparently talked in to subbing for the first time by a friend of hers, and when she does, I may be able to join them. I'm not really looking forward to seeing the first 30 levels for the umpteenth time, but considering my friend wants to be a warrior, this would probably be my best justification to try a support role. I typically stayed with warlock and druid most often, because they're both designed to be pretty self-sufficient for heavy soloing. I might even go really crazy and play a priest. It will depend on what the group dynamic is, I guess.

But yeah, in the meantime, my highest level ever character just hit 53. I'm Soultinker on Proudmoore, if anyone else has resubbed recently and wants some company. I would absolutely love to see some of the epic dungeons with people who are interested in more than just speeding through a random dungeon and complaining about every other member--I've all but given up on the idea of getting a solid raid experience for the next 32 levels, as I'm in no way competent enough with my class to experience raids for the first time in a LFR PUG.

That being said, the combination of the fact that I have owned BC since the week after it released and have never seen the Outlands, but have still picked up WotLK and Cata when they went on discount, and the fact that I am gainfully employed with no homework anymore means that I will probably stick with the game for a while to come. So yeah... come join me. Especially if you're a newbie or otherwise interested in the long haul. I will party with you the whole way through, especially if we can get the 3x refer-a-friend boost.

[Hawkzombie]

So I resubbed this past Sunday--yes, I know TOR just came out, but to be honest, I don't have the space to install it or the patience to deal with server queues. Anyway, I think it's the fact that I've typically played over winter breaks, but I was getting mad cravings for the game. I had never gotten a character above 35 (I never played that much my first go-round, and was pretty alt-crazy when I did), so it's nice to see some of the Vanilla end-game zones that I never reached. While I'm definitely glad that the system has been streamlined as much as it has in the past 4 years, I'm a bit sad that I seem to be the only one interested in seeing any of the pre-85 content. I know it stands to reason that most people playing are at or near max level, but I've pretty much solo'd the whole game so far, with a few PUG 5-mans and one run-through of Strat with an lvl. 85 guildmate. It also stands to reason that while I associate December with winter break and downtime, this is the season people are least likely to have time to play, so even the normally-active guild I found on my server has been increasingly barren over the past few days.

But a friend of mine was apparently talked in to subbing for the first time by a friend of hers, and when she does, I may be able to join them. I'm not really looking forward to seeing the first 30 levels for the umpteenth time, but considering my friend wants to be a warrior, this would probably be my best justification to try a support role. I typically stayed with warlock and druid most often, because they're both designed to be pretty self-sufficient for heavy soloing. I might even go really crazy and play a priest. It will depend on what the group dynamic is, I guess.

But yeah, in the meantime, my highest level ever character just hit 53. I'm Soultinker on Proudmoore, if anyone else has resubbed recently and wants some company. I would absolutely love to see some of the epic dungeons with people who are interested in more than just speeding through a random dungeon and complaining about every other member--I've all but given up on the idea of getting a solid raid experience for the next 32 levels, as I'm in no way competent enough with my class to experience raids for the first time in a LFR PUG.

That being said, the combination of the fact that I have owned BC since the week after it released and have never seen the Outlands, but have still picked up WotLK and Cata when they went on discount, and the fact that I am gainfully employed with no homework anymore means that I will probably stick with the game for a while to come. So yeah... come join me. Especially if you're a newbie or otherwise interested in the long haul. I will party with you the whole way through, especially if we can get the 3x refer-a-friend boost.

The boost is godly. Just get all of you together (You can have multiple people get the same boost, providing the main account invites each account in) and then just queue for dungeons. If you want to power level this is THE fastest way. Do quests and stuff in between if you want, to break the monotony.

[SilentScreams]

Playing SWTOR only succeeded in making me want to play WoW again and so I am.

Sorry Bioware, it was a good effort but you lose this round.

[SonofSeth]

Playing SWTOR only succeeded in making me want to play WoW again and so I am.

Sorry Bioware, it was a good effort but you lose this round.

Same thing happened to me, only I got the urge to resubscribe after trying the beta. :o

[SonofSeth]

So, anyone read about this Ironman Challenge (http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/02/07/take-the-wow-ironman-challenge/) thing?

I would do it if Blizzard made a thing out of it, with some achievements, mounts, pets, titles, something of that sort. What would be best is if you could make an "Iron" character with all the limitations built in, what would be better still is if they would make an Iron Server, that would be interesting.

[Hawkzombie]

That is insane. Really and truly insane.

And it's all kinda on an honor system, really. Who's to say you simply didn't delete the char, and then stayed logged off for a while to make it seem like you re-leveled them? :p

I have been wanting to go back, but just dunno...At least I got all my holiday achieves to get me the mount and 310% flight.

[Matthias]

That is insane. Really and truly insane.

And it's all kinda on an honor system, really. Who's to say you simply didn't delete the char, and then stayed logged off for a while to make it seem like you re-leveled them? :p

I have been wanting to go back, but just dunno...At least I got all my holiday achieves to get me the mount and 310% flight.

Aren't deaths tracked in the achievements tab? I suspect a screenshot would suffice, but the OP seems to think calling people out is against the spirit of the challenge.

[Hawkzombie]

Aren't deaths tracked in the achievements tab? I suspect a screenshot would suffice, but the OP seems to think calling people out is against the spirit of the challenge.

If calling them out isn't part of it, IT'S NOT HARDCORE ENOUGH.

I wonder if other people can check those kinds of stats out through the armory now, or if it's still just for achievement tracking.

If I still played, I'd be tempted...but then I'd also twink the character with all the best gear I could. And never, EVER, run a dungeon. Ever. One bad group, and there ya go.


EDIT: Honestly...I'm tempted to try it. Just resub and try it for the hell of it. See how far I get.

[Libuke]

If calling them out isn't part of it, IT'S NOT HARDCORE ENOUGH.

I wonder if other people can check those kinds of stats out through the armory now, or if it's still just for achievement tracking.

If I still played, I'd be tempted...but then I'd also twink the character with all the best gear I could. And never, EVER, run a dungeon. Ever. One bad group, and there ya go.


EDIT: Honestly...I'm tempted to try it. Just resub and try it for the hell of it. See how far I get.


You didn't read the rules then, you can do almost none of what you said.

[Hawkzombie]

You didn't read the rules then, you can do almost none of what you said.

Indeed I did not.

And Jesus...Whites only??

I am...intrigued honestly.

[rein]

I'm very tempted to give this a go. At least until the MoP beta launches. Heck, just doing the random character/class select and the single death rule would make it interesting. I'm so very tempted.

[Hawkzombie]

I'm thinking of starting a CoG specific one...with a prize for the first to 85. Think people might be interested? I'm also thinking of tweaking it a bit.

[rein]

I think I have decided to give this a shot (or several). I can't promise I will continue once MoP beta goes live but it should be fun for a while.

[Mashidar]

You know it might be something I'm willing to do, just say what server and I'll join up on this adventure!

[roboninja]

That Ironman challenge is not intriguing: it is impossible. I doubt you can make it past 30 without stat enhancements from gear.

[Zero]

That Ironman challenge is not intriguing: it is impossible. I doubt you can make it past 30 without stat enhancements from gear.

There's been a few that have made it to 35.

[rein]

That Ironman challenge is not intriguing: it is impossible. I doubt you can make it past 30 without stat enhancements from gear.

There's been a few that have made it to 35.

Well past 35. There is currently a level 80, 72, and several in the level 60 range that have not been flagged for deviating from the rules. Here (http://wowironman.com/) is a link to a site that tracks characters and checks for cheating. It doesn't disqualify anyone since this is a personal challenge but it will call out most deviations from the rules. Not surprising at all is that hunters seem to have the easiest time.

[Hawkzombie]

Ranged classes with tanking pets. Not so much a challenge, honestly. And are there rules about PET talent points? I'd assume it's the same thing as spending your own, but ya know. Even if you didn't, that's bonus DPS you don't normally get. Plus a buffer. If the pet goes down hard, you have time to react and run before you die.

I'll be impressed when a spell-based class gets it done with no deviation.

And as for being impossible...it would be boring. Not really the initial challenge, but the easy way to accomplish it:

Grind on non-elites, and only attack those enemies that are 1 level above gray for you. I would say until level 20 or 30 this would be a true challenge...but after that? The XP would come in at a trickle, but you'd satisfy the requirements of the challenge easily enough. And as a hunter? Forget about it.

EDIT: The more I think about it, the less I see this as an intriguing challenge as-is unless you add in some changes. Allow talent points. Allow grouping. Allow guilds. Keep the gear restrictions. Keep the 1 life restriction. Makes for a much more varied and interesting climb to the top. My tactic is really an easy way to accomplish this. Anyone can simply grind their way to the top.

[Ink Asylum]

Plus, hunters have Feign Death, one of the best ways to drop aggro in the game, possibly the very best.

[Hawkzombie]

Indeed.

I think we should come up with our own challenge...

[SilentScreams]

My challenge is to not resub to WoW. :D

[rein]

They do have a rule that pets can't use talent points but obviously hunters are still at an advantage. I was seriously thinking about giving this challenge a go but I realized that it would get boring fast with some of the limitations.

[SonofSeth]

I would totally do it if they made a special server for it, with special rules and limitations.

[Ink Asylum]

You know what would be a really interesting server? One where the Ironman rules are in place, but PVP is turned on for everyone, even members of your own faction, and you have perma-death for your character. :)

[rein]

You know what would be a really interesting server? One where the Ironman rules are in place, but PVP is turned on for everyone, even members of your own faction, and you have perma-death for your character. :)

No way I would play on a server like that. Heck, perma-death plus faction PVP would make for a bad experience.

I couldn't see Blizzard making a server with all of the ironman rules but I wouldn't mind a hardcore server that was perma-death with a few other tweaks. Hell, just make a perma-death server. Even with all of the gear and dumbing down of the game accidents and wipes still happen.

[SonofSeth]

No way I would play on a server like that. Heck, perma-death plus faction PVP would make for a bad experience.

I can't see how this would be a pleasant experience in any case, but that's beside the point. The bragging rights, the epeen, the ego trips, it would be legen-wait for it-DARY! :cool:

[Ink Asylum]

It'd be entertaining to see a bunch of griefers fight to be king griefer in a server where there are real consequences for death.

[Hawkzombie]

[Insert Mad Max Image Here]

I'm at work on my phone. :p

[SonofSeth]

[Insert Mad Max Image Here]

I'm at work on my phone. :p

I can't decide between

http://i.imgur.com/NE3dl.jpg

and

http://i.imgur.com/cni44.jpg

[Hawkzombie]

Brilliant.

[Widgetcraft]

Anyone want a scroll of resurrection? You get lots of cool shit for it: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/03/06/official-scroll-of-resurrection-revamp-details/#continued

Not sure you'd actually want to transfer to my realm, but everything else should be good.

[Hawkzombie]

Holy shit! I...i kinda want to do that. Big time.

[Ink Asylum]

Yeah. Those are some crazy bonuses. Why aren't they giving awesome mounts to both players, though?

[rein]

A character dinged to 80? I never thought I would see the day.

[Hawkzombie]

I for one welcome it. Now I just need soneone to play with

[SonofSeth]

I already have few people lined up, as soon as we're done with Mass Effect 3.

[Hawkzombie]

I may get in on that daisy chain

[SilentScreams]

:eek:

I'm not going back. No way.

Never. You hear me?

Yep. Just sitting here with my awesome willpower, not playing WoW.

[BigJonno]

I'm tempted because I really like the look of the Pandaren stuff and I never bought Cataclysm, so getting that for free would be rather cool. Not sure if any of my friends are still playing WoW though.

[roboninja]

Those are some crazy bonuses. If I got the mount too, I would already be asking where to sign. :p

[Hawkzombie]

The trick here is to daisy chain guys. That way we'll have people to play with, everyone will get a mount (except the bottom dude) and everyone except the initiator will have an instant 80. (Is this in addition to the xfer? Like I xfer my existing 85 with all my heirloom gear to the server, and then make a level 1 to pop to 80?) And we all just play on a server we all Xfer to :p Start our own guild and just have some fun with our woefully undergeared 80s haha

[Widgetcraft]

If anyone wants a scroll from me, just PM me with your e-mail address and I'll send it your way.

[Hawkzombie]

What realm are you on, HM?

Anyone on Garona still? That's where ALL my chars are currently.

[Widgetcraft]

I'm on Moon Guard. Like I said, probably don't want to come over here. I'm in an RP guild, I really don't do any raiding besides LFR.

[Hawkzombie]

What faction and time zone?

[Trogdor]

And Jesus...Whites only??

I am...intrigued honestly.

I need to stop reading threads backwards. :D

[Widgetcraft]

What faction and time zone?

Alliance and EST. I think the server itself is on Central time. I do have a Horde character there, though, a Goblin Shaman, lvl 81 (I think). I've been considering leveling a Horde character on Skywall to play with my friends.

[Hawkzombie]

I have alliance chars on Garona and about 15-20k of gold total right now. I have an 85 priest in decent entry level raiding gear and also have 1 of each class (except Rogue) levels 58-75.

[FreyaHawk]

No, no more wow! I refuse! I will not touch this game ever again no matter how many cute pandas they tempt me with ;_;

[anakin876]

No, no more wow! I refuse! I will not touch this game ever again no matter how many cute pandas they tempt me with ;_;

But what if they are drunken monk Pandas?

This makes me wonder - are they going to remove the drunken monk panda pets now?

[diablopath]

I would like to daisy chain this with somebody. I'd like to see my Druid hit 80, and I'd like to see my druid on one of those fancy mounts.

[rein]

I have a scroll if anyone wants one.

I'm currently on Duskwood. I would be interested in re-rolling/transferring a character on another server if we could get a small CoG guild going before the Pandas invade.

[Hawkzombie]

I'm tempted, heavily...but to what end? I mean we COULD try and get a CoG guild going again, but people here all seem to want different things. And I'd love to play with my wife (HEY-O) but she refuses to play WoW (TOR has her).

[rein]

I'm tempted, heavily...but to what end? I mean we COULD try and get a CoG guild going again, but people here all seem to want different things. And I'd love to play with my wife (HEY-O) but she refuses to play WoW (TOR has her).
I wouldn't even mind if we got a CoG guild going for alts (very casual and no expectations) for when MoP hits. It would be great if we could get something going beforehand. Maybe work out realm, faction and guild name. Who knows, maybe a few of us that currently play could get a few guild perks before MoP to help others that come on board. Like I said, I would be willing to either roll a new alt or pay for a transfer if we can make it happen. My current realm isn't what it used to be and I'm most likely starting fresh before MoP launches.

[Hawkzombie]

My problem is on Garona I have max char slots right now. One of every class (except Rogue) levels 60-75 and one 85 priest. I really don't wanna start over (I used RAF and dual boxed to get all that BEFORE you could do RAF to 80 -_-) unless I could get someone to RAF with me on another server and just Xfer my Main Priest. hahaha.

[rein]

It's gotten so easy to level these days I'm not worried about leveling new characters when I star over. It's trade skills and reputations that I hate leveling again. I will most likely transfer over a gatherer packed with some heirlooms and use him as the bank alt when I decide to do it. I'm thinking about leveling up my non killing druid and doing it with him if I am on the Horde side. If I go to the Alliance side I have one character that is currently only level 42 but he can act as a mule for a gear transfer.

Like I said, my current realm has changed a lot and I think a (mostly) fresh start is needed. I think doing it before the launch of MoP is about as good of a time as any since I will want to level at least one Panda and/or a monk.

If there are some Coggers that decide to come back or start on a new realm I will go there. I honestly have no preference any longer for faction. I've been Horde for the most part but I wouldn't mind creating an Alliance character and actually sticking with it. The only thing I am not fond of is going to a PvP server. I used to play on one and I found that world PvP just isn't that great anymore. These days it seems to be more about ganking lower levels then faction conflict.

[Matthias]

Well, I have a level 71 gnome Warlock on Proudmoore, if anyone would like to come join me. I think I have a character on Garona, but CoG stopped playing there right as I joined, so yeah...

[Hawkzombie]

I have no idea what Garona is like now, honestly...Seemed ok when I left. But starting and maintaining a guild will be difficult.

[Widgetcraft]

Still got a scroll available to anyone who wants one. Just let me know in PM. If you don't end up staying for a month, it's no big deal, I'm not super-enthusiastic about that mount anyway. It's a really good deal though, if you are considering coming back.

[Ten19]

This was kind of a misstep on Blizzard's part... there's not really any new content for me to come back for! No instances, or quest hubs or anything. I might be tempted if there was something new to play with but...

[Widgetcraft]

This was kind of a misstep on Blizzard's part... there's not really any new content for me to come back for! No instances, or quest hubs or anything. I might be tempted if there was something new to play with but...

Well, there is the Looking For Raid system, the new Darkmoon Faire, and three 5-man instances tied to the Deathwing's Fall storyline. Also, collecting transmogrification gear. I've found myself happy with the amount of content added since Cataclysm's launch, since I hadn't played it since getting to 85.

EDIT: Also Firelands instances, I believe.

[Hawkzombie]

LFR...does it work like the LFG system in that it actively finds you a group and starts it once there are enough? Like...If I wanted to get Molten Core done?

And another question: Does it ignore the CD like LFG does with heroics? Because if so...that's kinda worth it for me to go back to finally farm my molten core rep :p

EDIT: I'm fully willing to start a new guild on Garona for CoG if enough people are interested, or if we can actually decide on a decent place I will Xfer my main (85 priest) there if I can get a scroll from someone on that server as well.

I'm willing to drop the gold needed to make it a decent guild, and not be too strict as far as 'WE NEED TO DO X GUYS' and such. Who would be in for that? because to be perfectly honest I'm not going back if there's no one to play with *shrugs*

[Widgetcraft]

LFR...does it work like the LFG system in that it actively finds you a group and starts it once there are enough? Like...If I wanted to get Molten Core done?

Yes, though it currently only works with the top tier of raids. I've heard that they will expand it over time however, it's a very new system.

And another question: Does it ignore the CD like LFG does with heroics? Because if so...that's kinda worth it for me to go back to finally farm my molten core rep :p

Nope, once you're locked out, you're locked out.

EDIT: I'm fully willing to start a new guild on Garona for CoG if enough people are interested, or if we can actually decide on a decent place I will Xfer my main (85 priest) there if I can get a scroll from someone on that server as well.

I'm willing to drop the gold needed to make it a decent guild, and not be too strict as far as 'WE NEED TO DO X GUYS' and such. Who would be in for that? because to be perfectly honest I'm not going back if there's no one to play with *shrugs*

I'm willing to give a scroll, but I have to decline on the CoG guild. I'm already spread across two servers as it is, and on two factions on one of those servers.

[rein]

EDIT: I'm fully willing to start a new guild on Garona for CoG if enough people are interested, or if we can actually decide on a decent place I will Xfer my main (85 priest) there if I can get a scroll from someone on that server as well.

I'm willing to drop the gold needed to make it a decent guild, and not be too strict as far as 'WE NEED TO DO X GUYS' and such. Who would be in for that? because to be perfectly honest I'm not going back if there's no one to play with *shrugs*
I would be willing to roll/transfer if we can get enough interest. Like you though, I do not want to do it if we can't get enough people together to make it worthwhile. What faction are you looking into on Garona?

[Matthias]

Is anyone still playing on that server?

[Hawkzombie]

No clue. I quit a LONG time ago, and the guild I was in (Ghostbear's) all but disbanded when they moved to Star Wars.

And I'd be alliance side. Almost all my characters are Worgen :p

[Reverant]

Joystiq has an interesting article on MoP. I thought the information was cool, but I haven't followed the expansion at all:

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/mists-of-pandaria-tries-to-breath-new-life-into-an-old-world-of/

[Matthias]

So if anyone wants a scroll, feel free to hit me up with a PM.

[Hawkzombie]

I am still wondering if we can get a CoG guild going again...

[Squidbot]

Just got to Pandaria. Impressions to follow.

[rein]

I wish they would hurry up and send my a damn beta key.

[Squidbot]

Female Panderans are absurdly cute.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/linvuiet/WoW2012-03-3116-07-36-41.jpg

[Hawkzombie]

I LIKE EM THICK AND ROUND N JUICY!

...And such :p

[SonofSeth]

Pop Pop!

Can I get a hell yeah ;)

[Shjinta]

@Squid

The starting zone for the Pandas is really awesome. The music is what sold it for me. No matter how badly they fucked up WoW.. the music will always be top notch.. It's no different here.

[Squidbot]

It is, aye. The art style is gorgeous, and the music fantastic. The old race models are starting to look REALLY dated though. It was bad enough after TBC and Cata, but the Panderans really look good.

[evilgoodwin]

Tempt me not, foul Squid! I've been WoW-free for 15 months! I'm just starting to get my life back together! You're killing me! O_O

:P

[Squidbot]

I know! Tell me about it!
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[Shjinta]

It is, aye. The art style is gorgeous, and the music fantastic. The old race models are starting to look REALLY dated though. It was bad enough after TBC and Cata, but the Panderans really look good.

yeah they really do not hold up anymore. problem is, from what I saw, the Devs do not want to go back and remodel them.. which is disappointing.

[Squidbot]

Like they said they wouldn't add flying to Azeroth? ;)

[Shjinta]

Like they said they wouldn't add flying to Azeroth? ;)

Which was a dumb feature. Azeroth was fine the way it was.

[Matthias]

yeah they really do not hold up anymore. problem is, from what I saw, the Devs do not want to go back and remodel them.. which is disappointing.

Um, I think the devs have publicly stated that they are remodeling the old races. They made it sound like it wouldn't make it into MoP though. They're also rebalancing iLvls, to get rid of the ridiculous power creep between expansions.

[Shjinta]

Um, I think the devs have publicly stated that they are remodeling the old races. They made it sound like it wouldn't make it into MoP though. They're also rebalancing iLvls, to get rid of the ridiculous power creep between expansions.

Last I saw they would only touch the Ilevel if the player base wanted it in the xpack after panda

[roboninja]

Which was a dumb feature. Azeroth was fine the way it was.

People find the weirdest things to be contrary about.

[Widgetcraft]

I think they're planning on slowly remaking the original race models through-out the expansion. If I had to guess, I would say they'll remake one Horde, and one Alliance race for each major patch, likely starting with the Orcs and Humans.

[Hawkzombie]

Ok, is there anyone on Garona who has a resurrection Scroll? I'll take one.

[BigJonno]

Dammit Squid! Those shots make me want to play the bloody thing.

[Squidbot]

Just for you, Jonno.
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[Hawkzombie]

Camel just sent me a scroll. Wheeeeee

[Camel]

Camel just sent me a scroll. Wheeeeee
The free instant level 80 character is awesome. You can make a new character and level him up that way, so choose wisely!

[Hawkzombie]

I have several characters on Garona between 58-75. I have one Level 1 Rogue. I have made my choice :p

Or maybe I'll do it to my warrior...hm.

Does it HAVE to be on your server? Or can I make it anywhere? (Main reason I asked for someone from Garona lol)

[Camel]

I have several characters on Garona between 58-75. I have one Level 1 Rogue. I have made my choice :p

Or maybe I'll do it to my warrior...hm.

Does it HAVE to be on your server? Or can I make it anywhere? (Main reason I asked for someone from Garona lol)
You can make it anywhere, but you can only use the free level 80 and realm transfer on one character (you can't level up one guy to 80, then transfer another character, in other words).

[Hawkzombie]

Gotcha. Signed up, picked my rogue (Since it was level 1 it made the most sense to push it to 80) and DLing the client now. Getting my wife to do it as well :p

I am probably going to be starting a guild on Garona. I'm still part of Clan Silver Beard, but most (if not all) have left for TOR. And the whole point is to play with people you WANT to play with. Playing solo kinda sucks, honestly.

[FreyaHawk]

*mutter* Why'd they have to go and make the female pandas so cute? *grumble*

[Camel]

Just let me know the guild name once you get it started! My characters on that realm are named Meatsweats and Macduffman.

[Hawkzombie]

Once I log in and see the state of the existing guild I'll see if I'm gonna make my own or not.

[Squidbot]

*mutter* Why'd they have to go and make the female pandas so cute? *grumble*

I'll up some videos of the female panda later this week. They are ridiculously cute.

[Hawkzombie]

So the guild is still around, but as to its health...hard to say. On a Sunday durring the day there was pretty much no one on other than two people (myself and one other) throughout the day, at least when I logged on the characters I had in the guild.

I'm slightly torn, because I'm 1k from Revered with the Guild, and Guild rep is annoying to build up.

EDIT: Found myself a new guild. So here's hoping things actually turn out ok in that guild. Kinda sad to leave CSB on WoW, but my wife and I need people to play with :p

[anakin876]

Any recommendations on what to do to build guild rep, or anything to do at level 85 besides random dungeons?

[Squidbot]

but my wife and I need people to play with :p

There are sites that cater for that. Awwww yeeeaaah.
Stop hitting me.

[Hawkzombie]

LMAO...dammit Squid.

Anakin: The fastest way is to get an 2v2 Arena Team set up with another guildie. Win 10 matches a week wearing the 100% bonus tabard and you should cap ASAP. A couple of weeks and you should hit exalted.

[Widgetcraft]

I love how, even with some of the absolute worst maintenance times in the history of the MMO genre, they still have to extend the scheduled maintenance by three hours (at least).

[Hawkzombie]

Yeah, I know right? Still...actually solo'd Molten Core last night (except ragnaros) which for me was a feat since I don't really DPS at all :p

I really need to learn how to play better.

[Squidbot]

Pandaren with two handers look awesome.
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[Hawkzombie]

Yeah.....They really need to go back and redo the original races.

[tortiekat]

I thought I read a while back (after Cata's release) that they were definitely going to be giving the original races (and BC races, as well, I think) a major facelift at some point so that they can actually compare with the quality of Cata/MoP races.

[BLeeP]

I thought I read a while back (after Cata's release) that they were definitely going to be giving the original races (and BC races, as well, I think) a major facelift at some point so that they can actually compare with the quality of Cata/MoP races.

They have been throwing around that claim for as long as the Dance Studio has been talked about. I get excited every time they mention it (Taurens would look so bad ass >_<), but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Squidbot]

Well, bored mindless by MoP. No purchase.

[SonofSeth]

Well, bored mindless by MoP. No purchase.

That's why I'm doing the smart thing, waiting and not purchasing. I doubt WoW will ever be able to give me thrills and good times like the beginning, but it looks like I enjoy returning for the new expansion and playing for couple of months.

[Shjinta]

So Hawk you still on Ganora?

[Hawkzombie]

Indeed I am. Disinfection, a priest, is my main. Wolfram is the warrior I'm trying to level a bit, same with my hunter Deerstalker. And my Mage, Paladin, Death Knight...My Warlock and Rogue are level 80 though.

But Hellfire Peninsula is terrible. And boring. Ugh.

[Widgetcraft]

BC is pretty terrible in general. Nagrand is probably the best part.

[Shjinta]

Indeed I am. Disinfection, a priest, is my main. Wolfram is the warrior I'm trying to level a bit, same with my hunter Deerstalker. And my Mage, Paladin, Death Knight...My Warlock and Rogue are level 80 though.

But Hellfire Peninsula is terrible. And boring. Ugh.

Nice, Well I was thinking of starting over.. I can't afford to move toons. But dude, this is 2012 what's your real ID :P

[Hawkzombie]

...Shut up :p

If you need a scroll, I'd be happy to send one your way.

[Reverant]

BC is pretty terrible in general. Nagrand is probably the best part.

I think BC is pretty enjoyable once you survive HFP. The visuals are always what gets me about this game, and many zones look absolutely fantastic.

[J Arcane]

For some reason I have a strong desire to play this again, but I really don't know what in fuck I'd even do if I did. I had to fix my account to try the Diablo III beta, and now that the barrier is gone, it's harder to resist some WoW time even though I know there'd be nothing to do once I got it.

[SonofSeth]

Try the free 20 levels, by level 20 you'll know if that desire was real or just nostalgia.

[diablopath]

For some reason I have a strong desire to play this again, but I really don't know what in fuck I'd even do if I did. I had to fix my account to try the Diablo III beta, and now that the barrier is gone, it's harder to resist some WoW time even though I know there'd be nothing to do once I got it.

Y'know, I had the desire, too. As soon as I got into the game...I immediately lost it. I did a few of the same old quests, got invited to a typical start-up guild, talked to a few people, and lost all desire to play.

I forgot about it and got charged another $15.

DON'T MAKE MY MISTAKE.

[SilentScreams]

I went back about 3-4 months ago. I got a Warrior to 63 then quit. I was having run until Burning Crusade, but that big boring roadblock killed off my WoW revival.

[J Arcane]

So that whole "free until lvl 20" thing apparently doesn't apply to the regular client? Or is it 'cause I'm a returning player?

Rift's free levels just work.

[SonofSeth]

You add a starter edition to your account. You get to use the same login information, but can't play with your existing characters.

[J Arcane]

Anyone here messed with private servers in a while?

I haven't even touched them since the Burning Crusade days, so I can't remember any of my regular spots, and it was always such a bitch to find a server that wasn't missing seriously basic features like quests and mob AI, or that wasn't just some obnoxious PvP free for all wankery for dickheads who got banned.

[SonofSeth]

Heresy! Especially with the newly announced server tech that will pull people from all over your server cluster to repopulate low level areas so to make it look like it's full of people, always, everywhere.

Also, so they don't have to merge servers, EVER :p

[J Arcane]

Well, the chief motivation for the private server is that it's free, in my case.

Scroll trials are only 7 days, and I'd hate for anyone to waste their's on me if I'm not 100% I can spare the $15 to sub after.