WoW: Dare I Take the Plunge?
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Topic: WoW: Dare I Take the Plunge?
Posted By: DeTrevni
Subject: WoW: Dare I Take the Plunge?
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:34pm
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So I've been wanting to play WoW for a long time. I guess finding a private server would solve the unwillingness to pay for a monthly subscription, but I honestly don't know how to go about finding a private server... Anyway, I was just looking over WoW's website. Holy. Freaking. Gawd. TOO much stuff. I have no idea where to start! Jeez, I don't even know what I want to do. Right now, it's kind of a tie between offensive magic (like a mage or a warlock) or brute force kind of things. What do you guys like doing? So yeah. World of Warcraft is a bit too big for me. Thoughts? Tips? Suggestions? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:35pm
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loser.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:37pm
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I love WoW. I play a Mage and Pally mostly. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:37pm
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Yes, play. I played for a few months and it was a blast. Finally, I got too busy and had too little time to play to justify the $15 a month. I was a Undead rogue. Right before I quit, I made a Blood Elf pally (or hunter, don't remember), but didn't get anywhere with it. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:38pm
| from my personal experience, having never played it but similarly addictive games, don't get into it. it becomes...well i'll finish this one quest and then i'll be done for the night...and a few hours later you've gone no where. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:38pm
| Pfff, my Knight Elf Mohawk will kick your puny Mage's Butt. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:41pm
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GI Joe: Well, I'm concerned about that as well, but the MMORPG's that I've played have failed to hold my interest, all the way from Runescape to Ragnarok to Dream of Mirror Online. I've heard good things about WoW, so I want to get a free demo to try it out. If it totally freakin' rocks, I may buy a month and go from there. On that note, if you don't pay, does your account go away? Or do they "hold" it until you pay again? I'd much rather find a private server, but if I enjoy it enough, who knows... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:47pm
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I'm going to make a different recommendation and suggest Warhammer Online instead of WoW. The PvP/RvR elements are fantastic as well as PvE. Not to mention the game is relatively new so your not that far behind.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:47pm
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Never have and never will.
I play PoTBS and NF... they satisfy my online gaming needs. ------------- 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:47pm
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You ca't think of anything more productive to do rather than play wow for hours on end? Is that really what you want to get into? ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:50pm
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I don't care about productive. I want entertainment.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:51pm
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Runescape baby! Actually that game has gotten pretty big too, and I've heard WoW is even bigger so I can only imagine how crazy it is. |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:57pm
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Don't do it. /Advice |
Posted By: vash357
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:46am
Last I heard, they hold your account for an indefinite period of time. I played alot for about 6 months, got distracted by a shiny object one day and quit for a while, came back after about 6 months and it's all still there. I had forgotten the fine details of how my undead warlock worked so I created an undead mage and only got to about lvl 13 before quiting again, lol. |
DeTrevni wrote:Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:53am
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I'm looking at an Undead Warlock. Zombies rule, and summoning demons rules. But I also like offensive magic, so I'm toying with the idea of being a Mage too. On that note: CURSE YOU VILE INTERNET!!! I'm DLing the 10 day demo: "7 hours remaining." Crap. I wanted to play tonight. :'( ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:23am
| Wait for Darkfall. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:36am
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private servers are rather pointless. You miss out on the sense of accomplishment when you actually earn things. When the server admin can just push a button, and do everything instantly.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:57am
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^^^ So you think it's worth the monthly fee? I'll give it a shot. I'm not too keen on spending $180 a year just to play a video game though. We'll see.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:58am
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Definatly give it a shot, I can give you a trial CD key if you want.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 5:24am
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How does the trial CD's work? Are they the full game for only a few days? I'm downloading the 10 day trial from Blizzard's site right now, but I don't know how extensive it is. It says it's only a trial account, meaning (I assume) that when the 10 days are gone, my account goes bye-bye. Will the trial CD key let me upgrade it to a full-fledged account for a limited time or something?
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 6:30am
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I play an undead mage, an undead priest, and blood elf rogue. I love WoW, the account would not go away from not paying, it would be put to 'hold' until it was re-activated
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 7:41am
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I gave it some thought a while back, since I was a massive WC2 fan and wanted to keep with the name.. But I never moved past Maplestory in terms of online RPGs......but that account just got hacked so now I've got nothing. ------------- ? |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 7:43am
| detrev- have you considered that new game spore? |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:20am
| I play a Mage. It's pretty entertaining. Not confusing at all, just play with the tooltips on and you will be set. |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:24am
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FFXI for me.
I haven't given WoW a chance though. ------------- 
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Posted By: AoSpades
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:50am
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Was about to mention this game. Friend has it and says he'd take it over WoW anyday. And yes, the game is new for the PC and i think only has Patch #3. It looks alot more simple that WoW as well just from a sitting back and watching view that i took. -------------  |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:24am
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The trial CD key will link your account to mine. If you decide to pay for the game, I get a month free. Also, your account gains experience at 4x the speed when its linked to another. As long as you roll on my realm.
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:29am
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I would seriously suggest that you look into Warhammer Online. I have heard nothing but good things about it.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:37am
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unless its warhammer 40k, no thanks.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 11:03am
As can they on regular servers but they don't if you are on a good private server. Why don't I get a sense of accoplishment by earning things on private servers? The majority of private servers that I have been on have been better than the blizard servers. Reb Cpl: The similarities to warcraft 2 are what drew me to wow in the first place. GI joes son: No, just no Also, wahammer online will die quickly with the majority of other games that are so similar to wow. Not worth the investment imo. (until warhamer 40K online comes out anyways...) ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 1:25pm
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Private servers= fail.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 1:54pm
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If they make a Warhammer 40K MMORPG, I'd drop WoW like a hot potato. That would be the awesomest thing evar.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 2:46pm
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Rogues are a lot of fun to play.
I wouldn't really suggest picking a hunter. I played one to 70, and for quite some time after, and I'm not a huge fan anymore. Ret Paladins are a blast to play as well. ------------- |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:22pm
Basically for mages, you can do a lot of damage, but don't have high armor or stamina, though you can get pretty good damage mitigation depending on how you spec. Frost = Good damage mitigation, survivability and slowing, decent damage, decent mana efficiency Fire = Low damage mitigation, high damage output, high mana efficiency, good sustained DPS Arcane = Low mana efficiency, very high burst damage (not very high sustained DPS), medium surviability/mitigation Right now my mage is arcane, I'm sitting at around 1000 spell power in PvP gear, and I'm wrecking people. It's great. Mages are a cool class. I've been playing one for nearly 2 years, and I don't really get sick of it ever. I'm probably going to level and gear my Paladin first in WotLK because I'm loving prot so much now. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:31pm
I'm still playing DOW and the expansion packs. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 5:02pm
That's an interesting statement, considering WoW was very simliar to Everquest when it was realeased. WoW was sucessful for a mix of reasons though: It came right at the decline of Everquest; It offered much easier, forgiving gameplay; and it brought along a number of new feautres and concepts, such as refined PvE and UI. Theres no denying that WoW has changed the MMO market drastically since its relase, the same as Everquest had before it, and even Ultima Online before EQ. So we'll see ;) It was definitely an interesting move to go against WoW with Warhammer. The Warcraft storyline is a direct ripoff of the Warhammer story line, but the Warhammer MMO will utilize many concepts developed with WoW. The game was released at the perfect time however, WoW is on its decline now, regardless of what players want to think. WAR is bringing a drastically updated PvP system with it as well, implementing refined scenario play as well as adding really fun new elements, such as keep and city seiges, and world-wide Realm vs. Realm play. Almost all the high rank WoW guilds have either made a complete switch to Warhammer or have opened guilds there as well. Although I still wish Vanguard didn't tank, that was a beautiful game  Anyway, Detrev, seriously, check out Warhammer before you make up your mind, its a bloody fun game. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 5:07pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 6:36pm
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Heh. I doubt WoW is on the decline at all with this newest patch and the expansion coming out. I've never seen so many people online as I have lately. All kinds of my old friends that quit are coming back. Warhammer isn't the "WoW-killer" everyone said it would be. I think part of the huge popularity of WoW lies in the relatively modest system requirements by today's standards. You don't need a massive machine to run it, making it very popular with the average user. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 6:38pm
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http://www.eve-online.com - http://www.eve-online.com
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:11pm
Not surprised at all that you play Eve, Enos. Good game. I don't think anyone expected Warhammer Online to kill WoW...it's only been out for like a month, hasn't it? Either way, there's no way Blizzard is going to lose it's market fast. They are probably the best creators of addict-centric computer games (examples being all the Diablo games, Starcraft, and all the Warcraft games; essentially every game they've made. Seriously, how many companies can say people play their games to death, literally?). ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:24pm
My brother is addicted to that game (although he plays less now because he prefers Warhammer  ). I never had the patience.Benji, I may have misused decline, my point is that its golden age is over. I'm sure WoW will maintain a huge fanbase for a long while to come, after all look at Everquest which still boasts impressive subscriber rates and frequent expansions. Many players are looking for the next game, and it may be Warhammer or it may not be. Its too soon to tell if WAR will be the WoW killer, after all it took WoW longer then just a month to pick up its vast fanbase. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:30pm
No, not at all Detrevni: they are Darur: it almost definately won't be. Though I agree that wow's golden age has surpassed. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: XtremeBordom
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 10:52pm
No way! You play Navy Field too? Whats your user? ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 12:02am
A 40K MMORPG? Proof plz... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 12:16am
Take a guess. Linuss -- TNF AZ -------------
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 10:33pm
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Sigmund Freud would like to have a word with me. I've found I enjoy MMORPG's more when I'm playing as a female character. Anyway, I've got a (male) Undead Warlock. I'm contemplating making a female mage, just to see what's up. U GO GURL! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 10:57pm
| Wait for Diablo 3. WoW is fun but takes up to much time of your life. |
Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 12:08am
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^^ or starcraft 2 i played a mage to 39 and quit. i say if you have other interests in life dont get this game because you might lose them. I reference to the WoW south park episode, you can't kill that doesn't have a life. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 1:28am
My friend played that for a while. I don't like the idea of waiting days to research something. Also, if your ship blows up, you have to start all over. Lame. |
Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 7:00am
It will pass, I'm not sure if you played pre-bc, but pre-bc it was the same thing, as soon as they released all the new content, the numbers on servers skyrocketed and stayed high, server queue's to get on and such, although about a month after BC actual release, the numbers went down a bit, so I'm sure the same thing will happen with wotlk. Yes, I have ordered my copy of wotlk. Yes, I have played WoW since the day it was released. Yes, I have killed C'thun. Yes, I am a total Nerd. Yes, I cleared naxx pre-bc the real way. Yes, I am a Veteran wow player. -------------
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 11:10am
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Heh. Old school cred. I played pre-BC, but I was only level 30 or so when BC came out, so I never got to experience any end-game stuff.
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 11:29am
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Starcraft baby.
I play online for at least an hour or two 4-5 days a week.  ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 11:32am
| You weren't missing much. End-game LVL 60 dungeons were just loads of trash pulls with barely any loot. |
Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 6:47pm
Yep most of the raid instances blew |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 10:53pm
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Crap. WoW is really fun. I don't need this... Oh well. Probably gonna buy it. Should I get any expansion packs or just stick with the basic package for now? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 1:34am
No, if your ship blows up you get podded. You don't start over. EVE is great game. Enos, skillet, scofco, and myself all play. ------------- 
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 1:37am
| While you guys are on your endless treadmill of grinding and leveling, I'll be partaking in meaningful PvP. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 1:53am
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Hm. Thumbing through EVE's website, that looks pretty sweet. DLing the free trial now.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 3:15am
Explain pl0x.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 3:34am
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HolycrapEVEisawesome! I mean seriously. So far, outer space exploration >>>> zombies that can summon imps. I love it! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 6:26am
Yet the boss fights and strategies were phenomenal, pre-bc > BC. -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 10:05am
When your ship blows up you get ejected in an escape pod. Only if your pod gets blown up do you lose your skills. It is generally considered very rude to blow up a pod. If anyone gets into playing much, PM me or Enos and we will tell you how to join our corp. -------------
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 02 November 2008 at 6:48pm
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