ok, ok. Does anyone want to trade toons? I have a mage on a PvE server (elune) that I just don't play anymore. I would be willing to trade for a Priest or a Warrior or Pally with comparable gear. Just throwing that out there. If anyone is interested, send a PM and we can work out the details, if this is not allowed in my thread, then mods please delete.

link to gear:

http://ctprofiles.net/1925864

:D

I have a better idea. Sell you chars, make some $$$ and start playing Eve.

I still play my druid though! I don't want to get rid of him just yet...

Loatheb down.. here's the really boring video.

http://www.beautifulproject.com/Loatheb.wmv

Hello everyone, I'm currently trying out WoW due to that 10 day free trial. I normally play Guild Wars but its kinda been wearing thin lately. So far WoW is looking pretty good.

A couple questions though A) why does my display screen look so different than the ones I see in raid vids? Is it because I haven't joined a guild or been in a party yet?
B) Whats the cheapest place to buy a subscription at? I think I'd like to try out the game for more than just the intitial 10 day period they give.

Most people who raid use different GUIs for WoW, so their screen will look completely different than the average screen. I'm one of the few people who play WoW that use the default interface...I can't stand any of the UI mods. WoW is designed so that users can completely tear apart anything they want on the custom game screen and make it exactly how they want. It's rare to see two modded interfaces exactly the same.

Ok, that explains it then. Thanks much, now off to see if I can level my toon some. I'm only lvl 7 right now.

You can safely, happily and easily get to level 60 mod-free and you can really do all of the 5 man dungeons at 60 without any mods and never really know the difference. When you start raiding, there are a few mods that are all but required for purposes of keeping track of the raid and the various events the occur during boss fights so guilds often force you to dl one or two. At least for me, once I had one or two mods, I suddenly wondered what would happen if I had 3 or 4, then 9 or 10. The blizzard interface really isn't all that bad, it's just very space-inefficient. I want to see what's going on. I want to see my environment. Getting rid of all the extra art that clutters the action bars and map and unit frames and moving them did wonders for my ability to enjoy watching the game happen around me.

It's pretty much a personal preference, though.

Grats to Encore on Loatheb. Now you just have to go play with horsies!

Also another quick question (and I know this is gonna sound really noob-ish to a lot of you) As an alliance member, can I only randomly bitch-smack horde? or can I vent my rage on lower level alliance people too? and I mean just walking up to them and attacking, none of the duel stuff.

You cannot attack a member of your own faction without dueling.

I think you can only do that in the Arena in STV

This will also sound noobish, but being that I'm fairly noob lvl, I can take the hit:

Are there any guilds out there for people who aren't already lvl 60? I'm used to playing GW, where there are always guild invites and in WoW, I rarely see any, and if I do, it's gotta be lvl 60.

Any suggestions?

the guild recruitment channel has people looking for guilds in it. I logged on my mule the other day lvl 1, and someone sent me an invite to another guild so I joined, there were 3 members all under 20.

The new talents come out tomorrow along w/ the new pvp system. i think druids are actually the most changed.... i love what they've done with balance and the top of feral actually makes you compete with warriors and rogues.... looking forward to it going live.

New WOW player. Was an EQ1 Veteran and played though the end game of Planes of Power before calling it quits for good. I played EQ2 and didn't really get into it. I held off on playing anything for the past couple years. My friends kept telling WOW is different and that I will really like it. So far they were not wrong. Its different but I am enjoying it.

That said. I am a newb. and there are alot of things that I am getting used to. Is it needed at lower levels I am lvl 10, to group? I haven't found this to be an issue thus far and I find that the quests that I have been doing have really helped lvl rather than just the grind of kill kill kill kill mobs over and over!
I have 2 proffessions that I seem to enjoy. Skinning and Herbalism.

You can solo all the way to level 60 with any class. Or you can group at really any level. You'll need to group to do elite quests most of the time, and dungeon quests.. but regular quests can all be done solo.

Grouping and going into instances is the best way to get loot as you level. And when you log out you'll want to sit your character in an inn or inside a major city so you will get rested exp while you're offline to help you level faster. :)

Crusader strike = paladins are broken. K, I push a button now, and on top of my crazy random proc damage, I get to control when I may or may not land that 1.4k CS crit. thats not even buffed. :\

I played GW a lot too, good game.

You had trouble getting a guild? I got invited into one at lvl 7.... sometimes its just luck and meeting the right people.

There's a couple of paladins in my guild that could beat my warrior without healing BEFORE the patch. I'm REALLY scared of them now.

Ah patch day. I have been having a thrilling time trying to get all my mods updated and working again. THRILLING!

On the plus side, I can pump out some serious burst damage now with three instant shots. Arcane->multi->silencing is a delicious combination, especially against pesky priests, shamans and mages. Having a second interrupt makes a huge difference when fighting casters, you can't even beleive it.

I'm just now learning how to pvp with my hunter... I've got a long ways to go. I don't know if I can keep it up long enough to earn any of that gear.

The new patch is awesome, gonna see how 51 frost spec and water element do in BWL tonight :D

Heh.. my druid is now a very capable farmbot.. been farming twilight texts for a short while now.. I love mangle and imp lotp. I still wouldn't dream of PvPing with him until I can get Maim.

I hear rogues and warlocks own PvP now.

I'm undecided on whether to roll a Blood Elf Rogue or Warlock when the expansion releases. Probably going to go with Warlock though since I've never played a pure caster class. I've played a Shaman & Warrior at 60 in PvP.

If you've been having problems with FPS since patch, check out this link to the EJ forums. Might be helpful.

http://forums.elitistjerks.com/viewtopic.php?id=9523

As a hunter, I specced 1 / 41 / 9 just to try out a 41 point talent.
Its not as great as I thought but I'll hold onto it until I hit 70 and then see what it will be like.
I still own clothies with one or two shots, even with their new builds..
Suxx to have every frigging shot on a 5+ sec cooldown..

I'm loving my hunter in the new patch, at least in pvp. I kill mages and warlocks with ease now. Druids are tough if they are feral and rogues/warriors are easy if I can kite them. Hunters mark, scatter shot, aimed shot, silencing shot, arcane shot, multishot dead.

PvE is going to take some getting used to though. I've only been on one raid so far but I run out of mana so quick. My mana never has a chance to regen with arcane shot on a 5 second cooldown and multishots mana cost was increased 50%. Next time I'll try using rank 1 for both, rank 1 arcane shot only costs 22 mana yet still does a fair amount of damage.

The new hunter nurf is killing us in BWL...well the first boss is a pain.

My 60 mage is speced 51 frost and im loving it :D

then I got my 60 rogue where I went 51 sub and omg so nice, im a sneaky kinda rogue never liked that combat spec, if I wanted to do some huge dmage I would roll a warrior.

I can't take the addon madness.... getting all my crap working again is killing me along with the constant worry that some of the mods will never work again :(

I love the new mage frost talents. Wish I could say the same for my Holy/Disc Priest. Resto Druids outheal us with Tree of GG. I might want to go Shadow again, maybe I will have some viability in raids now.

I love the new mage frost talents. Wish I could say the same for my Holy/Disc Priest. Resto Druids outheal us with Tree of GG. I might want to go Shadow again, maybe I will have some viability in raids now.

Just saw the cinematic preview for The Burning Crusade...I loved it.

Regarding the new talents, I love what they've done for the Hunter. I am able to do things now that I couldn't really do before. :)

Is it a new trailer or the old one from months ago?

How'd you see this already? It isn't supposed to world-premier until next Wednesday at the VGA's...

i was working with that group and got too busy to put up their FTP server and the exec producer never called me to say he really needed it.

o well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WxrEmZlvE

Thank me later!

BTW Holy crap. I don't get how Blizzard makes these movies so perfectly.

I believe its the introduction cinematic to the Burning Crusades. I saw it at their holiday party, and I believe it does premiere at the Spike VGAs.

My roomie works for Blizzard! :)

Figures Blizzard takes that one down before I get to see it. Is it anywhere else?

Ya I wanna see this to..damn you tube is a target now.

GO!!!!!! GO I SAY!!!!!! TIME IS NAUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNVH7wJncmI