The World of Warcraft Thread

[Reese]

Zombies! How's everyone enjoying the invasion? There's no NPCs in any of my server's major cities. If you're in shatt the only way to be safe is to be 20ft off the ground. It's retardedly easy to make a city go from clean to an outbreak. My friend and I got zombified, went through Ironforge portal in shatt(we're horde) and infected the entire priest/mage room then started an outbreak throughout Ironforge.

[Cynthetiq]

I find it annoying....

[Catdaddy33]

It was fun, now I agree with Cynth...it's getting annoying.

I spent most of my time yesterday running AV and it was hit or miss as to whether the BG NPC's would be there or not. I did have a humorous moment when I queued up while they were infected and killed them a few minutes as zombies. Several times, I had to wait for them to pop again and once I went AFK for 5 minutes or so and came back to me as a zombie and being killed by guards.

I hope this ends or scales back some as far as the major cities..

[eXpired]

We were preparing for a Sunwell raid where someone thinks it's fun to infect the entire waiting party outside the instance... RL was forced to start the raid early to "Get away from this fucking zombie shit". So yea, fun at first - then when you're actually trying to get something done, you need to take huge detours to get around a zombiefied group.
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Originally Posted by Catdaddy33

I hope this ends or scales back some as far as the major cities..

It ends when WotLK hits.

[Frosstbyte]

Actually, the zombie aspect should have already ended on live servers. The infection spreading aspect of it was supposed to go away at noon today.

[Baraka_Guru]

I just can't wait for the Headless Horseman to STFU.

He's a fucking hack of a poet.

[Reese]

I've done so many Headless Horseman kills... My party has like 15 summons every day. We still haven't seen the horse mount drop yet.

[Catdaddy33]

Someone in chat (yeah I know) was saying the broom was only a Temp mount and will be unusable when Hallow's End is over. Is that the case?

[Frosstbyte]

The broom mounts all read "14 days" on them. They'll poof, unfortunately.

[Apokx]

Originally Posted by Catdaddy33

Someone in chat (yeah I know) was saying the broom was only a Temp mount and will be unusable when Hallow's End is over. Is that the case?

Yes. The duration is 14 days.

[MPower]

Originally Posted by Apokx

Yes. The duration is 14 days.

Gosh, im going to miss that broom. Its an epic ground and air mound and insta casts. Plus it looks like im riding a speederbike.

[Frosstbyte]

I'm going to be so sad when this event is over and I don't have the pet on my hunter still. Lost the roll on it again last night. ACCURSED SINISTER PUMPKINHEAD! WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME?!?

Of course, I've gotten 6 or so hats on my bank alts, a pet on a bank alt and a hat and a pet on my mage that I never play. Yay RNG!

[Scorps]

So Hallows End and the Invasion in the same week killed are server, Instances where up and down for 3 days. I just want it all the be over and the x-pack to come out.

Oh ya I have got the pumpkin pet from the trick or treat you get every hour.

[Apokx]

I heard today that the Horseman's mount can be used like a flying mount? Can someone confirm/deny that? If so I think I really want it.

[Frosstbyte]

Horseman's mount is both flying AND ground and is permanent. When you have it, you can literally gallop across the skies. It's pretty sweet.

[MageB420666]

Originally Posted by Apokx

I heard today that the Horseman's mount can be used like a flying mount? Can someone confirm/deny that? If so I think I really want it.

The Horseman's mount, same as the broom mount, is a scaling mount. it changes itself to the highest level mount available to you in the area you are in. So if flying is available it flies, if you can only use a land mount in the area, its only a land mount.

[Apokx]

I need to get this mount then. A horse running through the sky is pretty awesome.

[Drider_it]

And another candle is gone..

Ezra Phoenix Chatterton, Ephoenix the Hunter, Squirlanator the Mage, is gone. I didn't play on his server or new much about him except for the quest in mulgor and his cool xbow he got from make a wish and blizzard. But as a father of 5, it still hurts to see a child die.

and many children die every day, yet this child was part of the game I have a passion for.

his father wrote....

Ezra died at 9:45 on Monday night. The cancer attacked those portions of the brain that control breathing, and his lungs eventually shut down. He was conscious until the very end, and though he couldn’t speak, he could still communicate with me through hand gestures and nods. Ezra was in pain, gasping for breath, and very scared, but up to a few hours before he died, he was asking for ice cream and choosing the things I read to him. As much as I feared the cancer would take his mind and memory away from him, he held onto those as long as he could.

The ironies are sickening. Ezra’s mind was always his greatest strength, and stayed strong even as his brain was malfunctioning. His spirit and his will to live life well grew so amazing powerful all the way to the point that his life was taken from him. No one I have ever met was as talented at finding the bright side of a horrible situation, adapting his worldview to whatever new hardship befell him, and generally milking every last drop of happiness he could out of life as Ezra, and he’s the one who is taken. The one person in my life who most loved living and was most exceptionally gifted at it, and he’s the one who is taken.

I say these things because I am in pain, because I miss my son so much, and because Ezra’s death is an undeniable tragedy. It is the world’s loss that he doesn’t get to do more, and fulfill his great potential. But I also hope that I can learn from his example. When Ezra couldn’t walk anymore, he turned to World of Warcraft. When he couldn’t see, he turned to music, or our pets, or food, or directing me to play World of Warcraft for him. The trick was that, as his world got smaller, he just looked at it more closely. If I am to take any shred of good from this suffering, I’ll have to learn from him.

I hope to honor my son by learning to love my life as much as he did. It will take a long time to get to that point, especially now that my greatest joy is gone, but Ezra would demand it of me. I ask the WoW community, who have been so generous and kind to us, to please help me honor Ezra by doing the same in your hearts. Ezra’s sickness and painful death was a tragedy, an experience that showed me a glimpse of how easily suffering can invade your life, but his response to it showed me how a strong will can overcome that suffering. As well, the outpouring of love from all WoW players all over the globe showed me how wonderful people can be to someone they’ve never met. Our bodies are fragile, but our hearts are incredibly strong. A tumor the size of a raisin is enough to destroy the brain, but our minds are so much more powerful and immense than the brain.

My son, Ezra Phoenix Chatterton, Ephoenix the Hunter, Squirlanator the Mage, is gone. All we have left in this world are memories of him. Please remember that he was a good person, smart and clever but also very kind, that he loved to play World of Warcraft, that he loved rice pudding and fettucine alfredo, and that he went through so much pain and still found ways to smile all the way to the end. Please remember too the kindness of Blizzard, and the overwhelming love of the WoW community. Without these gifts, Ezra would still have found a way to be happy and optimistic, just not as easily.

Thank you all for helping him through the suffering.

Sincerely,

Micah Chatterton


I found his quest one day by accident. I rushed through it like the rest in mulgor but something stopped me. The dog. The voice of the npc.. It was different somehow. Then I checked Thottbot and found the story. I had recently lost my last uncle to cancer. My father has had his voice removed from cancer. It's hard. I, till the day I close my eyes on this world for the last time, will remember my fathers last words to me. His last spoken words through his given voice.

I made it a rite that I do this quest with every toon i play. If its alliance, I still ride down. In the end, its the same macro.. /me kneels, heart heavy as the tears for the fallen renew the parched earth. A salute to the Stars where he now hunts.

Then the yell... "Beware immortals, a new hunter stalks your heavens. Make way for the Phoenix. For like its name sake. In the fires of death, a new beginning arises. A whole perfect being beyond deaths touch!!!"

[Gabbyness]

Gotta hand it to Blizzard. Some things they just do perfectly right.

[Catdaddy33]

I saw that story yesterday as well, so sad to lose someone so young. He helped design his own weapon, own mount, and the aforementioned Mulgore quest. I read that he was the insipation for the Hallow's End brooms as well..

Ezra Chatterton passes away - WoW Insider

Yes, Make-A-Wish and Blizzard do things right, glad he got that experience and will be forever remembered in WoW..

[Frosstbyte]

Has anyone previously bought a collector's edition of any version of WoW and retrieved the pet? If so, would you mind posting how it happens? Is it just a code you get and have to enter somewhere in game or does the verification code that you use to install with the DVD somehow add a quest to your account to pick it up? I find myself in an odd spot where I might receive a CE later than the version that I'm going to initially install and I want to make sure I can still get the pet. Any help?

[Lasereth]

Originally Posted by Frosstbyte

Has anyone previously bought a collector's edition of any version of WoW and retrieved the pet? If so, would you mind posting how it happens? Is it just a code you get and have to enter somewhere in game or does the verification code that you use to install with the DVD somehow add a quest to your account to pick it up? I find myself in an odd spot where I might receive a CE later than the version that I'm going to initially install and I want to make sure I can still get the pet. Any help?

You have to create a WoW account with the CE key. In other words, there is only 1 account that can use the pets, usually the account the person who bought it is using. Once you create a character using that account the pet is automatically in your inventory. So basically no, you can't get the pet unless you're using the account created by the CE key.

[Frosstbyte]

Bah, guess it prevents selling the pets separately, but damn.

[Scorps]

I tried to order a collector edition but EB Games was sold out months ago....kinda stupid why not make collectors edition for everyone that wants one?

[YaWhateva]

I resubbed....damnit.

[Cynthetiq]

well... my DK is broken free from the clutches of the Lich King. What a story that unfolded.... and very original quests to do.

[Zeraph]

Haven't played in a few years, probably won't play, but I wonder how the DK plays. Is it like a cross between a rogue and warrior? Hows the downtime when soloing? Can they solo well?

[Drider_it]

welp from the wow forums.. all the quests to get ya DK going

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Welcome To Being Dead! DK Starting FAQ


Damn me, I gave up this game 4 months ago... its like meth.. I'm slowing breaking down stareing at it over and over. By next week I'll be playing it all over I guess.

[Redjake]

Originally Posted by Scorps

I tried to order a collector edition but EB Games was sold out months ago....kinda stupid why not make collectors edition for everyone that wants one?

retailers everywhere always have plenty after launch. I ordered mine from Best Buy yesterday. the only scarcity is prior to launch.

[Cynthetiq]

best buy had them at the store the night of... I could have changed my order.. but didn't want to pay the premium. I do want to see the DVDs that they had of the previous ones... other than that, didn't want to pay extra.

inscription is pretty neat... I spent most of the past hour buying mats and levelling up my inscription.

[snowy]

Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

inscription is pretty neat... I spent most of the past hour buying mats and levelling up my inscription.

I'm trying out inscription on my Death Knight, so yesterday I spent most of the day just leveling up my DK's professions and secondaries. There were a lot of other DKs running around Elwynn Forest, doing the same exact thing, and a number of them fishing in Stormwind.

[YaWhateva]

DK's are so overpowered at lower levels its hilarious. at lvl 58 two people jumped me at the same time and I killed them both. One was a level 64 Mage and the other was a level 63 Druid. I was pretty astonished at how quickly they died. Hopefully they even out a bit more as you progress in levels but it was damn fun.

[Reese]

Taking a short break to check in to TFP. I hit 77 today and got my hippogryph back so I've been flying around mining and exploring the areas I haven't been to yet. I can't believe how many mining nodes there are in northrend. I literally find 5-6 nodes for every section of the map I get explored. Just flying through Icecrown I racked up 8 stacks of ore.

I'm really enjoying the expansion. I started out hardcore going for a first race/class to lvl 80 achievement but found out that I just wasn't enjoying that grind and if I stood a chance I'd have to put off sleep, food and friends so I just gave up and going at a pace where I can enjoy to really good lore and quest designs. I'm sure I'll be the 4th or 5th hunter to 80... if I don't get side tracked selling this ore 150g a stack.

[Frosstbyte]

The expansion is really beautiful and really cool to look at, but the levels, for the first time ever, feel too large to me. I mean, obviously crazy people in my guild were 80 in like 2 days, so it's probably a function of how I'm playing that I'm not higher up, but I don't remember quite feeling like TBC leveling was as much of a grind as WotLK. I did quite a bit of instancing right at first, but I've only really leveled in Howling Fjord and I'm 20% to 73. That's a shit ton of content up front in one zone. 150-ish quests and 2 levels and change to show for it? Seems kind of crazy.

When I'm not on my hunter, I've been having quite the time getting my deathknight started. They really did a wonderful job with that class. I think he'll be quite the interesting alt.!

Edit: So I was bored, and I'm in my countdown week for bar results, so I can't sleep. I decided to do some research to see if I was just crazy about it feeling like there was a shitton more to do for less progress (numerically speaking) than there was in TBC and here's what I've discovered:

Note, I assume what I've been told is true that the Loremaster achievements for each zone in TBC and WotLK give you a very slight margin for error. About 5 quests at most is what I'm hearing. If that's wrong, this post is pretty much moot.

In TBC for alliance, the total number of quests required for Loremaster of Outland is 568. For horde, the total number is 595. Dunno about horde people, but speaking personally doing instances at level 1-2 times for quests/with friends, I dinged in BEM or Netherstorm every time without touching Shadowmoon Valley (90 quests for both factions). So, when I hit 70, I'd done at MOST 430 or so quests. In all likelihood, many fewer, since I did a lot more quests in Netherstorm for gold after hitting 70. For simplicity, let's say I did 400, plus about 10 instance runs.

In WotLK for alliance, the Loremaster of Northrend achievement is 875. For horde, it's also 875.

I kind of think those numbers speak for themselves, but I'll put it in perspective. Currently, I have done somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 instance runs (AK/AN/UK/Nexus) and about 150 total quests in Northrend. As I mentioned, this has put me at 73.2, with one zone cleared. After I'd done 150 quests in TBC, I would've been done with HFP, Zangarmarsh and gotten a good start into Terrokar. I leveled three toons to 70 pre xp nerf, and by that time they were all pushing 65. Additionally, I didn't really run any of them through SP/UB/BF and ramps more than once or twice total.

So compared to BC, I've seen 2 fewer zones, spent way more time in instances and am over a level behind where I was. I think that does a pretty solid job of accounting for why I'm feeling like Northrend is taking so much longer than Outlands did.

I certainly applaud blizzard for the scope of Northrend. It's beautifully designed and far more cohesive as a continent than anything else they've done by a long shot, but I don't know why they decided to make the levels as big as they did. That's a shit ton of quests and content to get through, just to level, saying nothing for all of the instances and instance-based achievements to work on at 80! For me personally, it's building up wealth, gear and achievements at 80 that I find to be more compelling, so having to do so much more leveling to get there seems a little harsh and unnecessary.

Anyone else felt the leveling grind a bit harder this time around, too?

[Reese]

There are TONS of quests. They're much better than previous quests though. There are some really awesome quests and later on you'll get into phase changing where entire towns will look different depending on if you've done a quest or not. There's still a ton of Kill/collection quests but they've added some very unique quests. The Wrathgate is one of my favorites. There's others too but I don't wanna spoil them.

Some of the dungeon bosses are really fun the first time you attempt them without a strategy. I think they'll get dull once the surprises are gone but man a few of those bosses caused us to ROFL. Herald Volazj in Ahn'kahet for example was very interesting.

[Zeraph]

Does or has anyone played on a private server? Pros and cons? Recommend any?

[Scorps]

Half my guildies are 80 and im almost to 78 now I guess im doing good for the amount of time I play.

[Zeraph]

I found a private server (WoWFusion) and played on it for a week. The increased rates were quite nice (that's always been my main problem with retail, it feels like a job with how slow it is). The only down side is population, as I like BGs, and WSG was about the only one up reliably.

Just as I was getting into the community, lawyers struck. Last night blizzard got their lawyers together and sent notices to almost every private server out there. They've pretty much all shut down overnight. We're waiting to see if they'll come back up or not (they don't have any real legal standing, but private server owner's can't afford to go to court). I'm oddly saddened by this.

[Baraka_Guru]

I finally hit the Outland for the first time ever last night.

OOooooOOOOh.....

[Frosstbyte]

Outland is definitely a crazy place. I personally think it fits in much better as a leveling zone of crazy new environments than it sat as "home" for a year and a half.

But no matter what you think of Outlands, just wait until you step off the boats in Northrend for the first time.

I'm finally 80 and have started messing around in instances and raids. Looking forward to some Naxx fun here soon, I hope.