What's the chance of a server completely going dead and losing all of the player info, maybe compareable to a HDD dying?

Man oh man..what a day for Kil'jaeden..bleh 12AM on the East Coast and it isn't even up yet and I've been home since around 6PM..meh

Extremely unlikely. Even if a disk dies, and they do all the time, it's usually part of a raid set which allows for 1 or 2 disks to fail depending on the raid level they use. On top of that, most hardware should be redundant in case something does fail. If it all goes to hell, there is always the ol' backup/restore solution which may result in a only (hopefully) slight rollback. :D

I'd be shocked to the point of quitting if my characters are lost forever.

--jaded

I think most people would share your sentiment on that Jaded.

Well one of my friends at college deleted his level 60 night elf rogue to start over as horde. He played horde for a week and then WHOOPS! Decided he wanted his rogue back. He contacted a GM and got his 60 rogue back within minutes. That's pretty damned good if you ask me...he fully deleted all of his characters and started over on a different faction on a PVP server and they still had his character backed up.

-Lasereth

wow, that is highly lenient. Why didnt your friend just change servers? Did he have a grudge against his own faction/ guild?

Lvl 53 now. Finding that after grinding most of the 40s that going back to questing is working out nicely. Been concentrating on quests in Ungoro, then, when I tire of that, Felwood. What lvl can I head to Winterspring and start pounding it out there?

Wow, thats a pretty crazy story. Is the friend of yours friends with the GM's by chance or just an average joe in their minds?

Frosstbyte and anyone else looking for gold info-

I had 90 gold by lvl 32 with a /played time around 6+ days. This is my first WoW character (besides a brief one in the open beta) so I can't say that I use specific ways to gather my money, it just kind of comes naturally with my playing style. I might not be able to assure more income, but I can at least share what I find myself doing regularly which has happened to result in a high amount of cash relative to I guess what the average player makes/has. Let me know ;)

-T

I hit up winterspring at 53-54 if I remember correctly. But I really didn't do any quests out there (save the "Are we there yeti?" quest) but grinded undead ghosts on the frozen lake. Worked out very nicely since I was playing a Paladin and I could actually get some decent dps.

My alt mage is 46 now and the naga's in feralas on dread island inside the cave is insanely good xp. So fast and easy to kill. Planning on moving on to Tanaris around 48. Still trying to figure out efficient aoe grinding as a mage but it's tough to find good spots for it. Maybe Seretogis has some input on this?

--jaded

I would suggest the harpies at Ravenwind in Feralas around 50. I found them to be paper-thin when it comes to HP/AC. I could tear through them at a very fast rate.

I'll check it out for sure. What level are they? I can usually do 4-5 at a time if they are 2-3 levels below me. I'm not frost specced at all so I rely solely on instant arcane explosion and the fire aoe (forget the name).

--jaded

Ha ha, Instant Arcane Explosion is the best mage spell in the game. :) Me and Redjake were taking on twenty 40 elites simultaneously in Razorfen Downs with it. I would spend 4000 mana on flash heals and he would spend 6100 mana on Arcane Explosion. After 20 seconds, you have twenty dead 40 elites and a ton of money/EXP. :)

I believe you 100% Ever. There are really easy ways to make money in this game that some people won't accept. I won't mention them here but it's quite obvious. If I hadn't bought every single blue item that my priest and warrior could use up until now, I'd easily have 90g by my midthirties. Hell, it'd probably be way over 100, maybe closer to 200g. That's why when I got to level 32 or so on my priest and warrior I wasn't really concerned with getting mount money. One economy in the game is a gauranteed money maker...has been since closed beta.

-Lasereth

Lasereth, he got his 60 back but he was nekkid :) Also I really wanted to buy that Epic axe you had on AH the other day but couldnt afford it.. I couldnt catch you online to see if you'd hold it for me :)

Man, you guys are smoking me in the gold area. I'm a lvl 30 warrior and I have about 8 gold. I think I'm going to make more use of the auction house.

Lotuss - Night Elf Warrior, Burning Blade server

Everyone wanted it but no one would actually give me the money! They kept saying I was getting ripped off, but no one would actually buy it. I finally found someone to buy it. I bought it for 45g and sold it for 45g...no money lost!

-Lasereth

Low end is 48, top end is 50.

For your level, the ghosts in Ashzara might be good as well, they're ~45, if I remember correctly.

45g for an epic axe ey? Was it Kang the Decapitator? I rarely see epics go for less than 80g on mal'ganis. Kang and other uber items usually have a start of 200g and buyout of 300-400g. :\

Ohh no, it was a Fiery War Axe. I have a Kang the Decapitator. I bought it for 100g even though they go for 150-250 on our server. The Fiery War Axe isn't worth much more than 50g but I thought I could get more...apparently not!

-Lasereth

I woulda given 50 for it but I still needed a few days to make another mooncloth :) The only other Fiery War axe on there was 100g and I really didnt wanna spend that much for a weapon that'd I'd out level in a week.

Mal'Ganis realm-

Have a small, personal guild on the server. We broke up to reform recently and just wanted to put out a quick advertisment for the guild. It's a very relaxed, interactive, fun group. If anything we're just friends as we talk a lot and share stories. We don't play together a ton yet as we're working on leveling in various parts of the world. The only thing we really focus on and require is respectfulness, progressings eachother's professions and sharing the output, and pro-guild mindset when it comes to helping eachother out.

Whisper waffle, whorpe (me), or bleeder if you want to talk about joining up.

Follow Mages (or have played a Mage),
I hit lvl 30 a few days ago (now I am 32) and it feels like I hit a brickwall. I have to recharge my mana after every single battle (against one foe and no I am not using those extraordinarily inefficient AoE spells. I only use Arcane Missles when I get a Clearcast). If I get an add my Agate coupled with Evoc. sometimes cannot save me. Are the lvls 30-40 simply some kind of hump that a mage simpy has to get through? Any thoughts, suggestions, help? Much appreciated. Thanks

Tho I don't have any suggestions, I can say the same for my rogue. I am in Desolace which is where I am supposed to be around level 32, but I find it extreemly hard to beat anything that is my level or higher. It also doesn't help when there are maybe 5-10 other people in the area at the same time and most of them are higher level :-/. I'm wondering if I need to head back to Hillsbrad or something.

I've heard that sometimes quickly killing mobs a few levels below your level is a good way to go about things. It wasn't until I recently got a awesome dagger/shield setup that I was comfortably solo'ing even levels because my dps was simply too low.

Almost any class should be able to solo a single non-elite mob at 1 or 2 levels above you. If you can't maybe it's time to take a trip to the AH and get some new gear, or rethink your talent spec. Remember, you don't need the hardcore grouping talents until you're 60 really, most of the grouping content pre-60 can be done easily with any build.

Where are you currently questing/Grinding? It sounds like you're either doing too difficult mobs (+2 your level) or have an inefficient talent build going. I didn't have many problems at 32. A good grinding spot at 32-33 are the naga's in desolace. You can find them on the island in the north western corner of the map. Or you could head down to PvP happy stranglethorn vale and do the abundance of quests there.

My usual spell combo at that level was fireball, fireball, arcane missiles x2, fireblast. Or fireball, fireball, frostnova, fireball, AM until dead. You shouldn't have too many problems doing that. Check out the official mage forum for a good solo build (31 arcane/20 fire).

--jaded

That zone is a complete waste of time due to pvp. Like taking one step forward and three steps back to complete a quest. I rocked Desolace and SM until I could get to Feralas, completely skipping over that jungle hellhole.

Not high enough of a level to know what it's like there. Maybe it's comparable to Hillsbrad? :rolleyes: :lol:

My guild dropped Onyxia the other day! It's a very fun / interesting fight, but not really worth the time for the rewards. :( It would be easier to just farm the first few MC bosses and get the same amount (or more) loot.

http://www.twelveprophets.com/images...nyxia_dead.jpg

It's worse ;)

A lot of 60's head to STV to do some ganking. Booty Bay is a constant warzone.

--jaded

That's sweet Seretogis. A question, how much fire resistance gear do you need to even bother with Onyxia? I'm assuming you'll be in a group with a Pally/Shaman so they can give you 60%, but how much do you need to have equipped?

--jaded

Haven't seen this on the US WoW site but EU has a preview of the mechanics and rewards for the PvP Honor System.

Check it out:

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/pvp/pvp-article-part2.html

--jaded

The booty bay I go to is dead, when ever I go there no ones around. :hmm:

The people asking about fighting enemies the same level or 1-2 levels above:

Waste of time!! When soloing, the most efficient method is fighting enemies 5-8 levels below you. My warrior can solo enemies 7-8 levels below easily without stopping and gets 250 EXP each rested. Fighting enemies even 2-3 levels below is a waste...too much downtime. Greens are the way to go. Faster, more money, and no downtime (casters will always have downtime due to their mana...it'll be much less though).

I went to Scarlet Monastery on my priest and warrior at 36 and didn't fuckin leave until they were both 41-42. My warrior solo'ed in Arathi until 44 and now I'm in the Uldaman phase where every dumbass fucking fuckwit all form together to die at the first boss everyday. It's good EXP but man I hate dying. This game has the biggest bunch of idiots I've ever seen in a single location.

-Lasereth

Interesting. I did a little bit of the opposite. I solo'ed Arathi (besides Stromgarde) until 37 when there wasn't any more quests. Now I'm in Stranglethorn and plan on heading to SM pretty soon when I can do a little more of the work and not have to rely on the idiots you're talking about ;)

I totally know what you're saying about downtime though. I enjoy killing lvl 34-35's and getting 190 unrested rather than having tons of downtime between killing 37's for however much more. At 38 I get to use my donkey-knocker epic mace though so I'm hoping to be able to kill even levels as fast as I was able to kill lower ;)

I think my 48 NE Warrior is looking pretty damned cool right now:

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-Lasereth

Hey Las, what talent build do you have on your warrior?

I started up a warrior and I'm trying to raise my crit rate as high as possible. So I'm going to aim for axe specialization on the arms tree and getting some talents in fury to help me as well.

Las, your warrior looks like a total badass. Rock on.

Anyone else have problems with the forums? Every time I look at them, they're stuck at the posts that were current at about 11 PM on 3/11, despite the fact that the little clock in the forum window clearly reads 3/13. With all the crap going on with hunters and the new patch, I'd like to be keeping up to date.

2nded, definitely.