Wait, what's going on with hunter? Huh?

Man, I'm looking into a new game, I think it's called Light and Dark. I'm getting tired of Blizzard and their crappy servers.

My warrior is full fury. It's a major sacrifice not having MS and axe specialization + 2H damage increase but fury is just insane. I love it. My current crit record is 1756 non-execute and 3896 execute. :) Soloing is VERY easy with fury. The only reason I haven't switched to arms is the fact that I'd lose a 30% haste that I usually have for most of a battle and bloodthirst (100% damage next hit after you kill something). I'm going all fury just for those two awesome talents. I really wish I had enough to get the axe specialization in arms, though...the Whirlwind ability in Berserker Stance makes up for MS in most cases. Oh, and Fury has Deathwish which makes me annihilate warlocks and most priests.

-Lasereth

The forums aren't worth reading anyway. :) You're right though, they do fuck up and stay down a lot. You're not the only one!

-Lasereth

All this screenshottery from Lasereth pushed me to do it myself.
- Looking out over Ironforge at night in full templar gear with an Ornate Shield and the Thrash Blade.
http://appstate.edu/~bm48531/backshot.jpg
- From the back.

http://appstate.edu/~bm48531/frontshot.jpg
- From the front.

Any of you guys know if there's a way to make it save screenshots as jpeg's instead of tga's?

Haha, maybe I'm the only one... but I haven't really had a problem with lag or server issues.

Maybe a few times in the few months I've been playing, like the AH taking forever to respond sometimes as well as the authentication server being down for 15 mins max.

Other than that, I'm not quite sure what all the fuss is about.

Our server has over 30,000 players. Sometimes at night, there's a 1-2 second lag on everything you do. It's rare to be world-wide, but last night it was definitely happening. The AH also lags to hell at night. Other than those two issues, there's nothing to complain about.

Of course, when many people say "lag" they refer to video lag in IF caused by their computers not being up to par. There is a difference between connection lag and video lag and most people do not know the difference. They say that IF lags too much and that they're going at 3 FPS and that Blizzard really needs to fix their servers so it won't do it. Not true, the 3 FPS is caused by your videocard and RAM. The AH lag is Blizzard's part, however.

I do agree with the IF video lag. I have a 6800 GT, Barton 2500+ CPU, and 768 MB of RAM. My PC runs at 20-35 FPS in IF...everywhere else in the world it runs at 50-60 FPS. I know it's because of the massive character amounts. Fine, find a way for our PCs to load them faster! Damn. When I log into IF, my PC also locks up for a few seconds two or three times before IF is fully loaded with all the players. This is another issue that needs to be fixed. WoW loads characters in a really inefficient manner if it's causing a top of the line videocard with 768 MB of system RAM to go at 0 FPS until it "loads" for 15 seconds.

-Lasereth

Las,

I feel the pain too. When I hearth into Orgimmar my comp will freeze for a solid 10 seconds while it processes everyone/everything that's there.

This is on a AMD FX-55 w/ SLi 6800GTs and 2k RAM. Should that be happening? Oh, I don't think so.

When I was playing last weekend, our server crashed, and I ended up losing a level because of it. Bleah. I have noticed Zul'Jin Slowly getting worse, as population increases. Bloodscalp is still low population though, I have no problems on there.

Being on a low-pop server, as I am, is such a double-edged sword. When you do a /who priest, there are like 4 on around my level (57) at any given time. Try finding an instance group that way, *shudder*

It happens alot, and as you know Im on your server. Server will end up having issues. Example, you die, you release spirit and pop up at the cemetary only to not be able to return to your body. So you log out, only, the server is so backed up, it logs out of the channels, but not out of the game. So then you close Wow and reload it, trying to login, only to have your "char is already logged in" for over 30 mins. Or there are times that you are fighting a mob, you run away, and it still hits you from over 100 yards away. Or literally 1-2 second lag between button mashing and your char doing what you told it to do.

Our server is now high population (not sure on numbers), so that means we can have some of the same issues as the older high population servers have/had.

I agree, I've got chars on both. My main is on BH though, and I can't decide if I should move when (if) they allow the char transfers from high to low pop servers. Im in a great guild on BH (Blades of Penance) but if I moved I'd loose the guild, plus have the quoted problem above, though it might be better than not being able to play at all some of the time on BH.

I took a break for about a month and came back to somehow worse problems with the servers, and Im really surprised with blizzard, they are normally soooo cautious and here they royally screwed up with the servers.

Halarkin
Night Elf
Druid
on Silvermoon

When I close the game, all the audio coming from my computer has a slight echo... hmm.

Amen!! Zul'jin is getting worse by the day. If Zul'jin is eligible for the new character transfer I would seriously consider it. I did notice the Bleeding Hollow is on the list and I am wondering if anyone who plays here is considering it? Sacrifice your built-in social structure for a new "problem free" server? Something to think about.

What the hell kind of a bug is that? Freakin' bizarre.

I was subjected to the awesome bug that plummets your fps to like . . . seven, any time you group. That was fun for two days until I figured out it wasn't cosmos.

There's so many fuckin sound bugs in WoW that I don't even use the sound. My sound goes apeshit staticky after a few minutes of playtime. The bad part is that I've been reporting this bug since the beginning of Closed Beta <I>a year ago</I> and they still haven't fixed it. :( Your problem I've heard of though...I'm pretty sure there's a solution. I'd check the WoW tech support forums if you want to dig through the immature crap.

-Lasereth

Buddah (who or what else?)
Night Elf
Hunter
on Silvermoon

(No problems what so ever.. Maybe I got lucky?)

Couldn't stay away, Hal? Just remember to eat once in a while.

Additionally, problems with sound? That's weird. I didn't know there were any of those. Of course, I usually turn mine off and run my iPod through my stereo with a mini-to-RCA adapter because I'd rather listen to that anyway, but of the five guys in my house who have the game, I don't remember something like that happening to any of us.

Many of the sound problems are specific to certain soundcards or integrated sound chips. I'm pretty sure my nForce SoundStorm chip is causing the problem, but Blizzard should have fixed any compatibility issues by now. Tons of motherboards use nVIDIA audio...I'm actually surprised more people aren't complaining.

-Lasereth

I just bought the game yesterday... didn't have any issues until somebody typed "lol" at which point my game crashed with an evil laugh repeating on my speakers.

well at least i know who to mail stuff to on Silvermoon... :)

I seem to have fixed it.. it set EAX reverb and chorus to 100% on the global environment for my computer. Wtf.

BTW... here's my character

Cynthetiq: Arcane Legionaires

I go my NE Priest up to Level 26 and im half way to lvl 27, and also a lvl 11 Human Mage

I'm now suffering through what I can only assume is my first server crash...

really? Skogafoss is on her way home to jump on....and i'll follow shortly after.

While I'm sitting here waiting.. I wonder what professions I should choose as a Druid..

So far I've tried Engineering/Alchemy/Tailoring and Leatherworking. I find Alchemy to be the most useful and has made me some ok cash. Potions are a godsend in PvP if you're a non healing class...which you are not, but you can make many others that can turn the tide of the battle for you. I would not suggest engineering since it is a money pit and you can really only sell the stuff you make to other engineers. Other than EZ-throw dynamite and a few guns the green lens is my best seller engineering wise. The good side to engineering is bombs...man are they fun, nothing like sending a few exploding sheep into the fray!

If you want to make money most people suggest gathering professions. Mining,herbalisim and skinning are the three gathering ones. You can sell what you pick up in the AH for a decent amount of coin but it very unpredictable what will sell from day to day.

If you want pick up first aid/fishing/cooking. They are all secondary professions and do not count against your primary ones. Fishing is now the most singularly boring thing to do in the game but can be bought up fairly high if you dedicate an hour or so to it. If you do take alchemy get your fishing up a bit so you can catch blackmouths and firefins which are needed for some potions. First aid is great for downtime recovery but is really not needed if you're a druid since you have the healing. Cooking goes well with fishing and you can move them up at the same time, cooking what you fish. There are a few really good cooking recipes out there that grant bonuses to your stats and the ever fun dragon breath chili. :thumbsup:

Tradeskills are fun in this game but hardly pay out anything for the time invested in them. They are a great diversion to the level grind though and I recommend at least trying a few out to see what you like.

Thank you for that.. very informative.

Can I create two characters, on separate servers, in case this happens again and I can't friggin' play?

Sure can. If you go to the change realm icon on the character select screen you can choose another realm to start a character on.

Well mine is crashing for the second time today...pissing me off! :mad:

and do the professions regularly... otherwise if you drop off for a bit.. you'll end up having to go back to catch up.

Hence I should be further in leatherworking but I stopped making and just gathered and sold. That put me in some deficit now because I cannot make anything with the better leather I'm getting in the levels now.

Im perfect with my lvl and tailoring right now :thumbsup:

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here is a fun shot of me walking on water in Desolace.

That is a great fishing spot right there Bonesaw!

Hit 60 on my Paladin about a week ago, end game atm is pretty boring since there's really no real reason to go PvP besides pissing off newbs. Trying to get a full suit of Lightforge (Paladin set) aside from the gloves and boots the set is nice. I have better gloves than the set gloves atm, so I'll most likely just keep those and try to get Valor boots or some other better boots. As far as professions go Halx, if you're a Druid the best professions to pick up would be Skinning/Leatherworking. That way you can skin the leather needed to craft your own armor if you keep your skill up with your character lvl. That's just imo, you can go any profession, but Skinning/Leatherworking seems to work best with classes that strictly wear leather. Plus, skinning can net a nice amount of money in the Auction House because it is used in other professions, like Blacksmithing.

finally got to 60. that's monumental for me since I never can play more than 1 or 2 hours at a time.

Are there any experts in the field of First Aid that I can ask a question? I am lvl 40 mage with 210 in my First Aid. Where and when can I learn to make Mageweave bandages? I am assuming thats the next step. All of my items in my First Aid menu are now gray which I take to mean that I don't earn any First Aid XP for making them. How do I progress in my First Aid? Thanks

P.S. I have tried to find a trainer in IF, SW, etc. but to no avail.

I want to start a TFP Guild on Silvermoon ...

Brothers of the Snake

;) Who is in?

Mageweave bandages are learned from a manual that can be bought in Stormgarde Keep in Arathi Highlands. In order to progress past 225 you need to talk to the first aid trainer in IF to get a quest to talk to a doctor in Theramore. You will have to do a quest for him and after that you will be able to get artisan first aid. He will teach you heavy mageweave at 240, runecloth at 260, and heavy runecloth at 290. Hope this helps.