What is "powerlevelling" 1
oceanclub Because they are not interested in lower-level content. There are people who, for one reason or another, are interested in...
What is "powerlevelling" 2
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:28:52 GMT, Daniel J. Morlan As far as I know it just means levelling as quickly as possibly not caring much about fun. There...
What is "powerlevelling" 3
RogerM Good ones seem to be more the exception than the rule, and to some extent you have to just luck into it - the main reason being that guilds that are actively advertising and recruiting...
What is "powerlevelling" 4
Agree completely, mine hasn't been actively recruiting in the time since I joined it (it's always had an applications page on the website but never shouted in general chat or...
Dire Maul what's the buzz 5
It's the only end game instance which is limited to 5 man, therefore you can't just...
Dire Maul what's the buzz 6
RogerM Diremaul is an extensive instanced dungeon in the middle of Feralas - mobs ranging from the mid 50s to 60...
Dire Maul what's the buzz 7
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:10:50 +0000, Catriona R Oh noes Catriona! The Clbutt trinket is in fact one of the must...
Dire Maul what's the buzz 8
RogerM Great, great instance. It is divided into 3 parts which are interconnected, or you can enter each separately through a main courtyard...
taunt
Yep it's a boatload of text, but once you've read you almost have to understand and believe...
How does one evaluate the relative value of an enchant 10
Fair market price of the mats + some arbitrary mark-up. If you're looking for common (trainer-taught or vendor-bought) enchants that sub-300...
How does one evaluate the relative value of an enchant 11
That was my philosophy on my most recent enchant quest. I am a level 29 rogue doing WSG BG. I saw a good flag runner and inquired on his success and he...
To Tailor or not to Tailor
Hi all, When I started WoW, I took the professions herbs-mining as I read on here that I could make...
To Tailor or not to Tailor 13
On 17 Jan 2006 02:13:37 -0800, Alastair If you want to change to have some fun with different professions, by all means do. But... So...
To Tailor or not to Tailor 14
Do what you think is fun. I'm going to disagree with some of the other advice you've been given here...
To Tailor or not to Tailor 15
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:13:37 +0100, Alastair My char is level 45 and won't be able to make use...
Best Enchant
There are only three enchants available for chests - mana, health, and all stats. The highest versions of these gives; 100 mana, 100 health, and +4 to all stats respectively...
Have your guilds 'branched out
I recently left a guild. The whole reason I joined was because we were going to be doing MC a lot, and there was a "guild alliance...
rogue spec
so far. I've just used preparation with only vanish - like in vanish run prep vanish run some more...
This is about as official as it gets
A reply to a message sent to Blizzard Billing: Hello, Thank you for sending an inquiry regarding the status of your realm's queue. In order to maintain an enjoyable in-game playing...
This is about as official as it gets
ROFL indeed, some parts are really worth reading: I too have a policy. It states that when I don't get what I pay for, I phone...
Level 55 warrior + level 60 druid duo advice
Nan Wang Hrm. To be honest, I don't think so. The heaviest thing I can...
Level 55 warrior + level 60 druid duo advice
You need 3 people to activate the statue :-But if you got that far I'd be optimistic. Next thing I'd try out was ZF, mainly because that's an instance where...
Should I skip Stormwind
Yes, skip Stormwind. At least until you are mid-twenties and can enter the instance for the Stockades. WoW gives you 'hints' as to what lands...
Can anyone of you say what this means
WoW allows each individual to modify their personal copy of the UI (user interface). It generally requires knowledge of lua and, as Blizz says, if it gets broke you...
shooting, charging & potions
I should've qualified my advice -- there certainly are times to range-pull, as you've discovered. It can be a good technique. But only for those particular...
UNABLE TO CONNECT 26
If Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one, that I did something incredibly goofy to screw up my WoW game, lol. I may be wrong here, (and I'm...
UNABLE TO CONNECT 27
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:24:58 GMT, SwamiRiver In my experience with programming, computer repair, and network engineering the vast majority of...
UNABLE TO CONNECT 28
What's that mean? "Nerfed" - ?? -- That they purposefully broke their own login access? If they did...
Good fotolocation in Barrens or Durotar
My guild has just reached 100 members-accounts (about 25 lvl 60) and we've decided to make an event...
Bored with WOW
Gatael I had the same problem. You need to spend at least 4 hours every night to keep your friends in WoW. Maybe a good guild also...
Money 31
Well first, at level 4 you don't need any money! A little thing I found out at very low level in the newbie area's kill alot of wolves or whatever...
Money 32
What are you spending your money on ? By the time I was level 20 I had 17 gold in my pocket. I took leatherworking and skinning, but that isn't where i got most of...
Using bandages 33
Simon Nejmann a écrit : Fact is, "above that" (in both Blackwing's Lair, Molten Core and sometimes Zul'Gurub), you're in the category of the raid instances, where the concept of "main tank...
Using bandages 34
I don't entirely undestand what you mean... Are you just trying to say that there is no main...
Using bandages 35
RogerM What is there to do in the game at any level? Explore; see things you haven't seen before; face and overcome challenges; make improvements to your character so the...
AQ : the Flashback and summoning Eranikus
Mel a écrit : Grats, for us too! The Alliance (I prefer to talk about a faction than a guild there) did that too - and announced it on...
Arathi Basin
Hi all, I spent a fair few hours in BG at the weekend, mostly in AB and had both...
Arathi Basin 38
Oh.. I just gotta.... Who buttigned you to flag duty? Who was the raid leader? See, WSG needs tactics.. and a LEADER to tell...
Arathi Basin 39
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:17:22 -0000, "Sprite" I almost rarely go on PUG 's now to WSG or AB because of the reason above. I only go if I...
How to use a gun 40
Johnson) Another tip is to use something that breaks Line of Sight. Note: Breaks LoS in a that the...
How to use a gun 41
You do not need to disable click-to-move to shoot a gun. While it has problems (some serious design flaws with branches-flags-door headers getting in the way of a click, etc) it...
Problems with a Druid
Christian Stauffer snip Not necessarily. We did the orcs in redridge last night and they have some sort of banish spell. Which sucked because it seems the tank got Then there is the area of...
Problems with a Druid
Which would be a good time for the druid to jump in and take the mobs over if there's another healer :-) Hm... On one hand that's true of...
Minimum level for a raid on Scarlet Monastery
As Paul mentioned in another post, you have to consider aggro. The mobs in SM are high-30's elites...
Map and coordinates 45
I second that. Auctioneer is nice to see what items sell for to vendors, but that's it. And it's nice to see what...
Map and coordinates 46
WoW suggests prices that are based on the vendor price. It doesn't take a genious to find out that they can't be any realistic in an open economy. The vendor price for a golden pearl...
Auctioneer was Map and coordinates
Some other things to consider when using Auctioneer: Blizzard sometimes changes drop rates for some stuff. Sometimes this happens in patches and is announced (i.e. more stranglekelp is now to...
Map and coordinates 48
Undercutting by 5%" is a feature from the auctioneer addon. Not from WoW. The minimum bids and buyouts that are suggested when you put an item...
What is a good level of skills
2 weapons will give you a lot less damage than a 2hander. If you dual wield, you are suffering 2 negative...
Map and coordinates
Christian Stauffer I use the mod that comes as part of CTMod suite. If you dont want all the other bits that come with it then just use CTMapMod. Following taken directly...
Map and coordinates 51
Yep, that's a disadvantage. I couldn't even say whether the standard UI suggests prices or not :-) To be honest: I have no idea. As a rule of thumb...
Nonmappable regions
Each "zone" (i.e., Durotar) has several "mini-zones" (i.e., "Wolf Creek Pbutt.") Type "M" to reveal...
recipie colors
If you want a quick skillup, do the great circle of tanaris - there's lots and lots of...
mining nodes 54
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:54:53 +0000, Urbin i don't see what's so bad... i've never...
mining nodes 55
Yep, so I would have the loot open while talking to the other guy, and asking him not to steal. Most will be polite, often not knowing what the proper...
Learning fishing over 150 56
Burt Johnson Hi Burt, When you go to a fishing trainer you will see that, now that you are at such a high level, they say something like "You kick my...
Learning fishing over 150 57
I feel I need to mention that there is a much easier albeit longish way. This way allows you to grab a lot of flight paths along the...
Deadfall questions
I just did a part of Deadfall a few minutes ago, and have a ton of questions. 1) I had expected that once the...
Deadfall questions 59
Burt Johnson That quest is part of a long chain called the Defias Brotherhood in which you travel to Redridge then to...
Deadfall questions 60
Deadmines? Open the map (m), and you can see where they are. You can "zoom out" when you are in the map, by...
Deadfall questions 61
Christian Stauffer a écrit : Unless you "wipe" A wipe is when everybody in the instance dies. If you don't have soemone who can ressurect, everyone needs to do a corpse...
Deadfall questions 62
RogerM Warlocks don't see the soulstone effect expiration. I personally consider it up to the 'stoned target to keep track of...
Deadfall questions 63
As a mage, I have two routines. At MC I let teh groups that I buff know that I am...
Dungeon and elite battle strategy
In most instances, every fight without a healer is likely to mean a a wipe...
mage doing sheep 65
Johnson) Tanking is apparently not an easy thing. If you run around in defensive stance with a sword and shield (standart tanking setup), then you are never...
mage doing sheep 66
Actually, though I have defensive stance, I have never used it. I stay in the balanced...
mage doing sheep 67
Johnson) From the tooltip of defensive stance: ** Decreases damage taken from all sources by 10%. Decreases damage caused by 10%. Increases threat generated by 30%. ** If you are doing serious tanking, has...
mage doing sheep
No idea. Look up thottbot.com for "polymorph" :-) There are several skills for this kind of stuff, commonly referred...
mage doing sheep 69
RogerM Poly rank 1 is trainable at level 8. Note the restrictions however - only works on mobs that are humanoid or...
Dungeon and elite battle strategy 70
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:45:02 GMT, Burt Johnson That is wasting a good healer :-) If you...
Dungeon and elite battle strategy 71
Didn't know that. So much for that strategy... I did use successfully at that Azgate crossing (I think that was the name). I was lvl 20 warrior, and...
Dungeon and elite battle strategy 72
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:13:04 GMT, Burt Johnson The problem is that if he heals during the fight, standing back will not keep him alive. Healing a fighter creates aggro (I even think with...
Deadfall questions 73
Uh... yeah. Dead mind too... :-) Thought I did that. Didn't see it. I'll try again. I had thought these...
Deadfall questions 74
Burt Johnson Snip Reading the various replies, it looks like there is a bit of confusion about what you mean by the word...
Deadfall questions 75
Sorry, misunderstanding. I thought you asked where "they" are, and "they" means your party members. No, most instances aren't on...
Deadfall questions 76
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:51:03 GMT, Burt Johnson Hm, in a case like that I would actually not use the excuse of the meeting because...
On luck and being informed
I recently started a new dwarven hunter, Oryan, on a low population realm as I was...
On luck and being informed 78
Another take on this: Many recipies are worth a few silver at best - basically not worth dragging to the AH and selling, you would be better off vendoring it at the...
On luck and being informed 79
Simon Nejmann Well, certainly for me. :) I totally agree Simon and, don't get me wrong, I did not feel any guilt at getting 20g... we...
PvP midrange questions most rogue specific
I have a 29 rogue doing all WSG BG these days...I am trying to improve so I can buttist in the getting the alliance closer to...
PvP midrange questions most rogue specific
xtremseal I would think that the pet would have to be on aggressive mode. If...
DKP 82
We also had problems with people fighting to get in the 'farm' runs and much less willing to join the 'attempt' runs. So we (recently) decided to give each boss a state. He can either...
DKP 83
That loot-dkp policy is pretty solid actually. MC only gives 20dkp with a full clear. BWL was never fully cleared in one night. One week...
DKP 84
Simon Nejmann a écrit : No, you still misunderstood. It's not democratic loot council at all. The clbutt leader is responsible for the loot order of clbutt...
DKP 85
Babe Bridou much discussion snipped Wow, Babe, I agree with you more often than anyone, except maybe Christian. :-) My policy has always been that if anything stupid or offensive...
DKP 86
David Carson There's nothing wrong with hoarding dkp really. The 1st ashkandi is going to go...
DKP 87
Hornet Oh, it's not a huge problem. It's just that when we're banging our heads...
DKP 88
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Moif Murphy's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. I haven't raided much recently, but we did use...
DKP 89
Hornet Oh also our system: 1 clbutt point and 1 hybrid point per hour. Clbutt points for items that say...
DKP 90
Moif Murphy a écrit : We have used this for an interraid guilde and it has been quite handy. We only get dkp for attending, it isn't used for...
Moss Agate
Because "organising" something as trivial as a Strat Scarlet run is nothing that earns you dibs on anything, and because everyone can need this item. You want a righteous for your warrior? If you...
Moss Agate 92
It should have been a Greed roll IMO and heres why. Its an item thats used in more than one profession. It can be obtained as a drop or from Mining...
Moss Agate 93
Yep yep! One hundred percent in agreement with you sir. My guild is small (non-existent at the moment) and I regularly do instance...
What are benefits of fiery enchant on Weapons
I sold one on Moonrunner for 140g the Saturday before last. When people ask, "What's a good price for...
Getting soulbound items to alt
You *could* do that. If you go that route, I would not drop the second skill until at least level 40. By that time you will have a lot of soulbound...
Getting soulbound items to alt
Yep. As I wrote in another post in the recipe colors thread, you even get the first...
Gangked on PVE server rant
So I have my level 10 Pallidin at Goldenshire (I think, the city after the beginning area in Elwyn Forest.) I am at...
Red Team
Well, my evil sister the warlock was walking in Theramore to finish with First Aid and Tailoring, when a Theramore guard comes and kills me. Ugh...
go after ebay
18 Manhattan landlords ban counterfeit Louis Vuitton bag sales NEW YORK -- Eighteen landlords agreed to ban the sale of counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags in their buildings on a Manhattan street that has...
Burt Johnson is an icon
Burt Johnson a écrit : Here on this newsgroup! The idea is to make a faq availbale to those that don't have internet available at work and whopost thier questions...
Gotta go level my banker alt... : 101
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Indiana Joe's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. This is a persistent and particularly annoying...
Gotta go level my banker alt... : 102
Do a Google search on "NoGame guide warcraft" He has a series of guides for quick levelling (to 10-12 or so) and smart mulint, smart...
These banking fees are killing me
Urbin a écrit : I have managed to avoid the last two bank slots by careful use of mailbox storage. I regret not...
Rogue Dagger vs Sword 104
flopbucket At the endgame, there is some debate. But at your level, I think you should definitely go with swords (or...
Rogue Dagger vs Sword 105
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:51:49 +0000, Catriona R In general - Im sure there is a normal distribution, so not uncommon to see sword rogue beat dagger rogue - but...
Rogue Dagger vs Sword 106
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:34:30 GMT, Justin Thompson Hmm, quite a difference! Haven't yet worked out if it's...
ui mod question 107
phil2phil a écrit : If I understand your question correctly, you are looking for an interface modification that allows you to customize...
ui mod question 108
phil2phil You can have more than one UI mod - you can have as many as your system speed memory allows...
FAQ alt.games.warcraft faq 109
Ok, here it comes. As I have taken up the maintenance of the faq from Mel I have modified it a bit...
WoW Interface still bugging me... : 110
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:13:12 GMT, Jari Luokkanen listing all the addons because one of them seems to *not* peacefully...
WoW Interface still bugging me... : 111
Mmm. As i said before - i did install LATER on those a addons, when i founded out that at my antivirus software was interefering with my game. Thus, i am not THAT...
WoW Interface still bugging me... : 112
Here's the message we use in aghl when someone keeps doing it - maybe it'll contain enough words of...
Lunar Festival Coin Collection
The Coins are gathered from "Elders" (nuetral NPC's) that are placed all around the world. You just have to talk to them and...
Newbie hunter
Seems a great clbutt, most fun yet I think. Though have a few questions! Am I correct that you have to buy the skills from a pet...
Newbie hunter 115
Both Beast Mastery and Marksmanship are good trees. My 35 hunter is all BM so far, and it works well for me. As Marshall...
Newbie hunter 116
A good choice. Beast Mastery will turn your pet into a tough, dependable killing machine, that does up to 1-3 of your total combined damage. I...
Newbie hunter 117
Pet skills can be bought from pet trainers, and learned from pets you tame in the wild. Once you...
Newbie hunter 118
Hi, Yes you buy skills from the pet trainer and then use the training points to spend on your pet. Choose wisely though because even at lvl 60 you wont have enough training points to...
Booty Bay AH only has 8 items
Wandering around Booty Bay now. Got my 2 books. Learned one and mailed the other to my banker. Haven't found the...
Booty Bay AH only has 8 items
Yup, Stranglethorn Vale is the first place you'll come across horde players a lot, but as long as you don't enable PVP on yourself you're safe...
Booty Bay what just happened
I was there in Booty Bay, way out of my league, wandering around town and wondering at the ?? lvl of everyone else in town. I decided that it might...
Booty Bay what just happened 122
You need to right click on the attractor (the cursor will turn blue around the edgs) and then click on your...
Booty Bay what just happened 123
Burt Johnson I haven't used the attractor, but if your skill was boosted, and you still had it, then you can use it more than once without consuming it. He probably...
What we need to do about ream queues
Look. Make no buttumptions about me. I've decided to try and motivate those who care enough to put their thoughts into words. I've got a sizeable thread growing on the Dragonblight forum. I regularly...
Moonglade port quest can only do once
Checked out the latest holiday quest with Dondle. This one seems to be specific to the game, and not a parallel of real world holidays, so...
Upping First Aid skill
I was in IF the other day when someone offered 10 silver on the trade channel to turn 80 silk into 80...
To everyone who hates school
To everyone who hates school: It's okay to hate school: There is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing...
To everyone who hates school
I have a BS, an MBA, and will have my MS-CS in 2 months. I also teach part-time at a university in the BS, MS...
To everyone who hates spam
To everyone who hates spam: It's okay to hate spam: There is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with hating spam, there...
DefendYourself sometimes offensive
I installed this mod after reading about it here and found it very convenient for fixing the whoops-I'm-not-attacking problem that is so common...
Being a tank or a cannon 131
You can do both. Depends on the group and the mobs. I was in Deadmines tonight with my warrior, just like you. In one party we...
Being a tank or a cannon 132
Good point. In my Deadmine tonight (first real instance -- my only earlier one was a disaster), I was the kid in the group. I was 23 (went to 24 shortly...
Being a tank or a cannon 133
Agreed, if the paladin had joined in it sounds like it would have been a cakewalk. It will get...
Being a tank or a cannon 134
Hi Tom :-) Correct me if I'm wrong (like I needed to tell you o.O), but...
Being a tank or a cannon 135
Christian Stauffer a écrit : the "little bit" is what leads you wrong. with shield block you are certain...
Being a tank or a cannon 136
Christian Stauffer a écrit : Sorry Syntax error: "You effectively lose a lot of aggro generating instants without a shield, more than you can gain with using a 2-hander or...
Being a tank or a cannon 137
I'm not mistaking, but I sometimes have problems to put my thoughts in the right words. The point is, when you have an...
Being a tank or a cannon 138
Christian Stauffer a écrit : Nope! Using sample figures, based on that interesting 10% theory (which sounds viable to me) threat built by tank...
Being a tank or a cannon 139
Yes! Mage finished casting his spell, spell lands and does 600 damage. Mage has 1600 threat...
Being a tank or a cannon 140
Christian Stauffer a écrit : Nope! ...which is more than what your imbabear could maul as well. I stand fierce, and strong, and everything else at the same...
Being a tank or a cannon 141
Christian Stauffer a écrit : (I lie too) I'm talking about something simple. 1) You say a shield is for damage reduction and not for aggro, I say it's the contrary...
Being a tank or a cannon 142
Babe Bridou a écrit : Moreover, and to expand on the whole "shield = more threat" debate. 1) the shield guarantees you can...
Being a tank or a cannon 143
That's closer than "Deadfall", but the real name is Deadmines :-) Because later on, you don't have a choice anymore...
Being a tank or a cannon
Burt Johnson snip Shaman tactic. Except they don't have to hide. But what if you the pally ran into a patrol? They do happen near the cannon.. And they...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 145
You* flagged yourself. Noone else, *you*. Whether this happened intentionally or by accident is *your* problem, because *you* control *your* character. It wasn't the griefers that flagged you, it wasn't your partner, it was *you...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 146
I guess you're just as aware as I am that we're talking here about intendend...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 147
Christian Stauffer I wonder why they added confirmation dialog for changing home location... it is certainly a player performed action. Although I never made a mistake there I can now sell my vendor trash to...
this is a BUG
Johnson) Well, don't forget, she lets you play WoW... for many players that alone defines perfection...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 149
Understand that there is no such thing as PvP-free play. PvE isn't PvP-free...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 150
Don't misunderstand Nabuu, he's not saying that you'll be forced into PvP against your will...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 151
DefendYourself is an auto-attack mod, and the intelligence it has for not attacking pvp foes, or sheep, or saps, etc, is simply a disabling of...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 152
It is what it is." It's a silly argument, is what it is. How about item-duping bugs... it is what it is? Should we...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 153
Don't confuse bugs with intended functionality. Item duping and teleport hacks are bugs. Disconnects and mail delays are a service interruption. The PvE flagging system, however, is working exactly the way Blizzard...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 154
You could argue that it is a bug - Blizzard tried to create a server where PvP was consensual in other words the player had to choose to PvP. The implementation...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 155
Thank you. That is a very nice explanation of why I consider it a bug. The implementation makes it too easy...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 156
I don't know if this actually happens that often. I have a couple of toons in...
tricked into PvP this is a BUG 157
I've only been playing a month, and playing on a PvE server created after the first of the year. I have seen it at least half a dozen times. Far more now...
That flatbroke feeling... 158
Granted I have yet to stay with a character long enough to get past 20 or so, but after I hit ten and have some skill built up...
That flatbroke feeling... 159
Hornet ytrede sig i Just started a pally, and is very close at having 10g as lvl 14 (think I...
Curses Meh
Moo, It seems I've come to a point where I have like 90% of my spells, and it's time to figure out which of them...
Curses Meh. 161
Really? Why not? Odd sort of warlock you are! :) Yep, that's the most commonly used curse. Perhaps to keep the aggro with a weak tank instead...
Curses Meh. 162
Christian Stauffer Curses are yummy! For solo work and grinding, you've got the right idea. Weakness is totally...
WSG and the Dreanor Alliance 163
Clued Weasel I'm also on Kirin Tor-US, and I can tell you exactly what's going on. People are morons. Kirin Tor-US, being the newest US RP server until very...
WSG and the Dreanor Alliance 164
Noo it can be great with a good group. Yesterday I had about 300 honour kills and 5 rests. You just need to be organised. Some basics; Clothies as flag carriers? Try and avoid it...
pvp
On 30 Jan 2006 10:14:32 -0800, "gaf1234567890" Nice link, but I think it starts a bit high on the learning curve. :) Oh, and Honor is the new...
Fancy meeting you here
Just wondering about strange places you may have been. On a recent run to get an elder coin in Free Wind Post, my...
WoW Controls question
Axl a écrit : Hi Axl, the answer to your question is yes. I have an in-game friend who is in a similar situation to you, although he can use some keyboard keys, depending...
Dancing warrior
I accepted my first duel tonight. I've always turned them down before, wanting to get on with whatever I was...
Dancing warrior 169
Burt Johnson a écrit : I think you just got to see what people call "playing counterstrike style" ie players adept at moving fast, in circles and who...
Dancing warrior 170
Burt Johnson It basically does boil down to turning. If he jumps behind you you have to turn face him but he also has to turn to face you too. If he doesn't turn quickly...
Mine node respawn time 171
Johnson) I believe it works like this: On a map there are a number (Y) of possible spawn positions, at any one time at most X of them can contain a node...
Mine node respawn time 172
Urs Steiner What I've noticed (especially while I've been farming ghost mushrooms in the slime cave under Skulk Rock) is that there are a number of...
New Horde Rogue I feel like Burt! 173
I re-specced my rogue after some helpful guides were posted here, went Subtlety and had far more success and fun after that. My Ambush...
New Horde Rogue I feel like Burt! 174
Generally the further south you get the higher level it is. There's a camp south of XRs with higher level quests but once you hit high...
New Horde Rogue I feel like Burt! 175
I always used a hybrid of combat and buttbuttination - impp SS first, then buttbuttination talents like eviscerate, increased crit chance, chance for extra combo points, chance for energy regen etc, which are very...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff
Today, in Babe's Tuesday Million Lines Post, we're going to talk about a variety of hot - or not...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 177
Babe Bridou Some of the points you mention are the reason I stopped playing my Priest. When I first got the game in Dec04 I was a complete beginner in mmorpg's. (text...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 178
As a level 52 priest, I thank you for your post. I have not reached the level 55 plateau you mentioned. It will be interesting...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 179
First, I find Shadowform a mixed bag when soloing. If I am in a fight...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 180
David Carson a écrit : While I agree that vampiric embrace is one of the most attractive talents in the shadow tree (there are so many!) I guess you...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 181
I LIKE this. I'm not sure if I'm going to like raiding, and even if I do, being able to START the process in good blues sounds very nice to...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 182
when I was gold farming for my Thunder Bluff reputation, I had a look at many hot moneymaking spots, and I...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 183
Yeah I just realised it's coming up on 1 here, 2 hours til I'm off work, time flies! Anyway in response...
A deep hot bucket of... stuff 184
Hornet a écrit : It so happens because we heal ourself a lot more than other clbuttes. Our healing is our only defense, and our wand is our...
Movement speed
I thought everyone moved at the same speed in WoW? Last night, I happened upon a lv 25 night elf rogue in a mine in...
Movement speed
Urbin Warriors: Charge (level 4) (I don't know the effective speed; it's ridiculously fast, but only for...
Life at 60: Running end game instances
Recently our guild teamed up with some other smaller guilds to be able to do some end game instance runs (ZG, Onyxia, etc.) Our first ZG attempt started off on a bad...
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Yes. But where's the fun when you can enter ZG or MC, and clear it in the 2nd attempt within 2h? It would just be...
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The first boss doesn't take that long because it is extremely difficult, but because it teaches you some basic things about working together. Like healing rotations, how to handle AoE, optimised raid roster, etc...
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I agree completely! Doing end-game raids (ZG, MC, Onyxia, BWL,etc.) requires the player to...
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Sounds like the average first time ZG visit. Did you hybernate the AoE snakes? Did you find out...
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:16:38 +0100, "Christian Stauffer" But when you got the strats down for the several bosses (and also for the hilarious trash mob pulls), ZG...
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Adam Russell a écrit : It is, in most cases, what drives some PVE guilds. Wiping endlessly at one boss is enjoyable for the sheer deliverance, TS burst...
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That's what I was trying to say, but Babe is better in visualising stuff like that...
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My guild just downed Hakkar for the first time recently, and I was there for our second run. We were able...
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Jonathan The instances do take a long time to clear, but you guild should understand if...
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It does take a large time commitment to run high-level instances. You could organize you guild to run just one...
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Yikes, that sounds painfully slow... Three mobs really shouldn't take longer than: " Sheep x, sheep y, kill z - all got the right target...
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I can't really say, since Raiding is definitely not my thing. But, I have several co-workers who play, and we discuss WoW pretty much all day at work. One of them Raids quite...
25 and rich again
Just pbutting along progress... :-) Brawn has now reached level 25 and has 12 g in his pocket again. If you remember, our dirt poor warrior was bemoaning being down to less than...
25 and rich again 201
Simon Nejmann a écrit : It's a "lore" kind of things. The people who took a priest for the healing part are utterly disgusted by this clbutt. We cannot...
25 and rich again 202
Simon Nejmann a écrit : I'm currently hitting the F5 key so much at the moment it's crazy :P By the way, I initially thought that going the holy way had some kind of...
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David Carson a écrit : David, it just doesn't come in, that's all. When it comes out, it's for 1) drinks, you always need drinks for those times when you've logged off in a...
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Good advice, thanks. My 'Lock is currently sporting a Robe of the Void (my only epic item right now, and I had to make it myself :^), and...
Battleground Q
True. There are 3 of them: Warsong Gulch (WSG): Capture the flag Arathi Basin (AB): Camp and gather resources Alterac Valley (AV): Destroy the enemies base (level 50+ only) You...
Battleground Q
In VERY ROUGH TERMS, yes. Sort-of. DO NOT EXPECT ALL THINGS TO BE EQUAL. First, they choose from within a range of 10s. So all lvl 40-49 will be together, and...
and Finding first aid 207
If there's none on the AH (there's usually several on my server), you're in for a tricky journey. If you...
and Finding first aid 208
Too bad... I think that robs you of cash and adventure, both. You should be selling those at the AH, not buying, if you want...
disc spec priest 209
steve, im currently a 31 disc, 9 holy, 11 shadow priest. this has been my raid setup for...
disc spec priest 210
whizzn, i was shadow until lvl50 or 51, when i first went to brd and found out really quickly that running out of mana on every pull was...
Join other LFG channels not the common one
Agreed. I think the best way to actually realize it would be as a GUI...
WOW warns gaylesbian guild 212
Zyan a écrit : Like every "rule" it's there to set up a limit. If you become an annoyance for any kind of reason...
WOW warns gaylesbian guild 213
Nabuu That would be my guess as well. I think it is something that Blizzard just wants...
WOW warns gaylesbian guild 214
Right where Blizzard drew it. Good job, Blizzard. Advertising for specific ingame clbuttes who wish to play together, or for...
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It's a judgement call, and the line is drawn subjectively by the folks in charge, as it should be, IMO. I did not say that...
WOW warns gaylesbian guild 216
Nabuu I didn't say you said that. I asked a question on whether it should be allowed to happen. Why not? You are still going to end up with a Christian guild. Attempting to...
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Hey, *I'D* sign up for a game that did that! ;) Close! I said (YOU QUOTED -- TWICE...
private servers 218
BNlizzard can't stop private servers from being run and setup. There are a few game servers that have been created to support the wow client. the protocols have...
private servers 219
Sklyarov was a different case. He wrote software that was created from reverse engineering, yes, but the software he created was designed to circumvent copyright protection measures...
Life at 60: Battlegrounds
The alternative to running end game instances at 60 seems to be doing battle grounds. Now until level 58 my warrior never...
Demonologist 221
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:07:56 +0100, "Devast8or" MD-Ruin is an ideal PvE raid-instance build. Some of the Master Demonologist and Demonic Sacrifice choices are...
Demonologist
One thing I found out yesterday was that a boosted VW has almost no problem to hold my aggro even if I go trigger happy. So I'd say...
Demonologist 223
I am a lvl 53 full Demonologist with 5 points on either side for improved shadow bolt and Corruption. I don't...
Demonologist 224
Hornet I have not proposed that anyone should "nerf your build". What I say is that there are...
Couple of newbie questions
Hi, I recently picked up WoW and right now my highest character is a level 17 gnome mage. I've played EQ before (not a lot), and I just have a couple...
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You can mail stuff between alts. Cost 30 c per item-stack being mailed. Many here (including me) have an alt at...
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Batchild (Sue M.) Each character has it's own bank account, which no one else can access. You can however use the in game mailboxes to send items (as long as they...
Couple of newbie questions
Moo. Alliance is evil. But welcome anyway :o) Banks are per character, but you can mail stuff to your alts. It will take 1h to...
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:33:05 +0100, "Christian Stauffer" It's possible if the training player then feigns rest or vanishes (or dies I guess), so wiping their aggro, as it actually...
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Batchild (Sue M.) Nope.. if you want to give an item to another character, you can...
ghosts and buildings
Agree completely, I've no problem with people who have English as a second language (or with learning difficulties such as dyslexia) making mistakes, but it's usually obvious what's a...
Playing on dialup
I've never had anything but dialup, living in a hick town with 700 people on a dead-end country road with no monetary incentive for the phone or cable cartels to upgrade...
Summoning & teleporting
Unless you are sure there are two people who would be willing to help you get summoned already at the location...
Weather Effects
Mista Fadedglory Lag is a "feature" unique to networked systems, whereas the strain on the client...
on shadow priests
since rumor has it that the shadow tree will be left alone in the next patch, i buttume that current issues with...
on shadow priests
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:47:07 GMT, snowblade No. A shadow priest can fill a mage slot in a raid group, IF he has taken the aggro reducing talents AND...
Which armor is better
a cloth piece) (green Mail piece) Not as a warrior, no. It's the right choice. For every clbutt...
training in new weapons 238
Ha! I recently switched my 54 paladin from a 2h mace (I've been using maces since level 5) to...
training in new weapons 239
Good advice. Also it helps to keep in mind that the ability to hit a mob depends on...
Which stats best for warlock
As you can easily convert health to mana through lifetap, stamina is the most important stat. Intelligence gives you a larger mana pool, spirit increases mana regen (somewhat). No amount of spirit can...
Instancing with a 'Lock
Hi all, Last night I had went to ZF with a bunch of guys who I regularly go to BG with and we have a very...
Instancing with a 'Lock
I am in the same boat. I have a level 45 lock, and was in a group...
Blue lust
I turned 27 (warrior) tonight. As has become my habit, I visited the AH to upgrade armor and weapons at...
Sargeant, Corporal in PvE
Paul Vader Yes I do. I hardly ever get jumped anymore, but maybe Point 1: she's a female Night Elf Hunter. Point 2...
Mark of honor
Johnson) The first time you go in there it is always harder - it gets easier as you learn the rules and the map. I must say, though, going in as...
Blue lust
Having had 3 lvl 60's on a previous PvE server (my highest on my present PvP server is 43), I can attest that getting 900g is no...
Mage talent build... how should I spend my points 247
LoTekGuru Since you're on PvP server, Instant Arcane Explosion and Improved Counter Spell are must-haves from arcane...
Mage talent build... how should I spend my points 248
I would give the same advice mostly, except that for PVP I think Combustion has to give way to Arcane Power & Presence of Mind without...
Mage talent build... how should I spend my points 249
As nvsbr mentioned, high fire resist players don't really exist until lvl 60. However, while most of them may wear that gear only for MC-BWL, some *do* wear it in...
SoS: Secret of the circle SPOILERS
SPOILERS! === Question in ROT-13*. Please mark answers clearly for folks who don't like to inadvertently trip-up on spoilers. Also...
Secret of the circle SPOILERS
I can't see where you've offered any kind of cool spoilers here ? you have just adventured into, and are guessing...
1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready
Official Info: Quote: As has been stated many times in recent posts, a number of improvements are being made to several priest talents and core abilities for the...
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I actually shelved my 60 priest about 2 months ago and I am waiting for the 1.10 patch to see if...
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Yes. Yes, for progressively longer as you advance. The hated bubble shield also dispels movement-impairing effects...
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I think you're confusing two different issues: 1) The pally has high survivability. Hate it if you want but this is by design...
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Er... FYI - except at very high levels, UBRS is a myth. Dire Maul, Molten Core, just myths. Epic mount? It's a myth. LOL! Next time I'm playing my...
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Those silly arguments follow completely the same illogic you used with "except at higher levels, pally hearthing is a myth." You put out...
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chocolatemalt a écrit : I must confess I sometimes have bad reflexes. The other day when going for wool grinding in the hillsbrad mines (to help opening Ahn Qiraj...
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I don't buy the "all or nothing" argument. I think it's unimaginative. To improve the system, you don't need to eliminate ganking altogether and I...
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Yes, again! It's an easy system with minor rewards. I can't see how "whole PvP guilds" would care. The skulled ganker gets an "outlaw" point or whatever, and his honor value...
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David Carson a écrit : I'm against it. The Honor system was here to give people a reason to...
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Good points. And I agree with you about some of the reasons why a pvp server is fun, and those aspects...
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Paul Vader Blizzard's stated policy is that, whenever possible, unpleasant player behavior should be handled by PVP. This is a...
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chocolatemalt a écrit : What about 8 level 40 securing Nezingwary, and a lone level 60 coming in and skullganking them all, securing the area for his level 40...
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Shammy a écrit : 1) don't trust healing meters. The info they provide is i) false, ii) useless and iii) misleading...
How to improve mining
Burt Johnson Copper won't do diddly for you any more. You need tin or better. If you...
Offtanking 267
Devast8or The clbuttical role of a "main tank" is to attract and hold the attention of all the enemies you're fighting...
Offtanking 268
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Nate Engle's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. I missed the original, somehow, so I'm piggybacking. There's two...
Offtanking 269
Yup, offtanking as a rogue is great fun, I often do that now I'm beginning to learn how grouping works. Obviously I'll try...
When can i melt faces 270
I'm finding it a bit of a challenge too, but an enjoyable one (for the most part). I keep being...
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Admittedly I'm way past level 10, and I'm struggling to remember what it was like back then, but rest buttured that later on a priest can go...
When can i melt faces 272
I have 2 lvl 60 priests, one holy and one shadow. Lvl 20 is the magic number. If you put all of your talents into shadow at lvl 20 you'll get mind...
Helping lower levels 273
I love helping others and is a substantial part of why I play two priests. More generally...
Helping lower levels 274
Hehe I often help Horde players out if they look like they need a hand - I remember one time in STV seeing two taurens a couple of...
Pickup group fun
Lol, tonight was an "interesting" experience - have to laugh at it now but it was crazy at the time! I joined up with a couple of guildmates who were doing...
Pickup group fun 276
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 09:13:45 +0100, "Christian Stauffer" My thoughts exactly... and even in 5...
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:41:15 +0000, Catriona R Hmm, interesting effect - since I installed it, whenever I target a...
Advice on how to make gold for pvp players
Repetetive, yes. Takes lotsa time, yes. Boring? Not when one of these drops: Shadowblade, buttasination Blade...
Being an evil capitalist
In my eagerness to get my epic mechanostrider, i've stooped to new lows. I went into...
Being an evil capitalist 280
Now that you've discovered that, there's no turning back. :) My first char was an herb-alch warrior that grinded (ground?) a ton, gathered a million herbs, sold most of...
Being an evil capitalist 281
chocolatemalt a écrit : Why do I buy overpriced items? 1) because I have the money, but I don't have the time to farm for it myself, and because I'm not online at the...
Being an evil capitalist 282
I bought two epic mounts and I did it primarily working the auction house. People complain but there is nothing wrong with doing this, its...
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David Carson Here's another link that talks about the items. It's an interview with Jeff Kaplan, one of...
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Current info: Quote (Eyonix): We've been making a number of improvements to item drop rates in Stratholme, Scholomance, Upper Black Rock Spire, Lower Black Rock Spire, and Black Rock Depths. In the next patch, the...
Clubbing Rogue
Here goes Combat Improved Gouge Rank 3 Lightning Reflexes Rank 4 Precision Rank 5 Improved Sprint Rank 3 Dual Wield Specialization Rank 5 Mace Specialization Rank 5 Combat Total: 25 Subtlety...
Clubbing Rogue 286
I don't have any experience with anything on this level (my highest character is level 43, my rogue is 23). Theoretically, the maximum rank gives what, a 5% chance for a...
Clubbing Rogue 287
Since you insist, I'll update the math a little. :) Rank 1 Slice and Dice gives a 20% speed increase. Rank 2 (at level 42) gives a...
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Prelgor a écrit : I'm not advanced enough to even let me think about theorycrafting, but I just can't fit into that 21-8-22 pvp mold, going for a slow main hander and quick offhand...
Goodbye WoW
Burned out. Went away for a couple of days and then returned to find even the "New" realms had waits of up to 500 people. Tired of the idiots that outnumber the decent people, yapping...
Goodbye WoW 290
I apologize ... some. First, you are correct, I looked at Google which indicated that 1.5 million subscriber press release was from Feb 2006, but in...
Goodbye WoW 291
Your rant makes me gag with laughter because I played EQ2 and couldn't disagree with you...
Goodbye WoW 292
Another grouch just left; all I can say is have fun do those that are left. Honestly, I can't beleive the number of exacting, supercilious, "this is my game get out of...
Goodbye WoW 293
Right, Brainiac. I offered an insightful, pithy, true, indepth, well- pondered review of the WoW...
Goodbye WoW 294
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:15:48 GMT, Dr. Mojo No, you offered an opinion. Just because *you* think something doesn't mean others think the same or even really...
Goodbye WoW 295
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:06:52 GMT, Dr. Mojo I wasn't really trying to insult you, but you sure are bringing out the big guns in an attempt to insult me. :) Eh, I'd...
Goodbye WoW 296
Dr. Mojo, I have seen arrogant clueless f***wits in my time but you take the cake, man. You are also a grade A...
Any word on resbreastution for long server delays and queues since Christmas 297
L Ha... not worth the bits it took to store it if it were challenged in a court of law. At least...
Any word on resbreastution for long server delays and queues since Christmas 298
Hornet The whole thing is stupidly messy and I would not even try and provide...
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Nikolas Landauer Very true. And in this case I suspect, even if you were mad enough to try and pursue a claim for such a small amount of money, that it would...
Any word on resbreastution for long server delays and queues since Christmas 300
Nikolas Landauer Actually, we know this and they are legally bound to serve their stock holders interest. Blizzard are owned by Vivendi which...
Any word on resbreastution for long server delays and queues since Christmas 301
gaf1234567890 I have deliberately created chars on low population servers so I do not have to worry about queues. However, I find...
Good place to find level 20 horde on PVP server 302
flopbucket Hang out in the farming area in Hillsbarad. The mobs are friendly to you, hostile to horde, and its like the horde equivalent of...
Good place to find level 20 horde on PVP server 303
Sounds good, thanks for the advice. I tried out Sonetalon last night as was suggested, but it was pretty quiet. I managed to kill about 5 but that included killing one person twice, and...
Mountains and Valleys
Very good weekend. Keichan did a little grinding, Dondle did a lot. Finally got neutral with Timbermaw and was able to do the quests requiring it, and move on to faster XP camps...
Any other Warlocks not using Shadowbolt
Even if a Warlock is Demo Destruction talent tree, it's not like they still can't lay on the DOT's. I only use Bolt when mobs are at half health. Initially I start...
MAKE UNLIMITED MONEY USING PAYPAL!!! ONLY WITH USD $5
GUARANTEED FREE MONEY USING PAYPAL!! MAKE UNLIMITED MONEY USING PAYPAL!!! ONLY WITH USD $5!!!!!!!!! First think.. this info...
Playing the clbuttes update
Played a number of different clbuttes the past few months to see which ones would be the most...
alliance
Ok I know what will happen with this post but I have to ask. Are all people who play alliance characters buttholes? Now...
alliance 309
mike Well, it appears that YOU played one. Are you an butthole? I'm betting probably not. It doesn't pay to...
alliance 310
No. You met a bunch of uncooperative folks. Not everyone is a team player, and even some team players limit their help to their own team. The wonder of WoW is...
alliance 311
Nick Vargish Funny, I always thought it looked more like a somewhat more substantial teddy. Anyway, my wife's human warlock was parading around Stormwind in that outfit last night, and several people would...
alliance
Yes, all of them. There's no shade between black and white, and the world is flat. Aha. You picked your character by its look and wonder how people react. Interesting. Yes, level 12...
alliance 313
Night elf" is your problem, especially if you chose a female one... that's where most the kiddies go. Is it a PVP server? In my experience (admittedly...
Where do you get these stats Was: alliance
So long as people are updating regularly, yes. If you look at the server's page, it'll say how...
Here without you
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:52:04 GMT, Nabuu They use the UI. Almost everything is already there...
How do you loot ML or Group
I play wow on Ragnaros (EU) for 10 months now, got 2 lvl 60 and I got almost full tier0...
How do you loot ML or Group 317
From the Blizz site "Master Looter - This setting allows the group leader to loot everything and allows the leader to decide if other members in the...
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The thing is that not having ML on makes fights and problems I never had on the other server, dark runes drop, pristine diamonds, those orbs in scarlet and many more and ppl always...
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It's apparant you have never had a poor or even dishonest Master Looter. The discussion-timing...
How do you loot ML or Group
Epics from ordinary mobs? Happened about 2 times in my total playing time. I've seen a lot of great BoE blues, though. And it's really simple. As N-G looting for BoE's...
1.10 priest changes cont
first off apologies for creating a new thread, it seems the other was more about paladins than priests. thanks guys. i'm...
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Reg LeCrisp diversity is fine. however, what i meant was this. for paladins (i have a lvl54), they moved...
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Excuse me?!? I WANTED an effective healing priest. As you say, holy has always been about healing... and it is...
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Kimbelyn a écrit : Yeah What I hope is that the damn game becomes balanced again. Your priest is good, that's no surprise. You spent most of your talents on a...
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Babe Bridou i agree these are great talents, and ones i have, though im 4-5 spiritual healing due to my build. personally, i find if you have to shield your tank, then you are not...
Soloonly Instances 326
As you said, it is against the grain of the game, but some instances can be soloed, not as a part of story developement, but as...
Soloonly Instances 327
There are soloable dungeons,if you get high enough. I was soloing the Dead Mines, Blackfthom Deeps, and Wailing Caverns in my 30's...
best rppvp server
I don't play RP-PvP, so I can't really answer that, but regarding RP-PvE servers: I've heard the opposite about Earthen...
Hakkar help 1.9.3
Ok so Hakkar got buffed this last patch. We didn't really see it as a problem. Bat boss through panther boss was cake as usual for us, although...
Hakkar help 1.9.3
Stephen Dont feel bad, our Nef geared raid with a couple blue-MC alts wiped 4 times before giving up, 18% when the...
Yay im a 60 druid now! 331
Olivier Mouvet (Feral Charge), and some *almost essential, can live without* skills (NS), your playstyle is much more important than your talents. In...
Yay im a 60 druid now! 332
Mark you're right, most priests dont want to in pvp. myself included. i heal 6 days a...
Extra action bars
flopbucket Yup you can do this. Open the "Key Bindings" option from the menu and scroll way down. You will start to see long lists of "action bars...
World of Warcraft: 40 New Methods for Killing Farmers
This new guide reveals 40 hard-earned insider secrets and my proven method, showing YOU how to kill Farmers in World of...
Auction Woes 335
Yes. It is the age-old economic theory of supply and demand. The market sets the prices. And most recently the market has...
Auction Woes 336
oceanclub It really helps to know both what is good, and what else is available. Not all greens are...
Auction Woes 337
I agree with Chris -- if you aren't checking for all the similar items in a multi-level bracket, you don't understand the market for the item you want to sell...
Stop fishing
I was fishing the river north of Duskwood tonight with my 17 Palladin. Things were...
Stop fishing
Hehe yeah, I never even knew about the flightpath stop on the Thousand Needles side of Feralas until I...
How to plant flag at Warsong BG
I suck at PvP! I just sent my 18 pally into Warsong for the first time (I played my 29 warrior for the...
How to plant flag at Warsong BG 341
Johnson) Well, there are two types of PvP rewards - stuff from ranks, and stuff from BG reputation...
How to plant flag at Warsong BG 342
Simon Nejmann When you turn in the marks, which you obtain from every BG game, you also get a gracious amount of XP. I think it's not a bad idea to...
How to plant flag at Warsong BG 343
Johnson) Nope, close though. You go to the enemy base, right click the flag to pick it up, then you walk back to your own base and stands on the flag base. If...
Do I have wrong Hardware
I can't determine the quality of this device, but at $45 equivalent (low end of expected prices) and non-widespread distribution, I would be suspicious of it. It may not be a problem...
How fast is instant
I'm surprised that no one mentioned this, wow has a global cooldown on most if not all abilities. I'm not sure if it's a mod I have or...
Razorgore down! 346
No it's absolutely not the paladins-shamans. It's the tanks and rogues. Tanks must be able to play through their sequence (each 45 second a tank gets BA and dies...
Razorgore down! 347
The primary difficulty with Vaelstrasz is getting a decent tank transfer sorted - Every 45 seconds...
using skeleton keys
Hehe they are, believe me - you won't ever find a locked chest outside an instance with anything worth having in it, and only rogues...
While you were away
Ah, found the thread. quote: blue "FYI, the combat log is only a prediction of what your...
Level couldn't kill me
I routinely keep PvP on, even for my trading alt in Booty Bay. He's a Level 9 troll warrior. I got up, jogged out of the inn and...
Level couldn't kill me 351
Catriona R I read all the ganking stories here visualizing hundreds of lowbies being crushed by ruthless ?? players everywhere all the time...
Level couldn't kill me 352
You're just lucky, and-or your server has a large factional imbalance and you picked the "easy" side. My server (Twisting Nether, rp-pvp) has a nominal balance of factions according...
Level couldn't kill me
SCHOLOLOL I think the question why some ... individuals enjoy it to right click an enemy that doesn't stand a chance and isn't the...
Hamstring
Johnson) Well, it depends on the opponents as well. Go to Elwyn Forest, find 2...
Sometimes luck is very nice
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:55:08 +0000, Catriona R Just checking on the stats and I can't see that devilsaur is better than Shadowcraft tbh... Devilsaur leggings: 12 stamina 46 attack power 1...
L60 players lootgrubbing fascists
Agreed mostly. But it's not the *only* thing in the game. You can work on your professions. And you can't say that those don't improve your character. Enchanting for instance. Or even...
When warlocks start to rock! 357
It is unlikely that you would die repeatedly. I've probably been ganked 30 or 40 times so far and the only time I died repeatedly...
When warlocks start to rock! 358
Other than gank squads, if someone is staying around waiting for you to rez, you probably deserve it. There are always crazy players who will try to...
When warlocks start to rock! 359
Paul Vader It's happened to my main on Emerald Dream about 5 times (she is now 53), and I have four other characters on Emerald Dream...
When warlocks start to rock! 360
A funny thing happened in my current guild. Others saw how much fun I and another warlock main were having with the clbutt, so we are way overpopulated with warlock-alts now...
anyone tired of the "ohhh that is "CLbutt" set item only" 361
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Imgame's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Reading comprehension for the win. I already said I have three level...
anyone tired of the "ohhh that is "CLbutt" set item only" 362
Quack Quack... yes follow the complete thread as to where people went off about it being...
Better endgame
This is a common problem with EVERY MMORPG. Once you reach the higest attainable level, there is little left to do. WoW, however, at least has some stuff to keep you busy...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 364
Doppleganger a écrit : In september when I started MC, we were the 3rd group (a 4th started the week after us) Now there are 8 Mc...
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:18:09 GMT, RogerM Actually Roger, when I read Chris' first reply, I buttumed his "I don't mean to be nasty...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 366
Urbin If someone does come up with a cool idea, do you acknowledge that, or just point out the flaws, while offering no...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 367
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:23:26 GMT, RogerM Ok, I agree, he could have said "I like your...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 368
Urbin Yes. In one of his last replies to me, he completely deleted my answers to the issues he had brought...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 369
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:33:47 GMT, RogerM Ok, I missed that, sorry. In this thread, a few posts up he agreed that there were things that needed to be fixed in...
What did you expect at lvl 60 other content
Sorry to reply to your post, but I couldn't but read your reply even though RogerM is currently ignored by my newsreader) Do you mean the...
What did you expect at lvl 60 371
Recognition ----------------- When a 60 walks around he should be an elder, able to hand out a quest or fix items, or at least do *something* for lower levels. A new set of levels. There...
What did you expect at lvl 60 372
I expected it to be boring and so far it is. There's really not very much content that you can solo at 60, and that's what gives me the...
What did you expect at lvl 60 373
True, but I don't think they give much rep? I'm picking up 1k+ on every Baron or Scholo run, and already...
What did you expect at lvl 60 374
HIa Stavros Christoforou yeah, sure ... the biggest problem is actually to find group who want to...
What did you expect at lvl 60 375
Hi ok, sounds like you have done pretty much all instance wise. Still, there's all the new quests in Silithus, some new...
What did you expect at lvl 60 376
Mel After you do the grinding Azshara quests (which you can do before MC), you only need to go twice inside MC: once to kill a few...
What did you expect at lvl 60 377
Stavros Christoforou a écrit : I don't get it, I still have quanbreasties of quest to do and I've been level 60 for months now. But I'm a bit of a diletante when it comes to...
What did you expect at lvl 60 378
Mel Hey, I am a responsible and conscious lvl60, and carried ALL my quest items with me, in case some guildie could help with...
fun solo clbutt 379
Have to admit I never used distract while levelling up; it was one of the skills I always forgot I had. Even now I rarely remember to use it, although it comes in...
fun solo clbutt 380
The Warlock is a tricky character clbutt. My main's a 60 'lock, and I'm still learning some...
fun solo clbutt 381
I have over 50 days played on my main, which is a Priest. He was full shadow until I started going MC. First few runs he remained shadow, then...
fun solo clbutt 382
Just out of interest, I have 60 Hunter and Priest (shadow) as well as a mid 40s Rogue and a mid 30s Warrior. I took the priest up because the guild was short of them...
fun solo clbutt 383
No not at all. Where I play there is no such rule. I can get the staff of dominance with 0 grief if I wanted...
fun solo clbutt 384
Having a pet constantly on hand, does a hunter ever technically 'solo' ? :-) I have levelled a priest, warrior and mage to 60 and a druid to level 41, so I feel qualified to comment...
fun solo clbutt 385
I've leveled 2 priests (both 60s - one is shadow and one is holy), a Mage (to 40), a Warrior (to 31), a Druid (17), a Pally (only...
fun solo clbutt 386
Definite agreement with you - whole heartedly. I like playing alts, and have leveled all clbuttes (except shaman and paladin) to at least the late teens. -Most fun...
fun solo clbutt 387
L Repebreastive, yes. My big knock against soloing with a rogue. Why aren't they now? I am shocked by what I have heard about druids and...
fun solo clbutt 388
Again, we think alike. RP is the reason I chose my dwarf priest. It was my...
fun solo clbutt 389
most effective solo^W everything: shaman. esp. if he's a shaman engineer. there's basically nothing a shaman engineer can't do. offensive magic? sure. heal? melee? no problem. add in engineering and...
fun solo clbutt 390
I disagree, having played both to nearly 60 (one now 57, one at 56), the hunter is FAR easier to solo than the shaman...
fun solo clbutt 391
You can draw the lines that way if you wish, but it really doesn't take into account how much talent specs affect a clbutt - they...
WoW UK Server question
I've never had any trouble that way... although the thought of getting abuse means I generally don't make my gender obvious until I've...
Q Safest way to Thousand Needles for Lvl 30 Alliance Priest 393
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 18:06:45 -0800, "Michael T. Peterson" I went at 23 to visit Gadgetzan, and went from Menethil to Dustwallow, ran along...
Q Safest way to Thousand Needles for Lvl 30 Alliance Priest 394
for a short while before writing: You can swim from Westfall to BB, then boat to Ratchet. Run south down...
Zandalar Tribe Question
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Joona We started trash farming last Saturday. 2 Warriors, 2 Priests, 2 Rogues and anyone else that wanted to come along...
couple of quick movies
not sure how you guys feel about movies and the such, but i made these over the weekend and feel they are pretty...
Help with Paladin
I spent some time at the lower levels learning my body pull tactics and it...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter
Hi, Yesterday, I lost several PvP battles with my level 25 rogue against a level 18 hunter...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter... 399
flopbucket Well, speaking as a hunter who has end lots of rogues, and been end by lots of rogues, I can tell you what I really don't...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter... 400
Heh. Anytime I read complaints about clbutt 'balance' in this game, I take it with a grain of salt. Your post shows Blizzard has done a pretty good job balancing...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter... 401
Is there actually any clbutt that is good agsinst hunters ?? I always thought rogues are .. well. My 60 Arc21-Fire30 Mage has quite some practice killing them in battleground. Since they can shoot...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter
Feral Druids with the right mix of gear have some good tools against hunters: - A bit of instant ranged damage (moonfire does about 400 including the DOT if I'm not mistaken) - Ability to hybernate...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter
Only if you don't know where the trap has been laid, and if you directly charge to the hunter. Why should I start a duel against...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter
I don't charge to the hunter when i know the trap is between us. I run...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter
Christian Stauffer snip I have had some low level (30iest) experience with a RL friend who plays a hunter. We...
Level 25 Rogue losing to level 18 Hunter... 406
flopbucket Concussive Shot if he was at range; Wing Clip if he was in melee. Option one: run...
Mystery Spots 407
says... Found one of these areas at the connection between the wetlands, and what ever is north of the wetlands. Fell off and...
Mystery Spots 408
Yeah, selling wares to vendors is no problem (except some stuff like early types of bullets and...
ShammyDPS or shammydefender
NarKoMechBbutt Your armor values sound about right - a good shield will about double a shaman's armor...
A General Enquiery 410
I've never played UO. I have, however, been playing MMORPG's for around six years, starting with Asheron's Call (an oldie but still goodie.. still up and around years later - though...
A General Enquiery 411
Having played Lineage and Dark Age of Camelot, both for 6-18 months, and being in the level grind in WoW, I would rate WoW above both of...
A General Enquiery 412
You can find the game for $40 these days and that comes with a free 30-days subscription...
relative values 413
Theres no "conversion factor" if thats what you mean. They all have their place, depending on what youre doing. Spirit is good if youre soloing and have spirit tap. It works...
relative values 414
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read themamoru's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Babe will probably be along shortly with half a ream of maths, I'm too tired right now to do all...
relative values 415
Simon Nejmann a écrit : The main difference is More damage = better More healing = potentially better. The trick...
relative values 416
Michael Holm a écrit : Impressive, did you consider going for the PVP reputation rewards, too? you get nice +int on them as well, and a...
relative values 417
valpozzo a écrit : Int is nice when you need to absolutely cast as many spells as possible without taking a...
why stockades 418
Stockades is small and quick and a little monotonous, but it *is* an instance and if you want to have any hope of getting decent gear (blue stuff) without going broke at the...
sorting out the bumblers and twits
And how do you do that at the stone? I am not a teenager with a group of friends that go online at the same time and level together. I...
sorting out the bumblers and twits 420
Never use the meeting stone. It's a miserable failure, a Blizzard misfeature that they'll hopefully fix with a drastic overhaul. I seem to recall a rumor that they will be doing just that. Using the...
sorting out the bumblers and twits 421
AAnt I did very little PUGging while leveling my main character - I solo'ed a lot, and did instances only with my guildmates. I've done...
sorting out the bumblers and twits 422
In town do a LFG Stockades, etc. I understand - the problem is when you are joining 4 unknowns for an instance, the likelihood is greater that you will run into at...
sorting out the bumblers and twits 423
I do that, but have never gotten a response. I went into Stockade queue about 5 minutes ago to try it out. Standing there all...
why stockades 424
Burt Johnson There's a nice green ring that drops there sometimes, the Defias Renegade ring, +3 agi, +3 sta. I've never seen that one drop anywhere else. There's also a nice blue quest reward...
why stockades 425
I guess my dislike is how hard it is to get a group. Talk to the stone and wait...
Druid Advice Please wardrobe question
My bad.. it's Outfitter I've been using, not ItemRack. I'll check that one out... Latest versions of addons, and...
Druid Advice Please 427
Chizel At least in the early part of your career, yes. There's a modest mana overhead required to get into bear form...
Druid Advice Please 428
Christian Stauffer As long as you can stay feral for your entire lifespan that's really peachy, but I have a hunch that at least sometime somebody is going to ask this gentleman to...
Druid Advice Please 429
Nathan Engle Erm, we were talking about downtime when soloing if I'm not mistaken? I don't...
Druid Advice Please 430
Christian Stauffer He said he hates drinking and eating. As long as you can tolerate stepping into a caster-support role in a instance I guess that's great, but I can think of a...
Druid Advice Please
While mainly soloing*, which is most likely easiest to do with a feral druid who doesn't need to spend mana to kill and or spend time eating for healing. Every other clbutt does either...
Druid Advice Please 432
I have talents in "feline swiftness" which increases my speed outside by 30% in catform, that's just 10% off the travelform speed and all you have...
Druid Advice Please 433
Sprite You can also sprint in cat form, but my point was that changing shape purges you of daze-stun. This also includes web-net. Changing shape has...
Druid Advice Please 434
Sadly I've found this isn't always the case :( I think it depends on the ability used, I haven't researched it entirely, but changing shape doesn't always relieve...
Druid Advice Please 435
I think I love you :) I'd just like to add, re: Nathan's advice about the OP rolling a rogue or a warrior. In those clbuttes, you are expected to fulfill...
Druid Advice Please 436
Nathan Engle I don't see why. Faerie Fire (Feral) pulls just fine for me. Of course, it costs 1 talent point...
Druid Advice Please 437
Well, the OP did ask for opinions, and I'm sure these aren't the only ones he's going to hear. He said he wants to play something besides his hunter, and he said that he has...
Speed buffs for the nonmounted 438
gheesh.... it is just a game.. Get real.............. my pinto has freckles just like my Aliase hume rogue does. my pinto eats apples and sugar cane and oats. she loves riding through the Azeroth...
Speed buffs for the nonmounted 439
what IS with this "enslave" bovine scatology !! okay - okay IF the mount was smart IT would be riding us huh. anthropomorphic ? graphic bits ? My Pinto is having as much fun as I am riding around...
Help Me Spec My Mage Frost
Mista Fadedglory I respecced my lvl49 mage 5 times so far and must say that each setup has his advantages. At about lvl40-45 I was fully fire specced...
Driveby rez. Your opinion
Christian Stauffer Actually the "ressurectable" item tells you that they haven't clicked on the release button and started their run back from the GY. You...
Fear Ward 442
Not sure what these are! Surely you can create a RP story for a Dwarf? Nope Dwarf racial spell only. You get it at level 20 I think. I thought I...
Fear Ward 443
I think that skill is meant to be getting changes in the upcoming patch, not sure on the details though... It's most...
Better than honored
Yeah, especially the main factions reputation - runecloth gets very boring very fast, especially when there's no reward at all for getting revered. And with the only reward for exalted...
ganked on PvE without action on my part 445
Well I took Telo's "SelfCast" as a framework and produced an addon called "Pacifist" last night which may be a partial solution - but its a bugger to test.... I mean just try finding PvP...
ganked on PvE without action on my part 446
Johnson) So the only "missing critical feature " that you speak of is this dialogue pop up box. Read thru the posts in this thread logically and you will understand that this PVP feature...
ganked on PvE without action on my part 447
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:16:29 GMT, Burt Johnson Ah, now we're back at the stage...
Quick 10man question
Catriona R So basically you are tanking the mob as a leather wearer off the healer. That is not your job. You can help take off the health off the mob the tank...
Quick 10man question
Catriona R snip I usually band aid myself if that is possible. You could too if you use...
Quick 10man question 450
Wrong. Healer aggro is no issue before the epic instances if the tank knows what he's doing. Aggro of the damage dealers is another problem, as...
Quick 10man question 451
I have to admit that I didn't have situations with non-elites in mind. However, those mobs are usually AoEd which means the mage has full aggro on them while...
Quick 10man question 452
Ouch :-( I remember a Dire Maul group recently, where I did everything I could to not take aggro from the warrior, only doing white damage... still took it a few times and died. On one...
Quick 10man question 453
Catriona R Ah, let the warrior hate begin.... I think most people really overestimate the capabilities...
Quick 10man question 454
I'm not bashing warriors because it's fun, I'm speaking out of the experience of a healer who died a lot because tanks didn't know their job, and as a tank who - although he hasn't the...
Quick 10man question 455
It is trivial for a moderately good tank and moderately good healer to manage the aggro situation without any problems ever. Tank charges...
Quick 10man question 456
Because this discussion started, and if I'm not completely mistaken continued, with mobs heading for the healer. Healer aggro. Damage dealers taking aggro was brought up by Catriona, who wrote she'll intentionally grap aggro from...
Quick 10man question 457
Christian Stauffer Hunter pulls don't prevent a warrior's charge. Different groups require different tactics, sure... But it's also not difficult to plan the...
Quick 10man question
Christian Stauffer snip Yeah, the other side, kill the healer. Kill him quick :-) Then the...
Quick 10man question 459
snip A good rant. People do need to understand what warrior-tanks require to keep aggro and take the armor-shield-reduced damage and keep the healers' jobs easy. Most PUG's contain...
Quick 10man question
chocolatemalt snip Which bring us back to the point Catriona R made about snitching the mob off the healer...
Quick 10man question 461
Have to say my comment was not "warrior hate" but an observation that *some* warriors are very...
Quick 10man question
Simon Nejmann snip Coming from you two, I will heal more. It does happen that a party member...
Quick 10man question 463
Yep, but when the fight is nearly over, and you still have half your mana, you could aswell drop a heal. Don't get me wrong: When it's a really close call the tank...
Quick 10man question
Catriona R My previous druid had a lot of experience with tanks. Both were good and I played which each of them about...
Quick 10man question 465
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:15:35 +0000, Moif Murphy Emergency Monitor seemd like a nice idea when I first found it, but I quickly stopped using it, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it...
tagging mobs
If the damage was resisted, then you didn't damage the mob, and thus did not tag it. You...
New Priest and +healing gear
Christian Stauffer a écrit : Ah, yes. An advice to use at your own risk as well, because it's the first time I try to express it with...
Most hated instance 468
Just the machines have that problem, as I've seen. The ordinary gnomes and dwarves are CC'able. Alarmbots just need a circumspect hunter or mage to nullify. But definitely, if they aren't paying...
Most hated instance 469
RogerM a écrit : Sunken Temple... ARGH! The Temple of Atal'Hakkar is my worst memory as...
Most hated instance 470
I went there once and never returned, despite the fact that I only actually completed one quest... it was the one I most wanted though and I just couldn't face returning so abandoned the...
Most hated instance 471
David Carson OK, I just spend a few hours in their with my priest, and I have to...
Jin'do the Hexxer
Hornet I have only attempted Jin'do once, and we end him second pull. We thought he was remarkably easy...
did Stockades tonight wPUG
At the urging of many here, I decided to do Stockade tonight with a PUG. Saw several LFG for it, so went there...
did Stockades tonight wPUG 474
Consecrated water? thats a new one to me! I hope Priests get that in the new patch :) Mana potions do seem more hard to come buy than healing potions but never had to buy...
did Stockades tonight wPUG 475
Yeah, its called conjured water :) very early on mages get a spell to create free juice and free food! It costs them mana to make but they can get it back by...
Slim's friend
Who is this Slim and his friends in Menethil Harbor??? I talked the other night about getting attacked out of the blue at...
Sympathy for the casuals 477
I know the feeling, I've been losing motivation a lot myself lately. I'm in a fantastic guild, which is working through the endgame...
Sympathy for the casuals 478
Catriona R Basically, this is exactly why level-60 Gyrus is retired. He went on some 20- and 40-man raids, decided they were boring, and went into...
Sympathy for the casuals 479
Good tip, I'm trying to do that, trouble is most of my fun was in solo questing and exploring new places... and it's getting harder and...
Sympathy for the casuals 480
Yup, I figured Onyxia was the best place to start, and I will give it a fair chance before totally giving up. Of course getting one-shotted in phase 2...
Sympathy for the casuals 481
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:52:12 -0700, chocolatemalt I'd hate that too; I've never been dragged through an instance...
Waiting for the 1.10 patch
As I've said countless times, I'm feeling this burnout on my priest periodically, since last...
Dkp setup
Zero sum has many advantages in that they cant rig the DKP system, but it is hard to award attendancy DKP. If you only award DKP for kills...
AddOn: BagStatusMeters
ScratchMonkey It's pretty simple; it (optionally) displays a meter listing total used bag slots-total bag slots (or total free bag slots-total bag slots, if preferred) that can be moved...
Beware Getting Reported
I have a lvl 36 priest that I grouped up with some people I didn't know and did SM library. Halfway through the instance someone...
Beware Getting Reported
I'd suggest making a separate window for guild chat - that way you can just read it when you...
Anyone else explored AQ yet No spoilers I dont think
Most of the servers have open gates now, so I'm just wondering how many folks from the NG have got to explore this place. Here's my bored at work and wanna talk about...
Anyone else explored AQ yet No spoilers I dont think. 488
Hornet we run aq pretty much every night. have two 20 man raids going at 7pm and 11:30pm game time. 40 man we've...
Anyone else explored AQ yet No spoilers I dont think. 489
Personally I consider MC to be a joke, the strategies are very very basic, and for Ragnaros its just a matter of gear for a group to succeed. AQ40 is a considerable step up...
Can someone please copypaste this article to the board
off of MMO gold. by James Lee 07.05.2005 Last month we showed you some of the scammers...
new priest talents discussion
Quoted from Eyonix So the priest talent changes have been unveiled through the interactive calculator and I...
new priest talents discussion 492
With this update I will probably leave the shadow priest spec forever. The advantage of a shadow priest as a leveling priest has always been questionable to me primarily because I could not heal...
new priest talents discussion 493
Hornet a écrit : It's not that easy. Not that easy. Each tree now has about 50 points...
new priest talents discussion 494
Brian a écrit : It is! but remember, as hard healing as it is, holy nova is incredibly mana heavy already. It...
new priest talents discussion 495
David Carson a écrit : I think in that form the +15% talent is good for healers when under the aggression of a...
new priest talents discussion 496
Babe Bridou Are you saying warriors don't generate rage when they hit you while you've got a shield up? I've never heard that before?! But anyway, I'm not saying it's BAD per se.. obviously...
new priest talents discussion 497
David Carson a écrit : I realized it after watching the movie. It's obvious all the way, especially when you...
new priest talents discussion 498
Brad Sprigg a écrit : If you're looking for your last few levels, then I'd take wands...
Blizzard Loves Me
So I finally got Avocat to level 60 about 2 weeks ago. From 54 to 60 he was occasionally running Scholo, Strat, and the AH. He had...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 500
Not to advocate buying Gold from Chinese capitalist pigs, but ....... BUT who Does have the time? The time required in WOW to grind is utter ridiculousness. No Student or Worker or Family...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 501
Time for what? It's a game, it's all ABOUT wasting time. Horse puckey. You can get to level...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 502
I'm sure I'll regret this, but he is right. I dinged 60 about a week ago and realized, I will never, ever be...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 503
Thanks for the info, for me i get fun out of exploration, doing quests (although to many are 'kill monster love 10 times' having a...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 504
You mean BOP...there are some good BOE blues and purples you can buy at AH and they will help you...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 505
Respec feral. You will be stronger when you pick up a little better gear at AH.. Potions also work wonders. I think they realize they have to cater to the casual players, especially...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 506
Yelps a écrit : Well, I am doing these things. I've been doing these things for quite some time...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 507
i really think that the main problem is that people dont get the simplest fact about wow: WOW DOES NOT HAVE AN OUTRO! there is NO need to get THROUGH the game...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 508
Yelps a écrit : Well, I am doing these things. I've been doing these things for quite some time now. Face it: buying gold isn't...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 509
Yelps a écrit : Sorry, I forgot the part where I explain that the "you" I refer to in my last paragraph means "some hypothetic guy I'm talking to that's considering buying...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 510
Have the time to do what? Really, what are you wanting to do in the game? I am...
If you buy gold you are an IDIOT 511
First of all, I want to say I dont buy gold, but I personally think that people that buy gold dont really affect you in game so its really a non-issue. All of...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 512
Yep, that's where I was. While I was waiting for my stone to let me out, a human came in too...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 513
As Catriona mentioned, STV, Southshore, Shimmering Flats are all good quest areas for a 30. Shimmering Flats...
Gnomeregen is jinxed
I have been to Gnomerigan 3 times and hate it so far! That place is jinxed! I play...
Gnomeregen is jinxed 515
Burt Johnson The place is fine, all the woes you're describing are the result of other players. There's at least one strong factor that...
Gnomeregen is jinxed 516
Ouch, sounds much like my first experience of it - thankfully I completed the quests I wanted, so never went back! To be...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 517
Burt Johnson The dock where you find the necklace for the little girl is in a lake...
where to park when not playing
Burt Johnson The accumulation rate varies depending on your location. Out in the wilderness the bonus builds up at a glacial pace, but when parked in your racial capital city you can build up to...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 519
I skipped those elite quests in Wetlands, too much hbuttle to find groups for. If you're up for some exploring, I'd suggest either Shimmering Flats or Hillsbrad Foothills - both...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 520
Sorry so long to respond. My Mac died last Friday and just came back from the shop tonight. Fortunately, I had a...
how alliance gets to Dustwallow Marsh 521
Ooh, lucky timing! I think I did that one at about 35 - I don't know how far into the cave you went, but if you go beyond the entrance bit there's...
Newbie questions 522
With only a couple well defined free-for-all exceptions (as in arenas), you can never kill...
Newbie questions 523
My hunter is level 21, and in my opinion hunter is without a doubt one of the most fun clbuttes to play. It's true, however, that I rarely...
Flogging a very dead horse
Vertoobli Put a weapon chain on your offhand. Also, a fury warrior really performs agains caster mobs. They have low armor, dont disarm or net you and you can pummel them regularly so you dont...
Alliance gift set why
Burt Johnson They're just an RP-silly item, so no loss, though you might have made...
anyone
Mine is running great, no problems at all. Now let's see what is up with yours. As a tech it REALLY helps when people use the...
Hunter overheads
Same habits here. I rarely buy equipment at the AH unless I've been very unlucky with drops, which isn't often since I plug away at the instances about 30% of the time...
Still around
My new EQ guild raids weekends, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Between raids, I've been doing some monster...
DPS and weapon speed
Your numbers don't work. the first gun is only 100-4 = 25 dps, and the second is 40-1.3 = 30.76 dps...
I am trying to remember which quest this was
no, you are correct. Booty bay - guy just inside the door. spoiler below: (?) you guys care about "spoilers" in this forum ? I know Tomb Raider...
Video Cards, again
So, a couple years ago I knew everything there was to know about graphics cards, and I was the guy giving advice. Now, somehow...
Video Cards, again
I have a somewhat similar rig (except for the vidcard): AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2 GB DDR ASUS A7V880 mobo ATI X800 Pro vidcard I manage...
1.10 Nerfs, buffs, fixes and changes
This was posted on my guild's forums, I think it's a translation from the asian wow site where the notes have been released. 2 mbuttive nerfs: Hunter weapon normalisation and 5...
AQ opening
Hi all, I managed to claw my main those extra couple of levels towards 60 at the weekend, and have now turned my attentions towards the opening of...
AQ opening 535
The thing about the war effort is that everyone helped out. We had lower lvl folks in our guild farming like mad to get access to some green loot. So if that's your...
AQ opening 536
oceanclub It has, probably, less day-to-day impact on adventurers themselves than modern-day religions do, and certainly less than a traditional fantasy game with multiple deities with provable existences. This is...
AQ opening 537
If you want to run the 20-40 man raids in AQ, I understand your desire to go play there. If you want to...
AQ opening 538
Alastair" wrote in message ... Well dont know how things will be on your server, but on Aggramar we had...
Razorgore downed
BWL is much harder than MC. Onyxia is all strategy and coordination, gear doesn't matter very much except for the MT and...
Can a newbie really still enjoy the game
Definitely yes. It's questionable if you'll ever reach 60, but you can perfectly have fun on the journey. No problem. Log in, do a few quests...
Can a newbie really still enjoy the game 541
I've played a few MMORPG's, from Asheron's Call through FFXI, and IMO, WoW is the most...
Can a newbie really still enjoy the game 542
That will be fine, I play a heck of a lot more than 3-4 hours a week but I...
Can a newbie really still enjoy the game 543
gheesh. load up the free month. jump in play. 3-4 hours a week will be a blast !! Most of these posts in this threads are...
Can a newbie really still enjoy the game 544
I would completely disagree. The beauty of WoW is that you *can* play 3-4 hours...
Mage aggro question
I play a 53 undead mage, send 11 arcane 44 frost. Lately we have been to the Temple with a group of...
The great unasked question
Thomas J. Boschloo ytrede sig i I never go off-line either, I just enter another realm of excistance. I really wonder why the Blizzard god didn't make it so this fact about...
What mod or options did this
After a year of playing, what feels like a really dumb question... I've been running with an increasing collection of...
Feigning rest But What About the Cat 548
okay. you have to absolutely do this. get prowl for your pet. I thought that was the most...
Feigning rest But What About the Cat 549
oceanclub ok, I didn't realize that dismiss has a 5-sec global spell cooldown attached to it. I usually try to hit...
Priest learning to play after 1.10
As a level 42 dwarf priest, I am both looking forward to and am apprehensive of the upcoming changes. For 29...
even more video cards
i'll take a turn at begging for help. i'm getting 15-20 FPS max, as low as 3-5 in bad spots. i know that my video card is total garbage and needs to be upgraded...
even more video cards 552
Thanks for your recommendations. Between those, I feel more drawn to the GeForce options; apart from being...
even more video cards 553
chocolatemalt I expected someone would point that out. I'm already a customer with them. You can add what I'm about to say to your collection...
Horde lvl 40
It's actually not that bad. I recently made the run from Arathi to the Badlands twice, with a low 40's shaman and a high 30's hunter. My highest Alliance...
RareEpics from Pickpocketing
I'm not aware of any weapons or armour being available from pickpocketing, although I'd be happy to hear otherwise! Neither have I...
What noone ever talks about
I have saved people's lives and had them turn on me, but that is why I have a big gun with a monster range. What is interesting to me is when, on a PVP...
You serve C'Thun now, mortal
Saturday morning grind with Keichan. Working my way up Drywhisker Gorge, hoping to move along the Myzrael chain, when I...
Why bother hoarding mats
I have an enchanter-blacksmith that has been hoarding mats. He mailed them to an alt set...
Why bother hoarding mats 559
Hording mats allows you to take two gathering skills in the beginning, with an eye toward taking a...
Why bother hoarding mats 560
PhilHibbs a écrit : Well, my hunter has been herbalist-alchemist for a while, but I realised quickly that I was missing most of my...
Talenting Esa'Jin
Esa'Jin gracefully let her ceremony pyre vestments and bathed into the hot water pool. Her head half-way immerged, she started thinking about what she felt was good, and how...
Talenting Esa'Jin
Fugwump a écrit : The mental agility is purely for dispels in my "raiding" opinion. Dispel is my dreadmost mana...
AddOnProgramming and CastSpell error handling
Hi there, I'm working on a little addon for my dwarf priest to "automate" the use of fear ward: It chooses the...
Hero Clbuttes
Here's something to chew on while I sleep. More juicy rumour mill from my guild's forum. Aparently this went up on the wow.com forums...
Hero Clbuttes
Dave Here ya go: DRUIDS Night Elf Druid: Arch Druid: This will be a hybrid clbutt in the same vein as its "father" clbutt, and...
Good skill pairs for hunter or druid 566
Between level 20 and 35, both my warrior and pally were doing about 1 level per day. That is, whichever char I played...
Good skill pairs for hunter or druid 567
Disagree. Druids are perfect for both. You can melee in cat or bearform, throw heals on between fights, and catform-bearform again. The least downtime of all the clbuttes, I...
Warlock topic: Doomguard
Hi all, I am closing in on level 60 and have noticed on Thottbot that you can sacrifice a member of your group to get a demon called Doomguard...
Warlock topic: Doomguard 569
Alastair I'm just going to respond to the original post since there's inaccuracies in all the replies so far. The Doomguard is hands down the best...
Warlock topic: Doomguard 570
He is, but at the same time there are too few situations where he is really useful since he tends to break loose quite often and...
Guild Wars is SO MUCH BETTER than World of Warcraft 571
My take on it? WoW is kinda like life. You start out with no skill, you have no abilities, and you're relatively weak. Long periods of boredom, long, stupid, often...
Guild Wars is SO MUCH BETTER than World of Warcraft 572
I TOP POSTED JUST NOW!!!! FULL QUOTE AND FLAME ME, SOMEONE!!!!! lol I only play...
Tin woes
says... Yes smelting is not the greatest way to skill up. There is the ore in...
Do you use your keyboard
Catriona R I've been a healer since my first day (a Paladin for a year...
Healing mod tips 575
I used GroupButtons for a while, quite successuflly. I see this has also been reccommended by someone else in this thread. Now, though, I use CTRaidbuttist's Emergency Monitor almost exclusively...
Healing mod tips 576
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:32 +0000, Catriona R I used to love Benecast. It...
Healing mod tips 577
Catriona R a écrit : CTRA is now nothing more than a general overview of the raid's condition, buffs and debuffs for me, after a while you'll get in this mood too: it's...
Healing mod tips 578
Yeah, I was thinking of setting that kind of thing up, as often I only knew which party member had...
Healing mod tips
Catriona R snip I have my heals just above the AWSD keys. That allows me...
Healing mod tips 580
I usually find I'm staring so hard at the health bars I miss what's happening around me, and I find it's very easy to miss...
Healing mod tips 581
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:53:48 +0000, Catriona R Personally, I normally work with the highest rank only of each spell on the...
Questions about WoW 582
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:45:25 -0600, "Adam Corolla" Because the game mechanics don't work...
Questions about WoW 583
Thanks!! Now I have a question about training a pet. A hunter trainer gave me a stick and told me...
Questions about WoW 584
Ah, the joys of figuring out how to tame a pet, the first time :-) There are a few key points to successfully taming your prospective pet- the first, is preparation...
Questions about WoW 585
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:45:25 -0600, "Adam Corolla" Hmm, as a hunter your strength is in ranged attack, so if you're meleeing everything and not using your bow, it's no wonder you're struggling! As...
What to do with silk
says... As others have mentioned, you can do the turn in quests for rep and xp...
Hunters
I can see both points of view. It depends on circumstances. If you have a bunch of excellent players who understand aggro, *anyone* can pull (except pally if mobs are not undead). The...
1.10 patch notes 588
dette: Yeah, the full details of all the sets would be nice to know in advance. I still wonder what they...
1.10 patch notes 589
Well I've been on the test server last night, not got too far with the quests yet, but it seems instance...
1.10 patch notes 590
FunkyM Unfortunately this one is a slap in the face to people who have been replacing their tier 0 set pieces with tidbits from ZG and...
Damn Blizzard 591
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:39:20 -0500, Bruin If indeed I was trolling, then it certainly seemed to have worked rather well. ;-) I haven't been in Redridge...
Damn Blizzard 592
On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:49:25 GMT, David Casey I know that you have a hard time understanding what...
Damn Blizzard 593
Sure you do. You have been exercising that right every time you called someone a fanboi. What makes...
Damn Blizzard 594
According to your post, you take pleasure in other's misery, you really should try ganking lowbies & then camping their corpses. The short answer: don't play...
Damn Blizzard 595
ROFLMAO! I thought you'd crawl out of your cave for this thread. Yes, I know you still believe that evil Blizzard only exists for the express purpose of screwing you personally. I had forgotten...
Damn Blizzard 596
Glad I can be entertaining. Shows what level of acceptance you have. Looky here SonnyBob.... I was playing online games before you had...
Damn Blizzard 597
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:16:01 GMT, David Casey Do you always ask questions that you just answered for yourself? And the atbreastude is...
Damn Blizzard 598
I think you got confused as to who you were replying to. Regardless, your work in your expansive corporate world missed one very important fact. It's called...
Damn Blizzard 599
This is true for many - and why Blizzard's cross-realm migrations allow entire guilds to move as one unit. It's not perfect, but it helps. Given a choice between a long...
Damn Blizzard 600
If the traffic is bad, the local government is supposed to fix it because of all the taxes they've charged " - and you believe their brief is...
Damn Blizzard 601
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:08:29 GMT, Justin Thompson No. First off they need to...
Damn Blizzard 602
Please note I am yet to get WoW so I have not experienced ques etc. I very much doubt this is the case. What is more likey to be the...
Damn Blizzard 603
EXCELLENT ALEX!!!! DAMN, what?? Did you attend TWO Logic Clbuttes in a row or something? Yes. YOu are right in your argument that Blizzard made a mistake. Now remember...
buying your way to greatness
Same thing happened with me. My pally was named Blj (my initials) so that it would be an easy name to type when mailing stuff. I went out to bring...
Master looter unable to give item
Does this happen? That a master looter is for somereason unable to give a looted item to a Raid member...
Master looter unable to give item
Shammy Theres nothing wrong with that. A pally buddy I knew wore the best healing stuff he could get, cloth-mail-leather...
Looking for priest advice
I just started playing on my old server again, and from the second I got on, my little disc holy priest got a guild invite from a friend. The guild itself is a...
Looking for priest advice 608
Robin Van Hoof a écrit : I know perfectly what situation you're in, Robin, as I was in the exact same one! They said: we won't take you with us if you...
Looking for priest advice 609
Robin Van Hoof Incendius in UBRS always drops something with fire resistance on it, from cloth up to plate. Father...
Looking for priest advice 610
If the mob can get to you before you can cast an instant-cast spell then you are standing...
Looking for priest advice 611
feides a écrit : Sorry, but Vladesch is right. The tank cannot hold aggro on 4 mobs against, say, a lava pack. The tank is generally the most impatient...
Looking for priest advice 612
Well we were never "speed running" but I don't remember our groups having any trouble with this. Probably we were using more than 1 tank. I don't see how this...
Looking for priest advice 613
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Robin Van Hoof's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Priests die a lot in raids. Eventually you just get used to it. Really good priests actually tend to die...
Is it a mistake to grow a young character on an old server
I have a year-old Paladin on Llane. Months ago I began an Undead Priest, also on Llane, but...
Warrior using dualwield
Johnson) It does indeed only do half damage (rogues have talents that makes the offhand do 75% damage - dunno if warriors have something similar). Not sure, don't think so. Well, certain builds...
How to write to a local file from a script Keywords: write, file, script
I'm in charge of recording and calculating my guild's DKP on Molten Core runs. Currently, whenever loot drops, I open up the raid screen and take a screenshot, and...
East Coast 5 GMT Player Looking For Guild
Hey all. I'm getting tired of going solo 99% of the time. I'm just looking for a guild who's having fun doing PvP and raids, but people who also contribute to gearing up fellow guildies...
East Coast 5 GMT Player Looking For Guild
Jeff The Templars of Hyjal and the Fishers of the Temple don't recruit, but if we seem like the kind of guilds you'd be interested in, then you are welcome to get to know...
FAQ alt.games.warcraft FAQ 619
Sorry this is late but I have been moving house so lurking here and updating the faq has been low on my priority list...
45 seconds with a full set and epics
Catriona R If you are trying for the "Most L25's" contest, that's a mistake. This is the correct strategy: 1) Create 10 Characters up front. All...
Server setup... curious
Not solid in the sense of a "here's how it works" page on a Blizzard site, no. I don't imagine they'll ever lay out their server infrastructure openly, unfortunately. There is a fair...
macro help
I need a macro that will heal me if no one is targeted or heal the person if they are targeted Much like self cast, but this doesnt work on...
kang the decapitator and my inexperience
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:16:01 +0000, Catriona R i took the advice of the person who gave me a possible bid buy out price and put...
Contests
Been looking at these contests Blizz is running on the test realms, and getting tempted to try them - anyone else considering them? Ironic thing...
1.10 Leveling Contest
Well, I found '-who #' gives everyone at that level. So after 2 days, with Blizzard taking down the server Tuesday morning and again Tuesday afternoon, there is one level 27...
New Tier 0.5 Clbutt Sets
dette: I don't think the quest-line and armor is ment for people who already got access to MC. It's a great opotunaty for people...
Gnomergan jinx continues
I told earlier about how all 3 times I had tried Gnomerigan, I had lousy PUG parties. Figuring it must just be the luck of the draw...
Enchanting Q
oceanclub ytrede sig i You can cast it at any item, which can hold an enchant. Casting it at an item that already has an enchant or any permanently enchancement from...
loot for mageslocksshadow priests in MC 629
Brian These are all valid points, yet I think if I was a mage in the guild where the high scoring shadow priest was...
Best professions for Hunter soloist 630
First aid is a freebie. So is cooking and fishing. They don't cost profession slots. I recommend using fishing to catch...
Best professions for Hunter soloist 631
Adam Corolla First aid is extremely useful, for patching yourself up after a tough fight, and also as a hunter you have the opportunity to bandage while...
secondary talents in the expansion
Yes it is. It's not directly linked to your characters level, that's true. But it's not only a strange coincidence that gathering and crafting skills are capped at 300 (like weapon skills) which is character...
Rppvp server question
Hi! I played about a year on a PvP server and basically rerolled one or two months ago (as alliance, *eek*) on a newly formed RPPvP server (Scarshield Legion). The reason...
Rppvp server question
That's basically what I was hoping to hear. I've never been hardcore into RP, and am probably lax enough wit that *real* hardcore types would be annoyed (I have...
Confusion about Professions vs. secondary skills
Adam Corolla Most of the high level crafted mail is made with leatherworking. The first batch of patterns are for scorpid scales very nice...
Okay, maybe not all instance runs are bad
There are instance runs, and then there are guild instance runs. If you're in a decent guild, the two are rarely remotely the same thing. A few weeks ago, I put the second...
loot for mageslocksshadow priests in MC 637
We recently had a similar discussion as well between druids and rogues. We do not force anyone to spec a specific way so we have some...
Which is the best addonscript for auctions
I'll just second Dave's vote for auctioneer. It seems to be the hands-down favorite. I keep one char in SW or IF wating by the mailbox. My...
Aggro managements and calculations
Yep, I copied it to my guilds forum: --------- It's often said that we will never be able to work out the way threat and hate lists and mobs' AI works, because it's too complicated...
Can used WoW game be used
Well, Blizzard can't make buying or selling accounts illegal so nobody cares what they say that way - what Blizzard can do (and does do) is...
Raising leatherworking skill 641
Ville-Matti Kiili) I generally went for whatever needed the easiest materials, like anything that needed a small amount. I'm not sure...
Raising leatherworking skill 642
Off the top of my head, I have the hat, bracers, boots, belt, and pants for Shadowcraft. Gonna upgrade them after 1.10 - why the heck not, I'll give it a...
Faq on items that best fit type
feides a écrit : I'll go first, with *glp* hunter loot, because interestingly enough it's the easiest to buttign in my opinion! :D Clbutt: Hunter Main strengths - upgrade sought in...
Why people wanna play paladins 644
Thomas J. Boschloo I agree wholeheartedly. Using that method of measurement doesn't take into account so many factors. Priest shields, overhealing. I can top the damage metre by spamming Prayer of Healing, doesnt...
Why people wanna play paladins
Paul Vader That is applied mathematics. What matters first is getting what you came for. How you get there is not important. If a healer almost never heals because it is not...
Why people wanna play paladins 646
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:10:32 +0100, "Thomas J. Boschloo" A healer standing around doing nothing is a waste - if there is nobody to heal, then...
my past two weeks
hello ;) just so happy over the past two weeks i decided to share. i will start with the best. on march 3rd...
my past two weeks... 648
Kimbelyn a écrit : And you're right. But I'm only talking about raids, eh, as long as you keep the bonuses balanced, then this particular bonus on gloves won't change much. But...
my past two weeks... 649
Kimbelyn a écrit : I'm impressed, and jealous at the same time. After 5 tries (two of which were really on-the-fly, unprepared tries), I'm forced to come to this simple conclusion: I can't...
my past two weeks... 650
Kimbelyn a écrit : I'm no great priest! I won't even talk about skills here. I'm not one to talk about my...
my past two weeks... 651
Babe Bridou i understand where you are coming from. i get told how good i am, how i deserve this item or that...
my past two weeks... 652
Babe Bridou thank you for those kind words. :) i still have the hotbar i used setup, but im not home right now to tell the exact ranks i used, but if...
my past two weeks... 653
Fugwump hiyas, yes. i have either used that build or full shadow for the past year. i find it very difficult to solo without mindflay, as it helps a ton when...
my past two weeks... 654
Do they let you raid when full shadow? I guess with the gear you have you can still heal nearly as good or the...
my past two weeks... 655
Fugwump well, couple notes. whenever i switched back to shadow in the past it usually meant i...
I need encouragement.. and levelling advice 656
Applause* Best answer. Our guild is fielding Zul Gurub and UBRS getting people geared up for MC, and we have quite a few level 60 healers that have no clue how...
I need encouragement.. and levelling advice 657
Catriona R That's the path I followed with my priest alt. I skipped the earliest instances, not...
I need encouragement.. and levelling advice 658
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:25:35 +0000, Catriona R So far I am with you. My main is a lvl 60 hunter and I am currently mostly playing Sunh, my lvl 40 priest. And...
I need encouragement.. and levelling advice 659
Urbin i found that this was rarely important except the off chance another group had aggroed. i think the first time i really found an issue...
I need encouragement.. and levelling advice 660
Thats about right Tanaris is next on your list. Do Tanaris. Kill alot of stuff. Do Zul Farak instance...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 661
The reason most people roll "Need" on a BoE Purple, is because there will always be someone else who rolls Need for it. Though you don't really need...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 662
See, poptarts, that's where we differ on loot. In my raids-instances the loot rules are much nicer. If you need an item, roll on it. Doesnt matter if you...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 663
Paul Vader Because without the person with the profession, *no one* in the entire group would even have a chance of *having* the item. Without an enchanter, there are no shards...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 664
Hia Nikolas Landauer aaaah :) there are two scenarios you are mixing here (at least ATM, after the expansion this will change for this instances). One...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 665
Brian Quite right. I'll revise my suggestion, then. The scenarios, while not equivalent, do remain similar (and I've heard many people talking about Core Leather not belonging to the skinner, so this isn't moot...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 666
Because it's not an 'enchanting item'. It's a piece of loot that just happens to be something that enchanters can use for their own purposes, the same...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 667
poptarts Pay the rest of the party 20% of the vendor price each? Or in the form of...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 668
Despite the views of one unusual poster, it doesn't work that way. There is no kind of loot that is dropped by a mob that can't be used, sold...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 669
Adam Russel Not it any of the groups I've been in. Its considered a need...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 670
Paul Vader As I said, you run your instances your way, I'll run them my way. But how hard is it for you to give up your chance at a 5G...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 671
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Conspiracy of Dunemaul (US)'s latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Loot rules for my runs (buttume PUG...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 672
The first moneymaker you can make from enchanting are the wands for low levels. The minor magic wand is the only wand a lvl 5 char can use, and the lesser magic...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 673
I was more talking about shards from the blue items. There are lots of recipes you can make the hell...
I won a roll on an BOE epic robe 674
My mage has made a profit with her tailoring, despite having it so far above her level that she always has...
HOW TO Play Warcraft FULL TIME
When I first saw ProBuilder Plus, I thought it was just hype. Earn $2,000 per month...
ModsAddons: The definitive list 676
Thanks. The default settings seem a bit weird, though. I enabled that add-on and went playing around. I didn't read any manuals. The first beast I encountered was...
ModsAddons: The definitive list 677
Agreed. What's this? One problem I have is with how much screen is occupied by my chat windows, but I...
ModsAddons: The definitive list
JFlexer VITAL (to me): - Auctioneer and PriceEach - MetaMap (does what Atlas does (though that part not quite as prettily), plus it's a resizable zone-world map, with MapNotes, and about ten other Add-Ons...
Comcast Cable +McAfee and WoW
I subscribe to McAfee's online for the anti-virus and firewall. I pay $$ to subscribe. Wave Broadband cable modem - power user 6-8 mb bandwidth account: I hang my WoW PC off the...
A Very Good Day
Yesterday, I had the day off of work. I wanted to get some things accomplished. 1). Finished getting exalted with Ironforge. I now have epic mounts...
A Very Good Day 681
The time that I have was spent questing, helping other quest, running lower-level guildees through instances, crafting, exploring, farming occasionally, etc. Anything...
A Very Good Day 682
I'll post a URL when I get it sent to my guild leader's website. But you're right... if you spend a lot of time playing (especially in higher...
Best WoW Character Names
And in all other games. Early on in the history of UO I embarked wmy roomate...
Fused Wiring Where to find it
Here's the best way I've found to farm Fused Wiring for an Alliance engineer - Make approximately 5 Advanced Target Dummies. - Carry spare...
Making Progress
I can make plenty of progress these days, but not in just any old place I want. I'm giving Everquest one last try...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma
Let me start off by making sure we're all on the same page. Everyone knows that the only reason someone chooses to be an ingame Hunter is because they are somehow trying...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 687
I like to join groups because we can't sneak invis past the big bad monsters...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 688
You did of course forget those that are stuck in between two incarnations and therefore need to give...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 689
Urbin a écrit : I'm a level 60 social failure and I will roll on that inappropriate manner if it ever drops for my party. It's...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 690
Look. Friends (and I use that term VERY loosely, sorry to say). We are seriously getting NOWHERE with...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 691
Ok, after carefully reviewing all your replies individually ( I like to copy and paste them...
Controversial, yet important : The Hunter dilemma. 692
Let me, A non WoW Player (but I have been monitoring this NG for some time), tell you what a hunter is for in the WoW "experience". Firstly, While a hunter is a predominantly solo...
Where to put talents for druid 693
At lvl 17, I have put everything into balance so far. First 5 into improved wrath, then 3 into nature's grasp. My earlier chars were warrior and pallidin, which...
Where to put talents for druid 694
Burt Johnson Our Gang-of-Three druids consists of one Feral (me) and two Balance guys. We are leveling together, and pretty much stay the same level. We do probably 2-3 of our play...
Where to put talents for druid 695
Feral Cat. I've read that balance can be very effective with the correct equipment but I went with a feral build...
Where to put talents for druid 696
I originally went Balance & Resto, and liked it through my early 50s. Remember, though (or google my old posts), that I'm a very casual...
Why would a 60 run a Lowbie through an instance One mans explanation
In another thread it was brought up how some High levels run lowbies through instances for either gear...
Why would a 60 run a Lowbie through an instance One mans explanation
defied the laws of time and space to say: One thing that my former addiction, City of Heroes, really did right was...
My first "first
attempt. Sen'jin is still a fairly young server, so just *getting* to MC at this point is a fairly significant accomplishment. But we wanted more. Trash mobs...
how to get epics
end game ? you mean a plausible ending to the questing story line ? Don't think Bliz has written one. or do you mean some idea of a "lets make it up...
How do resistences work
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:07:57 +0100, "Christian Stauffer" From the link Stavros Christoforou posted: ** When hit by a spell, you have two chances to resist the spell. The first chance is...
Question about these WoW gold selling sites 702
There's been a few articles online about the "studios" in China and elsewhere that do this. Here's how it breaks down: There are "studios", which...
Question about these WoW gold selling sites 703
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:03:05 +0000, Grumpy it would be extremely easy, actually. i play with a real...
Question about these WoW gold selling sites 704
The ones I have seen are characters that take donations of money or items to buttist in distributing them as needed. Operation is primarily on the honor system, and guilds really have to have...
Question about these WoW gold selling sites 705
flopbucket yep. this depends on what it's for. e.g. some of the higher-level chars might donate some items to the bank so that lower level chars can use them...
Question about these WoW gold selling sites 706
There are two kind of companies in this gold selling business, the manufacturer and the retailer, just like the real business world. The manufacturer focus on making golds, and then sell golds to retailers...
Gnomish rest Ray
My story! I was happily wandering through Winterspring as my mage, testing out my new...
New to Healing
I've played a Lock to 60, a War to 45, a rogue to 34.... Casting is all about where to position yourself and know which casts to do at certain times to...
New to Healing 709
Welcome to the light side! ;-) Since some recent patch, you can have different key bindings per characeter - go to the key binding page, and there's a checkbox at the top if...
New to Healing 710
As a Resto Druid I would give one peice of advice to make your life...
Warlock water breathing buff was: New to Healing
I went the opposite way. When I started playing WoW, everyone in my guild said they needed healers as priests were in short supply, so I started with a priest. I love throwing buffs around...
New to Healing
lkng4chubs snip I like to have them close to the movement keys so I can find them without looking down at the keyboard (and in the dark in case I...
Anyone Here Use the GroupButtons UI
I've been using the groupbuttons UI for a while now and recently I tried to make some adjustments to the button positions on my party members. I would like...
Player notes addon
The bug is definitely still there -- it was in the old version for sure, and...
Who here has had the game END at level 60
Yup, I've had the unforunate circumstance of rolling an Undead Warrior as my 'first' character while I was relatively uneducated in the realm of World of...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 716
Yep, same thing for me. I rolled an Undead Rogue on a PVP server and had...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 717
I have. It ceases to be fun. I don't find applying for jobs fun. I don't find chatting LFG to find like minded gamers fun. I don't enjoy...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 718
Nobody seriously cares about the 5% health bonus taurens get - at 10.000 health (no, you won't...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 719
Geuss I'm a lucky bastard. After beeing months in a casual guild, running UBRS-Scholo-Strath and a few tries in ZG, they tried MC for the first and only time...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 720
Well, in some ways, it *is* like applying for a job. Heck, some of us spend more times in guild raids than we do at our day...
Who here has had the game END at level 60 721
Hi Shinnokxz hu? Well' I'll tell one of our maintanks he's no longer a future with us in this case ... seeing he's undead...
rag first kill video
Rajaxx is very easy. Instruct your healers to heal correct during that fight. His AOE will half the HP. No one will ever die UNLESS they get below 100HP, in...
Hunter thingies.. 723
Like others have said, check out Petopia (or however you spell it), and find the type of pet that works best for how you play. Since I play on a...
Hunter thingies.. 724
Jari Luokkanen There is no reason to change your pet unless you want to. I have a level 48 Hunter who has had the same...
Hunter thingies.. 725
I got soon lvl 24 Hunter. What pet is best now for me? I am Dwarf hunter and i my current pet is bear. Secondly, i am...
Solution to gold buyers
If WOW shut down all the gold sellers and stopped people from being able to buy...
Solution to gold buyers 727
I farm lots of crafting components for high level enchanting and I never really have a problem with farmers camping all the...
Solution to gold buyers 728
Anyone who's playing the game will get drops that they can't use that are worth selling in the AH. I suppose you could just vendor everything but that would be rather dumb. So I...
Solution to gold buyers 729
Jack Hollis You are playing with and against real people. You get the positives of a real world in the virtual world there as well. The differing personalities, the different ways people...
Solution to gold buyers 730
I have a friend that bought gold, until he explained his thoughts I was indifferent. After he explained his reasoning I saw where he was coming from (I will...
Beasts stuck inside trees
South of Auberdine I often find a beast apparently stuck inside a tree. My minimap shows the red...
Beasts stuck inside trees
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:14:40 -0700, chocolatemalt Actually you will never take more than 100...
Two networked pCs...one account
Accounts are singe use. If one family member is logged in, a second attempt to log-in will 'bounce' the first, as you have noted. In order for two folks...
rogue talent question
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:42:13 -0000, "themamoru" Depends on what you like in playstyle really. For me, using dual swords with a mostly combat build...
Druid professions
Sprite It's the obvious choice for a Tauren druid or when you know druids from the Asterix comic. Sealion definately helps when harvesting stranglekep, but a Warlock probably is almost as good at it, although...
achy fingers
ASDF is the way to go, but I highly recommend remapping your movement keys onto ESDF rather than the default WASD... the...
Why do battlegrounds at all 737
Firstly, it's fun. Cooperative play in small(er) groups where teamwork is vital and your opponents are intelligent. I've only really focussed on PvP for my most recent alt, but I...
Why do battlegrounds at all 738
Burt Johnson Doesn't follow. Plenty of people run battlegrounds on normal servers because they like PVP fun, but they like to be able to choose when to do it and when...
Why do battlegrounds at all 739
There's good rewards if you get a high enough rank... so basically if you grind it 24-7 after a few months you'll get epics. Not...
Why do battlegrounds at all 740
A few comments: PvP is a core game mechanic, this is Warcraft! PvE servers offer the ability to...
Why do battlegrounds at all 741
Heh. I actually checked out WSG this weekend a few times (I just started playing a couple of weeks ago and finally am in the 18-19 range). I like it, sort...
Why do battlegrounds at all 742
Heh, last night I was in Undercity and got into a queue, then took the zepplin to Ogrimmar, took wind rider to the Crossroads and was over...
Why do battlegrounds at all 743
Catriona R in WSG-AB you get small amounts of coins when looting the dead enemy players (and they...
Why do battlegrounds at all 744
It's a different type of fun. BG are 100% consensually affairs. It's like playing UT, Quake, Battlefield...
Why do battlegrounds at all 745
I find it the most fun. WSG, then AB, then AV. In WSG the team and the battlefield are so small and the goals so focussed that it's non-stop action...
FAQ 20060320
Sorry this is a day late. Cheers Urbin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alt.games.warcraft FAQ Urbin, 2006-03-20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintainer ---------- This FAQ is maintained by...
Mining or Herbalism
I leveled my character to 300 herbalsim, and gave it up, and just finished leveling mining to 300. In my humble opinion... Herbalism is easier to gather, the herbs seem to be...
Paladins and professional gambling
two things happened to me in the last couple of days: my paladin reached level 20 and put a point into Seal of Command I finished reading the book...
Cheapest place to buy legal, unused copy of WoW
Hey to all-first post. Well some of my friends have decided to do their best to drag me into the WoW world since they need some...
Expansion and endgame effort 750
Yup Medivh's tower (the name of which escapes me right now) down the bottom of Deadwind Pbutt is going...
Expansion and endgame effort 751
I agree. I personally dont think they will be 'ramping up' the current content, you will just need to have completed the current content to be able to effectively tackle...
Expansion and endgame effort 752
Actually when you have a look at item sites, you can notice that gear has...
1.10 patch and Scholomance and other instances 753
Hey all, read through some responses here and have some thoughts: -I have 5manned Scholo, as a...
1.10 patch and Scholomance and other instances 754
The 5-man is true, the non-instance part is false. They (Blizzard) would have to rewrite their entire code for that zone to accomplish that, and there's no point to doing...
First night at BWL
Did I mention I was back? Yeah ok, but I'm excited :-) So last night was my first night with the guild and the raid. Warm up on the first 2 MC boses (I know all...
First night at BWL
So second raid night with my new guild, MC, which the guild has on farm status. We did the first 2 bosses the night before, so last night was the rest + Ragna, who...
Bank bags 757
Yes, you can replace the bag. Just drag the 8 slot into the space. The items will transfer to the new bag. I only took the first two slots, the 3rd costs 10g, and...
Bank bags 758
Trooper I think it skips 5G and the last slot is 100, but that's the general idea. Spring water costs copper pieces, not worth saving. Just buy at a vendor when you need it...
Timbermaw rep
I hit revered with the Timbermaw recently and turned in the feathers (headdress), the third...
The essence of fishing
So, i'm continuing my fishing. I brought it up just to bring it up (and to get deviates) and i stopped...
The essence of fishing 761
I have never heard of that! They're in Aszhara you say? I'm going to have to check it out. Fully enchanced I'm a 430 fisherman. If you want a better pole, spend...
The essence of fishing 762
The average time to a bite might increase. I've done a LOT of fishing (300 on on...
Best grinding clbutt 763
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:53:47 +0000, Catriona R WORD! The downtime argument absolutely favors rogues. I'm getting impatient even when i have to wait for my energy to tick back...
Best grinding clbutt 764
Since nobody mentioned it before: Firemages! I have +402 dmg and 4500 mana unbuffed (all...
Best grinding clbutt 765
Heh yeah, whenever I play mana clbuttes I end up absolutely cursing their downtime, especially when it's not a mage, so I have to actually buy my water! I think I'm a bit spoilt...
Best grinding clbutt 766
Ahhh, that one - I went there a couple of times but rapidly decided the mobs weren't very rogue-friendly when you're a mid-50s rogue in almost...
Best grinding clbutt 767
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:48:07 +1100, David Carson Nice, I want that trinket... got half the cards for Maelstrom which...
Best grinding clbutt 768
Here's my favorite BM-MM spec, 32-19: If the URL wraps, you may have to cut and paste that into your browser, to get it to work. No, they're not must...
Best grinding clbutt 769
Marshall a écrit : If you want a pure grinder (not a quester-instance runner-whatever), I'd like to point...
Best grinding clbutt 770
Thanks Marshall and Babe for the posts, very helpful. Taking on board both of your comments how about I already have the 5-5 Efficiency and 2-5 Endurance. This way I get 'aspect of...
Best grinding clbutt 771
Thats not funny, I got a lvl 60 pally! Worst clbutt ever! Can't really grind anything...
Best grinding clbutt 772
Fugwump I don't play my 60 paladin any more, got tired of watching things die of old age. Black dragonscales are lucrative. I know a hunter who made 600G...
Rogue Weapon Enchants! 773
I know there are people who see twinks like this, LS, Crusader or the green glow...
Rogue Weapon Enchants! 774
Ovak The lengths arent very far at all. As an undead mage with Engineering. I...
Player Performance Evalution in group 775
You have to consider the clbutt and the role a player is taking though - someone has to be top or bottom of each ranking, and it's...
Player Performance Evalution in group 776
Thomas J. Boschloo When I was doing it, it was as simple as a rejuvination. It was a Healing Touch. The thing that peeed me off the most...
Player Performance Evalution in group
Conspiracy It might have actually been a regrowth :-) Those are the fastest and most efficient 'keep the tank alive' spells a druid in his early...
Player Performance Evalution in group 778
If you want to be thought to be healing, be seen to be healing. Simple fact is, the slow-cast big...
Player Performance Evalution in group 779
Simon Nejmann I spent my time and mana doing nothing. I literally sat around wanding things. I dont spend mana on SW:P or Smite as I would rather not get...
Player Performance Evalution in group
Paul Vader It is a thread you contributed too IIRC it :-) As a druid I always had damage envy (especially after specing...
Player Performance Evalution in group
Paul Vader Still you are making buttumptions and present me with a nasty atbreastude. Just face the fact that no matter how impressive your gear is, if...
Player Performance Evalution in group
Thomas J. Boschloo snip This aside from the fact that you don't want a player with bad gear (e.g. no fire resistance in...
Player Performance Evalution in group 783
Although I've never had such low scores, I've often been ranked very low on both with my shammy. Nobody complained, and a...
L60 mage enchants
That gives +8 damage to head or leg item, and is not all that good compared to the +100 health or +150 mana you can get (or 20 fire resist). Or, and this...
Uldaman What is it good for
Ok so I have a 44 alliance druid running through the normal tanaris feralis quest lines. I already finished ZF and probably will run it again a few times. I realized that I completley skipped...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 786
I was fire, then arcane fire, then cold-arcane, now fire arcane, 30-21. Cold is kewl for slowing stuff down and for crits more often...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 787
It isn't easy to give a definitive answer quickly as talents vary, but I'll try. What you may be talking about is talented fire spells being...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 788
OK, but i'm not always so good at it when i'm out of practice. buttuming only fireball and frostbolt, with no...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 789
Judging from the other posts, i see i made three mistakes. 1) Firball DoT on...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 790
I hope this is elementary enough for you to grasp - nothing revolutionary whatsoever about it. 6K mana pool. not including any mana regen during the time...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 791
poptarts schrieb: on the other hand, if the lvl60 frost-mage can shot a frostbolt for 250(?) mana and get a clearcasting...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 792
ignite = +40% of critical spell hit damage over 4 seconds. critical mbutt = +6% crit chance firepower = +10% damage...
Changing Mage from Fire to Frost 793
JohnR Scorch rank 7: 150 mana, 233-275d, 1.5 sec Frostbolt rank 10: 260 mana, 429-463d, 3.0...
Gnome Rogue
chocolatemalt You give up too easily. I helped to create a Gnomes-only guild on Emerald Dream called "W I D G E...
Speech how popular 795
Noon Again, I have an issue with voice comms. Its part of the degeneration to an illiterate society. I'm not...
Speech how popular 796
dette: Yes, and it's usually no problem getting PUG joining our guilds TS server, where all registered members can give them voice. Partly true. Being able to speak to people can make everything...
Speech how popular 797
By "speech" I buttume using a voice over IP application like Teamspeak or Ventrlio? Using the...
Fishing for fun and profit
My mage has enchanting and tailoring, neither of those are money makers, they seem to be money...
Fishing for fun and profit 799
I posted about this in another thread last week. Steamwheedle port is one of the best places for money fish, and the actual port...
Fishing for fun and profit 800
I can't answer your questions about fishing except to say that when I started the only way I could make money was to catch and sell oily blackmouth from Auberdine. I...
MC bug exploit, who uses :D
Yeah I came across this bug by mistake a while back.However once this flaw happens you are impared from...
Ragnaros any tips for a priest
Stay with the no-fear thing - it is to be used in only the most dire emergency. Basically the sons have a mana burning aura, so you...
Expensive mistake
My pally turned 40 a couple days ago. He had been saving for a mount, and was pleasantly surprised to discover it was given to...
Expensive mistake : 804
I sympathise completely! Only a few weeks ago I bought the book "Holy Bologna.." (gives a quest for a nice blue trinket) for 80g, which was an average price for...
Expensive mistake : 805
Been there done that, just after patch 1.8(?) went out I was browseing the AH on my main, saw an auction for a 'Pristine Black Diamond' for 10G...
Expensive mistake : 806
gawd, been there dumb that !! How 'bout the stupid "daggers" that don't even give an indication that they are for main hand only...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 807
I tend to think this kind of thing takes care of itself, in exactly the way you...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 808
You buttume that reaching 60 means you *want* to go into raid dungeons. My high level characters act as sugar daddies to my alts. What they will never be...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 809
I don't, he does :D Was merely following on. The only reason I turned to raiding (and very recently, I might add) is because I had...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 810
tripped over an urn, and then threw a cracked sash at Baal... We certainly are! I just...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 811
Brian You know what's worse? A low-level character on a reallymature server. My first characters were...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 812
something like... Well, my priest has been through both of them, but still has a quest in each of them to do. And they're good for building up the bank too anyway...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 813
Tell that to our main tanks - a wipe, or several, can cost upwards of 5-10 gold. Tell that to our healers, who will blow through more mats thn they should...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 814
Doppleganger Several? You'd let a moron who got your party wiped have a second or third chance at it? So to quote out of order... Right, and the end game people are at least...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 815
I was talking hypothetically, that's what the cost would be if we allowed players who Ebayed their account...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 816
I am not being cruel... okay, I am, but in a constructive fashion. What I listed was the...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 817
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:09:18 +1100, David Carson Trouble with those buttumptions is they can fit innocent people too - my preferred playstyle is solo grinding, so probably looks a bit like...
Hi....I am chinese grinder,not farmer... 818
Nope, I tried those, didn't like 'em. (My 'lock in training is fun though) Bingo #1. My gear is mostly a crap mix of blues and greens...
Phew
Tonight's the last night for the levelling contest (due to finish tomorrow at 9am but as the server's...
Help! I've lost my mount
As a newly minted lvl 40 warrior with a mount, I have been out prancing the countryside. A little sheepish on my ram when...
Guides For New players
Hi all Can anyone point me to some very basic guides for this game?. Specifically the Paladin Clbutt. Ive looked on the official site and it doesnt seem to have...
Guides For New players
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read bryan's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Not really, no. Quoting, with attribution, for the sake of discussion, falls under...
The Third Sister
Same thing happened in Everquest...it seems I just can't resist making a virtual harem...
Druid talents in what order to invest
I have started up a new alt. Now that Sunh has gotten her mount I thought it was high time to...
Druid talents in what order to invest 825
Burt Johnson It regenerates quickly right now because your mana pool is small. That is acceptable because the spells you have at the current level don't use...
Druid talents in what order to invest
If you go feral, invest the five points in the talent that reduces the skill cost by x rage-energy and...
Druid talents in what order to invest 827
Burt Johnson My 44 Druid has 31 points in Feral, and a few in Restoration (following...
Missing "vedor price" in quest reward window
I have first been using SellValue and later on switched to AuctioneerInformant to see the vendor prices for items in places like the...
Which contagion to Use for Rogues
Soloing: I tend to use Instant contagion on the main hand regardless. I don't want a DoT contagion interfering...
Patch Notes 1.10.00 Long.....Its LIVE folks
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.10.0 New High-Level Armor Sets! Adventurers of Azeroth can now quest to upgrade their previous Rare...
Combat pets
RogerM My younger Gyrus, who is Fire-spec, has been doing fine against up to 2 mobs that are up to 2 levels above him, even when unsheepable...
Priest Set
Devout Crown - final boss in Scholomance Devout Robes - final boss in UBRS Devout Belt - random drop in LBRS & UBRS Devout...
Nonset Mage gear
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read John Gordon's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. This is a very persistent misapprehension (I'm not sure if you know this or not, but your post...
Which is more popular PvP or PvE More fun 834
I have played on PvE and PvP have a 60 in both environments. I started on PvE and...
Which is more popular PvP or PvE More fun 835
I'm not sure which is popular, but I personally play on PvP and can't stand PvE. I started on PvE because a friend...
Which is more popular PvP or PvE More fun 836
skutsch More people play on PVE servers. Which one is more fun depends on what you...
Which is more popular PvP or PvE More fun 837
skutsch Don't know which is more popular, you could check it out at warcraftrealms.com. PVE is for you...
Which is more popular PvP or PvE More fun 838
FWIW, you can learn the ropes without getting trounced by idiots on a PvP server, too. I didn't see my first PvP until...
Buzzard SUCKS 839
around down complete downtime! eyes releasing play. This is the same atbreastude used by the present administration in Washington to justify in tattered terms a...
Buzzard SUCKS 840
Well, in theory it should be possible for them do it right, and while it would still be a...
No more mythical characters left for the Alliance
okay so maybe i am stealing this idea from FFXI sounds so cool thoough....... Fell Hume Fell NE Fell etc.... This dude or dudette learns to battle-fight-KO-kill skills from his...
Has anyone been able to play this evening
something like... I noticed recently that they've gotten a heap more up. Not that it helps me as their authentication system *so* doesn't like me anymore. Hell, most of the time it won't even connect...
your attn please 843
Personally I think 2 was-is the best of the lot, though best played using the mac version in colour. Never really got into 1. 3,4 and 5 were...
your attn please 844
I played M&M 3. In fact, it was the first CRPG I ever played. And boy was it hard at first: made the mistake of trying to kill the mobs in the...
hmm
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Doc's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Heh. I've been here for like forever. I...
Trying to spoof item links will disconnect you
This is old behaviour and was changed somewhere in the 1.9 line. Now it seems to be re-introduced back. It simply means this: Itemlinks (the clickable...
careless whispers 847
Yeah, exactly. The one and only guild I've ever been in from any game - I liked the cut...
careless whispers 848
poptarts Nothing is wrong with looking for new members. It makes a lot of difference how you do it, though, and what your priorities are. There are several...
careless whispers 849
My main spent a lot of time trying to get into his guild; this was b-c it was...
OT: drifting to Oblivion
Hello there, it's been a while, etc, I just want to tell you all that if you need a...
OT: drifting to Oblivion 851
Mel a écrit : I think the deal is more about WoW, before WoW, during WoW, and after WoW...
OT: drifting to Oblivion 852
Well, I've more or less lost the "dynamic" content. When I look at it now, it's much more static than it has ever been before. My character is a priest...
This time I am whining! was: AddOn Hell
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:55:55 +0000 (UTC), Eric I'm not one to whine usually. I can stand the queues. I can stand the downtimes. I can...
AddOn Hell
flopbucket I had an odd add-on break on me. Blizzard's Macro UI!! I asked in general...
45 Minute Stratholme Run Is that even possible 855
Nate Engle I'm sorry but a few hours a week? Are we to buttume you want epic items simply by playing 3-4 hours a week? Why for god's...
45 Minute Stratholme Run Is that even possible 856
Ovak I played the game for more than a year playing a lot more than 3-4 hours a week before I got my first epic...
new form of spam in WOW
Hi, I want to tell you about a new and annoying way of advertising that gold sellers start to use. I was questing when someone invite me to a group. Thinking that this...
new form of spam in WOW 858
Why do they bother? Here's my humble opinion... A. There are a LOT of gold selling...
new form of spam in WOW 859
They invite you to group-raid, then spam the party channels, snip Even eliminating the spam-gold-farmer aspect of this, it's probably a bad idea to join...
new form of spam in WOW 860
Agreed. I do not answer group invites if there's been no contact ahead of time, unless it's from our raid leader, who likes to invite people...
where to put hunter talent 861
OK, my hunter just got lvl 11. I haven't applied any talent points yet (have 2 to spend). Before I do, anyone want to give advice on which...
where to put hunter talent 862
Urs Steiner The SS tree doesn't just contain melee abilities. You can increase your agility and crit rate for all attacks. You can also increase your damage against mobs and humanoids which will increase ranged...
mage, talents points, instant arcanes and BWL
Hello! I have a very ordinary frost-arcane build at the moment, with the final 2 points in improved Cone of Cold and not Improved Blizzard. But I'm thinking of...
Priests Your Thoughts
I've had a lvl 60 UD Priest for a while now. Went Shadow up until 60 then respecced to Holy to help out with Guild instances. I was the only...
Hunter questions
My hunter is lvl 11, and I fought with my first pet last night. PvE server, solo. Got some questions (of course...) 1) First is how to keep...
Hunter questions
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:40:23 GMT, Burt Johnson In your spell book there is a pet tab (Shift-P I...
How long do pets eat 867
Sprite Gazmik Fizzwidget's Feed-O-Matic does this too, and you can save certain food items for cooking...
How long do pets eat 868
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:47:46 GMT, Burt Johnson As others said, check the combat log or target your pet. If it is targeted you...
preparing for an instance
On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:43:03 +0200, Urs Steiner you're right... how embarrbutting (found i was thinking of rune thread which i buy for my tailoring alt :) still...
Pet focus 870
In my experience, Claw drains focus much more rapidly than anything else. My hunter's cat has both Bite and Growl on auto-cast...
Pet focus 871
Burt Johnson I have both Claw and Growl on auto-cast and I have no...
Pet focus 872
There will probably be several different opinions on this... I prefer not to use a pet with...
Pet focus 873
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:05:11 GMT, Burt Johnson nice to hear you took up my advice :-) I used to do...
Pet focus 874
I find it obnoxious to have a team members pet flying in my face when we party. As such...
Pet focus 875
I've removed the auto on Claw on my lvl 18 hunter - I decided that it's worth having lesser dps from my bear if it means he can hold...
Favorite Addons to WoW
Thomas Jespersen scrawled the following into the Great Almanac of alt.games.warcraft: The ones I use are: * Atlas...
Warriors
Hi I got this game two days ago, so far so good and picked what i thought was the 'basic clbutt' ie a warrior, since then ive reached level 10 and read a...
Warriors 878
The other posters gave good advice, and I'll just add a few details. My current warrior (level 57) was intended to go for a hybrid build of 31-5-15 Arms-Fury-Prot, but as I was...
Warriors 879
rav schrieb: I was doing elite-quests LVL51 with a group in revantusk, 4 people lvl50 one 2H Warrior lvl60. We couldn´t do anything, got wiped again and again...
Anyone notice
It's a fun thing for a guild or group of friends. Expanding activities to include a 10-19 WSG 'twink' group allows for interaction among...
Priests What was your final build choice 881
Lisa C i decided that since blizzard was unkind enough to move key talents further down that i once had, that i would try to keep it as close as...
Priests What was your final build choice 882
Lisa C I've had a lvl 60 UD Priest for a while now. Went Shadow up until 60 then respecced to Holy to help out with Guild instances. I was the only Priest...
Returning to wow after 8 Months! 883
A lot has changed - I only returned myself 6 months ago, so can't remember exactly what's changed, but...
Returning to wow after 8 Months! 884
dette: At the servers I play, the neutral AH still doesn't seem to be used much, so this part haven't changed much...
i've lost it
i deleted all my chars. i do care. i am crying right now. am i a baby? maybe that year of wow and 150 days of...
Leaked 1.11 patchnotes
As posted by Caydiem across most the US forums: -------- Bet you never thought you'd see me again, eh? The Community Team certainly didn't...
Leaked 1.11 patchnotes
This is really funny, but some of the stuff actually makes sense for real future patches: At...
Nasty naughty Blizzard 888
WRONG That is the way it USED to run. Now, according to the Blizzard FAQ "As users play the game the background...
Nasty naughty Blizzard 889
It isn't unauthorised, you give them permission by accepting the ToS. The downloader is the patcher...
Nasty naughty Blizzard 890
No, just an average web user and web master. Lack of complete ignorance does not an expert make. Yes - this can be done legally, and it...
Nasty naughty Blizzard 891
Default is on whenever you are in warcraft. You have to edit the registry to disable, as the disable function is...
Typo on logon screen
It makes you wonder. I am guessing that perhaps the test server is not as populated. I am just...
My chat channels are messed up
The chat window code sucks. It's a Microsoftian piece of work -- looks good at first, seems to have a bunch of cool functionality, but the more you dig into it the more you encounter aggravating...
Dualwielding hunter
My lvl 40 troll hunter has used two-handed weapons for a long time. I had been interested about wielding two one-handed weapons, though, so I...
level 2135
You didn't mention whether you are horde or alliance. will see that horde have a slight advantage over alliance on a...
No Hope For Autobuff 896
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:16:47 GMT, RogerM As I wrote in an earlier post in this thread, I can...
No Hope For Autobuff 897
lorad I agree. This change breaks one relatively painless way of reapplying buffs but still allows to do the same "auto" thing by pressing one button. I was using AutoBuff as a way to...
wierd invite
I had the wierdest thing happen yesterday... Someone in the general channel had commented that they just found an NPC that I also had to meet to finish a quest. I...
wierd invite
On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:08:38 GMT, Burt Johnson Actually, I have to disagree with other posters. Under the circumstances I don't...
YA Talent
BTW, just fyi if you top-post in here you're going to get a small posse on you in short order. :) Me, I don't care...
How to feed a pet
It was probably chuck of boar meat from thistle boars. Nightsabers should drop a type of meat, but maybe spiders are better, they drop crisp spider meat quite...
Baron 45 mins, first thoughts
Not having my Shadowcraft Gloves yet, I can't actually do the quest for the 45 min Baron run, so haven't tried it until tonight, when a guildmate wanted...
Baron 45 mins, first thoughts 903
Yup, our logic on looting was to only loot bosses and everyone need-pbutt except the enchanter who'd greed every time...
Baron 45 mins, first thoughts 904
Good point on the counterspell, our mage was a bit inexperienced and didn't always use it, so generally when I saw the warrior give up and run up to a...
SmartBuff replaces AutoBuff 905
Actually using the cursor keys to move DOES qualify. Everything that provides a hardware event to the game does qualify. This was always stated and always the case: You'd need a hardware event to...
SmartBuff replaces AutoBuff 906
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:32:46 GMT, RogerM Roger, I can follow many of the reasons you and others give for not liking auto buffing. However, this last post is of the type...
SmartBuff replaces AutoBuff 907
Let me give an example of how this is abusive - decursive. If my warlock is fighting a priest, all of my curses are instantly...
Keichan's Epic
Monday morning, early, getting a little grinding in before work. Typically I have half an...
Warrior quest "essence of the exile
Well, a guild rogue came online and offered to help. With the two of us (he was 39 and my warrior 40), it was...
alt.games.warcraft FAQ 20060403
Again, I'm a day late posting this. Some new additions, especially the latest hunter-pet threads have been included as well as the flagged chat thread. As usual, please flag...
alt.games.warcraft FAQ 20060403
A) Aye, it is. B) Eek, I'll have to start thinking about my spelling if I...
Soloing instances 912
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:48:58 GMT, Ville-Matti Kiili It's called 'Challenge' and that is why you need a group. In that...
Soloing instances 913
There's a good game mechanic reason why you can't solo these places, and thats to keep the very rewards you're interested in from being farmed by players. Look...
Soloing instances 914
Oh, then yeah - there is a big difference between a MMO and something like NWN. If games like...
paladin build
The 0 build! I found the clbutt to be pretty boring, but I guess some others may like it. Anyway...
Europeans: which server are you on
Hello, all! I've been playing this game for nearly two months now, and my "home...
Europeans: which server are you on
Sarah Jaernecke Hmm, I never had a problem on Moonglade. It is a new server, yes, but I managed to make many a friend there. About roleplaying...
Anybody else unable to login
It isn't really a new phenonema in the MMOG industry unfortunately. WoW used to be the very best...
Darkshore 919
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:54:37 GMT, SCraig Others mentioned the boats. They go from Auberdine to Rutheran and Theramore, from Theramore on to Menethil. As others said, the quests there will...
Darkshore 920
I went what you are going though a couple of months back. Yes, there are lots of Quests. There are many quests that I have got stuck on going it alone...
1.10 Rez bug
I know. However, ping times will suffer due to lag. Having said that, I have used TCPDUMP and traceroute to the server I...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 922
Wait, wait, let's rewind that a bit. Someone had a ceremony service in a video game for someone who died in real life? Why aren't we focusing on the basement-dwelling...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 923
of the love spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: No I meant that it's not particularly...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 924
On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:06:28 -0000, Doug Jacobs Role-playing important real-life ceremonies in a video game is...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 925
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:58:28 -0000, Doug Jacobs No, they weren't. That would be nonsensical since dead characters can just resurrect at a graveyard. The...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 926
Bateau BATEAU IS NOT REAL. That's beside the point. A ceremony is symbolic in 'fake life' as well as "real life". As funny as it might be to...
World Of Warcraft ceremony gets ambushed 927
Yes, but a movie lasts only a couple of hours, then persay it's back to real life with real people. What we have here is people whallowing aways hours dealing with humans...
Announcement: Stormrage Europe Annual Naked Gnome Race
Those of you on Stormrage Europe (and even some of you that aren't) may be interested in the "Aman Shan're 1st Birthday Iron...
Our domo's chest got ninja'd
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:36:02 +0100, JohnR "squealing whiners"? it takes 5 or more people to get anywhere near this stuff and if someone steals it, they deserve to be outed...
Arcan Crystal Luck
So I have taken on this quest for Mux's Quality Goods after the one for the Deadmistwhich requires a Delicate Arcanite...
How to shake a tail
You didn't think to try that? If I had that problem, I'd run by some level 7 to level 16 beasts, they'd kill the kid...
aimed shot why
Yeah, if you've spent a lot of months in the MC-ZG-BWL grind and get all great purple stuff and an orange bow. For normal players...
Blacksmithing worth the effort
I have artisans in each profession. I've made money eventually off of each profession except blacksmithing. The only real benefit is it still fuels my main 60 warrior's addiction to sharpening stones. It's...
Lucky Tanaris
Saturday morning, I'm grinding slowly right outside Gadgetzan, working on weapon skills. The new Nightblade is nice, but not really all...
1.10 issues, hunter
New things since 1.10 for me: -Pressing Ctrl+1 in order to order attack sometimes sets pet to pbuttive. This...
clbutt skills 936
If you like it, stick with it - I still have that combination at lvl 60 and...
clbutt skills 937
I did not mean to imply that leatherworking is a useless skill. I just meant...
clbutt skills 938
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read jerryeveretts's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Simple solution, don't destroy the...
Gold Selling Buying Your view 939
I love this question. :) Everyone will tell you how horrible it is, but the bottom line is you can't stop it (or Blizzard doesn't care enough to stop it, whatever). So the game...
Gold Selling Buying Your view 940
They suck. They ignore Blizzard's EULA and commit criminally illegal acts by selling ingame gold for real money. There is...
Gold Selling Buying Your view 941
I am not going to argue for and against - suffice to say you really need to lookup what consitute a criminal act and what does not. Breaking a terms of...
Gold Selling Buying Your view 942
I don't think it's technically illegal - it's a violation of the EULA, not any laws. In other words, nobody is...
Really, really want to move a character
Blizzard has started a limited-availability, sharply restricted policy of allowing some users to move from overpopulated servers to certain low-population ones...
Level 19 build was Changing Mage from Fire to Frost
Paul Vader Improved Frostbolt, 5-5 Winter's Chill 3-3 Improved Frost Nova 2-2 Well, you did say that your main goal was...
Kurinazz Strategy 945
Yeah that's the basics. We did him two weeks ago with only one warrior though, second...
Kurinazz Strategy 946
We only bring 2 warriors to AQ so as long as you have 2 prot specced warriors this should be a easy fight. Have everyone...
Kurinazz Strategy 947
The more rogues in the middle the more sandtraps in the middle. That means more...
Kurinazz Strategy 948
lkng4chubs Multiple tanks. Two at least, three is better, in case of taunt resists, and also as a backup in case of...
Best clbutt and race 949
If you play a lot solo then Druid is great. I am a 48 druid and have enjoyed every minute of it...
Best clbutt and race 950
NBChick Depends what you like to play. From my Alliance perspective, Hunters & their pets are...
are players reluctant to PK a much lower lever player
jerryeveretts A level 10 attacking a ?? is funny actually, like you said a ?? can kill you with one shot. The honor system doesn't...
Best professions for making gold
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Adam Corolla's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Maximum cash flow is as much a question of character clbutt as profession. Certain clbuttes are very much better at grinding. Hunter...
Mining Guides
Hi all. Since starting playing a little while ago ive got hooked and ive moved up the levels reasonably...
Engineering moneymaking
Apheliona In earlier levels (allied side) make bronze tubes and sell them in Duskwood for the Look To The...
giving it a whirl again 955
Likewise, I have to agree with Catriona R. As a warrior, I had making a habit of upgrading 1...
giving it a whirl again 956
Hmm... and which clbuttes do you play where it makes no difference? It makes a mbuttive difference to rogues...
giving it a whirl again 957
Bar prices have gone terrible, or perhaps they have always been that way. Stack of Iron can only go for 2g, on my secondary server it was going for 3.5g a...
giving it a whirl again
jerryeveretts I would advice you to get your trade skills early. Warrior is a very good pick, you will group easily. Kind of default for warriors is to...
giving it a whirl again 959
At lvl 60, those 5g spaces are immediately worth it in just one or two runs through the higher level instances...
Warlock demon question 960
This is indeed a problem. All of the demons seem to have 'personal space' issues at times. You...
Warlock demon question 961
Heh. Well they just love you so much .... :) So far out of the three, the void is the absolute worst. The succubus tends to hang off my side a bit and sometimes cracks her...
gaining private rank
Hehe, if you like the look of any of the tough scorpid stuff listed on can make them for you - mosyly sgi and spi for stats, which probaby aren't too...
any recommanded instances for 30 something Alliance players
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read collection2002's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Gnomeregan is about that level. Top boss...
RPPvP server comparisons
I've noticed the same thing, on Spirestone. Several months back when I was doing WG and AB with lower level chars, alliance always...
Summoning etiquette
I've got a 36 warlock on a PvP server and am starting to get whispers for summons. I don't really mind doing it myself but it takes two party members to...
Buff etiquette was: Summoning etiquette
I have two dedicated buttons on my popup button bar (I use popbar in Cosmos): Thank...
Summoning etiquette
Well I am not a warlock, but I would like to respond anyway. I have used the abilities of a warlock on more than one occbuttion. My tells usually consist...
Recording WoW
There are different ways of going ahead with this. Most popular are background programs that record your screen directly to the Hard Drive. For this you have quite...
is trading... 969
They don't - not for sure anyway. But they will know something is up and if the second caller lets slip that they bought the account, then poof it goes. It seems...
is trading... 970
people that are selling accounts are not selling the accounts per se but the time that they spend in evolving and levleing the character and collecting the gold and equipment...
is trading... 971
Yes Burt i got what he meant to say. As for the buying accounts i disagree, ill give you just one of few examples ( this is not a flame just something...
Rogue talent build 972
JH Yes. Are you planning to use daggers? If so, you must have Improved Backstab...
Rogue talent build 973
David Carson Ok, well, I'm not sure if I want to go daggers or not at this point... I suppose that's something I have to figure out right now huh? Ok, now this actually...
Time for serious change log in problems 974
Being somewhat familiar with both Google & MMOs (and, to a lesser extent, Blizzard-WoW), I *did* think, which is why I called the buttumption into question. I've certainly never had to stand in queue...
Time for serious change log in problems 975
Veldron a écrit : The rest of your post is very true, so I won't bother discussing it, just ask people to scroll up and read it again ;) Just to nitpick this...
Time for serious change log in problems 976
Rob Berryhill a écrit : Ok guys, hello, I've had it, welcome to the real world. Oh, not...
Time for serious change log in problems 977
Ovak a écrit : You still don't get my point, apparently. It's a business, and it requires a model to run. A business model is something like this: a company evaluates...
Time for serious change log in problems 978
Babe Bridou a écrit : To back me up on that, I did some corporate research for genuine numbers. Just so...
OMG babe melts down !!! Good job
Veldron a écrit : Most of what I wrote is incorrect, though. Well, it's still much...
Gold farmer theory 980
Sigh. You've been soaking in WoW culture for months now, you would think you would have picked some of it up without baby-talk being necessary. Strat...
Gold farmer theory 981
I actually tried to take advantage of that (and twinks in general), got greedy wsome alcohol infused lack of judgement and...
buyout in AH 982
This may vary by server, I suppose, but is certainly not what I see on Kul Tiras. Common...
buyout in AH 983
Depends on when you play. It sure is more crowded during the California day. I often play late at night and am nearly alone though...
Text of Blizzard Announcement BanningSuspending accts 41206
World of Warcraft Accounts Closed 4-12-2006 9:41:09 AM PDT In keeping with Blizzard's aggressive stance against cheating in World of Warcraft, we have since patch...
A new mailbox scam
defied the laws of time and space to say: I don't know that this would consbreastute a "scam;" generally in a scam either the cost is hidden as much as possible...
This is 100% scam
It is definitely 100% a scam. If it were done in the RL, and you...
What's different about an RP server
No. Technically, a role-play server is for folks who want to stay "in-character". That means...
Best way for alliance to reach Ogrimmar 988
Depends on how the raid wants to go about it, and you really need to find out where they want to meet. We usually raid Grom'gol and...
Best way for alliance to reach Ogrimmar 989
It depends. Are you on a PvP server? Have you obtained any of the flight paths on the Kalidamor continent? Step one: get to the western continent. You can do this...
Shooting questions
My hunter has some shooting questions: 1) Every so often I am told that I cannot shoot unless the ammo is loaded in the paper chute, even though I have...
Shooting questions 991
That rather bizarre error message is the game's way of telling you don't have any ammo loaded - usually because you ran out of the type you had loaded. It'll auto-reload if you have more...
Shooting questions 992
If you wait until your pet hits the mob and casts growl (growl is the first attack skill...
Shooting questions 993
Burt Johnson a écrit : One thing to note: if-when you are level 30, you have one of the most powerful skills in the game: feign rest...
Shooting questions 994
Do what you think is best, it can be advantagous to put on a concussive...
Shooting questions 995
I've got to agree with pretty much everything said here. I send my pet (42 Brokentooth wdash 2, growl 5, bite, prowl and natural armor, atm) in first and let him...
Quest Availability
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:47:45 GMT, Wisesky Quest givers that have quests that are too high for you have a grey exclamation mark over their head. Those that...
Horde and alliance communication 997
My 60 horde hunter communicated with a 60 alliance rogue today via ingame whisper-chat... no mindcontrol, no ventrillo or other voice progs. I was grinding in Winterspring, and happened to face off at...
Horde and alliance communication 998
I had a similar experience but I believed that the player had either another account to...
Worst AB defeat ever
Tonite I suffered the worst Arathi Basin defeat ever... worse than I had ever imagined possible. We were 9 to the Horde's 12, but I've had decent battles with...
Warlock leveling
Find myself getting a bit frustrated lol. At level 23 atm, haven't got Succubus yet, still using Voidwalker. Coming from a Priest background I saw imp...
Warlock leveling 1001
My warlock (now 39) is fast becoming one of my favorites. I try to focus...
Warlock leveling 1002
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:08:34 +0100, "Fugwump" Lots of good information throughout this thread, but I'll throw out...
Warlock leveling 1003
As a late 20's Warlock (building towards demonology but currently about 50-50 affliction-demonology) I actually have a lot of trouble waggro. I *do* fight a lot of yellows and oranges and I always...
Warlock leveling 1004
Trouble. If at all possible, let the void body pull. If that's impossible, use your wand or a curse of agony to pull with, and then send in the void immediately after that...
Warlock leveling 1005
Right ... like I (think I) said, I realize that I can do it in a better fashion but...
Web forums versus newsgroup was: Warlock leveling
I used to agree with you, but now I spend most of my time in forums and have gotten used...
Warlock leveling 1007
Corrupt and CoA generate threat as well on each tick. Also with CoA building up the damage it does over each tick, sooner or later the void will break as the damage you do...
Warlock leveling 1008
First off you realize that Warlocks are mostly compared to Mages. Warlocks are not heavy dmg dealers...
Warlock leveling 1009
Ok I will break it down a bit... Ok this is wrong because a Warlock can deal more dmg then a...
Warlock leveling 1010
And +dmg gear is easy to come by. Tailoring is practically designed with warlocks in mind, and our level 50 clbutt quest weapon, the Soul...
pally melee strike
Having been Retribution spec for a long time but still losing badly against rogues most of the time, I decided to go for the stock standard Reckoning Build, check...
Faction with the Trolls. How to
David Collantes I think the rule of thumb for quests is, you gain faction (if...
StratScholo anyone get nice new purple drops yet
UBRS has some *very* nice new drops, especially off of Glyth-Rend (haven't been all the way to the General in a while). The one disappointment is...
summons 1014
To summon someone, you have to have two other people at the warlock's location to click on the portal. All of these...
summons 1015
This doesn't work. If you summon near an edge the portal will just appear on the edge, and therefore the person will arrive on the edge as well. Nothing says they can't just walk...
summons 1016
I wish! Shards don't stack, so they fill my bag. They're the first thing I drop (other than grey items) when I need...
Melee damage type
Paul Vader a écrit : Hmmm... let me check... Oh, 2500 heal in 2.5 seconds is better...
Bogus technical problems
No, they don't: "Starting with scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, all scheduled maintenance will be performed with a new schedule...
1057 posts since January 1019
Burt Johnson The PvP-centric way of looking at the world even saturates PvE servers. I'm partial to trolls - modest health regen bonus, a little extra damage to...
1057 posts since January 1020
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:23:35 -0500, Nate Engle The farmer's dog quest is in Hillsbrad, and therefore a later quest. The earliest (like level...
Raid mechanics
I have only been on one raid, and it was the pits. It was supposed to be...
Raid mechanics 1022
My suggestion is to install the CTRaidbuttist add-on. The most useful thing (in my...
Raid mechanics 1023
I'd readily admit I'm not the world's greatest healer. Despite that (or possibly because of it) I'm not a great fan of Emergency Monitor either. It seemed like a...
Raid mechanics 1024
I wasn't entirely sure if that was a serious comment or not ... Anyway, did you know about CTRA's Player Target feature? If you bring up the CTRA tab, you can...
Unpacking my level 60 char
Now that the 'spare' XP are being converted to gold on level 60 chars and with a...
Guild sanctions
When mopping up in IF after my succesfull easter weekend I was whispered by someone, asking for our guild master. As he was not currently on and I...
Guild sanctions 1027
Give me a grudge and a day and I can give you you screenshots of your mother ninjalooting thanks to a vent server...
Guild sanctions 1028
a) You don't need the crown to "mob" someone. But without the crown the group...
Guild sanctions
I don't know if you ever have been in the position to "be responsible" in a game like WoW. It's absolutely not easy to try and make it work for 40...
Guild sanctions 1030
Yes I am aware of what it takes. Its a ridulous committment of time unless you are independently wealthy...
Guild sanctions
Yelps snip I was recently tested 80-100% disabled (again) so I have lots of time. I won't go into the details of what I have but even I find it difficult to find time...
Guild sanctions 1032
First of all I am not a typical WOW player. I am older, financially independent, professional person, never been a hard core gamer, played Diablo 2 for 6 months in 1999 or so, and thats...
Guild sanctions 1033
But at this point Blizzard really has not taken care of the needs of casualk players even though...
Guild sanctions 1034
In my experience, the attrition rate just isn't high enough to have the effect you are positing. Yes, there is attrition, and new guildies...
Guild sanctions 1035
Robert Ho Although a number of such well-geared people feel "forced" to keep running MC (and complain...
Guild sanctions 1036
If people are doing AQ and getting DKP for items in AQ the guild will probably carry over the leftover DKP...
Guild sanctions 1037
Paul Vader Hang on, while I disagree with almost all of what Yelps says, he's talking about raiding and accumulating DKP here...
Guild sanctions 1038
I am specifically talking about the successful large endgame raiding guilds and although ZG and AQ20 might be involved I am referring to MC...
Guild sanctions 1039
Such naivete or denial, not sure which. Bottom line is if 40 Tier 0-blue geared people in a guild seeking Tier 1 sets weapons...
Guild sanctions 1040
If the parents who are physically present and who have a legal authority and responsibility lack any effective control over these adolescents and teenagers...
Guild sanctions 1041
Again, all the parental caring in the world is not going to solve the complete change that is occuring. From past history what happens will you tell...
Guild sanctions
I don't think there are much people here who doubt this point. WoW IS an addictive thing. But it's also just a game. An adult should be able to control it...
Guild sanctions 1043
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:04:10 +0200, Thomas J. Boschloo I don't know if I would go that far...
Guild sanctions 1044
As you will find out later, that position will not stand, unless you want to just to never get into the endgame stuff.. Im for not having it at all. Its horrid. But you...
Guild sanctions
Yelps snip One dream I vividly remember is that I was in Stormwind, walking the canals when all of the sudden I see little Timmy with the white kittens. As a Tauren (female) druid...
Question about making gold 1046
Nabuu Banning gold buyers is not the problem. I don't have the time patience to sit around for 13 hours getting enough gold to buy an epic mount. I want my epic...
Question about making gold 1047
More expensive gold is a function of the economy on that server and probably most directly cooralated...
my guilds suck 1048
You're guild should be like an extended family if they're a good one. They're the people you trust and...
my guilds suck 1049
jerryeveretts I've been Guild Master of one of our servers longest standing Guilds and am now on the Council (we ditched the single GM...
Pot's on duels 1050
If you win random duels, you will always be called a cheater. If you are duelling to increase your PvP skill - there is no etiquitte or...
Pot's on duels 1051
What else would I call it? I utilised the environment to win a fight. This is...
Serenity Now and gankability during funereal
From what i remember, there was more than a bit of hostility between the two guilds before she died, and this was a result of that, plus, the...
Rogue talent build suggestions, take two 1053
JH Riposte is a tasty skill, I had it while I was levelling, and recently got it again...
Rogue talent build suggestions, take two 1054
I preferred dual swords, as the lower level daggers simply were too low in DPS to be efficiant in clearing mobs - they're wonderful for taking on a boss, but for just clearing out a...
Kiting Drakki
Last night I did my second UBRS run ever, in a PUG. As it turns out we were a great group. We easily got the eye of the emberseer...
alt.games.warcraft FAQ 20060417
As tradition demands, again 2 days late :-) Cheers Urbin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alt.games.warcraft FAQ Urbin, 2006-04-17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintainer ---------- This FAQ is maintained by Urbin. It is posted to alt.games.warcraft on a bi-weekly basis. It can also...
C.O.D
OK, I did a test of sending a COD package from one alt to another. After...
C.O.D
This happened ot me (not quite as high as 99g, but enough for my newer player self to really feel the sting). I admit to occasionaly throwing...
Price spike on strange dust
I suppose. I have noticed that prices in general have started to really go up in the last week or two. Who knows. Because I...
1.11 Mage Talent Tree
Brian Westley Sort of. They can conjure water because if they couldn't, they'd have to have a knapsack with nothing but water in it. For, once a mage loses water, he's down for the count...
The nerve of some people
Just killing some gorrilas in Mistvale Valley, I have skinning. Some Druid starts following me about and tries to skin the corpses right after I looted them, he never did get one...
The nerve of some farmers! was: The nerve of some people
This is not a reply to the (running) thread, I just hook it up under this subject...
The nerve of some people
Yeah I had a lvl 60 orc warrior grinding those at the same time as me when doing that quest for the bracers. I didn't mind too much though, sometimes as a higher...
Dang, somebody screwed up my good time
Last night I was questing out in Moonbrook in Westfall, near the mines. I was doing the red bandana quest, I was getting along ok as a level 15 human...
PvP Burnout
Yeah, although I can kinda understand it, sometimes I'm tempted, as I loved levelling my main up, even...
Definition of scam
For those with any doubt, here is the definition of 'scam' from Dictionary.com. I hope this will clarify any doubt as to whether the mailbox fraud is a scam or not... --------- 3...
Definition of scam 1067
First off, I've never used the practice in question (buttuming this is still going back to the COD threads), and don't intend...
Definition of scam 1068
This is the crux of the matter right here. Phishers are not counting on people understanding the "scam" and exercising poor decision making skills. Otherwise, they could write in the...
SPIRIT
That's the case, yes. Mana regens after 5 seconds of not casting anything, but health only regens when out of combat - hence the many many complaints about the bug a couple...
mage fighting... and dying 1070
In addition to what the others have said, I'll add that a mage is a bit weak in the early...
mage fighting... and dying 1071
Burt Johnson It will get better. There are two parts to it getting better: (1) you will get more powerful spells; (2) you will...
Tier questions
Wrong. Even twice wrong. First fault: Blizzard has listened to the crowd with the tier 0.5 pieces. Second fault: When people have the full tier 0.5 set, they'll still look at those players with BWL...
Tier questions 1073
I doubt very much that people are going to stop going to MC, BWL or AQ because they have the choice to grind solo or in small groups for equivalent armor...
Tier questions 1074
Well like you suggested it a good start but it still based on random drops. And once you got that what next? MC raids are not an option for most...
Mages fighting... and winning
The earth now shakes when I walk. Mobs flee at the very sight of me and...
Mages fighting... and winning! 1076
Some foods give stamina or mana buffs, so there's still some use there. Well, if you're planning on doing alchemy, fishing...
Mages fighting... and winning! 1077
Johnson) No, there isn't much point but you can make some nice food at higher levels, such as: I would say...
Mages fighting... and winning! 1078
I think it is time for me to step in and quote Formosa's Law: "Formosa's law is an unofficial rule of Usenet groups, coined by David Formosa, that states, "The truly insane...
Mages fighting... and winning! 1079
you're digging a hole for yourself arguing this, FR is good in a few boss Are you really this dense? You don't think...
Mages fighting... and winning! 1080
Oh, of course, this is why I have been very carefull to specify that I am talking about wands for mages. Mages are...
griefed by proxy
When I am rushing to get my 30 or more Soul Shards to be ready for an instance, there are always the...
MC Progress 1082
Congrats on your kills. Killing bosses for the first time is always good. Garr's cake so you'll be killing him in no time. However, the priest loot in MC is godly...
MC Progress 1083
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:10:27 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen " Very nice damage priest list - for a healing priest I would just...
MC Progress 1084
Jack D We use a loot council. Officers review who wants each blue or purple...
MC Progress 1085
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:54:56 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen" I think the jury is out on which of...
Loot in Scholomance
With patch 1.10 loot drops in Scholo have been terrible. In 10-mans we used to get the boss blues...
Zul'gurub panther boss
As you likely know, she gives an emote: "Feast on XX my pretties", or something like that. This places an arrow...
need some terminology help
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:41:05 +1000, David Carson Yep, although rogues with plenty of dodge-parry chance will get hit so little that they can take a reasonable number of melee hits...
WSG Question 1089
IMO..I call "Shenanagins" on such a tactic. I hope Blizzard fixes this soon, because...
WSG Question 1090
That was dumb of them. They might get HKs, but honour is on dimishing return each game - by the time someone's been end 3 times, they get no honour for killing...
WSG Question 1091
Bulletproof Easiest way to end the GY camping is just: 1. AFK out while in ghost form. 2. Step away from the Spirit Rezzer until you see them move...
alliance in orgrimmar
whilst doing my thang in orgrimmar, i saw a lot of Common appearing in the yell channel. people were wandering around trying to find the invaders when someone announced in local...
Can I report this 1093
I Half agree with you. I find it horribly obnoxious at times, when I'm busy, to see challenges popping onto my screen from fellow Alliance. But...
Trade window panhandling
Lately I find myself having a trade channel forced open on me when I am near the mailbox in AH. The person will...
Trade window panhandling
Yeah, it's more fun helping newbies than other alts of 60s... A few months ago, about a week after Winter Veil had ended and you couldn't gather snowballs anymore, my lvl...
Can I report this 1096
This is an emote in the game and the best thing is to not take it personally and just move on. I had a guy challenge me to a duel...
gnomish vs. goblin engineering
Ovak It depends on a lot of factors - population, economy, etc. They charge basically what the market will bear. There is a large demand for arcanite bars, but in general there are also a large...
A Very Good Friday
Good Friday... My EQ guild normally does nothing on Fridays. On a holiday, I'm expecting even less activity...
Stormwind Stockade
Sheesh. You know how much cloth you can get? :) OK, for the correct level it isn't popular, but.... As a 60 mage, i...
sometimes wow makes up for a crappy weekend
Saturday morning I finally managed to hand in my Onyxia's head. I didn't know where to find Thrall (yeah I'm that stupid) and asked...
Rarity of Darkmoon cards
Ace of warlords isn't at all rare currently, thanks to all the DM farmers - I bought one for 10g a couple of weeks back, and I've seen them for 5g since, cheaper...
Noob hits level 20
Well, I guess I have been playing for about two weeks now. Last night I hit level 20. I would like some advice on my...
Noob hits level 20 1103
Your Rogue sounds like mine, For no other reason other than lack of experience, I have been tayloring my rogue to do melee combat. She...
Noob hits level 20 1104
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Trevor Wilson's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. I used Heroic...
Noob hits level 20 1105
I have invested a good bit in skinning and leatherworking, I probably wouldn't want to...
Suggustions for leveling Priest quickly 1106
You're probably right, talents make alot of difference and grinding at lower levels is different to higher levels. Eventually you will see Mind Flay doing more damage than Wanding, and...
Suggustions for leveling Priest quickly 1107
Ok. First, I'm not a "maths" type of player so from a numbers perspective some of this may seem like odd advice. I...
Gave up on Furbolgs
Well, i was grinding rep from furbolgs to get the trinket. Getting to reverred wasn't too hard. Just group with everyone possible, and spend alot of time. Can even go away when joined with...
Gave up on Furbolgs 1109
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:45:06 -0700, Doppleganger Friendly, might pick my way to honoured, but as I'm not a miner, screw going higher. It's almost entirely blacksmithing recipes anyway, only one...
Gave up on Furbolgs 1110
You can also get rep in AQ20 & 40 IIRC. But thoses instants are out of most people's league. The best rep grinds are the BG ones. You can get good rep, items and...
Gave up on Furbolgs 1111
Brian Tkatch a écrit : Well, everytime, by the time I had enough cash to "play the AH" (100g-200g), I had expenses (raid consumable fees mostly) and a cruel lack of...
Gave up on Furbolgs 1112
I'm like that. If I go to the AH for something, I want it then, not later. And if you're putting up stuff over the weekend, it would go double I would expect, as I...
effect of + arcane damage 1113
All the +damage gear counts, so gloves with +10 and cloak with +7 = +17 total. However not all spells get...
effect of + arcane damage 1114
Immolate gets the following bonuses, according to ** Quote ** Immolate's Nuke 20%(from the original post...
Horde AHAlliance AH
Just rambling So, i make gold by the auction houses. Best way is to have three characters and a friend. Park one by each type of auction house and a friend at the goblin house...
Beating a live horse 1116
That depends on how you do it... Take the discounts you get from honored rep and rank 3 - two times 10% discount. Now you...
Beating a live horse 1117
No, it turns out that your math is faulty. Well, actually, the math is correct, but the conclusions you draw from it are...
Beating a live horse 1118
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:19:20 GMT, Nabuu What are you on about? I in no way say that they should be equal, in fact my point is...
Disconnects
I've had the same disconnects, running a clean copy of WOW patched up to 1.10.1, or...
Engineering bags 1120
I forgot the forum source but a guildee "swore" he read it on an official forum...
Engineering bags 1121
Paul Vader Not to me. The point of the bags is that they have a higher than average...
warrior, hit 40 looking for advice
Moo! Desolace has tons of Mithril and Iron, but the mobs might be a bit low (30 in the north up to level 40 in the...
Shoulda tried Auctioneer before ... 1123
Well, when I started playing I had them all jacked up (and I only had 512MB RAM). that worked great until I walked into Undercity at...
Shoulda tried Auctioneer before ... 1124
Oh, what I meant was that the data it is collecting isn't really worthwhile the first...
Shoulda tried Auctioneer before ... 1125
Hmmm ... I have noticed (in my admittedly brief time) that the 'times seen' is increasing on items, in that...
Shoulda tried Auctioneer before ... 1126
It's explicitly part of the game. You can even use the joke "why haven't I ever...
Shoulda tried Auctioneer before ... 1127
Heh :) Yeah, it is part of the game, that's why I don't call people cheaters :) This just started because someone suggested I could use a mule and I said I don't...
Bad 5 man UD Strat run
Last night we tried to do a 5 man UD Strat run and we had some problems. It was the first time 5 manning...
Bad 5 man UD Strat run 1129
FunkyM Hmm, no priest for shackles and crowd control. A frost spec mage is great in a lot of respects (my mage just went to frost to be a better contributor in...
Bad 5 man UD Strat run 1130
Baron runs are giving most people fits, the old strats and group makeup don't work anymore - I've wiped enough to know. Our experiments have never...
Bad 5 man UD Strat run 1131
Did he AoE or single target? The trick here is to know that they are comming, and having the mage...
Bad 5 man UD Strat run 1132
the The problem is simply lack of experience and lesser quality gear compounding it. It's about off tanking an elite and the others focusing their dps...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1133
No, they shgould fix their servers-code, and or hire competent workers. Yes. I know it's hard work. I don't care. Of course...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1134
Given the money involved, the membership base and the severity of the problems, yes, it is, Einstein. Again, put...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1135
Seriously - some of you guys really need to play some more MMOG if you think WoW is the biggest disaster in gaming history. Meridian 59 UO AC AC2...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1136
Deeply flawed? Wheter you believe it or not, it is currently the best of em all that is available currently. There may be interesting and potentially better ones announced, but there were some before and...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1137
What server are you on? I'd love to play on yours. I'm not being sarcastic, btw. Also, what time do you play? I'm in California, and if I log...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1138
Doppleganger I'm in the same position. I started playing in March 2005 and I have been in very few queues that have inconvenienced...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1139
As someone else noted, you apparently never played EQ. It had some extremely bad stretches as well. As have other mbuttive games. So, anyone...
Seriously, People, This is Just Plain Wrong 1140
Are you saying that you went through the bother to modify your posting headers to make it appear as if you used a Mozilla browser from Windows on a thread where you're bashing Windows?! Btw...
What are some of the dirty tricks people play 1141
Alliance comics in The Barrens PvP server... They come up to you and wave and greet you. Bemused at the impending lack of potential communication, you respond likewise with a wave or whatever...
What are some of the dirty tricks people play 1142
FrankBoothe I had one that was possibly one of those moments which I mentioned once before. Some of...
What are some of the dirty tricks people play 1143
Damon I know some tricks, but for some reason I'm not inclined to spell them out in a Usenet group where some...
What are some of the dirty tricks people play 1144
A priest, going end game, in shadow, never??? Well actually, yes!! into the end game...
Day three, now it gets interesting
The Processor is a P4 3.25 HT, 2GB Ram, the card was a ATI branded Radeon X850Xt Platinum Edition, the card wasn't overclocked all...
Skinning as a moneymaker
Trevor Wilson My 2cents worth Skinning on Bronzebeard for me 1.80g for a stack of Rugged leather, i don't bother...
PVP and ranking
Being a relatively new server, I suspect the difference in experiences may be due to being either ahead of the curve...
Honor Question
Yeah, I have my panes across the screen; general chat pane on the left, with a special chat pane behind it...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer
Well, i did a usual transfer between Alliance and Horde and sent a few things with a...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1150
I had a similar experience when I accidentally listed 10 Large Brilliant Shards for 40 silver rather than 40 gold...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1151
Okay, again, you should not have been messaging him in the first place. The AH...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1152
Um, no, you wouldn't. In fact, IRL, if he didn't give it back, he could probably take him to small claims and force him to...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1153
No, Hon. You can't go to court. I've yet to see an auction house that says 'all sales are final... unless the seller changes his mind and...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1154
Shay Yes, but imagine an item worth a few hundred dollars sold for one penny, because...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1155
I think you missed the point. He *didn't* set the bid wrong. It was intentionally low so as to avoid excessive AH transaction fee's while trying to transfer an item from a Horde character...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1156
My sentiments exactlty. On another note, as i mentioned once before: saw a Savory Deviate...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1157
Apparently I was misunderstood. I was not trying to circumvent anything. I made a mistake (listed shards at wrong price). And when I caught my mistake, I asked the person that caught my mistake...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1158
And the risk of not doing it safely and putting a proper price on the item is...? I put the price on the item that is halway to what I would charge anyhow, ie...
Eating a loss at the Goblin AH Transfer 1159
I'm afraid Rehlow's right. Sell it at 10g higher than it's worth and just sell back a peacebloom or something for the original price to move the money back. I...
best soloinggrinding moneymaking clbutt
I'd highly recommend Hunter. It allows me to farm for minerals and herbs in areas I couldn't actually survive a fight in. And generally, the more dangerous the area...
Finally got auctioneer: some wierd results
Finally took the plunge and downloaded auctioneer, did a scan and had a look at suggested prices. Some made...
Finally got auctioneer: some wierd results
I'd be careful with that statement. Prices develop. Some things on my current server (quite new) sell for relatively high prices (felcloth up to 2.5g (1g on my old server), runecloth up to 5.5g...
Finally got auctioneer: some wierd results 1163
I log on with my banker and have him do the scan just before I go make dinner. When I come...
Finally got auctioneer: some wierd results 1164
My main was always broke, and my alt (who was also broke) was requiring a mount...
Finally got auctioneer: some wierd results 1165
I've only been using Auctioneer for a bit under a week, so keep that in mind when you...
world of warcraft and obesity
Actually someone posted this on our guild message board last year. He never came back online so I wonder what happened to him: Hi, im 35. Married to a wonderfull older women (well 3 and...
can same boxed game be used on several machines
Right. And they sell it for full retail price, and you have to wait for the box to arrive in the mail...
best website to buy gold 1168
Between 2004 and 2005 the US percentage of spam decreased from ~50% worldwide to ~25%, while S. Korea went up to ~20% and China to ~15...
best website to buy gold 1169
The problem is not just spam, you have to weigh in intellectual property violations, DDoS attacks, bot nets, and fraud. As soon as you factor in...
Thottbot or Allakhazam
I use Thotbott for questing and crafting, Allakhazam for basic pricing. Thottbot is cleaner in look, and many more comments. Though this is...
Hunter clbutt book: libram of rapidity is the arcanum worth it
I went to DM east on a guild run to drop Puisillin and on one of the first mobs the "Libram of rapidity" dropped...
Got $5 Bucks Want THOUSANDS More
Just a 2 SIMPLE STEPS process!! EASIEST ONE OF THEM ALL!! This is a fantastic opportunity, and so easy!! Try it for yourself!! EVERYTHING DONE...
Sudden Pixellation on Video
I just had the exact same video card do the same exact thing. Your fan is dying, or dead, and the card is overheating. Run Wow with the case open and watch your fan on...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works
OK, this is going to sound completely bizzarre, but I do believe it works, at least to some degree. I got the idea when playing Diablo, but...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works
Marypop schreef: snip For what it matters, I grew up with a girl next door that was about the same age as me. So...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works!!! 1176
Playing female characters in WoW, I've only been given free loot by a stranger once, and that was some sort of lowbie armor reinforcing kit...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works
Lokari schreef: Hehe. Most of the characters I play are female. I am not. When it comes...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works!!! 1178
WoW is the first real girl-friendly game I've ever seen. It attracts a lot more girls because of this. It's a departure from the testosterone biased hackfest games...
Interesting strategy, but I do think it actually works!!! 1179
I dunno, UO was pretty good (I'm speaking about beta-ish through early 2000). I'm going to apologize ahead of time if I step on any toes with stereotypes but I'm speaking...
Rolled a priest
Well, i'm getting somewhat bored with playing my mage, so i started buying and selling in the AH...
Rolled a priest 1181
Brian Tkatch Indeed. If you were really looking for an employable priest for endgame you'd have rolled a dwarf priest. The sooner you...
Rolled a priest 1182
Christian Stauffer When you have a 60th level mage alt who conjures a lot of water for...
Rolled a priest 1183
Stephen. Well, as of about 11PM last night it became a moot point for me since my priest reached 60 and I respeced entirely for endgame healing and...
Rolled a priest 1184
If you're solo, and you're getting mobbed, a Psychic Scream will get rid of them long enough for you to heal-bandage-run-re-sheild-kill one. If you're in a party, Fade is...
Rolled a priest 1185
Congratulations on rolling possibly the most sought after clbutt in WoW. When leveling, you want to stack on the spirit. The more spirit the...
Rolled a priest 1186
Stephen I can't tell if you're being sarcastric or not. :) I simply want it so not having a healer is not a problem. And...
Rolled a priest
Not being sarcastic. I can guarantee you when I get home today after uni at least one person in raid will be asked to leave...
Rolled a priest 1188
On Tue, 2 May 2006 23:47:51 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen" I would disagree slightly here: For soloing it isn't of...
Rolled a priest 1189
It is if you're soloing, as a well-built and equipped shadow priest can lay down...
Rolled a priest 1190
Wow, thanx for the post. Ah, like my mage's CS. I'll have to lookout for that one. I figured i'd wait until the damaged needs a full heal. Right...
Rolled a priest
Wrong, aggro per point healed (*healed*, overhealing doesn't create aggro) is fixed. That may be true for endgame. For everything before, you can savely wait before the tank is...
Rolled a priest 1192
There is no difference in how much aggro you get. Healing the tank for 20 and then healing him for another 20 gives exactly the same amount of aggro as healing the...
Rolled a priest 1193
Started a priest myself, up to 20 so far. I am human, but I spec'ed first 5 points into improved wands. Solo consists of, "bubble", mind blast, SWP, wand em...
Rolled a priest 1194
I've been sorta-kinda playing a priest (up to about level 18 now) on Lightninghoof...
Huntergun
I see lots of hunters with guns. and wonder why. Zebby lvl 49 NE Hunter aja lvl 49 nightstalker cat (bite,prowl) I use with Zebby the Bow exclusively...
lvling a pet 1196
I feel for you. At lvl 50 I decided to train 2 new pets... a named black lion...
lvling a pet 1197
I can bearly take doing it just once, let alone twice with 2 pets! Yeah found out you get about that much xp from a kill on mobs...
Mages... and pet elementals
You seem to have the right idea, but let's explicitly divide this into two considerations. universe, it makes a lot of sense to buttociate mages...
combat rogues:how clbutt intended 1199
There has been so much game-computer savvy given here on this thread that all I can do is sit with my mouth...
combat rogues:how clbutt intended 1200
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Robert's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. "Making the enemy less likely to...
combat rogues:how clbutt intended 1201
I think you will find that there are two distinct playstyles for rogues, and while combat shines in one, it is easily outdone in the other... 1) Leveling or...
new race vid
I think it will be ogres, goblins or a new race like Pandarens. Maybe Draenei. It has to be a bipedal race that...
Pushing it hard
I may have pushed things a little too far. Warlocks can be such seductive fun... A couple of weeks ago I got carried away...
Warlocks and wands was: Pushing it hard
Hornet ytrede sig i Well, I don't totally agree, since I often heals the locks too, when they're using Life Tap. I'm however usually being backup healer with my shammy, and...
Warlocks and wands
UO for one (I blame EQ for a lot of what I dislike in monder MMOs - it was *so* successful that everyone basically copied the model ... I...
Lethon tactic
Yesterday some guild mates and I tried to kill the green dragon boss Lethon in the hinterlands. We are...
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.10.2
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.10.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- General - Guild Recruitment channel functionality has been improved to be turned off for players...
PvP quests
My troll hunter is at lvl 50 now. I was in Hinterlands and I found a new quest: I was supposed to kill 60 night-elf guards at the other side of...
Warsong gulch 1209
Hunters are good in def but it can be boring, if not much happening. Can't remember what skills a lvl 32 will have put the basics are: 1) Freeze trap by flag to catch any...
Warsong gulch 1210
1. Make sure you are in the raid (priests will be able to heal-shield you, and you'll know what's going on) 2. Keep people buffed not just out...
Can't start the orphan quests 1211
Yes, Yes, and Yes. The way the software development cycle works on major projects is that Faults and Requests For Changes will be logged and then fitted into the development cycle...
Can't start the orphan quests 1212
Rastus snip some stuff I understand all that, I suppose I was wondering if anyone else was having the same issue, to see if it's something that is actually a major problem, as opposed to...
Guide for rubbish warriors 1213
The stickies on the official forums are very good: There is one called "Yet another tanking guide" which is very wordy...
Guide for rubbish warriors 1214
chocolatemalt a écrit : Remember that the healer depends on the tank to be effective, and the tank depends on the rest of the group to be effective. If the tank can't...
Any tips to alleviate WoW boredom 1215
Hi, There is more too it than the four points you just listed. I agree that the four...
Any tips to alleviate WoW boredom 1216
It may just be that a warlock isn't for you, its certainly not the easiest clbutt to play. I found being a hunter alot...
LBRS
Catriona R A few weeks back I did a number of stealth runs in LBRS with 3 other rogues, intending to get SC gloves for everyone (We did 6-8...
Question about buff's and low level characters. 1218
drive-by buffing macros Set the "r=love" at the start to the highest level spell you can...
Question about buff's and low level characters. 1219
And re-read what I wrote, which you didn't quote above: "Sometimes, he's able to kill them by himself...
Question about buff's and low level characters. 1220
Sometimes growl works and sometimes it doesn't; when it doesn't, he'll feign rest or use disengage, whichever is needed. If that still doesn't work, then he'll either melee (he melees...
Question about buff's and low level characters. 1221
The way I understand it is you have to be within 10 levels or lower. That is say hes level 10 and your level 20, he has to get the first hit in...
can a non Beast Master hunter solo
KJ Stone I'm 5-31-15, all the way up. I started out with 10 points in...
I want to play a goblin
Why cant we play goblins as a race? Everybody is about to moan, But they are a netural race, it would not work!. This is true at the moment but it would...
I want to play a goblin
Chizel An interesting idea, but they would never do it. There are way to many problems Blizzard would have to work out that you...
NASA has recently answered to the prediction of a mega tsunami
NASA has recently answered with a world press release to the prediction of a mega tsunami, created by...
Mage patch 1.11 information! To be made available in about 1.5 hours
Hmm, it seems to me the very opposite of that. The current Arcane subtlety give you...
Mage patch 1.11 information! To be made available in about 1.5 hours
Brian Tkatch Up until now if you didn't think the arcane talents were worth the points you simply spent them elsewhere. Personally I...
Mage patch 1.11 information! To be made available in about 1.5 hours
I can't see that happening. Arcane is still pretty powerful - just lessens the one-trick ponies in PvP who stay low until...
That's my herb
What I hate is to see a herb I want-need just beyond some monsters or the mob clowns are standing right on it...
disappearing goods
On Thu, 04 May 2006 20:29:45 -0700, Brian it happened to me today... i have two buttignments in silithus. one involves procuring globes of water and the other, 3 mbuttive iron axes. i had...
The new frost spec
I'm just interested in other people's thoughts on the mage talent preview tree Among other things, I notice that shatter only goes up to 10% vs. frozen targets (previously could be up to 50%). However...
Savory Deviate Delight 1232
In Bovinis' younger days, he could sell a stack of Saviory Deviate Delight for 6g-8g a stack; wouldn't take long catching a few stacks (built up my fishing as well), and was always fun...
Savory Deviate Delight 1233
It can be, those little black fishies can make you money - not a lot, but steady. Go park an alt at the water near the...
PvP vs PvE 1234
It doesn't take long to get to 60, after which you run are poo out of excuses and start to realise the reason you keep dying is actually because you suck. The current PvP...
PvP vs PvE 1235
On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:32:43 +0000, lorad i've just started a rogue on a pvp server. the thinking behind this being, if i see a group...
PvP vs PvE 1236
Actually, my experience is that this just starts a major breast for tat war: he ganks, you come back with...
PvP vs PvE 1237
We had a system on the 'mud' i used to play that worked very well. Any player could kill any other player regardless of race-clan-level. And full loot was enabled. But high levels...
Weapon damage question 1238
Josh Carter It CAN. Look at the dps of the weapon. This is how much damage...
Weapon damage question 1239
It wasn't the weapon damage that was normalised, it was the attack power bonus to weapon damage. What used to happen was this. Say you had...
Dishonorable Kills QuestionPVP kills
And to complicate things - the definition of "civilian" is relative. For example - in Arathi Basin there are 2 Ally NPC's...
Tight mages 1241
I just hadd this hapen this morning. I'm in the AH and someone asks if i can help. I said probably not...
Tight mages 1242
I have both a priest & a mage, so I see this from both perspectives. My mage...
Tight mages 1243
When I'm playing my priest or 'lock, I go *buy* my own water... though when partying with a mage they usually just give me some - unasked. When playing my mage (lowbie), I'll give water...
Tight mages 1244
First off, I virtually never ask any mages for water. Second this was a level 40 mage so...
Tight mages 1245
You need to be hit in the head with a cluestick. -First off, you DID ask a mage for water, a stranger at...
Tight mages 1246
I'm a level 60 mage and if you asked me and had that kind of atbreastude after I conjured a stack of 20 water for you, you would...
Greed
Ugh, hate that. Reminds me of the great SFK run I had yesterday where three of the people were either new to the game (which they shouldn't be, on a "Full" server) or...
Greed
Catriona R schreef: snip snip about ninjaing I had a good experience in SFK yesterday in a guild run...
Guilds I know nothing! 1249
Join an established, stable guild to learn the ropes - running a guild is a big commitment, and will kill real freindships. Some people enjoy being officers, leading, some just want to log on...
Guilds I know nothing! 1250
I have a friend on the Lothar realm who started his own guild. He's a leader type and...
Some bright points on a PVP weekend for an arsehole
Well, the brightest point was dinging 40 and getting my felsteed :-) To make this even...
My first PVP kill
This weekend I was playing with my 26 (now 27) Human Rogue, over in Redridge near Lakeshre, Myself a 27 Night Elf Hunter, and a 19 Human...
A few things i've learned
When opening a portal for someone, if i do not ask a price, higher levels dump a gold, lower...
Servant of in AH
Every once in a while someone is king enough to pull a Servant of (something) into SW, which do not die...
AQ20 and retarded Rajaxx 1255
EnderX a écrit : Rajaxx is hard, but not impossible to handle. Just be ready for the first LONG 20-man fight. Here are a few tips: don't talk to the...
AQ20 and retarded Rajaxx 1256
You cant do that anymore. Bliz fixed it so the NPC's engage in the fight even if you didnt...
AQ20 and retarded Rajaxx 1257
Hello Babe, Nice to see, you still hang around here. I always liked your long commentary. I haven't been reading this group lately...
yipee shammy review
We've recently completed an extensive review of the Shaman clbutt, plugging in many changes for the next major content patch. One...
Opinion on Best PVP Character plz
Master demonologist and demonic sacrifice are definitely very cool, and the enchanced damage when using an imp might come close to or...
A yeti with no hide
The reason is QA. Imagine all those people (and creatures) whose whole job it is to stand, day for day, wheter it is raining or...
WarCraft 3 TFT no CD patch name
Filenames on ISP user web pages is where I look, long filenames are not a problem, but usually the names have no spaces. I think they usually use...
I'M FULL
No, I haven't been to Taco Bell lately. I hate tacos. Burger King is more my style. I also like cherry pies. They...
Woodworking as a Profession
Taipan Woodworking would be fantastic, it fits in the same general idea of Warcraft. Remember senging those Peons to farm lumber? And your "issues" with the above wouldnt be too hard to...
Doing a quest with a group 1264
I believe that money is divided equally with all players regardless of the looting option - which are Group Loot, Round Robin...
Doing a quest with a group 1265
SCraig In groups there are some loot policies you can set up. The default way is, that one by one all players can loot a corpes. So if you are 3 chars in...
Paladins
Rob I wish. My paladin was consistently losing aggro as early as Deadmines. And once the paladin loses...
Hunter pets and training points
Christian Stauffer a écrit : I went for damage, resistances, utility, armour, and stamina last. For my beast master's pet, damage is king, so I gave it bite 8 and claw...
Alliance has Dranei as new race
Doppleganger Diablo allowed a max of 8 people in each session-instance of the game. There was no concept of Raids, and PvP was more commonly refered to as "PK" even by the...
Beats head off desk
So, having been watching since 1.10 came out over a month ago, tonight for the very...
Beats head off desk* 1270
My main complaint with raiding is how technical and scripted the boss fights are. X clbutt does Y, A...
Beats head off desk* 1271
This is why I like (sometimes) to run instances with relative newbies -- we can make all the mistakes, get hit with the surprises, see what absolutely doesn't work, wipe, and think about...
Beats head off desk* 1272
I completely agree with your sentiments. I joined my guild back at the end of January when they had just started exploring MC. We were all new to it, and...
Where to buy game gold reputable, fast
I feel like pooning some gold buyers, been a long time, I promise I'll only post once this time :P Beowulf a écrit : I regretted playing it with hacks at first, because...
Of Golden Pearls
It's really amazing the price differences between servers, or perhaps just between factions. Bovinis found a golden pearl last night while...
PVP tip: ignoring tactics does not make you cool 1275
This works both ways -- there are also lots of bad hunters, rogues, mages, etc, that cannot bring themselves to wait one millisecond before attacking...
PVP tip: ignoring tactics does not make you cool 1276
On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:25:54 -0600, chocolatemalt I've been tanking pugs in UBRS a lot lately for loot and now my Ony key quests and my warrior brethren can be just...
PVP tip: ignoring tactics does not make you cool 1277
True, getting the warriors to work together is required and yet rare. Even otherwise good tanks are strangely reluctant to...
PVP tip: ignoring tactics does not make you cool 1278
On Wed, 17 May 2006 11:14:25 -0600, chocolatemalt I raised my warrior in reverse - I levelled up to my late 40s Prot spec, then said to hell with it and went Fury. And...
Elemental Mage Staff 1279
That's why I said I'd have to do some experiments...) Ok, here's the "science", as I've applied it so far: Method #1: Druid fights mob, uses moonfire, starfire, faery...
Elemental Mage Staff 1280
FWIW, I never spend any serious money on the AH (almost never, might give in finally for...
Elemental Mage Staff 1281
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Nabuu's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Weapon DPS is completely irrelevant for a Druid. If you're hitting things with your staff in caster form, then something has gone horribly...
Here's What I Like, Your Prescripton
Yutang a écrit : You don't "have" to dissolve into a healbot if you don't want to raid Molten Core-Blackwing's Lair-Ahn Qiraj or Naxxramax. If you choose pure tanking and...
in Horde territory
just got back off, I was solo'ing in thousand needles, I saw a few Horde, didn't kill anybody, and didn't die once. First I saw a 29 undead warrior, and a 28 undead priest...
Maybe i'm just wrong. 1284
same sort of thing happened to me last night in LBRS. we were all there for the key components...
Maybe i'm just wrong. 1285
Perhaps a resolution would be more practical than spending the time trying to find fault. I comitted the mistake and i wanted to offer him the...
Maybe i'm just wrong. 1286
I would have weighed your sincerity by your words, and if I decided you had just done that need roll through a combination...
hi, new to wow
3phase a écrit : First things first: You have to understand that items are generally soulbound. That means that when you equip-use them once (or even pick them up), you cannot trade...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW
So after mooching cycles from a friend's account, i became addicted to WoW. So i bought my own copy, starting from scratch (I had reached...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW 1289
Yes, though not all clbuttes are able to get their opponent to stop attacking them for 8 seconds so that they can bandage uninterrupted. they are out of mana or focussing on the...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW 1290
Well you can level the skill ahead if you buy materials, but that kind of defeats the purpose. At level 29, my rogue is getting mostly...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW 1291
Ohh, alts! How I love them. I play alliance only on my main PvE server, but horde on the PvP side. I stopped levelling the alts at around 18-25 in order to focus on the...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW 1292
1. You have played a dwarf. I would go Night Elf, either hunter or rogue. Once you get past 18 or so you would have...
best combination of raceclbuttes to enjoy WoW
snip You can use the armor kits on everything from cloth till plate as long as it is feet, gloves, chest or legs. You have feet, you can walk, right? By the time you get...
Mining and Ganking mixes well
Note: the term "ganking" on a PvP server no longer simply refers to a group of players on a single player, it's usage has grown...
Enchanting 1295
Hell no! On most servers essence of fire is at a MINIMUM of 18g each. I have never seen fiery offered for sale for less than 30g. Small radiant shards aren't cheap either, and...
Enchanting 1296
Trevor Wilson I generally ask for mats+tip to cast an enchant. I've never been specific about what an appropiate tip is, and I've gotten anything from 50s to 10g in tips. While I...
Enchanting 1297
I sometimes wish I'd never taken enchanting, but it was the first profession trainer I ran across and the game had only been out...
Enchanting 1298
My 1st char, a warlock, took tailoring and enchanting because they were what I wanted to do and seemed applicable...
Professions broken
Hi, I'm just wondering what others thoughts are on this. It seems to me, many professions are essentially broken - you don't really make money on them and most of the items you...
Professions broken 1300
In endgame, I agree, however while levelling up they are still useful. I found while levelling my tribal...
Professions broken 1301
I have to agree with your sentiments here (snipped rest of post for length). There is something that an Elemental Leatherworker can...
Professions broken 1302
i agree they're a time sink, not sure they're a 'money waster' though. if you're playing untwinked characters not in a guild, they can be extremely useful. for example...
Professions broken 1303
flopbucket a) I have not found one profession yet that didn't earn me money. b) A...
Professions broken 1304
If you take time and materials into account, few finished items will make you profit, and if you consider the costs of getting...
Professions broken 1305
I would agree with Michael that often the "creating professions" make a loss, if you are a skinner, leatherworker and find that the skins on the AH make...
Professions broken 1306
flopbucket Never ever rely on what others say. If we buttume 50% of the players...
Leveling for a 30 Rogue 1307
Arathi has some fun ones, the quests in the Shimmering Flats are a LOT of fun (getting x of this animal part...
Leveling for a 30 Rogue 1308
Not too hard; there's basically five or six quests there, which all want drops from various animals in the area. They're all between lvl 30 and 35, mostly 30-32 if you stick to the...
Auto Rez
Anyone else have this happen to them? I was in Blasted the other day and deceided to check out this dark portal. I slowly proceeded over the crest of the hill...
Why is the Installation Process so Slow for World of Warcraft 1310
Alas, I date back to tape days. For personal computers (long before IBM adopted "PC" as...
Why is the Installation Process so Slow for World of Warcraft 1311
Marshall Just because "today's standards" make them "obsolete", does not make that the case. I'd venture to say then...
Floppies obsolete was: Why is the Installation Process so Slow for World of Warcraft
I put together a bare-bones Linux system for my home with SATA drives. Installed...
PvP rank beginner
I've been playing a lot of the 10-19 WSG (where 'a lot' is defined in relation to my own playing time, not some of these folks who spend all day in...
Getting rezzed in a "hole" int the game map
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help me? My main is a levl 13 Night Elf and for reason of a Quest I had to journey to Wellspring lake in the Teldrbuttil zone. I...
Apparently I'm a twink
Well with a name like "Hulkamania IV" that was already my conclusion :) My friend and I saw another of his guildmates last night. Twinked to the...
Addon to track party DPS
Yup, I actually use the meters to check I'm not getting too much damage - seeing where I am on damage taken is often an indicator of how much...
Interesting observation
I have been playing a lot in Horde favored contested areas. I have spent a good bit of time in Thousand Needles, Shimmering Flats, and last night Arathi Highlands. Anytime I run across a Horde...
Interesting observation 1318
Thanks for the defense Jerry, but I can take it. No need for me to respond in kind to Lokari...
Interesting observation 1319
Pretty much. TYpically those patrols are members of the fringe factions I've noticed. You raise a good point (which was brought up before). Errr, clearly...
Interesting observation 1320
In a game where there is no real IC reason for most characters to even be doing that sort of thing to begin with mind you. Remember that the Horde...
Interesting observation 1321
Okay, this has gone on long enough I think. As you're attempting to educate everyone on learning to...
Interesting observation 1322
Hmm, the more I read about RP, the more I like the idea of it. Anyone know if any of the European RP-PVP servers are any good...
Interesting observation 1323
Attacking and killing another player's character that is so much lower level than you they really don't stand a chance. Killing without honor or even sport. To me, it's sort of like a 15 year...
Magician's mantle 1324
Unless you have gold coming out of yer monkey-hole, there's really no point in spending boucoup bucks on fancy blue armor...
Magician's mantle 1325
It has laready started actually. I've spent a bit of time in the last couple weeks fishing for deviate fish in the barrens and get flooded with requets to join RFC...
Magician's mantle 1326
Ouch! Yeah, that's definitely not a good start, sounds like my early PUGs on my main. Thankfully my experience of WC in a PUG was excellent...
Has anyone gotten warned for doing this
This is the poicy for GM interaction: In short: "Disobeying or Ignoring GM Instructions At times it may be necessary for a GM to ask a player to perform certain...
dual processors and wow
On Fri, 19 May 2006 01:58:47 GMT, Nabuu I would also guess that there is one heavy thread that handles all the heavy graphics-collision detection-etc. work, with a few...
lvl 60 then what
Raid. It's not that bad, if you find a good guild. PvP. Quest. Yes, there...
Holy soloer priest 1330
Bleh. Your post has me scared. I was holy-disc until level 29, when I respec'd shadow. Hated it from a RP perspective, but it truly made a difference...
Holy soloer priest 1331
Lisa C a écrit : holy is bad at soloing because the holy priest is basically designed to tank forever one normal mob dealing normal melee damage, simply by using the most basic...
Holy soloer priest 1332
Mr Stephen Feeney a écrit : I'm talking about finishing a fight at full life and mana. As I only used to solo in the morning when...
Macro's linux
I recommend the Zorlen function library, which makes writing complex macros much easier: It originally started out as functions for hunters, but most...
Macro's
On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:04:22 -0400, "Lisa C" Every clbutt has it's complexities. I've tried to come up with various "all in...
1.11 info 1335
No, they are stuck there because their camp (and hence their buttignment) was over-run by dinosaurs. In any case, there are two reasons they can't leave. One is that they simply...
1.11 info 1336
Wow, that's a surprise. No more riding in from cenarion hold for thorium prospecting, cool. Dang. This is the single...
leveling in 40s
On Wed, 17 May 2006 11:55:17 -0400, downsizeddiva If you want to make it to 60 fast...
drakk
Ok I have been into UBRS 20 or so times. I know some people live in there, So they should know...
drakk 1339
Let me say before reading the other responses you've recieved on this topic that the fear technique was what I used 100% of the time when my warlock was...
drakk 1340
end Drakk last night before I read this thread. In the future I will know better. The strat was kiting Drakk, I was to fear the lvl 59...
drakk 1341
Catriona R The hunter pull works like a charm if done right. As a hunter you use arcane shot and ditracting shot to get Draki's attention then you use...
Hmmm , how about having prisons and bountys
The other players. It turns out that (much to the surprise of many!) players are...
Patch 1.11: Allaience will start crying NERF Shamans again
If you take notice of the changes for Shamans, Blizz has made them better healers, and a lot better at PVP, but...
Whelpling pets rare drop
ScratchMonkey I bought a crimson whelpling for 40g, but some time later I saw one on the AH for 100 g. The dark whelpling is the...
WoW cpu or gpu limited or both
I had a Barton Mobile 35W 2200+ before my Winchester. Very fun to overclock without tons of volts...
Skeletal Club ... Driving me insane
Just want to clear this up for those who aren't as familiar with the gambler's fallacy. While it is correct in citing that the chances are independent, the odds of...
Patch 1.11 latest batch of "casual epics" investigated
I've been on the test server, checking out the upgrading of Light's Hope Chapel to a "quest hub". And now I'm here to tell you about the latest set of "casual...
RPPvP 1348
Hey, I'm on Lightninghoof as Alliance. What's your faction? (Also on Emerald Dream as Horde.) Were you...
RPPvP 1349
Firian For my (heavy-RP, no Guild-PvP, no Guild-raiding yet) Guild, I actually have a short list of RP...
RPPvP 1350
I'm Horde (Forsaken). I wasn't - I was in hillsbrad when it started. I thought about going there but was getting some action there *and* getting my quests done and didn't feel like hearthing over to...
RPPvP 1351
Now that I think about it, most of mine are normal. I had a human mage that was totally normal. His dad worked as an officer at...
Visiting Teldrbuttil as horde 1352
Ville-Matti Kiili As a young Troll Hunter, I got it into my head that I wanted an Owl...
Visiting Teldrbuttil as horde 1353
Ha! A short swim. Have you swum S from Feralas along the coast of Silithus (where you can fish in peace for...
Visiting Teldrbuttil as horde 1354
The key is to rez on the boat. The elf guards wont follow you on. So if you...
I felt bad for the rest of the day Sunday
Recently with my lvl 60 lock I've been farming scholo for Tier 1 drops and my imp quest. I've had unbelievable luck with PUGs. I've been on 5 raids...
I felt bad for the rest of the day Sunday
You didn't need to do that to screw up the Benediction quest. It's easy to do if you just pbutt by. I was on my way to Strath Live and I saw a flagged...
Quest item drops faster in PvP
Perhaps a crazy question. Do quest item drops (from mobs) work faster on PvP servers? Here's why...
Quest item drops faster in PvP
gaf1234567890 I would like to point out a flaw in this argument, and perhaps enlighten a few people in the process, I...
need some priest macros
i'm trying to make my life as a priestly healbot a little easier. i've got all the mana conservation stuff going on, my buffs select the right level for the target, and so on...
need some priest macros 1360
PV Oh, I hate when *other* people use them when I'm a healer. I consider it an insult. It's basically...
need some priest macros 1361
Sounds good, makes me wish I'd made my priest on the same side as my alliance guild so...
need some priest macros 1362
Catriona R a écrit : I'm doing a heavy training course these days, that consists in watching what my shamans, priests and druids are doing and what spells they are casting. If they are healing, I...
need some priest macros 1363
PhilHibbs Ooh, that burns me up. Seems like there's always some idiot who charges into battle when you're drinking and totally empty on mana, aggros four mobs, and starts unpleasant...
need some priest macros 1364
Andreas a écrit : I can confirm it does work, even when you're on your own, not in a party, you still get...
Keeping track of all your durned spells
My first char was a warlock, mid-30s. Even by then I had about a toolbar and a third of spells-actions that I actually regularly use. I had a pretty good system...
Keeping track of all your durned spells
Wow, holy crap. I didn't even know that existed :) Well, I rarely group - but most of my healbot kind of spells are indeed together. I used to keep a 'pvp' and 'pve' theme...
Survived my first gank, with some animal help
As I've noted in many other posts, I started on a PvE server to get my feet wet and now have been primarily...
Survived my first gank, with some animal help
Yeah, that's part of what I'm getting used to. Between all of the naysaying ('if they're red, you're dead') and being used to seeing alliance...
Questions of honor
alt.games.warcraft. The wowwiki page that someone linked to probably has the info. There's also a lot of good...
Most polite killing ever 1370
Very much so :). I think the fact that you stealthed might be what put him in kill-mode. I would consider this...
Most polite killing ever 1371
On Jubei Thos, how can I say this: STV is not exactly reknowned for the manners of the PvP encounters therein? I was level 47...
Anyone got info on the new ZG
Ok, I'm seeing a lot of tactics posted for this fight that I am completely unfamiliar with. The Bloodlord is the easiest, dullest fight in ZG...
Initial thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie
Last Friday I purchased World of Warcraft and I'm really impressed with this game. I played Everquest casually between 2001 - early 2005 and...
Initial thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie 1374
FunkyM Its this sort of atbreastude that annoys me to no end. My shaman's name is Malus, not a good choice, but not horrible. Anyway, I was having a go...
Initial thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie 1375
Fandralas I used to hate the fact that it seemed to check every file every time you started EQ. Why couldn't it...
Initial thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie 1376
I'll note that I only played EQ for a few months and this aws long before there were levels beyond 60 and I don't...
WSG defence question
I was in a real good 40-49 WSG raid over the weekend and we wiped all...
WSG defence question
There is some truth to what he said, as the longer the game drew out the more...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset
So I quit my Guild over the weekend. I'd been with them for over a year and it wasn't an easy decision by any means. We started off pretty small and...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1380
Moif Murphy a écrit : Roar, Moif, roar! Conflicts and departures are almost as memorable and important as victories in this game. You'll see, people will still recognize you, even months after...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1381
Hmm.. I used to hate DKP myself. I thought it was a system that rewarded...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1382
Moif Murphy a écrit : The only issue you might meet with point systems is that you'll...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1383
Babe Bridou Are you saying that such a guild would allow a hardcore player who already has Felcore Bracers (a Molten Core Bind on Equip...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1384
Rehlow a écrit : You misunderstood me. The "hardcore player" earns money during the day, does 20-man instances during the day, and 40-men raids at night. In other words, he spends 50% of...
Wanting to upgrade or how Purples can cause upset 1385
I'm aware of your stance on group loot policies, having read about 5% of the previous discussion on the topic before it degenerated into a flamewar...
Powerleveling what is best servicewebsite 1386
On Thu, 18 May 2006 03:34:53 +0100, Catriona R I've always enjoyed exploring, but the Azeroth used to hold many mysteries as to the location of instances for me. I found Onyxia's...
Powerleveling what is best servicewebsite 1387
Your buttuming that the game revolves around instancing. Many of those who are brought up full time on the group-instance teat are complete tards when it comes to soloing and PvP. They never...
Powerleveling what is best servicewebsite 1388
Buying gold or powerleveling will only take one so far in Wow. Most top level items are 'binds-when-picked-up...
Powerleveling what is best servicewebsite 1389
snowblade I think the OP was fully aware of this, but just wants to save the time of getting there. The game starts...
Powerleveling what is best servicewebsite 1390
Sounds like my feelings about it. Even the raiding is another grind tbh, just do the same thing...
Rogue enchants 1391
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Urbin's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Short answer: it depends on the weapon... Long...
Rogue enchants 1392
Here's an example to make it clearer. Suppose you have some proc that is coded for 4 procs per minute (or...
Oh man, great idea!! 1393
Hia Peter hmmm, and now we get to the interesting point. How to define "is no threat to you...
Oh man, great idea!! 1394
Indeed. I *finally* got to areas where I was viable in world PvP. Sure I've seen it...
Oh man, great idea!! 1395
jerryeveretts Sounds like a solid idea from a gaming perspective. The only problem would be the workings of it in a World of Warcraft situation. Having such a simple task of killing an "outlaw" These...
Ran an undead to SW
I have access to a second account, so i've been having some fun on the other computer while playing (well, waiting or running). Last night a started an undead rogue...
Been away for a while, have questions... 1397
Happybattles There's now aGuildRecruitment channel (same channel in all three capital cities). New players have it...
Been away for a while, have questions... 1398
Happybattles That depends on your Guild. I think you might want to examine that feeling... Levels mean nothing in *any* terms in this game other than how much time you've spent in...
Good quest for horde warlock
Happybattles First of all, Wand damage does not count as elemental spell damage. So it makes no difference as a Warlock if your Wand is frost, shadow, fire, nature...
mods
On Wed, 24 May 2006 00:35:05 -0400, Saber First a link: And yes, you can do a lot (but not everything) with a client-based mod. Some of my favorites are "Auctioneer" which keeps...
MyRolePlay successor to flagRSP now in public beta
MyRolePlay, a worthy successor to flagRSP, has now been placed in public beta. Its developers are extremely open to feature requests...
I had the most fun ever in this game last night
I was doing quest over in STV with my 34 Rogue. I was around the camp with the big game hunter guy getting the panther, tiger quest ect... There were...
May be returning to WoW 1403
I don't understand either, do you get just as threatened if partied with a druid? Priests are *the* healers if spec'd holy or holy-disc and even a shadow priest can hold sub...
May be returning to WoW 1404
Priests are great and I always prefer them, but it's also possible (albeit uncommon) for pallies...
warlock question
They auto seduce 'secondary targets' only, and just humanoids at that. They will not try to seduce the primary target...
HELP STOP GREEDY CELEBRITIES LIKE HOWARD STERN FROM STEALING MONEY TO SUPPRESS INFORMATION
HELP STOP GREEDY CELEBRITIES LIKE HOWARD STERN FROM STEALING MONEY TO SUPPRESS INFORMATION!!!!! A scientist has discovered ANOTHER PARALLEL DIMENSION! In this...
Holt Priest Talent Build 1407
snowblade personally, i went with a 26-25 build and have been using it succesfully in mc-bwl-ony-aq without issue. from a regen stand point, i regen around 120 mana...
Holt Priest Talent Build 1408
snowblade a écrit : Learn to hate this talent if you're horde against Onyxia :'( One mess up from...
Holt Priest Talent Build 1409
snowblade a écrit : The tradeoff between those two is hard to define; in 5 men parties, I no longer risk any aggro these days, because the monsters die so fast it's insane (and I can...
Login server down... again
Tracing route to us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com 12.129.232.110 over a maximum of 30 hops: 8 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms core1-p6-1.crsfca.sbcglobal.net 151.164.243.121 9 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms bb1-p1-0...
leveling a 47 rogue
YMMV on all advice. I did this as a hunter on a PvP server with a fair amount of world pvp involved. Jumping between zones makes life easier...
Turning on PvP
Actually, you shouldn't have had to dopvp at all. If the troll had just end your buddy, he was pvp, and you would be able to attack him even...
And now the hard part
So if some of you remember me, I'm the Undead Warrior who was caught up on the 60th level of nothingness. Guildless, I had nothing to...
Damage modifiers from equipment
First; +damage does not affect wand damage. Secondly, the effect of +damage scales by the base cast time on your spells (but the cast time gets cropped to be between 1.5 and 3.5...
Advice 1415
On 29 May 2006 13:08:33 GMT, Sir Chewbury Gubbins Wow, thank you everyone for all the advice, remarks and comments. It was very helpful. Has anyone ever used, "Add...
Advice 1416
I'm always amazed to learn how many people don't actually look for a job (or SO or other long-term relationship) this way. Many (most?) seem to just take...
Advice 1417
Burt Johnson How does a guild get more members then? I have been made GM of a guild because the GM...
Advice 1418
steve.kaye My experiences are similar to Burt's, but with one difference: rather than inviting someone who has quested with us, we invite someone who has RPed with us, since we're an RP Guild...
Advice 1419
Hi Steve, It's sad when you realise juste how much work getting a guilde up and running is; the bigger guilde that I know all started...
Advice 1420
Johnson) Roger M asked "What server am I on?" I'm on Alexstrazza (sp), same as my son and daughter-in-law. Yes I get asked lots to join guilds, I'm just saying no...
Advice 1421
laws of time and space to say: I've had very few bad experiences with pick up groups in general. Most of them came from blind...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do
1.10 pretty much screwed us. We are a very small guild of casual players. We like it that way, most of us coming from heavy raiding guilds...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1423
Contrary to what most other people are saying here, I have to agree with you. At the same time though, our guild has learned to adapt we are now trying ZG with sometimes less than...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1424
I certainly did not expect to create such a long, controversial thread. Lots have suggestions, most (all that are viable?) of which we are already doing...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1425
They did'nt have to demand it, they had it before 1.10. Nobody had any problems...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1426
Doppleganger Well, they changed them for the better, they gave people great new sets and other random items. Oh wow so you cant take 9 friends and clear...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1427
Yeap - it is easy to scoff when changes are made that restrict other peoples games yet doesn't affect...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1428
Rastus a écrit : Gosh, no: It's easy to adapt. These people currently have the worst luck ever: they are potentially 5 more...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1429
RogerM a écrit : Both the priest patch and the instance capping occured on the same patch. The priest clbutt was broken, healers had no fun, speccing for healing had no influence on the game before...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1430
Scholo is not much of a challenge now, since they removed too many trash mobs. I liked it much better before, and...
Whats a 1015 member guild supposed to do 1431
Babe Bridou ytrede sig i They could just have raisen the droprate of some of the tier0 items for 5 man groups. The zerging only happened because people wanted...
LoveGame
LoveGameNow.com is an exchange site designed specifically for game virtual currencies and items trading. Our specialty is to make a long...
Shaman with full restoration spec, good healers
Actually to be healing a 5 man party 5500 mana is enough, if the shammy isn't asked to put down totems all the time too. Blizz is fixing some of this in...
Mage Bracers Enchant
I got the fire power for mt Sorcerer's gloves after the comments found here. I...
Mage Bracers Enchant 1435
Actually mages can get a desent amount of in-combat regen too - Mage Armor (self only buff) gives 30% and they can talent for a extra 15%. However, getting +damage, int and sta...
Mage Bracers Enchant 1436
On 31 May 2006 07:18:37 -0700, "Brian Tkatch" From Thottbot: "This is the quest that starts the chain: its called the Broodling Essence. you get it from Tinkee at the Horde Flightpath in Northern...
More thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie
Greetings all. I've managed to get my undead rogue to level 15 and I'm right about the hit 16. I also have 5g. Yes...
More thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie... 1438
Fandralas Though I have a level 60 rogue, I only really used it for farming (I had...
More thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie... 1439
Actually, 5g at level 15 isn't bad at all. No. Running is the only way. (Unless you have a warlock buddy...
More thoughts on World of Warcraft from a newbie... 1440
There is a speed enchant to boots, it is not much, but over a long...
Priest Gear Tier 2 and beyond
I am a priest and I have been raiding with my guild since we were struggling through the priests in ZG. Now...
Warlock Final talents
I really can't speak to the PvP aspect of this, because I don't do it much. But I can say that if...
contagion Prereq for Rogues 1443
The quest is in SI-7 in stormwind, he doesnt have a ! above him you have...
contagion Prereq for Rogues 1444
In the alliance version, each of the types of mob in the tower are particularly vulnerable to a specific...
Useless" melee for a clothie
I had a bit of fun before coming to work today - my 49 Warlock ran across a 48 Paladin...
Useless" melee for a clothie
You don't have to keep the dragonling equipped to cool it down. In fact, the shared "use" cooldown for all dragonlings is 1 minute, the same as each dragonling's max lifespan, so...
felcloth. 1447
steve In darkwhisper gorge (is that what it's called?) in southern WS, there is a a merchant that sells two felcloth for 80s each. Sneaking to the cave is easy for any 60...
felcloth. 1448
steve They are. Your buttumption that they're the same players isn't necessarily true, though. Many of these are played by multiple people in shifts, working for a...
Druid Damage, Weapon Based
Shammy This is true. Plus which stats count how much is slightly different in Cat vs Bear...
Fishing skill & spawns
Every lake and sea throughout the game requires a minimum amount of fishing skill. Below that skill you cannot fish, above you can. If your...
Enchanting 1451
Zil Somehow I disagree. The only enchants that make you money are those between 175...
Finding Herbs
Yeah ... once the rush wears off it kinda sucks but hey, the "wow, look what I got!" is nice. The gloves I bought were Hotshot Pilots Gloves ... I still...
Power Corrupts 1453
dette: Loot issues are easy, make it clear if it's an upgrade to a char, then it's a valid need call. There are lots of items that can be equally beneficial to several clbuttes...
Power Corrupts 1454
The demands do make good sence for MC and BWL when you're a melee clbutt, especially for warriors. If the tanks don't have enough fire resist, there is no way...
PUG Loot Ettiquette
I just ask once. Rarely does anyone object when I ask. I have seen groups object when someone took it without asking though. For a second blue BoP, I asked if...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1456
Kareena However, this loot behavior simultaneously risks two different things: 1) You being perceived as greedy. See my example below. 2) You not being able to get full parties. For instance...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1457
Peter Ellis Likewise, actually. Our opinions about loot obviously differ so strongly that I would likely be frustrated...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1458
OK for PUGs loot ettiqutte we-my guild has this rule 1-set,1-need,1-greed. Which means: you can technically "WIN" 1-set item, 1-need item, 1...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1459
What do you mean? They drop off random mobs in the world. I've found two solo - a lei of lilies (which, stupidly, I wore for a while) and some giant...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1460
You're right, I'm on an RP server. However, they actively and negatively impact my gaming experience in several ways (please remember that these reasons are specific...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1461
I think you underestimate the degree that these people will go to in order to cause trouble. IOW I think they'd be on...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1462
This will probably be the last message in this thread I reply to at length, as I've wasted too much time at work over the past week as it...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1463
Heh. Fair 'nuff I hope you didn't take offense to anything I said. Some of what came across as broad, sweeping generalizations were not meant completely that way for instance :) I will...
PUG Loot Ettiquette Was Excellent PUG tonight 1464
I don't get this either. When I'm playing my character, I play as that character - I don't bring up real world issues, and comments and jokes are...
PvP, RP and immersiveness Was: PUG Loot Ettiquette
Agreed, and that's perfectly A-OK as far as I'm concerned ... like I said, RPing means different...
PvP, RP and immersiveness Was: PUG Loot Ettiquette
I would have to agree with you... But this is *not* the usual experience. Most people who don't call themselves RPers *do* bring up real world issues, or at least, bring up metagame-mechanical...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1467
Indeed - and that's fine for the various chat channels,w, etc. When people talk to me...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1468
More?! Animated emotes: Angry Applaud Applause Attacktarget Bashful Beg Blow Blush Boggle Bow Bravo Bye Cackle...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1469
I think I'm the only person that actually likes the backtalk from those guys. I haven't played my warlock in a while...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1470
True, they're pretty amusing in small doses, just after a while I end up wanting to kill them (got a warlock of my...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1471
What amazes me are how many people don't bother to watch their backsides on a pvp+ server in a situation like this...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1472
Both these mods (flagRSP and MyRolePlay) work well for many different kinds of filter. Someone who has it is less likely to be a griefer, even if they...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1473
It's a pretty good indication that someone isn't RPing when they refer to servers, the queue, levels, boss loot tables, instances, dueling, PvP flags, and...
PvP, RP and immersiveness 1474
Like I said in another post tho, if you never see them usesay oryell then one doesn't really know. I suppose it probably varies server to server (and from experience on LH...
leatherworking after L40 for a hunter
Leaving aside specialization, which I'll point out below: 1) Don't forget druids. You've got some decent leather gear that druids might like...
Revolutionizing PVP
I'm a big fan of the World of Warcraft video game. That being said, there is one area where I would particularly like to see improvement. That's...
Revolutionizing PVP
Trevor & Macho, Blizzard is not going to make the kind of changes you are asking for. They've posted numerous times what they are going...
Loch Modan or Redridge
As a noob dwarf hunter, I started in Dun Morgoth and was happy. I then went to Loch Modan, found it a bit tougher, but was happy...
Best pet for a 53 Hunter Alliance
Trevor Wilson My son plays the same way. Nothing really wrong with that. And Bears are still a good Tank pet... maybe even...
Big Blue Horse 1480
At 30something, going south from Desolace to explore and ending up jumping off the Twin Collosus. My first time fighting Grimtotems in 1KN, I...
Big Blue Horse 1481
x2... For the longest time I didn't tell my guildmates I was actually a guy, always referred to my wife as "my spouse", etc. It wasn't a deliberate intent to deceive, but more...
high warlord
Throg 2 factors make it really hard. First, it's a paramutual system. You are competing against everyone else trying...
where should i fish
Ville-Matti Kiili I've found the best places are STV, Barrens and Tanaris. Barrens has...
museum quality oil painting reproductions from famous masterpieces
Ever wanted to own a masterpiece, such as "Mona Lisa" by Da Vinci," The Starry Night" by Van Gogh, or " The Kiss" by...
For the protection warriors out there
Aye, as my next challenge, I was considering soloing one of my warrior alts to 60 as...
For the protection warriors out there 1486
Neat challenge. I've only been Prot as a lvl 60 but might still be able to address...
For the protection warriors out there 1487
Neat challenge. I've only been Prot as a lvl 60 but might still be able to...
For the protection warriors out there 1488
Brian a écrit : Is damage-rage really useful? I mean it all depends on the rage-second in the...
For the protection warriors out there 1489
Most mobs don't dodge at all, or very rarely, so you're correct there. PvP against rogues and hunters, of course, you have to spam Overpower or you just lose. However, some...
For the protection warriors out there 1490
Most mobs don't dodge at all, or very rarely, so you're correct there. PvP against rogues and hunters, of course, you have to spam Overpower or...
For the protection warriors out there 1491
Goodluck to you babe, surprising that you can solo elites your level. It will only get tougher as...
For the protection warriors out there 1492
EnderX a écrit : I remembered a post from Christian Stauffer talking about his warlock soloing...
For the protection warriors out there 1493
Babe Bridou Oh dont talk about locks, they are evil things, My warlock at 37 end a 40 elite without...
Need advice on being a tankadin
A couple friends and I are playing in a three-man every night: priest, warlock, and pally. The lock and priest are doing a fine job -- we kill mobs just fine and everyone stays...
First real PvP kill! Woot
Happybattles Weird. The satyrs were fun because I enslaved the highest level satyr I could find and he did 1-2 of the fighting - I just...
OT Left Behind: Eternal Forces
Might have to give WoW a rest of a while to level-up my LB:EF Quote of the year: "Sure, brainwashed fundamentalist kids will love...
Gear Questions or: What to do when you were ready to raid and your guild
Snip as needed: So it is time to make some gear decisions. My guild that at one point was knocking Onyxia out just about every Tuesday from 7:03 to 7:59pm, killing Rag on a fairly...
What the hell am I doing wrong 1498
Probably either, or a combination of... 1) They may be higher level, have more str and str gear. 2) Using a slower, heavier weapon. (I'd bet on this...
What the hell am I doing wrong 1499
I don't think it's a matter of what you might be doing wrong as much as it's what you're doing differently. Also, caveat...
What the hell am I doing wrong 1500
Yup, my rogue could solo elites well enough in the 30s and 40s (all the STV hunting quests were soloable for me) but I struggle with them now...
Kiting" The Most Difficult WOW Skill To Master
imho: kiting is a task buttignment by the party leader. Your job as the kiter is to pull a designated monster (party leader again selects). Your job...
Stats or +dmgheal 1502
Hehe! I like it, trouble is even when I have items to swap I never remember them, so I think two distinct groups of items will have to do me or I'll always...
Stats or +dmgheal 1503
Yeah, I've been reading on forums that most people don't get the full 10 seconds, because...
A shoutout to PvP+ servers
Yeah. I've always felt that the real power of this genre comes from the ability to provide truly dynamic content. Of course, it has been shown that large parts of the demographic don't really...
Shaman talents question
Chingy First of all, the shaman talents are getting overhauled (along with mages) in the next patch. Don't respec now, and take a look at the...
Paladins can't learn throwing weapons or guns 1506
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:07:14 -0500, "Adam Corolla" Talking about dps on either is kinda strange - one has a...
Paladins can't learn throwing weapons or guns 1507
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:07:14 -0500, "Adam Corolla" Talking about dps on either is kinda strange - one has a 1 minute cooldown the other has...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1508
Very much needed, I hate trying to get groups - I'm a rogue, the most unwanted clbutt in any group (with the possible exception of...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1509
I'm all for the idea, and it's not like it hasn't been done already by another MMORPG. Anyone else play Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs? There are...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1510
Catriona R Eh, I think I prefer a Hunter in most groups to a Rogue, since the Hunter can AOE a bit and...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1511
Rogues sapping is useless; it needs perfect timing and even with the talents still has a chance...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1512
It's one of the most useful solo skills a rogue has, and in groups without a mage, it's very...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1513
It's one of the most useful solo skills a rogue has, and in groups without a mage, it's very valuable. Improved sap is a...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1514
Not really, it breaks so easily, and the rest of the group is rarely awake enough to prent the rogue getting end. Different people like different things - all...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1515
I think people put way too much emphasis on the "MM" part...sure, it's "mbuttively multiplayer", but that doesn't mean your every online...
one man dungeon Instance with weekly reset times 1516
ModernCelt Find a guild to join. Even some hardcore guilds will let in casual players. I have found being in a guild makes it incredibly easy to get a group...
hunter toolbars optimum configuration 1517
It's been a while since I played my hunter, but I'd recommend turning on the right sidebar. This puts an extra set of buttons on the screen that...
hunter toolbars optimum configuration 1518
While maybe not perfect, I have ZHuntermod, which puts traps, aspects and tracking into their own little right-clickable pulldowns...
Game Ettiquette question from a newbie 1519
It's possible to get skinning at lvl 5, so if you were lvl 6 they should have at least had the courtesy to wait and see if...
Game Ettiquette question from a newbie 1520
PV Thank you for the consideration. For Leatherworkers of the Horde persuasion, there is a series of quests to obtain the Wild Leather recipes. Two of which involved creating 4 Turtle Scale items...
Game Ettiquette question from a newbie 1521
PV Thank you for the consideration. For Leatherworkers of the Horde persuasion, there is a series of quests to obtain the Wild Leather recipes. Two of which involved creating 4...
Game Ettiquette question from a newbie 1522
frood In that case, it was just plain rude. Was he from your side? In that...
Is WoW like the other Warcraft games 1523
John Salerno The game CAN BE played solo all the way from level 1 to max level 60...
Is WoW like the other Warcraft games 1524
Different strokes. I play a *lot* of solo; I enjoy the journey, rather than the arrival. After 60, there's nothing much left in the game that attracts me. As an observation, though; if you're on...
Is WoW like the other Warcraft games 1525
John Salerno Short Answer: It's a MMORPG with a monthly fee (like Everquest), not an...
need to respec
Hi, I am very new here, as I am to wow. I've got a lvl33 warrior...
need to respec
dt Kruger Okay, here's what I've done with my L56 NE warrior so far; I started by investing my first 5 points in Fury, under Cruelty, for the added 5% crit. Then, I worked...
First ZF run, made 21G and got some gear to boot
At 43 my Rogue did her first ZF run with some friends and guildies, I...
Dufus reams me out over PVP
grinding some water pouches near steamwheedle, I was busy re-poinsoning and shifting inventory around, when I looked back up there was a...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1530
Like I said, if I am going ganking, I go ganking. If I am questing I quest. Last night two low...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1531
Like I said, if I am going ganking, I go ganking. If I am questing I quest. Last night two low 30's guildies were getting greifed near the...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1532
I wish at times like this that I could speak cross faction, just so I can ask them to please kill the dork over yonder. I had a little runin a few days ago...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1533
jerryeveretts I usually play the same way. There are exceptions, but generally, I go for the, leave me alone and I will leave...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1534
I've posted this before but beyond just the 'excitement' level (which sometimes I honestly don't have any desire for - if I am short on time I don't feel...
Dufus reams me out over PVP 1535
Same here. I'm often out questing with friends in a PvP server and we have some known enemies. But if we see a...
I hate Blizzard's forums
I had several Mozilla tabs open to the WoW forums yesterday and decided to start a new post in Customer Support to report a broken quest. I'd first logged in in...
I hate Blizzard's forums
They use Oracle. However, the forum itself is often a source of problems on its own. For example, I believe in the us forum that is...
Gift wrap
I'd always wondered what the gift wrap would be good for, the stuff you can buy...
Dianius' Guides
Has anyone here used Dianus' guides for soloing Mother Smolderweb and the worg pup-smolderweb spiderling quests? I had my doubts about the first...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1540
Some people actually look at World Defense. Last night, a RL friend of mine was working the Yeti cave in Hillsbrad. He asked me to...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1541
Some people actually look at World Defense. Last night, a RL friend of mine was working the...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1542
If you're on a PvP server, world PvP is what you signed up for IMO, give it and take it. The Charred Vale questing area was a nightmare for me...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1543
My experience in Stonetalon-CV area was pretty good, but was frustrating in Hillsbrad ... I suspect for opposite reasons. The quests that brought me (a horde) over to ST had me at a...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1544
My experience in Stonetalon-CV area was pretty good, but was frustrating in Hillsbrad ... I suspect for opposite reasons. The quests that brought me (a horde) over to ST had...
PvP severs...L60 Killing L20 common 1545
If you're on a PvP server, world PvP is what you signed up for IMO, give it and take...
High Level Raid Instances Guild Problem
Ok I am 60 mage playing on PvE server and recently my guild which has around 70 members including around 15 60s started for good farming 5 and 10 man...
High Level Raid Instances Guild Problem. 1547
Which are changing in 1.11, and the rewards easier. :) That freaking aoe lightining takes out EVERYONE if you're not careful. Does'nt it increase in power exponentially with every player it hits? The...
High Level Raid Instances Guild Problem. 1548
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Doppleganger's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Extremely simple solution to the chain lightning problem, depending on your group makeup. Use ranged dps only until after he shifts at 50%. No...
High Level Raid Instances Guild Problem. 1549
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Doppleganger's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Extremely simple solution to the chain lightning problem, depending on your group...
High Level Raid Instances Guild Problem. 1550
I think it is possible to play high lvl instances and have fun in same time, so if u see possibility in your guild that...
Buying a 60 1551
You have a point, but both ways are in my mind a waste of time - why would...
Buying a 60
Doppleganger schreef: snip I saw a priest doing (part of) Molten Core RL and it didn't look that hard to me. What is so different in BRS...
Buying a 60 1553
Thomas J. Boschloo a écrit : Molten Core is special, it's more about knowing what to do and when to do it. Each clbutt has only one buttigned task per fight in that...
Buying a 60 1554
You have a point, but both ways are in my mind a waste of time - why would you play to 60 and not learn your...
Questions: gameplay from Start to Endgame
I was like you, very much like you, 1-59, but at 60 started to feel the pull of raids and the rewards, but disliked...
Hunter Weapon 2H or 1H
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:10:27 +0100, News As others wrote, you should not be doing much melee fighting and...
Favorite quests
a few: Fordring questline. Even though I keep failing it; I die, or try to kite to outside the escort limits. I think I should be able...
Volk is the plant
Months ago one of our raid officers announced that he would pay 200G if someone blew up a specific warlock, as the living plant, and only end that warlock and nobody else in the...
Hunter Talents
I do a fair number of 5 mans, some raiding, a good amount of solo grinding for rep and money and a decent amount of...
lockpicking skill up
Can anybody tell me an easy way to get my lockpicking skill up to 175? I'm at 171...
lockpicking skill up
Doors are your friend. Pick the two locks to the back door in gnomergan - it will still...
WOW Quests are deep and fun
Obviously, it's not the same - it has its own strengths and weaknesses, just like any game. Rather than relying on second-hand opinion, though, why not simply try it out...
A good day
As I haven't posted a lot (and not played a lot I must admit) during...
Good or Bad Hunter build 1564
WickerD20 -- Deflection without Counterattack is a waste -- Improved Concussion Shot not fully send -- Improved Aspect of the Hawk - 2 wasted...
Good or Bad Hunter build 1565
I would disagree with the part about Surefooted. Surefooted is one of the best things about the survival...
Fun in BWL
My main char is a defense specced warrior, and yesterday was BWL day. It was my first time...
Fun in BWL
Hornet All said is true. First of all it IS only a game. Second, we have BWL on farm status. The two main tanks...
MC Advice 1568
Areric MC is so old that it doesn't really involve many tactics. It's a bigger, badder 40 man version of the instances that were out...
MC Advice 1569
And I'll add a few more priestly words, from my perspective. It's useful to configure the Decursive priority list here...
MC Advice 1570
Believe it or not Hornet there are some people that havn't been playing as long as you...
MC Advice 1571
I've played a Warlock all the way through MC, and here's what I have learned: Always keep plenty of soul shards. I devote two whole bags to them...
MC Advice 1572
Areric MC is so old that it doesn't really involve many tactics. It's a bigger, badder 40 man version of the instances that were out...
Bulkie and Bovinis hit 60
Well, last night, my Tauren druid, Bovinis, and his IC brother, Bulkie (Tauren hunter), hit level 60. It's Bulkie's first time (in fact, he only plays one character...I...
Nerf loladins
ak72 It's not an insta-kill. Pally would die eventually. But in a one to one...
WTS Account with 60 Mage and 60 Priest
Same doc as the old AGD doc? Anyways if you read the software TOS you will find that it is perfectly legitimate to trade ownership of the game provided all original materials are...
First visit to Zul Gurub
So, last night we had our first guild twink run (inlcuding mains without the time for a regular instance group) to Zul Gurub. We were...
First visit to Zul Gurub
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:08:06 +1000, Doc Yes, we knew that and had someone with CTRA Boss Mod call out the target on...
Sometimes things just go your way
I've hardly played my main lately, got bored of having not a lot I could do to improve my character (playing a...
Sometimes things just go your way : 1579
Hehe, yeah, my guild just does it on a common sense thing - anyone who needs something can roll, but it's nice to pbutt for someone else who needs it more than you - for example on...
Sometimes things just go your way : 1580
Yup, that's how we do it too - though I have heard of guilds who do dkp pretty much everywhere, even in...
Sometimes things just go your way : 1581
Hehe, yeah, my guild just does it on a common sense thing - anyone who needs something can roll, but it's nice to pbutt for someone else who needs it more than you - for example...
Sometimes things just go your way : 1582
Yup, that's how we do it too - though I have heard of guilds who do dkp pretty much...
Opinions on Private Servers 1583
I know a couple ubergamers who run them occasionally to test things, and try out...
Opinions on Private Servers 1584
I know a couple ubergamers who run them occasionally to test things, and try out various builds, and explore areas, not avoid the monthly fee. The thing they...
how does world of warcraft work
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:51:15 +0300, Johnny And because they do not want some people gaining an undue advantage over the "honest" players. They may not be...
how does world of warcraft work
henri rautiainen schreef: Buy a new computer-Install from scratch (remove all parbreastions) Remove the UTP cable before the fresh install and put it in...
Rant
Ok, I just had a bad in game experience, and I'm peeed off. I joined a group for Scarlet Monastery with my 38 rogue. The group was pretty good, except for a...
Rant 1588
PV So that's the joy of spirit tap for Priests? They still get mana when casting? Same thing with clearcasting and mages...
Rant 1589
On 10 Jul 2006 13:41:40 -0700, Hamaka You get the "Spirit Tap" buff when killing a mob that gives...
Rant 1590
No, you are wrong about the weapons. I did a search in alakhazam for dagger...
Rant 1591
I had my first experience in this area, I thought I would share. I hope I didn't do the wrong thing. But I got a random invite to a RFD...
Rant 1592
Sorry to hear that, bad pugs happen. The game is loot based, and it brings out the worst...
When Realms Split
For those that might go through it someday, here's an account of what's been happening on Stormreaver (US - PvP) recently. A couple weeks ago Stormreaver, Shattered Hand and Warsong were chosen as high...
Rogue and herbalism
Rogues buy the mats for contagions from shady dealers, not picked from herbalism, so there's no money savings from it. The obvious benefits are swiftthistle...
LOL, "That running game" WOW! 1595
Catriona R Bah, you youngsters have it so easy these days... Back in my day, it took at least 15 minutes to run from Felwith (High Elven City...
LOL, "That running game" WOW! 1596
this is Everquest in case anyone is still wondering). Then came planes of power, and you could do the whole trip in like 10 minutes. Find book, run through a zone, click stone. Poof...
Worst ... ganker ... ever
I respecced to MD-Ruin when I suddenly got the chance to go to molten core regularly. While most of the baddies...
Still PvP confused
Hia hmm, shadow priest with pets? You learn something new every day, don't you? It's earth shock which interrupts actually. And warriors are beatable even by resto shaman...
gnomeregan
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:53:52 -0700, "amore15" Each instance (or rather instance of an instance) has a unique id - this id belongs to the...
Playability of World of Warcraft
On 14 Jun 2006 12:52:56 -0700, J I've seen some higher latency lately on Alleria, but nothing that kept anyone from playing. It only lasted a very short time. However, high...
LOCK EPIC! 1601
Throg I would take a different route. You really can't go wrong spending the next 5 levels doing PvP in...
LOCK EPIC! 1602
Throg I would take a different route. You really can't go wrong spending the next 5 levels doing PvP in AV, plus whatever Battleground...
Dark Pact was: Warlock gloves and talents
Brian I have taken to using my Succy with only lash of pain turned on, we...
Patch 1.11 and the G15 Keyboard
Hi All; First I want to Thank Blizz for recognizing the G15 keyboard by programming some game...
LFG WTFSHUTUP! 1605
Throg I think this is just because it just came out, and will die down to a tolerable level eventually. Even if it doesn't, it's *EXACTLY* what players asked for. So they got it...
LFG WTFSHUTUP! 1606
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:11:05 +0200, "Marypop" Only once, and not a very good group either - no tank (well, there was a paladin but I ended up doing...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1607
Having both a level 60 Priest and a level 60 Warrior, I feel qualified to give a...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1608
snip I have no problems with long urls :-P Indeed, and I have recomended it for all. Knowing how the...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1609
i am playing the Priest. I am using a greater magic wand, Money is no object as this char is an...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1610
Stick with the greater magic wand, it's the best you'll get at that level unless you're lucky enough to find a Starfaller (I think that's the name) on the AH (lvl 16...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1611
jerryeveretts ytrede sig i No, stick with the Greater Magic Wand, it's one of the few crafted items that are way better than any drops...
Weird Aggro Behavior 1612
fear == psychic scream Once I got mind flay (You should get that at 20 ... and if you're goal is to level fast you should be going shadow) my basic strategery for soloing goes like...
Invasion World Event
Hectic and amusing, to some extent on Horde-Eredar last night, with the breaking the unspoken truce...
Invasion World Event
Or just look at the world map - there's a skull where there's a current attack :-) Some pretty nice blue bracers yeah - they're part...
derrrrrrrrrr moment, and sweeeeeeet revenge
Last night they took Malorne down due to problems at 11PM eastern time. around 15 minutes before I was in Westfall with an alt, when I saw 4 ?? Horde in Sentinel killing all the NPC's...
The new LFG channel sucks 1616
Interesting idea but it would make it impossible for a lvl 20 newbie getting ganked by a lvl 60 undead rogue in Redridge to request...
The new LFG channel sucks 1617
Brian Tkatch ytrede sig i I group a lot with chars below lvl 10. There are several quests that can be...
Midsummer Fire Festival details
Scarfed from the official forums..... Midsummer Fire Festival Ribbon Polls give a +30 fire resist buff. Burning Blossoms give you +3% crit to...
Midsummer Fire Festival details
gaf1234567890 Actually, this festival covers *both* Solstice and the US Independence Day. Read the official site, and you'll see that the...
Swiftmend
So, how many of you druids think Swiftmend is going to be useful? When I first heard about it, before I realized how it worked, I though...
Swiftmend 1621
It is extremly cool, if used correctly ! I've played my druid completely feral and respecct yesterday in anticipation of this talent. Then I went into Zul Gurub. I was number 2 on the effective healing...
Swiftmend 1622
Hehe, most perhaps, but not all. I barely have any +healing items that add up to much, so swiftmend heals, with a rejuv, 850 points for me. Not...
Turing in Onyxia head. Turnin city buffs
On 2006-06-21 22:24:56 +0200, "Brian Tkatch" - Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer Increases critical chance of spells by 10%, melee and ranged...
Wowecon a great replacement for Auctioneer
Thomas Jespersen This can be handy, but there's one catch: Prices on different servers vary enormously. Even on one server the prices do vary a lot...
Furthest you've ever been chased by Mobs
Yes, I know-odd topic line, but I found this really amusing personally. My Troll Hunt's lvl 40 now and 2 nights ago I was...
Warrior issueskit
Hiya Ive been playing a month or two now on my warrior char. I didnt really discover Battlegrounds till level 45-50 (pve server) but found i enjoyed it more...
Warrior issueskit 1627
I'm late to the party, but... Blacksmithing, in a word, really sucks. I'm 300 armorsmith with a ton of high end epic...
Warrior issueskit 1628
But a guild running MC and beyond needs an armorsmith, at least for the main tanks. The Dark Iron gear is important enough that the lead armorsmith should...
Something not working properly Distribution: DaFox's Fox Fire Express
Just to go into this a bot more... * A level cap of 20. this is fair...
Something not working properly
There is SO MUCH incorrect information in this thread. (sorry for the caps but i...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1631
I believe the wolf is the jack of all trades pet, but master of none -- middle of the road for armor, health, and dps. If in PVP...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1632
KJ Stone You're missing what the UI is not telling you. A bear's attack speed...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1633
On the other hand, how important is bite and claw? For my hunter, and Bulkie does this as well when I suggested...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1634
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:32 -0500, Firian I levelled to 60 with a cat that had growl, bite and claw. Occasionally I had trouble with the pet losing aggro when it...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1635
Yeah, that's what we do with our pets, use the points that would have been put into bite-claw and put them into armor and stamina as well (as well as some in a specific...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1636
Ah, good, so my logic isn't wrong there :-) Hehe well at lvl 33 I don't have enough extra attacks of my own that I'm doing much other than spamming auto-shot most of the...
The Rake best hunter pet Why 1637
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:19:57 +0100, Catriona R It's about focus. Most of the time you'll have none of those, rather than all of them. Growl in particular will lose out. Having...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1638
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:09:12 +0100, Trevor Wilson I definitely see myself as a casual gamer. I'd love to play more...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1639
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:09:12 +0100, "Trevor Wilson" I'm fairly similar, pretty much abandoned my lvl 60 rogue for alts for...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1640
Trevor Wilson I'm a fairly new convert to WoW (~ 3 mos), and despite being married wkids, a job, chores, etc I've still managed to get a few of my alts...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1641
snip We have a few rank 14 or 13 in our guild, and with one...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1642
Mel 3 or 4 'must attend' sessions per week sounds more like work than fun IMHO. Is this...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1643
To join the Guild you must be available for 2 nights of raiding minimum per week. However...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1644
To join the Guild you must be available for 2 nights of raiding minimum per...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1645
It makes it a lot easier to do ordinary gameplay. As an example, solo grinding rep etc - it's...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1646
Trevor Wilson a écrit : snip Q: if you are a "casual" player, not raiding, not pvping, in what way...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1647
Don't worry, you feel the "work". It's called raiding burnout in this game, and it can...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1648
Babe Bridou Last year I managed a full time job, a level 3 60 point Open University course (20 hrs week), manged to spend 2 hrs day on WoW and last but certainly...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1649
Trevor Wilson I am in a small guild of real life friends and we have been...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1650
Kind of but not really. I know a lot of people who have run Scholo or Strat dozens of times and are sick...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1651
It's a good start, yes, but the effort required for the Argent Dawn quests is stunning - getting the bag alone will take...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1652
dette: I know I was putting it on the edge by saying "little" :-) As you say, they shouldn't just make it harder...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1653
Discovered the Lashers today, much better, yeah. Which begs the question of why they put the tradeskill options in; they're just awful and there's no point at all in them. I think as...
Darkmoon trinkte was: Casual Gamers: Endgame
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:20:06 +0100, Catriona R I have had my eyes on that necklace for quite some time now! I have the vibrant plumes ready...
Darkmoon trinkte was: Casual Gamers: Endgame
Have you tried Silithus for the scorpid blood? I get tons of it there, one time I got a stack of 10 when I wasn't even trying to kill scorpids (was trying...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1656
Areric a écrit : Ok, just a quick note on MC BWL AQ etc... you do noot need to be in anuber guild to do them! You...
Casual Gamers: Endgame 1657
Trevor Wilson I don't think my play style is that much different than yours. I think our gear is about the same too...
Advice for a new player
I'd suggest you get two gathering professions, so you won't alweays be broke. Either Herbalism & skinning or Herbalism & mining. ***I decided on herbalism before I created...
Best PvP yet
Yes, I'll admit right off the bat that I'm a jerk, but this was fun. Korgath (PvP) Was at Blackrock in Alrathi when I noticed a lvl ?? NE Rogue...
Fire Festival opposing faction
Did fire festival opposing faction last night. Mount runs at 219% so it was pretty easy. Unlike other fire quests, this was is gotten by grabing...
Scholo trip
Not sure if its standard after the patch, but a group of us decided to do a "non...
Scholo trip 1662
Valjean How is the whelp room a hbuttle with a mage and a warlock? AOE and burn...
Scholo trip 1663
Did Scholo as well wednesday evening with a noticed the Elite Skellie boss that now wanders around there (and dropped crap loot). Highlight of the evening was when we moved onto...
It's Official Cross Realm BG's in 1.12
Patch 1.12 Cross-Realm Battlegrounds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the first time in the history of World of Warcraft, you will...
Permanent dungeon keys
I don't recall seeing any permanent dungeon key before I got the one from SM Lib...
Tailoring as a money maker 1666
Sorry, I ment the Thoriom Brotherhood recepies, and the Molten is for Leatherworking, the Tailoring is called Flarecore. There is only one recepie that need the expencive...
Tailoring as a money maker 1667
ScratchMonkey ytrede sig i Well my Tailor is a lvl 60 Shammy, so I got no problem with grinding for an hour or two at Darkshore :-D Whenever...
Tailoring as a money maker 1668
Apoptygma Once you get to 300 enchanting and get some nice enchants, enchanting is probably the most...
1.11 Patch Notes long 1669
World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.11.0 Shadow of the Necropolis Floating above the Plaguelands, the necropolis known as Naxxramas serves as the seat of one of the Lich King's most powerful officers, the dreaded...
1.11 Patch Notes long 1670
Catriona R This is apparently undocumented, but stack sizes for at least a few quest items have been significantly increased. Those I've noticed offhand, all from Un'Goro Crater: Un'Goro Soil: Over 30...
I never get into BG
dt Kruger hehe, another useless statistic. It neither tells when this was (i.e. 5 days ago) or how long generally...
Warlock PVP build
10% Shadow damage from Shadow Mastery and then another +15% Shadow Damage from a Demonic Sacrificed Succubus is nice, but you have to Sacrifice your pet to do so and...
shaman talent changes
Well, I'm one of those who are complaining, and I'm definitly not used to play...
What happened to LFG channel 1674
The madness has calmed down on Dragonblight-us, and the channel is becoming very handy. I witnessed a PUG to AQ20* that could never have happened before, because the leader pulled players from...
What happened to LFG channel 1675
Yes, they did. This "functionality", as you call it, has made LFG almost totally useless, even...
A Question from a Darnbuttus LvL 21 Druid A quick way to return to a
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:59:16 +0100, "David Gartrell" The short answer is, no. One slightly longer answer...
Allakhazam taken over by IGE 1677
I wouldn't use a setting for my browser that remove adds, if all sites could stay away from animated...
Allakhazam taken over by IGE 1678
Guess you need to do some reading, there have been made lots of surveys and all of them show that the reading and navigation speed is lowered significantly by animated banner adds. It...
Engineering
Trevor Wilson yeah, that is pretty cheap. I was surprised myself. Haha, yes it is. The first time I used my dragon gun...
Rogue weapon choices 1680
At your level, I would do a dual wield sword, or dual dagger, or sword-dagger, as...
Rogue weapon choices 1681
Ville-Matti Kiili) The weapon type is practically irrelevant for leveling purposes. You'll get a few nice swords from Quests (in Wailing...
Rogue weapon choices 1682
Ville-Matti Kiili) There's not much difference between maces and swords, both allow you to use the same abilities and both have similar damage...
Rogue weapon choices 1683
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:20 -0700, Doppleganger Ok, first crits (since they started this :) - they are a flat...
Why not to annoy a Rogue
So my rogue is at the scarlet monastery picking the locks on the doors to level her lock picking skill...
Rogue life in PVP realm
My Rogue is 46 now, on a PVP realm. I am getting to the point where I win most all fair fights, obviously I can't beat a 57 Anything...
Results of a grinding weekend
What with the patch coming in last week and the discussion on how to grind for the darkmoon amulet I decided to put in a...
Results of a grinding weekend
That'd be Badlands in English, pretty similar name :-) Nice progress! I only ever send skinning up while levelling, so obviously it goes far slower that way but it's always seemed very fast to skill...
Rebooting with certain races
Ok, and the BSoD (Blue Screen of rest) with 100 seconds of Memory dump indicates what? RAM problems? The reason I ask is that...
Anyone have any Razorgore tips
My guild is struggling a bit with Razorgore, the first boss in BWL. After the comparative ease of MC, I think this has come as a bit of a shock to some...
Anyone have any Razorgore tips 1690
A post I made recently - slightly edited. It's tough and nothing in the game quite prepares you for the melee madness in that room. We have 2 experienced warriors as kiters using the platforms to...
Anyone have any Razorgore tips 1691
Zil In our guild, we do the following: 2 groups at each corner, only warriors kiting. At the 4 corners, druids hibernate one dragonkin each, that one...
Dark Pack
Throg The only time Curse of Exhaustion is useful is in BG's, and it's only useful if you spend at least 3-4 points to improve it (and use Amplify Curse...
Atbreastudes of The Almighty 1693
I don't agree that within each clbutt each talent tree comes to the same ends, or that whatever path you chose, you get the same...
Atbreastudes of The Almighty 1694
Brian a écrit : These are not the true reason. Warriors are flasked, soulstoned, have a warlock imp in their group, and have 300+ resistance to elemental damage. That is the...
Atbreastudes of The Almighty 1695
snip Actually, not holding a shield as a warrior does mitigate some very important abilities that are shield based. Interrupting casters with...
Atbreastudes of The Almighty 1696
Bertha The only thing I'd like to add to this string is, judging from the...
How did they catch me
Obviously, this is a major flaw in the game -- how can the folks at Ok, seriously... you've already learned (aren't you lvl 40-some-odd, now?!) that different mobs run different speeds...
WOW mathematics 1698
dette: Actually you'll find much better answers by searching abillity. The problem with wiki's is the lack of coordination between the articles, so there can be...
WOW mathematics 1699
Babe Bridou ytrede sig i Even if the tank have raised 1000 threat over 10 seconds...
WOW mathematics 1700
Yeah, and one of the most common reasons to wipes in ZG is the 100% reseting of the threat list for all the aspect-priests, when they reach 50% life, and some #¤"Q...
What OS are the WOW servers running on
Andreas schreef: #### Blizzard is seeking an experienced Server Programmer for the World of Warcraft Live Team. snip...
What OS are the WOW servers running on 1702
Andreas They had a job opening once clearly stating Linux knowledge as must. It is hovere not clear from that alone where...
What OS are the WOW servers running on 1703
Remember also that there need not be a one-to-one relationship between "servers" and "operating systems". We live in the world of virtual machines, where a single physical host...
Profession for a Mage
Artificer ytrede sig i As a mage especially herbalism and alchemy will be very beneficial. There are potions for increasing your...
Addon for improved target selection
I was playing with my warlock and a warrior friend the other day in Redridge and the targets were a bit too hard for the warrior to take all the damage...
Building The Perfect Beast
I'm going to be ordering a new system sometime soon (not sure exactly how soon, but no more than...
Building The Perfect Beast 1707
EJH If you have the technical skills, building your system is definitely the way to go. I just finished putting together my new...
Building The Perfect Beast 1708
Nothing all that wrong with dell, other than they (and most manufacturers) crap up your system with junk you...
fear and stealth 1709
AoE will still hit and break stealthers. You are most likely encountering one of the two AoE fears, either from a preist or Warlock. Every competent WSG...
fear and stealth 1710
Trevor Wilson Fear is a person when defending the flag, I am not sure there is a more annoying thing in the game. Warrior charges in and drops...
fear and stealth 1711
hehe i dont want immunity just asking if there are good counters m8. As for warriors vs rogues, well i...
Getting a lowbie to a different starting area 1712
I got to level 10, ran to Undercity to get my voidwalker (plus FP), and then hopped...
Getting a lowbie to a different starting area 1713
I Wanted to do Hume quests with my NE huntress I wanted to do NE quests with my Hume rogue Darnbuttus swam south around Teldrbuttil to Rut'Theran Village. I was...
Linked BG
Mel Not sure if the link the other guy posted covers since I'm at work I can't look at anything Warcraft related let alone link to it. But like I said if it...
Best Enchant for 2H weapon
Go farm live Strat, for god's sake, they drop regularly there, I got *4* the last time I went - 2...
Gathering professions and making money 1716
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:31:51 +0930, "Vladesch" Agreed, if only herbalism was worth something at lower levels I'd get my alts to do it...
Gathering professions and making money 1717
Catriona R Agree on your buttessment of fun vs money - I went for alchemy on the day I couldn't find elixir of water breathing in the AH and...
PVP shennanigans
God I love world PVP on a PVP server! Two funny stories from last night. First I...
Strength and Agility 1719
robbo Yes, you're right. Stamina first, armour next. That will fit for most non-magical elite attacks on you. With high stamina...
Strength and Agility 1720
robbo I'm sure others will disagree with me, but I wouldn't bother too much with protection right now. Keep track of...
Strength and Agility 1721
Even for LBRS, UBRS, Strath, etc, some Prot talents will help enormously. Defiance is a 15% threat boost, so your dps-ers...
Strength and Agility 1722
robbo Strength will improve your attack power. Agility will do nothing really useful. For a DPS warrior, Str-Sta-Agi are a good order. Although, even if you're soloing...
Strength and Agility 1723
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Christian's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Actually, armor and stamina provide completely different services for a tank. Armor is mitigation, it reduces how...
Strength and Agility 1724
Christian I'm not sure anyone has made that claim, but we are disputing your buttertion that "agility will not affect your melee DPS." It will raise your crit rate and thereby improve your...
Strength and Agility 1725
Interesting points. While the getting-hit rage generation method is clearly primary on end-game bosses (when I lose rage gen immediately on such a boss, getting it back is basically impossible without Taunt... and...
Strength and Agility 1726
Nice. I've had no luck getting the unforged blade (Dire Maul is very unpopular on my server for some reason), and have seen the Bloodlord's weapon...
Strength and Agility 1727
I don't think anyone is disagreeing that end-game tanking has much bigger priorities than...
BM n000b hunter 1728
There is no point in a hunter deliberately putting any stat points into strength, ever. If you accidentally...
BM n000b hunter 1729
Marshall 0-31-20-Generally I keep my pet put away in raid instances. I would like to do more damage, but I find the pathing issues and sometimes...
WoW On a MacBook
Areric I have the Macbook Pro 15" 2.0 GHz with 2 GB RAM and 7200 RPM...
We are the toughest on the block
my 48 Rogue and three of my guildies, all 48's, did the arena chest in STV, the only other contenders were 3 epic 60 Taurens. We won, we...
We are the toughest on the block
haha this reminds me of something that happen last night, im a 57 orc hunter, i was in the badlands waiting for a guildie that me and a 60 shaman guildie were gonna...
Ooops! Watch where you are going
Yesterday, my son and I were playing our mains (although I spend most of my time helping one or other of the kids with theirs, so my main is only lvl12 {now 13} warrior), going...
Ooops! Watch where you are going
I was fighting the circle scourge (the ones at the pink circles...is there another name for them...
Finding friends how
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:23:12 +0100, Catriona R A bit of feedback. A couple of us...
Use bots, cheats, trainers in WoW
In what way do I prevent your freedom of information ? Or do you mean to say that you can do and please what...
Not So Dead
It turns out I can play steadily after all. While downloading patch 1.11 the downloader complained I had a firewall up which might screw...
Equipment switching addon what would you recommend
On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 23:46:41 -0700, "Jonathan" Make a set with only Benediction in - save it as "Bene" or something (you can make it hidden if you want so it doesn't show up in...
Planetary Gaming Community Needs YOU
Hey guys, The Planetary Gaming Community is now looking for people to join our team. We are 7 months...
I was "pwned" UPDATE 1740
You know, it kinda reminded of the old Quake days or Unreal, we were on the Murloc Beach at the far east end of Swamp of Sorrows, and there is never anybody there. Except him...
I was "pwned" UPDATE 1741
In some cases I think that's a valid one. Probably not to the extreme that he took...
I was "pwned" UPDATE 1742
The only way my 60 rogue ever beats mages is to start with cold blood + ambush. This...
Hunter Talent Question
Hi all, My Dwarf Hunter finally reached level 60 in the last month, and for the last 20 levels have been full...
Hunter Talent Question 1744
Tbh I wouldn't worry about that - if you're in all blue-green you won't beat epic people, plain and simple (unless you're *very...
Hunter Talent Question 1745
Chizel a écrit : It's more or less bullpoo in your face :P Fact is, pet damage doesn't show on most...
Hunter Talent Question 1746
Hi Chizel, Have you read A Guide to Hunter Talents - v.1.35 on Blizzard's Hunter forum. It is a sticky and...
Raid instance reset timers
Devast8or Gamemasters, as Jack D wrote, can do that. We players can't. At least not for the raid mobs. As for the normal mobs...
Priest getting out of combat during fight
Catriona R schreef: I haven't healed in a while, but sometimes I would conserve my mana (as a druid) so well that we beat...
Priest getting out of combat during fight 1749
Hehe that's conserving it a bit too well! I run out of mana on any long fight; I need to work on better mana conservation, but equally there's very few rests in groups I...
Priest getting out of combat during fight 1750
Hmm, sounds an interesting one - does it allow for +healing gear, buffs etc? Generally I find I can estimate well enough if something will...
Priest getting out of combat during fight 1751
Aha, thanks for that - my own priest was only about lvl 15 when 1.10 came in so I've never really known the pre-buff spells and as such didn't realise the history :-) Makes sense there...
Priest getting out of combat during fight 1752
I like the look of that, if only I didn't love mind flay ;-) I'm planning to make a Draenei...
Priest getting out of combat during fight 1753
Those guys take a 5 man group and if you have 2 priests there is no way one...
Best Addons Tell us please... 1754
Ulric Van Bergen (UVB) schrieb: Here are some addons i'm using: MonkeyQuest ========== Nice overview for quests, adds tootips to items...
Best Addons Tell us please... 1755
Ulric Van Bergen (UVB) I use too many. InfiniteIgnore - Unlimited space ignore list. Indispensable. AcePlayerMenu - To go with...
Any interesting reading
One of my all-time favorites would be 'Ask The Barrens' a feature on NotAddicted.com...
Alliance & Horde 1757
I don't see Horde as evil, but I just don't personally enjoy playing most of them. I have tried out each race for a few levels at least. I didn't like Undead - just found...
Alliance & Horde 1758
I know what you mean, but I just had to see Undercity. It has a strange and ghastly beauty all its own. And I occasionally...
Movies of epic quality on french WoW homepage
Two really outstanding movies, I can't browse there at work (wow website blocked by proxy :P), but I had a quick look at them this...
Which dadder for rogue offhand
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:26:13 +0200, Mahmut Kursun No no no, you absolutely want to use Zealot Blade mainhand - it's perfect for big sinister strikes. Dagger offhand is great...
PvPing a Rogue
Tips from a 60 rogue: -Don't be afraid to use your regeants and cool downs. Unfortunately as of now rogues are not bad butt. Rogues need to use their...
Rogue changes From official forum
Good, all useless talents! Good change, shame I won't have it on this rogue but if I ever make an alt I'll get it. Good change for Subtlety rogues, doesn't affect me though. Not got...
character transfer service opinions
Dan Lucky you. They allowed migration to Turalyon and we ended up with a complete...
Suggustions for first PvP server character
KJ Stone" ... I suppose everything depends on your final goal ! If you just want to level, depending on which side...
hate hate hate
Mel Hmmm i agree I have been playing Wow for about a month now and have stacked up quite a few game hours on a Normal server. I have...
resetting instances saving for epic mount
Trevor Wilson a écrit : Good luck, I've been saving for one year now, and now I...
Props to the best PVP'er I have seen to date
Malorne Server: Myself, a 51 Rogue, and a 52 Druid Guildie were questing in Un'goro Crater, near the tarpits, when a 60 Undead rogue named "Cias" end us. We gave it a...
Reputation Question
Not very hard, just a bit time consuming. I did it on my gnome. I started grinding the rage scar yeti...
My first RFC run
I've played World of Warcraft since February, but I've mostly soloed, so I don't really have experience about instances...
honor and PvP guilds
That is the way the usual PUG's operate and that is why people get fed...
Best way for Horde to get to Swamp of Sorrows 1771
Urbin a écrit : Well, the Three Corners is the three-way intersection between Duskwood, Redridge and Elwynn Forest. There is indeed a one-way path between the Swamp and the Mountains, but...
Best way for Horde to get to Swamp of Sorrows 1772
So it worked out really well. I saw one high level alliance in STV and pbutted 2 folks lower than me who seemed more than happy to just...
HDTV Text Too Small
Michael Holm True, but the text at that resolution is still too small. And why reply with no answer. GTFO rly. The reason I'm running at that is to match...
the best way to go to google
steve.kaye" While I'm not the person you asked, I can give you an example of why someone wouldn't want their posts archived. A few years ago, I got a message from a teacher in...
Error 132 crashing
Howler Unfortunately Error 132 is as ambiguous as they come. Blizzard recommends all sorts of things to fix it but in my case it...
GM advice
This is really bugging me. I don't know the best way forward if there even is one, I completed the quest "armaments of war" a long time...
GM advice
JohnR Yeah me. There is (or was) a strange bug that any Night Elf Priest cannot get the quest reward for completing the MC Hydraxian Water Lords quest. You simply cannot get the...
Instances Introduction
All instances are open to anyone but there are two inside major cities (Ragefire Chasm in Orgrimmar and the Stockades in Stormwind) which are obviously...
SUNDAY MORNING WHINE
ok, another pet peeve, here goes: Say you are of a rather high level, and for practical reasons...
Forging Quel'serrer
Not sure if you've been in Ony's lair before, in Phase3 most guilds tank here at the back of the room. What you wanna do is between 10-20% (depending on...
Spell damage
I'm just wondering exactly what factors determine spell damage (or healing)? Of course there's the rank of the spell, the target's vulnerability, and any +dmg-healing gear...
Weekend report
I thought you might want to hear what Î've been up to over the weekend. Saturday...
Weekend report 1783
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:03:09 -0700, Doppleganger Core of elements drop reasonably well off the fire elementals in Ungoro - I've had at least 7-8 in the...
Weekend report 1784
More than mine, and you're a hunter so ranged - I'm a squishy melee person right...
Dark iron scraps was Weekend report
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:32:51 +0100, Catriona R Hm, strange. I recall getting dark iron something drops that stack 250 deep from my BRD times. They had an icon that looked...
Dark iron scraps was Weekend report 1786
Different thing, that's Dark Iron Residue, which is something you can hand in to the Thorium Brotherhood...
Dark iron scraps was Weekend report 1787
Catriona R a écrit : Or destroy ;) low 50s drop one "scrap", high 50s drop one or two "scraps", low 50 elites drop two to four scraps, high 50 elites drop 5 to...
Weekend report 1788
Urbin a écrit : Sally and her pet Harry were the stars of my WoW week-end... I had been in dire need of cash, and after a very nice re...
im going to roll a rogue
Nice threadjack there... But back to Rogues, I agree with Catriona, PvE Combat Rogues really got shafted with this talent review. I'm not sure how it works out, but...
Stoneclaw totem
Babe Bridou ytrede sig i Only works against noobs and uses too much mana. Can be done...
Enchanting questions
I have an alt who is an enchanter and it is a money pit. I started twinking him with my main and the mail system to get him cash and items to...
Difficulty level of the different raid instances
Simon Nejmann No offense taken, however if we manage to fight only 4 minutes or so until a wipe is...
Alterac Valley battleground
The collection quests are not useless, and you don't "potter around" collecting things, the vast majority of the collection items are removed from the still warm corpses of the enemy players...
What are those big floating things outside IF and Stormwind 1794
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:24:46 -0500, That Guy They are part of the Scourge invasion, a world event that came with the introduction of Naraxxas...
What are those big floating things outside IF and Stormwind 1795
EPL, Burning Steppes, Blasted Lands, Tanaris, Azshara and Winterspring if I remember rightly. Just finished on...
40 here i come..woohoo
Well, you've been saving up for your mount since late 30's, right? You'll probably get...
At last: Darkmoon Amulett
With much help from this group, my guild's leatherworkers and engineers and less farming than I expected, I am now in the possession of the Darkmoon Amulett! As I...
yee haa pounded a mage
Wrongo quite a bit older than 12,, and it was in the early hours of this morning..so was a bit tired...and yes i accept the NOOB, as i have only been playing...
New realms 1799
At least you admit it. Most people will swear up and down that this isn't true for them - but there's really no...
New realms 1800
Heh. Yeah, that does really blow. Along vaguely similar lines - I heard a story (not sure which server it is) where people on that server were going around to other server...
Alliance riding Zepellin 1801
I did this one as a level 48 rogue. I started with Undercity - flew to Chillwind Camp and then headed northwest, dodging the plague bears and spiders, past the bulwark and into Tirisfal. The...
Alliance riding Zepellin 1802
On 11 Jul 2006 05:47:36 -0700, machoextreme I actually tried this with my hunter the other day at Orgrimmar. I was just exploring Durothar a little (as I was in...
General Advice for a new Shaman
Advice for a new Shaman? Always keep a weapon buff on your weapon. Rockbiter gets you the best sustained DPS they say. And holds the aggro if you find...
Touchless Gank
Malorne PVP server: OK, before I begin. I should be ashamed at myself. but this guy did ask for it. I was pbutting through Thousand Needles last night...
Touchless Gank 1805
steve.kaye Respectfully, I'd have to disagree. Firstly, I can, as a hunter, use a detect fairly dependably for stealthed people if a rogue is making me nervous. Two...
Touchless Gank 1806
You know whats funny, is I also got a slap on the wrist last night. I was in the "slag pit" in...
Good mirror for WoW patches 1807
In a vast majority of the cases it is because the user doesn't understand what they are doing enough to actually fix...
Good mirror for WoW patches 1808
Given the almost drool-proof step-by-step instructions Blizzard provides for opening ports, I'm inclined to think more a lack of willingness than a...
Arcanite transmute Q 1809
Back in my alchemist days, I used to buy arcane crystal, sell the bars, and buy herbs for pots. On our server, you...
Arcanite transmute Q 1810
It involves some trust. My alchemist is too low to do the transmute, so my miner has to find someone to do it for her (so she can...
Arcanite transmute Q 1811
Right, my engineer is also my miner (though I guess it doesn't matter, all my chars are one economic bloc). I could sell an Arcane Crystal for about 22g -- at...
Arcanite transmute Q 1812
The one time I looked at the prices of DACs, it was selling less than the current prices of...
Arcanite transmute Q 1813
dette: A former guildie tried ripping someone off (with enchanting mats), and our guild was informed. We had a very long talk with the fella, and pressed him to...
New Raiding Guild
My guild is a medium size guild that primarily focuses on BG's with a few Grand Marshals in our midst. There are some in the guild that are discussing the idea to...
New Raiding Guild
As others have stated, PvP reward gear is going to stand you in good stead for starting MC...
New global LFG working
Now that people are used to the global LFG, i've noticed the volume of messages drop (along...
Warrior Taunt 1817
Yes, that's exactly it. Here are a couple that are worth reading: thread.aspx?fn=wow-warrior-en&t=11832&p=1&tmp=1#post11832 thread.aspx?fn=wow-warrior-en&t=57218&p=1&tmp=1...
Warrior Taunt 1818
In total there is Defensive Stance, Battle Stance, and also Beserker Stance (from level 30). In Defensive Stance you do less damage, but you can also take more damage. You...
Warrior Taunt 1819
Indeed. I wasnt suggesting speccing protection; but if you're ever going to do instances, it'd be nice to...
Warrior Taunt 1820
You'll want to carry a gun or a bow. Find something with some useful stats on it as well. A stack of bullets is more than enough for pulling. (You'll be mostly...
45min Baron down
Well after about 30 runs or so, the 45 minute baron run is complete. I guess I'm only posting because I'm so...
Tier .5 Set 1822
Note that you don't need the tier 0 item to do the quest for the tier .5 item. However, you won't get the tier .5 item until you have the tier 0...
Tier .5 Set 1823
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:38:35 -0600, chocolatemalt Congrats on the Might Helm, easily one of the coolest-looking armor pieces I've seen yet. I hope to get it on my warrior some far away...
Tier .5 Set 1824
I feel for you man. There's many days I'd rather be either doing 5-mans or...
Tier .5 Set 1825
Actually a very good aim for you will be the BG rep rewards - it is hard to go into a BG and come out with no gained...
Tier .5 Set 1826
Four A bit too long to copy and paste Armor: 528 Int: 115 Spi: 96 Sta: 108 Arcane: 0 Fire: 0 Frost: 0 Holy: 0 Nature: 0 Increases Damage and Healing done by spells and...
Undead set for a shaman any use 1827
It's a very good set for killing undead, at least if your normal gear is blue, probably tier 2 epic geared people wouldn't see any point but it's not aimed at them. I've...
Undead set for a shaman any use 1828
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:14:21 +0100, Catriona R Binds when equipped Wrist Leather 88 Armor +20 Agility +15 Stamina Clbuttes: Rogue...
Getting gold fast not spam
What techniques has everyone used to cash up fast? I've read a few guides (PDF which unscrupulous people sell for $$) which I downloaded from p2p networks, they all...
Getting gold fast not spam 1830
Apoptygma One that used to work for me was Nexus Crystals which fluctuate on US bronzebeard...
Getting gold fast not spam 1831
I wrote this for my guild and will share it with everyone here. It is written roughly a month ago so some of the values have changed (most noticably Essence of Water...
Getting gold fast not spam 1832
Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind Very nice post Caeryn. I'm going to try some of your suggestions. I've never fallen victim...
Getting gold fast not spam 1833
Nice tips :-) Good one, I'm in the habit of watching the AH and always checking for rare items at cheap prices, although generally...
Getting gold fast not spam 1834
Catriona R a écrit : Indeed! I'm really bad at that one. The other day, I tried to make the prices of Large brilliant shards rise...
Getting gold fast not spam 1835
I'm really bad at that one. The other day, I tried to make the prices of Large brilliant shards rise a bit: I realized they...
Patch.txt
Just to elaborate have a look at how drastic that first patch was. Imagine if...
BEST DAMN WEB New Website Needs Repsis this for real!!** Lots of Money to be
Hello there everyone, I just joined the group because I've gotten wind of a new internet...
you are now honored with Timbermaw Stronghold
yay. So I've end - let me check - a bit more than two thousand furbolgs. And I've collected a bit more than five hundred winterfall spirit beads and deadwood feathers in the process since I'm level...
Difference between green, blue and epic items
Ville-Matti Kiili) For example, green two-handed axes: Name: item level Severing Axe 10 Twin-bladed Axe 16 Barbarian War Axe 28 Razor Axe 59...
a suggestion I made to my guild about AD
Hi there, I just posted the following on guild forum. I'd like to hear what this...
45min baron run
Throg These drop in the main 5-10 man instances. Basically all the head slot items drop from the end boss of Scholomance, the legs drop from the Baron (end...
Aggramar Server
I play on Aggramar with the following chars: Neilis - 60 Mage Ilizar - 34 Hunter Nidierwin - 20 Druid I put in some pretty serious ammounts of time (about 3 hours per...
how hard is to learn WOW 1843
My advice would be take it slowly and just enjoy the discovery and adventure. Rather than feeling you're missing out on high end content...
how hard is to learn WOW 1844
Technical aspects of the game - the controls, how in-game features like quests and shopping, etc - are very easy to learn. When you start up a new character, there are pop-up hints...
how hard is to learn WOW 1845
It is pretty easy to figure out. I had played a ton of UO in its earlier days and EQ briefly in its first few months so I was familiar with the genre and...
how hard is to learn WOW 1846
First, I found the best readings about the game haven't come from a book. wow.alahkazam.com...
how hard is to learn WOW 1847
Or not even knowing - one of my favorite bits was when I got to the Thandol Span (as Alliance) and got the "MacKreel's Monshine" quest from the dwarf trapped in the wrecked half of...
Made 40!! Er ... Well...Now what 1848
Big Easy" lvl 1-30 goes fast ;-) then the pain begins. know that i just finished to lvl up a warlock from 1 to...
Made 40!! Er ... Well...Now what 1849
I been shocked to discover that this is true. With my rogue, the whole point has been to solo, and I've found that simply doing quests is...
Made 40!! Er ... Well...Now what 1850
I have to say I have too-many-alt's-syndrom just like you my friend. I although did manage to get a 60 rogue, that took a while...
OT: notproud 1851
Thomas J. Boschloo Personally: I preferred dissolution Kings to DKP as I am in the UK and Raid on a US server so I can't go every time due to raids starting at...
OT: notproud 1852
That sounds pretty cool. My guild uses a set-price DKP system, armor pieces cost one price, weapons cost another (more expensive). The roll you can make depends on how...
OT: notproud 1853
Thomas J. Boschloo Don't forget there are may DKP systems out there. Bidding, non bidding-fixed prices, zero sum, etc., pp. You could argue that SK is...
RPing in Instances 1854
Probably a good idea. If you're in a guild where everyone is familiar with your RP char's idiosyncracies and willing to laugh it off when you...
RPing in Instances 1855
Interesting reads. However, I'm a little confused since I come from normal servers. Are you saying that...
RPing in Instances
Lehi schreef: snip Well, that has never been an issue for my priest since only honorable clbuttes were allowed in that...
RPing in Instances 1857
That goes against one of the most important rules on an RP server - that your roleplaying shouldn't diminish...
RPing in Instances
PV schreef: Oh, sorry :-) Well, if Pals for Life didn't find it funny at least the rest of the world did ;-D I laughed my butt of the first couple of times...
RPing in Instances 1859
This is also an issue in tabletop games... Some people think that playing in-character is absolutely the most important thing. I'm a DM and player of D&D...
RPing in Instances 1860
I think that one key difference with P&P type games is that there isn't...
Mage Mount
However, their epic mounts are considerably cheaper than the bought ones, and some of the stuff you DO have to buy can be reused. I spent a...
Quick priest question
I've been a bit riled by a response to a post I made on the official forums (ok, my fault for bothering to post there), probably I should...
Quick priest question 1863
Meh. Don't listen to those forums! Anyone with half a brain knows that everyone has their own play style. I use Recap to keep track of damage & healing info...
Quick priest question 1864
I found the best method to be to pull with mind blast and immediately start running back...
Quick priest question 1865
Having leveled a few priests, 60 shadow, 43 holy and 26 shadow (my current main) I'd have to say I wonder why noone has mentioned putting on shield *before* pulling? This...
Quick priest question 1866
I used shadow to level but must of played like holy-disc to level from these comments...
Quick priest question 1867
I like your name :-) Hated the mob when he'd jump my lowbie characters in Raven Hill, but the...
Quick priest question 1868
Michael Vondung a écrit : I've levelled my priest as holy when before the "wand patch". At that time wanding was a pain in...
Quick priest question 1869
Ah good, glad to hear a holy priest saying it's worth using - that's what I was hoping for as I...
Patch notes 1.12
I found this on curse: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - World of Warcraft Public Test Patch 1.12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cross-Realm Battlegrounds - For the first time...
Patch notes 1.12
Much like the "hordes" of Alliance that routinely rolled in and quickly eradicated the Scourge invasion sites. Trying to get a...
Debuffs in raids 1873
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:00:29 -0600, chocolatemalt Thunderclap is nice if you can trust your group enough to pull it off (see below). I find...
Debuffs in raids 1874
Yeah, I think you're right about Deep Wounds... not just because everyone says it sucks but because I was curious enough to do some math. Curse...
Debuffs in raids 1875
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:10:07 -0600, chocolatemalt Well, you have to take Deep Wounds to get the subsequent +crit chance talent in the tree. I buttume everyone is aiming for...
Debuffs in raids 1876
Your Warlocks are bad, bad players, this is completely moronic behavior. If you've got 5 warlocks, ALL of the curses should be on every prime target, without exception. That's especially true...
Debuffs in raids 1877
Simon Nejmann 1) Curse of elements (increase fire and frost DPS) 2) Curse of shadows (increase shadow and arcane DPS) 3) Curse of...
Twink 1878
I forget which site I picked it up from originally, though several supported the theory it came from the twinkie defense. In one reference I found today on notfrisco.com there's mention " ...Nevertheless, 'Twinkie Defense...
Twink 1879
Agreed, I'm actually quite surprised no-one's said my priest looks like a twink yet, as I'm in almost all blue gear and have been since my late 30s. And almost entirely through that character's...
Twink 1880
nonone evil baiting... :) It does bring up a question though. Would people consider guild help from higher up members such? We've always rather prided ourselves on the extent of help we offer guild...
Twink 1881
In some situation yeah but for the lowest instances you don't learn a lot about your character anyway (I'm thinking RFC...
Twink 1882
Thanks, and yeah. I never ever would have thought that this might be the case, but it is definitely pretty neat if true. As with most slang words...
Twink 1883
Couldn't let this one rest unanswered. After much digging... The origin was in 1978 when someone...
Twink 1884
The term goes back a *lot* further than EQ, even pre-UO :) I first saw it in the early-90s while MU*ing and it was an established word at the time. It implies...
Need help from master Rogues 1885
Neo Another build worth considering is the 31-8-12 Seal Fate build. My rogue is currently level 54 building towards Seal Fate and it...
Need help from master Rogues 1886
Sometimes you have to pull (I prefer a gun myself, they don't disappear and you can get good stats from them), and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. But you'll find over...
Need help from master Rogues 1887
You mentioned not using stealth a lot, I guess if you are combat specced and don't relay too...
Need help from master Rogues 1888
The patch is coming, prolly the first week of August. The changes are'nt huge, at least they don't look big enough to warrant free respecs for us...
Need help from master Rogues 1889
Nothing wrong with that method, I personally only stealth on humanoid-undead (so I can pick...
Need help from master Rogues 1890
Actually, no he isn't. Yes, but that is only part of the equation. Let us take a look at two very similar weapons...
Need help from master Rogues 1891
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:57:51 +0200, Simon Nejmann Gah, and stupid as he is he goes and lists the off-hand fist from the Oh well...
Picking locks
I used it to get to Booty Bay and Kalimdor at a very young age, and explore some parts of Arathi and such. It's very handy of you're working on leveling up herbs...
Fishing Extravaganza 1893
Wow, you must be on a PvE server. On a PvP realm, a level 27 would last about 14 seconds in stranglehorn. As it is I bet you...
Fishing Extravaganza 1894
Right, but you will sometimes catch other fish - I caught 3 oily blackmouth in a row, but still managed to win today. I think the only difference is that higher-level fishing will never have...
Press release for 1.12
Couldn't see this on the group so... The next patch for World of Warcraft will include some significant new feature updates to player-vs.-player (PvP) gameplay - namely, objective-based world PvP and cross...
Press release for 1.12 1896
Also some patch 1.12 notes, too good to be true imo..but worth a look. World of Warcraft Client Patch (Disclaimer: These patch notes are for the Public Test...
Press release for 1.12 1897
This reads more like a wish list than actual patch notes...if true, it's a wholesale change in atbreastude from the devs...
Cooking with Curse of Exhaustion
Ingredients: - Affliction Specced Warlock - AV Battlegound Chokepoint. - Mounted Opposition - Amplify Curse - Improved Curse of Exhaustion (4 points) - Fear - restcoil (optional). Directions: Place...
QUICK AND EASY
Do You Need an Extra Income? Quickly and legally? Do you have a PayPal Account? (If...
First Server Kill and no loot
Last night, our raidgroup defeated Instructor Razuvious, and it was the first kill of this mob on our...
First Server Kill and no loot
I would'nt buttume it would be handled any better on the US forums. A couple months back, a guild I was in was raiding UBRS. This was just before patch 1.10. Just as we...
How big is the "chance on hit
I have been wondering this for quite some time and when I saw Simon Nejmann's post in another thread I remembered. He listed...
How big is the "chance on hit" 1903
Yes. Exactly - pretty much useless to a hunter. As an example of otherwise we can take the set bonus on that fist weapon set: ** 2: Grants...
How big is the "chance on hit" 1904
On 18 Jul 2006 10:36:12 -0700, "Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind" Aye, but you can disregard that for build in weapon procs - they are...
Fun Night last night, some PVP on main, and Stockades on Alt
First of all, I was trying to farm some greens for my alt, a level 24 priest, to Disenchant. So I took my main to the castle in Redridge to...
Fun Night last night, some PVP on main, and Stockades on Alt
Same experience, although my priest is Horde and there aren't that many horde players on my server so I don't get all that many invites... but if I...
Public test relms and a raiding guild
I just downloaded the public test client. I rolled one of the test level 60 rogues. My main is a 60 rogue with half of the .5 tier set. The 60 rogue blizz gives...
Public test relms and a raiding guild.! 1908
Heh :) Sounds nice, good luck in the future and hope to stay free from guild-breaking drama. Good - that is the one thing that should keep you going. If you don't like raiding...
Public test relms and a raiding guild.! 1909
I did that a while back, made me incredibly jealous to see how my rogue...
is this a good Warlock PVE build for a PVP server
I don't really like this build. Here's my thoughts: Destruction - Going for Ruin is very good for a PvP build...
The Priest's Choice
Keichan is about to ding 60. Time to look for some tanking gear for higher instances. She is proven in ST, and presumably can handle BRD, but for the likes of Scholo, Strat...
The Priest's Choice
Don't discount spirit completely just yet - you don't spend all your time under the 5-second rule, and you can also pick up the Meditation talent. Outside...
what's the name of the mod that
On 18 Jul 2006 16:23:13 -0700, "Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind" Agreed. My take on damage meters is they're there for information, not for a compebreastion. My priority regarding...
Best Horde race for PvP Priest
humans feedback - enchants your weapon to convert mana burn (targets mana to damage) desperate prayer - instant flash heal yourself 10 min cooldown no mana cost dwarves fear ward - buff, single use, target is immune to...
Opinions from experienced players plz
I love to world-PvP but I'm getting increasingly frustrated. I have a lvl 40 lock and...
Opinions from experienced players plz. 1916
No joke. Been playing for a year but can't seem to decide on just one type of character or one server type. I love the excitement of pwning a lvl 45 when they attack me...
Opinions from experienced players plz. 1917
Alterac Valley at level 51 but I have heard it also drops rarely off any enemy faction guard.. Once you have found one, go to your capital city and ask in...
Burning Crusade test realms in Nov 1918
FunkyM Blizzard has not yet released any date for anything regarding the expansion - not to the retailers, not to the distributors. As such, any dates mentioned anywhere are pure speculation. However, it is known...
Burning Crusade test realms in Nov 1919
dette: I actually doubt a month will be enough for the beta, two months is...
Cash grinding as a warrior
Hiya As ive got way to many chars with buttociated costs most of whom just pvp in the various level brackets, ive managed to almost run out of cash. So last...
Cash grinding as a warrior
dette: Warriors, Shamans and Paladins are most likely the three worst clbuttes for grinding. Paladins because of the low killing speed, Warriors and Shamans...
Pet skills
I've been very happy with my good old Durotar tiger which is on lvl 58 now. He has these skills: growl, bite, claw, dash. He also...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1923
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : The correct term is "f***tard". But it's not the point. I personally know people, people ganking me, people I gank. It's a friendly gaming relationship...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1924
Babe Bridou your intent is to force my hand, to make me do something I wasn't intending to do, I'll just leave. I learned long ago that you don't appease butthats, you ignore...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1925
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : You don't understand the philosophy behind PVP, and you name it. A true fair fight? You don't see the big picture. A...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1926
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : Well, then welcome home, says the PVE server. But ask yourself why you won't...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1927
Babe Bridou That's why I play on RP servers. Like PvE, with fewer butthats of the immature kind. Your bias is showing. You can interact with others without PvP, and you can interact...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1928
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : "Your bias is showing." PVP means you have one more interaction option. Then you're showing some kind of ignorance of the content of this game, at all levels. I suggest you...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1929
Babe Bridou Actually, my experience playing on and watching play on PvE servers is showing. RP servers have...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1930
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : So much for RP immersion in the first place. Actually I find this rule hypocritical. First it mentions "grieving" and "excuse". I'm talking about "a...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1931
Babe Bridou I lol'd. But who can't do anything other than shunning about an annoyance or criminal in their own faction... And who can't kill anything for more than a week...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1932
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : Invitation to corpse camp for a day. Already did that. Public Mailplanting. 1000 people mailing a given person one linen cloth with 1silver COD...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1933
Babe Bridou In this case, you're not doing anything. In fact, you've got to beg *other* people to do something, and it's a griefing tactic. Proves my point. You're not doing anything...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1934
That's what roleplaying is all about. If you want to play WoW as a single...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1935
Dan Completely. It isn't necessarily what PvP is all about, and it's by far the minority of PvP, from everything I've seen. I disagree completely. Cooperative roleplaying PvE is still...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1936
Perhaps I missed the point somewhere along the line but I thought this thread developed from the statement that on a...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1937
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : Not really. The ball is in our camp, and we, as a faction, as a people, choose to play it in a way that serves the community: griefers get punished, punishers...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1938
Babe Bridou Only those people who choose to participate are involved. It's not going to be the entire faction. Similarly, only those people who choose to let you do it to them...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1939
Zeligg 10 levels? Heh, that's nothing. A week or so ago I came out of WC with my 60 gnome rogue after some fishing (needed to get my...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1940
machoextreme ytrede sig i I never attack someone who's fighting a mob, I wait till after they've got their mana and-or health up again...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1941
I won't attack someone my level or lower if they're already busy, but if I stumble across someone higher than I am...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1942
I can sort of see a reason for it. I'd taken my level 20 troll priest to Sun Rock Retreat to train in enchanting, and a night elf...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1943
Here's my pvp policy: It's a game, and if you don't want to be attacked after level 20, please join a PvE server. I have characters on both PvP and PvE for when I'm in...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1944
Tauren may come and Tauren may go but the bullpoo stays the same. Basically, there are people in this world who have made the conscious decision to be an butthole. As such...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1945
Thanks for starting this topic, its interesting hearing all of your "ganking guidlines", so here are mine. Keep in mind I play a 60 gnome rogue...
My Revised Ganking Policy 1946
I follow a "Live and let live" policy. Unless I can kill them. I tried to be nice. Still do. Try that is. Sure, it works...
PVP Tip, I should have known
jerryeveretts Hi Jerry, Since you play Alliance and from your past posts clearly revel in comfort playing the cheesy EZ Mode "we...
Alchemy Cheap Leveling Guide
Apoptygma Not from me, just copy&paste (and no, not tested): Alchemy guide Alchemy About this guide This guide will show you how to get your...
alternatives to WoW 1949
Firian kirjoitti: I played WoW since EU beta in a high end raiding guild, checked out EQ2 a few weeks back and now no...
alternatives to WoW 1950
I tried EQ2 after playing Wow for a year and although I liked it at first I very soon began to hate...
alternatives to WoW 1951
crazyfalnger Guildwars may not have a monthly fee, however they release expansions with such a price and interval so that it becomes completely irrelevant wheter you pay...
Melee Clbuttes: At a disadvantage In PVP
Mages - easiest clbutt to kill - only chance we have is to blink away-behind an...
Blizzard you lazy idiots
Blizzard of late always takes the easy fix, and has made some incredibly stupid moves. This new development is simply and utterly lazy in my...
Horde Paladins & Alliance Shamen
I'm against Horde paladins for several reasons: 1. As if fair, pale-skinned Blood Elves weren't enough of a reason for former Alliance-only players to roll Horde characters, add in...
Dinged 60
After nearly half a year of playing (18 days of active playtime), two days ago...
Dinged 60 1956
I've done Alterac Valley a total of 5 times, and am about 100 reputation short of honored with them. Unfortunately, the last time I did it, there...
Dinged 60 1957
It seems to take some grinding... On my server the battles seem to be quite chaotic and the battles get stuck in the middle of the field. People kill each other over...
Dinged 60 1958
Come to Emerald Dream...if you're not on a PvE server, you could even transfer your 60. :) Horde usually wins the BGs I've been in on my server (except for...
Dinged 60 1959
Congrats on making 60. I got my first char to 60 about 3 months ago, and...
Dinged 60 1960
Ville-Matti Kiili) Grats. :) Well, for one I would suggest trying a few more instances - BRD, Lower-Upper-BRS, Strat, Scholo. Or any of the lower level ones you...
Dinged 60 1961
Ville-Matti Kiili) If you are on the enemies hate list then you get 1 rep as he dies - to...
Dinged 60 1962
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:06:47 GMT, Ville-Matti Kiili Congratulations. I dinged 60 with...
Cannot Install World of Warcraft
I have been trying for nearly 2 weeks now to install WoW on my brothers PC. Thought I would share my experiences. First off, I'm pretty computer saavy (I write programs for a living). At...
Robes fashion question
On EQ, there was a way, with one of the umpteen thousand expansions, to dye your armor so you could get a certain look you liked. Now, the main problem...
Hunters: How Do I Level up A Much Lower Pet
Big Easy When I got my dwarf hunter to 60, I decided to try out a turtle as a tanking pet, but the highest I could find was about level 50 (I'd...
Best shadow priest gear 3039
Having just crossed over to level 40, being relatively wealthy (but money is still an object, heh), etc, here's what I found: If money is no object, the Staff of Jordan...
Alterac Valley BG
I play on Ragnaros EU (alliance) and I do lots of AV (got exalted with my main and now I'm half way with my alt). The thing is...
Alterac Valley BG 1968
Shammy On my server (Boulderfist), AV is won about 75% of the time by Alliance now. Additionally, the match rarely lasts much more than 30 minutes. There is not much PvP...
Alterac Valley BG 1969
By and large, you described about 70 percent of Alliance and 60 percent of horde on our...
Alterac Valley BG 1970
But the race is better than a stalemated HK farm. The race to acheive objectives is a *good* thing, it...
Alterac Valley BG 1971
That is exactly why you lose. We always leave snowfall to the alliance as it seperates their attack...
WoW CD Key Extraction
Moif Murphy Unfortantly blizzard are Nazis with this stuff, I tried to get them to give me the "secret...
stuff question : hydralick armor 1973
Congrats on the drop! But I would say, if you need the cash, sell it. I usually just use...
stuff question : hydralick armor 1974
There is no better armor for a freshly minted 60, than this piece. Fantastic armor rating, good stamina (easily upgraded to +32 stam with a cheap enchant), and...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
First off, forgive me if this topic has beat to rest already, I've been away all weekend. I know it wasn't...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
crazyfalnger ytrede sig i Then you must look forward to Scholo and Strat Baron, where there is nearly nothing but undeads. Hehe, you should hear the cheer...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
Personally I like the idea because it equalises the factions in both PvP and PvE. The Alliance have unpleasant womaned about how overpowered the Horde is in PvP because of Shaman. This will...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
I'm sure Cairne would have a cow (har har) if he strolled down there and found out what they're planning for the tragic tauren "patient" in the lab. Likewise I don't...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
crazyfalnger ytrede sig i The question then is, which fight will take the longest, Pally vs Pally...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
Lol have to agree, my pally is getting on my nerves now, I'd play another alt if it wasn't such a good match to a friend's druid that we're levelling together...
Oh noes A PallyShammy
Catriona R If you're levelling a paladin and doing solo grinding you're going to want to go 10 or 11 points in...
Man, shadow priests *do* melt faces
Was stomping around (level 40 priest) with my friend (level 42 priest), both of us in shadowform and working on the various elite quests in Stromguard. Got attacked by...
Man, shadow priests *do* melt faces 1983
I can speak a bit on both halves. I currently play a SM-Ruin 60...
Man, shadow priests *do* melt faces 1984
I haven't done much pvp fighting of any form for most of my 30s so it has been hard to say - most of my play time has been...
What other pets do I want
My Hunter, currently level 16, started out with some kind of wolf for a pet, but I became tired of it because it was carnivorous. I decided I'd...
What other pets do I want 1986
I found it was best to use a bear (or boar) for the early levels for the...
What other pets do I want 1987
Peter Knutsen (usenet) Yes. There are many Stable Masters around the world. However, stable slots cost money. Bears...
Auctioneer question 1988
Doc I think that's just poor semantics on Auctioneer's part. When it removes an auction, it is removing it from the Active auctions. It stores active auctions by auction code I believe. It uses this...
Auctioneer question 1989
I hadn't thought of that. I buttumed that the AH mechanism actually had keys buttociated with all items and that Auctioneer would read these. Speaking of, the outlier detection (it...
Auctioneer question 1990
Just an educated guess until I look at the program more thoroughly. But it's how I would have done it. snip...
Auctioneer question 1991
me == dumb I wandered over to his office and had it pointed out to me that I should know exactly what was going on here because I see it all...
Auctioneer question 1992
Yeah, I remember reading that (either on their site, or here) but another "yeah", it doesn't seem to do jack or squat really. And much like yourself, my real irritation stems from losing...
Female characters are actual girls
Marshall schreef: snip I didn't say anything about that love being requited. But when you are in love you remember how...
Female characters are actual girls 1994
I've always found it keeps things very simple to have a steadfast WoW-only policy, as has...
Female characters are actual girls 1995
Hmmm, that would be a little weird to me then if they seemed to actively tried to hide it. Although then again it is entirely possible that he *did* think you 'knew...
Female characters are actual girls 1996
Me and my girlfriend are, and have always played, girls. Except my Bill Paxton tribute character. Long story - suffice it to say 6 brandies, having to watch Twister for the 5th...
Male fashion sense
Here's a fun WoW video about guys wearing dresses: I do pay attention to what I wear, for...
Female characters are actual girls 1998
Some are girls, some aren't. In our guild about it seems like out of our most active players, 10-15% are...
Female characters are actual girls 1999
Personally, I like the female models. I keep my male troll Hunt around because he's my main, my first toon and...
Female characters are actual girls 2000
like... Girls can wear jeans And cut their hair short Wear shirts and boots 'Cause it's OK to be a boy But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading 'Cause...
Female characters are actual girls 2001
I'd agree with that. All of the women I know that play WoW play female...
Female characters are actual girls 2002
Yep. I'm a female that plays with a male toon. My first character was a girl, and...
Female characters are actual girls 2003
Heh. I got over my phobia of playing a female avatar in video games way back in Diablo 1, when there was no choice of gender if you wanted to play the...
Female characters are actual girls 2004
Thomas J. Boschloo ytrede sig i In 3 more level she can wear the White Wedding Dress, so don't stop playing her ;-) My main is a tailor and have been making...
Report of a succesful evening
I had spent the weekend levelling Sunh, my lvl 42 priest, brought her to 43 and decided yesterday to keep working on her. Shortly after logging on I was whispered...
Report of a succesful evening
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:42:10 +0100, Catriona R My warlock was asked to help out with...
Broodlord Lashlayer tips 2007
Fullauto I speak from the view of a tank, as I am. :) Only the tanks should get the knock back. Sure, it reduces aggro, but this should be no problem...
Broodlord Lashlayer tips 2008
Fullauto The aggro reduce thing is true (and it is by a percentage value, for the first time...
Test Realms
Happybattles I havn't seen an option in the interface to change the level, but I also havn't looked into it much either...
epic lock 2010
AQ20 (the ruins of ahn'qiraj, in Silithus) isn't an 'epic' instance as such. In fact, it can be...
epic lock 2011
Damon Which epics means a lot. I've never even been to a 40-man (will be doing my...
epic lock 2012
That's correct, but robes of the void are pretty crappy - in my opinion even the dreadmist or mooncloth (barring the color - warlocks don't...
epic lock 2013
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:22:40 -0000, PV Well, after it's been nerfed again, the Talisman of EP from MC is arguably better. It's still...
OMFG!!! WORLD PVP
I've spent some time on test sever checking both out and I'm very unimpressed. There was a heck of lot of PvP happening on the server 10 AVs, 40...
shield block sucks
For the tanks out there... Is shield block worth worrying about? As a former full 31-point Prot warrior I dutifully maxed out Shield Specialization for an extra 5...
Soloing SFK as a priest
Sparked from a discussion wmy friend as to what stuff we could solo (as low 40s shadow priests) these days - not that I have any...
Soloing SFK as a priest ... 2017
No problems at all. You should be able to melee quite easily the mobs that are resistant to...
Soloing SFK as a priest ... 2018
Oh, we were talking about solo, but the discussion was between the two of us. I've no doubts that the 2 of us together could do it (in fact, on...
GOD Mode cheat
PV On my alliance realm we were the fifth raidgroup to go to razorgore and our tactic consists of kiting everything (except mages, who get end) with one single paladin. We...
Prowling cats
I'd be intrested to hear about this as well. My MM hunter has a scorpid and a boar...
baby tank stuff ... 2021
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:55:40 +0200, "Marypop" Ok, other warriors may laugh, but while...
baby tank stuff ... 2022
Here's a list of good gear that I can think of off the top of my head, and where to get it. Helm: Golem Skull Helm, Phalanx in BRD. Gyth's Skull, (can't remember the...
Gnomer as horde
Happybattles First, if you're playing Horde you get to Gnomer via Booty Bay. There's a...
Two creatures attacking my mage should I run like a little girl
If you are actually being "attacked" by two mobs and not pulling them on a level 14 mage I would advice running like a...
Blizzard is awesome
When I started in WoW in March, there were wait times to log in and there were frequent crashes and technical problems causing downtime. I haven't seen a...
Blizzard is awesome
Nikolas Landauer My 2 shillings worth on transfers. A little while back there was an offer on the front of WoW website offering people on...
LvL 40 Rogue Gear and LvL 50 Hunter Gear
XennithOnLightbringer Agility, agility, agility. Highest level mail you can get with agility specifically in the name (I even mix in some leather pieces when...
Priest BG BuildAdvice 2029
Well, there is the clbuttical shadow build for face melting - something Important talents there is: Blackout, Imp SW:P, Mind Flay, Imp PS...
Priest BG BuildAdvice 2030
I've tricked out my priest to do BG 30-39. We have a small guild that is all...
Priest BG BuildAdvice 2031
Depends if you wanted a total BG build or parbreastal BG build with some soloing...
Priest BG BuildAdvice
Depends on your playstyle really. Theres 2 builds that I like to swap around depending on the mood I'm in. There's a 14-11-26 Basically gives...
Clbutt detection in BGs
Ville-Matti Kiili) As a hunter in AV I only need to see the color of the lower bar on the target icon to react: Blue: CASTER! mana...
Pre60 Setup 2034
Got this link from Allakhazam Right outside BRD. An NPC named Lothos Riftwaker. There are several 'guides' in this thread I can't vouch for how accurate they are. I was MC attuned after my...
Pre60 Setup 2035
Others have already gone over how to find and start these attunement quests, so I'll just...
Pre60 Setup 2036
That's more likely a matter of having 20 well geared people but not 40. Rags is a resistance and DPS battle. Even more annoying is when he doesn't submerge...
Will Somone Explain this WOW Vid Pleeze Blizz Guardian 2037
Orion Ryder It's very fuzzy, so I'm not exactly sure what parts you are questioning. The video is essentially...
Will Somone Explain this WOW Vid Pleeze Blizz Guardian 2038
On 28 Jul 2006 10:26:45 -0700, "gaf1234567890" "Kroshius live? Kroshius crush!" A fun encounter. To digress a bit on matters of warlock end-game minions, I personally find the...
cazyfin plz read lock taking 2 at a time
Crazyfalnger.. i read many topics that you replied to. so i respect you very much and what you have to say. saying that. i must beg to differ on your comment. please see...
Excellent PVP Experience
Today, as the post suggests, I had what I consider to be the one of my best PVP experiences to date. I was grinding in the Alterac mountains (I...
Affording My Mount
SCraig a écrit : I was miner-eng with my priest and gave up on mining as a money maker - nodes were camped too much and the server was too young for me...
Finally found a way to kill those ******* paladins
I was sitting atop refuge point with my 38 shadow priest (undead) harrbutting the folks...
New servers and the economy
Yes. But you will find that the economy grows very quickly, and selling on the AH yeilds a profit soon enough. One mod I find extremely useful: informant. Informant is 'bundled' with auctioneer. On a...
The first servers were 2044
Apoptygma There were 88 Realms on openning day: 43 PvE 43 PvP 5 RP Here's the raw data: Realm...
The first servers were 2045
Moif Murphy There's EU data on WarcraftRealms.com too. For convenience: Realm Online TZ Type Aegwynn Feb...
BRD adventures
I haven't done a lot with my rogue lately but spent quite a while on him last night, mostly soloing having a lot of fun in BRD. First...
BRD adventures
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:17:21 +1000, "Doc" Oof, I'm a long way from 240 :-) I'll probably give it another...
At long last
Woah, now that was a LONG grind! It's always been bugging me behind the head, it's been 14 months that I'm 60, and I never...
At long last
Jaska a écrit : Oh, I know it's not that hard, it's just very time consuming. Browsing the AH efficiently by itself takes about 30 minutes per "banking" session, and outside of...
At long last
Grats! I had the same good intention for my hunter - started saving at level 48. Then, at 52, with 200g in my pockets, I saw the helm of narv in...
Hunter armor set
SCraig Refereing to the sets as "Tiers" is just slang. Technically the sets have specific names that are unique to each clbutt. But that makes it hard to talk about as a whole...
Noob questions... 2052
Horde has a quest in booty bay that plops you right in the instance. I don't think you can...
Noob questions... 2053
Transporter from Booty Bay - there's a quest to be able to use that which starts in Orgrimmar (possibly Nogg's machine shop?) where you talk to a couple of...
Noob questions... 2054
Catriona R For AV it's 51 For AB it's ? I'm just 1 DM West run away from my Warlock getting the clbutt Epic Mount. That's...
Noob questions... 2055
Happybattles The first instance that can be done as a raid is Blackrock Spire. 1. What's the easiest way to get into Gnomer for me? I think there's a teleporter at Booty Bay or...
Armor, maybe I've been mislead! 2056
Tier 1, I know right? When I started the .5 quests I was in between...
Armor, maybe I've been mislead! 2057
Very nice set, I have the bracers and shoulders, looking at the chest - have to say I'm not 100% sure it's an upgrade as my current chest has...
Longer Maintenance 2058
It's utter bullpoo i have to say, if they are going to extend it, then tack the time on at the end not the start...
Longer Maintenance 2059
Apoptygma They're going to extend it in the direction when the lowest number of their...
Stuck at 124 mining, tin ore argh
Babe Bridou Sounds more like "Love to Hate". :-) PS - Bart's got a good point about the +5 Mining...
Other good places to mine for lowlevel Alliance
I've got a couple of 23rd level characters, and some of lower level, starting in Elwyn Forest and in Dun Morogh. So...
Other good places to mine for lowlevel Alliance
Peter Knutsen (usenet) You didn't mention whether you were on a PvP server. If you're Not - I'd say...
Some Auction House related stuff
There was some conversation last week relating to how to make the AH-Auctioneer a kindler, gentler place - and while none of...
Woooh, first world epic drop! 2064
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I love running with Guildies or friends. A couple months ago, while on my...
Woooh, first world epic drop! 2065
Grats, pity it wasn't a slightly better epic though, I saw someone trying to sell it for 35g, still could be worse. Another shame is the availability of Mograine's Shield at...
Woooh, first world epic drop! 2066
Yeah. It def is a stinker in terms of price. Neither of us had any data...
Selling Disenchant commodities
My son's birthday (11) is coming up, and as a present we are trying to raise some gold to give his warlock. My husband and I have...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2068
It's always good to have an idea of what the item your selling is used for, then sell it in quantaties that...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2069
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:16:45 GMT, "frood" Great ideas for a birthday present! :-) As others have said, bags are also a great...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2070
frood Certainly for some commodities, you want the stacks to be fairly large. Copper Ore, and probably also Tin Ore, sells very well...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2071
Indeed. There seems to have been a sudden drop on my server in the price of dream dust. I'd been selling stacks of 20 for 16g buyouts and now they're oftne listed in the 9-11...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2072
Marypop Very true. In May when I was still playing Horde characters, I eventually upgraded my 3 character from 6-slot bags to 10-slot bags. That made a huge...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2073
Peter Knutsen (usenet) ytrede sig i What is the level of your highest char and the proffessions? - Having the right proffessions is the key to accumulate money before you reach lvl 60. If you're above...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2074
ASKF I've got a total of 7 characters. 3 of the characters are Herbalists-Miners...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2075
I've gotten several toons to 60 through the normal channels: tailoring-enchanting, mining-engineering, mining-smithing, etc. They never seem to have enough money. I started a druid...
Selling Disenchant commodities 2076
PGerringer ... My main is a miner-skinner and my other 60 is a herbie-skinner. I'm used to ask friends for things I need (I'll provide mats and a serious...
Healing mods
Not reached endgame yet but GroupButtons is a must for me - the first time I healed in a group I did it with no special mods and found it really hard to...
What will be my next respec
My profile & gear is accessible here I guess (currently using +damage gear, I logged off with it, the rest is somewhere in my inv and bank): browse the...
What will be my next respec 2079
I had that one for a while (pretty much exactly down to the last talent point :) and loved it. I only left it for shadow spec when...
What will be my next respec 2080
Simon Nejmann a écrit : Thanks for your input Simon. I have posted the builds in my guild's priest forum, and had to detail them a bit more just so...
What will be my next respec 2081
Yup, pretty much. Aah, then my comments don't really apply to what you were trying to do. For the purpose of boosting raid damage it sounds like a pretty solid build. Though, in that...
my first arcane crystal
so I have already mined like ... fifty nodes ? And no crystal, I was a little disappointed (not that I need those for the moment but still) yesterday late evening, we go to winterspring with a...
my first arcane crystal
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:24:36 +0200, "Marypop" well done! i took my level 45 rogue around tanaris then into un'goro purely to get mining to 300. i can't remember at...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2084
Dunno if you can use this, but my own guild is just starting ZG ourselves and one of the members posted this on our forum, which I found...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2085
Our guild (Ocho Duro on Aggramar) has a very good mix of players as far...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2086
Might seem unfair to the excluded, but it may feel the same way to a mage who never...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2087
Ville-Matti Kiili Get some DM Tribute runs underway to get some decent blues in. Venoxis is the easiest boss to deal...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2088
Ville-Matti Kiili ytrede sig i Tanks can use a lot of nature resistance, but...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2089
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read ASKF's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Actually, as a tank, I pretty much never used my nature res gear in ZG...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2090
plantayMix a écrit : Bring a slow-shooting bow-gun-crossbow, even if it has a bit lower dps than your...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2091
ZG is a great run, esp for the newer guild, The bosses are rather complex. Some...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2092
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read crazyfalnger's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. We never kill panthers until after boss is...
Preparing for Zul'Gurub 2093
It's more like 3-4k damage I think; I have well over 4k health raid buffed and get end every damn time. I'm giving up and just attacking from ranged now; I...
level 60 re cap to 70 2094
20 level 60s can do MC, if fully geared. You can clear trash with even fewer than that. People really overthink this: 1) getting to level 70...
level 60 re cap to 70 2095
I seriously doubt this. Only a relatively small percentage of players are in guilds that will be kitted out in Naxx...
level 60 re cap to 70 2096
More than that, it would completely screw over new level 60 characters. Once the expansion ships, nobody is going to want to stop and raid for 3 months for gear when they hit 60...
level 60 re cap to 70 2097
Snowblade Hi Snow, I wasn't the one who quoted that 107 figure. But I know where it's...
level 60 re cap to 70 2098
Snowblade I understand what you're saying, and don't disagree at all. But Tseric did say that they are addressing it with the Expansion... at least when it...
level 60 re cap to 70 2099
Then you are doing what I have been doing. I am playing my level 60 characters to get the Champions sets. Rank 11 gives the Black War Tiger for...
level 60 re cap to 70 2100
PV This was debunked already. It was that magazine last February (PC Gamer?) that started this rumor by claiming that Outlands would be 100% PvP-Required zones. Not true. Blizzard...
level 60 re cap to 70 2101
gaf1234567890 Will there be any 40man L70 instances per chance? What are the chances that they just 'upgrade' the difficulty of existing instances to meet the new level cap? e.g. MC w73L elite mobs. I'm...
level 60 re cap to 70 2102
Yes, but not exclusively 40 Man. The Instance they've talked about the most (Tempest Keep ?) is supposed to be a multi-winged dungeon, like Scarlet Monastary or Dire Maul. That...
Quitting WoW several accounts for sale
Account 1 - My first account ever (-cry) $450 negotiable 60 Tauren Hunter - Thunderhorn (US) - DS Helm, 3-8 GS, Blastershot, Typhoon, epic mount, a few hundred gold, keyed for...
Quitting WoW several accounts for sale 2104
As part of our efforts to eliminate cheating from World of Warcraft, we recently banned approximately 59,000 World of...
Quitting WoW several accounts for sale 2105
as you've already discovered: you can't I primarily bought this account to have two of them. At this time WoW was...
Quitting WoW several accounts for sale 2106
Hilton that Yeah, because leveling up in WoW makes you a good human being. Is that what...
Biggest flaw in the game 2107
Adam Corolla Other players. In all honesty, I'm serious. My biggest gripe about WoW is other players...
Biggest flaw in the game 2108
When it comes to tabletop RPGs, I also dislike level-based systems. The problem is, if you try to implement a non-level-based system in a *computer* game (online or not), it...
Biggest flaw in the game 2109
Nikolas Landauer a écrit : Actually, these were already in Diablo2. My point was more about the lack of variation between different characters of one clbutt. three, four talent skills, 10% here, 5% there, it's...
Biggest flaw in the game 2110
Hmmmmm, I would have to say the biggest flaw is the lag. I really, really enjoy WoW as it is. I'd love to see even more...
Biggest flaw in the game 2111
The insanity of the world mechanics. My character carries tons of stuff around, even in the middle of...
Biggest flaw in the game 2112
Well, see here's something about World of Warcraft you apparently don't know: you don't get to choose the place where you log in. You can choose the place beforehand if you know where you're...
Biggest flaw in the game 2113
Adam Corolla I do find travel time bothersome. Of course, every time you visit a new zone, you are fascinated by the landscape and the music and the...
Biggest flaw in the game 2114
Adam Corolla Sure you do. You choose it by going there, then logging out. If your decision is one you later regret, well, you made it. "Log", in game parlance...
Biggest flaw in the game 2115
Mary Poppins But put in no effort for it. If a casual player enjoys the game without seeing the raiding content, there is no incentive to make that raiding content accessible to the...
Biggest flaw in the game 2116
Adam Corolla Having played games where travel time is instanteous or very easy to get to I disagree. Here's why. In a game...
Biggest flaw in the game 2117
I've played games where travel is instantaneous and it didn't take anything away from the gameplay for me. I've never felt that a game world was bigger just because my character was...
Biggest flaw in the game 2118
Adam Corolla This wouldn't work if it was an option because there would only be the illusion of...
Mage in a boss fight
yozik The longest fight I've been in I've gone 15 minutes of casting. It depends on the fight, if it was a quick burst fight like...
Good levelling build for a lock on pvp server
I've been somewhat alt-happy lately, as my limited playing time generally causes the situation where I can't do jack or poo with my primary char as anything I want to do takes either...
Dual wield weapons 2121
Zebby Female NE Huntress level 51 Aja Nightstalker cat level 51 (bite, prowl) I just really get a kick out of "know it...
Dual wield weapons 2122
What would be better, is sticking with your bow-gun and not worrying about melee. The only reason a good hunter uses melee weapons at all, are if he does get a mob in his...
Dual wield weapons 2123
Well in raids you've got a player tanking instead of a pet tanking, so you still want melee weapons with stats that...
New player
I've been playing WoW for about a week now. I created a dwarven priest on the Malorne (PvP) server. I can't put in words how much I dislike PvP, but being...
PING: Former AGDers
I have decided that when Blizzard hits out another D2 ladder I am going to head over to...
PING: Former AGDers 2126
something like... Just so long as you know you wouldn't be able to play at the same time as your wife. Possibly more important...
PING: Former AGDers 2127
Orion Ryder Lots and lots of former AGDers here. Babe is one for certain, I've seen alot of others over time. Urbin too IIRC. I'm using a very...
PING: Former AGDers 2128
First, I suggest you join a Normal server. With D2, you probably didn't fight other players too much but focused on teamwork to beat the bosses. The closest WoW...
Project Greed Optimum Gear
A few months ago when I started raiding I browsed the web and search for "best gear" for my clbutt. I found a few that were semi-ok and one that was...
Project Greed Optimum Gear
On 4 Aug 2006 18:48:47 -0700, "Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind" Looking good at first glance - my one major question is what are they sorted by? I can see the number in...
SM repop times
Did the mobs in SM always respawn really really fast? I was in a group tonight and...
SM repop times
Catriona R Yes. Near impossible to get out before they start. I've done a lot of escort runs through SM for guildies (every...
Endgame Shadow Priest Talents PvP
Ok i've had a look at the link, seems that getting that extra point into the discipline tree *might...
Shadow healing
WheeZ50 I've recently started a new character with a RL friend and we love trying to do difficult stuff. We are a Rogue and a Warrior so we have no healing but we still take...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2136
You might be looking at the "whole picture" but the way you express it it comes...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2137
Well I disagree about MD-Ruin (0-30-21) being "gimped" for damage output. Are you referring to the lack of Shadow Mastery? Having Master Demonologist and Demonic Sacrifice is about versatility. If I choose...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2138
It's all about the aggro. Two things tick off a mob.. getting whaled on, and someone who can heal what's whaleing it...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2139
You are going to open yourself up to all kinds of criticism doing that. When a Rogues asks why he didn't get a heal after being on 25% health for 20 seconds, you can't really...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you
Doc I noticed. Both ingame and here ;-) When a rogue stays at 25% for 20 seconds he got no aggro and I will heal...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2141
No. You clearly do not understand how threat works. One sunder is 260 threat. If you wait for one sunder, and then cast a frostbolt that does 700 damage, you've just drawn aggro. Which...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2142
Marypop a écrit : Ah, something new for me to learn then, we are actually not using...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2143
I didn't read through all the posts. I just became so dumb-founded I needed to reply, so I hope this hasn't already been said. If you aren't healing your DPS clbuttes...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you
crazyfalnger snip is about a rogue over aggroing and I replied how my (RP) priest would deal...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2145
Thomas J. Boschloo We just were in blackrock mountain when a shaman thought we were target practice. My friend (suicidal gonome mage) immediatelypvp and took...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2146
As a dps clbutt I always wish there was some way of knowing what the *right* mob is... I waste so much potential dps by not hitting anything for...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2147
Catriona R I so feel for ya :D But no worries. It's players like you that always get thrown an extra rejuv...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2148
Heh, glad to know it, I've noticed I usually get healed when I do screw up and pull aggro, so I...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you
Marypop snip If I heal the rogue and he goes down, you won't gain aggro on me after...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2150
Thomas J. Boschloo Good grief. Perhaps something more blunt... As has been said, you need the DPS to finish the fight. And there is a...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you
Just for the records, Thomas posted something like that about half a year before already and IMHO got similar replies. Yes, when a DPS clbutt gets hurt all the time...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you
I don't know what you mean by "aggroing them one by one", but if that means you'll stack two sunders on...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2153
Thomas J. Boschloo That wouldn't be the (in)famous "THAT'S A f***ING FIFTY DKP MINUS" show, wouldnt' it ? ;) Onyxia is a bit special, no snap-aggro mechanism works with her and...
DPS Clbuttes: Why should I heal you 2154
Thomas J. Boschloo DOT's Common courtesy Bad Luck A real good offtank pickup that otherwise would've gone to me directly disabling my ability to heal mt. Just a couple I...
Baron 45 min run 2155
Have fun witht he 45 minute run....I know I sure did in the almost 30 times it took me to run it. Some advice I can give: -Wait until...
Baron 45 min run 2156
The screechers are the ones that fear.... priest psy* scream) BEFORE you start it with her.. Use...
Spell damage
How +Spell Damage Is Calculated For Mages Notes: # "+X Damage" and "+X Damage and healing...
Mage advice please 2158
If you're in MC then you're spamming frostbolts (or you should be), you have improved...
Mage advice please 2159
Yeah it is almost possible I guess but him getting twice as much with similar gear is a mighty difference. I'm a...
theorycraft addon and hunter builds
I hate cats. I mean I love them, but after yesterdays scholo run (my first with the hunter and the first time I...
Stormpike Rep: how long to exhalted
Ok, I'm currently looking for ways to up my gear quality in a "solo-ish" fashion. :) My guild does ZG once or twice per week, but given the infrequency of useable drops (and throw in...
Welcome vs. Unwelcome Advice 2162
This is just weird thinking. If you chug a mana potion, you have mana for more than one heal. You can chug a mana potion...
Welcome vs. Unwelcome Advice
Dan I feel better if I achieve the same thing without any potions at all! Like I...
Welcome vs. Unwelcome Advice 2164
If you can do it without needing an emergency potion, then it wasn't an emergency. The point of having emergency mana potions is to save the situations that you...
Welcome vs. Unwelcome Advice 2165
Thomas J. Boschloo It's been in the manual since start but it just isn't doing anything. It might have been so in the beta...
Welcome vs. Unwelcome Advice
Rene snip I like to improvise and experiment. But when I want to do something drastic that might go wrong I ask...
hunters..... grrrrrr
I can't help it if you're playing the wrong side, sorry. :P Couple of points - I'm demonology spec'd and my succubus cannot tank equal-level elites, no way. They chew her to pieces in...
Boohoo hoo my server is dying
Yup, I noticed a difference in behaviour as well, especially in BG's. For example, wall...
Bots
Unfortunately you will never get rid of bots. People starting the game fresh, consider buying gold because all the level 60's that make BG twinks drive all...
raiding: heal over time
Babe Bridou It all depends. As a druid, I have to rely more on rejuv, 'cause my regrowth is throwing away...
Please help
okay here it goes my name is ray and i just lost my job just...
best nonelite pets
Well, don't forget, once you fall behind on the threat list, you need to get 110% to get the agro on you (130% for...
So Does This Kobold Candle Wax Have a Practical Use
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:42:32 +0200, "Peter Knutsen (usenet)" True, but since I switched to 1h sword and shield a seal will stay on for...
healingmp5 or int 2174
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:03:29 +0100, Catriona R You swap a blue set of boots and gloves for greens - this gives: +31 healing, +8 regen...
healingmp5 or int 2175
Hmm, yes - when I got those greens I was using lvl 40ish blues in those slots; I only got the gloves last night in fact (which was what...
healingmp5 or int 2176
Catriona R a écrit : okay, here are your new objectives: so first and foremost, reach 5000 mana. That should be your main...
healingmp5 or int 2177
Eep, I'm not even close to that yet, gonna need a few gear upgrades then! I get it, that makes good sense; going to be tricky to begin with...
Priest Guide Healing Efficiency
I see a lot of questions here for priests about +healing gear, talents, and general healing questions...
Priest Guide Healing Efficiency 2179
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:48:13 -0700, "Jonathan" Overall a very good post. :) Here I would add a small mention of the effects of 3-3 Meditation: 300 spirit = 88 mana-tick. 88*0.15 = 13.2 mana...
Priest Guide Healing Efficiency 2180
I agree that the 3-piece Trans bonus is the most useful. It makes a huge difference! Thanks for the reminder about adding the same math for Meditation Trans bonus. Thanks...
Do alliance have more quest than the horde
JasonR a écrit : They have. The quest xp is low on horde side up to the 40's - where the horde gets a lot...
PUG instancing 101
copy-paste job Chevalie After having had several bad, and some good PuGs the last couple...
PUG instancing 101 2183
Good points, that reminds me of my first Deadmines run yesterday with my mage (21) and a random PUG. There were two Paladins (19 and 20), a warrior (20) and...
PUG instancing 101 2184
Dunno how many times this has bit me in PuG groups... for some reason, Scarlet Strat seems to produce an inordinate amount of these frustrating people to...
PUG instancing 101 2185
This has bitten me not only in PUG's but also in guild runs. I don't understand these "dinner afk's". If you know dinner is coming up and you...
PUG instancing 101 2186
Marshall Unless you're a bachelor or DINK, 2-3 hours of guaranteed uninterrupted time is impossible. I make a point of playing in...
OT how to change displayed mail address
Apoptygma I would say it is too late now anyway. You can munge your address (like you keep safe from...
Some progress on group aggro management
No, here comes the reading comprehension error. "The priest keeps the describes exactly the healers job. Whether you need to keep the tank at 50+% health all...
low player population in game
Beowulf I play on Malorne, Alliance side. I notice on east coast mornings the serverr is very empty, I look at this as a plus, it lets me hit the spots where...
Baron without a magewarlock
Hi! I've always had the impression that no clbutt is required for a certain instance - and that still stands. But it seems I have to add a little exception to that...
Character names 2191
It really is so easy to tank, I mean i think it's a lot more difficult to heal as a shadow priest than it is to tank as arms-fury. The talents really just...
Character names 2192
Apoptygma" ... true ... to a certain point ! As I said earlier, build is not very important to tank, and you can be arms-fury AND...
Saw my first bot last night
Heh, so did I, I think. Had to kill enraged earth elementals or something like that, to get 3 scraps of a parchment or something...
Am I really the reason for wiping 2194
Neo It's wrong to say that the shield is the only reason, but it's definately a big factor. A main tank has two jobs in a group...
Am I really the reason for wiping 2195
Regardless of a bad attack plan, you might want to re-think your playing style a bit. I play a "DPS tank" & most people wouldn't know it unless I told them. Get...
Am I really the reason for wiping 2196
Maybe not the sole cause, but a contributing factor, and the most visible problem, so it's not entirely surprising that it was pounced upon. Especially if you'd already wound the rest of the group...
Four Horsemen Down 2197
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:04:53 +0200, "WheeZ50" i very much doubt these people are told they MUST watch...
Four Horsemen Down 2198
As a counter to this, I'm in a guild that doesn't raid regularly. I do all my raiding with a raiding alliance...
World PvP
Christian Stauffer Removing the DKs would be the one and only solution needed to "fix" outdoor PvP and make the world a lot more alive. Imagine a few raids (100...
Rogue Enchantment question
Catriona R I'd go ag anyway - overpowering warriors aren't you only problem in battlegrounds. Hunters, rogues and pallies are bothersome as well. And a bit more crit is worth a lot as well...
Time WoW had a compebreastor
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:45:02 GMT, "Rand Al'Thor" No, I don't. Whilst I have no particular wish to be an apologist for...
makes ya think
With the awfull lag spikes, being dumped out of game by disconnecting, wipes caused in instances...
I got the gold but which enchants
Depends if you're likely to upgrade them soon, as there are better weapons available in the instances you'll be...
Dual head display with WoW
All the software does is tweak a setting in OpenFirmware on the G5 iMac so it'll use each...
Badlands quest kit
All the times I've done it, I've either been a warlock or had a guildie along who was a warlock. If you're not a warlock...
My first AV experience 2206
I am in Battlegroup 1 as well (European realms), and agree most fights are just a zerg-fest, which...
My first AV experience 2207
This is a huge mistake IMHO. I did 4 AVs yesterday and we won them all. The...
My first AV experience 2208
Hi Chris Christian Stauffer snip 8-10 is an OK number for the defense. More would take away too much from the offense, less can be overwhelmed to easily. I have to contradict you there. It's...
My first AV experience
Hi Urs! Aye. But still: 1 defender can be good for some major disturbance. Not having any defense at all is a big mistake imho. Ok, I...
My first AV experience 2210
I'm not talking about everyone going defense. I'm saying that in those rush matches (which seem to be common at the moment), both teams offenses are...
Rogue, New to daggers could do with tips
Trevor Wilson I'm 100% dagger rogue, never tried swords(in main hand alteast. The whole reason to...
Demonic Voices
They are indeed new, and it's odd the patch notes make no mention of them seeing as how some significant effort has gone into them. In my limited experience, they will only talk when summoned...
Hunter question... mail or leather
When you play your hunter, how often do you actually get hit by melee strikes? For me, it is very rarely. I never do PvP, and most of the time, my...
Interesting addon
Catriona R I think about half the players in Stormwind on Argent Dawn (EU) use FlagRSP. But...
Intel dual core and Wow
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- PV Microsoft isn't in any way clear about it. It wouldn't surprise me if they e.g. supported AMD Dual Core processors but not...
HOW TO TURN $6 INTO $6,000!!!!!! READING THIS COULD
HOW TO TURN $6 INTO $6,000!!!!!! READING THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE! I found this on a bulletin...
EMERGENCY!! Trapped in Dun Algaz! Explain Escape Route Please
WheeZ50 I lie a lot when I RP. I only try to RP things that others can not verify or denounce. Like I have a troll Rogue (still level 10...
Fun raid last night
Our guild changed realm last week and there was time to say hello to alliance in their own ground :) We had 60 players on raid and ready to go. We...
Best" race for each clbutt
I've been putting a bit of thought lately into which race would best suit each clbutt, for both factions. here's what I have so far Horde Warrior...
Best" race for each clbutt 2220
Warrior Tauren. The 5% is trivial in the beginning but at the end game 5% is huge. Undead is also good for mid-end game while Fear is the prevailing CC...
Best" race for each clbutt 2221
Here is my version. :) Orc: * Blood Fury - active - Increases base melee attack power by 25...
Raiding Guilds and Alts
I have been frustrated lately with the rule system my guild has put in place regarding alts, and I am just curious...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2223
signed! :) I quite like my guild's policy on alts. To begin with, as we struggled to make progress in BWL, we hit a bit...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2224
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 01:21:36 -0700, Jonathan Hm, as others pointed out, I can see why a guild would want rules to handle alts on raids, but the rule...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2225
It is not just power trips, there are practical reasons for a wide variety of rules when your in a Raiding...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2226
My third 60 is a Priest named Maryprankstr*. I rolled her because at the time I was in a guild with insufficient healers. In retrospect, it was...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2227
Our group makes no distinction between mains and alts. The *player* is a member, not the specific toon. Each person has a single DKP pool, which they can spend exactly how they wish. We...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2228
Babe Bridou Much sympathy. To be honest, we're expecting much the same thing to happen...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2229
We are a guild that has downed Cthun and a couple of bosses in Naxx. We allow...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2230
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 01:21:36 -0700, "Jonathan" Generally my guild allows you to bring an alt, but...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2231
Thanks for posting your rules, I wish the guild I am in adapted something similar! I think having alts roll on default loot (stuff no full members need), get no DKP...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2232
Vladesch Here's our take: Twinks and Mains share the same account of dkp. So if you're there with a twink, you get the same points for kills. You spend the exact same...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2233
Apoptygma a écrit : It just doesn't work. A guild doesn't want to gear the alts, it wants to gear up the...
Raiding Guilds and Alts 2234
My guild was in the same position, except I was an officer then and voted to restrict alts...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade
Hi, I posted a similar question on the EU WoW Raids forums and silly me expected some in-depth replies. That'll learn me. Anyway, I run a...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2236
PV If I'm not gravely mistaken, our raidbank currently holds more than 200 nexus shards at the moment while about 60 people are attuned already. So we really have no incentive to go to MC...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2237
Equal level (and color) items costs the same to repair per point of durability. ** - World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.8.0...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2238
Blizzard devs just ensured again that they see themselves still ontrack for a Q4 release this year. They also still reserve the right to delay it if...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2239
Yes it's capped, by intention. They want to prevent information leaks as much as they can. You see, the very day the FF test began...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2240
I gotta agree with Christian. ZG is GREAT for smaller or more casual guilds. My guild (Ocho Duro on Aggramar...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2241
dette: With both my resto shammy and holy priest, I can make 10-15g per hour solo grinding. If I team up with a mage or a furry...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2242
Moif Murphy a écrit : Ask professionals! Here's a tip I stole from colleagues who work...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade 2243
I'm in a smaller guild, so here is my advice for you: Get your guild...
MC, Raids and Burning Crusade
n00b, l2post!!!11 ZG can easily keep a more casual guild busy for months. I'd say if you start doing ZG...
Claiming Honor Rewards
Hi there ChrisL there are 2 kind of rewards you can buy atm. On is based on your rank (i.e sergeant, knight or whatever). This is in OG...
Bringing home the Bacon 2246
Christian Stauffer It was more expensive a half year ago as well and dropped in price. I also distinctly remember the pristine hide for about 700G - nowadays it's 400...
Bringing home the Bacon 2247
Rene Ok I've made the movies tonight. Here's how to reach these three places: Caverns of Time: Hyjal one is a bit short. Basically, find the hidden ledge beneath the pillar, jump on the...
I cant choose between these
Let's see what we get here: Fury Visor Binds when picked up HeadPlate 445 Armor +18...
BWL, Lab Packs, Wipes
Warlocks must die first Hunter pull into firemaw's room. Hunters uses LoS to draw the lock downstairs. A designated tank intercepts the warlocks at a suitable location. The location...
SMRUIN or MDRUIN
Throg One of the best things about Affliction in the mid-game is Drain Tanking. There's lots of synergy between Improved Corruption, Nightfall, Improved Lifetap, and Fel...
Growl Now What Growl Would That Be 2251
Growl rank 1 is automatically aquired, as soon as you tame *any* pet. I buttume you've noticed that little...
Growl Now What Growl Would That Be 2252
Dunno what happened to it, then. Every time I get a new hunter their first keeper...
Growl Now What Growl Would That Be
I have no idea what the hell you're talking about, so here again from the beginning: You seem to have...
Growl Now What Growl Would That Be 2254
Christian Stauffer I looked there but I did not see it. I will look again. One of the annoying things, at least for me, is that I have not detemined...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2255
Catriona R Your sequence sounds pretty good but on an elite (or any mob where you're struggling...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2256
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:07:29 +1000, Philip Las Gourgues Aha, I'll give that a try - I do indeed have imp fireblast, though it's still never quite fast enough to cool down - never...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2257
Catriona R Yeah, CoC is good because it has a better slowing effect than Frost Bolts...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2258
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:31:00 +1000, Philip Las Gourgues My problem with blink is I have to...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2259
Catriona R 1-2 a solution is to blink through the mob if you've got enough room. i.e. if...
What the hell am I doing wrong 2260
On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:20:01 +1000, Philip Las Gourgues Hehe glad it's not just...
Cash for 60 RoguesDruids
PV Herbing is indeed the most profitable way. You will find ghost mushrooms in the hinterlands, in DM east and in Maraudon, all easy to stealth farm Maraudon is nice...
Beast Mastery Template
They are pbuttive talents. Your pets crit rate is increased all the time when you have the...
Labor Day Labors
A very productive weekend. Amid all the farming - herbs, metals, stones for blasting powder, raw experience - several things got done. Friday, Cardrianala got another chance at Jail Break. The group claimed to have...
Labor Day Labors
Congrats :-) I remember doing it in a non-standard group too, can't remember the exact makeup but we had a hunter's pet tanking, and it was a raptor, not even a...
Secret" places
There has recently been a thread or two about that place in Dun Morogh, which one seens when one flies from Ironforge to...
Secret" places 2266
The most exciting place I have ever been to was "behind the scenes" area in Silithus. I was fighting near the Twilight Master's cave when I overstretched myself and found myself with 10% health...
Secret" places 2267
On 7 Sep 2006 16:07:41 -0700, "Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind" Ooh, I've been to that place but...
Honor and vacation
Hi, I've been working pretty hard to get to rank 10 so I can complete my blue...
Honor and vacation
I found this explanation at Play to Crush: "However, it isn't enough to simply grind normally and over time achieve rank 14. Every tuesday, when your numbers are calculated, 20...
Addons and latency
Ok, let's make a summary of things I discovered in the last few days... Trying to figure out WHY the game is lagging like hell, and...
Macros Do I Have This Correct
If I read the code Caeryn posted correctly her Macro does basically what you do manually. At...
Macros Do I Have This Correct
Orion Ryder buttist is a function in its own right that you can buttign to a key without putting it on your action bar. I think that the default is F...
AddOns
Orion Ryder I would definitely recommend checking out some addons! Why I don't even know what I would do without mine - they can be so useful, you will wonder what you ever...
Bride of the Embalmer Eliza's Heart Impossible with lvl 32 rogue
Here are my stats: Str: 63 Agl: 173 Stam: 87 Int. 34 Spirit: 56 Armor: 1056 Melee Att: 159 Pwr: 280 Dam: 63-84 I have deadly contagion on...
Hot damn....I caught the fever
PvP fever. I never really did any PvP or BG's until lately(My paladin hit 60 and the coming of the...
Order of endgame instances
That's reasonable, but you can skip around a bit. We were trying bosses in AQ20 well before getting to Nefarian (and...
Tangent: my first ZF run
So last night I was going to starting questing in Hinterlands (to get some leatherworking recipes in Aerie peak, wildvine drops, turtle scale drops), but saw on4...
Burning Crusade and rep rewards 2278
Mike The short answer is we don't know yet. Blizzard hasn't elaborated on the details like that yet. However, they did mention that the...
Burning Crusade and rep rewards 2279
Trevor Wilson Well, right now they have this hybrid system where you get some rewards through the honor system, which is brutally compebreastive and forces you to grind your teeth off in a short...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2280
well it seems like 2 years. I just remember being dissolutioned in BG and wondering why...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2281
I agree fully. Yeah sure, some people dislike the loss of "community", and I do see some negative there. But the positives grossly outweight the negatives - at least for me...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2282
I am pointing out the fact......read below. SO, a warrior that has been in an end game raiding guild for 3 months, has Ashkandi, and all...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2283
steve.kaye This is where you are wrong. I would venture to guess that the vast majority or twinks are prior...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2284
My favorite are the dudes who run around with lifestealing and such and then unpleasant woman about how they can't win due to twinks. "Uhhh, chief ... you *are* a twink!". I recognize that...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2285
Catriona R What the proc says does seem to make it a great enchant. But when you think of the length of a battle at 19 and...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2286
one thing that put me off level 60 battle grounds which was just as bad...
WSG 1019 Alliance twinks... 2287
Christian Stauffer Well, it is handy if you like to play multiple characters. I'm levelling character #7...
How good is this item Maiden's Circle
Woke up at 6am this morning (sunday) to get to work on time. Should be illegal having to...
Holy Nuker 2289
Babe Bridou Holy doesn't look like it would really help that much in the examples you...
Holy Nuker 2290
Christian Stauffer a écrit : The way I see it, Stormpike graveyard is equal in difficulty to defend to Frostwolf Aid station (a damn bridge) Frostwolf graveyard is equal...
Holy Nuker 2291
I always play offense from the start, but there are a few times I will get end and rez back at...
I need a new taunt button
I won't even try to put this into a macro - the 255 char limit is just too much here (at least...
pretty decent PvPhonour rewards
So I took a day off from levelling, although I still got to L49 this weekend and completed all my leatherworking quests to get Tribal Leatherworking. :) I...
pretty decent PvPhonour rewards
Alliance has additional potential for avoiding snares-slows in the paladin's blessing of freedom. Paladins make awesome flag escorts - a healer in plate mail who can cleanse and...
Damage statistics addon 2295
This is one of the (few) places where WoW could learn a lot from EQ. For one, EQ's combat log is much better in regards to filtering information (pet peeve...
Damage statistics addon 2296
As a hunter, you better be out damaging the tank ;). Only the healers should be below him. Except on rare exceptions, tanks use aggro generating abilities (not straight DPS) to hold aggro. The most important...
Advice: Absent Minded Prospector Flight Plan
Okay so this guy has to get dwon in the dig and get, what is...
Welgars's Excavation Site: Another Surprise, See Ya Later
This was what I thought was gonna be another Quicksilver Messanger Service quest before work. Of course I head too far south and have to kill one of those...
Welgars's Excavation Site: Another Surprise, See Ya Later
Orion Ryder So do I. But the longer you play, the better you know you're way around and most of the quests. So, the surprizes get less frequent. Not all bad...
Wow, got to go shadow in an instance
Had a real good experience last night. Before I was going to bed, I was doodling around on...
AddOn Reviews
I'll jump in here with a few I like. (Hopefully I don't repeat too many.) Fishing Buddy (Could be compared with FishEase) -Keeps...
Is exploring rewarded
Peter Knutsen (usenet) There are no secret dungeons or such anywhere in the game. That's actually intentional. From Rob...
Quick armor change
First: A good feral druid can maintank, mainheal, and do sufficient DPS in all 5 man instances of his level. Being feral doesn't mean you can't heal anymore. If...
Black screen on startup
It seems that your WoW failed in "autodetecting" your monitor. Ok, there are two things you can...
1.1M Honor Last Week
I just hit rank 12. I think the PvP gear for a hunter is great and it would take close to the same amount of...
Weapon Speed Question 2306
I'm sure the person who told you about slower weapons most of been refering to 10 months ago before blizzard "normalized" weapon damage.....allow me to explain....Rogues have a...
Weapon Speed Question 2307
Catriona R I agree with Catriona, but I wanted to clarify the point. As I understand it, the normalization mitigated, but did not remove the benefit of having a slow weapon in the main...
Kiting world bosses around
I've seen numerous people kite dragons etc to capital cities and lowbie zones, so what's the trick? You'd need a spell-ability that...
Kiting world bosses around 2309
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read ScratchMonkey's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. It's fairly difficult to pull off...
Kiting world bosses around 2310
Yay, let's all subscribe to "wrong + wrong = right"... Griefing is not acceptable, and if you did that then you would rightfully get banned for verbal harasment. The point...
Kiting world bosses around 2311
jes.t.er Making the game un-fun for huge numbers of players is an butthole thing to do. Several issues being overlooked here: First, the ratio of people...
Kiting world bosses around 2312
Being a privates != griefing necessarily, IMO. I realize that Blizz disagrees with me due to market pressures (which stem from EQ really), but I disagree completely. I felt that EQ was a complete pansy...
Noob undead frost mage at wsg
cruzurr At that level you'll make a decent flag carrier, using blink to move quicker and break snares plus you have frost nova to lock...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms 2314
Yes. Duping does exist. I did it myself one time on either the 13th or 17th of April this year (had a computer crash, so I cannot view the .tga yet). This is...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms 2315
PV Most farmers on my server have a PvP rank and have named pets. Some are...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms
I reported a lot of bots recently. And I got one reply from a GM that's not the standard "we're looking into this" letter. He told me...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms 2317
Blizzard likes in-game solutions for other problems, why not create an in-game solution for gold farmers & bots & spammers? Everyone starts with 0 "demerits". Any player (even enemy faction) can give you a...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms
A bot is a bot. A bot isn't a player. A player may play completely badly and not react at all, but no matter how bad...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms 2319
I think I found someone that was botting while actually present at the computer (or something along those lines), I'll explain in a moment. Various bot stories from yesterday (all in Tanaris...
Does duping exist on blizzard realms 2320
Not necessarily - see below. I know exactly what's happening. When you kill a bot directly (by the way...
WOW Total beginner advice needed 2321
Ah, since you are from the Diablo II era, some things you have to know first. In Diablo II it is basically about damage (or "dps", as in "damage per...
WOW Total beginner advice needed
A druid in bear form has 6+k armor even in crap greens. And tons of health. A shammy with a shield has easily 5k armor. Rogues mitigate damage by not being...
WOW Total beginner advice needed 2323
BattleGodz Welcome. This is very over-generalized, But... Pally's exist in WoW too. They play a little differently, as they can heal and "tank", which are not really...
WOW Total beginner advice needed 2324
gaf1234567890 Honestly, this might be a little misleading. Play style in many clbuttes changes drastically at 10 or 20...
URGENT news for all level 60s
If you are 60 and don't yet have your epic mount then I'm about to save you up to 800g listen up. 1.12.1 test realm is live...
URGENT news for all level 60s
Apoptygma You can't buy epic riding skill until the patch, so this makes no sense. If you already have an epic mount (and thus...
hahaha first molten core run as warrior
hahaha well, level 58 protection warrior, 30 fire resistance, 3700 life unbuffed, 310 defense, 6200 armour, ready for action...
hahaha first molten core run as warrior
Urs Steiner a écrit : Not exactly, we're an "old casual raiding guild", doing ZG-AQ20 mostly (we took down Ayamiss for the first time last tuesday). I...
by the way, priest BC talents&spells preview is up 2329
Mbutt Dispel is kind of neat but we'll have to see how useful it really is. If the new BG's are like AV and everyone is clumped together...
by the way, priest BC talents&spells preview is up 2330
Kimbelyn Just to make sure you know where I am coming from. I just did the same...
by the way, priest BC talents&spells preview is up 2331
I just wish we had more to look for in our role as healers than more efficient...
FYI Eitrigg Reknall arrest on child molestation
FullGUI Because it's alt.games.warcraft. By the way, deleting an important quote and then ranting about things said in conjunction with the...
Mages and Engineering
Artificer IMHO: Yes, it is a bad choice. As goblin engineer, you get AoE effects. Uhm, you already have them as mage. The only situation where you don't have AoE...
Car crashing 2334
Thomas J. Boschloo I would love to give you some input from a fairly new perspective, having played the game for...
Car crashing 2335
Hornet schreef: snip I know. I have a rogue that is ready to go to the barrens but dps clbuttes is definitely...
Car crashing 2336
Thomas J. Boschloo While playing with my fellow Guildies I doubt that I would run into a problem with the motorcyclists trying to carry the load of a Mack truck...
Car crashing 2337
Orion Ryder schreef: snip In my limited experience as a warlock (+void) with a warrior (rl friend), it is best if the pet tanks one mob, and the hunter and...
Car crashing 2338
Get used to it - it will never change. You might be able to kill someone, or win a duel, but it will never be...
Car crashing 2339
Christian Stauffer schreef: I used it like you use a pen and ink to sign a...
41 point shadow priest talent 2340
Simon Nejmann I agree with most of the general idea of your post, but one thing was definately off. This argument did not fit the WoW I know. I've leveled both a pally and...
41 point shadow priest talent 2341
Vladesch Nah it isn't even remotely interesting. Just compare it with your already existent Prayer of Healing. It's only advantage then is, that it is a HoT. Otherwise it's worse than PoH (it does...
PVE swords rogue talent setup
have. I don't really play my rogue much anymore, I've changed to my warlock. But it's still fun-useful to play the rogue once in a while...
Argent Dawn Reputation and other factions 2343
I've got to 8k-21k revered, the 8k was from the beads I saved while grinding (that patch only happened after I'd already done half...
Argent Dawn Reputation and other factions 2344
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:36:42 +0100, "Trevor Wilson" Yep, I found Darkmoon was better for my rogue anyway, and it certainly wasn't worth...
Argent Dawn Reputation and other factions 2345
If not for mining and enchanting, it can cost a lot more than that. At revered, you need 2 arcane crystals (20-25g each), a nexus crystal (75g...
pet Training
I tamed a Rotting Agam'ar (L28) at L60, and it's not that difficult to level up. Felstone Field is ideal...
Shawdow Bolt X : Have I been a stupid Warlock
Bother!", said Pooh, as he read Apoptygma's latest post to alt.games.warcraft. Priests get Greater Heal, Renew, and Prayer of Healing...
Ding 50! Now what
So i dinged 50 on the weekend, and have about 50% of my experience bar as rested bonus. I've completed all my Tanaris quests AND Zul'Farak. I've done some...
Ding 50! Now what
grats Not too many quests there, unless they changed it since Urbin was there in his...
Scoring in battlegrounds
Killing Blows, Honorable Kills and Honor. First, Killing Blows do not of themselves grant Honorable Kills or Honor. It is nice to get a Killing Blow but scoring-wise it means nothing. A...
More interesting reading in the 1.12.1 patch notes
I don't know the exact wording but one of the bug fixes read something like When...
More interesting reading in the 1.12.1 patch notes
Apoptygma There's a diference between a "bug" and a design flaw. It may not be the way you think the game should behave, but the behavior with the disenchant window was designed the way it...
ding 60 on discovering a new zone :D
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:59:48 +0200, "Marypop" I levelled tri-spec (shadow as far as mind flay then disc-holy for the rest) and it was fine, I...
PvP: what're we missing
I've recently started doing PvP with my gnome mage, mostly 50-59 AB but also a little WSG. And the one thing I'm noticing is that we are almost *always* thumped by...
what're we missing
It will vary by group. Believe me, I have been in horde pugs that are just as...
A Suggestion for AB
I'm a 60 Dwarf Hunter and I have been hitting AB hard this past week. Most of the time we...
PvP: what're we missing 2357
I used to be quite frustrated with the BG's so I never went as an Alliance player. That is until I got to AV. Seems to be about 50-50 here. And even when there are...
PvP: what're we missing 2358
This is a dumb argument as it completely misses the point. It could just as easily be turned around to say that when you pay the subscription...
PvP: what're we missing 2359
Yes, that's a very good point. :) Escort that fall behind out of range usually mount and catch up, or catch up when the carrier...
PvP: what're we missing 2360
Moif Murphy One of my alts is a 48 priest and I've run him through AB a few times. We, the alliance, win maybe half the time. I agree about the lack of organization...
PvP: what're we missing 2361
Matt McLeod I used to think that it was that the Alliance sucked at PvP. I...
JerkyStuttering Performance on Inspiron 9300 *FIX
A long long while ago I posted about a video stutter-jerkiness problem while playing WOW on an Inspiron 9300 laptop...
Help Me Understand Warlock
I've had a pretty good run with various -- mage, paladin, priest, etc. etc. -- and want to give warlock a shot. I've spent the past few days reading forums and...
Help Me Understand Warlock 2364
For solo'ing a PvE Warlock, I recomment the Drain Tank build, which means working towards Improved Life Drain, and the talent that helps prevent life drain from being interrupted when...
Help Me Understand Warlock 2365
Thanks, Nick, for helping get me pointed in the right direction. I looked up "Drain Tank...
Help Me Understand Warlock 2366
DarkEyes schrieb: soloing lvl48 against opponents +-- 3 LVLs: a) send in the VW, wait until he touches and...
Help Me Understand Warlock 2367
It took me ages to figure out what "Drain Tank" meant, for some reason I thought it meant having your voidie do the tanking while you did lower damage with drain...
Help Me Understand Warlock 2368
I question the 1 point of Demonic Embrace at level 15. The rest looks good, but an extra 3% stamina at a...
Mage DPS 2369
cruzurr Before you get to the end-game, Mages, Warlocks and Priests have an interesting dillema (Druids and Shaman...
Mage DPS 2370
cruzurr Mage and rogue are the two main "DPS" clbuttes. Rogues are single target melee DPS. Mages are AoE range DPS....Or so it was written in the clbutt section of the original wow...
Mage DPS 2371
Well, yes and no. My rogue typically out-damages the mages when I'm in a group...
Obnoxious people demanding personal Priest in pvp
Some thoughts on being a priest from a expereienced players who is new as a priest The worst offenders are usually in WSG. Until playing a...
Obnoxious people demanding personal Priest in pvp 2373
Run after them while the global cool down is uhh, "cooling down"(?), then mindflay when you can. Also, quite often the mob won't continually run...
Obnoxious people demanding personal Priest in pvp 2374
What my tactic for 2 mobs was while leveling an UD shadow priest was: Mob 1 - Vamp embrace Mob 1 - SW:P Mob 2 - SW:P Mob 2 - Dev. Plague Mob...
Obnoxious people demanding personal Priest in pvp 2375
Don't forget, being a healer in a BG is pretty much a rest sentance. I was a Resto raiding Shammy that went all out. Top healing output raid after raid through our...
Obnoxious people demanding personal Priest in pvp 2376
As a 29 paladin with improved blessing of freedom I like to run the flag alot in WSG. I additionally have some thing turned on that shows me who healed me and for...
Free At Last
The ongoing upgrades to the realms have been disrupting peoples' online time. For me, I had an alternative: when Gilneas went down for...
Latest Addon Reviews
Hi all... It was recommended that I post a message here when I post new reviews to MurlocGuide. I didn't want to post each time, as I didn't want...
Stopping by the Deadmines on a Sunday Evening A Justus Journey 2379
Ashen Shugar If I recall, and maybe ald can input somemore on this, we came up the ramp, took out...
Stopping by the Deadmines on a Sunday Evening A Justus Journey 2380
Ok, I've never encountered that particular event, unless somebody in a pug party got too adventurous and wandered too far ahead before everyone was...
Stopping by the Deadmines on a Sunday Evening A Justus Journey 2381
That didn't happen this time, we were all together, with only Orion (Main Tank) out front. Nope, IIRC Orion was either the youngest or one of the youngest...
Can a mage beat a warrior or hunter on a duel 2382
Caeryn Dryad of Whisperwind a écrit : And for the mage vs warrior duel, it could be resumed in that way: an untalented mage has 3 ways to keep a warrior from...
Can a mage beat a warrior or hunter on a duel 2383
I'd say a mage should beat a warrior 90% of the time. At level 25 a warrior doesn't even have intercept yet so...
Can a mage beat a warrior or hunter on a duel 2384
Artificer Warriors-Rogues are the easiest 1v1 fights for a mage. Rogues have almost no hope - level 1 arcane explosion to break their stealth then just frost nova them to the...
Can a mage beat a warrior or hunter on a duel 2385
Absolutely, I use kick all the time when soloing caster-type mobs and it's great...
ZG run leads to GM test
We did another of our spontaneous ZG runs in our guild early this week. No great drops for me, but I managed to get to respected which meant that I could turn in my shawl...
40 Minutes for Respawn! You Gotta be Kidding Me
WARNING!: This post contains peeing and moaning Last exit before peeing and moaning. -------------------------------------------------------------- So here is Zam on a nice cool night in Duskwood, having just gotten the okay from Sven to go partake in...
scam
i can't stress this enough to the less experienced players here (or the more experienced but complacent player)... ALWAYS CHECK THE CONTENTS OF THE TRADE WINDOW BEFORE CLICKING THE...
scam
David Collantes Agreed - people use it for quick sales when the need the cash *now* I've sold a...
Things to do
Hi all. Need some advice from you guys. I am a level 60 Dwarf Hunter. I mainly solo, and so up till 60 enjoyed the questing exploring part of the game very much. Following new...
Things to do! 2391
Have you done the Fordring chain yet, from Tirion Fordring (up the river between EPL and WPL)? That is almost entirely soloable, only group requirement is one run...
Things to do! 2392
Chizel I'd answer 1+2 - Do AV until you exalted. You'll get a couple of nice items from that and the fact that you can't play 24-7 wont' matter at all...
Intro To PvP
Robert All i do is pvp i level my characters to the range i want to pvp in and then that is all i do. let me say this very...
StylesClbuttesLevel 60
Why does it seem that people buttume that when they lose to another specific clbutt, it is a clbutt design problem or an equipment problem or even...
StylesClbuttesLevel 60
what you describe grbutthopper, exists in a perfect world, not in WoW or FF XI. in a word everyone gets fond of...
Any good NEW addons
Ulric Van Bergen (UVB) CTRA (CTRaidbuttist) is an addon that enhances possibilities in a raid to get the raid organised. It helps with targetting, healing and (de)buffing. It also has several other features. I...
Parental Controls only prevent logging in 2397
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:19:48 +0200, "Thomas J. Boschloo" In my experience, I would have to say that this is pretty much entirely accurate. Of the...
Parental Controls only prevent logging in 2398
Interesting... so if the teenager is strong and testosterone driven, then they can act like an idiot. You imply here that you got physical with your...
Parental Controls only prevent logging in 2399
Well I guess I have to tell now. My dad can get very upset and very disapproving (just very), my mum kind of has...
Parental Controls only prevent logging in 2400
Trying to get WoW to teach your child discipline is the wrong approach. Threats will only work if the child believes you will follow through. I'd have to agree with what other people...
Jintha'Alor is insane
6-8 quests here for horde and the time to do this whole area seems to hover somewhere around the 3-6 hours mark depending on you group's makeup...
Jintha'Alor is insane... 2402
Finally did this last night - 2 of us, both shadow priests, he was 53 (and turned 54) and I was 50. We spent 2 hours and completed...
Jintha'Alor is insane... 2403
I hate Jintha'Alor with a pbuttion. For Alliance there are ony 3 quests there, that I can think of off the top...
Jintha'Alor is insane... 2404
Hehe the difference between Alliance and Horde in that zone is enormous. I hated it on Alliance, there were about 2 rather boring normal...
Pally or priest 2405
I'd probably say priest, but that's considering I love my priest and found my paladin tedious to say the...
Pally or priest 2406
JH schreef: I would advice a hunter since its pet can tank for both of you. Two mages would suck and...
Careful of security
Just a warning to anyone who's not heard yet that there's various viruses and the like going around designed to steal WoW pbuttwords and allow accounts to be hacked - make sure your virus scanners-antispyware...
Careful of security.. 2408
2 IG friends have just been hit: They say - a keylogger is responsible - SVchcs.exe, found in c:-windows-system32-svchcs.exe, must also be removed from the registry...
Careful of security.. 2409
One of our priests was hit by this. The perpetrator logged in and took all her gold, sold or de'd her gear off several characters, and generally emptied out anything of value. As to alternative...
Careful of security.. 2410
Hehe, is my totally unpatched Outlook out of Office 2000 (Windows update never offers me patches for it and I wouldn't know where...
Careful of security.. 2411
I don't know what version of IE you are talking about, but this idea is propaganda...
Scams Page 2412
have helpful, Great idea. One scam you might want to put up is the one where people will say they can do an expensive enchant, and then when you give...
Scams Page 2413
Hi Devast8or yup, very important one. well, apart from not peeing of your players so much they do that, you can at...
Where to go next ... 2414
Don't take the woestave - take the beads! The woestave is easy enough to replace (i'm using the one that drops from the last boss in scholo now, can't recall...
Where to go next ... 2415
This is a real good point Yeah - until-unless places like Naxx become accessible to people who will never be in a raiding guild, I'll just have to...
Where to go next ... 2416
Apoptygma The wand i've been ranting about actually only has 11 damage-healing on it I had a look last night. Bonecreeper Stylus is the name and Darkmaster Gandling drops it. www.thottbot.com-?i...
Where to go next ... 2417
Agreed it looks awesome, but even though I'm in a raiding guild I'll never get to go there because I'm a non-raiding member (only do ZG so far). Although if I ever get...
Raid healing primer 2418
First of all I find that mods like Benecast and GroupButtons greatly promote overhealing in a...
Raid healing primer 2419
John Gordon a écrit : You have three ways to heal in a raid, and all three are required to some...
Which clbutt is better
Why choose? ESPECIALLY at the lower levels, it can be more efficient and much faster to level alts simultaneously. Why? Because of the resting xp and...
PVE End Game Build Hunter
I have a level 60 hunter and a level 60 Rogue. The Rogue is the main, about half epic, the Hunter is a fairly fresh 60...
Judgement of Light
So, I've got this pally alt. She's at 36 now, mostly been doing PvE but with a little bit...
Judgement of Light 2423
One thing I've noticed is that she can handle three same-level mobs without needing to heal if she...
Judgement of Light 2424
I have a 42 lvl paly. I used JoL in instances or in solo elites. When I'm...
How a mage handle other casters on PVP
Artificer I'm a frost mage so I don't have pyroblast or presence of mind yet. Both these talents would be very helpful against casters...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2426
you must be kidding...? 10 hours a week is nothing and to me personally, is...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2427
I think you'd agree that most people playing wow DO want to get to the top of the mountain-especially young people who are very compebreastive and want to defeat bigger...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2428
Yelps Blizz has admitted PvP ranks are fundamentally broken and are being replaced in BC. The idea with rank decay was it would allow rotation of the top ranks amongst...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2429
There is plenty of valid reasons to want to escape into virtual worlds. There are also many other reason...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2430
An example: After a 3 month wow break I started a new priest around the 3rd of Sept. I have "-played" this avatar about 7.5 days and am lvl 25 at the...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2431
Sounds to me you are totally missing the point. I have met many great, intelligent young people in Wow and many of them have told me their situations. Many of them hate being addicted...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2432
The game isn't designed to require 'abnormal' amounts of time. In fact, in most respects...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2433
You are saying the game is not "designed to require 'abnormal' amounts of time." Let me give an analogy you should understand, that explains what I am saying. I'll use going...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2434
Yes, that's exactly what I said. What consbreastutes an 'abnormal' amount is up for debate, of course. snipped degree...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2435
A totally flawed analogy, albeit, as WoW is not a university degree program, in any way shape or form. It's...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip
Actually the discussion should end here. There are millions of people playing baseball for fun, or in lower level leagues. A few minutes...
Funniest Wow Welcome Screen "tip" 2437
Yelps It does not mean progressing to the end of the game. It means to enjoy...
World of Warcraft HTe Buring Crusade Beta Test
Catriona R That's correct. Given what more information became available, it is quite unlikely there will be a widespread distribution of...
Priest Type
Awesome at higher levels probably. As a new (first time) Priest at lvl 25, (twinked) I respecced from a Disc-Holy Priest to...
Priest Type
A shadow priest can perfectly heal every 5 man instance in the game when he's at the instances level. I've run DM north with a 52 (+-- a level...
BC druid talents & spells preview cut&paste
Balance Cyclone Requires Level 70 249 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast Tosses the enemy target into the air, preventing all action but making them invulnerable for up to 6 sec. Only one target...
Stampede Thru the Stockades A Justus Journey
WARNING: This post contains bloggish types of entries, so if one has a disdain for these types of threads, take this exit...
Stampede Thru the Stockades A Justus Journey
The Stockade is the shortest instance, and has the least interesting loot. Its a matter of convenience being in SW. I've run it solo wa 40s hunter a few times just to...
Betray your Faction
Hey all, This group seems to be a bit more rational and well-informed than the normal wow boards so i thought I'd carry a question over...
Betray your Faction
Areric I really like this idea. Each side would have a series of quests, which would mean you could do it twice... once over, and once back, and never...
That Horde Orc Player Could Have Kicked Zam's Butt,... But
There was Zam running from the Ashenvale into The Barrens doing the Mage Summoner quest on a PvE server. He was skirting along the east hill away from whoever was around,... or...
easy XP quest chains
Hmm I never did that quest on my main (who needs keys when you can just pick the lock... and in any case I never used that gate), maybe I...
Expansion Shadow Mend Talent
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:45:42 GMT, Snowblade Yes, on those *few* occasions where I can't survive without a heal, I am also annoyed about the need...
aq & naxx healing aggro revisted
i want to get off topic real quick first, and state that our 3rd week in naxx proved very successful. friday evening we returned aq40 after clearing up to the twin emps...
shadow priest or mage for battlegroundspvp 2450
That's why I play AV. I do see a lot of Horde shadow priests in AV, but on the Alliance side most all priests are spec'd as holy. We all heal...
shadow priest or mage for battlegroundspvp 2451
I play a Shaman. And Warrior. And Warlock. I also play a Paladin alt on Alliance. I know just about every side of this discussion. What have you...
shadow priest or mage for battlegroundspvp 2452
Every side of the discussion except, apparently, the priest side. Two "healing clbuttes"... one in mail, the other in...
No Waiting
As alluded to previously, while waiting for AV's and AB's to pop I have Keichan mine mithril for Ayakochan's engineering. Latest batch of Mithril Frag plants used up all my stock of...
More about AV
I had yet another somewhat unusual experience in AV last night. For one thing it...
More about AV 2455
One of the big problems with long AV games is you get less and less honor the more you kill the same players. I would...
More about AV 2456
You were obviously in the thick of the fighting. Any enemy player that dies within some distance of you (40 yards?) gives you an...
More about AV 2457
SCraig I love long AVs. The 20-minute blitzes to Frostwolf are dull as dirt. The game only gets interesting when it turns into a slugfest at...
More about AV 2458
which is exactly what i do. my shaman loves to be in the middle of the battle and doesn't give a rat's arse if she gets healed or not. if she's getting beaten on by...
More about AV 2459
Indeed, it's one of the reasons why I've hated the PVP system in WoW and avpoided it completely so far. Hmm, it's another way of thinking of...
Potion between Elixir of Wisdom and Elixir of Greater Intellect
They pretty much are. No, not for general playing. The only time they would help...
0.5 worth it 2461
The 3 armour pieces are friendly, honoured and revered, the necklace increases in quality with each rep level you gain and...
0.5 worth it 2462
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:32:00 +0100, Jimbob I, too, am a casual gamer. I upgraded the first three 0.5 set pieces and I even managed to do the Baron...
First Aid vs. Reputation vs
WARNING: This post contains a elements for a discussion, elements of which some people might have figured this out long before me, perhaps even...
First Aid vs. Reputation vs
Orion Ryder Faction-City Rep isn't used for much of anything in the game, once you get the discount at Honored (?). Plus...
Oddball Flight Path from Astranaar to Ratchet
Lol yes some flightpaths are stupid - I'm guessing you encountered the lovely Theramore-Auberdine flight as...
Priest PVE tactics
I have recently created a new undead priest and have levelled him to 27 mostly doing instances with my...
Priest PVE tactics
Good start but add another spell or two in - I'd mind flay after the dots are up (to slow it in reaching you), then...
Interesting Scholo run
Had what was probably my most enjoyable scholo run last night and thought I'd post about it to see if any other casuals (i.e. non raiders) have tried similar things. Our guild is both...
New weapon required...possibly
I've done both dual-wield fury and 2h MS builds. I tried dual wield Fury with 2 Flurry Axes and was not happy with the results. I eventually moved to dual Fury with a...
an unusual thing happened on the boat
robbo Actually, boats are strange anyway. They are in fact mini-instances. Without loading screen, without any outside changing appearance that...
BG rep grinding advice
Not in AV. As an alliance player, we often get just a much or more honor than the Horde even when we lose. Of course that...
Bots 2472
BTW, I think I have found a 'bot' which is using nothing more than an old clbuttic macro program (IE *no* logic...
Bots 2473
update... there's a level 60 rogue called "rogure" in felstone field now. he's been there a few nights and up until...
A Medal of Honor to My Friend WD
NEWSFLASH This program contains transmittals detailing heroic acts of bravery; so if you are offended by worthy news commendating acts of heroism then change...
warrior rolling on valor
after a year of trying to find time to level this warrior alt, i finally finished sunday morning...finally lvl60. :D since dec. 04...
Tank Paladins for Dummies 2476
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:27:56 +0200, "Torquemada." Again, late getting to the thread, but as already...
Tank Paladins for Dummies 2477
Thanks ald, Tis' true we ouwld rather edumacate said individual before making apariah of him...
Tank Paladins for Dummies 2478
Well that pally did a much better job last night. We hit the Warmongers as he and another guildie needed them. We had a party of four and met up with...
Tank Paladins for Dummies 2479
Tanking and Pulling as a paladin is difficult but can be done. mining. Considering the number of useful...
rant: my worse WoW weekend ever
I buttume you are talking specifically about BG instances (It sucks in mornal instances too) The BG desertion penalty ought to be much higher, I would like to see that if you desert a BG...
What becomes of BG come BC 2481
Apoptygma The token system is for world PvP and the battlegrounds. The arena system will have its own parallel set of...
What becomes of BG come BC 2482
Peter Ellis They both sound like very good systems, although I can't see how the arena system would work in the respect that a team could get to position #1 then just...
Max pet skills
Given those figure are accurate, we have 234.6-1.5 DPS while not under the effect of bestial wrath. BW has a 2 min cooldown and goes 18s - let's...
Best alliance build for beginner PVP
On 3 Oct 2006 07:35:13 -0700, "steve.kaye" i'm grinding AD rep in felstone field at...
BC Shadow Priest vs Discipline Reflective Shield + Power Infusion 2485
Your points buttume: 1. You have a unlimited supply of mana. 2. You have a unlimited amount of time to act. 3. There are no outside...
BC Shadow Priest vs Discipline Reflective Shield + Power Infusion 2486
daman I use it in every fight whilst soloing. It isn't that bad on mana - for me at 35 it uses 9% of my mana which regens before...
I don't understand item colours 2487
There are epix, and there are epix :-) Everything above tier1 just doesn't fit the whole item level system anymore, and if blizzard would've been consequent the tier 3 sets would've been legendary instead...
I don't understand item colours 2488
PV Let's see what we DO knwo by now about stuff from BC: - you will be level...
I don't understand item colours 2489
I've heard this, and it makes my head spin. How does this not make Warlocks totally out of control unbalanced? with no buffs at all I'm at nearly 5000 health, and I have ridiculous amounts...
I don't understand item colours 2490
PV Rogues never get BA in a typical Vael kill. BA comes in groups of 3. The...
I don't understand item colours 2491
You're right about that - I've never really paid attention to the specifics on that. The only time it happens...
I don't understand item colours 2492
PV The scenario I envision is a server with a high population of raiding guilds that have moved past BWL, but still...
I don't understand item colours 2493
I guess I can buy that scenario, especially since I pugged the hell out of startholme when I was working on my naxx attunement, after...
I don't understand item colours 2494
PV Don't know, but health isn't everything as usual. Then again, how are warlocks atm not totally out of control unbalanced? AFAIK non-mana clbuttes can't get...
I don't understand item colours 2495
PV I think it's two casters one top aggro. I.e. after 15s one caster, after 30s second caster, after 45s the first tank. My question is: what would happen when no casters are left...
I don't understand item colours 2496
Just turn down eye candy if this is a problem. I had no problem with it even on my older computer, which was 2 years out of date when I replaced it. On...
I don't understand item colours 2497
I'm not satisfied, sorry :-) One player every 10 seconds means that after 200s (3.3 minutes) there's...
Potions nobody ever uses
What are these? I can think of the various potions of defence. The +50 armour one is kinda okay. The bonus quickly becomes minimal, but at least it...
Potions nobody ever uses 2499
Peter Knutsen Thing is, most things underwater can swim faster than you can, even with a Swim Speed potion. That said, the...
Potions nobody ever uses 2500
450 is probably alright for tanks but I wouldn't bother for myself (having no tank characters) The 50 armour one's handy for lowbie characters yes but I don't tend to bother at all...
Leroy Jenkins LIVES!!!... In Our Guild
I have a new name for my friend's pally, the one who loves to tank and agro mobs in our general direction...
At Uther's I Saw a Level Ghoul
This morning just out of curiosity, after getting all the turtle meat and the mountain lions, Zam walked the road towards the Plaguelands. It was a...
I need a new chest piece 2503
I missed this comment when it was originally posted, but some people sure do pick up tailoring just for the clbutt...
I need a new chest piece 2504
Just had to drop in my post here, I've been 60 a while, wearing 3 tier 0.5 parts, a couple...
Hunters: +agi vs +crit% +1% spell crit chance or +spellpower spinoff 2505
On 3 Oct 2006 07:50:45 -0700, Babe Bridou Duh, and I almost broke my brain trying to figure this out :) Thanks for the hint, I'll have a...
Hunters: +agi vs +crit% +1% spell crit chance or +spellpower spinoff 2506
JohnR a écrit : People have been doing some insane reverse engineering. The way an attack is resolved is kind of like this. an "attack roll" is...
Hunters: +agi vs +crit% +1% spell crit chance or +spellpower spinoff 2507
Nope, that's not what I said. Normally, you swing and the blizzard random number generator picks one of 'crit', 'hit', 'miss', 'parry', 'dodge' etc. according to the appropriate percentages. A...
Hunters: +agi vs +crit% +1% spell crit chance or +spellpower spinoff 2508
I think the terminology is very confusing. :) I don't understand what you are trying to say there. There is no 'opposing roll' as far as has been determined in WoW...
jin'do the hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Thomas J. Boschloo Jindo is immune to taunt. You need 2 warriors fighting for aggro and the dps to lay off a bit at the start...
Rogue back stab macro
Tack schrieb: you got to do this by hand Keys during unhidden 1 attack 2 stealth 3 sinister strike 4 Kidney shot 5 Slice and Dice 6 eviscerate 7 Gouge 8 Sprint 9 Bow...
Hunter Pet leveling question
I can confirm it, last night I abandoned Broken Tooth, I leveled him to 40, and while killing...
Question About Demoralizing Shout
When the beasts run from the battle, for that incredibly "long" length of time, that being an incredivbe 8 seconds (sheesh - talk about a...
Level 51 in Alterac Valley
My warrior entered AV at level 51. His first time ever was a win and he picked up an Ice Barbed Spear for his effort. (And respecced an Arms - Polearms build.) He's been...
Elite dragons in Swamp of Sorrows no longer elite 2514
Shows you what I get for not paying attention to them *and* just blindly listening to others (j-k to the OP) :) Hmmm. I'll try to check that...
Elite dragons in Swamp of Sorrows no longer elite 2515
I had an incredible streak in Tanaris just this morning - 4 eel swarms right next each other south...
Elite dragons in Swamp of Sorrows no longer elite 2516
Is this the area where the "captain's key" chest quest is? Kind of a peninsula south of the cove? Or are we...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them 2517
So far I have only read people saying that they think the 25 man cap on new instances is a good thing. Let me explain why I personally...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them 2518
I've done Onyxia when it was still 40-man to my guild and hated it, far too many people...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them 2519
dette: This is only true if you play with the same team, or do it with people who you've learned to play with...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them 2520
Yep. Although MC and Ony are fairly straightforward 40-man instances, with little in the way of...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them 2521
Hia Apoptygma I would maybe add even BRT to this since it's item revamp in 1.10 "even...
When BC comes Will guild seace to exists as we know them
UBRS is not really comparable - there's not more teamwork needed than in 5 man instances (less, actually). I can't understand where you...
Looking for a good Shaman build for pve
You're level 60 and you're worrying about PvE? Do you mean raiding PvE or grinding-questing and-or mats-rep farming PvE? When I...
Minimum DKP values in open bidding system
Hey guys and gals, I wanted to ask some input on a minor problem we are currently facing with our DKP system. Let...
Minimum DKP values in open bidding system 2525
We get around the problem in my guild (Tyana on Moonrunner) but not having "bids" for items. The person who qualifies...
Minimum DKP values in open bidding system 2526
My guild uses silent bidding where the item goes for 2nd highest bidder's bid + 1. But since your question was about minimum DKP -- I...
Minimum DKP values in open bidding system 2527
Not sure why you want to set a minimum value. The value will pretty much set itself...
Profession attractiveness for each clbutt
Just some thoughts about whihc professions and profession pairs might be attractive to various clbuttes. Most clbuttes: Herbalism and Alchemy. Having a ready supply of potions is always attractive. Potions of Healing, Mana...
Profession attractiveness for each clbutt 2529
On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:34:29 +0200, Peter Knutsen Herbalism and Alchemy are probably the best 2 tradeskills in the...
Profession attractiveness for each clbutt 2530
I'd say forget making anything for yourself to wear. For a fraction of the cost of leveling the tradeskill you could've...
Profession attractiveness for each clbutt 2531
But tradeskills don't have to be all about money, there's also the fun factor - and to me making my own armour is much more fun then...
Profession attractiveness for each clbutt 2532
Peter Knutsen Well, for one I would have sorted it by clbutt properly. It's really difficult to see which profession the recommendation is now. The...
Paladin vs spellcasters 2533
PV hm, if you are trying to heal through fast damage you probably wanna use concentration aura...
Paladin vs spellcasters 2534
Ville-Matti Kiili To be honest, if you are a send pally, there's no silver bullet for you. That's because paladins...
Paladin vs spellcasters 2535
well, heh, thanks for pointing that out. Got a dilemma there. But one thing I do wanna bring out is that pallies are not...
Paladin vs spellcasters 2536
It's tough for a shadow priest to kill a pally though. Well, it's tough for everyone to kill a send pally. Yeah, shadow priest is another pain in the butt...
Paladin vs spellcasters 2537
On 8-10-06 21:27, Simon Nejmann That applies to every clbutt. Those are not even wrth mentioning. In my opinion paladins have a very non-linear growth in the typical wower career. Basically, they do...
Good allround guide
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:17:42 +0100, "Paul O'Neill" The two aren't mutually exclusive. Get a second screen. I moved to a double-headed graphics card a month or so ago, and...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2539
There's the 3 winged instance Dire Maul in Feralas. 3 winged, because it has 3 different entrances (not counting backdoors...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2540
The trap is a fixture on the ground. You only need the widget and oil to make it work and anyone can use them to set it. Once the trap is...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2541
Hunters don't miss? In absolutely no way is that true. Redoubt: 45 armor, 15 sta, 7 def Sergeants cape...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2542
Christian Stauffer a écrit : You're wrong about the def vs armor part for tanks. And now that I...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2543
Brian a écrit : I've tanked all in MC except Ragnaros. I'll tell you about Razorgore next week. And I say you're following a scheme that has been overly induced by that "arms-fury...
When looting goes *OW NOES!*... 2544
Christian Stauffer We've had tons of dicsussions like this in the past here in AGW, but in my experience...
First locks to pick horde
I think you need to go and do the quest to skill your lockpicking up - it should send you to a boat near Ratchet, and that boat contains "practice boxes" where you can skill up...
Any info about Priest racials on the expansion yet
I found the following link information interesting: "Burning Crusade items will no more contain normal direct statistics like "1% spell crit" or "1% parry". At some...
Any info about Priest racials on the expansion yet
Yes, if I got it right. The conversion will be like this: An item that currently grants 1% crit...
Equivelant cities in EQ 2548
Like you, I consider the humans and nelfs to be the bad guys. They're too arrogant to see how wrong they are...
Equivelant cities in EQ 2549
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:56:19 GMT, AlphaWoolf Fascinating read, I like it - guess I'm a geek too then, I love posts like this...
Why do you play
Well that was me too. I've played many a mmog and always seemed to reroll once I got...
Newbie Mage Question
Stantion Hello! I can't add much to what others have already written, but I'll try. Eventually, you will be able to use a Staff, Dagger...
Are secondary profession actually useful in the long run
Umm, you will need a bit more than that... The cooking recipie is a part-way reward from the "open Ahn'Qiraj" questline...
How to play WarCraft
Peter Knutsen this is specifically why I put "real-time strategy" in quotes, as it is...
Hunter TBC talents online
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:10:33 +0100, "Trevor Wilson" Yeah I'm not over the moon about that either, the 5...
How much will BC change
It's quite common to get the MC prequest done at level 55-58 (can't be obtained before level 55), when people...
Man, do I love the Hunter
Don't get me wrong, I have had a LOT of fun with my Rogue, plenty of world PVP, AV till Exaulted. But I joined an end game raiding guild...
vampires in wow
Wouldn't it be fun if there was a vampire mob in warcraft, that gives you some sort of vampire disease if it bites you and you can only clear it...
Nerds are peeED at WoW South Park Episode
On 10-10-06 20:31, The Mott-w Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip I don't see the reason...
tale of a depressed Darkmoon Faire ticket recipient 2559
Having done 2 turn-ins, once for each necklace, I can safely say I'll never do it again. :) The grind is brutal for the animal parts. My warlock did it...
tale of a depressed Darkmoon Faire ticket recipient 2560
Uhm, considering that 1% crit is equal to 53 agility, I really can't see how the Darkmoon amulet...
19 Lock Tactics in WSG
Jimbob What are "standard" greens? With the proper greens and a couple of blues you can (and should) get over...
great weekend
cant believe i forgot the best part of the weekend! last night, we went to naxx to play. razivous...
end game planning
I'm now L57 (dwarven hunter) and advancing rapidly in level. I'm now faced with 'what do I do now'? The guild I currently am a member of...
end game planning 2564
The hardest pieces to get are the helm, chest, and legs; each has a 12.5% drop rate off of the respective boss. So right there you're looking at an...
end game planning 2565
If you're going for 8-8 it might take awhile. How old is your server? Is there pug onyxia? ZG? MC? With...
end game planning 2566
AD rep: Easy to get to exalted if you follow the path on wowwiki. Basically do the cauldron quests then grind to honored by killing around the cauldrons. Keep all...
premades in BGs 2567
The thing that bugs me most about PUGs is not the enemy - it's the people on your side. I never leave a BG muttering about how I had no chance of winning...
premades in BGs 2568
Hi Trevor Wilson well, I've done premades (but not specially pvp premades, just asking around in the guild and the raid) and I've done PUGs...
premades in BGs
No. Only allowing them to play when there's another premade queued at the very same time is...
premades in BGs 2570
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:05:05 +0200, "Christian Stauffer" no. making them fight on an equal footing is :) fair enough. i did say "a few" maybe i should have qualified...
premades in BGs 2571
Not 1 leader because but a few that reported all the time where the enemy is. Yes Yep :) Not really strategy (since...
VICTORY!!! Despite the Random Number Generator
Has anyone here ever don't that quest up in the Highlands, the one right after the Escort-Courier Kill Quest, the one where you have to now escort the Druid, Kinedel...
The official forums
Um, try reading the info properly, Blizz stated that most of those *will* work. Certainly click heal and group buttons will, it's only bot-like addons that...
So you can 'talk' to other players in Wowmy dream come true
Catriona R schreef: I bet WoW2 (when they have milked out WoW BC enough) will have voices in your...
newb question on Heroic Strike
A few posibilities, (others will confirm or deny or add mroe) 1) It is still there but your action bar has scrolled to the next...
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