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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... Life at 60: Running end game instances 188 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... Life at 60: Running end game instances 189 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... Life at 60: Running end game instances 190 I agree completely! Doing end-game raids (ZG, MC, Onyxia, BWL,etc.) requires the player to... Life at 60: Running end game instances 191 Sounds like the average first time ZG visit. Did you hybernate the AoE snakes? Did you find out... Life at 60: Running end game instances 192 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... Life at 60: Running end game instances 193 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... Life at 60: Running end game instances 194 That's what I was trying to say, but Babe is better in visualising stuff like that... Life at 60: Running end game instances 195 My guild just downed Hakkar for the first time recently, and I was there for our second run. We were able... Life at 60: Running end game instances 196 Jonathan The instances do take a long time to clear, but you guild should understand if... Life at 60: Running end game instances 197 It does take a large time commitment to run high-level instances. You could organize you guild to run just one... Life at 60: Running end game instances 198 Yikes, that sounds painfully slow... Three mobs really shouldn't take longer than: " Sheep x, sheep y, kill z - all got the right target... Life at 60: Running end game instances 199 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... 25 and rich again 203 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... 25 and rich again 204 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... WOW warns gaylesbian guild 215 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... WOW warns gaylesbian guild 217 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... Couple of newbie questions 226 You can mail stuff between alts. Cost 30 c per item-stack being mailed. Many here (including me) have an alt at... Couple of newbie questions 227 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... Couple of newbie questions 229 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... Couple of newbie questions 230 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 253 I actually shelved my 60 priest about 2 months ago and I am waiting for the 1.10 patch to see if... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 254 Yes. Yes, for progressively longer as you advance. The hated bubble shield also dispels movement-impairing effects... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 255 I think you're confusing two different issues: 1) The pally has high survivability. Hate it if you want but this is by design... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 256 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 257 Those silly arguments follow completely the same illogic you used with "except at higher levels, pally hearthing is a myth." You put out... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 258 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 259 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 260 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 261 David Carson a écrit : I'm against it. The Honor system was here to give people a reason to... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 262 Good points. And I agree with you about some of the reasons why a pvp server is fun, and those aspects... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 263 Paul Vader Blizzard's stated policy is that, whenever possible, unpleasant player behavior should be handled by PVP. This is a... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 264 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... 1.10 Priest Changes are almost ready 265 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... When can i melt faces 271 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... Pickup group fun 277 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... 1.10 small group epics 283 David Carson Here's another link that talks about the items. It's an interview with Jeff Kaplan, one of... 1.10 small group epics 284 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... Clubbing Rogue 288 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... Any word on resbreastution for long server delays and queues since Christmas 299 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... How do you loot ML or Group 318 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... How do you loot ML or Group 319 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... 1.10 priest changes cont. 322 Reg LeCrisp diversity is fine. however, what i meant was this. for paladins (i have a lvl54), they moved... 1.10 priest changes cont. 323 Excuse me?!? I WANTED an effective healing priest. As you say, holy has always been about healing... and it is... 1.10 priest changes cont. 324 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... 1.10 priest changes cont. 325 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... What did you expect at lvl 60 other content 365 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...