Im lovin this game so far, I still have like no clue what im doin though lol, im a level 4 dwarf warrior i think, anyone here playing it? what do you think of it?


im going out now but when i get home im gonna be up like all night playing it like the old days of asherons call :S

ps. i need to get in contact with Gonk, anyone who has contact with him have him reply here or PM me

So...your finally gonna leave AC after what...four years? :p

I bought WoW two days ago. Now, I don't have an extensive history of MMORPGs seeing as how the only others I have played are City of Heroes (which I've never played a character past lvl 14 because it gets so damn boring) and I played about a week of Ultima Online several years ago.

When I first started playing WoW, it sucked. All the servers were having major lag issues that pertained to item databases. However, those issues were quickly resolved and it now flows smoothly. Even on occasion when I get a ping of 600+ I still don't notice any lag. Now, I'm going to break it down category by category (note: I've only been playing two days, so this is in occordance with what I know).

Graphics: Really Good. Not Doom 3 or Half Life 2 good, but still pretty good.

Sound: I like a lot of the music on there(though music played might be class specific). SFX seem a little shaky and sometimes the sound gets alot of static, but then I think that is just my computer because that happens with Far Cry as well.

Quests: These are awesome. So far I have never been in a shortage of missions(unlike CoH) and I like how they combine grinding and missions in this game. Makes it more enjoyable. The only thing I have to gripe about is sometimes the missions are too vague on where to go. Then again, figuring out where you are supposed to go is probably the point of the mission.

Community: Despite the *****ers on my first day(about the lag), the community is rather good. The same questions get asked like "Where is Devlin Agamand? I need to kill him," or "Where do I get linen?" and I have yet to hear people say "OMG! SHUT UP! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ASKING THESE SAME GOD DAMNED QUESTIONS!? AAAAHHHH!!!" It's a generally helpful community.

Layout: I haven't met a load area. I've gone for Deathknell, to Brill, to Undercity, to The Selphucher(sp?)(which is easily 2-3 miles) and I haven't had any load areas(once again, unlike CoH). Some of the areas, namely Undercity, are kind of confusing, but I think Undercity was meant to be complex and confusing.

Death: I love how they have done death in this game. When you die, you have three options when your ghost spawns in a nearby graveyard. You're first option is to talk to the spirit in the graveyard and have it ressurect you. If you do this, you lose 10% durability on all equipment and some XP. You're second option is to have another player ressurect you. When this happens, I think you still lose 10% equipment durability and you are transported to the ressurecting players position plus you get a penalty to abilities for a short time(known as resurrection sickness). The third option is to run to your body and ressurect yourself. There are no penalties for doing this, other than accidently spawning yourself in the middle of a group of enemies.

Equipment: Maybe it's just me, but good equipment and abilities are quite expensive. One thing I love is that on weapons they list the weapons damage range, speed, and damage per second. The DPS makes it a lot easier to decide what weapon you want.

Overall: I love it. In addition to everything I said above, it has a very Diablo II-esque feel, minus the camera angle. Probably the biggest disappoint is that you can not customize your character as much as I heard you could. Compared to CoH, this game doesn't have a whole lot of variety. Then again, maybe it's just because I'm Undead. 9/10 (only a 9 because I'm just a beginner).

If anyone wants to contact me in the game, I'm on the Icecrown server in Mountain Standard Time section. I'll probably be in Silverpine Forest with my (currently) lvl 12 Undead Warrior named Helion.

The Mage is considerably more fun than the Hunter.

WoW is a great great game, just not for me The world is very defined into zones, there is no wilderness really, I like that feeling of exploration being in the middle of nowhere and WoW doesn't have that. Otherwise it's a staggeringly polished MMORPG.



My first character was a hunter and I got bored fast because ranged combat in WoW is not that great, then I made a Rogue and oh boy are they fun.

Archers have been screwed up in every single MMORPG I've ever heard of. Yet the ranged mages all seem to be fine. Wonder what's up?

Archery in AC was major fun. In the other MMORPGs I've played since though...yeah :-/

I kind of liked the archery in Fable. I'll admit, I liked the whole combat system in Fable. I didn't like the game per say, but the combat system was nice. If they put Fable's combat system into Morrowwind....mmmmmm, almost perfect RPG.

But WoW beats it anyday.

I've played the open Beta for a week and I loved what I got to play. I'm getting the game for Christmas. So far the only classes I played are paladin, hunter, and druid.

Blasters (ranged attackers) used to rule in CoH. Hell they still do in terms of damage output, just they cant defend themselves so rediculously well now.

But they're getting unstoppable for the issue 3 level 41 powers I heard. So they ought to have some better defense now. Spork, you'll be surprised to hear this, but I've been playing again. :p I have a level 24 MA/SR scrapper, and I reallllllly like him.

Yeah, but their unstoppable is very gimpy compared to the Tanker version. And imagine them when it runs out, they're paper thin already...

Scrappers rule
I hear SR is still a little gimpy, though.

Not at all. I have honestly NO idea where it got that stigma. It's the only scrapper secondary that properly scales throughout the whole game. E.g., it is actually effective in the teens. But you see, once you get elude, you can CAP your defense, with NO toggles! Yes, you heard me. It's also better for AVs and really tough guys, 'cause you just don't get hit.

Also, it takes psychic energy attacks much better than invincibility does. Poor invincibility guys have no defense versus psy damage. Plus, we even get a power that gives defense versus AoE attacks. Plus, it's not in line to get nerfed like your precious instant healing come issue three. :p

Well it's got the best mez protection, I'll give you that. But when you do get hit, you get hit HARD. And you got no way to recover from said hits, except hope you dont get hit again. Plus you guys seem to have the most Endurance issues, thanks to all the toggles.

I love Regen cos damage = damage. Give it a few seconds and you've recovered from said damage, there's nothing else to it.


Also, having played a Defender for quite a while now (level 37 Kinetics/Energy), I've noticed that SR Scrappers require the most 'looking after' of the Scrappers, mainly in the way of heals. Invuln and Dark like mez protection and occasionally a heal, while Regenners need very little at all.

I'm excited.

WoW is playable on my new G5 iMac which I'll be getting for Chanukah.

YIPPEE!

...cant...stop...playing...


flank play on my server =P i joined up with a bunch of AC'ers (pepsi addict, abyysal, jaret rax etc).. im a level 5 ghome name now, heh. i LOVE it

i forget what the servers called.. starts with an I... Ice-something? I forget..think its in the mountain time zone thing

... this is the only MMORPG I want.


*Cries at inability to pay for fees*

Oh man.... I can't wait until Christmas to play this game... yet at the same time, I don't want my class finals to come... oh... THE TORMENT!!!! WHY WAS I MADE TO SUFFER????!!!!!