Anyone still playing World of Warcraft?
 

And if so, we should get a FOFC night going sometime. I haven't had much chance to play lately due to a cold type bug, but I'd like to get some of the old group together

I deleted my Toon, but my daughter has been playing for a bit and I have a Death Knight that I can play.

recovering addict, now going on 2+ years of wow-sobriety

I play but not as much as I used to because of school. Probably a few times a week and really never on the weekend, I spend that time with my wife usually.

Saldana plays regularly.

Sal and I both have toons on Lighteninghoof. He has an 80 hunter and a priest around 40. I have a 67 mage and a 55 warrior. All Horde.

We both also have toons on Lothar. The only one I really play on there is my 57 alliance rogue, and I play it almost exclusivly these days.

we use ventrilo to chat when we play. I would love to play with you guys if I can find the time.

What servers are you guys on? I would be cool with rolling a new toon also.

I have a few 80's on Akama. Though my hunter Deretha from the old FOFC guild is the best geared of them.

I'm on Moon Guard (mostly allys, top a 72 warrior, couple of hordies too) and Sentinels mostly.

Im afraid of trying it out and getting hooked

well, DC, I'll tell ya what. They're having a special right now.. they have a "Refer-a-friend" option that you get your first month and the base game (you'd be able to play 6 of the 8 races, and up to level 60 content) for $5. Can I tempt ya? :D

Recovering addict here as well - been "clean" for about 8 months. My problem is that my favorite part of the game is end-game raiding, and it is not possible to participate in that facet of the game without an absolutely ridiculous time-commitment. I am very happy with the time I spent as a hardcore raider - I led a guild who achieved four server-firsts in Ulduar, and also managed to down OS 3-Drake while it was current content. Those six or so months were easily my favorite time playing the game. I just couldn't keep up with juggling the (massive) ego problems of running a competitive guild, keeping my toon up to the best of his ability, learning and applying new strategies and preparing not only my toon, but my entire guild for raids with consumables, etc.

I still have two 80's (Rogue and Druid) and 4 70+ toons on Detheroc Alliance side, but I've let my accounts go inactive. I want badly to reactivate for Frozen Throne, but realistically, although I'm best in slot everywhere pre-Ulduar, I'm not geared enough for progression content, and I no longer have a guild. Once it's been up for a while, I may troll the recruiting forums to see if someone will take on a melée DPS who knows his class, doesn't care about loot, and just wants to see the content. Even so, I'm not sure I can put in the time simply to farm for raid consumables anymore.

I am the total opposite of Vince. I have no interest in raiding at all. I don't think I could deal with the massive weenies and how seriously they take it. I prefer to solo or play with a very select group of people I know. I enjoy leveling up and getting new gear, etc... but I have just had to many bad experiences with immature dicks in instance groups. I will almost never run an instance unless it is with a friend in real life or someone from my guild. I have even had bad experiences with people from my own guild. I just can't handle people who are total weenies, which is about 95% of the people who play.

That being said I do love the game, I just think I play it different then most people. For me hitting 80 is almost like ending the game.

Account is currently inactive, but hasn't been all that long since I played. Have 2 80s and 2 70+ on Moonrunner.

Also have the toon on Moon Guard from when we played before (think he's at 60) but don't even remember what class he is.

You're evil!

and this comes as a surprise HOW? :)

I really enjoyed the game up to level 70 (I was level 58 when Burning Crusade was released), but was hooked completely and totally by the massive scripted encounters of raiding. I had to put up with an absolute travesty of errors and douchebags to raid, but I can't begin to tell you the amazing feeling that was downing that boss we had been working on for two weeks. To be able to share that with 24 other people was simply amazing.

I have low level guys on several different servers. I'm an altoholic and I think the highest level I've ever been is 43 or something. Yes I'm lame.

I still play regularly, although "regularly" tends to mean a couple of hours twice a week along with a 3-hour raid on Wednesday nights. I happen to be in a great (and big) guild, and this has made a ton of difference. I raid with a "2nd-tier" group of raiders (to differentiate us from the hard-core progression types) and we just do Wednesdays, welcoming in new raiders and learning the fights and also teaching those new to raiding how to deal with the mechanics involved. Very laid back and fun, and yet we've still managed to get about 3/4ths of the way through Ulduar.

The other great thing about being in a big & friendly guild is that there's almost always enough people to get together for 5-mans, and generally a ton of lower-level alts for lower content.

So, it remains enjoyable, and I'm happy I've been able to see, and contribute to downing, "endgame" content without putting in a huge time commitment.

so any thoughts on getting something together Foz?

Still playing. Have a level 80 hunter on Gnomeregan. I don't play nearly as much as I used to, but I do show up for our Mon-Wed 6-9 raid nights. Currently the 2nd best geared hunter horde side, wooot!

Well, you guys know my schedule, so we'll have to figure something out about having a fun night getting togethere

Stopped playing a few months ago. Someone (dubb?) started a dual-boxing dynasty and it looked interesting so I gave it a shot. Was fun, but I needed to cut a few monthly expenses and two WoW accounts was a bit too much, and I was playing other games so I canceled the subscriptions. I plan to get back into it (dual-boxing) sometime in the future when I get done playing the games I have now.

Yea that was me. Dual-boxing was fun but I found out that it just wasn't my cup of tea. I think both of those characters from the dynasty are still at the level 17 mark they were, and like you, I canceled the second account.

I haven't played since the beginning of August or something. My wife became rather tired of me playing so much, and it is a huge time commitment, especially raiding.

I have several 70's and at least one 80. Not sure that I want to play again, but I might be up for it again at some point.

I tend to play the same way as you Lathum. Level 80 is the goal, then all that is left is the absurd rep grinding, achievements, and PvP.

So are the majority of the people here on the horde side, or alliance?

I have both.

My 3 mains are a 67 Horde Mage, 55 Horde Warrior and 60 Alliance Rogue. I play the rogue a lot more these days, I really enjoy that class.

Romagoth, whats your favorite class? All of them? ;)

I have an 80 Undead Warlock, 80 BE Priest and 62 Tauren Warrior. Haven't played much lately. I was an officer in a big raiding guild, and that shit burnt me out so bad I stopped playing for 4 months. Now I only group or raid with people in my guild or friends, I avoid puging.

hmmm, the common theme I see here is people get burnt out on raiding.

do you guys prefer PvP or non PvP?

I personally can't stand PvP which is probably why I don't play my Mage and Warrior as much. They are on the first server I used and me and Sal are on there for a few reasons. I would love to move them to the server my Rogue is on but I would also have to switch factions and that is an expense I can't justify to my wife.

But it is awesome getting ganked and camped by someone 40 levels above you.

I have an 80 warlock that is my favorite, but I also like my rogue and paladin.


I was burnt out on raiding as well, and I never did it nearly as much as others seem to. Some people just take that shit waaaay too seriously and it becomes their life.

How much does it cost to switch factions? I stopped playing before Blizzard implemented this.


Yeah it is, especially as a clothie. Nothing like having your fear spell resisted as you are being beaten to a pulp.

$30 per faction change and $25 for a server move. So it would be $110 for me to do it for my 2 mains. No way I can sell that to my wife, which sucks because I am in an awesome guild on the alliance server I am on. Lothar.

I rolled a hunter alt on that server, but I didn't get into it, to much trouble controlling my pet and such.

I missed this last week.

All of my toons are on Alleria, but I am willing to start a new toon on another server or transfer one of my non-80s to a new home. I only have 1 horde toon, but I am willing to faction change as well. You guys say when and where and I will play with you if you'll have me.

Not sure how everyone feels about rolling new toons, but I would be willing to roll a new toon, preferable on a non-pvp server, and we could all level up together.

Obviously some people can play more than others, but as people level up faster no reason they can't help someone else level.

What say you guys?

dola- this thread is killing me, I am in the busiest time of the year for me and now all I want to do is play WoW with my rogue that just got its flying mount.

i play pretty much every night

I capped 80 about a month ago and got into a guild that is kind enough to help carry a fresh cap through heroics and 10 mans...im up to 25 man naxx now, and have gotten helped along into some harder stuff...one thing i have realized that it isnt all just about gear...more of it is knowing what to do in certain fights, which is made a WHOLE lot easier with DeadlyBossMods (i recommend it if you dont have it)

my priest on Lightninghoof is at 48

on Lothar, I have a 50 Tauren Druid and 65 Tauren DK, plus a 31 Draeni Pally

i would definitely roll a new toon on any realm we can agree on and commit one or two nights a week to playing with you guys, i think it would be alot of fun

i have a vent server (only 10 slot, but easily expandable) that I would be happy to give to everyone to use

dude....try sitting at work all day after having just gotten your epic flying mount before you left this morning.

I am all for starting a new toon. I don't know how well we could play together without starting new toons.

My hope is we can get a good group of 6-10 people and start running instances together when we get to 15 or so. Instances are a lot of fun when everyone has the same goals, just have fun.

DOLA - I think what it might take is someone making a decision. We'll play this faction on this server starting on this day. Hope to see you there. :)

@ vince, pt2, if you havent seen this site yet go to www.wow-heroes.com and put in your toon...you will be surprised that your gear from Uludar is not nearly as outdated as you think it might be....the only thing that came out since then was ToC and the revamped Onyxia, which was only a half tier increase...the big jump is going to be next week when 3.3. drops and the ICC tier 10s start coming out, but they are going to open the citadel in four stages, so the very last part, Fall of Arthas, probably wont be unlocked til February...i would bet you arent nearly as gear-challenged as you think

i agree...i nominate Foz since he started it...i also think it would be fun to start on a realm that no one has said they have toons on so we actually have to start over instead of twinking ourselves.

yeah, this.

I'll be home around 5:00 PST tonight, maybe I'll check it out and post something.

or Foz could do it.

Well, here's my hours the next few weeks:

Tues-Thurs 2-10 (All times eastern)
Fri/Sat 6 PM-2AM (but I work from home, so if it's quiet, I can do it)

Here's what I'm thinking.

Server: Moonguard or Sentinels
Possible Times: 10:30 PM WED or THUR, or 8:00 PM FRI/SAT, or during the SNF game or MNF games
Race: Allies

Roll up and zerg out all the stuff, I'm pretty sure if we get a group up (5 or so), we can get out of Elwynn (and Pornshire) in one night.

Why an RP realm?

EDIT - I'm just wondering. :)

Well, I found there's less assholes on RP server (too much effort for some of the disruptors etcetera/).. the two non-RP Non-PVP servers I've tried, there was guys in the starting zones stealing all the newbie kills to try to stop the newbies from levelling.

That's the craziest shit I have ever heard

dola- whats zerg mean?

We get a group of folks together and pretty much do all of the same quests and we can blow through them quickly.

Zerg is a race in StarCraft. Their early units were quick and easy to build, so there was a MP strategy of building lots of them and killing your opponents quickly, thus the term Zerg or Zerging was born.

Dola, I have never personally seen high level toons in lowbie zones being disruptive and I've probably played all of the lowbie zone Alliance side at least 20 times.

OK, as for my schedule and opinions on what Foz suggested.

I am out for sure if it is a Saturday or Sunday, I spend those days with my wife, my choice, not her being a bitch about me gaming.

10:30 PM on a weeknight seems pretty late to start playing for people on the east coast.

I can do Friday night starting anytime.

I can do Tue/ Thu anytime after about 8PM EST.

During the MNF game would probably be the best for me I can start really anytime.

I like the SNF/MNF idea. I'm always watching the game anyway, so that's doable for me.

Thursday is another good night for me. Tuesday is my only night where I have something going on.

SNF or MNF also works well for me, as neither of those nights is typically a scheduled run or my main's guild.

I was a hardcore raider pre-BC. I used to raid every night. MC, BWL, ZG, I was in a guild that run something just about every night.

So yeah, I got burned out on it. Raiding is the part of the game I hate most now.

dola...unless we all start as the same race, how do we zerg the starter zones?

doing that would make it hard to have a good balance of players.

which brings me to my next thought...are we going to coordinate classes at all...would be kind of funny to show up with 10 dps toons and no tanks or healz

if we're all humans, dwarves or gnomes (on the Ally side), it's fairly simple to meet up after level five or so (there's a tram from Ironforge to Stormwind).. Night Elves.. someone would have to get a port to IF or SW to get it done..

My plan is to be a Dwarf Paladin. So, tanking is covered.

The boat in Darkshore goes to SW now. So, that would be pretty easy as well.

I was thinking the same thing. IF and SW and use the tram and once you get enough gold or find someone cool port to Shat and set your hearthstone there.

anyone else have a strong prefrence for their class?

I usually play warriors/pallies.. I might try a priest/rogue/mage/warlock.. but you'll have to remind me not to go charging in, that clothies are a lot more vulnerable then I'm used to :)

i was gonna go with either druid or shammy...i have been told i am a pretty good healer with my druid and my priest, but have been wanting to try a shaman...either way, i will go resto, so healz will be covered unless someone else wants to do it...ive played warrior, pally, hunter, rogue, death knight, priest and druid so i can do pretty much anything in terms of role

I have never played WoW - maybe once with a 14 day trial. This could be something I may want to try. How much is the monthly cost?

its 15 bucks a month, unless you buy multiple months at a time...i buy in 3 month chunks and it is 12.99 each i think

also, if you want to start, hit one of us up for a trial membership, which gets you 10 days free, and then if/when you buy the game, you get a month of free play time, so the first 40 days end up being free

you also get some benefits from being a referred friend, most importantly the ability to summon one another to anywhere in the world, and 3x experience points for killing mobs and turning in quests any time you are playing with the person that referred you.

The base game is $5 right now through the gift a friend program (the one that lets you get to L60, and use all the races except Draneai and Blood Elves and all the classes except Death Knights:

Here's the monthly costs per their page

$14.99 USD - One Month Recurring
$41.97 USD - Three Months Recurring ($13.99 per month)
$77.94 USD - Six Months Recurring ($12.99 per month)

I would be cool rolling a mage again, warrior or a rogue, some kind of DPS.

I just dont want to be a warlock or hunter, controling another creature is to much effort for me.

Can I recommend we go with Sentinels for our realm? I created a toon on both realms tonight and Moon Guard showed as 'Full' which has the potential for queueing since there are so many folks on that realm. Warcraftrealms.com shows Sentinels having 2/3 the population.

Fine by me, although I've never had to queue up for MG.

I remember when we all started playing the first time and Moon Guard was a ghost town. It was one of the reasons I server transferred my hunter to Perenolde.

Where does the boat outside Exodar take you? We can get Draenei into it if that boat goes somewhere like SW or Mharbor (run to IF sucks but doable).

Goes to Auberdine apparently, where you can catch a boat to SW

cool, so sentinels it is...are we calling Monday the first night, or should we roll up on our own and grind out the first 8 or 10 levels on our own before then so we can work our ways to SW

Dola, I say we roll and do the starter zones ahead of time so we can get together and pwn Hogger in a 20 man raid group :D

So if I wanted to start the trial version how do I go upon doing so? What server, race, ect.? Not sure if I'm ready to commit to the $15 a month but for I'll have 14 free days to decide ;)

Sentinels: choose a race from the allies (you'll have Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, and gnome) avaialable).

I'd choose warrior as your first go round, it's simple (at lower levels), and you have a high level of armor, but any race can be done as a go round

if you want a refer-a-friend number (which like i said, gives you and the person that is already a player some bonuses), pm me you email address and i will send you an invite...that invite will have a link for you to follow to create an account...once you create the account, which will include your credit card information even though nothing will get charged until you activate the full version.

after you get an account, you will have to download the client, which takes awhile...after that, you will be able to log in and it will take you to the Realm Selection screen....we are going to go to the Sentinels realm and roll Alliance characters, which means Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, or Draenei.

I will be rolling a Draenei, and I think Foz said he would be going Dwarf...nice thing about dwarves and gnomes is that they start together, and have easy access to humans...night elves and draenei will have to do a little bit of work to get to everyone else in Stormwind (human/alliance capital city)

as far as classes go, Warriors and Paladins are the tank classes, but as they level can be used to be damage dealers. Mages, Hunters, and Warlocks are ranged damage dealers. Rogues are Melee damage dealers. Druids and Shamans can be anthing...tanks, melee or ranged damage, or healers Priests can be either healers or ranged damage dealers

if you go to WoW -> Info -> Classes
there are some simple pro/con lists for each class and tells you what kind of armor and weapons you can use

Shamans can heal, be very good melee dps or very good caster dps. They can't tank.

Though as we are playing alliance you won't have access to the shaman unless you have an account with the Burning Crusade expansion attached to it.

Well I don't see anyone who has stepped up as a warrior I think I'll roll a dwarf warrior.

How about a Rogue? I played one while I was playing EQ and I liked that class. Saldana I'll PM you now... only problem is I forgot about the refer-a-friend last night while starting up a and d/l the trial. Playing the trial version is the same as the full version? Will I be able to group with you guys? Could I just use a different e-mail address?

Rogue would be good. I have a 61 human rogue that is by far my favorite toon.

We need ranged DPS. :) Someone needs to be a Mage or Warlock or even a Shadow Priest. My main is a Shadow Priest. They are sexay.

There are limits to the trial version due in large part to gold farmers. Anyone with a full version of the game can invite you to a group, and you can quest with them, but you will not be able to start a group by yourself. You won't be able to trade items with each other. There may be others but those are the 2 big ones that come up when starting out.

I'm probably going to roll a mage, or a shaman not sure yet but both will fill the ranged dps role we seem to need.

you also cant use in game chat, but I have Vent so we wont need it

server name = Richs Server
IP = 205.234.153.26
port = 5424
password = richsserver

i sent you the invite, if you cant use it, no big deal, you get the same amount of time for free

Well, my gear from Ulduar...doesn't exist. I quit shortly after we started Ulduar (we were one of two guilds on our server working on Vezax), and was pretty unlucky on drops our first two trips through. So I didn't end up getting any Ulduar gear at all. While I'm as decked out as you can get otherwise (including every single rogue weapon), I'd still be a tier behind. I haven't looked into the new raid instance after Ulduar, so I'm not sure how tough it would be to drag my lower DPS through there...or how hard itnwould be to convince a guild to drag me through Ulduar to get my gear up to snuff.

That being said, you're not helping me stay away :)

This last time I quit playing WoW, I uninstalled the entire game, even the addons, and sold it. I don't really feel up to buying the game again at this point...

Has anyone had a problem looking up characters in the armory?

TotC is pretty easy. As long as you can pull around 3-3.5k dps you'll be fine. The fights are pretty easy, and there's no trash. A decent pug on my server can usually clear it in a little over an hour.

You guys talk a strange language.

also the way the emblem system works now, i am in all Tier 7 or better and have never in anything harder than the first wing of Naxx

nope

What does everyone think about this idea? I'm up for it unless folks want to wait and have everyone start on the same night.

Dwarf Paladin Redi is ready!

I'm probably fine then. I don't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure I was near those numbers.

Sad to say but, if you were to come back for the 3.3 patch all the heroic instances will drop the emblems of triumph that currently get you the basic tier 9 gear for TotC. So all you would have to do is farm heroics for a little bit and get geared up.

Sounds amusing. I started up a gnome warlock named Ryche. Just reactivated my account recently after about half a year away.

Ok, so are we going to start this during SNF/MNF this week?

i thought we were, so i rolled my toon, draenei shaman, Saltana (there was already a Saldana on the realm)

did the starter quests, leveled to 6 and made my way through the island and am waiting for everyone in IF.

Redi is level 7 parked in Thunderbrew.

So who is in for tonight?....8pm EST?

I'll be on sometime around there.

so redi and saltana pwned dun morogh last night...i will be on around 9est tonight

I can be on by about 7 PM EST. I'll need to roll a toon and level up and can probably play until about 10:00 EST, then I run into dinner time here.

Is there anywhere we should meet, I'll probably level to 5 then park myself in Goldshire or Stormwind.

What realm are we on. Sentinals?

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