Hans

One of my girl friends played the same/more than I do, and I played ALL the time. I never had a probem managing job/dating/school, but at the same time, dating a person who played wow as kind of annoying tbh.

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Zorak

I'm done with WoW, the internet here is shockingly appalling, don't miss it really, I use the money I save in the pub so all is good

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"...I will die alone, upside down, in a pub toilet."


Hey hey, My my, Rock and Roll can never die.

Hans

Yeah, at my campus it gets rough at peak hours, I cant imagine it sucking 24/7.

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Zorak

my problem is I have to make do with wireless. The government says we can't drill holes in and run wire around this building - and I don't care what anyone might say, wireless cannot adequatley sustain 1000 users.
Anyone who says different works for a wirless router company.

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"...I will die alone, upside down, in a pub toilet."


Hey hey, My my, Rock and Roll can never die.

Minor Axis

Lol! You mean you don't like being a secondary priority?

Yep ethernet is better than wireless.

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"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"

Hans

Wires will always be better than wireless, but i play wireless at home, and it runs faster than any other connection I use (but its a different ISP).

Anyways, as for my gf, Im very, very low maintenance in a relationship. If someones busy, thats all good. It was more of her never wanting to do ANYTING that involved effort, didnt get a job, took a semester off school. On top of that, A LOT of wow guys hit on wow girls, myself included when Im bored. That didnt bother me until one of them sent her a real life mail, then I just said fuck it lol.

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AnitaBeer

I use an aircard and have no issues at all with it.

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Men are like a deck of playing cards...you need:
A heart to love him
A diamond to marry him
A club to smash his head in, and
A spade to bury the bastard!

groundpounder

lingo - love it!

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Fracture

I played it for a few weeks but it got extremely boring, quickly. I think I got to level 20 as an Undead Priest.

AnitaBeer

Ya leveling sucks! But once ya hit 70 it's fun.

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Men are like a deck of playing cards...you need:
A heart to love him
A diamond to marry him
A club to smash his head in, and
A spade to bury the bastard!

Hans

MMOs arent for anyone, you definitely have to do un-fun things to have more fun which after, but most every game is like that anyways.

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Minor Axis

I may be loosing my mind, but I'm considering restarting WoW. I've got 5 characters, the top toons are a L60 Human Paladin, and aL53 Night Elf Hunter, a L30-something Night Elf Priest, a L20- Human Warlock. I've been told that TBC has a lot of 5 man instances. I'm really thinking that I could restart and do only two nights a week. (Imagine the alcoholic with only two drinks a week. ) I just have to ponder if I want to get back into the highly attractive rat race again. Remember, I'm mostly interested in PVE and small party questing and I am an Armorsmith, for whatever that is worth.

I realize they have done a ton of class balancing since I bailed. What's the latest conventional wisdom on strong solo classes? Blizzard seems to think that the Warlock is an excellent Solo Class. But Shadow Priest has always intrigued me too.

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"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"

Hans

70 is totally different than 60, wow is also muuucchh more casual friendly than it was at 60, and at 80 (1 month til wrath) itll be even more casual friendly.

There are mutliple 5 mans, and a "heroic" version of the 5 man which drop better loot/badge of justices (a token system to buy epics). There is karazhan, which is an easy 10 man. every boss there drops epics.

As for soloing class, Warlocks are definitely strong. As are geared enhancement shamans, hunters, or PvE geared rogues.

Resto druids are the most represented class in PvP right now, shamans are typically the most in demand pve healer for their DPS buffs/healing capabilities. However, a major content patch is releasing on tuesday and level 80 talent trees will be open, so all of this shit is only gonna be up to date for a few more days

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Hans

Idk if this will help, but there are also "arenas" in WoW, creating competitive PvP. I am a multi-season, multibracket (2v2/3v3/5v5 are the current sizes), multi-character gladiator (top 0.5% percent in one of the three brackets).

Cowmu1.wmv - FileFront.com

Thats a video I made, its from my warriors point of view.

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Minor Axis

I lost my mind and signed up for the 10 day trial. Trying to figure out what characters I want to push up. I've realized something about WoW and it's only taken me 4 years. If you want a MMO which focuses on exploration, you are not going to really get that in WoW. You will visit new zones and possibly be wowed by the scenery however this game is all about the end game- raiding or instances of varying sizes. I think if you don't over do it, the 5 player instance is just about the best thing going in online gaming. They really are fun.

But if you look at the game when I originally quit, most of the end game focused on 40 player raids and I hated it, absolutely. And I was burned out from playing too much, 20+hrs per week. Plus TBC, the first expansion has a large number of 5 player instances and I think WLK will have lots too. I think if you can get up to the cap and don't play every day, the instance experience can be a blast.

Regarding rich and rewarding exploration- the WoW game world is just too shallow with loads of kill and collect quests which get repetitive fairly fast.

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"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"