[tody4me]

Well, it's been a while, but in a month Blizzard is releasing yet another expansion. Yes, it's not talked about much, but I wanted to know if anyone else has been playing the game, or is planning on doing so with the expansion.

This post has been edited by tody4me: 10 October 2008 - 12:31 PM

[WolfCoder]

No.

[MorphiusFaydal]

...

Not talked about much?

Any MMO website has had almost nothing but WotLK news for months. With a little bit of WAR thrown in for variety.

But anyway. I have my preorder in. Barely missed getting a Collector's Edition.

I'm excited.

[LostPunisher]

Yeah, it's been everywhere, and it kind of makes me sick. The game really just isn't my cup of tea. Warhammer basically improved everything in WoW and then added more features. Plus it has a real universe which always makes things interesting. When you build off a franchise with that much history, there's always something more they can do. Not saying WoW sucks but if they want to keep saying that "they're the best," they're going to have to step up their game.

[MorphiusFaydal]

The 3.0.2 patch has made it feel like a whole new game. WoW, that is. And I wouldn't call the entire Warcraft history "nothing"... It's not quite as old as the Warhammer universe, but it's still a big, well written universe.

[WolfCoder]

I still prefer beating up chickens and sheep with bats to Korean metal music.

[tody4me]

Yeah, there were a few changes, and now with the new talent trees being available, makes it a bit different. With inscription being added makes herbalists (such as myself) rich quick because everyone's needing herbs now for more than just making potions.

This post has been edited by tody4me: 21 October 2008 - 10:30 AM

[Bort]

And thanks to the achievements system, I've been making an abosolute fortune on the neutral auction houses selling horde pets.

[tody4me]

Of those few of us that are here and actually were excited about the expansion, did anyone get it? Create a Death Knight yet? If so, what are your thoughts on the new character?

This post has been edited by tody4me: 14 November 2008 - 01:14 PM

[WolfCoder]

Generic name.

[MorphiusFaydal]

tody4me, on 14 Nov, 2008 - 01:14 PM, said:

Of those few of us that are here and actually were excited about the expansion, did anyone get it? Create a Death Knight yet? If so, what are your thoughts on the new character?

I got it. My main (Tauren Druid, resto normally, balance for leveling), is level 74.

And no, I haven't created a Death Knight yet. I don't know if I could go through Outland again. And my server is saturated with DKs. I'll make one eventually, but it'll be a while.

As a whole, I'm loving the expansion. It is, IMO, a hell of a lot better than "The Burning Crusade"

[Bort]

I have my death knight, but only got so far as level 58 and moving them to Hellfire Peninsula. I'm with Morphius though. Not sure if I can be bothered with Outland again just yet.

Still, Northrend is cool, and I have my paladin (retribution specced) up to level 72. I was rather peeved to discover you could not access Dalaran without either a mage or finishing a quest.

[tody4me]

I do agree, there should have been a way to get there without the use of a mage. We have a couple in the guild that I'm in so it's not a big deal for us. I feel the same about OL as the rest of you guys, I have a 65 priest that I was getting to 70 before the xpac came out, and he's still sitting in the forest. For me it's do I want to get the priest up to 70 and out the Northrend first or the DK, and do I want to level the tank up to 80 first or work on the other two, as we need tanks and healers.

This post has been edited by tody4me: 19 November 2008 - 01:17 PM

[MorphiusFaydal]

Personally, I'd like Dalaran to be completely inaccessible to all toons below level 74. Can't summon in, can't portal... It would make it more "exclusive" or getting there more of an accomplishment.

[Bort]

I disagree Morphius. Being honest, that is one of my major gripes about WoW. It is already too elitist with a lot of content being aimed specifically at high level characters.

For example, the halloween event. If you are a high level character (65+) you can go after the Headless Horseman, or do the pvp bit, or do the lower level halloween events (putting out fires). At lower levels, you can put out the fires. Even remotely looking at the pvp side of things guarantees you death and repair bills (I did the pvp quest at lvl 40 and got one-shotted by the elite guards outside UC). All of the events I have seen are like this - give the lowbies a little something to do (more like a pat on the head) and aim everything else for the high levels. I would quite like to see an event where there is a main bad guy (like Headless Horseman), but he is a scaled bad guy and can be killed by any levels. The higher your level, the higher level he is. Obviously, the loot would have to be scaled for this to work properly. No point in having a lvl 15 getting an epic item he cannot use until lvl 70. Plus, it would give the same event something new the following year.

@Tody
Everyone needs tanks/healers. I am currently levelling a priest, but I have a long way to go before I even need to worry about OL.