World of Warcraft : Warlords of Draenor

ShortWarning · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:13

With all the lag/queues since launch I've only managed to get to 93. I don't think I'll ever enjoy levelling.

I'm on Silvermoon which has had some ridiculous queues. I have considered using the free transfer but the OCUK guild I'm in seem really cool. I'll give it a few more weeks and if the queues haven't died down by then I guess they never will.

Ethan62 · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:25

I'm assuming Guilds don't work cross realm?

Newbie007 · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:40

ShortWarning said:
With all the lag/queues since launch I've only managed to get to 93. I don't think I'll ever enjoy levelling.

I'm on Silvermoon which has had some ridiculous queues. I have considered using the free transfer but the OCUK guild I'm in seem really cool. I'll give it a few more weeks and if the queues haven't died down by then I guess they never will.

If there is a free transfer option why does the OCuK guild all move off? In theory if you have all gone into the venture eyes open and going for some casual/normal raiding then moving to a less populated realm would be a decent idea as the guild shouldnt fall apart to everyone wanting different things - AH's are now both sides so the AH prices shouldnt be an issue (generally a problem moving servers, you can invite people via real ID's to for normal mode raiding too)

Edrof · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:46

Well the ore bubble has burst now, but I made 10k out of it at least

eGu_Ryan · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:58

Still haven't managed to do an instance, sitting at half way through 66 and can't wait to get out of the Spires zone. Looks lovely but I hate them birds!

ShortWarning · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:03

Newbie007 said:
If there is a free transfer option why does the OCuK guild all move off? In theory if you have all gone into the venture eyes open and going for some casual/normal raiding then moving to a less populated realm would be a decent idea as the guild shouldnt fall apart to everyone wanting different things - AH's are now both sides so the AH prices shouldnt be an issue (generally a problem moving servers, you can invite people via real ID's to for normal mode raiding too)

I probably would if it were up to me, as you say low pop isn't as much of an issue now as it used to be anyway.

Hopefully the queues will die down on silvermoon though.

Ethan62 · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:10

eGu_Ryan said:
Still haven't managed to do an instance, sitting at half way through 66 and can't wait to get out of the Spires zone. Looks lovely but I hate them birds!

Assuming you mean 96?, but I have to say that is the one zone in the expansion that I hate.

The rest of the zones are brilliant.

Newbie007 · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:12

Ethan62 said:
I'm assuming Guilds don't work cross realm?

Guilds work cross realm yes.

ShortWarning said:
Hopefully the queues will die down on silvermoon though.

Is Silvermoon linked to any other realms? My understanding is that q's wont just be for your realm it will be for all reams your linked with. I think one of the ways they have improved lag/Garrisons is by unlinking certain x-realms improvements they have made recently.

Ethan62 · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:15

Newbie007 said:
Guilds work cross realm yes.

So just to confirm its possible for I to create a guild on Sylvannas and invite "bob" who is on ragnarok?

If this is possible I really see no harm in moving to a low pop realm. I actually prefer it when its quiet and you don't have tons of people camping spawns or spamming quest givers (ROB).

ubersonic · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:21

Ethan62 said:
I actually prefer it when its quiet and you don't have tons of people camping spawns or spamming quest givers (ROB).

Me too, then Blizzard merged my realm with a high pop one as they thought mine was too quiet

Newbie007 · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:34

Ethan62 said:
So just to confirm its possible for I to create a guild on Sylvannas and invite "bob" who is on ragnarok?

If this is possible I really see no harm in moving to a low pop realm. I actually prefer it when its quiet and you don't have tons of people camping spawns or spamming quest givers (ROB).

If ragnarok is linked with sylvannas via the X-realm stuff than yes.

Ayahuasca · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:48

I think I'm slowly becoming addicted

Komedy · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:52

so far its looking like a great xpac

mohawk · 17 Nov 2014 at 14:19

im enjoying it so far, hit 100 on sunday morning mainly focusing on garrison stuff and getting followers and also a few dungeons. it would be good if they updated the armory app so you could send followers on missions from your phone!

Ethan62 · 17 Nov 2014 at 14:21

mohawk said:
im enjoying it so far, hit 100 on sunday morning mainly focusing on garrison stuff and getting followers and also a few dungeons. it would be good if they updated the armory app so you could send followers on missions from your phone!

Now that would be awesome.

Squink · 17 Nov 2014 at 14:35

Ethan62 said:
Now that would be awesome.

It would indeed be cheekily excellent

waso_dude · 17 Nov 2014 at 14:41

ubersonic said:
I did a 50 something minute queue for Skyreach because I needed the quest, the healer left after the third boss because they didn't wanna do the wind maze, then the tank died in it and rage quit, then the group fell apart

Yea skyreach is a real bottleneck currently. its only high level instance for 98/99, and then again for the ring, once tanks/healers have done it once they won't again.

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Nov 2014 at 14:51

Komedy said:
so far its looking like a great xpac

If I can actually get online?! I had today off work. Monday, currently 14:50, so kids not back from school yet and people are still at work etc, and I'm stuck in a queue of bloody 1200! I've been on the same server since 2005, and never previously had problems getting into an xpac on launch day. Now it's day 6 or something and I've not been able to get in yet! What has caused this particular xpac to bottleneck?

ubersonic · 17 Nov 2014 at 15:06

It's called "connected realms", basically they take two realms (or more) and put them on one server and "connect" them so players from each realm can see each other and interact.

The list is here: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/8715582685

It was an okay idea to combat falling subs and empty realms during MoP, however when people came back...

Calpol · 17 Nov 2014 at 15:28

Despite the odd issue with the queuing, which I think is overstated by some of the community, this is undoubtedly a great expansion. They really have done a cracking job with so many aspects. It feels familiar but also like a new game.

1. Garrison - I was sceptical about this but its really clever how they have done it and brings a whole new dimension to the game. The notion that you can NPC's grinding for professions saving your game time for more exciting pursuits is really good for those of us who are time limited.

2. Storyline - to be honest I rushed through a lot of content in TBC and Wrath but now i am taking my time and really enjoying the questing and the fact the story revolves around the player. heck I loved that bit where I returned after one of the Epic questlines in Shadowmoon and everyone was cheering me !!

3. Environment and modelling. - some really nice stuff here. Its much more graphically sophisticate than TBC. Of course the base engine is the same but the work they have done to develop new areas rather than reskinned ones like in Cata is really great. The only thing I don't like is that running animation of my Nelf Priest. Looks gay.

Overall so far its a rewarding experience and one I am, for once, not bothered about rushing through. I am lvl 93 having complete the quests in shadowmoon and some in the next zone.

Only problem is my daughter is also playing here rogue and we have 1 account and 1 pc!!

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