WoW - Tips required for a newbie!

Eliot said:
so in a year you spend 108 pounds+expansions and the game itself?
Ps3 looks a bargain to me now.

Yes but if its the only game you play then at £9 a month it is quite good value, certainly is the longest I have played a game since the Infinity Engine was spawning titles.
 
Helium_Junkie said:
The level 40 mount quest is simply a "Hey you, giev mount!"
The level 60 is a long chain involving ~500g. Its quite fun :)

Speaking to a friend today who said they were changing or have changed the epic mount quest and epic mounts only cost 80g now no clue if theres any truth in it.
 
R34P3R said:
Speaking to a friend today who said they were changing or have changed the epic mount quest and epic mounts only cost 80g now no clue if theres any truth in it.

I don't know about the warlock/paladin quests, but I just spent 720g on level 150 riding skill (new) and 80g on an epic undead mount. The idea is that you only get one type of riding for every faction so it's expensive and then the mounts are cheap. For me at honored and >rank 3 it is 8g for a level 40 mount.

EDIT: Greedo, if you want help or anything at all, just ask, I don't bite :).
 
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Kami said:
Hiya,

I'm going on the WoW 10 day trial, I won't be able to dedicate a huge amount of time to the game but a few friends who have been playing it a long time have said they'd give me a hand and get me into their guild so I have people to talk to and get advice from :) Only if I stay after the trial of course..

I intend to be a little Gnome Warlock, the class just appeals to me and since I'll probably solo a fair bit I thought it'd be nice to have a pet to keep me company (plus I liked pet classes in DAOC).

Any tips? (other than don't start playing :p ) I did play WoW before as a Druid but think it was a poor choice of character and I was still playing DAOC at the time!

For levelling guides visit www.wow-pro.com. Jame's guides are some of the best by far.

PVE is the server to go for since you can still run around in pvp mode and battlegrounds is there for your pvp fix.

Aerie Peak is a newish server still, latest hardware and sensible economy.
 
mrk1@1 said:
For levelling guides visit www.wow-pro.com. Jame's guides are some of the best by far.

PVE is the server to go for since you can still run around in pvp mode and battlegrounds is there for your pvp fix.

Aerie Peak is a newish server still, latest hardware and sensible economy.

nah, go straight for a PvP realm, i've just got a 30 Shaman on Twilight's Hammer and it's great fun, it's so much better that it's a shame i've got a 60 druid on Arathor (PvE)
 
Phalanx said:
nah, go straight for a PvP realm, i've just got a 30 Shaman on Twilight's Hammer and it's great fun, it's so much better that it's a shame i've got a 60 druid on Arathor (PvE)

For someone who is just starting out, it is almost certainly going to be easier to be on a pve realm. There is still plenty of pvp to be had, but it allows the player to actually quest and explore areas such as Stranglethorn Vale or Tanaris.
 
OMG NO WAI QUIT WHILE YOU CAN OTHERWISE YOU WILL BECOME A GEEK THAT PLAYS WOW 24/7 WITHOUT A REAL LIFE LIKE GOING OUT AND GETTING DRUNK AND BEING SICK EVERYWHERE AND GETTING MUGGED BY CHAVS ON THE WAY HOME OLOLOLOLOL
 
Vixen said:
For someone who is just starting out, it is almost certainly going to be easier to be on a pve realm. There is still plenty of pvp to be had, but it allows the player to actually quest and explore areas such as Stranglethorn Vale or Tanaris.

he'll be fine unless he rolls a druid, then he's in trouble
 
Vixen said:
I don't know about the warlock/paladin quests, but I just spent 720g on level 150 riding skill (new) and 80g on an epic undead mount. The idea is that you only get one type of riding for every faction so it's expensive and then the mounts are cheap. For me at honored and >rank 3 it is 8g for a level 40 mount.

EDIT: Greedo, if you want help or anything at all, just ask, I don't bite :).


aint u the vixen from haomarush?

if u are swear u was NE druid same as me :) but i quit over 4 months ago after getting Rank 14, Full tier 2 and killing cthun after that was GG wow, Hello RL

so how come u migrated to jaedaner?

!!!!!

Im Ingenium btw (Mark)

x
 
Lord-Jaffa said:
Roll a Warlock or Warrior, you will not regret either, best and most complex classes in the game hands down.

Um, not really. Best is obviously personal opinion, but most complex? In what way exactly?

Lord-Jaffa said:
Oh and dont take any profession except for Herbalism/Alchemy, the rest are useless! Engineering to a slight degree is handy but all the good stuff has been nerfed to hell and back.

What a load of pap. For a start Alchemy is one of the least profitable professions. To make money early game you can't beat 2 gathering profs, and later on anything bar enchanting will make more money than alchemy.

Lord-Jaffa said:
Most importantly, PLAY ON "FULL" PVP SERVER, Do not make the mistake of playing on an underpopulated pve server, this will be the reason you quit at 60 since theres nothing going on/lack of guilds to join (especially true for horde not so much for alliance).

Totally disagree with this. As you can PVP on a normal server, the only extra addtion on PVP servers is that you can gank and be ganked in turn. If that's your thing fine, but if like me it's not, get onto a normal server. Also, could you point me in the direction of an underpopulated pve server please, as most seem full up to me?
 
Westie said:
aint u the vixen from haomarush?

if u are swear u was NE druid same as me :) but i quit over 4 months ago after getting Rank 14, Full tier 2 and killing cthun after that was GG wow, Hello RL

so how come u migrated to jaedaner?

!!!!!

Im Ingenium btw (Mark)

x

I play horde, but I struggle to get Vixen unless it's a brand new server, so I guess it's a common name. I was on Dragonmaw, then Frostmane.
 
Eliot said:
so in a year you spend 108 pounds+expansions and the game itself?
Ps3 looks a bargain to me now.
yeah, so you can get a PS3 and a game that you can play EVER DAY (unlike most PS/XBOX games) for that much?
doubt it.
 
Thanks for the advice guys and girls I'm on the Turalyon server on alliance. Some of my old friends are there so if I do stay (enjoying it so far) I'll join up with them if they can talk the officers into letting a little newbie into the guild :)

Only level 6 but enjoying the Warlock far, far more than the druid I had tried to play with before, plus I'm a gnome and bald which is far more like real life ;)
 
Kami said:
Thanks for the advice guys and girls I'm on the Turalyon server on alliance. Some of my old friends are there so if I do stay (enjoying it so far) I'll join up with them if they can talk the officers into letting a little newbie into the guild :)

Only level 6 but enjoying the Warlock far, far more than the druid I had tried to play with before, plus I'm a gnome and bald which is far more like real life ;)

Druids are fun classes, it's a shame that they can never fill the position of "Role changer" due to the severe lack of itemization, rubbish Feral and Balance talents and ignorant players.
They also fail in PvP to a certain degree
 
Trojan said:
Totally disagree with this. As you can PVP on a normal server, the only extra addtion on PVP servers is that you can gank and be ganked in turn. If that's your thing fine, but if like me it's not, get onto a normal server. Also, could you point me in the direction of an underpopulated pve server please, as most seem full up to me?

Yes Full, of Alliance. On the pve server i started out on at retail there is a grand total of TWO raiding guilds on horde side, Full doesnt mean anything.

Now you compare this to a pvp realm, like Magtheridon which has around 8 or something Horde guilds alone in Naxx, not to mention the ones clearing BWL etc.

Trojan said:
What a load of pap. For a start Alchemy is one of the least profitable professions. To make money early game you can't beat 2 gathering profs, and later on anything bar enchanting will make more money than alchemy.

Its not about making money, Herbalism is practically required for end game raiding now with the consumables that are guzzled down each night, can make insane money selling Titan Flasks as well.

If you play on an underpopulated pve realm you will regret it as its just wasted time.
 
Phalanx said:
Druids are fun classes, it's a shame that they can never fill the position of "Role changer" due to the severe lack of itemization, rubbish Feral and Balance talents and ignorant players.
They also fail in PvP to a certain degree

Disagree, forgive me if im incorrect as i quit the game the best part of 8 months ago but when at that time the main thing that stopped feral druids being any good were over zealous officers. The classes in WoW are so diverse most classes are multi functional but there is seemingly a specific way to play a class as you said down to player ignorance.

We had a druid full kitted in BWL leather AP gear his damage output was awesome basically his dps was up there with rogues but due to no agro reducing abilities it made a bit pointless in PvE but in PvP the crits were as high as rogues with the same sort of gear.

Kami if you enjoyed DAoC theres a chance you wont enjoy the WoW PvP system - in WoW your equipment rules all so if you dont play a lot you can find it very difficult to compete if not impossible no matter how well you play your class, to say its bad is being nice or it comes down to rock, paper and scissors by this i mean if you come up against a certain class played by someone who didnt ebay his account then you find you die again this is probably the most frustrating part of the game i found - its the best pick up and play game i've ever played but they've screwed it so badly with the PvP implementation.

When you hit 60, its a case of asking yourself what now? The game has no means to an end and in the end you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again.

Sucks as well because at the end of the game everybody looks the same because everyone has the same gear as everyone else so there is no customisation to really make it truly a unique character.

Pre-end game content imo its by far the best mmorpg ever, its well thought out and plenty to do and there is no predifined way to play your class.
 
Its so much fun watching the WOW crew battling it out with pistols at 10 yards over which way is right, which class in imba, which profession is uber etc etc ;)

If your new to the game, its worth picking a new server like Aerie Peak which is still growing, there will be pleanty of people at your level to quest with, and you have a chance to get into a good guild which isn't so advanced they won't even look at a level 60 without tier 1/2.

PVP is ok but expect ganking and a lot of it - Its a game and some people enjoy the whole gank/be ganked others don't. If it gets to the point where you're not playing for fun or playing is no longer fun then time to look again.

PVP is available in Battlegrounds anyway, which is a much more fun way of doing it.

If you can try all the classes to at least level 10 to get a brief idea of the way each one plays and what they offer and which you will enjoy. Here is a brief summary of a few clases i have experrienced. The strengths in the class depend on the player, some classes will beat others more easily in PVP but every class has its nemesis and forte - Each class is different and fulfills a different role. Each class has different stats, health, mana/energy/rage and armor, tanks take longer to kill than casters etc.

Warrior - Main Tank holding mob agro (good class always in demand, can be a bit tedious to play but can survive well)

Priest - Main Healer (good class can be played to either kill or heal, if you enjoy healing instead of fighting in groups its fun if not then its not and gets very tedious. In groups and dungeons as a preist you will be expected to heal not kill despite the fact in shaddow spec priests kill very effectively)

Mage - Ranged damage dealer and crowd control (good class, quick to level but lots of down time due to needing to refresh health and mana but again)

Rogue - Up close damage dealer (my favourite class for fun value as is very versatile, you can sneak about in stealth, kill mobs quickly etc) If your playing a rogue it takes a lot of skill to get it right as you can't take that much damage.

Druid - Hybrid class worth a slighlty longer explination (at the end of the day as a druid in a group the chances are you will be the healer or healer support and crowd control/AOE- Although in animal forms you can tank and do damage you wont replace the main class. However unlike a priest when your healing people and you pull agro you can shift into dire bear and take a few hits without dieing, where a priest probably would die, untill mobs are pulled off you)

Hunter - Ranged sustained damage - Every man and his gold farmer rolls a hunter, there are millions of them, some are bots grinding for gold and items, others are first time players, because, it is an easy class to play and level with minimal downtime. And then there are a few, very skilled hunters who can get the most out of the class. Hunters get a bad rep due to the sheer number of bots and inexperrienced people playing them. A good hunter makes this a very strong class, its just finding one thats the problem.

Warlock - Damage dealing, life stealing the list goes on. Its a good class to play, requires dedication and can die easily but is always in demand.

Paladin - Can't die can't kill - harsh but true, it takes a long time to kill a paladin as its basically a warrior crossed with a priest all the strengths few weaknesses, appart from the fact it takes ages to kill anything so levelling is long. Watching two similarly specced well played paladins duel is like watching a snooker match or test cricket, there will be a winner.............eventually.
 
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