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Curse you pixie demons.
They stole my Star Wars loving fanboy avatar, stripped it of composite armour and smuggled me from Tattooine.
I awoke to find myself in a land of trees, running rivers, villages and burning torches.
This is no space-world filled with sarlaacs and Hutts & Tusken Raiders, this is a forest world filled with boars and gnomes and cows and things.
I left a world of blaster rifles and thermite grenades and found myself in a land of magic and gumdrop trees.
Hmmmmmm...I hate wizards and mages, dwarves and elves.
I loathe lv20 cloak of clearasil and battling the ancient dragons of Mongfwapp.
Y'see, I was enjoying SW Galaxies until I decided to play it properly.
I was content with zipping about on a speederbike, visiting Jabba's Palace and hassling Gungans, exploring Endor & Tattooine like a good little sci-fi fanboy.
But then I decided to master professions and see if I could attain Jedi status.
And then my introduction to the world of "grinding".
That, for the virgin, is the thankless and endless task of repeatedly killing/foraging/creating something non-stop for the simple point of gaining XP to make the next level.
It involved hours (and I do mean hours) of simply shooting lairs and creatures to reach the next level.
Except I worked out to master the Marskman profession required 3,000,000 XP points in total.
At around 2k per monster, at the advanced stage.
So I bought World of Warcraft, figuring hey it's £25 and I could play the free month if nothing else.
Ok so it's pixies and mages, warlocks and wizards.
Meh.
Choose my avatar. No way in Tolkein's pipe am I going to be anything other than human. And no wizard human or any of that other crap.
A human warrior. With a massive sword. And no magic - that's for D&D fanatics and pasty sociopaths who actually believe fairies exist.
Game starts and I'm in a fluffy, almost cartoonish village square.
This seems ok, I'll run about a bit. Christ, there's an Elf already
*sigh*
I'm going to attack that rabbit, because I can. And I did. This is pretty cool. Now I'm going to dance in my pants for money. And it works, whats more it annoys Elves
[URL]http://img19.exs.cx/img19/6010/wow31uo.jpg[/URL]
Take a quest to deliver some scroll to some bloody sheriff somewhere with lots of consonants, whatever.
There's a pig! Here piggy piggy.
SLASH HACK STAB
Hahahaha, I killed a pig. And a cow. This is quite fun.
Eh? I'm level 3, how the hell did that happen? That took days on SW Galaxies.
That was 1 week ago.
Now I'm a Lv14 Warrior and absolutely love this game. I've thrown myself with abandon to warlocks and munchkins, gnomes and goats.
And it's the most fun I've had playing a game in a long, long time.
Why?
Lots of reasons, mainly that it's fun.
No grinding of mindless skills to increase your level. You take quests that are fun, quests that reward you with decent £ or excellent equipment.
And, here's the selling point for me, the levelling up happens whilst you play the game instead of hours spent doing nothing else.
But you don't have to. I spent an hour fishing with a bloke from Greece today, chatting about stuff inbetween landing life-giving fishies.
I found a guy from Norway from 2 days earlier and he showed me the biggest damn dam I've ever come across in a game
[URL]http://img19.exs.cx/img19/8416/wow80xb.jpg[/URL]
It's seamless. You take quests to earn loot & gear and suddenly find yourself a level higher than you did an hour ago. Attaining higher levels is a pleasant by-product of simply enjoying yourself smashing pigs with claymores or scything down thieves to collect their headbands.
And the world...the world itself is stunning in details.
I've spent a week in the land I started off on, and I still haven't seen 75% of it, but decided to head to Ironforge to deliver a package.
And it literally had me sitting there just staring like a tard at the main hall
[URL]http://img205.exs.cx/img205/9959/wow61ix.jpg[/URL]
That's just the entrance, it opens into a massive - and I do mean MASSIVE - hall, the size of Moria in the Lord of The Rings movie where they fled from that flame-monster thing.
Me, a Greek and a Nord wandering through a snow covered world.
Where you leave footprints in the snow and your breath steams.
[URL]http://img219.exs.cx/img219/8081/wow74yr.jpg[/URL]
After an hour, we decided to head back to our home-castle, and they introduced me to the best reason for playing I've come across so far.
The Gryffin ride.
You pay 1 silver and this thing flies you over the map.
No breaks, no loading, no stuttering. You take off and fly over the entire map to your destination. You stare goggle-eyed at places you haven't visited yet, places you want to see and explore. Mines, quarries, enormous lochs, towns you didnt even know were there.
[URL]http://img51.exs.cx/img51/7041/wow96td.jpg[/URL]
I initially loathed the idea of World of Warcraft. Pixies, magic men and orcs. Bah, that's going to sniff cordrouy balls, no thanks.
But trust me folks, if you have broadband then get the game.
And screw the "But it's £8 per month!!!!" noise, because you won't even explore one area properly in a month, look at it like buying a game per month for £8 with more depth, more detail, more care and attention and more playability than Elder Scrolls or anything else.
Because so far, for pure simple fun and "cor..." moments, World of Warcraft owns me, my games, my computer and my spare time.
GTA3, Metal Gear Solid, Morrowind.
These are games that, whilst playing, I thought "This is something new, I've not played a game like this before"
World of Warcraft stands astride them in a rock-pose, tips it's beardy head back and laughs really really loudly whilst urinating a fountain of warm lovely game.
Buy it.
They stole my Star Wars loving fanboy avatar, stripped it of composite armour and smuggled me from Tattooine.
I awoke to find myself in a land of trees, running rivers, villages and burning torches.
This is no space-world filled with sarlaacs and Hutts & Tusken Raiders, this is a forest world filled with boars and gnomes and cows and things.
I left a world of blaster rifles and thermite grenades and found myself in a land of magic and gumdrop trees.
Hmmmmmm...I hate wizards and mages, dwarves and elves.
I loathe lv20 cloak of clearasil and battling the ancient dragons of Mongfwapp.
Y'see, I was enjoying SW Galaxies until I decided to play it properly.
I was content with zipping about on a speederbike, visiting Jabba's Palace and hassling Gungans, exploring Endor & Tattooine like a good little sci-fi fanboy.
But then I decided to master professions and see if I could attain Jedi status.
And then my introduction to the world of "grinding".
That, for the virgin, is the thankless and endless task of repeatedly killing/foraging/creating something non-stop for the simple point of gaining XP to make the next level.
It involved hours (and I do mean hours) of simply shooting lairs and creatures to reach the next level.
Except I worked out to master the Marskman profession required 3,000,000 XP points in total.
At around 2k per monster, at the advanced stage.
So I bought World of Warcraft, figuring hey it's £25 and I could play the free month if nothing else.
Ok so it's pixies and mages, warlocks and wizards.
Meh.
Choose my avatar. No way in Tolkein's pipe am I going to be anything other than human. And no wizard human or any of that other crap.
A human warrior. With a massive sword. And no magic - that's for D&D fanatics and pasty sociopaths who actually believe fairies exist.
Game starts and I'm in a fluffy, almost cartoonish village square.
This seems ok, I'll run about a bit. Christ, there's an Elf already
*sigh*
I'm going to attack that rabbit, because I can. And I did. This is pretty cool. Now I'm going to dance in my pants for money. And it works, whats more it annoys Elves
[URL]http://img19.exs.cx/img19/6010/wow31uo.jpg[/URL]
Take a quest to deliver some scroll to some bloody sheriff somewhere with lots of consonants, whatever.
There's a pig! Here piggy piggy.
SLASH HACK STAB
Hahahaha, I killed a pig. And a cow. This is quite fun.
Eh? I'm level 3, how the hell did that happen? That took days on SW Galaxies.
That was 1 week ago.
Now I'm a Lv14 Warrior and absolutely love this game. I've thrown myself with abandon to warlocks and munchkins, gnomes and goats.
And it's the most fun I've had playing a game in a long, long time.
Why?
Lots of reasons, mainly that it's fun.
No grinding of mindless skills to increase your level. You take quests that are fun, quests that reward you with decent £ or excellent equipment.
And, here's the selling point for me, the levelling up happens whilst you play the game instead of hours spent doing nothing else.
But you don't have to. I spent an hour fishing with a bloke from Greece today, chatting about stuff inbetween landing life-giving fishies.
I found a guy from Norway from 2 days earlier and he showed me the biggest damn dam I've ever come across in a game
[URL]http://img19.exs.cx/img19/8416/wow80xb.jpg[/URL]
It's seamless. You take quests to earn loot & gear and suddenly find yourself a level higher than you did an hour ago. Attaining higher levels is a pleasant by-product of simply enjoying yourself smashing pigs with claymores or scything down thieves to collect their headbands.
And the world...the world itself is stunning in details.
I've spent a week in the land I started off on, and I still haven't seen 75% of it, but decided to head to Ironforge to deliver a package.
And it literally had me sitting there just staring like a tard at the main hall
[URL]http://img205.exs.cx/img205/9959/wow61ix.jpg[/URL]
That's just the entrance, it opens into a massive - and I do mean MASSIVE - hall, the size of Moria in the Lord of The Rings movie where they fled from that flame-monster thing.
Me, a Greek and a Nord wandering through a snow covered world.
Where you leave footprints in the snow and your breath steams.
[URL]http://img219.exs.cx/img219/8081/wow74yr.jpg[/URL]
After an hour, we decided to head back to our home-castle, and they introduced me to the best reason for playing I've come across so far.
The Gryffin ride.
You pay 1 silver and this thing flies you over the map.
No breaks, no loading, no stuttering. You take off and fly over the entire map to your destination. You stare goggle-eyed at places you haven't visited yet, places you want to see and explore. Mines, quarries, enormous lochs, towns you didnt even know were there.
[URL]http://img51.exs.cx/img51/7041/wow96td.jpg[/URL]
I initially loathed the idea of World of Warcraft. Pixies, magic men and orcs. Bah, that's going to sniff cordrouy balls, no thanks.
But trust me folks, if you have broadband then get the game.
And screw the "But it's £8 per month!!!!" noise, because you won't even explore one area properly in a month, look at it like buying a game per month for £8 with more depth, more detail, more care and attention and more playability than Elder Scrolls or anything else.
Because so far, for pure simple fun and "cor..." moments, World of Warcraft owns me, my games, my computer and my spare time.
GTA3, Metal Gear Solid, Morrowind.
These are games that, whilst playing, I thought "This is something new, I've not played a game like this before"
World of Warcraft stands astride them in a rock-pose, tips it's beardy head back and laughs really really loudly whilst urinating a fountain of warm lovely game.
Buy it.
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Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> Somebody tell me why the in game clock is one hour fast, then I can
> play it properly.
>
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Because it's not GMT, it's European time +1hr.
Choose a PvP server called "Bloodmaw", that's where most of the SR people are I think.
You keep dying? Take the quest from the bloke in Goldshire Square and go from there.
> Somebody tell me why the in game clock is one hour fast, then I can
> play it properly.
>
----
Because it's not GMT, it's European time +1hr.
Choose a PvP server called "Bloodmaw", that's where most of the SR people are I think.
You keep dying? Take the quest from the bloke in Goldshire Square and go from there.
Ah, I'm happy with the time thing now.
I went for a normal server over a PvP, but I did notice the PvP's have higher populations.
If I go PvP I'll jsut have people fighting my constantly, I don't want that, do I?
I went for a normal server over a PvP, but I did notice the PvP's have higher populations.
If I go PvP I'll jsut have people fighting my constantly, I don't want that, do I?
I think I'll go PvP, but avoid anyone slightly mean looking fora while.
As in weeks.
I'll be a hermit!
Hoorah
As in weeks.
I'll be a hermit!
Hoorah
It's more fun at later levels.
I just read the manual about it.
PvP is alot better.
Bloodmaw it is, here I go, into the future, one hour into the future.
PvP is alot better.
Bloodmaw it is, here I go, into the future, one hour into the future.
I feel like the boy who had no Chritstmas presents to open.
Damn stupid games
Damn stupid games
Actually it's Dragonmaw you want if you wish to play with SR members.
Grrr that games addictive, bur I need my sleep.
Started my character on Dragonmaw (hate the name, Deathwing sounds good) and the aim was to level up a few levels killing little things. So I do that, then some guy wants to group with me and join in. So we go into a mine full of little annoying things and kill them all...then get lost. "Uh...how do we get out of this place?"
We took a break and I danced for him as he sat and watched and asked how to dance. I was like "hmmm you know how to sit so..."
Anyway, leveled up a bit, got some dosh and gear. Wanted to go on but have to sleep.
The award for 'Where did the time go?' goes to this game. It sucks at your time on it and before you know it the clock shows hours have passed.
Killing Rabbits is funny. One swipe then a funny noise by the Rabbit - dead. haha.
Will get a spot of this in again tommorow, 5.00-7.30 then I have to see my girlfriend. She'll be wondering why I'm killing Wolves with my big beard.
All you guys waiting for this games - play it for a while and your going to love it. Don't run out into the big wide world too early, I did at level 1 and was slaughtered by Birds.
Started my character on Dragonmaw (hate the name, Deathwing sounds good) and the aim was to level up a few levels killing little things. So I do that, then some guy wants to group with me and join in. So we go into a mine full of little annoying things and kill them all...then get lost. "Uh...how do we get out of this place?"
We took a break and I danced for him as he sat and watched and asked how to dance. I was like "hmmm you know how to sit so..."
Anyway, leveled up a bit, got some dosh and gear. Wanted to go on but have to sleep.
The award for 'Where did the time go?' goes to this game. It sucks at your time on it and before you know it the clock shows hours have passed.
Killing Rabbits is funny. One swipe then a funny noise by the Rabbit - dead. haha.
Will get a spot of this in again tommorow, 5.00-7.30 then I have to see my girlfriend. She'll be wondering why I'm killing Wolves with my big beard.
All you guys waiting for this games - play it for a while and your going to love it. Don't run out into the big wide world too early, I did at level 1 and was slaughtered by Birds.
Are you still a Human Warrior on Dragonmaw? I'm over in those parts with my Gnome and Dwarf. I may have to look out for you :D
I've given my Night Elf Druid some Annual Leave for a bit, allowing me to level up my Gnome and Dwarf.
Currently I have them at:
Dwarf - 9
Gnome - 8
Decided to come over to the Human starting area as the quests are better.
I'm also about to start 3 new Horde characters on another server. Haven't decided which yet. Any Horde players here on a server other than Dragonmaw?
I've given my Night Elf Druid some Annual Leave for a bit, allowing me to level up my Gnome and Dwarf.
Currently I have them at:
Dwarf - 9
Gnome - 8
Decided to come over to the Human starting area as the quests are better.
I'm also about to start 3 new Horde characters on another server. Haven't decided which yet. Any Horde players here on a server other than Dragonmaw?
Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> All you guys waiting for this games - play it for a while and your
> going to love it. Don't run out into the big wide world too early, I
> did at level 1 and was slaughtered by Birds.
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Yep, told you. As another non-believer, it's surprisingly non-beardy eh?
And I remained in Goldshire/Stormwind/Eastvale for a week or so - have only just started venturing out at lv10 and still run like Daley Thompson away from things.
Accidentally strayed into a contested area and found myself being savaged by a diseased wolf. A lv24 diseased wolf. You've never seen a warrior run so fast and leap into the river, swimming desperately to the bottom praying the wolf would go away.
It did.
I died anyway
> All you guys waiting for this games - play it for a while and your
> going to love it. Don't run out into the big wide world too early, I
> did at level 1 and was slaughtered by Birds.
----
Yep, told you. As another non-believer, it's surprisingly non-beardy eh?
And I remained in Goldshire/Stormwind/Eastvale for a week or so - have only just started venturing out at lv10 and still run like Daley Thompson away from things.
Accidentally strayed into a contested area and found myself being savaged by a diseased wolf. A lv24 diseased wolf. You've never seen a warrior run so fast and leap into the river, swimming desperately to the bottom praying the wolf would go away.
It did.
I died anyway
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