World of Warcraft Thread

gear02 · 01-11-2005, 07:27 AM

Here's a more appropriate thread on who plays WoW and where.

I'm on the west coast server Proudmoore (even though I live in VA). Anyone else?

Maarchk · 01-11-2005, 03:16 PM

I'm looking to get a copy and i'll play with you. Umm what kind of requirements does it have? I could look them up but im a touch lazy right now. Hehe... I'll try and get a copy today or tomorrow.

gear02 · 01-11-2005, 03:41 PM

min specs: P3 800 or AMD athlon 800, 256 mb ram, geforce 2 or above, 4gb space

recommended specs: P4 1.5ghz or XP1500+, 512 ram, geforce fx5700 or above

good luck getting a copy. Apparently blizzard stopped shipping because they wanted to get their server situation straight. So places like eb and gamestop who are out of stock won't get them. I looked all over the place online and no one had it. Some retail stores might (my best buy had 9 on the shelf even though their online stock thingy said they had none).

slaus · 01-11-2005, 04:31 PM

Ray and I play on lightning blade.

DaFunkyUnit · 01-11-2005, 04:40 PM

i'm going to avoid this game like I avoid crack.

ski · 01-11-2005, 05:46 PM

I play on Stormrage.

I got the last 2 copies in Western Virginia apparently a month ago.

WoW shatters sales records

I'm addicted to this game! 37 pally in about 3 weeks.

gear02 · 01-12-2005, 07:17 AM

Anyone want to join me on Proudmoore?

Anyways, I played last night from 5 to 1 straight. I have a level 8 dwarf hunter (I love guns!) and it's pretty fun.

I sold some crafted light shot at the auction house! I'm pretty excited!

Booyamos · 01-12-2005, 10:52 AM

i'm on Elune. lvl 56 Paladin. Wowcrack! Lol i have a big guild, about 150 members. Its lots of fun and we run instances all the time. I'm really enjoying this game a bunch.

gear02 · 01-12-2005, 10:55 AM

someone needs to explain to me instances and raids. I have no idea how to start those.

Booyamos · 01-12-2005, 11:03 AM

Kacarp steps up to the podium..

Basically its a dungeon. But instead of letting everyone enter the same dungeon and fight over who gets the bosses etc a seperate "instanced" dungeon is created on the instance servers for your group. So me and Gear are in a party and go into the Deadmines ( the low lvl instance dungeon), we walk through the portal and it loads up and we have our own instance. Just me and you and whoever else we invite to our group.
Then if Darkfury switched to Wow and brought Ski with him and also went into the deadmines, they would ahve their own instance up. so that different groups can all enter a dungeon and not compete with each other. Read WoW's info here, they explain it pretty well: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...nstancing.html

RAIDS
Basically its just an enlarged party. instead of 5 people you can have 40 people, each in small groups of 5. used for organizing large raids of the enemy cities, or fighting Raid Bosses.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...aidgroups.html
Very easy interface for it with dragging and droppign to rearrange people.

Hope that helps.

Maarchk · 01-12-2005, 11:57 PM

Curses.. no copies at local stores... I will catch up to you guys at some point.. Like 2010..

ray · 01-13-2005, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFunkyUnit

i'm going to avoid this game like I avoid crack.

Oh please, we had the crack last weekend at the Chargers game..

gear02 · 01-13-2005, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kacarp

Kacarp steps up to the podium..

Basically its a dungeon. But instead of letting everyone enter the same dungeon and fight over who gets the bosses etc a seperate "instanced" dungeon is created on the instance servers for your group. So me and Gear are in a party and go into the Deadmines ( the low lvl instance dungeon), we walk through the portal and it loads up and we have our own instance. Just me and you and whoever else we invite to our group.
Then if Darkfury switched to Wow and brought Ski with him and also went into the deadmines, they would ahve their own instance up. so that different groups can all enter a dungeon and not compete with each other. Read WoW's info here, they explain it pretty well: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...nstancing.html

RAIDS
Basically its just an enlarged party. instead of 5 people you can have 40 people, each in small groups of 5. used for organizing large raids of the enemy cities, or fighting Raid Bosses.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...aidgroups.html
Very easy interface for it with dragging and droppign to rearrange people.

Hope that helps.

It does. However, when do you see such things? The only portal I've seen is to the train. I haven't seen an instance anywhere yet.

And I assume raids are for higher level people.

Booyamos · 01-13-2005, 07:51 AM

yeah the Tram is basically an instanced area. But that one just lets everyone in. you see them in the dungeons. Usually you will get some quests to go to them, elite quests since they require a group.

For the alliance the first one you will get to is the Deadmines(lvl 20ish) in Westfall. Part of the Defias quest series, and you must kill VanCleef. There is also one in Stormwind, the Stockades(lvl 25ish). Then Gnomeregan at around lvl 30. Not sure on the horde ones, but i think Blackfathom deep is around lvl 20, same with the wailing caverns.
here's all the ones that i found on thott:

Instance: Blackfathom Deeps
Instance: Blackrock Depths
Instance: Blackrock Spire
Instance: Dire Maul
Instance: Gnomeragon
Instance: Maraudon
Instance: Molten Core
Instance: Onyxia's Lair
Instance: Ragefire Chasm
Instance: Razorfen Downs
Instance: Razorfen Kraul
Instance: Scarlet Monastery
Instance: Scholomance
Instance: Shadowfang
Instance: Shadowfang Keep
Instance: Stonewrought Pass
Instance: Stratholme
Instance: The Deadmines
Instance: The Stockade
Instance: The Temple of Atal'Hakkar
Instance: Uldaman
Instance: Wailing Caverns
Instance: Zul'Farrak

Oh and if you don't know, check out http://www.thottbot.com/ for item info, quest info, basically everything.

ski · 01-13-2005, 10:18 AM

www.goblinworkshop.com
www.allakhazam.com

I usually run the game in Windowed mode (Video Options, check box) and searh google for the name of an NPC or area, and those 2 sites, as well as thottbot give maps.

ray · 01-13-2005, 10:24 AM

This game is pure evil. You can be damn sure I'll be leveling from 30-40 this weekend

slaus · 01-13-2005, 11:30 AM

I'm obsessed in eventually getting to onyxias lair

Booyamos · 01-13-2005, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slaus

I'm obsessed in eventually getting to onyxias lair

its fun... well fun dying that is. In beta i think the lowest anyone got her was down to about 20% health. At about 65% health she takes flight and breaths fire on everyone, that usually destroys the group.

The thing is in order to get to onyxia you need the key to her lair... which is gotten from a very long quest series in some really high lvl instances. Takes forever to get so not many lvl 60's have it yet. I haven't even started getting it yet, been working on some other stuff.

slaus · 01-13-2005, 02:18 PM

Requires a raid to take teh key from a boss in blackrock spires. Basically need a bunch of guild members and any lvl60 guy you can find hanging out in IF.

Hiro · 01-14-2005, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ski

www.goblinworkshop.com
www.allakhazam.com

http://www.thottbot.com/ also.

SonyGuy · 01-24-2005, 06:32 AM

Man I'm wanting to get on and play this game....just gotta find a copy somewhere...

ialsohaveadream · 01-24-2005, 09:42 AM

My best friend is constantly hounding me to buy and play this game with him, but my computer is lacking a graphics card. I have an AGP slot and about $70 to spare. Can I get anything that will make this game run on my computer?

gear02 · 01-24-2005, 09:45 AM

Geforce 4?

ialsohaveadream · 01-24-2005, 10:00 AM

Would a GeForce FX 5200 handle it? I found one on sale at Newegg (man I love that site) for dirt cheap.

EDIT: I found a Rosewill ATI Radeon 9600 for $75 shipped. Radeon 9600s are good, right? I'm such a moron when it comes to video cards. I never play PC games.

gear02 · 01-24-2005, 10:09 AM

not sure really, what's the rest of your specs?

ialsohaveadream · 01-24-2005, 10:16 AM

P4 2.8, 512 MB DDR PC2700, and a nice purdy 17" Dell LCD.

ray · 01-24-2005, 10:17 AM

Get at least 512MB RAM no matter what you do. If you hang out in IF or one of the other major areas you'll lag like no other if you don't have enough RAM.

ialsohaveadream · 01-24-2005, 10:26 AM

You mean get an additional 512 of RAM? For a total of 1 GB?

gear02 · 01-24-2005, 11:55 AM

yeah, and I think the card will barely handle it.

And I think even the best machines grinds to a halt when you enter IF's Auction House. There's always like 200+ people loitering between the Auction house and Bank.

Why don't they open an AH in Darnassus and Stormwind?

slaus · 01-24-2005, 12:14 PM

Supposedly they wouldnt be linked together so it'd be pointless. People have asked the same thing and blizzard has said its impoosible. Plus at this point most people are just used to going to IF. Gadgetzan has a neutral auction house which no one uses.

01-11-2005, 07:27 AM	#1
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	World of Warcraft Thread Here's a more appropriate thread on who plays WoW and where. I'm on the west coast server Proudmoore (even though I live in VA). Anyone else? Last edited by gear02 : 01-11-2005 at 07:53 AM.

01-11-2005, 03:16 PM	#2
Maarchk Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where the east meets the west. Posts: 3,052	I'm looking to get a copy and i'll play with you. Umm what kind of requirements does it have? I could look them up but im a touch lazy right now. Hehe... I'll try and get a copy today or tomorrow. __________________ "The girl is crafty like ice is cold." "I left my heart in san francisco... And my liver at Moe's Tavern." A real friend is one who listens to you as much as they talk to you.

01-11-2005, 04:40 PM	#5
DaFunkyUnit Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the peanut gallery Posts: 3,907	i'm going to avoid this game like I avoid crack. __________________

01-11-2005, 05:46 PM	#6
ski Admiral Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Utah Posts: 5,419	I play on Stormrage. I got the last 2 copies in Western Virginia apparently a month ago. WoW shatters sales records I'm addicted to this game! 37 pally in about 3 weeks. __________________ And closer...

01-12-2005, 10:52 AM	#8
Booyamos Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,277	i'm on Elune. lvl 56 Paladin. Wowcrack! Lol i have a big guild, about 150 members. Its lots of fun and we run instances all the time. I'm really enjoying this game a bunch. __________________ Boo ya Grandma

01-11-2005, 03:41 PM	#3
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	min specs: P3 800 or AMD athlon 800, 256 mb ram, geforce 2 or above, 4gb space recommended specs: P4 1.5ghz or XP1500+, 512 ram, geforce fx5700 or above good luck getting a copy. Apparently blizzard stopped shipping because they wanted to get their server situation straight. So places like eb and gamestop who are out of stock won't get them. I looked all over the place online and no one had it. Some retail stores might (my best buy had 9 on the shelf even though their online stock thingy said they had none).

01-11-2005, 04:31 PM	#4
slaus Commander Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,189	Ray and I play on lightning blade.

01-12-2005, 07:17 AM	#7
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	Anyone want to join me on Proudmoore? Anyways, I played last night from 5 to 1 straight. I have a level 8 dwarf hunter (I love guns!) and it's pretty fun. I sold some crafted light shot at the auction house! I'm pretty excited!

01-12-2005, 10:55 AM	#9
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	someone needs to explain to me instances and raids. I have no idea how to start those.

01-12-2005, 11:03 AM	#10
Booyamos Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,277	Kacarp steps up to the podium.. Basically its a dungeon. But instead of letting everyone enter the same dungeon and fight over who gets the bosses etc a seperate "instanced" dungeon is created on the instance servers for your group. So me and Gear are in a party and go into the Deadmines ( the low lvl instance dungeon), we walk through the portal and it loads up and we have our own instance. Just me and you and whoever else we invite to our group. Then if Darkfury switched to Wow and brought Ski with him and also went into the deadmines, they would ahve their own instance up. so that different groups can all enter a dungeon and not compete with each other. Read WoW's info here, they explain it pretty well: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...nstancing.html RAIDS Basically its just an enlarged party. instead of 5 people you can have 40 people, each in small groups of 5. used for organizing large raids of the enemy cities, or fighting Raid Bosses. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...aidgroups.html Very easy interface for it with dragging and droppign to rearrange people. Hope that helps.

01-12-2005, 11:57 PM	#11
Maarchk Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where the east meets the west. Posts: 3,052	Curses.. no copies at local stores... I will catch up to you guys at some point.. Like 2010..

01-13-2005, 07:51 AM	#14
Booyamos Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,277	yeah the Tram is basically an instanced area. But that one just lets everyone in. you see them in the dungeons. Usually you will get some quests to go to them, elite quests since they require a group. For the alliance the first one you will get to is the Deadmines(lvl 20ish) in Westfall. Part of the Defias quest series, and you must kill VanCleef. There is also one in Stormwind, the Stockades(lvl 25ish). Then Gnomeregan at around lvl 30. Not sure on the horde ones, but i think Blackfathom deep is around lvl 20, same with the wailing caverns. here's all the ones that i found on thott: Instance: Blackfathom Deeps Instance: Blackrock Depths Instance: Blackrock Spire Instance: Dire Maul Instance: Gnomeragon Instance: Maraudon Instance: Molten Core Instance: Onyxia's Lair Instance: Ragefire Chasm Instance: Razorfen Downs Instance: Razorfen Kraul Instance: Scarlet Monastery Instance: Scholomance Instance: Shadowfang Instance: Shadowfang Keep Instance: Stonewrought Pass Instance: Stratholme Instance: The Deadmines Instance: The Stockade Instance: The Temple of Atal'Hakkar Instance: Uldaman Instance: Wailing Caverns Instance: Zul'Farrak Oh and if you don't know, check out http://www.thottbot.com/ for item info, quest info, basically everything.

01-13-2005, 10:18 AM	#15
ski Admiral Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Utah Posts: 5,419	www.goblinworkshop.com www.allakhazam.com I usually run the game in Windowed mode (Video Options, check box) and searh google for the name of an NPC or area, and those 2 sites, as well as thottbot give maps.

01-13-2005, 10:24 AM	#16
ray captain awesome Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,961	This game is pure evil. You can be damn sure I'll be leveling from 30-40 this weekend

01-13-2005, 11:30 AM	#17
slaus Commander Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,189	I'm obsessed in eventually getting to onyxias lair

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01-13-2005, 02:18 PM	#19
slaus Commander Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,189	Requires a raid to take teh key from a boss in blackrock spires. Basically need a bunch of guild members and any lvl60 guy you can find hanging out in IF.

01-24-2005, 06:32 AM	#21
SonyGuy Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: NC Posts: 903	Man I'm wanting to get on and play this game....just gotta find a copy somewhere... __________________ AMD Athlon XP2100+(1.73Ghz)@XP2800+(2.25Ghz) Abit KD7 Raid 512MB PC2700 80GB WD 8mb Abit 256mb 9600XT @ Core- 575/500 Mem- 320/300 VGA Silencer and Copper RAM Sinks

01-24-2005, 09:42 AM	#22
ialsohaveadream Fleet Admiral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: FL Posts: 8,077	My best friend is constantly hounding me to buy and play this game with him, but my computer is lacking a graphics card. I have an AGP slot and about $70 to spare. Can I get anything that will make this game run on my computer? __________________ Web log

01-24-2005, 09:45 AM	#23
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	Geforce 4?

01-24-2005, 10:00 AM	#24
ialsohaveadream Fleet Admiral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: FL Posts: 8,077	Would a GeForce FX 5200 handle it? I found one on sale at Newegg (man I love that site) for dirt cheap. EDIT: I found a Rosewill ATI Radeon 9600 for $75 shipped. Radeon 9600s are good, right? I'm such a moron when it comes to video cards. I never play PC games. Last edited by ialsohaveadream : 01-24-2005 at 10:05 AM.

01-24-2005, 10:09 AM	#25
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	not sure really, what's the rest of your specs?

01-24-2005, 10:16 AM	#26
ialsohaveadream Fleet Admiral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: FL Posts: 8,077	P4 2.8, 512 MB DDR PC2700, and a nice purdy 17" Dell LCD.

01-24-2005, 10:17 AM	#27
ray captain awesome Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,961	Get at least 512MB RAM no matter what you do. If you hang out in IF or one of the other major areas you'll lag like no other if you don't have enough RAM.

01-24-2005, 10:26 AM	#28
ialsohaveadream Fleet Admiral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: FL Posts: 8,077	You mean get an additional 512 of RAM? For a total of 1 GB?

01-24-2005, 11:55 AM	#29
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	yeah, and I think the card will barely handle it. And I think even the best machines grinds to a halt when you enter IF's Auction House. There's always like 200+ people loitering between the Auction house and Bank. Why don't they open an AH in Darnassus and Stormwind?

01-24-2005, 12:14 PM	#30
slaus Commander Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,189	Supposedly they wouldnt be linked together so it'd be pointless. People have asked the same thing and blizzard has said its impoosible. Plus at this point most people are just used to going to IF. Gadgetzan has a neutral auction house which no one uses.

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