World of Warcraft open beta signups live--sort of!

[Pielorinho]

They closed the open beta with half a million members. I don't know how that compares to other beta tests of online games, but it sounds pretty chunky to me.

Thanee, I'm switching my time between Aghund on server 13 and Goroshko on server 35 (the roleplay server); both are Horde characters. Drop me a /whisper if you want!
Daniel

 

[Thanee]

I have created a character (Rahja) on server 35, alliance, tho.

It was kinda laggy earlier, however. Well, not much of a surprise considering the physical distance.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Enforcer]

So it looks like all the keys are gone. "Early bird catches the worm" I guess. But, if somebody happens to not like the game and can give me their key, I'd be a very happy guy.

 

[Thanee]

Have played for a while now (Rahja, Human Mage Level 11, server 35) and so far it's been quite some fun. Even the graphics are cool, altho I really disliked the WC3 gfx change (WoW is much better and it fits very well). Only combat could be a bit more exciting... like in NWN or SW:KotOR, where they have a much better "real time - round based" system.

No idea, what kind of talents I should be learning, tho. Probably will just bring down the casting time for my fireballs, they take so annoyingly long to cast.

So you're all playing Horde? Sorry, but the Horde races really have little appeal to me.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Mystery Man]

I have a human priest up to level 14 and they seriously lay down some smack, they take it you know where in the armor dept though. You really have to buff yourself. Fun game, the first MMorPG I may actually buy!!

 

[evildm]

I was in the last stress test, so it's nice to be back. I'm playing a 16th level human warrior in Westfall named Gryffin, a 5th level Tauren shaman in Mulgore named Greathorn, and sometimes an 11th level human priest named Corgan. All on server 19.

I love this game so much, I've already preordered the collector's edition and gotten all my friends addicted.

 

[Pyrex]

Speaking of WoW, anyone found any good preorder deals? Best I've seen so far is $50 from Amazon.

 

[Cerebus13]

I'm curious, how many people are going to be buying this game when it goes retail? Been polling various communities to see how many people are playing...and maybe even gather up the lonely ones with no guild if they wanted to .

 

[evildm]

I'm curious, how many people are going to be buying this game when it goes retail? Been polling various communities to see how many people are playing...and maybe even gather up the lonely ones with no guild if they wanted to .

Having been enamored with the original stress test, I preordered the collector's edition at the beginning of November (along with HL2, which I picked up yesterday!).

 

[Pielorinho]

I'll definitely be playing, most likely playing several Horde characters on an RP server and then an alliance character or two on a PVP server.

The RP server has its own problems. Too much of the roleplaying is, well, awful: people who think that appending "mon" to the end of every sentence equals roleplaying a troll, or people who think that orcs have to talk like Cookie Monster. "Me get killed by big scorpion! Me dead now!" Argh!

But worse than them are the roleplay police, where you get conversations like:

[Agzax]What level should I be before trying the Wailing Caverns quest?
[LordOCD]Please review the standards for this RP server.
[Agzax]Huh?
[LordOCD]This is a roleplaying server. Do not engage in out of character dialogue here.
[Geniusboy]SHUT UP YOU $@#! I CAN TALK HOWEVER I WANT!
[Ghandi]Try level 15
[LordOCD]I'm going to report you to the GMs. We want to be able to enjoy a good rp experience here. Are you mentally defective or something?
[RandomTauren]Mooooo
[RandomTauren]Mooooo
[RandomTauren]Mooooo
[RandomTauren]Mooooo
[RandomTauren]Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[Agzax]Thanks, Ghandi!

Makes me craze, it does . Still, it's better than a lot of the just awful and obnoxious talk on the non-RP servers, and occasionally you'll encounter someone who can stay in-character without constantly hamming it up.

And fortunately, it's real easy to leave the chat channels. At this point, I only log into them when I have a specific question; I ask it in the least-statty way possible; once I get my answer, I thank whoever helped me and leave the channel toot sweet.

Daniel