World of Warcraft rant

[Rugger]

BTW, my character name is Aldar, Night Elf warrior on Draenor server. One other quick gameplay question. The WoW fourms are a mess, IMO, and i have trouble logging into them from time to time as well.
Anyway, my question is about stances, how do you change it?

You'll earn them as quests (Defensive at lvl 10) and then get new buttons automatically above your toolbar to switch between them.


And to Claudio's question: No demo...I'm betting they'll do a "10-day trial" offer somewhere down the line, but I can't imagine it being anytime soon.

Regarding the general complaints: I play on 2 different servers (Darkspear and Bloodhoof) and have had little to no downtime. It really is the "Big 20" that have problems. And DO stay away from the General forum on the official site...cesspool doesn't begin to describe the quality of posting there...

-Matt

 

[Thanee]

Is there a demo one could check out?

Well, the european open beta right now only allows pre-order customers in, but I'm sure there will be one week or so (probably last week in january or first in february, judging from how the US beta went), where anyone can play. You just need to be fast enough to snatch an account, the 500,000 US beta accounts were gone in 24 hours (at least not 60 seconds ).

Bye
Thanee

 

[Klaus]

Oh, well...

The game looks mighty pretty, but I'd be a bajillion times more interested if it allowed for Single Player, with some quests and stuff...

 

[javapadawan]

I seem to recall hearing that the limit is 8 characters per account. It's possible that this may have been changed since then, though.

At one point while trying out different classes I had roughly 20 characters spread over 3 servers, so it must have changed. I think the limit is somewhere around 8-10 per server rather than per account.

I too have been lucky enough to have few problems with logging on and lag, even on Silver Hand, which is usually at "High". Playing Horde helps, as in most cases there are quite a few less of us in comparison to Alliance.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I too have been lucky enough to have few problems with logging on and lag, even on Silver Hand, which is usually at "High". Playing Horde helps, as in most cases there are quite a few less of us in comparison to Alliance.

Yep. On most servers, Alliance characters outnumber Horde characters by about 4 to 1.

This is hardly surprising. In virtually every MMORPG, the "pretty" races (usually humans and elves) are the most popular by a large margin.

Me, I'll stick to killing humans and elves with my level 44 orc shaman.

 

[KenM]

Oh, well...

The game looks mighty pretty, but I'd be a bajillion times more interested if it allowed for Single Player, with some quests and stuff...

I heard from alot of sorces that WoW is easy to solo, but you still have to play online.

 

[Thanee]

The game looks mighty pretty, but I'd be a bajillion times more interested if it allowed for Single Player, with some quests and stuff...

You can play it solo and there are quests (quite simple ones mostly, but together they form a whole with story and all that, especially the class-specific quests) and stuff, yes there is also stuff, I'm sure , but it's still a MMORPG, not a single player game, of course.

Bye
Thanee

 

[javapadawan]

The game looks mighty pretty, but I'd be a bajillion times more interested if it allowed for Single Player, with some quests and stuff...

As Thanee and KenM mentioned, soloing is definitely doable, probably more so than any other MMO I've played, including City of Heroes, especially if you play a hunter.

I've levelled my troll hunter up to 32 solo, and have never had to group out of necessity to finish a quest. On the few occasions when I had trouble, I simply gained a level or two and tried again. (The only time this doesn't work is with instanced dungeons, which are generally filled with elite creatures that sometimes attack in groups of three and four.)

 

[KenM]

Found this on Gamespot, interesting.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/18/news_6116566.html

 

[Dinkeldog]

Don't get me wrong. Complain and vent all you want. But to call that "article" journalism would be a stretch. The writer has an axe to grind. Insinuation that Blizzard was not performing upgrades when they said they were is poor writing. To say that people are angry, possibly even justifiably, is acceptable, but I really think that saying the game is "wracked with problems" only creates the environment, rather than informs on the condition of the game.

I personally have had very few problems, mostly some lag issues and some logging issues only on days when I try to go on immediately after the maintenance period. The people I'm playing with are experiencing the same issues and lack of issues. Overall, I'm having a lot of fun. Of course, I'm going to be busy playing, and not all stirred up, so I'm not going to go screaming to Gamespot or Penny Arcade and complain that they should take the recommendations away.

So yeah, Gamespot shouldn't have put that on their site. It's irresponsible and they should know better. I do have a simple solution for some of the overpopulation issues, but I'm not on the inside, so it wouldn't even be heard. Therefore, I do very little screaming about it. I just play.