# New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480 "2010-06-09T00:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 135
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2681 "2010-09-15T14:04:52Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > And another question: with my most recent upgrade, my DK tank has dropped below the hit cap in his tank gear. Should I slot in one +20 hit gem in place of a Stam gem to get back above the cap, or just accept the occasional miss? You don’t need to be hit capped as a DK tank. It’s nice, but as long as you’re not too low, you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2682 "2010-09-15T14:41:53Z")
Well, I’m so close to my Glory of the Hero proto-drake I can taste it. All I have left to get are Split Personality, Less-Rabi (which I should get next time I run it, providing that I stay in PvP spec for that fight and just mash the wind shear button), and Zombiefest (which apparently just takes a group that knows what they’re doing). ---
**Author:** ![Shin\_Kell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Shin\_Kell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shin_Kell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2683 "2010-09-15T14:58:18Z")
To keep rolling with the achievement fest, I picked up Soul Power and Three Faced on my hunter last night with some guildies. Spending an hour in Forge of Souls probably isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time, but it was a blast. Soul Power took around half an hour or so of working different strategies to keep the fragments from reaching him once he soulstormed. We got it thanks to a last second chains of ice from our DK, it was pretty epic I must say. Three Faced was just about timing and resetting when someone missed, I think we got it down after 4 tries. I had more fun wiping with those guys than I thought was possible, definately looking forward to the alt raid with them tonight. Knocking out some heroics and grabbing my first LK kill. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2684 "2010-09-15T15:08:35Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > So any warlocks out there have advice on what I should be using to AoE down trash packs in instances (currently level 72, Affliction)? Should I stick with the tried and true rain of fire spam, or switch to using Seed of Corruption as my primary trash destruction tool? Seed for sure. It’s the best AoE in the game. Afflic/Demo/Destro. Doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2685 "2010-09-15T15:24:22Z")
> [@Shin\_Kell](#): > > I had more fun wiping with those guys than I thought was possible, definately looking forward to the alt raid with them tonight. Knocking out some heroics and grabbing my first LK kill. Lucky! My alt-raid can just about manage Putricide and wipes consistently on the princes or BQL. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2686 "2010-09-15T15:31:56Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > The other downside I see to just going pvp all the way is a lack of gear upgrades. This is the only downside to it that I can see, yeah. I just can’t bring myself to twiddle my thumbs in the dungeon queue for half an hour when I could be in AV in 1-10 minutes. 😃 > [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > This officer also lives in New Zealand, but I don’t know if that affects whether he’ll be able to use the codes or not. If someone is playing your version of the game (which they have to be, to be on the same servers), it doesn’t matter where they’re playing it _from_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2687 "2010-09-15T15:49:13Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > > So any warlocks out there have advice on what I should be using to AoE down trash packs in instances (currently level 72, Affliction)? Should I stick with the tried and true rain of fire spam, or switch to using Seed of Corruption as my primary trash destruction tool? > > Seed for sure. It’s the best AoE in the game. Afflic/Demo/Destro. Doesn’t matter. Thanks. The Elitist Jerks page is pretty focused on single-target boss dps. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Wombats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Wombats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Wombats)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2688 "2010-09-15T16:59:25Z")
Hello! Friendly lurker here checking in. 🙂 I’m the new Warlock in Burning Dog Legion (Avram) you might’ve seen running around. I’m completely new to WoW, although I’ve some experience with other MMOs (Asheron’s Call and Lotro) Thanks for the Guild invite, and I look forward to seeing you all in-game… and abusing your game knowledge to fill in my ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2689 "2010-09-15T17:02:21Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > > And another question: with my most recent upgrade, my DK tank has dropped below the hit cap in his tank gear. Should I slot in one +20 hit gem in place of a Stam gem to get back above the cap, or just accept the occasional miss? > > You don’t need to be hit capped as a DK tank. It’s nice, but as long as you’re not too low, you’ll be fine. Especially considering a number of your attacks count as spells, so you’re not really hit-capped even at the standard melee cap. You don’t want to be abysmally low, but you should be able to get enough off gear to not need to gem/enchant for it. > [@Shin\_Kell](#): > > To keep rolling with the achievement fest, I picked up Soul Power and Three Faced on my hunter last night with some guildies. > > I had more fun wiping with those guys than I thought was possible, definately looking forward to the alt raid with them tonight. Knocking out some heroics and grabbing my first LK kill. It’s a good group, no? And now Jag is back on Cairne to join in the fun. Maybe I’ll even join in on the alt run tonight (wife-aggro pending). 🙂 Our ICC mount run was derailed when the OT had his video card blow up during a near Full House one-shot. He couldn’t get it fixed, and rather than get all the achieves without him we postponed the run. Had some fun in battlegrounds with some pre-mades, getting a few more achievements there (Arathi Basin All-Star, and whatever one you get for defending 3 nodes - actually ended that match with 3 assaulted and 4 defended nodes). ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2690 "2010-09-15T17:16:19Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Wombats](#): > > Friendly lurker here checking in. 🙂 I’m the new Warlock in Burning Dog Legion (Avram) you might’ve seen running around. Welcome and thanks for de-lurking! 😃 You won’t see me much in-guild (I have a 50-something alt there, a Troll Hunter named Hasati), but I lurrrrrrve discussing things here. (No lie, I hold the record for most posts by a single user to a single thread on this board ever, for the previous version of this thread.) > [@Jas09](#): > > Our ICC mount run was derailed when the OT had his video card blow up during a near Full House one-shot. He couldn’t get it fixed, and rather than get all the achieves without him we postponed the run. Boohiss for bad luck, but good on you guys for waiting. Hopefully the karma will pay off! My own run is looking to kick off again on Friday, so I’m getting excited to finally have this shit done. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2691 "2010-09-15T17:24:41Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Wombats](#): > > Hello! > > Friendly lurker here checking in. 🙂 I’m the new Warlock in Burning Dog Legion (Avram) you might’ve seen running around. > > I’m completely new to WoW, although I’ve some experience with other MMOs (Asheron’s Call and Lotro) > > Thanks for the Guild invite, and I look forward to seeing you all in-game.. and abusing your game knowledge to fill in my ignorance. Welcome FW! We were all newbies once, so we’re happy to help. We also have several tailors in the guild, so if you need bags or warlock gear, just ask. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2692 "2010-09-15T17:34:25Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > > [@Fuzzy\_Wombats](#): > > > > Hello! > > > > Friendly lurker here checking in. 🙂 I’m the new Warlock in Burning Dog Legion (Avram) you might’ve seen running around. > > > > I’m completely new to WoW, although I’ve some experience with other MMOs (Asheron’s Call and Lotro) > > > > Thanks for the Guild invite, and I look forward to seeing you all in-game.. and abusing your game knowledge to fill in my ignorance. > > Welcome FW! We were all newbies once, so we’re happy to help. > > We also have several tailors in the guild, so if you need bags or warlock gear, just ask. Come to think, we have several locks in the guild leveling up now; I might have Rum throw a few of the 32-slot soul bags in the bank (if only (a) the bank weren’t full and (b) the soul bags didn’t require eternal fire as part of their construction). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2693 "2010-09-15T18:05:57Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Come to think, we have several locks in the guild leveling up now; I might have Rum throw a few of the 32-slot soul bags in the bank (if only (a) the bank weren’t full and (b) the soul bags didn’t require eternal fire as part of their construction). I probably wouldn’t waste the mats. Cata is changing the soulshard mechanic completely, from what I hear. No more accumulating. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2694 "2010-09-15T18:47:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I probably wouldn’t waste the mats. Cata is changing the soulshard mechanic completely, from what I hear. No more accumulating. Yes, they’ll be part of the UI. My WAG is that this will go live with 4.0.1, before Cata drops–and that may be weeks away, instead of months. Anybody have a Warlock on the current PTR who can verify? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2695 "2010-09-15T18:49:43Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > > Come to think, we have several locks in the guild leveling up now; I might have Rum throw a few of the 32-slot soul bags in the bank (if only (a) the bank weren’t full and (b) the soul bags didn’t require eternal fire as part of their construction). > > I probably wouldn’t waste the mats. Cata is changing the soulshard mechanic completely, from what I hear. No more accumulating. I’ve read the same thing. Not sure exactly how it will work, but it seems sorta similar to DK runes. 'Locks will have a set amount of soulstones that may be spent during combat, and possibly some mechanic to recharge them. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2696 "2010-09-15T18:58:26Z")
Speaking of tailors, I’m probably going to bring my priest Kene (tailor/enchanter) back to the BDL. The guild I joined for more consistent raids seems to have disintegrated; I rarely see more than 3-4 people online and I have not raided with them once since joining. If I’m just going to be pugging anyway I’d much rather hang out with the Doggies in guild chat than a couple of strangers. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2697 "2010-09-15T20:16:20Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’ve read the same thing. Not sure exactly how it will work, but it seems sorta similar to DK runes. 'Locks will have a set amount of soulstones that may be spent during combat, and possibly some mechanic to recharge them. 3 of them, and they don’t regen in combat. Out of combat, they come back very quickly. Their use is almost totally PvP so far, which I’m not so sure about. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2698 "2010-09-15T21:02:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Speaking of tailors, I’m probably going to bring my priest Kene (tailor/enchanter) back to the BDL. The guild I joined for more consistent raids seems to have disintegrated; I rarely see more than 3-4 people online and I have not raided with them once since joining. If I’m just going to be pugging anyway I’d much rather hang out with the Doggies in guild chat than a couple of strangers. Damn straight. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2699 "2010-09-15T21:19:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Speaking of tailors, I’m probably going to bring my priest Kene (tailor/enchanter) back to the BDL. Nope, you can’t. If you come back there’ll be no reason to talk in the /sdmb channel except for new users/alts of course. I mean you and I had one whole conversation in that channel. I changed the color of that channel so it stood out more too 😃 Hah! Welcome back to the fold. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2700 "2010-09-15T21:21:14Z")
> [@martu](#): > > I have bought a friend game time through the Blizzard store all you have to do is gift it after you have purchased it. Cool. Now the only question is _where_ do I do this? I looked all over [worldofwarcraft.com](http://worldofwarcraft.com) and [battle.net](http://battle.net) and couldn’t even find a hint of a link as to where to buy these codes. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > If someone is playing your version of the game (which they have to be, to be on the same servers), it doesn’t matter where they’re playing it _from_. I was mainly concerned because I know that payment is handled differently in different countries (like China or Korea, or both, does pay-by-the-minute rather than monthly subscriptions), so thought that might make a difference in whether the game codes are valid from one country to the next. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=136)