# 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:** 148
**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 28, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2941 "2010-09-28T20:53:53Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > If a questgiver recommends “getting help” (A hero’s burden), and the game suggests 3 players, is that pretty much the way it is for a level 76 human warrior or should I attempt it anyway? Soloing group quests depends on: 1.) Your level compared to the level of the quest 2.) Your gear 3.) Your class and spec 4.) Your skill It’s never a bad idea to \*try \*(worst-case, you just pick up a repair bill), but I wouldn’t worry about it if you can’t solo it. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2942 "2010-09-28T21:00:34Z")
I can solo a lot of group quests on my druid, but that involves stacking dots, kiting, and self-healing. Did both of the naga bosses that way in the swamp between Hellfire Peninsula and Shatt (forgot name of the zone). Without the ability to self heal, it’s gonna be tough. The cool down on potions is too long to save you in that kind of thing… ---
**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 28, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2943 "2010-09-28T21:12:43Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > The cool down on potions is too long to save you in that kind of thing… They actually changed potions a while ago so that you can only use one per fight, period. (Technically you can drink one just before starting a fight and then another after the cooldown is up, but anyway). ETA: _taunt_ SFG ---
**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 28, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2944 "2010-09-28T21:12:52Z")
**Oakminster** , the potion mechanic changed quite a while ago. Now, you can only use them once per combat, regardless of their cooldown status. The only way to have the effect of more than one potion on you during a combat is to “pre-pot”–take a potion before you start combat, and then take another one once the first cooldown is up. ETA: :shakefist: Damn you snipe, **Tom Scud**! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2945 "2010-09-28T23:46:41Z")
Thanks guys for the help. I’m back in Zul’ Drak cleaning up a few greens. I had to abandon the flight of the wintergarde - whatever - where you rescue helpless villagers with the dragon? First of all, the dragon only lasts so long before it tells you it’s going to drop your ass if you don’t clear the frick out. Secondly, the villagers run so fast I can’t keep up with them, and I haven’t even gotten one up on the dragon with me yet. Does anyone else find this one difficult or is it my manual dexterity? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2946 "2010-09-29T00:31:23Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > If you report people who appear to be blocking the flight points or quest givers or whatever to the GMs, they will usually take action if the guy’s been standing there long enough. Or you could just hit “shift v” and right click and not be a wanker about it. ---
**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 29, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2947 "2010-09-29T01:28:43Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > > [@Zeriel](#): > > > > If you report people who appear to be blocking the flight points or quest givers or whatever to the GMs, they will usually take action if the guy’s been standing there long enough. > > Or you could just hit “shift v” and right click and not be a wanker about it. Yes, because expecting people not to be dicks is wankerish. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2948 "2010-09-29T01:50:28Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > > [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > > > Or you could just hit “shift v” and right click and not be a wanker about it. > > Yes, because expecting people not to be dicks is wankerish. It isn’t really, but keep in mind these are trolls. Running to the GMs wastes their time, which would be better spent nailing hackers and gold sellers. Learn to work around them, instead and you beat them at their own game. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2949 "2010-09-29T02:46:42Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > > [@jayjay](#): > > > > Yes, because expecting people not to be dicks is wankerish. > > It isn’t really, but keep in mind these are trolls. Running to the GMs wastes their time, which would be better spent nailing hackers and gold sellers. Learn to work around them, instead and you beat them at their own game. Meh, the GM staff is overwhelmingly not using the same methods or, likely, the same staff to fight hackers/sellers vs. harassers/trolls. ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2950 "2010-09-29T05:38:13Z")
After reading through this and the previous WoW thread (yes, all of it) I wanted to introduce and make my first post in here. Playing a priest and a bunch of alts on Silvermoon currently. I first started playing back when the game came out, even bought the collector’s edition. But after my friends rage quit a few months later, I packed up too and started playing another online game. Also lent my account to another friend who was interested in playing. Fast forward to a few months ago, and I asked my friend for my account back, since they weren’t playing any more, and started playing again. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2951 "2010-09-29T06:10:47Z")
We made it to 77! And here’s one of my “good-time” songs to mark the occasion… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJF6xSpDdZs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJF6xSpDdZs) I sure do appreciate y’all for helping me this far, and me and **Da’ Wolk’** will make it to 80 very soon. Thanks to all my kids! Y’all **ROCK!** **Quasi, Wolkie, Silka** and me. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2952 "2010-09-29T06:30:44Z")
Oh yeah! …[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2YsRK3bw0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2YsRK3bw0)… since we’re talking about my all-time favorite peoples in the whole wide world… Don’t know where I’d find better friends, sure don’t. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbfWJNNOsYw) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2953 "2010-09-29T08:10:56Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > We made it to 77! And here’s one of my “good-time” songs to mark the occasion… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJF6xSpDdZs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJF6xSpDdZs) > > I sure do appreciate y’all for helping me this far, and me and **Da’ Wolk’** will make it to 80 very soon. > > Thanks to all my kids! > > Y’all **ROCK!** > > **Quasi, Wolkie, Silka** and me. > > Q Grats **Quasi** - are you going to Storm Peaks now? Questing there starts at level 77. I got my Argent Tournament Tabard last night to finish off my crusader paladin and I admit I spent a while trotting round Dalaran on my Argent Charger with my squire on his pony. I see they’re removing the portals from Dalaran in Cataclysm so I may got some use out of the tabard when the expansion hits it’s a short flight to Dalaran from the tournament with all the trainers and the bank. Welcome to the thread **omenran** I look forward to hearing about your progress. ---
**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 29, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2954 "2010-09-29T11:16:37Z")
If you do head over to Storm Peaks, **Quasi** , make sure you pick up Cold Weather Flying (from the flight master in Dalaran, 1000g) first. Most of that zone is inaccessible unless you can fly in Northrend. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2955 "2010-09-29T12:32:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > It’s a pretty natural way to think of a DK - my primary alt the DK has the same name as my first character, a Tauren warrior, and a similar appearance; the backstory is obvious enough. I have a DK in a Spanish server because I happen to know some people who play there - it’s basically a way to have a place where I can drop by and say “hey, how’s your life”. This is a ridiculously-skewed towards Horde PvP realm: several of these players are the kind who speak about PvP as “the only acceptable way to play” as if being in that realm makes their balls clang, yet they happen to play in a realm where sighting someone from the other side is a reason to call the news services :p. My cow refuses to eat meat and uses any excuse to cast that self-healing spell you get from being a herbalist (while exclaiming “pretty flowers!”). When people tell me “you’re weird”, I tell them I’m just a refitted druid. I’m not much into PvP the way I often see it in WoW, but I like making up background stories for my characters which explain where they fit into their world. The stable of gnomes and dwarves I have in my main server are all related (directly or foster), stuff like that. I’m planning on keeping my eventual worgen in wolf-shape too… anybody who asks “why don’t you use your normal form?” will get “this is my normal form” (I’ve had that happen a couple times in the PTR). ---
**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 29, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2956 "2010-09-29T14:56:47Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > First of all, the dragon only lasts so long before it tells you it’s going to drop your ass if you don’t clear the frick out. Secondly, the villagers run so fast I can’t keep up with them, and I haven’t even gotten one up on the dragon with me yet. The fact that you’re getting a message about the dragon disappearing tells me that you’re probably in the wrong area. They don’t want you to be able to fly all over, so if you go outside the correct zone, you’ll get a warning to turn back and then it will despawn your mount. Check the description of where you’re supposed to be picking up villagers carefully, then check where you are on the map. Looking up the quest on Wowhead may also give you further details on exactly where you should be. > [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > Or you could just hit “shift v” and right click and not be a wanker about it. Part of the GMs’ jobs is to deal with assholes in the game. If they get reported often enough, they’ll get banned. Then everybody wins. > [@omenran](#): > > After reading through this and the previous WoW thread (yes, all of it) I wanted to introduce and make my first post in here. Welcome back to WoW, and welcome to the thread! > [@Quasimodem](#): > > We made it to 77! Woohooooo! Almost there, **Quasi**! Now hurry up and go train your Cold Weather Flying. 😃 It’s always \*such \*a relief to be able to fly again–life is so much easier! ---
**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 29, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2957 "2010-09-29T17:59:04Z")
Got into a PUG…ToC25…actually made our way to Anub, but couldn’t put him down because the adds were taking up all of our time…got him down to 35% twice and then people had to bail. I lead most of the time in dps, and pretty much stayed alive until the wipes with Anub. The guild that was doing the invites were pretty impressed that some of us scrubs can actually be cohesive enough to get that far and so I felt that the humanity of WoW puggers is not totally in the shitter. Vent also helped. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2958 "2010-09-29T18:53:11Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Woohooooo! Almost there, **Quasi**! Now hurry up and go train your Cold Weather Flying. 😃 It’s always \*such \*a relief to be able to fly again–life is so much easier! I always seem to spend more time in a zone than I need to, so I was still questing in Sholazar Basin when I got Cold Weather Flying. It was awesome to have in that zone. I forgot how nice it was to be available to easily avoid enemies if you wished. ---
**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 29, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2959 "2010-09-29T19:02:24Z")
Best $25 I ever spent was to send a couple of pieces of Heirloom gear plus the flying book to my Mage on another server from my main. ---
**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 29, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/2960 "2010-09-29T19:07:37Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > > Woohooooo! Almost there, **Quasi**! Now hurry up and go train your Cold Weather Flying. 😃 It’s always \*such \*a relief to be able to fly again–life is so much easier! > > I always seem to spend more time in a zone than I need to, so I was still questing in Sholazar Basin when I got Cold Weather Flying. It was awesome to have in that zone. I forgot how nice it was to be available to easily avoid enemies if you wished. There are some quests in Sholazar that require flying (good luck getting to the tops of the pillars, for instance); I think you’re “meant” to get flying in that zone (thus the cold weather flying trainer at River’s Heart). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=149)