# 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:** 356
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7102 "2011-01-18T17:32:19Z")
Oh hey, third toon to 85 last night (my warrior this time)! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7103 "2011-01-18T17:35:59Z")
Congrats! I dunno where you guys find the time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7104 "2011-01-18T17:58:29Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > The best sidekicks EVAR are also in the goblin quests, these out in Azshara. There’s a group called the Gob Squad that you hook up with soon after being sent out to the beach to help fight the naga invasion, and they are awesome. Wish I could have kept them around. ☹ You meet up with the Gob Squad again later in Twilight Highlands though only briefly. My favorite sidekick in Azshara is the goblin assassin you meet up with in the Badassery quest. I wanted to ask her to marry me, but she split as soon as we landed ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7105 "2011-01-18T18:02:17Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > I’m on a 10 day trial of Cataclysm. My initial thoughts are that I will be signing up after the trial expires. The worgen starting area is the one I have enjoyed most of any of them. Is the goblin one as good? See Yahtzee Croshaw’s take on the differences between the two starter zones in his [Zero Punctuation review of Cataclysm](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2634-World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm) 😉 ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7106 "2011-01-18T18:06:17Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > See Yahtzee Croshaw’s take on the differences between the two starter zones in his [Zero Punctuation review of Cataclysm](http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2634-World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm) 😉 Dammit! Foiled again my my employer’s airtight internet filter! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7107 "2011-01-18T18:50:37Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Plus in the goblin area, you start out as a Very Important Person, which drives some of the starter area plotlines. It’s kind of a nice change from the usual “newbie = nobody” setup. I also liked the vehicle usage and the sidekicks. > > The best sidekicks EVAR are also in the goblin quests, these out in Azshara. There’s a group called the Gob Squad that you hook up with soon after being sent out to the beach to help fight the naga invasion, and they are awesome. Wish I could have kept them around. ☹ The Gob Squad is AWESOME. If you’re Horde, they also make an appearance towards the end of the Twilight Highlands chain (starting with [Patchwork Command)](http://www.wowhead.com/quest=27576), helping you fight your way through fairly intense Twilight’s Hammer opposition to blow some gates and clear the way to Grim Batol. Dang, sniped! And by someone who knows how to use the SPOILER feature! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7108 "2011-01-18T18:51:54Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Oh hey, third toon to 85 last night (my warrior this time)! Congratulations! I got my 3rd 85 yesterday too. 😃 People keep asking me why I have two DKs (and now 2 85 DKs)…uh…I like DKs? 🙂 Besides, this guy is my herber/alchemist (leveling herbing from 1-525 is _ever_ so much more pleasant with Old World Flying) and I can muck around practicing DPS on him without messing up my raiding DK’s spec. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7109 "2011-01-18T18:53:41Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Congrats! I dunno where you guys find the time. 😃 In my case, it’s “18 straight days of no effin’ work because nobody in their right mind books a convention right after Christmas”. My entire paycheck on the 20th is going to consist of an hour’s pay for showing up at the monthly Safety Committee meeting (where I represent my department because I drew the short straw). :mad: ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7110 "2011-01-18T18:57:07Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Dammit! Foiled again my my employer’s airtight internet filter! No kidding. No Punctuation is about as NSFW as you can get without nudity (full or partial). Croshaw can make me blush, and I’m a veteran! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7111 "2011-01-18T19:15:51Z")
I do love me some Zero Punctuation, but it’s definitely NSFW. I mean, we’re talking not infrequent appearances of pixelated but still entirely distinguishable genitalia. And sex toys appear just as-is more than once. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7112 "2011-01-18T19:33:11Z")
Ummmm…how the hell did [this](http://us.battle.net/wow/en/guild/cairne/burning%20dog%20legion/achievement#15080:a5467) happen? Who was the guildie that was on when it did? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7113 "2011-01-18T19:36:39Z")
Is that the cooking thing? Rahuul apparently went cooking crazy, and good on him. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7114 "2011-01-18T19:42:45Z")
But how could it have happened if we only fished up about 1,000 Cata Fish? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7115 "2011-01-18T19:44:28Z")
Yeah, Rahuul apparently went insane. He doesn’t even have the Chef’s Hat, which would have cut down the time considerably. ETA: I think he bought a lot of the mats, not fished them. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7116 "2011-01-18T20:36:32Z")
Well good for him if he did it…I was suspecting a fortuitous glitch. ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7117 "2011-01-19T00:55:28Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Yeah, Rahuul apparently went insane. He doesn’t even have the Chef’s Hat, which would have cut down the time considerably. > > ETA: I think he bought a lot of the mats, not fished them. Yeah, I wasn’t in the mood to play much Saturday or Sunday, but had recently acquired the cooking awards to purchase the South Island Iced Tea recipe, so I flew to TH, entered the inn and bought the mats (only cata recipe that does not require a drop off a mob that counts towards the achieve since the star fire espresso recipe was hot fixed out back in the first week) in batches of about 700. Then I “cooked” them and went afk to read as they slowly processed. At 2 seconds per, 4200 recipes took about 2.3 hours, not counting mat buying. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7118 "2011-01-19T08:51:11Z")
One of my guildies did the same thing, the GM (who hasn’t known him for long, we recently invaded another guild) was asking “is he insane?” “You’re talking about a guy who does full dailies with ten characters, what was the question?” “Never mind.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7119 "2011-01-19T12:06:23Z")
Awh, one of my guildies beat me to getting the “Stay Classy” achievement last night. I was about halfway through level 84 on my warlock and about that far through Friendly with my guild when the achievement was announced. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7120 "2011-01-19T16:00:06Z")
Woo, got my first epic drop of the expansion! Two weeks ago, Val and Ther dropped their tanking trinket, but I let the other tank take it since he didn’t have a single +Stam trinket yet. This week, it dropped again, and it’s mine! Moohoohahaha. I’m also just a tiny sliver of JP away from being able to buy my T11 chest: I should get it tonight. > [@JayRx1981](#): > > At 2 seconds per, 4200 recipes took about 2.3 hours, not counting mat buying. :eek: > [@Nava](#): > > “You’re talking about a guy who does full dailies with ten characters, what was the question?” Also :eek: ---
**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:** [January 19, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7121 "2011-01-19T17:52:27Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Woo, got my first epic drop of the expansion! Two weeks ago, Val and Ther dropped their tanking trinket, but I let the other tank take it since he didn’t have a single +Stam trinket yet. This week, it dropped again, and it’s mine! Moohoohahaha. I’m also just a tiny sliver of JP away from being able to buy my T11 chest: I should get it tonight. Congratulations! 🙂 Don’t the epic upgrades from this expansion feel more “epic” than the last one, since they’re harder to come by? I finally got my tank weapon last night, after having to endure two other guildies linking it in guild chat over the past couple of weeks (we have like 7 10-man progression teams in our guild). I was so happy–and it was even better because the only other person in our team who might want it, our ret paladin, was off that night so I didn’t even have to roll for it. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=357)