# 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:** 82
**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:** [July 31, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1621 "2010-07-31T04:02:39Z")
You’re not running another stupid hybrid spec are you? Some 30/0/41 or something? I’d lol and kick you for that. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1622 "2010-07-31T07:42:58Z")
A good night for me. Upgraded my neck piece, got my War Mammoth, made progress towards getting my helm for Triumph emblems. Lost a roll on Reins of the Ebon Drake in heroic Stratholme–first time I’ve seen a mount drop. Are there dungeons/heorics that give Wyrmrest rep? I want their dragon mount, too… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1623 "2010-07-31T09:27:44Z")
To get Wyrmrest rep, buy their tabard and wear it; any rep you get in level 80 dungeons or heroics will then be used for Wyrmrest. There’s also three dailies, two in Borean and one at the Temple. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1624 "2010-07-31T15:44:25Z")
Did Battle of Undercity with my pally last night. I was kind of lucky, since someone had already started it when I got there and they were already fighting down in the outer ring when I arrived so I missed about half the event. Then, the other guy and I talked back and forth while we waited for it to be over (it was his fourth toon to do it; my third). So it could have been worse. Six pieces of leg gear to choose from and none of it healing plate :-(. But my Horde Expedition rep got high enough to buy [Warsong Stormshield](http://www.wowhead.com/item=38462) and someone was nice enough to leave some [Bindings of Construct](http://www.wowhead.com/item=36977) in the guild vault, so at least I got a few upgrades last night. I missed the last three days of work with walking pneumonia, but at least I got quite a bit of WoW time in even with a raging fever 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1625 "2010-08-01T01:45:13Z")
No way would I ever change their looks now, but why did Blizzard give our toons such funny-looking faces? “Because they’re _toons_, Quasi!”, you’re saying to yourselves. I was just wondering because I took a look in Game Informer today and saw some ads for games in which the characters looked much more human in their faces. As I wrote, I wouldn’t change **Wolkie’s** looks for anything, but I was just curious. Thanks Q ---
**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:** [August 1, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1626 "2010-08-01T02:00:36Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > No way would I ever change their looks now, but why did Blizzard give our toons such funny-looking faces? > > “Because they’re _toons_, Quasi!”, you’re saying to yourselves. > > I was just wondering because I took a look in Game Informer today and saw some ads for games in which the characters looked much more human in their faces. > > As I wrote, I wouldn’t change **Wolkie’s** looks for anything, but I was just curious. > > Thanks > > Q Almost all of the males in the game look FUGLY! But especially human males. They all look like they have a harelip. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1627 "2010-08-01T04:23:57Z")
Rolled me up a tauren druid today (yah, trying the druid thing yet again… I’m thinking I’ll try Feral this time…) and I fell back on my “look around at products on my desk” character-naming method. His name is Duracelt, and I’ve leveled him all the way to 12 in one day. In the starting area, I was shocked - **shocked** I say, to look around and see druid after druid after druid. And one warrior. Every other baby tauren in sight was a druid. Bloodhoof Village: Curse you, Blizzard! Curse you for giving me one inadequate bag and then designing a quest hub where every single quest requires collecting multiple items! Now ten of my bag slots are filled with incomplete stacks of quest items, one slot has my hearthstone, and two slots hold my food and drink. Leaving me with three slots for stuff I can sell to earn coins. Boo! I resorted to deleting my level 8 belf paladin after selling all his stuff and mailing the resulting silver and copper to this druid, along with a six-slot bag he had. And his shirt. My tauren druid is now rocking a belf paladin Initiate’s Shirt. And now … now I’ve been camping Arra’chea’s spawn point for [del]20[/del] 30 minutes. I think that draenei I saw must have killed him last time he spawned. Sigh. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1628 "2010-08-01T04:33:39Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > And now … now I’ve been camping Arra’chea’s spawn point for [del]20[/del] 30 minutes. I think that draenei I saw must have killed him last time he spawned. Arra’chea follows a looping path between the marked standing stone near Red Rocks and the Wildmane (I think) well, north of Thunder Bluff, with the north and south limits being the north border mountains of the zone and that small ridge that runs east of whatever the northeastern Rise is. Usually running around in a circle between those points (best going counterclockwise to intercept him) will find him. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1629 "2010-08-01T05:53:45Z")
Played way too much WoW today, but had an awesome run. Got my Helm, upgraded boots, enchanted helm and shoulders, killed Scourgelord Tyrannus, who dropped [my new staff](http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=50273), and got [a new mount](http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=43951) from Heroic Stratholme. Thing I’m almost at the hit cap, and maybe close to hast cap. Guy I grouped with said I’m rocking a gear score of 4302 now. Next slot upgrade is prolly gonna be my chest… 😃 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1630 "2010-08-01T19:12:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > > [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > > > And now … now I’ve been camping Arra’chea’s spawn point for [del]20[/del] 30 minutes. I think that draenei I saw must have killed him last time he spawned. > > Arra’chea follows a looping path between the marked standing stone near Red Rocks and the Wildmane (I think) well, north of Thunder Bluff, with the north and south limits being the north border mountains of the zone and that small ridge that runs east of whatever the northeastern Rise is. Usually running around in a circle between those points (best going counterclockwise to intercept him) will find him. Oh yeah, I’ve hunted him down a few times before. I just decided to spawn camp him this time because even at level 12 I still manage to aggro every level 7 wolf and cougar in the vicinity and I was getting tired of having to stop and deal with them over and over while riding around the Golden Plains. I did finally give up on the camping, though, and went looking for him. I did track him down eventually. Now Duracelt is at The Crossroads, gathering Plainstrider Beaks and Raptor Heads 😃 [And Bear Form ended up with a nice color scheme](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/duracelt_bear.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1631 "2010-08-02T00:55:38Z")
Woo! Been busy this week and not played too much, but my lvl 70 Nelf Hunter got a port to Dal (he’s the one I’ve been waiting for friends to come back to the game before I go into Northrend - I don’t consider Dal to count!). Got my Working Day and Night achievement with Skinning, Mining and First Aid. I’m on Ysera though and man, everything goes lower on the AH there. Having a hard time gathering and selling for anything right now. A friend lent me Arthas: Rise of the Lich King. Now I’m thinking: play WoW, read book. Play WoW, read book… Edit: Oh, and I tamed Bjarn because I wanted a tanking pet and HEY POLAR BEAR. I named him Welcome! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1632 "2010-08-02T01:01:34Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Played way too much WoW today, but had an awesome run. Got my Helm, upgraded boots, enchanted helm and shoulders, killed Scourgelord Tyrannus, who dropped [my new staff](http://www.wowarmory.com/item-info.xml?i=50273) > 😃 Ah yes. Look around, and you will see many casters sporting that staff. It sure makes the hit cap thing a lot easier. Myself, I’ve been running my late-30s BElf Warlock around the Badlands, because it’s the one (Horde) area I haven’t quested through at-level, and I must say, it isn’t worth the effort. Maybe I’m just jaded with the whole World of Warcraft questing/leveling game, but the Horde Badlands quests are a pretty lifeless set of quest chains so far. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1633 "2010-08-02T01:24:25Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Myself, I’ve been running my late-30s BElf Warlock around the Badlands, because it’s the one (Horde) area I haven’t quested through at-level, and I must say, it isn’t worth the effort. Maybe I’m just jaded with the whole World of Warcraft questing/leveling game, but the Horde Badlands quests are a pretty lifeless set of quest chains so far. It doesn’t help that about 80% of the quests you can get in Kargath are for Blackrock Mountain. And 50% of the rest of them that involve the Badlands generally are for Uldaman. That’s easily one of the most instance-centered zones in the game, even if one of the instances isn’t even in that zone. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1634 "2010-08-02T02:28:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It doesn’t help that about 80% of the quests you can get in Kargath are for Blackrock Mountain. And 50% of the rest of them that involve the Badlands generally are for Uldaman. That’s easily one of the most instance-centered zones in the game, even if one of the instances isn’t even in that zone. Yeah, aside from the [del]cloth vendors[/del] ogres, there’s not a whole lot going on in that zone. Though that black dragon chain is kind of interesting. And there’s that gnome with his little robot … ---
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1635 "2010-08-02T03:22:32Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Bloodhoof Village: Curse you, Blizzard! Curse you for giving me one inadequate bag and then designing a quest hub where every single quest requires collecting multiple items! Now ten of my bag slots are filled with incomplete stacks of quest items, one slot has my hearthstone, and two slots hold my food and drink. Leaving me with three slots for stuff I can sell to earn coins. Boo! Is this a BDL alt? If so there are a bunch of bags in the guild vault, including at least four Frostweaves the last time I checked. On another note: my holy pally dinged 79 tonight, just as I finished Dragonspire or whatever that zone is called. I decided to head to Sholazar to for the final sprint to 80 for the skinning. Then let the emblem grind begin! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1636 "2010-08-02T03:56:37Z")
Ok, I’ve played warriors, druids, and hunters. For a change of pace I rolled a rouge, and something just baffles me: How the hell do I learn how turn and run around like the rouges that always kicked my ass? I try the keyboard and the mouse but I must be the lamest PvP rouge out there, you’d think I was on crutches or in a wheelchair. WTF do I need to do? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1637 "2010-08-02T04:42:29Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > > [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > > > Bloodhoof Village: Curse you, Blizzard! Curse you for giving me one inadequate bag and then designing a quest hub where every single quest requires collecting multiple items! Now ten of my bag slots are filled with incomplete stacks of quest items, one slot has my hearthstone, and two slots hold my food and drink. Leaving me with three slots for stuff I can sell to earn coins. Boo! > > Is this a BDL alt? If so there are a bunch of bags in the guild vault, including at least four Frostweaves the last time I checked. Nah, this is over on Argent Dawn, a RP server. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1638 "2010-08-02T06:44:28Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Ok, I’ve played warriors, druids, and hunters. For a change of pace I rolled a rouge, and something just baffles me: How the hell do I learn how turn and run around like the rouges that always kicked my ass? I try the keyboard and the mouse but I must be the lamest PvP rouge out there, you’d think I was on crutches or in a wheelchair. WTF do I need to do? learn to spell? Mouse, and the reason they look so flippy doing it is that many of them are jumping while turning. You may also be getting confused by some talent-learned skills which make the rogue jump around a lot: it’s a toon skill, not a player skill. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1639 "2010-08-02T08:40:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Got Loremaster of Kalimdor! That’s old world done, and I’m comfortably ahead of Cataclysm. Yay me! Grats! Damned annoying quest design in Grizzly Hills which didn’t affect me on my pally but was a huge pain on my warlock. You group up with Bud to capture an ice troll however it doesn’t tell you you’ll lose your pet in the process and a demonology warlock losing their pet is a big deal. I died twice to wolves on the way then about 3 times in the camp trying to get a troll without aggro-ing anything else. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/1640 "2010-08-02T09:19:50Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Somebody over in the “help sum nubs” thread mentioned finding the auction house intimidating, especially when using an auction addon, so I decided to throw together a little… > > **Very Basic Auction House Guide** > > **Getting the AH Addon** > > Download [the Auctioneer suite of addons](http://auctioneeraddon.com/) and install it. Thanks **SFG** very handy I’m going to give this a go tonight. Does the addon have a way of seeing prices over time easily? Let’s say I want to know when is the best day to post fish feasts or titansteel bars so I’d like a graph of price against date over a couple of weeks. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=83)