World of Warcraft

[ptgatsby]

Originally Posted by Jen

Start over with us!

I'm struggling with it. It's not that I don't want to, it's that I already have every class going, and I have this strange attachment to my existing characters That, and I haven't seen anyone on since I logged on

You're right though. I should, because it isn't any more fun doing it myself, for sure... I'll just have to put aside my emotional attachment to the server I started on.

The hardest part is not being able to jump onto a soloing character when you don't see anyone on!

SP, how open are the "special pets"? There are a few... dragons... I wouldn't mind having around. Cause if so, I'm so going to get a bunch of beast mastery hunters into battlegrounds and blot out the sky with them.

Oh yes... oh yes I am.

[cafe]

My kids' trial account can't connect anymore, even on the other computer.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by cafe

Yeah. I have a bad habit of wandering around looking for plants and getting killed and I've also gone over a few waterfalls because I wanted to see what was on the other side. Turns out the thing on the other side is certain death. Who knew? Still got about a quarter of the most recent download to go. *sigh*

I don't know if the dwarf landing strip will be open in the next part, but if not, there's a way to get up on top of the mountains and then, besides looking at the great views, going to the dwarf airport even if nothing works up there.

[SolitaryPenguin]

Originally Posted by ptgatsby

SP, how open are the "special pets"? There are a few... dragons... I wouldn't mind having around. Cause if so, I'm so going to get a bunch of beast mastery hunters into battlegrounds and blot out the sky with them.

Oh yes... oh yes I am.

Here's a link to the new pets you can get:
Petopia: New Pets

And as for starting over, don't feel too bad about abandoning the other characters. I am doing this Blackhand thing as a more casual, killing time sort of thing, and I am loving it. I still have my 70 shaman, 65 hunter and 63 rogue to work on on three different servers as well. I wouldn't see us raiding on Blackhand soon, if at all.

I might be an exception though, I love starting over as much as I can. I never really get bored of these starting areas and quests.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by SolitaryPenguin

You'll have to get to at least level 61 to tame him, as the talent to do it is a 51 point talent. It's more gimmicky than anything.

And no, horse lady is always hotter than the night elves Especially now with my ponytail.

(oh dear God, I am sad)

She is totally not hotter than Foofarina, but definitely hotter than Mizzy! ;P

About the router thingy, what do you think?

[ptgatsby]

Originally Posted by SolitaryPenguin

Here's a link to the new pets you can get:
Petopia: New Pets

Nuramoc!? Core Hounds!?

I'm... uhh... yah. I get so enthusiastic over such small thing

(10 hunters, 10 nuramocs... what a glorious sight that would be!)

And as for starting over, don't feel too bad about abandoning the other characters. I am doing this Blackhand thing as a more casual, killing time sort of thing, and I am loving it. I still have my 70 shaman, 65 hunter and 63 rogue to work on on three different servers as well. I wouldn't see us raiding on Blackhand soon, if at all.

It's not the characters... its... I don't know. A sense of responsibility to those I have already put time into, worked on. I can't really explain the feeling It's like I have to give something up, and I don't know what it is.

[SolitaryPenguin]

Originally Posted by Jen

Do you think it matters download speed wise if I redirect my routers or will it still take ages to get back online regardless?

Sorry Jen, I missed this.

The router thing shouldn't really make a difference. The Blizzard downloader just sucks ass. I am trying to see if I can find a mirror for the patch somewhere else that would be faster. If I find it I will post it up for you.

[SolitaryPenguin]

Originally Posted by ptgatsby

It's not the characters... its... I don't know. A sense of responsibility to those I have already put time into, worked on. I can't really explain the feeling It's like I have to give something up, and I don't know what it is.

Oh believe me, I get that too. Just think of it as adding to it, cause you will feel just as much responsibility to this new toon as well once you put some time into it.

[ptgatsby]

Originally Posted by SolitaryPenguin

Oh believe me, I get that too. Just think of it as adding to it, cause you will feel just as much responsibility to this new toon as well once you put some time into it.

You're right, of course.

Alright, I'll do it :P But it'll probably be as a priest, which means I won't be soloing if I can help it

[ptgatsby]

Originally Posted by SolitaryPenguin

Sorry Jen, I missed this.

The router thing shouldn't really make a difference. The Blizzard downloader just sucks ass. I am trying to see if I can find a mirror for the patch somewhere else that would be faster. If I find it I will post it up for you.

You can probably tell if the router is holding you back - if you have a green light and it says "no problems detected", the peer sharing is working and you'll just have to be patient

It not, then it will speed things up.

re: Trial accounts - I remember something about this patch interfering with trial accounts, but I can't find it now... maybe I just imagined it, but... Expansion patches are a week-long issue, for sure.