Comments on: WoW Trial Day 2: http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7629 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7629 <strong>@Matt McCullough</strong> - I think I can create a new character on a different server no problem. Not sure about transferring the character from one server to another. I'll check it out next time I log in. :) <strong>@Kavalor</strong> and <strong>@Alphast</strong> - well, one reason not to play on an european server would be the lag. The eu realms are probably physically located in europe which means they would obviously seem slower to US users than local ones. That's of course a practical reason. Not sure why Blizzard would want to enforce this. Perhaps it has something to do with the migrations of professional gold miners? @Matt McCullough - I think I can create a new character on a different server no problem. Not sure about transferring the character from one server to another. I’ll check it out next time I log in. )

@Kavalor and @Alphast - well, one reason not to play on an european server would be the lag. The eu realms are probably physically located in europe which means they would obviously seem slower to US users than local ones.

That’s of course a practical reason. Not sure why Blizzard would want to enforce this. Perhaps it has something to do with the migrations of professional gold miners?

]]> by: Kavalor http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7628 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:21:44 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7628 As far as i know you cannot play on the european realms from America - the same that we in Europe cannot play on american servers. For whatever reason Blizzard separated the continents. As far as i know you cannot play on the european realms from America - the same that we in Europe cannot play on american servers. For whatever reason Blizzard separated the continents.

]]> by: Alphast http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7627 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:23:26 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7627 By the way, as far as I remember, yes, you can change time zone. You just need to go to a server in Europe, for instance. By the way, as far as I remember, yes, you can change time zone. You just need to go to a server in Europe, for instance.

]]> by: Matt McCullough http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7623 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:18:54 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7623 Ah damn, I play on Blackdragon Flight. I'm not sure what the restrictions on trial accounts are these days, but I could definitely help you out if you had a char on my server. Ah damn, I play on Blackdragon Flight. I’m not sure what the restrictions on trial accounts are these days, but I could definitely help you out if you had a char on my server.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7621 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:55:30 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7621 <strong>@Matt McCullough</strong> - Undermine, I think. :) @Matt McCullough - Undermine, I think. )

]]> by: Matt McCullough http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7619 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7619 Luke, what server are you playing on? Luke, what server are you playing on?

]]> by: Tummblr http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7618 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:40:49 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7618 That's correct. When a mob's name appears grey to you, it yields no experience. I believe the person I mentioned was able to level to 70 without stepping foot in Outlands because he grinded on level 61 or 62 Elite mobs in Azeroth that remained green till 70. Still, that must have been incredibly tedious. That’s correct. When a mob’s name appears grey to you, it yields no experience. I believe the person I mentioned was able to level to 70 without stepping foot in Outlands because he grinded on level 61 or 62 Elite mobs in Azeroth that remained green till 70. Still, that must have been incredibly tedious.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7617 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:17:12 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7617 <strong>@Matt`</strong> - I don't think it is. I read somewhere that after you reach a certain level you really don't get any experience for killing the low level foes. @Matt` - I don’t think it is. I read somewhere that after you reach a certain level you really don’t get any experience for killing the low level foes.

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7614 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:24:51 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7614 hehe, I kinda wonder if it's possible to do what they did in the Warcraft-based South Park episode when they needed to get to a high level without going out into the main part of the world (there was a super-high level jerk running around killing everyone, even the admin/NPC characters) They just killed boars in the forests of the newbie area for weeks on end :lol: hehe, I kinda wonder if it’s possible to do what they did in the Warcraft-based South Park episode when they needed to get to a high level without going out into the main part of the world (there was a super-high level jerk running around killing everyone, even the admin/NPC characters)

They just killed boars in the forests of the newbie area for weeks on end lol

]]> by: Tummblr http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7612 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:27:22 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/01/05/wow-trial-day-2/#comment-7612 [quote post="2202"]When you come back from the quest you find a desolated wasteland full of dangerous monsters. The beautiful city where you started is just a pile of rocks, the quaint farms are smoking ruins. So you get to re-discover the places you knew before anew.[/quote] Ooo that's neat! That actually sounds like something Blizzard should learn from. Not only is it a good narrative technique and hook, it also allows for a safe "newbie" area that is insulated from the rest of the world. It sounds like GW does things a bit differently from WoW though (and more similar to Diablo). In WoW, one can level up and beat the game in whatever manner one chooses. Some people follow the quest stories and complete every quest under the sun. Some people wander around casually and complete quests when possible. Some people grind from zone to zone without questing. Some people painstakingly plan out optimal questing circuits to complete the most number of quests in the least amount of time. Some people level up by running instances constantly. Some people level up solely through turning in PvP tokens. I even read about some guy who leveled up to level 70 without stepping foot in Outlands (60-70 is supposed to be done in the expansion world Outlands). But do try to follow the suggestion of the friendly NPCs. They will give you hints of when you should move on (you have outgrown the current zone), and where you should go (zones that are appropriate for your level). There are also many quest chains that lead you all over the map.

When you come back from the quest you find a desolated wasteland full of dangerous monsters. The beautiful city where you started is just a pile of rocks, the quaint farms are smoking ruins. So you get to re-discover the places you knew before anew.

Ooo that’s neat! That actually sounds like something Blizzard should learn from. Not only is it a good narrative technique and hook, it also allows for a safe “newbie” area that is insulated from the rest of the world.

It sounds like GW does things a bit differently from WoW though (and more similar to Diablo). In WoW, one can level up and beat the game in whatever manner one chooses. Some people follow the quest stories and complete every quest under the sun. Some people wander around casually and complete quests when possible. Some people grind from zone to zone without questing. Some people painstakingly plan out optimal questing circuits to complete the most number of quests in the least amount of time. Some people level up by running instances constantly. Some people level up solely through turning in PvP tokens. I even read about some guy who leveled up to level 70 without stepping foot in Outlands (60-70 is supposed to be done in the expansion world Outlands).

But do try to follow the suggestion of the friendly NPCs. They will give you hints of when you should move on (you have outgrown the current zone), and where you should go (zones that are appropriate for your level). There are also many quest chains that lead you all over the map.

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