official World of Warcraft

[I am Redbeard]

I wanna sign! Which realm will the guild be on? I'll be on in a couple of hours.

Quel'Dorei.

US, PvE (Normal)

[ramsy66]

Quel'Dorei.

US, PvE (Normal)

Ah, can I get onto that? I'm in EU...

[I am Redbeard]

From the other thread:

You aren't able to play on a US server with an EU account so you'll have to buy another copy. The same is true for US players that want to play on EU or Asian servers.

[ramsy66]

From the other thread:

Youch! Won't be doing that.

Will we be creating an EU guild aswell?

[the evn show]

Will we be creating an EU guild aswell?

Somebody else is welcome to try - there might be enough interest to support it but there aren't as many EU players as there are US players so it might be difficult to attain a critical mass.

[ramsy66]

I'll give it a go, if anyone with an EU account wants to PM me with their interest, if I get enough interest I'll set a guild up!

[gigapixels Veteran]

The first post has been updated with guild information.

[Yorak]

Hey guys, I have a question. I am looking to start playing (I know, I know, I've bashed it in the past). What would be the best order for me to install stuff? Vanilla, BC, LK, then do the updates? Or do I have to update in between?

[the evn show]

You can do them all at once then update.

[Ran Sagy]

Either install the trial version or everything then update - You'll get an install ready faster this way.

[Shadrack]

Servers are down for maintenance... will today be the day of the 3.1 patch I wonder?

[Eric Veteran]

Servers are down for maintenance... will today be the day of the 3.1 patch I wonder?

Probably not... They would have pushed the game patch via the update server by now. The last week (or 2?) they sent the content update, so they're at least done with that part. :)

(I could be wrong, but that's generally how they do it.)

[Redestium]

Servers are down for maintenance... will today be the day of the 3.1 patch I wonder?

Nah, they just deployed a new PTR patch recently.

The first post has been updated with guild information.

That post is historic!

[Xilo]

I honestly wouldn't expect 3.1 to hit live until late April at the earliest.

[+SOOPRcow MVC]

My guess is that they're are pushing for next tuesday so they can have the new/updated noble garden event live for this Easter (the 12th)

[MrBear5587]

Hey people,

So I've never played WoW before. Tempted to finally get round to trying it out (I'm also new to MMORPGS in general).

Created a 10 day trial account and have downloaded and installed the client.

Haven't been able to login or anything yet as it's downloading the latest patch.

None of my mates play WoW, so I'll end up being a bit of a loner on here to begin with, so was wondering whether anyone can recommend which servers are good? I gather that seeing as I'm new to WoW, I'd be better off picking a PvE realm for now atleast to prevent me from being ganked.

I was going to roll a Gnome Rogue, but don't know really.

Any recommendations for what I should do/class/race etc would be appreciated.

[Ran Sagy]

Joined a new guild on my server, The Wanderers @ Steamwheedle Cartel. Friendly folk.

[ramsy66]

None of my mates play WoW, so I'll end up being a bit of a loner on here to begin with, so was wondering whether anyone can recommend which servers are good? I gather that seeing as I'm new to WoW, I'd be better off picking a PvE realm for now atleast to prevent me from being ganked.

I was a loner when I started, till I was about lvl 15 and I found a guild to join. It's a tonne more fun if you're in a guild, and it doesn't need to be full of people you know IRL. You'll find something eventually, no matter the server.

[MrBear5587]

Well I rolled Gnome Rogue on Saurfang (PvE). Got him to level 6. Enjoying so far :)

Already found out I can't talk on the /1 General channel or Whisper on a darn trial account :p

[_neutrino Veteran]

Here are the Trial Limitations for anyone doing the trial i have seen several people saying they cannot do one thing or another

* A level cap of 20.

* A maximum of 10 gold.

* Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.

* Inability to trade via the auction house, mailbox, or player-to-player.

* In-Game public chat channels will be unavailable. (Players will still be able to communicate using say, party, or whispers).

* characters will be unable to create or join existing guilds.

* Accounts will no longer be able to whisper other players unless they have been added to those players? friends lists or have received a whisper from them first.

* characters will not be able to invite players into a party.

* characters will not be able to join parties with other players above level 20.

* Voice Chat is disabled on trial accounts.

* Realms with login queues will give priority to customers with retail accounts.

* Will not be eligible for any character Transfer service.

[the evn show]

None of my mates play WoW, so I'll end up being a bit of a loner on here to begin with, so was wondering whether anyone can recommend which servers are good? I gather that seeing as I'm new to WoW, I'd be better off picking a PvE realm for now atleast to prevent me from being ganked.

I've leveled 2 characters to 80, 2 more stopped at 70. While getting ganked isn't the end of the world and it doesn't happen a lot, it does get really annoying when you can't do anything about it.

Now that PVE servers allow transfer to PVP servers there's no reason not to level on a PVE server if it's your first account.

I was going to roll a Gnome Rogue, but don't know really.

Until you're playing at the very high end (which 99% of people never will) the differences between classes races are so trivial that it isn't worth worrying about. On the off chance that you do end up playing at that level, and that you make the 'wrong' choice now, you can re-roll in no time at all.

When you're at that level picking the wrong class/race is almost less of a problem than picking the wrong professions.

Any recommendations for what I should do/class/race etc would be appreciated.

The ones you think look prettiest form the back: you'll be staring at the rear end for a long time.

I'm really tempted to transfer my mage over to Quel'dorei. Not having bags or gold is the worst feeling ever.

[Xilo]

Skill > Gear > Race

Pick whatever Race and Class combination you enjoy the most. The only time Race actually makes a difference is if you are a PvP junkie.

[MrBear5587]

Thanks for the info guys/gals.

Initially I was going to choose a NElf rogue, thinking that they look pretty cool; and the extra agility is beneficial to the class, but choose Gnome when it came to it as if I get into PvP (which is indeed a possibility, battlegrounds etc) then I gather the small size and escape artist will be very advantaegous.

Also, I think they have the best mounts :p

Only negative I've found so far is that when running, looking at my Gnome from behind his body sticks out through the cape; but that's only a minor niggle :p

I can probably hide the cape from view whislt still keeping stats anyway.

Hopefully get level 10 tonight.

:)

[Slane]

I can probably hide the cape from view whislt still keeping stats anyway.

Can hide helm and cloak. They stay equip'd just don't have to look at 'em.

[Minifig]

So um.. as of last night.

Ding 80.