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[ylcard]

I've been on four different realms and in every one of them these mean exactly the same thing:

Skull: Kill first, big scary mob.

Cross: Kill second, sometimes skipped in 5mans, mostly used in raids for the OT to hold on to until Skull is dead.

Moon: Sheep.

Star: Sap.

Square: Hunter Trap.

The Diamond was used for Banish if I'm not mistaken and Triangle is Shackle.

The first five seem to be the same for every realm, but there are obvious exceptions, hell there are even exceptions in certain game acronyms/abbreviations, like DD or DPS (right off the top of my head), so keep that in mind - people are different that way.

[treemonster]

for some reason i'm subbed to mmorpg.com so i get email notification of their articles. most of the time i ignore them but this one seemed pretty sensational so i decided to take a look. seems one of their columnists got hacked in wow and decided to rant about it and put on his tinfoil hat:

I’m going to stop right there for a second and acknowledge the fact that last week I said I wasn’t going to talk about WoW again until another expansion came out, for that I am sorry. I wouldn’t have had any other reason to bring it up but this happened so now I’m going to rant about it, as it is my job to do so. You have to appreciate the double meaning in the title now though, right? The integrity of my password AND my integrity as a columnist for this website have been compromised. Air high five? No? O.K. Well it will be here if you want it.

Once the realization sunk in that I had been hacked, I felt kind of dirty. Like some creepy stranger just violated me. I was in the shower for a good hour just crying and scrubbing myself with an S.O.S. pad until my skin was raw and bloody, singing the theme song from “The Crying Game” to myself. When I got home from the hospital, after a blood transfusion and giving a statement to Benson and Stabler, I thought it might be a good idea to get myself a new password and run damage control.

The process to get a new password was quick and easy. Didn’t have to wait around for emails or anything, all I had to do was remember my security question. Thank God I didn’t make it something incredibly stupid. First time in my life I didn’t answer the security question with some kind of smartass answer and it paid off. My password was changed and it was time to see what havoc was caused to my account. Then I hit another wall, it seems my account had been temporarily suspended.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/15/feature/4826/Integrity-Compromised.html#post

now i've been hacked myself, and compared to what i've heard from people who have been hacked in other mmo's the process after you get hacked in wow is fast and easy.

last spring i was hacked. seems someone bruteforced my pwd which had no symbols in it. i got a email telling me i was banned that i knew was legit because it had my original login name right at the top of it.

i don't recall if i responded ot the email directly or opened a support ticket, but most of the process of getting my account back was through email. the response was very quick, and the whole process took about 3 days to get everything back except durability(when i logged into the toon i had 0 durability on all equipped gear). the details i gave to prove the account was mas was long the line sof toons names and levels and when i had last played them, when i was most active on the account, the last few general times i had put on game time and the whole thing about my guild name change during the 7 day trial last xmas. they reset my pwd and unblocked my account. they left everything the hacker had left in my bags( a few stacks of saronite ore and some otehr mats) and the game time the hacker had added to my account. iirc my account was banned for trade chat spam. it seems they used my main to farm instances and level up mining(since in my stats it says i have gotten mining up to 450, when i myself have never gotten it past 100 iirc on any toon, and that was during tbc) and turned it into an ad spam bot when durability hit zero. overall i was pretty pleased with the whole process, especially when i hear about people getting hacked in aon and it taking weeks to get their account back let alone items resotred and without several key parts of rpogress intact, and sometimes perma banned for actions the hackers took on their account.

my bro's email got hacked a few weeks ago, and was used to gain access to his wow account. idk if he had to get anything restored or not, but something that was discovered fairly late at night was fully resolved by the time he went to bed that night through blizz phone cs. he got a new email, pwd reset, and his account back within a few phone calls.

although niether of us use the phone authenticator, it's something i've been considering ordering(well in my case the dongle). it's pretty cheap for what it is tbqh. but eh author acts aif it's some kind of conspiracy to make huge profits with a $6.95 product.

[DrunkenBeard]

I'm really having a tough time leveling Leatherworking, and I'm a skinner ! :/ I'm spending thousands to buy the mats, but at this point the supply is just too low (Heavy Leather is selling 100g a stack and I'm buying everything). Anyone knows a good spot where I can farm Heavy Leather ? Gorillas aren't cutting it for me, respawn rate is too low

[MR_Candyman]

I seem to remember pretty much everything in Feralas dropping Heavy Leather

[treemonster]

my current guild just had a meeting... in guild chat. omg idk, i think i might start looking for a new guild after xmas. this is just silly.

[Noveed]

my current guild just had a meeting... in guild chat. omg idk, i think i might start looking for a new guild after xmas. this is just silly.

loads of guilds have "meetings" in guild chat, some even go to an inn in game and have one... You are playing wow... get used to it.

[treemonster]

i've never had a guild in any game in 7 years of mmo playing do a meeting in g chat only. at least some o fus got into vent afterwards and chilled out and chewed the fat.

anyways hit 85 tonight finally. now to get some honour and conquest farming going.

[MR_Candyman]

i've never had a guild in any game in 7 years of mmo playing do a meeting in g chat only. at least some o fus got into vent afterwards and chilled out and chewed the fat.

anyways hit 85 tonight finally. now to get some honour and conquest farming going.

Umm, my guild has GUILD meetings in guild chat, officer meetings happen over vent and officer chat

[gigapixels Veteran]

my current guild just had a meeting... in guild chat. omg idk, i think i might start looking for a new guild after xmas. this is just silly.

What's the point of a guild then, if not to have meetings to discuss what you all want to do as a guild?

[ylcard]

Shockhorror a social group practices a social activity in a social game.

[treemonster]

i'm used to guild meetings and hanging out with my guild in vent. that's all. it's alot easier to talk in voice when you're in combat than typing. it doesn't mean i haven't used guild chat liberally in previous guilds, it just means that yeah, using vent to talk makes alot more sense. especially for guild meetings imho.

when i last played wow regularly it seemed like people getting in vent whenever they logged in to wow was the common thing to do. wether or not your guild was a social guild like this one. it wasn't just my guild, it was a good chunk of guilds on my server.

when people got into vent after the meeting to you hang out and chew the fat, one guy even said "wow there are people in vent"

idk what you guys are used to. obviously not what i'm used to.

[SMELTN]

LOL Tree, you are just lonely and want someone to talk to. :p And hey you are an Role Player, you should love the in game guild meeting, you should tell them to do it, everyone has to go to an Inn!!!

In comparison though, you know how I feel about using voice chat, I am the same as you, I feel EVERYONE needs to use it. My guild actually 4-6 of them used Skype, and when we joined the guild there were like 9 people in a skype group, and OMFG.. You could hear everyone breathe, kids screaming, tv's playing.. IT WAS HORRIBLE. So I forced everyone to start using mumble, and surprisingly, after the initial getting everyone set up using push to talk it has been fantastic, and our mumble gets bigger every day. Honestly with Cataclysm, its like old school Vanilla WoW all over again, so communication is key.

[treemonster]

LOL Tree, you are just lonely and want someone to talk to. :p And hey you are an Role Player, you should love the in game guild meeting, you should tell them to do it, everyone has to go to an Inn!!!

In comparison though, you know how I feel about using voice chat, I am the same as you, I feel EVERYONE needs to use it. My guild actually 4-6 of them used Skype, and when we joined the guild there were like 9 people in a skype group, and OMFG.. You could hear everyone breathe, kids screaming, tv's playing.. IT WAS HORRIBLE. So I forced everyone to start using mumble, and surprisingly, after the initial getting everyone set up using push to talk it has been fantastic, and our mumble gets bigger every day. Honestly with Cataclysm, its like old school Vanilla WoW all over again, so communication is key.

see smeltn knows how i feel. games are just funner when you hang out in voice chat. wish you guys had rolled on a pvp server :cry:

and i'd love to have meetings where everyone gathered in an in game inn or something.

and yeah skype is awful me and my bro tried it out and all we talked about was bitching at each other for breathing and making mouth noises. lolz.

[treemonster]

did some arenas tonight and boy do i suck. 9 losses 5 wins. still got the weekly max and my first cata epic.

then did the gilneas bg and boy is there a lot of obstacles in that ****.

then bought some fireweave pieces and a emberweave shoulders(because it was cheap and an upgrade)

[Tharp Daddy]

Well, just created my Rogue. Due to my shaman being my raid character, i think my rogue will be my all-out PvP character. I plan to level this character at a much more leisurely pace, and do many, MANY BGs along the way. Does anyone happen to know what spec is now best for leveling? I have a couple of heirloom daggers sitting around, but i'm not sure which spec those would do good with.

[mikebiacsi]

I love the dungeon finder, easily my favorite new feature (The last time I played was just after BC came out). I went through Scholomance for the first time ever last night, nearly wiped after the tank got lost and left the rest of us to fend for ourselves. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that one guy had to roll need on everything, but oh well.

[mikebiacsi]

Quick question, can anyone recommend me a good threat meter addon that I can use with the standard UI? Thanks.

[troGGers]

Omen is pretty much the standard threat meter.

[treemonster]

oh i did a normal mode dungeon last night(grim batol) and noticed i got no rep from mobs in there. do i have to equip a faction tabard to get rep in normal modes or do i only get rep in heroic cata dungeons?

[Tharp Daddy]

oh i did a normal mode dungeon last night(grim batol) and noticed i got no rep from mobs in there. do i have to equip a faction tabard to get rep in normal modes or do i only get rep in heroic cata dungeons?

You have to equip a faction tabard, afaik.

[Eric Veteran]

Quick question, can anyone recommend me a good threat meter addon that I can use with the standard UI? Thanks.

Omen or Skada. I prefer Skada, but they both work.

[firey]

Omen or Skada. I prefer Skada, but they both work.

I also use Skada, uses like no memory, and is really clean.

[SMELTN]

Quick question, can anyone recommend me a good threat meter addon that I can use with the standard UI? Thanks.

I use Skada and LOVE it. It is a dmg meter and thread meter all in one. Link

oh i did a normal mode dungeon last night(grim batol) and noticed i got no rep from mobs in there. do i have to equip a faction tabard to get rep in normal modes or do i only get rep in heroic cata dungeons?

You have to have the faction tabard equiped. Basically its a level 85 dungeon only and any heroic version of any dungeon. Check to see what level the dungeon is you are doing.

Tabard of the Wildhammer Clan

Binds when picked up

UniqueTabardItem Level 85

Requires Wildhammer Clan - FriendlyEquip: You champion the cause of the Wildhammer Clan. All reputation gains while in level 85 Cataclysm dungeons will be applied to your standing with them

[treemonster]

You have to equip a faction tabard, afaik.

I use Skada and LOVE it. It is a dmg meter and thread meter all in one. Link

You have to have the faction tabard equiped. Basically its a level 85 dungeon only and any heroic version of any dungeon. Check to see what level the dungeon is you are doing.

Tabard of the Wildhammer Clan

Binds when picked up

UniqueTabardItem Level 85

Requires Wildhammer Clan - FriendlyEquip: You champion the cause of the Wildhammer Clan. All reputation gains while in level 85 Cataclysm dungeons will be applied to your standing with them

that kind of sucks, i was hoping to just gain the normal rep from normal modes until i decided which faction to grind rep for(probably in heroics after the nerf).

oh well i guesss i'll be flying around to QM's tonight for tabards.

anyone have any suggestions on which faction grind rep for as a mage? i noticed the uldum faction(?) has some epic cloth shoes that might be nice. iirc i'm honoured with pretty much all the cata factions.

[SMELTN]

yeap. I am working on mine right now.

Here is everything you need to work on for mages. :)

http://elitistjerks.com/f75/t106009-cataclysm_mage_resources/p3/#post1812992

btw what nerf are you talking about?

that kind of sucks, i was hoping to just gain the normal rep from normal modes until i decided which faction to grind rep for(probably in heroics after the nerf).