No, that doesn't usually help. However, while the standard flier is necessary to get to certain dungeons, the epic is more for bragging rights as far as I know. Now I do know that there are flying enemies in the upcoming expansion and the epic may become necessary just like the epic ground is for outlands. Because the epic ground is faster it's harder for enemies to catch you and hit you hard enough to knock you off. Might be the same for the flying enemies that we're going to have to face. However, right now the standard flier is enough for me.

The epic flier also makes doing the dailies go much faster, and easier. Sort of ironic, that one, that it becomes easier to make money when you don't need money.

I think I had 3k gold when I quit.

That's a lot of in game money. Makes you wish it was that easy in real life huh?

then my work here is done.:D

Is anyone here addicted to it as much as this guy? :eek:

If you will excuse the expression - wow!

That's a bit much. If you don't know, the 3.0 patch went live yesterday. Not all the add ons have been updated yet. I love the shammy resto tree. WE HAVE A HOT NOW! I also recently got my flying mount.

I haven't been able to play since the new patch went live because I fried my laptop and there's not enough RAM on my other puter to play it on... Can't wait to get my laptop back!!!

Bummer. I run 512mb of ram on my desktop and only problems in Shattrath. Even in Orgrimmar I don't have problems after everthing is done loading and I give it a few seconds to catch it's breath so to speak. My laptop is rocking 4gb of ram so I don't have any lag problems anywhere.

My desktop only has 384 MB of RAM (min req 512 MB), and a 400 MHz G4 processor (min req 933 MHz)... Oh and the video card is just 16 MB VRAM (min req 32 MB).

Maybe it's time to upgrade this dinosaur...

Considering standard is 2gb of ram, 5400ghz processor, and a much better graphics card......uh YEAH! I would highly suggest going to ibuypower.com. It's where I got my laptop and it's a much better price for a great computer than going through Dell.

Ah, but this is a Mac. My laptop I fried is a great one though and it's perfect for Warcraft (and I don't play any other games) and my desktop I really only use when I don't have anything else (like now, lol) so I wouldn't want to spend tooo much money on it. Looking on macsales.com, the cost to upgrade it wouldn't really be worth it considering how little I use it.

Well, depending on how much it would cost to make it warcraft worthy vs. replacement....I'd suggest going to walmart and picking up a compaq if it's cheaper. It should be able to run warcraft just fine. At least until you get a new laptop. Only thing I really do on my laptop is warcraft. I use my desktop for everything else.

Oh my laptop's getting fixed! :D I should get it back in a couple of weeks.

w00t I got my laptop back! But now it's gonna take half a day to download that patch...

yeah, but its worth it in the end.

Quick question for the Pixie's WoW players: What's your opinion of the achievement system Blizzard added?

I find it actually kind of fun. It's interesting to see the progress you make in the game and being able to see what other people have done.

Have you managed to complete any of the achievements with rewards, such as the recent Hallow's End achievemnt list? I only managed to get it AFTER Blizzard dropped on the of the required achievements (the one about get all the different masks). Other than that, most of what I've picked up are the exploration and low-level instance achievements, and the occasional Battleground ones.

I find them fun also.

I now have the last name of Jenkins, hehe

I tried for that twice. The first group had no idea where to go, the second group fell apart quick when the group leader got disconnected. Hopefully 3rd time will be the charm, if I can find another group for it :lol:

Okay, I went to the midnight release of Wrath of the Lich King. So far, I've done the quests from the fortress the blimp drops you at (still have to complete the go to this town quests though), and most of the farm quests to the west. The only complaint I have is: WHY IS THERE NO LEATHER WORKING AND SKINNING TRAINERS IN THE FORTRESS?! Every other one is there, but not those two. Kind of sucks. They are out there. In a little town off to the east. Kind of makes sense since they look like buffalo taurens and have the totem poles and what not, but still. I looked all over the damn place and finally had to ask where they were in the general chat.

So, how is Wrath looking? Server overloaded by all the people trying out the new content? Unfortunately, I'm waiting on Amazon to deliver my copy, but (according to them) it should be in my hands by the 18th, after having it on preorder since mid-June or so. Of course, Amazon tracking times are usually off, at least in my experience. Sometimes packages come before the Amazon estimated date, sometimes later. I'm looking forward to the new content, but I'll keep working on achievements until my copy arrives. :thumbs:

liking the new continent but its way over camped!!

got a level and a half

I'm only a third of the way through my first level, and my server wasn't overloaded, just the area i was in, since everyone is there doing the same quests. However, the laptop I use to play is powerful enough that I don't get visual lag, and my internet is good enough I don't get lag from that. It's more or less just a pain trying to collect what I need to collect because everyone else needs the same things. That and all the damn casters weren't looting their corpses so I couldn't get the skins. Which my skinning is already almost maxed out, and my leather working is coming along quickly.

So basically crowding sounds just like it was after TBC was released.

Did they slow the leveling down any? I remember they said it would take as long to get from 60-70 in TBC as it did to get to level 60 originally. It took me three weeks. And I don't consider myself a power gamer at all.

aye, pretty much the same as after the release of the last expansion, but with less server problems and I havent had to be in que to log in for more than 5 minutes.

60-70 took me about a week... current level is 72 1/2 lol

Not sure that they slowed down the leveling or not, but from the looks of things, I kind of doubt it. THe server I usually play on, Spirestone, had its first level 80 earlier today, followed by several more. Apparently the new achievement broadcasts to all areas when realms firsts (such as the first level 80, the first rogue, the first human, etc) occur. Unfortunately, I'm at least 2 days away from starting in Northrend.

According to a friend of mine, it should take about 7 hrs to get from one level to the next just questing. It will take longer or shorter based on how you play, drops, and if you dungeon crawl or not. Took me about a day and a half to get to 71 questing. Mostly by myself. But I also took time to farm up some leather, help my friends who were a little behind me, took several breaks......I kind of feel sorry for the people that power level through the game. I don't see how they have time to actually enjoy the game. Then they're stuck waiting and complaining because there isn't anyone they can run with for the raids and what not.

i hate you all.



>mumble< goddamn 3 second latency

lvl 74 now... mostly questing alone other than a run on UK with my guild


just logged out after portaling a few of my guildies to Dalaran, I love bein a mage :)

figure i can make some good money working as a taxi service to Dalaran this early since release

I just figured you were going to bitch about being a gaming widow, Bama.

I'm not that big a gamer gekko.

That sucks! What is your internet running at?

I use this site to check mine: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Just click on the city closest to you.

I once was getting 10,000 milisecond latency while playing WoW. Turned out my internet was sucking shit at the time. My ISP got a nice phone call, and continued getting phone calls until they decided to cancel my contract without penalty. I was getting speeds slower than dial up and paying for cable.

Gekko... gaming widow my ass I'd be playin the game more than him!

Jude... I live out in the boonies, getting my net via satt from Dish Network. its the best we can get. that 3 sec latency was what LordSnow got on his UBER gaming comp when he came down here one weekend.




I miss the game.

I dinged 72 today! I've run UK twice, and one other dungeon (not nexus). Was going to run Oldworld, but the tank (and real life bestest buddy) disconnected and couldn't get back in. Oh well, better luck next time I guess. I'm loving the new content though. Wonderful scenery, cool quests. Some new takes of old quests, some completely new. I love the riding in the tank quest.

Grats. I finally recieved my copy Tuesday afternoon,,, and managed to ding 71 last night, as well as maxing out my skinning. It's nice to actually have quests that are 100% new to me, instead of quests friends have told me about or that I've run several times myself.

I've even gone as far as running a couple of the Death Knight quests, but I probably won't run anymore until I get my shaman to 80.

Grats on 71. My skinning is also maxed, but I can't wait to get higher in leather working. You get to make your own leather workers only enchants. One of which is 67 spell power to bracers. I can't wait.

Just a quick heads up for all the Pixies Wow players: Today being the 4 year anniversary of WoW, Blizzard is giving everyone logging in today a free non-combat pet. It's a Bind to Account item, but it isn't 1 per account. I logged in on ALL my characters, some I haven't even looked at in months, and each character got one, plus an accompaning Feat of Strength achievement

Have you guys ever watched The Guild? I just learned about it earlier this week and the second season started today.