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Post by Caller on Sept 30, 2008 22:12:24 GMT -5
I'm probably gonna be down that same river soon. >_> I'm not so anti social to the point where I reject it entirely, but it's close. I'll admit it. But even if I wanted it, there's just still no drive for me in WoW. The main drive for me to play LotR? I'm on a KICK. Obviously. So, I wanna try. I just told Steph it may very well suck, who knows? But if I don't try, how will I know? And if it doesn't live up to what I want, I'm sure I'll be staying with WoW. It's where everyone is anyway.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 30, 2008 23:04:01 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit discouraged with WoW myself right now. The reason being I'm getting sick of solo play. Lilithen is almost 45 and she's soloed all this way. When Raylu was this level, The Burning Crusade was still fresh and there were still people in Azeroth so it was easy to get a group back then. Now, as Lili its difficult cause people want to blow through the levels to get to Outland. I am to cause I know thats where I will get lots of groups but until 58 I am pretty much stuck to solo ply as Lili and its driving me nuts.
Even Raylu hasn't been doing much. Its like the moment she got to 70 the fun has been rare. Sure she does raids here and there but I can only do Kara once per week. And Karazhan has been by far THE funnest thing I've done in the game so far. So it is limiting right now with the amount of grouping I've been doing.
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Post by Yvondith on Oct 1, 2008 0:18:38 GMT -5
I don't like playing a MMO with anyone except for my friends... you guys. I've tried to make some new friends in WoW, but I just can't warm up to anyone. Yvariell has a few "friends" in her guild, but I really can't get close to them. It's just a struggle for me. It's all Caller's fault that I'm so anti-social, and he admits it too. That's one of the reasons I picked up Morrowind, it's like a MMO sorta, but I don't have people fluttering about me constantly asking me "u wan 2 join guild?!" and "lol ur hot" etc. I'm trying to force myself to be more social. I've made a Priest... hopefully that will nudge me into working with others. We will see though.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Oct 1, 2008 1:19:12 GMT -5
Partying helps make friends. Sure I don't make lots of friends in groups but every so often i find one person that stands out of the rest and they get an instant friend list add. I remember back when i was in the 50's I grouped with a Warrior chic named Siennajade in Blackrock Depths and we hit off really well. We kept in touch for a while after that until she (probably a "he" irl) stopped showing up online. S/he probably quit or that was just an alt. I don't know but I was good friends with him/her for a while.
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Post by dejibo on Oct 1, 2008 7:24:58 GMT -5
one of the things about FFXI and WOW is that you need to spend great quanitities of time to get anywhere. Lets say you need to go to Pso Xja to get an item or farm. YOu needed to prepare for the level down. Change to the job most needed by your party, and empty your pockets. Now, you need to add in travel time, and how long it takes to get to the right entrance. By the time you get to where you need to be, not even having killed the first mob, more than an hour (if you are fast) has passed by.
I have found a better LS in FFXI, and I am loving it. Very friendly, very helpful, and not as strict, and stuck up as Almandine. If you mention that you need to unlock pup, or Cor. Someone shows up and says "hey! lets get you a staging point while you are here!" Or "hey! let me get a fang lamina key for you." The days of standing in Jeuno or white gate screaming for three hours is over. My LS made a run to do ALL missons for rank 10. Yhamuna missed the very last one, so she remains almost rank 10 for Bastok. She has been collecting maps, and finishing quests that steph started. she has been great fun to play with and explore with. I am getting to see more and more story line unfold. like Gumbah being the old story teller for the Galka. The LS has been incredibly supportive at getting me out of my comfort zone, and getting me to join in the fun more and more. Chakoteh is great at jumping in any party, anywhere, and I simply dont have what that takes. I am much slower to warm up, but I am doing better.
It is hard to take a 6 hour block of time to get anything done. From gardens to basic missons, and in town questing. you must commit large blocks of time, and when others are counting on you to be there, its hard.
I will admit that this past year has really shown me a new side to FFXI. Things I wasnt able/interested in seeing before. I am learning much more about story line. Much more about team play. I have really grown in the game.
btw Dejibo got a blue chocobo! wootga!
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Post by Yvondith on Oct 1, 2008 12:50:14 GMT -5
forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10532279664&sid=1Blizz sez "lol j/k!" Oi. I'm glad, for a lot of people, that would have been a huge waste of time spent suffering in BGs. Still not really interested in getting back to my hunter atm, because I really don't like PvP. She still needs to get a few items though, I'll get them eventually I guess.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Oct 1, 2008 19:55:26 GMT -5
I had no idea that was even being talked about. The talent reset makes sense since they can just be put back into place but an honor reset would cause many people to get angry. Myself included. I'm not a huge fan of PvP myself but I do it here and there as Raylu just for something to do. And if all of a sudden my honor and tokens were GONE I'd be pissed. Especially for the tokens cause I already have 30 Arathi tokens for my robe and getting those as Alliance is not easy. PvP is strange in this game. WoW claims to cater both PvP and Raid minded people yet there are far more instances and raids than Battlegrounds. We have about 3 dozen instances and how many battlegrounds? Four! Doesn't seem too even if you ask me.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Oct 5, 2008 16:40:31 GMT -5
EDIT> I have decided that I am going to pass on Warhammer Online. I was waiting forever for Gamespot to post their review on it they did just today. I ususaly don't judge a quality of a game based on reviews but this was just to see if what was my kind of game. And its not. The review says its a solid MMO, which I believe, but it focuses primarily on PvP with very little in terms of questing and PvE grouping. I prefer PvE over PvP so I shall stick to WoW. No Warhammer for me.
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Post by Caller on Oct 5, 2008 17:55:40 GMT -5
World...of Warcraft....? ...You ever heard of that?
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Post by Office Ninja on Oct 5, 2008 21:17:15 GMT -5
I had to suspend wow due to funds. Now that im back to being able to pay for it again it seems Vanguard has roped me in. IM playing that probably until the WoW expansion. VG is turning into one of my favorite games.
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Post by Yvondith on Oct 5, 2008 21:46:37 GMT -5
My account goes on hold as of tomorrow. I'll be back on WoW in a month.
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Post by Caller on Oct 14, 2008 15:31:55 GMT -5
The patch today takes a long ass time to install, even if you've already downloaded it, so if you wanna get some gameplay in I suggest you start early. I'm 2hrs in and only 32% done.
I'm not in any hurry but I thought I'd pass it along.
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Post by Yvondith on Oct 14, 2008 18:25:59 GMT -5
They've added some of the new features of the expansion, like the Barber shop. I reactivated my account, but I still can't get in right now, cuz there is some issue with the game not being able to retrieve character lists. Jan wants a makeover and she wants it now!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Oct 14, 2008 20:20:44 GMT -5
Update time, huh? I guess I'll start that right away. Raylu did Karazhan over the weekend and got her final five justice badges to pick up the new gloves. I'm not into new gear for just looks I'm always looking at stats but this is one time where its an exception. Remember those Bloody Surgical Gloves? Ugly as hell! Well they are gone now and I am happy. Ofcourse the new gloves make me more effiecient at healing too so its a double bonus.
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Post by Yvondith on Oct 14, 2008 20:26:59 GMT -5
I remember... I hate that model for gloves. They're just hideous.
I still can't get into the game, can't even login at all now. I'm guessing it's cuz they're totally swamped though.
Makes me remember Aht Urgan when it first came out for FFXI. And hell, the new areas for this haven't even been released yet...
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