Should I get World of Warcraft??

[vovan]

Hummm, well, I was doing research a little bit, and it looks from WoW forums that people with the same laptop as me have severe problems playing the game. Has something to do with nVidia having lousy drivers for mobile video cards and the game looking like ass or not working at all. So I guess I'll have to either skip this one or wait for a patch...

[ZargonX]

That is probably the main reason why I quit. What's the point of doing the level grind to PVP when there is no reward for PVP?

The rewards from PvP come not from looting your opponent equipment, but from the ranking system they put in place. The better your rank, the better special rewards you have access to, including a lot of high-end equipment that no one else can have. It's a tiered system, so really only about 1 in 1000 people on a server may have the highest level of reward, thus making incredibly competative to get that rank.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd


In shadowbane you could loot everything that wasn't equiped. Worked pretty well.

So you got the 'b' equipment.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by ZargonX


The rewards from PvP come not from looting your opponent equipment, but from the ranking system they put in place. The better your rank, the better special rewards you have access to, including a lot of high-end equipment that no one else can have. It's a tiered system, so really only about 1 in 1000 people on a server may have the highest level of reward, thus making incredibly competative to get that rank.

I've been reading a lot about this. It seems a little odd to me at present. You only get to keep any rewards as long as you keep your rank. Go away on holiday for 3 weeks and come back and you can't use some of your stuff, and your titles are gone. At least if I understand the plans correctly anyway.

Plus, rewarding the top PvPers with the best stuff seems to make it easier for them to keep other players down.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DrSpike


So you got the 'b' equipment.

The 'b' equipment was always kept in the bank, of course. The loot rules where mostly good for killing hunting parties or people alone in the wilderness, not for PvP fights where both parties are out looking for it.

But the best thing is that when someone was sieging your city, they need to unequip their primary weapon in order to use a siege hammer. A favorite tactic was to get a good thef to go around their ranks and nick their weapons while they where smashing walls or buildings, sometimes just destroying the stolen weapon on the spot so that there's no chance of them being cought later and the weapons found.

Alot of really awsome weapons have been stolen that way.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DrSpike

Plus, rewarding the top PvPers with the best stuff seems to make it easier for them to keep other players down.

But when people see them coming down the road wearing their "crown of pwnage", they'll run and organize a group to take him down imediately.

[Dis]

actually I have a question. Which class requires the least amount of equipment to be successful? I hate looking for equipment (one of my few gripes about Diablo 2).

[Asher]

Originally posted by Dissident
actually I have a question. Which class requires the least amount of equipment to be successful? I hate looking for equipment (one of my few gripes about Diablo 2).

Mage, priest...warlock.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd


The 'b' equipment was always kept in the bank, of course. The loot rules where mostly good for killing hunting parties or people alone in the wilderness, not for PvP fights where both parties are out looking for it.

But the best thing is that when someone was sieging your city, they need to unequip their primary weapon in order to use a siege hammer. A favorite tactic was to get a good thef to go around their ranks and nick their weapons while they where smashing walls or buildings, sometimes just destroying the stolen weapon on the spot so that there's no chance of them being cought later and the weapons found.

Alot of really awsome weapons have been stolen that way.

Go on Fred, you siege it first.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd


But when people see them coming down the road wearing their "crown of pwnage", they'll run and organize a group to take him down imediately.

One would hope so. However, the probable outcome is collusion amongst the top players and their guild to make sure that doesn't happen.

[Apocalypse]

I don't like the time the downtimes are. It's bad for lunchbreaks.

[Asmodean]

Yeah, Blizzard encourages you to play when you should work, and eat when you should eat

Asmodean

[vovan]

Originally posted by Asmodean
Yeah, Blizzard encourages you to play when you should work, and eat when you should eat

Maybe it's just that everything crashes when Blizzard people leave to lunch...

[Tassadar500]

I'm downloading the patch for WoW as I type, and soon I'll get to play it!

[Asher]

Originally posted by vovan
Maybe it's just that everything crashes when Blizzard people leave to lunch...

There is a scheduled downtime every Tuesday morning for maintenance.

This downtime is slightly longer than usual because they're "hotfixing" some server code (server-side patch).

In other news, I got my first armorset piece...Lightforge Spaulders of the Lightforge Armorset.

I'm making a Stratholme and Upper Blackrock Spire run tonight, here's hoping for the helm and breastplate.