Warcraft Experience

I think Blizz feels like it is losing some of the mountains of moola that used to flow it’s way every month because people are quiting left and right. Want to give it a shot and see how you feel? They are offering a free trial to the latest expansion for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. The Trial is open to both current and former WoW subscribers.

During your 10-day trial period, you can explore Outland, try your hand at the new jewelcrafting profession, and create blood elf and draenei characters, which you’ll be able to keep if and when you decide to upgrade to the full version of the expansion. Please note that a full version of World of Warcraft must be present on your computer prior to installing the Burning Crusade trial.

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Oh how I agree with this article. This is one of the reasons I have quit playing atm (the other being Anthony since he is becoming a moving terror). I eagerly awaited BC only for it to take forever. It gave me breathing room to step back from the game and realize there are other things that can fill my time just as well. I miss the game but more for the social interaction with all my friends than for the not-really-new content.

Ever since the release of World of Warcraft (WoW), Blizzard pretty much set the standard on what a major massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) should be like. A massive world, an unheard of amount of items and a game play style that makes things fun for just about every MMO player out there. Then on top of all the addictive elements, charge $15

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With the release of The Burning Crusades, players have been forced to do monthly grinds or buy from illegal gold selling sites for a rare flying mount, one of the most expensive items in World of Warcraft. This may be the most desperate attempt to attain that goal ever. (Maybe NSFW.)

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Blizzard is reporting they are aware of an login issue that popped up. Tseric from Blizzard shared this…

We have uncovered an issue in the current beta version that we are unable to resolve at this time. This issue will be fixed in the next client patch.

Players who have logged out using /quit may have difficulty moving upon re-entering the game. We have methods by which players can work around this issue:

• When logging out with /quit, letting the exit timer run out completely will prevent the issue.
• Relogging and letting the timer run out will also correct the matter.

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Do you have to be 70 to get the basic flying mount, or only 60?

You have to be lvl 70.

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I’ve been told flying mounts are now purchaseable in Beta. Is it true that getting up to 150 skill (epic land mount skill) is necessary for a flying mount?

Don’t worry about the skill needed - just like any other riding skill it’s something you buy, and start saving your gold because the fastest mount will cost 5.000 gold.

Holy Cow Gang! Better start farming in your spare time now so you can hang with the big guys.

Drysc answered a common question brought up from the new information on the new Battleground, Eye of the Storm, that will be coming with The Burning Crusade. The question is if we will be able to fly with mounts…

You won’t be able to use flying mounts while in the Eye of the Storm battleground. The restriction is mostly to keep players from using terrain that may only be reachable by flying mount to their advantage. We’re not opposed to the idea of flying mounts in a battleground, but it isn’t something we are allowing for this one.

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Tseric replies to a question if 25 man raid instances are going to be as consuming as the current 40 man raids….

We expect that the overall completion time of one 25-person raid dungeon will be less than the completion time for a 40-person raid.

A lot of this ’saved time’ will come from preparation and organization of the raid, not necessarily due to the difficulty or expanse of the dungeon, itself. We expect to see a reduction of time from “when we decide to start a raid” to “when we actually zone into the raid.”

Thank god! This is one of my major beefs with the game. I don’t know if it is our particular alliance group that takes so damn long to do something or if it is just across the board for everyone but I can tell you it really makes me hate the game. Especially now that I have a 2 1/2 mo old to deal with - I don’t have to sit around and wait for people to get their shit together.

WoW.Vault has selected their first 10 winners for the BC beta keys they are giving away. Congrats to the lucky few that have won! If you haven’t done so, be sure to register to win!

-Impure
-Warkid
-Jacan
-Jezgadi
-Zan
-Zulugo
-Pasha
-Lillummox
-Dev
-Doamk2