Rant: Gold farmers, the real cost.

Since the dawn of MMORPG's acquiring funds for some of the better gear available in game and where there is a need there will be someone with dubious morals to fill that need. The most notable sources of this virtual enterprise at this time are the Chinese, now i for one have no personal or moral grudge against the Chinese as people however i DO have a serious moral quandary with gold farmers.

The Gold Farmers have found a niche which they have over the period of a few years they have forged into a truly awe inspiring and corrupt business which unfortunately takes every advantage of the Asian peoples moral drive as a society utterly convincing those who work in these sweat shops that they not only CAN make money by selling virtual items and gold but but SHOULD because of the innate laziness and corruption of western society as a whole. This self proclaimed and convinced right to make real money in virtual realms despite company's such as Blizzard's constant efforts and monitoring of there servers has caused a rift among the gamers, splitting almost 50-50 morally with the desire for new and interesting items and mounts and need to ether farm for gold ourselves or pay a nominal fee to some Chinese sweatshop and spend our time actually enjoying the game.

So where does this leave us? well with inflated prices in the in game Auction houses and the distressing amount of time required to grind funds for things like epic flying mounts etc. gold farmers will always have a place on our servers despite the fact that they are the very reason for the inflated prices in the first place because most of us simply don't have the time to grind for weeks at a time to fund our in game exploits and pay the resulting repair bills. This vicious cycle of Farming, overpricing & gold buying will continue until ether the farmers are all banned or we as gamers stop buying there farmed gold. I mean yes it may take longer but it has to be better than paying people to exploit us and others doesn't it?

OK rant over...for now

SpiffWorld: madness to music

The Rumour mill (yet more WotWK info)

So ive been hearing a veritable myriad of rumours on how the new Hero classes will function in WoW, Athough this may be a frustrating and unfortunite oversite on my part to explain properly I will attempt to make this as simple as possable. Now since Blizz will only give information on the Deathknight Hero class At this time they have comfirmed how this (and in all probibility future Hero classes) will function.

So lets get this started according to Blizz the very first thing we need to do if grind our asses off to get to Lv. 80 (yea big suprise there...) then compete a quest chain that Blizz has stated will be comparable to the Warlock Epic mount quest, one this quest is over your reward will be the ability to create a brand spanking new DeathKnight character. Now at the very least you still have your main to play (im personaly thinking this may be a good thing) and a new toon that starts with some truly IMBA gear and start at between Lv.55 & Lv. 70 (Blizz still havent gave details).

Now for those of you paying attention this means that you get to keep your main and still play the new class. I repeat...YOU CAN PLAY ALL THE NEW HERO CLASSES!!!

Now this does not mean you wont get to super power your main oh no no...the so called Prestiege classes will also open up to all players, so what does this mean to us the gamer? well basicly we get a Lv.80 pumped up version of your own class with a different class name and some funky new abilitys. So lest free up a slot, delete an alt and prepare for the comming of a whole new set of warriors.

And now you know what i know...well for a while anyway...lol

Now a special treat the Full presentation form Blizz:


Now i should warn you this is a 30min long video and he tends to drone on a bit, so feel free to miss some of his ''informitive idle banter'' and ''fanbase building quotes''.

As always i will be on Renegade WoW Vent channel doing my Q&A most evenings if you want further details. See ya ingame

The Rumour mill (more WotWK info)

Ladys and gents, I return to you with more 'Alpha Test' level goodness in the form of some good news for all you spell slingers out there!

First up to bat (coz a friend asked, and i think his dad is gonna cry if i dont) is the Warlock hero class the appropriaty named 'Fel-Sworn'...

...Wowwiki has this to say on the Fel-sworn: The servants of the Burning legion are a myriad of darkly motivated men and women, servants of some demonic will. Most of those who have become slaves to the Burning Legion have done so by following mystical paths that are not only perilous for one's body, but also for one's soul, as warlocks may bind them to their will and they become more and more evil as time passes. Rumours of 10,000 shadowbolt crits are as yet to be confirmed however using two lesser Demons at once (eg: two Imps etc.) has been noted as a destinct possability as has the noted addition of new 'Greater Demons' into the Warlock spell list.

Ok thats the Followers of demonic Pwn delt lets get on with the magi.

With the movement of Dalaran to the far reaches of Northend the need for more powerful Magi has increased tenfold and thus these warders of the Arcane are recruting and training an all new Hero class know only as the 'Archmage', as usual someone has already said all that you need to know so lets go back to wowwiki for more info:

The Archmagi are a group of people hailing from the magical kingdom of Dalaran to represent the pinnacle of magical power. Weaving their intricate enchantments, these mages defend humanity with all the magical powers at their disposal. Mounted atop their trusty unicorn steeds, the Archmagi brandish magical blades and ancient staves that serve to channel their fierce energies in battle. Though gruff and slightly aloof, these experienced wizards are a heartening sight upon any battlefield where the fate of humanity lies in peri. Once again i cant help but feel a destinct shiver of fear at the potential brute force of an Archmage but then again only time will tell...

Rumours of a new 'Prestiege/Hero class'

Ever wondered what it would be like to be just like Illadan Stormrage? Ever seriously considered taking a break from the same old grind of being a Hunter or Rogue? yea me too...

...Well it looks like we may get more than we counted on, this is the second Prestige/Hero class announced (the first being the Death knight) that will be available in the upcoming expansion.

The 'Demon Hunter' will initially be available to the two elf races (Blood Elfs and Night Elfs) and (although Human hunters will be available they will require a slightly longer quest chain in order to do so) is technically the prestige class of Hunters and Rogues if the lore is to be believed, However with this said Death knights are only supposed to be available to Warriors and Paladins so as always the rumor mill may not be very reliable here...

Combining the melee DPS of a Rogue with the ranged attack power (abiet magically) and tracking skills of a hunter while weilding the frankly awesome warglieves available ONLY to this class these blind & half naked warriors take to the battlefield wielding there demon hunting weapons (boath ranged magicle weapons and there glieves) cutting a line through even the most hardy Demonic & undead foe's it appears that blizzard have created one of the most devistating classes available in the game.

Wowwiki has this to say on this class:

Demon hunters are dark, shadowy warriors who are shunned by the greater Night Elf society. They made a pact, long ago, to fight against the forces of chaos using its own terrible powers against it. These mysterious warriors ritually blind themselves so that they develop 'spectral sight' that enables them to see demons and undead with greater clarity. They wield demonically charged warblades in battle and even call upon demonic energies to augment their formidable combat skills. Although they are counted as some of the mightiest warriors within the Night Elves' society, the Demon Hunters are always maligned and misunderstood for making their selfless pact with darkness. Demon Hunters are skilled warriors who have pledged their lives to fighting evil by using its own powers against it. Though many among the night elves and the Alliance fear the demon hunters and their pact with darkness, all know that demon hunters and their demonically-charged warblades have played an important part in combating what remains of the Burning Legion.

i gotta say, i REALLY wanna play this class no matter the cost! lets just hope Blizz don't mess it up... hey we can hope right...

...right?

MORE private server pains...

Well tonight after six attempts and five disconnects from the server and much cursing frustration and self inflicted pain we finaly beat seven shades of crap out of Illidan! what should have been our moment of triumph was destinctly soured by one little problem.....HE DIDNT DROP ANY PHAT LEWT!!!

To say we were shocked is something of an understatement and caused some serious dents in our social morale (our druid actualy cried!) that only had one remedy...CONSULT THE GM's.

However it turns out that one of the admin (im not naming names here) decided to change to loot tables on th server to let some whiners get a HELL of a lot of gold from trash mobs with little or no effort, sadly this means that for those of us with the balls to attempt to kill the big bosses in the game that the loot we were expecting not only didnt drop but is now unatainable untill the loot tables can be repaired. As i pointed out...we...were...not...ammused. Some would (smuggly) say that its our own fault playing on a free server to them i say...your probibly right bUt in all honesty where else in the world could you get the level of drama and insanity that a seven man Illidan run can bring and have a hope in hell of bringing him down?

Life the universe and WoW

So im back again, nothing new there or so you would think...i've been a tad busy, life sucks what can i say but thats family for you.
So what the hell have i been doing then? well apart from evicting my brother in law and making myself out as a total dick as far as my family is concerned and something of a social phiria, but screw it thats life isn't it. So anyway now that i have no social life again (thanks bro...) i guess i can go back to playing WoW without feeling guilty... well thats what im telling myself. None the less it does give me a chance to catch up with writing this damn book, gods curse writers block, but you know what they say ''necessety is the mother of invention'' and i REALY need to get payed so i think its about time to put my brain in gear and force my immagination to pay the rent. Anyway back to the grind, maby ill see you in game where i'lll be ...er... stimulating my immagintion...*cough*