WoW article

[Axecleaver]

Pretty thorough overview based on a visit to Blizzard HQ. Instanced dungeons, I'm kind of split on these. On the one hand it's cool, we get content all to ourselves and we can take anybody we want inside. Would be nice to have a barrows like that without the necro scourge.

On the other hand I lament the loss of living dungeons with all those people you otherwise would never really meet and adventure with.

[Zutroy]

It says in the article that there's a meeting area with lower level mobs that people can form groups at inside dungeons. So you get kind of the best of both worlds there.

We'll need 10 people to form a guild, who's in?

[Axecleaver]

Mrs. Axe said she might even give this one a try. I can see a lot of 'OMG LAG' complaints in my house.

[Caohmin]

I can't wait to hear Mrs. Axe with all the dirt on Fearless Leader.

I'm in!

[Rosslyn]

LOL, there goes the BS wife aggro excuse

[Bolldar Bloodaxe]

Between the cartoonish graphics and my mistrust of a company who can hire a PR man who has a website where he professes to hate just about anyone but Americans im somewhat dubious. I was never a fan of the warcraft series so I doubt I would like this though ill be interested to hear what you think of it.

I got the feeling from reading that site that combat will be very simple, so not sure how much that would appeal to people but who knows it may change somewhat before its released. I did like that you can totally avoid PvP if you wish or choose it if thats your choice.

[Lifesbane]

from what ive read it definetly seems like a game i'd like to try

[Sodom]

I'll try it out, just like I tried out Horizons. Whether I play there long depends on the enthusiasm of my fellow Vengies

[Caohmin]

Speaking of which, anyone check out Guild Wars?

Kinda of an MMORPG, without the leveling.

http://www.guildwars.com/

[Zutroy]

Shlonglor (sp?) got a high paying job doing basically nothing but playing games all day and yelling at people on message boards - you gotta respect him for that at least.

Also Boll have you ever seen Sanya's rantings before she became a PR tool? Even some of Amb's (homo)sexually-suggestive outbursts are no match for the stuff she said.

[Keff]

My plan is to make a Dwarf Pally have him be a miner and blacksmith =)

[Sodom]

Guild Wars looks cool... but they all look cool from screenies and faqs

[Bolldar Bloodaxe]

No I haven't ever seen anything Sanya had said before Zutroy, though from what little I have seen her say outside of game I wouldnt be surprised. The PR guy Blizzard has for WOW, I forget his name now has to have the most inflated ego of anyone I have heard of and is possibly one of the most ignorant people I have ever seen. I have no doubt any character he plays will be named FIGJAM. I think they were stupid to hire him though because his website was published on the WOW  forum by a shocked customer and he managed to offend a whole horde of people, bit like hiring a paedophile to run a day care centre, bad move all round. It doesnt surprise me that all he has ever done is play games.

[Zutroy]

What exactly is so offensive about his website? I saw it once a few years ago and I didn't find it all that interesting; it's just a weblog I think. It doesn't even seem to be running anymore (it's not loading up for me anyway).

Why are you condemning an entire company for an employee's personal website anyway? If he's doing something illegal like posting child pornography as you claim, then you should probably report it to the authorities.

Edit - FIGJAM:

Edit 2 - Deleted a really OT paragraph about warcraft 3.

(Edited by Zutroy at 9:50 pm on Feb. 10, 2004)

[Rosslyn]

hehe, I'm still snickering about "Amb's (homo)sexually-suggestive outbursts"... LOL, that was great.

... carry on.