I picked up the WoW:BC expansion just after Best Buy opened. I walk in the doors and they have a big display full of regular edition expansion. I guess considering when I went, I needn't have bothered with the pre-order. I probably would have got out faster if I hadn't. Either way, it's done, and I'm installing it now. Still need to come up with a name for my BE pally. I didn't bother with the Collector's Edition. The art might have been nice, and the DVD-ROM vs. 4 CD-ROMs would have been nice. Personally, I don't see why they couldn't just make the whole thing downloadable via the P2P they've already got, and charge some fee for the key. They'd save on packaging, shipping, dealing with retailers, etc. That's the marketing department for you, though.
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I debated the collector's edition, but it had very little that I wanted, and I didn't want it nearly enough to pay the difference. Plus, if I wanted to get it at midnight, it was gonna be regular. (That was really dumb on my part. But kinda interesting - as a 'do once' thing.)
I don't, in fact, WANT to be a server outbound. But I have to be if I want the patches to work efficiently because that's the model they've chosen. So, because of the nature of the router/firewall I have, I must punch a hole in my security that you could put a semi truck through to get patches in a timely fashion. I do not LIKE this model.
I think I'm gonna make a hunter!
My BE is going to be named Sangredia, if that's not taken. She'll be the best jeweler EVAR! ;)
Happy BC day!
The /silly is funny. BE chicks are valley girls.
Yesterday I fiddled with the install all day, first on our notebook (which was so overwhelmed it couldn't show buildings - must change settings if we intend to play on it), and then on my computer. With the changing of the CDs, all the patches (which stupidly we already had, but which the game wanted to download anyway), it took me a long time.
I tried to come up with a good name for a long time, but nothing I thought of really fit. I eventually went with my theme (Monovi, Monoshi, Monokki) and named my belf Monorae (mo-NO-ray).
Every one and their pig was in the BE starting area playing a pally last night. So I feel a little silly going with a BE pally like a n00b, but I always wanted to play a pally. John thinks palladins are one of the most worthless classes in the game, but I like the mixed classes. It's part melee, part healer, part caster, and I like that.
Of course right now I'm stuttering around like a nitwit because I've never played a pally before and I don't know what I'm doing. Perhaps I'll hit Wowwiki and see what I can learn.
Mostly, pallies are irritating on the other side in pvp. Of course, I started a rogue to play with Jaka's pally, so who am I to complain?
But, boy oh boy, even though I did not want to...at all...I LOVE the Blood Elves! Love them! The boys look like girls. The girls look like hookers. They dance poorly and, Ms Mandy, you SO were not kidding: /silly is THE funniest thing ever! My little girl, and I only played her for about 2 minutes this morning as I was clearning up the after-patch, went on and on about facials in UC...then complained that her hair color had to stay that way. Such fun!! Heee!
We rolled up some Draenai on our RP server last night (our main had a queue on 900+ and we didn't feel like waiting, whereas our RP server had a wait of under a minute). OMG! Ok, their story is...well, in my opinion...stupid like crazy. Hello, WTF? They crash-landed on the planet a month ago and didn't know there were other survivors right over the ridge? And why on earth would they be able to understand the Blood Elf speech? Even if the BE's had somehow caused the crash and knew everything about this alien race, I doubt they'd be so fluent in the Draenai language that they would speak it to them in a threatening manner. Uh-huh. Whatever. Lame.
But.
OMG, I love them. I love their little tails and their little Tauren-Succubus looks and their little dances and their little accents. Oh, I had the best time with them! Gabriel's little mage girl is freakin HOT, too! I made a boy shaman. You'd think there'd have been more shamans, but on the RP server, warriors were the most popular, followed by hunters. ???
I think the Peg Bundy hair (the one with the little tiara, yes?) is THE most popular BE style right now...add the hoop earrings and the heavily-made up face and you've got quite the high-maintenance floozy! I can't wait to really get in and play with my not-so-floozy-but-still-trampalicious little rogue. :D
Klaus, who is playing a rogue to match with my pally, also has to run up to hit. This is making things difficult to tag in the Belf starting area where it's over run and mobs are in short supply.
I also started a Draenei (or however you spell that) just to see what they are like. I personally think they are cooler than the Belves. OK, the guys are way too meaty, but the females are very sexy with their hip swinging run. And while there are some strange combinations you can make with not enough hair and too much horn, I think I put together a truly attractive female if I do say so myself. She's quite striking with dark skin, light hair, and really nice horns. (Also, the name just came to me with no hesitation at all, so it must be a good character.)
A friend who rolled up his Belf paladin the same time I rolled my rogue and Mr. Fianceface rolled his hunter is already at level 28. I guess he's having a blast with it. We're both at level 12. Of course, we have multiple babies to work on...so...yeah.
How are you liking it, other than the ranged issue?
I also love the Draenei. I've seen some super cute cuties, too. I have a boy who is all hypermasculine and ridiculous, but I like him. He's my shaman. And the girl is also dark and has the swept-back-and-up horns with the medium-hair-with-bangs. She's a hunter. And she's adorable. I so suck at hunters before level 10...constant death. I really need my pet to do my killing for me. My first pet is going to be the pink and purple ravager in a cage. And don't you just love their quests??? I still get a kick out of the furlbog language one and I've done it twice already! Yes, I was pleasantly surprised to be so enamoured of both races. I had epxected to hate them, but they have both been super fun so far!