World of Warcraft question

[Vonwert]

Ok, I think I want to play the game. Never played it before, but I know the regular MMORPG stuff and what goes with it. And I am just curious and have a desire to get back into a MMORPG.

First, does anyone here still play it?

Second, if I want to gemcraft, do I need to get the expansion pack?

And two, is being a human warlock worth it?

[Red Dragon]

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My reletive plays it a bunch. I never really got into it (after level 20 I got bored) I'm not sure what gemcrafting is, so I think it's expansion only. My reletive plays a human warlock. He says it's better with the expansion though.

[Jeroak Nelave]

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Actually, i have thought about restarting again...

[Vonwert]

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So basically I'll probably just have to buy both of them then. Is there any cheaper rates for getting both?

[Big Rick Cook]

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I don't know much about Alliance side, so I couldn't tell you anything about the benefits of being a human warlock over any other race warlock, so I dunno for sure. Warlock is a fun class to play, though, and gives you a pretty unique experience. It also makes for a good varying playstyle, because warlocks seem to have the most difference between their talent trees, and which way you decide to play them.

I do know that jewelcrafting is expansion only, because there's only one trainer for each faction (alliance and horde) and they're in the "expansion only" main cities. This way you can still benefit from jewelcrafting, but you can't learn it until you get the expansion.

The game is a lot of fun to play between levels 1 to 70. Once you hit 70, it becomes a repetitive crapsack, unless you like constantly doing the exact same things over and over again for weeks on end for the chance to drop that really good piece of gear. I despised the method the high end game made of "content" which was really just grinding for days to get anywhere. Not enough varying content to keep me interested. So I up and quit.

So in complete reverse order, I answered your questions.

[Jeroak Nelave]

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I thought i remember seeing the two packaged together once upon a time right after Burning Crusade released, but I was just in Fry's today, and they were not bundled together anywhere. Original WoW is $20, Burning Crusade is $40, but i know you can find it on sale for $20 or $30 on occasion.

I cant believe that the Inner Circle broke up... where did all of my friends go?

[Alzar]

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warlocks are one of the best classes

[Marc M.]

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First, does anyone here still play it?

Second, if I want to gemcraft, do I need to get the expansion pack?

And two, is being a human warlock worth it?

I still play a bit, off and on.

To learn Jewelcrafting you need the expansion, but you can still use items that JCs make even if you don't have it.

The only real difference between the Warlocks is the racial abilities you might want. Humans don't have any Magic Racials.

[Jeroak Nelave]

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So what happened to the Inner Circle Marcman? How do you guys still keep in touch?

[Marc M.]

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Uh... no clue. I havent played those characters for awhile.
Been more interested in my Horde guys.

[Smurvis]

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They have a channel now. /join InnerCircle


Warlock's do vary slightly, but the big talent classes are Druids and Paladins. They vary WILDLY based on talent trees.

[Naruto]

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I feel like an ex-junkie telling someone to say no to drugs when I say this. Don't play WoW. You'll get hooked and not play other games and then keep playing even though you're not having any fun because you still haven't completed your armor set or bought your flying mount or some ****. There's so many cool games coming out soon too. You don't want to spend time that could be better spent playing one of the upcoming console games with 24 nerds with annoying nerd voices telling you what to do and dying over and over and over and over again in the same ****ty raid dungeon every night and farming rep and money every day.

[Ryner]

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I think a Gnome would make a better Warlock, if just for the Escape Artist ability.

[Vonwert]

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I hate the look of Gnomes though. I might join the horde side and become a Blood Elf warlock.

[Smurvis]

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Humans make ok warlocks too. Pretty much any class really.


And what Naruto says is true for most people. I haven't really had any problems with it though. I still play my PS2, Wii, and 360 all the same. I still go out with friends just as often as I used to. WoW is more of a backburner game for me and if I'm playing by myself I'm just as likely to play WoW as I am my PS2/Wii/360. Unless friends are over, then it's the PS2/Wii/360. Despite that, I've still gone from 37-70 in about a month and a half and enjoy it. Just do what you want with who you want, and don't neglect the rest of your life and it's fine. Hell, I've got it Alt+Tab minimized as I post this.