"Those of you who paid $25 to transfer a 55+ character to a friend's server in order to play Death Knights with them before this announcement remain completely screwed."
How much longer until Blizz drops the monthly pay system and just goes all micro transactions?
@jowdom: The primary purpose of the fee is there to dissuade people from transferring/name-changing/sex-changing characters willy-nilly. However, if you really want it, you can do it for a reasonable price.
most guilds on my server won't take in Death Knights due to the silly amounts of them.
I do have one (to my shame) but it's an alt and always will be, my Shadow Priest will always get most of my attention.
It's a nice idea for joining friends servers, just a shame they don't allow you to create other classes at a higher level so that needed classes are created, rather than just more DPS (obviously they can Tank but unfortunately so few can do it well/want to)
@Chippo: Don't worry, the numbers will die down a bit once the fad ends. Sadly, the fact that they start at 55 will mean that they will always be a bit more likely to be selected as a person's alt.
My main is a DK, and it's a great class, especially when it comes to spec design; nothing to be ashamed about there. Yeah, there are a lot of them right now, but it's the flavor of the week, and you shouldn't let that distort your perspective.
@tshack: Why would you want to? $25 is chump change for most people (if WoW is really what you're into), and considering the fact that time is money, it's way more cost-effective than going through the grind.
Unless you're referring to paying someone else to play your character and level it up for you, which is against the ToS and can (and hopefully does) get people banned.
Gone are the days of wanting to play with friends but having to face the daunting barrier of starting a completely new character on their realm and having to level him all the way up to max level just to play with your friend.
Now we can get a bit of a head start. There'll still be a grind to get up to where your friend is, but starting at 55 is a hell of a lot better than starting at 1.
I think they should allow anyone with a max level character create a level 55 of any class on any server. Even before WOTLK it was incredibly boring to level a character on a high pop realm your friends were on. Now with the level cap at 80 I think they should let people do this.
@Chewbenator: Agreed, they could even restrict it to one level 55 per 80 that you have. As much fun as I have running through the barrens for the 13th time, by the time you've hit 80 with one or two characters, you could care less about the storyline/questlines in the lower levels, wanting solely to power level through.
I recently starting playing WoW again, and, Northrend, the quests, scenery, dungeons are extremely fun in comparison to my grind to 60. The addition of Death Knights is very welcome, and while initially the amount of DK's on my server was overwhelming, their number has most definitely dwindled.
The amount of people playing as one particular class isn't unwelcome, as most people will eventually revert to their main after having their try at the death knight class.
@Primebuster: Your original post surely wasn't positive, and not much of a contribution.
It seemed as though you wanted to get some sort of word in before everyone else did. I'm glad you went into more depth in regards to your situation, now that you're under pressure.
01/13/09
does this mean I can create a horde DK even though I only have Alliance 55's?
01/09/09
How much longer until Blizz drops the monthly pay system and just goes all micro transactions?
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01/09/09
most guilds on my server won't take in Death Knights due to the silly amounts of them.
I do have one (to my shame) but it's an alt and always will be, my Shadow Priest will always get most of my attention.
It's a nice idea for joining friends servers, just a shame they don't allow you to create other classes at a higher level so that needed classes are created, rather than just more DPS (obviously they can Tank but unfortunately so few can do it well/want to)
01/09/09
My main is a DK, and it's a great class, especially when it comes to spec design; nothing to be ashamed about there. Yeah, there are a lot of them right now, but it's the flavor of the week, and you shouldn't let that distort your perspective.
01/09/09
01/09/09
Unless you're referring to paying someone else to play your character and level it up for you, which is against the ToS and can (and hopefully does) get people banned.
01/09/09
Gone are the days of wanting to play with friends but having to face the daunting barrier of starting a completely new character on their realm and having to level him all the way up to max level just to play with your friend.
Now we can get a bit of a head start. There'll still be a grind to get up to where your friend is, but starting at 55 is a hell of a lot better than starting at 1.
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LOL
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01/11/09
The amount of people playing as one particular class isn't unwelcome, as most people will eventually revert to their main after having their try at the death knight class.
@Primebuster: Your original post surely wasn't positive, and not much of a contribution.
It seemed as though you wanted to get some sort of word in before everyone else did. I'm glad you went into more depth in regards to your situation, now that you're under pressure.