Addicted to WoW... without playing. - Page 2

Airborne Butters · 07-07-2006, 12:09 PM

[quote=Akuma][quote="Airborne Butters":dad4d]Lvl 58 on Shatterd Hand. Orc Warrior. As soon as I hit 60 I'm working on HWL.[/quote]
Have fun destroying your social life and potencially your health

Starting at about rank 10 you have to grind honor at least 6 hours a day everyday just to not move back in rank. At rank 12 you have to grind rank for at least 10 hours everyday to not fall behind. To get from 13 to HWL you have to play 24/7 for almost a month.

I have a friend who is rank 13 right now and he's pretty fucked up. He sleeps 2 hours on sunday and is up grinding rep for the rest of the week. He got fired from his job, his girlfriend left him, he lost about 50lbs... It's pretty sad.

Check this out: [url="http://www.notaddicted.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362"]http://www.notaddicted.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362[/url]
It's pretty fucked up.

I made it to rank 10 before giving up the HWL grind. I failed a few of my classes that semester too.[/quote:dad4d]

Yeah I know it's a bitch of a grind. Me and some friends are thinking of like botting it. I'll play like 5 hours then they'll play 5 hours, etc... The guild I'm in is really helpfull and good. My game plan so far is to get to rank 10, get my pvp gear, then start running MC/BWL and Onyxia. I really think I can do HWL. I mean I grinded a Jedi in galaxies while running from BH's and gank squads, I think I can do this.

WoW is so addicting, because it honestly is up there with being a near perfect MMO. Nothing is really broken, PVP actually does something and there is no one all mighty template or profession. I've only been playing like a month and I can't put it down. I do keep a social life and I still go fishing every other day. There actually has been an occasion or two where my friends would want to go out, but I'd rather sit here and play. Kinda nerdy, but so addicting.

Akuma · 07-07-2006, 12:27 PM

Well good luck to you. Getting to rank 10 is fairly easy. Getting from 8 to 10 takes more work than 0-8 though. Make sure you have a solid consitant pvp group. It's extremely hard to pug to high ranks (but not impossible) if there is a huge gear imbalance like on my server. As a warrior you are going to have terrible pvp gear in the beginning. I suggest you grind AB first to get a new belt, boots, and epic shoulders. Then alternate AB and WSG depending which you can win faster. Early on you should also get into your guild's MC runs just for an OEB since your weapon at the time will probably be an Ice Barbed Spear or something shitty like that.

Nyck · 07-07-2006, 12:27 PM

^ FFS on both accounts

Madmartagen · 07-07-2006, 01:42 PM

grinding sucks, it takes all the fun outta the game. my friend is in some guild on WoW and he's playing that game all hours of the day and night. when he was at blizzard, he was plactically playing 24/7. he was like that when we both played SWG. it sucks imo that grinding is sometimes necessary to get to the cool parts of the game, but whatev, as long as you have fun. get some fresh air once in a while, though, cause WoW will go down like SWG did in about a year.