You are right in the fact that there isn't really a lot of RP in the game. For the most part that is the choice of the players. It seems that most people choose to play the game for the same reason most of the people I have known in the past played Diablo II. The reason is to gain levels and get the best stuff.
However, in WoW some people to get on "RP" Servers, in which Rping is recommended and expected to some extent by the players of those realms. Their characters speak through text and friendships can be formed or lost during game play based soley on RP. In some extents people specifically spec out their characters to represent their idea of the character.
To some extent it could be considered and exceptional RPG because the characters are not bound to do anything for anyone and choose to play the roles they desire.
Just My Opinion of course.
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i can only agree with the last post. The RP servers not only suggest, but "force" public Role Play on the servers (even though the trade channel kinda has to be "WTS etc etc, WTB etc etc"). But in any way, if you want to form your character (and reputation on the server) in a certain way, you definitely can.
Obviously there are two sides to every story. There will be people that sit on both sides of the fence with this issue. Those of us that don't want to spend all the money on new expansions plus the monthly fee and then those level 70's that want some other territory to raise havoc upon and more instances to run, more levels to gain and more armor to get. Of course there is also the problem with add-ons that are normally rendered useless by an expansion. Unfortunately we rely on others to reprogram those things, for those of us that don't know how, and sometimes it is a long time before the add-on you were familiar with is released with a compatable version of the newest expansion or patch.
All in all a new expansion is:
For Blizzard and Bored lvl 70's - Good Idea
For us broke people that like our add-on's - Bad idea
so bad idea based solely on a finacial perspective?
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so bad idea based solely on a finacial perspective?
I can only base my information on the financial perspective because I have not read into the lore associated with Warcraft and therefore have no real knowlege of other things affected by an expansion.
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I can only base my information on the financial perspective because I have not read into the lore associated with Warcraft and therefore have no real knowlege of other things affected by an expansion.
i see, well personally i always look foward to new expansions and patches for WoW, im always down for new content. im looking forward to the next expansion because its gonna have a good about of content in it. new items weapons, dungeons, etc, not to mention that the new continent, Northrend is going to be roughly the size of Outland. So thats gonna keep players busy for a long time. Not that were not busy with the stuff we have now.
Know what im sayin? :cool:
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Well I've never maxed a character level in WoW so I don't know a lot about the end game content and for the most part that's what the expansions add. I have to make sure this next time I'm playing that I stay on one server instead of server hopping with my friends, then maybe I will see all that great end game content.
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As you guys can see I've got my hands a little busy. Not to mention the stuff on SICK's flag and the novel. And thats disincluding the practicing I'm doing on my drawing and reading the third Sin War book.
personally i think its kinda rediculous to have 3 alts in your same guild, but thats just me. thats why i suggested u to play on my realm, that way u could play on the horde, have a better experience with that faction, get to play some different content and not always play with the same exact people, in the same exact areas, in the same exact faction. thats whyt im playing an alt on the alliance. its hard for me to understand how that is any fun at all, plus rolling 20 alts each isn't gonna improve ur guild but its whatever i suppose.
Anyway...... the actual question i asked you was about your talent build on ur paladin
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Well, I'm just seeing what I like and should go with. My pally is my main, and the other characters are mostly just to see which i like best and furthering that one. So far I think the priest would be the best addition to our group, a holy preist can do alot of healing in instances and such, but idk. Right now I got a bit bored of pally and i just got BC, so my attention is scattered among my alts mostly.
I spent too long not posting this, and I've come to a decision. The priest is going to be the main alt, and my pally im going to keep as main. Might as well, he's lvl 47.
Well, I'm just seeing what I like and should go with. My pally is my main, and the other characters are mostly just to see which i like best and furthering that one. So far I think the priest would be the best addition to our group, a holy preist can do alot of healing in instances and such, but idk. Right now I got a bit bored of pally and i just got BC, so my attention is scattered among my alts mostly.
I spent too long not posting this, and I've come to a decision. The priest is going to be the main alt, and my pally im going to keep as main. Might as well, he's lvl 47.
ur still not answering my question about ur pally's talent points.... nevermind i guess
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hey my main is a pally too 70 tho...holy atm but still i prefer to play my warrior ...full merciless gear ...and here i stop the game like 3 weeks ago RL> WoW...but im playing diablo again...waiting for the 3rd (hoping for it) thats y i rlly dont want a new WoW expac lol even tho i was addicted to that game i still prefer diablo ^^ ...
i love playing my blood elf protection pally, she's up to lvl 54. what do u think the best way to build a pally is?
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actually ur still lvling ur pally so the best spec for u(if ur willing to lvl up ur pally to 70) is actually retribution...later u must be holy IF u want to go PVE or be part of a good guild...for pvp ret is the best...a ret pally witha nice gear >all classes gear is badly needed tho ...prot is for fun actually but prot pally isnt rlly needed they generally prefer a prot warrior or even a feral druid as a tank then prot pally even tho a prot pally is rlly good...btw if u want to arena holy pally with merciless healing gear with any other melee partner like rogue or warrior could rlly help u raise ur raiting up u dont need to be pvp spec in arenas not at all ...it even sucks sometime
well i ended up switching to ret... but im thinkin about going back to protection after i get into outland or perhaps when i get into the 60's
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whatever u want bro...still its gonna be harder for u to lvl in prot spec man(more time to kill a mob)...if ur planing to quest ret is still the best...and for dungeons holy is more needed then prot ...anyway u choose GL man prot is fun anway
yea i guess we'll see what happens, i also wanna see what patch 2.3 has in store for ret pally's so i'm gonna at least wait until then before i end up changing the spec again
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Hey what do you guys think about that Lich King expansion thing for WoW. Do you think it is a good idea with alot more fun stuff to do, or a crappy addition and starting to kind of ruin the game?
umm nah thwre no point in having more then 2 expansions for a game, unless there adding more classes though xD, but i rather they just dont and stick with making d3
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umm nah thwre no point in having more then 2 expansions for a game, unless there adding more classes though xD, but i rather they just dont and stick with making d3
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so they are adding new classes, but overall i dont see the point in WOW being like the sims or ever quest, a whole bunch of expansions ill probably never get around to playing/owning. seems like a huge money grab to me, we keep buying so they keep making, sooner or later one of us has to give in and stop.
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the expansions really add to game play toward the end of the game, so if ur just starting out with WoW or dont play that often... or not at all. than i could understand why you dont really see the point of expansions
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i can only agree with the last post. The RP servers not only suggest, but "force" public Role Play on the servers (even though the trade channel kinda has to be "WTS etc etc, WTB etc etc"). But in any way, if you want to form your character (and reputation on the server) in a certain way, you definitely can.
In theory, but many players in the RP realms don't even know they're there. I should know, I played with them.
You are almost "required" to buy the expansions though, since the majority of all players buy them, there's simply nothing for you to do in the game once you reach lvl 60 and everyone else is lvl 80. The in-game economy was insanely inflated once Burning Crusade was released, and I suspect the same thing will happen once again, making lvl 60's unable to buy anything of value. Besides, no one will be farming the items they can use, and even if they did get them, they would have no one to play with. Everybody would be lvl 70/80.
But given how much potential enjoyment you get out of WoW, it's very cheap in my opinion. Just buy the expansion it until it gets boring and stop worrying about it.
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ive never played on an RP server before, whats it like exactly? do you really have to develop somekind of story behind ur character? and if so how is that incorporated into the game?
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ive never played on an RP server before, whats it like exactly? do you really have to develop somekind of story behind ur character? and if so how is that incorporated into the game?
The RP aspect is handled rather bad by Blizzard. I'll use Argent Dawn EU as an example, since that's where I play.
Let us assume the server has 10.000 players.
5.000 of those are completely unaware of the fact that they're on an RP server and have no idea what RP means.
2.000 have since learned what RP stands for, but don't want to leave the server because of guilds etc.
2.000 are regular roleplayers who more or less live in to their character, or try to as best they can (this is me)
1.000 are hardcore roleplayers who roleplay fulltime. They organize RP events like competitions, parades, weddings, parties and other events. Some of those are quite well-known on the server.
But, there are no form of additional functions that Blizzard grants you. Roleplaying is incorporated through mods such as FlagRPS for lack of anything else.
Myself, I stay in character when out in the world and drop the charade in instances where there's just no time to do it. But it really becomes taxing to roleplay when everyone you meet says "Hai do u know where I kill Ruul for this quest?"
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However, in WoW some people to get on "RP" Servers, in which Rping is recommended and expected to some extent by the players of those realms. Their characters speak through text and friendships can be formed or lost during game play based soley on RP. In some extents people specifically spec out their characters to represent their idea of the character.
To some extent it could be considered and exceptional RPG because the characters are not bound to do anything for anyone and choose to play the roles they desire.
Just My Opinion of course.
so bad idea based solely on a finacial perspective?
~Aeschylus :cool:
I can only base my information on the financial perspective because I have not read into the lore associated with Warcraft and therefore have no real knowlege of other things affected by an expansion.
i see, well personally i always look foward to new expansions and patches for WoW, im always down for new content. im looking forward to the next expansion because its gonna have a good about of content in it. new items weapons, dungeons, etc, not to mention that the new continent, Northrend is going to be roughly the size of Outland. So thats gonna keep players busy for a long time. Not that were not busy with the stuff we have now.
Know what im sayin? :cool:
~Aeschylus :cool:
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Carloseus-47 Pally-Main
Warcarloseus-16 Warrior
Dragonsfire-22 Mage
Lightgiver-8 Priest
As you guys can see I've got my hands a little busy. Not to mention the stuff on SICK's flag and the novel. And thats disincluding the practicing I'm doing on my drawing and reading the third Sin War book.
Anyway...... the actual question i asked you was about your talent build on ur paladin
~Aeschylus :cool:
I spent too long not posting this, and I've come to a decision. The priest is going to be the main alt, and my pally im going to keep as main. Might as well, he's lvl 47.
ur still not answering my question about ur pally's talent points.... nevermind i guess
~Aeschylus :cool:
i love playing my blood elf protection pally, she's up to lvl 54. what do u think the best way to build a pally is?
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well i ended up switching to ret... but im thinkin about going back to protection after i get into outland or perhaps when i get into the 60's
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yea i guess we'll see what happens, i also wanna see what patch 2.3 has in store for ret pally's so i'm gonna at least wait until then before i end up changing the spec again
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umm nah thwre no point in having more then 2 expansions for a game, unless there adding more classes though xD, but i rather they just dont and stick with making d3
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so they are adding new classes, but overall i dont see the point in WOW being like the sims or ever quest, a whole bunch of expansions ill probably never get around to playing/owning. seems like a huge money grab to me, we keep buying so they keep making, sooner or later one of us has to give in and stop.
~Aeschylus :cool:
You are almost "required" to buy the expansions though, since the majority of all players buy them, there's simply nothing for you to do in the game once you reach lvl 60 and everyone else is lvl 80. The in-game economy was insanely inflated once Burning Crusade was released, and I suspect the same thing will happen once again, making lvl 60's unable to buy anything of value. Besides, no one will be farming the items they can use, and even if they did get them, they would have no one to play with. Everybody would be lvl 70/80.
But given how much potential enjoyment you get out of WoW, it's very cheap in my opinion. Just buy the expansion it until it gets boring and stop worrying about it.
~Aeschylus :cool:
Let us assume the server has 10.000 players.
5.000 of those are completely unaware of the fact that they're on an RP server and have no idea what RP means.
2.000 have since learned what RP stands for, but don't want to leave the server because of guilds etc.
2.000 are regular roleplayers who more or less live in to their character, or try to as best they can (this is me)
1.000 are hardcore roleplayers who roleplay fulltime. They organize RP events like competitions, parades, weddings, parties and other events. Some of those are quite well-known on the server.
But, there are no form of additional functions that Blizzard grants you. Roleplaying is incorporated through mods such as FlagRPS for lack of anything else.
Myself, I stay in character when out in the world and drop the charade in instances where there's just no time to do it. But it really becomes taxing to roleplay when everyone you meet says "Hai do u know where I kill Ruul for this quest?"