Deaf Knights (eh?)

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 18th, 2008, 10:05

Since half of us have one and nobody really knows how to use them, discuss them here (so maybe I might learn what the they're for).

Something I've found is that you can start one on any server, not just ones that you have an existing lvl55+ on.

Of the three talent paths (Blood, Frost, Undead I think), nobody seems to be going with Frost, so I might give that a go myself. Course it might be that nobody's doing Frost because it's shit.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 18th, 2008, 10:09

I have a couple of points in frost, but I'm mostly unholy.

How to play it on the other hand? fuck knows, so far I'm playing mine like it's a competent melee dps thing, with some handy majick and a pet, just to take some of the damage and fill me with glee when I set him free in lowbie areas.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 18th, 2008, 10:15

Yeah, I'm guessing that Unholy is the pet build. I've heard that you can tank, and it sounds like you can DPS. Healing is out, obviously. I'm wondering if Frost can be used for crowd control with its slows and holds.

I shall google myself some research.

Oh, also; I like their horsies.

Post by **FatherJack** » November 18th, 2008, 10:28

I went Unholy 100%, cause I liked the look of the spell at the top, Unholy Blight - http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talen ... labberdash

The pet ghoul is good, as is summon gargoyle, the boner shield is a nice defense, scourge strike hits pretty hard and death strike heals a bit, the horsey-go-faster spell is good, but I like the comedy death grip best - things always look so surprised when you hoik them over.

Mine's like a zombie-master with loads of diseases and afflictions to slowly kill the enemy without them realising where their health went, while pull them over and hit them with a sword to distract them, which I think is great. Pestilence is fun on low-level mobs.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 18th, 2008, 10:31

FatherJack wrote:I like the comedy death grip best - things always look so surprised when you hoik them over.

mr. tickles FTW

I'm http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talen ... crewnicorn

just because.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 18th, 2008, 10:39

Seems like they can all do tank and DPS, emphasising on one or the other but not being bad at the secondary.

Looks like Blood is melee DPS (2-h maybe) and regen tank, Frost seems to be more regular (parry/evasion) tank and a shamany mix of melee crit and spell DPS, and Undead looks to be, as FJ said, AoE DPS and presumable pet tank because there doesn't look to be much in the way of tanking talents there.

Just limited observations from what the talents look like, but it'll help me decide which path I want to take.

This made me glee a little:

: The death knight can raise a ghoul companion from the corpses of fallen creatures, as well as those of both friendly and enemy players. If cast on a friendly player, that player will have the opportunity to actually play as the ghoul, controlling its movements and actions.

Post by **Joose** » November 18th, 2008, 12:39

Theres also a thing in the unholy thing that lets you come back for a short time as a ghoul when you die.

Not had a chance to use it yet though

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » November 18th, 2008, 19:44

Not sure that thing about being able to create one on any realm is accurate, I tried it and it said 'you need a level 55 character on this realm'.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 18th, 2008, 20:14

Odd. I tried it on Lightbringer and got to the character generation screen, so I assumed that it would let me carry on. Is it after that it stops you?

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » November 18th, 2008, 20:45

Dog Pants wrote:Odd. I tried it on Lightbringer and got to the character generation screen, so I assumed that it would let me carry on. Is it after that it stops you?

Yeah, I get that far, then when I put a name in and press 'create' it gives me the message.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 18th, 2008, 21:36

Ah. Bugger. Colour me wrong then.

Anery · Post by **Anery** » November 28th, 2008, 14:59

wank-stain, poo-pants, thats just crap. Wonder if I can create one on another server and txfer it across? anyone have knows about this?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 28th, 2008, 15:09

Anery wrote:wank-stain, poo-pants, thats just crap. Wonder if I can create one on another server and txfer it across? anyone have knows about this?

I suspect no.

Though, maybe possibly you could move a 55+ to a server, make a DK, then move the other toon back, but I bet they wouldn't allow that.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 28th, 2008, 15:17

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
I suspect no.

Though, maybe possibly you could move a 55+ to a server, make a DK, then move the other toon back, but I bet they wouldn't allow that.

I dunno, it costs a fiver each time you move a character, so Blizzard would be making a nice penny from it.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 28th, 2008, 18:53

Dog Pants wrote:
I dunno, it costs a fiver each time you move a character, so Blizzard would be making a nice penny from it.

Apparently it's £15, so I'm not going to test it like I was going to. You do appear to be able to create a DK and transfer it though, as far as I went in the process.

Post by **FatherJack** » November 28th, 2008, 22:34

There are rules about moving from PvE to PvP servers (ie: you can't do it) but I don't about DKs - they've restricted their creation for a reason. Best bet is probably to transfer a 55, then make a DK, or just create a new character and get boosted by us through every quest and instance until you're L55.