5punk

I'm trying to work out who is interested in doing what. I'm confident that it'll end up being like herding cats again, but I'm a glutton for punishment. I plan on finding out where most people are and then trying to find a server on which interested bummers can get together. This leaves other non-5punky characters to do as they do, and people wanting 5punkyness can play these characters. Still not sure how we'll deal with some people racing ahead and others being left behind, but we'll probably work something out (loads of alts knowing us lot).

I voted for cockbadgers, but in reality I would probably give it another try if other 5punkers were involved.

I have an undead rogue somewhere as a result of the free trial I played, but I have no idea what level he is, what server he's on, or even if it's the US or EU version.

I have an Orc Shaman Character at the moment but willing to start an alt with other 5punkers, ... shit us lot at level 70 would be such a laugh but I doubt the game has the longevity for most 5punkers to wait that long. Lets see what happens.

I'm on EU and keen to give this a go.

I think the next step would be to decide on Alliance or Horde, PvP or normal and which server.

Having people racing ahead isn't as big a problem as I used to think it was. While it might be harder for the highest level person to find 5punkers to play with, they can be incredibly helpful to the people just starting out, even though it doesn't help them directly.

In addition, perhaps I'm more social than the last time I played, but I've found it easier to make friends of randoms. You'll always have skills other classes don't and there are often people asking for help - helping a low-level guy do the underwater quest a week or two ago paid me back in full last night, as he (now higher level than me) and his even higher-level mate helped me do a quest I'd been struggling with for ages.

It can be an organisational nightmare trying to all get the same quests at once, as there is a sort of 7-level window for them, but it doesn't all have to be about gaining X amount of XP per hour, and people can just tag along for fun.

FatherJack wrote:In addition, perhaps I'm more social than the last time I played, but I've found it easier to make friends of randoms.

This is what I'm having trouble with at the moment. I've got two chars up to L10-12 going almost entirely solo and I've noticed I can't progress much further without help from others. Well not without great care or boring grinding. I've just worked out the Looking for Group chat thing but not made any requests yet.

spoodie wrote: This is what I'm having trouble with at the moment. I've got two chars up to L10-12 going almost entirely solo and I've noticed I can't progress much further without help from others. Well not without great care or boring grinding. I've just worked out the Looking for Group chat thing but not made any requests yet.

Well, if we hook up and take a stroll over to elf-land (or vice-versa) you can pick up all the low-level quests there. You can just about make it on your own (I've done it at L1, but was L2 getting there due to discovery XP), but it often involves a bit of dying.

Teaming up with randoms is usually just asking people in the general vicinity for a hand with the say or whisper commands - the LFG is more for the bigger quests.

spoodie wrote:I think the next step would be to decide on Alliance or Horde, PvP or normal and which server.

Yeah, there seems to be ebough interest for this. Personally I'd go for Horde PvP - you don't really have to participate in the PvP if you don't want to, but it's fun to watch and it gives us more options. I'd say Horde because apparently there are less knobbers, but I've never played Aliance so I'm happy to do that if people want to.

I'm too established to join in with 5punk on another server, but if you can come over to Bloodscalp (PvP) Horde side, I'd be more than glad to level with the rest of ya. (or help out with my main)

Same deal. I'm well established with 2 horde characters on Emerald Dream (EU PvE) so wouldn't really have the time to dedicate properly. If you do end up going horde PvE though, consider ED and I'll definitely be around to boost you through instances etc.

I thought you meant Starcraft when I saw this thread title

I had to look up Biffin Bridge, I like that term, much better than gooch.

Still, I suspect I might play wow if presented with that choice, lesser of two evils, anyone seen that dirty sanchez clip from series 1? with the sweaty wrestlers

It seems we're not going to be able to please everyone, as many of us have fingers in other pies which we want to keep there, but here are a few pros and cons of our options:

Server where existing 5punkers are established:
Pros:
Extremely useful to have help in the tricky quests and instances, particularly where the established player/s are high level, play frequently and at the same sort of times.
Cons:
On PvP servers we are tied to the same faction as the existing players, to pick the other would be to exclude them from ever joining in.

PvP or PvE:
PvP:
Generally considered more exciting and you feel more of a sense of achievement doing quests when there is increased danger. Can give you more alternatives to questing. Getting ganked a lot is rather annoying though, and opportunities to simply explore the map are more limited.
PvE:
Much easier to travel the world and to do quests in contested/enemy territory, but you're still not immune to ganking as your PvP flag can be set by taking some actions. PvE realms are generally, but not always less popular (see next point)

Popular, "old" server or an empty new one:
Busy servers:
Much easier to sell items in the Auction House to make plenty of money, simple supply and demand. More people around. Possibility of login queues and lag, danger that 5punkers in future years may not be able to join.
"Old" servers:
In addition to the above, the realms which have been around for three years or more have another phenomenon peculiarly prevalent on them: twinking. Since a huge percentage of the players on these realms have L70 mains, this delightful term borrowed from faaabulous slang refers to the way these high level characters pimp out their lower-level alts with all the best gear. The effects are twofold: You can make really stupid amounts of money in the Auction House, as 1G for anything green and 100G for blue is nothing to these characters. The other effect is that the start areas tend to have less people around. Since they're usually among the busiest realms, the same pros/cons apply.
New/low-pop/"recommended" servers:
Combination of the two - less likelihood of lag or login queues, but less money to be made. Also less people in all areas, obviously.

Less people means there are more monsters to kill, which is good if you need to kill X number, but bad if you're trying to get somewhere. Less people also means it's harder to get random help.


Even if we end up picking somewhere other than where you spend most of your time, I hope you'll still join us for a kickabout - I know I will, as most of my power levelling occurs at lunchtimes at work where eight of us share an office and they won't kick me out for not playing every evening.

buzzmong wrote:I had to look up Biffin Bridge, I like that term, much better than gooch.

AKA barse. I'm sure there's at least one other term for it but I can't think of it right now.

spoodie wrote: AKA barse. I'm sure there's at least one other term for it but I can't think of it right now.

Perineum.

FatherJack wrote:Perineum.

What a pleasant Wiki page that makes. I did mean a non-medical term though.

Getting back on topic. I guess it's really down to new people and what they'd prefer; how they'd like to start, what help they think they'd need, etc. based on your info. I'm quite happy progressing my Gnome Warlock at the moment and willing and able to help out any Alliance starters on the same server. I've found human land now and no doubt I can access elf land with relative ease.

I'm flexible though.

Here's my ace map of the Alliance start areas access.

Nevermind mapwow.com, this is were it's at! That map does help though, I wasn't exactly sure how to get to elf land yet.

Playing WoW this time around I'm surprised by the amount of resources that are available. Last time I played it was all a bit daunting, but now there's all the information you could possibly want easily available. I'm not really using it much at the moment as I'd rather discover stuff on my own but if I want or need it it's all there.

Well of those 5punkers who don't want to move but would like us all to pile onto their server and embarrass them in fron of their guild mates, which shard are you on, which side, and how full is it?

EDIT: Or I could just check people's posts. Duh.

Baliame: Bloodscalp (PvP) Horde
Friznit: Emerald Dream (EU PvE) Horde

Heres my current details:

Orc Shaman called Farqu
Karazhan (EU PvP) Horde

WoW Armory Page here:

http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet ... an&n=Farqu