[Adam Baumgartner]

This isn't anything major, but WoWWiki is no longer the official wiki for WoW; due to the problems with formatting, the new official wiki site is Wowpedia.org; OP might want to change that in the links list.

Ok I'll get right on that. Thanks for the heads up. Sadly, with the Cataclysm Launch Blizzard changed the armory around. It's a pain to slog around and find each character. There is no link on the front page to search for characters. So I won't be able to add links to your characters until it's a bit less cumbersome.

[Antonio Gigliotta]

Blizzard is offering anyone that bought WotLK or BC a free 10 day trial of Cataclysm. Just log onto your account management on Battle.net and you should see it on the right hand side of the page. I will personally be getting the trial later tonight or tomorrow, so I can play the game while I try to figure out how to afford the expansion :biggrin:

That's sick, thanks man! Only four more days and all of this painful studying will be done so I can do nothing but game and go drinking

[REVLUTIN]

Ok I'll get right on that. Thanks for the heads up. Sadly, with the Cataclysm Launch Blizzard changed the armory around. It's a pain to slog around and find each character. There is no link on the front page to search for characters. So I won't be able to add links to your characters until it's a bit less cumbersome.

Yeah Blizz made somewhat of an idiot move with their armory overhaul. All of those old links all over the internet are now broken; the least they could have done is set up automatic redirects.

[Krista Belle Davis]

I have a question for the guys who have Cataclysm. Did they update the old races at all? Like...did they get at least a little texture upgrade, or are they exactly the same they've been for the past 6 years?

[Rachyroo]

I've seen a few new NPC faces but I don't think any texture upgrades. Then again as the ss up above shows I'm not the one to ask. My computer is old.

[REVLUTIN]

I have a question for the guys who have Cataclysm. Did they update the old races at all? Like...did they get at least a little texture upgrade, or are they exactly the same they've been for the past 6 years?

I've noticed while playing in the character creator that the facial textures look better. I could be mistaken though.

[Rachell Katherine]

I just wanted to let everyone who is using the trial of Cataclysm know that you won't be able to level your 80's any higher than 1 xp point below 81. I found this out the hard way, and wasted several quests trying to reach 81, so I suggest you do quests until you are about to hit 81 and just stop so you don't waste the xp like I did. I'm not sure what the restrictions are with new characters though.

[Emily Jones]

Can you update my characters on the OP?

They're now Omgwtfbbq and Orphanix on Kil'Jaeden.

[Roberto Gaeta]

I'm torn at what I should do. I have a brand new account so I want to level one of the new races but not sure what. I have no 80s so it's all fresh.

[Miss Hayley]

I'm torn at what I should do. I have a brand new account so I want to level one of the new races but not sure what. I have no 80s so it's all fresh.

Typically it really depends if you like Horde or Alliance races/zones better than the other. If you have friends playing the game as well, it's always more fun to be on whichever side they are set up on. I personally prefer the Horde zones to the Alliance zones, but I like the Worgen more than the Goblins. However, I've already got 2 80s on Horde so switching over to Alliance wouldn't really be viable for me, unless I want to just start over completely.

[Matt Terry]

I'm torn at what I should do. I have a brand new account so I want to level one of the new races but not sure what. I have no 80s so it's all fresh.

It depends on what you're looking for in a new character. Starting Zone quests? Racial Powers? Racial Mounts?

Starting Zones-
I ran through them both now and I enjoyed the Goblin starting zone more. They have some quests where you get a loaner vehicle to run around the city. Thing is you can run over pedestrians and they give you crap. It was so funny that for 15 minutes I ran all around the city running people over.

The Worgen area wasn't designed well. I died due to quick respawn rates on an elite quest monster and had to spend the next 10 minutes running back to my corpse. Don't get me wrong a lot of the quests are alright but they need more graveyards.

Racial Powers-
Again I think the goblins have it better. Always get best deals with vendors, 1% haste bonus, +15 Alchemy, Rocket Jump, Rocket Barrage launches a rocket at enemies(shares cd with the jump), and Access to your Bank every 30 minutes for a minute.

Worgen get Nature and Shadow resistance, 1% crit boost, +15 Skinning and almost instant Skinning, Darkflight (like a Rogue's sprint), and transform inbetween Human/Worgen.

Mounts- Worgens get Running Wild spell which lets you run as fast as mounted people. Goblins get a motorized Tricycle. Only Worgens can learn the Running Wild spell. I think the spell would win because in PvP situations it can be hard to tell whether they are mounted or not without targeting.

[Richus Dude]

Caved in and bought Cata. Dinged 82 in Vashj'ir and had to abandon my quests there and leave, I just couldn't take the underwater environment any more. Yeah you get the seahorse mount but I've never enjoyed underwater levels in games and this was no exception. Went to Deepholm instead and wow, it's so much better.

Tried a female Worgen but had to delete it due to awful running animation. Made a male Worgen, deleted due to even worse running animations. And the male Worgen casting animations are terrible IMO. I can't play a race if the animations don't feel right.

[Kill Bill]

I dont think I've yet seen a Worgen without a "funny" name. Although a friend of mine who suggested "Inspector Rez" for a Priest Worgen got a laugh from me.

[Darren Chandler]

I made a female Worgen Rogue. The running animations are alright on the females. But I agree on the male ones. The casting one...I thought it was a joke at first.

And the Goblin running animations are just horrible very disappointed.

[Kortniie Dumont]

And the Goblin running animations are just horrible very disappointed.

I for one was kinda disappointed in goblins all around...the females are alright, but I just can't stand the male ones, they're absolutely hideous. They have a pissed-off facial expression constantly, and every single one of them has the wrinkles of a 90 year old. They're an improvement over the old model that's been used for all these years, sure, but goblins just didn't fit my taste here.

[Travis]

I thought we could maybe get a little Post Your UI going

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/5459839/1/World%20of%20Warcraft?h=9935dc on my level 78 dwarf retadin

Addons:

Tukui
Aurora
clcInfo
GearScore
Recount
Zygor

[Nicole M]

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/5459839/1/World%20of%20Warcraft?h=9935dc on my level 78 dwarf retadin

Pretty!

I used to use Gid's UI but once that died I just use the standard UI, usually with a damage meter. I might try Tukui when I startup WoW again but I'll definitely need to fix the unit frames. Shame I forgot most of my PitBull stuff.

[Soku Nyorah]

So, Arkania is 85 now. Mages are awesome. That is all.

Oh, I also got invited to a guild where a bunch of my friends play and I'm getting going with Heroics. It's so nice to see heroics that are actually challenging. Most of them aren't really that difficult, but compared to the crap we got in Wrath, it's amazing. Every time I see someone on the forums crying and asking for a nerf of this content, I delight at their misery. The dark ages are over and the renneisance is here, Cataclysm is glorious!

Also got a Worgen rogue at 50 right now, but the thought of levelling in Outland and Northrend is just...horrible. I just rushed through it to get my mage to 80 the day before launch, and I just can't stand to do that content again so soon. Northrend at least has tolerable quests, but Outland? No thanks.

Think I'll be sticking with the mage for a while, see about getting some raiding going if the guild has a spot for me any time soon.

[Matthew Barrows]

I use the default UI because I'm a noob.

[Eddie Howe]

My Ui isn't that neat but its more manageable than a lot of screens I see on various forums. With Ui's like those it's no wonder people can't get out of fire.

What I use in that SS shown above:

Grid (Mini Raid Frames)
TitanPanel (Top Info Bar)
PitBull4 (Player and Target Frames)
Prat (Chat Box)
SharedMedia (For Fonts & Skins)
Bartender4 (Action Bars)
ForteXorcist (Spell Timer & Lock Items)
Recount (Not Visible but toggle button is in top panel.)

[Hannah Whitlock]

I'm getting pretty sick of being a good healer in a sea of stupid DPS and bad tanks. When the stars align and I get a random with a smart tank and DPS we can farm away and do any heroic with ease. Then I have groups like yesterday, heroic BRC(Blackrock Caverns) first boss. Shaman and priest eat the Skullcracker attack from the boss after chains of woe is broken. Type "...sigh" in chat panel, tank replies with "No you didn't heal them through the smash" so he's already trying to accuse me of being bad when the mechanic is to break chains and run, skullcracker will one shot a tank with 160K no "Healing through it" about it. Anyways, wrist drop off the boss and the enhancement shaman rolled need on them as well as me as "Punishment" because I let them die and told them they were wrong for not moving and he won them.

[Robert Garcia]

I'm not even messing with heroics and raiding yet because of things you mentioned. Just taking it easy, running through the areas and enjoying the quests. I have a feeling it will calm down later on once people get used to the new mechanics.

My shadow priest has inscription and herbalism. I have been making those Fortune Cards to level up inscription and one of them was a 5000 gold card. Wasn't expecting it but was a nice boost. This expansion I might get to make a mint if things keep up.

[OnlyDumazzapplyhere]

I'm somewhat disappointed with Cataclysm - I can see its just more of the same old game with a slightly shinier wrapper. The changes they made to Priest, Hunter and Ret Pally (the three I play most) have disappointed me - "focus" has ruined my Hunter and my Priest's mana regen just svcks - there's no other word for it. My Pally feels "neutered" to put it bluntly. Both BC and Wrath were much more entertaining at launch. My good friend in RL is back in the game after five years and I can't even get interesting in helping him. Meh - think its time to move on and quit spending $15 a month on this thing.

[Alkira rose Nankivell]

I'm getting pretty sick of being a good healer in a sea of stupid DPS and bad tanks. When the stars align and I get a random with a smart tank and DPS we can farm away and do any heroic with ease. Then I have groups like yesterday, heroic BRC(Blackrock Caverns) first boss. Shaman and priest eat the Skullcracker attack from the boss after chains of woe is broken. Type "...sigh" in chat panel, tank replies with "No you didn't heal them through the smash" so he's already trying to accuse me of being bad when the mechanic is to break chains and run, skullcracker will one shot a tank with 160K no "Healing through it" about it. Anyways, wrist drop off the boss and the enhancement shaman rolled need on them as well as me as "Punishment" because I let them die and told them they were wrong for not moving and he won them.

PUGs truly are not worth the effort anymore. Not all of them are bad, sure, but when they are bad, it's usually unbearable. If you're in a guild, get as many people to run with you as possible to avoid dumbasses like in your post.

'Course, some guild aren't perfect either...I was my guild's main raid leader for about 6 months in WotLK and wanted to shoot myself most of the time.

But grouping with guildies also gives you a better chance at getting drops, as you won't be running with a bunch of idiot ninja's and hunter looters.

[Ash]

I thought we could maybe get a little Post Your UI going

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2771/wowscrnshot122310103909.jpg