The 'Ask a Tester' threadFollow

Um show me a game besides EQPC that didnt have people whining about every change.

I swear I had read 1g, which from what else I'd read, sounded like a lot of money. Regardless, it's nice to know that until we find the funding for a Guild, I can at least get my friends together in a chatroom :)

I guess you haven't played EQ. I've never seen any whining in this game, the problem is that there is a lot of EQ bashing here.

Edited, Sun Oct 24 14:01:21 2004 by Gihja

I played Everquest from Feb 2, 2001 until whenever I actually quit earlier this year. I had about 300 days played.
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/profile.html?78612

Trust me, there was plenty of whining on discussion boards about Everquest. Any discussion board. Some more than others. I can't say I read the Allakhazam forums much, but there were a few others I frequented, and I avoided the more whiny forums. Try the shaman's crucible or most any player-run server forum.

Anyway, back to WoW...

Edited, Sun Oct 24 14:25:01 2004 by Azuarc

I think you only get loading new zone when you enter an instance, i dont think the main world is segmented by actual "Zone Lines" like EQ, i kinda wish it was though. That way you could run away from a angry m ob if need be hehe

Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are seperate zones, so if you boat or zeppelin from one continent to the other, you will zone (Teldrassil counts as part of Kalimdor). Other than that, the only zones are instance lines.

Mobs chase for up to 10 seconds, or a set distance (30 yards maybe) from their spawn point (whichever comes last), and then give up and go back to their spawn points or, if a roamer, the point from which they were first aggro'd. It is difficult to train others in WoW; in general, mobs will not aggro someone on the way back to their spawnpoints. The major exception to this rule is inside instances; most Elite mobs in instances do not "leash" (i.e., they don't give up and go back to their spawn point).

Tib, you are a bad bad man. I like it :)

What does the term "Soulbound" mean, i know what bind on pick up, equip are, but what is the difference between soulbound and bind on equip/pickup. (pls dont explain the difference between bind on equip/pickup lol, im not totally dumb).

So a bind on equip / pickup item changes to
"Soulbound" once it is bound to someone?

Yeah, with bind on pick up, it can get really aggrevating when someone picks a good item without thinking (for example instance drop shield is picked up by a priest). Things like that have to be squared away before you do the instance / quest.

Edited, Wed Oct 27 14:19:39 2004 by Russian

I have a question... about hunters. :)

Ok, can hunters aquire any kind of pet, or *charm* it I guess? Like, what I mean by that is, any kind of monster? (With the exception of boss/ named monsters?) So, lets say I'm a troll hunter right? And I'm in a jungle or whatever, and I see a troll (monster) could I *charm* it and then have that as my pet? So I'd be controlling like two trolls? (The pet not as much as my main character ofcourse, I assume I have basic commands for the pet, as in, attack, retreat, go away,?)

Another question... Lets say I can get that troll... or any monster ok? How long do I get to keep them? And how many pets can I have with me at once?

And I think I've heard somewhere that you do get to keep your pets for quite a while, and they level up with you, is this true?

~Thanks alot for your time. :)

Hunters may tame only those mobs flagged as "beasts" (some beasts cannot be tamed, such as Zhevras, but 90% of the beasts in-game are tameable). When you mouse-over a mob, a tooltip reference pops up which gives you the name, level, and type of mob it is (humanoid, demon, beast, critter, etc.). You would not be able to charm another Troll because they are flagged as humanoid.



As long as your pet is Happy, you keep your tamed pet until you choose to abandon it (get rid of it permanently). Pets have Loyalty levels (up to 5) which determine what new skills you can teach them, and how obedient they are (a rebellious pet might not respond to an attack command). Happinness is a meter which slowly drains over time, draining more quickly when your pet is in combat or if it dies; there are 3 tiers of Happinness in a given Loyalty level which affect what percentage of their max damage they'll do in combat, so it's a good idea to keep your pet Happy. If your Pet's Happinness reaches 0, it loses a Loyalty level... if your pet is already Rebellious (lowest Loyalty setting), and its Happinness reaches 0, the pet will run away. Feeding the pet restores its Happinness, with higher quality food having a larger effect... taking up Fishing and Cooking is a good idea for a Hunter. ;)

You may only have one pet active at any given time, however you may Stable a pet (temporarily suspending it) and tame a new pet. You can have up to two pets stabled at a time, for a total of 3 tamed pets. Since the pet levels with you, and needs to stay at max level to be effective against mobs, most Hunters will have one pet they use regularly in combat. They may occasionally tame a new combat pet if they find a "cooler-looking" beast close to their level.

Hunters can learn new abilities from different beasts and teach them to their regular combat pet. This is where stabling comes in handy... stable your combat pet, tame a new type of mob, learn the ability it has and then abandon it & teach the new ability to your regular pet.

Either your talking about Armor Class or Asherons Call.