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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Adda wrote: »
    It was different for the time though wasn't it? It came out back in BC.

    Yeah, when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore.

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you said, but if you're talking about the Netherwing Drake, it most definitely does not have the same model as the generic drakes in Wrath, not even close. IMO not considering rarity the Netherwing drakes are the best looking flying mount models they have made to date. Frostwyrms complete but that's mostly just because I think they're cool flavor wise.

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  • vonPoonBurGervonPoonBurGer Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, between heirloom pieces, keeping an eye on the AH for suitable greens, and crafted stuff, keeping your alt reasonably geared for their level isn't too hard or expensive. You just have to live with the occasional piece that there just doesn't seem to be an upgrade for every few levels.
    Since the 2000-honor Wintergrasp Commendations are BoA, you can also send your alt a bunch of honor, buy the Warsong and Defiler PvP pieces every ten levels on the 8's (18, 28, 38, etc.), and never have to worry about not having enough honor to upgrade everything. You don't need tokens or rep with the factions to buy these pieces anymore, just honor, and 2000 honor goes a long way for lower bracket gear. For my 28 Rogue, I think there's only five slots that don't have either heirlooms or blue PvP gear. He could have nothing in those five slots and he'd still have gobs of stats above and beyond what someone in quest or AH greens would have.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Adda wrote: »
    It was different for the time though wasn't it? It came out back in BC.

    Yeah, when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore.

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you said, but if you're talking about the Netherwing Drake, it most definitely does not have the same model as the generic drakes in Wrath, not even close. IMO not considering rarity the Netherwing drakes are the best looking flying mount models they have made to date. Frostwyrms complete but that's mostly just because I think they're cool flavor wise.

    Talking about the albino drake.

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Every time someone says the netherdrakes are the best flying mounts, I have to honestly ask if we're looking at the same model. Look at that head. It's a flying shark with a Downs smile. And those wings don't look like dragon wings so much as insect wings.

    Flip-side, I love the proto-drakes. They're so ugly-metal. They may not look aero-dynamic, but that's because they don't glide through the air--they fucking rip the air a new asshole as they punch through it.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Which is weird, because I think the protodrakes just look like a drake flew too hard into a brick wall then had most of it's wings chopped off. They look like shit to me.

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If by flew into a brick wall, you mean smashed through and have shards of rocks stuck in their skin from the impact.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Netherdrakes I'm kind of meh on, mostly cause I don't have one and i've been too lazy to grind the rep past friendly.

    Nether rays are where it's at though, unless i want to be an elitist goosebag flapping around on my black drake

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Which is weird, because I think the protodrakes just look like a drake flew too hard into a brick wall then had most of it's wings chopped off. They look like shit to me.

    I think the protodrakes look more typical of dragons you'd see in European fantasy games and stories, while the drakes look more like someone grabbed a dragon and yanked their head to make their neck freakishly long and head freakishly small. If their head were a bit bulkier and had some horns or more pointy scales they'd probably be a bit more acceptable in look to me.
    Something more this:
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    Rather than this:
    web_last_great_wyrm_scan.JPG

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Adda wrote: »
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Adda wrote: »
    It was different for the time though wasn't it? It came out back in BC.

    Yeah, when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore.

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you said, but if you're talking about the Netherwing Drake, it most definitely does not have the same model as the generic drakes in Wrath, not even close. IMO not considering rarity the Netherwing drakes are the best looking flying mount models they have made to date. Frostwyrms complete but that's mostly just because I think they're cool flavor wise.

    Talking about the albino drake.

    I didn't mean your quote, I meant the part where the other guy said when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore, implying that the Netherwing drake is the same model as the standard drakes from WotLK.

    Anyways, I don't care for the Proto drake models, and would only use one if it was one of the few that I think look good (Ironbound and Rusted are probably the only ones), but I still fly on my Netherwing drake primarily to this day, because I think it looks outstanding. Of course, everybody has different tastes, diversity is the spice of life and all that. =)

    Really I just want the Mimiron head from Yogg 0 25 man, but I will never have it so meh. =)

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Adda wrote: »
    Joshmvii wrote: »
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Adda wrote: »
    It was different for the time though wasn't it? It came out back in BC.

    Yeah, when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore.

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you said, but if you're talking about the Netherwing Drake, it most definitely does not have the same model as the generic drakes in Wrath, not even close. IMO not considering rarity the Netherwing drakes are the best looking flying mount models they have made to date. Frostwyrms complete but that's mostly just because I think they're cool flavor wise.

    Talking about the albino drake.

    I didn't mean your quote, I meant the part where the other guy said when everybody was cruising around with the Nether Dragon it was something special. Now with the same dragon available as red, blue, purple, black, bronze, armored version it isn't anymore, implying that the Netherwing drake is the same model as the standard drakes from WotLK.

    Anyways, I don't care for the Proto drake models, and would only use one if it was one of the few that I think look good (Ironbound and Rusted are probably the only ones), but I still fly on my Netherwing drake primarily to this day, because I think it looks outstanding. Of course, everybody has different tastes, diversity is the spice of life and all that. =)

    Really I just want the Mimiron head from Yogg 0 25 man, but I will never have it so meh. =)

    Yeah, the guy meant that when everyone was cruising around on nether drakes, the albino drake was something special :)

    Personally I fly around on my black proto, cause it's faster :D

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    It's really that dumb smile on every drake that I hate. That toothy under-bite.

    Most of the full-size dragon models are fantastic, though.

    And at least we can come to a consensus on Mimiron's head. It want it so bad.

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  • UncleChetUncleChet N00b Lancaster, PARegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So, conundrum. I'm wanting to MMO again soon. I've been off of WoW for somewhere between 4 and 6 weeks. Last time I logged in was during the easter bunny fest. I also did a 2 week stink of SWG and paid for a month of DDO (found that it's just not For me). My things waiting for me to each game are, 80 hunter/70 warrior, various alts in WoW or a 90 jedi with no gear and litte money in SWG.

    I really enjoyed my 2 week free run of SWG but Man, that game is a lag fest, and there's tons of pop in and general badness.

    If you had to choose one or the other, knowing it would piss of your SO either way, which way would it fall?

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    UncleChet wrote: »
    So, conundrum. I'm wanting to MMO again soon. I've been off of WoW for somewhere between 4 and 6 weeks. Last time I logged in was during the easter bunny fest. I also did a 2 week stink of SWG and paid for a month of DDO (found that it's just not For me). My things waiting for me to each game are, 80 hunter/70 warrior, various alts in WoW or a 90 jedi with no gear and litte money in SWG.

    I really enjoyed my 2 week free run of SWG but Man, that game is a lag fest, and there's tons of pop in and general badness.

    If you had to choose one or the other, knowing it would piss of your SO either way, which way would it fall?

    I would avoid both to stay sweet with my SO so that I could get more game time in when cataclysm and subsequently SWTOR released :)

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, between heirloom pieces, keeping an eye on the AH for suitable greens, and crafted stuff, keeping your alt reasonably geared for their level isn't too hard or expensive. You just have to live with the occasional piece that there just doesn't seem to be an upgrade for every few levels.
    Since the 2000-honor Wintergrasp Commendations are BoA, you can also send your alt a bunch of honor, buy the Warsong and Defiler PvP pieces every ten levels on the 8's (18, 28, 38, etc.), and never have to worry about not having enough honor to upgrade everything. You don't need tokens or rep with the factions to buy these pieces anymore, just honor, and 2000 honor goes a long way for lower bracket gear. For my 28 Rogue, I think there's only five slots that don't have either heirlooms or blue PvP gear. He could have nothing in those five slots and he'd still have gobs of stats above and beyond what someone in quest or AH greens would have.

    Nice, didn't know about those. And look at that. My priest is about to hit level 28. Convenient.

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  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    drhazard wrote: »
    It's really that dumb smile on every drake that I hate. That toothy under-bite.

    Most of the full-size dragon models are fantastic, though.

    And at least we can come to a consensus on Mimiron's head. It want it so bad.

    :^: I only wished i could get 24 other people in the same boat to try for it, I could only wrestle up 15 :(

    But my new favorite mount is the Frostwyrm. That thing is bad ass!

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    jackal wrote: »
    Yeah, between heirloom pieces, keeping an eye on the AH for suitable greens, and crafted stuff, keeping your alt reasonably geared for their level isn't too hard or expensive. You just have to live with the occasional piece that there just doesn't seem to be an upgrade for every few levels.
    Since the 2000-honor Wintergrasp Commendations are BoA, you can also send your alt a bunch of honor, buy the Warsong and Defiler PvP pieces every ten levels on the 8's (18, 28, 38, etc.), and never have to worry about not having enough honor to upgrade everything. You don't need tokens or rep with the factions to buy these pieces anymore, just honor, and 2000 honor goes a long way for lower bracket gear. For my 28 Rogue, I think there's only five slots that don't have either heirlooms or blue PvP gear. He could have nothing in those five slots and he'd still have gobs of stats above and beyond what someone in quest or AH greens would have.

    Nice, didn't know about those. And look at that. My priest is about to hit level 28. Convenient.

    Don't forget that you can buy purples at 60. I did that with commendations on my warrior mostly just because I liked them, but I also kept parts of the outfit until Northrend despite questing through Outland. In fact, I know I didn't replace my shield until Northrend.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The regular drakes look a bit too much like they're from some saturday morning cartoon.

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  • GnutsonGnutson Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Neyla wrote: »
    drhazard wrote: »
    It's really that dumb smile on every drake that I hate. That toothy under-bite.

    Most of the full-size dragon models are fantastic, though.

    And at least we can come to a consensus on Mimiron's head. It want it so bad.

    :^: I only wished i could get 24 other people in the same boat to try for it, I could only wrestle up 15 :(

    But my new favorite mount is the Frostwyrm. That thing is bad ass!

    You never asked :|

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Dude, if we could get a committed group on Ravenholdt that didn't puss out, I would totally sign up for spending half a year getting everyone in that group Mimiron's head.

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    my favorite is the good old generic drake, the red and albino being my favorite colors.

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  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Gnutson wrote: »
    Neyla wrote: »
    drhazard wrote: »
    It's really that dumb smile on every drake that I hate. That toothy under-bite.

    Most of the full-size dragon models are fantastic, though.

    And at least we can come to a consensus on Mimiron's head. It want it so bad.

    :^: I only wished i could get 24 other people in the same boat to try for it, I could only wrestle up 15 :(

    But my new favorite mount is the Frostwyrm. That thing is bad ass!

    You never asked :|

    But your primarily horde! And I already had 6 shamans...
    Drhazard wrote:
    Dude, if we could get a committed group on Ravenholdt that didn't puss out, I would totally sign up for spending half a year getting everyone in that group Mimiron's head.

    That's the hardest part of all is finding a committed group. And I believe in being fair (getting one for everyone), but finding 24 other people committed. Hell when i did OS10 for drakes (when it was hard) I had a hell of a time getting people to stick with it till everyone got their drakes.

    Times like that i think RL should always get the first mount for the shit they go through! (and i happened to roll a 100 that day ;) )

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  • WassermeloneWassermelone Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The proto drakes are by far my favorite flying mount other than perhaps Mimiron's head.

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  • mturalonmturalon Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I just wish that they'd upgrade ALL your mounts to 310% as soon as you get 1 mount that flies that fast.

    While the violet proto is nice and speedy, I'd rather fly something else, like my helicopter.

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    That's planned for cataclysm. I wish they would make all flying mounts dual use. I want to run around on my Cenarion War Hippogryph (although with old world flying the point will be a bit moot).

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    shosar wrote: »
    I'm willing to bet that you get to ride around on the cars as an early quest, but they're available for purchase when you reach lvl 20/40.


    Draneii had quest to ride around on an Elekk around lvl 9 or so, so it wouldn't suprise me

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Seg wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    Ok, I was just reading some stuff and stumbled across something. Hopefully one of you alliance playing scum can help me out.

    Apparently there's some quests in WOTLK that explain why the Draenei aren't moer of a force in Northrend. Any help on this? I can't find the specific quest or what the reason for this is or whatever.


    Also, anyone feel like, as the game progresses, everything lore-wise and aesthetic wise about TBC (and Draenei in particular) just feels more and more like a huge fucking mistake?

    Well at one point you come across some Draenei who are trying to convince the Human Officials that they want to help and want to know where they can go to do the most good and the Humans basically give them a diplomatic brush off. (Excuse being that the majority of the Alliance forces are ignorant commoners and they would freak out if they were put in locations near Draenei.)

    in a quest later you find out that official works for the lich king as part of cult of the damned

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  • dojangodojango Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    yeah, the human diplomat says something like, "Oh, we'd love to have dranei help, but most of the human peasant conscripts would freak out if they had to fight alongside horrible space-goats, and it would ruin unit cohesion." Of course, you do a bunch of quests that discover that the diplomat turns out to be one of those evil elf princes in disguise.

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  • adejaanadejaan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Are we having the mount discussion again? These are what I'd like to see as mounts.
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    Keristrasza.jpg

    oops, forgot the spoilers.

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I never realized that Keri looked so cool. Goddamn.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Keri is what the dragon mounts should look like to not be so god damned goofy looking.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yes, I would ride Keri all day long.
    This post contains alternate endings!

    Regular ending: She would look great in shadowform.

    Comedy ending: :winky:

    Furry ending: :winky:

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  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    As Drakes go, the Onyxia one looks pretty good, and the one Malygos drops, but that's probably just because of the rarity. Keristraza would make an awesome flyer if she was just a smaller version of the same model, for sure.

    If they made every dragon boss in heroics have a chance to drop a mount that looked like them, that would be awesome. =) As a matter of fact, it should just be the last boss of every heroic. I want my flying mount to be riding piggy back on King Ymiron or Mal'ganis.

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  • SamphisSamphis Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I still want to ride this guy.
    16038.jpg

    http://www.wowhead.com/npc=18096#.

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  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Samphis wrote: »
    I still want to ride this guy.
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    http://www.wowhead.com/npc=18096#.

    I actually approve of an Infinite Dragonflight mount.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    dojango wrote: »
    yeah, the human diplomat says something like, "Oh, we'd love to have dranei help, but most of the human peasant conscripts would freak out if they had to fight alongside horrible space-goats, and it would ruin unit cohesion." Of course, you do a bunch of quests that discover that the diplomat turns out to be one of those evil elf princes in disguise.

    That sounds like a dig at DADT.

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  • adejaanadejaan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I forgot about the Infinite Dragonflight! They should have a mount too. Nothing says "I AM THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER YOU'LL EVER MEET" like flying around on a badass black dragon.

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  • DratatooDratatoo Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    adejaan wrote: »
    I forgot about the Infinite Dragonflight! They should have a mount too. Nothing says "I AM THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER YOU'LL EVER MEET" like flying around on a badass black dragon.

    Err.. Black dragon swarm? We already have a few black dragon mounts in wotlk -> Onyxia Mount -> black drake. But I agree, an Infinite Dragonflight mount would be sweet.

    I wonder if the armor that Deathwing is wearing in his human form will appear in one of T sets.
    Edit: My google-fu is weak so here is a screen of the official website:

    deathwinghumanform.jpg

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  • OhtsamOhtsam Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Cata Spoilers
    So if what is coming out of the something Awful thread is true. Garrosh is actually turning out to be awesome being like saurfang but with a very large mean streak and everyone is going to hate Wrynn far far more. (Everyone being every other race in the alliance)

    Also Stonetalon has a huge amount of fantastic lore for the horde

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No spoilers please, even if that is semi-general knowledge. I really want to know nothing about the story until I play it myself.

    EDIT: ty :)

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If King Douche and Douche the son of Douche both got themselves killed by acting like giant man-sized douches, that'd be fine.

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