The 50 Pound Cat's MMO Adventures: night elf

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Kitty cat, night elf starting area

The night elf starting area is called, Tertradissl or something like that. It is basically a giant tree, the whole zone is based inside of this tree. Cool stuff! I won't go on and on about the lore of this area, but I will say that I enjoyed it and that I am now interested in WoW's lore. I might even read some of those books! Hey, why not?

Well, CowNoseKitty is a rogue (gah, I always spell it rouge) and this is her sprint effect, gives here this cool little trail behind.

The Night Elfs have this awesome mount, the hypogriff, but in this screenshot you can also see the great tree behind. Notice all the giant roots, cool stuff.

There is an epic flying mount that is probably pretty difficult to get, because you need a huge amount of reputation plus a lot of money. Still, it's very awesome because it looks like this hypogriff except with some armor. Very cool! I will probably try to get it, since I like these guys much better then griffons.

I never knew WoW could be pretty! ^^

This forest does the dark spooky thing really well.

And interesting thing I didn't know, is that WoW runs on real-time. That is to say, a 24-hour day in WoW is a 24-hour day in the real world. What this means is, there is only 1 sunrise and 1 sunset per day in WoW! (unless somehow you can fly fast enough to catch more than one hehe, I suppose that is possible) From a screnshot perspective this is kind of annoying, because it means I won't be able to just camp out for a few hours and wait for the awesome light conditions, but it's also awesome because it makes the sunrise/sunset more special.

Monday, April 7, 2008

What have I done!?! WHAT HAVE I DONE!!! (WoW)

I don't know how. I don't know why. But I have done it, finally, I have succumbed to the beast. Yes that's right ladies and gentlemen: I am playing World of Warcraft!!

Actually, I do know how. It all started with a dream. I was an undead warlock. And... that's about it. But that dream stuck with me! And it bugged me for weeks and weeks, and I couldn't stand it until I downloaded the trial and I played that undead warlock I so dreamed about.

Little did I know... how fun WoW is! And really, that is why I am playing now and probably will continue to play (remember though, I can't stay in one place long nor am I a one MMO man) for the foreseeable future.

That is the biggest reason why I have now chosen WoW over EQ2: it's simply more fun. I like how my characters move and control, I love the style and the color. I honestly never ever thought I could enjoy WoW and I must admit that I have been very judgmental about the game, without having actually tried it.

There he is, my undead warlock.

Good thing I don't have any nasal functionality left, so I can't smell this guy.

Summoning my first minion.

Sadly however, my all time favourite guild the New Outriders plays alliance. And this game is just so much more fun with some reliable and friendly people, so I made a night elf to join them. (I actually have made multiple night elfs, so don't freak out if you see her hair change or something, but in the end I stuck with one)

Not unique to WoW, but still cool, is some great looking armor. Nice tentacle staff buddy! (It wiggles hehe, it's awesome)

Here you can see Cownose my human mage. Aint' she somethin? I like her, but anyways, look at this outhouse! Now that is hilarious. I always wondered how these virtual characters did their business, finally we have a reasonable explanation.