Wowpedia talk:Warcraft pump/Archive01

New novel announced
See Tides of Darkness. Please fill out more info, I've started it off :) 13:25, 10 February 2007 (EST)


 * Oh, and whilst I'm here, I think we need to create Category:Maps, and categorise all maps on the wiki onto it for easy maintenance.  14:25, 10 February 2007 (EST)


 * That would certainly make things easier to locate. 23:20, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

Visible but unreachable places
Just wondering - is there an article on WoWWiki that lists noteworthy places that can be seen but are not reachable in gameplay? This would most notably include unreachable places visible from flight paths but may include places visible by other means. If there isn't one, would there be any interest in starting one? --Mwalimu 21:34, 16 February 2007 (EST)


 * I have been thinking of starting a similar article myself. However, mine would be more a list of all places reachable by Flying mount, where access is better left impossible, for now. However such an article would be rather cool aswell. == Patrigan - Talk / Contr - SH (EU)  04:28, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * "better left impossible"? If you can fly there, you can get there. I can't think of a time when a flying mount can't get somewhere in Outland. :S -- Zeal  talk   contr  web 05:10, 17 February 2007 (EST)
 * Flying mounts can't swim :P --Psyker7 07:03, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * And being that there's not much water in Outland, and where there is, there is no inaccessable places, it's not an issue :p -- Zeal  talk   contr  web 07:14, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * Patrigan: Places_To_Go_By_Flying (And it badly needs to be renamed). -- 05:17, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * There are some places in the outlands that you can not fly over. Try going out to the black temple and try flying over the temple.  There is an invisible wall around the temple that is actually curved out from the temple so the higher you go the farther back from the temple you will be pushed.  --   09:00 AM 23 April 2007 (MDT)


 * There isn't a list afaik. I'm hoping you're not looking for guides or something of how to get to place you're not meant to, even though they're not exactly exploits, they aren't allowed by Blizzard, and thus that probably goes for here too. But sure, make up a list. -- Zeal  talk   contr  web 05:10, 17 February 2007 (EST)

Who ever suggested we were talking about Burning Crusade? I wasn't for sure... I was thinking about a list of places in AZeroth. Places like the east Tirisfall, where currently nothing, but a flat plains can be seen. Mwalimu most probably referred to places like the Dwarves vs the Dragon near Searing Gorge. The Dancing Trolls between Darkshore and Moonglade. Hyjal itself even (but that one ain't seeable from flightpaths. Simply every part of Azeroth which needs to be redone qo that we can have the dream come true of one day being able to use flying mounts in Azeroth. (Reading Comprehension my friends, not everyone is about Outlands these days :p) == Patrigan - Talk / <font color=#00CC33>Contr <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>SH (EU)  11:12, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * Yes, Azeroth for sure - My highest char is a mid-level who isn't powerful enough yet to explore many areas of Azeroth, much less Outlands or most of the instances. So there are a lot of flights paths I don't know yet, some I haven't used, and of the interesting looking places I've seen from the air I haven't tried to reach many of them and don't know if it's possible or not.  As such, I'd suggest the format of the list allow for corrections in case a thought-to-be-unreachable place turns out to be reachable after all.
 * There are a couple of buildings and farmland terraces visible between Menethil Harbor and Ironforge that look unreachable.  The seas outside the Deeprun Tram would qualify for the list.  And there are a couple of areas visible on the approach to Stonetalon Peak that I couldn't find any way to get to, at least not directly from Stonetalon Peak.  I can't rule out the possibility of an alternate exit from the Talon Den, or an obscure approach from Desolace or the sea, but I suspect those areas are unreachable. --Mwalimu 11:38, 17 February 2007 (EST)
 * I dare confirm they are unreachable. Checked w/ the wowmapview. The areas you see when travelling Auberdine-Theramore(and related ones) in Stonetalon are unreachable and "cave exits" are only decorative. Maybe to encourage players to search a secret, or a backdoors to give access to theese zones later. Currently the westernmost Stonetalon hasn't got any heightmap. ElfElunaAlina 21:15, 3 March 2007 (EST) The area seen en route to Stonetalon from Menethil is reachable from Stonetalon; however apon finding the one crag in the mountains that is climbable, you will learn that it is a glitch.  There is nothing in the waterfall, orc hut, or stone structure.  The only way out is via teleport or a jump into the ocean followed by a very very long swim until you reach a mountable shoreline.  Some mysteries are best left mysteries.


 * How about make your comments clearer rather than insulting my ability to read which is fine pat? ¬_¬ Either way, i rfer you to what i said to Mwalimu, and also add that these things are not what is stopping flying mount use in Azeroth. Just make sure you're not disccuing how to get to these places, merely that they exist and where.
 * On a site note.. seriouslly.. will people learn to indent comments properly.. >_< --<span style="background-color: #111; border-left: 1px #444 solid; border-right: 1px #444 solid; padding: 0 0.2em;"> Zeal  talk   contr  web 13:15, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * Maybe when people learn to capitalize the word "I"? ^^   16:56, 17 February 2007 (EST)


 * That'll happen the day someone gives me a justified reason to, 'till then i'm sticking with the English language being crap. >_> --<span style="background-color: #111; border-left: 1px #444 solid; border-right: 1px #444 solid; padding: 0 0.2em;"> Zeal  talk   contr  web 03:39, 18 February 2007 (EST)


 * Sorry Zeal, never wanted to sound insulting :p Ofcourse I would also never discuss how to reach those places (I can say that I have seen them thanks to a shaman ability >.>) I'm working on this list, so that I might get Blizzard to actually fix those zones and allow flying mounts in Azeroth. There's 2 fixes needed for that: 1. Currently unreachable places: be it FP Favor places, or just unfinished zones (this involves both places like Hyjal and places like west of Tirisfal) 2. Hardness bugs: Can't really find the right word, but the fact that some things allow you to fall through a roof (everyone has seen the Noggaholic movie where they fell through the roof to Thrall I presume?) It'll be hell of a work for blizz to fix that, but if they know what to fix, then perhaps... <font color=#CC6633>== <font color=#00CC33>Patrigan <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>Talk <font color=#CC6633>/ <font color=#00CC33>Contr <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>SH (EU)  04:23, 18 February 2007 (EST)
 * I guess it would identify as clipping bugs. Malusz 15:14, 28 April 2007 (EDT)


 * That would be known as a Collision bug. Clipping is just art passing through another piece of art (IE when you run through another player character or mob) or showing up in front of it when its supposed to be behind it.  Collision is what stops you from going places you aren't supposed to go and keeps you from falling through the world.  It would take a fair amount of work for the collision to be done up for the unfinished areas and to put caps on all the areas that Azeroth has, but it is definitely do-able. Etherstorm


 * Engrish is a load of taurencrap, yes, but I for one prefer to not look like a stupid american :P  09:48, 18 February 2007 (EST)

There's categories for these types of places (at least the kind that show up on the maps): Category:Closed_zones. I don't think there's a list of the various small things you fly over (like the tent on the Stormwind->Ironforge flight path). --Bobson 23:50, 17 February 2007 (EST)
 * I didn't know about that category until just now, and I'd say it qualifies for what I had in mind, or at least close enough that it's not worth the trouble to create the list as I had originally suggested. Thanks for pointing that out.  --Mwalimu 01:03, 18 February 2007 (EST)

Blizz has already stated that the reason there won't be flying mounts in Azeroth is because they would have to totally rescript and remap the WHOLE area, not just those small areas you see but can't get to. --Shik 00:52, 27 March 2007 (EDT)
 * I find that not true to be quite honest, because as you might, or might not know, flieng mounts acctualy just "swim" trough air. the only point is that they would need to set flight bounds, and "close up" holes in the ground at the places they didn't pay any atension to.
 * AKA blizzard thinks we are idiots. Yenea Whindlebolt 13:39, 20 April 2007 (EDT)


 * No, that in point of fact is NOT why. There are three primary reasons:  1)  They would have to scour the map to find all the places that don't quite fit together, but don't matter currently, and make everything look nice and pretty and such.  2)  There are tons of places open to expansion, and they do not want us to look at those areas ahead of time.  3)  (and this is the important one) They've stated that they have no intention to allow flying mounts in Azeroth.  Simple as that.
 * If you think about it, there's also a bunch of smaller reasons, like making the OL hover-ganking a reality for all levels (all levels to GET ganked, that is)
 * Deathtoll2001 17:16, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * A while ago (around E3 in 2006? perhaps?) in one of the interviews surrounding the development of BC one of the designers talked about the problems with flying mounts in the old world. As he explained it one of the primary problems was the way the world was built up while you were wandering around/exploring. Instead of having an entire world in computer memory (ready to render) the old world severely restricts the amount of world preloaded. This is fine while running around in a zone like Burning Steppes as it means your computer doesn't have to deal with what's happening in Searing Gorge, but wreaks havoc when players can jump across zones whenever and wherever they like. In Outlands they have coded this in a new way so the game is quicker to adapt to what you're doing. Add to that all the unfinished halfzones and whole zones (Hyjal, Gilneas etc etc) and you're looking at an immense amount of work.
 * Riktor 00:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Violet Eye rings
Can we get a page describing the Violet Eye rings and listing their upgrade stages? There is very little info besides Thottbot searches, and I'm not qualified to write this page. --Davidc 16:06, 18 February 2007 (EST)
 * Everyone is qualified to write pages ;) I've added all the ring info, hope I didn't use the wrong tooltip template.
 * I meant I didn't have the knowledge and thott was rather unclear at the time :) Looks great, thanks! --Davidc 13:43, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

tier 4
--Rocketboy 16:29, 20 February 2007 (EST) From the info i have received i understand that there are two different warrior sets: Battle, and Protection. What I'm Wondering is if you can have both? I'm somewhat confused how to achieve the battleset. Is it done by pvp or token turn in from boss drops?


 * For some classes, there are multiple Tier 4 sets. Warriors do have two sets: Warbringer Armor which is a tanking set and Warbringer Battlegear which is a DPS set. The pieces are obtained by turning in tokens that drop in Karazhan, Gruul's Lair, and (possibly) Magtheridon's Lair. You can have pieces from both sets, although each set has its own specific set bonuses. - ClydeJr 18:08, 20 February 2007 (EST)

Seeing completed old quests
Is there a macro or addon that shows which quests were already completed by a character (i.e. not in the quest log but that had been completed a while back)? Seems this should be possible since we get a message on other players when we have completed a quest. Couldn't a server request be written that brings back that information?

--Mikenowo 10:34, 23 February 2007 (EST)


 * I'm afraid without an addon tracking all the quests you do, there isnt a way to get that infomation from the default UI, it's all kept hidden in blizzard's servers. --Kaso 09:27, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

Fade in at login time
I notice that since installing the expansion I now have a 2 second or so 'fade in' of the login fields at wow login time when before they appeared right away. I've checked my config.wtf settings but don't see anything that would cause this (compared with an old config.wtf I had). Any ideas how to disable this annoying fade in? Also is there anywhere that explains all the entries in the config.wtf file (I found a page here that show most of the possible entries but not what they all mean). --Mikenowo 10:49, 23 February 2007 (EST)
 * It's a keylogger scan that runs before letting your account and password fields appear, during the BC beta there was still a message for it but since the release it appears as a fade in. -- 11:08, 23 February 2007 (EST)

/who GM
From GM Island
 * During February and March 2007, players who perform a  search will receive a list of GMs with  tags and GMs on the GM Island.Confirmed to still work after patch 2.0.8

I have just tried to do this with v2.0.8.6403 (EU - enGB), and all I get is a list of players with gm in their name.

What is the source of this? Can anyone confirm it to work? --Stijnherreman 12:31, 24 February 2007 (EST)


 * I tried it in 2.0.7, didn't work then either. --<span style="background-color: #111; border-left: 1px #444 solid; border-right: 1px #444 solid; padding: 0 0.2em;"> Zeal  talk   contr  web 12:35, 24 February 2007 (EST)


 * I tried it the night before the Patch of Druid Beating, and it worked, showing one person (a level 1 paladin) on GM island. Not sure what the point is, but it did it. It also showed about 10 other people, all with 'gm' in their name. --Azaram 03:34, 7 March 2007 (EST)
 * This worked for me today, <GM>Zrythos, level 60 warlock on GM island... Obviously it will only work if there are any online at the time. --Psyker7 02:12, 10 March 2007 (EST)


 * I've tried this several times and I'll only get people's names that include gm in it. Why would they have themselves seen that way anyway? If you try to whisper them it says to make a ticket. 18:21, 30 April 2007 (EDT)


 * gm's that are serving tickets are not logged into the game, they use a different client to chat with players in game, so they must be doing something else on gm islend. -GardDog 00:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


 * every time I speak with a GM I run CensusPlus. When I look now under the listing of people without a guild the GMs appear at top of the list... meanwhile my list contains 10 GMs... hehe ;-) -Zghuk 03:49, 25 May 2007 (CEST)

List of alt chars
Is there an addon that allows you to get a list of all alts for a given main character (i.e. if you give one character name it will list all the other char names associated to that char on the persons id)

--Mikenowo 09:12, 25 February 2007 (EST)


 * Addons do not have access to that information from the game. Some exist that let you manually define what alt belongs to which person.  However, this isn't the place for this stuff, please use the Blizzard forum or one of the addon sites.   11:44, 25 February 2007 (EST)

are leatherworking items soulbound?
i am concidering making my feral/healer druid a leatherworker so i can mail stuff to my rogue. who is a herbologist/ skinner because when i learn poisons it will be cool not having to buy herbs for my poisons.

i was going to make my druid's other proffesion alchemy (as i have my rogue farming herbs and leather.) the only problem i can see is if the leatherworking items are soulbound, could someone tell me if they are.

i looked all over the leatherworker page but it didn 't say. can i have some help?


 * The mass majority of crafted equipment are not Bind on Pickup, so they do not bind the moment you make them. However, some items require a certain crafting skill to use, especially engineering items.  The simple answer to your question is yes, you can do what you want, for the most part.   11:32, 25 February 2007 (EST)


 * It's true that the general products of crafting skills are not BOP, the key exception to this is craft specializations, in the case of leatherworking, into Tribal, elemental and dragonscale leatherworking. All recipes learnt from the specialization are BOP and thus you should take the one best suited to your crafter. Jalben 01:32, 27 February 2007 (EST)


 * *cough* Not everthing there is BoP...   02:08, 27 February 2007 (EST)


 * That page is slightly misleading. Things like Dragonscale Gauntlets and Blue Dragonscale Leggings no longer require the crafter to have the Dragonscale specialty. Any leathercrafter with high enough skill can learn them now. They really shouldn't be on Wowhead's Dragonscale page anymore. The only items that require the specialty to make are now BoP so only the crafter can wear them. It's the same with the blacksmithing specialties. Therefore you should pick your specialty based on what your character can use. If you're planning on having a feral/healing druid learn leatherworking, you're best choices are either Elemental Leatherworking for the set (Feral) or the Tribal Leatherworking for the  set (Healing).- ClydeJr 17:44, 28 February 2007 (EST)

Easy cash
In wow one of the easiest ways to make cash for levels 24-29 is the wetlands. I have created a guide on how to make lots of money. Here it is(If you find anything unsatisfactory tell me) : If you are in menethil harbor exit. then go straight forward. follow the path. if you take a right farther forward you should see mottled raptors. start grinding here. not only will you get lots of xp you will also collect raptor tooths and raptor eggs. When you have about 20-40 teeth and 10-30 eggs go to ironforge.

here sell the teeth to a vendor and the eggs at the auction house. If you had 40 teeth and 30 eggs you could have earned up to 1.5 gold. Repeat this process 6-40 times a week. after about one week you should have earned 9-60.

--Strongugly 15:20, 2 March 2007 (EST)


 * I get my easy cash in outlands. --Colinstu 16:02, 2 March 2007 (EST)


 * OP formatting edited for clarity.--<span style="font-size: 0.85em; padding: .2em .3em; border-top: 1px #504c50 solid; border-bottom: 1px #504c50 solid; background-color: #2C2C2C"> Hobinheim  ( talk ·  contr ) 17:35, 2 March 2007 (EST)


 * 60g in a week? That is not exactly what I consider "Easy Cash".  My recommendation is to spend your week leveling, go to the outlands and earn 60g in twenty minutes.
 * The idea behind this idea is really a good one, though. Collect all those grey items, and sell them.  Collect all those white items you have no use for, and sell them.  I've often grouped with people who just looted the quest items, money, and green+ items, and left the rest for me to collect - and they can bring in a lot more money... --Bobson 16:55, 6 March 2007 (EST)

GOLD AND WOMEN WILL FLOCK TO YOU LIKE THE SALMON OF CAPISTRANO IF YOU READ THIS  i used to pass on all the gray items. always seemed a waste of time. ive learned the error of my ways, though, especially human crafted grays, generally 1.5g and up. stacks of elemental mob gray items, for example, go for 2.5 a stack or so. ive made over 7.5K g since TBC came out (a quantifiable #, reg flyer 900, epic flyer 5000, epic for my alt 900, 100 for alts lvl 40, 100 for a friends level 40, and the 500 or so i have in bank now. it helped that i had my full R14 pvp set (*buffs fingernails* earned pre server, i might add) so i was able to DE just about ever quest reward. mat prices are insane. and i farmed several characters worth of scryer exalted rep items. also as a level 70, i can pretty much run straight to incendius, kill him and run out and reset without aggroing a single mob. thats 5 large brilliant shards per hour (instance cap is 5 per hour). thats 10g minimum pershard. ive done 20 runs in a day several times. and pre TBC, i would go to winterspring and farm eye of shadow, i would get about 3 every 2 days, quick 75-200 each, starting out around 200 and sliding down the closer it got to being obsolete. soooooo....long story longer, discard nothing, sell everything.


 * /me climbs the Wall of Text and meows from the top. :-D Basically, I follow an old adventure game's philosophy; 'Crime pays, take everything '. If you can pick it up and have bag space, take it. If you find something better, toss the cheapest thing. Sell everything when you get back to town and bam, free money. Farming is incredibly boring, but I've made a couple of grand just by selling everything that isn't nailed down. <P> There are mods that will help with this; Autoprofit lets you sell everything grey at a vendor with one click, and Itemized Deductions will automatically tell you what's cheapest to drop. --Azaram 22:42, 3 April 2007 (EDT)

At lvl 33-36 there is a Croskilisk pit near the path that goes over the mountains between The Shimmering flats(thousand needles)and Tanaris... those mobs are worth about 7s average per kill, and if your rested give around 400+ exp (200+ not rested) and if you have skinning you can make some serious gold off of them. If greens drop you can easily double your profits

if you are level 70 and want money, dont quest, dont farm primals, instead, do this. Go to the caverns of time in tanaris and into the black morass (note, you have to have completed caverns of time: escape from durnholde keep to have access). Dont take a group with you and dont bother starting the event. Just kill the spiders. Each one has an almost 50% chance to drop a netherweb spider silk which is used in tailoring. On my server these sell around 10g each on the auction house but i have heard that on some servers they sell for up to 35g each.


 * Please sign your messages. Anyway, saying netherweb spider silk is worth 10g+ is totally wrong. More like 10g max. It's way too easy to farm for it to be worth that much. On my 65 priest I farmed 4 in like 10 min just where Allerian Stronghold path leads to the Bone Wastes in Terokkar. Primals of particular sorts are generally a better bet for value. Primal Water generally fetches around 20g, although it takes longer to farm. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 3:01 PM PDT 1 June 2007

29 twink
I was wondering if any of you had any good talent trees or armor/weapons or trinkets that would help in BG. Im currently in balance and was wondering if i should change to restoration. I am aiming for the trinket that dispells fear stun and charm. the BG's are taking a long time so I was asking for a new way for BG. plz reply. thx

--Bobston 20:33, 5 March 2007 (EST)


 * This page is for discussion of wiki-related issues, you should direct your question at a forum specific to your question, like the Blizzard PvP or Druid forums.  21:05, 5 March 2007 (EST)


 * http://www.wow-loot.com/
 * http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/battlegrounds/
 * --Eleganza 09:33, 3 April 2007 (EDT)

profession
I am a paladin at lv 5. I really dont know what professions to choose. can u help?--Joejose 1993 23:11, 7 March 2007 (EST)
 * You might try asking (or looking for an answer) at the WoW Professions Forums or the WoW Paladin Forums. :)--Sky 23:28, 7 March 2007 (EST)


 * I'll give you a tip. Herbalism and Alchemy.  Unless you just want to toss money away as your learning to play.  Alchemy gives you lots of useful buffs as you go up in level, the best being Nature Protection potions.  The tradeskills of leather crafting, jewelcrafting, engineer, and armorsmith, are all very expensive to raise.  Sharlin


 * This is not the place to ask/answer such questions, but I have to disagree with Sharlin. Take two gathering skills.  Skinning/Herbalism or Skinning/Mining is the easiest.  The money you make will greatly outweigh anything you can get from any crafting skill until you get to at least level 50.  --Mlucero 10:59, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Striker's Garb
I was browsing the site when I noticed that the AQ set "Striker's Garb" for hunters was missing that note that it has "Equip:Increases attack power by ##". I don't know how to change this so can someone help me? Or possibly do it for me? It would be nice to have that up with the correct info. :P

--Gleathos 15:57, 14 March 2007 (EDT)
 * If I remember correctly, a bunch of epic items were buffed around that time. Looking at Allakazam's historical versions of the Striker's Diadem shows an old version on Oct 28 2006, and the current version which appeared on Nov 2 2006. The item gained 59 armor, lost 9 agility, and gained the 38 AP buff. Its just something that will need to be updated.


 * I updated Striker's Diadem to use the new tooltip and you can see the new stats are automatically included on the Striker's Garb set page. If you are feeling adventerous, use that as a pattern to update the rest of the set. - ClydeJr 18:24, 14 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I would be more than willing to help out with changing the rest of the set, but I lack the knowledge.--Gleathos
 * Gleathos, try using Help:Item articles. If you need to, create a "Sandbox" at User:Gleathos/Sandbox to play around with it and get familiar with editing. Let us know how it goes! :).--Sky 16:43, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

Direct Damage?
I noticed that DD (Direct Damage) is used to describe a wide variety of spells...

I've been used to refering to spells that have a delivery time as 'bolts', whereas spells that instantly damage the target as 'DD' spells.

so, Death Coil would be an Instant Bolt, Frostbolt would be a Bolt, Smite a DD, and Earth Shock would be an Instant DD.

I dunno if anyone else have used DD this way, but i'm fairly certain it was lingua franca in DAoC.

--Poposhka 19:39, 15 March 2007 (EDT)


 * Well generally spell are Damage over time, Channeled or Direct Damage... with some hybrids like Moonfire  20:03, 15 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I think Bolt is the wrong word, although I would say it raises some ambiguity about Ranged Direct Damage and standard Direct Damage, since Ranged Direct Damage will only apply when that spell eventually reaches the target. I've now managed to confused myself :) 04:36, 16 March 2007 (EDT)


 * You're confusing yourself because you're trying to describe the whole spell mechanic in one descriptor... lets simplify shall we?
 * Damage type
 * Direct - Deals damage all at once
 * Over Time - Damage is spread out over a time frame after the spell has been cast
 * Channeled - Damage is dealt over time while the caster is channeling the spell
 * Casting type
 * Instant - Lands on the target the moment it is cast
 * Ranged - Must travel from the caster to the target before damage is dealt
 * Casting time
 * Normal - Player must cast for a certain amount of time before the spell is unleashed
 * Instant - Casts instantly
 * Channeled - Starts casting immediatly, but must maintain channeling to maintain effect
 * There are of course all different combinations of these types... some channeled spells are ranged (Arcane Missles) and some are instant (Volley and other AoEs) The real point of the damage types isn't really to describe the mechanics of how the spell gets to the target, but rather it's effect after it has been cast.  I don't think most players are going to care if their cast is a "bolt" that must travel, because it's always going to do this once it's cast.  Unless the mob dies after the spell has cast there's nothing to worry about, and you couldn't cancel the spell at that point anyway.   06:48, 16 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I have to disagree. "Direct" refers to spell targeting. It's either 'directed at one specific enemy or an area effect. Damage type would be "instant"/"burst" I don't really have an english word for it now, or over time and channeled is an additional attribute, since in theory (though none usable by players) a spell could have a casttime and be channeled and be a dot, but also have no casttime be channeled and deal all the damage at once... though you may call the latter "charging" or somewhat. Maybe we should create a page with spell attributes... -watchout 08:26, 16 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I think Tekkub is right here. I'd say "direct damage" and "damage over time" simply refers to their mechanic. If you examine spells on thottbot, DD spells use "School Damage (X)", whereas DoTs use "periodic damage". Of course there are also mixtures available. Immolate is one of those, being a direct damage AND a damage over time spell. Mind Control and Eye of Kilrogg are exceptions as well, consisting of a cast time AND a channeling time. So far, on the wiki it is not mentioned whether its an instant or a bolt spell, I'd like to add that. Spell targeting would be "Single Target" or "Area of Effect". --bfx 07:05, 24 March 2007 (EDT)


 * Just to mention that IMO "Next Melee" should also go under the "Casting Time" category.. --FireFly 15:05, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Just to toss another spoon in the pot, the druid maim says "Finishing move that causes damage and incapacitates the target. Any directly damaging attack will revive the target." Which means to me 'bleed effects do not break it, but any attack that does damage will break the stun'. You can rip and/or rake then maim, the bleeds tick and they stay stunned, but if you get behind and throw shred, they wake up right away. So I read 'direct damage' as 'damage right away' as opposed to 'damage over time'. A DD shot like freshly applied moonfire wakes them, a DD shot like wrath wakes them, a DD attack like mangle wakes them, but the previously ticking moonfire or bleed effect does not. I believe that's what they mean by the difference. --Azaram 06:03, 17 March 2007 (EDT)


 * When playing on my shaman I've noticed the grounding totem only seems to work on spells that travel, like fireball or shadowbolt, but does not seem to stop smite, mindflay, or other instant attacks. So

there may be a difference between the spell types.
 * Mindflay is a Channeled spell. So that isn't supposed to work on a GT. However, Smite is. I know for a fact that Fire Blast works against GTs. :)--Sky (t · c · w) 17:49, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Smelting?
Does Smelting give mining training? CthulhuRlyeh 19:46, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Yes, although usually by the time you start mining iron, your mining skill has gotten so high that the smelting skill is now grey and won't give any skillups. - ClydeJr 22:03, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Level 70 guide?
--Rhaleon 22:03, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

I was just wondering if I am missing a link here or if anyone knew a url for a 70 guide. I thus far have gotten keyed for kara... was wondering.. what should I focus my energy on now? most people are unresponsive in game and its frustrating as hell. I need to know what stuff I need to do to be able to access any/all gameplay for 70s. please help
 * Check out http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/bcattunement/ -- 06:11, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
 * After Patch 2.1, the above page appears to be out of date slightly. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 3:08 PM PDT 1 Jun 2007

Zeppelins don't come to the Undercity Tower!
Hi, I have a problem with the game.I waited so long in zeppelin tower in front of the Undercity but non came! I went to Booty bay, at first there was a ship to bring me to Ratchet and i went there, but when for the second time i went to Booty bay the problem with the zeppelins happened and there was no ship for long time and no portal to darnasus either! please help me, what should I do? --Ace85 14:59, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Page a GM in game through the help console. --Jellisii 22:46, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Define waiting for a long time... because sometimes when you're waiting for the zepp it can seem like you're there forever. Especially if it left right before you got there and you didn't see it... Shik 19:33, 18 April 2007 (EDT)

Model changing
Blizzard's EULA says I can't edit their game files, but what if I'm doing it for looks? I'm not doing this to move walls, or make nodes bigger, just change what a weapon looks like to another... is this safe? And how do they figure it out anyway? If I'm going to get banned, I'm copying back the backup file asap. I just changed it w/ a hex program. I just want my weapons look more cool >:( --Colinstu 00:40, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Blizzard says don't change their files for any reason. They already have the Warden program that checks what else is running. They might have other things that check filesizes, date changed, checksums, other stuff. Just don't do it. - ClydeJr 01:01, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
 * this was bothering me and chnaged it back... lol --Colinstu 01:26, 26 March 2007 (EDT) PS, two thunderfurys did look sweet :P
 * Confirmed, Blizzard noted a long time ago that model changing for any reason is not allowed. It started to get out of hand where Addon Authors were releasing packages that allowed, in some ways, to change the environment. Albeit you want to change things for "looks" or otherwise, it's not allowed. Sorry :( 04:40, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
 * It is very illegal for this reason. You can see people better by changing them, etc. This is why it's illegal. It's bannable. It will be detected. MPQ files are hashed and easily verified for integrity. It's one of the most basic checks by Warden. --Shirik 11:29, 27 March 2007 (EDT)
 * P.S. If you really wanted to change those files, using a hex editor is possibly the worst way to do it :P --Shirik 11:29, 27 March 2007 (EDT)


 * The game allows for user-made files to "overwrite" files from the MPQs (internal file structure). Such mods as FishPing for partially deaf players is a great example. They removed the ability to use custom textures on player models because people were exploiting that in PvP. Whatever you do within their sandbox is allowed, whatever they don't like will eventually be disallowed. 13:36, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Watch what you're sating Boblo. Yes, the game might allow it, but hey, I think if I was a really good hacker I could say that the game also allows me to do those textures sizing. It's not because it's possible, that it's allowed and Blizzard has stated before, that you are not allowed to do that. Ofcourse the thing they did for the deaf will be untouched, but when some other group manages to abuse that thing for some exploit, they'll ban it. Don't think for a second however, that because you have a righteous cause, that you are in fact allowed to do it. In essence, every time you play with the files or use a patch or something that does it for you, blizzard is in fact allowed to permaban you. That's what the EULA says, that's what you have accepted. The banning and disallowing itself ofcourse happens within the boundaries of ethics. A man who kills an animal because it had gone mad and started attacking people, will be punished less harshly than a man who just killed the animal because it would give him a feeling of superiority. // <span style="cursor:help" title="World Dominator©"> P a t r i g a n  | Talk / Contr \\  16:42, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * There's not any real "playing" with files. There's an internal file structure which remains unchanged, the path to finding these files allows users to add their own stuff to use instead. When the developers find that this is being abused, they simply change the path to "internal only" to not allow it. 16:59, 3 May 2007 (EDT)


 * on the other hand i have seen numbers GM responses saying that changing things for cosmetic purposes is generally ok, (some hunters changed their wolves to look like better wolves by swapping game files) it's a touchy subject but so long as it does not affect game play it's generally allowed.
 * my advise is submit a ticket and ask a GM

Question about + generic magic damage vs + specific magic tree damage
I apologize if this has been asked and answered before but I looked and didn't see an answer anywhere.

Is there any difference between an item that does +20 spell damage as opposed to +20 frost damage? I know that the latter is obviously limited to boosting frost but will the +20 spell damage give the same boost to frost (as well as fire, arcane, etc.) that +20 frost damage will? If so, why is there any item that limits damage to a specific magic branch as opposed to the generic +spell damage?

Thanks in advance!

--Zippity 01:38, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
 * No there's no difference in the "boost" it will give you, on a top level at least. Each spell a class has benefits from a percentage of the +damage (or +healing) you might have; it's never 100%. This can also be changed through talents.


 * Limiting items to certain types of damage is about itemisation balancing; it's simply to stop people being able to completely overgear themselves. Take a mage for example, they have Fire, Frost and Arcane; now imagine how over powered that would be if that mage could wear the same robe to boost the power of his Fire spells, even though he's actually Frost specc. It's all about balance! 04:51, 28 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I think that when you have a boost to a specific type of damage, the bonus is often higher that the generic damage type. Take a look at Slavehandler Wristguards. The Invoker and Sorcerer versions have a +15 generic spell damage boost. The "Wrath" versions have a bonus +35 to a specific damage type. Using a Wrath item is best if most of your spells are from a specific school. For example, I found the Shadow Wrath version of this and gave it to my Affliction warlock. Almost all her spells are shadow based. While her Immolate spell didn't get a boost, I didn't use it that often. - ClydeJr 12:19, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Following that logic, just look at all the quest rewards which give items with +X damage and healing or +Y healing, where Y > X. Since healing's a limited type of magic, it's balanced to boost it more than it would be to boost everything. --Bobson 05:25, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

neutral faction
Dont you think that there should be a neutral faction that way you can decide what towns you want to help out and what towns you want to gain rep for. It would just make the game that much better, imagine playing as a blood elf and deciding that you want help out Stormwind or Iron forge or even for some strange reason Darnassus --Rufficuss 02:00, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
 * World of Warcraft is a game very much based on Lore. Doing something like this would go against that lore. In all games, there is always 2 opposing sides (or more) and as such it creates the competition, seen in both PvP and PvE that we see today. Start to blend those edges and the game is going to lose its kick and interest. So no, it would in no way be a good idea. 04:47, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
 * There are neutral factions which you can choose which ones to help out - there's the Goblins, the Aldor/Scryer choice, and the choice of Centaur tribes in Desolace. However, for many reasons, both lore- and gameplay-based, there isn't and will never be a way to help the opposing faction.  If you've been playing long enough, you may remember that you used to be able to see your rep with the opposing faction, and that it started at Hated, could never go up, and was permanently "at war" (at least, that's how I remember it being).  That's been removed, since it was quite pointless to have.  --Bobson 05:23, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

What patches were armor released?
I can see that T1 and T2 have been having armor and stat change way back, but when were they released? Can I also get when T0, .0, ZG, T3, PvP epic and rare, etc was releases? Thanks. --Colinstu 00:39, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * Sure, but you'll be finding it yourself :) Check out Patches then just look through each of the patch notes to find out. Armor is implemented into the game on the release of the dungeon in which they drop. However, Tier Sets are generally already in the game files before they a formally released. 04:54, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * I know for certain that both T1 and T2 were released with version 1.0 with the Molten Core. The majority of T2 was removed during a subsequent patch, in wait for BWL.--Sky (t · c · w) 03:00, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Patch 1.7: Rise of the Blood God introduced the Zandalar Tribe/Tier 1.5 set from Zul'Gurub and Arathi Basin sets with that battleground. This patch came out in September 2005.
 * Patch 1.9: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj introduced the Cenarion Circle/AQ20 set and the Brood of Nozdormu/AQ40/Tier 2.5 set with the Ruins and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj instances. It also brought model and stat changes to Tier 2 armor. This patch was introduced in Jan 2006.
 * Patch 1.10: Storms of Azeroth introduced Tier 0.5 aka Dungeon Set 2 in March 2006.
 * Patch 1.11: Shadow of the Necropolis introduced Tier 3 with the Naxxramas dungeon in June 2006.
 * The Burning Crusade expansion brought us Tier 4, Tier 5, and Dungeon Set 3 in January 2007.
 * Hope this helps - ClydeJr 18:18, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Wow enus dont get the full tome.mpq 5 why ?
--666046 03:37, 29 March 2007 (EDT)


 * What? 03:41, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

When i install it´, i dont get hole part of it the file tome.mpq 5 is not full download dont knoew how to do plz help ?


 * This isn't Warcraft nor Wiki related. I'd suggest going to the EU Support Forums or the US Support Forums. Tome.mpq is on the disks, or the downloaded version from Blizzard (which I can confirm) so I'm not sure what you're on about, and here isn't the place. 04:50, 29 March 2007 (EDT)


 * Have you download it if you have how much gig do you download my tome.mpq 5 map is only on 641 862 kb my firend got 644 000 and when i try to instal it some of a avi missing on it ???


 * I've not downloaded anything recently - and it's probably that you're not downloaded the correct patch version. Please go to EU Support Forums or the US Support Forums. You'll get no technical support here. 05:11, 29 March 2007 (EDT)


 * I don't get any help there and i dont install any patch i install WoW-2.0.0-enUS-Installer cause i need the north american version to run burning crusade then But it is a error on the tome.mpq 5 :S ? plz help if you can ..


 * Please sign your posts with ~


 * Right, what are you actually trying to do? Are you installing a US Version of WoW? Where did you get this installer from? Have you removed previous versions of WoW from your computer? 05:37, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * It's possible that you just aren't patched up the current version, which is why it's a different size. As long as it plays, don't worry about it. If it gives you an error, quote the error when you're having a problem.  If it plays but has a specific problem (such as video X is corrupted), check the WoW support forums. --Bobson 05:20, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Gaining rep
What is the best way to gain rep with Orgrimaar?

I have done lots of quests and am revered but really want the wolf mount, where should I be questing?

--Tobia 15:46, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
 * You want to do as many quests where the quest-giver is an orc, even old level 1 quests. I believe all quests give full rep bonus, even if you don't get an experience. If you've done all the quests you can, then your next best bet is to turn in cloth to the Cloth Quartermaster in Orgrimmar. Her name is Rashona Straglash and I believe she can be found next to the Tailor trainers so you can ask a guard for directions. She'll first give you a turn in 60 wool, then 60 silk, then 60 mageweave, then finally a repeatable quest to turn in 60 runecloth.


 * I am not sure if this has changed in all places or if it has always done it, but I know when I go to turn in runecloth for the repeatable part, I only turn in 20 at a time. I think the first time turn ins give 200 or 250 rep, and the repeat turn ins give 75.   12:14, 23 April 2007 (MDT)


 * Another possible solution (if you are level 60+) is to get Exalted status in the Alterac Valley battleground and purchase one of their white wolves for 50 AV Marks of Honor. - ClydeJr 17:31, 29 March 2007 (EDT)


 * Also doing Alterac Valley and turning in items there will give you rep with Orgrimmar I believe. I have not done AV with horde, but I know I got exalted with Ironforge by doing a lot of AV turn ins.  Once you get to Exalted with the primary faction (Ironforge or Orgrimmar) then the faction gets split to the other four factions on your side.  So when I got my faction with Ironforge all the way to the top of exalted, the faction went to Stormwind, Gnomeregan, Exodar and Darnassus.  12:14, 23 April 2007 (MDT)

Possible to download WoWWiki? If so... how?

 * Moved to Village pump

Karazhan video request
I use to have a two part video that was available for download from some guild - but I deleted it and I want to watch it again. I remember that the guild was European(French?), was horde, and used Sony Vegas for editing the movie. The video was pretty high quality, nice editing too. The PoV was an undead priest most of the time, and would occasionally switch to a feral druid. If anyone can point me to the right direction, or has the video, tell me! TY --Colinstu 16:51, 29 March 2007 (EDT) PS, another useless detail was that one of the druids were wearing those recolored druid T1 shoulders.
 * Was it of the whole instance or just a few bosses, or only one boss even? Helps in searching :-) -- T inker  er  16:14, 31 March 2007 (EDT)


 * God, I can't remember. Some parts of me tell me yes, some say no... For some reason I keep thinking the guild is called soul society but I go to their site and nothing. --Colinstu 21:44, 31 March 2007 (EDT)

Silvermoon City Reputation?
Alright, so... I've been informed that once you complete all the quests in the Eversong Woods and The Ghostlands, there are absolutely 100% no more quests there(unless you're a Paladin) until you hit Level 60? As such, I'd like to know if it's physically possible to get Exaulted with Silvermoon City as a non-Blood Elf race. If so, how? I know you can repeatedly turn in cloth to the Cloth Quartermaster in The Bazaar of Silvermoon City, but other than that...? ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 13:01, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Once you get completely exalted with orgimmar, I think you can get rep to all horde factions, via turn ins of stuff in Alterac valley. --Colinstu 16:11, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
 * You don't have to be exalted with Orgrimmar, you just have to be in the instance to receive the rep from turn-ins. I must say, it will take quite a few of turn ins however. :)--Sky (t · c · w) 02:22, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
 * There are other quests scattered around which give SC rep. There's at least one questgiver in Freewind Post, for instance. In general, you get to exalted with Silvermoon the same way you get to exalted with any other major city - lots of quests at every level, and then repeatable rep turnins. The only thing special about this one is that any general Horde rep gained before BC doesn't count. --Bobson 05:16, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Next Expansion Area
Where should the next expansion be? Here are the possible areas where it could be.

Northrend. South Seas/Great Sea. Emerald Dream. Elemental Plane. Dark Below. Argus. (Dreanei original homeworld). Warcraft 3 wow area. War against old golds and ancients. (Fights old gods and ancients in current areas and mabye new areas).

Discuss,

Snorkyorky 19:34 Gmt.
 * Rumored expansions--Sky (t · c · w) 18:44, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

LFG chat
Romers has it that the GMs are thinking about putting up the LFG channel back on in the next "major" patch
 * That's not a rumor, its well known that the LFG channel will be coming back in the next major content patch, but will only be available to those players who are using the LFG/LFM UI.
 * That is awesome. Now maybe people'll stop spamming up the LookingForGuild and Trade channels in-town so much...  Furthermore, it'll be better for when we need a call-to-arms for when our towns are being desecrated.  ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 04:00, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
 * The main problem i see with them putting the lfg channel back is that you have to be listed in the "lovely" lfg system of theres to be in the lfg channel. Laurly 09:02, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's not a problem, it was the intent. It's a small task to list yourself as LFG to be able to get at the channel.  Some of us find the LFG system very useful, except the lack of people using it because they don't like the auto-grouper's logic.  Un-check auto-join, list yourself, everyone is happy.   17:11, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

WoW and Blizzcon news!
Some news for everyone... Enjoy and add to the wiki where appropriate please :) 14:02, 12 April 2007 (EDT)
 * All 2.1 Patch notes consolidated
 * Blizzcon 2007 announced! ,
 * Profession Notes for 2.1
 * Graveyards, Flight Paths and Trinkets for 2.1
 * Likely prelim class changes for 2.1
 * Raids and dungeon changes for 2.1
 * Elixir changes for 2.1


 * All nice and dandy, but isn't this kind of information supposed to go on the Warcraft Pump? ^^ <font color=#CC6633>== <font color=#00CC33>Patrigan <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>Talk <font color=#CC6633>/ <font color=#00CC33>Contr <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>SH (EU)  14:13, 12 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Dammit, you're right. Moved! 14:28, 12 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Dare I say: "Owned!"? <font color=#CC6633>== <font color=#00CC33>Patrigan <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>Talk <font color=#CC6633>/ <font color=#00CC33>Contr <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>SH (EU)  14:37, 12 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Finally, a real flight point for Feralas! Sharlin 06:41, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Upcoming changes to Alchemy suck. Reducing elemental protection pots to two minutes basically removes them from play.  They will be relegated to instances and raids only.  Whereas their value to normal adventurers in outdoor areas was immense.  Hell I and others have alchemy on multiple characters, but what for now? Sharlin 06:54, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Rogues get Improved Sap for free, Avenger's Shield has no minimum range now, Protection Paladins boosted, Ice Block has cool down effect similar to Pally/Priest shields. Hell some classes change so significant it makes you wonder what TBC was  12:20, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

**SPOILER** Illidan Stormrage model in wow and sound file information **SPOILER**
well here it is the in game model of illidan stormrage illidan normal http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/TCraido/Illidannorm.jpg illidan dark http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/TCraido/illidandark.jpg

-**SPOILER ALERT**-

i also found sound files of illidan and Maiev talking at what seams to be the end of there battle they say

Maiev says: "ahh it is finished you are beaten"

Illidan says: "Maiev how is it even possible.... you have won... Maiev but the huntress is nothing with out the hunt... You are nothing with out me... *groans*" at this point illidan seams to die (NOOO T_T)

Maiev say: "he is right … I feel nothing … I am….. Nothing…"

--Raidouk 17:13, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

--Raidouk 17:13, 13 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Your gonna get yelled at for data mining. --Colinstu 17:07, 14 April 2007 (EDT)


 * nah, he's gonna get yelled at for DARN YOU FUCKING SPOILER!!! ^^ (added Spoiler alert)About the datamining, yeah just so you know, iot is kind of illegal. <font color=#CC6633>== <font color=#00CC33>Patrigan <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>Talk <font color=#CC6633>/ <font color=#00CC33>Contr <font color=#CC6633>- <font color=#00CC33>SH (EU)  18:51, 14 April 2007 (EDT)


 * I gotta say, if I told everyone how much stuff I've found via Datamining with (certain programs), I'm pretty sure I'd be out on my arse. But why do you think the article about Illidan Stormrage is still without an image of his in World of Warcraft?  Simply put, The Black Temple hasn't been opened to the public yet, so no one can get an in-game image of him aside from maybe Blizzard employees and BETA testers. ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 19:23, 14 April 2007 (EDT)


 * I datamine a lot too, I'm always dressing up charactes and looking at the Expansion02 folder, but I don't tell people that  23:54, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

All that data mining and he goes and causes a cave in...--Azaram 22:53, 14 May 2007 (EDT)

where can you find out where to play the game WoWWiki
where do i find out where to play the game WOWWiki


 * Huh? This is not a game. 21:52, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
 * This Wiki is about World of Warcraft also known as WoW, hence WoWWiki. -- 16:22, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

CrafterList - Desired Craftable Boiler

 * Moved to Village pump

the azure glade tower defence
the azure glade tower defence, not sure if this is the right place to post a question, but here goes........in the azure glade tower defence in WWIII I can only ever get to level 20 the second boss stage. Then my tree gets corrupt and I die, however I never see any bosses? Are they invisible or is there a bug in this level. And is there a walkthrough anywher for this level?

Regards

Rick
 * The bosses at level 20 are invisible, you need the special towers that can see invisible mobs... can't remember their names, but they are the really expensive ones -- 21:41, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

Finnall Goldensword
I was just reading about her and was wondering if we are likely to see her in Dalaran when it becomes available to go to?


 * Impossible to say, though it seems likely. -- Ragestorm (talk &middot; contr) 16:34, 18 April 2007 (EDT)


 * I always thought that she would be with Tandred Proudmoore and Captain Misham Waycrest in Boralus castle... but that is a stupid Idea.-- 16:39, 18 April 2007 (EDT)

extra planet only in netherstorm
While fly around Outland i noticed that there is a planet that i can only see thru the twisting nether in netherstorm. its a ringed planet to the east. and it dissapears when you leave netherstorm, I assume its just something blizzard forgot to add to other regions during development of BC --Loxel 23:11, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

perhaps not, it maybe an unused zone like hyjal providing space for future development. P.S: everyone likes to have a biger map, but it seems as tho the bigger map there is the more time you waste traveling.--XEXANOTH 20:00, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

Surely i would like to go to hyjal or that planet........but idont think theyre going to make those areas usable soon.....Qerka 11:01, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

Stormwind Reputation
Ok, so I have a 42 gnome who I don't want riding a mechanostrider. I don't care which faction but I'm only about 5000 rep from Stormwind Exalted. I know that once I hit 50 I can hit up Alerac (though I would get owned and will probably wait till 57 or so) However, I don't know any areas where there are humans who give a lot of quests at this level so I can gain SW rep. Anyone have any ideas?

--Theworthing 11:47, 23 April 2007 (EDT)


 * How about the quests you get in Southshore? After that, you could move north into the Aterac Mountains and Western Plaguelands.  Also don't the quests that start in Theramore Isle give SW rep?  I think there is a lot of rep you can get at Arathi Highlands as well.   12:26, 23 April 2007 (MDT)


 * The problem is that there are pretty much no quests that start in Theramore and aren't Alerac and WP a bit too high? Theworthing 19:15, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Which Alterac are you referring to? If you're referring to the BG, it depends on the class. I would definitely suggest going if you're a ranged class; you just have to be careful of Rogues. As to the other Alterac, I have no clue (I think that's 35-45... I could be wrong). --Sky (t · c · w) 22:25, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

You can only go to AV at 51 not 50 :)
 * There's also the cloth rep turnins - start farming! :)--Bobson 12:37, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Attribute Gain per Level... based on race/class or combo?
Hi There has anyone ever done research on Attributes gained per level? Is it class based or race based or combo of the two? Will a naked lev 70 human priest have same stats as a naked lev 70 human rogue etc. Would really like to know this... been eating away at me.

--Pookiebear 16:54, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

I would think so since every class has its own special attributes, as warriors have tons of health, and rogues have lots of agility, etc, so yeah, i would think as they level, they get special attributes for that class.

--Morgisakim 22:30, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

Ok, then comes 2nd question... within each class, do the attributes vary per level based on race. Or does race have any effect on it at all, other than starting attributes?
 * I'm pretty sure race only affects starting attributes, unless the race has a racial ability which helps (gnome's Expansive Mind, for example). --Bobson 12:41, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

honor points
why did they stop letting ppl get ranks like private and all that when you get honor points? --Gelo1992 17:46, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
 * It was part of the old system. Old system went bye-bye, which means that ranks went bye-bye. Other than that, we don't know. --Sky (t · c · w) 22:23, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
 * I know you can still gain a title from the team pvp groups, but I may be wrong. I think blizzard is planning to impliment something else to allow people to gain titles, but what they are going to do I have no idea.  17:26, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Blizzard wants to put the titles for Arena matches now. I think they will be from Brawler-General.  You can look it up on their community sites.

What are the dragon flights? (including the black dragonflight)
--Morgisakim 22:20, 23 April 2007 (EDT) Hello, im sort of confused about the warcraft lore, so can someone help me out? ok well, im confused about what the black dragonflight is. WHAT IS IT? what did the titans have anything to do with dragons, what is the flights and such? and what do they do? can someone help me out? ok, well thanks. -
 * Dragonflight. Read to your heart's content. --Sky (t · c · w) 22:31, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

No I mean is it a guild of dragons? or do they just fly? or what?
 * Do you actually want to use the information I've given you? Go through the articles, and read. I'm not going to present information that is already present to be used.--Sky (t · c · w) 22:36, 23 April 2007 (EDT)

A dragonflight in WoW is all the dragons of one of the five colors. Yes, they tend to function as one faction under their respective Aspect. There are also artificial dragonflights like the Nether ones. ;) -- 17:38, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Annoyed voices
I noticed not too long ago that Blizz actually included annoyed voices for when you click on a NPC too much. I'm pretty sure I remember trying that back when I first got the game (patch 1.2), and not finding any - anyone know when they were added (or did I just miss them originally)? Also, has anyone put a list of them all on the wiki anywhere? If not, I'll start one. --Bobson 12:47, 27 April 2007 (EDT)


 * They've always been there, you must not have been clicking enough. Like Sheep, this is a longstanding WC joke that's been in other games.  16:48, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
 * WHY ARE THERE NO SHEEP JOKES IN WoW BESIDES THE EXPLODING ROBOT ONE!!??? WHY? -- 17:40, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Uhm... Polymorph  19:35, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
 * I know - that's why I tried it at first. No idea why I didn't notice it before, then.  I'll start writing them down and I'll throw them up on a page somewhere. --Bobson 19:45, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Now that I think about it, I don't think the town bosses have any, since they have custom voices. Perhaps it was Thrall you were pestering before?  I do know that Valen has annoyed responses, maybe the others got some too.  21:01, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Anyone have a list of these? : i remember draenei npcs say "must remember.... patience" at some point. but itd be fun to read the whole list. 13:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

calculator for WoW
Well i've been searching the web on how to make a calculator like 2+2*(5+2(5^2)2) type of problems. But i couldnt find a darn thing on how. Could someone please help me out.

-thanks
 * Well, the quick and dirty way if you're not doing anything too complex or too often, is:
 * /script ChatFrame1:AddMessage(2+2*(5+2*(5^2)*2))
 * Other than that, check the usual addon websites.
 * Also, please remember to sign your posts in talk pages, I've done it for you this time. --Karrion 19:16, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

yeah i have searched throughout many addon websites for a calculator but they are all outdated. someone in an old guild made one but he is too stubborn to tel me out. any ways i will be using it alot so after you do the lil script thing to use the calculator you do someting like this /calc 2+2+2+2 for an example. --Omesious 21:51, 29 April 2007 (EDT)
 * If you happen to have any addons that use AceConsole, you can use /print to do the same thing (and more) --Karrion 22:12, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

SlashCmdList["CALC"] = function(m) local f, err = loadstring(m) ChatFrame1:AddMessage(err or f or "Unknown error") end end SLASH_CALC1 = "/calc"
 * Think that should do what you want.  22:35, 29 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Don't you need to have the expression result returned from the loadstring'd function?

SlashCmdList["CALC"] = function(m) if (str == nil) then return end local f, err = loadstring("return ("..m..")") ChatFrame1:AddMessage(err or f or "Unknown error") end SLASH_CALC1 = "/calc"
 * --Karrion 01:33, 30 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Erm... yea, go me! 16:09, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

ok, so what do i do with this info? /script paste? and thanks alot for takin time on making a code for me --Omesious 20:29, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

ive gotten down all to the XML file. i have no idea what to do. ive been searching wowwiki for a while and i cant find any info. do i put the info above into the file and just save?Omesious 22:04, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

macro question...
is it possible to make a macro loop? i know just enough about programming to be dangerous to myself lol...

basically i want to make a macro (not an add-on) that will check my pos and update me when it changes...something like this (but i know i'm cross-breeding programming languages):

do

doevents

/script if GetPlayerMapPosition("player") = px,py then

exit script

else

/script px,py=GetPlayerMapPosition("player")

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(format("[ %s ] %i, %i",GetZoneText,px*100,py*100));

loop

--Devahl 22:00, 29 April 2007 (EDT)
 * No, that's not possible in a macro (and it if was, it would probably lock up your interface). You could only do that by using an addon which catches the OnUpdate of a frame. --Karrion 22:17, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

best professions to make money while levelling
would skinning/herb, skinning/mining or herb/mning if you switch what you track every so often, which is best?

oh and what professions are best for a rogue? (my main) baring in mind my alts who could farm for me. my alts are a druid, a mage and a warrior. what would be best for my alts?

Cweetiepie 11:25, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Skinning/mining is generally accepted to be the best way to make money, but skinning/herbalism works too. Don't try herb/mining.
 * Rogues gain the most benefit from alchemy (lots of nice potions) or leatherworking (make their own armor). Maybe jewelcrafting too - I don't know much about what it can make.  Druids are the same, mages either alchemy, tailoring, or jewelcrafting, and warriors either alchemy, blacksmithing, or engineering.  Of all those, only blacksmithing or alchemy have the potential to make you real money while leveling, assuming you don't buy materials in bulk from the AH. --Bobson 12:40, 30 April 2007 (EDT)


 * There's a macro out there to Pickpocket and use your opening move. Use that and turn on autoloot, the extra lil trickle of cash builds up over time.   16:12, 30 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Don't ever pick two professions that give you a tracking icon to find the nodes, like mining and herbing. You can only have one icon at a time and I think you get what I mean.

I'll suggest to atleast pick skinning as it is pretty easy to level up 'cause you got to kill these things for quests anyway, all you have to do is right click again for more money. My 2 cents 18:16, 30 April 2007 (EDT)


 * I recommend blacksmithing and enchanting for serious rogues. Here's a guide to get BS for your Drakefist. I also agree with the above posts that herbalism and mining are not compatable. If you happen to be a hunter or dwarf, don't pick gathering professions with tracking. 08:00, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 * Blacksmithing without taking mining isn't feasible unless you have a huge amount of gold, or alts feeding you mats (in which case, you do have mining). --Bobson 18:36, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Skinning and Mining. Herbalism will take a hit from the changes to Alchemy in 2.1  12:53, 2 May 2007 (EDT)


 * http://www.darklegacycomics.com/90.html ;-P --Karrion 20:13, 2 May 2007 (EDT)

how can i go to outland if im at azeroth?pls reply immediately,thanks =)
--Rowenare 08:51, 2 May 2007 (EDT)


 * You have to go through the Dark Portal which if memory serves is in The Blasted Lands. It is in the area just south of the Swamp of Sorrows  09:23, 2 May 2007 (EDT)


 * aditionally you can, at any level, grab a mage portal to shattrah or get a warlock summon.


 * We're better off not entertaining posts like this, where people clearly aren't trying to do the research themselves or contribute. Or spell properly.--<span style="font-size: 0.85em; padding: .2em .3em; border-top: 1px #504c50 solid; border-bottom: 1px #504c50 solid; background-color: #2C2C2C"> Hobinheim  ( talk ·  contr ) 12:18, 2 May 2007 (EDT)

How Uber Are you? Are you a ninja or a WoW master?
I am asking for your participation in an online questionnaire for my honours thesis project. Here is the information if anyone is interested. You can also email me with any questions you may have. Thanks for reading this.

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 * Project Title: How Uber Are you? Are you a ninja or a WoW master?


 * Purpose: This study will examine the relationship between personality traits and in-game behaviours specific to the online game World of Warcraft. Please be advised that this research is in NO way connected to Blizzard Entertainment.


 * Eligibility Requirements: You must be 16 years of age or older to participate in this study. You can be male or female. We would prefer that you belong to a guild, but non-guild members are also welcome to participate. You must play the online game World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment).


 * Description: As a participant, you will be asked to fill out an online questionnaire regarding in-game behaviours; those of yourself and of others. The website address is http://www.brocku.ca/MMOGSstudy/login.php

This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through the Research Ethics Board at Brock University (REB#06-156)
 * Duration: Participation will take approximately 15-25 minutes of your time.

Principal Investigator:
 * Amy Antler, Undergraduate Student
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Faculty Supervisor:
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 * (905) 688-5550 Ext. 5223, abook@brocku.ca

See http://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:NaarlMyte --NaarlMyte 19:48, 3 May 2007 (EDT)

Question Number Eight Typo
Please be advised that there is a typo in the first section of the questionnaire.
 * Question #8 should read: "People cry way too much if they do not get the loot that they want".
 * --NaarlMyte 23:23, 3 May 2007 (EDT)

panadaren(west of stonetalon)
--Salea 12:13, 6 May 2007 (EDT) well i was reading the lore and in a RPG book thy said there where pandaren west of stonetalon mountin so i tought i have a look and after the hole day spending to finnaly get in there i found completly empty zone but after looking better i saw a orc like barrow or whatever thats called any way on the bulding there was a pandaren painted on the walls! i dont know how to put a screenie in here dont even know if this is the right place to wright it but if any one whant to see it add my hotmail:ctp1992@hotmail.com and i can send it to you or come to the EU server arathor my name is salea and i will show you myself

greetings salea:)


 * Would you be capable of uploading the picture to the WoWwiki? I think it would be a very interesting pic that I myself would love to take a look at.  // <span style="cursor:help" title="World Dominator©"> P a t r i g a n  | Talk / Contr \\  13:00, 6 May 2007 (EDT)

dont know how but it would be easyer if you would add me to hotmal


 * *Points at the left sidebar*  17:29, 6 May 2007 (EDT)

Question about the WoW Soundtrack
My question is about the World of Warcraft Soundtrack, specifically Seasons of War. What are the vocals singing? Is it gibberish, or are there lyrics? If there are lyrics, what language are they in and do they have any significance? --Sealink 03:25, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
 * My brother seems to think it's gibberish. I, however, think it's Latin. --Sky (t · c · w) 16:33, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
 * Common 22:02, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Discussions about wow places to be discovered
Anybody have a place from wc 1,2or3 that ya would like to see in wow?(plz dont comment in gibberish)

--Qerka 10:50, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

A better picture of Silvermoon from WCIII.-- 21:21, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Levels turning gray too early
Could someone with actual knowledge update the Colors page please?

At 70, only level 62 quests/mobs are still green, so the difference is only 8 there instead of 12 claimed on the page.

I think this changed at patch 2.0 or so.

Can we get an updated table? Would help in planning questing with my alt.

rin TIN TIN
TIN: I am in Ironforge and don't know where to get tin! Where do you find it? Sorry about the crappy title, I thought it would be kinda funny. --Gadon 20:32, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

We have a polocy not to entertain posts like this, try to do the research yourself... UGH! Just read Tin. ASK THE SITE NOT US NEXT TIME!-- 21:20, 12 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Get off your self-righteous horse, it took just as long for me to find the link he needs that it took you to make WOWWIKI look like a bunch of r-tard elitist run it... Tin_Ore and Tin_Vein -- 07:28, 14 May 2007 (EDT)


 * there's a silly thing with ores though. Tin_Ore, Tin, Tin Vein, Tin_Bar. seems excessive. 07:24, 15 May 2007 (EDT)


 * there was talk and an attempt to consolidate that awhile back but no consensus was reached. -- 07:43, 15 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Sorry for being an ass.-- 16:55, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
 * Crazy, have a look through the VP archives. The answer can be found there. (after December 07) --Sky (t · c · w) 05:45, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

In-Game VoIP?
I hear tale that Blizzard's putting some kind of VoIP software into some version of World of Warcraft some time soon? Can I get some proof or disproof on this? I hadn't heard of this before I saw some topic whining about Ventrilo being integrated into World of Warcraft a few moments ago... ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 23:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There are several blue posts regarding it. See any Forum tracker for recent blue posts. -- 01:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh... Snap.  So it is!  Many thanks, Gryphie! ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 02:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Forced Positions for end game
Ok, ive noticed in end game people are forced to be the things they dont wanna do, such as a paladin has to be a healer, when he/she is protection speced, or rogues are forced to go combat to do dps, and warriors are supposed to be tanking spec, and i think that is just wrong. for one, if someone picked a class and they want to play that role with that class, by all means let them, dont ignore them because the paladin is protection speced, or the warrior is fury, because they are forced to play roles they dont want to play. its wrong!


 * Sign your posts, please. What exactly is the point of the statement? We do not have any power whatsoever to change party or game mechanics. -- Ragestorm (talk &middot; contr) 03:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * He's just looking for attention, I think. --Sky (t · c · w) 05:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Welcome to the world of MMORPGs. No one is going to force you to do anything.  The key is they also don't have to allow you to join their group.  Look, if you don't fit in the role they need that isn't their problem, its yours.  Go find a group that needs the character you play


 * This is a legitimate complaint, but apparently there is no sympathy in this quarter. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 5:06 PM PDT 1 June 2007


 * Eek! As far as I know, BC was supposed to alleviate the forced positions to an extent. Unfortunately, some people are stuck in the belief that only one playstyle is "right". I can only hope you find better people to group with in future! 21:18, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

List of Quests Done?
I have wondered for some time after reaching 70 whether there is a mod or otherwise that would give me a list of quests I have completed on my character, so I can figure out which quests I have yet to do, while reading through the tons of quests in the game. Anyone know of anything applicable?

--Dalaak 15:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The mod would need to be running throughout your leveling process to document each quest you finish. We don't have access to the quest list directly to find out what ones the player has completed.   16:18, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, MetaMap has that function, but as Tek said, "it would have to be running throughout your levelling process to document each quest you finish". Sorry, mate.  There's literally no other way a player can figure this out for him or herself, as far as I know.  ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 16:31, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

shadow or holy
--Joejose 1993 10:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC) i heard that shadow spec is good for a priest for grinding through levels from 1-60. However, which spec do you think I should be at seventy and and which spec is more popular for raiding. plz answeer?


 * Ya know... A quick search would probably turn up relevant articles about priests... ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 16:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

free power leveling guide
--Joejose 1993 10:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC) i need a detailed powerleveling guide for priests or alliance in general thats for FREE. it should be detailed and should get me to lvl 70 really really fast. plz help guys.


 * The closest thing you'll get to a "free powerlevelling guide," as far as I can tell, is maybe this FAQ at GameFAQs... But that's a bit of a far cry from things like Joana's Powerlevelling Guide, which is not free.
 * ...actually, scratch that. I just found a site I've never heard of before.  warcraftguides.com/ Free Warcraft Guides.  I don't know if anyone can vouche for this site, but aside from the JavaScript adverts, it seems legitimate...  I don't know if these guides are as detailed as you'd like, but I found this warcraftguides.com/priest_powerleveling_guide.php priest powerleveling guide to be a pretty decent read.  It seems to focus on grinding more than questing, though. (Not the route I'd go, but then again, it's taken me...what?  A week game-time for my Hunter to hit Level 32?)  ~ <font color="#00BF00">Doc Lithius (U)(T)(C) 16:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


 * That site seems to advertise for $35 membership, describes an obsolete arrow-waypoint mod and let me quote their support of cheating, "This is where it can get hairy. I love botting. I believe in it.". 15:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


 * After 7 1/2 days game-time just doing quests I've hit 55 - grinding is never a requirement in WoW :) 21:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Keyboard Shortcuts - Too Many Spells to Manage
Does anyone have any tips for managing so many spells? I find I have trouble changing rows to use numbers to cast spells. Do I just need to keep practicing that skill to get better at my coordination? I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but my searches for a previous topic did not come up with anything.

My character is a lvl 39 warlock, and I notice I am about to get several more important spells at lvl 40, so the crisis is approaching.

Thanks!

--Armorica 17:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You could get one of the various bar mods out there like Bartender3, Bongos, or TrinityBars that will let you put extra bars on your screen. That way there's less switching bars back and forth.
 * Another thing you could use use macros to put more than one spell on a button. For example, you could create a macro like:
 * /cast [modifier:shift] Howl of Terror, Fear
 * and put it on a button. Then if you press/click it with the shift button pressed, you cast Howl of Terror. If you don't have shift pressed, it casts Fear. You can also use alt and ctrl as your modifier as well.
 * One final thing is as a warlock, you often cast the same bunch of DoT spells in sequence. You can take advantage of the /castsequence command for this. Create a macro like:
 * /castsequence reset=combat/target Corruption, Immolate, Curse of Agony
 * and put it on a button. If you have an enemy targetted and press the button, you'll cast Corruption. If you click it again, it will cast Immolate. If you click it again, it will cast CoA. If you click it again, it will go back to the beginning and cast Corruption again. If you switch targets or leave combat, the sequence will automatically reset and you'll cast Corruption the next time you click.
 * See HOWTO: Make a Macro for more examples. - ClydeJr  -  talk  -  contrib  19:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Warlock Pet Mana Regen
I have yet to see any publicized information regarding warlock pets' mana regen formulas. It would be nice to see what each pet's mana per tick per point of spirit is, as such would be especially useful for Dark Pact spec'd warlocks active demon decisions. Even if having the imp out is always the best choice, assuming you're just using it as a mana battery, this kind of information would still be useful, and, as it stands, there's clearly more than just "in-game applicable" data on WoWWiki. For starters, I know the tooltip for Spirit in the "Pet" character window tab displays how much it increases by. How about confirming this rarely-examined rate (per pet) and figuring out whether it scales normally/follows any other common patterns?

--Kreychek 19:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is there Blindweed in Zangramarsh?
Blindweed level 45ish herb is used to make lowbie mana pots and +dmg pots, why on earth is this in Zangarmarsh a level 63 zone? I cant think of a single reason for this.

--Kaso 22:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Um, b/c it's worth a stack?  Lol, I don't know.  It isn't used for anything higher than.

-- 02:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Well there's gift of Arthas, a very popular raiding pot before BC. // <span style="cursor:help" title="World Dominator©"> P a t r i g a n  | Talk / Contr \\  10:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's used for Gift of Arthas and until 2.1 nerfed it to hell Limited Invulnerability Potion 15:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

"New" lore regarding the Elemental Planes and MC
Lorejunkies galore and feast on this new chunk of information. Molten Core brought into a light as you have never seen it before: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/teaser/molten_core/

Enjoy!

// <span style="cursor:help" title="World Dominator©"> P a t r i g a n  | Talk / Contr \\ 19:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Really good background story, would be awesome if Blizzard were ever to revisit the story, and perhaps remake the associated instances and perhaps even put in heroic mode on them. 15:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Whats the most powerful creature/boss/raid
What do you guys think is the most powerfull creature, boss, or raid boss. Please link to the boss/creature/raid-boss you think it is.


 * http://tsericdown.ytmnd.com/    15:34, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Hunter builds for grinding
I have three questions for you seasoned vets.
 * 1) Is solo play viable at level 60+ or is it pretty much all group work?
 * 2) Is a Survival build optimal for the level grind up to 70?
 * 3) Is a Screech Tank going to scale very well?

I have seen a lot of suggestions for Beast Mastery builds for the level grind and I am currently lightly BM spec'd with the rest in Survival. I have found that long term grinding without breaks is possible if you melee a lot, with points in Resourcefulness. Although you lack the damage spikes that Marksmanship can produce, with the use of flame traps you can up your DPS to a rate not far off your ranged damage and not have to worry about pulling agro or resting to regain mana (the big time killer). Am I missing a trick here?

I use the term Screech Tank to describe my current Carrion Bird pet, Its only active abilities are growl and screech and it can out agro an identical level warrior (50 atm). Should I switch to a more aggressive skilled pet or use its massive agro generation to do more DPS myself? At the moment it growls and lets off about 6 screeches in under 10 seconds. Will this still be as effective as I level?

Edit: Nevermind, I had a good browse of the elitist jerks forums and found plenty of information. Thanks anyway.

--TranquilRage 13:27, 31 May 2007 (UTC)