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Probably better off not being a Shaman if there is already one in the group.

Get characters that compliment each other, to make a stronger group. Shamans are massively versatile, and dont really have any weaknesses, but that doesnt mean a group of several Shamen will be all powerful.

If you are questing with Dan, who has picked a Rogue (massive damage dealer, probably along with the Mage the hardest hitter in the game) you might need someone who can take a bit of a kicking and come out smiling, like a Warrior, or an out and out healer, like a Priest (the most popular class on the game in terms of how other people playing will like you)

Some word removed ruined the shot!

And after the pics of me with Si, Risso and ED:

Me with Steve Bruce.

And note that Risso isnt dressed like a Pikey any more. I had to sort that out, and buy him some better clothes.

Anyway, same shot, different angle:

ED's (and Risso's) dance is the best. He gets to do a full on 80's b-boy style breakdance. Me and Si get a naff Air Guitar/Headbang combo, and that little minion thing of mine sets himself on fire, and does a somersault. Which isnt as spectacular as it sounds.

And the same picture as Si, 30 seconds eariler.

He looks like a tramp!

Come over to Deathwing, and roll Horde.

ED is on there, and myself and Si will be about to look after you too.

Ill be on after 11pm tonight.

I thought you were going to wear your hat..

The cost?

I got the game for £24 from ePlay in the Bullring. Might be a bit far for you to go, but thats indicative of the price.

The first month is free, then its £9 per month after that (cheaper per month if you buy longer amounts of credit, i went for 3 months at £25, giving me a total of 4 months for £49. Given that i spend at least £40 a month on games as it is, WoW isnt expensive at all. You will probably get more minutes of gameplay out of this game per pound spent than anything else on the market. Im saying there is well over 1000 hours of gameplay per class type on the game, and there are 9 different class types, speread over Horde and Alliance. Some classes play entirely different to others. Myself (warlock) and D1 (warrior) are probably polar opposites, and are having massively different gameplay experiences. Ill probably pick some kind of melee based class as my next character (who will be called, imaginatively, "NaysonTwo") Id guess most people would want a high level character on both Horde and Alliance sides of the game too. I know i do.)

Anyway:

And Designer1, my good self, and some Welsh bird that follows me around a lot (who clearly doesnt want to be in the picture, she isnt waving and has cast an invisibility spell on herself)

Nope. There are thousands and thousands of players. You never struggle to find people of your level to team up with.

Are we playing screenshots?

Check this:

The game is so big, moving from one side of the map to the other by normal means would take forever, so there are various flying things to jump on, from bats and those things out of Jason and the Argonauts (with lions heads, wings and scorpions tails) for local* journies, and parping great zeppelins and ships for the bigger journies. There is even a short train route on the game, complete with a big issue seller at one of the stations.

This map might give some idea of the mind boggling vastness of the game. To put it into perspective, i have some 200+ hours of play on the game now, and ive been to probably less than a third of it so far. Its all unlocked from the start of the game too, not like GTA!

Oh, and the game plays in real time day/night cycles. So here is a picture of my good self, and D1 standing around on the top of a cliff in the dark.

*term used very loosely indeed!

You have picked a Horde character on the Deathwing server?

Oh, and one bit of advice: Shamans are horribly overpowered. Being one gives something of an advantage!

Managed to do an entire instance (Razorfen Kraul) and got **** all.

Didnt have any quests. I was asked to help by someone ive quested with a few times (Shaetano) , and he said he would share. I wasnt eligable for ANY of them.

No problem i thought, ill get a nice drop or two in here, surely.

And i won precicely ZERO rolls.

What a really bad person.

twenty six.

Warlocks are the most difficult class to play on the game though.

Can be a right hassle sometimes.

Id compare it to GTA actually. A game about 10 times the size of GTA:SA

Only with less (read "no") cars, more fighting, a full fledged economy, and most of the other people on the game are humans, not computer players.

I have had many fantastic evenings playing with Designer1 on it. You might find you need quite a time investment, but its totally worth it. Even if you dont subscribe, and only go with the free month that you get with the purchace, you will get more hours of gaming for your £25 than you would on pretty much any other game i can think of.

I really do like this screenshot.

I think letting them march down the street they wanted to would have caused less aggro, and ulitmately less violence than what we saw this weekend.

Lets have them on.

If they are clearings in the woods, the mods can boot them anyway. Its not like the board gets spammed by them like the official site does.

Ok, here is a challenge for anybody who is good with Google :

See if you can find an image of that famous Australian newspaper front page.

You know, the one that said "is there anyone in England who can play cricket?" (or words to that effect.

Id be most grateful.

bumped, because it got buried last time.

I love the way that anytime an England player hits the ball, the commentary team feel compelled to say "oooo! in the aiiiir!!"

Ok, here is a challenge for anybody who is good with Google :

See if you can find an image of that famous Australian newspaper front page.

You know, the one that said "is there anyone in England who can play cricket?" (or words to that effect.

Id be most grateful.

Id say Davis is first choice now.

There is nothing wrong with Sven.

His record in competitive games stands up to anybody in the world. Its just his atitude towards frendlies.

Sven is guilty of letting this disgraceful kind of atitude creep in to non competitive games.

Giving out caps like confetti, and making 11 substitutions during games means that the players now consider them to be little more than kickabouts, not full internationals.

Someone like Pearce would change all that, but for **** sake. let him cut his teeth at club level first!

Judge Sven after the qualifiers, not after a friendly that he clearly didnt give a shit about.

Personally, i think this result could be good for English football. It will make him think about things he has never thought about before, and it will force him to answer some tricky questions. Lets hope he reacts in a positive manner.