Since the last one was so large, it was closed (yet again!) So here's part 5. Part 1 is here, packed full of great info. It was a proud 72 pages, with 1435 replies & viewed by 7751 ppl. Part 2 is here, packed full of more great info/stories and quibbling over stats/classes/everything.... This one was another 57 pages, with 1128 replies & viewed by 4929 ppl. Part 3 is here, again packed full of goodies. It was a decent 69 pages long, had 1373 replies with 3611 views. Part 4 is here, it is 69 pages long, seen by 5115 with 1374 posts. Here we go with my (The Fat Controller, Brad will post in the OP for thread 5) very basic FAQ. FAQ: ["What are the 'unofficial Australian' servers?"] [`PvP: Blackrock & Spinebreaker PvE: Proudmoore`] ["Heliotic writes... So, people I don't know.. what do you like and dislike about it? "] [`Dusk writes... It's a MMORPG. What I like most about this genre is the ability to create a character I choose - tailoring him (or her) to suit the kind of gameplay I derive most enjoyment from. I like progressing and improving, to gain new opportunities (for power, exploration, or whatever). It's not just a shallow "get in and play" kind of game.`] ["zanda writes... Is there any race or whatever that would be more suited for a virgin of this game ?"] [` Dusk writes... It doesn't really matter though - every class is playable to a reasonable extent by everyone. Just do what was suggested above: play a few until you find one which suits your playing style. (That's what I did. Took me a while to find the right one.) `] ["BushHEAD writes... btw anyone know what specs you need for everything to be on max graphical settings "] [`The Fat Controller writes... Not Alot. This game isn't a real stress tester... I only have an AMD 1800, 768Mb ram, Albatron 5700P (128). I run it on 1280 x 1024 - all settings maxed out. Runs 100%.`] [`Fenix writes... For all those curious as to how WoW plays with dialup? I'm getting pings anywhere from 300-900 on various servers, however, there is no visible lag - this using iPrimus dialup, connected at 49.2kbps. This is on ALL servers I have played on, even Proudmoore.. Haven't seen Blackrock in my server list at all yet `] [`Goodfella writes... The Subscription options for World of Warcraft are as follows: 1 month: $14.95 3 months: $41.97 ($13.99 per month) * 6 months: $77.94 ($12.99 per month) * ^^^$US^^^ Or 60 day Gamecards cost 39.95. `] ["Ben Wu writes... Is anyone else using cosmo mod for WoW? & What do you think about it? "] [`Dusk writes... I resisted as long as I could - but I finally acquired too many abilities which I needed to access quickly, and using Shift-# took too long. Well, it adds features which should've been available upon release of the game - it's pretty much necessary, at higher levels. `] Also, see link below for more mods. ["Buck Compton writes... Guys i need help. Ok, i bought the game, and created an account (paying via credit card) and me and my brother like to play it. Are we able to play @ the same time together without buying the game? What i mean is, can i create another account online, and it will work, with the same CD key, or do i have to buy a whole game again?"] [`snapper writes Each account needs a unique CD key, and each account can only have one active log-in. So if you both want to play at the same time you'll need two accounts. Though of course you could both play at different times bby using different characters on the one account. `] ["phatzz writes..."] [`sDrift writes... There is PvP on PvE servers, but its entirely consensual. Ask yourself if you'd like to be ganked in the middle of fishing or finishing a quest by a much higher level before choosing. Or having your corpse camped by griefers with nothing better to do than measure off their e-pen|s' to eachother. Note that Blizzard have abolished the dishonourable kill penalty they originally planned for (as stated in the manual) so there is, and always will be constant gankage.'] ["WoW & MMO Slang: (For players like myself, who still thinks that AotC = Attack of the Clones, and AoE = Age of Empires.)"] http://wow.ogaming.com/data/1679~WoWSpecifcSlang.php http://wow.ogaming.com/data/1679~WoWSpecifcSlang.php ["And a link to Anaphael's great post hidden in previous thread, showing very practical pro/cons for each trade/skill:"] forum-replies.cfm?t=332749&p=52#r1039 Anyway, here are my bookmarks that i use often: ["Wuzza writes... A. You can download the patch separately, and then use it on several copies of WoW if you have to. Some sites that have been suggested:"] [`AusGamers: http://www.ausgamers.com/files/browsegame/html/3/218 3dgamers: http://www.3dgamers.com/games/worldofwarcraft/downloads Telstra GameArena: http://www.gamearena.com.au/files/browsegame/html/0/3/218`] Maps: http://www.worldofwar.net/cartography/ General news/info http://www.worldofwar.net/ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ Mods: http://ui.worldofwar.net/ Help/Guide/Info deposit: http://www.thottbot.com/ http://wow.allakhazam.com/ Census/Stats about players: http://www.wowcensus.com/ http://www.wowrankings.com/ [/[*FAQ written by The Fat Controller. Hope you enjoy.*]/]