11-23-2004, 11:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-23-2004, 12:14 PM by maggellann.)
Hi,
Gratulations to you MongoJerry for becoming this site's administrator and to Bolty for getting married next year.
It gave me a motive for coming out of the shadows and making my first posting at last, after more than six years lurking on these boards.
My interest in this community goes way back to the times of D1 and the DSF. As a casual player I learned a lot about the ins and outs of D1, D2 and LoD over here. Almost only playing singleplay with a small bit of multiplay on the realms. I have DSL just for six months now.
But these days it is all about World of Warcraft.
Being an absolute MMORPG newbie, I was very lucky by visiting Blizzards site just at the right moment and getting accepted as a participant outside the USA for playing in the open beta during the last week of it and I really enjoyed it.
The download of the client went flawlessly but took a bit long (23hrs). After logging in the first time I started a human mage an played him to lvl.6. Most of the time getting used to the UI and controlls, getting a feel of the gameplay and experimenting with the various skills.
I played successively a night elven hunter, an undead warrior and a dwarven paladin to lvl.6 - 8, mostly for getting a feel of the world, the scenery and the gameplay.
Until I sticked with a troll priestess named Nightingale. She was lvl.20 at the end of the beta.
I had a great time with her doing all the quests and strolling through the country.
I am an explorer and soloist at heart. But after first rejecting A LOT of invites for partying, I met a nice Tauren Shaman with wich I played a lot together during the rest of the beta.
Quests took us to Ragefire Chasm and in a groep of five that was an exiting event.
(Hmm, I could tell more about my experiences with WoW during the beta, but I don't think people are waiting for that now WoW is live).
Sreenshot of some skirmishes between Horde and Alliance invaders north of the Village of CrossRoads in the Barrens.
![[Image: 11730285-M.jpg]](http://belhamel.smugmug.com/photos/11730285-M.jpg)
Nightingale was a curious spectator, surely not a participant.
As an older than average player (50+), I will be on a PVE server. PvP is nothing for me.
Preordering in Europe starts on the 26th and I will be there for reserving a Collector's Edition box.
WoW will be my next game. I am definitely hooked.
Greetings,
Maggellann
Disclaimer: Living in The Netherlands, English is not my native tongue, so please refrain from too harsh comments on errors in spelling and grammar. :)
Gratulations to you MongoJerry for becoming this site's administrator and to Bolty for getting married next year.
It gave me a motive for coming out of the shadows and making my first posting at last, after more than six years lurking on these boards.
My interest in this community goes way back to the times of D1 and the DSF. As a casual player I learned a lot about the ins and outs of D1, D2 and LoD over here. Almost only playing singleplay with a small bit of multiplay on the realms. I have DSL just for six months now.
But these days it is all about World of Warcraft.
Being an absolute MMORPG newbie, I was very lucky by visiting Blizzards site just at the right moment and getting accepted as a participant outside the USA for playing in the open beta during the last week of it and I really enjoyed it.
The download of the client went flawlessly but took a bit long (23hrs). After logging in the first time I started a human mage an played him to lvl.6. Most of the time getting used to the UI and controlls, getting a feel of the gameplay and experimenting with the various skills.
I played successively a night elven hunter, an undead warrior and a dwarven paladin to lvl.6 - 8, mostly for getting a feel of the world, the scenery and the gameplay.
Until I sticked with a troll priestess named Nightingale. She was lvl.20 at the end of the beta.
I had a great time with her doing all the quests and strolling through the country.
I am an explorer and soloist at heart. But after first rejecting A LOT of invites for partying, I met a nice Tauren Shaman with wich I played a lot together during the rest of the beta.
Quests took us to Ragefire Chasm and in a groep of five that was an exiting event.
(Hmm, I could tell more about my experiences with WoW during the beta, but I don't think people are waiting for that now WoW is live).
Sreenshot of some skirmishes between Horde and Alliance invaders north of the Village of CrossRoads in the Barrens.
Nightingale was a curious spectator, surely not a participant.
As an older than average player (50+), I will be on a PVE server. PvP is nothing for me.
Preordering in Europe starts on the 26th and I will be there for reserving a Collector's Edition box.
WoW will be my next game. I am definitely hooked.
Greetings,
Maggellann
Disclaimer: Living in The Netherlands, English is not my native tongue, so please refrain from too harsh comments on errors in spelling and grammar. :)