The New Plague...

[Mazhulsage]

The Plague that is currently on the live realms, which most of us have seen, is now in a stronger form and also can be found in all main cities.

1. It is MUCH harder to dispel. (Takes around 7 times or so.)
2. It's now attached to lots of critters that will spread it.
3. Crates are now in all major cities.

Who knows what it will be like tomorrow, could be up to 20 times you have to try to dispel it, attached to all Plagueland areas and Undead across the world, and soon could try to grasp Argent Dawn people even... We'll see tomorrow.

[waflob]

great - more frustration to deal with. Don't understand why everyone is so positive about this plague nonsense.

DelBoy

[Mollymog]

The Plague that is currently on the live realms, which most of us have seen, is now in a stronger form and also can be found in all main cities.

1. It is MUCH harder to dispel. (Takes around 7 times or so.)
2. It's now attached to lots of critters that will spread it.
3. Crates are now in all major cities.

Who knows what it will be like tomorrow, could be up to 20 times you have to try to dispel it, attached to all Plagueland areas and Undead across the world, and soon could try to grasp Argent Dawn people even... We'll see tomorrow.

It's a pain in the neck when you're not remotely interested in this stuff, and are just trying to get through a town (Southshore, for instance) to turn in some quests.

[Mazhulsage]

I don't see why people are freaking out so much over it. If you don't like it, don't log on for a few days, or do quests in another area, it's not like you can ONLY do quests in a tiny area.

[Mollymog]

I don't see why people are freaking out so much over it. If you don't like it, don't log on for a few days, or do quests in another area, it's not like you can ONLY do quests in a tiny area.

Don't think anyone's freaking out about it. Most of us that dislike it find the most annoying part to be that we're included and involved in it whether we want to be or not. It's easy to avoid Brewfest or the Winterveil thing; why not be able to be uninvolved in this one too?

[jschild]

It'd be a pretty crappy world event if it affected absolutely no one.

How many world events has WoW had that ever affected the world? It'll be a couple weeks tops. The Argent dispel it easily (so far). And Zombies are very slow moving.

It's easy to avoid Brewfest or the Winterveil thing; why not be able to be uninvolved in this one too?

Because Brewfest or Winterveil is not an invasion by the scourge.

[Tonyx]

I guess with hindsight that Blizz could have made an item or potion that can counteract it for those that didn't wish to involve themselves. The "Cloak of Anti-Scourge" or the "Elixir of Zombieness Dispell" :D

[waflob]

If you don't like it, don't log on for a few days
Trying to get to grips with this strange concept - so far ...... nothing.

or do quests in another area, it's not like you can ONLY do quests in a tiny area.
Is this really only confined to a small area? I don't think so. Or, if you let me know where it's safe from this, I'd be very grateful.

DelBoy

[nots]

I'm gunna have some fun being a zombie tbg - just go with the flow until the story pans out a bit.

The plague will probably get a lot worse, although i think this is all leading up to something major before WOTLK is released.

Destroyed Orgrimmar / Stormwind anyone?

[Dakiter]

I just dont understand how people can have an issue with an event like this.

There is a story behind everything that is done in game. The reason why certain races are part of the horde or alliance. Every quest draws from the history of the game. Why would you not be a part of that?

This game is always growing and changing. Adding skills, changing abilities, add content. The game is "alive". It is constantly evolving. In a few weeks a new expansion is going to be added to the game. Some people can say its just content but in reality it is a huge part of the lore of the game. Being able to follow in Arthas' footprints in Northrend.

The fact that this event is drawing off the lore and giving you a chance to take part in such a big part of the history of the game is awesome. I would get really tired if I played a game that never changed, never evolved and never challenged me.

[Mollymog]

I just dont understand how people can have an issue with an event like this..

I don't have an issue with it. But........ like so many other things in this game, it's primarily aimed at high levels. Why isn't there a Headless Horseman-like thing for the lower ones? All the lower ones get is wands that they have to be grouped to use, toothpicks, hunks of candy and odd masks and things. Plus the frequent encounters with plagued Zombies that they haven't a prayer of beating up. So, if you're trying hard to level up a lower level character by doing quests and just killing everything that moves in your path, it's a constant nuisance being beset by these things every ten minutes or so, getting plagued, dying, then starting all over again. So far no Argent thing has cured a low level character of mine. I now just leave 'em to die and get a Druid friend to resurrect them.

It makes me think again about the one thing in this game that really bothers me and that is that it's primarily aimed at high level characters. If you want real fun, you've got to be 60 or more, which could explain why people are so intent on levelling up instead of just metaphorically stopping to smell the flowers along the way.

[IronShield]

I think you will find that is because you end up spending most of your time at end levels. My main has been 70 for almost a year and a half and most everyone I know is at end levels. I was one of the last to hit 70 in my guild after BC. Even our new guildies with fresh accounts reach end levels in a few months.

Most holiday events contain something for the lower levels. World Events of this magnitude are rare, so enjoy it while it lasts. There is nothing to stop you from becoming a zombie at low levels and hitting the other low level NPCs as well.

[semiiramiis]

If you want real fun, you've got to be 60 or more, which could explain why people are so intent on levelling up instead of just metaphorically stopping to smell the flowers along the way.

What's *real* fun? I enjoyed every step of getting my toon where she is now. (leveling alts...not so much....) I'm not sure what you believe you're missing. Honestly, these world events are beyond even the grasp of high level characters.... Am I the only one who remembers level 60's cowering in Undercity because Krull was attacking the gates? Am I the only one who remembers being slaughtered by, and watching the best 60's of my server also get slaughtered by, the great beasts of the Ahn'Quiraj Gate opening? (we got none of them down. None. Period) Enjoy them, even if you die. I sent my poor little 50ish shaman deep into EPL because I wanted to play with the Ziggurat Armies, even though I had not a chance in the world of doing anything against them. <This was the first time I ran with what would become my current guild.>

[Mollymog]

I think you will find that is because you end up spending most of your time at end levels. My main has been 70 for almost a year and a half and most everyone I know is at end levels. I was one of the last to hit 70 in my guild after BC. Even our new guildies with fresh accounts reach end levels in a few months.

Most holiday events contain something for the lower levels. World Events of this magnitude are rare, so enjoy it while it lasts. There is nothing to stop you from becoming a zombie at low levels and hitting the other low level NPCs as well.

Well, there is, because you're killed almost instantly by town guards or NPCs or the high level characters that have turned up to assail the enemy.

What would be wrong with once in a while setting an upper level limit on events? Making things that no one over level 15 could participate in or over level 20 or 30? Might get rid of the endless challenges to duel in many of the lower level places and give something interesting for those people to do. Or what about battlegrounds for those levels so when you hit a higher better armed more competitive level you're somewhat practiced and skilled? I've been through the whole thing a few times and always felt what was on offer for lower levels was lacking in comparison to the bigger guys.

[semiiramiis]

Well, there is, because you're killed almost instantly by town guards or NPCs or the high level characters that have turned up to assail the enemy.

What would be wrong with once in a while setting an upper level limit on events? Making things that no one over level 15 could participate in or over level 20 or 30? Might get rid of the endless challenges to duel in many of the lower level places and give something interesting for those people to do. Or what about battlegrounds for those levels so when you hit a higher better armed more competitive level you're somewhat practiced and skilled? I've been through the whole thing a few times and always felt what was on offer for lower levels was lacking in comparison to the bigger guys.


So you die. What's wrong with that, honestly? It's not the end of the world. I died beaucoup times in Xroads playing zombie... (enough to give myself a 30g repair bill) and to quote a guildie when I mentioned that this was a repair bill waiting to happen.... "So?" I love the simplicity of lower level quests, and I loved the first 40 levels of my shaman. What's the joy in the headless horseman? I've done it ad nauseum times, until I hate the bloody thing. I would stop going except my guild needs a healer, and there's that minute chance of a mount.

[Mollymog]

What's *real* fun? I enjoyed every step of getting my toon where she is now. (leveling alts...not so much....) I'm not sure what you believe you're missing. Honestly, these world events are beyond even the grasp of high level characters.... Am I the only one who remembers level 60's cowering in Undercity because Krull was attacking the gates? Am I the only one who remembers being slaughtered by, and watching the best 60's of my server also get slaughtered by, the great beasts of the Ahn'Quiraj Gate opening? (we got none of them down. None. Period) Enjoy them, even if you die. I sent my poor little 50ish shaman deep into EPL because I wanted to play with the Ziggurat Armies, even though I had not a chance in the world of doing anything against them. <This was the first time I ran with what would become my current guild.>

If you've played that way, then my hat is off to you. So many I know are just out there slogging away to level up, level up. And ask them why and they tell you there's not much that's exciting or interesting on offer for lower levels. They're itching for instances and dungeons and battlegrounds. I partly agree with them; partly think they're missing opportunities. Levelling alts is a grind. By the time you've done Duskwood three times you feel weary at the sight of a Skeletal Warrior.

But I would like to see more good stuff on offer for the little guys and the big guys somehow prevented from taking these things over. I'd like to take a level 10 to 15 into a battleground set up for those levels. I think it might help when, as I did, you go into your first battleground not until level 38 and mess up totally. It's just opportunity I'm talking about.

[elsegundo]

if you kill the first one infected... they will be cured.


jk. but it would be great if there was a boss to kill come Oct 31.

[Mazhulsage]

Haha, you can't have fun with this pre-60? Okay, I guess suddenly my level 30 Shadow Priest can't even become a zombie, even though strangely I remember doing so.

Also, this is part of the game whether you like it or not. Most people enjoy these events, you're doing lore in-game like WC1, 2, and 3 (Including expansions, of course) and it's not like much has changed, except you're your own person in this version of the war, and you can decide to change it one way or another. (Sort of like Fable, but Warcraft version.) You CAN go to another area, I don't see how people don't see how that works... Hillsbrad is under attack kind of a lot on my server and guess what? I am still questing through it on my Priest, it's truely not that difficult.

My wife decided "Oh, this doesn't seem that fun with all this going on, it's scary that it's like that." cause she's new to the game and doesn't have a 70 to deal with the zombies, but I think it's awesome because I've played Warcraft since Orcs & Humans and think it's awesome to be intergrated into the storyline and I also just enjoy being apart of the game...

Like I said, log off for a few days if you don't enjoy it THAT much to that point... Most everyone enjoys it. You can also USUALLY find a way to get healed from it, whether you are in town and find a friendly Pally/Druid/Priest/Whatever, or you're in a major city and you do the same thing or find an Argent Healer.

[Mollymog]

Haha, you can't have fun with this pre-60? Okay, I guess suddenly my level 30 Shadow Priest can't even become a zombie, even though strangely I remember doing so.

Also, this is part of the game whether you like it or not. Most people enjoy these events, you're doing lore in-game like WC1, 2, and 3 (Including expansions, of course) and it's not like much has changed, except you're your own person in this version of the war, and you can decide to change it one way or another. (Sort of like Fable, but Warcraft version.) You CAN go to another area, I don't see how people don't see how that works... Hillsbrad is under attack kind of a lot on my server and guess what? I am still questing through it on my Priest, it's truely not that difficult.

My wife decided "Oh, this doesn't seem that fun with all this going on, it's scary that it's like that." cause she's new to the game and doesn't have a 70 to deal with the zombies, but I think it's awesome because I've played Warcraft since Orcs & Humans and think it's awesome to be intergrated into the storyline and I also just enjoy being apart of the game...

Like I said, log off for a few days if you don't enjoy it THAT much to that point... Most everyone enjoys it. You can also USUALLY find a way to get healed from it, whether you are in town and find a friendly Pally/Druid/Priest/Whatever, or you're in a major city and you do the same thing or find an Argent Healer.

First of all, no one said your Priest couldn't become a zombie, and if that's your idea of fun, OK, fine. Last night chat on my guild agreed it happens too frequently, that a zombie attack randomly scheduled two or three times a day might be fun, might be something to try to get in on, but that this every five minutes thing was generally spoiling play. Last night I took a level 15 Paladin to Westfall, then Goldshire, then Redridge. Zombified again and again and died sans healing every time. Every time I'm zombified and die, it takes longer and longer to resurrect. By the time I had died uncountable times last evening it was taking so long that I said hell with it and logged out. There aren't friendly healers at hand: they're staggering about as zombies too.

I pay Blizzard just as you do to play in whatever way I wish, so long as I don't violate the rules. If I don't play for a week because of this idea of 'fun' they've introduced, it's money down the drain. Not much, to be sure, but that concept is all wrong. These things should be optional like everything else in the game. You don't have to do an instance or dungeon or go on a raid, but not doing so will not render your game virtually unplayable.

And I too have played the sequential versions of Warcraft since the beginning. I'm quite familiar with the lore and legends. I don't think, though, that they're graven in stone. New experiences, sure; broadening horizons and new introductions, yes; introducing effectively play-stopping features, no.

[Mazhulsage]

They said that this event is PURELY for 60+'s, so, I proved them wrong.

It's Blizzard's what? Second time they've introduced something in WoW that you essentially COULDN'T avoid? 4 years, 2 times of no escape... It must be hard to handle that.

It does NOT make the game unplayable, it just makes it slightly harder to play because some people are essentially going far out of their way to terrorize towns, which is absolutely stupid I agree... Thing is, they're doing what they want just like Blizzard is allowing, just like they're allowing you to do whatever you want, except it's now a bit harder since they're attacking.

[semiiramiis]

The zombies are supposed to be inconvenient. That's what they're there for. They're supposed to remind you that life on Azeroth is tenuous, precious, and threatened. They're supposed to remind you that those aimless sources of xp wandering the plaguelands are actually exhumans, regular joe the plumbers who had kids, jobs, houses etc.... The original Plague of Undeath was inconvenient. Why wouldn't the next attempt to spread it be as well?

It just sounds like you're bound and determined to be upset about this, Molly. I'm sorry if that's how it is, but a whole lot of us enjoy the break from the monotony, the joy of something different and new. The world launches are gone so quickly that I hate to see complaints about them. And yes, they've all been play stopping inconvenient. Each and every one of them. Heaven forbid you're trying to quest in Silithus during an opening of the Gates. It's just not gonna happen. Heaven forbid you were questing in the area of a Ziggurat during the BC world launch. Heaven forbid you were in Undercity when Krull decided to come pay a call.

[Mollymog]

The zombies are supposed to be inconvenient. That's what they're there for. They're supposed to remind you that life on Azeroth is tenuous, precious, and threatened. They're supposed to remind you that those aimless sources of xp wandering the plaguelands are actually exhumans, regular joe the plumbers who had kids, jobs, houses etc.... The original Plague of Undeath was inconvenient. Why wouldn't the next attempt to spread it be as well?

It just sounds like you're bound and determined to be upset about this, Molly. I'm sorry if that's how it is, but a whole lot of us enjoy the break from the monotony, the joy of something different and new. The world launches are gone so quickly that I hate to see complaints about them. And yes, they've all been play stopping inconvenient. Each and every one of them. Heaven forbid you're trying to quest in Silithus during an opening of the Gates. It's just not gonna happen. Heaven forbid you were questing in the area of a Ziggurat during the BC world launch. Heaven forbid you were in Undercity when Krull decided to come pay a call.

Well, that's it for me. This is a 'forum' which, by definition is a place for an exchange of opinions and views. It's not who's right and who's wrong, nor am I upset except that my gameplay has been spoiled (and I suspect I'm not the only one, going by what guild mates said). But, as I say, that's it. And really, you make many assumptions - you don't know me at all.

[semiiramiis]

I didn't come on to this forums to prove anyone wrong, or indeed, anyone right. I came here for one reason and one reason only, which was to introduce Clarimonde and Ranith to the largest audience I could.

[semiiramiis]

I didn't come on to this forum to prove anyone wrong, or indeed, anyone right. I came here for one reason and one reason only, which was to introduce Clarimonde and Ranith to the largest audience I could.

[Mazhulsage]

He didn't really make assumptions or say anyone was right (or wrong) he was just stating that it seems you're insistant on being angry about this world event, which it seems a few people are. It's like he said, a break from "Dailies are done... Next char to do dailies... Done on this one, next... Kay, done for the day. Log off." it's now an evolving plague that's destroying towns (Like a plague should) and causing corruption (Like a plague should) and doing just about everything a real-life-across-the-world Plague would... It's causing chaos. Personally, I enjoy chaos in games (When it's controlled, of course...) and it's just an addition to the "Azeroth is NOT just a place where you can run around smacking stuff around for the fun of it." there's a storyline behind each mob being in each place =P.

[Mollymog]

He didn't really make assumptions or say anyone was right (or wrong) he was just stating that it seems you're insistant on being angry about this world event, which it seems a few people are. It's like he said, a break from "Dailies are done... Next char to do dailies... Done on this one, next... Kay, done for the day. Log off." it's now an evolving plague that's destroying towns (Like a plague should) and causing corruption (Like a plague should) and doing just about everything a real-life-across-the-world Plague would... It's causing chaos. Personally, I enjoy chaos in games (When it's controlled, of course...) and it's just an addition to the "Azeroth is NOT just a place where you can run around smacking stuff around for the fun of it." there's a storyline behind each mob being in each place =P.

I wasn't going to post again on this topic but here goes. For me, it's made my low level alts virtually unplayable. It's made the AH inaccessible and therefore brought my personal WoW economy to a stop. It's not the plague concept I object to - it's the way it's continual, again and again and again. No getting away from it and no turning in quests or going to new areas for the low levels. And of course it's spreading to the higher levels.

If this is just a Hallows End week thing, then I guess we have no option but to wait it out. If it's an all-time thing, then both of us are going to quit the game. What seemed like a fun idea on paper has gone to excess. And, no, I'm not really angry so much as dismayed and disappointed at the spoiled play. As are (my guild counted last evening) 43 of the guild to which we belong. If players are planning to bail out in those numbers it may have a serious effect on Blizzard. What started as fun may be a money-loser.

[Mollymog]

He didn't really make assumptions or say anyone was right (or wrong) he was just stating that it seems you're insistant on being angry about this world event, which it seems a few people are. It's like he said, a break from "Dailies are done... Next char to do dailies... Done on this one, next... Kay, done for the day. Log off." it's now an evolving plague that's destroying towns (Like a plague should) and causing corruption (Like a plague should) and doing just about everything a real-life-across-the-world Plague would... It's causing chaos. Personally, I enjoy chaos in games (When it's controlled, of course...) and it's just an addition to the "Azeroth is NOT just a place where you can run around smacking stuff around for the fun of it." there's a storyline behind each mob being in each place =P.

I'm not angry. I like it when the Horde invades Stormwind or I'm out somewhere and suddenly beset by a crowd of something. What I am is dismayed and disappointed that something that probably looked good on paper has turned out to be such a play-buster. I can't take any of my low level alts out. I can't go to the AH, which has brought my personal WoW economy to a halt. It's become continual, an all-the-time annoyance that is spoiling play for me. And, having started with the lower levels, it's now spreading to the higher ones. As I've said several times, if it were intermittent, three or four times selected randomly per day, I think it might be fun. Then the rest of the time you could play normally (and it's the loss of that which I find dismaying).

Yesterday our guild took a head count of those who are fed up with it. Out of 80-something asked, 43 said they'd had it. The two of us here plan to quit the game and find something else to play if this is an all-time thing, not just a Hallows End gimmick. If we and the guild are respresentative of WoW players as a group, Blizzard may find itself losing money on this one.

Sorry to post twice but I got tangled up in the post system and couldn't figure out how to delete one of them

[semiiramiis]

[QUOTE=Mollymog;4165789] The two of us here plan to quit the game and find something else to play if this is an all-time thing, not just a Hallows End gimmick. /QUOTE]

This is not a Hallow's End gimmick. This is a Wrath of the Lich King Launch event. Launch events are temporary, and go away when the event they precede actually occurs:

1. The Gates of Ahn' Qiraj opening event: When the gongs sounded, great monsters rose up in Silithus. These were massively huge, had a damn big aggro range, and were pretty much unkillable. Large numbers of level 60's poured into the zone to attempt to kill them. (My server got none of them down, although we tried.)

2. The opening of Naxxiramis: Large numbers of scourge assaulted Eastern Plaguelands. (If this sounds oddly familiar...remember that Naxxiramis is slated to reopen as a lvl 80 raid in Wrath.)

3. The Burning Crusade Launch: High Lord Krull attacked Capital Cities throughout Azeroth at random. Players were unable to leave said city because to try and run past him when he was attacking was pretty much suicide. Also we received another dose of the Opening of Naxxiramis ziggurat attacks (yup..this is the third time around)


Blizzard doesn't do this with every little holiday like Hallow's End. They save this particular brand of !!!! for major launches.

[Caderbery]

When the event started i enjoyed it, and i do still have a go now, but its got to the point where i cant do anything else other than to partisipate, THe agent Dawn healers apear to be dead and anyone who can cure it seems bent on becomnig a zombie and infected everyone else, Most zones are now infected and if there not it doesnt take long for someone to relise this and infect it. What started as a bit of fun has pretty much destroyed every other part of the game on my server now.

I dont mind doing this now and again, but i do have other things i would like to do which atm is near on impossible.

[semiiramiis]

I have noticed a change in how people, and myself, are viewing this. When it first got started, I ignored it. Everyone around me who had it begged me to not cure it.

This morning gave me my fifth dead innkeeper (growl...how am i to get the squashling pet without a trick or treat source?) Annoyed, I parked myself on the Orgrimmar bank and began to cure every cloudy green person who walked by me. At the beginning, this would have gotten me snapped at, but today I had a line of players waiting for me to cleanse them. I was not the only one doing this, I counted five others in Orgrimmar's main area. I also noted that those bound and determined to spread the plague ran from us, or hearthed, rather than ask us to stop like they had before. From what I see, we're finally starting to behave like we're supposed to (mainly) which is this is something to be stamped out immediately, and with great prejudice.

[Mollymog]

[QUOTE=semiiramiis;4165823][QUOTE=Mollymog;4165789] The two of us here plan to quit the game and find something else to play if this is an all-time thing, not just a Hallows End gimmick. /QUOTE]

This is not a Hallow's End gimmick. This is a Wrath of the Lich King Launch event. Launch events are temporary, and go away when the event they precede actually occurs:

Oh, no, does this mean no use playing until mid November? What a gyp.

[Mazhulsage]

Actually, it will probably happen for MAXIMUM another 4 days, MAX. That's when the whole "betrayal" thing will probably happen, then that'll take about 2 days or so, if not more... Then it'll be a "Okay, fix everything up, and finish off the Scourge" which will probably take about 5 days or so. That right there is 11+ days, which will be nearly as long as it takes for WotLK to be released.

[Mollymog]

Actually, it will probably happen for MAXIMUM another 4 days, MAX. That's when the whole "betrayal" thing will probably happen, then that'll take about 2 days or so, if not more... Then it'll be a "Okay, fix everything up, and finish off the Scourge" which will probably take about 5 days or so. That right there is 11+ days, which will be nearly as long as it takes for WotLK to be released.

Discouraging. Every character I played this evening was zombified innumerable times and I was finally begging people to kill me, not that it did any good. Resurrect and zot! zombified again. Everywhere from Honor Hold to Redridge. I couldn't go to the bank anywhere, to the mailbox, to the AH, to the inn. I left my main lying dead in the inn and left the game.

[TPMdm]

I thought the betrayal thing was a 75+ lvl quest in WOTLK

[waflob]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who finds this an irritating waste of time. Try handing in quests when the NPCs aren't there. Try going to another area when the flight master isn't there.

Sure, immerse myself in the lore etc etc etc. After all, there's not much else to do, is there ?!?

DelBoy

[Mollymog]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who finds this an irritating waste of time. Try handing in quests when the NPCs aren't there. Try going to another area when the flight master isn't there.

Sure, immerse myself in the lore etc etc etc. After all, there's not much else to do, is there ?!?

DelBoy

Yep. If it happened only intermittently in random areas, I'd say 'Hooray!' and happily join the troop of zombies marching onward to the next town. That would be fun and a nice change from the usual grind. But effectively (like you) I'm cut off from all NPCs and the ability to use them. For about a month when this whole thing finishes I won't have been able to put anything on the AH or buy anything there. And Blizzard might have stopped to think that with this new expansion on the horizon many would be keen to get their chars up to level 70 and take advantage of it. That was certainly my plan: to grind my level 62 Warrior like mad and have him ready when I got the expansion. It's impossible now and I think really I just will not play for the next three weeks. After that I may have a look at what prevails, but I'm seriously thinking too of cancelling my pre-order for the expansions for the accounts here.

Last evening as I was struggling to play someone, anyone, I noticed that out of our guild of about 200+ members only 18 were online. Normally on a Sunday evening about half are playing. When I said 'Hey, where is everybody?' the uniform response was 'Nobody wants to play because of this stupid zombie thing and I'm thinking of giving up too - got plagued seven times in the last hour and nobody's alive here'.

[Mazhulsage]

Apparently you guys have some very childish people on your servers, because all you need to do is ask and (most) people will be like "Okay, sorry, I won't kill you anymore =P." and I also seem to be having better luck apparently, since I'm easily able to quest on every single char anywhere from my last class I'm trying to get to 60+ (My 32 Priest) to my level 61-66 chars, to my 70 chars. I don't know, I guess I'm just lucky.

[nots]

I just treat it like a bit of fun - ok if i get killed i get up and dust myself off. Start again. Don't know why some peeps make a big deal out of it tbh.

I get the feeling the plague will be the least of our problems in a couple of days tho.

[zerlik]

Yesterday was very annoying, but the GM promised this is not a permanent part of the game.

My issue with the event is it is worthless. No Drops, No Exp, No Rep.

One would think clearing all the zombies out of Stormwind would be worth something. Even Argent Dawn rep.

I tried the Argent Dawn Commission trinket thinking I could get some stones or something, but nothing.

I understand that it is important to the story, but it should bring some value to your toon when you participate (willingly or not).

Lots of items expiring at the AH because the auctioneers are dead most of the time or people are avoiding the cities.

So far all I ended up with is repair bills and AH deposits. Hard to get money for your epic flyer this way.

[Dakiter]

Not to steal someone else's thought but you must be playing on some very childish servers.

To use yesterday as an example:

I logged in at about 1 in the afternoon and my girldfriend and I logged into out level 54 shamans. We were in ogr and ran to the bank and exchanged some items. Then ran to the AH. Stopped and started cleansing people while a couple 70s killed any zombies around. None of them made it into the AH. We ran in and took care of our business. On the way out another wave came and we did it again, 70s killing while we cleansed. We then went out and did quests in un goro. No issues here got 55 1/2 with no problem.

We then took a dinner break. When we came back she wanted to work on her inscription. She loaded her level 31 pally and I brought in my 70 hunter and I defended her while she worked with the trainers. When it got bad others helped and the trainers in that area never died and the people who were doing it on purpose left.

I then switched and we played our level 30s out in tarren mill with very little issue.

I would simply say that I wouldnt be pissed at blizzard if the people around you are not into helping. Maybe spending some time in one of the cities helping would starting getting others to do it.

[zerlik]

On antonidas, alliance side, there were a good deal of people trying to control the situation, but there were nearly as many making it worse on purpose.

We would clear an area then some idiot would run in an re-infect it.

Until they actually turn zombie there is nothing you can do to stop em from causing problems.

We managed to get SW cleaned out several times, Shatt was a total loss. The problem with Shatt is there are too many masses of NPC (this training or some other). One idiot infects 20-30, and not near enough healers to save em all with 1 minute before they turn.

Another annoying thing was when you did get zombied and was trying to make it to the grave yard so you could explode without infecting more people, other players would kill you before you could get away.

Exploding yourself does not appear to cause gear damage, getting killed by players/NPCs does cause gear damage and repair bills. Even with many folks repeating this there were those that kept it up.

It was funny this warrior kept attacking me with his sword all the way to the grave yard. and guess what he got infected before I could rez and cleanse him. (was on my 63 pally at the time). So I returned the favor and smite-ed him back.

Also people do need to remember this is a game, suppose to be fun. It would be better if there were some rewards for your efforts(Gold, Rep, Gear, anything).

Z

[Khab]

The Undead Plague ends today

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/27/the-undead-plague-ends-today/

[surodat]

I go out of town for a long weekend, and everyone turns into a zombie... and I don't even get to see it!

Polkaroo... :(

[Mollymog]

The Undead Plague ends today

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/27/the-undead-plague-ends-today/

Wonder if that has anything to do with the innumerable complaints to Blizzard. If so, I'm pleased they finally paid attention. Even Channel 2 today had a lot of complaints about the zombies and all. I was in Stormwind trying to get my bank alt to the AH. Fat chance. The square was knee deep in skeletons and dead zombies and all the NPCs were dead.

[surodat]

Arthas is the enemy, not blizzard. :P

[Mazhulsage]

There ya go everyone, you can now stop whining about how you're cancelling your account (Supposedly, y'know, with 80 of your friends...) cause it ended today, go back to your normal life of "THAT CLASS IS OP!" on the official forums.

[BIOME]

I think this is a great addition. It adds more flavor to the game. At least Blizzard shows that they care about adding new features and things to the game. I think it's pretty fun, even if you are in the low levels because you can infect others :D

[Mollymog]

Arthas is the enemy, not blizzard. :P

I think Blizzard created Arthas. No?

[Mollymog]

There ya go everyone, you can now stop whining about how you're cancelling your account (Supposedly, y'know, with 80 of your friends...) cause it ended today, go back to your normal life of "THAT CLASS IS OP!" on the official forums.

Ah, another cheerful, friendly, understanding posts from one of the more pleasant posters here (not!). Just makes you wonder what side of the bed he got up on today. :azn:

[semiiramiis]

Pot, kettle calling, line two?

[Mollymog]

Pot, kettle calling, line two?

I don't recall slagging posters but hey, I'll speak up about the rude ones.

[Mazhulsage]

*Shrug* I'd rather be rude a few times and be correct than just be someone who complains about the game because an event happens.

[odinsnephew]

/sigh

Heres a dancing Tauren to cheer you up ;)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Kiku_Chan/tauren_female.gif

[Mollymog]

*Shrug* I'd rather be rude a few times and be correct than just be someone who complains about the game because an event happens.

Tsk, tsk, we all complain about the game. For everyone who likes something in it, there's one who can't stand it and wishes they'd take it out. 'Tis the nature of gamers and always has been.

[Mazhulsage]

Well, for every time there's a whiner, there's someone to say "Stop QQ'ing", and I'm that person when it comes to events that aren't crashing the server every 5 minutes like most of the ones in the past.

[Nasl adhin]

Ah...lore and game-wise, this event was great.

Not only did it show us how serious Arthas is and why Stormwind and Orgrimmar are pissed and going to Northrend...

But it will also get players so pissed at the repair bill they have to pay from dying that they would march into Northrend zealously and shout at Icecrown: "YOU OWE ME BIG TIME, ARTHAS!! 30 FRIKKING GOLD! I'LL MINE THEM FROM YOUR BRAINS!!11"

[Daedelus84]

I'LL MINE THEM FROM YOUR BRAINS!!11"

BRRRAAAAIIINNSSSSSSSSssssssssss......