I hate to be 'that guy'...

But if you went combat, and put that sword you have in your main hand.. you'd do about 3x as much damage. =x

I played a rogue before, and was near top on my server, so if you have questions, you can ask! I dont know if you even wanted the advice though. <.

o.0 see, that's the sort of things I need to know, lol, that I would have no clue about. I didn't even KNOW that weopons can be switched between hands. GAH! I'd been told to always leave the dagger in the main hand, so I'd just assumed that that was the case always. I love advice, very much so, since the things I don't know far outweigh the things I do know. Thanks for the tip. ^___^

I can see how it would be helpful to me for me to switch back and forth between hands, for when I need to deal damage, and when I need to be stealthy. Awesome. :)

xD Bakel might seem like a hardass, but he really was the top rogue on the server, in addition to being a WOW encyclopedia. If you really want to get on your boyfriend's nerves, have Bakel tell him what he's doing wrong in his spec/gearing/etc.

Srsly. He's all about helping people out. I like to, too, but my expertise comes in the form of casters.

I'll send you a message on AIM soon and log into the game on your server and help you out with more then a few things. =}

I think I agree with you. I am not in the same guild as my fiance and its a lot more fun that way. I run around with people I don't know and also by myself. It's quite the way to learn how to do things. :3

If you want to be Alliance with us, you are MORE than welcome to come join Bakel and I on the Blackwing Lair server, and join our guild (which, while trying to raid, also has a TON of people leveling up). At least then you'd have people who you can talk to, although, I'd have to warn you that our server is tiny and backwater (about 3500 people, if the census site is correct), and it IS a PVP realm.

I'm astonished at your boyfriend. That's bad manners, speaking in game terms. As far as I can tell from your boyfriend's gear, they're heavy into Naxx25 and just starting Ulduar 10, which is about where we are - we just completed our first Naxx25 last night, so I don't know that it'd be too much of a step back. Not to mention we have NO 80 rogues, hunters, or warriors. =[ It's weird.

But getting back to your errant boyfriend! For a time, when we were still living 2000 miles apart, Bakel and I were in different guilds, and he was in a hardcore raiding guild and I wasn't, and I hated it. I had the same problem as you - he'd start raiding and then suddenly he wouldn't have time to answer a whisper, and I'd get upset because I thought he was ignoring me, and it just snowballed from there. I found if I was in the same guild, I liked that at least I could more or less see what he was doing - and when he talked in guild chat. x}

That being said - if you strike out on your own, it has a lot of potential for a lot of growth. When I was in guilds by myself, I started making my own friends. It's harder on you because so few people are leveling up! But it might help you find a clearer, more unbiased view.

I'd definitely tell your boyfriend that you want - no, DEMAND more time with him. He dragged you into this game, even if you love it now - the LEAST he can do is play with you at least once a day! I'm inclined to turn into a raving lunatic on your behalf - that sort of behavior is really rude. =[ I'd go batshit insane if Bakel only raided without me, and I sit right next to him about 70% of the time we're at home! xD

Nooo! Don't go Alliance! Us hordies are already outnumbered enough as it is!

Besides, I hear Thrall has candy. <3

xD Every single server I've ever been on has been horde-heavy! Current one has 1500 alliance and 3500 horde. =P

Nope, I lied, WoW Census says 1,500 alliance to almost 6,500 horde. o.O Don't know how accurate that is, but in WG we often get full stacks of tenacity!

Oh man, over on Bloodhoof we're so outnumbered it's sickening:
Total Alliance: 8,443 - 79%
Total Horde: 2,214 - 21%

We always have tenacity in WG, I can't believe we kept the Fortress twice in a row yesterday, that never happens! Best fight I've seen in a while though, I didn't die at all. That also never happens, it's usually "everybody go shoot the moonkin."

You are totally right about Ssesheth's manners in-game. Teryx and I leveled to 80 together from level 1, even though he had characters that could be out raiding, he stuck with me since the idea was "playing together is the point, not just playing the same game at the same time."

Our guild has Naxx 25 on farm status, yay! I like giving Kel'Thuzad his weekly beating. >:)

Edited at 2009-05-31 08:15 pm (UTC)

haha, as I told Onisyra, I'm quite happy being Horde. Alliance folks kick my ass and camp on my poor corpse too often for me to want to switch, lol.

That, and I like being able to yell "FOR THE HORDE!" It amuses me. ^___^

Yar, I intend to demand more time with him, lol. My problem is: I dont' speak up. I never have. I'm a very meek, mild sort of person, so he honestly isn't at fault for any of this. He doesn't know that I'm upset at all, and I haven't really brought it up, other than to hint. I've said to him before that he should take a night off every now and again, but he doesn't take hints very well.

I rather feel like I need to hit him in the head and haul him off with me, lol.

I actually rather like the Horde, so I don't know that I want to switch. I get my ass handed to me on a regular basis by Alliance members, so I'm getting to be a bit biased, lol.

The other problem is: i play in the middle of the night. He goes to bed at midnight. So we might get a few hours of gameplay, and that's about it.

*shrugs and sighs* I really need to learn to speak up, I know I do. THe more I learn, the more I feel like I'm either an ingrate (I mean, he paid for the first few months of the game. He gave me gold to play. He did a lot of things to help me) or I'm just too meak/mild and really need to speak up for myself.

I love the man, I really do. I just sorta have developed an intense dislike for the guild he's a part of. >.< haha.

Anywho, gah, you and Bakel have both been so helpful! You're awesome, with your comments and suggestions.

Oh, and I think I've already smacked you with this link, but wow_ladies is an AWESOME community. Just don't add it to your friends list when/if you join or else your friends page will get spammed. But there can be a LOT of good advice about anything you can imaging there.

=D

here's my main:

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drenden&n=Lougara

i've been playing for 3 years now XDD

I've so been there. Not with Richard because he's an epic solo-er like me (I never wanted really to join a guild until my recent interest in RP- which as you can see on my LJ went just swimmingly, lol!) However- my sister and her BF wanted me to 'play with them' and when I arrive I find two hard assed level 80s who never play with me. Right. I switched servers eventually (but just told them I was playing horde, which was also true) and I was much happier.

I think he'll be understanding if you present it in the way you've talked about it here. Some guild are for leveling, some are for end game raiding. You need a leveling guild! Surely he'll see the sense in that.

Also, have you seen this? For the most part it's gold, I love this guide: http://www.wow-pro.com/leveling_guides/james_horde_leveling_guide!

If your boyfriend is in Ulduar he's not coming out anytime soon (except for server reset Tuesday morning). It's the New Hotness right now - best loot, hardest fights, most bragging rights. Everyone is in a race to clear it before everyone else, and looking at Ssesheth, it's obvious that he Plays Hard.

Dropping guild for another guild is totally up to you. Ssesheth might take it as an ingrateful move, but people are so weird. If your guild isn't helping you play the game, and if you don't have social obligations with them, there's no point in you sticking around. But finding a new guild is hard, so I'd try and find a new one before dropping your old one. Don't just join the first guild you're offered, either. A lot of people have their own guilds that are really in name-only, try and find one with a few bank tabs, maybe a website about them. Not that you're going to raid the bank, but it shows that they've had growth and a good number of members. Asking around in Trade chat may help, but be prepared for every level of smartass comment possible - Trade is like the 4chan of Warcraft sometimes.

For $15-25 (I don't know what the price is currently) you can do a server change, move your character from one realm to the other. Why would you switch servers? There might be friends of yours on another realm that could help you level more efficiently than on Hakkar. Friends like Order of the Claws on Bloodhoof ;) We have over 500 members and are the largest Horde furry guild in the game! So you can talk about art and furries, but still get out and level and play, too.

Just sayin'

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bloodhoof&n=Serthida

Edited at 2009-05-31 08:23 pm (UTC)