WRUP: Of alts and Death Knights
by Michael Gray 
Jul 25th 2009 at 4:00PM
As your intrepid WoW.com Action News Team was preparing for the weekend -- and this weekend's WRUP -- I was struck with an astounding thought. It seemed like just about everyone was rocking out an alt character . . . or a Death Knight. A couple were even going for the gold, and leveling an alt Death Knight. Of course, we have a couple odd folks who don't quite fit that bill. Still, keep an eye on the Lichborne hanging out in a Hellfire Peninsula near you. It might just be one of us.
Check out who's doing what behind the cut.
Check out who's doing what behind the cut.
- Alex Ziebart (@aziebart): Leveling Turpen, and possibly a random Hunter that I rolled the other day. Draenei Hunter with three different heirloom items, including the bow, is pretty much ezmode city. Also, going to try to get down to GermanFest this weekend.
- Allison Robert: Continuing to level my Shaman, then finally getting around to fixing my Moonkin set on my main.
- Amanda Miller: I'll likely be doing some dailies, and then working on Yogg on Sunday.
- Daniel Whitcomb (@danielwhitcomb) - I actually have quite a few errands to run this weekend, plus I'm going to be headed to the boat races on the river with some friends for at least a few hours on Saturday, so this may be a WoW-sparse weekend. I'll log on for at least one round of AC dailies, though, since that'll finally get me Crusader on my Death Knight.
- Eddie Carrington (@brigwyn): Playing? I'm suppose to be playing? I don't have time to play! Too much interesting stuff going on. Patch 3.2 drop before Blizzcon? Will Worgen and Goblins take over Azeroth? Are Naga and Murlocs really the next playable race? I'm writing to Monster Quest to find out! In the mean time, I'm going to get Hunter #4 through Outlands.
- Elizabeth Wachowski: Trying to finish up Dead Space, and maybe returning to Oblivion for relaxing fun.
- Mark Turpin (@The_T): Leveling up a secret Death Knight, he's Blood and 69, should I re-spec unholy for ghoulish fun? Or is it better just to heal my self through hitting stuff on my way to the level cap?
- Matthew Rossi: I leveled mine blood and am still blood for tanking, but frost is a lot of fun too. I don't like pet classes, to be honest: Unholy is effectively a plate wearing pet class. So it's up to you if you can take that. Blood plays a lot like an arms warrior who refuses to die, I found it awesome for solo leveling. Oh, also, I'm playing a paladin. Rolled a new one, doing the Draenei starting zones.
- Michael Gray; I'm playing the 'omgDKissoOP' game, as I continue to explore the seedy side of Azeroth by experimenting with Belfdom. I feel so very, very dirty.
- Robin Torres (@cosmiclaurel): Had to re-roll The Spawn's gnome warlock (Itchee) on a PvE server, since she obviously plans for us to go the distance with this character. Because I don't have an Alliance character on a non-PvP server, I will be spending my non-Itchee time earning money on that server for a smoother leveling process. Ah, the joys of geek parenthood...
- Matticus: I've rediscovered the awesomeness that is Battlefield 2.
Filed under: Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
deathmurlock Jul 25th 2009 4:13PM
omg id love to play a murloc!
steph Jul 25th 2009 4:15PM
hitting 80 on the pally, my second 80. then hopefully getting the guildies to run her through some stuff so she can get the greens out of her healing set. : )
ironblade Jul 25th 2009 4:17PM
im going to be leveling my 350 spell power lvl 54 boomkin mayei with my 2 friends in BRD lots and lots and lots :)
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/25/it-takes-two-to-duo-content/
made us remember our alts
Agerath Jul 25th 2009 4:23PM
Of X and Y
Of Y and X
Of Cliché after Cliché
Hurf durf
Robert M Jul 25th 2009 5:30PM
I think wow.com is just doing it for fun now. It's nice they have a sense of humor about it :)
Jeff Jul 25th 2009 5:44PM
Aye, I think it's like Fuh-jord now. They know they're doing it.
Zal Jul 25th 2009 4:34PM
Leveling up a new paladin alongside my girlfriend's hunter as we blast through some levels recruit-a-friend style.
Maybe get my main account to run us through a dungeon for fun and loot.
Squirr3llywrath9 Jul 25th 2009 4:59PM
Working on my priest. It'll be my fifth 80. Too bad I don't have the time to do raiding or else I would just have one character.
RetPallyJil Jul 25th 2009 5:14PM
Wishing my guild didn't have lives during the summer, so we could go, you know ... raid, or something.
Failing that, I'll be piling up Champion Seals and bemoaning my still-blue second trinket.
Jeff Jul 25th 2009 5:47PM
Started a Pally the other day (Somehow, it's the class I've always wanted to play but never got around to) and had my brother grant him 25 levels through RAF. He's up to 40 now and I think most of my WoW time this weekend will be spent levelling him some more. Of course, now that he's 40, I need to think about whether or not I should wait for 3.2 so he can grab a 100% mount.
alex Jul 25th 2009 7:16PM
Let's see,
With a DK alt I can effectively farm just about anything, I can solo virtually all elite mobs and group quests (up to 3 people) and this comes with the convenience of saving how many hours of leveling, getting flight points, etc.
It's only surprising that people DON'T have DK alts.
P.S. "I'm playing the 'omgDKissoOP' game, as I continue to explore the seedy side of Azeroth by experimenting with Belfdom. I feel so very, very dirty."
-> I made my DK a male blood elf, because I guess I was tired of having weird class/race combos: an orc warlock, an orc rogue, a dwarf rogue, a troll mage. Sometimes you just need to go with the flow.
qmwalton Jul 25th 2009 6:04PM
I'm going to be leveling my warlock through hopefully to level 30 (he's at 20 now) and sunday night I'm going to be working on yogg +0 with my new guild.
Manatank Jul 25th 2009 6:17PM
Going outside for a bit.
nekorion Jul 25th 2009 7:00PM
I caught the DK bug too, although its my main. I got wrath the second my prot warrior hit 55, and playing blood is just about easiest leveling I've done. I always find i have maxed out runic power and just spam DC at everything i see.
Frank Jul 25th 2009 7:18PM
of Q and Q moar.
Moussi Jul 25th 2009 7:37PM
I think im going to start a DK...
Wulftracker Jul 25th 2009 8:46PM
I'll repeat what i said today (in chat) during the wow insider show.. I am so glad to see that the folks working on this site and the wow insider show , for all the wonderful news, and inside info.. Have lives beyond WoW.
:D
Keep up the good work folks,
t0ddd Jul 25th 2009 9:54PM
My weekend is filled with the beach and beer.
Kole Jul 25th 2009 10:06PM
Hmmmm...doing dailies on my 80 to get some gold together for when faction changes happen so I can have some stuff when I move faction/server...Also started a new paly on that same server to level a bit to replace the paly that is leaving.
Off topic question: Has anyone had a Horde 80 and and Ally 80 on different servers and tried to buy the Heirloom piece you already have on one of the 80's? I am curious of what the error message says...
I think that Blizz should allow purchase of more than one BOA of the same "flavor." Or maybe they do and I don't know it...
(Just trying to plan for when my 80 switches...do I bring the heirlooms for my new horde alts or can I just buy a second set for them...eventually I DO want to finish leveling my Ally alts...)
/ramble
Joey Jul 26th 2009 12:32AM
*sigh* 2 months and still no sign of my Polar Bear mount dropping anytime soon....