WoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gifWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comen-usCopyright 2015 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/WoW Insider ShowEvery week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider. We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community. From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft. Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.Gamers on the Street: The Beta beathttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/07/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-beta-beat/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/07/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-beta-beat/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/07/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-beta-beat/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


This week I headed off to Bleeding Hollow's Horde side to talk with players about the biggest story of the past week: the opening up of the opt-in for the Wrath of the Lich King beta. The server was really busy, and in fact, someone's been busy in Orgrimmar there -- there are quite a few bits of corpse graffiti around, with names like "Pvpfails" and "Blizzsucks."

But nevertheless, I did find two willing victims interviewees for the column this week. See what we talked about after the jump.

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]]>betableeding-hollowchatdiscussiongamers-on-the-streethordeinterviewopt-inorgrimmarpvpwrath-of-the-lich-kingMike SchrammMon, 07 Jul 2008 22:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Watching for Wrathhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/30/gamers-on-the-street-watching-for-wrath/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/30/gamers-on-the-street-watching-for-wrath/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/30/gamers-on-the-street-watching-for-wrath/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

Are you spending Monday digging through the pile of Wrath of the Lich King news from this weekend's Worldwide Invitational in Paris -- or is today (and the remaining months leading up to the expansion's release) just another day in the World of Warcraft for you? We popped on to Warsong server this morning, where Stormwind was positively bristling with activity: guild and Arena team recruiting, a PuG for Zul'Aman forming, plenty of spam for various heroics, and a healthy number of twinks going about their Old World business.

I had expected to encounter a fair number of players who weren't aware of this weekend's deluge of Wrath news - or who plain didn't care - but instead, I was met with nothing but enthusiasm. So I pulled up my trusty 3-bubbles-of-xp, level 1 warrior to the steps of the bank to visit with Zidona, a Night Elf Rogue I'd noticed vigorously recruiting (in Spanish Portuguese, from his home in Brazil) for fresh blood for his guild, Viral.

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]]>Lisa PoissoMon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Thaurissan and transfershttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/16/gamers-on-the-street-thaurissan-and-transfers/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/16/gamers-on-the-street-thaurissan-and-transfers/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/16/gamers-on-the-street-thaurissan-and-transfers/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

This week there was only one choice for where to go and interview players -- the Oceanic realm of Thaurissan has been at the center of realm population issues in the last week, as Blizzard opened up transfers from PvE to PvP realms for the first time ever. I rolled a Dwarf on the Alliance side (where Horde reportedly outnumbers players at huge ratios) to see what things were like and if I could find some people with opinions on the transfers.

Things seem to be better than they were before at first glance -- we'd heard reports that only double digits of people were playing during even prime time, but when I logged on (about 6AM server time), there were quite a few people in the /who list. Ironforge was far from bustling, but I saw groups running around the Isle of Quel'danas, as well as running Magisters' Terrace.

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]]>allianceblizzardgamers-on-the-streethordeinterviewissueslevel-70populationpvepvptransferstweet-thisMike SchrammMon, 16 Jun 2008 20:30:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Playing with roleplayinghttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/gamers-on-the-street-playing-with-roleplaying/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/gamers-on-the-street-playing-with-roleplaying/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/gamers-on-the-street-playing-with-roleplaying/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,


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The WoW roleplayer is a strange creature -- in a game universe almost completely designed for the non-roleplayer (there are enough pop culture references to make anyone sensitive to anachronisms apoplectic), they soldier on insider RP servers, taking their time leveling up, and having perhaps much more fun than anyone who races towards the endgame might otherwise have.

So for this Gamers on the Street, I decided to head to Moon Guard, an RP server. I had hoped to chat about what players were expecting for season 4, and maybe find out what casual players thought of all the new things coming in Wrath of the Lich King, but when I sent out my query for interviewees, what I found were two roleplayers. people who were taking the game at their own pace and having fun doing it.

I also made sure, due to past reader comments, to speak to Alliance this time. After the jump, meet two roleplayers who are playing the game their own way.

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]]>allianceblizzardconversationgamers-on-the-streetinterviewlevelingmoon-guardplayer-housingpop-cultureroleplayersroleplayingseason-4wow-insiderMike SchrammMon, 09 Jun 2008 23:30:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Break time (summer break, that is)http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/02/gamers-on-the-street-break-time-summer-break-that-is/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/02/gamers-on-the-street-break-time-summer-break-that-is/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/06/02/gamers-on-the-street-break-time-summer-break-that-is/#commentsFiled under: , ,


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Summertime means big changes for many guilds. The kids are home, so players who are parents can get pulled into more family activities. As for the kids, many are looking for new things to get into while they have a little more free time. Gamers on the Street decided to duck onto the Cairne realm to see what high school- and college-aged players were planning for their short months of freedom. Alliance players seemed friendly enough but didn't have much to say about their summer plans. We did visit with several Cairne Hordies, however, who shared what's ahead for their summer and fall WoW time.

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]]>collegehigh-schoolstudentsummer-breaksummer-vacationLisa PoissoMon, 02 Jun 2008 19:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: How heroic do you gotta be to do a heroic?http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/19/gamers-on-the-street-how-heroic-do-you-gotta-be-to-do-a-heroic/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/19/gamers-on-the-street-how-heroic-do-you-gotta-be-to-do-a-heroic/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/19/gamers-on-the-street-how-heroic-do-you-gotta-be-to-do-a-heroic/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

When I popped onto the Thrall realm recently to visit with players for Gamers on the Street, I had intended to talk to players about how the Wrath of the Lich King will offer the same instances in both 10-man and 25-man sizes. But as message after message from players seeking heroic groups or group members scrolled through my chat window - none of them stating "no blues" up front, which players list right up in your face on the realms where I play - I knew I needed to follow up. Do players on Thrall simply assume heroic players possess a certain level of gear? Do they plan to carry weaker players? Does the heroic community only group with others they know? I flipped back to WoW Insider for recent insights and found tips for beginners to heroics and pointers toward the easiest heroics, but nothing that offers players ideas on how to actually get into a heroic group.

So Gamers on the Street hit the street to investigate.

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]]>heroicLisa PoissoMon, 19 May 2008 16:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Reading up on WoWhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/05/gamers-on-the-street-reading-up-on-wow/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/05/gamers-on-the-street-reading-up-on-wow/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/05/gamers-on-the-street-reading-up-on-wow/#commentsFiled under: , ,


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When you can't log in to World of Warcraft, do you get your fix from game sites instead? Gamers on the Street visited with two chatty young players from Zul'jin this morning about their WoW reading and research habits. Deathrowcame (70 Undead Warlock) and Docevil (70 Undead Rogue) were both on alts when we met up, but both popped over to Orgrimmar on their 70s to finish our conversation and take a group shot, as well as to share a few tidbits about life on Zul'Jin.

Be sure to drop by the comments at the end of the article and share your own favorite sites and sources.

Gamers on the Street: Hi guys, thanks for sharing. We're curious about people who like to read and research their characters and game info a lot. Are you both the studious type?
Deathrowcame: Yeah, I am. I got a 70 'lock that I bought, so I have to research it - no, I'm joking,. LOL
Docevil: I read up on what abilities I can get and what the easiest specialization is to use to level.
Deathrowcame: I surf wowhead and thottbot daily to research gear for my level and class and what quest my class should do.

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]]>DeathrowcameDocevilOllivanderThottbotwowheadwowwikiLisa PoissoMon, 05 May 2008 19:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Burned on Bloodscalphttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/28/gamers-on-the-street-burned-on-bloodscalp/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/28/gamers-on-the-street-burned-on-bloodscalp/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/28/gamers-on-the-street-burned-on-bloodscalp/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

This week, I decided to go visit Bloodscalp -- we've been hearing about problems with stability on Bloodscalp since patch 2.4, so I decided to get the word on what was happening straight from the people affected by it. Additionally, I wanted to talk about the upcoming Arena changes in patch 2.4.2, so I had that on the list to chat with players about as well.

I created a Troll Rogue named "Wowinsider," ran up to Orgrimmar, and started chatting with the Bloodscalpians. The conversations I had with three players on the server are after the break.

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]]>bloodscalpbugsdailiesdowntimegamers-on-the-streetinterviewnetherwingplayerssunwellMike SchrammMon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Oceanic players persist despite performance issueshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/14/gamers-on-the-street-oceanic-players-persist-despite-performanc/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/14/gamers-on-the-street-oceanic-players-persist-despite-performanc/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/14/gamers-on-the-street-oceanic-players-persist-despite-performanc/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

Oceanic players continue to snarl this week at continued server performance issues that cramp their play. Oceanic subscribers playing from the other side of the world have dedicated servers, yes - but the servers are physically located in North America, and no consideration seems to have been given to shifting maintenance and resource-intensive background processes to non-peak local hours.

Needless to say, a good number of Oceanic players are up in arms over spiraling post-2.4 performance issues. Blue reps continue to take the heat from red-hot flames, reflecting a continued determination to work through the problems. We decided to pop in on a couple of Oceanic servers themselves, away from the heat of the forums, to see what the player temperature seemed to be.

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]]>Aman-ThulAustraliaBloodlustJubei-ThoslagLoughueOceanic-realmsSlavrixVengeanceLisa PoissoMon, 14 Apr 2008 17:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Proud of Proudmoorehttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/gamers-on-the-street-proud-of-proudmoore/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/gamers-on-the-street-proud-of-proudmoore/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/gamers-on-the-street-proud-of-proudmoore/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


This was the scene this morning on Proudmoore, as they were the first server around to open up the Heroic Badge vendor on the Isle of Quel'danas. So for this week's Gamers on the Street interviews, I decided to go there and see the sights myself. Unfortunately, just as on the PTR, it's not quite that easy to get a level one Blood Elf to the Isle -- I figured I could just fly from Silvermoon like normal, but no -- apparently I had to run all the way to Tranquilien to even get the Silvermoon flight point. So I did.

Fortunately, when I got there, the flight master gave me the flight point to Silvermoon, which would then take me to the Sunwell Plateau. Unfortunately, I was completely and totally broke -- I didn't even have enough cash to fly. I sold everything I had, but it wasn't nearly enough, and instead of begging for gold, I did the next less annoying thing on the list -- I spammed the Trade channel. And I was able to find two nice residents of Proudmoore to tell me about opening up the world event content on Sunwell Plateau.

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]]>blood-elvesdaily-questsgamers-on-the-streetinterviewspatch-2.4playersproudmooresunwellsunwell-dailiestradeMike SchrammMon, 07 Apr 2008 18:30:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Who's winning AV and WSG now?http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/28/gamers-on-the-street-whos-winning-av-and-wsg-now/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/28/gamers-on-the-street-whos-winning-av-and-wsg-now/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/28/gamers-on-the-street-whos-winning-av-and-wsg-now/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

I'll admit it: I haven't hit the Sunwell yet. My new main is a fresh 70 ("virgin" might be an appropriate word to describe her, except that - well, I PvP), and my guildies and I are simply overwhelmed with the number of things on our to-do lists right now. None of us is much interested in braving the crowds to see the new content; we'll get there once the furor has died down.

But 2.4 introduced more than just the Sunwell - we've got AV and WSG "fixes" in action! Did the fixes really fix these BGs? I have my own thoughts about AV (fine before, fine now; lots of imbalances still, but they don't prevent me from winning most instances when my team is with me), but I haven't had the time yet to get into WSG. Ever curious, I popped in on Wildhammer realm to chat with some of the folks gathered 'round the battlemasters and get their impressions.

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]]>ABalterac-valleyAVBalindaCaptain-Balinda-StormhearthCaptain-GalvangarEotSflagGalvangerHowlkyoIcebloodpatch-2.4warsong-gulchWSGLisa PoissoFri, 28 Mar 2008 16:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Ready for the Sunwellhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/gamers-on-the-street-ready-for-the-sunwell/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/gamers-on-the-street-ready-for-the-sunwell/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/gamers-on-the-street-ready-for-the-sunwell/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft. Lisa is absent this week, so instead Mike Schramm went to Cenarius to talk directly to ingame players.

When I headed into the game this week to do this column, both Krystalle and Lisa (who usually does GotS) warned me that it was rough out there, and that players weren't really into chatting with random people about what they thought about the past week in Warcraft. But I have to say -- the denizens of Cenarius treated me as well as can be expected. I logged in on my level 30 mage Erban, sent out a tell in /Trade (sorry for spamming, Cenarius-ians), and pretty soon I got two nice players to chat with me. We talked mostly about what they'd been up to in game, what they're looking ahead to with patch 2.4, whether Noblegarden sucks (spoiler: it does), and just how much they'd pay (or their guild would charge) for that Zul'aman bear mount.

Read on to see our conversations.

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]]>bear-mountcenariusgamers-on-the-streetinterviewnoblegardenraidingzul-amanMike SchrammFri, 21 Mar 2008 20:30:00 ESTGamers on the Street: The buddy systemhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-buddy-system/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-buddy-system/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/03/07/gamers-on-the-street-the-buddy-system/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

WoW Insider's Zach Yonzon posted an intriguing Breakfast Topic yesterday: Who's your favorite playing partner? Readers seemed to enjoy chiming in with a tip of a hat to their own partners in crime. Suspecting that perhaps WoW Insider readers are a particularly chatty and friendly bunch, we wondered what we'd find if we logged in over the lunch hour to chat with random players going about their city business.

So we logged into Khaz Modan, a PvE realm, where we were lucky enough to run into three friendly players who each have their own ways of sharing World of Warcraft (and no, it's not just about progression with a guild of folks you've met in game!). We dodged the gold-sellers in Stormwind's main square to bring you their stories.

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]]>childrencouplesfriendspartnerLisa PoissoFri, 07 Mar 2008 18:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: WoW as child's playhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/29/gamers-on-the-street-wow-as-child-s-play/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/29/gamers-on-the-street-wow-as-child-s-play/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/29/gamers-on-the-street-wow-as-child-s-play/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


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How young is too young to play WoW? We've discussed the ups and downs of grouping with kids quite a few times over the years, but the topic - like the kids themselves - just won't go away. Earlier this week, we interviewed an 11-year-old SSC raider and his mother. While most reader comments applauded the family for a disciplined, sensible approach to online gaming, a few readers seemed confused or even aghast that someone so young would be allowed to play World of Warcraft.

Gamers on the Street decided to pop in on Bloodscalp, a high-population PvP realm with what one supposes would be a correspondingly tough outlook on kiddie action. We surveyed several level 70 players at random, asking them about their own experiences with children in game. The consensus: Jerks come in all shapes, sizes and ages -- and children and teens are no better or worse than their adult counterparts. Hear out their reasoning, after the break.

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]]>ageage-discriminationchildrenetiquettekidsteenagersLisa PoissoFri, 29 Feb 2008 09:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Keeping an eye on the patchhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/22/gamers-on-the-street-keeping-an-eye-on-the-patch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/22/gamers-on-the-street-keeping-an-eye-on-the-patch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/22/gamers-on-the-street-keeping-an-eye-on-the-patch/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

In last week's installment of Gamers on the Street -- and despite fresh blood in the water, with patch 2.4 news hitting left and right - city-bound players steadfastly remained focused on matters of the heart. Perfume and hearts obviously took priority over returning the /whispers of some hapless reporter from WoW Insider.

But we hapless reporters are stubborn - real stubborn. This week, we trucked off to Stormwind on Lightning's Blade, a high-pop PvP server, to meet up with a trio from <Glory of War>. These "casual" raiders (1/6 SSC and 1/4 TK) unleashed their perspectives on what they've seen on the PTR for 2.4, the war between PvE and PvP balancing and more.

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]]>Alterac-ValleyAtomicwarAVChilblainclass-balanceGlory-of-WarLifebloompatch-2.4TylmarandeLisa PoissoFri, 22 Feb 2008 14:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Love trumps patch newshttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/14/gamers-on-the-street-love-trumps-patch-news/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/14/gamers-on-the-street-love-trumps-patch-news/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/14/gamers-on-the-street-love-trumps-patch-news/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

When we logged onto Aerie Peak to visit with players for this week's installment of Gamers on the Street, we thought we'd be in for a nice chat about patch 2.4, The Sunwell Isle. But that's not exactly what we got. It's not as if there weren't players to talk to. At prime time on this heavy-load server, there was plenty of hustle and bustle in the major cities. In fact, there was more activity than usual. But it wasn't an infusion of energy from reading about the new content now being tested on the PTRs that inspired all this activity: love was in the air.

We gave up trying to make direct contact with players after being soundly ignored by an award-winning streak of more than 20 Horde players, all intent on curing their broken hearts. Most of the players who replied to a general query for their impressions on the patch reports responded with a question of their own: "Hey man, I heard about that patch thing. What exactly is gonna be in there?" In desperation, we finally shot a whisper to the lovely young troll who had been pelting us with rose petals for the past five minutes. She was generous enough to share her thoughts on what was ahead - and her rose petals cheered us up long enough to finish surveying several other players. Thus, we bring you this week's word on the street - such as it is - of what's on players' minds about the upcoming patch.

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]]>Alterac-ValleyAVlove-is-in-the-airpatch-2.4PTRsunwell-isleWarsong-GulchWSGLisa PoissoThu, 14 Feb 2008 15:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: The classes of 2008http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/31/gamers-on-the-street-the-classes-of-2008/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/31/gamers-on-the-street-the-classes-of-2008/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/31/gamers-on-the-street-the-classes-of-2008/#commentsFiled under: ,


Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

What's the "right" class and spec to be playing right now? What's going to make the biggest splash on the scoreboards? Why do players choose the classes that they do? WoW Insider readers, who generally enjoy theorycrafting and playing their classes to the absolute hilt, are a savvy lot when it comes to class balance and what specs are hot, hot, hot. Log in, though, and you're much less likely to encounter players who are concerned with theorycrafting or running up whatever spec is considered the new hawtness. In game, players seem concerned about how to get a fair shake with their character of choice.

We logged in during prime time last night on The Forgotten Coast (PvP) realm to see what players had to say about the classes of 2008 -- who's hot, who's not and how it all affects their characters and play styles. Who got the raves, and who's chalking up the most bad press? Read on to find out ...

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WoW InsiderGamers on the Street: The classes of 2008 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>class-balancedruidferal-druidhuntermageroguewarlockwarriorLisa PoissoThu, 31 Jan 2008 16:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: The XP experiencehttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/gamers-on-the-street-the-xp-experience/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/gamers-on-the-street-the-xp-experience/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/gamers-on-the-street-the-xp-experience/#commentsFiled under: ,


Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

I'm leveling too fast. My brand, new main character is already in her mid-50s and closing on BC content fast. One night's worth of questing while my husband was offline catapulted me two levels ahead and greened out our next planned instance. It took a week's worth of jostling to get our quest lines and zones back in sync with one another. And money for my mount at 40? Who are you kidding? Even with steady gathering from 1-40 with just that in mind, it took dedicated money-making days to bring in the cash I needed in time (err, relatively in time - I didn't mount up at level 40, that's for sure).

One of patch 2.3's handy-dandy, user-friendly changes was a boost in leveling speed for characters between levels 20 and 60. The XP required per level was reduced by 20 percent, and the amount of XP granted by quests between levels 30 and 60 was increased. Loot in leveling dungeons was improved. Oodles of outdoor elite mobs were changed to non-elites for solo-friendliness.

Fast forward a few months ... Do players like the results? We dropped in on the Ysondre server earlier this week to see what leveling players think about the current state of XP'ing in Azeroth. Read about their XP experience and share your own thoughts on how fast is too fast, after the break.

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WoW InsiderGamers on the Street: The XP experience originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>GhoulardiHammerhockJaidynjoystiqfeaturesSuneeSwayzeXPXP-curveZengaLisa PoissoThu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Today's small raiderhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/gamers-on-the-street-todays-small-raider/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/gamers-on-the-street-todays-small-raider/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/gamers-on-the-street-todays-small-raider/#commentsFiled under: ,


Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

Some days, reader e-mails get more ... well, real than others. Not long after Gamers surveyed players on their New Year's resolutions, we received this e-mail from Drakthog of Moonrunner: "Yeah, I was the jerk who posted (in comments) about the Alliance not being able to chew gum and talk at the same time. I decided to put my money where my mouth is. I'm an officer in <The Pride> of Moonrunner, a casual guild with many members of different backgrounds -- military, civilian, hardcore, casual, old 70s, new 70s, old and young. Should you wish at any time to hop on Horde side and ask a few of my loyal friends and guildmates their point of view on anything, I'll volunteer them to speak to you, at length, on any topic you wish."

Talk about an offer you can't refuse! If you've ever seen Gamots (the Ben Urich of Gamers on the Street) at work on your server, you'll recognize that we'll talk to just about anybody - let alone a whole collection of anybodies with opinions a-plenty. So one night this past weekend, we popped into a chat channel with the members of <The Pride> to hear what they had to say about the state of post-modern raiding.

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WoW InsiderGamers on the Street: Today's small raider originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>karazhanpvpraidingwrath-of-the-lich-kingzul-amanLisa PoissoThu, 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 ESTGamers on the Street: Patch? What patch?http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/10/gamers-on-the-street-patch-what-patch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/10/gamers-on-the-street-patch-what-patch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/10/gamers-on-the-street-patch-what-patch/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Gamers on the Street logs into U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what's going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

If you've ever suspected that official forums posters are the squeaky wheels of the World of Warcraft, you may be right. With all the noise there about various buffs, nerfs and changes in Patch 2.3.2, you'd think that all of Azeroth and the Outland would be in turmoil. But when Gamers on the Street popped in on Doomhammer server yesterday to see what players thought about Patch 2.3.2, player response was considerably underwhelming. Replies from players on this high-population, longstanding server ranged from "What mage changes? I guess I should read the patch notes more often," to "Oh, there was a patch?"

We visited with players both Alliance-side (talkative and opinionated) and Horde-side (Horde, O Horde ... where were you?) to find out what players thought of Patch 2.3.2 specifics. (And much to our disappointment, we didn't run into a single transmute-specced alchemist who'd had a proc since the patch.) Read on for players' thoughts, after the break.

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WoW InsiderGamers on the Street: Patch? What patch? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>doomhammergamers-on-the-streetmagepaladinpatch-2.3.2rogueLisa PoissoThu, 10 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST