So, when I logged into one of said toons that I'd last parked at the Lion's Pride Inn, I actually got a whisper directed at me.
In Retail, by default if you get a whisper it pops up in a separate Chat Tab, so I didn't notice it at first while I waited for my PC to catch up with all the toons in the immediate area.* But when I did, I got an existential sense of dread. After all, the last time this happened I got some pretty explicit queries**, but I figured I ought to at least look at what was said.
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| That was... normal. |
It was unusual in that it was an actual normal whisper. So I replied:
I think the person misunderstood that I actually was parked there due to quest turn-ins, but it could be worse.
At least somebody was looking out for the lowbies on Moon Guard...
*I've discovered that it takes about 5 seconds or so for all the toons in an area to appear on my screen when I've logged into Retail. I get the impression that the engine is polling the server for everyone in the area, and that it's not exactly a very swift response. My current internet connection is 600/600 mb, so there's plenty of bandwidth for items as simple as that, so I suspect the engine for this is a wee bit unoptimized, especially since Classic WoW does not have those problems.
**No, not the ones I actually posted here on the blog. The ones not published here were a wee bit more direct and rated "M for Mature".
EtA: Added an extra "*" to clarify a statement about toons appearing after a login.



Wow! I have read about that area of Goldshire, but never personally experienced it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, funny how that ties into your Mass Effect comment. I wonder if you could get rich by buying the localization rights to an Asian erotic dating sim/ shooter that runs on a potato :-)
Yeah, I've seen things in that place. Kurn of Kurn's Corner once told me I was a braver person than her in going to Goldshire on Moon Guard, but I also remember Vidyala posting about how she missed the server as that was where she began playing WoW. (Aha! Found it! Here it is!)
DeleteSo I figured it can't be that bad, and in general Vid is right. The ERP crowd does tend to congregate in a few places, and once you set your boundaries, you'll be okay. But still, I don't think I can look at transmog exactly the same way EVER again.