Cho'gall - The Nightmare Server

Neurottica defends Stormwind!

2009-09-14T19:12:00.000-04:00

Apparently, the Horde were attacking Stormwind the other day (shock, I know), and our defenses were low (another shock). I happened to be in Stormwind on a shopping trip and realized that only one person could save Stormwind from the smelly Crcs, flea-bitten Tauren and hermaphrodite Blood-Elves; me!

So, on my way out I stopped by the action and cleaned up. Here's a screenie:

The cowards decided to kill my Imp first. It looks like the Horde that him didnt have a good idea about how much damage it would take, since he hit him for 1668 but the Imp only had about 23 health. Thanks a lot, tough guy!

Anyways, I punched this undead mage so hard she dropped her staff, put her hands on her mouth and went running back to the Horde dentist. Good riddance ya' toothless boob! Man, I'll be unstoppable when I hit level 20.

My Warlock Trainer is a Creeper

2009-09-12T15:56:00.000-04:00

So some time after hitting level 10 I decided it was time to get my Voidwalker pet. I dont know why since I usually roll with my Imp out (by that I mean my pet Imp. freaks). Anyhoots, I have a quest that takes me to Stormwind to visit master warlock trainer Gakin the Darkbinder. Fair enough, he seems like a knowledgeable, seasoned Warlock.

And he is. He will show you the ways of the Voidwalker. How to summon one, what to do, and how you can use it to vanquish the smelly Horde with all his decades of immense wisdom. You just have to do one thing for him; kill the young broad he's been stalking because she didnt want anything to do with his wrinkled ass.

"Whatever you say, oh grandmaster pedobear!" I exclaimed as I dutifully went off to retrieve a necklace from her that the perve wanted back. Well, I got it, and the Voidwalker, so now it's off to more adventures.

The Nice Horde Gave Me A Wand!

2009-09-11T10:08:00.001-04:00

So I hit level 10 and was frustrated that I still didnt have a stinkin' wand yet. You know, a nice Lesser Magic Wand that even a half-blind, one legged Troll rolling a gimped Discipline Priest could afford? Anyway, we dont have things like that in our auction house. In fact, the last time I checked we had three wands for sale ranging from level 27 to 50. Also, my enchanting level is way to low to make one yet. I suppose I could have begged a guildie to make me one but wheres the story in that?

So, I decided to try out my new auction house relay team (AHRT) and see if I could bring a wand back from that cesspool of a Horde homeland they call Orgrimarr. Since I already had a spy planted in the Orgrimarr auction house, it was a simple of matter of subtle espionage in trying to acquire a shiny new wand. (note - I altered my name to protect my spies identity)

[Alliance Spy]: begging for a [Lesser Magic Wand] for my main. I swear I'm not an Alliance spy. Why would you even think that. PST

The bait was set. Now it was time to see if an unsuspecting Horde would answer the call. Sure enough a Horde took the bait a few seconds later.

[Alynis] whispers: [Lesser Magic Wand]
To [Alynis]: I need on for my new warlock. I got nothing but gratitude
[Alynis] whispers: lol are you lvl 5

Uh oh, I think he suspects a trap. Time to lay on the espionage skills

To [Alynis]: no this is just my gold mule. its for my warlock
To [Alynis]: at the bank near the AH

Sometime while I was waiting, a Troll that smelled like wet feet and halibut asked me to sign his guild charter. Not wanting to blow my cover, I signed it for him. I also needed him to get away from me. Stink!

Anyhoots, a minute later my prey arrived with a brand new wand.

It smells funny, but I got the goods. Now to get it to my relay in one piece. Once again, my crazy spy training took over as I made my way through a sea of stinky death and destruction.

Smooth as butter. They bought it hook, line, and sinker. You can tell from their response.

Mission accomplished! AHRT worked like a champ and I'm now the proud owner of a new magic wand, that I have almost out leveled. But hey, it's all mine.

I learned quite a bit about the Horde opposition during my stay with them. For one, they need to bathe more. For two, they have an ingrained hatred of the Alliance and are willing to help each other out in order to destroy us. It's a common bond of brotherhood forged by hatred. Weird, I know.

The Auction House Relay Team is in place!

2009-09-11T10:08:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I was telling you all about my plan to use a second account to try and buy and sell goods on the Horde auction house. Last night, I formed the Auction House Relay Team (AHRT) and put them into play. Here's a picture of the ~~scrubs~~ team in place!

(note - my Alliance auction house mule is not pictured. And don't mind the Alliance relay guy in Booty Bay crying; I told him that Booty Bay was Alliance controlled. Apparently it's not. He doesn't have to be a baby about it though)

I'm still working on getting some more silver on the Horde side so I can start trading, but I did manage to check out the Horde economy a little bit and while it's not great by most server standards, they have stuff in their auction house (like weapons, mats, and armor) that can easily be transferred across the black market and end up in the Alliance auction house. You Jim Cramer types can get a sense of where I'm going here, but it does raise some gold making possibilities.

The Making of The Gold

2009-09-10T12:20:00.000-04:00

I'm going to throw out a gold making idea if you're dirtbag poor like me.

The easiest things to do is what people in the guild are recommending; create a DeathKnight and get some gold. I agree, that's the most time effective method to getting starter gold for your main (assuming the DK is an alt). But what if you cannot make a DK, or if you're like me, too slow to follow your own advice?

Well in theory, you should be able to make some gold on the auction house. For example, linen cloth is listed at 1 gold per stack. Once you get into your teens you should be able to farm linen at a steady clip. This is great but I have a concern.

Who the hell is going to buy it?

Since it looks like 'The Resistance' is going to be a large part of the Alliance economy, we may just be selling things back to ourselves, if they sell at all.

The Solution?

Sell it to the Horde. That's right, I'm willing to bet those smelly things will by our junk at a premium. I wont know for sure until I log in with my second account and check their economy, but I'm willing to bet I can put my stuff up on the shared Auction House, sell it to my Horde alt on a different account for a copper or two, then resell it back on the Horde market at full price. They wont know, they're COWS! All they have are orcs that sit around and chew on their toe nails all day, so it's not like they have some undead version of Timothy Geitner running the numbers over there.

I'll update more on this later.

I met the president!

2009-09-10T11:46:00.000-04:00

That's right, I met the Alliance President of Cho'gall! You know whose awesome? Me! He seemed like a nice fellow, and put down his drowning beer of sorrows long enough to welcome us to the cavity search that is Cho'gall.

I later found him curled up in a ball under the crazy cat lady in Elywnn. We're gonna win!

The Resistance

2009-09-10T11:37:00.000-04:00

I wanted to make a quick post about the guild I'm in, 'The Resistance'. First off my class is, by nature, one that curses and fears (A Female), but I only have good things to say about my new guild so far. Everyone seems upbeat, cheery, and wants to help. I'm not sure at this point if everyone is aware of the beating they will receive once they hit a contested area, but that's not a concern right now (I made the mistake of going to the north end of Duskwood and saw 2 Alliance getting beat up by 6 horde. Well only one was getting beat up, they were using the other as a club).

Anyways, 'The Resistance' has a lot of initial members. A-lot. Here's a capture of last nights roster. (Keep in mind I'm only showing who is online. I think there's about 300 members now)

(I was four! So young and stupid then. Good times)

It will be interesting to see who stays and who goes. But the point is to have a good time and get beat up by the Horde, so onward and upward!

The first night - so far, so good! (because I'm not in a PVP zone yet)

2009-09-10T11:07:00.000-04:00

Well I poofed my Auction House lackey into Stormwind before my arrival to Northshire Abbey. I needed to see how bad the economy was. I'm a big World of Warcraft economy buff and I had a hard time believing the stories I've heard about the Alliance. How bad could it be? Well first I checked to make sure I could get a level 5 wand. They're very important for us awesome Warlocks. Hmm, no wands. Ok for the hell of it, lets take a look at all the weapons on the server:

Wow, 54 weapons total. For everybody. It's like starting on a brand new server, definitely BYOGY (bring your own gear, yo). No problem, I plan on leveling up Tailoring and Enchanting so maybe I'll putz around with that for a while. Now lets take a look at cloth item level 58 to 80:

Woo woo! 3 items! This is gonna be awesome! Well now that the Auction House mule is parked it's time to poof into Northshire Abbey.

Hey thats me! and that jerk guard who butted into my picture.

Anyhoots I started my leveling journey and in a few minutes got into a nice guild called 'The Resistance'. Nice people so far. Life on this server hasnt beaten them down yet like most of the Alliance here so there's a positive attitude in the air. We're gonna win!

Welcome to Hell

2009-09-10T10:35:00.001-04:00

First, some haiku:

Cho'gall, what the heck
Horde set up shop in Stormwind
Orcs sleep in Auction House

Hello!
My name is Neurottica and for reasons I dont yet understand I decided to start playing on the Cho'gall server as an Alliance Warlock. Sounds pretty unremarkable doesnt it? Well, here are some fun facts.

The Horde outnumber Alliance 12 to 1
You will usually find less then 60 weapons (total) for sale on the Auction House
a stack of Wool Cloth lists for 9.99 gold
The main Alliance guild apparently fled in a fit of rage

Somehow, through the World of Warcraft forums, it got to be known that the server is extremely imbalanced so a bunch of courageous folks decided to make the journey en masse to the Alliance side. Why? Because we're heroes dammit, not a bunch of smelly Horde.

I hope you enjoy reading my journals as much as I enjoyed making them.