WoW: Circle of Trust update 7/20/10

[Zeli]

After a long hiatus, a few CoTers have a renewed interest in WoW. You can join us on the Alliance side of Silver Hand. Active members are currently rerolling characters. If you want to experience the old world for the last time before the great Cataclysm, now's the time to rejoin CoT.

Guild Updates: We have enough activity to not only justify the purchase of a guild bank, but a second tab was added last night. Please feel free to take any items you need, but please use the items you take. Remember CoT is a collaborative effort, so donate when you can and if the bank needs to be cleaned out, please sell what you can on the AH and redeposit the funds.

Initiates are temporarily allowed to invite people while we have Multiplayers joining the guild. I'll get people promoted to proper ranks as soon as I log in. Please do not invite any true Initiates at this time. We still only qualify as temporarily active and it's not fair to add new people who may expect a supportive guild and the guild bank has rather liberal permissions right now to make things easier for our returning members. That being said, friends/bloggers who understand the situation are welcome to join.

To find us, do a /who circle of trust. If you can't find us online when you are on, send me an email and we'll coordinate a time for you to get invited: [e-mail]

Zeli Update: I did get 4 of my characters returned after I was hacked. I've requested another 3 characters to be returned and Blizzard is reviewing the situation. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I have other characters that were deleted but I can live without those. My authenticator is re-applied to my account. Even though I think it's ridiculous to need one, I recommend you get one.

This hack, of course, has disrupted the great RP experiment, but with the renewed interest in WoW, many of us in CoT are still holding to our guild's RP standards: Silver Hand is a roleplaying server. As a guild, CoTers are not strong roleplayers, but we do the best we can to respect the community and continue immersion. Although we do not roleplay in guild-chat, we do attempt to speak in character when interacting with the world around us.

If you need a trial or rez scroll, please let me know.

[Slurm]

Roustabout!

...anyways, I'm still debating on what to roll, but I'll be on in some form tonight for my guild invite.

[tehden]

I'm also able to provide a rez scroll if Zeli runs out. Feel free to direct message tehden on Twitter, or locate me online via the Multiplaying group on Steam. Just need a character name/server, or an email address.

We're having a blast! I'm still getting the hang of remaining "in character" for interactions in world, but it's been great fun.

[Maeve]

I actually resubbed for a month. Went to character creation screen on Silver Hand and lost that enthusiasm again. Methinks I'm all alted out in that game. Nothing seems appealing to me as I've literally played some of every class over the course of the years. We'll see if I can come up with something.

[Zeli]

I'm not trying to convince people. As much as I'd like to play with everyone, remember that it can be a downer to the whole group if someone isn't having a good time. So don't do us a favor. Play if it's fun.

I was just telling Slurms today, we've got the best guild ever, but no game to hold us all.

[Werit]

Awww Alliance? Once Cataclysm comes out I doubt I'll be able to resist rolling a Goblin. I may transfer my 80 Human Warrior over then though.

[tehden]

Jul 20, 2010 11:02:35 GMT -5 Maeve said:

I actually resubbed for a month. Went to character creation screen on Silver Hand and lost that enthusiasm again. Methinks I'm all alted out in that game. Nothing seems appealing to me as I've literally played some of every class over the course of the years. We'll see if I can come up with something.

I've had this exact feeling with MMO's in the past. When people started playing WAR again I had fun for a few weeks. Then one day, I hit the character screen (ok, slightly different than character creation) and I just couldn't do it anymore. I'd made so many alts, ran them through so many tiers, I just couldn't bring myself to hit tier 4 and give up all over again. More recently, EQ2 roped me in with their new Halas content. I resubbed for a month, hit character creation, threw up my arms and wondered what the hell I was doing.

I'm really lucky to be having the newb experience in WoW. It's vastly different from what veterans have told me it was like for them because the game has changed so much. But, it's still that "fresh" feeling.

Don't play if you're going to hate it! You can only repeat the same stuff so much. I really hope that one day I can roll with all you guys in a game that everyone enjoys. *crosses fingers*

As a side note...I really wish there were XP pots so some of these people joining us could progress past the content they've already done at a faster pace. I feel bad that you have to grind through all this stuff for the 10th, 20th time.

[Odie]

Im having fun so far, ive been realm jumping alot lately.

The guild i had my old pally in does raids and is still together on Lightninghoof, so ive been over theregrinding to 80.

I also like my priest on Silverhand...

Lately i sign into Silverhand to see if anyone is on, and if not i head over to Lightninghoof.

If enough people start playing in CoT i will transfer my Pally there.

[Slurm]

I really hope that one day I can roll with all you guys in a game that everyone enjoys.

it'll be a magical thing

Awww Alliance?

Things are so much prettier over here...

[Zeli]

Jul 20, 2010 11:25:03 GMT -5 Werit said:

Awww Alliance? Once Cataclysm comes out I doubt I'll be able to resist rolling a Goblin. I may transfer my 80 Human Warrior over then though.

Just reroll with us until Cataclysm.


muhahaha! by then he'll be hooked on the awesomeness of us all and it'll be too late! omg.. am I still typing.. CRAP!

[Maeve]

For those who are starting a new account (is there anyone? ) the buddy accounts give super fast xp. Plus you get some snazzy rocket mount now. But I don't think that would work out for you once you catch up with the group because then you would outlevel the rest of the group.

If you all were doing end game stuff, I wouldn't find it tempting. But I always enjoyed leveling in WoW. When I went back to WoW last year on the Horde side, I remember saying that CoT could have fun together in any game, even WoW. Like Slurms said, MMOs are always more fun when you are playing with friends, especially crazy friends. When WoW released, I was in a small guild of former Clan Lord players that reminded me very much of CoT (albeit with less drinking). It was tons of fun with that group because they never took anything very seriously either.

Don't worry, I won't bring your party down. It's less about hating the game, more about apathy about a class to play. If I can't find anything I think I want to level, I won't do it. Or just transfer one of my bazillion Alliance alts from Stormrage for instant caught- upness.

[tehden]

Jul 20, 2010 11:47:17 GMT -5 Slurm said:

it'll be a magical thing

I imagine it will be a 3 sided PvP/RvR sandbox MMO in the Star Wars universe with advanced ship and ground combat, announced by a unicorn with a rainbow shooting out of its ass.

[Zeli]

Jul 20, 2010 11:56:08 GMT -5 tehden said:

Jul 20, 2010 11:47:17 GMT -5 Slurm said:

it'll be a magical thing

I imagine it will be a 3 sided PvP/RvR sandbox MMO in the Star Wars universe with advanced ship and ground combat, announced by a unicorn with a rainbow shooting out of its ass.

where...is...the...beta...test...sign...up...for...this?

[Cavallina]

I was planning on re-rolling for Cataclysm. I never re-subscribed and haven't logged in since February.

One of the reasons I stopped playing is because it had become a solo game with pick up groups. The guild I (or we in some cases) was in was not very social and looking back that is what I enjoy from an MMO. Plus the killing dragons and that sort of stuff which goes without saying.

So... you may see my warrior log in some time soon. Since she is already on Silver Hand and level 80 it makes the thought a little more enticing.

[Zeli]

Maeve : it's hard to redo a game with our group. I know people are sick to death of WoW sometimes and in some cases it's just drudgery they do to be with people. On the other hand, sometimes being with those people makes you realize how much fun you can have no matter what you're playing together. So I don't mean to discourage you at all. I always fear being too pushy with this stuff. You already paid for the month. You might as well get in this mix.

Jul 20, 2010 11:46:39 GMT -5 Odie said:

Im having fun so far, ive been realm jumping alot lately.

The guild i had my old pally in does raids and is still together on Lightninghoof, so ive been over theregrinding to 80.

I also like my priest on Silverhand...

Lately i sign into Silverhand to see if anyone is on, and if not i head over to Lightninghoof.

If enough people start playing in CoT i will transfer my Pally there.

pop into vent and see if we're there too. email me a time and I'll do my best to be there to get you an invite.

and woohoo! Cavallina is back!
maybe always means yes.