Ctrl Alt Wow - World Of Warcraft Podcast

The show's subject was prompted by an email from a listener on how to deal with guild drama. What we've been doing. Ardrion, Level 28 was attempting to complete some quests in 1k Needle but ends up dying too much, so he brings in Aprillian. Used Auntrillia to go to Winterspring and Moonglade to get enchant recipes for Veyle Speaking of Veyle, she's my level 37 Rogue and for the first time in a long time, I played her. And I solved a problem that had been plaguing me. How to get her lockpicking skills up. I had done the boxes on the boat in Ratchet and the ones in Stonealon Mountains, but looking for them took time. Then I heard all this talk about picking pockets and it wasn't until Rilfire took Veyle to RFD and she started pickpocketing the Quillboar there and getting a bunch of worn lockboxes, that it all clicked. Ashayo's two characters Hiide, a hunter, and Jekle, a druid have dinged 40 this week. Email no. 1 Hey Aprillian and Glanthur, I was wondering if in your next podcast you could talk about

What we've been doing Auntrillia in Outland Rilfire in WC with Relaq - Relaq is now unrested and tried to take her to SFK to level. I now think this is the wrong aproach Veyle made some Green Iron Hauberek - blue chest mail - I need money for all of my characters. Sometimes you go for the loot and the levelling and of course the fun, but then sometimes you just need gold to train. With many alts, sometimes resources are plentiful and sometimes you find yourself a little short. As we've said before, there are so many ways to play this game. Arlaerus on his Mount Remodeling, what fun. I have to admit to being a little lax when putting up the show. The show takes about 5 to 7 hours of time outside of the game. Once the podcast is recorded, I am anxious to get it up and going. But now that this has been brought to my attention, I will try to put a little more effort into the processing part. I listened to this episode and did what I could to adjust the volume, I hope it is better. Glanthur and I discuss what we

What We've been doing:   Aprillian and Server downtime - Earthern Ring was down for 48 hour maintenance. Drove me crazy. I have alts on 4 other servers, but none that mean as much as the ones I have on Earthern Ring. So I made a resolution, I'm not going to put all of my eggs in one basket. Aprillian levelled herbalism so she can get flower for Treshel. Glanthur: I've been working on Arlaerus. He's half-way through level 38. Once I hit level 40, I'll put him on hold and level up some of my other alts for a bit (see "Alt Advice" below). With the 48 hours of down-time and preparations for a major life event coming up, WoW has (unfortunately) taken a little bit of a back burner. I'll soon be back in the saddle, so to speak.     Email - None so far   Dual Boxing w/Ashayo (2 episodes) - it got cut off, so we have a corrected version and a new version. Alt Advice - Visit alts: You can get caught up with one alt. But if you are a true altaholic, you will want to keep all your alt connections fresh. This mea

What We've Been Doing.... Arlaerus: I found a nice bit of writing in the game. As a BE, I had to help an undead NPC create a "new plague" and one of my quests was to test this plague on a human's dog, Stanley, in Hillsbrad Foothills. Well, as I was questing with my Draenei, Arlaerus, one of the Alliance NPCs said that his friend in Hillsbrad had to recently put down his dog Stanley because it "grew to an enormous size and attacked anyone who came near". Hehehehe. Yeah, sorry 'bout that - my bad. Just shows how in-depth this game is. Arlaerus is Level 36 now. Almost to 40. I also have maxed out the number of alts I can have on Earthen Ring. =( Made a new alt - Troll Warrior named Zuule. Aprillian Auntrillia hits 60 - I don't think I made a big deal out of it last week, but this is the first level 60 character I've ever had. It just dawned on me that this would have been the level cap back in early January. Iwari is back in Crushbridge Hold - it was suggested she could go mine mithril in Tanaris. When I sa

What Aprillian has been doing: Twinking Pri - Networking helped, (guildies, internet) reworking my characters for alliance selling because of mail changes. Putting alliance at Neutral AH and Alliance in Exador on same account. This way, anytime I want something from alliance AH, I can now get it at once. Ally on Exador buys it, sends it to Ally in Booty Bay, who then puts it on neutral AH and my Horde Toon in Booty Bay can buy it and send it instantly to anyone on that account or in an hour to another toon. Consider putting a toon on all accounts in Booty Bay but would take up too many valuable Alt Slots. What Glanthur has been doing: Leveling Morion and Arlaerus. Morion has a felhunter now! Not as sexy as the Succubus, but could be a lot of fun? I'm sad about warlocks getting nerfed in the next patch, but I do see the potential of them being really overpowered at higher levels. I'd love to see protection-based paladins have more skills to make them a little bit stronger with their single weapon. I've

What we've been doing.... Aprillian * Twinking out my twink Pri, level 14 Rogue Orc. o Running her through Deadmines + With Aprillian, level 32 Warlock (for soulstones and summons) + With Rilfire, level 50 Hunter, to clear mobs Stop your whining Battlegrounds - the truth behind AV and AB. Twinks are they really bad...? misconceptions - Complaining about the AH and that they didn't want to buy a recipe on AH, they wanted to know where to get the drop. AH is overpriced. But then the same person complained that his stuff wasn't selling on the AH. We got a good review on iTunes! and an email from Auho Hey guys I was listening to your latest podcast and I just wanted to mention another way to find resources about World of Warcraft. There is a mod called Lightheaded which takes the comments from wowhead and lets you read them in game from your quest log. (Here is the link http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7017-LightHeaded.html ). Thank you for doing such a fun show keep up the good work. Auho

One thing about WoW, it does require some thought. It's not a button masher. The choices you make affect your game play. There are many levels of playing What we've been doing: Aprillian Twink Fever Pri Orc Rogue - why orc - I like the look of one of the faces and the pigtails Got her to 6 in Durator and then ran her to UC and then Silvermoon to complete levelling, I like Silvermoon. AH FTW - Looking for Twink gear across realms running around having fun Warlock Quests Treshel took Aprillian into Desolace along with a friends two lower level alts Treshel didn't fight or group, just there as a safety net New Monitor Baybee! Mods for Alts Character Viewer - let's you see what's in your alts on the same account inventory Revisit Last week Why do we love instances so much Quests Phat Loots EXP Concentrated bunches of mobs Lore/Storyline Adrenaline rush Podcasts mentioned the show. The Instance - http://theinstance.net World of Theorycraft - http://www.wcradio.com/feeds/WoT.xml P

What We've Been Doing Aprillian Leveling crafts - there's something almost hypnotic about it. I keep thinking of that game that was played on ST TNG, the one Riker brought back from Risa that rewarded the player when they got a ball in a hole. Treshel is leveling alchemy Rilfire is leveling LW - She got to Thrallmar Getting caught up on making a particular item. Veyle, the BS, is basically a tool Ran lots of instances BFD SFK RFK Did a silly thing. After doing all the quest we had Glanthur - Haven't been playing my Alliance alts at all. I'm thinking about moving over Arlaerus and Glanthur to Earthen Ring so I can be on the same server. BEs are mean and nasty - very bitter. But, oh so pretty and I love the game art surrounding them. - Currently level 23, and have a succubus (coolest minion ever!) - Feel good about Horde now. I like double-dipping - Not too sure if enchanting is all it's cracked up to be. I'm guessing it only really pays off at the highest levels. Game play Auntrill

What we did this week Auntrillia went to Stralholme and ninja's a ring (by accident) Morion is almost level 14 - how I like Horde and BE's so far.... - Stop and Smell the Roses (or harvest them if you're an herbalist) Best places to hang that are mob free Is fishing all it's cracked up to be? - In-Jokes - Alliance vs. Horde Starting Area Favorites - Stupid Things Overheard - Most of the episode could be about play styles... PVP vs PVE? Email: Hi Aprillian, Love the podcast. I've been playing for 1.5 years now and I think I'm getting burned out with the game. I have several 70s on each faction and only log on to play them once in a while. I'm not sure how long you've been playing so my question is why do you still play? What keeps the game interesting for you? If you've only been playing for a few months then the game is fairly new. I've noticed that your highest character is 59 or 60 so you still have a ton of content to explore and experience. My problem is that once I hit 70 (several times now) I

Meet Glanthur - Plays a lot of Alliance and hopefully will bring an insight into the podcasts. We just talked freely, with no set struction. Email Hi Aprillian, I just wanted to quickly send you a screenshot of the talbard I won for your contest. Have you ever seen a better dressed/looking dead guy!!! LOL Thanks much, Karbiziz We got a good feel of speaking together. I look forward to doing more podcasts with Glanthur. Please tell us what you think about our new combo. ctrlaltwow@gmail.com Glanthur@gmail.com

Mini Goals Got Auntrillia to 58 and she's gone through the Dark Portal. It was very exciting. I didn't know how to get there, I felt stupid asking because everyone seeemed to know. For those that don't know, you can fly to Swamp of Sorrows, either from Undercity or Camp Gromgol into Stonard, then go south into the Blasted Land and follow the road all the way down until it splits, take the right hand fork. After you go a little bit further, you will hear and see the thunder and lightening from the Dark Portal. Grab the quest from the guy with the gold exclamation point over his head and then charge through. What else has been going on. Disparity between alts and how to deal with it. Remembering the different exp you gain when leveling characters of different level. But it's worth it for: Completing Quests Gaining Rep Email Thanks Kurt, you brought up some nice subjects to discuss. I rambled on more than usual. I hope it's a good 'cast.

What's been going on: Multiboxing Galore - Triple boxed Wailing Cavern with Ashayo dual boxing. Me on Treshel, Aprillian and Ardrion; Ashayo on Jenkle and Hiide Obsessed with Cooking Levelling up Treshel to 300 and Rilfire to 333. Making choices on whether to keep cooking the items I could make and might not get skill points or passing objects on to Treshel Auntrillia doing silly Crater quests just for fun and buffs. Crystals Bloodpetal Pods to get healing pots Morrowgrain to get weird potions and rep with Thunder Bluff Does she really want a Kodo? At least it will be relatively inexpensive. Contest and emails Two really good submissions Austin over 40 minutes have past this is the end of this pod-cast i love making alts, what can i say so to all of you, i bid you GOOD DAY. Closing with a gnome cheer, I substitued a Troll cheer Ron who plays a character named Karbiziz "Of all the podcasts I've ever done....this..was the most recent" I've actually decided to go w

Grinding Rep and Helping alts and silly transfers. Closing tag contest extended 1 more week. Silly things I did this week Transfer an alt from one account to another just to see if the Netherwelp from the Collector's Edition would transfer.  It did Log into my toons on the Baelgun server and take everything of value from most characters and put everything on Sherrinna the Level 14 Priest so I can transfer her to ER.  Great things I did this week Make it to Winterspring on my level 56 Hunter Auntrillia Grinding Rep is time consuming. To explain Grinding Rep - Some quests require you to "make nice" with a certain group.  For instance I needed to get to Winterspring.  The only way to get to Winterspring is through a tunnel that is full of Timbermaw Furbolgs but if I kill of a bunch of their enemies, Deadwood and Winterfall Furbolgs they will like me and eventually I can at least run through their tunnels without them killing me.  But there's another quest I need to actually be able to talk to these

Anyone At All? Children’s Week WoW as a social place Groups – Run throughs vs even groups New Conbination – Warrior/Priest for Dual Boxing DuckieBank Shattrath City – Enchanter and JC trainer Email from: Hi my characters name is Lilthis i am a 66 warrior on the Lothar server. I want to say how much I love your podcast, I currently have 4 different alts I play as more than banks, and I too am running around on all of them gathering for their professions. I just wanted to say thanks for the dragonhawk hatchling tip, even now I am still using it to sell them for around 4g each thanks again and good luck with your alts. New Skype Number - ctrlaltwow – Answering machine set up, give us a call.

Intro I was out sick. UAE operation. http://www.ask4ufe.com/ Transfers • Aprillian on Baelgan transferred to ER o Want to work on getting one alt to 70, loving ER and AIE • Money to Lethon o had to level one alt up to 10 first o There’s a limit on how much you can transfer o Got ganked a few times heading to the Neutral AH in Booty Bay Other news: • My husband got me a Burning Crusade Collector’s Edition o So I upgraded one of my accounts and received a new Burning Crusade upgrade key • I opened a pack of TCG cards and got a Lando Loot card (http://ude.com/loot) Contest! • Prizes: o BC Upgrade Key o Aforementioned Loot Card • Create a closing line, either some kind of sound bit or something I can read. New Skype Number - ctrlaltwow – Answering machine set up, give us a call. What’s Going On Went to ZF with both Treshel and Auntrillia • Had too much fun, it was a challenge • Treshel got [Jang'thraze the Protector][Gahz'rilla Fang] Afterwards Treshel took her new dagger and sword Auntrillia and Morrowgrai

What’s Going On Made a couple of changes in my gameplay • Did some AB o Went on Vent it was fantastic to use the Vent servers while playing AB. Typical Day for me • Get up and get my husband’s coffee. • (more to be added later) Emails Email #1 I am known as Groffsnog of the Frostwolf clan. First off I love your podcast it is fun to hear about the many members of your war party (alts). Email #2 Hello again. I emailed you about younger player and I wanted to say thankyou for telling me your opinion. Snip... Also, I have started my first blood elf alt, she is a hunter and I was wondering if you had seen any cool-looking beasts in the blood elf areas that would make an ace pet? I am kind of obsessed with pets. still loving your podcasts, http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/ Closing Thoughts: I hope you enjoyed my day in WoW. I would love to hear about yours. Alt tip, you can shift click on a person’s name to find out information about that person. Children’s Day is coming, keep a look out. http://warc

What’s Going On • Before we head into the meat of the podcast, I’d like to address some comments about last week’s Special Video Presentation o Sorry about the sound quality, didn’t realize the battle sounds were so loud o I use an Iogear KVM switch that allows me to move back and forth between the two computers using ctrl ctrl o Combinations best suited for dual boxing • In the video Warlock and Hunter, the Warlock places DOT’s (I kept calling them buffs in the video) and the hunter can autoshoot. • Any suggestions for other combinations?   Alt Tips Retuning Alts I spent the weekend retuning my alts. • You shouldn’t feel locked into a profession for life, especially with alts. Once an alt is in the upper 30’s or 40’s, the skills they have might not be as useful, or you might have another alt who can do the job just as well if not better. o Treshel was a miner, but I had transferred in Iwari and she was around the same level in mining. I was hardly using Treshel to mine. I wanted to use Treshel to farm the

What’s Going On I’ve decided to restructure Ctrl Alt WoW. There will now be just four sections: What’s going on Tips for playing with Alts Email Closing Thoughts I think Alt Round up will be mentioned in each section. I am doing this because I find myself holding back on something an alt did in the ohther sections and then skipping over it in Alt Round Up as I go down the long list. Created 2 characters on Lethon, a PvP server. · I’ve joined Randy Deluxe’s Guild –“Phat Loot Fishers” Also tried my hand at PvP PvE makes me feel powerful and strong PvP makes me feel stupid What I did this week Visited Shattrah – Found out in guild chat that you can get a port there with a mage. I logged on to Rilfire on the Baelgun server and did a /who 70 mage search and whispered a few mages. At first I was whispering mages in Shattrath. Then I realized I needed to find a mage near me. I found one in Undercity who was willing to port me for 1 g. Then I logged on with Aprillian on the Baelgun and had the same mage port me t

What’s Going On My husband and I had dinner with another couple on Friday Night. I had spent all day Friday on WoW and I was rather excited about the fun things I had done. I mentioned something that happened in the game. To my surprise, the woman of the couple had never heard of WoW and after trying to explain it, she called Online games a “complete waste of time”. What I did this week Embracing RP WoW News Tinfoil Hats – possible April’s fool joke http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/items/tinfoilhat.xml Cloth Schematic: Tinfoil Hat Binds when picked up Requires Engineering (375) Use: Teaches you how to make a Tinfoil Hat Tinfoil Hat Binds when equipped Head 10 Armor -10 Intellect +10 Spirit Durability: 5/5 Requires Level 10 Equip: Hides the wearer's profile from the Armory. Equip: Allows the wearer to see "the truth." May lead to an incontrollable urge to share "the truth" with others. Use: Grants the wearer immunity to all forms of mind control for the next 10 sec...or does it? "On behalf of the I

What’s Going On Talk about Guilds First Guild – Everyone rushing to 60 soon fell behind – first taste of drama Second Guild – One day logged on and it didn’t exist – felt homeless and confused • Regrouped, got stronger, felt good • One day we got a message everyone was joining another guild o Felt betrayed o Decided to make a guild of one – Enjoyed it, especially with dual boxing Then came The Instance Podcast Invitation, decided to try it out. Found out what it’s like to be in a really good guild Immersed completely in alea iacta est Did what a good guild member should do, followed the instructions for the guild. This involves downloading and installing specific Add ons. These included: • http://www.rpgoutfitter.com/GuildProfiler/ • http://www.rpgoutfitter.com/CharacterProfiler/ • GEM – Guild Event Manager Being a Good Guild Member takes work and dedication. The transition from being a Guild of one to one of 1000 is amazaing. Read the forums for both what’s coming up and what’s going on. It’s also a