If we need help running a second group, I'll gladly lend a hand.

I think I'm still too low to do this -- I only just hit level 13, and I'm still learning the basic mechanics of the game. Also, I may not bring my laptop home from work tonight, and Luna doesn't want the game installed on the home computer.

I definitely would be interested in this sometime in the near future, though.

Thanks Tundra!

I'm playing a Draenei hunter, and I've started specializing him as a beast master (and I have done the quests to get my pet). I guess the armory hasn't updated on him yet, since the link in my sig still shows a message that he isn't level 10 yet.

I am completely new, though -- I literally turned the game on for the first time on Monday, and I've never played an MMO before (although I am a big RPG player, so many of the core concepts of the game are not foreign to me). Assuming I do bring my laptop home, where would I need to go to get the necessary quests to join you?

Currently I just arrived on Bloodmist Isle and I have a flight path back to the Draenei capital on Azuremist Isle. I did take the boat over to the Night elf starting island to play with Danjo on his trial account a bit on Monday night and I talked to the flight master at the capital there, but the flight masters on the Bloodmist and Azuremist isle didn't offer me the ability to fly there when I talked to them last night. I'm not sure if that is normal, or if I did something wrong, but whatever.

Also, by server time do you mean central? I'm on pacific, so 8 PM CST/ 6 PM PST might be a bit early for me to swing, since I have dinner plans this evening. Again, though, even if I don't make it tonight I would love to join in sometime soon.

I've already been blessed by the guild with a full set of 12 slot bags and some starting cash, so I should be okay on that front.

As for the Deadmines and Westfall, I'll see if I can't find some good maps online somewhere when I take a break today so that I know where I'm going beforehand, and so that I know where to look for the quests.

Also, I just realized that today is January 2, not January 3, so it should be a little easier for me to make the scheduling work. I still can't say for certain if I can make it or not, but it will give me time to think of a way to convince Luna (my wife Lunabean, that is, not Lunazul) that this isn't going to be the start of a serious addiction.

zero - definitely try to get a portal to Stormwind from a mage; there are 3 quests there, btw, and a couple you get in Westfall.

Just go to Darnassus and pay a mage 1g to port you. Happy to help walk you through that and the pre-req quests tonight sometime, or I'm sure someone else will if we don't hook up.

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Zero, even though you'll miss some quests, you'll still gain plenty of XP and very good loot. Most instances drop loot for characters several levels below. I highly recommend you go! However, don't feel rushed through the game. Play at your pace, and if you're not ready to run an instance yet, don't worry!

Bah, last minute changes of plans require I bow out of this one. I'll catch the next train.

I had Malor's toon (I can't remember all these WoW names!) run me through VanCleefe the other night, and it was my first view of an instance. I didn't really participate (except for pulling a couple of adds... and having my pet on aggressive... oops!), but there was a lot of money, and cool drops for my level and yours, Zero. I can't wait to go in with a few people around the appropriate level (20-22?) and actually start to learn how to play a role in an instance!

Oh, also, is there anyone else in the guild who is new right now?

I had been given a full set of 12 slot bags earlier this week, but last night I was given two 16 slotters, so now I would like to pass on the pair of extra 12s to another new player. If there isn't anyone at the moment I'll just throw them in the bank and pass them along when someone else does show up, but if anyone needs them now they are up for grabs.

Go ahead and use them for extra bank space until you need bigger ones, then either pass them directly to a new toon or toss them into the Guild Bank and we'll send them on once someone needs them.

zero - there are tons of people who have characters that are below level 30 or so; tons of alts, for one thing.

When I first started, I threw up a thread asking about a Deadmines run and got a bunch of responses: Veloreyn (on hiatus), Copingsaw, Vilius, and Cinster (welcome back!!!). We were all "on level" for the instance, and had a great time.

One thing to think about in terms of grabbing and completing all the quests is that it's quite normal to do the dungeon more than once; maybe try it for the first time with Grinders, then post a thread advertising for a run at a specific day and time; you might find a full group of people in the appropriate level range. It's important to get practice working in groups, for sure.

And let me just throw in an "attaboy" for Grinders, who though relatively new to us has taken it upon himself to give back like this. Your service and selflesness are a model for us all, brother!

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Kolbo- Look forward to running with you.

Fed- Thanks. But you're making me look good... stop that. Certainly, not the reason I'm doing these. Just looking to give a little back.

I've got a priest alt currently at 29, advancing when I get some time for him. If you're ever looking for a healer for an at-level run, let me know and I'd be happy to join if I'm the right level. I want to try to spend more time healing with him than I did tanking with Kamyndra while leveling, although I seem to be catching on well anyway.

Update on the Lowbie- We had 3 players, Zerokfe, Klobben, and Kirwinn. Things went well. Kind of ran parts of it as a training session. Warrior tanked, hunter used pet, priest healed. I cleaned up when needed. Went through standard loot rules. Needed, greeded and chatted it up on vent. Got some quests done, too. I know we got 1 level and should have a second with the quest turn ins. It was a good time and hopefully helpful from a learning standpoint. Showed them the bosses and talked a bit about them and what they do. Hopefully, they will have a good basis to becoming good GWJers, which I'm sure they will.

Yeah, good times except for when I could not get my mic to work. First time for me running Deadmines. After the instance run, Zero and I went ahead and picked up the rest of the quests we need for one more run into Deadmines.

I have a 68 Horde character on another server and as I was telling the group last night, I feel lost sometimes on the alliance side having never played one. Same goes for having never played a priest. It is a good thing though, because it is a new and different enough experience from playing my Horde Druid all those months ago, that I am enjoying it. Eight months off and changing sides has made the game fresh enough to enjoy.

Plus, it is good to have some other lowbies to level up with as we work to join the GWJ Alliance 70s.