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ASPCN Thread - New Players Ask Questions Here!
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
Ok- I am making an ASPCN (Azeroth Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Noobs) thread. I have spent some
time this week helping some VERY new players with some very basic stuff, and I actually found it quite fun. I'll
admit I found some of the questions funny, but I think it's because I forgot how little I knew when I started, and
how much I had to be told by other players.
This is a thread for people to ask questions about things that they could probably look up for themselves if they
knew to do that, that should seem obvious, that "everyone" already knows, that are about basic gearing and
game mechanics, etc. Please feel free to ask any question that you want, regardless if people have laughed at
you or flamed you for asking it elsewhere.
IF YOU ARE NEW
This thread will hopefully be a place for you to get basic questions answered, since you may not know the
database very well, and there are some people who are unfriendly to anyone who asks basic questions. But if
you come here, come here to learn. Many new players come to the forums to complain, and that's not what
this thread is for. Some come to ask why other people don't do things for them and give them stuff, and that is
not what this thread is for. This is for people who want to know how to do things for themselves- how to pick
out their own gear, how to do good damage, what 'aggro' is, DPS, Hit Cap, and the like mean, where they can get some mount, or pet or piece of gear they saw, etc. If you want to complain about other players, this is not the
place.
IF YOU ARE A VETERAN
If you're here, please be here to teach. I don't hand gold and free stuff to new players, run them through stuff so they don't have to LFG, bring them on raids undergeared, etc. I wouldn't expect anyone else to either. But for a lot of people a few tips on what items sell and what don't, on what gear is good for their class, on how to prioritize stats- will go a long way towards making them self sufficient. A lot of new players don't have prior MMO experience, or are very young, and so aren't familiar with the concept of looking up how to maximize stats, or learning a game economy. For a lot of players, there is so much that they don't know that reading a guide may not even help if it assumes basic knowledge in one area to explain another. If you take 10 minutes a day, or a couple of times a week, to answer questions in this thread, it will help make the overall
community a more informed place, and might keep the rest of the forum board less cluttered with individual threads about basic questions that will only take 2-3 posts to answer.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS YOU KNOW HOW TO LOOK UP
Um...get out? There's no reason for you to be here- these people will frustrate you and cause you to rage, and then the mods will delete what you wrote and take rep from you, and everyone else will laugh at yourself- induced misfortune. If anything, look at this as keeping all of the questions you don't want to deal with in a single place, where you never have to come see them.
General Resources
The best resource to find out about everything in WoW!
List of guilds on different servers who are set up to teach new players how to do well in the game
Where to quest by level
Interest blogging about being
a new player.
Where to get add-ons
A good place to browse transmog items
Get ALL the pets
Get ALL the mounts
Hunter Pets by model
How to play your class
More about how to play your class, and fight strategies.
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Post by
lonewolfe31705
Great idea Elhonna. WoW needs something like this in game as well IMO. I will gladly keep an eye out on this thread and try to give my constructive $.02 when I am around.
And I have to say, this should be stickied and linked not only in general, but each class thread to make it easier on the rookies out there.
Post by
Rystrave
Can we get a sticky? I know it's just been created, but it will help immensely with the little threads that aren't necessary!
Great idea Elhonna. WoW needs something like this in game as well IMO. I will gladly keep an eye out on this thread and try to give my constructive $.02 when I am around.
Agreed.
Post by
678294
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Post by
hymer
Excellent initiative!
Let's wait with judging on the need for stickying 'till MoP rolls around. I'm sure the site gets a lot more newbie traffic in the months after than the months before.
Post by
hatman555
Going to let this sit for a while before it gets set as a sticky.
If you would like to show your support for it:
Help ElhonnaDS out by being friendly, and answering questions.
Report the
main post
for a sticky request.
I look forward to visiting this thread a lot.
Cheers,
Hat
Post by
Interest
Am I allowed to link my newbie guide as a resource? This seems like a great idea so I might as well add things that might be helpful.
Besides that, I'm gonna be here a lot. Reported for sticky.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
@Interest- Yeah- post the link and I'll put it in the header, too.
Post by
Interest
This
or
this
would be a good starting point to link.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Ah- I thought you meant a wowhead guide. I have no issues linking it, but I would want a moderator to tell me it's ok. I don't want to be reported for advertising :P(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##sas148##DELIM##Go ahead... but no more plugs about it in here Interest, it'll be in the Original Post.
Post by
Interest
Ah- I thought you meant a wowhead guide. I have no issues linking it, but I would want a moderator to tell me it's ok. I don't want to be reported for advertising :P
Nah. I found the blogger interface to be a little easier to use for guide writing. =P(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##sas148##DELIM##You sure it has nothing to do with Adsense? :P
Post by
lonewolfe31705
@ElhonnaDS
It looks like the link to his blog that is in his signature. I was on a secure computer at work so I checked it just to see what it was.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Ok- I added Interest's blog. If you guys can think of other resources, please let me know. I want to make this comprehensive, but don't want to break the rules about advertising. I was thinking Icy-Veins for transmog, Curse.com for add-ons, petopia, warcraft pets and warcraft mounts, etc.
Post by
Interest
You sure it has nothing to do with Adsense? :P
I'm making piss for cash anyways. I'd rather just get the word spread around for the sake of increasing the popularity for the blog for later on.
=P
Edit: Elhonna - add noxxic for class stuff.
Post by
lonewolfe31705
Noxxic, elitistjerks for advanced reference, learn2play, and if you can find it, the websites that show realm population
Post by
322702
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Interest
Can you just put one link to the blog, Elhonna? =)
(OCD triggered. Sorry)(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##sas148##DELIM##Fixed per request.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Ok- I have updated the resource list based on suggestions. I was going to add Elitist Jerks, but I got a Malware warning as soon as I went to the page.
Also, I remember from my brief usage of Elitist Jerks in Wrath that it was usually way out of date- at least for hunters. I found it not very useful.
Post by
lonewolfe31705
Looking good elhonna. Now if we can just get the nooblets in here to ask questions lol
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I imagine that we'll get an influx on Wowhead once MoP starts.
EDIT: I remember when I was a kid, and would have a lemonade sale. I'd get my little table set up all nice with a tablecloth, and my cups, and my pitcher, and my chairs, and my fancy little money box, and then I'd just sit there for 4 hours waiting for someone to notice. That's what's happening right now- lol.
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