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ive not had any ques on zang   i thought BJ or sifl talked to you about the move?

Argus left Whisperwind? Did Letum go too?

May be a question better deserved for a private forum but, what was the reason the Argus guys decided to leave NAG? Queues?

Mostly it came down to the 400+ queue at prime time and the increased instability ushered in by the expansion.  At first it looked like there wasn't enough time to mobilize everyone but, a couple of fairly core people held the rest of the guild over a barrel so to speak and transfered on their own.  Rather than lose these people we up and left, and for the most part is was pretty seamless.  So far Zang has been really nice.  Low competition for quest mobs, very stable and no waiting log ins.  Overall I'd call it a positive move, save missing out on the parade of Wang alts through clanma and tells from groid that he's on the phone

(you know i miss you guys)

Groid, are you still on Whisperwind? I just recruited a couple people from my hall and I may as well roll a new toon with them. If you're still around I'd be happy to play on WW again.

Eww.

I was wondering how long it would take before folks noticed Argus was gone. I noticed on the first day when my friends list suddenly died.

On the plus side theres now a slight power vaccum on WW. Not only Argus but a couple other of the big groups left. Opens chances for others to grow some. Specially in the healing area. I was getting sick and tired of dealing with mercenary priests who would sell you out faster than you could recruit one. Now at least their options are dwindled so they maybe might settle down more rather than play the 1 day/1 week guild hop.

Not sure if or how much this might be related, but just read this over at FS:

» Original World Of Warcraft Being Abandoned By Players?

This News.com story reports that while Blizzard has generated tons of sales for its MMORPG expansion pack World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, the original game is being abandoned by WoW players as they move into the content of the expansion pack. Here is a snip:

For Kelly Wallace, an Atlanta attorney who had been playing with four level-60 characters in the original game, BC is an entirely new experience. "In my opinion, it's really made WoW a very different game for those folks who had been playing at level 60," Wallace said. "It is as if a big reset button was pressed." Wallace said she has had little trouble transitioning to BC, but notes, like Glerum, that the expansion has basically rendered the original game moot. "This is now the game of Warcraft," she said. "There is absolutely zero reason for players to ever go back to (the original game) because the rewards available in (BC) are better and, for the most part, easier to obtain." But she noted that central locations from the original game, like Ironforge, an important city, are now nearly empty.

http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsart … chid=14171

http://news.com.com/Warcraft+A+world+in … =nefd.lede

Speaking of priests, on Zangarmarsh some of the new guilds are being idiots. I got involved with one for a quick quest that harassed me and said I should join their "khazaran" raiding guild and how great they were blah blah blah. Ugh, lots of pushy people.

Deserted is a strong word I think. There are still a decent size population of leveling players, new Draenai characters or just other alts that frequent Ironforge, but the majority of players who were at the level cap now "hang out" in the main hub city in Outland- Shatterath. Blizzard designed it this way however, as Shat has portals to every other major city back in the old world, and you are forced to go back to the old world to train, and use the auction house, since Shat has neither trainers, nor an AH.

I do a lot of instances runs. It isn't like there is a shortage of them.

I'm still only level 63. And I have over 700k rested XP. It's gonna be awesome when I decide to log on one weekend and do 6-7 instance speed runs.