P2P20

One of the few things that have been bothering me on F2P is that even though I’ve always had my active P2P accounts over here in the EU, they couldn’t be of any use to my twinks back in the US. I’d have to agree, yes, from one point of view this makes things more intricate and interesting, but then again so many people are already using their P2P benefits to help their twinks, giving you a feeling of unfairness and I’d go as far as to say envy.

For the past couple of weeks though, I finally decided to create a new P2P-20 twink here in the EU for me to go mad on and I have to admit its been extremely pleasing so far!

Originally I was quite concerned because of the way people have been describing the condition of battlegrounds; more hunters, more 24s and even more 24 hunters – but to my surprise, the last week or two have been just fine. The games I’ve had weren’t that different from any other casual games you’d get in the US. Seems like either the people were overreacting or I’m getting used to retarded situations.

Other than the 20-24 bracket, my twinking has been really limited for last year or so, maybe a duel on 39 and a battleground on 19 every once in a while but nothing too serious. I’ve gotten so used to all of the F2P restrictions, taking them as fact and adjusting my gameplay to them, that having the ability to use basic P2P functions on a 20 feels so awkward – sometimes I even forget I can do some things and go about making things hard on myself.

The only problem so far is that I’m tempted to create a 24 twink, like I’ve never been before. Now that the option is so much more feasible, I’m really attracted to the idea. I’ve always disliked having 24 twinks in my games, and thats one of the reasons that might hold me back, but I’ve never been against them, this is the 20-24 bracket anyway. I guess I’ll just think this through for now and post about it later on.

If any of you guys are already playing in the EU or wish to come and join me, feel free to contact me – I always love good company while twinking!

Rogue Macros

I really don’t know how come it’s taken me so long to share these but in any case, these are my rogue-specific PvP macros on Emoclown. I hope they’ll help some of you!

All damage in one: Ambush in stealth, backstab out of stealth and sinister strike on shift-click.

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/cast [nostance,nomodifier] Backstab; [nostance,mod:shift] Sinister Strike; Ambush
/startattack

Shadowstep Macro: Depending on the situation I use the focus shadowstep to escape or reach players.

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/cast [nomodifier] Shadowstep; [modifier:shift,target=focus] Shadowstep

Kick Macro: Kick target on click or focus with shift-click. I prefer focus over mouseover to make a quick combo with shadowstep.

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/cast [nomodifier] Kick; [modifier:shift,target=focus] kick

Mouseover Gouge: Priority on mouseover, otherwise gouge target.

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/cast [target=mouseover, exists, harm] Gouge; Gouge

Poisons Macro: Quick applications

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/use [mod:shift] Instant Poison; Crippling Poison
/use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17

Brewing

Even though the last time I published a blog post was way back in January, there has been an unusually good amount of daily views ever since. Originally I believed that the activity would eventually die off as I shifted my gaming focus from F2P to my neglected P2P accounts and end-game content, but to my surprise they kept coming.

It might be puzzling to some degree but this activity lets you know that people are looking for new interesting content both inside and outside the game. Not only I don’t blame these players but its ultimately one of the reasons I stopped playing intensively myself. With all the heavy restrictions on F2P accounts and the minimal content available at level 20, unless you have an ultimate target you want to achieve, the game quickly gets stale.

Having that in mind and seeing how this zombified place still attracts considerable attention, I’ll be calling up to a couple of more players that would be willing to help, in order to provide new online content and organise interesting in-game events for players to attend. I have already stacked a lot of content for publishing so look forward to the following:

More downloadable content

  • Wallpapers
  • Fan art
  • F2P-focused addons

Galleries

  • User submitted galleries
  • Visual event coverage

Events

  • Recurring monthly events
  • Large scale PvP and recreational events

Unique Ladders

  • Short-term ladders rewarding players that participate in organised events/competitions