some questions about wotlk , and if should i go icecrown or lordaeron

[souna1000]

I have never played WOTLK before , and much people say its the best expansion , so i decided to try it , and i have the following questions first


1) How balance druids in wotlk ? are they hybrid like mop ? so they can heal alot , and Deal acceptable damage ? how they are in pvp specially ? and pve? , is the pvp balanced ? is there alot of healers in arena which make it boring ? whats the pros and cons of Balance druid ? is resto druid a good healer ?
2) How much time it takes to lvl from 1 to 80 in lordearon ? on icecrown?
3) Why people say pvp on icecrown is better than pvp in lordearon ? iam mainly pvp player
4) How much que times take on icecrown if there is 2k in que ? 2 hours ? i would really like to see the 12k population
5) do you get bored of wotlk after playing it for 1 year ?
6) The que for Raids(raid finder) in wotlk is active ? ppl only que for icc? or they que for naxxramas and others
7) What is bugged in wotlk ?
8) do people do old raids like black temple , Blackwing lair etc... , is the world pvp active ? (raids on stormwind/orgrimmar)
and thanks :)

[Mercy]

1) Yes, Balance Druids are pretty good at being a hybrid (healer & damage). They are really strong DPS and highly desired for PvE, but can encounter some problems in PvP if not teamed with people who can help cover their weaknesses - still strong damage, just not as strong utility in later expansions. The biggest drawback here is that Balance doesn't have its silence ability that it gained in Cata +.
Restoration Druid is very strong all around.
2) Icecrown, from scratch, probably 3-5 days if you put effort into it. Lordaeron, 2-3 weeks, perhaps less if you're really efficient.
3) More people PvPing, mostly. Which ends up benefitting multiple aspects of PvP.
4) Unable to comment at the moment. Perhaps someone else can cover it.
5) No. It took me about 5 years to start getting bored of it, fully quit after 7.
6) Raid Finder does not exist in WotLK. People are spamming global all the time looking for additions to their raids though.
7) Um... there are still a fair number of bugs, but I would comment that 90-95+% of things work really well.
8) Yes, people do that old content for transmog and for twinking. However, most of it isn't very easy in WotLK. There is a fair amount of WPvP. Ganking is pretty big in general. Raids on SW/Org happen with some frequency also.

[souna1000]

1) Yes, Balance Druids are pretty good at being a hybrid (healer & damage). They are really strong DPS and highly desired for PvE, but can encounter some problems in PvP if not teamed with people who can help cover their weaknesses - still strong damage, just not as strong utility in later expansions. The biggest drawback here is that Balance doesn't have its silence ability that it gained in Cata +.
Restoration Druid is very strong all around.
2) Icecrown, from scratch, probably 3-5 days if you put effort into it. Lordaeron, 2-3 weeks, perhaps less if you're really efficient.
3) More people PvPing, mostly. Which ends up benefitting multiple aspects of PvP.
4) Unable to comment at the moment. Perhaps someone else can cover it.
5) No. It took me about 5 years to start getting bored of it, fully quit after 7.
6) Raid Finder does not exist in WotLK. People are spamming global all the time looking for additions to their raids though.
7) Um... there are still a fair number of bugs, but I would comment that 90-95+% of things work really well.
8) Yes, people do that old content for transmog and for twinking. However, most of it isn't very easy in WotLK. There is a fair amount of WPvP. Ganking is pretty big in general. Raids on SW/Org happen with some frequency also.

Thanks for the reply :) i think i will start playing icecrown :) , x7 rates , But iam afraid from queus

[Mercy]

Queues usually only appear during the peak times of day. If you play enough and decide the realm/server is worth donating to; even a minor donation can allow you to skip queues permanently.

[souna1000]

Queues usually only appear during the peak times of day. If you play enough and decide the realm/server is worth donating to; even a minor donation can allow you to skip queues permanently.

Permanently ? how ? i Hear that we should pay 10 euros monthly to skip the queus , or we pay 10 euros once and we skip the queus all life ?

[Mercy]

Well, it is monthly for Lordaeron. But Lordaeron hasn't had a queue in a long while. So it's not really an issue. The queue skipping feature is permanent for all other realms with the minimum one-time donation. And yes, by permanent, I mean for life. Forever.