Quote Originally Posted by 'Otlecs',index.php?page=Thread&postID=204811#post2 04811
Congratulations on all the good things happening in your life at the moment

2. I believe it was Sunken Temple, with the boss who spawned unlimited skeletons has been nerfed. You no longer recieve exp for the skeleton kills, correct? (bummer).
Correct. in the broader sense, Multiboxing is as good as it ever was and just as much fun. Actually having a tank makes all the difference in Northrend instances, although as you can see from other posts here, many are possible without.

If you don't manage to keep up with what's going on through regularly reading this site, I'd actually hold off on trying to get all up-to-speed with the changes until you've got the rig and connection sorted and you're right on the edge of launching into it.

You will have no problem getting a decent internet connection in Berlin. In Frankfurt, I have a 20Mb (yes, twenty) connection using Unity Media and haven't had a single problem with them in over 3 years of subscribing (*touches wood*). I've no idea if they serve Berlin, but your girlfriend will be able to find out for you.

She should also be able to find you a good source of cheaper hardware components.

Be really careful if you're planning to build your PC in the USA and then ship it over.

Unless you can get a Transfer of Residence exception (which you won't unless you have a permanent residency visa for Germany) you could well be hit with import duties that will outweigh the benefits of having gotten the components cheaper in the first place!!

I've bought quite a few components from amazon.de. They seem to use *alot* of "marketplace" type vendors on there, so you end up making direct contact with some sources worth keeping hold of, most of whom speak English.

By the time you've been round that loop a couple of times, you might well find that you're not that much worse off than buying in the US (depending on your negotiating skills).

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You'll also have no problem finding English language editions of Windows and US layout keyboards over here.
This is why I love this community. So many helpful and friendly members!

Thanks for your response. I wrote a nice long reply, but lost it (TWICE!!!!!!!!!) due to being logged out for timeout from the boards. You should NOT lose your post when clicking the back button. BLAST!

That being said, let me try for a third time.

I am currently using Alice DSL. The speed is not bad, its the uptime and consistency thats a problem. During what I think are peak times, and sometimes random times, I get anywhere from a few to ALOT of disconnects. Usually lasting only 30 seconds or so, but I get logged out of the game. This totally wreaks havoc on my gaming experience and has been VERY frustrating.

I know if I call support I will have alot of trouble finding someone who can speak english and help me, they will then tell me everything is fine on their end and that it is something wrong with my computer (even though im 99.999% sure it is an issue with the connection/lines/routers on their end, AND they will charge me for the call which will probably end up taking an hour or two and in the end I will have no solution.

Therefor I am thinking it might just make sense to switch ISPs. After all Alice is like the cheapest there is.

Also I have learned about the import tax Hence the reason I am hoping to plan building the PC while on vacation in the US. But we will see if it all works out. I will in the mean time keep an eye on Amazon.de prices as you suggest.

PS - Now all I need is to convince Blizzard to allow US -> EU and EU -> US character transfers This is the only major obstacle to my master plan of woworld domination.