joshs

You can access a merchant with an endless supply of elfroot well before you finish the quest to get them to help with the blight. 
 
I forget the exact name, but its on the Brecilian Forest Outskirts, a little elf camp. The merchant there (House looking icon on the minimap) sells unlimited elfroot. You can then go to another merchant and purchase an endless supply of flasks, and then some merchants (I've seen human and dwarf merchants both like this) sell endless supplies of ...the agent with a blue icon.. for regular life poutices. (Totally forgot what it was. I just bought 700 of them and never have to worry about it again)

" @Galbrezu:  Am using Windows 7 Ultimate x64 "

I haven't been keeping up with the Unable to connect to database threads on the toolset forum. Also, the search function on that entire forum is terrible. If you haven't already, go through those threads and if they don't help, post a reply and see if anyone there can help. There are many more toolset users there than here at GB.

" Also lets be honest any pc gamer who isn't going to buy but still wants to try it will just pirate it it got leaked an hour ago all over the internet ppl are pirating this thing to the max its leecher galore lol so really i think majority of pc gamers wont miss to much because i don't know if its true but rumors say game can be exploited with hamachi to play online so its just gonna be spore all over again pirated like crazy. "

" @JoshS: 
Well, The Matrix Online had been active since early 2005. There was time for people to get really, really into it as an MMO, which was the original point of Not Like This, looking in on how the hardcore fans who still remained felt about the game being shut down. Warhammer Online, on the other hand, came out last year. In all likelihood if they announce they're going to pull the plug, people will just give up, and the place will be even deader than MxO was. "

I never played more than a trial. At the time of release, I was playing WoW very rarely because I was busy with school and work. By the time I had time, a new dungeon had released in WoW so I got sucked into that. I enjoyed the trial a great deal even though it was very empty (player wise) everywhere I went. Maybe I picked a bad server or something..no idea.  I might check it out after finals now that I can login whenever.  
 
Not that it will help the game stay alive..but at least I can speak about the game itself more intelligently.

To be clear, I don't hope the game shuts down. I just hope GB covers it like they did the Matrix when it does happen. (WHEN)

I only hope!

Warhammer Online is now offering an endless trial ( http://www.warhammeronline.com/faq/index.php?section=11#ans11_0 to see what that means) 
 
Not looking good for this game at all.

" Considering no one I know is getting it for PC, and there's no such thing as "joining a server and getting involved with that specific group" anymore, there's no reason to buy it. Some people need to realize that it's more than just lag to some people. I don't really like playing with people I've never seen before, especially when one of them might be under 12. "