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Dec 1, 2011, 2:16 pm
Dear Blizzard,
This please.
Thanks Nibs.
It would be ever so interesting to participate in the action rather than have it simply show up as an off-screen event. (HEY, several years have passed since Deathwing broke out and we didn’t even notice). Hey, I said please… Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2011, 1:38 am
I make this look good. You know.. for a female goblin shaman wearing a sex and race changing wizard hat of days gone by. Booyaka!
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Nov 3, 2011, 12:33 am
I know I havn’t played horde-side long.. and I may be mistaken.. but trolls look different when you’re alliance-side.
Just sayin’ Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2011, 4:04 pm
I guess it’s a little bit sad to say that nearly a year after Cataclysm launch I’ve finally played a goblin enough to -almost- get out of the goblin specific area. Color me surprised.
Last night my little goblin dinged 21. She’s running around Azshara and it feels like she still has a little... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2011, 7:10 pm
I -knew- it reminded me of something.
Orko.. He-mans side-kick. This is humiliating.
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Mar 2, 2011, 11:59 pm
It was totally worth the mindless grind of not doing PVP in a PVP zone to get it. Totally.
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Mar 1, 2011, 4:21 pm
Blizzard Peon: Sir..
Ghostcrawler: Yes, what is it? You’re interrupting my lunch {Sips gin}
Blizzard Peon: Sir.. the plebs have noticed that the Succubus does the best damage.. and Sir.. they’re all summoning her.
Ghostcrawler: What?? All of them? What about Demonology they have that.. big g... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2011, 2:30 pm
Go visit Ask Mr Robot.
I don’t suggest -blindly- following it’s suggestions.. but I am happy and all glowy with it’s recommendations. Thanks Elk and Ful.
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Feb 27, 2011, 2:49 am
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It’s a whole new expansion.. and I finally have a UI I like. This is a deeply modified version of TukUI with a bunch of addons sprinkled on top. TukUI was pretty good out of the box.. and if I wasn’t a chronic UI fiddler I probably would have stuck with th... Comment - Like
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Feb 25, 2011, 12:56 am
I spy with my little eye.. something .. off.
Note the “killable” cinderbloom.
Sneaky little flagged hordie.
Just goes to show, you should never kill plants! Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2011, 4:43 pm
Shadowflame Ok.. so a while back they gave me -this-. I’ve successfully ignored it.. for a long time. I mean gimme a break.. it’s cast in melee range.. blegh. BUT TPTB (mostly EJ) say that casting it as part of your rotation will increase your damage output. Sokay. So I spent a little time ... Comment - Like
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Feb 10, 2011, 12:41 am
…and just like that it changes…. again.
I guess I know better.. it being patch day and all.. but on Tuesday EJ Affliction thread said Imp was the best bet with a spiffy talent spec and specific glyphs.
Then, like -that- it changed and today it’s back to saying the Succy is now the best pet w... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2011, 5:19 pm
Last night as I was cooking dinner (Ground beef and barley stew)(It was yummy) my fiancé informed me that our raiding group’s main tank has decided to leave the game. There were a lot of different things that fed into his decision.. but there it is.
I really like the tank that’s leaving.. and... Comment - Like
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Jan 31, 2011, 6:43 pm
In Deadmines on the fight with Ripsnarl.. where you have to quickly kill off the ghosts while the boss runs in and out of view.. how do you handle it?
I ran into a keyboard-throwing incident over the weekend where I was in a group with a shadow priest and the two of us were struggling to get enough... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2011, 1:42 pm
Gems call to me mightily. My inner OCD REALLY wants to match the socket to get the bonus. It’s like winning a little mini-game. BUT my inner mathematician knows that sometimes (most of the time) it’s better to say “Damn the Torpedoes” and just jam a red gem in everything. Sokay. Here’s... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2011, 1:41 am
Engulfing Magic + Full Row of dots.. + 3x Shadow Embrace + Boss below 25% + Drain Soul
Twice
I grinned from ear to ear.
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Jan 21, 2011, 1:12 pm
Last night while cooking dinner (stuffed red peppers**) I had a good chat with my fiancé about Tol Barad. Alliance on my server hasn’t held TB once this week and we’re both itching to get the raid done and anxious that it’ll flip when we can’t do the raid.
The problem is that we as the at... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2011, 2:00 pm
I’ve finally posted my cheatsheet for Throne of Tides.
Now I know if you’re breezing through that instance it will be old news.. but I wanted to mention one boss in particular, Mindbender.. the headsucker boss. I’ve been through Throne of Tides quite a few times.. and most of the time we ge... Comment - Like
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Jan 19, 2011, 4:11 pm
Bursty classes (Rogues and hunters I’m looking at you) who pipe up in Vent with “Hardie har, looket, that last 5 second long fight I hit 38k damage” .. you can all just die in a fire.
It’s cold comfort to know that I’ll probably kick your ass in the boss fight.. but SERIOUSLY stop linking... Comment - Like
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Jan 19, 2011, 12:11 pm
I should not have to log out of the game to update the armory to see if I have any little red exclamation points telling me I missed a gem or an enchant. That should be built into the game UI.
If I have reforged an item then the reforged stat should be in a different color than “regular” stats... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 3:34 pm
Random the first: I finally noticed that my guild got high enough (and I got enough rep with it) to buy the BoA cloaks. This is now added to my BoA gear set. I have a nice clothie set that I pass around (weapon, chest, shoulders, trinket 1, trinket 2, cloak) . Currently I’m sharing it between m... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 2:17 pm
I know we’re on the eve of a new patch.. and everything will change.. again.. but I wanted to get my notes down.
This is only concerning spell orders. Spec, Glyphs, pet choice, stats, gemming, enchanting and consumables are covered in my Affliction Cheatsheet (which I’m in the process of upd... Comment - Like
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Jan 14, 2011, 2:27 pm
Last night my raid group downed our first raid boss of Cataclysm. Individually some of us -had- already downed the boss in Tol Barad.. but to be honest that hardly feels like a “real” raid boss.
Anyway, last night we finally downed Halfus Wyrmbreaker in Bastions of Twilight.
There’s a lot... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2011, 3:03 pm
I’m fairly clueless about PVP.. but I like doing the TB Raid. Unfortunately we’re on a Horde dominated server.. and the Horde seems to hold TB 80% of the time. So I’m checking in.. what am I supposed to be doing? Am I doing it wrong?
What I’m doing now: Zone into Tol Barad(normally atta... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 pm
Fel flame is an instant cast which does some damage and will add 6 seconds onto the duration of your unstable Affliction. (Idly: I wonder how that’s effected by haste.. and by added dots as a result of haste)
Unstable Affliction has a 1.5 second cast time (assuming unglyphed) so the cast time is ... Comment - Like
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Jan 11, 2011, 8:18 pm
I’m trying to be grown up about this.** I said I wouldn’t panic until the full patch notes were published. Well.. they’re published.. and I’m kinda pulling a full /sadface.
Things that make me have a sadface:
– Fel Armor now increases the warlock’s maximum mana by 10% instead of re... Comment - Like
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Jan 11, 2011, 1:15 pm
I suppose choice is good… but it’s no secret that I really love my felpuppy.
In BC we ran with our succubus because that’s what you did.
In Wrath we finally got our puppy back.
At 4.01 we were encouraged to go back to our succubus for the increased DPS. I fumed.. but I did it.
At 85 initi... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2011, 7:58 pm
Dark Intent
– Can only be cast in a party (which makes it very hard to setup power auras and to test with).
– Gives you and your target each 3% haste.
– When you (or the linked target) gets a dot/hot crit the other person gets 3% increased dot damage/healing which lasts for 7 seconds and... Comment - Like
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Jan 9, 2011, 11:23 am
Yes. I started a shaman. About 2 days before Easter. And occasionally I’d think to myself, “I should play my shaman”..and I’d choose her in the login screen.
“Aww.. bunny ears.. those are so cute.” Then I’d log in..
Oh.. yeah.. she’s a cute widdle purple bunny who lays cutey... Comment - Like
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Jan 8, 2011, 12:57 pm
Could-a Should-a Would-a. Hindsight is 20-20.
Having finished with most of my faction leveling.. I can now say that the order in which I Championed Factions was utterly and totally wrong.
I need:
Hyjal – Revered
Tol Barad – Exalted
Therazane – Exalted
Wildhammer – Exalted
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Jan 7, 2011, 6:22 pm
[First posted on Sept 1, 2009.. I ran across it, it made me laugh, so I'm reposting it]
On Twitter, Adam Holisky (a writer for Wow.com) wondered: Why do Warlocks hate Mages, and Mages hate Warlocks? You’d think they’d want to have each others babies.
Mages and Warlocks hate each other because:... Comment - Like
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Jan 7, 2011, 10:03 am
Once upon a time.. a long long time ago I played Myst. It was a strategy game. you solved puzzles to solve the game. I don’t think I ever finished it.. I lost interest. BUT I distinctly remember this one part where I’m wandering around the island.. and there’s trees and it’s bright and s... Comment - Like
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Jan 7, 2011, 1:25 am
We’re in our first raid and everytime we wipe I eat my food like a good little raider. I’m currently eating Severed Sagefish Head and everytime I sit to eat I gleefuly sing in my head:
FISH HEADS
FISH HEADS
ROLY POLY
FISH HEADS
FISH HEADS
eat them up, yum!
In the morning laughing happy fi... Comment - Like
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Jan 6, 2011, 7:19 pm
Tol Barad, those bastards, have my trinket. Not only that, they won’t give it to me until I do a LOT of their dirty work. I’m covered in spider gunk, up to my ears in fish and have splinters from all the lumber. I’ve cleared out restless infantry, unhappy villagers and crazed guards. I eve... Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 2:13 pm
Today seems to be the day to noodle about warlock macros..
Check out Fulguralis and Cynwise. I wanted to follow the crowd.. but realize my macros are a home.. and I am not.. So instead..
I made a How-to for Argaloth. He’s not terribly hard.. just don’t stand in stuff.
Assuming your group ... Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 12:25 pm
I think of all the armor slots I hate trinkets the most. It’s because it’s hard to compare “occasionally hits target with shadowy damage” vs “summons a minion to fight at your side” vs “very very occasionally gives you god-like int.. but then is on cooldown for the rest of the fight... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2011, 4:05 pm
I hate it. I’m glad it’s changing… but I can’t sit on my thumbs waiting for it to change.
*sigh*
Ok. Soul Fire is a long cast fire spell (4 seconds unless you spec into Emberstorm. Then you can bring it down to 2 second cast) that has no business in my shadowy dotty rotation. Regardle... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2011, 2:42 pm
No WoW content here. Sorry. Today is a day for belly-button gazing
I’m starting my fifth year of writing this blog. I had a bit of a rough spot last year. The combination of too many committments, Life and in-game stresses made everything less fun. I took a while off (July-September) and fra... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2011, 6:19 pm
Pandemic causes your Bane and Curse spells to behave as if you have 50% haste (50% haste reduces GCD for casters down to 1 second).
Assuming that Haste and Pandemic don’t stack (ie you can’t bring your GCD below 1 second) that would imply that the second point in Pandemic becomes less important... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2011, 1:24 pm
Somethings are just too good not to share
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas (or holiday of your choosing) and a Happy New Year. I was a horrible sloth and spent way too much time WoWing over the holiday.
On my vacation I:
– completed the Loremaster of Cataclysm
– completed my first Cat... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2010, 5:18 am
I’ve been an adventurer for a while.. 85 seasons.. and in all that time I’ve been asked to do some pretty despicable things.. I tortured a man.. I (accidentally) killed puppies.. heck, I’m not even ashamed to say it.. I’ve dug through poop (a few times) at the request of a quest giver.. but ... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2010, 2:19 pm
I accidentally ran my first heroic last night. Well started to anyway.
I logged in, started my dailies and popped into the Daily Dungeon queue (Hit “I”, Choose “join”, close screen). Eventually it popped and I ended up in Halls of Origination. Everything went swimmingly for a while until... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 5:23 pm
* * * * SPOILERS!! FLEE NOW!!! * * * *
Once upon a time.. in BC we ran (over and over and over again) the instance Tempest Keep: Arcatraz. The Arcatraz is a Na’aru prison ship built to hold “the most dangerous beings in existence” which it seems the Na’aru have gathered from across the gal... Comment - Like
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Dec 21, 2010, 6:09 pm
I haven’t actually started running heroics yet in Cataclysm.. so this is more of a thought exercise.
Work with me here.. think back WAY BACK to the beginning of Wrath. Back when (ever so briefly) the heroics were hard. Not all of them mind you.. but some of them were tricksy. I can remember ... Comment - Like
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Dec 21, 2010, 2:21 pm
HI all,
I haven’t done many of the dungeons yet.. and I’m still 1 point away from being able to do heroics.. but for the dungeons I have done I’ve compiled a cheat sheet.
Comments welcomed.
The Vortex Pinnacle
Halls of Origination NOTE: the asshats I ended up with skipped most of the bosses... Comment - Like
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Dec 20, 2010, 7:26 pm
Sign up for Daily Random Regular (I’m 3 points short of heroics right now)
Teleport to Uldum and complete the one lonely daily quest. It almost feels not worth it.. but a daily is a daily.. and it does build needed reputation.
Hearth back to Stormwind.
Teleport to Deepholm and then teleport to... Comment - Like
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Dec 19, 2010, 2:15 am
So mounts changed. I noticed that even my “slow” land mounts are suddenly able to get as fast as my fastest land mount.. AND since I’d finished the “Long Strange Trip” all my flying mounts are at 310%.
This gives us an interesting opportunity. I finally get to run around on whatever mou... Comment - Like
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Dec 18, 2010, 2:40 pm
Due to .. unusual events.. I ended up playing through to 85 last night. I dinged on the last quest in Uldum. Now, back to the “endgame”.
Reputations to grind, normals to do, gear to buy. Fun Fun Fun. Comment - Like
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Dec 17, 2010, 2:06 pm
I finished Deepholm and (as instructed by the breadcrumbs) moved on to Uldum. I’m disappointed to have to report that the Random Dungeon queue can pop for you WHILE you’re watching a long cut scene.. so I’m not 100% certain what happened in the cut scene as you enter Uldum. I was afraid that... Comment - Like
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