Yeah, I knew I'd be back...and here I am...again. You poor people! Getting stuck with two posts in the same day...
As the title implies, I took my little warrior into the Stockade in Stormwind. Well, I mean, I had a level 70 hunter friend run me through because I had quests and in three days hadn't been able to find a group to complete them.
At any rate, there we were, in the dungeon...The hunter was doing whatever hunter's do to "tank"...yeah, I know. Hunter tanks...
yeah...
Okay so it's just the two of us. Not even his pet was there. I figured, since I was level 29, I could easily take on one of the mobs in there. Easily. After much begging, he finally obliges and lets me try to take one on.
Here's the bad news. I didn't manage to pull only one of them. I got two of them. Yeah that's a LITTLE tough on an arms warrior with no shield and no healing potions or anything. But rather than tell him I need help (which he might have guessed on his own anyway with my HP plummeting as it was, but I digress), I tried to take them both on.
Well, I got the first one down to about 5% left, and then I got stunned. Yep, I was a goner.
So I release and run back to the instance, deciding maybe I'm not going to try to take any on by myself and I'll just DPS to help ease the boredom. (I'm sure I've mentioned how I hate being run through instances, right?)
So we finish one of the wings, and we're getting ready to head down the other wing. So I run up the stairs and pause to wait for my hunter friend. Well I waited a bit and it seemed like he was afk. I went ahead a little bit to explore.
In a previous post, I had mentioned that I had fixed my keyboard, right? Yeah, I was wrong. I went down the stairs and stopped pressing the forward motion button...but my warrior didn't stop running! *GASP!*
Two more guys on me. Argh! So after a quick struggle with the keyboard, I run toward the hunter. He just stands there. In party chat I say, "HELP!!!!!"
He just stands there. Oh, I see. Teaching me a lesson? I tried to stealth out of combat. It didn't work. I ran around trying to get him to pull the bad guys off of me. Realizing that he must still be afk, I start dashing toward the Instance exit. I didn't make it.
I ran back from the graveyard. I scowled at him.
He blamed lag. *sigh* I had to give up at that point because I had promised my druid for an instance run and didn't have enough time to continue. I went back later and finished the quest...and hit level 30! /CHEER! =)
By the way, I have a feeling this blog will turn more into just a general WoW journal sort of thing. Hopefully I won't bore you all to tears. I try to keep the stories entertaining...
If you'd like to add your own story, email it to me at mydruidrocks@aol.com
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thorns
We all knew I wasn't going to be able to stay away from here for too long. I play WoW too much, so stories are inevitable.
While chatting with my husband the other day, I was reminded of a story that happened a few weeks ago in Gnomer....
Before I begin, I'll let you know that I'm not a fan of being "run through" instances on my alts. I really prefer to run with on level groups. It helps me learn more about the particular toon I'm playing, and I actually feel like I'm contributing as opposed to standing there with my thumb in my bum. That being said, I'm working on leveling a Holy Paladin.
Ha! Noob!
The End.
No no! I'm kidding! The story hasn't even begun! All I did was tell you that I apparently enjoy banging my face into the wall...since leveling a holy paladin is...well a little slow...which is why I plop him into ANY instance he can get his li'l healadin buns into!
Well, I had quests for Gnomeregan. *cringe* Yeah, tell me about it... At any rate, we get into a group. We have a druid DPS, a rogue, some sort of other caster dps (can't recall if it was a mage or a warlock...) and a paladin tank. Well, the Tankadin asked for the druid to cast thorns on him.
Here's what happened:
Tankadin: "Can you cast thorns on me?"
Druid: "Sure."
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "Ok can I have thorns now too?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin stands silently for a moment.
Paladin: "Um, ok...can you cast them on ME this time?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid: "Sorry, hang on"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid lets everyone know that he is low on mana.
Tankadin: "Are you serious right now?"
Druid: "Yeah, I'm oom."
A few LOLs and /giggles have taken place by now...
Tankadin: "Forget the thorns. Just get back into cat form so we can keep going then."
Druid: "But I'm OOM right now..."
Myself and the rogue are now laughing really hard. (Rogue whispers: Dar, is this for real? I'm laughing my ass off over here!" Me: me too! I'm about to pee myself!)
Tankadin: "!!!"
Tankadin takes one look at Druid and covers his face with his palm.
Druid shifts into cat form.
Tankadin: "good god...that was painful ...are we ready to go?"
So, I guess the moral of the story is that you probably need to turn off "Self cast" if you don't really know how to work around it...or stop pressing the ALT key while you're casting...The best part is that out of habit, the Tankadin asked for thorns again after a handful of fights...
Tankadin: "Can I get thorns?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "ffs...nevermind"
Druid cast thorns on Tankadin.
Druid: "WOOT!"
Me: "LMFAO!!! Woot indeed sir! Grats!"
Rogue: "roflmao!"
Caster: "haha wow..."
Tankadin: "lol thanks"
I guess it's a good thing the druid finally figured out how to cast thorns on the tank. The run was pretty smooth otherwise. It was just cracking us all up that every time the tankadin asked for thorns, the druid cast it on himself two or three times before he ended up casting it on the tank. Hilarious. My sides hurt from giggling by the end of the instance. Great fun.
And for once, it wasn't me noobing things up!
Btw, yes, my paladin is a male human. I had to have at least ONE male in my posse, right?
If you'd like to add your own story, email it to me at mydruidrocks@aol.com
While chatting with my husband the other day, I was reminded of a story that happened a few weeks ago in Gnomer....
Before I begin, I'll let you know that I'm not a fan of being "run through" instances on my alts. I really prefer to run with on level groups. It helps me learn more about the particular toon I'm playing, and I actually feel like I'm contributing as opposed to standing there with my thumb in my bum. That being said, I'm working on leveling a Holy Paladin.
Ha! Noob!
The End.
No no! I'm kidding! The story hasn't even begun! All I did was tell you that I apparently enjoy banging my face into the wall...since leveling a holy paladin is...well a little slow...which is why I plop him into ANY instance he can get his li'l healadin buns into!
Well, I had quests for Gnomeregan. *cringe* Yeah, tell me about it... At any rate, we get into a group. We have a druid DPS, a rogue, some sort of other caster dps (can't recall if it was a mage or a warlock...) and a paladin tank. Well, the Tankadin asked for the druid to cast thorns on him.
Here's what happened:
Tankadin: "Can you cast thorns on me?"
Druid: "Sure."
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "Ok can I have thorns now too?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin stands silently for a moment.
Paladin: "Um, ok...can you cast them on ME this time?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid: "Sorry, hang on"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid lets everyone know that he is low on mana.
Tankadin: "Are you serious right now?"
Druid: "Yeah, I'm oom."
A few LOLs and /giggles have taken place by now...
Tankadin: "Forget the thorns. Just get back into cat form so we can keep going then."
Druid: "But I'm OOM right now..."
Myself and the rogue are now laughing really hard. (Rogue whispers: Dar, is this for real? I'm laughing my ass off over here!" Me: me too! I'm about to pee myself!)
Tankadin: "!!!"
Tankadin takes one look at Druid and covers his face with his palm.
Druid shifts into cat form.
Tankadin: "good god...that was painful ...are we ready to go?"
So, I guess the moral of the story is that you probably need to turn off "Self cast" if you don't really know how to work around it...or stop pressing the ALT key while you're casting...The best part is that out of habit, the Tankadin asked for thorns again after a handful of fights...
Tankadin: "Can I get thorns?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "ffs...nevermind"
Druid cast thorns on Tankadin.
Druid: "WOOT!"
Me: "LMFAO!!! Woot indeed sir! Grats!"
Rogue: "roflmao!"
Caster: "haha wow..."
Tankadin: "lol thanks"
I guess it's a good thing the druid finally figured out how to cast thorns on the tank. The run was pretty smooth otherwise. It was just cracking us all up that every time the tankadin asked for thorns, the druid cast it on himself two or three times before he ended up casting it on the tank. Hilarious. My sides hurt from giggling by the end of the instance. Great fun.
And for once, it wasn't me noobing things up!
Btw, yes, my paladin is a male human. I had to have at least ONE male in my posse, right?
If you'd like to add your own story, email it to me at mydruidrocks@aol.com
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Heroic Nexxus: The Great Fall of the Bear
The Setting: Heroic Nexxus- Anomalus's Room
I was told at some point that the Heroic Nexxus was one of the "easier" heroics to start with. When asked if I would tank for the group, I was very happy to do so. I don't recall who was in the group, but I know we had a paladin with us. You'll see why he's the one I remember in a moment.
The instance was going very smoothly. We quickly made our way into the Rift Room, where Anomalus hangs out. I was really excited to get to fight him, as I'd heard the fight was really fun. We took out the rifts, then the trash surrounding them. The first platform seemed easy enough, even though there were two casters and two melee. I was really confident about the whole thing. It seemed easy enough. I wasn't really aware at how narrow the "bridges" were that ran between each of the platforms. Lo and behold- ZOOM! I fell to my death after wandering off of the side of the first bridge. Hmm, well that stinks...I ran back to the instance and we started our conquest again.
On one of the next platforms, I don't remember which one, I was asked by the healer via whisper to pull the mobs back a little, so our casters would have some room to breathe. Hey, no problem. I'm a bear. I can do ANYTHING. So, I gather them up and start backing up. Just as I was about to stop, I realized that there was an issue with my keyboard. Oh no! I couldn't STOP backing up! (The laptop has "personality"...what's a bear to do?)
Again, I was falling the eternal fall to my doom. At least I got to throw in a /train in order to make my death more entertaining. The Retribution Paladin took over and tanked the trash until I could run back to the instance.
The moral of the story is that we can all avoid huge repair costs by being aware of our surroundings. It's called tanking 101. "Environmental Awareness".
By the way, I did end up fixing the keyboard...at least...I think I did.
Lessons learned? Typing /train as you fall to your death is hard to do, but entertaining. Luckily for me, I had a macro for it! (Don't ask why...I have no idea).
Want to contribute? Email me your stories at mydruidrocks@aol.com
I was told at some point that the Heroic Nexxus was one of the "easier" heroics to start with. When asked if I would tank for the group, I was very happy to do so. I don't recall who was in the group, but I know we had a paladin with us. You'll see why he's the one I remember in a moment.
The instance was going very smoothly. We quickly made our way into the Rift Room, where Anomalus hangs out. I was really excited to get to fight him, as I'd heard the fight was really fun. We took out the rifts, then the trash surrounding them. The first platform seemed easy enough, even though there were two casters and two melee. I was really confident about the whole thing. It seemed easy enough. I wasn't really aware at how narrow the "bridges" were that ran between each of the platforms. Lo and behold- ZOOM! I fell to my death after wandering off of the side of the first bridge. Hmm, well that stinks...I ran back to the instance and we started our conquest again.
On one of the next platforms, I don't remember which one, I was asked by the healer via whisper to pull the mobs back a little, so our casters would have some room to breathe. Hey, no problem. I'm a bear. I can do ANYTHING. So, I gather them up and start backing up. Just as I was about to stop, I realized that there was an issue with my keyboard. Oh no! I couldn't STOP backing up! (The laptop has "personality"...what's a bear to do?)
Again, I was falling the eternal fall to my doom. At least I got to throw in a /train in order to make my death more entertaining. The Retribution Paladin took over and tanked the trash until I could run back to the instance.
The moral of the story is that we can all avoid huge repair costs by being aware of our surroundings. It's called tanking 101. "Environmental Awareness".
By the way, I did end up fixing the keyboard...at least...I think I did.
Lessons learned? Typing /train as you fall to your death is hard to do, but entertaining. Luckily for me, I had a macro for it! (Don't ask why...I have no idea).
Want to contribute? Email me your stories at mydruidrocks@aol.com
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Introduction
Ok, I'm aware that the name is pretty weak. I was under pressure. I couldn't quite think of anything else to call it. As lame as the title might be, I'm hoping that this will end up being a pretty entertaining blog about my noobish adventures in Azeroth. I'm hoping other folks contribute also. I think that would just be awesome!
At any rate, if you're here and reading this, it's probably because you're as much of a WoW geek as I am. I am, by no means, one of the "elite" players. I just play to have fun. As much as I'd love to be a hardcore raider who has the absolute best gear in ever gear slot, that's just not something I foresee happening here anytime soon. My present schedule between work and being a mother just doesn't permit me to commit much time to raiding, unfortunately.
Now, even though I don't get to raid, I still like to run heroics on my main and I really enjoy leveling and instancing with my alts. On the "high end" of things, meaning, my main and heroics- I try really hard to just do everything perfectly. I'm a tank. I'm a healer. Hell, sometimes I'm DPS. (Really, really LOUSY DPS, but...it's the thought that counts, right?).
That being said, I still make mistakes. Groups make mistakes. Funny things happen. Funnier things are said in chat, both text and voice chat. That's what this is all about. The mistakes we all make while trying to avoid being called...gasp!...a NOOB!
I'll be posting some stories as soon as I get them written up. In the meantime, I must also continue to play so that I can generate some fun stories for you all.
Thanks for joining me here. I hope you enjoy this blog. Who knows? Maybe you'll like it enough here to contribute...oh right, right...yeah I'm the ONLY one who still makes noobish mistakes right? Pshhh...either way...I hope you enjoy!
Email me at: mydruidrocks@aol.com
At any rate, if you're here and reading this, it's probably because you're as much of a WoW geek as I am. I am, by no means, one of the "elite" players. I just play to have fun. As much as I'd love to be a hardcore raider who has the absolute best gear in ever gear slot, that's just not something I foresee happening here anytime soon. My present schedule between work and being a mother just doesn't permit me to commit much time to raiding, unfortunately.
Now, even though I don't get to raid, I still like to run heroics on my main and I really enjoy leveling and instancing with my alts. On the "high end" of things, meaning, my main and heroics- I try really hard to just do everything perfectly. I'm a tank. I'm a healer. Hell, sometimes I'm DPS. (Really, really LOUSY DPS, but...it's the thought that counts, right?).
That being said, I still make mistakes. Groups make mistakes. Funny things happen. Funnier things are said in chat, both text and voice chat. That's what this is all about. The mistakes we all make while trying to avoid being called...gasp!...a NOOB!
I'll be posting some stories as soon as I get them written up. In the meantime, I must also continue to play so that I can generate some fun stories for you all.
Thanks for joining me here. I hope you enjoy this blog. Who knows? Maybe you'll like it enough here to contribute...oh right, right...yeah I'm the ONLY one who still makes noobish mistakes right? Pshhh...either way...I hope you enjoy!
Email me at: mydruidrocks@aol.com
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