Quick post, just because I'm very irritated and just want to explain for anyone who actually reads this and comments:
Thanks to really childish comments by someone who thinks he needs to compensate for his tiny penis by being a complete a$$hole with his comments here...
I'm moderating comments now. So, it'll take a bit before comments get posted. Sorry.
You can thank the ever-so-wonderful "Anonymous" for this decision.
I do this to relax. I enjoy writing. I'm not doing this to attract an audience or attention. I love that there are a few friends who visit and show support. Thank you. But I'm most certainly NOT doing this to attract ignorance.
The saddest part is that I have a pretty solid idea who it is. I've never done anything to hurt this person, and I can't even begin to understand why they'd go out of their way to hurt me.
I really enjoy sharing my experiences. It's an amazing feeling to log in and see a comment someone has left after reading one of my posts- unless it's just pure ignorance like some of the comments I've had to deal with here. Please don't let the comment moderation deter you from posting your comments. I'll log in daily to approve them. I really appreciate the support I've gotten from the few friends who stop by from time to time to see me at LBT.
Please continue posting your comments. I look forward to them very much!
With a heavy heart,
LBT
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Douchebaggery
Just about 1 year ago, I stumbled across probably the best source of druid information I'd ever seen. An entire community made for druids, by druids. You could find the answer to just about any question you could come up with at the grove. All aspects of the druid were covered here. Boombirdies, Trees, Bears, Kitties...we all found a home here and a friendly group of people that, over time, became a sort of family.
It was through the grove that I met some really amazing druids. The encouragement, support, and ultimately friendship that came out of the grove and the druids I met there has been something I've really cherished as I mature as a druid.
But recently, something terrible happened. Some low-life hacked the grove- and as I understand it- deleted EVERYTHING there...
I fail to comprehend why people have to be such assholes. So, a community of players in this game came together to create a sense of community and offer a place to turn for help. We've built friendships here, and someone has to come in and exercise extreme douchebaggery? Seriously?
What the hell kind of jerkoff does something like that? You've got nothing better to do? Is your mother's basement SO dull that all you can think of to do all day is ways to be a f*cking douchebag? Seriously. And what gain do you get from hacking into a site like our grove? None.
I know you "non-wowers" don't get it. And honestly, this isn't so much about the loss of a forum or an inability, now, to communicate with the friends I've made along the way. This is just an instance of complete and utter stupidity mixed with pointless mallice... There's nothing to be gained from hacking this site. Nothing.
People feel entitled to be pests...just because...and that's one of the biggest pet peeves I have. If you want to be stupid, be stupid in such a way that it doesn't affect people who have never harmed you. Like..I don't know...go smack your face into a brick wall for awhile...just leave the rest of us alone.
As an old warlock friend used to say..."Kaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a bitch!!!!!!!!!"
I fail to understand why people have to be such douchebags. I guess I'll never get it.
At any rate, anyone from the forum reading- just let me know how I can help...The email address is listed here, or leave a comment letting me now how I can help.
Quick update...I posted here on the EQ site so that we can hook up and work on rebuilding our grove.
...and maybe mauling the bastard that did it...I'd like to give that a go. =)
It was through the grove that I met some really amazing druids. The encouragement, support, and ultimately friendship that came out of the grove and the druids I met there has been something I've really cherished as I mature as a druid.
But recently, something terrible happened. Some low-life hacked the grove- and as I understand it- deleted EVERYTHING there...
I fail to comprehend why people have to be such assholes. So, a community of players in this game came together to create a sense of community and offer a place to turn for help. We've built friendships here, and someone has to come in and exercise extreme douchebaggery? Seriously?
What the hell kind of jerkoff does something like that? You've got nothing better to do? Is your mother's basement SO dull that all you can think of to do all day is ways to be a f*cking douchebag? Seriously. And what gain do you get from hacking into a site like our grove? None.
I know you "non-wowers" don't get it. And honestly, this isn't so much about the loss of a forum or an inability, now, to communicate with the friends I've made along the way. This is just an instance of complete and utter stupidity mixed with pointless mallice... There's nothing to be gained from hacking this site. Nothing.
People feel entitled to be pests...just because...and that's one of the biggest pet peeves I have. If you want to be stupid, be stupid in such a way that it doesn't affect people who have never harmed you. Like..I don't know...go smack your face into a brick wall for awhile...just leave the rest of us alone.
As an old warlock friend used to say..."Kaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a bitch!!!!!!!!!"
I fail to understand why people have to be such douchebags. I guess I'll never get it.
At any rate, anyone from the forum reading- just let me know how I can help...The email address is listed here, or leave a comment letting me now how I can help.
Quick update...I posted here on the EQ site so that we can hook up and work on rebuilding our grove.
...and maybe mauling the bastard that did it...I'd like to give that a go. =)
Bronze Flavored Victory!
So, it's weird how things happen. We spent 15 or so hours in Naxxramas (10), took down all of the bosses and literally zero feral leather dropped. I picked up a dagger called Anarchy and as cool as that is, it really doesn't upgrade my tanking set. Not bad for kitty dps I suppose, but I so rarely dps that it's not entirely worth hanging onto. I also picked up some cloth leg armor for my healing set, but I think my Earthgiving legs have slightly better stats. I was seriously starting to wonder what I had done to upset the loot gods. Regardless of drops, I was having fun. So it wasn't a huge issue. I'd rather enjoy the game and actually raid than to whine about no drops and take my druid out of the game.
Having said that, Heroic: Culling of Stratholme was the daily dungeon yesterday. I've gone through "timed runs" to catch the boss that drops the drake a BUNCH of times and there's always some strange thing that happens that causes us not to beat the timer. Up until last night, I'd not even SEEN the Infinite Corruptor. I went in with my dearest resto druid friend, two guild hunters (who, btw, can lay down some SERIOUS dps), and a DK we picked up.
I know this sounds bad, but I'm so used to not making it to the Infinite Corruptor, that I really wasn't expecting this group to be able to get there. Not because the group was bad, but because I tend to be HORRIBLE luck for groups trying to complete the timed run. Just a lot of strange things have happened, preventing my groups from getting the timed run achievement.
One time, I was with an amazing group of guildies and we were making amazing time...then we hit an enormous lag spike and wiped. The healer had gotten DC'd, and we all froze in place. It was awful. There's just no way to recover from that. On yet another amazing run where we were powering through everything and making excellent time, Arthas glitched. We talked to him to get him to run to town hall, and he just stood there. We ran back to start him again, but by the time he got to us we only had 6 minutes to get through town hall and run the gauntlet to get to the Infinite Corruptor. Needless to say, we didn't make it. On yet another run, I ended up getting out of LoS of the healer on one of the scourge spawns on the second wave and he couldn't keep me up. I mean, obviously there are times when it's the group. I once healed for a timed run, and the warrior we were with just kept pulling aggro CONSTANTLY. I couldn't keep the warrior (dps) plus the tank going through the gauntlet and we ended up missing the timed run because I had to stop to rez the warrior a few times.
I mean, there's a million different reasons why I hadn't seen this Infinite Corruptor. I knew the group I was with last night would have no problems doing it. We had more than enough DPS, the healer is amazing, I just didn't have a bunch of faith in my own abilities. And quite frankly, I just assumed I was bad luck.
But lo and behold, friends, we made the timed run. We blasted the Infinite Corruptor with almost 4 minutes to spare. I was so excited to FINALLY get to see this boss...I had completely forgotten that he drops an amazing prize. When it popped up at the bottom of my screen, I was pretty excited!
Then came the moment of truth...The rolls...
Hunter1 has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Restodruid has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Deathknight has selected Need for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Hunter2 has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
You have selected Need for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Need roll - 15 for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake] by Deathknight.
Need roll - 71 for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake] by Dessybear.
You have won: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
You receive loot: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
I nearly fainted. Normally if I need roll on something, I usually roll a 1 or a 2. I was so excited and sort of awe-struck that I misse the whole guild saying "Grats" about the Culling of Time achievement.
The resto druid and one of the hunters posted in guild that I'd won the drake...I was in a state of stupor almost but thanked everyone. Whispered my eternal and infinite gratitude to the guild hunters and resto druid who'd just made that possible. They also taught me the best strategy to do it. So now I can run guided tours with friends who want the drake also. It'll be pretty cool.
We easily downed Mal'Ganis after that and moved on to final rolls. We didn't roll greed in box because the Death Knight was an enchanter, so he disenchanted the boss drops. I passed on them...but the rolls were hilarious. The highest roll for shards I think was a 5, maybe it was 15. But two folks rolled a 1, the next highest roll was a 2. It was awesome and had us all giggling at the end of the run.
Oh, and by the way...this is one of only TWO mounts that I possess that Balzeem doesn't have yet. I have this now, and the Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber. Yes, that was an EPIC rep grind. I'm not one who will just kill everything in sight and screw other people, so it took longer for me than it probably would for most folks. I also got my Timbermaw Hold rep to exalted by doing the Winterspring Frostsaber trainer rep. Two birds with one stone. Can't go wrong with that, ever!
I also managed to get my hands on yet ANOTHER sexy little toy last night. I figured since it seemed I was on a streak of good luck, I'd try again for the ever elusive (and often ninja'd) Staff of Trickery. So, I grabbed a group for Heroic: Violet Hold, and sure enough, it dropped. In group was a hunter (who was geared beyond needing this staff), another hunter (who didn't really want it), a death knight (who couldn't use it), my paper towel priest (who couldn't use it) and myself. Ah yes, strategic group member selection, no?
At any rate, it was a solid group. We burned through and sure enough, the staff dropped. I was the only one rolling on it, so I now have a nicer staff than the blue junk I had been dragging around with me.
What an awesome night for my little bear, hmm? A new ride. A new weapon. Maybe the staff isn't the best in slot, but you know, it's an upgrade, so I'm satisfied.
<== A pic of my new staff (no, that is not my druid)
Having said that, Heroic: Culling of Stratholme was the daily dungeon yesterday. I've gone through "timed runs" to catch the boss that drops the drake a BUNCH of times and there's always some strange thing that happens that causes us not to beat the timer. Up until last night, I'd not even SEEN the Infinite Corruptor. I went in with my dearest resto druid friend, two guild hunters (who, btw, can lay down some SERIOUS dps), and a DK we picked up.
I know this sounds bad, but I'm so used to not making it to the Infinite Corruptor, that I really wasn't expecting this group to be able to get there. Not because the group was bad, but because I tend to be HORRIBLE luck for groups trying to complete the timed run. Just a lot of strange things have happened, preventing my groups from getting the timed run achievement.
One time, I was with an amazing group of guildies and we were making amazing time...then we hit an enormous lag spike and wiped. The healer had gotten DC'd, and we all froze in place. It was awful. There's just no way to recover from that. On yet another amazing run where we were powering through everything and making excellent time, Arthas glitched. We talked to him to get him to run to town hall, and he just stood there. We ran back to start him again, but by the time he got to us we only had 6 minutes to get through town hall and run the gauntlet to get to the Infinite Corruptor. Needless to say, we didn't make it. On yet another run, I ended up getting out of LoS of the healer on one of the scourge spawns on the second wave and he couldn't keep me up. I mean, obviously there are times when it's the group. I once healed for a timed run, and the warrior we were with just kept pulling aggro CONSTANTLY. I couldn't keep the warrior (dps) plus the tank going through the gauntlet and we ended up missing the timed run because I had to stop to rez the warrior a few times.
I mean, there's a million different reasons why I hadn't seen this Infinite Corruptor. I knew the group I was with last night would have no problems doing it. We had more than enough DPS, the healer is amazing, I just didn't have a bunch of faith in my own abilities. And quite frankly, I just assumed I was bad luck.
But lo and behold, friends, we made the timed run. We blasted the Infinite Corruptor with almost 4 minutes to spare. I was so excited to FINALLY get to see this boss...I had completely forgotten that he drops an amazing prize. When it popped up at the bottom of my screen, I was pretty excited!
Then came the moment of truth...The rolls...
Hunter1 has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Restodruid has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Deathknight has selected Need for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Hunter2 has passed on: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
You have selected Need for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
Need roll - 15 for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake] by Deathknight.
Need roll - 71 for: [Reins of the Bronze Drake] by Dessybear.
You have won: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
You receive loot: [Reins of the Bronze Drake].
I nearly fainted. Normally if I need roll on something, I usually roll a 1 or a 2. I was so excited and sort of awe-struck that I misse the whole guild saying "Grats" about the Culling of Time achievement.
The resto druid and one of the hunters posted in guild that I'd won the drake...I was in a state of stupor almost but thanked everyone. Whispered my eternal and infinite gratitude to the guild hunters and resto druid who'd just made that possible. They also taught me the best strategy to do it. So now I can run guided tours with friends who want the drake also. It'll be pretty cool.
We easily downed Mal'Ganis after that and moved on to final rolls. We didn't roll greed in box because the Death Knight was an enchanter, so he disenchanted the boss drops. I passed on them...but the rolls were hilarious. The highest roll for shards I think was a 5, maybe it was 15. But two folks rolled a 1, the next highest roll was a 2. It was awesome and had us all giggling at the end of the run.
Oh, and by the way...this is one of only TWO mounts that I possess that Balzeem doesn't have yet. I have this now, and the Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber. Yes, that was an EPIC rep grind. I'm not one who will just kill everything in sight and screw other people, so it took longer for me than it probably would for most folks. I also got my Timbermaw Hold rep to exalted by doing the Winterspring Frostsaber trainer rep. Two birds with one stone. Can't go wrong with that, ever!
I also managed to get my hands on yet ANOTHER sexy little toy last night. I figured since it seemed I was on a streak of good luck, I'd try again for the ever elusive (and often ninja'd) Staff of Trickery. So, I grabbed a group for Heroic: Violet Hold, and sure enough, it dropped. In group was a hunter (who was geared beyond needing this staff), another hunter (who didn't really want it), a death knight (who couldn't use it), my paper towel priest (who couldn't use it) and myself. Ah yes, strategic group member selection, no?
At any rate, it was a solid group. We burned through and sure enough, the staff dropped. I was the only one rolling on it, so I now have a nicer staff than the blue junk I had been dragging around with me.
What an awesome night for my little bear, hmm? A new ride. A new weapon. Maybe the staff isn't the best in slot, but you know, it's an upgrade, so I'm satisfied.
<== A pic of my new staff (no, that is not my druid)
And the drake... 
Okay so maybe not the "best" picture of it, but that's my druid's new ride. =)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
KEL!!! YOU BASTARDFISH!!!
I think I'm going to write a letter to Kel'Thuzad...
Dear Kel'Thuzad,
I have a few things to say to you...
1. You fail.
2. Thanks for nothing.
3. We will meet again.
Oh, it's ON now. It's on like Donkey Kong, buddy.
See you soon, jerk.
Love,
Des
Grr @ no "phat lewtz". But at least we got him down, which was a total relief.
Ah well, KT and I will meet again and maybe I'll have some better luck next time.
At any rate, it was my first clear of Naxx, EVER, so I was pretty psyched when we got him down. Glad it's over, to be honest. Can't wait to go back and get some drops =)
Dear Kel'Thuzad,
I have a few things to say to you...
1. You fail.
2. Thanks for nothing.
3. We will meet again.
Oh, it's ON now. It's on like Donkey Kong, buddy.
See you soon, jerk.
Love,
Des
Grr @ no "phat lewtz". But at least we got him down, which was a total relief.
Ah well, KT and I will meet again and maybe I'll have some better luck next time.
At any rate, it was my first clear of Naxx, EVER, so I was pretty psyched when we got him down. Glad it's over, to be honest. Can't wait to go back and get some drops =)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Naxxramas- The Bear's Ego
[Raid] [Destinae]: So...I'm sleeping with the raid leader...and I don't get to tank Saph?
[Raid] [Destinae]: ...this is why I hate gnomes so much...HAX
[fellowraider] whispers: sleeping with the raid leader?
To [fellowraider]: problem?
[fellowraider] whispers: no...
Destinae has died.
[Raid] [Destinae]: ...fail.
Wasn't until the battle was nearly finished that a Battle rez got offered. Lame. I'm kind of grumpy over the whole ordeal...
I'm a tank. I want to...tank stuff... How that ends up being a mystery to people...I'll never understand.
But man, for a tank- I sure got some awesome drops. Let me tell you! The Spirit-World Glass. Hell yes! +84 Spirit with a trinket use to increase spirit by some retarded percentage? Can't go wrong there, right? Pfft. So yay for the healer drops. It should make my secondary spec more...useful? Hmm...
So we're on night #3...THREE NIGHTS...for 10 man Naxxramas. Kel'thuzad proves to be a giant brick wall which we can only smash our faces against. I love smashing my furry little face against enormous brick walls...oh...wait...no I don't. Repair Bills = Bad.
All I have to say is KT better go down, and his ass better drop my staff. Heigan refused to drop the Staff of the Plague Beast for me- so I'm thinking Kel should throw me a friggin bone here. An entire raid- no tanking gear (except a cloak we all vendor-rolled on...+Def? For a bear? Yeah, no thanks.) And honestly, the cloak I have- crafted- is better than what dropped in there. So, C'mon Kel'Thuz...throw the bear a bone. Do me a goodie...DROP THE DAMN STAFF PLZ...let the bear take something good from this experience. It isn't like I'll actually be hitting you, KT. I'll be doing what I'm told to do. Playing Solitaire in the corner until your big ugly bugs spawn...then taking their punishment until we wipe again. Ah the joys of raiding...
Oh...but there was one thing that stands out in my head as being the most fun I've had in a raid..EVER!
Nude attacks on Anub'Rekhan. That's right! While half of our raid was spamming chat channels in random cities looking for members to refill our dwindling roster- our MT decided we should remove all gear and attack Anub'Rekhen. BEST FUN EVER! I only wish I'd remembered to grab a screen shot of that. It was awesome!
[Raid] [Destinae]: ...this is why I hate gnomes so much...HAX
[fellowraider] whispers: sleeping with the raid leader?
To [fellowraider]: problem?
[fellowraider] whispers: no...
Destinae has died.
[Raid] [Destinae]: ...fail.
Wasn't until the battle was nearly finished that a Battle rez got offered. Lame. I'm kind of grumpy over the whole ordeal...
I'm a tank. I want to...tank stuff... How that ends up being a mystery to people...I'll never understand.
But man, for a tank- I sure got some awesome drops. Let me tell you! The Spirit-World Glass. Hell yes! +84 Spirit with a trinket use to increase spirit by some retarded percentage? Can't go wrong there, right? Pfft. So yay for the healer drops. It should make my secondary spec more...useful? Hmm...
So we're on night #3...THREE NIGHTS...for 10 man Naxxramas. Kel'thuzad proves to be a giant brick wall which we can only smash our faces against. I love smashing my furry little face against enormous brick walls...oh...wait...no I don't. Repair Bills = Bad.
All I have to say is KT better go down, and his ass better drop my staff. Heigan refused to drop the Staff of the Plague Beast for me- so I'm thinking Kel should throw me a friggin bone here. An entire raid- no tanking gear (except a cloak we all vendor-rolled on...+Def? For a bear? Yeah, no thanks.) And honestly, the cloak I have- crafted- is better than what dropped in there. So, C'mon Kel'Thuz...throw the bear a bone. Do me a goodie...DROP THE DAMN STAFF PLZ...let the bear take something good from this experience. It isn't like I'll actually be hitting you, KT. I'll be doing what I'm told to do. Playing Solitaire in the corner until your big ugly bugs spawn...then taking their punishment until we wipe again. Ah the joys of raiding...
Oh...but there was one thing that stands out in my head as being the most fun I've had in a raid..EVER!
Nude attacks on Anub'Rekhan. That's right! While half of our raid was spamming chat channels in random cities looking for members to refill our dwindling roster- our MT decided we should remove all gear and attack Anub'Rekhen. BEST FUN EVER! I only wish I'd remembered to grab a screen shot of that. It was awesome!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Running Circles Around Violet Hold...Literally!
Well, last night was the first time in over a month that I've really spent any time at all playing my druid. It was really fun! I got to help a friend with some group quests in Icecrown. I unlocked the Shadow Vault, finally, and got my Knights of the Ebon Blade tabard (finally). So I was ready to earn a little rep. We ran Heroic: Utgarde Keep without any problems at all. It was a really fast, smooth run. Painless. Flawless (give or take). It made me realize just how much I missed tanking...so hopefully I'll be able to do that a little more often.
I was feeling pretty good about my druid and decided I'd give healing a go for a Heroic: Violet Hold run. (I, quite generally, fail at healing, and therefore hate doing it. I just don't like to see my friends die and be too noobish to prevent it.) We had myself, the little tree, plus two Death Knights and two Warlocks. My group makeups are never that exciting, it would seem.
We rocked it out until we got to the first boss and wiped. Erekem. *shakes fist in anger* We had the strategy backwards. The warlock with us had advised he's run Violet Hold loads of times- we had to kill Erekem's two little friends first. Well, that didn't quite work out like we had hoped. Killing the two adds causes the boss, Erekem, to gain a buff which apparently grants him the power to instantly wipe the entire group. It was painful. But we decided to give it another go.
We run back to the instance, heal up, mana up, and we are ready for battle! Let the games begin! They start the event, and run to the bottom of the stairs where the first portal has now spawned.
The tank starts beating up the portal keeper. The DPS is doing their jobs. But what the hell is the tree doing?
What was the tree doing...
The tree was running around in a circle on the stairs near the entrance of Violet Hold. That's what the tree was doing...but...why?
The tree's keyboard decided to make the instance more..."exciting"... for her. The tree's keyboard decided to stick on auto-run, but in circles. Yes, my keyboard is fail. But as it's attached to my laptop and I can't afford a new laptop right now, I have to make due with what I've got. And it's been behaving lately. Usually if my character gets stuck on "auto-run" I just hit the forward key again and it cancels the affect out. Mind you, I don't even have to press Num-Lock to start auto run. I can sometimes hit the forward key to move forward "just a little more" to get in range of something...and then I find myself not able to stop. Lots of deaths have come at the hands of this miserable piece of technological failure.
So...there I was. Running around in CIRCLES...in Heroic Violet Hold. I'm sure the group thought I was an absolute noob. What can I do? I hit every key on the keyboard trying to make it stop. It refused. I was doomed. The only healing I could cast was Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, Lifebloom, and Nature's Swiftness+Healing Touch. That was all I had. And half of those wouldn't cast because I was "auto running in circles" on a path that took me to the top of the stairs, putting my tank out of Line of Sight of the healing.
Initially, I was incredibly aggravated by it. But looking back, we were on a doomed run anyway. One of the little warlocks had rubbed the group the wrong way completely by being a little..."gruff" about things. Groups tend to disintegrate when even one of the people is a jerk. So we were doomed to begin with. The circular running in the heroic instance was at least some sort of comic relief for me. It helped make the repair bill a little easier to swallow.
I got a pretty good giggle out of the situation. Our tank double-checked on the Erekem strategy, but by then our DPS had left and we decided we'd try again some other time.
Oh technology...what would we do without ya?
I was feeling pretty good about my druid and decided I'd give healing a go for a Heroic: Violet Hold run. (I, quite generally, fail at healing, and therefore hate doing it. I just don't like to see my friends die and be too noobish to prevent it.) We had myself, the little tree, plus two Death Knights and two Warlocks. My group makeups are never that exciting, it would seem.
We rocked it out until we got to the first boss and wiped. Erekem. *shakes fist in anger* We had the strategy backwards. The warlock with us had advised he's run Violet Hold loads of times- we had to kill Erekem's two little friends first. Well, that didn't quite work out like we had hoped. Killing the two adds causes the boss, Erekem, to gain a buff which apparently grants him the power to instantly wipe the entire group. It was painful. But we decided to give it another go.
We run back to the instance, heal up, mana up, and we are ready for battle! Let the games begin! They start the event, and run to the bottom of the stairs where the first portal has now spawned.
The tank starts beating up the portal keeper. The DPS is doing their jobs. But what the hell is the tree doing?
What was the tree doing...
The tree was running around in a circle on the stairs near the entrance of Violet Hold. That's what the tree was doing...but...why?
The tree's keyboard decided to make the instance more..."exciting"... for her. The tree's keyboard decided to stick on auto-run, but in circles. Yes, my keyboard is fail. But as it's attached to my laptop and I can't afford a new laptop right now, I have to make due with what I've got. And it's been behaving lately. Usually if my character gets stuck on "auto-run" I just hit the forward key again and it cancels the affect out. Mind you, I don't even have to press Num-Lock to start auto run. I can sometimes hit the forward key to move forward "just a little more" to get in range of something...and then I find myself not able to stop. Lots of deaths have come at the hands of this miserable piece of technological failure.
So...there I was. Running around in CIRCLES...in Heroic Violet Hold. I'm sure the group thought I was an absolute noob. What can I do? I hit every key on the keyboard trying to make it stop. It refused. I was doomed. The only healing I could cast was Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, Lifebloom, and Nature's Swiftness+Healing Touch. That was all I had. And half of those wouldn't cast because I was "auto running in circles" on a path that took me to the top of the stairs, putting my tank out of Line of Sight of the healing.
Initially, I was incredibly aggravated by it. But looking back, we were on a doomed run anyway. One of the little warlocks had rubbed the group the wrong way completely by being a little..."gruff" about things. Groups tend to disintegrate when even one of the people is a jerk. So we were doomed to begin with. The circular running in the heroic instance was at least some sort of comic relief for me. It helped make the repair bill a little easier to swallow.
I got a pretty good giggle out of the situation. Our tank double-checked on the Erekem strategy, but by then our DPS had left and we decided we'd try again some other time.
Oh technology...what would we do without ya?
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Babes in Blackfathom
We all know that I'm one of those who insists on running "on level" groups for instances. I had a bit of an entertaining evening trying to get things going last night.
I've been grinding my death knight, well...to death. (Hehahahaha A PUN OMG A PUN!) I thought I'd take the night off and play one of my other toons for awhile. I logged into my little priest and since I had 3 dungeon quests for Blackfathom Deeps, I joined LFG.
Within 2 minutes of joining the channel, I got invited into a group. There was a level 80 druid along with a level 21-ish paladin. I wasn't really interested in going, but I figured that maybe I could get the quests out of the way and find another fun instance to run with an actual on level group.
It only took about 30 seconds for them to make me leave the group. The conversation went like this:
[Party] [DeathKnight]: So which instance do you guys need?
[Party] [Mypriest]: I was hoping to run with an on-level group, tbh.
[Party] [Paladin]: Um...idk
[Party] [Deathknight]: Which one is TBH? i dont remember ever running that one...
[Party] [Paladin]: im only 7 yr old so i run what you take me to run
[Party] [Mypriest]: tbh= To Be Honest...
[Hunterfriend] whispers: what're you up to?
To [Hunterfriend]: getting noobed to pieces, you?
[Party] [DeathKnight]: so it's not an instance?
[Party] [Mypriest]: No, sir. Not an instance...I don't know if this is going to work out tonight...
[Party] [Deathknight]: because i didnt know which instance tbh is?
[Hunterfriend] whispers: lol noobed again? poor thing! I'm in stocks atm.
To [Hunterfriend]: stocks atm...which instance is that?
[Hunterfriend] whispers: hmm?
To [Hunterfriend]: lvl 80 DK just offered to run this pally and I through an instance to get achievements. I said I prefered an on-level group tbh. He asked 'which instance is that?"
[Hunterfriend] whispers: ROFLMAO
To [Hunterfriend]: Aye. Noobed again =(
[Party] [Mypriest]: No...well...yeah, actually yeah.
Mypriest has left the party.
To [Hunterfriend]: oi...back to the drawing board...
[Hunterfriend] whispers: lol
A little while later, I ended up in yet another fail group. Here's a smaller excerpt from the party chat...
[Party] [Druid]: who b healz?
[Party] [Mypriest]: I guess that's me unless you want to.
[Party] [Paladin1]: no Ir is heal
[Party] [Paladin1]: i am tank
[Party] [Druid]: wut am i?
[Party] [Hunter]: DPS
[Party] [Druid]: wtf is that?
[Party] [Mypriest]: ooooh jeeeeeeez.... o.o
[Party] [Paladin1]: DAMAGE
[Party] [Druid]: we all doin damage cept heal right?
You take one look at druid and cover your face with your palm.
[Party] [Paladin1]: well yea i guess...
[Party] [Mypriest]: we ready to go?
So, we get to the first boss...and the first boss was all we took down...The hunter decided to enter a BG while we waited for one of the party members to return from being AFK...but Ghamoora's Bind dropped...
Druid has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Paladin1 has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
You have selected Need for: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Hunter has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Need roll - 1 for: [Ghamoora's Bind] by Mypriest.
You have won: [Ghamoora's Bind].
You receive loot: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Yes. I won Ghamoora's Bind with a freakin 1 on a Need Roll. And people don't think I have ANY luck. In retrospect, I wish I had screen-shotted that. It could have gone in my trophy room =D.
At any rate. With the hunter in the battleground and the rest of us irritated at having to randomly wait for party members, we disbanded. I ended up getting in with a REALLY awesome group, but the server restarted on us and we never managed to finish the instance. If I could have gotten their names, I might have added them to the friend's list for another go. I think I might just make my husband run me through this time though...I really don't know if I want to go through another "DPS? What's that???" moment anytime soon! hehe
I've been grinding my death knight, well...to death. (Hehahahaha A PUN OMG A PUN!) I thought I'd take the night off and play one of my other toons for awhile. I logged into my little priest and since I had 3 dungeon quests for Blackfathom Deeps, I joined LFG.
Within 2 minutes of joining the channel, I got invited into a group. There was a level 80 druid along with a level 21-ish paladin. I wasn't really interested in going, but I figured that maybe I could get the quests out of the way and find another fun instance to run with an actual on level group.
It only took about 30 seconds for them to make me leave the group. The conversation went like this:
[Party] [DeathKnight]: So which instance do you guys need?
[Party] [Mypriest]: I was hoping to run with an on-level group, tbh.
[Party] [Paladin]: Um...idk
[Party] [Deathknight]: Which one is TBH? i dont remember ever running that one...
[Party] [Paladin]: im only 7 yr old so i run what you take me to run
[Party] [Mypriest]: tbh= To Be Honest...
[Hunterfriend] whispers: what're you up to?
To [Hunterfriend]: getting noobed to pieces, you?
[Party] [DeathKnight]: so it's not an instance?
[Party] [Mypriest]: No, sir. Not an instance...I don't know if this is going to work out tonight...
[Party] [Deathknight]: because i didnt know which instance tbh is?
[Hunterfriend] whispers: lol noobed again? poor thing! I'm in stocks atm.
To [Hunterfriend]: stocks atm...which instance is that?
[Hunterfriend] whispers: hmm?
To [Hunterfriend]: lvl 80 DK just offered to run this pally and I through an instance to get achievements. I said I prefered an on-level group tbh. He asked 'which instance is that?"
[Hunterfriend] whispers: ROFLMAO
To [Hunterfriend]: Aye. Noobed again =(
[Party] [Mypriest]: No...well...yeah, actually yeah.
Mypriest has left the party.
To [Hunterfriend]: oi...back to the drawing board...
[Hunterfriend] whispers: lol
A little while later, I ended up in yet another fail group. Here's a smaller excerpt from the party chat...
[Party] [Druid]: who b healz?
[Party] [Mypriest]: I guess that's me unless you want to.
[Party] [Paladin1]: no Ir is heal
[Party] [Paladin1]: i am tank
[Party] [Druid]: wut am i?
[Party] [Hunter]: DPS
[Party] [Druid]: wtf is that?
[Party] [Mypriest]: ooooh jeeeeeeez.... o.o
[Party] [Paladin1]: DAMAGE
[Party] [Druid]: we all doin damage cept heal right?
You take one look at druid and cover your face with your palm.
[Party] [Paladin1]: well yea i guess...
[Party] [Mypriest]: we ready to go?
So, we get to the first boss...and the first boss was all we took down...The hunter decided to enter a BG while we waited for one of the party members to return from being AFK...but Ghamoora's Bind dropped...
Druid has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Paladin1 has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
You have selected Need for: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Hunter has passed on: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Need roll - 1 for: [Ghamoora's Bind] by Mypriest.
You have won: [Ghamoora's Bind].
You receive loot: [Ghamoora's Bind].
Yes. I won Ghamoora's Bind with a freakin 1 on a Need Roll. And people don't think I have ANY luck. In retrospect, I wish I had screen-shotted that. It could have gone in my trophy room =D.
At any rate. With the hunter in the battleground and the rest of us irritated at having to randomly wait for party members, we disbanded. I ended up getting in with a REALLY awesome group, but the server restarted on us and we never managed to finish the instance. If I could have gotten their names, I might have added them to the friend's list for another go. I think I might just make my husband run me through this time though...I really don't know if I want to go through another "DPS? What's that???" moment anytime soon! hehe
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
A Very Accidental Attempt At Kicking Durn's A$$
Fel Reavers roam Hellfire, making us miserable. I wish I had some sort of video of his weird glitchy moments while I was wandering around in Hellfire. He actually killed me once from UNDERGROUND. Yeah, imagine my surprise to be beating up a helboar and BOOM- My HP drops to almost zero. Wha? Then another BOOM and I’m dead. Blew my mind. At first I was like, “Great. I pick the one pig on HFP that’s glitched to have the power of a raid boss…go me…” It wasn’t until I turned the camera around after I died that I saw Fel Jerk’s “shoulder” sticking out of the ground behind where I was. Real nice. Stupid Fel Reaver…>,<
There’s not really one big elite in Zangarmarsh that can just ruin your day in one shot of misery. When you get to Nagrand, however, there’s the infamous Durn, The Hungerer. Oh Durn, you drooling jackass…
Sneaky, sneaky Durn. I had a bit of a run-in with Mr. Hungry last night. There’s a quest you get from the Consortium camp in central Nagrand that requires you to bring them 3 pairs of Ivory Tusks. Easy enough. I believe Blizzard changed the drop rate for that quest item to 100%. I had already killed 2 Wild Elekks and was working on my third when BLAM! Durn was punching me in the back of the head! Punk. My minion, Pebblechomper or whatever his name was finished off the Elekk as I turned to address Mr. Durn. Had to make a pretty quick decision: Try and fight him, or run like hell. I opted to stay and fight. After all, I’m an OP plated warlock…I’m not afraid of anything!
I should have been afraid.
I should have been VERY afraid.
I should have run.
I didn’t really realize just how many HP that monstrosity has. 126.6k I believe was the number. I blew my cooldowns, summoned my gargoyle, and then did everything I could to try to down him...or escape. It was FAIL to say the least. Didn’t take him long to finish me off.
In retrospect, I should have probably just run away when he started hitting me. There’s a slight chance that running like a scared ostrich might have allowed me to live to fight another day. But, as we all know, Death Knights are a little overpowered. Just slightly. So I thought for sure, if I could solo one of the elite Forge Camp Legionnaires (who hit like freight trains on plate, I might add), that I could at least do enough damage to Durn to make him think twice before messing with me again. Yeah. Not even close. I think maybe I caused him some slight discomfort. Maybe a small scratch on his oversized toe. I most certainly didn’t do enough damage in the short time I remained alive while battling him to make him think about anything other than what a stupid little elf I am for trying to fight him, instead of running away. You know though, I was on the quest and thought that maybe, just maybe there was a chance. I mean, I could take down Cho’war on my own. Took down one of those nasty Forge Camp Felguards. Durn was just too much. Maybe the waterfall of drool that dribbles over the landscape as Mr. Hungry wanders around has some sort of demoralizing effect. Who knows? But that’s the story of the accidental attempt to solo Durn.
Mr. Hungry Himself...Durn, the Hungerer. Guess the only thing missing from this portrait is the disgusting "tendril" of drool that waterfalls from his mouth. I suppose now that's why Nagrand has such a beautiful, lush landscape?
By the way, with my Guild Master's help- I managed to complete the quest: "Wanted: Durn, the Hungerer" =) So a very special thanks to my GM =)!!!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Learning in Zangarmarsh
I have this Death Knight. I'm not necessarily a huge, huge fan of the class, but I wanted to see how fast I could get to 80 with her from where she started last week at level 60. So far so good. After a weekend of questing my brains out (finished two zones with the achievements "To Hellfire and Back" and "Mysteries of the Marsh"), she's level 67. Not too shabby. She's about 40% of the way through level 67.
Now, I'm not sure how familiar you all are with the death knight's abilities, but somewhere along the line she learned the spell "Death and Decay." It's very similar to a Paladin's "Consecrate". Big AoE ground effect that does tick damage. It's important to understand what this move does...because it explains my frustrations from yesterday's little adventures.
I was near the end of my journey through Zangarmarsh. I saved all of the Sporeggar quests until the very end. Then I get the quest "Now That We're Friends..." which requires you to kill 6 Bloodscale Enchantress Naga and then 12 Bloodscale Slavedrivers.
By now I'm level 66 at this point, so grabbing 2 or 3 of each, plus whatever slaves they bring along isn't a terrible plan. So I run in, grab a Slavedriver, his slave, and two of the caster Naga. The casters have moves similar to that of a frost mage. At any rate, I'm standing there beating on them. I decide that in order to speed things along, I'll drop my Death and Decay about 3/4 of the way through the battle. I won't lie and say I wasn't getting beat on pretty hard, because I was. I was nearing 50% HP when this level 73 mage goes screaming past me. I didn't think too much of it at first. But he had aggro'd about 3 Slavedrivers and 1 Enchantress. They were chasing him. They chased him until they ran through my Death and Decay. Then they stopped and started whooping on me! Arrrrrgh. Needless to say, I met a swift death there without any health potions or anything to help me last the fight. And no, Mr. Mage didn't stop to help. He just stood there with his thumb in his...yeah...
I was pretty frustrated, but I assumed he'd done this by accident. I ran back to my corpse, resurrected, and continued working on my quest. I pulled only 2 Naga after I healed up - an Enchantress and a Slavedriver. The Slavedriver brought only one slave. Phew! Easy fight! I drop my Death and Decay and start the battle. Lo and behold, the mage goes screeching past me again, and just as before...the mobs he had pulled stop dead in their tracks on my Death and Decay and start pounding on me. Again, I find myself meeting a pretty quick death, as he had about 6 mobs on him this time.
You wouldn't think it would be such a huge issue. "Oh, if they're aggro'd on me, then I must be getting XP for the kills." Wrong. He aggro'd them and did JUST enough damage to tag the mobs for himself, and then left them on me to kill. I was starting to get pissed off. I released my spirit and ran back to my poor little corpse. I look around, just to make sure Mr. Mage is nowhere to be seen, and then try to continue my quest.
I made an unfortunate pull: 3 Naga and 2 slaves this time. I was too aggravated to be careful. In order to keep up enough damage to get them all down fast enough so I didn't meet yet ANOTHER death, I dropped DandD again. You guessed it, Here comes the mage...zooming through the DnD and leaving his mobs on me to kill. Well, enough's enough.
I whispered him, and told him exactly how I felt about his little stunts...He apologized...I suppose that's better than nothing...but I still wanted to ram my axe up his arse sideways...
I rez'd, then went back and finished the follow up quest "Now That We're Still Friends..." and then left for Nagrand.
Moral of the story: AoE's can be both our greatest weapon, and our worst enemy.
I think the worst part is that I was dumb enough to let him do this multiple times before I just stopped dropping the Death and Decay. Yes, he tried again after I whispered him- luckily for me Desecrate doesn't really draw much threat. Sure, it impedes movement, but it's not doing direct damage to anything, so his effort at screwing me again failed. Bwahahaha.
I hate Ninjas too. It really burns me when you work your butt off fighting for access to an herb, a node or some other quest objective and someone comes in and steals it from you. Leveling through Zangarmarsh, there are two Wanted quests you do where you kill the Leader of the Bloodscale and the Leader of the Darkcrest.
After getting the Leader of the Bloodscale kill out of the way, I decided I'd go get the Leader of the Darkcrest finished. They're "group" quests, but my Death Knight was above level for the zone, and with the Ghoul and Gargoyle, plus Death Coil- I figured it was easy enough to solo them. I was right.
I make my way to the Leader of the Darkcrest. I clear the ENTIRE area. I remembered from fighting him while I leveled my druid that he has a wicked knockback...and who wants Adds when you're trying to off an Elite guy? Blah! So I clear the area and heal up. JUST as I'm about to pull him, some level 62 Warlock (Alliance) starts attacking him. Well...I had seen him standing there, offered to group with him for the kill and he ignored me. Therefore, I didn't really feel compelled to help, especially considering he stood there watching me clear the area, then tried to steal my kill. Well? The Leader of the Darkcrest...Rajah or whatever he's called, pretty much destroyed the warlock. That's what you get for trying to ninja my kill AFTER I've offered 2x for you to group with me.
So, I Death Gripped the guy and destroyed him. So maybe that makes me a bitch.../shrug. I tried to do the right thing. He did it ALL wrong.
The moral of this story? Don't mess with plated warlocks. Hmmm? >=]
Now, I'm not sure how familiar you all are with the death knight's abilities, but somewhere along the line she learned the spell "Death and Decay." It's very similar to a Paladin's "Consecrate". Big AoE ground effect that does tick damage. It's important to understand what this move does...because it explains my frustrations from yesterday's little adventures.
I was near the end of my journey through Zangarmarsh. I saved all of the Sporeggar quests until the very end. Then I get the quest "Now That We're Friends..." which requires you to kill 6 Bloodscale Enchantress Naga and then 12 Bloodscale Slavedrivers.
By now I'm level 66 at this point, so grabbing 2 or 3 of each, plus whatever slaves they bring along isn't a terrible plan. So I run in, grab a Slavedriver, his slave, and two of the caster Naga. The casters have moves similar to that of a frost mage. At any rate, I'm standing there beating on them. I decide that in order to speed things along, I'll drop my Death and Decay about 3/4 of the way through the battle. I won't lie and say I wasn't getting beat on pretty hard, because I was. I was nearing 50% HP when this level 73 mage goes screaming past me. I didn't think too much of it at first. But he had aggro'd about 3 Slavedrivers and 1 Enchantress. They were chasing him. They chased him until they ran through my Death and Decay. Then they stopped and started whooping on me! Arrrrrgh. Needless to say, I met a swift death there without any health potions or anything to help me last the fight. And no, Mr. Mage didn't stop to help. He just stood there with his thumb in his...yeah...
I was pretty frustrated, but I assumed he'd done this by accident. I ran back to my corpse, resurrected, and continued working on my quest. I pulled only 2 Naga after I healed up - an Enchantress and a Slavedriver. The Slavedriver brought only one slave. Phew! Easy fight! I drop my Death and Decay and start the battle. Lo and behold, the mage goes screeching past me again, and just as before...the mobs he had pulled stop dead in their tracks on my Death and Decay and start pounding on me. Again, I find myself meeting a pretty quick death, as he had about 6 mobs on him this time.
You wouldn't think it would be such a huge issue. "Oh, if they're aggro'd on me, then I must be getting XP for the kills." Wrong. He aggro'd them and did JUST enough damage to tag the mobs for himself, and then left them on me to kill. I was starting to get pissed off. I released my spirit and ran back to my poor little corpse. I look around, just to make sure Mr. Mage is nowhere to be seen, and then try to continue my quest.
I made an unfortunate pull: 3 Naga and 2 slaves this time. I was too aggravated to be careful. In order to keep up enough damage to get them all down fast enough so I didn't meet yet ANOTHER death, I dropped DandD again. You guessed it, Here comes the mage...zooming through the DnD and leaving his mobs on me to kill. Well, enough's enough.
I whispered him, and told him exactly how I felt about his little stunts...He apologized...I suppose that's better than nothing...but I still wanted to ram my axe up his arse sideways...
I rez'd, then went back and finished the follow up quest "Now That We're Still Friends..." and then left for Nagrand.
Moral of the story: AoE's can be both our greatest weapon, and our worst enemy.
I think the worst part is that I was dumb enough to let him do this multiple times before I just stopped dropping the Death and Decay. Yes, he tried again after I whispered him- luckily for me Desecrate doesn't really draw much threat. Sure, it impedes movement, but it's not doing direct damage to anything, so his effort at screwing me again failed. Bwahahaha.
I hate Ninjas too. It really burns me when you work your butt off fighting for access to an herb, a node or some other quest objective and someone comes in and steals it from you. Leveling through Zangarmarsh, there are two Wanted quests you do where you kill the Leader of the Bloodscale and the Leader of the Darkcrest.
After getting the Leader of the Bloodscale kill out of the way, I decided I'd go get the Leader of the Darkcrest finished. They're "group" quests, but my Death Knight was above level for the zone, and with the Ghoul and Gargoyle, plus Death Coil- I figured it was easy enough to solo them. I was right.
I make my way to the Leader of the Darkcrest. I clear the ENTIRE area. I remembered from fighting him while I leveled my druid that he has a wicked knockback...and who wants Adds when you're trying to off an Elite guy? Blah! So I clear the area and heal up. JUST as I'm about to pull him, some level 62 Warlock (Alliance) starts attacking him. Well...I had seen him standing there, offered to group with him for the kill and he ignored me. Therefore, I didn't really feel compelled to help, especially considering he stood there watching me clear the area, then tried to steal my kill. Well? The Leader of the Darkcrest...Rajah or whatever he's called, pretty much destroyed the warlock. That's what you get for trying to ninja my kill AFTER I've offered 2x for you to group with me.
So, I Death Gripped the guy and destroyed him. So maybe that makes me a bitch.../shrug. I tried to do the right thing. He did it ALL wrong.
The moral of this story? Don't mess with plated warlocks. Hmmm? >=]
A Burden on her Shoulders...
Obviously there are a million explanations for how this happened...but this is what happens when your voidwalker has a wild streak in him as big as your own...Yes...he's standing on my shoulders...What can I say? Me and Thognuz have developed a really close relationship along the way...
I think maybe he thought Barkeep Daniels was a threat somehow...Either way...this is my beloved Voidwalker, Thogz, doing what he does best...being blue...
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