tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54571023228966472512024-02-07T20:41:07.744-05:00Camp TaurajoJust south of Barrens ChatMad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-83575216928794601482009-01-08T11:58:00.003-05:002009-01-08T12:03:28.181-05:00Not Much Going On....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQLRstymZv8kQ7ENB6reuL3ffqA6krtOZ2MGZncrSmApZ26DYMrOBH7yV0AVpshpWZLRcpBsHePXEvMWTMXv9n_Y4POHZfr5gMsCKpNCjOEwFaCtZEOrRp-vfEK-flGaltY21cHfgeq4/s1600-h/wanting_to_stop_wanting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQLRstymZv8kQ7ENB6reuL3ffqA6krtOZ2MGZncrSmApZ26DYMrOBH7yV0AVpshpWZLRcpBsHePXEvMWTMXv9n_Y4POHZfr5gMsCKpNCjOEwFaCtZEOrRp-vfEK-flGaltY21cHfgeq4/s400/wanting_to_stop_wanting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288969283893207666" /></a><br />Not much happening in the World of Warcraft today, it seems, except the latest <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html" target="_blank">patch notes</a>. They continue to change in preparation for the patch, which will probably happen next Tuesday. Mark your calendars!Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-91829691657882915542009-01-07T17:30:00.003-05:002009-01-07T17:32:36.263-05:00'Bout Freaking Time<a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/07/mining-mechanics-changed-one-hit-per-node/" target="_blank">They finally changed the mechanics of mining</a>. It's only 1 hit per node to get all the goodies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/01/ah010708mine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 425px; height: 325px;" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/01/ah010708mine.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-77945103615879517122009-01-07T15:00:00.002-05:002009-01-07T15:03:19.442-05:00Anthropologist Uses WoW Primates as ResearchUsing WoW for a research paper? Why not? <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/06/15-minutes-of-fame-anthropologist-digs-into-wow/" target="_blank">Everyone seems to be doing it these days</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pnc1x0HSMEDz8um3Ff7PsqHai6QwnSRB05QnsnagBdx-4kfnZBEvef9vSl0HEW_CEe7pc_5CbgSgk6ClO0SMlUPG4FcDWzj3hAcbrtitvRqLog1FQf6-yVBnqj1D7WTm490FIwQNktQ/s1600-h/golub2lsp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pnc1x0HSMEDz8um3Ff7PsqHai6QwnSRB05QnsnagBdx-4kfnZBEvef9vSl0HEW_CEe7pc_5CbgSgk6ClO0SMlUPG4FcDWzj3hAcbrtitvRqLog1FQf6-yVBnqj1D7WTm490FIwQNktQ/s320/golub2lsp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288644801561951010" /></a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-32278080413462330462009-01-07T14:51:00.001-05:002009-01-07T14:52:27.054-05:00Missing Play Time<a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/06/server-issues-abounds-this-evening/" target="_blank">Servers are having horrid issues staying up</a>. Beware.Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-35723502240598840952009-01-06T12:17:00.002-05:002009-01-06T12:21:13.895-05:00Just in Case Your Cave Doesn't Have Cable....This video is nothing but awesome-ness. By <a href="http://vimeo.com/2625538" target="_blank">Percula</a>. Flip over there for the HD version.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2625538&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2625538&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2625538">The Craft of War: BLIND</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1052029">percula</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-23801272113075420582009-01-06T11:53:00.003-05:002009-01-06T12:02:53.303-05:00Death Knight - ado<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTrx_5TzvuqBVz0C7o7o8iNSiENKR2tQHZ9LfyOdeTXycbD43KV5blU8JXvGJCf5CsI6VFAm5GVTfG-mPU_4BLV2jPtlVUq-A0OXbyiB5bqrdgB61trNHi29DGd9EZBKfrpCm_YHPnIY/s1600-h/deathknight2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTrx_5TzvuqBVz0C7o7o8iNSiENKR2tQHZ9LfyOdeTXycbD43KV5blU8JXvGJCf5CsI6VFAm5GVTfG-mPU_4BLV2jPtlVUq-A0OXbyiB5bqrdgB61trNHi29DGd9EZBKfrpCm_YHPnIY/s320/deathknight2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288227266617920898" /></a><br />I hope everyone is having fun playing the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_(Star_Trek)" target="_blank">Borg</a>....erm, I mean Death Knights. <br /><br />Now don't rag on me. I've got one (or two) myself. I know how much fun they are, but they are also sort of annoying. I mean, while leveling in Outland, it's always "4 DK group LF healer" or some such. Also, while playing your Death Knight, it's a pain to get a group yourself. No one trusts them to tank much yet, and even then, they're annoyed that there are so many around and don't want you in their group.<br /><br />Well, if you haven't figured out all the wrinkles of your favorite new bad guy yet, there's a nice write up over at <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/Deathknights" target="_blank">Squidoo</a> on them. Lots of info, including talent builds (some of which are featured on <a href="http://elitistjerks.com/" target="_blank">Elitist Jerks</a>) and gear guides. Good info for those who want it.Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-60938515826033533912009-01-05T12:34:00.004-05:002009-01-05T12:44:18.544-05:00Playing the Blues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yumabI2E0eUsaoe3C7LZnw7Hkvsq0kV2tTHwO6ghc3d1MOz13aPdSupbbTBQSzD4RqWWXbN-WVup22g2_qmlPfx-bvS5Qo2FL1ZmzA9yT1Q_t7b2vNB5-pjxaOzYDYMh-0OH4ZWJJiU/s1600-h/commonsense.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yumabI2E0eUsaoe3C7LZnw7Hkvsq0kV2tTHwO6ghc3d1MOz13aPdSupbbTBQSzD4RqWWXbN-WVup22g2_qmlPfx-bvS5Qo2FL1ZmzA9yT1Q_t7b2vNB5-pjxaOzYDYMh-0OH4ZWJJiU/s400/commonsense.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287866638962152034" /></a><br />I'm at lunch, playing with, I mean "by", myself again.<br /><br />My lunch-buddy has sworn off WoW again, so I'm pretty much left to myself in our small, family guild. This happens every-so-often. We get a group of 10 or so steady players, all real-life friends, who like to play together. But as time goes by, the participation drops, then the playing time, and finally, they stop playing altogether. This seems to happen every 3 months or so. After about 3 months away, they'll come back for a few months and the process repeats.<br /><br />I like playing with these folks. I enjoy spending my online time with my RL friends and family. But what do you do when they abandon you for half of each year? I could soldier on solo, but I really enjoy the social aspects of the game. I enjoy instancing, chatting, or just general bs'ing around. That's one of the reasons I used to enjoy our old server so much. It was a RP server, and if no one else was around, I could always find someone to strike up a conversation, even if it was an RP one. <br /><br />This server we moved to at the start of 2008, at my friends' instigation, is a 'normal' server. Therefore, RP is a bad word here. I could join a new guild, but I guarantee as soon as I do that, and start to go up through their ranks, my RL friends will start playing again and I'll feel that I have to go back to them and will likely abandon my new guild. Get the feeling I've done this before? Yeah, it sucks.<br /><br />I'll figure something out. I always do.Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-5800873426420637732009-01-05T08:16:00.004-05:002009-01-05T08:23:20.514-05:00Monday Morning Blues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTsiKQgWJ5PzY_bkf-cQdi4hbKwSOUUq9vysurSJefvynlGHLhRDZO0y9qNWWvSaXo4LHGRkNrD8r54fO7RbbFPSxVQ8DGAo1Qbl4MBdx9XqVbrJTrRiD6srGhDRT2XtSdoBMFxlCXiY/s1600-h/Dead_Floating_Gnome.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTsiKQgWJ5PzY_bkf-cQdi4hbKwSOUUq9vysurSJefvynlGHLhRDZO0y9qNWWvSaXo4LHGRkNrD8r54fO7RbbFPSxVQ8DGAo1Qbl4MBdx9XqVbrJTrRiD6srGhDRT2XtSdoBMFxlCXiY/s400/Dead_Floating_Gnome.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287799616013331858" /></a><br />Well, my blissful 2 weeks of vacation came to a sudden halt early this-morning with the blaring of the alarm clock and the missus shoving me out of bed. C'est la vie.<br /><br />During those 2 weeks, I did manage to level a spanking new Shaman to 46, when of course, I could get on. Did I work on any other character? Nope, no sir, not a bit. Yeah, I probably could have used that time more constructively to get my Death Knight, or my Paladin, or my Priest, or my Hunter to 80. I'm just lazy in a weird sort of way, I guess.Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-34501198381674492932009-01-04T21:26:00.005-05:002009-01-04T22:20:24.729-05:00Waiting in LineThings to do while waiting in queue to log in to your server:<br /><ol><li>Watch <a href="http://www.fox.com/house/" target="_blank">House<br /></a> That damn show's always on.</li><li>Read some <a href="http://shakespeare.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Bill Shakespeare</a> plays. There's tons to choose from.</li><li>Read <a href="http://www.bigredkitty.net/" target="_blank">Big Red Kitty</a>, because he's always funny.</li><li>Do homework... Nah!</li><li>Pick on the missus as she also waits in the queue (always fun).</li><li>Review your spec build for the 400th time (Yep, still the same).</li><li>Channel surf to avoid <a href="http://www.asseenontv.com/" target="_blank">telemarketing commercials</a>. I'm liable to order something. Yeah, I'm looking at you, ShamWow.</li><li>Check work e-mail. Yeah, right!</li><li>Read <a href="http://elitistjerks.com/f47/t20765-shaman_enhancement/%20" target="_blank">Elitist Jerks for Enhancement Shammy tips</a>.</li><li>Surf YouTube for the latest <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=disney+video&search_type=" target="_blank">Disney videos</a> for my kids.<br /></li></ol><br />Oh, look, only 20 minutes to go now. Joy.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-59827057268700791022008-12-22T12:36:00.003-05:002009-01-04T22:20:04.747-05:00The Voice of Pikachu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp-Hh_xJMioxMup_xz3Fj10h7i8Sf0bMYZDH_IZ-PvHiMvHrd1WEynFatsthom5L88-_SYSD_T1PO_tK7QJVqXg0wDfH-a2xKOQayBG6gThkMty9ZYp8NwjUPoUh9u3nuVE4Vmx6-40Q/s1600-h/200px-PikaCosplay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp-Hh_xJMioxMup_xz3Fj10h7i8Sf0bMYZDH_IZ-PvHiMvHrd1WEynFatsthom5L88-_SYSD_T1PO_tK7QJVqXg0wDfH-a2xKOQayBG6gThkMty9ZYp8NwjUPoUh9u3nuVE4Vmx6-40Q/s400/200px-PikaCosplay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282673541377606098" /></a><br />Like all good Barrens chat channels, we rarely talk about Warcraft, and spend a lot more time analyzing what I did to your mom last night or the merits of Chuck Norris.<br /><br />Here's a good one. Ever wonder what the person who did the voice of Pikachu looked like? Neither did I, but someone sent me <a href="http://www.extremefunnypictures.com/funnypic2289.htm" target="_blank">this link</a> and it's pretty funny watching a that sound come out of a grown woman. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-10676449308069304732008-10-31T08:18:00.003-04:002009-01-04T22:19:50.510-05:00One Might Think....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJtcns0WS7op7XEGrVrRG1XuPn0hFJVhMRR75Xzdu-Lvx6I5M2o-CZ0r-cvvVIa02ZMbrfYhORYjw-8oeApR1WB0MEa3VjfHq2xK7UIxpA5ZW0zl47rsQrQ5zTFbdRFyYWo7_LaE90kE/s1600-h/halloween_funny2-optimized.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJtcns0WS7op7XEGrVrRG1XuPn0hFJVhMRR75Xzdu-Lvx6I5M2o-CZ0r-cvvVIa02ZMbrfYhORYjw-8oeApR1WB0MEa3VjfHq2xK7UIxpA5ZW0zl47rsQrQ5zTFbdRFyYWo7_LaE90kE/s400/halloween_funny2-optimized.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263295137401427202" /></a><br />With so much happening in the World of Warcraft, one might think I'd be tempted to just stay there and ignore the outside world...<br /><br />...and you <span style="font-style: italic;">might</span> be right.<br /><br />Let's take a moment to review what's going on, shall we?<br /><br />First, there seems to be a pretty big election coming up next week. I don't even want to start with what side of the fence everyone comes down on and why. All I can say is that everyone needs to stop drinking the cool-aid.<br /><br />Second, the world is completely filled with idiots. Maybe this is bigger than my first point or even directly related to it, I don't know. It's probably common knowledge. I awoke to it recently, not because of any deep-seated revelation, but rather a sudden dawning. Guess I'm getting more cynical in my old age. I used to think that 90% of the people in the world were just "asleep at the wheel". Now I think that they're just complete morons. I'd go into my reasoning for this, but it would take too long and 90% of you wouldn't get it anyway.<br /><br />Third, it's Halloween (Happy Halloween, btw). This means I'll be spending my evening trudging up and down neighborhoods with my kids while tons of soccer moms dressed like she-devils gallivant, trying to keep my eyes from bulging out and getting smacked by my wife. It's a trying time for any married male.<br /><br />Fourth, there is <span style="font-weight: bold;">nothing </span>good on TV. I mean it. I'm so disappointed in the fall line-ups that I've taken to watching old reruns of House and NCIS (Abbey is hot). Even Heroes sucks. How disappointing is that?<br /><br />Fifth, we're gearing up for Christmas here. Yep, that means I'll either spend the next 2 months watching the kids while the wife goes shopping, or I'll be along for the ride watching the kids while we go shopping with the wife. Joy. <br /><br />Sixth, work is heating up. When other groups tend to be slowing down at the end of the year, my department is always busier. Why? Probably because everyone else is slow and has nothing better to do than to dump work on us.<br /><br />That's about all I can think of at the moment.... My cynic seems to be either lightening up or slowing down. <br /><br />At any rate, have a Happy Halloween and a safe one!<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-20951222706871419712008-09-30T14:39:00.003-04:002009-01-04T22:19:37.001-05:00Long Time, No Bloggy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KOn7ohxCX_4bVvYX0hyphenhyphenZbM-FcvMZjNKLfZ_O3yQcAclQ4C5vNiGm0__6t97ZTATRVDi7wlwef657oJSsK5U3t8zW7b05XM74AVNTdIUUm6UMO_76k3AO_UkQyfdxwlFGJA2iKUHJ8eo/s1600-h/aa-ubers-1024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KOn7ohxCX_4bVvYX0hyphenhyphenZbM-FcvMZjNKLfZ_O3yQcAclQ4C5vNiGm0__6t97ZTATRVDi7wlwef657oJSsK5U3t8zW7b05XM74AVNTdIUUm6UMO_76k3AO_UkQyfdxwlFGJA2iKUHJ8eo/s400/aa-ubers-1024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251887387566842082" border="0" /></a><br />Since you last heard from me, my little ol' rogue is now 56, the priest is 64, and the pally is languishing at the Sunwell (at least until the expansion).<br /><br />I've not been blogging because there is so very little to actually blog about. Sure, I could try to play keep-up with the fast and furious changes happening before Wrath, but why bother? It changes faster than I can type.<br /><br />Bored? Yeah, still am. I left that little guild where I kept my pally because they really never did anything together. Never believe them when they advertise that they instance all the time. They lie.<br /><br />I actually formed my own guild with some friends. We were all in another small guild together, but our guildmaster has since left/quit/gone-on-hiatus and no one had the ability to invite new people/alts or actually use the guild bank. Wasn't worth the effort of staying, so we formed our own. It's much easier to talk that way and we can actually party with other people. Imagine that! The novelty of it all.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-54297726801032598062008-09-09T08:45:00.005-04:002009-01-04T22:19:22.346-05:00Bored, Bored, Bored<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f8TG2TS-wVnxXQXVjcoCEW4yBZlpQ8plMn3c2r-OrZwHgyu0x7PHkKmeEn7B1DJEgIGRa9l9lX2Ug2z_ZmcdgPzGbOZBdORhc4hjTlFT1yPA-b6e56lRbaTZwcY0iaBSzUSnPP_PBxE/s1600-h/aa-onybreath-1024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f8TG2TS-wVnxXQXVjcoCEW4yBZlpQ8plMn3c2r-OrZwHgyu0x7PHkKmeEn7B1DJEgIGRa9l9lX2Ug2z_ZmcdgPzGbOZBdORhc4hjTlFT1yPA-b6e56lRbaTZwcY0iaBSzUSnPP_PBxE/s400/aa-onybreath-1024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244005129368221954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-size:x-small;">I'm not quite this bored yet</span></div><br /><br />Yeah, I gave in.<br /><br />I "finished" my pally. He's 70, 490 def, and approaching 120% mitigation. He just needs some lovin' via instancing. For that, I'm waiting on the rest of my guild to catch up and <span style="font-style:italic;">want</span> to do it. Soooooo, now I've got a ton of time on my hands.<br /><br />I tried working on the rogue, and I got him to 41, but I just don't feel it. He bores me to tears. Maybe I'll spec him to subtlety or something more interesting. Combat Swords is very efficient, but is rather boring.<br /><br />So, failing that, I tried working on my priest and "finish" levelling him. He's sitting at 62 and I really ought to just push on ahead to 70. Again, I'm just not feeling it. He's just not my idea of a good time. Maybe he'll get some love when my guildies get to his level. I'll probably respec him to holy and use him primarily in instancing or grouping.<br /><br />I tried druid again, but you know how much fun they are to play until you get cat form. It's very similar to visiting the dentist without the benefit of painkiller or insurance. I'll re-visit him later.<br /><br />Bored, I started another new character. He's a hunter. Yeah, I've got one hunter to 70 already, so what would I possibly need with a second? Beats me. I've been asking myself that same question. I suppose I'm just inspired by the pics of the motorcycles for engineers, so I'm working on this one as an engineer. Lame, but I did really enjoy playing my hunter the first time. We'll see how this one goes, or if he ends up in the delete file too.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-31293943735782998622008-09-09T08:42:00.003-04:002009-01-04T22:18:55.127-05:00From the Nimble Fingers of GhostcrawlerMy favorite dev, Ghostcrawler, had some new and interesting things to relate about Paladins in response to the feedback Bliz has been given.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=15412.0" target="_blank">Here's what she said</a>:<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><div class="blizzquote" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 11px; background-image: url(http://www.mmo-champion.com/Themes/mmo2/images/xs/bg/blizzquotesep.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: 0% 0%; ">Here are some things we are looking at right now. You may not agree with them all, but I will share them with you in the hopes of making you feel better about your class, and maybe even getting you excited again. I also can't promise they are final because it's still the sort of thing we're wrestling with, and I don't want to disappoint anyone if it doesn't work out or we change our minds. Okay, massive caveats out of the way:<br /><br /><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><li>We'd like to do something else with Kings. I don't know that a core ability is the answer, but burying it deep in Prot, when Prot warriors would just as soon play with BoSanc, doesn't feel great either.</li><li>We'd like to mess around with the top 2 tiers of all 3 trees, still encouraging you to cross-spec a little, but making that initial bite into the upper tier more tasty instead of just an icky appetizer to get the what you really want down deeper.</li><li>I think Beacon of Light is starting to feel pretty good. It may be a little OP right now, but I think we can get it in a good place. (I'm sorry, but I don't know if you have the version I'm talking about or not.)</li><li>We'd like to get Vengeance back to 3 stacks, because that just feels more fun than 2. I can almost assure you that it won't be at 15% total damage -- that is hugely generous for 5 talent points, and would normally be budgeted at more like 15 talent points. If I had to guess, it will end up at something like 3 talent points for 1 / 2 / 3% that stacks up to 3 times (so 9% at 3 stacks). That is still over-inflated for 3 talent points. I understand that your dps used to depend on Vengeance. We'll just have to buff it in other ways. Death Knights will get the exact same treatment, whatever it ends up being.</li><li>JotW was changed to support the new party buff system and it needs to keep that role. That is one of the main reasons why a group would want to take a Ret pally over another dps class. I understand your mana was dependent on this ability. We'll just have to buff that in other ways as well. Having too many talents that just lower mana costs feel like a band-aid, so we'd rather not overdo that route. Instead we'd just like to make sure you have enough mana. The new Divine Plea is one mechanic here (it works more like Blood Rage than Evocate now), but it's not the only one.</li><li>Deep Ret and deep Prot need 1 or 2 more cool talents. We'll carve out room by bundling or just swapping out some of the current talents.</li></ul><br />I hope you take this little view into our current thought process in the spirit that it's given. Sometimes we regret talking about stuff that isn't final because it ends up coming back to bite us. But I also thought it wouldn't hurt to cheer you up a little either, so hopefully something I've said will do that.</div><span class="corners-bottom" style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; display: block; height: 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: -5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -5px; clear: both; background-image: url(http://www.mmo-champion.com/Themes/mmo2/images/xs/bg/corners_left2.png); background-position: 0px 100%; "></span></span><br />Beautiful. I'm really hoping these changes help fix some of the bloat that infests all three trees.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-69994190732327013342008-09-02T08:06:00.004-04:002009-01-04T22:18:24.081-05:00Paladin LovePaladins (especially Prot) are about to receive a heaping-helping of love, come 3.02. What am I talking about? I'm talking about me some Blessing of Sanctuary.<br /><br />Yes, the red-headed step child of Protection Paladins everywhere. This once, much-maligned (and rightfully so) step you HAD to take to get Holy Shield is actually going to be useful in the future. Not only useful, it's going to be freaking amazing!<br /><br /><blockquote>Places a Blessing on the friendly target, reducing damage taken from all sources by 3% for 10 min. In addition, when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack the target will gain 10 rage, 20 runic power, or 2% of maximum mana.</blockquote><br />That's right, boys and girls, BoSanc will actually <span style="font-style:italic;">keep</span> our little blue rage bars juiced. Not only that, but it will help give us a little more raid utility because we can give this pretty little buff to other tanks and have it not only be useful, but <span style="font-style:italic;">very</span> welcome.<br /><br />I'm looking more forward to Wrath now than ever.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-82872058038268924242008-08-25T13:21:00.002-04:002009-01-04T22:18:40.631-05:00Gots to Get Me One of Those<a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/25/bigredkitty-rhino/" target="_blank">One word: Rhino.</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6-1SosbGeM&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6-1SosbGeM&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-24574092507587615382008-08-22T15:37:00.003-04:002009-01-04T22:18:08.860-05:00OK, Now What? Part ThreeAs Robin and my guildleaders pointed out, I missed the point of One-Handed Weapon Specialization entirely. Back to the drawing-board.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Oh, and it's 490 defense, not 415. No clue where I came up with that.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-28987920378819241192008-08-21T07:35:00.005-04:002009-01-04T22:17:52.851-05:00OK, Now What? UpdateAlrighty then. I went ahead with my <a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/2008/08/ok-now-what.html" target="_blank">planned spec changes</a> last night, and even with the loss of Reckoning, my dps did not drop significantly, though my survivability went way up. <br /><br />At this point, my defense is <span style="font-style:italic;">too</span> high at 421. While this isn't a problem, per se, I'm shooting for fair and balanced stats, so I need to drop this back down to 415, probably by regemming when I get the extra cash and the inclination to do so.<br /><br />Running Recount, I did notice that on average about 58% of my damage is pure melee and 15% Holy Shield. My Seal/Judgment of Righteousness together only account for about 8%, which surprised me. My shield spike accounts for about as much damage as Seal of Righteousness, or about 5%. Third place went to Ret aura with 10%. So, I can switch to Seal/Judgment of Light or some other Seal/Judgment without feeling I'm losing significant dps, 'cause I'm not. (And when I say significant dps, I'm talking about maybe 10 or so. Prot pally dps is definitely something to sneeze at.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nKvHXrglQyoVF5VU3SF4mJLp4LlgFpLavUuKu011XI_LiuIMJUId9AIUtF7sQL6cUX2XeVdNsckuxi1O3WKlEwZGA8hMOqRgUia6VHaHU7yKN_w9o7mS4l02lhfbG5b59z4LIrLa3jY/s1600-h/paladins0gf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nKvHXrglQyoVF5VU3SF4mJLp4LlgFpLavUuKu011XI_LiuIMJUId9AIUtF7sQL6cUX2XeVdNsckuxi1O3WKlEwZGA8hMOqRgUia6VHaHU7yKN_w9o7mS4l02lhfbG5b59z4LIrLa3jY/s400/paladins0gf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236935439312539010" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-15712571305691247382008-08-20T15:20:00.007-04:002009-01-04T22:17:37.073-05:00OK, Now What?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm64tMaNgRrhTpWJUNGopxH7GzUvPFKIx93M3GiwIYx4pl1dguKy9BVrubriJeOsEaU35T33FkLJwUi_tCchIGxJ50nJoN8O__u3uXLwy65UWC1fVmCS3o525T6BtzBTMfR8LwO13KEA/s1600-h/cowbell_shirtlogo_lg.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm64tMaNgRrhTpWJUNGopxH7GzUvPFKIx93M3GiwIYx4pl1dguKy9BVrubriJeOsEaU35T33FkLJwUi_tCchIGxJ50nJoN8O__u3uXLwy65UWC1fVmCS3o525T6BtzBTMfR8LwO13KEA/s200/cowbell_shirtlogo_lg.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236690016425677618" /></a><br />So I hit 66 on my Pally last night. I finally got the opportunity to dig some of that armor out of my bank that I've been holding onto for a while (most found with another character--I just kept it. And yes, I really do plan that far in advance.)<br /><br />I'm sporting 413 defense, just in excess of 9500 armor and 8700 health. Not too shabby for 66 (the Armory apparently isn't completely up-to-date. <a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bloodhoof&n=Alkabiades" target="_blank">It still shows 65</a>.) Now I'm starting to see why protection specced Paladins opt out of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=20182" target="_blank">Reckoning</a>. You honestly get hit so little, that the chances of it proccing are very slim indeed.<br /><br />So, I'm now looking at re-speccing into more of a "pure" protection build. I dug around and most point to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sZVhxIx0zMGqtV0x" target="_blank">this</a>. That looks more-or-less <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sZVhtIx0dMMqtVbx0hb" target="_blank">like what I planned</a>, but there are some differences that have me scratching my head.<br /><br />In their build, one would forgo <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=20217" target="_blank">Blessing of Kings</a> and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31846" target="_blank">Spell Warding</a> in favor of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=20198" target="_blank">One-Handed Weapon Specialization</a>. I can't figure out why.<br /><br />Blessing of Kings (BoK) is the most requested buff I have. I use it myself on a regular basis. That extra 10% to all stats is a beautiful thing and comes in handy when you know that you're going to be tanking something where just a little edge is all the difference between an impossible fight and a do-able one.<br /><br />Spell Warding isn't much, but as Han said, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_jedi" target="_blank">Short help is better than none, Chewie.</a>" That extra 4% less spell damage adds up pretty quickly when fighting multiple casters and bosses.<br /><br />On the other hand, an extra 5% weapon damage sounds good on paper, but really it's kind of pointless IMHO. Let's face it, pally's don't hold agro with their damage. In fact, my damage is downright pitiful. In the areas like Nagrand, when Horde has the Halaa blessing and I do have the extra 5% damage, honestly I can't tell much of a difference. I mean, I might hit for 125 white damage ordinarily. Now I'm hitting for 131! Woohoo! I'm cooking with gas now, sweetheart!<br /><br />Really, and for giving up Kings and Spell Warding, I'm not even getting that much. It's really only a 3% boost. So what gives? Hell, I'm probably getting a 3% damage boost from Kings anyway by bumping my stats 10%. Lord knows I'm getting much better mitigation, and isn't that the name of the game for prot pally's?<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-3512491532157427452008-08-19T07:53:00.006-04:002009-01-04T22:17:18.081-05:00Mages Stunned Speachless, Film at ElevenIn a surprising statement, <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=8765638232&pageNo=1&sid=2000#11" target="_blank">Koraa agreed with the Mage battlecry</a>: Warlocks do too much damage.<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="blue">Warlocks got to crazy land with the % modifiers to their damage output (specifically with Demonic Sacrafice), that's been toned down. Warlocks should never be able to out DPS a Mage with no pet out. Alike a Hunter, their pet should factor into their total damage output. Warlocks that sacrifice pretty much all utility talents should come very close to Mage DPS, but those who invest in group/raid utility should be lower. </span></blockquote><br />I guess that makes Mages the new black.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-22987557601965241812008-08-19T07:48:00.004-04:002009-01-04T22:16:43.018-05:005 Little WordsAnd no, I don't mean "My Daddy's Rich. Take me."<br /><br />Something hunters have been (justifiably) complaining about for ages is how broken growl is. Well, <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9023666362&pageNo=1&sid=2000#12" target="_blank">Ghostcrawler agrees</a>.<span class="blue"></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="blue">Growl sucks. We'll fix it. </span></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-24280339536128627252008-08-15T15:53:00.006-04:002009-01-04T22:16:23.364-05:00Raging Man-BitchAdmittedly, the title of this post has nothing to do with the post itself. A friend just told me the story of how his wife came up with 'raging man-bitch' and it tickled me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBFcLHVqhHorm-UM-QNsnkO_NOyqtVW9gIpCTSiHNkJIn6ejsSqo4GcizYZ9DkuiUWw2t8Xr-jYUKLZuq1TIAQbq6yZCm_fQf1vt9wv9pBHNhR67CSCZ6XLA2XvbjTlooW4ZA2ttXrlg/s1600-h/Dead_Floating_Gnome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBFcLHVqhHorm-UM-QNsnkO_NOyqtVW9gIpCTSiHNkJIn6ejsSqo4GcizYZ9DkuiUWw2t8Xr-jYUKLZuq1TIAQbq6yZCm_fQf1vt9wv9pBHNhR67CSCZ6XLA2XvbjTlooW4ZA2ttXrlg/s320/Dead_Floating_Gnome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234845422990202514" border="0" /></a><br />At any rate, I promised some time ago to talk of my humorous escapades in WoW. <a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/2008/08/long-time-ago.html" target="_blank">I've already discussed them from my Pen-and-Paper</a> (PnP) days, but now I'd like to recount more recent foul-ups.<br /><br />The first thing that comes to mind is when my little group was still fresh in the game. We'd been playing a few weeks and had gotten our merry little band up to the 20's. I was a night elf druid, my wife played a night elf hunter, my brother-in-law a gnome mage, one friend played a human rogue, and the other played a night elf warrior. Boldly we adventured in Red Ridge, slaying and playing.<br /><br />We took the quest to kill <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Tharil%27zun" target="_blank">Tharil'zun</a> and commenced the carnage. Hacking and slashing our way into him, we form up in the small area in front of him to formulate our plan. It's decided that our rogue will sneak in behind Tharil'zun's group and will sap him, once that occurs, our warrior will charge in and we'll burn down his helpers before he wakes. Sounds good on paper doesn't it?<br /><br />Our sneaky rogue makes his way behind the group without any real issues, and just as he's about to sap the orc, he steps in a campfire located just behind him. In those days, whenever a mob saw a rogue in stealth, some exclamation point-like animation would appear over their heads. When our rogue stepped into the fire, every mob standing there got that animation, and they turned around and proceeded to pound the stuffing out of him. Our group was laughing so hard that none of us could move, much less rescue our rogue, who died a gruesome death. My friend that played the warrior still laughs whenever someone walks up to him and goes "poof!"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-----<br /></div><br />Another time, with a pick-up group in Dead Mines, as we cleared the dungeon we hit a snag with a new mage. Standing atop the walkway leading down into the foundry area, a mage that was with us decided that the goblins at the bottom were within reach of his fireballs. Without consulting the group, he commenced lobbing fireballs. Our friend the warrior looked over at him and asked, "What do you think you're doing?" very calmly. The mage, unaware that he has just pulled the entire room says that he's just trying to kill a few before we have to go down there. The warrior just sits down and says that we no longer have to worry about going down there anymore, they'll be up here in a second. The wipe was short but painful.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzitPOU48a2P1hEDizEGlGKuPge_1X15uXRlUdsyZejVocUv8asMk1jmdRWt3w-NgPxzJnHMXa3g4A9poNZ0Rhk2Tmtr1DrZ1k-NOSCs9lCamdUuqmo1Kk0zsj1JW_8-_dNlnU7Wore8/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_091807_131737.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzitPOU48a2P1hEDizEGlGKuPge_1X15uXRlUdsyZejVocUv8asMk1jmdRWt3w-NgPxzJnHMXa3g4A9poNZ0Rhk2Tmtr1DrZ1k-NOSCs9lCamdUuqmo1Kk0zsj1JW_8-_dNlnU7Wore8/s320/WoWScrnShot_091807_131737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234845738562116354" border="0" /></a><br />-----</div><br />Recently, as we leveled up our new Horde characters on our new server, one of my friends was working on his Blood Elf Paladin. When he hit 60, he wanted to go get his charger. Now, I had never leveled a Horde paladin before, but I remembered what a bitch the quest was on the Alliance side. Not looking forward to this, I and a few other guildies broke into Stratholme to help complete his quest. Quickly we desecrated the little church. Once we completed that the following conversation took place:<br /><blockquote>Me: OK, what next?"<br />Paladin: Next?<br />Me: Yeah, where do we go next? Scholomance?<br />Paladin: Dude, what are you talking about? We're done.<br />Me: Bullsh*t. Go get the rest of the quest. There's got to be more.<br />Warrior: No, man, that's really it.<br />Warlock: No, dude, we're done.<br />Me: Are you sh*tting me? The Alliance version was a thousand times harder? That can't be all of the quest. Quit messing with me guys!<br />All: Seriously, that's it.</blockquote>I didn't believe them for the rest of the day. I actually looked it up to verify what they were telling me. I still get a little pissed when I think of how easy that quest is compared to the Alliance version (even though I recently benefited myself from the ease of it).<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-37802678754082480852008-08-15T12:51:00.003-04:002009-01-04T22:15:55.331-05:00Paladin Snare ConfirmedOK, <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9023673108&sid=1" target="_blank">this made me laugh</a> (SFW).<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-39845538310750377502008-08-15T09:16:00.002-04:002009-01-04T22:15:39.429-05:00New Hunter Build in WrathHunters are altering drastically again in Wrath. <a href="http://www.qqpewpew.com/2008/08/new-hunter-talents.html" target="_blank">Less QQ More PewPew has a nice write-up on the changes</a>.<br /><br />All I can say is that if some of these changes work as advertised, I'm going to be one very happy hunter!<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457102322896647251.post-65932538111297845362008-08-15T07:50:00.005-04:002009-01-04T22:15:23.804-05:00Pre-Wrath Blahs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIR2rUEHgmxek_ymFX2X3odVgm76DkCwRyLej_3chi82V4Fk5hTn_dsmeYua-F_k_Z3zGrCDuo_lLqXUtMbX65bYnJzGJp7kA6jZKCIKhDnaxfnGc5LVrV6TleglQxReS8gIu8VTctiE/s1600-h/wanting_to_stop_wanting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIR2rUEHgmxek_ymFX2X3odVgm76DkCwRyLej_3chi82V4Fk5hTn_dsmeYua-F_k_Z3zGrCDuo_lLqXUtMbX65bYnJzGJp7kA6jZKCIKhDnaxfnGc5LVrV6TleglQxReS8gIu8VTctiE/s400/wanting_to_stop_wanting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234718325666713938" border="0" /></a>OK, so you've got 5 level 70's with all the gear you want (right now), your raid group has basically quit raiding because lack of people on-line, you don't want to think about another alt, much less actually level one, and you're bored out of your skull while playing, yet you follow all the new Wrath of the Lich King info like a crack-head looking for a fix. Sounds like you've got the pre-Wrath Blahs to me.<br /><br />What can one do to alleviate these symptoms? I have a few ideas....<br /><ol><li>Go to war with the Cenarian Expedition and use misdirection on some nubs in Orgrimmar (only works if you're a hunter).</li><li>Create an Alliance/Horde alt and spam their trade channel with "anal <span style="font-style: italic;">[whatever]</span>" messages (admitedly this does get old quickly).</li><li>Roll a warrior and see how fast you can level while naked and barehanded.</li><li>Roll a new character on an RP server, join an emo guild, and whine about how bored you are.</li><li>Log onto the forums and find the oldest thread you can manage. Respond to it in a very serious manner, and watch as others respond before realizing how old the thread you resurrected is.</li><li>Take up a new instrument and serenade your guildmates over ventrilo with your amazing new hobby.</li></ol>There are many ways to avoid boredom and I'd love to hear from others who have other creative methods.<br /><br /><a href="http://camptaurajo.blogspot.com/"><br />Camp Taurajo, just a little south of Barrens chat</a>Mad Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912917905902320109noreply@blogger.com0