I was killing Zombies today on Beroth out of sheer frustration and then I started getting these messages. Apparently, so did Flyv. Looks like he's going to the dark side.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Go Phillies - Kill All Zombies
My gaming group are all converted to Phillies Phans because the sooner they win, the sooner I'll be online on my Bear tanking for them. I've been glued to the TV or radio every game of the playoffs.
When I am on, we've been enjoying the patch. The changes to the Bear Swipe mechanics make Rhus a genuine AoE tank. The changes to Hunter shot mechanics mean that I can enjoy dps with-out freaking out about clipping shots. If not for the stupid lag issues, I would give the patch 10/10 for excitement, game improvements & all around crunchy goodness.
So, how do I feel about the zombie plague? It's "exciting" and I'm not sure that's a good thing. I've completely given up playing my lowbie shadow priest. I'm avoiding cities. The whole thing is screwing with the tranquility of our little PvE server. Still I approve, even if I don't like it. It feels right and adds to the anticipation of the expansion. I just wish that it wasn't so disruptive.
When I am on, we've been enjoying the patch. The changes to the Bear Swipe mechanics make Rhus a genuine AoE tank. The changes to Hunter shot mechanics mean that I can enjoy dps with-out freaking out about clipping shots. If not for the stupid lag issues, I would give the patch 10/10 for excitement, game improvements & all around crunchy goodness.
So, how do I feel about the zombie plague? It's "exciting" and I'm not sure that's a good thing. I've completely given up playing my lowbie shadow priest. I'm avoiding cities. The whole thing is screwing with the tranquility of our little PvE server. Still I approve, even if I don't like it. It feels right and adds to the anticipation of the expansion. I just wish that it wasn't so disruptive.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Obsolete
Welcome to patch day, otherwise known as the day that just about every tip on this site becomes obsolete. I hope that you all are as excited as I am about the prospect of no more steady shot clipping.
Since stepping away from raiding, I've been looking, without success, for an alternate direction for this site. The truth, as I've mentioned before, is that I've been focusing on my feral druid & on my lesser alts. Flyv has even encouraged me to rename my site & become a full-time druid blogger. I don't think that's going to happen. One of the reasons I got into this blog was that I wasn't finding blogs from raiding hunters that felt "accessible." I wanted to simplify the theory-craft and number crunching I read so that the casual player or the ALT player had a resource. Feral druids, on the other hand, already have people like Karthis, Flyv, Kalon & countless more.
So, what does the future hold? I'm not super excited about joining the droves of Exotic Pet "fan-boys" when the servers come up tonight. Yes, I'll be going with a Beast Master spec for now. Yes, I'm prepared to tame something exotic. But, I'm not sure I plan to stay there.
At this point, Rhus will be my main for Wrath. When I hit 80, I'm hoping to get my small group of friends motivated to do 10-mans with various friends in different guilds including the gang in QSS. Beroth, I plan to level in a more relaxed pace. I'm hoping that a solid PvP/PvE hybrid emerges by the time he hits 80. I'm eying a MM/SV hybrid idea.
For now, I plan to go with a 56/5/0 build at 70. It's far from ideal, but allows me to experiment with some of the new BM talents while retaining the same feel.
As for Rhus, I'm grateful that Karthis posted a Pre-Wrath Talent Spec the other day which matches my plans almost exactly (making me feel smarter than I actually am.) I'm tweaking and should have my decision by server-up in a few hours.
My biggest annoyance with the new expansion is timing. Yeah, Oct/Nov is great for the holiday rush, but it's also a busy time of the year. The Phillies are in the playoffs, Football season is in full swing, new shows are on TV, we've got this huge election thing (and I'm a politics junky), the "honey do" list is as long as my arm and there's the whole holiday travel thing. Who's got time to play WoW?
Since stepping away from raiding, I've been looking, without success, for an alternate direction for this site. The truth, as I've mentioned before, is that I've been focusing on my feral druid & on my lesser alts. Flyv has even encouraged me to rename my site & become a full-time druid blogger. I don't think that's going to happen. One of the reasons I got into this blog was that I wasn't finding blogs from raiding hunters that felt "accessible." I wanted to simplify the theory-craft and number crunching I read so that the casual player or the ALT player had a resource. Feral druids, on the other hand, already have people like Karthis, Flyv, Kalon & countless more.
So, what does the future hold? I'm not super excited about joining the droves of Exotic Pet "fan-boys" when the servers come up tonight. Yes, I'll be going with a Beast Master spec for now. Yes, I'm prepared to tame something exotic. But, I'm not sure I plan to stay there.
At this point, Rhus will be my main for Wrath. When I hit 80, I'm hoping to get my small group of friends motivated to do 10-mans with various friends in different guilds including the gang in QSS. Beroth, I plan to level in a more relaxed pace. I'm hoping that a solid PvP/PvE hybrid emerges by the time he hits 80. I'm eying a MM/SV hybrid idea.
For now, I plan to go with a 56/5/0 build at 70. It's far from ideal, but allows me to experiment with some of the new BM talents while retaining the same feel.
As for Rhus, I'm grateful that Karthis posted a Pre-Wrath Talent Spec the other day which matches my plans almost exactly (making me feel smarter than I actually am.) I'm tweaking and should have my decision by server-up in a few hours.
My biggest annoyance with the new expansion is timing. Yeah, Oct/Nov is great for the holiday rush, but it's also a busy time of the year. The Phillies are in the playoffs, Football season is in full swing, new shows are on TV, we've got this huge election thing (and I'm a politics junky), the "honey do" list is as long as my arm and there's the whole holiday travel thing. Who's got time to play WoW?
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