I was on GHOSTKID last night and ended up getting into a partial group for the Headless Horseman event.
We needed a healer and 1 more DPS.
I pulled a healer named Darkvenom from AV who was grinding honor for epics, and my buddy Mokasa. Darkvenom is a real life friend of my son who dinged 70 last week...just in case you giva a shit.
Mokasa, Darkvenom, and I picked up the quest in Brill and headed over to Scarlet Monestary to do our thing with the pumpkin-headed freak. This was nice because we could run it an extra 3 times in the hopes of getting the mount.
No mount, but Darkvenom and Mokasa got epic rings. Mokasa also got the plate helm. The thing is sick! I can't link stuff well, so click to see http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Horseman%27s_Helm
Man, this dude is lucky.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
What's Happening With My Toons
OK...
Nostik is 360/375 Inscriptions. I am not going to bother trying to get the last 15 ticks until after the expansion comes out. Nostik can make all of the Major Glyphs available through the trainers, and is doing the daily 'Learn a Minor Glyph thing" now.
GHOSTKID is rusty as all fuck! I took him into Kara with Shai (Zeet was tanking!) and it took a while to get back into the grove again. I got DC'd right before Moroes, and was unable to get back on the whole night. So much for getting into that guild.
Zombies suck balls! It's a chore to get anything done with all of the little kids on the server infecting Org and such for jollies. Shit, it's a pain in the ass!
Gavo (level 68) will be my Death Knight.
My level 70's are running zombie-ridden dailies constantly. I need gold like a hooker needs tricks to satisfy her pimp.
Mokasa (my buddy) is spending his time leveling Blacksmithing and running dailies. Leveling Blacksmithing is an expensive proposition.
And now you know what's going on.
Nostik is 360/375 Inscriptions. I am not going to bother trying to get the last 15 ticks until after the expansion comes out. Nostik can make all of the Major Glyphs available through the trainers, and is doing the daily 'Learn a Minor Glyph thing" now.
GHOSTKID is rusty as all fuck! I took him into Kara with Shai (Zeet was tanking!) and it took a while to get back into the grove again. I got DC'd right before Moroes, and was unable to get back on the whole night. So much for getting into that guild.
Zombies suck balls! It's a chore to get anything done with all of the little kids on the server infecting Org and such for jollies. Shit, it's a pain in the ass!
Gavo (level 68) will be my Death Knight.
My level 70's are running zombie-ridden dailies constantly. I need gold like a hooker needs tricks to satisfy her pimp.
Mokasa (my buddy) is spending his time leveling Blacksmithing and running dailies. Leveling Blacksmithing is an expensive proposition.
And now you know what's going on.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Tunnel Vision / Procrastination
I haven't been doing anything on any of my toons except Nostik for the past few months. My whole focus on the game was to get him to level 70.
I have run very few dailies on my other toons. It has cost me about 2,500 gold from bank toons to get Nostik and Mokasa the essentials to make game play tolerable (mounts and training). Why so much gold? We both dinged 70 last night through a dozen World Server disconnects. Flying mount training, epic ground mount training, etc. will cost a bit of gold.
Now there are so many things I have not been doing that I don't know where to begin. I really need to recoup my gold, but I can't just abandon Mokasa for my other toons. This is his main. He has to go get his quest blues, start running instances, etc. and I know he'll need a bit of hand holding.
Maybe I'll just hop on GHOSTKID and team up with him that way. The quests should go fast enough that I can farm gold as well on the same night.
Sheesh! I wish I kept up on my normal maintenance routines on my other toons, bank alts, and the like. The game just turned into a job.
I have run very few dailies on my other toons. It has cost me about 2,500 gold from bank toons to get Nostik and Mokasa the essentials to make game play tolerable (mounts and training). Why so much gold? We both dinged 70 last night through a dozen World Server disconnects. Flying mount training, epic ground mount training, etc. will cost a bit of gold.
Now there are so many things I have not been doing that I don't know where to begin. I really need to recoup my gold, but I can't just abandon Mokasa for my other toons. This is his main. He has to go get his quest blues, start running instances, etc. and I know he'll need a bit of hand holding.
Maybe I'll just hop on GHOSTKID and team up with him that way. The quests should go fast enough that I can farm gold as well on the same night.
Sheesh! I wish I kept up on my normal maintenance routines on my other toons, bank alts, and the like. The game just turned into a job.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Dumber Ass!
Remember last post? Probably not. I know this is more of a diary than a blog because no one reads it.
I solved my problem.
In the orge camp described in the post just below this one (read it to be on the same page...come on...lazy fucker...I'll wait) I found that there is an elite in the camp named Gurok that never dies. Of course it is not possible to just Auto-Shot your way to max level, but it's easier than running around killing random mobs. I fought him until I hit a level acceptable for Outland mobs.
Since I was in the area I ran through the Dark Portal to get back to Outlands. I hate using my hearthstone cool down. When I arived in Hellfire Penninsula I had a YOU-FUCKING-IDIOT moment.
I walked to the top of the stairs at the pit where the endless fight is going on at the portal, targeted a mob, and started Auto-Shotting my way to max level. What a dweeb. No aggro...grab a sandwich and hit the peak level.
I hope this helps you, even though you don't actually read this blog. I, really, hope I don't forget this tip for the next time I vendor my main weapon.
I solved my problem.
In the orge camp described in the post just below this one (read it to be on the same page...come on...lazy fucker...I'll wait) I found that there is an elite in the camp named Gurok that never dies. Of course it is not possible to just Auto-Shot your way to max level, but it's easier than running around killing random mobs. I fought him until I hit a level acceptable for Outland mobs.
Since I was in the area I ran through the Dark Portal to get back to Outlands. I hate using my hearthstone cool down. When I arived in Hellfire Penninsula I had a YOU-FUCKING-IDIOT moment.
I walked to the top of the stairs at the pit where the endless fight is going on at the portal, targeted a mob, and started Auto-Shotting my way to max level. What a dweeb. No aggro...grab a sandwich and hit the peak level.
I hope this helps you, even though you don't actually read this blog. I, really, hope I don't forget this tip for the next time I vendor my main weapon.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Dumb Ass!
I finally got to log onto Nostik last night. He's the level 69 Hunter. I tought him his talents, got my training, and leveled Inscriptions to about 120ish (ran out of mats). I just checked The Armory for a more precise number, but the data is out of date.
Since it was more of a maintenance night as opposed to a leveling night I decided to level guns up to 345. Nostik has had a bow since he was first conceived, and was 1/345 in guns. I got the gun from the hunter camp quest in Nagrang, and never equiped it. It was time to get that gun and its 11 more DPS onto the toon.
I took the time to empty my bank of lower level ranged weapons, get an ammo pouch, and vendor the weapons I no longer needed...including the bow I have been using for the past level or two. I bought the cheapest ammo the Org vendor had because I knew I was about to waste a lot of bullets on the practice dummies near the mount vendor in Org, so why pay more than I had to? I have a flying mount to buy, after all.
I dismissed my pet and unleashed a hail of bullets onto the wooden practice post with a smile on my face. "Thank you, Blizz" actually came from my lips when I started this task. It is very nice of them to allow one to level skills like this instead of killing random mobs for no benifit.
I wasn't getting any skill points. Hmm. What am I doing wrong? I whispered other toons doing the same thing with their ranged and melee weapons to see if there was something I was missing. They indicated that they had no success either.
I noticed the practice post was grey when I was shooting it, and decided to level my guns elsewhere. I had been clued into mobs just south of Swamp of Sorrows (SoS) that never die. Once you got them down to 1% health they take no damage. I had used these mobs to level other skills before on GHOSTKID, so off I went - catching a bird to Ratchet to catch a boat to Booty Bay (BB) to catch a bird to SoS - you know the routine.
When I mounted the bird from BB to SoS I made a mental note to buy back my bow from a vendor in case anything "bad" happened.
Then it did. Something bad did happen. I got kicked off of the server.
I know Blizzard's servers are smoking hot with activity right now, and the occasional disconnect (DC) is to be expected. I spent 20 minutes trying to log back on before I was finally successful.
20 minutes! My bow was no longer at the vendor for buy back. Shit!
Oh well, off to the immortal mob I go...Son of G-something I think is the name. I'll be fine since I'm never going to equip that bow again.
I entered the camp where the Ogres that surround the immortal mob. My pet did all of the killing on the level 45 mobs with me behind firing miss after miss. The occasions that I did hit a mob yielded very little damage (lowest bullet rating and no skill level at guns).
After clearing the area to get to Son of G-something I sent in my pet, fired a shot, got a skill point for the shot, and relaxed because everything seemed like it would be OK in an hour or so (see old post for exactly how long 1 to 350 takes on a level 70 Hunter).
Everything was not OK. Once the never-ending mob hit his minimum health level I stopped getting skill points. Blizzard fixed/nerfed/fucked-up my immortal mob!
I am now a level 69 Hunter with about 25/345 in guns and the weakest ammo in the game, parked near an ogre camp that I will be clearing for the next two hours of game play. FUCK!
Does anyone know what's going on with my situation? Are things broken right now, or are they fixed to be permanent?
Please help.
I know the handful of readers I have are either another classes (mage, etc.), my family (non WoWers) or people that don't play anymore; but I'd like a nugget of knowledge if you have it. If not, just comment about how utterly NOOB I am for such a boneheaded vendor move in the first place.
Since it was more of a maintenance night as opposed to a leveling night I decided to level guns up to 345. Nostik has had a bow since he was first conceived, and was 1/345 in guns. I got the gun from the hunter camp quest in Nagrang, and never equiped it. It was time to get that gun and its 11 more DPS onto the toon.
I took the time to empty my bank of lower level ranged weapons, get an ammo pouch, and vendor the weapons I no longer needed...including the bow I have been using for the past level or two. I bought the cheapest ammo the Org vendor had because I knew I was about to waste a lot of bullets on the practice dummies near the mount vendor in Org, so why pay more than I had to? I have a flying mount to buy, after all.
I dismissed my pet and unleashed a hail of bullets onto the wooden practice post with a smile on my face. "Thank you, Blizz" actually came from my lips when I started this task. It is very nice of them to allow one to level skills like this instead of killing random mobs for no benifit.
I wasn't getting any skill points. Hmm. What am I doing wrong? I whispered other toons doing the same thing with their ranged and melee weapons to see if there was something I was missing. They indicated that they had no success either.
I noticed the practice post was grey when I was shooting it, and decided to level my guns elsewhere. I had been clued into mobs just south of Swamp of Sorrows (SoS) that never die. Once you got them down to 1% health they take no damage. I had used these mobs to level other skills before on GHOSTKID, so off I went - catching a bird to Ratchet to catch a boat to Booty Bay (BB) to catch a bird to SoS - you know the routine.
When I mounted the bird from BB to SoS I made a mental note to buy back my bow from a vendor in case anything "bad" happened.
Then it did. Something bad did happen. I got kicked off of the server.
I know Blizzard's servers are smoking hot with activity right now, and the occasional disconnect (DC) is to be expected. I spent 20 minutes trying to log back on before I was finally successful.
20 minutes! My bow was no longer at the vendor for buy back. Shit!
Oh well, off to the immortal mob I go...Son of G-something I think is the name. I'll be fine since I'm never going to equip that bow again.
I entered the camp where the Ogres that surround the immortal mob. My pet did all of the killing on the level 45 mobs with me behind firing miss after miss. The occasions that I did hit a mob yielded very little damage (lowest bullet rating and no skill level at guns).
After clearing the area to get to Son of G-something I sent in my pet, fired a shot, got a skill point for the shot, and relaxed because everything seemed like it would be OK in an hour or so (see old post for exactly how long 1 to 350 takes on a level 70 Hunter).
Everything was not OK. Once the never-ending mob hit his minimum health level I stopped getting skill points. Blizzard fixed/nerfed/fucked-up my immortal mob!
I am now a level 69 Hunter with about 25/345 in guns and the weakest ammo in the game, parked near an ogre camp that I will be clearing for the next two hours of game play. FUCK!
Does anyone know what's going on with my situation? Are things broken right now, or are they fixed to be permanent?
Please help.
I know the handful of readers I have are either another classes (mage, etc.), my family (non WoWers) or people that don't play anymore; but I'd like a nugget of knowledge if you have it. If not, just comment about how utterly NOOB I am for such a boneheaded vendor move in the first place.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Patch Gripe
I am not going to go through all of the Hunter changes that happened in patch 3.whatever yesterday. I will not be commenting on the new Talent tree, the new Inscription profession (Nostik hasn't learned it yet), nor any of the other changes that came with this patch - save one.
Before I go into the change that gets my ire up it is necessary to give a bit of background on shot rotation. This will not be extensive because it is boring for anyone other than a Hunter, and even Hunters start to yawn (Dinah, Anathema's guild leader, has told us Hunters to "blow it out our asses" on many occasions). This explanation is specific to Beast Mastery Hunters, relative to the old talent tree.
GHOSTKID is a SSC, HT, Gruuls, Mag (no BT or Sunwell) level Beast Mastery Hunter in T5/badge gear (proper enchants and gems) and can top the WWS charts with raiders at similar gear level. Ironically it takes time to get to that gear level, but with the two piece T5 set bonus the game gets easier. Barring nuances of the class to top the WWS charts all I had to do was make sure I wove my Steady Shot in between my auto shots.
Auto Shot has a 1.5 second cool down, and Steady Shot had a 1.5 second cool down. The trick is to use Steady Shot every time it's off of cool down without interrupting (clipping) Auto Shot. Of course there are other things being done to deal out DPS, but this is the most significant part. Done properly a Hunter can get an Auto Shot or Steady Shot off every .75 seconds. Please note that this is over simplified and takes no other shot rotation formulas into account. This post is a gripe session, not a theorycraft session.
Blizzard has increased the Steady Shot cool down to 2.0 seconds. I believe they did this so a beginner Hunter, or dumb Hunter (Huntard) can now spam Steady Shot and clip much less of the Auto Shots than he/she used to. In theory one could spam Steady Shot and never see an Auto Shot on the old system. Auto Shot does more damage than Steady Shot at GHOSTKID's gear level by the way.
I have been gimped! Not only do I shoot 10 less Steady Shots per minute than I did, but all of my crit procs just lost 10 chances a minute to proc. If I'm at 30+% crit, that's roughly 3 times per minute less procs. ****Please visit Criticall QQ for mind bending math. It's mage stuff, but the math gets detailed. I will not be doing any more today. That's Rip's job.****
So now I have to get GHOSTKID's talents past 375, train an exotic pet, get glyphs, and LEARN HOW TO PLAY ALL OVER AGAIN!
This blows. I hope my soon-to-be-acquired Devilsaur makes up for it.
Before I go into the change that gets my ire up it is necessary to give a bit of background on shot rotation. This will not be extensive because it is boring for anyone other than a Hunter, and even Hunters start to yawn (Dinah, Anathema's guild leader, has told us Hunters to "blow it out our asses" on many occasions). This explanation is specific to Beast Mastery Hunters, relative to the old talent tree.
GHOSTKID is a SSC, HT, Gruuls, Mag (no BT or Sunwell) level Beast Mastery Hunter in T5/badge gear (proper enchants and gems) and can top the WWS charts with raiders at similar gear level. Ironically it takes time to get to that gear level, but with the two piece T5 set bonus the game gets easier. Barring nuances of the class to top the WWS charts all I had to do was make sure I wove my Steady Shot in between my auto shots.
Auto Shot has a 1.5 second cool down, and Steady Shot had a 1.5 second cool down. The trick is to use Steady Shot every time it's off of cool down without interrupting (clipping) Auto Shot. Of course there are other things being done to deal out DPS, but this is the most significant part. Done properly a Hunter can get an Auto Shot or Steady Shot off every .75 seconds. Please note that this is over simplified and takes no other shot rotation formulas into account. This post is a gripe session, not a theorycraft session.
Blizzard has increased the Steady Shot cool down to 2.0 seconds. I believe they did this so a beginner Hunter, or dumb Hunter (Huntard) can now spam Steady Shot and clip much less of the Auto Shots than he/she used to. In theory one could spam Steady Shot and never see an Auto Shot on the old system. Auto Shot does more damage than Steady Shot at GHOSTKID's gear level by the way.
I have been gimped! Not only do I shoot 10 less Steady Shots per minute than I did, but all of my crit procs just lost 10 chances a minute to proc. If I'm at 30+% crit, that's roughly 3 times per minute less procs. ****Please visit Criticall QQ for mind bending math. It's mage stuff, but the math gets detailed. I will not be doing any more today. That's Rip's job.****
So now I have to get GHOSTKID's talents past 375, train an exotic pet, get glyphs, and LEARN HOW TO PLAY ALL OVER AGAIN!
This blows. I hope my soon-to-be-acquired Devilsaur makes up for it.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Slight Modification to the Master Plan
Just an alt change of duties. This may be more of a To Do list for me than a worthwhile post for you.
Nostik - Get to level 70 (69 now) and pick up inscriptions as a second profession to the 375 mining already attained. Park at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Gavo - Get to level 70 (68 now) and continue to level Herbalism (156) and Skinning (160) to 375. Park at Sunsell place for gold dailies.
OCKilla - Already 375 Blacksmith and 375 Mining. Leave at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Blender - Already 375 Engineering and 375 Mining. Leave at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Pinkfarry - Get to level 70 (doubtful) from level 53 where he is at this time. Continue to level tailoring (250ish) and mining (unknown level).
So...anyone want to help me do my dailies? GHOSTKID and I get bored farming gold, so we can only handle one round a day when we have the time. I haven't farmed the dailies in a few months and am feeling quite the economic pinch.
Nostik - Get to level 70 (69 now) and pick up inscriptions as a second profession to the 375 mining already attained. Park at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Gavo - Get to level 70 (68 now) and continue to level Herbalism (156) and Skinning (160) to 375. Park at Sunsell place for gold dailies.
OCKilla - Already 375 Blacksmith and 375 Mining. Leave at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Blender - Already 375 Engineering and 375 Mining. Leave at Sunwell place for gold dailies.
Pinkfarry - Get to level 70 (doubtful) from level 53 where he is at this time. Continue to level tailoring (250ish) and mining (unknown level).
So...anyone want to help me do my dailies? GHOSTKID and I get bored farming gold, so we can only handle one round a day when we have the time. I haven't farmed the dailies in a few months and am feeling quite the economic pinch.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Inscriptions
I've decided to take another level 68 Hunter that came included with one of my adopted accounts and turn him into a flower picker and Inscriptionist. Since I've made this decision weeks after many people have gathered the seemingly infinite amount of herbs required to effectively make glyphs and such, I think my efforts to kick ass leveling these professions will be futile. That is all. Carry on with your day.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Oooo Face!
This post (like most) has little content, but if you have a bit of time to kill I'll try to keep it fairly brief.
I was questing in Nagrand without my friend last night. He had a long day of meeting after meeting, and probably got home around 10:00PM PST (1:00AM server time). I knew he wouldn't be on, and that he finished wome quests I didn't, do I figured I'd make sure I wasn't too far behind.
I ended up partying with a Mage, Druid, and a Fury Warrior to kill Cho'cho...Cho'gor...Cho'konit (fuck if I know) in an ogre camp to the upper left of the map. You know what I'm talking about. Stop criticizing. Anyway, we are all about the same level (66 to 67).
So we all get into the camp, and clear to the boss dude, down him with little trouble, and then everyone starts linking their group quests in party chat. All is well and good.
We decide to do another boss kill in the aforementioned area where one summons the boss using skulls and such. I don't have the quest yet, though my description would contain no more insight, anyway, if I did. It was at this time that the Warrior got another Fury Warrior to join the party. This warrior was level 70, and made the kill very simple.
After the boss went down we were going to kill Durn the Hungerer (legitimate name ftw). On the way down the hill I asked if we could kill Gutripper (twice!) real quick because I need him, and he's right in front of my face. The lower level Warrior bitched because he really wanted Durn, but he helped (kind of) in the Gutripper kill.
About 100 yards south we stopped to kill the Elite Talbuk Stag guy (streak ended) that I needed too. The same Warrior was doing the typical "OMG, wtf, DURN" stuff in party chat, which we ignored.
Do you remember how hard it was to do the Camp Forge Pain-In-Ass quests? Remember trying to kill canons, Engineers, Tinkerers, Legionaires, lions, tigers, and bears? Well we did that one on the way to Durn too. The sixty-something Warrior had to be losing his fucking mind by now. I think I could actually hear him swearing at his computer even though my headset was unplugged and my sound was off.
To add a little frustration to this guy's life our Mage and Druid both went to turn in, vendor, and repair before Durn. Yes, they did it on purpose because this guy was a tital dick.
Eventually we downed Durn. The little asshole got his drop, and chatted something to the effect of, "Finally!"
The level 70 Warrior (cool guy helping us little guys) chatted that the little Warrior owed us (other little guys) a thank you. When the little Warrior brought up the fact that he killed all of the other mobs for our quests, and how he doesn't think it's fair that he was singled out; the level 70 linked a Damage Meter. The mage was on top, closely followed by yours truly, then the level 70 Warrior...and the healing Druid was fourth! The little whiner was dealing less damage than the fucking healer!
The shithead promptly left the group.
I was questing in Nagrand without my friend last night. He had a long day of meeting after meeting, and probably got home around 10:00PM PST (1:00AM server time). I knew he wouldn't be on, and that he finished wome quests I didn't, do I figured I'd make sure I wasn't too far behind.
I ended up partying with a Mage, Druid, and a Fury Warrior to kill Cho'cho...Cho'gor...Cho'konit (fuck if I know) in an ogre camp to the upper left of the map. You know what I'm talking about. Stop criticizing. Anyway, we are all about the same level (66 to 67).
So we all get into the camp, and clear to the boss dude, down him with little trouble, and then everyone starts linking their group quests in party chat. All is well and good.
We decide to do another boss kill in the aforementioned area where one summons the boss using skulls and such. I don't have the quest yet, though my description would contain no more insight, anyway, if I did. It was at this time that the Warrior got another Fury Warrior to join the party. This warrior was level 70, and made the kill very simple.
After the boss went down we were going to kill Durn the Hungerer (legitimate name ftw). On the way down the hill I asked if we could kill Gutripper (twice!) real quick because I need him, and he's right in front of my face. The lower level Warrior bitched because he really wanted Durn, but he helped (kind of) in the Gutripper kill.
About 100 yards south we stopped to kill the Elite Talbuk Stag guy (streak ended) that I needed too. The same Warrior was doing the typical "OMG, wtf, DURN" stuff in party chat, which we ignored.
Do you remember how hard it was to do the Camp Forge Pain-In-Ass quests? Remember trying to kill canons, Engineers, Tinkerers, Legionaires, lions, tigers, and bears? Well we did that one on the way to Durn too. The sixty-something Warrior had to be losing his fucking mind by now. I think I could actually hear him swearing at his computer even though my headset was unplugged and my sound was off.
To add a little frustration to this guy's life our Mage and Druid both went to turn in, vendor, and repair before Durn. Yes, they did it on purpose because this guy was a tital dick.
Eventually we downed Durn. The little asshole got his drop, and chatted something to the effect of, "Finally!"
The level 70 Warrior (cool guy helping us little guys) chatted that the little Warrior owed us (other little guys) a thank you. When the little Warrior brought up the fact that he killed all of the other mobs for our quests, and how he doesn't think it's fair that he was singled out; the level 70 linked a Damage Meter. The mage was on top, closely followed by yours truly, then the level 70 Warrior...and the healing Druid was fourth! The little whiner was dealing less damage than the fucking healer!
The shithead promptly left the group.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Lucky Schmuck!
First off…”Fuck off, friend of mine.” You will be standing at my side telling my buddy the same thing.
It was the middle of July this year that I got my partner addicted to WoW. His wife LOVES me. I’m such an ass.
For you veteran WoW players out there…ponder this.
My friend starts playing WoW. The ease of leveling from 20 to 60 is already in effect. He has a friend leveling along side of him that has nearly 2 years into the game and is playing a class he knows inside and out. He will hit level 70 a day or two before the expansion comes out, and will level his toon to 80 at the earliest opportunity. When he hits level 75 to 76 his gear will be on par with the highest geared toons on the server because T6 means nothing now, even though those T6 guys have years invested into the game.
He started playing WoW at the absolute perfect time. He’ll have no stall time waiting for the expansion. He’ll have no reputation grinds in Azeroth or Outlands because they won’t matter. He’ll have no wasted time played at all doing any kind of grinding until he hits 80, and he’ll be doing it after he’s been playing four months and be at the same rep., gear level, talent builds, etc. as the studs that have years under their belts.
Shall we all toast my pal? Get ready. Everyone raise your middle digit in the air. All together, now…
FUCK YOU Mokasa!
It was the middle of July this year that I got my partner addicted to WoW. His wife LOVES me. I’m such an ass.
For you veteran WoW players out there…ponder this.
My friend starts playing WoW. The ease of leveling from 20 to 60 is already in effect. He has a friend leveling along side of him that has nearly 2 years into the game and is playing a class he knows inside and out. He will hit level 70 a day or two before the expansion comes out, and will level his toon to 80 at the earliest opportunity. When he hits level 75 to 76 his gear will be on par with the highest geared toons on the server because T6 means nothing now, even though those T6 guys have years invested into the game.
He started playing WoW at the absolute perfect time. He’ll have no stall time waiting for the expansion. He’ll have no reputation grinds in Azeroth or Outlands because they won’t matter. He’ll have no wasted time played at all doing any kind of grinding until he hits 80, and he’ll be doing it after he’s been playing four months and be at the same rep., gear level, talent builds, etc. as the studs that have years under their belts.
Shall we all toast my pal? Get ready. Everyone raise your middle digit in the air. All together, now…
FUCK YOU Mokasa!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Uninteresting Boasting
I have written about how I'm leveling a toon along side my buddy. He just started WoW, so I wanted him to be able to have a friend next to him leveling the whole way to 70 instead of taking one of my 70's and power-leveling him through the game. He needed to see how much time, thought, and design went into WoW, and appreciate what Blizzard is providing him for his $15 a month.
Leveling is fun and all, but every once in a while a player just needs to bring the pain to a zone.
As previously posted my little Hunter is at level 66. I finished that Stonebreaker Hold/T-Forrest zone, and am about to step into my beloved Nagrand. I needed to get my buddy caught up. He hasn't been on-line the past couple of days, and I got a bit ahead of him.
Last night I was goofing off on GHOSTKID. I was hanging around in Shat doing enchants and making armor kits. A little gold here and there helps pay for the 1.6 gold-per-stack arrows in my mega-quiver.
I was DE'ing some stuff for a customer when I saw my buddy was logged on. I flew to T-Forrest, put on my humanoid tracker, and hunted my prey. I am, after all, a Hunter. I swooped down from the skies on my Netherdrake in my T-5/Badge gear and commanded (nicely asked) him to put each of his weapons in trade so I could throw on a couple of enchants before we took off to tear this zone up. He only had about six quests to finish before he was done here, anyway.
We set out to go on an XP killing spree, and kill we did. There was one point where I was killing mobs, and he was just looting (needed 20 skulls for some quest). I was killing the level 64 and 65 mobs faster than he could loot. It was epic slaughter.
I am not sure why it brought me such satisfaction to kill mobs 5 levels lower than me in seconds, but I have a theory.
It is my opinion that I enjoyed the masacre because GHOSTKID was a raider until Anathema stopped raiding. Every mob, every boss, every single thing was a challenge. I raided for content and gear. Killing the same bosses every week to get to the next one earned me DKP. I saved my DKP until a piece of gear I could use dropped, and I did my best to get it. About every 2 to 3 weeks I got something for GHOSTKID. Man...that's a long time to get him where he is. I retired from raiding when Anathema did. No more gear. Waiting for the expansion.
I think I enjoyed the quick mob kills because GHOSTKID and I worked long and hard to get him to the level of gear and skill where he is. He EARNED the right to go onto that pile of bones and single-handedly kill all mobs faster that a pocket looter can loot. Why not use what he has? Did GHOSTKID not get this gear to help be an utter killing machine?
So....Am I nuts?
I wasn't showing off. My buddy knows that GHOSTKID has years invested into the toon. A NFL player doesn't walk onto a pop-warner field and offer to take all comers.
I think I was relishing the rewards of all of the time invested into GHOSTKID. It felt like I could see why all of those nights of raiding were done.
I didn't really see it before because as my gear and skill increased the trash and bosses got harder. It never seemed to make much pf a difference when I was raiding, but I can sure see it in the real world of pixels outside of a 25 man where the air smells like Undead and Clefthoof shit.
Leveling is fun and all, but every once in a while a player just needs to bring the pain to a zone.
As previously posted my little Hunter is at level 66. I finished that Stonebreaker Hold/T-Forrest zone, and am about to step into my beloved Nagrand. I needed to get my buddy caught up. He hasn't been on-line the past couple of days, and I got a bit ahead of him.
Last night I was goofing off on GHOSTKID. I was hanging around in Shat doing enchants and making armor kits. A little gold here and there helps pay for the 1.6 gold-per-stack arrows in my mega-quiver.
I was DE'ing some stuff for a customer when I saw my buddy was logged on. I flew to T-Forrest, put on my humanoid tracker, and hunted my prey. I am, after all, a Hunter. I swooped down from the skies on my Netherdrake in my T-5/Badge gear and commanded (nicely asked) him to put each of his weapons in trade so I could throw on a couple of enchants before we took off to tear this zone up. He only had about six quests to finish before he was done here, anyway.
We set out to go on an XP killing spree, and kill we did. There was one point where I was killing mobs, and he was just looting (needed 20 skulls for some quest). I was killing the level 64 and 65 mobs faster than he could loot. It was epic slaughter.
I am not sure why it brought me such satisfaction to kill mobs 5 levels lower than me in seconds, but I have a theory.
It is my opinion that I enjoyed the masacre because GHOSTKID was a raider until Anathema stopped raiding. Every mob, every boss, every single thing was a challenge. I raided for content and gear. Killing the same bosses every week to get to the next one earned me DKP. I saved my DKP until a piece of gear I could use dropped, and I did my best to get it. About every 2 to 3 weeks I got something for GHOSTKID. Man...that's a long time to get him where he is. I retired from raiding when Anathema did. No more gear. Waiting for the expansion.
I think I enjoyed the quick mob kills because GHOSTKID and I worked long and hard to get him to the level of gear and skill where he is. He EARNED the right to go onto that pile of bones and single-handedly kill all mobs faster that a pocket looter can loot. Why not use what he has? Did GHOSTKID not get this gear to help be an utter killing machine?
So....Am I nuts?
I wasn't showing off. My buddy knows that GHOSTKID has years invested into the toon. A NFL player doesn't walk onto a pop-warner field and offer to take all comers.
I think I was relishing the rewards of all of the time invested into GHOSTKID. It felt like I could see why all of those nights of raiding were done.
I didn't really see it before because as my gear and skill increased the trash and bosses got harder. It never seemed to make much pf a difference when I was raiding, but I can sure see it in the real world of pixels outside of a 25 man where the air smells like Undead and Clefthoof shit.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Myspace - Mobsters
My sister, bless her heart, invited me to play Mobsters on Myspace about 6 weeks ago. Since then I have slowly build my mob to 83 members, and am trying to amass money. I want $550,000,000 so I can buy 10 properties at once to avoid the you-already-have-one surcharge.
Now I get to log onto Myspace every hour to bank my money, do a mission if I have the energy, and fight a lower level mob to take their money.
I have an addictive personality. This is why I can never try cocaine. I will not TRY cocaine. I will LOVE cocaine and snort it until I die or everything I own is gone.
Thanks, sis. I love you, but you are interfering with my work!
Now I get to log onto Myspace every hour to bank my money, do a mission if I have the energy, and fight a lower level mob to take their money.
I have an addictive personality. This is why I can never try cocaine. I will not TRY cocaine. I will LOVE cocaine and snort it until I die or everything I own is gone.
Thanks, sis. I love you, but you are interfering with my work!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
My New Hunter Dinged 66
As you may have read (unlikely according to my site counter) I started another Hunter to accompany my newly-WoW-addicted partner at work as he levels his Warrior. I dinged 66 last night, and he's well into level 65. Honestly, this is my first toon I've taken from level 1 to level 70 (soon) on my own. My kid usually does a lot of the grunt work, and I steal the toon from him at level 70.
Long after GHOSTKID hit level 70 I started reading WoW blogs. I learned that I leveled GHOSTKID wrong/inefficiently. When I would hop on the toon I killed things for XP, I never logged off inside my inn for the rested bonus, and I never quested...ever. I, personally, grinded (ground?) GHOSTKID from level 68 to 70. It got me enough gold for my flying mount, but it was a tedious week or so.
This toon was going to be different. My buddy (Mokasa) had never seen WoW. I told him that if we party together I (Nostik) may start to just run off to start questing without realizing he just walked into a new zone, and might want to take in the sights and smell the flowers. I assured him that he had my permission to bitch me out if this happened. It hasn't happened yet.
I'm having a blast questing and leveling. I never did it (remember my kid does the grunt work). I have survived the Barrens, STV, Hinterlands, Tanaris and that fucking crater, Silithis, and all of the other lands Blizzard created for the most polished MMO ever. Thottbot, I confess, is my GOD right now. Blizzard's quest instructions are way too vague for me. I need direction, not lore. Go, go dual screens with Thottbot!
I brought all of that crap uo for a reason. It's escaping me. Give me a minute. Oh yeah, the leveling wrong thing.
Traditionally the fastest toon to level is a Hunter. I'm talking /played time here. You know, the guys that get from level 1 to level 70 in blahdy-blah days/hours/minutes; ejaculate on the screen, drink a Red Bull, and do it again.
Knowing my class levels easy, having raided with a Hunter, and partying with a complete noob gave me an idea. Only one idea, and it wasn't going to save mankind. I am going to level without any Auction House use, and I will level BeastMastery instead of the ever popular Marksman.
Yay! Revelation realized. I am leveling with the drops that come, and speccing BeastMastery. Believe it or not, this is not whay I'm posting today. Neither is the crap up top.
I am posting today because leveling my little Hunter is making me a worse player on my main Hunter. I don't have all of the abilities on my little Hunter that my big Hunter has, so I've learned to live without them instead of salivating at the idea of getting them.
On the Brewfest boss I partied with one of my kid's real life friends and his guild while on GHOSTKID. Of course I topped their damage meters, but I'm in T5/badge gear to their quest blues and sparatic Kara epics. It wasn't until the third Brewfest boss kill until I started playing GHOSTKID properly. There was a 400 DPS difference. No lie!
It worries me that I'll completely forget how to play one of my toons.
Maybe that's why I stick to Hunters.
Long after GHOSTKID hit level 70 I started reading WoW blogs. I learned that I leveled GHOSTKID wrong/inefficiently. When I would hop on the toon I killed things for XP, I never logged off inside my inn for the rested bonus, and I never quested...ever. I, personally, grinded (ground?) GHOSTKID from level 68 to 70. It got me enough gold for my flying mount, but it was a tedious week or so.
This toon was going to be different. My buddy (Mokasa) had never seen WoW. I told him that if we party together I (Nostik) may start to just run off to start questing without realizing he just walked into a new zone, and might want to take in the sights and smell the flowers. I assured him that he had my permission to bitch me out if this happened. It hasn't happened yet.
I'm having a blast questing and leveling. I never did it (remember my kid does the grunt work). I have survived the Barrens, STV, Hinterlands, Tanaris and that fucking crater, Silithis, and all of the other lands Blizzard created for the most polished MMO ever. Thottbot, I confess, is my GOD right now. Blizzard's quest instructions are way too vague for me. I need direction, not lore. Go, go dual screens with Thottbot!
I brought all of that crap uo for a reason. It's escaping me. Give me a minute. Oh yeah, the leveling wrong thing.
Traditionally the fastest toon to level is a Hunter. I'm talking /played time here. You know, the guys that get from level 1 to level 70 in blahdy-blah days/hours/minutes; ejaculate on the screen, drink a Red Bull, and do it again.
Knowing my class levels easy, having raided with a Hunter, and partying with a complete noob gave me an idea. Only one idea, and it wasn't going to save mankind. I am going to level without any Auction House use, and I will level BeastMastery instead of the ever popular Marksman.
Yay! Revelation realized. I am leveling with the drops that come, and speccing BeastMastery. Believe it or not, this is not whay I'm posting today. Neither is the crap up top.
I am posting today because leveling my little Hunter is making me a worse player on my main Hunter. I don't have all of the abilities on my little Hunter that my big Hunter has, so I've learned to live without them instead of salivating at the idea of getting them.
On the Brewfest boss I partied with one of my kid's real life friends and his guild while on GHOSTKID. Of course I topped their damage meters, but I'm in T5/badge gear to their quest blues and sparatic Kara epics. It wasn't until the third Brewfest boss kill until I started playing GHOSTKID properly. There was a 400 DPS difference. No lie!
It worries me that I'll completely forget how to play one of my toons.
Maybe that's why I stick to Hunters.
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