World of Warcraft

[Yvondith]

My baby warlock really isn't a baby anymore. I hit level 50 on her this morning. I'm so proud of myself, I've really stuck in there. I've been social too. I joined a guild named WindowLickers, yes it's silly, but the people in the guild are very nice. I've already been promoted too. We're supposed to do a Jenkins title run on the 5th, so hopefully I'll get it.

Only 8 more levels until Outland. I'm looking forward to improved loot, and new dungeons, but not to all the DK "tanks" I will be getting. *DK Tank dies* "WTF?" *DK Tank leaves the party*.

Still pushing to 80. I'm starting to get the party aspect of warlock down. I'm not too good at soloing right now though. I think when I hit the level 70-79 bracket I may do some PvP, but really not sure just yet. I will PvP sometime.

[Norfy the Walrus]

PvP as Destruction Warlock is a ton of fun. I tried Affliction too since its the popular PvP spec for Locks but I found it incredibly dull and boring.

I am getting closer to full Tier 10 on Kaazur the Paladin. Tanking has been fun. I really like the changes they made to Prot Paladin. Tanking is more fun now. I think once he has full T10 I might aim for the same thing as Warrior maybe. But by then Cataclysm will be just around the corner so maybe not. My Shaman is level 32 now too.

[Yvondith]

Thought I would share this, quoted from WoWInsider...

There's 10 percent on shoulders, 10 percent on chest, 10 percent on head, 5 percent on cloak, 5 percent on ring, 10 percent from guild perks. A decked-out character could have 50 percent extra experience gain. There are also rings and pants in the game files, worth 5 percent and 10 percent extra experience respectively, but we don't know where or how to get those yet (if at all).

That's a huge bonus. Looking forward to being able to get it.

[Caller]

In other words, they don't want to reduce the exp required to level and rather will artificially do so by pumping more points in.

Either way, yes please!

[Norfy the Walrus]

It makes sense. They want us who are already level capped with our mains to get our alts level capped faster but for the few new people who join they have to do more of the grinding. I get that.

[Yvondith]

wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/01/elementals-and-cultists-are-attacking-azeroth/

The event has started. I saw the elementals in Eastern Plaguelands and thought "WTF, those weren't there before!"

Also, my hopes of finding a place in a guild were dashed today, I gquit due to a sudden outburst of drama... guild leader up and quit, removed all her chars from the guild. I said fuck this shit and left. I'm not sticking around for stupid drama bullshit.

[Yvondith]

Took a peek inside SFK today. There is now a heroic version, for level 85 players. Also, the dungeon's enemies have changed. The enemies inside are now related to the Worgen of Gilneas, not Arugal. I won't say who the final boss is, due to spoilers. The place is now crawling with the scourge.

The first boss in the dungeon damn near killed me! He's level 20ish. He reduced me to 1HP. Yikes. Storyline plays out in the instance too. Very interesting. And very fun.

[Caller]

Was this in the beta? I always liked Shadowfang, I hope it's still good.

[Yvondith]

Yes, the beta. All the worgen in there are gone now, replaced with the scourge. You have to play the worgen intro to understand who the bosses are in SFK now. It's still good though. Still my favorite instance in the game.

[Norfy the Walrus]

Wait, the Scourge are in there now? I thought it would have been the Forsaken considering the Undercity is pretty much right there.

[Yvondith]

Yeah. The goal is to take SFK and claim it for the Forsaken. They plan on using the plague, but one of Hellscream's lackeys keeps them in check. Also, Sylvannas is really no different than the Lich King now, she's using Val'kyr to raise the dead to fill the ranks of the Forsaken. Of course, unlike the Lich King, the risen dead now have the choice of joining, or doing whatever.

[Norfy the Walrus]

Ok, I did not know this but you CAN use Honor Points to buy PvP weapons without Battleground or Arena Rating. Even though the item description says you need the rating. I just bought Kaazur the PvP shield and I have no rating. Thank goodness too! I always thought it strange that you needed rating to get these items when there is no arena or rated BGs going on right now. Time to start PvPing as Raylu again. ;D

[Office Ninja]

I think that might be a bug... Be careful if it is, they will take it away.

[Yvondith]

New premades were released in the Beta today. As expected, raid quality gear (I'm guessing) EVERYONE has over 100k HP. It's not gonna be just tanks. My DK has 125k HP. My Warlock has 111k. So again, massive numbers.

Did my number crunching on which race is best for DK alliance side... Was thinking Dwarf might edge out Worgen on DPS, but no. Dwarf is marginally better, but Worgen's +1% critical bonus is gonna edge out in the end. I want a DK like, right now, but I guess I'm still waiting.

My pace on Julditha has slowed. I had my grandmother here for 2 days, and there is just no way I can group with her around. XD I tried to group last night, but wow, total idiot parade. I'll try again later, maybe with Xelotath tanking for me. It'll be nice to play with a buddy.

I also switched Saekeion's spec. Now that she's 42 I was able to give her dual spec. I discovered Improved Fire Nova in the Enhancement tree! It shaves a whopping 4 seconds off the cooldown. So, Saekeion might be able to top the DPS charts once again.

BTW, remember William and Donna in Stormwind? The tables have turned, Donna has stolen Willam's toy, and is destroying it. Take that, little punk! XD

[Yvondith]

I got Julditha to level 59. Outland time for me, and I'm glad. Gonna do some questing to get most of my armor up to speed, and do some random dungeons when I'm bored. I also decided to power level Alchemy on Jul. I burnt through about 1k gold, but I got it to level 345. I'm gonna make some Mercurial Stones in hopes of making some cash. One at a time though to make sure I don't end up wasting money. Now I gotta level my Herbalism too. That'll take some time, but it's worth it.

Also, saw this today.

I love the original song, and thought this was very cute. Especially love Deathwing's human form "dancing" and Thrall's "Fuck this shit I'm going to Nagrand". Of course, that's not where he really went. He's chillaxing in the Maelstorm. Too bad he left a grade A douchebag in charge of Org. Makes me hate that place even more now.