http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ A class site dedicated to Warlocks in the online game World of Warcraft. en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:46:00 GMT vBulletin 1440 http://wowmb.net/forums/images/warlocksden/misc/rss.jpg http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/warpy/756-character_journals.html Wed, 01 May 2013 02:28:22 GMT You don't have to be on a role-playing server to believe that your toon has a personality. Back in my years (OK, decades) of table-top role-playing, we used to write backgrounds for our characters and hand them to the GM so that he/she could customize the campaign a little. One or more of the players would take notes each session so that the GM would have a record of what happened. Often at least one of the players would rewrite those notes from his/her character's perspective.

In World of Warcraft, the computer keeps track of everything your character does, and since the quests are pretty linear, every character does basically the same things (although races/factions differ a little at lower levels). But why is your character doing those quests? For the gold? For the lulz? For the Horde?

You don't have to be an in-game role-player to write an in-character journal. Nor are you committed to writing one every week, or to chronicle a whole storyline, or to write anything at all. You certainly don't have to post it for others to read, unless you want to. Writing for yourself, or for a few friends with whom you game can be fun.

Starting Points

Here are some potential ideas to start with:

• Origin story: why is your character an adventurer, instead of a shopkeeper or farmer or Steamwheedle refugee?
  • Does he/she have a family (or just demons)?
  • How did he/she become a warlock?One of the most beautiful examples of such a story is A Day in the Life of Grahame
• Personality tests: not all of these involve a lot of writing if you are more of a lurker
  • Traditional psychological tests (most psychology deals with normal people rather than crazy ones)
  • 30 questions: don't do all of them at once!
  • Influence maps - a collection of images that may have summarize or describe your character
• Letters – written in character (these are my favorite; the examples are from my warlock's WRA blog)
  • A letter to your character's family about his/her adventures in Pandaria
    • What will he/she include, edit out, or emphasize?
    • Is your character writing to his/her parents or to an 8-year-old niece or to the orphan he/she adopted for Children's Week?
  • Ironforge/Orgrimmar/Shattrath etc. must have newspapers. How about a letter to the editor?
    • Warlocks are not appreciated in Stormwind, but highly valuable in Alterac Valley. What hypocrisy!
    • The Silvermoon Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has condemned pet battles as inhumane. Should the Queen take them seriously?
  • Your character has been condemned to death and is permitted to write a one-page letter to a friend/family member to say goodbye.
  • Report on a recent incident (includes quests/raids/etc.)
    • Is your character spying on his/her guild for SI-7?
    • Is your character trying to persuade the Argent Dawn to act on information obtained from an attack on an enemy stronghold?
  • Letter of recommendation/visa request/arrest warrant for your character written by an NPC (or write one by your character for a friend's character)
• Many, many more ideas on WyrmrestAccord.org's RP Workshop

Keeping Writing Fun

1. Write for short periods of time, about one page or no more than an hour (perhaps no more than 30 minutes if you are very busy or don't write often) per day. For longer projects, work on them regularly for several days. Don't binge, because then it turns into work.
2. Hemingway advised “Write drunk; edit sober.” This may be an exaggeration (especially if you are too young to drink!). What he likely meant is: when you write stuff down for the first time, don't censor it or overthink it, just let the ideas flow. Then go back and re-write it, incorporating grammar, spelling, and new ideas that popped into your head as you wrote.
3. Whether or not you are writing for others, go back and edit what you write. You'll produce something that will make you feel better about yourself and your creativity. If you are writing for others, when you re-read, ask yourself if a person other than you would understand the content. You'll be checking for mechanics (spelling and so forth, those really enhance readability) and for completeness. Some important details may not have made it from your brain to the page when you first wrote down your story.

You may just want to try one entry to see if you enjoy it. And here at the Warlock's Den, anyone can start a blog just by registering. If you are on the Wyrmrest Accord server, wyrmrestaccord.org allows in-character blogs that the rest of the community can read. ]]> Warpy http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/warpy/756-character_journals.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/warpy/755-never_say_never_again.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:55:18 GMT I am installing "Mists of Pandaria" on my computer as I type. I've got to say that the soundtrack is lovely, but other than that, I don't know a damned thing about the expansion except what I've read in a few posts here on the Den. I'm not sure that I've understood most of those:

• "Chaos wave has a new visual." Er, what's chaos wave? ^_o- I guess I'll be finding out shortly!
• But there's another class quest, the first one in how-many years? Where do I sign up?! Oh, that's right, I've got to level and gear up again. :confuse: Leveling is fun in this game, even moderately restful, which is why I am back.
• The QQing has not stopped, unsurprisingly. I have a funny feeling that the QQ trends described by Muhney are those I remember from years past. The more things change, the more they stay the same! :D)

I did come back briefly to try out Cataclysm, but real life kind of cut that short. I had transferred to a role-playing server (Wyrmrest Accord), where I'll be continuing. I'll definitely be a casual player this time around. However, I intend to blog this time around, somewhat regularly. I'll just see how it goes! ]]> Warpy http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/warpy/755-never_say_never_again.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/753-i_feel_pretty.html Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:52:53 GMT So my guild was late to raiding since I was late leveling to 90 then I got hit by Sandy. With the grinding for rep and valor it took a while for me... So my guild was late to raiding since I was late leveling to 90 then I got hit by Sandy. With the grinding for rep and valor it took a while for me to hit the magic 460 ilevel to start MSV. I'm at 465 I think.


Last week we started with the Stone Dogs. Our big issue last week was dealing with the chains and not having enough dps even if we survived the fight. After about 2 hours we got them down to 67% and called it for the night. The other issue last week was we only have 5 geared raiders so we had to pug half a raid. I also hadn't been in the fight before so at first we tried to two heal it (ouch). We also kept losing healers to real life aggro.


This week We had to more guildies come along. One guildie power leveled and geared a healer alt and we had another dps alt which means I only needed to pug 3 spots. We got a monk, a hunter and the main tank's girlfriend a boomkin(she normally heals, important later) . The average guild ilevel for my raiders is probably 465. My MT is the best geared at 470+ .
We pulled over the course of an hour.
-I decided to stop breaking the chains, it wasn't worth it and caused the healers more headache and people were still dying

-After about an hour and a half we were getting the dogs down, but not having enough DPS to beat the enrage.

-The boomkin was doing 25K.
:shock:

I swapped the boomkin to heals, and asked our pugged monk healer to sit out and pugged another DPS. I asked the monk to stay online for a bit just in case and he asked his guild mate to step in.


We tried another 3-4 pulls the healer (formerly the boomkin) died either first or second every pull. We would then try and 2 heal it, but after about 50% it was just too much for the other 2 healers. I even offered her 2k to stay alove longer than anyone, she died first. Sigh
So it was almost 11pm, we had time for one more pull. I said I wanted to play and try something out. I removed the boomkin and asked the monk back. We downed them in one pull.


The monk joined the guild and we now only need 2 more DPS, and we seem to be doing ok. We're only raiding one night a week 3 hours and no one seems to be grumpy about it. The next target is for the back half of MSV everyone needs to be 470.


Rather than hit our heads on the Dogs again. We're going to work on Feng and then reset the id the week after.


I'm happy....I'm always very nervous before a new tier and this is the first time i'm close to being current on raiding on a new expac. I also am happy that after all this time I was able to make the tough calls and boot the main tanks girlfriend. A year or more ago I would have felt bad and the whole raid would have suffered. Also Lastly I'm doing it the casual way...and loving it.(o)l

I think I'm finally growing up. ]]> Gnomeobie http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/753-i_feel_pretty.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/752-my_thoughts_mop.html Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:48:20 GMT So I started MOP in my DS purples...and mostly it was ok....It has been a long time since I was squishy and I was not happy. There is something very... So I started MOP in my DS purples...and mostly it was ok....It has been a long time since I was squishy and I was not happy. There is something very disheartening when you look at your experience bar and you ONLY have XX MILLION of xp to level :cry: I liked panda land, but by level 88 I just wanted the leveling experience over. I did ever question the lower areas, so I managed to avoid the hell that is the dread wastes.

Once I hit 90 i was perferctly happy to head into heroics, random to my hearts content and get whatever pieces i needed to raid, but wait...stop...no of course thats now how it works anymore....I could do randoms and collect valor 80 or 40 to be exact at a time. :shock: and once I got this vast supply of valor I couldn't spend it until i did dallies.....lot and lots and lots of dallies...>yes and Blizzard made it better by removed the daily quest cap, so you can keep killing the same mobs all over panda land. Oh but wait there is more, you can only grind certain rep, and you have to get it to revered before you can get to the one you really want.

Ok Im done with the snark, but you get the idea. The other frustrating thing was I live on the east coast, NJ to be specific and we had a little visit from a bad house guest named Sandy. 12 days without power.....sigh.

By the time I was back most of my guild was able to at least get into LFR and was basically waiting for me, so there was no liesurely pace and I didn't get to choose to do or not do dallies.


Wel we've covered the annoying, not the stuff I love, but don't get to do much of because of dallies.


I love wow pokemon aka pet battles. no idea why, but its one of those thing I really love doing and can't wait to have tree pets at max level.

While I've complained about dallies, I actually like wow farmville aka panda land cooking, and having my own farm. With the changes. I was stuck at 200 something and managed to level it one day standing in halfhill to 525 and I should be maxed soon.

I've never been into fishing, but I like the idea of the anglers and I can't wait to earn rep for a raft...I also am really looking forward to buying a flipable table with my ironpaw tokens.

The Elder charms so far have been useless. I think they should give you an enchant or something if you don't get gear, not gold. Blah.

I have a love hate with looking for raid, which isn't new, but shrug. I got to see MSV before we're ready to raid which help me alot since I'm still raid leading.

I hate the new alliance city in panda land and spend all my time in IF.

Also with all my complaining, I think panda land is WAYYYYYYY better than cata ever was. I also like that heroics weren't depressingly hard (hello challenge modes).

Speaking of challenge modes to give us something to do while we gear up. We started working on challenge modes. its been interesting and I wonder could a guild form around running challenge modes? like a 5 man raiding guild? hmmmmm

With all my happiness over MOP, not sure I see myself leading through another expac, or even playing...the grear grind was just too annoying this time around, even factoring in the hurricane. I don't have any desire to gear up any of my alts, but I wanna play around with destructions Lock , so we'll see.


How is everyone else doing in panda land? ]]> Gnomeobie http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/752-my_thoughts_mop.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/751-one_more_year_one_more_daily.html Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:30:10 GMT So I haven't posted in a LONG....Time. I came by the Den a few months back, but iwasn't the DEN and it tried to do not nice things to my computer >:|

But its back....yay.......

I find I missed this blog and there more than a few times I wanted to sprew my noobie-ness at you guys.


So Lets play a quick game of catch up.

For those new to the blog. I"ve been playing WOW since BC, but I was completely clueless about anything that happened at max level. I guild hopped and was pretty happy rolling solo. In wrath I joined a guild that talked about something called raiding. I joined the Warlock Den when I was searching for way to please the great god recount and been posting my noobie ramblings ever since.

During wrath is went from noob to potential progression raider to hardcore casual. My guild broke up, I cried in my kungalosh moved servers, and made a new casual raiding guild. Had another guild break, held it together with gnomish determination and duct tape and currently have a stable casual/altoholic guild. Due to the last guild break, some of my raiders including me hit pretty hard because of sandy we're behind the curve on raiding and only starting our first attempt on Panda raiding this sunday.


So as with every new expansion, I am trying to work out the havoc that blizzard has created with changed talents, glphys, and spells. I didn't level my lock first which given the state of dallies which can be summed up with I HATE DALLIES was a mistake since all my alts will probably suffer unless I turn to pvp.

My current ilevel is 463. My dps is high 20s, low 30s (which I think is low for raiding) depending on the fight, but I realized I was DPSing as if I was questions (i.e., no healer, no tank, I am need to only survive for 30 second and burn down the mob so I can be done with the stupid dallies.)

So I checked out noxxic and mmo champions, changed my talents around and this weekend I'll run some heroics to work on my rotation. I don't really do too much on the dummies since no fight really involves standing in one spot, taking no damage and going all out for 30 seconds. I only use it when I need to see who to play around with spell.

From trade I can see pugging is pretty non existent and recruiting has been like pulling teeth. We have 1 dedicated tank, 1 wishwashy tank, a healer, and 2 dps. We'll be pugging the rest of the spots. My stomach is in knots, but thats usual.


How is everyone else raiding going? ]]> Gnomeobie http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/751-one_more_year_one_more_daily.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/746-tiny_little_annoyances.html Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:55:33 GMT I did a lot of research in the last two weeks while working on *cormMiniMap*. I think I ran into an issue that was not documented anywhere on the... I did a lot of research in the last two weeks while working on cormMiniMap. I think I ran into an issue that was not documented anywhere on the web. It would appear that the Minimap frame is not setup for animation, even though CreateAnimationGroup() is defined as an inherited method. So I have had to remove all vestiges of the animation I really wanted from the Minimap and returned to the days of insta-poofing the map to the upper right when joining a group.

I had planned on removing all displayed features of the Minimap and have those elements on a “statusbar” at the bottom-center of the screen in text-only mode. I have since decided on reinstating them within cormMiniMap, but still in a text-only mode. This should display 'NEW MAIL' on one corner, 'G' for a guild run and 'H' for heroic mode in another corner, 'THDDD' for the LFG frame in the bottom-left corner, and the coords in the bottom-right. I'll have the zone text either above or below (not sure which right now), as well as the date/time. I am currently working towards adding these features in to cormMiniMap, which should complete the addon and eliminate some of my current LDB assets.

cormLayout is entering Phase II, which adds in utility features. Currently in the works is a 'people detector' to list your online RealID friends by first name and the toon (or game, if not WoW) they are on. I have encountered a couple of bugs in Phase I however, and I need to see about squashing those. Eventually, I will also be adding in a “statusbar” for displaying performance and character information.

I'm not yet sure if this is where I will stop with addon development, but it sounds like a great start! ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/746-tiny_little_annoyances.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/745-we_1_year_old.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:03:22 GMT This time last year I was a burnt out GM licking my wounds from my guild break up and making my wait to a new server to play solo and never be a GM... This time last year I was a burnt out GM licking my wounds from my guild break up and making my wait to a new server to play solo and never be a GM again....

What a different a year makes and I really do owe a good chunk of it to the warlock den and my own stubborness.

I"m not going to go through all of it, but I'm the proud GM of a stable casual raiding guild. We are the guild that is a tier behind (currently in firelands), but I think more importantly we're a guild of people who like each other, active and drama free.

We're currently 3/7 in firelands, but pretty sure we'll finish all of the current raiding at least on normal before the next expansion. That used to bother me till i realized I cared more about my fellow guildies than how fast we downed bosses. I am happy we are downing them.


My current pure dps toon I switched too annoys the hell out of me and I'll be unboxing my Lock for the pandaland express expansion so Ill be back here complaining I'm sure and worrying about recount...pffft.


I'll update you more later...but Happy Holidays to everyone. ]]> Gnomeobie http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/gnomeobie/745-we_1_year_old.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/744-oh_look_kitty.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:23:21 GMT Last time we talked, I was looking into building my own minimap addon. I got started, got frustrated, and eventually put it on the back burner. ... Last time we talked, I was looking into building my own minimap addon. I got started, got frustrated, and eventually put it on the back burner.

What I did start on, and actually complete, was a media addon and a layout addon. The media addon was incredibly easy and will evolve, but only artistically. It basically includes the status bars, fonts, backgrounds and borders that I intend to utilize in my UI. The layout addon is a whole different deal.

cormMedia currently contains only one font, two borders, and three status bars that are also available as backgrounds. It also contains the editbox background I use, but it is not listed via LibSharedMedia.

cormLayout is currently only Phase I Complete, meaning that it sets up my chat windows and channels for size, location, and content. The addon accepts a slash command (no automatic function as this is not something that needs to be refreshed) to add two new chat frames, undock and move the 3rd one, assign all the channels to the "General" tab, move personal communications to the "People" tab (the one that got moved), and move all loot, rep, and experience info to the "Loot/XP" tab. It also recolors some channels and message groups. It is extensible in that I can add more chat types for coloring, add additional chat windows, etc.

So now that I have a success under my belt, maybe I can go back to beating my head against a monitor and make that minimap work! ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/744-oh_look_kitty.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/743-build_better_mousetrap.html Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:04:39 GMT So last week, I debated on whether or not to start coding my own addons.

Initially, my reaction was "No, it's a complete waste of time". Why should I add my two cents into a massive pile of other people's addons? There's addons out there to do whatever your evil heart desires. Shouldn't it just be a matter of going out there and downloading the right ones?

Now, in all fairness, I think I should warn you: I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are arranged alphabetically like they are supposed to be. :2funny: I started looking for these addons, but I am really picky about my UI. So I started down the list:
Unit Frames: StUF -- hands down my favorite unit frame mod. If you can't make it look right with StUF, pick another game. That simple.
Action Bars: Dominos -- sweet, simple, hard to break. Others would do, but this is what I choose.
Once you get those two out of the way, everything else really gets subjective.
Minimap: I started with pMinimap, but it seems broken. I'm currently on Pocket Plot, but I'm thinking of changing that too.
Chat: I started with wChat, since I was already using wIn1 as a 'tweaker' addon. I switched both to Leatrix Plus and haven't looked back.
Misc: I chose LitePanels because I like to add custom code to my UI, as well as a few bits of art. Speaking of art, I chose Ferous Media for my status bars and the like. But then I wasn't really satisfied, so I started modding that addon as well.

Things were going pretty decent at this point, and I felt my UI was 'playable', but I really wasn't satisfied with my Minimap. So I started to code my own. The basic premise here is to make the typical square minimap, cut out most (or all) of the icons, and replace them with text or other indicators as needed. Who needs a big flag to tell them they are in heroic mode, when a simple "H" would do? And "TDDDH" would be more informative at a glance than a green eyeball. And of course, as with all of my previous UI releases, the minimap must move from the bottom-center when I'm solo to the top-right when I have a group of any size. That's when I found out about animations. I'm not planning on getting this crazy, but I am going to animate the movement of the minimap. Someday. ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/743-build_better_mousetrap.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/742-your_view_world.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:13:49 GMT I started playing again recently, as I mentioned in my last post. This, of course, came after completely deleting my old WoW installation. So upon... I started playing again recently, as I mentioned in my last post. This, of course, came after completely deleting my old WoW installation. So upon reinstalling, I was confronted with the... plain-ness of the default user interface.

Not to say that the default UI isn't playable, but this is my window to the world of Azeroth. I can work with the default UI, but not for any long period of time. I think my max was two days.

So I had to find or build a UI that I could enjoy playing. I've tried LUI before, but I just had a couple of critical issues with it, such as party targets. I've looked at several other UI compilations, and while some are very appealing, none really seem to fit the bill for exactly what I am looking for. So I guess that puts me back in the UI building business.

It takes me a lot of searching, downloading addons to try out, and no shortage of coding to tweak the ones I liked best. After a few days, I got my UI back to a state that I am comfortable with. I like where it's at visually (for now), and it is very useful to me. But I got to thinking about how much I've done in LitePanels, and how little it is actually displaying, and I thought to myself: Why don't I just code my own addons?

I would need to code my own minimap. Just a basic square map, remove most of the buttons, etc. But the unique part is that the map would move whenever you are in a group of any kind. I might even add in a few changes to the guild run flag, heroic mode flag, and maybe even the LFG icon.

I would also look into making a statusbar similar in concept to TitanPanel, but without the need for plugin support. Just a class-color text bar with a background of my choosing, displaying the basic information that is 'nice to have' available. Most of the text is currently displayed by SLDT.

But the more I got to thinking about it, the more I figured out that this would be a complete waste of my time. The addons that I have work well for the most part. I may go so far as to hook the addons that I have tweaked so that when they get updated, I don't have to re-tweak them. That I might do! ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/742-your_view_world.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/741-t_happens.html Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:31:29 GMT Many months ago, a warlock passed from the realm of Azeroth. His knowledge was deep in the ways of the dark side of magic and the summoning of... Many months ago, a warlock passed from the realm of Azeroth. His knowledge was deep in the ways of the dark side of magic and the summoning of demons. But he had a hard time getting enough lackeys together to dig through dungeons and raids. He decided that it wasn't worth the effort to log in every day and do little to nothing, so he opted out. Kaput. Finito. Hasta la bye bye.

$#!!T happens. Mine happened to occur during a recent dinner with friends. They were tired of the games they were playing, and were planning on getting back into WoW. Synkiller liked the idea, but tossed in the suggestion that we all start fresh on a new server with level 1 toons. It occurs to our friends that they want to try different roles. The hunter wants to tank, the warrior wants to DPS from a distance, and the healer wants to DPS as well. That leaves me with the healing duties.

$#!t. What to do, what to do...? I've healed on a pally, a shammy, and somewhat on a priest. I fully admit that I suck as a tree. I'm not waiting to try monk healing. Out of the three, I think I like shaman healing the best.

So the once mighty warlock gets resurrected as a totem vendor. A Horde Shaman. Maybe a cow. ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/741-t_happens.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/738-i_miss_you_letter_old_friend.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:26:20 GMT Over on WoW Insider today the Breakfast Topic is "A message to someone who's left a lasting impression."

My old friend Valstorm has been on my mind lately, so it seemed like a good chance to leave a message for him. This is what I wrote:


To my dear friend I met on Stonemaul, my first server:

Val,

My WoW playing experience would have been vastly different without you. But as it happened, one day toward the end of BC, two blue-haired blood elf warlocks bumped into each other in the Ghostlands. I was being attacked by a spider and you valiantly stopped to help me. It turned out we were both complete newbies who had been recruited by friends. You were so cheerful and friendly that I wanted to get to know you better. After that day, we were inseparable. The surviving screenshots I have from that era are priceless to me. Runs through SFK. Joking with each others' minions. Our first Brewfest. Posing in Hallow's End masks.

Then one day I (stupidly) decided to leave. On a whim I transferred to another server where my irl friends played. Soon after leaving I realized that I had made a mistake. I had never been lonelier. I stopped playing my warlock completely, leveling alts instead, waiting for the month-long cooldown on transfers to be up. As soon as I could I returned to Stonemaul, but it was too late. You had outleveled me and were now raiding. I joined your guild, but never felt like I belonged. Then, this year, you quit for good.

You were the only reason I ever attempted to stay on a PvP server, against my carebear nature. My warlock is still there, retired, sitting in the same guild as your warlock, because even though I mostly play on a different realm now, part of me can never let you go. I love you dearly. I'm sorry that we can't remain as bright-eyed newbies forever exploring the world together.

~Saerlaith ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/738-i_miss_you_letter_old_friend.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/737-firelands.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:16:47 GMT I managed to unlock the 2nd set of Firelands quests last night.

Think I'll stick with the original ones for the time being. The underground cavern is pretty mobbed on my server.

In other news, my guild, Pandemonium Legion appears to be dead on it's feet.

Guild leader has been absent for the last 12 days.

Maybe it's just the summer thing, but I'm not sure.

Maybe it's time to look for a new guild?
Shame really, it's a level 25 guild, and I'm 71% to exalted.

Now that I've given Rift the boot, perhaps it's time to think about raiding again. I don't know...can I devote 3 evening a week? Do I want to again?

Sometimes I think it's the feeling of playing alone, even when soloing that's the problem.. The back and forth of guild chat is something I miss, I think, even as a casual player. ]]> Rhiadana http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/737-firelands.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/736-rhiadana_fire.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:21:59 GMT Well, so who's enjoying the Firelands dailies then ?

I am :)

As a relatively casual player these days, the opportunities to get decently geared up used to be fairly limited. Endless instance runs for valour points.

Well, there's still a lot of that required, of course, but some of the rewards once you get the vendors unlocked in the Firelands are pretty nice.

Plus the quests are a bit more fun than, say, the ones for Therazane or Dragonmaw rep.

(One day I'm going to let the spelling checker just replace stuff.. Tetragonal for Dragonmaw? :) )

My iLevel is now up to 357 which is pretty nice considering I've never even completed a full tier 11 raid. ]]> Rhiadana http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/736-rhiadana_fire.html http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/735-so_i_saying_forum.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:27:48 GMT That without t12 raid gear or BiS items, I was seeing 20k dps on Rhiadana. Someone was complaining that they could only see 11k or so. So,... That without t12 raid gear or BiS items, I was seeing 20k dps on Rhiadana.

Someone was complaining that they could only see 11k or so.

So, doing the Firelands dailies tonight I get a Fiery Behemoth to myself and my erstwhile cadre of Hyjal Protectors.

This is the end shot:

[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/601701/Rhia-Damage_DPS.png[/IMG]

I wouldn't call myself especially well equipped or even a greatly skilled player, I think my rotation is pretty OK. ]]> Rhiadana http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/rhiadana/735-so_i_saying_forum.html