The Warlocks Den - WoW Warlock Discussions - Blogs http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ A class site dedicated to Warlocks in the online game World of Warcraft. en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:23:35 GMT vBulletin 1440 http://wowmb.net/forums/images/warlocksden/misc/rss.jpg The Warlocks Den - WoW Warlock Discussions - Blogs http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ QQ I miss BC http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/504-qq_i_miss_bc.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:13 GMT Not spamming Shadow Bolt. But having a clear delineation between spell damage and healing. I miss ignoring spirit. I miss having tank-level... Not spamming Shadow Bolt.

But having a clear delineation between spell damage and healing.

I miss ignoring spirit.

I miss having tank-level stam.

I miss having amazing synergy across our raid and when forming raids actually having to pay attention to what group I put people in.

I miss every fight not being ridiculous DPS races.

I miss haste only being on the absolute best gear there is.

I miss buffs being unique and debuffs being supplied by Warlocks.

I miss having the option of not having a pet and killing it.

I miss not HAVING to be 11 points deep into demo to just casually do BGs or 15 points deep into destruction to do PVE.

I miss not hating myself for not rolling a Hybrid.

I miss hating myself for pulling 1500 dps with one button. And now hating that Arcane Mages do the exact same thing, but do 8000 dps.

I miss not getting two-shot through full deadly gear in PVP by rogues. Or dying within a cheap shot......without Soul Link.

I miss Priest/Lock (my girlfriend is a Priest) being a decently viable 2's comp.

I miss raids being raids and putting a raid on Heroic Mode doing nothing.

I miss being able to farm amazing gear (Frozen Shadow Weave).

I miss +shadow or +fire gear.

Or school specific flasks and enchants.

Above all else, I miss the developers not insulting the player base. ]]> Tragik http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/504-qq_i_miss_bc.html Relearning my spec http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/503-relearning_my_spec.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:16:01 GMT Now that I am "Cormanthor the Hallowed", I can respec out of my temporary Affliction PvP build. My primary build for some time now has been the standard 0/13/58, sometimes varied for the extra-chocolatey cookies. But what should I put in my off spec?
I toyed around with the idea of staying Affliction. It was a great deal of fun to DoT up the known world, pull more mobs than most tanks would, and laugh as they run around til dead. But for some reason, I can't get into that spec in a dungeon or raid. I feel like I need more mobs, more pressure, to make it fun.
I set my sights forward a bit to the next patch. 3.3 is going to bring some pretty significant changes, none of which will change the way I play Destro. But the Demonology tree is looking sweet once again!
So in preparation for 3.3, I went back to a 0/56/15 spec. Demonic Pact is sitting right at about 300 spellpower while milling about in Dalaran. Obviously that goes up with raid buffs. And the ISB crit debuff is sweet as well.
So my plan is to run deep demo for everything at the moment. I'll be looking to adjust my Power Auras as necessary to help me run this spec right. I've already rolled up a good heroic dungeon with an undergeared group. The mage managed about 1800 dps to my 2700 dps. My thoughts were about his last heroic, and how much his dps changed because of the buffs I now provide. If he had Recount, I can just imagine the "Holy crap!" moment when he saw the effects of a 300 SP boost at that level! ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/503-relearning_my_spec.html Terrified, and I mean terrified, of battlegrounds http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/501-terrified_i_mean_terrified_battlegrounds.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:41:26 GMT It's ridiculous.

I've never done a bg in my entire warlock career - nope, I'm very much the PvE sort who by chance ended up on a PvP server and stuck around due to not wanting to leave my friends.

Heck, I even left once and came back! Dumb server...

Anyway, I'm...really scared of bgs. I did some research on both Alterac Valley and Wintergrasp, like the good student I am, but I still can't bring myself to queue up or fly into the zone.

I just keep remembering the one time I fished in Wintergrasp not understanding where I was, exactly, and some rogue stunned and slayed me in about 5 seconds. >:|

Then this notice popped up later asking me if I wanted to join the battle and I freaked out and left.

Gah, I'm such a coward! The reason for this anxiety is that I want the title of "The Hallowed" and so I must complete 50 kills while under the influence of the G.N.E.R.D. candies, of which I have 98.

I have thusfar completed 2 kills toward the achievement...one was on an unsupecting victim alone near Scarlet Monastery (you can't attack me first, my name is BLUE, suckah!) and the next, a...a solo level 72 priest gone AFK outside the Wyrmrest temple. I know, it's so shameful! Just barely able to give honor and I killed them in cold blood. You know, after pacing around for 2 minutes trying to work up the nerve to attack.

Everyone says "Just go to Wintergrasp and throw a few DoTs around and hang back, you'll get the kills of everyone else."

I know, I'm just...I'm damn scared that I'll do something retarded and my fellow Hordies will call me a noob and blame me for ruining their battleground. I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion, as usual. Does anyone...have any suggestions or words of support? I want this achievement so badly, but it's sorta like...the cliche dream of being in front of a class while in your underwear. I practically feel that way given my squishy cloth attire and complete lack of any PvP gear or resilience. And just, in general, I'm the type of player to help out the Alliance rather than attack them. I just can't get into the whole PvP thing, but I have to do it at least 48 more times, like, soon. Halp. :confuse:
 ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/501-terrified_i_mean_terrified_battlegrounds.html Recent activities http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/499-recent_activities.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:25:48 GMT I've been a busy little warlock as of late. I've gotten three projects to at least semi-complete status.

1st: My UI is just about right. I'll consider a few color tweaks, maybe a font change, or some minor positioning modifications. But overall, I am very happy with the state of my UI.


2nd: I got my Emblem Spending Guide ready for 3.3 (minus the Emblem of Frost gear). This is a total rewrite of the guide, finally encompassing the Emblem drop changes implemented in 3.2 (and further propagated in 3.3).

3rd: I got my Pet Macro Guide updated for the macro change in 3.3. Please note the '@' in several of the macros in that guide now. This is a shortcut for 'target=', and will fail miserably until 3.3 drops. Due to the shortening of the target line, I was able to add a little more into the Succubus (Fel Domination summoning) and condense the Felhunter into one button, even for serious PvP usage.

Furthermore, I am considering rewriting my Raid Comp Guide from a different point of view. I'll have to solicit much more assistance in the new version, however. Previously, I've been looking at it from a buffs perspective. Mostly "which buffs are overlapping". I think I'm gonna try to write it from the point of view of a Raid Leader trying to recruit for a better raid comp. Using questions like "which buffs are the most important?", "who provides the best version of a buff?", and "who brings the most bang for the buff?". In 25 man raids, this is a little easier, but not so much in 10 mans. Is the "one of each class" method really that effective, or is there a point at which a second rogue would be better than a fury warrior, for example? ]]> Cormanthor http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/cormanthor/499-recent_activities.html <![CDATA[I <3 Arcane Mages (enough to maybe even do arenas with them)]]> http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/490-i_3_arcane_mages_enough_maybe_even_do_arenas_them.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:37:03 GMT I really have avoided arenas because I'm just straight up not any good.

But last night, after we called raid, I decided to go do some BG's and even a few 3's skirmishes with an Arcane Mage and a Resto Shammy.

I almost felt guilty.

We weren't even on vent and the synergy was incredible. We would both utilize CC's (Fear, Sheep, Seduce) and our immobilizers (Shadowfury and Frost Nova) and line up trains.

His AB > AB > ArBar on top of my CoE > Immo > CB > Conflag on a single target was unhealable. Because they were dead near instantly.

Granted, these were just skirmishes, but man.....I'm tempted to try a 3's or even 5's comp with an arcane mage.

Anybody else running Destro/Arcane/Shammy?

I was also thinking a Holy Pally wouldn't be bad for Kings and BoP/BoF to help maintain range as a more defensive comp......... ]]> Tragik http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/490-i_3_arcane_mages_enough_maybe_even_do_arenas_them.html To easy for hardcore? http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ultimo/472-easy_hardcore.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:18:14 GMT First blog entry, mini rant incoming. I like to think of myself as a casual raider, but in the last few months i have realised that i am in fact... First blog entry, mini rant incoming.

I like to think of myself as a casual raider, but in the last few months i have realised that i am in fact not. I have been playing way to much wow as i have nothing better to do with my time at the moment. I have joined one of the top guilds on our server and we raid Wednesday/Sunday/Monday 25man at 8pm-12pm and 10man in between. Our guild puts a lot of time into researching boss fights and how to down hard modes, and we also spend a lot of time attempting this.
The mini rant:
I have been reading a lot on the forums how people like the new changes with 10man loot being very good and how they can now get the best loot from simply doing 10man raids, but blizzard has simply made it way to easy for people like me who play the game 'to much'. Some people wont agree with this but i know some people are in the same situation as me, i will give examples.
My guild is having this Wednesday off from raiding so we decided to go do the new ToC boss on 10man to get a feel for it. So we one shot the first 3 bosses because they are pretty much free loot once you know whats going on and we get to the 4th boss. Our main tank says that he thinks there might be like 2 bosses that have to die at the same time, that is all we know about this fight. We start it and put 1 and 1 together. There is a dark portal and a light portal. A dark boss and a light boss. So half our raid presses the dark and starts killing the light boss and the other half does the same on the other side. Long story short half our raid dies at 100%, we keep going to get the feel for the fight and we down him. WITH 5 PEOPLE DEAD AT 100%.
This just isn't right! The loot that drops is 232 loot which is better then Hard Mode 10man Ulduar, which isn't this easy. Apparently Blizzard has made the hardmodes in ToC very hard to complete, but making it so you get 232 loot from a boss that is simply, VERY easy.
These fights may be hard for the casual raider, but they are very easy for people like me who play all the time and have a decent guild. This just doesn't seem fair that people can get gear better then my gear with little effort just because Blizzard wants everyone to experience the game.
I understand that people cant play as much as i do, but can you also understand that we should at least feel like our efforts in studying boss fights was for a reason.
That being said, the 5minutes we did have on the fight was very fun :)

My first blog and only rant - Ultimo ]]> ultimo http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/ultimo/472-easy_hardcore.html Faction Champions, Blizzcon Musings, and the Aion Spiritmaster http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/470-faction_champions_blizzcon_musings_aion_spiritmaster.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:38:30 GMT Well our new guild is going pretty well. We downed the Faction Champions last night in 25 man. What insanity that is. I basically respecced and... Well our new guild is going pretty well. We downed the Faction Champions last night in 25 man. What insanity that is.

I basically respecced and resigned myself to being a fear bot.

Whatever, it worked. A mage and I just kept bouncing off DR's on our respective CC's. I remember why I don't enjoy arenas........

I, like most of you, followed the Blizzcon announcements. I am less than thrilled with the further separation from BC, which, to me, remains the pinnacle of WoW's existence. But I guess to appeal to more 12 year olds it's important to provide massive amounts of instant gratification as easily accessible as possible.

Additionally, we keep losing aspects of the game that I think rock:

In Wrath we lost having to strategize our raid compositions with the homogenization of buffs.

Now we're losing theorycrafting.

See, Blizzard doesn't like you knowing that 3/13/55 is the top DPS build. There's this idealistic belief somewhere that they can equalize builds. But they can't. There will always be a build that outperforms others.....even with this Titan's Path thing......

So, anyway, I've been poking around Aion since those announcements.

The graphics are better, and the Spiritmaster (and ranged in general) is better that what we have in WoW right now. At least from what I've read. I plan on getting a trial on the 23rd or 24th. ]]> Tragik http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/470-faction_champions_blizzcon_musings_aion_spiritmaster.html Pondering http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/mollytov/469-pondering.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:40:00 GMT When lich king hit, i dropped the lock. I feel like atm it plays like a mage. (Yell at me if you want i don't rightly care, that's the way it feels like it plays to me) So i rolled up a DK. I love the way it plays. To me DK's feel like what the warlock class should be (minus the melee). But I've stopped playing WotLK in all seriousness bores me. It's become free epic ville. Which is nice for those causal players who can't or don't want to raid or pvp 24/7. which is alright with me. I miss vanilla. but i digress.

this is about how i'm actually excited about seeing these new changes to how locks work. I love the rune system dk's have. it's amazing. absolutely love it. and now it looks like locks are going to play the same way. I can't wait. I'm hoping i get in on this beta to see what it really looks and feels like. If this adds some zest, and brings locks back online to where we once were. then i'm all for it. ]]> Mollytov http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/mollytov/469-pondering.html Ulduar http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/pernicious/461-ulduar.html Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:28:34 GMT I still have yet to step one foot inside of Ulduar, if you can believe it. For someone as into the Lore of the game as I am, it kills me not to... I still have yet to step one foot inside of Ulduar, if you can believe it. For someone as into the Lore of the game as I am, it kills me not to explore the dungeon. I haven't even made it all the way through Naxx.

There are a few reasons I haven't. For one, my guild (which was once one of the top 50 Horde guilds in Vanilla WoW) had a bit of a falling out and nearly all the more notable members left. This left me, my IRL friend (a Pally), and 3-4 others sitting around. On top of that, nobody else on ever really wants to group or do much of anything. Any instancing I've done since has been pugs or scraped together by the three of us interested at any given time.

I originally joined this guild because my other good IRL friend (whom I also used to work with) was the GM. He recently stopped playing and passed leadership on to someone else. My pally friend isn't much interested in raiding, and so the two of us have jumped on board the PvP train and tend to spend most of our time doing the Argent Tournament Dailies, and then hitting WG whenever it's up. When we're not doing that, we tend to be working on our Alts.

I'd like to see these raids all the way through at least once (and even visit those 5 mans I haven't touched). But I'm not sure how to go about doing it. It would seem rather odd leaving this guild I've been apart of since the beginning for another, and I don't know if my friend would even care to.

Heck, if 10 of you guys joined that would totally rock. Anyways, i just had to get that out there and off my chest. ]]> Pernicious http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/pernicious/461-ulduar.html Fear of Failure http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/460-fear_failure.html Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:10:48 GMT


So it's been about a month since I dinged 80, and I'm only wearing two purples, and none from heroics - one is the Titansteel Spellblade, crafted for me for free by my very kind warrior friend, the other, The Confessor's Binding, won during a normal run through Trial of the Champion.

My other gear is mostly blue with exceptions for good green items to increase Hit, I've been following the gearing for Naxx guide closely (although I realize now it's outdated), I am properly specced for Affliction, and I pay religious attention to my dot timers, spell rotation, trinket cooldowns, and threat, always trying to maximize DPS and do my best for the group.

As an enchanter, I use plenty of spell power enchants, and as a tailor, I specialized in Ebonweave, dutifully heading out to the Maw of Neltharion every 4 days within a couple hours of the cooldown.

In other words...I'm doing everything right, but something is holding me back. Ironically, it's known by the same name as the Warlock's staple ability...fear.

What prompted writing this was a run-in with my Hunter pal, ranked #14 on the server, who gently yet amusedly told me that he's "got to get" me better gear and will include me on a Naxx run on Monday. Okay...I hesitantly agreed, not wanting to look like a huge wuss, but trying to silence those voices in my head that chirped up "Naxx run? When you haven't run heroics? You'll be laughed at"; "Your DPS is only 1600"; "What if you cause the group to fail?"

Images of a group of 8 strangers all saying things like "L2Play noob" terrifies me, because I've never been in a raid before, and I realize that people take it far more seriously than regular 5 mans. Thing is, no one's ever been rude to me in game before, ever, so the reports of jerks are either widely exaggerated (probably due to the jackasses that use trade chat as social hour) or confined primarily to an intense raid situation.

So...I may be underestimating the decency of people, as a way of making myself too afraid to try something new, if only to avoid "failure". In other words: self-sabotage. Just one step short of running away again. It's ridiculous...If I let people know I've never raided before and I'm a bit undergeared but willing to learn, if they're STILL willing to have me along, then they know what they signed up for. Especially if I'm the guest of a friend. And I will always try my hardest.

My normal group of buddies, 3 guys in a casual guild of RL friends (not RL for me, but they all work together and I met them in a lucky pug run at level 72), hasn't started Heroics yet (well, the mage has, so he's out-DPSing me by 1000), but we are this Sunday . Something low level, like Nexus. The bonus is we've been through all but one WotLK regular dungeon together and know the fights, wiped a lot, learned from it, kicked ass...to give us confidence for Heroics. But we only run dungeons once, maybe twice a week, since we all have busy lives...so I KNOW I've gotta pug more or pester my guild about runs. Both of which make me nervous.

My guild is fine, but I joined late in the game and missed their intense Naxx runs by 2-3 months, and now they're progressing through Ulduar, which I am not ready for. Since I have a daughter, it would be neglectful to play during the day (I make exceptions for in-game events like Noblegarden), so my hours are currently restricted to 10pm - 3 or 4 am, which means I can't even play with my very best friend, Val, since he's also a single parent and on East coast time (I'm in California).

I'm sorry if this sounds like a QQ fest, but I'm really frustrated, not only by the time-sapping factor that it takes to be well-geared in WoW, but by people marveling at my slow progress, as if it's impossible to understand that having a child (not to mention a boyfriend that takes up 3 of my late nights ;)) severely limits one's playtime and thus their ability to gear up. And I don't even have a job now! (Yay unemployment checks.)

Every time I hear something like "This is my third 80!" I want to hit my head on the desk, because my one 80 isn't even geared, and my true love, my baby rogue, is permanently sidelined at least until my daughter goes back to school next week...(every time i try to enjoy my rogue, that voice chimes in "You could be earning badges for BoA gear if you'd just play your warlock, or are you too afraid?").

I dunno, does this sound like the ramblings of a mentally troubled person? I'm really cheerful, low-key, and helpful both in real life and in the game, but unfortunately, my real-life quality of self-deprecation has flowed into the game as well. I will never be good enough, my mind tells me, no matter how geared I manage to be. I don't care about being #1, but I don't want to be "that" player way down toward the bottom of the recount chart...the only way to avoid that is by not giving up...yet my fear of failure stops me from ever even trying.

It's thanks to my mom and dad, who really did their best to make me hate everything about myself, but I'm aware that I can't blame them anymore and I have to take responsibility for fixing my own head. The best way to do that, in regards to WoW, is to just put myself out there and take risks, even if it means being criticised. Maybe my Hunter friend dragging me along to Naxx is just what I need; sometimes I'm just not able to force myself into action.

Look at all the other blogs on this forum, and how the writers talk about raiding, gear, and progression...while I prattle on with my lame screenshots and groundless fears, emotional crap no one wants to read. Sometimes, in dark times, I wonder why I even bother with any of this. But I love WoW, balanced with the other hobbies in my life, so I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I conquer this fear.
 ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/460-fear_failure.html Out and about, early August (screenshots) http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/459-out_about_early_august_screenshots.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:41:06 GMT It's a warm lazy evening with a my daughter watching a movie in the background and not much else to do, so I'm taking a minute to post a few screenshots of my warlock's adventures over the past couple weeks.

Nothing special, just trying to document what I've been up to, for the later purpose of nostalgia. :)

I solo quite a bit in the late night/early morning hours (pretty much the only time I can play, given my parental responsibilities) so I rarely get pictures with other players. That kinda sucks. Oh well. :)



08/01/09 - On a hill somewhere in Grizzly Hills.



My baby rogue, level 26. She likes to play dress-up (tuxedo shirt, spring robes, rotting handwraps, and always always goggles).



 08/09/09 - After finally being able to afford training to fly, Saer promptly dive-bomed terrified children. Hey sometimes the mean "warlock" side has to come out!



08/09/09 - Reading a random grey book that dropped, with horror.



08/11/09 - The night sky above Grizzly Hills.




08/12/09 - Saer disguised as a Vrykul. Do you think she moves her feet to make the Dreadsteed hurry up, like one of those wheel-less bikes for toddlers? :p ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/459-out_about_early_august_screenshots.html Personas and WoW (pt.1) http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/458-personas_wow_pt_1.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:37:00 GMT


In the PS2 RPG "Persona 3," there is a moment after creating a new Persona - a guardian of sorts that you make by "fusing" other Personas together in a magical room accessible only through your mind - where the creature appears, states its name and purpose, followed by the text that players will see possibly hundreds of times: "[Persona Name] has emerged from the sea of your soul!"

As a former psych major, I find the idea of personas (aka masks) infinitely fascinating. Human beings generally act differently, to varying degrees, depending on with whom they are currently keeping company. I could give you dozens of examples of how I behave around my sisters, mother, father, aunts, daughter, boyfriend, boyfriend's parents, acquaintances, co-workers, old friends, ex-boyfriends...and you could do the same for yourself. All of them are slightly different, some in obvious ways, and some possibly so nuanced that I would never even notice.

"Fake" behavior is not what I am referring to. I believe that being genuinely "fake" is harder than people think; to be consistently not yourself must take a tremendous amount of both repression and willpower and, I believe, severe mental illness(es). I say this due to knowing someone in my life whose potential as a decent human being is almost completely gone, because she cannot face the mistakes she made in her life, instead convincing herself that she "did her best" and didn't really cause much damage to others. The fact is she was an accomplice in years and years of crimes against humanity which she was very much aware of and pretended to be helpless to prevent. This person believes everything that is told to her by the church and by more powerful figures in her life, never thinking for herself, only caring what people will think of her if she seems less than perfect, or even, gasp, admits to having been wrong or hurt others.

To be so "fake" requires years of brainwashing and mental tricks and walls; therefore, since I personally know someone with such a mind - "a psychiatrist's dream" - I am not quick to label others as "fake." Rather I am interested in all aspects of the personality that show or hide depending on the situation. As in the game Persona 3, all are "real", like sides of a very large and mutable die, called upon in time of need.

Wikipedia states: "The persona is also the mask or appearance one presents to the world.[1] It may appear in dreams under various guises (see Carl Jung and his psychology). Importantly, the persona, used in this sense, is not a pose or some other intentional misrepresentation of the self to others. Rather, it is the self as self-construed, and may change according to situation and context."

So I'm not talking about something fake; it's more like aspects of yourself may be either exaggerrated or muted based on your current interaction. Just wanna make that clear, since the topic tends to become rather muddled.

Personae, as they relate to WoW, pique my interest because of my previously stated experience in psychology and my hobby of a dedicated WoW player. Why did I choose a warlock, and a blood elf one at that? Why did I choose Horde anyway? What's the allure of alts? Why do some people live for PvP and others run and hide? Soloing versus grouping? To RP or not to RP? For a game with so many options from the casual to the hardcore, analysis becomes even more complicated.

Now this isn't a thesis, and I haven't interviewed subjects or gathered any data; these are just my opinions, and definitely subject to change. (I'm not a fan of the unrelenting "stick to your guns" type of mindset. It's lead to many woes of the world, I believe.)

I would also like to state that I believe the world operates more in "shades of grey" than many people would like to admit. Democrat VERSUS Republican? Pro Life VERSUS Pro Choice? War VERSUS peace? Good VERSUS evil? How about not checking one single category you belong to and try to think of us ALL as human beings, some who believe in certain things very passionately, others who disagree, but above all, we're all striving for some kind of happy life? People lambast others based on a label; people revel in hypocrisy.

Thinking about it, I get overwhelmed, and then my eyes get blurry and my mind goes fuzzy - the inner voice starts chiding "Stop being such an idealist" while something much deeper, my soul, I like to think, refuses to stop imagining a world where people can talk without arguing, and agreements can be reached without name calling or violence. Words like "be realistic" and "life is sometimes cruel" keep popping up, trying to harm my belief in a more evolved humanity, but I could never sabotage myself so much as to become completely jaded.

Life is only cruel because living through a cruel world teaches us to be more kind; kindness will eventually take over people's hearts, along with an awakened sense of self, of purpose...and this nightmarish "rat race" we're nearly forced to partake in will change for the better. This is something, at my core, perhaps the one solid belief, safe from ever changing or being argued away, that I can name as my own.

Because this post is becoming extremely long, I will call it "Part one" and then use part two as a more detailed analysis of my characters and how they represent various aspects of my personality.
 ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/458-personas_wow_pt_1.html Can the Warlocks come out and play? http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/darksumone/454-can_warlocks_come_out_play.html Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:54:37 GMT So where is everyone I expected the boards to be awash with people QQing that only one boss was released. Or different things about the Raid in... So where is everyone I expected the boards to be awash with people QQing that only one boss was released. Or different things about the Raid in general instead we have silence in here. Im worried guys that to many of us are sitting back and not saying anyhting at all and the boards are dieing because of it.

This is my home the love of my lock and this website run hand in hand. Im afraid that with out all of you to write to and read from everyday that my lock will not only suffer play wise of game time wise since the only other board that I go to is Tankspot to read up on my DK as well.

Im sure that im not the only one thats noticing this in BC we had locks aplenty and page after page of strats for warlocks and non warlocks as well. Today I sign on to see almost noone saying anything. I look into our strat guides for the different bosses especialy for hard modes and I dont see a whole lot there. Is everyone just using Tankspot for everything now? Or where have you all went to find out infromation?

Maybe its me Maybe im drifting from my lock so im drifting form you all but I really beleive the board is going through a down swing and would love to see it swing back up.

Help me everyone Help me get this Board back to the way it was at the end of BC in its Hayday. If that means posting strats and Gear guides aplenty and answering every question come hell or high water ill do my best. I hope that some of you will assist in this though. ]]> Darksumone http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/darksumone/454-can_warlocks_come_out_play.html Raid 1 a solid start http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/452-raid_1_solid_start.html Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:33:22 GMT As I said last week, our new guild is off to a decent start. We finished our pre-3.2 reset with clearing up to Yogg. Not too bad, considering... As I said last week, our new guild is off to a decent start.

We finished our pre-3.2 reset with clearing up to Yogg.

Not too bad, considering that 14 out of our 25 man raid had never seen past Hodir.

Now we're going to continue focusing on performance above all as we continue recruitment.

We want a singular vision to kill Algalon, and I think we can get there (even if Firefighter blows).

We're going to quickly plow through the first three Argent Champion bosses tonight (hopefully, if the server behaves) and then start back up on Ulduar.

Hopefully this all works out! ]]> Tragik http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/tragik/452-raid_1_solid_start.html fly me away in an aeroplane, high in the sky, wanna see you again http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/451-fly_me_away_aeroplane_high_sky_wanna_see_you_again.html Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:03:25 GMT O hai blog! As you can see, tonight I revamped the look of my nubbish li'l corner of the Den, so hopefully the colors aren't too hard on the eyes. I have a livejournal too, ya know, and no matter how many color schemes I try, grey-on-black always prevails. Funny, that.

I definitely need a "quiet type" keyboard 'cos it's 4 am and I think my sister is going to kill me! Gah...must type slowly and quietly...so difficulttt :annoyed:

Well um, due to the hour and that I may be in mortal peril from the sibling who sleeps above, let's just post a few screen shots and call it good. I should try and sleep, anyway. Darn diurnal sleep schedule...I never could manage it.

--We interrupt this cautiously typed blog entry with an urgent update! PATCH 3.2 IS HITTING TODAY. I REPEAT, PATCH 3.2 IS HITTING TODAY.

~deep breath...~

SQUEEEEEE!!!

:D YESSSSSS!!!--

...Ahem. I'm sorry I'm just so excited! I didn't think it could be true. But yes! I'm not in it for the raid content yet, since I'm still working on upgrading my gear to be able to raid. Haven't had time for heroics yet and just sorta waitin' on the usual group of guys I know and trust. Better than a Pug group any day, though it may come down to that. Or asking some guildies I suppose, but they're usually off in big scary places like Ulduar and Naxx, which I've never set foot in. *sigh* Someday!

But yeah regarding the patch I am really freaking excited about the lowered cost/levels of mounts. I'm gonna admit something really nubbish now and confess that several weeks into level 80 I STILL can't fly and couldn't even afford the training until yesterday (*coughwentonaquestspreecough*). So yeah, sweeet! Also I can get my lvl 26 rogue around Hillsbrad a bit faster. Seems every time I go there some jackass is ganking lowbies left and right. Yet my warlock isn't powerful enough to log in and teach that fool a lesson.

*cracks knuckles* Let me just say it'll be a fine fine day when my stealthed and epic'd rogue (and it WILL happen, I love my rogue more than my 'lock already) hunts down a certain AC death knight who's been giving me grief on my 'lock lately. I'm not an aggressive person, or vengeful by any means, but I'm going to camp his *** so much he might as well set up a tent. You hear me...guys whose name I forgot but would probably recognize? Yeah, watch out buddy. And stay off my lawn you darn kid.

By the way I have been using the amazingly helpful "Gearing your Warlock: Getting ready for Naxx Edition" here at the Den, and I couldn't be happier with the doubtless grief it has saved me from not knowing what to wear. Like, I always knew the ol' Stam/Intel/SP and kinda Spirit rule, but for a very long time I ignored Hit and instead watched the numbers climb on Crit and Haste.

Now thanks to this guide I was able to save a few quest rewards that the writer mentioned equipping, when normally they'd have met their disenchanted fate long ago. I'm heartbroken enough over the loss of my Wand of Blinding Light - disenchanted shortly before I found the gear guide and realized its importance. *sniffle* It is deeply mourned. Oh well. At least I got the Rune of Infinite Power (from one of my fave NPCs, Chromie!) and it increases hit nicely.


Quite frankly I'm amazed my sister hasn't stumbled out of her room in a you-woke-me-up-with-your-typing homicidal rage, so I'll be on my way now without pushing my luck. Screenshots later today, then...along with my new...hee...flying mount...

I don't care that it's just the scraggly old flier from Outland...I can flyyyyyy!~ *flies away somewhat deliriously* :D

 ]]> Saerlaith http://wowmb.net/forums/blogs/saerlaith/451-fly_me_away_aeroplane_high_sky_wanna_see_you_again.html