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Archive for September, 2008

A Difficult Easy Fight

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »

Archimonde is one of the easiest fights in the game. It's also one of the hardest. The strategy is ridiculously simple - avoid dying for ten minutes, and do minimal dps - but execution is a problem. Any member of ...

…but Naaru don’t have arms!

Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Burning Crusade, Dungeons | No Comments »

Yesterday I was finally awarded something different. For the past few months, I've been wandering around Outland and Azeroth as Namthe of the More Money Than Sense.   Now, at long last, I'm instead Namthe of the Too Much Time On His Hands. ...

Perfect for bouncing off tables…

Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in General | 2 Comments »

A little tip for all those who didn't think Brewfest had anything to offer them: the on-uses of [item]Gnomeregan Auto-blocker 600[/item] and [item]Coren's Lucky Coin[/item] stack. This gives crazily huge shield slam damage. Given the new way protection dps and ...

What kind of day will it be?

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Theorycrafting, Wrath of the Lich King | 4 Comments »

  So, now I'm on the PTR, how is my gear holding up? Well, to start with, let's take a look at how my current tanking gear holds up: [caption id="attachment_128" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="2.4.3 "][/caption] This is my "trash" set - it's the ...

The Great Addon Hunt

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in General, Wrath of the Lich King | No Comments »

With 3.0.2 not so far away at all, it's time to start looking at how my UI will cope with being brought kicking and screaming into Northrend. Namthe hasn't made it as far as the PTR yet, but that's not necessarily ...

What kind of day has it been?

Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »

As I write this, I'm dowloading the last PTR patch that will ever be released for The Burning Crusade. In a few weeks, everything will start over again and I'll make a whole new set of assumptions about the future ...

Turning a corner

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I haven't written much recently because there's not been much to say. Pre-WoTLK blues seems to be digging in across the server, with fewer people registering for raids and lots of late deregging. It's plaguing other guilds too - I've ...

Things I have learned in the past two weeks

Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Wrath of the Lich King | No Comments »

The state of Ohio legislature doesn't allow for anyone from outside the US to buy alcohol. This sucks. The WoTLK warrior tanking tree seems to have turned a corner and is starting to look like it might be getting somewhere OK, so ...