An Ex-Gnome Tank's World

Archive for November, 2008

A Heroic Adventure

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

So, since I hit level 80, what have I been doing with my time? The answer in the main, is Heroic Instances. Also, I have been breaking one of Namthe's Rules for a Strees-Free Life. I have been pugging a lot ...

The 80th Season of Adventure

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Level 80, huzzah! Unfortunately I'm still wearing half the stuff I had at level 70 in my tanking gear,  though I'm getting there slowly. Should be uncrittable soon - currently at 427 and I still need to make my new goggles ...

Xenophobic Psychopaths

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

The Wrathgate questline is simply awesome. I'm not going to spoil it for those who haven't yet done it, but it's a very much far-reaching and vast line that has visible results on the Dragonblight zone when you finish it. ...

Gnomeregan Redux

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Wrath of the Lich King | 2 Comments »

So, level 72 now. What have I learned so far about the Lich King and his plan to destroy the world? Very little, I'm afraid. Instead I've been finding out about the origin of the Gnomish race, by following the questlines around ...

The First Rule of Lich King Club is…

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Wrath of the Lich King | No Comments »

... you don't talk about Lich King Club. The second rule of Lich King Club is, no whining. A day into Lich King, and it's very pretty. A lot of work has been put into the art, I'll grant that. Utgarde Keep ...

Why would I want to do that?

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Bosses, General | 9 Comments »

Biggie says in a coment below: I would assume that any raiding guild worth their salt is giving their MTs first crack at tanking plate gear drops Why would we want to do that? I'm not a big fan of the "Tank ...

Protection Warrior DPS?

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Class Discussion | 9 Comments »

Things have been a little quiet around here. I haven't had much time for blogging because I'm taking part in NaNoWriMo, as I do every year. However a post on Kadomi's site has me wondering. She says: In my last raids, ...

Hang on, this all looks very familiar

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Bosses, Burning Crusade | 1 Comment »

As I predicted, Sunwell is still providing us with some challenge to take us into Lich King. Kalecgos was an interesting fight, I'll grant, and Brutallus can still hit quite hard, but one you sort positioning out on that fight ...