Burning Crusade all over again
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Class Discussion, General, Wrath of the Lich King | 1 Comment »One of the biggest problems I had early on in The Burning Crusade was getting hold of a decent tanking weapon. The Sun Eater never dropped for me, despite countless runs into the Mechanar. King's Defender took almost as long ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shambolic Zombification
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in General, Wrath of the Lich King | 1 Comment »The Scourge Invasion carries on at a pace, and it's starting to really affect the world in more and more undesired ways. It was fun when it started, but things are starting to wear now - it's impossible for many ...
An End to A Myth
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in General, Theorycrafting, Wrath of the Lich King | 3 Comments »Say it with me: 3.0.2 will make protection soloing viable. There, you've just uttered something almost completely incorrect. It's based on a complete misassumption that so many people seem to hold, that Prot soloing is non-viable currently. I've no idea who ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Phat Purples, #2: Basic DKP Systems
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »So in the first part of this series, I examined the loot systems that have the lower administrative overheads, and I hope I illustrated that they have some serious drawbacks, though for some cases they will work more than amply. In ...
Phat Purplez, or why your loot system sucks, #1: Basic Systems
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in General | 4 Comments »Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the other forms that have been tried. - Winston Churchill,1947 Many (most?) raiding guilds use a loot distribution system of some sort. The vast majority of them, I'm afraid to say, have picked the wrong ...
