Armaggedon's coming

The one you are playing right now!

Yes, I admit it, I was out of my brain on THL yesterday at work… (just quietly, between you and me… I never really liked (past tense) The Hunting Lodge, didn’t think it would last more than a month… proof positive that Gnomes Gnow Gnothing!)  I sure as hell hope work don’t start podcast testing, cause I would fail every test… I am constantly high on podcasts (If I can’t read ‘em, I might as well plug into ‘em)

So the purveyors of all things illicit (errr Hunter topics + more) were talking about what is in store for the next few years and they believe what I know I joked about in the past, that we will see WoW live as long as characters with 100 levels.

Which got me thinking, well something like thinking anyway.

Hero classes were going to be BIG!

We all had an idea on what the next Hero class would be after getting screwed over by Overpowered Death Knights, Healing Mages… Spell casting tanks, DPSing Priests… Ohh they do that already (Notice how the Shadow Priest stigma has gone over the years… tell someone you didn’t heal cause you were shadow 3 years ago and you got laughed out of the instance… if not the game) Continue Reading »

• Gnomeaggedon is “of Gnomeregan”
• Squidly is “THE Patient”.

I’m not patient

There is nothing patient about Gnomeaggedon beyond a title tucked away in the character screen.

Sure he’s prepared to wait for his Frostfire Bolt to launch, but not his Pyroblast unless it’s instant.

LFD, sure I’ll wait the 15 minutes, but I’m not sitting idle. Loremaster, dailies, screenshots, there is always something to fill the time.

I think that’s one of the reasons Gnomeaggedon is loving battlegrounds again. Short casts, instant casts, quick deaths.

Neither is he!

Squidly on the other hand has, for some unknown reason, less patience.

Maybe it’s the quick buffing… Drop 4 totems, buffing complete.

Maybe it’s Riptide’s fault – cast & forget (but that cooldown drives me crazy).

Maybe it’s DPS taking avoidable damage, causing me to spam chain heal, causing me to drink, causing me to scream a little inside.

I’m not sure what it is, but I often find myself looking at “The Patient” title and being reminded to take a deep breath, relax and be patient Continue Reading »

Welcome to the post where I ramble incoherently for a while.

No, not rant, just ramble.

Bits and pieces, observations etc from the last month of “weekends” , which admittedly has included weekdays.

Solo’d this yet?

I know people like to solo stuff, to do the impossible, but has anyone taken on this “world event” yet?

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I suffer from Questtextphobia – I can’t bear to read it!

So my 1st trip through the Dark Portal involved several ghost runs through the demons, before I realized that I just had to talk to one dude that would safely take me to Honor Hold.

When you become you own non-combat pet’s dinner

Apparently cat food comes in rabbit flavor.. Continue Reading »

Are you a Zero Tolerance player?

• Do you have a 1 strike and your out, or a 3 strikes and your out policy?
• Is your policy influenced by your relationship with the other player?
• Is your policy influenced by your real life mood?
• Does this tolerance level exist in your real life as well, or purely in WoW?

A Real World Example

My ex-wife has a zero tolerance policy with adults. Her belief is they are big enough to know better and there is no excuse for errors, not even with new experiences.

She has a slightly different attitude towards Odin. He gets 2-3 strikes before reaching zero tolerance (of anything, related or not) for the rest of the day.

Conversely, she expects unlimited forgiveness in return. She had more accidents in our car in the 1st year of driving than I have had in 24 years of driving. She has now been driving for 3 years and the car is currently at the panel beaters being repaired Continue Reading »