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You can teach a Draenei to fish… Or push him out of the boat

Posted in Misc WoW, Rants, tagged , on July 16, 2009 | 20 Comments »

I’m not the L2P kind of Gnome.
Neither am I the “here’s 10g see me in the morning” kind of Gnome.
I’m the “let me teach you tadpole” kind of Gnome… Generally…
Background
I rolled a Gnome Dwarf Night Elf Human Draenei Shaman. I was inspired by Larisa’s baby Druid and Ydraisa’s comment about leveling in innocence.
Ultimately I want [...]

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Buffing Mages: A Short History

Posted in Mages, Rants, tagged , on March 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Buffing Mages: A Short History
I am a little disappointed in my Magely Blog colleagues at the moment, it’s all Q to the power of Q.
Sure it’s nerf to cover up the nerf that we noticed while another nerf was being slipped in, but let’s be a bit more positive about this.
What other class can claim [...]

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Devaluing skills: They all taste like cardboard to me.

Posted in Mages, Misc WoW, Rants, tagged , , on March 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »

The global economy is in a meltdown, and so are our skills.
Alright enough crap comparisons to the economy, I will stick to crap commentary on WoW.
On of the things I have found recently is how devalued certain skills have become.  I was reminded of this the other day by Part Time Druid, and also by [...]

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Drawing the short straw: Racial Bonuses

Posted in Crafting, Gnomes, Rants, tagged , , on March 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Drawing the short straw: Racial Bonuses
I feel sorry for Gnomes, Draenei, Taurens and Blood elf.  Primarily Gnomes of course!
Why?
They have a racial bonus taken up with something completely useless… profession racial bonuses.
Let’s take a look.

Gnome
* Engineering Specialist : 15 point skill bonus to Engineering (note, this also raises the cap by 15 at each [...]

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Dailies are the Raw Prawn…

Posted in Achievements, Crafting, Rants, tagged , , on March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Dailies are the Raw Prawn…

…and I say:
Don’t come the raw prawn with me mate!
Maybe I have just eaten a batch of Bad Clams, but I am very, very sick of dailies.

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Post Curator Black Hole

Posted in Raids, Rants, tagged , on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have discovered this black hole after the Curator in Kara, and I am wondering whether to report it to Blizzard.
Symptoms:

Raid one-shots Curator.
Divides loots
Moves on to next trash.
Mmmm player X (and maybe Y) have disconnected.
Let’s give them 5 minutes
OK 5 minutes have passed, lets clear some more trash and give them another 5 minutes.
OK, let’s [...]

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