The Curtain Call

I'm done guys. I've decided to quit WoW to give myself more Real Life time to get things done (like improving the quality of my marriage and my health). Because of this, I will no longer be updating the Blog. It's been fun, but I think this is for the best. I leave behind a lot of good friends in my Guild (Nexus) and will miss them all sorely.

All the best.

/goodbye

Who needs Resistance Gear?

Last night was my first Guild kills of the last bit of Naxx-25. The big icy dragon and Mum-Ra himself. Let me tell you now: I have ZERO Frost Resistance gear. None. I will get some eventually (if my Guild continues to raid Naxx after 3.1) but I haven't had the time/gold to get it before now.

Well, with raid buffs I have a static 130 Frost Res and my Dwarven 2% miss chance with Frost spells. I thought I'd be fine. I was. I lasted until he was down to about 18% and the only reason I died? I got Ice Blocked and was already low on health, so the healers could react quick enough to me. No biggie.

On KT I died again, but also right near the end. Reason was someone got Frost Bolted and they were running through the raid, so tagged myself and one other person as well. With three ice-cubes up it was tough on the healers, so I was allowed to drop. No biggie, I got the achievement :)

I also picked up the Trash MH Sword last night. Silent Crusader I think it's called. I thought it was the off-hand for some reason and was passing, but my fellow Rogues noted in raid chat "umm, it's Raitin still using a blue as his main hand?". Yes, Silent Crusader replaced my Reaper of Dark Souls. I AM trying to get away from Sword Spec (I promise!) and get back into my Quest for Fist(/Dagger), but this was an upgrade too nice to pass up.

I also traded in 25 of my Valor tokens for a Ring of Invincibility to replace Grob's Sealing Ring. I missed out on the T7.5 helm last night though, but that wasn't surprising. Looking over my gear, I've had quiet a few upgrades over the last two weeks. Like 10 or so. I think the only slots where I don't have an iLevel 213 item are my Ranged Slot, Back Slot one of my Weapon Slots and one of my Trinket Slots. Wow. Raitin be movin' on up!

Minor Blog Updates

I'm changing a few of the settings on the Blog. Changing the appearance and what not. I still need some images to spruce up the place a bit, but that will come in time, I'm sure. I'll fiddle around with colours until I find something I like, then go from there. If anyone has some images they feel like throwing my way, please feel free. Heck, if anyone actually wants to Follow my Blog, I'll be even happier :)

I live..... again!

5g to the person who can name that reference. (Clue: A really old PC game that is named after a Potent Fluid).

So my internet started working again last night. Turns out the 'upgrade' really did bugger my phone line, but it's all sweet now. Guild was fine with it, as soon as I explained the GL said "no worries mate, thanks for letting us know". Top bloke.

I was also whispered by another person in my Guild, named "Jyna" asking if I know who he was. Of course, I suspected immediately and found it was my old mate Earthshockaz! Hooray for mates showing up out of the blue after DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND NOT SAYING WHY!!!1!! Ok I'm good now, I promise.

So I'm a bit worried as to the state of Rogues these days. I love my Rogue and he'll always be my main, but I'm feeling more and more like we are going to be more easily replaced with other DPS or Hybrid classes, especially now with 3.1's Dual Spec just over the next hill.

With this is mind, I was thinking of levelling one of my alts to 80 (finally). I have the choice of the following:

68 Male Night Elf Druid. 375 Alchemy & 375 Gnomish Engineering. Currently Balance, but I used to be Resto at 60. Just started in Northrend with this guy. Would probably spec Bear Tank at 80 with a Duel Spec as Resto (or Cat Dps... Hmmmm).

60 Female Human Death Knight. 1 Herbalism & 1 Inscription. Was going to do an Unholy AOE Tank, but I really am considering Frost Dual Wield DPS, but it's very similar to a Rogue, however I'll be able to Duel Spec as Tank.

Or I can start a new character: A Female Draenai Mage. Herbalism and Skinning is what I'm thinking. Or Herbs and Tailoring. Or Skinning and Tailoring... Hmmmm. I would level and raid as Frost, with a Duel Spec as Frostfire, or Fire (Duh :P).

Any thoughts/opinions on the above?

Interwebs Woes Return!

As I was checking my Facebook last night, just before logging into WoW, my internet connection drops. "How odd" I thought. I went and did a power cycle, no go. Isolation test, still no love. Tried using my phone (isolated) - HEAPS of data noise on the line, not even a dial tone. My connection can't sync. "Bother" I say, "Just after I got this fixed, too". I remember something about iiNet doing some upgrade and think to myself that I'll just try the whole process again later. I did and it still wouldn't sync and the phone was drowned out in data noise.

So my wife has the next 4 days off, so I'm going to ask her to call iiNet and try to organise a tech to attend before the end of the week. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, as I can't even tell my Guild that my internet is borked!

More Naxx news and Gear Updates

G'day all.
Last night was going to be another 10-man night, but we managed to scrap together enough healers to get a 25-Naxx run going. I got invited, yay!
We started a bit late, so finished a bit late (hooray for cans of V!) and it was awesome. We cleared all 4 wings, but are leaving Saph and KT for tonight. I think it's not very far off until we clear 25-Naxx in a single night, which is awesome.
My 'average DPS' according to recount is now just over 3k, which is around a 1000 dps increase over my 10-man Naxx the other day! I'm almost certain this is due to the extra buffs available in 25-man content, but I'll compare it to when I next do a 10-man something.
So I got some more loot as well, here is a list:
Helm from Live/Dead boss in Military Wing (Harvester? Something like that). Non-Tiered, but I will be wearing it once I get another 4th peice for T7/T7.5 (read below).
T7.5 Leggings - Yay, my first T7.5 peice!
T7.5 Shoulders - 2nd bit, but now it gives me my 4-peice set bonus! This is why I will continue to wear my T7 helm and not the Helm that dropped until I replace the 4th set peice.
2nd Best-In-Slot Ring dropped and I won as well! So I WAS going to make a Titanium Impact Band tonight, but now I no longer need it. I think I'll still make it and sell it. Should be around a 1000g profit, because I earned the mats, I didn't buy them (The Dragon's Eyes anyway).
That's about it from me. I'll keep you informed as to how things continue. I REALLY want some new weapons, but Webbed Death didn't drop and I won't know if Calamity's Grasp drops until tonight and I doubt I'll win it if it does :P
Peace.

Raiding and Nub-Knights

So it eventually had to happen. I got invited to a 10-man Naxx last night, after completing about 4 Heroics with some Guildies. I loved the experience, it seemed a lot easier than I thought, but that might just have been because I was going with all experienced Guildies. It was great.
Not that this matters totally, but I got several peices of gear last night. Let's begin:

Heroic 1: HoL - Chest upgrade from Quest with SoH.
Heroic 2: VH - Get enough rep with KotEB to upgrade MH Sword.
Heroic 3: UP - I think I got my new necklace from here.
Heroic 4: Nexus - 2nd Chest upgrade from final boss.
Naxx 10 - Where to begin?! New Boots, new Ring, new Trinket, 3RD new Chest(!!! 1st bit of T7!) and new Helm(2nd bit of T7). I now also have enough Heroism Emblems to get Mirror of Truth, an awesome trink for me.

So after today, I'll be Honoured with SoH and get my Shoulder Enchant, then maybe I'll go buy my Head Enchant from KotEB, like I forgot to do last night :P

I have also purchased most of the mats for my Titanium Band (JC Ring), but not the Dragon's Eyes. I already have one, but I think I'll use it to fill one of my MANY Blue Gem Slots, as I only need 1 for my Meta Gem.

Sigh. I'm going to be spending a lot of gold tonight on gems and enchants, but it'll be worth it! :)
We were going to do 10-man Malygos last night, but we didn't finish Naxx until just before 12, so we'll do it tonight.

P.S. Oops, I forgot all about the "Nub-Knights" thing. Well, basically the Death Knight I rolled in an earlier post (scroll down) was done on the WRONG SERVER. My friends all switched servers ages ago without telling me, so now I'll just have to do it again :) Oh well!