Who, me?
No thanks. I only tank in emergencies.
However, I'm thinking about the tanking writer of this blog. The one who loves his DK Tank and has some old fashioned love for his long suffering Warrior Tank. The same one who isn't sure what to do with creating a toon to run through low level instances with.
Yeah, I know, he could do a Pally tank, but he has one of those, and he's not thrilled with him.
He already has a Warrior.
So why not be a Big Bear Butt tank?
Okay, I know one reason he'd have issues: the Night Elf in general. Aside from that, however, Druid Tanks hold their aggro quite well, thank you very much, and I have to admit I've got a lot of respect for the Druid Tanks I've pugged with. No, I'm not suggesting he hang out as a Tree --that's not his style-- but a Bear? Yeah, I can see that.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
It Needed to be Said
93 Quests down, only 2907 to go.
Not sure if I'm going to bear listening to "Good Health, Long Life!" for the next several months, however. (Obviously these Draenei quest givers have never set foot in an instance.)
Not sure if I'm going to bear listening to "Good Health, Long Life!" for the next several months, however. (Obviously these Draenei quest givers have never set foot in an instance.)
If You Can't Beat 'Em...
...join 'em.
I now have two toons loaded to the gills with Heirlooms.
However, I have one big issue: just who the hell approved the design for [Mystical Pauldrons of Elements], anyway? They make Tomakan look like he's got antennae sprouting out of his back. He's a Paladin, not a TV repair guy.
I now have two toons loaded to the gills with Heirlooms.
However, I have one big issue: just who the hell approved the design for [Mystical Pauldrons of Elements], anyway? They make Tomakan look like he's got antennae sprouting out of his back. He's a Paladin, not a TV repair guy.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Hardware Review
I have a new toy!
I just recently purchased a new mouse, as my old one was on the fritz. I went all out this time, purchasing something that would enhance my game play and give me more readily available buttons for macros.
I just recently started getting into the rated arenas, and found out how nice it would be to set a focus target and have macros scripted to do things to my focus target, and not have to worry about manually swapping targets.
I asked some guild members what sort of mouse they use, and what they would recommend. The answer came back: Razer Naga. So as per usual before dropping a chunk of money, I did some research to find out if it all 17 buttons will be worth the money.
I found a world of warcraft player that actually has become sponsored by Razer, and has started making videos about how it's increasing his game play and giving out free equipment to viewers. It's kinda cool, and amazing that he actually got sponsored. Talk about a dream job...
I have now had about a week of play time with the mouse, and adjusting to the feel of the very sensitive laser as well as the plethora of buttons has been fun. My hand is very comfortable resting on this mouse, and I don't get cramps after long gaming sessions as I used to with my old mouse (Logitech G5).
I'm still trying to figure out how to best use all of the new buttons, but it's giving me something to toy with and in the long run, I feel will help out the gaming experience (and it has 17 buttons). This thing has so many buttons, that in the little packet of papers included, are little rubber pads you can stick on to the keys to help train yourself and develop muscle memory... How crazy is that!?
Ascetically, it's a very pleasing mouse. It just looks nice... the symbol on the palm sorta pulses and the mouse wheel having it's own light is just well, it's gaudy. But it looks nice! And I am very pleased, as I mentioned before, with the way my hand rests on the mouse. The left and right click have sort of a channel where you fingers rest, and even the third finger has it's own spot to rest off to the right of the mouse (sorry pinky, you still get to dangle, but not uncomfortably so).
I just recently purchased a new mouse, as my old one was on the fritz. I went all out this time, purchasing something that would enhance my game play and give me more readily available buttons for macros.
I just recently started getting into the rated arenas, and found out how nice it would be to set a focus target and have macros scripted to do things to my focus target, and not have to worry about manually swapping targets.
I asked some guild members what sort of mouse they use, and what they would recommend. The answer came back: Razer Naga. So as per usual before dropping a chunk of money, I did some research to find out if it all 17 buttons will be worth the money.
I found a world of warcraft player that actually has become sponsored by Razer, and has started making videos about how it's increasing his game play and giving out free equipment to viewers. It's kinda cool, and amazing that he actually got sponsored. Talk about a dream job...
I have now had about a week of play time with the mouse, and adjusting to the feel of the very sensitive laser as well as the plethora of buttons has been fun. My hand is very comfortable resting on this mouse, and I don't get cramps after long gaming sessions as I used to with my old mouse (Logitech G5).
I'm still trying to figure out how to best use all of the new buttons, but it's giving me something to toy with and in the long run, I feel will help out the gaming experience (and it has 17 buttons). This thing has so many buttons, that in the little packet of papers included, are little rubber pads you can stick on to the keys to help train yourself and develop muscle memory... How crazy is that!?
Ascetically, it's a very pleasing mouse. It just looks nice... the symbol on the palm sorta pulses and the mouse wheel having it's own light is just well, it's gaudy. But it looks nice! And I am very pleased, as I mentioned before, with the way my hand rests on the mouse. The left and right click have sort of a channel where you fingers rest, and even the third finger has it's own spot to rest off to the right of the mouse (sorry pinky, you still get to dangle, but not uncomfortably so).
Friday, May 14, 2010
Halfway Houses
I occasionally get strange looks when I'm putzing around in The Barrens or Tirisfal Glades, working on low level quests. I swear that some people must think that I'm the reincarnation of Don Quijote, or that I'm banished by my guild into doing some sort of bizarre penance or something before I'm allowed back into raiding.
Passing through Tarren Mill after having completed a quest from the Hinterlands, I was accosted by a 20ish Hunter loitering around the Bat Handler. "Dude! Yr an 80!" he shouted. "LOL!"
"Yeah," I replied. "I noticed."
"U shouldn't be here!"
"I'm not going to be," I said and took the flight path to Light's Hope Chapel.
That didn't hold a Kobold's candle to the crowd that gathered around when I was in the Orc/Troll starting area, working on quests. I finished a quest and left Quint standing around AFK for a moment. When I returned, there was a crowd of about eight to ten L1-L5 characters surrounding my Pally.
Okay, I thought, this is weird. I mean, you just go up the road to Orgrimmar and you can see boatloads of 80s around.
I popped out of AFK, and one of them asked "Are u doing the starting zone quests?"
"Yep."
"Y?"
"I'm working on Loremaster."
"Oooohhhhh," came the collective response.
"Yr crazy!" said one.
"Yeah!" said another.
A third challenged me to a duel, which I declined.
A fourth chimed in with a "That's not hard!"
"Maybe not, but not a lot of people do it." I took that as my cue to split.
To be fair, the majority of the time I don't get a reaction at all, which suits me just fine. Other people are doing their business, and I'm doing mine. Since I'm the oddball high level character in these zones, however, I do try to make myself available should someone need some assistance on a quest. What's the point of achieving Loremaster if you don't share your knowledge?
I've even had this Loremaster mentality creep over into some of my alts. My mage, who is at L26, dropped into The Ghostlands to finally try soloing Dhar'khan when she found a L21 Hunter thinking the same thing. I asked the Hunter what she knew of the fight.
"Nothing. This is my first character," she said.
"That's fine," I replied. "Even though this is an alt, I'm still fairly new myself. We'll do this together."
I told her I'd pull the aggro so we didn't have the entire room on us, and then she could let her pet tank attack and take it over. The strategy worked, sort of --I held aggro better than I expected-- but the net result was one dead necromancer, and one happy Hunter.
"Thanks so much!" she said.
"You're welcome. Just so you know, you're about to be doing some traveling on the next couple of quests, so get ready to meet some of the leaders of the Horde."
"Cool!"
Ah, new players.
(Oh, the title of this post? That's simple, really: I'm officially halfway to Loremaster. I'm actually much farther along, but I've only dinged Outlands and Eastern Kingdoms.)
Passing through Tarren Mill after having completed a quest from the Hinterlands, I was accosted by a 20ish Hunter loitering around the Bat Handler. "Dude! Yr an 80!" he shouted. "LOL!"
"Yeah," I replied. "I noticed."
"U shouldn't be here!"
"I'm not going to be," I said and took the flight path to Light's Hope Chapel.
That didn't hold a Kobold's candle to the crowd that gathered around when I was in the Orc/Troll starting area, working on quests. I finished a quest and left Quint standing around AFK for a moment. When I returned, there was a crowd of about eight to ten L1-L5 characters surrounding my Pally.
Okay, I thought, this is weird. I mean, you just go up the road to Orgrimmar and you can see boatloads of 80s around.
I popped out of AFK, and one of them asked "Are u doing the starting zone quests?"
"Yep."
"Y?"
"I'm working on Loremaster."
"Oooohhhhh," came the collective response.
"Yr crazy!" said one.
"Yeah!" said another.
A third challenged me to a duel, which I declined.
A fourth chimed in with a "That's not hard!"
"Maybe not, but not a lot of people do it." I took that as my cue to split.
To be fair, the majority of the time I don't get a reaction at all, which suits me just fine. Other people are doing their business, and I'm doing mine. Since I'm the oddball high level character in these zones, however, I do try to make myself available should someone need some assistance on a quest. What's the point of achieving Loremaster if you don't share your knowledge?
I've even had this Loremaster mentality creep over into some of my alts. My mage, who is at L26, dropped into The Ghostlands to finally try soloing Dhar'khan when she found a L21 Hunter thinking the same thing. I asked the Hunter what she knew of the fight.
"Nothing. This is my first character," she said.
"That's fine," I replied. "Even though this is an alt, I'm still fairly new myself. We'll do this together."
I told her I'd pull the aggro so we didn't have the entire room on us, and then she could let her pet tank attack and take it over. The strategy worked, sort of --I held aggro better than I expected-- but the net result was one dead necromancer, and one happy Hunter.
"Thanks so much!" she said.
"You're welcome. Just so you know, you're about to be doing some traveling on the next couple of quests, so get ready to meet some of the leaders of the Horde."
"Cool!"
Ah, new players.
(Oh, the title of this post? That's simple, really: I'm officially halfway to Loremaster. I'm actually much farther along, but I've only dinged Outlands and Eastern Kingdoms.)
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