Gitr

Gitr, you’re out! Grimr, you’re out! Lockr, you’re out! Priestr, you’re out!

All of my toons were /gkicked from FoA last night. Actually, Lockr /gquit the guild, got the attention that was due, but the result was everyone being pulled. Do I care? Not really. It’s just a game. I still like the people, but the frustration and aggravation associated with guild/alliance raids is more trouble than it’s worth.

What I have a problem with is: as a person with a life (i.e., girlfriend [going on fiance shortly], full-time job, social life at least 4 evenings per week, and other things I like to do away from my computer), I want to actually get to do what is planned when I sit down to play World of Warcraft. What has now happened three (3 for those of you in Rio Linda) times in the last month is that I have signed up for a special time to play in a raid and either not been allowed in or really delayed getting in as they try to find someone *other than me* to get there.

The excuses have ranged from signing up too late (I was the 1st warrior and 3rd rogue/dps this time), don’t have good enough gear (got 2 upgrades this week and got the shaft on that OEB 2 weeks ago that went to a PALLY), and that I’m the wrong spec (I was being considered a warrior as a tank instead of dps, so again -gear-). I signed up on Thursday, called my girlfriend and let her know I planned on being back from the beach with her in time to play. We even had to leave the beach early so she could finish her papers for her management course. I kept Alt-Tabbing in her way to make sure I stayed signed in and got the invite. So what happened?

I never got an invite. The raid was still full from the first run of the afternoon and they were not able to take down Domo. So, instead of going by the list to make sure that those who signed up to play got to, I was denied play time on my one chance to go to MC this week. Why am I paying $15/mo to not play where I want to and where I should be entitled to per the sign-up list?

The raid leader keeps talking about “the best thing for the guild.” Should it be that, or the best thing for those playing? Do those that already play 80 hours per week be allowed to keep playing at the personal expense of those who have to sit out on “their night to play?”

I might add to this soon, so check back later, if you care to.

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Addendum:

Why even have a sign-up sheet if you’re just going to base the composition on who is there and who fits your ideals for a raid?

I was at the point where it was: if I’m going to be repeatedly denied access to MC rep and gear, then I might was well not sign up or be a part of the guild. I’ll get my Dungeon 1 and Dungeon 2 sets some day, some how, and play with the same people that I’ve enjoyed playing with all this time.

I just refuse to be yanked around all the time, expecting to get to play and be told no. I have to deal with that enough in my romantic relationship of expecting to go here or there and eat this or that only to concede to the wishes of the other person. WoW is MY time to play, and if I’m not going to enjoy it because my plans are repeated ruined, then I’ll find others to play with or find another way to play the game.

I think that about covers it as far as my feelings go. I’m out unless I can be assured that the DKP I have earned can be used to get the gear or weapon that they are saying I don’t have. I hope that the members of the guild realize that this is strictly a raid organization/leadership decision, not as a reflection of the members of the guild itself. I certainly didn’t burn any bridges with the people, and was getting my fair share of whispers from people after I was kicked.

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I logged in really quick to try to get 10 Winterspring Blood Samples tonight. As I was getting off the ship in Auberdine, I got a /w from a Serenity (one of our alliances) to get Incendius really fast. That’s it, just him. Sure. I had the quest still. I was curious to see how much gold you get for turning in quests now.

While approaching the instance, I got a nice train going because one of the mobs threw a net on me. We quickly dispatched him at the entrance when our hearts stopped. A Precisely Calibrated Boomstick dropped before us. It would mean losing some STR, and 0.3 dps, but it has 14 AGI!!! We rolled since it was BoE, and I rolled first with a 34, then there was a 32, 2, 3, and 21! I finally won something!!

That made my night. We quickly dispatched Incendius, and I got 4g 33s for the turn-in. I started to go after the Blackrock Medallions, but decided it was too late and too far to ride to kill enough to get 50 of them.

Our alliance group went to ZG last night. To start the evening off, Tox, Paumen, and I went ot UBRS so Tox could get his last quest piece for his darkmantle set. After taking down Rend, he dropped his Sacred Charge. From what I remember, Tox said he’s never even seen it drop in over 50 runs. This was my 5th.

AND I LOST THE ROLL!!!!!!!

That is why my gear sucks. I was rolling against one rogue. If there was ever time to “ooops. wrong button.” it was then. Dang it. I never catch a break. I rolled on a slight upgrade of legs and won, but that was no big deal, because my legs were not my weak point. It’s time to put my nose to axe stone and get the Winterspring blood and start doing 45 minute Baron runs. I still have a lot of pieces to go to complete my Valor set, but hopefully I’ll make some money off BoE drops.

On to ZG at 8:00. We were a bit short on healers. Our priests were d/c’d until after the first bridge, but we had 3 pallys and an awesome druid along. We went Venoxis, Jaklik, and Mandokir. It looked like we’d be able to push for Thekal, but the last section before Mandokir really slowed us down for some reason. It took a lot longer than it should have. It was 20 ’till 11, and 7 of us were going to bed, me included. We passed out loot and I got another coin. I’m 9 coins away from getting the bracers for Friendly rep.

That’s about it. I’m going to play Gitr more than my alts for a bit to get the bracer upgrade. I’m also considering going for the Chromatic Breastplate quest. We’ll see how that all plays out.

I’ll be taking Gitr for a walk in ZG tonight with FoA. I was actually the first sign-up this week, so it had better not matter what my build is for this run. Yes, I know my gear sucks, and it’s going to suck until I get to go on runs and actually win rolls when something drops. Hopefully all the rogues have the sword that drops of Mandokir already.

On a side note, as soon as I get a little more capital, Grimr found what he wants to improve his deadliness: the Swiftwind crossbow and the Exquisite Flamberge of Agility (+16AGI). He is already 3 pieces into his Nightscape set, even though I realize that is actually a rogue set. The only things that make it not a truly superior hunter set is that every piece is locked into AGI and STA with nothing being INT or SPI and that the boots have a Stealth improvement. LOL. I’m not sure I want to give up my Briar Tredders, though. They cost me a fortune for the level I bought them at.

Now to the topic of my title:

I love school. Dang, there I go again. Always making contradictory statements. I love taking classes. I hate others taking classes affecting my computer time. LOL. Of course, I love AND even like my GF, whom I’ve finally decided will be known on the blog as ‘K.’ There were several options to choose from from the Men In Black Special Agent list of approved anonymous names, so I chose K.

After nearly 4 years of dating, I have finally geekized her a little. My setup at the apartment has a 17″ monitor right in front, and a 15″ off to the side that I use for Photoshop and Illustrator pallettes, mainly. She used to think that was silly back when I lived at home. Then, something amazing happened.

“I wish I could see the paper I’m trying to write AND the paper requirements or source information at the same time.”

*GRIN*

“Well, Honey, you can. Turn on the other monitor and switch it to Dual Mode.”

She’s been hooked ever since, and therefore I have no computer time when she comes over to my peaceful sanctuary to do schoolwork away from her noisy siblings. Two more weeks, I keep telling myself, then she gets her B.A., an apartment, and hopefully her own computer with 2 monitors.

I went along for the attempt to clear out MC on Saturday. After we cleared out all the trash mobs, we made our formation for Baron, and got things going. I volunteered to be the bomb first, but it didn’t work out that way. For the minute or two I was alive, I never became the bomb. I was warned about the AOE fire damage, but I didn’t realize as I came closer in an attempt to become the bomb that the rings that came from his base every now and then WERE the AOE. I died. Quickly. I got to watch the rest of the fight and got some nice screenshots for when I put together a guide to MC. It was really sloppy, bet he fell, nonetheless.

Shazz was another story. My gun skills started at 282, but at the end of all our attempts, I was at 286 or so. I went through more than 200 bullets. I estimate that I did a whopping 40k in damage from 4 attempts. My hits go for 169 and I had some crits for 276. Pretty puny. We just didn’t have the group make-up for the fight. We had 4 fury warriors and 5 or 6 rogues that were pretty much useless in taking him down from range. One time I was the last man standing. I had full rage as he came at me. His arcane spell took me down to 45%, I took a potion, I started hitting Execute, another spell hit, and then I got him for a measly non-crit 1930. His next spell got me for 2600. He wins.