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World Servers Randomly Down Last Night

January 26, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I had a heck of a time getting anything done last night because of the world servers going up and down like yo-yos. I tried logging in to Deadr, thinking maybe maybe maybe I could level him out if sleep didn’t overcome me. I logged in fine, but after the loading screen, it said the world server was down. I tried 2 more times to no avail.

Time for Gitr to get some playtime, then. I got on him just fine. I went to the east first to kill some orcs to get a Cursed Talisman for Ill Omens [58]. That was fine and all, until I aggroed to many after I already had the drop. I corpse-rezzed and turned it in. The next quest, Cursed Talismans [58], looked like I needed to kill a lot of those guys to get the drops I needed. I really need to level some before I start into like-level mobs. My gear really, really sucks. I suppose I could go finish some old-world stuff for XP to get another level under my belt.

Deadr’s New Spec: Discipline

January 25, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

I know, I know…before you all have a cow that I’m not a Shadow priest anymore, hold off on that for a bit. With all due respect to Vorenis and the other priests that say I should stay Shadow until I max out my leveling or become a healbot, I want to make my reasoning clear.

I cannot find anywhere actuall numbers or examples of what someone can do specced one way or another when it comes to everyday playing. I have found some good resources of examples for doing damage and healing for Holy vs. Shadow specs, but never Discipline. Add to that, I don’t really care how much one spell or one heal will do. It’s gameplay that matters to me. What will get me to my end goal fastest or safest?

Ding 56, Deathclasp Goes Down With a Surprise

January 23, 2007 By Gitr 6 Comments

I have to show you the screenshots to believe how I got to complete the Deathclasp quest and picking up the satchel. I uploaded my profile, so it is available as soon as RPG puts it through.

My action started off with heading South out of Cenarian Hold to go after the other quest items from the various exoskeletal buggers around. I got my last 6 drops after about 25 kills, and turned them in. On my way back out to see about what level the mobs for the quest to free the spirits of 8 Tortured Druids and 8 Tortured Sentinels in Southwind Village were (The Spirits of Southwind [55]), I saw Kamaz again.

This time, I tried to communicate a little better than waving and not whacking each other. I read somewhere that you can read opposing text by putting in spaces. I got him to follow me, but I’m not sure he ever understood that he could talk back.

Once we got to Deathclasp, he said /thank and we started in on him and his 2 bodyguards. After we killed him the first time, we were soon joined by another Alliance rogue who was probably wondering what the heck was going on. An Alliance and Horde team killing a level 59 Elite? NO!!! Yes, my friends, it happened. Several times. [Read more…] about Ding 56, Deathclasp Goes Down With a Surprise

One Hour from Level 56, Questing in Silithus

January 23, 2007 By Gitr 1 Comment

I had quite a time last night questing in Silithus. It brought back memories of old. Here are some old posts, from back when I really couldn’t tell a story. I checked the date, and Gitr dinged 57 in my January 26th post last year. I will get Deadr to 56 tonight after 1 hour of play at the rate I have been going at. To help my timetable, I stayed in the inn at Cenarian Hold to maximize killing time after American Idol.

Heinz 57 anyone?
Gitr’s getting attuned
The rest of the story …

I won’t likely be getting attuned any time soon, but I should be pressing for 57 and 58 harder than Gitr did because I can kill bigger things than he could. His approach was to kill lots of things 2 levels lower, while Deadr is going after 3-5 levels higher. It really doesn’t take that much more mana, so why not? 🙂 [Read more…] about One Hour from Level 56, Questing in Silithus

A Third of the Way Through 55

January 22, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

I ran all around kingdom come last night and turned in some quests and picked up some quests along the way. I went to Undercity to fly to Hammerfall to hit 300 First Aid, as Rhone handed me 2 more stacks of Runecloth to help. I hit 300 and flew to Tarren Mill to ride to Light’s Hope Chapel. That was a totally eventless ride.

Then I hearthed to Orgrimmar to fly to Winterspring and ride through Timbermaw Hold to get to Moonglade. I had 2 turn-ins there, and then it was off to Un’Goro to get to Silithus. I arrived in Silithus and picked up 2 kill quests and logged off for the night. After someone in guild chat spoiled the ending of the Patriots Colts game that I was taping on the DVR to watch the second half this morning. Monkey.

I got on this morning and ran out of the inn at Cenarian Hold and ran off to kill some Dredge Strikers and other varmin that I remember have incredibly poor drop rates. After 30 minutes, I had my 15 Strikers and 2 drops that I needed. I turned in the Striker quest and picked up the Dredge Crusher quest. I ran back out and killed 2 Crushers before I decided that it is better to make money to pay the bills than play a game, and left early for work. I am right on the cusp of 30% and have 100k rest XP. After work today and during the night tonight, that should be enough rest to get me through this level with double XP all the way.

I’m feeling pretty stinking powerful right now, and I think that is a major part in wanting to level Deadr to take him to Outlands over playing Gitr. Gitr doesn’t feel powerful. Sure he’s got the armor and HP to take a beating, but I can do things with Deadr that Gitr drools over, and I’ve only got 10 1/2 days of playtime and 55 levels so far. Deadr has 4500 MP, unbuffed, and can take down level 60s with 40-60% mana left. It’s a real trip to lay waste to an area like that. I finally found a Devout Belt on the AH last night, so I bought it for 9g and got the Armor bonus.

Two Hours From Level 55

January 20, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I wasn’t tired last night and played until midnight after working a 47 hour week. Crazy, I know, especially since I woke up at 4:15 this morning to get into work early today. The wife and I are going to Canada next month and I only get 40 hours that week that I’m taking vacation time, so I need to buff up my paychecks before to cover for that usual budget padding and to allow us to spend a night or two in a hotel instead of the rest area. 🙂

I hopped on Deadr and played him like a king, trying to get him to 58 to get into Hellfire Peninsula as soon as possible. Aeigelus was already at 65, as was one of our officer this morning. I should be able to find someone to help cover my butt as I get into the new area, since we are on a PvP server. Someone was screaming in guild chat that he has yet to be killed by less than 2 Alliance with more than 50% health so far. I don’t understand why people aren’t just playing to level so far. Why would you want to waste your time killing the opposite faction instead of a quest mob? Nuts.