WoW 101

How Many Sets Do You Own?

February 20, 2007 By Gitr 6 Comments

I am sad to say that neither Gitr or Deadr have any complete sets of dungeon armor, but I was wondering if that is all that uncommon among casual players. I had the 3 BoE pieces of Devout for Deadr, but those were quickly replaced by Outland gear. Gitr has 6 pieces of Valor and even got 3 upgrades by doing the quests, but I can’t see the point in going for the helm or breastplate now. It’s not like I never ran UBRS or Scholo, they just never dropped.

I know the hardcore gamers like Aeigelus have several complete sets, but how about you? Here was Gitr’s last update on his set:

Gitr update: LFG for finishing Valor set

Preparation for Entering The Slave Pens

February 8, 2007 By Gitr 8 Comments

I am going to hit 62 tonight, so I’m preparing myself for entering The Slave Pens, per guild requirements of knowing what you are getting into when entering an instance. I really enjoy the runs more now that I research them first because I know what is coming and can respond with ease instead of being caught off guard. I will be adding pictures of the instance once I go there and keep this as a long-term guide.

The Slave Pens is located in Zangarmarsh in the center of Coilfang Reservoir. It is meant for levels 62-64 and is a 5-man instance. You should bring along some crowd control races and a Shadow Priest is quite handy during the Rokmar fight when he blasts the party with an AOE lightning effect.

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Gitr’s GUI for Happy Minimalistic Playing

February 6, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I finally decided to put all of my addons together into a package for all of you who commented on it last week. You can take and leave anything in there, but I highly recommend trying all of them. It includes 15 or so Ace2 addons, so you can get the WoWAceUpdater to keep them going smoothly.

I hope you like it, and drop me a line with your reactions to my compilation. Even an Irish in Denmark might want to use this package.

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Ding 61, Entered Shattrath City, Allegiance Pending

February 5, 2007 By Gitr 6 Comments

I can’t decide which allegiance to go for, so I’m not choosing yet. My +dmg is around 250 now. One funny story: a priest named Healzez asked me for a port to Org. He was kind enough to call himself an idiot.

I finished quite a few quests to get that much XP before dinner. I have reached the end of about 5 quests that are all 2-man quests with elite mobs now. It’s a bit frustrating because most of the guild is in other zones already, but I’ll get them somehow. I really want to kill those big red guys by the Fallen Sky crystal.

I got in on another Ramparts run, my fourth, with Travi, a guildie Mage. We had a 65 tank and a 64 druid. The druid wanted to heal. I went all out damage with Vampiric Embrace. Here is what that yielded, #1 overall Damage+Healing:

Hellfire Ramparts Is my New Deadmines

February 5, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

I can’t count how many times I have run Deadmines with my various Alliance toons, and I am getting the sense that Hellfire Ramparts will soon be that kind of instance. To make such a statement is in no way a slam, as I still find Deadmines to be an incredibly fun instance. The boss fights are varied, creative in their abilites, and for the level, the loot is pretty darn good. You’re not going to find a better ring or wand from questing at that level.

Yet Ramparts is not quite as varied as Deadmines. So it is curious that I am enjoying it so much. I like the constant multiple pulls, mana conservation as a healer, and the boss fights are the best I’ve personally seen outside of ZG and MC. Granted, I was not a hardcore raider with Gitr, but I would expect that many many players taking a liking to Ramparts are not, either.

Let’s do a quick rundown of the bosses for Ramparts:

Deadr Goes to Blood Furnace

February 3, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

I went on a guild run of BF last night, with 2 70s. That was pretty easy going. It really brought down my XP, but I was there because I really wanted to see it and had 2 quests to complete. After that, we ran Ramparts to go for more loot. Let me just say, running with a druid bear tank with 12k HP is awesome.

The run only lasted 30 minutes, so I’d imagine I will be doing it often in the next week or two. I got a great boss drop and the quest rewards were nice. I’m at work today, so I should stick to that. Here are the links of all the gear from yesterday in total and some pics of the run as I find some time:

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