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Starcraft 2 Finally Announced

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I went to [tag]World of Warcraft[/tag]’s home page this morning to see about [tag]Patch 2.1.0[/tag] coming out, and was presented with this screen and link about [tag]Starcraft 2[/tag] coming out.

I am for sure going to buy the game. How about you?

Here are some goodies from the FAQ on the site:

When is the game coming out?
At this point, it’s too early to provide an initial estimate on the release date. As with all Blizzard games, we will take as much time as needed to ensure the game is as fun, balanced, and polished as possible.
How will StarCraft II be different from StarCraft?
StarCraft II will run on a vibrant new 3D-graphics engine that will be capable of rendering beautiful landscapes as well as massive individual units and army sizes.We’re also introducing a number of distinct new units to the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, and even some of the familiar units that return in StarCraft II will have new tricks up their sleeves, which will give the game its own unique flavor.

In addition, Battle.net will be overhauled with some new and exciting features to enhance online play and competition, while the story-mode campaign will also offer some unique aspects for players who enjoy single-player content. We’ll have more details on all these aspects in the months to come.

Will there be both single-player and multiplayer components?
Yes, StarCraft II will include a unique story-mode campaign, as well as multiplayer capability over Battle.net. We’ll provide more detail on both of these aspects a little further along in the development process.

Ding 35; Minutes from 36

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I wrapped up level 34 early last night and had 11 quests to put me to level 36 this morning. My work fell short of the mark, so I have to grind for a while to hit 36 and train at Grom’gol to save time. I’m fighting the Headhunters and Witch Doctors on the coast for good level 36-37 XP and getting decent coinage and green drops, too. I hit level 35 in 2d 1h 52m.

I tamed a level 34 Elder Stranglethorn Tiger, only to find that it was the level 32 Stranglethorn Tigers that had Dash (Rank 1). It took about 15 minutes to use it enough to learn it and re-train an Elder again. I named him Tiggr. How appropriate. 🙂 He looks just like him, too.

I didn’t read far enough ahead in the guide to know more than I need to hit level 36, train, zep to UC, and turn in 60 silk cloth before heading to Hammerfall to do one of my favorite things: Triage!!! Yay for level 300 First Aid again. It’s the second-easiest profession, behind Skinning. If you have the mats, though, Alchemy is pretty darn simple, too. Grimr was a 300 Alchemist at level 35.

Ding 34; Done with Desolace

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I have finally left Desolace and moved on to greener pastures. Sort of. Knowing myself, if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. I’ll get to my screw-up in chronological order, so we have some stuff to cover first. Oh, I can’t wait… /played time: 1d 22h 32m.

I absolutely love having a pet when it comes to collection quests. Ooops, I aggroed something. Here, take him, Catr. [Open/collect/destroy item] Run away from Catr. Call Catr to me with full health and focus. I did it 10 times while collecting the kodo bones in the Kodo Graveyard, which spawn level 37 apparitions.

I went to the Magram Village and killed about 60 centaurs to get 15 ears and pulled the ‘sic Catr on their butts’ trick again when I was getting the meat supplies for [tag]Martek the Exiled[/tag]. I hearthed to Shadowprey Village after I turned in my Eastern quests, went to the mailbox and loaded up on all the gear I sent with Bankr (including Underwater Breathing Potions) and swam North to get my last 2 clam meats.

As I swam back, I aimed where I thought I needed to go to get back to the village and went to the bedroom to get dressed for work, chatted with my wife for a minute, put in my contacts, and came back just as I was about 30 feet from the dock, near the shore, no less. Awesome!

I dinged as I turned in the first quest and put another point in Spirit Bond (2/2) for 2% health regen every 10 seconds. My points are all in Beastmaster, per BRK’s First 40 Points build. It’s nice to just unleash Catr and go to town with damage.

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I’m Trapped and Have Moved Out of Gitr’s House

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I am [tag]Perfectly Petersen[/tag], and there’s nothing you can do about it. 

For months now, I’ve been adding a little somethingsomething here and there about what is going on in real life, and it’s got me torn. I’ve realized that people coming here through directories and search engines are looking for WoW content, not Jesse content.

Conversely, I’ve written some dang good content (if I do say so myself) that non-gamers don’t want to come here to read. They read the article, see a bunch of crap about stuff they don’t understand because it’s all game-speak, and they never come back.

I’ve had it! I’m moving. I set up a new blog for personal stuff. It’s all about me, what I like, what ticks me off, what I’m doing to improve myself as a student, husband, employee, and blogger. It’s about being a geek and being spitefully proud of it. When you go there, you are looking at something that is Perfectly Petersen.

I told a co-worker today what my site was, and she thought I was saying I’m perfect. No…that would be Perfect Petersen. The blog is a complete match and completely illustrates who I am as a person, writer, and total whacko. It is to say that one’s shirt is perfectly so-and-so. This blog is a representation of me, and by reading it you will know me and what makes me tick.

She said that is just messing with words and that I’m nuts. The name has come full circle right back to me. It is Perfectly Petersen.

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Joana’s Horde Guide New: Outlands 60-70 Step by Step

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I just logged into Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide to see what his time to level 33 was and found a new link! He originally had an overview reference for Outlands, but it wasn’t his optimized path or anything uber-fast yet.

Now he has put it all in order and it’s built for speed. Get all of your 60s collecting dust to level 70 now. This update, and all new additions he will make are included in your original purchase. It was like a stocking stuffer in May. 🙂

Ding 33; Desolace is a PITA

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Huntr spent about 2 hours in Desolace in the water last night checking traps, killing crabs, killing naga, and coming up for air. This would be so much easier as Forsaken. I managed to kill a 37 last night and a 38 this morning to complete two quests.

Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide has been a HUGE help in Desolace. It led me to every quest-giver, turn-in, and mob area for each quest flawlessly. It doesn’t get any more helpful than having your path drawn on a map, coordinates for the givers/turn-ins/areas, and outlines for where the mobs are located for collection/kill quests. If you need to, you have 3 helper options: you can click the quest name, and it sends you to one of the Big 3 database sites for that quest, you can watch his video of killing a specific boss/mob for a quest, or you can skip to that part of his video for that segment of playing (he recorded all 60 levels, sped 6-10x for the boring stuff).

My /played time is updated in my Journey to 70 page, but here it is anyway: 1d 19h 29m.

I’m a couple of steps away from hearthing back to Shadowprey Village to do a massive turn-in of 8 more completed quests. I am 2 clam meats away from being done with a quest that I forgot to wrap up before I came out of the water. They are way up the coast from the SV, so I think I’ll hearth back after playing Paladr after I gather the last of the meat.

I logged into Bankr to buy Huntr some new gear because it’s going to be a long time before he goes back to Orgrimmar or TB on a mission, and he’s carrying around some pretty dated gear. The profiles are all updated now, too.