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Devout Set, or Not Devout Set; That Is My Question

January 9, 2007 By Gitr 4 Comments

I bought the Devout Bracers when I dinged 52 for about 10g. I couldn’t remember at the time which was Priest and which was Mage, so I also bought the Magister’s Bindings since they were on the cheap. I sold the Magister’s Bindings yesterday for 35g, a nice 12g profit.

Back to my point, I should be hitting 55-56 before the expansion comes out. With an experienced MC/BWL/Naxx guild, should I even bother running UBRS after UBRS after Scholo for my Devout set, only to eventually get full tier 3, 4, or 5 gear? Would Truefaith Vestments, and other craftable or buyable gear keep me too weak to be usefull in a raid of that intensity level?

Don’t get me wrong, I will still be running those instances because they are fun, but they are a pain, when you have to run them over and over, knowing they are your only hope for a set piece to drop.

With Gitr, I had only gone into MC as far as Garr, and I never did get a chance to take down Ony, so the high-end raiding is completely foreign to me, as far as how gear affects your ability to contribute.

What happened to Deadr yesterday

January 9, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

Yesterday was quite a day for life, the universe, and everything. I stayed home sick from work with 2 main tasks for the day: demand an appointment with my Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist about my cold and to finally order some nasal spray that he prescribed that my health insurance doesn’t cover. The stuff must be $10,000/gallon for how much my bottle cost. Aside from that, I was going to play WoW and try to clear my stuffy head before the football game.

I started out in Felwood and got someone to join my queue for BRD while I was still in-flight. I started grinding the elementals to the north, up in the cave, and got up to 13% before I hearthed and took the zep to Grom’gol. I flew into Thorium Point with no problem, but they advised me that the horde should not fly there. Most horde, I was told, ride from Kargath around the South side of the quarry.

We had a pretty good group and took down names for our lists, and took down Inscendius, the bosses at the Bar, General Angerforge, and Golem Lord Argelmach. We wiped when we accidently clicked a prisoner that caused about 8 elites to storm the cell when we weren’t expecting it. I don’t think it was the guy for a jailbreak, but maybe it was. I was too sick to care.

After BRD, I asked Rhone to help me with the mountain in Un’Goro for It’s Dangerous to Go it Alone and to collect volcanic ash and to escort Ringo back to base. First off, the ash was the easiest. I had all 9 before we finally found Ringo or the path to get up to the top to fight the elite. That was an amazing fight! After 2 minutes, he knocked me back into the lava and killed me. I ran back to my body just in time to heal Rhone, who had him down to 25% by then. He was cussing up a storm, I’m sure…because I didn’t remember that I had a little thing that is supposed to make the fight easy. He said his DoTs were hitting for 23 damage!! On top of that, I didn’t touch the Heart of the Mountain! We have to do it again. YAY!

When I got back from my appointment, I went to Swamp of Sorrows and started the Fallen from Grace questline, but my computer kept locking up. I went into Searing Gorge and Blasted Lands. I got 2 Snickerfang Jowls and a Pincer so far. No one was bothering me, so I think this is where I’ll grind/quest to hit 53.

Almost 53…computer keeps crashing

January 8, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

Every time I go into the cave East of Stonard, my system locks and I come back dead. I don’t know how I’ll ever finish the ghost’s questline this way. Before this, my system was only locking in instances, which is very annoying and embarrassing.

Anyway, I’m 70% through, and only 50K away from the next level. I had a doctor’s appointment today and spent way too long in BRD this morning. I wasn’t getting much XP, and I had been doing just fine with that on my own beforehand.

Tonight is the big game, OSU v UF, and I’m pulling hard for the Buckeyes. I grew up in the great state of poison nut trees, and I will forever root for them. Besides, I will really enjoy rubbing it in on all the Gator fans around here. They are a penny a gross.

Ding 52…sick with the cold

January 7, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

Sorry for the short post, but I’m sick. I dinged after running a full Sunken Temple and turning in some of the quests. I still have a turn-in or 2 to do.

Ding 51, almost done with Linken quests

January 5, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

I got 9/11 claws and I got the Irontree heart after 3 kills. The Irontree hearts are supposed to be a 1.4% drop according to the databases. Nice turn of events for me. 🙂
I had the best Pug in forever in Mara and got good shoulders off Princess. I’ve updated my profile. This group rocked. It was a mage, shammy, druid, rogue, and me. All like-level, too. I got over 20%XP and got to 99% before we were done with the croc boss. I would have run again, but it was bedtime.

Hypothetical WoW: Can I be leader?

January 5, 2007 By Gitr 7 Comments

You get into a group for an instance, and somewhere between right away and after getting started, a like-level hunter pipes up and the following conversation ensues:

Hunter: Can you promote me to leader?
Leader: Why?
Hunter: So I can mark targets.

Next thing you know, he has been promoted, and another player drops out of the group, saying “This is bull****.”

Do you drop and look for another group, or see what happens with this new leader. He may or may not be a gold-farmer, or a raid ninja. It’s your call.