Note: Actually that epic.

3 T6, woo (chestpiece, shoulders, gloves)!

Thanks to the ridiculousness that is 3.0.2, we full cleared BT. I even tanked Illidan myself. WOOT.

My goal is for 4 T6, but with only a week left before Wrath, we'll see if it happens.

I spoke a little too soon....

Yummy dps ring. Thanks, Kael! :D

In regard to two posts ago.

(This one)

Lady Vashj -

Thanks for rolling over and dying. So glad to have my main *and* my alt have your vial. And fishsticks.

I'd like your belt, by the way. Mind dropping it?

Lots of love,
Me

Count Chocula Anetheron -

Thanks for dropping your staff. I love it muchly. It matches my outfit.

Keep dying,
Me

Al'ar -

I like my side of fried chicken to go with my Kael'thas dinner. Too bad we haven't killed him yet.

Extra Crispy Style,
Me

Void Reaver -

I'm sorry I haven't called. Things have been busy. Tai really wants to see you but I've been making her play with Kael. I'll see if I can't convince the raiders to pop in and say hi to you.

XOXO,
Me


And now for some new letters...

Kael'thas (or, The Thas) -

You are a tough motherfucker! We're so close to killing you though. We just need to get our shit together through Phase 3. It is the weak spot. Alternatively, you could just surrender your damn vial. Need the title please kthx.

Frustrated,
Me

Archimonde -

When The Thas goes down... consider yourself On Notice.

Eagerly awaiting the moment,
Me

Officially, our guilds are 6/6 SSC, 3/4 TK, 4/5 Hyjal, 3/9 BT. I'm happy to say that I feel like Dusk's gear has gotten flippin' ridiculous. I can't wait to get more T6 for her. :3

On Friday, I should be getting my beta invite for WotLK. I am incredibly excited. Go go Gnomish Death Knight! XD

I am planning on playing Alliance during the beta so that I can see the Alliance-side quests in Outland and in Northrend. My only high-level Alliance character is 61 and I don't have the patience to play her.)

Once I gain access, I plan on using this blog for documentation of my time playing with the DK class, and what I learn about the new druid and hunter talents. Probably paladin as well--he's 66 now, shouldn't be too hard to get him to at least 67, hopefully 68, before I copy him over.

Anayway, look forward to it!

For my reference:

WotLK Leatherworking:

* Jormungar Leg Armor- Permanently attach jormungar armor onto pants to increase Stamina by 45 and Agility by 15. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Nerubian Leg Armor - Permanently attach nerubian armor onto pants to increase attack power by 60 and critical strike rating by 15. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Jormungar Leg Chitin - Permanently attach clefthide armor onto pants to increase Stamina by 50 and Agility by 18. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Nerubian Leg Chitin - Permanently attach nerubian chitin onto pants to increase attack power by 70 and critical strike rating by 18. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Borean Armor Kit - Permanently increase the Stamina of an item worn on the head, chest, shoulders, legs, hands or feet by 12. Can only be used on armor in your possession, and attaching the armor kit causes the item to become soulbound.
* Heavy Borean Armor Kit - Permanently increase the Stamina of an item worn on the head, chest, shoulders, legs, hands or feet by 15. Can only be used on armor in your possession, and attaching the armor kit causes the item to become soulbound.
* Dragonscale Leg Armor - Permanently attach dragonscale armor onto pants to increase Stamina by 72 and Agility by 35. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Protoscale Leg Armor - Permanently attach protoscale armor onto pants to increase attack power by 100 and critical strike rating by 36. Can only attach to armor in your possession, and attaching causes the item to become soulbound.
* Drums of Great Battle - Increases movement speed by 15% and haste rating by 95 on nearby party members. Lasts 30 sec. Drums can be used while shapeshifted.
* Drums of Major Restoration - Restores 144*5 health and mana to nearby party members over 15 sec. Drums can be used while shapeshifted.
* Drums of Dark War - Increases attack power by 75 and spell damage by 44 on nearby party members. Lasts 30 sec. Drums can be used while shapeshifted.
* Drums of Precision - Increases hit rating by 95 on nearby party members. Lasts 30 sec. Drums can be used while shapeshifted.

It will no longer be possible to chain the effects of drums from multiple people. (Tinnitus - 2m debuff)

Welfare Attunement.

So, 2.4. 3/4 TK and 5/6 SSC still, but 3/5 Hyjal. And we one shot Mags (who is now immortalized as Bagtheridon). :)

I have mixed feelings on the attunement drop. Overall though, I'm glad to go to Mount Hyjal (and Black Temple, if only to get our asses handed to us). Not only do I get to induldge my inner lore whore, but I get to do new content, and that is always awesome.

Speaking of new content, the dailies for the Shattered Sun Offensive win x 1000. I finally got my guildie paid back for the gold loan for my epic flying skill and have money to spare. I am so happy.

With the defeat of Magtheridon, I scored the T4 chestpiece, and thusly, a complete set of T4. This makes me very happy. Also, the title! Dusk is now a Champion of the Naaru. :D

Not much else to add for right now, so here are a few notes to various bosses:

Lady Vashj-

Stop being such a bitch to kill. We want fishsticks. And your vial.

Also, re: Naj'entus- maybe you should send him a fruit basket or something. He's doing a lot of killing in your name. You should be more thankful. Maybe then he'd stop being such a bastard to kill.

No love,
Me

Anetheron-

Drop your goddamn staff. No, seriously. Do it twice, even, so I can get it on the second Suicide.

Terribly vexed,
Me

Al'ar-

Why the fuck did they buff you? Why. The. Fuck. You are already hard enough to kill as it is. Also, your adds are stupid. And so are you. Nah-ner-nah-ner-boo-boo.

Made of epic fail,
Me

Loot--er, Void Reaver-

I'm sort of wondering why they buffed you, too. Fighting you is definitely more challenging now (for everyone ranged). I do feel the need to say, however...

IT DOESN'T MAKE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE, GUYS. THE BALLS ARE INERT.

So glad she's melee,
Me

Shadow Council is made of fail.

Well, those poor bastards that did Vashj on Sunday got booted after try number two--SC went down like a sack of shit. The server itself came back up after a few minutes, but no one could access their character lists. WEAK SAUCE, BLIZZ.

Anyway, I ended up not getting invited--our raid leader stacked the group heavily in ranged for the first few gos. Maybe I'll get to go tonight, but we'll see.

Pwnt.

So... we one-shot Al'ar on Wednesday.

5/6 SSC, 3/4 TK. First attempt at Vashj on Sunday.

Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaaah.

A day of win and lose.

Sunday was an interesting evening of raiding. First, we hit Gruul's Lair (I took Tai; still no hunter gear for her... it's a bitch to be an alt). After Gruul's, I logged Dusk for TK. We zoomed in and tore apart the trash mobs and then somehow managed to steamroll High Astromancer Solarian in one go. That was an amazing first kill (no one killed the raid, woo!).

After Solarian was looted, we went back out to the main hall and started attempts on Al'ar. Now, I hadn't done the fight before, so it took me a couple deaths before I figured out what the hell I was doing. I felt like a twat, but there's only so much I can do. Anyway, I did eventually get my roll as a tank down (the hardest part was watching for Al'ar to go to the next platform or to go up to Flame Quill people). We got him pretty close to death--that is, *after* he dies the first time. But I had to go before we were able to get him down all the way.

Well, I guess they found replacements enough because they kept on trying him and actually managed to kill him... except, somehow he bugged and reset to 100%. The going theory is he meteor-ed out of the room toward the add tank and bugged out. Either way, it is the suck, because they worked so hard to kick his ass. :/

Anyway, I would still call it 3/4 in TK. We'll pwn him again today or tomorrow.

Fabulous.

Oh hell.

Okay, first of February. Hello, blog.

The guild conglomeration has made a lot of progess in the past two months. We are 5/6 in SSC, which is amazing to even be able to say. We did 5/6 all on Tuesday night, actually. 4.5 hours.

Here's a few newsworthy things in the world of WoW:

First, this makes me happy. Even if it's just a minor victory, it is some sort of victory against gold farmers. Rargh.

Second, Druids are getting a buff to Lacerate in 2.4. "The Feral bears will be seeing an improvement with Lacerate dealing additional damage based on your attack power. (from the class forums)" This is really awesome because a) druids get retarded awesome attack power from their weapons and b) Lacerate is a primary tool in threat-building. (My rotation: Mangle, Lacerate until the 6 sec cooldown on Mangle is up, repeat... it gets the job done.)

The other changes being made for 2.4, like warlocks *finally* being able to summon people into instances, sound like they are further streamlining the game experience. I am glad of it. In that particular instance, the last thing I like to do is wait around for someone to get to the goddamn instance so *then* we can summon them.

/end news tidbits

I feel like a dickhead because I have yet to mention my second 70 in this blog. Taidiriel, or Tai, is a blood elf hunter. I am having a blast playing her. I've been putting her through some Kara runs and so she is getting some epixx (see: Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix!). I've gone Gruul's a few times with her as well, in the hope that I will get the T4 pieces, since the place is pretty much on farm status now. No such luck yet, but we'll see what happens.

Expect to see some screenshots later on, as well as some pictures of the awesome Figure Print I got of Dusk. And it occurs to me I haven't mentioned my acquisition of the WoW Laptop from Dell. Well, there you go. I can has glorious laptop, with which a "golden ticket" for Figure Prints came. Awesome sauce.

Back to work.