I've set aside gold and rep farming to run multiple AVs this weekend, as I'm hoping to earn enough honor points for the Veteran's Belt. I've just about given up on ASTIG getting further into Karazhan - more on that later - so PvP epics look like my last chance to get good purple gear.
The thing is, well, it's my birthday on Saturday and that means I'll be spending lots of time preparing for the party. I hope I can squeeze some AVs.
Raid on Thunder Bluff on Sunday, woo hoo!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Life after respec
The respec cost me 15 gold and a big headache. Sure, I stayed primarily within the Holy tree, but I had neither the gear nor the inclination to learn a new playstyle to make it a successful respec.
2 ABs into the respec I shifted my playstyle back to pure healing - my comfort zone, granted, but I'm very good at it. And you know what? It felt good. I didn't have my 41-point talent (reduce mana costs by 50% for 15 seconds) but I was healing like a madman.
So I respecced to something like Caudill's - 26 points in Protection (enough for Improved Hammer of Justice and Improved Concentration Aura and the rest in Holy. I don't have Blessed Life anymore, sadly - no more hits at half damage - but I'm still a force to be reckoned with on the battlegrounds. I'm entirely in plate armor, even in healbot mode, and that means I don't fear rogues or warriors who charge into the thick of the melee looking for healers like me.
The (new) respec cost me 20 gold, but I'm feeling better for it. I'm looking forward to arena now. All I need to do is find a 5v5 group willing to take me in.
2 ABs into the respec I shifted my playstyle back to pure healing - my comfort zone, granted, but I'm very good at it. And you know what? It felt good. I didn't have my 41-point talent (reduce mana costs by 50% for 15 seconds) but I was healing like a madman.
So I respecced to something like Caudill's - 26 points in Protection (enough for Improved Hammer of Justice and Improved Concentration Aura and the rest in Holy. I don't have Blessed Life anymore, sadly - no more hits at half damage - but I'm still a force to be reckoned with on the battlegrounds. I'm entirely in plate armor, even in healbot mode, and that means I don't fear rogues or warriors who charge into the thick of the melee looking for healers like me.
The (new) respec cost me 20 gold, but I'm feeling better for it. I'm looking forward to arena now. All I need to do is find a 5v5 group willing to take me in.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Avi needs a respec
So I'm thinking about respeccing. To Holy - which I already am - but with a different emphasis. PVP.
The shockadin build is something that's been tantalizing me for a while now. I don't have to give up much of my existing healing capability - but I will have to drop my Prot talents for Retri ones.
So what do I lose?
Divine Illumination, for one - and I really will miss that talent, as it's saved my ass several times. Lately, though, I've been feeling that it isn't so necessary to have after all, as my mana pool has grown exponentially.
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - 6 less mana per tick... I can live without this, I think.
Aura Mastery - 40 yard auras instead of 30. Similarly trivial, since healing only goes out to 30 yards anyway.
Light's Grace - now losing this hurts. I'm very dependent on Light's Grace. Having a 2.5 second heal go out at 2 seconds is a lifesaver.
And of course, my Prot talents will be gone - Improved Devotion Aura, Guardian's Favor (so useful in Karazhan!), Precision and Blessing of Kings.
In their place I'll have a host of +damage talents in the Ret tree - including Sanct aura, which will help a lot since I'm planning to pump out Holy damage.
Maybe I'll even get to farm with Avi sometime.
In the meantime, I'm going to be in between as far as gear goes - I'll have to farm myself some PVP gear.
The shockadin build is something that's been tantalizing me for a while now. I don't have to give up much of my existing healing capability - but I will have to drop my Prot talents for Retri ones.
So what do I lose?
Divine Illumination, for one - and I really will miss that talent, as it's saved my ass several times. Lately, though, I've been feeling that it isn't so necessary to have after all, as my mana pool has grown exponentially.
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - 6 less mana per tick... I can live without this, I think.
Aura Mastery - 40 yard auras instead of 30. Similarly trivial, since healing only goes out to 30 yards anyway.
Light's Grace - now losing this hurts. I'm very dependent on Light's Grace. Having a 2.5 second heal go out at 2 seconds is a lifesaver.
And of course, my Prot talents will be gone - Improved Devotion Aura, Guardian's Favor (so useful in Karazhan!), Precision and Blessing of Kings.
In their place I'll have a host of +damage talents in the Ret tree - including Sanct aura, which will help a lot since I'm planning to pump out Holy damage.
Maybe I'll even get to farm with Avi sometime.
In the meantime, I'm going to be in between as far as gear goes - I'll have to farm myself some PVP gear.
WoW Interruption :(
If you were wondering what happened to me, well, life happened.
I haven't been online in more than a week - it's a whole work thing. Major project + events to attend = no WoW.
I was on this morning to do a couple of daily quests, but there won't be any raiding or instance runs for me till maybe Friday.
I haven't been online in more than a week - it's a whole work thing. Major project + events to attend = no WoW.
I was on this morning to do a couple of daily quests, but there won't be any raiding or instance runs for me till maybe Friday.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
WoW Update - 20 Aug 2007 (Monday)
A slow WoW day, as things go.
Avierra - Mechanar run (pugged). I came into the instance with one of the gatekeepers already dead, which would prove to be ultimately frustrating, as I finished the run at 11870/12000 Honored with Sha'tar. D-oh! I didn't loot anything of interest.
Some gold farming with Froufrou and Avierra, bringing up my gold reserves to 4400, and then Fel Armament farming with Froufrou to get Avierra 8 Fel Armaments, enough for a Greater Inscription of Faith.
Avierra - Karazhan with ASTIG (Waven's group). Maiden of Virtue only. Took her down after 5 tries and with uber characters. Maiden didn't drop anything I wanted.
Some more AB put me at close to 6k honor and 34 AB Marks. I called it an evening right after that. It was a highly unsatisfying day.
Avierra - Mechanar run (pugged). I came into the instance with one of the gatekeepers already dead, which would prove to be ultimately frustrating, as I finished the run at 11870/12000 Honored with Sha'tar. D-oh! I didn't loot anything of interest.
Some gold farming with Froufrou and Avierra, bringing up my gold reserves to 4400, and then Fel Armament farming with Froufrou to get Avierra 8 Fel Armaments, enough for a Greater Inscription of Faith.
Avierra - Karazhan with ASTIG (Waven's group). Maiden of Virtue only. Took her down after 5 tries and with uber characters. Maiden didn't drop anything I wanted.
Some more AB put me at close to 6k honor and 34 AB Marks. I called it an evening right after that. It was a highly unsatisfying day.
Monday, August 20, 2007
WoW update - 19 Aug 2007 (Sunday)
Another WoW weekend comes to a close... but not really. Thanks to new legislation, tomorrow, the 20th, is a holiday - another day of freedom from work.
Today was action-packed. Globe came through and my latency dropped to the 400-600 range -- but not enough to put me back on track regarding my weekend goal.
Avierra - Heroic Slave Pens (pugged). All 3 bosses. Didn't loot anything of note - I think I won a couple of free rolls. Looted 3 badges. Total Badges = 29.
Then I ran AB for a few marks before trying out another instance.
Avierra - Heroic Hellfire Ramparts (pugged). All 3 bosses, although I had some help healing the party during the last boss. Our warlock left and they brought in a PVP paladin to help me heal. Farmed 2 badges and nothing else of note. Total Badges = 31.
More AB, which lasted all day (hooray for AB weekends!).
Then, to cap the day's runs:
Avierra - Karazhan with ASTIG (Waven's group). Chokulit guested while Katidaliri is on vacation in the Philippines. First 2 bosses downed, looted nothing of note, although while clearing trash mobs up to Attumen I hit Revered with the Violet Eye, giving me the Violet Signet (leading up to the Archmage ring). Wiped too many times on Moroes and Maiden for me to be entirely happy about the run. Gave up after a few runs on Maiden.
Some more AB ended the night. I'm up to 29 AB Marks. I need 40 for the Veteran's Belt, and another 40 for the boots. Unfortunately, I'll also need 17k++ honor for that - and I'm at 3k++. Looks like I'll be in battlegrounds a looooong time.
Today was action-packed. Globe came through and my latency dropped to the 400-600 range -- but not enough to put me back on track regarding my weekend goal.
Avierra - Heroic Slave Pens (pugged). All 3 bosses. Didn't loot anything of note - I think I won a couple of free rolls. Looted 3 badges. Total Badges = 29.
Then I ran AB for a few marks before trying out another instance.
Avierra - Heroic Hellfire Ramparts (pugged). All 3 bosses, although I had some help healing the party during the last boss. Our warlock left and they brought in a PVP paladin to help me heal. Farmed 2 badges and nothing else of note. Total Badges = 31.
More AB, which lasted all day (hooray for AB weekends!).
Then, to cap the day's runs:
Avierra - Karazhan with ASTIG (Waven's group). Chokulit guested while Katidaliri is on vacation in the Philippines. First 2 bosses downed, looted nothing of note, although while clearing trash mobs up to Attumen I hit Revered with the Violet Eye, giving me the Violet Signet (leading up to the Archmage ring). Wiped too many times on Moroes and Maiden for me to be entirely happy about the run. Gave up after a few runs on Maiden.
Some more AB ended the night. I'm up to 29 AB Marks. I need 40 for the Veteran's Belt, and another 40 for the boots. Unfortunately, I'll also need 17k++ honor for that - and I'm at 3k++. Looks like I'll be in battlegrounds a looooong time.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
WoW update - 18 Aug 2007 (Saturday)
I thought I'd be okay for WoW by today, but I'm not.
My latency is so high - 1.3k! Something's wrong with my connection.
Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged). Group dissolved after first boss. Couldn't down Rokmar because of too much lag. Walked away with 1 Badge. Badge count = 26.
Avierra - Mechanar run (pugged). I'm within sight of Revered with Sha'tar now. One more run ought to do the trick.
I messed around in AB for a few marks, farmed with Froufrou, then moved Saucy to LIBOG to help Variance level. Gave up around dinnertime, then logged back in to farm Fel Armaments for Avierra.
Which led to this:
Froufrou - Karazhan run with ASTIG (Supsop's group). Chess event and Illhoof. Chess event took 3 tries - I'm stupid that way. Wiped enough on Illhoof that we called it quits. Turned in Violet Eye quests. Frou is now a little bit into Friendly for Violet Eye.
Still no sign of heroic runs. Looks like I don't get my epic helmet this weekend.
My latency is so high - 1.3k! Something's wrong with my connection.
Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged). Group dissolved after first boss. Couldn't down Rokmar because of too much lag. Walked away with 1 Badge. Badge count = 26.
Avierra - Mechanar run (pugged). I'm within sight of Revered with Sha'tar now. One more run ought to do the trick.
I messed around in AB for a few marks, farmed with Froufrou, then moved Saucy to LIBOG to help Variance level. Gave up around dinnertime, then logged back in to farm Fel Armaments for Avierra.
Which led to this:
Froufrou - Karazhan run with ASTIG (Supsop's group). Chess event and Illhoof. Chess event took 3 tries - I'm stupid that way. Wiped enough on Illhoof that we called it quits. Turned in Violet Eye quests. Frou is now a little bit into Friendly for Violet Eye.
Still no sign of heroic runs. Looks like I don't get my epic helmet this weekend.
WoW update - 13 Aug 2007 (Monday)
I'm not feeling the WoW-love. :(
Avierra - Karazhan run with Waven's group. Went in for Opera event and Curator. Big Bad Wolf had other plans for us. In the end we spent 3 hours wiping.
As I'm busy this week, no WoW on weekdays. 3-day weekend looks good for badge farming, though.
Avierra - Karazhan run with Waven's group. Went in for Opera event and Curator. Big Bad Wolf had other plans for us. In the end we spent 3 hours wiping.
As I'm busy this week, no WoW on weekdays. 3-day weekend looks good for badge farming, though.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
WoW Update - 12 Aug 2007 (Sunday)
Slow WoW day - I was getting a little fed up with my vegetative state.
Besides some gold and rep farming, I only had 1 instance run today.
Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged), dissolved after second boss. I wasn't so happy with this group. There was a lot of pressure to perform, and I caved after a little while. Looted 2 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 25.
Besides some gold and rep farming, I only had 1 instance run today.
Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged), dissolved after second boss. I wasn't so happy with this group. There was a lot of pressure to perform, and I caved after a little while. Looted 2 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 25.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
WoW Update - 11 Aug 2007 (Saturday)
Wild WoW Saturday!
The day's accomplishments:
1) Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged). Got the invite 5 minutes into login. Dissolved after first boss. Looted 1 Badge of Justice. Total Badges = 17.
2) Avierra - Heroic UB run (pugged). Killed all 4 bosses. Looted 4 Badges of Justice, but nothing else. Total Badges = 21. Nearly didn't down the last 2 bosses, since this run took so long it nearly bumped into the scheduled Karazhan run.
3) Avierra - Karazhan run with ASTIG. Didn't accomplish anything at all despite a good raid group. We got the Big Bad Wolf during the Opera event and failed to down him. Three hours later we called it quits and rescheduled for Monday.
4) Avierra - Shattered Halls run with ASTIG + 1 - Mitayka, Kalaguyo, Waven and a shammy from the LFG channel. Looted Lightsworn Hammer from Kargath Bladefist. Hit revered with Honor Hold, bought Flamewrought Key.
5) Avierra - Heroic Ramparts run (pugged). Killed 3 bosses. Looted Justice Bearer's Pauldron's, Iridescent Fire Opal and 2 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 23. Why doesn't the last boss drop a Badge?
6) Avierra - Bought 2 Dazzling Talasites from the AH to socket into my Gauntlets of Renewed Hope, bringing my +healing to 1040 but dropping my Holy spell critical rating down to 23% unbuffed. The Dazzling Talasites meet the socket bonus, which is another thing I was trying to achieve - +3 Int doesn't sound like much, but it always bugged me that I didn't have the socket bonus.
The day's accomplishments:
1) Avierra - Heroic SP run (pugged). Got the invite 5 minutes into login. Dissolved after first boss. Looted 1 Badge of Justice. Total Badges = 17.
2) Avierra - Heroic UB run (pugged). Killed all 4 bosses. Looted 4 Badges of Justice, but nothing else. Total Badges = 21. Nearly didn't down the last 2 bosses, since this run took so long it nearly bumped into the scheduled Karazhan run.
3) Avierra - Karazhan run with ASTIG. Didn't accomplish anything at all despite a good raid group. We got the Big Bad Wolf during the Opera event and failed to down him. Three hours later we called it quits and rescheduled for Monday.
4) Avierra - Shattered Halls run with ASTIG + 1 - Mitayka, Kalaguyo, Waven and a shammy from the LFG channel. Looted Lightsworn Hammer from Kargath Bladefist. Hit revered with Honor Hold, bought Flamewrought Key.
5) Avierra - Heroic Ramparts run (pugged). Killed 3 bosses. Looted Justice Bearer's Pauldron's, Iridescent Fire Opal and 2 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 23. Why doesn't the last boss drop a Badge?
6) Avierra - Bought 2 Dazzling Talasites from the AH to socket into my Gauntlets of Renewed Hope, bringing my +healing to 1040 but dropping my Holy spell critical rating down to 23% unbuffed. The Dazzling Talasites meet the socket bonus, which is another thing I was trying to achieve - +3 Int doesn't sound like much, but it always bugged me that I didn't have the socket bonus.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
WoW Update - 9 Aug 2007 (Thursday)
Tatyana – Dinged 21.
Avierra – Karazhan raid with Waven’s team. Downed Attumen, Moroes and Maiden of Virtue. Didn’t loot anything of consequence. Won Steelhawk Crossbow in FFA roll, vendored for 8 gold.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
WoW Update - 6 Aug 2007 (Monday)
Avierra – Karazhan raid with Waven’s team. Killed Maiden and finished the Opera Event (Romulo and Julianne). Looted Bracers of Justice from Maiden. Goodbye Whirlwind Bracers!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
WoW Update - 5 Aug 2007 (Sunday)
The WoW addiction continues unabated.
The day's accomplishments:
1) Avierra - Heroic Slave Pens run (pugged), looted 3 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 12.
2) Tatyana - Deadmines run with Variance (Pepper) care of Isorla (Dabs), looted Blackened Leather Belt. Dinged 18 right after.
3) Avierra - Wailing Caverns run for Variance, with Isorla and Rosetato of ASTIG. 3 70s did NOT speed up the run. WC is a pain in the ass to run.
4) Avierra - Shattered Halls run (pugged), finished all 3 SH quests. HH rep at 10.3k honored.
5) Avierra - Heroic Underbog run (with ASTIG), looted Headress of the Tides, Doomplate Spaulders and 4 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 16. Cenarion rep at 19.1k revered.
6) Avierra - crafted a Felsteel Helm, hit 370 BS.
7) Froufrou - farmed 2 Primal Lifes.
8) Froufrou - ganked Splintertree Outpost in Ashenvale. Taught lowbies to fear.
9) Tatyana - dinged 19.
15 straight hours of WoW.
The day's accomplishments:
1) Avierra - Heroic Slave Pens run (pugged), looted 3 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 12.
2) Tatyana - Deadmines run with Variance (Pepper) care of Isorla (Dabs), looted Blackened Leather Belt. Dinged 18 right after.
3) Avierra - Wailing Caverns run for Variance, with Isorla and Rosetato of ASTIG. 3 70s did NOT speed up the run. WC is a pain in the ass to run.
4) Avierra - Shattered Halls run (pugged), finished all 3 SH quests. HH rep at 10.3k honored.
5) Avierra - Heroic Underbog run (with ASTIG), looted Headress of the Tides, Doomplate Spaulders and 4 Badges of Justice. Total Badges = 16. Cenarion rep at 19.1k revered.
6) Avierra - crafted a Felsteel Helm, hit 370 BS.
7) Froufrou - farmed 2 Primal Lifes.
8) Froufrou - ganked Splintertree Outpost in Ashenvale. Taught lowbies to fear.
9) Tatyana - dinged 19.
15 straight hours of WoW.
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