Bleeding Hollow sucks.
As I write this, I'm firmly convinced that my future does not lie in Bleeding Hollow; I've certainly said this before, but this time I might just fork over the $25 per toon required to get my characters to a server where I might be happier.
We have maybe four to six months until the expansion hits and ASTIG has no members online. Over the last weekend I've seen maybe a dozen log in. Doc's regular Karazhan runs have been suffering from a lack of members (also a lack of geared members, as the current raid group can't even down Prince any more). Chokulit's been organizing ZA runs, I understand. But beyond that, well, I guess it's time I kissed Avierra's title dreams goodbye.
But I have options.
Dragonblight is home to a few friends of mine who, I think, would be happy to see me transfer over. Same thing with Bloodhoof (they raid on Saturday mornings! Woot!) And thanks to a lucky run-in with a Filipino in AV, I'm told that Mannoroth also has a number of Filipino players.
So why haven't I done this yet? It's simple: ASTIG is the only Asian time raiding Guild on a non-Oceanic PVP server, Alliance side. If I transfer Avi and Frou, I'm going on a one-way trip.
I'm just not feeling the love right now. Bah.
Quick notes: Frou is at 374 LW (so boring to farm for the mats), Avierra bought her High Justicar's Legplates and slapped a Golden Spellthread on them.
I'm currently at 3700 gold and counting... so much left to farm.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
WoW Update - ASTIG on Hiatus
I've been farming over the weekend, but not very diligently. Too much Desktop Tower Defense on Kongregate and Friends for Sale. But I'm at around 3600 gold total now, which is very good. I expect to have enough for an epic flying mount by maybe next weekend.
I'm a little frustrated at how ASTIG suddenly seemed to have gone on hiatus. No more 25-man raids, and the only raid group that's moving isn't one I'm in... Chok's group has nearly cleared ZA. It makes me wonder whether or not we can kill Rage Winterchill in Hyjal -- I mean, ZA should be around Hyjal level, and Winterchill's supposed to be just a tank and spank fight. I'm absolutely certain we have more than 25 good raiders who are going to be more than up for the fight.
Unfortunately, I seem to be the only one who feels this way. My email to the three group heads either came back negative or didn't come back at all. I'm giving serious thought (again) to transferring off the server... although I may postpone doing so until after WOTLK comes out so I can have a Death Knight on Bleeding Hollow.
Last night Froufrou got into a Karazhan group set up by Larrygibb and Enishii. We cleared Attumen to Opera, saving Curator and the rest for tonight. While Froufrou didn't loot anything of note, she did hit Revered with the Violet Eye, which of course led to a new Violet Signet. And, better yet, it unlocked Pattern: Shadowprowler's Chestguard. Making the Chestguard put me at 373 Leatherworking and lessened the pressure on me to craft Primalstrike Vest.
But I'm still farming for mats for it. Kara tonight is going to be very good for me.
I'm a little frustrated at how ASTIG suddenly seemed to have gone on hiatus. No more 25-man raids, and the only raid group that's moving isn't one I'm in... Chok's group has nearly cleared ZA. It makes me wonder whether or not we can kill Rage Winterchill in Hyjal -- I mean, ZA should be around Hyjal level, and Winterchill's supposed to be just a tank and spank fight. I'm absolutely certain we have more than 25 good raiders who are going to be more than up for the fight.
Unfortunately, I seem to be the only one who feels this way. My email to the three group heads either came back negative or didn't come back at all. I'm giving serious thought (again) to transferring off the server... although I may postpone doing so until after WOTLK comes out so I can have a Death Knight on Bleeding Hollow.
Last night Froufrou got into a Karazhan group set up by Larrygibb and Enishii. We cleared Attumen to Opera, saving Curator and the rest for tonight. While Froufrou didn't loot anything of note, she did hit Revered with the Violet Eye, which of course led to a new Violet Signet. And, better yet, it unlocked Pattern: Shadowprowler's Chestguard. Making the Chestguard put me at 373 Leatherworking and lessened the pressure on me to craft Primalstrike Vest.
But I'm still farming for mats for it. Kara tonight is going to be very good for me.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Froufrou is now KoS
No real WoW update today - the server was ridiculously laggy last night, so I had to curtail my farming. I was able to get a Cobrahide Leg Armor done, though, which was my main goal last night. I'm at just under 2000 gold on Froufrou.
Here's why my beloved gnome rogue is now Kill on Sight:
That's right: it's a King's Defender. I picked it up after last night's Chess event as Supsop already had it.
Now to get my hands on a Sun Eater.
Here's why my beloved gnome rogue is now Kill on Sight:
That's right: it's a King's Defender. I picked it up after last night's Chess event as Supsop already had it.
Now to get my hands on a Sun Eater.
Monday, May 5, 2008
WoW Update - 5 May 2008, The Weekend That Was
Just to recap: I filed a leave on May 2 to have a four-day weekend. Work's been a little stressful lately and I felt myself begin to burn out. I wanted to be able to spend some time playing WoW without being interrupted; my beautiful wife would be out of town the whole weekend, too.
From Thursday morning to Sunday evening I was on the computer for nearly 12 hours a day. Most of that time was spent doing dailies. I resolved to finally go after my epic mounts - the Cenarion War Hippogryph for Avierra and a Purple Riding Nether Ray for Froufrou - which will mean an outlay of more than 12,000 gold. As of week's end I am at nearly 3,000. I hope to get at least one epic mount in May and a second in July.
Thanks to a few crappy instance runs and a few lucky Supply drops, Avierra is at 82 badges. I'm torn between saving up for a Chestplate of Stoicism and splurging on a High Justicar's Legplates. If I buy the Chestplate I'll be a better tank on the rare occasions when I indulge my tankadin side. If I buy the Legplates I'll heal better, which is in line with my role as a raid main healer. At the moment I'm leaning towards the Chestplate. I'm doing quite well without the Legplates just yet.
Oh, and Avi finally looted her Libram of Souls Redeemed from Karazhan when she PUGged it on Thursday morning. Which means that she's officially all purpled out; all her healing gear is epic level, no exceptions. Woot!
And on an unrelated note, she had her first critical Lay on Hands the other night. LOH for 13k... brilliant.
On a ZA run the other night, Avi looted a Mask of Introspection. With a few gems, it turned out to be a moderate upgrade from the Justicebringer 2000 Specs, although the loss of a meta gem slot really hurts. Avi's mana pool and hit point pool are slightly bigger now, though, which is nice, and I've even managed to raise her +heal by a few points. Still, I've put the old specs in the bank just in case I ever get a shot at crafting the Justicebringer 3000 Specs.
Froufrou, meanwhile, took up most of my attention. I wanted her to exalt with the Shattered Sun Offensive for her first title... and so I present you:
Nice, huh? That's the orphan from the Children's Week event. The Draenei kid is already taller than the gnome. Bah.
Froufrou had a really good weekend. Doing 24 dailies takes only four hours on Frou while Avi can take almost six. Her Leatherworking is now at 371 and I'm seriously looking at crafting the Primal Intent set for her, as there are no easy to get leather chestpieces in Karazhan.
So tonight in Kara Froufrou was able to get herself into the final final bosses (doing crap dps, but that's the way it is when you're a mostly blued combat rogue with poor skills). She downed Prince and Netherspite for the first time and paid a repeat visit to the chess event. My crappy connection conked out on me during the Illhoof fight, though, so we had to leave Kara with Illhoof and Nightbane still at large.
Karazhan put her above 45 badges, which meant a new weapon: Swift Blade of Uncertainty. And she also walked out of Karazhan with Skulker's Greaves. As Nethercobra Leg Armor is expensive (500+ gold on the AH) I'll just use a Cobrahide Leg Armor to get by. The new pants have lower stamina than my old Nomad's Leggings, but they do offer me superior DPS, which I definitely want in a raid.
And that's it. I'm hopeful this new week will be great.
From Thursday morning to Sunday evening I was on the computer for nearly 12 hours a day. Most of that time was spent doing dailies. I resolved to finally go after my epic mounts - the Cenarion War Hippogryph for Avierra and a Purple Riding Nether Ray for Froufrou - which will mean an outlay of more than 12,000 gold. As of week's end I am at nearly 3,000. I hope to get at least one epic mount in May and a second in July.
Thanks to a few crappy instance runs and a few lucky Supply drops, Avierra is at 82 badges. I'm torn between saving up for a Chestplate of Stoicism and splurging on a High Justicar's Legplates. If I buy the Chestplate I'll be a better tank on the rare occasions when I indulge my tankadin side. If I buy the Legplates I'll heal better, which is in line with my role as a raid main healer. At the moment I'm leaning towards the Chestplate. I'm doing quite well without the Legplates just yet.
Oh, and Avi finally looted her Libram of Souls Redeemed from Karazhan when she PUGged it on Thursday morning. Which means that she's officially all purpled out; all her healing gear is epic level, no exceptions. Woot!
And on an unrelated note, she had her first critical Lay on Hands the other night. LOH for 13k... brilliant.
On a ZA run the other night, Avi looted a Mask of Introspection. With a few gems, it turned out to be a moderate upgrade from the Justicebringer 2000 Specs, although the loss of a meta gem slot really hurts. Avi's mana pool and hit point pool are slightly bigger now, though, which is nice, and I've even managed to raise her +heal by a few points. Still, I've put the old specs in the bank just in case I ever get a shot at crafting the Justicebringer 3000 Specs.
Froufrou, meanwhile, took up most of my attention. I wanted her to exalt with the Shattered Sun Offensive for her first title... and so I present you:
Nice, huh? That's the orphan from the Children's Week event. The Draenei kid is already taller than the gnome. Bah.
Froufrou had a really good weekend. Doing 24 dailies takes only four hours on Frou while Avi can take almost six. Her Leatherworking is now at 371 and I'm seriously looking at crafting the Primal Intent set for her, as there are no easy to get leather chestpieces in Karazhan.
So tonight in Kara Froufrou was able to get herself into the final final bosses (doing crap dps, but that's the way it is when you're a mostly blued combat rogue with poor skills). She downed Prince and Netherspite for the first time and paid a repeat visit to the chess event. My crappy connection conked out on me during the Illhoof fight, though, so we had to leave Kara with Illhoof and Nightbane still at large.
Karazhan put her above 45 badges, which meant a new weapon: Swift Blade of Uncertainty. And she also walked out of Karazhan with Skulker's Greaves. As Nethercobra Leg Armor is expensive (500+ gold on the AH) I'll just use a Cobrahide Leg Armor to get by. The new pants have lower stamina than my old Nomad's Leggings, but they do offer me superior DPS, which I definitely want in a raid.
And that's it. I'm hopeful this new week will be great.
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