@Kirk. Yeah, I like Stevens. He gets a lot better after you realized he's more or less a one trick pony, and that it's a pretty neat trick. As long as you doan take him too seriously. My personal fav is Frost tho. Frost and Stevens were friends (their corrospondence is hilarious) and I have the sneaking suspicion that this poem was a dig at Frost... Also, for some strange reason, Ima big fan of the Metaphysicals and the Victorians. Herbert and Swinburne. My fav Swinburne story... a friend of his, concerned by his lack of... feminine company... got him a "date" with a famous gymnast ne courtesan. Later on the girl returned the fee, admitting she couldn't teach Swinburne that "biting was highly inappropriate..."
@Rats... grats on the first kill. Tho Mabd made a little snort of disgust and pointed out that that little psychopath Braids is probably killing every gnome she comes across till she finds the warlock that dared go into BG with less than 7k life.
Btw.. over the weekend... mabd scored the 10k th kill. And Maj is now over 1k. Unbound is getting there, but still only 68. And it looks more and more like Unbound is gonna be resto at 70, once I clear all the outland quests.
Av is still a nightmare... it was the BG daily twice, and had 1hr waits on both days... i've taken to just questing till the damn thing pops... tho Mabd has been doin Nagrand mining runs...
Meanwhile the ally guild ESF is now on my s$list. Unbound was questin in Nagrand when a 64 pally decided to try to gank her. WTH? One thing to remember when dealing with Enhance shammys... if you a melee class.. the enhance shammy WILL NOT RUN OUTTA MANA. It aint gonna happen. By the end of the fight, the pally had burnt bubble and insta heal, and then died, while Unbound was still at full mana and health. It takes a rogue, and massive stun lock to kill an enhance shammy... and thats what that pally prick did, sic'ced a 70 rogue guildmate on me afterwards, complete with s'mores kit. Goddamn vermin. Failed a gank and then called in his guild? KOS time buddies.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
One must have a mind of winter
Thanks to those that liked the journey into Lewis Carrol. I started a new thread, one of my favorite poems, even if every douchbag Philosophy/Literature PhD uses it in their Dissertation...
And a coupla poem recommendations for BRK and the ex military crowd.
Tommy
and Gunga Din
Imma big fan of Kipling.
Anyway, the mailbag...
Dear Dagashai, Ima MM hunter, just going into arena. I was thinking 2v2... what class/spec should I look to for a partner?
Resto Druid.
Dear Dagashai, MM hunters suck. But my Enhance shammy is going into arena 2v2. What class spec should I partner with?
Resto Druid.
Dear Dagashai, does Mabd ever fear that with her internationally best selling swimsuit calendar achieving such notoriety, she might not be taken seriously as a hunter anymore? And tell her I love that Shadowmoon shot on the back of that dragon!
Strangely, the topic hasn't come up since she got her season 3 axe. And my personal fav is the Nagrand shot in front of the garadar wolf riders... the squished dwarf at her feet gives nice apposition to her demure, more traditional femininity.
Dear Dagashai, Ima resto druid, looking to get into arena 2v2. What should I look for in a teammate?
The best partner for you would be another resto druid.
And a coupla poem recommendations for BRK and the ex military crowd.
Tommy
and Gunga Din
Imma big fan of Kipling.
Anyway, the mailbag...
Dear Dagashai, Ima MM hunter, just going into arena. I was thinking 2v2... what class/spec should I look to for a partner?
Resto Druid.
Dear Dagashai, MM hunters suck. But my Enhance shammy is going into arena 2v2. What class spec should I partner with?
Resto Druid.
Dear Dagashai, does Mabd ever fear that with her internationally best selling swimsuit calendar achieving such notoriety, she might not be taken seriously as a hunter anymore? And tell her I love that Shadowmoon shot on the back of that dragon!
Strangely, the topic hasn't come up since she got her season 3 axe. And my personal fav is the Nagrand shot in front of the garadar wolf riders... the squished dwarf at her feet gives nice apposition to her demure, more traditional femininity.
Dear Dagashai, Ima resto druid, looking to get into arena 2v2. What should I look for in a teammate?
The best partner for you would be another resto druid.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
and whether pigs have wings...
Just cap the freaking flag. Do you understand? JUST CAP THE FREAKING FLAG. If you near it, cap it. If someone else is capping, keep the other side the hell offa them until its done.
Ran up to LM in AB with Mabd, right behind a warrior. The warrior stops to cap, I move to other side to intecept in incoming druid. Scattershot.
Freeze trap.
Then the warrior stops the capping process to charge the ice trapped elf.
I think I broke some blood vessels screaming at my monitor.
OTOH, last night, I went into the mine. Stupid little dwarven priest defending... scattershot
lay freeze trap
start capping.
He trinkets outta teh SS and walks right into the freeze trap. Flag cap. Then I kill him. I got just one question...
If I /laugh at him, will that break the flag cap channel?
Sigh.. as for Enhance shammy pvp...
It didn't happen. There was no such beast. After 70, when you run into resil, all those talents that proc on crits just go away. Arena with an enhance shammy was like Arena with a holy priest. You just gonna be a lamb to the slaughter.
Now with the Shamanistic Fury talent, there might be a chance. 30% reduced damage for 30 secs is HUGE. A shammy pain suppresion. And the +spell power offa attack power adds a great deal of healing and non physical damage to the table. Unbound was trashing a coupla 69 warriors in BG last weekend. (Tho last night I ran into a prot warrior that just annoyed the HELL outta me. Shield bash silence spamming scumbag!)
Still, rogues will eat yo lunch. Sigh.
I dunno. I'm torn between trying enhance for a while at 70, and jumping straight to resto. I KNOW resto is almost unstoppable. And there is always the critical and dire need for healers. Still enhance is an awsome rush... What's the opinion? Let me have some input... I could easily have the honor for the dual season one weapons for when I turn 70, and then try enhance for a while... With the major talent changes, Enhance might really become viable. Or is it a pipe dream? Am I just being the shammy version of a ret (pal) noob?
And it's been a while since a non WoW item... here's one of my new pet peeves... Papa John's.
First... Arlington pizza is so wretched, I would consider Papa John's outta desperation. But not too seriously... still, I look at the flyer and... No phone number! WTH? How can you try to sell pizza delivery without putting your number on the damn flyer? Its all, "CHECK US OUT ONLINE!" and "LOOK US UP IN THE PHONE BOOK!"
Then they want your address and personal info before you can even look at the menu. What part of "screw that" do they not understand? My attention span is short. I'm not gonna spend 10 min creating an account to order a goddamn pizza. I can pick up the phone and have a pizza in 10 min from your competitors...
It is at this point that I urge you to sell any Papa John's stock you have. Any company this freakin clueless is doomed.
Ran up to LM in AB with Mabd, right behind a warrior. The warrior stops to cap, I move to other side to intecept in incoming druid. Scattershot.
Freeze trap.
Then the warrior stops the capping process to charge the ice trapped elf.
I think I broke some blood vessels screaming at my monitor.
OTOH, last night, I went into the mine. Stupid little dwarven priest defending... scattershot
lay freeze trap
start capping.
He trinkets outta teh SS and walks right into the freeze trap. Flag cap. Then I kill him. I got just one question...
If I /laugh at him, will that break the flag cap channel?
Sigh.. as for Enhance shammy pvp...
It didn't happen. There was no such beast. After 70, when you run into resil, all those talents that proc on crits just go away. Arena with an enhance shammy was like Arena with a holy priest. You just gonna be a lamb to the slaughter.
Now with the Shamanistic Fury talent, there might be a chance. 30% reduced damage for 30 secs is HUGE. A shammy pain suppresion. And the +spell power offa attack power adds a great deal of healing and non physical damage to the table. Unbound was trashing a coupla 69 warriors in BG last weekend. (Tho last night I ran into a prot warrior that just annoyed the HELL outta me. Shield bash silence spamming scumbag!)
Still, rogues will eat yo lunch. Sigh.
I dunno. I'm torn between trying enhance for a while at 70, and jumping straight to resto. I KNOW resto is almost unstoppable. And there is always the critical and dire need for healers. Still enhance is an awsome rush... What's the opinion? Let me have some input... I could easily have the honor for the dual season one weapons for when I turn 70, and then try enhance for a while... With the major talent changes, Enhance might really become viable. Or is it a pipe dream? Am I just being the shammy version of a ret (pal) noob?
And it's been a while since a non WoW item... here's one of my new pet peeves... Papa John's.
First... Arlington pizza is so wretched, I would consider Papa John's outta desperation. But not too seriously... still, I look at the flyer and... No phone number! WTH? How can you try to sell pizza delivery without putting your number on the damn flyer? Its all, "CHECK US OUT ONLINE!" and "LOOK US UP IN THE PHONE BOOK!"
Then they want your address and personal info before you can even look at the menu. What part of "screw that" do they not understand? My attention span is short. I'm not gonna spend 10 min creating an account to order a goddamn pizza. I can pick up the phone and have a pizza in 10 min from your competitors...
It is at this point that I urge you to sell any Papa John's stock you have. Any company this freakin clueless is doomed.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
why the sea is boiling hot...
Unbound's baby BG's are an incresing delight for me. This last WSG.. well... I was showing it to Melvin (his comment... everyone else on yuir team must have sucked) when I realized I led in healing as much as in damage. And the only reason the Allies capped a flag was because we started down 4 peeps. Thanks again Blizz.The grand, master plan was to get Unbound to 70 and then go resto. I still want to... but enhance is just so much fun. And healers get treated like crap in this game. Sigh. Then there's the question on how to gear her.
Arena is hitting a bad spot. My 3v3 team is developing fractures. Melvin's crew is always there, but well... you know my feelings about that. Mabd is up to 277 Resil, almost 11k health, and 33% (!!) crit. I should be able to do better... I think? Maybe some 2v2 with my pally friend... Hunter/Pally as a combo?
How about Holy Pal/Resto Shammy? Just for the screams of fustration?
Sunday, January 6, 2008
of cabbages and kings...
47 min av queue. Ouch. The days of honor farming are over. So peeps with tons of pvp items now might have an insurmountable head start...
Oh, and how bad is Melvin's arena team?
They asked Maj to fill in, and pugged a 47/14 BM hunter. Maj has 80 resil, 7500 health, and is arcane spec...
Quote of the night. "Mana burn just doesn't do enough damage to use in arena..." -Emp.
Melvin quote of the night... "I remembered to use Blood Lust that time!"
Friday, January 4, 2008
And sealing wax...
First of all...
Die alliance.
Second...
Die alliance.
Third... zball, if you still running with less than 7k health, Mabd won't even bother with you, just let you run from the cat till yuir little legs fall off.
But no, I would be loathe to pass up the opportunity, as a commited member of the horde, to rub in the mediocrity of the alliance when given the chance. So, QQ babies... wah. That being said, if you allies are willing to admit thrall is a bazillion times cooler than that poser sleeping with the lizard, or that loser dwarf whose daughter ran off with the elvis impersonator, we can have a meaningful conversation... (doan even get me started about how creepy the whole walking tree thing is...)
To wit... why the hell can't bliz fix AV so that the games last 40 min or so?
Look. This, to my eyes, is the way the BG's should go...
WSG... 10 min
AB... 15-20 min
EoTS... 20-25 min
AV... 30-40 min
Currently... WSG averages the longest while outside the 5 cap AB, AV is the shortest run. This is crazy! Whatever Blizz does... both sides figure out a way to shorten it down. Magebert claims to have lost six in a row to the allies, all 12 min games where they run down to the village, cap the relief hut, then cycle through killin drek. I was in a game where the allies lost by taking 50 deaths against drek. Other than this.. allies lose. A lot.
Itsa horde thing, I think. We're ALWAYS outnumbered. And allies zerg like vermin fleeing a burning rat farm. Melvin is bitching cuz he hates the thought that he might never see the blood lord again. I hate that I cant use the damn air force for base defense. (I always get the snowfall guy goin... snowfall! What the hell do i need air cover over snowfall for?) Blizz might wanna put more traps in the game for zergers... and more honor rewards for in game accomplishments. As it is, the mines are a joke. And massive zergs rob the whole ram/wolf riders and air force of their usefulness. Maybe move these guys to mid field locations where they can be activated to retake yuir home base? And maybe make it so if the head general is under attack, EVERY npc in the base aggros to his defense?
Nother thing... put the marshals in the towers (after retooling em.. how about diff marshals with diff powers, and random placement.. damn, its the WW warrior marshal!). No reason for em to be with the general. That'll make the towers a major endevour, and make the initial attack something significant. And instead of marshals backing up the general, give him a buff of some kind for every tower still intact. Personally, I like summons :)
And screw the ram/wolf thing. I want more wandering pats of goons, and I want them to spawn during the game... when I turn in armor... let it mean something. Oh, and give em nets. And damn near infinite aggro range.
Would it be that hard to come up with a nice 45 min BG that gives about 500-800 honor, and with several workable strategies?
Then there's WSG. Imagine how much fun this would be if only one side could hold a flag at a time. Lots more blood shed, no more turtling, and 10 min games, so you could go through em like popcorn.
Sigh... I know. Pipe dreams. So, should unbound go resto at 70?
Oh, and just to let you know how suicidal I am these days... I saw a mage drinkin water next to an uncapped flag in AB yesterday. Unbound led in kills AND flag captures. This is WRONG. My path to enlightenment has led me to the point where I see my char leading the board in kills as a sign of the inferiority of my team... and not any real accomplishment on MY part. I doan mind losin. I mind losin due to bad play. Ah well, hopeful arena will provide more moral support. Mabd gets the season three legs next week, and should have the pvp ring saturday.
Die alliance.
Second...
Die alliance.
Third... zball, if you still running with less than 7k health, Mabd won't even bother with you, just let you run from the cat till yuir little legs fall off.
But no, I would be loathe to pass up the opportunity, as a commited member of the horde, to rub in the mediocrity of the alliance when given the chance. So, QQ babies... wah. That being said, if you allies are willing to admit thrall is a bazillion times cooler than that poser sleeping with the lizard, or that loser dwarf whose daughter ran off with the elvis impersonator, we can have a meaningful conversation... (doan even get me started about how creepy the whole walking tree thing is...)
To wit... why the hell can't bliz fix AV so that the games last 40 min or so?
Look. This, to my eyes, is the way the BG's should go...
WSG... 10 min
AB... 15-20 min
EoTS... 20-25 min
AV... 30-40 min
Currently... WSG averages the longest while outside the 5 cap AB, AV is the shortest run. This is crazy! Whatever Blizz does... both sides figure out a way to shorten it down. Magebert claims to have lost six in a row to the allies, all 12 min games where they run down to the village, cap the relief hut, then cycle through killin drek. I was in a game where the allies lost by taking 50 deaths against drek. Other than this.. allies lose. A lot.
Itsa horde thing, I think. We're ALWAYS outnumbered. And allies zerg like vermin fleeing a burning rat farm. Melvin is bitching cuz he hates the thought that he might never see the blood lord again. I hate that I cant use the damn air force for base defense. (I always get the snowfall guy goin... snowfall! What the hell do i need air cover over snowfall for?) Blizz might wanna put more traps in the game for zergers... and more honor rewards for in game accomplishments. As it is, the mines are a joke. And massive zergs rob the whole ram/wolf riders and air force of their usefulness. Maybe move these guys to mid field locations where they can be activated to retake yuir home base? And maybe make it so if the head general is under attack, EVERY npc in the base aggros to his defense?
Nother thing... put the marshals in the towers (after retooling em.. how about diff marshals with diff powers, and random placement.. damn, its the WW warrior marshal!). No reason for em to be with the general. That'll make the towers a major endevour, and make the initial attack something significant. And instead of marshals backing up the general, give him a buff of some kind for every tower still intact. Personally, I like summons :)
And screw the ram/wolf thing. I want more wandering pats of goons, and I want them to spawn during the game... when I turn in armor... let it mean something. Oh, and give em nets. And damn near infinite aggro range.
Would it be that hard to come up with a nice 45 min BG that gives about 500-800 honor, and with several workable strategies?
Then there's WSG. Imagine how much fun this would be if only one side could hold a flag at a time. Lots more blood shed, no more turtling, and 10 min games, so you could go through em like popcorn.
Sigh... I know. Pipe dreams. So, should unbound go resto at 70?
Oh, and just to let you know how suicidal I am these days... I saw a mage drinkin water next to an uncapped flag in AB yesterday. Unbound led in kills AND flag captures. This is WRONG. My path to enlightenment has led me to the point where I see my char leading the board in kills as a sign of the inferiority of my team... and not any real accomplishment on MY part. I doan mind losin. I mind losin due to bad play. Ah well, hopeful arena will provide more moral support. Mabd gets the season three legs next week, and should have the pvp ring saturday.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Of ships and shoes...
Is it just me, or are BG's becoming disfunctional?
Comment overheard in general chat last week...
"I don't recall alliance whining like this when all they had to do was walk through our village and cap drek!"
So yeah, the whole AV thing is getting old. However, there are serious problems developing on the other side... to wit, it is time to end the ability to opt out of a bg for another bg...
Too many hordies are simply playin in WSG, or whatever, racking honor kills, while waiting for AV to pop. This is killing our ability to actually fight a cohesive battle, while making AV wait times even more egregious. You wanna double queue? Fine. But when that BG pops, you should be stuck there. Desertion in the face is desertion in the face.
And lets face it. BG's are starting to get ugly. I've been reduced to running BG's with my 60-69 group shammy, simply for the much more relaxed and professional atmosphere... too many nubs start BG's when they hit 70, and have no clue what the hell is going on.
Now, normally, naturally, this wouldn't matter. But for some reason, Blizz wants to make arena an e-sport. For that... you gonna have to force players to be competitive. Honor rewards for capping or rescuing flags? I dunno. WSG is seriously silly. I think there should only be one flag held in the game at any time. Once, for example, allies grab the horde flag... the alliance flag disappears, and vice versa. This would end the standoff silliness that pervails in WSG.
OTOH, played a pair of games over the weekend that rocked. had the dual flag standoff, with Mabd defending the resto druid holding the flag. The druid yells.. "screw this! I'm getting our flag back, and you idiots better follow me!" and takes off for the other base. We get our flag back, then run back to our keep to cap. Great fun, awesome player, that druid.
Then Maj was in same situation... goes to ally keep with two feral druids and two rogues... allies holding the flag in the GY, all 7 of em. So the stealthies go in first, then maj pops up, fires off the POM pyro, fire blast and arcane on the bear holding the flag... and while the six people who were supposed to be defending the bear jumped maj, our rogues and druids finished the job. Damn, Maj can do some good burst.
As for AV... simply admit the allies are QQ babies, and that the new rules screw them with the current set up as hard as the old ones helped them. I mean, really...its insane how little opposition they face running to the FW aid station. Meanwhile, horde has to practically burn down everything in its path...
Anyway, maybe if you make snowfall alliance held at the start.
Comment overheard in general chat last week...
"I don't recall alliance whining like this when all they had to do was walk through our village and cap drek!"
So yeah, the whole AV thing is getting old. However, there are serious problems developing on the other side... to wit, it is time to end the ability to opt out of a bg for another bg...
Too many hordies are simply playin in WSG, or whatever, racking honor kills, while waiting for AV to pop. This is killing our ability to actually fight a cohesive battle, while making AV wait times even more egregious. You wanna double queue? Fine. But when that BG pops, you should be stuck there. Desertion in the face is desertion in the face.
And lets face it. BG's are starting to get ugly. I've been reduced to running BG's with my 60-69 group shammy, simply for the much more relaxed and professional atmosphere... too many nubs start BG's when they hit 70, and have no clue what the hell is going on.
Now, normally, naturally, this wouldn't matter. But for some reason, Blizz wants to make arena an e-sport. For that... you gonna have to force players to be competitive. Honor rewards for capping or rescuing flags? I dunno. WSG is seriously silly. I think there should only be one flag held in the game at any time. Once, for example, allies grab the horde flag... the alliance flag disappears, and vice versa. This would end the standoff silliness that pervails in WSG.
OTOH, played a pair of games over the weekend that rocked. had the dual flag standoff, with Mabd defending the resto druid holding the flag. The druid yells.. "screw this! I'm getting our flag back, and you idiots better follow me!" and takes off for the other base. We get our flag back, then run back to our keep to cap. Great fun, awesome player, that druid.
Then Maj was in same situation... goes to ally keep with two feral druids and two rogues... allies holding the flag in the GY, all 7 of em. So the stealthies go in first, then maj pops up, fires off the POM pyro, fire blast and arcane on the bear holding the flag... and while the six people who were supposed to be defending the bear jumped maj, our rogues and druids finished the job. Damn, Maj can do some good burst.
As for AV... simply admit the allies are QQ babies, and that the new rules screw them with the current set up as hard as the old ones helped them. I mean, really...its insane how little opposition they face running to the FW aid station. Meanwhile, horde has to practically burn down everything in its path...
Anyway, maybe if you make snowfall alliance held at the start.
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