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2010 Best Fails of the Year

2011-05-29T12:13:00.001-07:00

I know I've been posting alot of video clips from various sites and acting like I am writing a blog article....

but fuck it...this shit is funny and its Sunday. So watch this video and then go BBQ and drink beers mmk? In the near future I'll actually try to write an article

...perhaps

Enjoy

Happy Memorial Day

PSA - Why You Should Let Your Girl Win Sometimes...

2011-05-26T03:57:00.000-07:00

I don't know if this is fake or not, but in my opinion its hard to tell lol. You got to really want to get a laugh out of people because as you will see in the video...things get umm...yea, you will see.

Fellas, here is a pro tip. If you girl is cool enough to play games with you, especially a FPS game like Call Of Duty....don't completely own her. When my girl plays, I give her every chance to kill me, plus I purposely try to not kill her until she is looking at me and shooting me.

I don't do it all the time, but if I have killed her a few times in a row, I make sure I do it. Otherwise, a situation may just happen to you like the one below.

Now get some popcorn ready and watch the madness unfold.

Video Post - Comedy at its Finest...

2011-05-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid, I used to want to be an artist. All I ever used to do was draw and paint. Even though I hit a plateau with my talent, it doesn't mean I it ever stopped me.

I was never this good, but this video had me cracking up....I guess it was the shock factor, the element of surprise, or maybe I was just laughing and giggling like a school girl due to my immature (but awesome) mind.

CLICK THE VIDEO, IT BE FUNNY.

kkthxbai

Thought Provoking Ideas = Food for the Mind

2011-05-23T00:54:00.001-07:00

I don't know how many people read the blog these days. My last post about the apocalypse netted about 900 hits, but I'm sure that is just because people were freaking the fuck out.

Case in point this article.

Its a lovely story about a woman who attempted to kill her two daughters and take her own life because of this doomsday prophecy of May 21st nonsense.

/sigh

I read a quote from Joe Rogan's twitter feed today that not only plays into my point on my last post, but when you hear about stories like the above linked one....you can't deny the statement as anything else but FACT.

Joe Rogan:
@ihatematt I think the incredible access to technology we enjoy has made it really easy to be stupid as fuck.

So going back to my original thought, I don't know how many people actually read my blog, but if you're anything like me or my friends....you love yourself some Joe Rogan. Alot of shit that he says on his podcast is indeed "stoner talk"...but he has a very interesting outlook on the world and thought provoking ideas and concepts.

So do yourself a favor and check out some of the videos below. These are just clips taken from his podcast. Also, you might want to head over to his forums, they are top notch but not at all safe for the work environment.

Cheers bitches!

The Apocalypse: It's Always Been Here...

2011-05-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

Its a very interesting time in the world. We are almost half way through the year of 2011 and I have never noticed or care to realized how much shit is actually hitting the fan. As a 26 year old man getting ready to settle down and have a family, there is just a metric ton of bullshit going on in the world that frankly scares the shit out of me. I'm still pretty young, maybe it has always been the way things have worked, but for some reason I doubt it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that over the last 200 years the world didn't have its issues. Hundreds of thousands of people losing their lives from warfare. Nuclear bombs being dropped. Threats of complete, full on, nuclear war in the 1960s that for all we know could of ended what we think of today as "advanced" human society. We could've easily be living the lives of fictional characters in the Fallout video game series. That shit could have easily happened back in the 60s. Not to mention all of the destruction that we can not control. Massive earthquakes, super volcanoes, shit in space that could take us out in a fucking blink. Then you got diseases, plaques, and viruses. Its alot to process and take in for any human being.

Humans have been dealing with these issues since we first started documenting human civilization 11,000 years ago. So why do I think that it is worst today and will only continue to get worst as we advance as a society? You can categorize it into two simple concepts, information and population.

Lets break it down. We are mammals. It is inscribed in our DNA that we must fuck and reproduce. Another instinct we have is to make our lives easier for our needs. Meaning, we love tools. We love to create and invent shit to make our lives and the lives of our future generation better and more manageable. We have a brain and it allows us come up with ways to support not only our personal society, but the world's. Through this process we have the technology and know how to support and maintain a good portion of the world's population.

Advance technology is overloading human brains with information. It's really that simple. Think about all the information that we have today. We have this thing called the internet where you can literally search for ANYTHING. Think about the news coverage and how different it was just 100 years ago. If someone wanted to know what was going on in Russia and they lived in Mexico, the only way to possible know that is through their local news paper. There was no other way.

Due to technology, we know about shit instantly now. Think about hurricane Katrina. People in China knew about it while it was still in the middle of the ocean before it was even categorized as a hurricane. With the cell phone and portal technology that we have it is even worse. At 4am in the morning I got a text message from CNN stating that a 9.1 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan 15 FUCKING MINUTES AGO. I turn on the TV and I am shocked at the video coverage.

Social media like facebook and twitter also gives us a huge advantage into getting information as fast as possible. When the USA Navy Seal Team 6 was raiding the house of Osama Bin Laden, there was actually a person in the same city fucking tweeting about gunshots and black helicopters swarming around a house up the hill from his place.

You take in all of this and you process it in your mind. I would say that the majority of people in the world think something along the lines of "wow, what a crazy world we live in" and then continue to go about their day doing their own thing. However, due to the sear amount of people on the earth, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people that think that the end is near. They believe the apocalypse is among us and to prove their thinking, they look for answers.

They hop on the internet and see that in 2012, the Mayan Calendar "ends" and read about how people may think that this means the end of the world. They read that in parts all over the world birds are dying and disappearing at alarming rates. They watch the TV and see the Japan earthquake coverage and the massive flooding along the Mississippi. They drive down the highway and they see a billboard that reads "Judgement Day is Coming. The End of the World May 21st 2011" that seems to be sponsored by the Church. They get on twitter and click on a link that brings up a post on the Center of Disease Control US Government website that is a very serious article on how to be prepared for a zombie apocalypse and they finally lose it. Now they are convinced the world is ending.

Fear not people of the internet generation! The end is not here. The reason why people think this is due to the metric ton of information that is not only available, but is being shoved in your face. The apocalypse has always been somewhere in the world. A few months ago the apocalypse was in the far east in Japan. Then it was off the coast of Chile before heading up to the south-east United States and hitting them with 400 tornadoes and some of the worst flooding ever recorded. Do you know where the apocalypse has been going on for the last 20 years? The Middle East and North Korea.

If you lived off the coast of Africa on the island of Madagascar as a local tribe member. Would you think that the world is ending? I bet you it would be the last thought in your mother fucking mind. You wouldn't concern yourself with nonsense that you can't control. Maybe you would have the knowledge to know humans have been surviving on the earth for 1.8 million years and that it is highly unlikely that the great apocalypse that would end all things on the earth would happen in your life time.

Try to avoid all of the mass information out there, you will more in likely freak yourself out. Try to remember that this shit has always been going on and the only difference is that due to our advance technology and over population of our species...WE ARE EXPOSED TO TOO MUCH INFORMATION. It is always the Apocalypse somewhere ok?

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If you read the whole article, thank you. Sorry it was kinda deep and kinda depressing. Hopefully it made some sort of sense. And no...I was not stoned out of my mind when I wrote this.

PEACE OUT

Call of Duty Escalation Map Pack - Call of the Dead - MOAR ZOMBIES!!!

2011-04-27T01:38:00.000-07:00

So what is more depressing for a PS3 user then the PSN network being down for now 8 days along with your credit card information possible being stolen?

The second map pack for Call of Duty Black Ops is about to come out next week with 4 new multi-player maps and 1 extremely large and complex zombie map...

...for xbox users. PS3 users will get the map pack a month later in June.

Fucking A!

I know that Activision has a contract with Microsoft and that Xbox users always get the map packs first...blah, blah, blah. It is still highly lame, especially if you are an avid zombie player that myself.

Even though its lamesauce, I can't help but to get excited watching these new videos about the Escalation Map Pack's new zombie map, Call of the Dead. Craziest thing that I think that the developers did with the new map is that it actually has real life playable actors and a pretty in-depth story.

Real life playable actors you ask? Oh yea....you can play as Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Danny Trejo for example. Check out the videos below and I will ~~bore you~~ talk more about it afterwards.

First thoughts on Zombies...

Looks like you can use alot of different playstyles. There were lots of clips of people using melee weapons like dual machetes, pitch forks, and other small knifes. Not to mention different hand to hand combat animations...like a fucking karate jump kick! Who knows if they will actually have these options in the gameplay, but one would assume from watching the "Official Trailer" that it would be available.

Atleast that is what I got from it.

Speaking of different playstyles.....did you notice how fucking huge the new zombie map is? Looks like when you get a sniper rifle from a mystery box, its no longer an instant reroll. That and they are "buffing / adjusting" the sniper rifles again in the patch that is going to roll out with the new map pack as well.

So it would seem like they really want people that wouldn't normally use / hate sniper rifles, to be forced into them....

...you know, for survival purposes! F'n zombies, trying to eat mah brains and what not. Dirty little bastards...

Another point I thought that was interesting was the glowing zombie that will attack you. I think they called him "The Godfather of Zombies". I am assuming this will work like the zombies dogs, the mad scientist, and the monkeys in the previous Black Ops zombie maps. They involve some sort of objective and take up an entire round. Once completed, you always get a max ammo and something else useful if you do it correctly.

The lead developer stated...

"that if you want to kill him, go for it, it will all work out in the end "hopefully". However, I would advise that you watch him and figure out different ways to communicate with him."

Urm...tricky Treyarch lead developer with their tricky, super generic, statements that could mean a metric ton of different things / scenarios.

And speaking of that, did you happen to catch what the lead Treyarch developer said in regards to tips on getting the most of the new zombie map, Call of the Dead?

"It is a very vague tip, but a very important one. You should shoot everything...

...if you do this, and do it with a variety of weapons, you will discover and unlock some very cool stuff."

Oh shit! You mean if I kill the zombies instead of just running around checking out Buffy the Vampire Slayer's ass, I will actually discover and unlock some cool stuff? Fucking. Brilliant.

Total pro tip if you ask me, hah. I know that he can't say much else and I don't want him to ruin it for me. I just like giving nerds a hard time.

shoot everything...lol

Til next time...

Random Thoughts, Katy Perry BJ, & An Ass Shakin Rapper- LETS GO!

2011-04-22T23:09:00.000-07:00

You guys know I must be bored if I am writing a f'n blog post. Its Friday night at 2am and I am at work. I thought I had the master plan before coming in that I would just play my ps3 all night. However, my portable monitor didn't work and now I have nothing to do.

I guess I could do work shit, but its not like I am going to get in trouble or anything. It will get done when it needs to right? Just thinking about that statement is puzzling to me.

Is it because I don't like my job? No, because I really like my job. I mean, I don't love it...but its a job that is super easy and allows me alot of free time.

Is it because I'm just lazy as fuck? Probably, but maybe not. I do think that I am lazy. I fall into the stereotype of a "young lazy American" for sure, but only for things that really don't care about. Its not that I don't care about my job, I do....I guess I am assuming that my work isn't important enough to have any effect on my company's ability to make money. So even in the worst case scenario, being it will not get done, I don't think I would lose my job. Fuck what I am saying, I wouldn't even get in trouble.

Management would just assume that I had a good reason why it didn't get done. They think that way because I am the gangsta gangsta at the main point of my job. Hints the reason why out of 30 or so people in my department, mgmt only trust 3 of them to work without some sort of authority figure in the building. So maybe that is why I feel compelled not to do any extra work while I am at work.

I am glad we had this little conversation. I feel much better about not being productive doing office hours lol.

Now on to more intriguing shit....Katy Fucking Perry

Check out the description on the banner of this blog.

"Random thoughts and interesting stories about MY world...which is mostly video games, sports, sexy females, and other random BS..."

Back when this blog was alive and popping years ago, it was all about video games. Mostly one video game, the MMORPG World of Warcraft. I had between three and five posts a week on the game, 1000+ hits a day, people leaving comments, good times were had by all. Then I stopped playing the game, but found out that I really enjoy writing.

So I turned this blog into a generic blog about anything that I want to talk about. Problem with that is that I no longer had the driving force to keep me writing. Hints the last post was posted 5 months ago lol.

I KNOW...WHEN AM I GOING TO MAKE MY POINT ABOUT THAT SEXY BRIT LOVING WHOOTY KATY PERRY?!?!?1!

I fail, I know. So since the reformat and subject change to this blog I have had posts about all of the topics the description on my banner states....except sexy females.

And lets be frank, who doesn't love sexy females? Sexy females are a big part of my life. In this day in age I think it is really hard, if not impossible, NOT to be bombarded with some sort of sexual images of the female gender.

TV shows, commercials, magazines, mobile devices, and I am not even talking about the text book definition of porn. Porn is all of the damn place thanks to the internet. When was the last time you looked at a porn magazine? I just laugh about it now because it seems so silly.

...fucking magazines, yea right lol.

Either way, you really can't mention sexy females and not talk about Katy Perry. This bitch grew up home schooled in a very strict Christian family. She wasn't allow to wear V necks shirts or shorts that were more then an inch over her knees. Her family gets her a music deal with a Christian band and the next thing you know she blew the FUCK UP.

She has a good voice sure, but you're tripping if you think she would be famous without her, uh...assets.

If I'm coming across as hating, I am not. Make that money GIRL!

....and keep on posing and intriguing ways while you're at it.

Got to love YouTube...

Is there anyone out there that doesn't enjoy YouTube? I mean serious, its amazing to see what random people out there are doing....especially when they are obviously being serious and all you can do is laugh on how funny / redonkeyous it is.

Case in point...

I'll leave you with two videos of a chick that describes herself on her youtube channel as a Rapper that is making her grind shaking her ass...

Totally makes sense to me. Making it as a rapper ain't no joke brah. The game can chew you up and spit you out. You need as many people as possible to hear you in order to make it.

So what is the best way to get attention? You guessed it, shake your ass to songs that you didn't write, produce, or have anything to do with and put it on youtube!

Fucking. Brilliant.

My opinion on the videos is that it is obvious that her rapping skills isn't what got her the 2500+ subscribers lol, but the girl can shake it. I think I need to contact her for my rap group, Caucasian Invasion.....more on this another time though lol.

Make sure to follow me on twitter @WTFspaghetti - Always shit going down on there....and I update it daily instead of every 5 months lol.

Did that bitch just say "her Queen Cobra disc?" LOL...love it so much, aw man...LOVE. IT. hah

Ok, now check out the next video. Same chick.

So the question is...would you like to listen to more of her "Queen Cobra" disc or dance?

Call of Duty Black Ops - Holy Ball Sacks

2010-10-29T10:58:00.000-07:00

Hola blog lovers!

Tis your boy Dr. Wang coming at you with some video game stuff. I haven't posted since August, thats really funny to me considering I spent like 3 hours changing my blog around to make it more generic rather than all about WoW.

Then I write two poorly written posts and don't say shit for 2 months...lol Jeez, I guess I'm just retarded like that...

...shocker, I KNOWZ RITE?!?

I DEALS THE FRUIT

I have been playing Starcraft 2 for the past 2 or so months pretty consistent. 98% of my video game time has been spent playing that damn game. I am A TON better than I was when I first started playing back in August, but that doesn't mean much lol.

I worked my way up from Bronze to the Gold division...which I am pretty proud of, but I don't know. I still pretty much suck ass. SC2 is a crazy game, but it is seriously stressful. Atleast for me it is. I don't know what or why it is...

...maybe its because a typical 1v1 game starts out with your opponent and yourself trying to mindfuck the each other in an attempt to throw them off their game and find out what strat they are trying to use on you...

...or maybe its because its a RTS (Real Time Strategy) game and due to all the micro/macro stuff you got to be on top of to be competitive can really make it slighty stressful.

Its a combo of a few more things, but that doesn't mean that its not fun as hell.

Starcast: The Podcast

Get it? StarCAST and not Starcraft?1!1? Cuz they were being clever due to their podCAST about Starcraft 2!?!

...

...right

Anyway...weekly podcast about SC2. Pretty fun to listen to and pass the time. However, the cool thing about it is the online community. If you play SC2 and you don't have anyone to play with or your homo friends won't play with you. Sign up for the forum and become a clan member.

We have a vent server and there are lots of people from all 4 leagues willing to play. We host tourneys too...and that is always fun.

Check them out HERE

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Holy Ball Sacks Batman

Oh thats right. COD: BOs is almost out people. If you are like me, then you play the metric ton out of COD MW2.

No matter what you think of MW2, like or dislike...I would still like to point out that the new COD looks completely badass.

First off, Black Ops isn't made by the same company that made MW2. I for one am OK with this. Don't get me wrong, I really liked MW2 and I never really complained much about it...but a change of companies is a welcome sight. As long as they keep the general feel the same, I'm willing to try it out.

Secondly, There are a ton of new maps, new guns, new character customization, completely different way on how to gain xp, new online and offline multiplayer modes, and ofcourse the new campaign and Co-Op modes.

I don't know...after watching these three youtube videos...I got really excited for this game. The release date is 11/9/10.

Enjoy people. Hopefully it won't be another few months before I write another post.

HOLLLLA

Starcraft 2 - My Take & Helpful Advice on Becoming A Better Player Online...

2010-08-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

Oh yea...that is right. I might have stopped playing WoW....but Blizzard pulled be right back with the sequel to their 1998 release of Starcraft.

I have always loved RTS (Real Time Strategy) games, but I never actually played Starcraft. I was all about the Age of Empires series. I also really like "Rise of Nations".

RoNs was probably my favorite to play single player because it was basically a game of Risk. Who doesn't love to play the game of world domination? My favorite race in that game was the Mongolians. Soley due to the fact that I would yell the following when I am destroying my opponent...

"GOD DAMN MONGOLIANS!!!!"

Ahhh yes, South Park for the win.

In regards to playing other people in RTS games, I logged a ton of hours playing Age of Empires and its expansion, Age of Conquerors.

There is just something amazingly fun about RTS games. I think its because you start out each match with the exact same number of materials and units...and it depends on what you do with it to completely own your opponent and wipe them off the face of the world...virtually speaking that is.

So yea...I did have a point

I really did, me promise. Yes...I was saying that I have never played Starcraft, but I am not a rookie when it comes to RTS games. So when SC2 came out, I figured I would give it a try. I know alot of people that were absolutely addicted and in love with the Starcraft series, so I figured...what the hell...it would be fun playing a quality RTS game again.

I installed it and started playing the single player to learn what does what. I still haven't finished the single player campaign, but I will say that it is pretty good so far. There are a total of 29 missions and I think I am on like mission number 8???

I don't know, when it comes to RTS games....its always about the multi-player to me. I could really care less about the single player campaign you know?

However, SC2 does have a pretty badass single player challenge mode. There are 9 missions, 3 for each race, and it shows you how to play the game in regards to multi-player. It will show you the importance of getting upgrades, how to stop rushes, what military units of race A counters military units of race b....shit like that. It is 100% a MUST if you are a new Starcraft player like myself and if you are pretty knowledgeble at the game...I would still f'n do it.

Multiplayer and League Play....

So when you finally decide to go play against another person...you get the choice to do practice matches, or go to the real deal. You can play up to 50 practice league matches before the game will actually force you to go to the real league. Then you will play 5 placement matches and depending on how you do in them, you will either get placed in the Diamond, Silver, or Bronze league. Not a 100% certain if there is a Gold league in SC2...i think they just changed the name to diamond to be different or something ghey like that.

Anyway...

So yea...most people like me will end up in the bronze league. Now...each "server" has its own leagues. Meaning that if you and I were both in the bronze league...but i live in STL and you live in ATL...we aren't going to be in the same bronze league. It goes by regions...and if you are actually interested in learning more about this...I'm sure you can google. it. Moving on...

Tips / Strats to winning online on SC2

I got steamed rolled ALOT when I left the practice league. However, I am glad that I did because it made me alot better. I am only going to list a few tips on this article because these are what I believe to be the most important tips that EVERY SC2 player knows....

#1 - Have a plan before you start your match!!! - Do you want to rush? Do you want to expand early? Do you want to try to get air units as quickly as possible? I mean seriously, it is the simplest thing ever, but alot of people (including me) don't even think about it.

#2 - Watch replays!!! - It doesn't matter if you lost or you won...you still should watch your replays. While you are watching them you should be thinking "what could I have done better", "how in the hell do he just own me?"...stuff like that frwends. Also, there are many sites out there that allow you to download other peoples replays to see what they did. This is seriously key to becoming better online.

#3 - Do your research!!! - I know what you are thinking. OMG DUDE, why in the fuck do I have to be forced to go online and learn about stuff to actually win at this game?? Well, if you don't want to do that, then you can continue to get worked until you figure stuff out on your own. However, for the rest of us that don't like getting worked and rather do a few minutes of research on certain strats, build orders, transitions, and tips...it helps tremendously.

I couldn't tell you if I would have ever figured some of the stuff that I know about playing SC2 if it wasn't for other blogs and the online community on my own. So my advice, go to some forums, check out some blogs, look for build orders and try to learn the best way to transition from the begining of the game to mid-game. It is ALL super helpful.

One of my favorites is Starcraft-Replay. It has a shit ton of replays and guides on how to do everything and anything in the game.

So I will leave you with this guy....

This dude's name is Day[9] and he is simply amazing when it comes to SC2. Not just a really good player, but someone that is EXCELLENT at helping people get better at the game. He does a daily video NetCast about SC2 and I can't even explain in words how helpful this dude is. He is just very good at providing high level analysis for SC2. That isn't to say that he isn't helpful for newbies like me. His videos are very beneficial to any level (beginner / pro) SC gamer. Not to mention he is pretty entertaining in his own right.

Here is the guys website - Day[9]

The two videos that I embedded below by themselves made me a much better SC2 player and so I recommend anyone that might be having issues online to watch them. Now, at first you may think that they are too long and advanced to you, but stick with them...trust in WTFspaghetti....we will not lead you in the wrong direction...me promises.

...anyway, ONWARD!!

I recommend you watch the video full screen, you will enjoy them more. Until next time, I'm WTFout!

Back to the Basics: The Mental Checklist

Fine Tuning an Opening

the doctor is IN biatches....

2010-08-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

HOLA BLOG LOVERS!!!

Been awhile since I said that uh? Technically, my last blog post was just about 8 months ago. F'n nuts uh? I know, I missed it alot.

As you probably have guessed, I do not play WoW anymore. I stopped pretty much right after my last blog post in January. I don't regret anything that I did in WoW. However, this time it is most definitely for good. WoW consumed my life and when I took a step back and looked at what my life consists of...

...it was pretty sad in my opinion

So I stopped playing and I haven't regretted that at all either. I am not going to ramble on about how I think WoW is bad for everyone, because it is simply not. Its just not for me anymore.

That being said...

So I always said in this blog that if a blogger that has regular followers, quits. Then IT IS JUST FUCKING ETIQUETTE TO TELL THEM!!!

Like seriously....I must of said it like 20 plus times ON THIS BLOG...then I quit and didn't say anything to the masses lol. It was only for 8 months though right? I came back to tell you, that has to count for something?

I do want to thank all the emails and comments that asked where I was and if I was going to come back. I didn't reply because I didn't know what I wanted to do with this blog. Plus I been pretty f'n busy with work, family, friends, and my house. Not to mention playing other video games and being overall lazy.

Thats right...its how i roll.

So...what now mister?

As you can see, I changed things around a little bit on the blog. I removed alot of the WoW links. Mostly because they are severely outdated. Plus I want this blog to have general random thoughts and BS, not just be about WoW. I didn't delete any articles, because lets be honest...they are just too much badass...but I tried to clean up the blog as much as possible.

Now my blog is going to be used to talk about what a 25 year old male in America finds interesting. I mean really....its that simple.

Sports like MMA, Football, Fantasy Football, Soccer...Speaking of Fantasy Football people. I am pretty sure that "P" over at LFTS will start up his weekly podcast about Fantasy Football soon. I should be on there most of the time...and even if I'm not...listen to it anyway.

Not to mention all types of video games that I play or think would be intriguing.

So there you have it blog lovers! Make sure to follow me on twitter if you just can't get enough of me on the blog lol.

I know I am that interesting lol....but by following me on twitter, atleast you will get an idea of what I want this blog to be like.

OH FO SHO...until next time people, I'm WTFout!

I Pimp'd Slapped Mike Tyson...

2010-01-13T06:05:00.000-08:00

Hola blog lovers!

You might have noticed that I haven't had a real blog article in over a week.

I'm been slacking I know.

Speaking of slacking, I have been major slacking in regards to WoW. I logged off last Thursday night and didn't even log in to the game until 730pm the following Tuesday lol.

So that was 10 easy frost badges that I could have had...but oh well, real life happens. Actually, it was a combination of real life and the feeling of "F IT" in regards to WoW.

I don't really enjoy WoW as much as I did unless I am raiding. Not even raiding in general, but raiding in a 25 man. Not sure what changed with me, it could be the fact that I got my PS3 fixed and I have been playing a metric TON of Madden 2010. In fact, I know that is what happen lol.

blah blah blah right?

Lets get into some real WoW talk now shall we?

when helping out goes wrong...

So I logged in last night and got invited to the raid to heal. Since I have been in the guild, roughly a month, there has been only one other resto Shaman that comes in to raid on a consistent basis.

His gear was ok and even had an overall higher item level then me, but he was doing it all wrong. What I mean is that he was still gemming for mp5 and intellect. He also had a few straight spell power gems still and the stats on his gear were too much based on crit and mp5.

After a few weeks of raiding with him and noticing that I am doing 8-15% more effective healing them him, I decided to see how it he would take some constructive criticism.

It went very well, too well. He re-gemmed to sp / haste or straight haste. He stopped using our horrible t9 4 piece bonus and switched out some of his crit / mp5 gear to haste / crit gear.

He also got lucky and got himself a battered hilt. Which means he has a pretty f'n sexy 1h mace with a ton of sp, haste, and crit on it.

I was happy for him. I felt good for helping a follow "veteran" rank of the guild out and making him a better raider. However, he was untouchable tonight lol.

I don't know if it is because I haven't even logged in the past 5 days and I need to get back into the swing of things or my advice really worked wonders with that player.

Either way, I'm scared. I was the pretty much the top healer in regards to overall healing through out the raid night. Some fights I would be strictly raid healing, others I would be tank...but at the end of the night, I had the most effective healing when reviewing the WoL and recount.

Not only that, but I am still a recruit! I have dropped hints that in so many words says "hey...why am I still a recruit"...but yet as it stands now, I am still a recruit. This shaman that I helped out has been with the guild for a very long time and has the "veteran" guild rank. Now that his production has skyrocketed...they may decide to go with someone else.

Who knows...I am probably tripping and overthinking the situation...but it bothers me that for 4 weeks (2 weeks longer then the normal "recruit" phase) straight I have been on time and made every single raid. I have yet to get a piece of loot over any other member of the raid that needs it during this time too.

To me, this is PLENTY of information to make a decision if they want me in their guild or not. I just don't want to bring up the subject. After writing my thoughts down though...I think I am going to have a talk with them.

This is why having a blog is so badass...you write stuff down and wrap your mind around it. Then you can reread your own words and come to a logical conclusion on how to resolved it.

WORD

ICC 25 and A New Title...

Thats right biatches...Tek has a new title. It is one that I never thought I would ever get because I was never in a guild that either

A - Gave a shit

or

B - Wasn't skilled / geared enough to do it.

I think you probably already know what I am talking about. You are correct FRWEND!

25 Sarth 3D and the twilight vanquisher title.

80% of the raid has never done it before and after 2 wipes, what we did to that poor ho Sarth and her 3 drakes was TEXTBOOK.

It was awesome how we all worked together and pwned the encounter how it is supposed to be done...meaning we didn't ZERG it down. We killed each drake, had to jump into portals, avoid void zones / fire wall, and then moved took our sweet time slapping Sarth.

The mount of course dropped and I rolled a 98!!!

Holy snapfizzle batman, 22 people rolled and my 98 was good. At this point, which was a mistake, I had my spirit fingers going and doing a little white boy dance in my computer chair.

The last two people roll

99
99

My dancing and spirit fingers transitioned IMMEDIATELY into a facepalm. I love me some mounts, but I am more then satisfying with my Green Proto Drake. So NBD.

I can't help but to feel like a badass. I know we completely over gear'd the encounter and during the time the encounter was out (no conquest badges, only heroism and valor heh) I was not capable of doing it with my gear or the people that I was surrounded by....

But still...I can't help but rocking the title and feeling like I just pimp'd slapped Mike Tyson in face for being 15 minutes late with MAH MONEY!!

That was out of the blue uh?

TL:DR - I feel like a badass even though I know I shouldn't. =D

ICC Front...

Due to my recent hiatus from WoW, I missed my 10 man run on Friday for ICC. They did pretty well and got to the last boss, but ended up failing 10 times. I think the closest they came was 40% or so...not too bad in my opinion.

This week we had a few new recruits in our 25 man run and nothing pisses me off more then embarrassing our guild name with stupid stuff like starting 15 minutes late or wiping on the first few pulls of TRASH!!

We finally pulled our head out of our asses and stopped doing stupid crap. We made it to Lord Marrowgar and 1 shotted him. My shield dropped...but I didn't get it =(.

To my surprise, we completely pwned the first wing and 1 shotted everything else including Deathbringer.

Deathbringer is just so easy with our strategy and our people...I know this isn't the norm in most guilds and that is why I am not taking it for granite. Even though there is seriously tons of other places you can look up strats for Deathbringer, I am still planning on doing a write up from a healers perspective and of course some basic tips to pwning.

Plagueworks...

I highly enjoy the puppies. I think they are a cool addition to the trash and if you made it this far with the same group in the raid....there is no reason why you should be wiping on these little buggers.

One of them, Stinky, is a mean mofo though. If the decimate happens the same time as the pulse, I wish you luck. Hopefully your healers have DBM and time there raid heal to hit right after everyone's health drops.

Our 25 man only focused on Festergut last week. What a crazy fuck fest this dude is. Its another dps race, but this time Blizzard decided to throw in a ton of coordination in with it. We spent the first night wiping for 3 hours (6-7 attempts) but finally got a solid strat going and actually perfected the coordination part, we were just lacking on the dps.

By the way....I freakin love the enrage Festergut. Some bosses enrage and then start picking people off one by one right? No, no...not good ol' Fester. When his enrage hits...he one shots the raid 2 or 3 seconds afterwards lol. Its actually pretty comedical.

Our best shot was 5%, but we were getting to 7-10% almost every time once we got the coordination down.

For some reason our range dps was lacking in this fight. People that normally do 6.5-7k dps were only doing 4.5-5k dps across all attempts. I am sure we will get him down tomorrow, especially if we are more melee heavy then ranged.

For healing and general tips for all of the bosses in the Plagueworks, check out this fantastic write up. I was going to do my own, but this article was just too good. So go check it out.

Wedding Bells...

Former author of this "P" is getting married on Saturday. I will be missing the Saints vs Cardnials playoff game and I couldn't be happier.

Grats to both of you and I can seriously say that I have NEVER meet two people that are so right for eachother. I am glad to be apart of your celebration.

Cheers!

Consider the Citadel Stormed...

2010-01-06T12:42:00.000-08:00

Tuesday Maintenance Boredom - new wing in ICC and elemental set bonus cooldown?

2010-01-05T04:30:00.000-08:00

Morning blog lovers!!

Its Tuesday morning again and while we are glad that it is no longer Monday, it still sucks that the servers are down and we can't melt faces until mid afternoon.

Go Go Gadget Garage Gate Opener

Yes, Blizzard's vaacation is over and they should be back to working on the ICC gated progression non-sense. All the news sites state that we should be seeing the gate being open to the next wing in the Icecrown raid.

For some reason, probably because I have one, I see Blizzard having a garage door opener when it comes to opening the gate to the next wing. That is pretty weird isn't it? It is probably even weirder that I had a dream about it that also somehow involved Brittany Murphy then uh? Yea, I have issues, I think we all know that by now...

Anyway, the new wing, hall, whatever you want to call it has three bosses within it.

You see the loot tables on those suckas? I can't wait to get in there and start pwning it up. The fights mechnicals don't look too terrible, but in all reality, there is no way I can say that until I get to actually fight them. I mean, Lady Deathwhispher didn't look that hard on paper in a 25 man, yet the coordination of your raid team leaves little room to screw up in order to defeat her.

So only time will tell.

The last boss of the wing, Professor Putricide, is also the first boss that has limited attempts. Blizzard's way of gating the raid even further. The limited attemtps were first suppose to be 5, but after enough QQ'ing, they got up'd to 10 attempts before lockout.

Yes, that does mean that you only get 10 attempts a week on this boss before he dispawns and you are done with the instance. What I am curious about is what happens to the limited amount of attempts once the next gate is opened? I realize that 10 attempts on a boss is pretty solid and if you don't get it with 10 attempts, then your raid probably isn't going to be able to do it that week anyway. But still, it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Frost badges

Speaking of the new wing being released, that also means that we have a chance to get 6 extra frost badges a week from each version of ICC. So if you are in a guild that clears 25 man ICC and 10 man ICC weekly that means you should be getting a bare minimum of 28 frost badges a week! Pretty f'n shaweet imo

That isn't taking into affect the two badges you get a day from the LFG tool and the weekly raid quest, which is 19 more frost badges.

Using my fantastic math skills that comes to a grand total of 47 frost badges a week.

Holy shit that is alot of badges per week and for the first time in a VERY long time. I am in an guild that has a good chance of doing that. I know for a fact that our 10 man team is uber and if we can't clear out 10 man ICC...then I wouldn't suspect many other people to do it as well. In regards to our 25 man ICC, we are currently stuck on Deathbringer...so even though we can get him to 5% or less...that still doesn't count as a kill.

So we shall see, but with the release of the second wing of ICC, we are getting close to killing that no good, Hitler wannabe, sob....the lich king. Ya, I didn't capitalize his name for a reason. That reason is because I think he is a BIAAATCH!

Thats right, I said it. What is he going to do?

Last thing I want to say about frost badges is that with a potential of 47 badges a week, our tier 10 bonuses shouldn't be that far away. It isn't too uncommon now to see people with their 2 piece set bonus, but I must warn the Elemental Shamans of WoW...beware of the two piece bonus and running the random heroic...

...be scared

...very scared

Elemental Shaman 2pc T10 causing a 7 day cooldowns

7 day cooldown?!? WTFmate!! Please tell me more before I go to a real wow blog to find out.

Damn...I can't even get past the title before you guys are jumping at the heels.

To quote Blizzard

"You may not want to use the set while using Dungeon Finder until we known for sure what the problem is. Whe we have an update, we'll be sure to let you know."

Well Blizzard, thanks for all the details. Don't worry about us Elemental Shamans that have been playing your game every day for the pass 3 weeks to get my 2pc T10 bonus. I can only assume that the 7 day cooldown is for the random dungeon quest.

Pretty weak. So if have the 2pc T10...be warned, don't equip when you queue up for the random daily...because you will then be locked out for the next 7 days.

7 day cooldown...so random...doesn't even make sense from a code point of view. I guess that is why Blizzard they have know idea why this is happening.

figures...

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

ICC Index - Healing as a Shaman

2010-01-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Morning blog lovers!!

Its Monday...

Don't worry, I am sad too. The holidays are over and if you are still on some sort of vacation, then I think I speak for everyone when I say I hate you. Only in a jealous way though...you are pretty cool other then that.

So you might have remembered me doing something very similar with Ulduar. Well, I started that about 4-5 days before I took a few month hiatus and when I returned I didn't continue with it.

However!!!

I have no plans to quit the game anytime soon, I am hopelessly addicted just like you. I will be talking about all the trash and bosses from the view point of a resto shaman and (the) ~~my way~~ best way to deal with them. I will also be going over anything that I deem important to know from that prospective as well.

Such as...

What stats should I be shooting for in the 10 man ICC?
What stats should I be shooting for in the 25 man ICC?
What should my stats look like before I step into ICC 10/25?
What totems, buffs, mods, alcoholic drink should I get for the raid?
Any tricks or this is how I did it and it worked that I come across.
What kind of gear should I look forward to in ICC?
Anything else that comes to mind

Currently my guild is 4/4 in ICC 10 and 3.95/4 in ICC25 lol. We got Deathbringer to less then 5% two separate times this pass lockout and I know that he is going to die this week. I will change that 3.95/4 to 4/4 FOR SURE.

that was alot of fours...my apologizes

Continuing!

What stats should I have before I start ICC 10?

Before I get into stats and what to go for, you need to know what is our number 1 stat. If you ask a group of 10 man resto shaman raiders, I bet you would get 3 answers.

Spell power
Haste
mp5

Now, there are some very clear cut lines on how to gear your shaman. The math guys did alot of work and testing over at elitist jerks and came up with the following.

Haste = 1.5
Spell Power = 1.0
mp5 = 1.0
Crit = 0.8
Intel = 0.6

The numbers are called Healing Equivalency Points or HEP. Its very simple, the higher your HEP score is, the better of a healer you can be....to a point. I say that because you still have to balance your stats. You can't just rock all haste, sp, and crit gear. You would run out of mana during boss encounters and that would make you a healer without mana, or what I like to call completely and utterly useless.

Before I go any further with talking about 10 man raiding, I want to make a clear line between the following.

Are you in a 10 man raiding guild that raids 10 man ICC
Are you in a 25 man raiding guild that also raids 10 man ICC

There is quite a large difference. If you are in a 25 man guild that raids 10 man ICC, all your dps should be very high, especially for the first wing. Not only that, but you as the healer will have much higher stats and your gear should be a much higher item level.

Even though the 25 man raider should be focusing in more on the HEP values of haste and therefore gemming for it, that does not mean that a healer in the 10 man only guild doesn't need more mp5 then haste. Therefore they are gemming and getting their hands on as much mp5 as they can.

That being said, my situation is of that of my second option; I am in a 25 man raiding guild that also raids 10 man ICC. There for I have a metric ton of haste and spell power. Due to the way my gear is currently, I am coming dangerous close to the "do not pass" line on mp5 for a demanding 10 man like ICC.

We also run a two healer, two tank, six dps setup to maximize our dps. I highly recommend running with two healers, even if you are just a 10 man guild. The best situation would be to have one of your healers go dps if they have some decent gear for it. If you run into wipe after wipe, he or she can always go back to healing to see if that will help. I do believe that every boss in ICC will be able to be 2 man or 3 man healed. It just depends on your raid setup and if the other members of your raid can pick up the slack and not fail (i.e. high dps for gear level, not standing in fire, not going out of LOS of healer, focus firing, ect.)

Now that I have got that off my mind...lets get back to what I originally wanted to say in this section...

WTF kind of stats should I have before ICC 10??

This is what I would recommend for a 2 healer setup in ICC 10. All of these numbers are completely unbuffed, meaning no totems.

Spell Power = ~2400-2600. Spell power equals throughput. Throughput keeps everyone alive and allows you to do everything better.

Mp5 = ~350-400 mp5 while casting. If you are in a 10 man only guild and only have access to mp5 gear, I would probably shoot for more along the lines of 450-500 mp5 as a base. That way with your water shield, buffs, and totems, you should be around 650-700 mp5 which is more then enough. Do your own testing, see what works for you. It is hard for me to get a good number for this in a 10 man only guild. If you have any suggestions, please write a comment and we can talk about it.

Haste = ~575-600. This shouldn't be that hard to reach. Just because you are raiding a 10 man and not in 25 man, doesn't mean that haste isn't our numbero uno stat. It very much is and I wouldn't be satisfied until it was around 820ish. That way your chain heal will be 2 seconds without our totems. 575-600 is the starting number. 820 is a number to aim towards and will come later on with gear. Remember, keep your stats balance and find a good number for you and your raid setup.

Mana (intel) = ~20000-22000. Again, should be hard to reach with gear. You should not have to gem for intel and if you do, then you might want to take another look at your gear for some upgrades. Now remember, intel is a very good stat for us, just not in the top three anymore.

10 intel = 5.5 mp5 for a 5 min fight. It also gives a static 3.3 crit and 1.8 spell power.

We are not Paladins, do not gem for intel unless you just don't have the gear for it. If that is the case, like I said before...I doubt your gear is ready for ICC 10 before the nerfbat comes.

Ofcourse, prove me wrong! Let me know about it. Give me details.

Crit = ~27-30%. You know you love some crit. You love to see your chain heal go off and hit 4 targets, three of which crit. That also means that Ancestral Healing proc'd giving everyone 10% less physical dmg taken. It also procs Ancestral Awakening which heals the lowest raid member. Its good stuff, but I wouldn't get more then 30-31% in a 10 man.

WTB totems - 25g per raid member - PST

Wouldn't that be AMAZING!?! hah. Thinking about it now I take that back, there would be over-population in Shaman. It would be like Warlocks TBC all over again.

/puke

Back to the subject, Totems! Yes, we have them. They are our calling card and they give the raid a substantial amount buffs. However, I see so many shaman not paying attention to what totems they are laying down or nothing caring. Being a former Holy Paladin back in TBC, if someone didn't have their kings / might / STFU....I would get 10 tells from every person of that class telling me about it. Yet, when it comes to totems....noone complains about the missing buffs totems provide. Its rather intriguing.

Now, I give lead way to my dps Shaman of WoW. They need to their totems to buff their dps output and if the rest of the raid benefits then its icing on the cake.

mmm....cake....

/slap

DAMN! Guy can't think of some cake? SOB!

Resto shaman on the other hand should be all about benefiting the raid, especially if you trust in your skill / gear to get the job at hand done.

Here are the rules. Learn them, love them, don't be that Shaman...

These come straight from the top. This isn't just me thinking I know what is best in all raiding situations. Due note that if there is alot of movement or an encounter that involves alot of spreading out, its ok to drop the same totems to make sure everyone is always in the coverage zone.

AIR:

1. If there isn't a Frost Death Knight or Enhancement Shaman, drop Windfury

2. Otherwise drop Wrath of Air

Earth:

1. If there isn't an Enhancement Shaman or a Death Knight, drop Strength of the Earth

2. Otherwise drop Stoneskin, which also stacks with Paladin's Devo aura

Water:

1. If there isn't a Paladin for Blessing of Wisdom, drop Mana Spring.

2. Otherwise drop Healing Stream. With my gear its 475ish hp a tick. Eat your heart out Druids.

3. Dropping the cleansing totem is situation and should go without saying, but just incase you forgot you had it or something...I'll mention it.

Fire:

1. If there isn't an Enhancement Shaman, Elemental Shaman, or Demonology Warlock, drop Flametongue.

2. Eh...if you want another one you can drop searing or something. I like to save the mana truthfully.

Again, remember about the coverage area of the encounter and if you are going to have to drop duplicate totems to ensure coverage.

Feel free to drop a comment to talk about your thoughts or anything you are unsure of. Or if you think that I got it wrong, let me know.

WTFspaghetti is here for YOU!

Until next time I'm WTFout!!!!

15 in 15...

2010-01-03T05:25:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010 from WTFspaghetti!

Its Saturday night / Sunday morning and I am at work. I been here for 6 hours and I haven't done anything. Its kinda cool, but mostly fucking boring. So I am going to write another real life post about an event that happened at my New Year's Eve party.

I promise that this is indeed a WoW blog and I will get back on track and talking about WoW tomorrow and the rest of the week. Infact, I have a few articles almost done that should be informational actually....I know...me informational?

Far out indeed

15 shots in 15 minutes....

Long time reader and former author of this blog, P, said he was going to do 15 shots in 15 minutes to bring in the New Year. Now, due mostly because I am a bitch, I did not participate in this event at our New Years Eve party. However, I made sure to have a front row view, that is certain.

Four people started on the adventure...how many actually pulled through and did it?

Well, first of all...the shots were in bomb glasses. They were using vodka to fill up the little cup and red bull or juice to fill the outer, illustrated in the picture.

1 shot, 2 shot, 3 shots later(so 3 minutes later)....one of the four said there is no way he is going to finish, but due to the fact that he is not a bitch, he continued on....

...however, after the 5th shot he was done.

After the six shot was done and a minute passed, we couldn't find one of the contestants! I went outside and I see him in the distance...you know...throwing up and what not. Little did I know, that this was not going to be the only time I heard someone or smelled puke that night.

So we are down to two. We got "P" still going strong and a 6ft 3" man that weighs every bit of 350 lbs, we will call him "G". "P" had a setback around shot 9 and lost a minute, but to my surprise, he came back and finished it out. In fact, both "P" and "G" did 15 shots however, it was not in the time frame of 15 minutes. They completed it in 22 minutes and I must say, I was highly surprised and will give them their well deserved props.

So you are wondering what happen at the 15 minute mark? Well, I tried to call it off and say that it was over and done with so they would stop consuming the alcohol at a dangerous rate, however....

...you try to tell two grown men that are already 11 shots deep that they didn't make the timer and tell me how that goes. We even stopped pouring the shots for them after that...which by the way was awesome to see these fools try to pour the liquid into these cups...f'n harilous.

I won't go too much further in the story but there is one other thing I would like to tell if you don't mind. I mean....if you are still reading this then obvisously you don't mind at all.

The scariest and most impressive thing of the night was not the 15 shots in 22 minutes.

Oh noes, there was something more at this party. Its how we do it in St. Louis I guess lol. Our friend "P", about 30 minutes later was FINE.

He was drunk, yes. He was having a good time, yes. But he was fine. He wasn't stumbling all over the place and talking nonsense like "G" was....no, no. "P" was acting his normal non sober self and that to me was the scariest and most impressive thing I saw so far this year.

Now I know that this year, 2010, was only about 1 hour old...but I PRAY TO GAWD that I don't see anything scarier then that for the rest of the year.

Lets be serious here for a second...

We don't judge people here at WTFspaghetti, so if you have any comments about drunk driving or any lame attempts into guilting us that we did something wrong...I don't want to hear them.

We are professionals and GROWN adults. We had a designated driver and all that jazz and I am happy to say that noone got hurt.

...well, let me rephrase that, noone got seriously hurt lol =P

So heres to you "P"! You may not be 40, but you are most certainly a MAN!!!

and anything else that pops in my mind...

2009-12-31T05:55:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years Eve! Hooray! I want everyone to be safe tonight and wake up the next day alive and not in jail for drunk driving or any other crazyness. Seriously, have a designated driver.

The police make more then enough money on New Years Eve night to pay for the first quarter of the year expensives. So don't risk it.

fuckers...

But we need them to protect us from idiots and the insane people in this country. So cheers to that eh?

and anything else that pops in my mind...

You see, here at WTF, I like the balance between real life stories and gaming to be about a 5/95 split. Five percent real life ramblings, 95% WoW or gaming related nonsense. However, if you look at my header of my blog it clearly states...

Random thoughts and interesting stories about the world....of warcraft and anything else that pops in my mind.

This is one of those times where this post isn't going to be mostly about WoW or gaming. So you have been warned.

But lets me real...if you follow my blog for informative post only...you would only read my blog a handful of times a month lol! You read my blog to be entertained or you like my writing style....or both. So let me do mah thang and entertain you mmmk?

So lets get on with it shall we?

I was thinking about writing up a few things the past couple of days. A post about my blog (favorite posts, comments, memes, readers, ect) and all the bloggers I seen come and go.

Eh...too overdone in the blogmosphere this year for me. I did it last year for a New Year's post and it was somewhat cool...but that was 2008.

This is the last day of 2009 people! The last day of the mother fucking decade! I wouldn't feel right talking about what this blog did or what I did in the past year alone.

Then I thought I would do a Resto Shaman FYI post due to all the fail I have personality seen in regards to HIGH level and RAIDING Resto Shamans. Wrong specs, strange gear choices, gemming for incorrect stats like crit and intellect. Just wrong things to do as a wise, wielder of nature and its healing powers . The sad thing about it is that they are in guilds that raid 25 mans! One of them even had a gearscore of 5450!

Total fail and being the type of person that I am, it drives me nuts. However, this isn't just a Resto Shaman blog...I have plenty of readers that play WoW and don't even have a healer. Not only that, but...

...ITS THE LAST DAY OF THE F'N DECADE PEOPLE!!!111!!11!!1

This is important. This is not just another new year.

Think back to 2002. What were you doing? Who were you doing? Are you the same person now as you were back then?

The answer to the third question can't be anything else then the word "No". I am saying that because back in 2002, you never even heard of World of Warcraft. It didn't even hit Alpha until late 2003. Hell, back in 2002 I am willing to bet you weren't even a online computer gamer. I know I wasn't. I played a few computer games online here and there, but mostly with people that I knew.

Nothing like how it is now.

I been playing WoW for half of decade. The other half was dominated by console games like Super Mario 64, Halo, Age of Empires, and sports games like Madden and FIFA. I still play my fair share of console games, but my free time that I use for video games is mostly taken up but the powerhouse, virtual drug...WoWcrack.

Switching subjects sligthly....

My main goal for the past 9 years was to have fun, be social, and meet / interact with as many people that I could. Things are changing now for me. I am getting older and I have a girlfriend that will soon be wife. The core group of friends that I have means everything to me and I have no motivation to meet other ones and be as social as I once was. I have very little doubt by this time next year I will have a kid on the way. I have an office job, a college degree, and a house.

WTF happened!?!

At the begining of the decade all the way up to 2008ish...I been all about friends and partying. My focus has changed quite a bit from that thinking and it scares me. Now that I realize that the 2000s are done and in the history books, makes you think of all the shit that has happened in the past 10 years....in your personal life and in the world.

Animals tried to kill us multiple times. First is was the mad cow disease in 2003, then the bird flu in 2007. Most recently, and their best attempt to kill us, was the Swine Flu and it was actually declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Was it really a pandemic? Working the shift that I work, I sleep through the nightly news....though...not sure if I would watch it anyway, but I didn't think it was a damn pandemic!.
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The Doomsday clock , symbolic representation of the threat of nuclear annihilation, went from 9 minutes to 7 minutes til midnight....then in 2007 it moved to 5 minutes til midnight. Midnight meaing...uh...BOOM.
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I don't think any of us, especially Americans, can forget 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. I remember Katrina very cleary. Even though it didn't effect me personally, it effected one of my current guildies. He had to stay at the metrodome and deal with all of the madness. I remember the day he logged back on, like 3 weeks after the strom hit. Everyone was freaking out because we knew he was going to be effected by it. When he told the story though....

just wow.
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What else? Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got a divorce!

/shock

Brad then went and married crazy ass Angelina Jolie. They then went on to adopt like 10 kids from various countries.

Speaking of crazys...Brittany Spears was number 1 and could do no wrong in the early 2000s...then this happen lol.

See kids...this is why drugs are bad. I am not into nor follow celebrity nonsense, but those two stories come to mind when I think back on entertainment stuff.

Oh!!!

Who could forget the year were it was cool to wear a short mini shirt with no underwear while you have 100 people with cameras pointed at you!?! Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears...was there another one? LOL.

WTFspaghetti's 15 man Choir:

/spirit fingers

"Those bitches are NASSSSSTTTTAY!!"
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Its rather scary to think what I am, nonetheless the world, is going to be like at the end of 2019. At the begining of this decade I was a punk teenager, pothead, party animal, only concerned with being social, and hooking up with girls.

Towards the middle I was still a pothead and a party animal, but it was all downgraded slighty. I didn't party as hard, or smoke as much pot. I also got involved in a pretty serious relationship and I became addicted to World of Warcraft lol.

Later in the decade I already spoke about a little in this article. Quite a huge transitition if you ask me...but maybe that is because I am only in my mid 20s and I still have no idea what this whole life thing is I guess...I thought I did....but when I started thinking that the 2000-2009 decade is already gone. My brain was critted with a wall of shit to write down on a pad of paper, or on mah BLOG! Hooray!!

So do yourself some reflection. Think about the past 10 years and set some goals up for the upcoming decade.

Sorry if this post was boring, but my brain needed the relief lol.

Until next year, I'm WTFout!!

Back to the Grind...

2009-12-29T05:05:00.000-08:00

Title has nothing to do with WoW. It has to do with the real life grind. Winter hoilday is pretty much over unless you're off until after the New Years....

...and if you are I is jealous

I actually had a very good holiday break and for the first time in....um....I don't know, 6-7 months. I have a working Playstation 3 again!! Hooray!

That isn't the best part...no, no. I have a friend that used to be married to a woman. They got divorced and I still see the women from time to time because she is a manager at a video store by my house. I went in a few days ago and told her that I got my ps3 fixed and I am going to rent EVERYTHANG!!!

She laughed and said that if they have more then 2 ps3 version of a game, she can sell them to me for five dollars.

/shock...I'm going to say that again.

If they have more then 2 ps3 versions of a game, she can sell them to me for five dollars.

Holy shit Batman! I went to the ATM and got out 50 bucks and bought all games. It was pretty f'n sweet. So if anyone needs some ps3 games, I can get you them for 15 dollars...let me know!

what? think I am going to be the middle man for nothing? PFT, I'm a HUSTLA BABAY!!

WoWzors....

Speaking of making money, I made a bunch of gold this weekend in WoW. Being an alt-holic that I am, I am always in need of gold. I have 3 level 80s...Shaman, Mage, Warlock. I have a 70 pally and a 60 druid. I highly doubt that I will ever level my paladin, but sooner or later I am going to make the push and level my kitty.

This means MONIES people. Lots of monies for enchants, gems, gear, flying skill, sexual favors, dual spec, leveling professions, ect...you get the point.

I have been making a few hundred here and there, but nothing major and my combined gold went from about 9k gold to 5k gold after leveling blacksmithing and on my Shaman and gearing my Warlock.

I decided that I was going to use the frost badges that I get on my two max level toons, to buy the new "orbs" of the patch, primordial saronite. It costs x23 badges and sells on my server for 2k-3k gold.

I bought two of them, one with lock, one with mage. I sold them both for 2.5k gold and went to Silvermoon's Gentlemens Club and made it rain on those elfs. After that I had about 4.5k gold profit!

My thinking was my alts are in fact....just alts. I enjoy playing them and upgrading there stats, but its all good if it takes awhile for me to get there. Who knows how long the prices of primordial saronite will be this high.

Economics tells us that the less availability of the product, the more that it is worth if there is a demand. Well, there should always be a demand, they are the major materials for the legendary 2 hander and several best in slot pieces for cloth, leather, mail, and plate. However, no raider worth anything is going to give up their hard to get frost badges to sell them for gold. Not when several best in slot pieces, including the new tier 10 pieces, cost 60-95 badges each.

As more and more people get everything they need from the frost badge gear the price is going to drop hardcore. Not only that, but now people are realizing that they can run the daily heroic for 2 frost badges a day on their alts and make that kind of bank off of it. Already I have seen the price drop from 4.5k two weeks ago, to 2k gold now. I think after the new VoA boss gets released and becomes farmed the price will drop down to about 1k gold and stay in that range for awhile until the Lich King dies. Around that time I bet there are going to be alot of people that are going to say fuck it, I'm going to need gold for the upcoming expansion

Speaking of Frost Badges...

Over the break, I got enough frost badges to buy some uber stuff. [Drape of the Violet Tower](cape), [Waistband of Despair] (belt), or the hottness that is [Purified Lunar Dust] (trinket). Or I could you know....save for tier gear.

This decision took me seriously two hours! Two f'n hours. I bought the trinket and tested it out by just casting RT > LHW > HW > CH. It didn't proc enough for me, but when it did proc...we are talking about 1100 mp5 for ~10 seconds with my gear. It was what I like to call "reDONKEYous".

I got invited to a ICC25 man rep run. I returned the trinket and re-bought it to reset the 2 hour return timer. I was pretty impressed by the trinket. It proc'd enough and really helped my throughput as well as making my mana last longer. Which means I can heal more, but...eh...I don't know...lets do some quick thinking...

The current trinket that it would have replaced has +128 intellect.

10 int = ~5.5 mp5 / 1.8 spell power / 3.3 crit
With my ghetto math that equals to be 70mp5 / ~20 spell power / 42 crit rating.

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With the [Purified Lunar Dust] the proc is ~76-101 mp5 and has 153 spell power. Definitely an upgrade, but not worth spending the badges on before the tier 10 bonuses.

So I returned it.../sad panda.

The cape was a huge upgrade, but again...not worth spending the badges before the tier 10 bonuses.

So now we have [Waistband of Despair] or save for the tier gear. First of all, holy shit that belt is retarded. Two yellow sockets standard?!? Plus a ton of int, sp, haste, and crit? No mp5 means that it is perfect for my off spec, elemental as well? The upgrade in HEPs from what I had was plain silly and worth it alone, 260 to 401. Not to meantion it 70+ more haste then my current belt plus a spinkle more crit. Being the haste freak that I am, I had to get it. Just too big of an upgrade overall. I am going to try really hard not to spend any more frost badges and save up for the tier 10. Mostly due to the sexyness of the bonuses.

Rest of the Weekend?

Only thing else that I did in warcraft was get my rep ring to honored. I must say...this damn thing is crazy good. I also like how Blizzard kept in mind duel specs and gives you the option to switch rings at a cost of 200g

Other then that I been playing Madden 2010 and Little Big Planet with my girlfriend. Its rather surprising that I can beat most of my friends in Madden on a consitent basis, but I am 1 in 4 win it comes to beating my g/f in Madden.

I think she has cheats....or distracts me with her female-ness.

CURSES!!!

BTW, Little Big Planet is a very fun game. It reminds of Donkey Kong, but on acid. I think its neat that two players can play at the same time and how they have side objectives for 2 player mode.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

/gkick

2009-12-24T16:50:00.000-08:00

Merry f'n x'mas eve blog lovers!!

I am working. It sucks, but its only a 7 hour shift and so far I am 2 hours in...not too bad so far. Got alot of family stuff planned over the weekend...aka lots of crown + coke drinkage...so I am going to try to update my blog to entertain the masses if they are stuck at work or just plain super bored over the holidays. I also am going to talk about a little bit about resto shaman theory crafting and healing meters. Also some raiding stories towards the end. So get comfy and relax. Let WTF ~~waste 10 mins of your life~~ entertain you for the next 5-10 minutes.

So lets get it poppin then shall we?

/gkick

Oh yes, I know you guys love some guild drama...so I am going to tell my story about the first time in my 5 years playing this game that I got /gkick'd.

I have a some very good WoW friends and a few real life friends that are GMs and officers of a guild that they made after our last guild broke up. They been trying to get me to join, but after I was spoiled by my previous guild's 25 man raid runs...I decided that I couldn't go back to just 10 mans.

So I joined a 25 man raiding guild that has been on the server since Vanilla WoW. I was with them for a pretty decent amount of time, roughly 3-4 months.

The good things about this guild was that it was an awesome environment filled with very cool and chillen people. It had a good mix of raiders, socials, and pvpers. They also were able to clear all of the current normal 25 man raids besides Yogg in Ulduar (curses!!).

The bad things about this guild in my opinion was their loot distribution method, loot council. I love loot council, but this wasn't a council...the majority of the time it was one person. At best it was two people, a married couple. I never tripped or caused any drama over any loot decisions and for the most part, I agreed with the decision. I just never thought it was a good idea and there were a few times, one particular, that they were dead wrong imo...but that is the kind of stuff that happens when you only have 1 or 2 people in your "council".

Also, there was very few times that we actually had a full 25 man raid with geared and skilled people. Towards the end we were barely getting 15-18 people online during raid times, including socials.

The GM and his wife ran the guild. The GM works in retail and its a busy time of the year for him, which we understood. But after 2 full weeks of no 25 man ICC raid, I started to worry. It wouldn't of been so bad if I was able to get into their one 10 man ICC raid, but I didn't make the cut to heal or dps...which was understandable, but still had me feeling like "F THAT" =P.

I decided to offer to make a new guild website that would be easier for possible recruits to navigate and also build up guild moral while we were not logged in. I made it and the GM updated it with guild information...rules, application, ect.

5-6 days passes...still no mention of the guild website in the MOTD or the guild information. So no guildies knew about it besides the two people I mentioned. I talked to one of them to see if there is anything I can do to try and help the situation out...I was told that they were going to rebuild and to just show up and be a good guildie...fair enough.

I wanted to talk to the main GM, but he wasn't on for 4 days in a row besides once. I tried to talk to him during that time and didn't get a response. It was at this time that I started looking for another guild to join that would have a raid spot for me.

Lastly, I spoke with a long time member (1+ year in guild) and a fellow raider. Even though his ranking was just a raider, I considered him an officer. We had about a 20-30 minute conversation about the guild and where its heading.

He went through the roster and told me that if things don't change 75% will probably leave to find another home. He also stated that the current leaders of the guild have checked out and will probably won't put too much effort into getting the guild back into the 25 man raids. During this conversation he also stated that he would be HIGHLY surprised if the guild raids any progression 25 man raids until the next expansion comes out.

Wow...next expansion?

I thanked him for his honesty with me and debated these two things.

A. Take the bull by the horns and really push progression and recruiting. Try to find a smaller guild to merge with and take on more responsibility in the guild.

B. Look else where.

WWBLD

W.W.B.L.D. = What Would Blog Lovers Do? lol

Seriously though, what would you do in this situation? I thought about it for a little bit. I weighed the ups and downs. I looked at a few guild's websites...

hold up!

One of the guild websites that I was browsing had one of our GM's alt as an applicant!

I checked the guild log and sure as shit....the alt left the guild about a week or so ago.

Now my mind is made up. If one of the two leaders of the guild is applying for one of the tops guilds (same raids times as ours btw) on our server on an alt, then I am not going to choose option A and try to push the guild forward.

I applyed to a top end 25 man raiding guild, but I miss read there raids times and couldn't make them due to my job. So I was forced to withdrawn my application. It was pretty upsetting really, I already passed the written and vent interview and was going to get a trial invite.

There were 3 other guilds that I was interested in. I applied to my second choice and they replied to me stating that my application was great and I am geared enough, but that they are going to talk with my current guild for a possible recommendation.

lol!

Now, they said this during the afternoon while I was asleep. I log in the game to see my current guild's raid has been cancelled again. I didn't make the cut to join up with the one 10 man raid again...

...and there were no officers on. Well shit, I just don't want to /gquit without telling them my reason why and talking to them. Right before I was about to log to go to work, they both log on.

Figures. Now I don't have the time to talk to them, I got to get ready for work.

I get to work, load up my gmail, and I get a chat message from a WoW friend that I brought into the guild...

"Dude, they /gkick'd you"

LOL. Guess they found out uh? Ya, my friend said they were pissed off that I didn't try and talk to them about it.

Whatever. No hard feelings. I gave ownership of the website that I made to one of the GMs and took my admin rights away. Told them that if they need any help with the site to contact me. No bad feelings or anything.

I've been Nerfed!

Thats right, I said the "N" word. I have been Nerfed. However, this time its a good thing.

How can this be?

Nerfed is the name of my new guild. What interested me about them is that they are 3/4 in ICC 25 man, 4/4 ICC 10 (2 groups) and on their website, I have never seen so much detail put into the guild information / rules section.

They broke it down people. There is no possible way that you didn't know what you were signing up for if you read the entire guild information / rules section. They didn't leave anything to the imagination and its not like the rules of the guild were far fetched. I thought they were fantastic and it was very satisfying that they were so organized.

I got invited as a recruit. Status last for 2 weeks and after that you are either /gkicked or promoted to raider.

I got invited to their 25 man ICC run this week. It was refreshing to see 30+ people online 15 minutes before the raid time and with 1 minute to the schedule raid time we had a full raid group and 22 out of 25 people in the instance.

Then they decided to take another dps and roll with 5 healers instead of 6. They were very polite and understanding of my feelings. To which I said, No biggie, go pwn some faces. Let me know if you need me.

I think that really went far with the officers of the group from their reaction and their PSTs to me appreciating my attitude towards the situation.

They got Saurfang down to 2% twice before wiping!!! They also don't have consistent resto shaman raider. Both of these statements make me very excited about being apart of this guild.

First raid with new guild...

Yea...its go time. I logged into today and got a raid spot. They decided to faceroll ToC25 for the weekly raid quest. I knew all the fights and cleared that place out on my shaman many of times, so I had to show them that I was indeed a player to keep around and get a raid spot.

Before the first pull, I noticed that every one's gearscore is FANTASTIC, including all of the healers.

I was getting a little nervous that I was going to get embarrassed, but all that flew out the window after I looked at the healing meters after the first boss encounter, Northrend Beasts. I had the most effective healing by 3% and the second to lowest overhealing.

As the raid went on, I continued to pew, pew, bolts of nature and heal the shit out of everyone. I made a post yesterday about how I regemmed to gain +50 haste at the cost of 50mp5. It really boosted my HPS and my effective healing. In fact, I never really had any mp5 issues the whole raid. Makes me want to regem all of my blue sockets to straight +20 haste instead of +10 haste / 5mp5. I think I'll wait until the next gate opens up in ICC25 to make that decision. I have an OCD issue when it comes to running low on mana.

So if you read the elitist jerks shaman thread, which you should if you haven't, I am telling you that there is a reason that haste is our numbero uno stat....It has been confirmed by WTFspaghetti lol.

Here is the overall healing meters and overhealing meters. Note that the priests listed were holy, not disc.

I also upgraded my shield! I now have one of the best in slot items for caster shamans, Bastion of Purity. I don't like how little it is, but it doesn't look too bad on my troll. Plus with that upgrade I gained almost 85 HEP points. Pretty tight imo.

ICC10

After we kill anub, we broke off into two 10 man groups. only 2 healers per group! Now, I know what you are thinking...

Dude, its easily done with 2 healers. That may be true, but I have only pugged ICC 10 and that time was with 3 healers and we failed miserably. I know that the first boss, Lord Marrowgar, puts alot alot of damage, so I was kinda freaking out.

The other healer, holy paladin, was very welled geared...so that made me feel alot better.

One dps died on the first boss, but it wasn't terrible healing it with 2 well geared healers. Looking at the meters for the fight we were 50% each. So hooray...I didn't fail.

Second boss we two shotted because the RL made the mistake of having 2 dps on the boss at all times. The remaining 4 dps couldn't take down the adds fast enough due to ranged dps (on the boss) wouldn't switch fast enough to kill the ranged only reanimators.

2nd time through we pwned em.

Gunship battle is rated an A+ by me. I just think it was an awesome encounter. We wiped once because the opposing ship's tank healer couldn't keep him up. We switched roles and we cleared it no problem.

Poor Deathbringer Saurfangor. Listening to the npcs talk to each other, I couldn't help but to feel sorry for his family who is trying to collect his body for burial.

DAMN THE LICH KING!!!

Anyway, the holy pally tells me to heal the tanks and he has the raid. Urm...ok. That is different don't you think? I switched out two pieces of haste / mp5 gear for some crit / mp5 gear and away we went.

Boss is just a gear / dps check IMO. Not as simple like the gear / dps check Patchwerk in Naxx...but nontheless...a gear / dps check. We wiped once because our hunter that is suppose to be kiting with traps and misdirects decides she wanted ALL the aggro and made the sky rain arrows...

Silly hunter

Second try went much smoother. In the words of the great Samuel A Jackson...

"I was a tank healing mother fucker, MOTHER FUCKER!!!"

I was actually surprised on how well I actually did with tank healing duty. I had to drop my mana tide totem, but we ended the fight and I still had 60% mana left. Our dps was pretty good though, we only had one person get the "Mark of Complete Pwnage". We also got the achievement without even knowing there was an achievement.

Cool. 10 points is fun.

After the raid the two officers in the guild messaged me saying how good of a job I did healing. Which was pretty crazy for a guild that I think is pretty elite. Maybe they know the first rule of sucessfully managing people...Recognition and Appreciation.

maybe that is two rules...

Eh...whateverz!

I hope you guys have a safe and fun holiday. If you don't celebrate any holiday around this time, then enjoy the time off from work. If your not off work like me, hopefully I helped pass the time.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

CHEERS!

this is a Shaman blog right?

2009-12-23T06:50:00.000-08:00

Its true. I know that my blog is more of a general WoW-personal experiences-misc-nonsense blog, but I do like to give some good information about my beloved Shaman class.

Patch 3.3 has been out for a few weeks now. We just entered the third full week of the patch and I have had my time to collect my thoughts about all the changes and what they mean for us.

Fire Nova!

Holy crap this fun to play around with. If is very effective now that we have actual trash mobs in the new raid instance, ICC. Not to menation all of the heroic badge farming with the new LFG tool....shamans need to add this to their rotatoin right away. We now have a legit AoE spell.

Noticed how I said "shamans", meaning all specs. Yes, even resto can move up on the dps chart lol.

It has a 30 yard range which means you have to have line of sight of the totem and be at a maximum 30 yards away for the spell to work. You also don't have to drop the totem right by the mobs in order for the spell to hit the baddie. I don't know the exact yardage because I am at work and most sites are block, but from playing around with it I would say the totem itself has a 10 yard radius. Just plop that sucka down, hit the button, and watch the pretty numbers fly.

Pretty simple right? So how good is it and is it worth your dps lost to run up and place the totem in range?

It is very situational. You should not be overly concerned with it in regards to your dps rotation. However, if you are proactive and not just hanging out in the back of the raid/group, you should be able place the totem in range with minimum lost of "dps time".

Another important aspect of this new ability is that you shouldn't be using it unless you are AoE'n things. I am going to have to check on the math, but if there less then 3 mobs, I highly doubt it would be worth using for a dps spec'd shaman. It isn't going to be worth the dps drop from using the Fire Nova spell and losing a GCD while you could have casted a CL, LB, or LvB.

Resto shamans though....feel free to use it as much as you can! There is no reason that you shouldn't be using this on every pull in a 5 man heroic and most trash pulls in raids....just be careful about cleaves and you know...actually healing =P. Now, I am not saying that you should focus on dps'n and using the spell more then keeping people alive...but if you are just chillen and everyones health is good, use that sucka!

It is some pretty sweet dmg even for a Resto shaman, 2k+ dmg to everything. Spell hit and power does factor into if you hit and how hard, so keep that in mind.

I did 25 man Ony yesterday and I placed my totem in the middle of the floor where the whelps would be collected. I hit the spell and BAM! 1.600 dmg to 25+ whelps lol. It was pretty sweet.

What about you guys? How do you feel about the new ability of our fire totems.

Updated 3.3 Resto Shaman stats / gemming / haircuts / medical operations, ect...

Haste anyone? Because haste has overtaken the Shaman community in regards to the restoration spec. I have been reading that some shaman in heroic 25 man guilds are getting close to the haste softcap.

Ya...the haste softcap. What is the haste softcap? Well, there isn't such a thing as the softcap per se...but I hear it mentioned alot, which is confusing to me. Nonetheless, you can not benefit from more then 50% haste. That would bring your GCD to 1 second. Even if you had 50% and then used Bloodlust/Heroism, you wouldn't be affected by the buff at all.

Going back on resto shamans in heroic 25 man guilds....they are approaching 1100-1300 haste!!! Good f'n lord. That is damn close to 40% haste and equals a very, very, fast heal.

What does it mean!!!

So am I telling you to gem the hell out of haste and screw everything else? No. What I am telling you is that once you get your average item level is around 232...you should really gem for haste, it will help your performance, especially in 25 mans.

Red socket - Reckless Ametrine (12 sp 10 haste - 27 HEPs)
Yellow socket - Quick King's Amber (20 haste - 30 HEPs)
Blue socket - Energized Eye of Zul* (10mp5 10 haste)

*Note, in regard to blue sockets. You need 1 to meet the requirement for our meta gem, so only socket one blue socket with Energized Eye of Zul. The rest of your blue sockets should be Quick King's Amber to maximize your HEP (Healing Equivalency Points).

With that being the case, if you notice that you are running out of mana too quickly, definitely roll with the Energized Eye of Zul for your blue sockets. However, its not always a good thing to end a raid boss encounter with a bunch of mana. What that means is that you have too much and you are not maximizing your other stats....to a point. I would go more indepth about it, but I think you know what I am trying to say.

Break it down...

Haste > Spell Power =/= Mp5 > Crit > Intellect

Consider yourself broken down. For a resto shaman, that is our stats ranked in order to maximize your performance. What? Need more information? Slightly confused?

Again, I am going to use HEP. The point is to get your HEP number is high as possible while maintaining a good mana level and throughput. With that said...

Haste - 1.5
Spell Power - 1.0
mp5 - 1.0
Crit - 0.8
Intel - 0.6

Even if you are confused on how HEPs work, just look at the numbers for each stat and gear appropriately. Quite a change from a few patches ago when spell power and intellect was king.

Changes to my Shaman

Since my gear is not quite up to the level or stacking haste like a mad man...I decided to get my shaman for 28% crit, 575 mp5, 2850 spell power, with a whopping 786 haste self buffed.

I went ahead and regemmed for a little more haste at the expense of losing alot of mp5. I dropped about 50mp5 and gained 50 haste. I have only been in one VoA 25 man raid, but so far its pretty nice. My HPS is much more consistent and although I have noticed the difference from the 50mp5 that I used to have, its not making me go out of mana.

Which you know...is a good thing.

I also got a wild stick up my ass and decided I was tried of being a fat cow. It was rather annoying that I didn't fit through 75% of doorways while mounted and going off of racial that would be beneficial for raiding...Tauren shaman don't have anything.

So I could have choose an Orc or a Troll. Orc has +pet dmg and a free spell power trinket. Trolls have better regeneration and a free 20% faster casting trinket.

I choose the troll of the faster casting racial and regen....and because I can have DREADLOCKS!

/headbang

Its funny when you do a race change. Its like your playing a completely new character. I kept looking at my name and thinking...this is Tek...who da F is dis troll mon....

/gasp

I am already talking like a troll now!

I haven't regretted it at all and it has renewed alot of the fun I used to have with my shaman. Not to say I didn't enjoy him before, but it started to feel like a grind almost.

Change is a good thing my friends and with that, I'm WTFout!!

birth control and what can happen if you don't use it.

2009-12-17T03:40:00.000-08:00

What can happen? You can make one of these little bastards. Or worst, you can have a kid that turns out to be a special type of person.

Yeah. you know the type of people that I speak of. Those special people that you just don't understand what is going on in their heads. It is like they are playing a completely different game then us, yet we are commonly connected and grouped as "level 80 insert class here".

Arioch knows what the hell I am talking about...

"I imagine their UI has 3 or 4 buttons that do damage and half the screen is taken up by their Recount.”

Darraxus stated that he is going to post something about these type of people later on in the week. From following his blog, I know he knows what the hell I am talking about.

I even read that some have went so far as mailing these people items to improve their characters and help them not look so....

RETARDED

/gasp

Yeah, I said it. You heard correctly. I went there, came back, and I like it.

But seriously, its true!

Also, before you start telling me that everyone plays the game for different reasons and not everyone cares about improving their toons...blah, blah, blah...

I know and I am well aware of those people.

I am not talking about those people. I am talking about the people who just plain fail at the game due to basic understanding and lazyness.

If you don't want me to freak out about your sub 1000 dps in my daily heroic group. Then don't join my daily heroic group. Don't even queue up. Nope. I refuse to hear any excuses that you may think justify you being in the same group as me in a heroic.

If I was in a regular instance, no problem. You wouldn't hear anything out of me. Want to know why? Because that is exactly where someone of your skill / gear / gaming experience belongs. It looks the same as the heroic version, so you can't use the excuse that you want to see what it looks like ok?

/deep breathe

Then my head blew up...

That is correct. My head blew up like I was on the receiving end of a fatality in Mortal Kombat. This particular sub-1000k dps hunter had "the Patient" title. That means that he has used the LFG tool to group with 50 random people.

My head didn't blow up immediately. Maybe he used the tool to group with people in the regular instances. I asked him how did you get that title?

He replied..."from doing random heroics dumbass. You know maybe if you read the patch notes you would know that lol =P"

I am not going to lie. My head started hurting after his statement. I just rolled with it and didn't reply to him.

Now, I got to thinking. This hunter must be f'n with me. He must be doing that level 75 dps to play a trick on me. So I start laughing to myself and I go and inspect him.

Average item level was 160.
He had 2 epics, both of them crafted item level 200.
His ranged weapon was a green level 78 crossbow.

Then I thought to myself....

Average heroic badge per instance = 3
Random daily heroic bonus = 2
50 random people divided by 4 = 12.5 instance runs. I'm going to round up, so 13 instance runs.
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13 runs multiplied by a minimum of 5 badges per run = 65 triumph badges.

So WTF is this guy doing? He has a bare minimum of 65 triumph badges to mess around with and he doesn't have one piece of gear that is above item level 200?

(boom)
Blog Updates

I changed a few things around the site if you didn't notice already. Added a new banner to spice things up and keep it fresh. Not sure if I like it or not, time will tell.
I went ahead and took "P's" characters off the site since he hasn't written an article in over 7 months..../sniffle.
Changed my Shout out of the Week.
Updated my blog roll with a few very cool blogs that I just recently found, Blueberry Totem and Life in Group 5. Both are Shaman blogs that are very informational from raiders.
Updated a few links to make them more up to date.

Poll Results

Holy crap. I really can't believe prositute whoring, drug addicted, Blood Elfs won the WTF's favorite race poll. I mean...its wild to me. My favorite class, the dwarfs, came in damn near last with only 7% of the vote. Atleast my cowmen came in second with 14% of the vote otherwise my head may start to steam and blow up again.

Lord knows that I am still recovering from the massive headache that the fail huntard gave me eariler today.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!

I Survived...

2009-12-16T05:33:00.000-08:00

Hola blog lovers!

I know everyone was worried and interested to know if I survived the three day roadtrip bachelor party. Well, I am sorry to tell you that I did in fact make it home alive and I will still be updating my blog lol.

Fun, fun, times were had. This isn't the place to talk about them however, for this is a WoW blog and lets get into that shall we?

ICC 25 Raiding

Last Tuesday, patch day, our guild went into ICC 25 for the very first time and it was a blast. It was very refreshing to have new content to explore and new bosses ready to kick our asses. Trash pulls went pretty much to plan. We wiped once from being silly and not being used to trash that can actually kill us.

When then rolled up on the first boss....the Gate Keeper, aka Lich King's biatch, aka Lord Marrowgar. We wiped about 2 times before we all understood what needs to happen. It was very clear that half of our raid did not look up the fight before hand and had no idea what to expect.

It was also very clear that some of our raiders forgot / never knew how to raid in the first place. ICC so far in my eyes is a raider's raid. When I say that I mean that it is challenging, requires lots of teamwork and coordination, and needs a good raid leader.

Ya, remember raid leaders? You didn't really need them Naxx, but they did re-emerge with 3.1 dropped and Ulduar came out. Then the need for them dropped off for 6 months while everyone, including the majority of pugs, steamed rolled the Tournament. Well, now they are needed again and I am happy to announce that I am not leading the raid. The responsibility of the raids success does not weigh on me. Hooray!

We wiped two times before I completely understood my role and what I needed to do. It took about 10 other people, mostly melee dps, about 3 additional wipes =(. However, the attempt that we killed him was ezmode, even with only 22 people in the raid. It's amazing what happens when DPS spreads out and actually kills the people who are spiked /shock.

The loot that drops in 25 man ICC is no joke. Straight sexyness! Two 2hander Axes dropped and went to our top two melee dps. (More on this a little later)

Lady Deathwhisper

Yes, this ho was no joke. It seemed to me that this fight was Blizzard's way of saying

"Hey, in order to continue to get phat loot and experience bosses in ICC, you have to have very good dps and excellent coordination."

Fair enough Blizzard. In fact, I really like it that you took a stand. Hopefully you will stick to your guns and won't nerf it too much before we kill her. Noticed how I stated "before we kill her"? Yeah, that is because she whooped our ass. Like I said, alot of coordination and dps to kill her and we lacked a little of both. The closest we got her is to about 5% left before phase 2. Pretty good for only 22 raiders right? Eh..not really, but it was still fun.

Healing is pretty intense for her. If a melee dps pulls add aggro from AoE'n or being stupid, they will die. Not to mention that the left side reanimated mobs can 1 shot your tank if they aren't quick enough to run away while ranged dps kills him. On our best attempt, we got to 5% left on the mana shield (1st phase) and our 54k hp druid tank wasn't quick enough to see the mob coming and got 1 shotted.

Yes...one shotted. It isn't like you have a whole bunch of time to see them coming either. You have about 2-3 seconds from what I could tell. All you hear on vent was "Ranged switch to....nevermind...I just got ass-punched for 58k.

Deadly

We would have gotten more attempts on him, but our top two melee dps had other plans...

ICC will change things...

I stated a few months ago in one of the random articles about patch 3.3 will change alot of things. One of the things I mentioned was that a new raid will cause many guilds to disband and break up.

Now, my current guild has been around since Vanilla WoW and has alot of the same people still in the guild. I never would have ever thought that ICC would destroy them and so far I am right, but we have taken a mighty fine blow.

Our top two melee dps (6.5-7.5k DPS), DK and Ret Pally, which were also our best geared tanks (45k unbuffed HP in plate), decided to leave and apply for the top guild on the server.

Bah!

Worst thing for a guild to hear...EVER. Both of these guys had the top gear score in our guild and there was a reason for it. They got first pick at everything. They been in the guild and been on every raiding night (give or take a few) for over a year. They earned the right to get pimped out with gear by our guild. I am not saying that, but I am saying is that no one saw it coming and it did alot of damage.

The only thing that would have been worst was if our 3 main healers decided to bounce. Even then it wouldn't be such a huge deal....we have lots of healers in the guild that can step up in my opinion. It would suck to lose them, but I am saying that losing the Paladin and the DK was worst.

I'm not mad at them for leaving or trying to get into a more hardcore pve guild. I am pissed that they took the two level 268 2handers that dropped off of Lord Marrowgar 12 hours before they left.

/rawr

We were already in a rebuild process because we can't seem to get 25 geared people on at the same time. Now this? I am trying to stay positive, but when we only had 16 people online yesterday for ICC 25 and couldn't even break into 2 10 mans....

Outlook is looking gloomy. I swear to god I am a guild killer. Hopefully this guild will change that and make it through this rough patch.

Warlockin Mage Style - I make this look good!

My Lock has no surpass my Mage in gear thanks to the LFG Tool and the triumph badges falling from the sky.

I can now successfully rock out 4.2 dps in a 25 man and I love it. I was rocking a staff for awhile from the last boss in one of the new 5 man heroics, Pit of Saron. However, I got my hands on the sexy Polished Mage Blade from 25 man Onyixa.

Figures that the toon that I have raided Onyixa the least on, got the first 621 sp weapon. Damn RNG. Not that I am complaining! I really only need a few trinkets, one ring, and the off-hand from Heroic Halls of Reflection and I will be rocking damn near the best stuff besides drops in ToC 25 and above.

Exciting to say the least.

Now, if I can only get myself a Battered Hilt to drop....

Blogroll

I was out of the blogging world for 7 days and spent the good portion of my work day so far catching up on everyones stories on patch 3.3 and how super dope boy fresh bling bling w/ bbq tangy sauce the new LFG tool is.

I am glad that it is going over so well and I love it that Blizzard finally came up with something like this for the live servers.

I have been trying to find some good new blogs to put on my blogroll, but haven't found that many.

Darraxus's sister started blogging again and this time its about WoW! Come to find out, she is a good writer and very entertaining. Check her out if you have not yet.

Also, for all my Shaman lovers out there, make sure to check out Drug's last few articles on Shamans in regards to patch 3.3.

I should have a post on Friday that deals with all the elemental shaman changes out there with 3.3. So if you interested in that, make sure to stop back.

I now leave you with random .gifs that I find entertaining. Peace out!

Tagged - 2009 WoWage in Review

2009-12-10T08:20:00.000-08:00

Thursday already?

Good lord this week is flying by....and I LOVE IT!

Our good friend over at Lincoln Freed the Slaves and retired WoW blogger, P. Is having his bachelor party this weekend.

Ahhhhh yea son. We decided to roll 8 deep (a few people flew....noobs imo) in two cars and head out to Indianapolis to watch the Colts vs Bronocs NFL game. P is an admitted Peyton Manning fanboy and I am still in the closet about my man-love for him.

Plus, there will be drugs and strippers!!

Can I get a hell yeah!?!

WTFspaghetti's 15 man Choir

/attitude

"OH HELL YEAAAAAH!!"
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That is what I am talking about people!

Now for the WoW talk...but first....

WTFspaghetti does not recommend doing drugs or partying with strippers. Drug is a very general word that could mean anything from medicine to alcohol. We are not responsible for how you interrupt the word. In fact, it is defined as...

any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals

Now, the partying with strippers on the other hand is fun, but highly un-economical.

Ok, now that we got that little announcement out of the way...

Tagged - WoW meme

I love getting tagged. Makes you feel all warm in fuzzy. Its like the opposite feeling of getting picked last in elementary school for a game of pick up dodge ball. Which by the way is total bullshit, they knew I was way better then that bowlegged, smart girl Joyce...She couldn't even run to 1st base without take a 3-4 minute break with her inhaler!!

...damn kids...

right...back to subject

So "D" tagged myself in this particular meme and if you haven't checked out that blog, you really need to. There isn't too many blogs that I make sure to catch up on all of their articles when I go through them, but D's is definitely on that list.

Onward!!

What did you do in the World of Warcraft in 2009 that you'd never done before?

The thing that stands out the most is make a raiding guild with a few of my friends. We made it serious but very laid back and it was awesome. In my opinion, we actually succeeded way more then I thought we were going to. We had an awesome core group of people that I really like to raid with, but sadly...I couldn't take it the stress anymore of leading a large guild like Explicit was...

However, definitely the best time I have ever had in WoW and that is saying alot when you think I have been playing since 2004.

What was your favorite new place that you visited?

Yikes...there are so many!

I absolutely loved what Blizzard did with the WotLK expansion. The artwork overall is an A+ in my book. However, Northrend was released in 2008 and I leveled pretty quickly. So it wouldn't be any of the questing areas because the first time I visisted them was still 2008.

/ponder

Has to be Ulduar. First section wasn't that mind blowing, but after you kill Kologarn. You can stand on his head and see the cat lady boss walking around The Keeper's cirle and down to Yogg. Also, the hallway to General V?

Oh yea, I was impressed.

What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

I don't really think I lacked anything this year in regards to WoW. If anything, I think I over-achieved and played too much lol...but this is expected.

WoW is digital crack and I haven't been able to or really wanted to shake the habit for 4.5 years.

What was your biggest achievement of the year? What was your biggest failure?

Interesting question. My biggest achievement this year was creating and being apart of a successful raiding guild. My biggest failure was how it fell apart. I not upset that it did fall apart, but thinking back on it, I wish I would have done it differently. I know alot of people were not happy with me due to the way I did it.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?

I was pretty f'nn excited about patch 3.1 lol. When my guild went in there the first week and pwned shit...my guild was the number 3 in progression out of the 10 man guilds.

It was just overall exciting experience for me as a raid leader.

What do you wish you'd done less of?

Playing WoW in general. I don't play a ton compared to alot of people....but then again I haven't killed another human being like a ton of people have too.

See where I am going?

I think I play just a tad too much and sometimes it gets in the way of getting important, real life shit done.

That being said...I don't regret playing at all lol.

I am a happy addict =P

What was your favorite WoW blog or podcast?

I listen to a bunch of podcasts since I got my iphone, but I only listen to one WoW podcast every now and then. Rawrcast is by far the best one that I have found.

I don't have a favorite WoW blog. I check my blogroll daily, but I find myself reading Critical QQ's blog alot. I love his writing style and he is highly entertaining.

I also can't help but to stalk Darraxus and Clearcasting. Drug is by far my favorite non-american / shaman blogger and if you don't read Larisa over at the Pink Pigtail Inn, then you should start ASAP.

Everyone else on my blog roll I love to read, but I don't want to list them all for this answer.

Also, I got to give some love to Matticus and Lodur over at World of Matticus....very well ran blog that is highly informational.

Tell us a valuable WoW lesson you learned in 2009.

Leading a raiding guild, especially a 25 man raiding guild is super stressful. You meet and make alot of friends, but you also lose alot friends that you had in the process.

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If I linked your blog, you have been tagged! Don't be a wiener and not continue the meme. Mucho love to all of you.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!!

3.3 and You - Need to read guide during patch day downtime.

2009-12-08T04:00:00.000-08:00

(I started writing this post last Sunday, but didn't get to finish it due to being busy at work. Patch 3.3 has been confirmed for today, Tuesday 12/8/09. This is a massive post filled with the full patch notes, general updates, changes, PvE - new 5 mans and raids, lore, phat loot, new epic quest chains, and other misc goodness along with my thoughts on and a few suggestions that 3.3 has to offer us. I am almost 100% positive that there is going to be ALOT of extended downtime. So sit back and enjoy the off time. I hope you enjoy my post and the rest of my blog)

Oh ya, that is right blog lovers.

I know that patch 3.3 has not been confirmed, but the sneaky ninjas over at WoW Insider stated that unless Blizzard thinks that adding the new patch would cause severe server issues, its going live.

I took that statement as this...

Patch is dropping on Tuesday. Severe server lag comes with any new game changing patch that is over 1.1 gigs.

Oh, you didn't know?

Yes, the new patch is just about 1.1 gigabytes big. With my super sweet 3.0 download speed internet, I should have the patch download sometime around Wednesday.

but, but, Blizzard has already started the download for the past several weeks after you close out of WoW...

Ya, mine hasn't. I have tried to start the download by closing WoW. I waited and waited...

...and waited. Nothing. Checked the processes running in Windows via the task manager, nothing.

I also tried to check some third party sites to see if they had a mirror so I can start the process.

Again, nada. So I am a little upset about how large the file is going to be and knowing that there is really no way that I will be able to download it on Tuesday. With my connection and about 10 million players downloading it at the same time...its just not feasible.

Have no fear though. I have a WoW blog and I can waste my time by writing up an article and catch up of missed episodes of Community and Lie to Me. I can also read more juicy stuff about what to do in the world now that we have broken through the doors of Icecrown.

Getting you in the mood.../rawr

You are going to watch this video. I don't care if you don't like spoilers and you want to experience it for yourself. I want to experience it for myself too, but this video only makes me want to experience ALOT MORE. It gets you what the kids are saying these days..."Hyphee".

but seriously...I watched it and there really isn't spoilers. It is basically a short, four minute video on what you will see in the three new 5 man instances when 3.3 drops. There are some cut scenes, but seriously, its not a big spoiler video unless you are a huge lore fan.

If you don't want to see ANYTHING about the new three 5 man instances, then don't watch it either. Its dope though, you will be missing out.

I know right? If you are like me you thought the following...

That is alot of cut scene footage. No wonder why the damn patch is 1.1 gigs. I have never been a lore nerd, but I must say...

I have never been so excited to kill the boss before. That SOB must die my hand. Even though I am a healer, you better be damn sure that I am going to FROSTSHOCK that bitch when he has less then 1% health to get the killing blow.

FROST.
SHOCK.
/solider boy

I don't know what it is, I have killed damn near every boss in the game and it was never about lore. It was about loot or the challenge it presented me. Up until this expansion, the second boss in BWL, Vael, was by leaps and bounds my favorite boss encounter of all time.

That includes ALL game. I know it was a blast kill Browser for the first time in Super Mario 3 on SNES, but serious...that fight...during that time...was truly epic. It is also what planted the raiding seed in me and why I will always be a raider...casual, medium-core, hard-core. Whatever you want to call it, it was the shit.

However, I have paid alot of attention to the lore in the WotLK. Mostly due to me being bored, but that is besides the point. This Lich King is a whiny bitch and has caused me much frustrating since he decided he wanted to make the whole world undead.

Do you not remember last November when he released zombies on the world? Ya...everyone was a fucking zombie and it was funny, but annoying as hell. What about throughout the leveling process and in some of the end game instances were this fool in so many words called my friends and myself a bunch of no good scrub asshats?

Yes, I will enjoy killing this fool and you know I will teabag his sorry ass when I do.

So, now what?

You download and install the patch. You log in and you can feel it. Change is in the air...there is new shit to kill and purplez to nerd rage over. But, where do you begin?

If you are an alt-o-holic like "D" and myself, then you need to set up a plan. Which toon(s) are you going to setup as your heroic famers for triumph badges and which toon(s) are you going to set aside for the new weekly raiding quest?

Wait, wait...weekly raiding quest?

Yes people. There isn't going to be any more daily heroic quests. Instead, Blizzard is going to use their new LFG tool to make you do a random heroic for the "new daily heroic" if I understood the patch notes correctly.

For the weekly raiding quest you have to kill a raid boss from the following...

Taking directly from another bloggers post, I hope they dont mind =D.

The Obsidian Sanctum/Eye of the Eternity: Sartharion and Malygos
Naxxramas: Anub’rekhan, Noth the Plaguebringer, Instructor Razuvious and Patchwork.
Ulduar: Flame Leviathan,Ignis the Furnace Master,Razorscale,and XT-002 Deconstructor
Crusaders’ Coliseum/Trial of the Crusader: Lord Jaraxxus
Icecrown Citadel: Lord Marrowgar

One of those bosses will get picked a week and the reward for killing them is 5 Frost Emblems and 5 Triumph badges. Pretty sweet. I am one of the very few people that actually liked Maylogs fight. I never got it done on 25 man, but hopefully that is going to change now with these weekly raiding quests. I also like this because this means that there is a good possibility that I can get the "Champion of the Frozen Wastes" on my alts.

Which I think is just kewl...

Ok, so moving on...back to what do to first.

So, now what? continued

My Lock is going to be my primary alt for farming heroics. I don't need anything on my Shaman from the triumph badges anymore. Though I guess I should permanently buy my totems instead of buying them for the raid and then returning them to get the badges back after I am done raiding lol.

I have not forgot about my Mage either. He will get into some heroics and keep up with the times, but as of now. I am really liking my wanna-be Mage, destro Lock.

However, as we can see from the above video I posted. There are 3 new 5 man instances that I want to explore on my Shaman first. However, if you are going to new 5 mans, then you need to make yourself aware of this quest line.

The quest chain is called simply, Quel'Delar. It is an 11 part quest chain that at the end gives you a very SEXY item level 251 weapon. Reading through different quests on the chain it seems pretty f'n dope. You actually end back to one of my favorite TBC world pvp spots, Isle of Quel'Danas.

Oh yea, the Sunwell actually plays a pretty big part in the chain. I can't wait to go do it and I suggest that everyone should start on this quest chain once 3.3 goes live.

But, but, How? Where Does it START!?!

The whole thing starts from a drop that you can get in the three new dungeons, Battered Hilt. On the PTR, you could buy it from the Inscription shop in Dalaran...but I highly doubt you would be able tomorrow when the 3.3 goes live.

I would prefer it to still be being sold by the vendor in Dalaran, but I would be ok if it is just a drop. As long as the drop rate isn't mind-numbing low. In fact, I take that back. I would be a little upset if this item is even considered a low drop rate. I don't think it is going to be though. The way Blizzard's thought process is currently...you know, let the majority of people (casuals) experience end game.

Doesn't make too much sense to have this epic 5 man group quest chain that runs you through all three new 5 mans and ends with a VERY good weapon to be a low drop rate. The majority of people only play for a 3-6 hours a week, so for them to get a low drop rate from a 5 man that has a lock out period (heroic instances)...it just seems unlikely to me.

Unless it can drop in all versions of all three instances, reg and heroic. Then I would be ok with it being a low drop rate. People can just farm the regular instances until they got it. Annoying, yes. Not a big deal though.

You want to see the weapons don't you?

You are at work and you want to see some stats to make your inner child start doing jumping jacks. I know the feeling...however, my inner child doesn't do jumping jacks because he is quite tubby. It just claps his hands like the Nutty Professor's Mama while he breathes through his mouth.

Spell Mace

Notice how it says heroic on it? I couldn't find a difference between the heroic and the non heroic version. Also, they are changing the Mace's stats to be more attractive to dps casters like Boomkin and Spriest by taking out the mp5 and replacing it with 60 haste.

Fine by me! I love haste and currently I have been replacing my items with mp5 on them for items with haste on them. So this works out for Resto and Elemental Shamans atleast. I am not too sure how happy Priests or Druids are because I am not too sure on how their stats work.

The look of the mace is ok. Nothing fancy, but nothing outrageously badass about it either. From a resto shaman that has been rocking the ToC 10 man healing mace for the past 2-3 months...I don't care if this mace looked like a rainbow unicorn, I would stood rock it. The stats are too good.

Spell blade

First off, YES. Thank you Blizzard. This is what a caster sword should look like. Big, loud, and screaming "no mister, don't DO IT!!"

or somthing along those lines.

...

Either way, it looks cool and has fantastic stats. Win, win in my opinion and lets face it. If you a reader of my blog, my opinion has to mean ~~shit~~ something to you right?

Misc Goodies...

Again, if you are getting this information from my site. There is about a 85% chance that you are at work. So the rest of the information is being brought to you because I care!

Full patch notes? Got em.

Shaman talk? You know it.

Legendary 2 hander that everyone will be able to get???

No, you will not be able to get the legendary melee 2h'er until months after the release of 3.3. Not only that, but the grind and the amount of money and mats that you will have to get is just epic. Even if you are at the gold cap and you could buy all of the mats within the first couple weeks of 3.3. You still need 30 rare drop items from 25 man IC. Similar to the legendary healing mace that was released in 3.2.

So heads up, if you see anyone of the opposite faction with this weapon EVER. You might as well figure out the best way to run awhile with your life because this dude isn't only going to have the axe...but they are going to be geared to all hell.

Run fast, very fast.

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Intriguing Shaman Changes...

* Orc and Troll shamans now have their own unique totem art

It is about time that the other shaman races got their own totem design. I kinda wish that Tauren got redesigned too, but its cool that we have something to our own I guess.

* Fire and Earth Elemental Totem - The cooldown for this totem has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.

What is not to like?

* Fire Nova Totem - This totem has been replaced with a new spell, Fire Nova, which is available at the same ranks as the old Fire Nova Totem. Existing characters will automatically learn this new spell in place of the totem. With a Fire Totem active, shamans will be able to use Fire Nova (fire magic) to emit the same area-of-effect damage as the old Fire Nova Totem from the active Fire Totem, not consuming the totem in the process. Fire Nova will activate a 1.5-second global cooldown when used and has a 10-second spell cooldown. The caster must be within 30 yards of the totem to use this ability, but does not need to be within line of sight of the totem.

I couldn't get the PTR to allow me to log in. So I couldn't mess with this change. I know it is going to be a hassle for enhancement shaman to fit in there rotation, but I am sure they will get used to it. More on this change to come in the future.

* Reincarnation - The cooldown on this spell has been lowered from 60 minutes down to 30 minutes.

* Improved Reincarnation - This talent now reduces the cooldown of Reincarnation by 7/15 minutes, down from 10/20 minutes. Reincarnation cannot be used in Arenas.

* Elemental Mastery (Elemental Talent) - This talent now increases spell haste by 15% instead of critical strike chance while active.

Wow, I love it! Crit is nice and all, but it is all about spell power and haste. The crit will come on its own without worrying too much about it.

Shaman Teir 10 Armor

Just to remind you what it looks like. Don't forget that our shoulders have an animation on them. Check out the below video to see the animation

Shaman Teir 10 - shoulder effect @ 39 second mark.

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.3.0

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

General

* Icecrown Citadel
o All three wings of the 5-player dungeon are currently available for testing.
o Select encounters in the 10- and 25-player raid dungeon are available for limited testing.
o Additional Icecrown Citadel raid content will be made available in future test builds. For more information and testing schedules please visit our Test Realm forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11572&sid=1

* Quel’Delar Quest Chain: The Battered Hilt, the item needed to start this quest line, can now be purchased from all glyph vendors on the public test realms.
* Character Creation: The descriptions for races, classes, and race/class combinations have been improved to provide new players with a better idea of the roles and advantages of each class and race.
* Dazed: Creatures attacking a player from behind can no longer cause players level 1-5 to be dazed, and have a reduced chance to cause players level 6-10 to be dazed.
* Knockbacks no longer dismount players. If on a flying mount, you will be knocked back a short distance before being able to resume flying.
* The existing /welcome emote now greets/welcomes targets (character says “hello”), while the new /yw is for saying "you're welcome."
* Many of the tail sweeps with knockback effects will no longer hit players’ pets.
* Level 1 characters no longer start with food or water in their inventory.
* Attack is now called Auto Attack. The tooltip has been changed to reflect that the player will continue automatically attacking a target.
* Meeting Stones: To use any Meeting Stone, it is only required that the character’s minimum level be 15. There is no maximum character level requirement for any Meeting Stone.
* Copied Test Realm characters will no longer be copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.

Classes: General

* Area-of-Effect Damage Caps: We’ve redesigned the way area damage is capped when hitting many targets. Instead of a hard cap on total damage done, the game now caps the total damage done at a value equal to the damage the spell would do if it hit 10 targets. In other words, if a spell does 1000 damage to each target, it would hit up to 10 targets for 1000 each, but with more than 10 targets, each target would take 1000 damage divided by the number of targets. 20 targets would be hit for 500 damage each in that example.
* Attack: Level 1 druids, mages, priests, and warlocks will no longer start with the Attack button placed on their action bars by default.
* Default Equipment: Starting weapons are now more uniform. Rogues now start with a pair of daggers equipped. All other classes except shamans start with a 2-handed weapon equipped and the required skill already known. Shamans start with a 1-handed weapon and a shield, as they benefit more from the shield than they would from a 2-handed weapon.
* Glancing Blows: The mage, warlock, and priest classes no longer have an increased chance for their melee attacks to be glancing blows; and the damage penalty due to their glancing blows is the same as for other classes.
* Health and Mana Regeneration: These regeneration rates have been increased by up to 200% for low level characters. As a player’s level increases, the regeneration rates gradually reduce, returning to normal rates at level 15.
* Pet Resilience: All player pets now get 100% of their master’s resilience.
* Spell Mana Costs: These costs have been reduced for almost all lower level spell ranks. In general, if a spell decreased in cost with a higher level rank in patch 3.2.0, that spell now has the decreased cost at all ranks. In addition, spells learned before level 20 with reduced cast times and/or durations have even further reduced mana costs, proportionate to their reduction in cast time or damage.
* Taunt Diminishing Returns: We’ve revised the system for diminishing returns on Taunt so that creatures do not become immune to Taunt until after 5 Taunts have landed. The duration of the Taunt effect will be reduced by 35% instead of 50% for each taunt landed. In addition, most creatures in the world will not be affected by Taunt diminishing returns at all. Creatures will only have Taunt diminishing returns if they have been specifically flagged for that behavior based on the design of a given encounter.

Races: General

* Orc and troll shamans now have their own unique totem art.
* Racial Attribute Bonuses: These bonuses have been recalibrated to even out the amount of starting health on the various races. All races start with a standardized level of stamina, except for orcs, dwarves, and tauren who now start with 1 extra point of stamina. For each class, bonuses and penalties to all attributes have been adjusted so that each race has an equal attribute total.
* Will of the Forsaken now shares a 45-second cooldown with similar effects, including the Medallion of the Horde, Titan-Forged runes, Insignia of the Horde, etc.

PvP

* Arenas
o All abilities that have base cooldowns of 10 minutes or longer cannot be used in Arenas, down from 15 minutes.

* Battlegrounds
o Battleground Experience: Battleground experience gained is now based on the level of the player gaining experience, rather than the highest possible player level in that Battleground.
o All level 71-80 Battleground daily quests will now award 25 Arena points in addition to their current rewards.

* Wintergrasp
o You must now have the following ranks to build or pilot siege vehicles:
+ Rank 2: Build/pilot Catapults.
+ Rank 3: Build/pilot Demolishers.
+ Rank 3: Build/pilot Siege Engines.

Dungeons & Raids

* Naxxramas
o Players no longer need to kill the final bosses in all four wings of this dungeon in order to teleport to Sapphiron. Teleportation orbs have been added to allow players access back and forth from Sapphiron's lair.

* Oculus
o Azure Ring Guardians agro distance changed from 50 to 40 yards.
o Many bosses and creatures have had their total health reduced.
o Several bosses and creatures have had cooldowns on specific abilities increased, effect durations reduced, and damage on some of these abilities reduced.
o Ring-Lord Conjurers and Sorceresses now hang out in packs of 4 instead of packs of 5.
o Vehicle scaling on the drakes based on the rider’s item level has been increased to make them more powerful.

Death Knight (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Army of the Dead: The cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Army Ghoul damage dropped by 50%. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Raise Ally: The cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle: There is now a 1-handed version of this rune in addition to the current 2-handed rune.
* Rune Strike: Threat generated by this ability increased by approximately 17%.
* Talents
o Unholy
+ Night of the Dead: Now reduces the damage your pet takes from area-of-effect damage by 45/90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players. In addition, this talent now reduces the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 2/4 minutes, down from 5/10 minutes.
+ Scourge Strike: Redesigned. The base ability now deals 50% weapon damage plus an additional amount as physical damage. However, for each disease the death knight has on the target, the target will take additional shadow damage equal to 25% of the physical damage done.
+ Unholy Blight: This talent now deals only 10% of Death Coil damage as a damage-over-time effect on the target.

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Prowl: This ability no longer has multiple ranks and penalizes movement speed by 30%.
* Rebirth: The cooldown on this spell has been lowered from 20 minutes down to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Rejuvenation: The base duration on all ranks of this spell is now 15 seconds.
* Tranquility: The cooldown on this spell has been reduced to 8 minutes, down from 10 minutes.
* Talents
o Balance
+ Eclipse: This effect will not activate again within 15 seconds of either type of Eclipse effect firing, in addition to the existing 30-second cooldown for each type of Eclipse.
+ Force of Nature: Health on the treants has been increased.

o Feral Combat
+ Predatory Strikes: The Predatory Swiftness buff from this talent now has an 8-second duration.

o Restoration
+ Gift of the Earthmother: Redesigned. This talent now increases spell haste by 2/4/6/8/10% and reduces the base global cooldown of Lifebloom by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of its previous effects.

* Pets
o Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pets take from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.

Hunter (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Call Stabled Pet: Cooldown reduced from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Deterrence: Now also increases the chance for ranged attacks to miss the hunter by 100% while under its effect.
* Misdirection: Redesigned. Instead of having finite charges, it now begins a 4-second timer when the hunter using Misdirection performs a threat-generating attack, during which all threat generated by the hunter goes to the friendly target. In addition, multiple hunters can now misdirect threat to the same friendly target simultaneously.
* Talents
o Beast Mastery
+ Intimidation: If the hunter’s pet is in melee range of its target, the stun from Intimidation will now be applied immediately instead of on the pet’s next swing or attack.

* Pets
o Avoidance: This talent has been replaced by Culling the Herd. Hunter pets now innately take 90% less damage from area-of-effect abilities like all other class pets. This does not apply to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.
o Cower: Redesigned. This ability no longer affects threat, and instead reduces damage taken by the pet by 40% for 6 seconds with a 45-second cooldown. While cowering, the pet’s movement speed is 50% of normal speed. Cower now only has a single rank and is available at pet level 20.
o Culling the Herd: This pet talent has replaced the Avoidance talent in the pet trees (Hunter pets now gain that benefit automatically without expenditure of talent points). Culling the Herd increases pet and hunter damage by 1/2/3% for 10 seconds each time the pet deals a critical strike with Claw, Bite, or Smack.
o Demoralizing Screech: The attack power reduction from this ability has been increased by 40%, equaling the maximum possible attack power reduction from the abilities of other classes.
o Improved Cower: Redesigned. This ability now reduces the movement penalty of Cower by 50%/100%.
o Pet Leveling: Hunter pets now need only 5% of the experience a player needs to level, down from 10%.
o Venom Web Spray: Range increased from 20 yards to 30 yards.
o Web: Range increased from 20 yards to 30 yards.
o Wolverine Bite: This talent is now enabled when the pet lands a critical strike rather than from the target dodging the pet’s attacks. In addition, this talent no longer has a prerequisite.

Mage (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Talents
o Arcane
+ Arcane Empowerment: This talent now also grants 1/2/3% increased damage done by the mage’s party or raid for 10 seconds after the mage gets a critical strike with Arcane Explosion, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, or Arcane Blast. This effect is exclusive with Ferocious Inspiration and Sanctified Retribution.

o Fire
+ Blast Wave: The mana cost of this talent has been significantly reduced.
+ Burning Determination: The duration of interrupt immunity granted by this talent is now 20 seconds.
+ Dragon's Breath: The mana cost of this talent has been significantly reduced.
+ Firestarter: When this talent is triggered, it makes the next Flamestrike cost no mana in addition to being instant.
+ Improved Scorch: The debuff from this talent no longer stacks, and instead can apply the full effect from a single cast of Scorch.

o Frost
+ Deep Freeze: This spell now deals a large amount of damage to targets permanently immune to stuns. In addition, when this ability deals damage it will no longer consume two charges of Fingers of Frost for those mages with the Shatter talent.
+ Fingers of Frost: This talent now triggers immediately on casting a spell rather than being delayed until the spell strikes the target.
+ Frozen Core: This talent now also causes Ice Lance critical strikes to reduce the cast time of the mage’s next Frostbolt or Frostfire Bolt by 0.4/0.7/1 seconds.

* Pets
o Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pets take from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.
o Mirror Image: Health on the mirror images has been increased.
o Water Elemental: Waterbolt mana cost reduced by 80%.

Paladin (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Divine Intervention: This ability now also removes Exhaustion or Sated from a target if the recipient is out of combat when the effect ends. In addition, the cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Flash of Light: This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the Infusion of Light talent.
* Lay on Hands: This ability will place Forbearance on the paladin if used on his or herself. It will not place Forbearance on others.
* Talents
o Holy
+ Aura Mastery: This effect of this talent has been reduced in duration to 6 seconds.
+ Infusion of Light: This talent now causes the paladin’s Flash of Light spells to heal the target for 50/100% of the Flash of Light healing amount over 12 seconds.

o Protection
+ Divine Guardian: This talent no longer increases the amount of damage transferred to the paladin from Divine Sacrifice. Instead it causes all raid and party members to take 10/20% reduced damage while Divine Sacrifice is active. In addition, the duration has been changed to 6 seconds, however the effect does not terminate when Divine Sacrifice is removed before its full duration.
+ Divine Sacrifice: Redesigned. The effect of Divine Sacrifice is now party-only and the maximum damage which can be transferred is now limited to 40% of the paladin’s health multiplied by the number of party members. In addition, the bug which allowed Divine Sacrifice to sometimes persist despite reaching its maximum damage has been fixed. Divine Sacrifice will now cancel as soon as its maximum damage value is exceeded in all cases. Finally, Damage which reduces the paladin’s health below 20% now cancels the effect early.

o Retribution
+ Repentance: This crowd control effect will no longer break early from the damage done by Righteous Vengeance.

Priest (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Divine Hymn: The cooldown on this spell has been reduced to 8 minutes, down from 10 minutes.
* Power Word: Shield: This spell can now be cast on non-raid/party friendly targets.
* Talents
o Shadow
+ Improved Devouring Plague: This spell now deals 10/20/30% of its total periodic effect instantly, up from 5/10/15%.
+ Mind Flay: The range of this ability has been increased to 30 yards, up from 20.
+ Shadowform: This talent also now causes Devouring Plague and Vampiric Touch to benefit from haste. Both the period length and the duration of these spells will be reduced by haste. In addition, the mana cost has been reduced from 32% to 13% of base mana.
+ Vampiric Embrace: This ability is now provides a 30-minute buff that cannot be dispelled, instead of a target debuff and only generates healing for single-target shadow damage spells.

* Pet
o Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pet takes from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.

Rogue (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Deadly Poison: In addition to its existing effects, when a rogue applies Deadly Poison to a target which has already reached the maximum number of applications, this will also trigger the poison which the rogue is using on his or her other weapon.
* Dual Wield: Rogues now know this ability upon logging into the game at level 1.
* Stealth: This ability no longer has multiple ranks. While active, the single rank of this ability (available at level 1) allows rogues to move at 70% movement speed.
* Talents
o Assassination
+ Improved Poisons: Bonus chance to trigger Deadly Poison from this talent increased.
+ Murder: This talent now provides a flat damage increase of 2/4% against all targets, instead of only targets which do not appear in Icecrown.

o Subtlety
+ Preparation: The cooldown on this ability has been reduced to 8 minutes, down from 10 minutes.
+ Filthy Tricks: The cooldown reduction this talent provides for Preparation has been reduced to 1.5/3 minutes, down from 2.5/5 minutes.

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Earth Elemental Totem: The cooldown for this totem has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Fire Elemental Totem: The cooldown for this totem has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Fire Nova Totem: This totem has been replaced with a new spell, Fire Nova, which is available at the same ranks as the old Fire Nova Totem. Existing characters will automatically learn this new spell in place of the totem. With a Fire Totem active, shamans will be able to use Fire Nova (fire magic) to emit the same area-of-effect damage as the old Fire Nova Totem from the active Fire Totem, not consuming the totem in the process. Fire Nova will activate a 1.5-second global cooldown when used and has a 10-second spell cooldown. The caster must be within 30 yards of the totem to use this ability, but does not need to be within line of sight of the totem.
* Reincarnation: The cooldown on this spell has been lowered from 60 minutes down to 30 minutes.
* Talents
o Elemental Combat
+ Elemental Mastery: This talent now increases spell haste by 15% instead of critical strike chance while active.
+ Improved Fire Nova Totem: Renamed Improved Fire Nova. This talent now provides an additional 10/20% damage to the spell and reduces the cooldown by 2/4 seconds.

o Enhancement
+ Earth’s Grasp: This talent now also reduces the cooldown of the Stoneclaw and Earthbind totems by 15/30%.

o Restoration
+ Improved Reincarnation: This talent now reduces the cooldown of Reincarnation by 7/15 minutes, down from 10/20 minutes. Reincarnation cannot be used in Arenas.

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Create Soulstone: The cooldown on this spell and duration of its buff have been lowered from 30 minutes down to 15 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
* Talents
o Affliction
+ Improved Drain Soul: This talent now reduces threat by 10%/20%, up from 5%/10%.
+ Improved Felhunter: This talent now also reduces the cooldown on the felhunter’s Shadow Bite ability by 2/4 seconds.
+ Shadow Mastery: This talent now also increases the damage done by the felhunter’s Shadow Bite ability by 3/6/9/12/15%.

o Demonology
+ Decimation: Redesigned. When Shadowbolt, Incinerate or Soul Fire hit a target that is at or below 35% health, the cast time of Soul Fire is reduced by 20/40% for 8 seconds. Soul Fires cast under the effect of Decimation cost no shards.
+ Demonic Pact: This talent now also increases the warlock's spell damage by 1/2/3/4/5%.
+ Molten Core: Redesigned. This talent now increases the duration of Immolate by 3/6/9 seconds and provides a 4/8/12% chance to gain the Molten Core effect when Corruption deals damage. The Molten Core effect empowers the next 3 Incinerate or Soul Fire spells cast within 15 seconds (Incinerate: increases damage done by 6/12/18% and reduces cast time by 10/20/30%; Soul Fire: increases damage done by 6/12/18% and increases critical strike chance by 5/10/15%). Molten Core now has a new spell effect.

o Destruction
+ Conflagrate: Redesigned. This talent now consumes an Immolate or Shadowflame effect on the enemy target to instantly deal damage equal to 9 seconds of Immolate or 8 seconds of Shadowflame, and causes additional damage over 3 seconds equal to 3 seconds of Immolate or 2 seconds of Shadowflame. In addition, the periodic damage of Conflagrate is capable of critically striking the afflicted target.
+ Destructive Reach: This talent now reduces threat by 10%/20%, up from 5%/10%.
+ Ruin: This talent now also increases the critical strike damage bonus of the imp’s Firebolt spell by 100%.

* Pets
o Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pets take from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.
o Doomguard/Infernal: These pets now innately have Avoidance like all other warlock pets.
o Inferno: The cooldown on this summoning spell has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
o Shadow Bite: This pet ability now does 15% increased damage for each of the warlock’s damage-over-time effects on the target.
o Summon Imp: This ability is now available from the trainer for level 1 warlocks and no longer requires a quest to learn.

Warrior (Forums / Talent Calculator)

* Victory Rush: This ability is now trainable at level 6.
* Talents
o Protection
+ Damage Shield: This ability will no longer trigger any chance-on-hit effects from the warrior or the opponent it damages.

User Interface

* Many of the default Interface Options settings have been changed for greater ease of use by new players. Existing players who create new characters may want to review the Interface Options in the event that the default settings feel different.
* Quest Tracking Feature
o Players can now track quest objectives on the map (‘M’ key).
o Quest Log
+ A Show Map button has been added to the Quest Log. Selecting a quest and pressing this button will open the map for the zone in which the quest objective is located displaying the associated area of interest. Any other active quests in a player’s Quest Log for that zone will also be displayed.

o Map
+ The map interface has been separated into four separate panes: a map pane (left), a pane listing active quest names for the zone being viewed (right), a pane listing the full quest text for any highlighted quest (bottom left), and a pane listing the quest rewards for any highlighted quest (bottom right).
+ All active quests listed in the right pane for the zone being viewed on the map will be assigned a number. These numbers will be displayed on the map according to the areas of interest for each quest.
+ Highlighting a quest name in the right pane will highlight the corresponding area of interest on the map in the left pane, show its quest text in the lower left pane, and list the quest rewards in the lower right pane.
+ Given that some quest objectives can be achieved in multiple locations within a given zone, highlighting such a quest will highlight an area of interest closest in proximity to the character’s current location.
+ This feature can be disabled by un-checking the Show Quest Objectives box in the bottom right corner of the new map interface, restoring the map to its standard full-screen display.
+ Clicking on the arrow in the top right corner of the new map interface will hide all but the map pane, bringing the map out of full-screen mode and allowing players to leave it open while navigating a zone or engaging in combat.

o Objectives Tracking
+ This frame has been improved to offer new functionality and can be used with the new shrunken map option.
+ The Objectives frame is now docked below the mini-map next to the right 2 action bars and will track up to 10 quests for a zone.
+ Numbers have been added next to each quest name and objective corresponding with those areas of interest displayed on the map.
+ If a quest objective has been completed, the number will be replaced with a yellow question mark symbol.
+ The arrow button in the top right corner of the Objectives frame can be used to toggle between minimizing and maximizing the quest objective display.

o Quest Difficulty Tracking
+ This feature is off by default and can be enabled in the Objectives window from the Interface Options menu. Turning this feature on will color-code all quest names displayed in the map interface according to difficulty (grey, green, yellow, orange, and red).

* Dungeon Finder
o This feature has replaced the Looking For Group tool and provides all-new dungeon party creation functionality.
+ Players can join as individuals, as a full group, or a partial group to look for additional party members.
+ Groups using this tool will be able to teleport directly to the selected instance. Upon leaving the instance, players will be returned to their original location. If any party member needs to temporarily leave the instance for reagents or repairs, they will have the option to teleport back to the instance.
+ Players can choose the Random Dungeon option.
# The Heroic Wrath of the Lich King Daily Random Dungeon option will award two Emblems of Frost no more than once a day.
# The normal Wrath of the Lich King Daily Random Dungeon option will award two Emblems of Triumph no more than once a day.
# Continuing to complete Wrath of the Lich King Heroic instances using the Daily Random Dungeon option will award players two additional Emblems of Triumph each time.
# Daily Heroic and normal dungeon quests have been removed. These quests have been replaced with weekly raid quests (see the “Quests” section for details).
# Level-appropriate rewards will be offered to players who choose the Random Dungeon option for pre-Wrath of the Lich King dungeons.
# Players can be placed in a group for a random dungeon no more than once every 15 minutes.
# Random Dungeon rewards will be placed in each player’s inventory automatically upon completion of the dungeon (final boss killed). A pop-up notification will display any rewards earned through the Dungeon Finder.

+ Instead of choosing a random dungeon, players can also choose specific dungeons appropriate for their level range. Multiple instances can be selected at one time. The feature no longer limits the choice to look for only 3 dungeon groups at one time.
+ Pick-Up Groups
# Cross-realm instances are now available and use an improved matchmaking system to assist players in looking for additional party members. As with Battlegrounds, the realms in each Battlegroup are connected.
# As part of the matchmaking system, some of the more difficult dungeons will have a minimum gear requirement. Players also need to meet the requirements for dungeons that require attunement, such as keys or quests. If a player does not meet the requirements for a particular dungeon, a lock icon will be displayed next to that dungeon. Hovering over this icon will display the requirements which have not been met.
# Only conjured items and loot dropped in a dungeon for which other party members are eligible can be traded between players from different realms.
# A Vote Kick feature will be available in the event a member of a party is not performing to the expectations of the other members.
# Players who leave the group prematurely are subject to a Deserter debuff preventing them from using the Dungeon Finder for 15 minutes.
# If an existing group loses a member, the leader will be asked if he or she wants to continue the dungeon. Choosing to continue will automatically place the group back into the Dungeon Finder queue.
# A Player will not be placed in a group with people on his or her Ignore list.
# Players who take part in groups who have one or more members who have been matched with them randomly from within the Dungeon Finder will receive extra rewards, up to and including the coveted Perky Pug non-combat pet. The more random players with whom one groups, the faster the pet can be obtained.
# The Need Before Greed loot system will be the unalterable default looting system for pick-up groups in the Dungeon Finder and has been updated.
* Need Before Greed will now recognize gear appropriate for a class in three ways: the class must be able to equip the item, pure melee will be unable to roll on spell power items, and classes are limited to their dominant armor type (ex. paladins for plate). All items will still be available via Greed rolls as well as the new Disenchant option should no member be able to use the item.
* Players will be able to roll on items with a required minimum level higher than a player’s current level.

* Looking For Raid
o There is a new Looking For Raid option available to players that can be accessed via the Raid Information screen in the interface or by typing “/LFR.”
+ Players will be able to browse the system manually for any other players looking for a raid dungeon group.
+ While browsing LFR players may sort the list ascending or descending by left-clicking the following headers: Name, Level, Class, Tank Role, Healer Role, and Damage Role. The crown is the Leader Role (representing a raid group with 2 or more people). Players can left-click on this header to sort the list with groups at the top or at the bottom.
+ Hovering over players listed in LFR will display their name, class, level, roles and comments. Hovering over a raid/group will display the leader’s name, the raid information (number of people in the raid), comments, if there are any bosses dead (and which ones), and if there are any friends from your Friends list or ignored players from your Ignore list in the raid group.

* The Looking For Group chat channel has returned and can be accessed in all major cities (similar to the Trade chat channel) without the use of the Dungeon Finder interface.
* Players may only be queued or listed in one of the following systems at a time: Dungeons, LFR, Battlegrounds, or Arenas.
* Ignore List: The amount of characters a person can ignore has been increased to 50. In addition, players on other realms can be placed on the Ignore list.
* Buffs and Debuffs: This is a new section added to Interface Options.
o New option - Castable Debuffs: Enabling this will cause only debuffs you have cast on an enemy target to appear.
o New option - Consolidate Buffs: Enabling this adds a buff consolidation box near the mini-map. Very short term buffs (e.g. Replenishment) and very long term buffs (e.g. Prayer of Fortitude) are filtered into the buff box. The icons are stacked here, but they can still be seen by moving the mouse cursor over the buff box. Long term buffs will move out of the box when they are about to expire. Buffs such as important procs (e.g. Art of War, Maelstrom Weapon), cooldowns (e.g. Bloodlust / Heroism, Combustion) or limited in range (e.g. totems and paladin auras) are always displayed.

* Tutorial System: The tutorial pop-ups are now larger, contain images, and better try to direct players to the relevant locations or user interface elements on the screen. In addition, several new tips have been added, while some existing tips will now appear at more appropriate times for new players.
* Dungeon & Raid Difficult Display: A group’s dungeon or raid difficulty setting will now be displayed via an icon off of the mini-map.
* Group Disenchanting Option: In addition to rolling Need or Greed on items, players now have the option to elect for an item to be disenchanted if an enchanter of the appropriate skill level is in the group. Disenchant works exactly like Greed except if a player wins the Greed roll, they will receive the disenchanted materials instead. Players who choose Need will always win the item and will always beat those that choose Greed or Disenchant.
* Lag Reports: Players can now report high latency or lag by accessing the Help Request menu.
* Unit Nameplates
o The range at which players can see unit nameplates has been increased by 40 yards.
o Unit nameplates are now subject to line-of-sight limitations in certain situations (this does not pertain to objects like Arena pillars or bridges).
o Players can now adjust select unit nameplate display settings listed below under Interface Options via the Names tab.
+ Friendly/enemy pet nameplates can be toggled.
+ Enemy totem nameplates can be toggled (friendly totem nameplates are never displayed).
+ Players can choose whether or not unit nameplates overlap.

o Unit nameplates for critters are never displayed.

* Non spell-based tracking now persists through logout.
* Any party member may mark targets (this does not apply to raid groups).
* Players will be warned when their talents are reset due to a new patch.
* “/Settitle” command has been added.
* Instant quest text is on by default.
* Tentative status added for calendar responses.
* Players below level 10 may not join raids.
* Ignore list expanded to 50 to match the friends list.
* Unit frames added for special encounters.
* Interface element added next to the mini-map to show what dungeon you are in (ex: 10- and 25-player Heroic dungeons marked with a skull).
* Experience earned for a quest will display in the Quest Rewards section.
* Confirmation box added when buying stable slots.
* Macro Changes
o Symbol “@” added as a synonym for “target=”;. For example, “/cast [@focus] Flash Heal”.
o New macro conditionals: “vehicleui” (if the player has a vehicle UI) and “unithasvehicleui” (if the target of the macro has a vehicle UI).

* Addon Author Changes
o “registerForClicks” added to xml buttons.
o “MouseIsOver” has been converted to a “C” function for increased efficiency (e.g. /dump PlayerFrame:IsMouseOver() ).
o When an addon file is loaded, the addon name and an addon table are passed to the file through ‘…’. The same addon table is passed to every file loaded by a particular TOC file (example at the top of a Lua file: “local addonName, addonTable = …;”.
o “motionScriptsWhileDisabled” attribute added to buttons. This allows “OnEnter”; and “OnLeave”; to fire while the button is disabled.
o “GetFileHeight()” and “GetFileWidth()” added to Texture objects. 0 is returned if no texture file is associated with the texture.
o You can now query for a list of completed quests with “QueryQuestsCompleted()” then wait for the “QUEST_QUERY_COMPLETE” event, and call “GetQuestsCompleted()”.

* For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11114

Graphics

* A new feature has been added to the D3D graphics engine to improve texture management (particularly for Windows XP users). If you are experiencing random crashes related to file read errors or out of memory, this new backend may help. To enable the new backend, add the following line to your Config.WTF file: SET gxApi "d3d9ex". For more information please visit our Test Realm forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11572&sid=1

Professions

* Enchanting
o Enchant Weapon - Black Magic: This enchantment now sometimes increases haste rating for the caster rather than inflicting the caster’s target with a damage-over-time effect. It is also now triggered by landing any harmful spell rather than inflicting damage with a spell.
Enchant Weapon - Unholy: This enchantment now inflicts Shadow damage in addition to its original effect.

* First Aid
o The training costs for most bandages have been reduced.

* Fishing
o The all-new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby, a test of fishing skill with a healthy dash of luck, has come to Northrend! Every Wednesday beginning at 8 PM players can try to catch the elusive Blacktip Shark. Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him this shark. This champion fisher will be rewarded in-kind for returning with the first catch. Those who aren’t able to return with the first catch will still receive just reward for getting the Blacktip Shark to Elder Clearwater before he takes his leave. It is said that these sharks’ favorite meal are the bite-sized Pygmy Suckerfish. Perhaps a hook in their waters will do the trick.

* Mining
o Enchanted Thorium: This ability now uses the Mining skill and is learned from trainers at a skill level of 250.

Quests

* Weekly raid quests are now available from Archmage Lan'dalock in Dalaran. Every Tuesday at 3 AM the Council of Six will choose a different strategic target that must die from either: The Obsidian Sanctum, Naxxramas, The Eye of Eternity, Ulduar, Trial of the Crusader, or Icecrown Citadel.
* For the various Icecrown Bomber quests at Aldur'thar: The Desolation Gate, players can now choose to eject from their bomber seats mid-run. If you do so, a rescue vehicle will transport your character back to the safety of your infra-green platform.
* Azure Drakes and Dragons will now attack back when attacked by characters not riding Wyrmrest Defenders.
* Brittle Revenants, quest creatures fought for the Sons of Hodir daily quest “Hot and Cold,” no longer cast Shield Slam.

Achievements

* The Achievements to get exalted with the Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Alterac Valley factions have been removed from their respective “Master of” Meta-Achievements. Special titles will be offered to those who reach exalted with these factions.
* “The Party’s Over” has been removed from Achievements and is no longer a part of the “Glory of the Hero” Meta-Achievement.
* “Master Angler of Stranglethorn” has been changed to “Master Angler of Azeroth” and can be achieved by winning either the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby or the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza.

Reputation

* Commendation Badges which award reputation with various Wrath of the Lich King factions can be purchased with Emblems of Triumph in Dalaran. Each badge costs 1 Emblem of Triumph.
* Gaining reputation with the Ashen Verdict in Icecrown Citadel will grant players access to upgradeable rings from Ormus the Penitent. Players can switch between the type of ring (melee/caster/tank/healer) at any point in the upgrade path for 200g.
* The following reputations have been sped up by roughly 30%:
o Argent Crusade
o Alliance Vanguard
o Horde Expedition
o Kirin Tor
o Knights of the Ebon Blade
o Sons of Hodir
o Wyrmrest Accord

* Sons of Hodir quests now give more reputation overall.
* Top-level helm and shoulder faction-related enchants are now available as Bind-on-Account items that do not require any faction to use once purchased (they still require the appropriate faction level to purchase).

Items

* Arena Set Bonuses: The two-piece set bonus for all Wrath of the Lich King Arena sets now provides 100 resilience and 29 spell power or 50 attack power. The current four-piece bonus will remain, however it also now provides 88 spell power or 150 attack power.
* Death Knight Tier-9 4-Piece Bonus (Damage-Dealing): This set bonus no longer grants Frost Fever a chance to be a critical strike. It still grants that possibility to Blood Plague.
* Glyphs
o Death Knights
+ Glyph of Icy Touch: Instead of granting additional runic power, this glyph now causes Frost Fever to deal 20% additional damage.

o Druids
+ Glyph of Rapid Rejuvenation: This glyph allows for the druid’s haste to reduce the time between the periodic healing effects of Rejuvenation.

o Mages
+ Glyph of Improved Scorch: Renamed Glyph of Scorch. This glyph now increases the damage of Scorch by 20%.
+ Glyph of Eternal Water: This glyph allows for a summoned Water Elemental to last indefinitely, but it can no longer cast Freeze.

o Priests
+ Glyph of Mind Flay: This glyph now increases the damage done by Mind Flay by 10% when the target is afflicted with Shadow Word: Pain.
+ Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain: The periodic damage ticks of Shadow Word: Pain now restore 1% of the priest’s base mana with this glyph.
+ Glyph of Shadow: While in Shadowform, this glyph causes non-periodic spell critical strikes to increase spell power by 30%, up from 10%, of the priest’s total spirit for 10 seconds.

o Shamans
+ Glyph of Fire Nova Totem: Renamed Glyph of Fire Nova. This glyph now reduces the cooldown of Fire Nova by 3 seconds.

o Warlocks
+ Glyph of Life Tap: The effect of this glyph now has a chance of activating when Dark Pact is used.
+ Glyph of Quick Decay: This glyph allows for the warlock’s haste to reduce the time between periodic damage effects of Corruption.

o Warriors
+ Glyph of Victory Rush: This glyph now increases the critical strike chance of Victory Rush by 30%, regardless of the percentage of the target’s remaining health.

* Haris Pilton now sells a new 24-slot bag! She has stubbornly decided to remain in Shattrath City, so those interested should seek her out there.
* Hatchlings: Leaping, Darting, Razormaw, and Ravasaur Hatchlings no longer drop from their associated rare creatures. Instead, there are now rare nests that spawn which contain these hatchlings. For example, the Leaping Hatchling can now be found in Takk’s Nest rather than as a drop from Takk the Leaper.
* Sceptor of Celebras: Since this item is no longer needed as a key, Celebras will no longer give one out to a player who loses it. The item can now be sold or disenchanted as normal.
* Shaman Tier-9 4-Piece Set Bonus (Elemental): This set bonus now does an additional 10% of Lava Burst’s initial damage over time instead of increasing the size of the Lava Burst.

Bug Fixes

* Items
o Ancient Pickled Egg: This item can no longer be triggered by Life Tap.
o Brutal Hauberk: The tooltip on this item no longer references granting energy (as energy-based classes cannot equip it).
o Costumes: Various costumes from holidays, items, and quests that previously were cancelled by getting on a mount will now cause an error message when the player attempts to mount instead of cancelling the costume.
o Carapace of the Old God: Now tradable using the Bind-on-Pickup trade system.
o Crystalforged Trinket: Can now be refunded at its vendor.
o Dragonslayer Set: No longer displays a duration on the Nature’s Ally buff.
o Drums of the Forgotten Kings: The buff from this item will no longer be cancelled when the player who used the item swaps talent specializations.
o Drums of the Wild: The buff from this item will no longer be cancelled when the player who used the item swaps talent specializations.
o Eating and Drinking: Eating and drinking are now cancelled and prevented while in a vehicle as a passenger.
o Figurine: Emerald Owl: Now grants mana properly to druids in Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form.
o Figurine: Talasite Owl: Now grants mana properly to druids in Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form.
o Fire Hardened Hauberk: The tooltip on this item no longer references granting energy (as energy-based classes cannot equip it).
o Giantstalker Set: No longer displays a duration on the Nature’s Ally buff.Glyph of Immolation Trap: Now properly increases damage by 100%.
o Gul’dan’s Regalia Set: Tooltip corrected to indicate increased damage for all pet attacks, not just abilities.
o Husk of the Old God: Now tradable using the Bind-on-Pickup trade system.
o Idol of Flaring Growth: Now has a detailed combat log tooltip.
o Idol of Lunar Fury: Now has a detailed Combat log tooltip.
o Idol of The Corruptor: Now has a detailed Combat log tooltip.
o Insignia of the Alliance: Item level changed to 60.
o Insignia of the Horde: Item level changed to 60.
o Level 58 PvP Items: A variety of PvP items with a minimum level of 58 were not being translated properly when a player used the Paid Faction Change service. That has been corrected. Paladin- and shaman-specific items still will not be translated, as there is no opposite version to translate them into.
o Liadrin’s Plate Set: No longer incorrectly reduces the cooldown on Divine Shield.
o Lightning Capacitor: Combat log tooltip for Electrical Charge updated to include more detailed information.
o Nightsong Regalia Set: The bonus to Rejuvenation from this set will now work properly with the Idol of Rejuvenation equipped. In addition, the instant heal provided now has a correct combat log tooltip.
o Noggenfogger Elixir: Players shrunk while under the effects of this item will now be able to mount.
o Quel’dorei Channeling Rod: Spelling error corrected.
o Quel’dorei Sash: Spelling error corrected.
o Quel’dorei Guard: Spelling error corrected.
o Qiraji Bindings of Command: Now tradable using the Bind-on-Pickup trade system.
o Qiraji Bindings of Dominance: Now tradable using the Bind-on-Pickup trade system.
o Reclaimed Shadowstrike: No longer has a cooldown to create Reclaimed Thunderstrike.
o Reinforced Shadowstrike: No longer has a cooldown to create Reinforced Thunderstrike.
o Reins of the Swift Frostsaber: The mount learned from this item no longer triggers a global cooldown.
o Runescroll of Fortitude: The buff from this item will no longer be cancelled when the player who used the item swaps talent specializations.
o Seaspray Albatross: Now grants mana properly to druids in Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form.
o Sigil of Virulence: Now has a detailed combat log tooltip.
o Solace of the Defeated: Can no longer be triggered by spells with a base cost of 0.
o Solace of the Fallen: Can no longer be triggered by spells with a base cost of 0.
o Spirit of Eskhandar Set: This set no longer requires Eskhandar’s Collar to complete (that item can no longer be acquired).
o Swift Horde Wolf: The mount learned from this item no longer triggers a global cooldown.
o The Egg of Mortal Essence: This item can no longer be triggered by Life Tap.
o Tier 2 Helmets: Looting these items from Nefarion in Blackwing Lair will no longer trigger the Onyxia’s Lair (level 60) Feat of Strength achievement.
o Totem of Quaking Earth: This totem will no longer sometimes grant unintended bonus healing.
o Turalyon’s Plate Set: No longer incorrectly reduces the cooldown on Divine Shield.
o Veklor’;s Diadem: Now tradable using the Bind-on-Pickup trade system.
o Warmth of Forgiveness: Now grants mana properly to druids in Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form.
o Windrunner Set: The set bonus which grants Greatness to the hunter’s pet will no longer spuriously show the hunter also gaining that buff.
o Worldbreaker Garb Set: The Electrified effect caused by this set now has detailed combat log tooltips.

* Racial Abilities
o Arcane Torrent: Updated tooltip to include the functionality that this ability also interrupts spellcasting on NPCs. In addition, this ability will now be properly noted and displayed as an interrupt in the cast bar UI.
o Every Man for Himself: Disconnecting while rooted will no longer sometimes trigger this ability.

* Classes
o Death Knights
+ Bloody Strikes: Now properly increases the damage displayed in the tooltips of Blood Strike and Heart Strike.
+ Bone Shield: Tooltip corrected to indicate the player has the correct number of bones.
+ Chains of Ice: This ability will no longer appear to land on targets which are immune.
+ Desecration: The debuff from this ability will no longer sometimes appear as if it were cast by someone else. In addition, the visual and snare from this ability will now both dissipate at the same time. Further, this talent will now respect snare immunities, and no longer sometimes snare immune targets.
+ Frost Presence: The animation for activating this presence will no longer also have the animation for Blood Presence played at the same time.
+ Glyph of Bone Shield: Now updates the number of charges in the Bone Shield tooltip.
+ Glyph of Dark Death: Now updates the tooltip on Death Coil. In addition, its own tooltip has been clarified to indicate it also applies to healing from Death Coil.
+ Glyph of Death’s Embrace: Now updates the tooltip on Death Coil to indicate runic power is refunded.
+ Glyph of Heart Strike: Now updates the tooltip on Heart Strike to indicate Heart Strike applies a movement snare.
+ Glyph of Icebound Fortitude: Now updates the tooltip on Icebound Fortitude to show increased damage reduction.
+ Glyph of Plague Strike: Now updates the damage shown in Plague Strike’s tooltip.
+ Glyph of Unbreakable Armor: Now updates the tooltip on Unbreakable Armor. Tooltip on glyph modified to make its effect more clear as well.
+ Master of Ghouls: Tooltip typo corrected.
+ Night of the Dead: Tooltip typo corrected.
+ Obliterate: This ability will no longer sometimes fail to do additional damage based on diseases on the target.
+ Raise Ally: While this spell is active on a target, they will not be sent to the graveyard, prematurely ending the spell.
+ Raise Dead: It is no longer possible under some circumstances to use a Risen Ghoul to cause neutral guards to attack opposite faction players.
+ Strangulate: Updated tooltip to include the functionality that this ability also interrupts spellcasting on NPCs.
+ Taste of Blood: Corrected inaccurate information in combat log tooltip.
+ Unholy Presence: The animation for activating this presence will no longer also have the animation for Blood Presence played at the same time.

o Druids
+ Glyph of Hurricane: Now modifies the spell tooltip on Hurricane to indicate the spell also applies a movement slowing effect.
+ Hurricane: When cast from Bear Form, Cat Form, or Dire Bear Form, this spell will now channel properly instead of stopping the channel as soon as the shapeshift is cancelled.
+ Infected Wounds: This ability is no longer considered to be in the magical defense category; therefore spell hit no longer applies to its activation. Tooltip error corrected.
+ Nature's Grace: The tooltip now correctly indicates that it will not be activated from periodic spell critical strikes.
+ Swipe (Bear): Tooltip corrected to display 8 yard range.
+ Rejuvenation: Druids will no longer get a more powerful spell error message when attempting to overwrite a Rejuvenation they cast.

o Hunters
+ Concussive Barrage: This ability is no longer subject to spell reflects.
+ Explosive Trap: The damage from this trap will now scale properly with the hunter’s attack power.
+ Glyph of Immolation Trap: Now properly increases damage by 100%. In addition, this glyph will now modify the tooltip of Immolation Trap correctly.
+ Glyph of Mending: This glyph will now modify the amount healed in the tooltip on Mend Pet.
+ Point of No Escape: It is no longer possible to gain benefit from this talent multiple times by having a target affected by multiple of the same hunter’s traps. In addition, Freezing Arrow will no longer incorrectly provide a critical strike bonus to players beyond the hunter with this talent.
+ Roar of Sacrifice: Corrected tooltip error.
+ Silencing Shot: Updated tooltip to include the functionality that this ability also interrupts spellcasting on NPCs.
+ Volley: The tooltip for this ability will now update properly from haste.

o Mages
+ Arcane Concentration: The interaction of this talent with Arcane Missiles has been restructured. Instead of an Arcane Missiles cast triggering the talent, each missile has an independent (but reduced) chance to trigger this talent. In addition, the talent will no longer sometimes be triggered from misses by Arcane Missiles, Arcane Blast, and Blizzard.
+ Blast Wave: Tooltip typo corrected.
+ Blizzard: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage. Also fixed a bug where some trinkets were not triggered by this spell.
+ Cone of Cold: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Dalaran Intellect: Mages will now be properly blocked from casting this spell when the target has a more powerful version of the buff.
+ Deep Freeze: This spell will no longer consume two charges of Fingers of Frost when it misses its target.
+ Flame Strike: Some ranks of this spell had an incorrect cast time of 3 seconds. All ranks now share a 2-second cast time.
+ Frost Nova: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Frostbolt: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Glyph of Mirror Image: Now updates the tooltip on Mirror Image to show 4 images are summoned.
+ Ignite: Now correctly benefits from the dispel resistance granted by the Arcane Subtlety talent. In addition, this talent will now properly include in its damage calculation any damage of the initial fire critical strike that was absorbed.
+ Ice Lance: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Improved Scorch: This talent no longer causes a bug that removes all resilience from pets.
+ Mirror Image: The mirror images summoned will no longer sometimes appear as shades before taking on the appearance of the casting mage.
+ Prismatic Cloak: Rank three of this talent will now properly modify the tooltip on Invisibility to indicate the effect is instant.
+ Slow Fall: This spell can now activate trinkets that can trigger from casting a helpful spell.
+ Winter’;s Chill: This talent no longer causes a bug that removes all resilience from pets.

o Paladins
+ Aura Mastery: The animation for this ability will no longer be extra bright when used with Concentration Aura active.
+ Beacon of Light: The effect of this ability will no longer sometimes continue past the duration of its buff. In addition, the duration when used with the Glyph of Beacon of light will now correctly be 1.5 minutes. Finally, the tooltip was corrected to indicate benefitting targets must be in the paladin’s party or raid.
+ Blessing of Kings: It is no longer possible to have multiple buff icons from this spell.
+ Blessing of Sacrifice: Damage transferred via this ability can now be prevented by damage absorption effects.
+ Blessing of Sanctuary: It is no longer possible to have multiple buff icons from this spell. In addition, the tooltip has been corrected to include 10% increased strength.
+ Devotion Aura: When in a party with another paladin using a different rank of this ability, it is no longer possible to see two different Devotion Aura icons displayed as buffs.
+ Divine Sacrifice: This ability now properly counts all damage transferred against its limit, instead of not counting some damage.
+ Greater Blessing of Kings: It is no longer possible to have multiple buff icons from this spell.
+ Greater Blessing of Sanctuary: It is no longer possible to have multiple buff icons from this spell. In addition, the tooltip has been corrected to include 10% increased strength.
+ Guardian’s Favor: Corrected a tooltip error in rank 1 of this ability.
+ Hand of Freedom: It is no longer possible to use this ability while under the effects of the druid spell Cyclone. In addition, disconnecting while rooted will no longer sometimes trigger casting this on oneself.
+ Hand of Reckoning: Tooltip clarified to indicate taunt immune targets will not take damage from this ability.
+ Hand of Sacrifice: Damage transferred via this ability can now be prevented by damage absorption effects.
+ Heart of the Crusader: The effect of this talent is now always removed when the target no longer has an active Judgement debuff.
+ Judgements of the Just: The effect of this talent is now always removed when the target no longer has an active Judgement debuff.
+ Judgement of Righteousness: The damage from this ability will no longer sometimes increase when the paladin’s agility increases (only occurred with low strength and high agility).
+ Judgement of Wisdom: Corrected incorrect information in the combat log tooltip.
+ Retribution Aura: It is no longer possible under some circumstances for the UI to display buffs from two different ranks of this ability.
+ Seal of Corruption: Tooltip corrected to list the actual amount of damage done instead of a higher number.

o Priests
+ Glyph of Power Word: Shield: The heal caused by this glyph will now correctly use the casting priest’s critical strike chance instead of the target’s.
+ Inspiration: The tooltip now correctly indicates that it also functions with Prayer of Mending.
+ Levitate: This spell can now activate trinkets that can trigger from casting a helpful spell.
+ Mass Dispel: Some trinkets which were not triggered properly by this spell will now work correctly when Mass Dispel is cast.
+ Mind Flay: The rank 1 tooltip has been corrected to indicate the accurate damage and snare effect. In addition, this ability will now work correctly with [target=focus] and [target=mouseover] macros.
+ Prayer of Mending: Inspiration and Divine Aegis can no longer be incorrectly triggered by this spell for priests who do not have those talents.
+ Silence: Updated tooltip to include the functionality that this ability also interrupts spellcasting on NPCs.
+ Spirit Tap: This talent can no longer be triggered by the death of the priest’s Jewelcrafter Stone Statues.

o Rogues
+ Ambush: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Backstab: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Deadly Poison: Another rogue using a higher rank of this poison will no longer prevent the lower rank Deadly Poison from being applied to the target.
+ Eviscerate: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Glyph of Rupture: Now updates the duration on Rupture’s tooltip.
+ Killing Spree: Entering a vehicle will now cause this ability to halt, and attempting to use it while on a vehicle will result in an error message.
+ Mutilate: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage. In addition, the damage from this ability can now be blocked.
+ Sinister Strike: The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
+ Slice and Dice: Improved Slice and Dice and Glyph of Slice and Dice now update the duration of this ability.
+ Throwing Specialization: Deadly Throw will no longer cause multiple spell interruption combat log entries when used with this talent.

o Shamans
+ Glyph of Earthliving Weapon: Now updates the tooltip for Earthliving Weapon.
+ Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave: Tooltip and functionality corrected to ensure this glyph will cause extra healing from Lesser Healing Wave regardless of which shaman cast Earth Shield on the target.
+ Hex: Players are no longer able to use Battlemaster trinkets while under the effects of this spell.
+ Mana Tide Totem: The tooltip on this spell will now be modified properly by the Glyph of Mana Tide Totem.
+ Thunderstorm: It is no longer possible to use this ability while under the effects of the Druid spell Cyclone.

o Warlocks
+ Conflagrate: This spell will no longer benefit inconsistently from the talents Emberstorm and Improved Immolate, as well as the Glyph of Immolate and Tier 9 set bonus. Just as for Immolate, all stacking percentage increases will be applied additively instead of multiplicatively (+10% and +20% make +30% instead of +32%). In addition, Conflagrate used with Shadowflame will now scale properly from spell power.
+ Curse of the Elements: Rank 4 has been increased to 11%, up from 10%.
+ Drain Soul: This spell now deals 4 times the normal damage for all ranks. Previously it was only ranks 6 and above.
+ Glyph of Conflagrate: Now updates the tooltip of Conflagrate to remove reference to Conflagrate removing an Immolate or Shadowflame effect on the target.
+ Glyph of Siphon Life: This glyph will now modify the tooltip on Siphon Life correctly.
+ Glyph of Unending Breath: Now updates the tooltip on Unending Breath to indicate it increases swim speed.
+ Hellfire: Dealing damage to another player with this ability will now put the Warlock in combat.
+ Improved Shadow Bolt: This talent no longer causes a bug that removes all resilience from pets.
+ Soul Link: Damage transferred via this ability can now be prevented by damage absorption effects.
+ Suffering (Voidwalker): Ranks 5-8 had the incorrect taunt radius of 5 yards and have all been adjusted to a 10-yard radius.

o Warriors
+ Blood Frenzy: This debuff is no longer considered a Bleed effect that can be removed separately from the actual Bleed effect which caused it.
+ Bloodrage: Tooltip now adjusts to show effect of Anger Management on this ability.
+ Glyph of Cleaving: Now updates the tooltip of Cleave to show that more targets are struck by the ability.
+ Glyph of Hamstring: Now updates the tooltip of Hamstring to indicate it has a chance to immobilize.
+ Glyph of Vigilance: Now updates the tooltip on Vigilance to show that more threat is transferred.
+ Mocking Blow: Tooltip clarified to indicate taunt immune targets will not take damage from this ability.
+ Rampage: Rampage now behaves correctly as an Enrage effect when interacting with the Enraged Regeneration ability.
+ Recklessness: Heroic Throw and Shattering Throw will now benefit from this ability and consume charges of this ability. In addition, Recklessness now behaves correctly as an Enrage effect when interacting with the Enraged Regeneration ability.
+ Sudden Death: Corrected inaccurate information in combat log tooltip.
+ Sweeping Strikes: Corrected inaccurate information in combat log tooltip.
+ Vigilance: The threat transfer granted by this ability will now reactivate when Tricks of the Trade or Misdirection cast by the Vigilance target expires.
+ Warbringer: Tooltip typo corrected.

* Game Systems
o Target Effects: When this UI feature is activated, Fear, Silence, Frostbolt, and Hamstring will all now display text over the target’s head indicating what type of effect has been applied.

* Battlegrounds
o Strand of the Ancients
+ The “Let the Battle for the Strand of the Ancients” message should no longer appear twice in round 2. It also now appears correctly at the beginning of round 1.
+ Storm the Beach should now be correctly granted to the Horde when they start round 1 on offense.
+ The east Antipersonnel Cannon at the Amethyst gate should no longer be able to shell the graveyard flag.
+ Fixed an order of operations issue where players would sometimes not be resurrected or clear their Inactive debuff at the end of the 1st round.

Great Googly Moogly

2009-12-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

Hola blog lovers!!

Let me tell you how fantastic my Tuesday was before I get into some interesting WoW updates. You guys know I love to bore you with some real life talk before I actually talk about WoW anyway...but I promise, this particular real life talk does in fact have something to do with WoW...Iz promise

So...I fall asleep watching the NE Parriots vs NO Saints game to get a nap in before I go to work. Awesome game to watch even if you are an American Football hater like our friend Drug. I mean cmon, Brady and Belichick got their asses handed to them. It was great!

I then go to work...nothing special there

I go home and log on to WoW. I finally decided to put my 3rd level 80, my Lock, in the same guild that my other 80s are in. After being in the guild for about 2 months, I can safely say that I have grown attached. Even though my Lock was my alt that they didn't know about, its worth it to me to be even more apart of their little "clique".

I got a recruit to heal my horrible looking pug H ToC 5 man after I was invited. I know he only did it for brownie points and I wasn't going to turn him down. I kinda felt bad because I am just a pawn in this guild. I show up on time and play whack-a-mole with health bars all night. I have very little pull lol.

I got a super upgrade from there. I am talking about a 70ish spell power upgrade on one piece lol. I went from the Hat of Wintry Doom to Gaze of the Unknown...I know...I am uber 1337, but I was pretty happy about it. I have seen my dps go from about 1300-1400 dps a week ago as a fresh 80 to about 2.3-2.6 overall dps.

On certain bosses I am rocking well above the 3k dps mark...but you know...that is all tested in heroics lol.

/flex

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Then right before I was going to log for the day, I decided to hop on my mage and check an auction that I had put on the AH. It was a jerk move and I know that some of my readers are going to be disappointed in me.

But sometimes it feels good to be evil...

I was reading Gevlon's Morons of the Week post over the weekend. Someone sent in a screenshot of them selling the vanity pet, Obsidian Hatchling, for 700g. Now, you can buy this pet from a vendor in Dalaran for 50g.

I thought that I would try it over the weekend and put it on the AH for 450g.

What do you know?

Some poor sap actually bought that sucka.

I took my 50g out and sent him back the additional 400g as a good gesture....

hahahaha

I'm not that big of a douchebag. I probably wont put it on the AH again, but I am definitely keeping that gold!

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So I am going crazy in guild chat telling people about this story and I see in the trade chat...

"LF2m DPS Ony 10 - Mage and Shaman"

Due to me trying to get my Lock to 80 and get him so gear...I haven't raided with my Mage in atleast a month. I was in a good mood from being evil, so I got invited.

Man, I forgot how much fun my Mage is! Not only that, but the pug group was very good and we got the two achievements for killing her fast and no one getting hit by the Deep breathe.

I lost the roll on the head, which would have been a pretty large upgrade. But I won the roll on the Polished Mage Blade. I only rolled a 24, but noone else needed it....shhhhaweet!

Went by the gbank and bought all the enchant mats for 50g and now it has the +63 sp enchant on it. It was a pretty large upgrade, an additional 63 spell power. I was still rocking the H ToC 5 man dagger, so I kinda feel like a grown up Mage.

Speaking of which...I ROCKED the dps and damage chart. I know that it was only 10 man Ony, but I was seriously melting faces. I been too used to my Locks low dps I think because when I was pumping out 4.5 dps overall without AoE'ing down the whelps...I was filled with silliness and glee.

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Then!!!

I went to bed. However, this is why I am still in such a great mood.

I fell asleep on the couch around 1pm and woke up around 7pm. I woke up to my girl watching TV right next to me and I smell chicken.

This was our exact conversation....

Girl - You awake?

Me - mreah.....uh?...gibbajabber....nonsense...Toothfairy!!!

Girl - I stopped by KFC

Me - Ya? good for you

Girl - Here is a mashpotato delicous-ness bowl with some biscuits

Sits the bag of food right by my face

Me - Oh...gibbajabba....more nonsense..../stretch

Girl - Ya...nothing is on TV either besides UFC's Utimate Knockouts Vol 9

Me - Ya? You are watching grown men knock eachother out while eatting KFC chicken? And you brought ME KFC chicken?

Girl - lol...ya...I am pretty much am a badass

Me - Word baby

You have to be in a good mood if you wake up to that right? I can only think of one other way I would like to wake up....

but, that is not for the younger viewers of this blog.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!!

Lock gets 80 and fails! More at 10!!!

2009-11-27T18:41:00.000-08:00

Hola blog lovers!

I hope everyone had a safe and delicious turkey day. Mine was F'n amazing, but I ate way too much. My family tricked me into stuffing myself....it was not cool. I was about half way done with my first plate, which by the way was pretty hefty. A few of my family members started to say how there isn't that much food left. They then got into a conversation about how they bought the same amount of food that they do every year, but can't believe that it is almost all gone.

So my tubby ass finished my first plate and immediately got another pretty large plate. After I was half way through that one, they all start saying that it was a joke and that there is plenty of food to go around.

Well shit...I already ate more then I wanted to with my first plate and the only reason why I got my second plate is because I thought it was going to be gone if I waited a few hours.

TL:DR - I ate a metric ton of food, watched football, and passed out for the night around 830pm.

Now that I am done boring you with my real life, I will start entertaining you with my WoW career.

Warlock hits 80 and the realization that I suck...

Ok, I don't suck per se. However, I do suck compared to mostly everyone else due to the gear factor. I know, I am a brand new 80, but doing 1500 - 1900 dps is pretty embarrassing as a dps.
Basically, everything needs to be replaced...

EV-ERY-THANG!

When I dinged 80, my best gear was my BoA stuff. Which is horrible for anything level 80.

I was thinking about getting that super sweet item level 245 cloth robe, Merlin's Robe, to replace my BoA xp chest. However, I didn't want to spend all that money on ebon and spellweave cloth for an alt. Crusader orbs I can get from my shaman if I really wanted them, he has over 100 badges just sitting there.

One of my good WoW friends said she would sell me the cloth for half off though!!!

I can't pass up that deal, right? I mean...its a savings of about 650g.

So I went ahead and bought all the cloth from her, traded in my triumph badges for crusader orbs, and logged on to my disenchanter and got 8 shards. Few minutes later I had Merlin's Robe equiped, gemmed, and enchanted and I can't thank my WoW friend enough, Cheers!

However, I still suck due to the fact that I am still under the hit cap. I went ahead and gemmed everything that I could possibly gem with +16 hit gems, but I am still only sitting around 250 hit.

I don't think that is horrible though for dinging less then 2 hours though lol. I know there are some pretty pro people out there that have there newly dinged 80 in full pvp or crafted gear the minute they ding. Those people rock face and it would be cool if I did that because I hate being kicked out heroic or raid because my gear score is only 3000.

and btw...I HATE what the mod, gearscore, has done to WoW....but that is for another time my friends...

yes, another time...

/close_eyes
/deep breath

New Spec, New playing style

I leveled demo. That means that I had an OP pet and 3 dots pay attention to. During the few instance runs I did during my leveling process, I did very good dps for my level. At 74, I was rocking 1300 dps during an AN run as demo.

Well, I leveled my lock because I wanted to be Destro. It looks fun, it has some utility, and they are very good dps. I actually think you can get more dps out of affliction, but that is neither here nor there....

A Destro lock is the whole reason why I transferred my lock and faction changed him. The whole immolate + conflag spell combo makes my eyes get wide and my inner panda giggle with enjoyment. Even with my crappier gear and not being hit capped I am getting 3k immolate and 7k conflags...that is pretty sexy I guess.

Specs, yes...ok...so once I made the switch to Desto from Demo, I felt so lost. Not only did I feel like I was playing a different spec, but I felt like I was playing a different class altogether. The play style of destro is so unbelievably different then affliction or demo that it really does feel like you are playing a different class.

If I would have realized this, I would have leveled 78-80 as destro to become more used to the type of playing style it uses. However, if there is one thing good to take from this, it is that the playstyle is very much like a Mage and I been playing a Mage for a very long time.

You are pew pewing just like one and you only have 1 DoT, Immolate, to pay attention to while you are doing your thang. So atleast that is a plus....right?

Feeling Lost

I definitely feel lost when it comes to anything non single target. I have 4 different AoE spells and I am not sure which is the overall best for every situation. I know that one of my AoE spells, Hellfire, would only be used in a situation where I am getting healed. However, what is the best rotation or spell for AoEing?

I have been casting Seed of Corruption on a few mobs, shadowflaming them, and then Rain of Fire. It just doesn't seem do that type of dmg that I think it should be doing. Again, probably due to the fact that my gear blows...but ya...I already went over that.

AoEing isn't the only thing that I felt losted about with this new spec, but it was one of the main things. It is very easy to get overwhelmed when you first ding 80 and you can make a pretty large list of things that you would like to get accomphlished.

I think the best way to overcome this is to just get in there and start practicing. Yes, you are going to suck no matter what at first, but that is also how you learn. When I first started healing with my shaman at 80...people died...lol. I wouldn't say they died alot, but people definitely died due to me not knowing the best spell for the situation or me not paying attention.

You got to keep at and slowly put surely you will get better. Not only that, but it will also get easier for you because you are upgrading your gear.

So if you are feeling lost like me or afraid to start using that off dual spec that you paid 1k gold for, start getting at it! Don't be a ho, be the pimp.

I like that saying by the way...it holds true and so many faciates of life lol.

Professions

Inscription

I chose to give my lock inscription. I only did this so I don't have to go through the horrific process of unlocking and grinding out Son's of Hodir rep. If you didn't know by now, I hate grinding the AH. I do not find it fun at all and when I spend a large amount of time, greater than 15 minutes, I feel that I have wasted my time.

Thus brings me to my point on the few reasons on why I do not like Inscription. You can only vendor the scrolls for 1 silver! The lowest I have seen a glyph go for is about 1g. So I can vendor it for 1 silver or put it on the AH for a bare minimum of 1g? I can't in good faith vendor my scrolls, what a waste that would be. What makes me mad about this is that most of my scrolls take FOREVER to sell due to the flooding of the market and the fact that people only need 1 of something.

Not 2, not 5, not 10. They only need one scroll of the glyph. Which brings me to my next point...

Unlike most professions were you can sell stacks of your product. Inscription wants to be difficult and only allow you to sell one at a time. I mean, people don't want to by multiple scrolls of the same glyph. They just want one to use for themselves and they will be good to go. This would be ok for money if somehow the scroll only lasted few hours or days...but its FOREVER! It makes it very frustrating for a non-goblin type of player like me.

If that wasn't bad enough, I don't even know what my other profession should be...

Currently, its herbalism. That is only because it is what I had when I transferred him. Its pretty low level and I have been too lazy to go back and level it up during my leveling process.

Now I am 80 though. I can't be a noob and have my professions low level. I have some sort of pride...keyword being SOME.

Lets go through the list of possible professions that I can choose from...

Blacksmithing - One of the best professions to have for a raider. The bonuses and the two extra sockets you get are an EXCELLENT upgrade. However, it is one of the most expensive to level. Estimates are 3500-4000g to power level.

Tailoring - I always liked this profession, but I already have it on my Mage. Not only that but I actually dropped this profession for Inscription on my Lock when she first transferred. So, like any stubborned male, I refuse to admit my mistake and level it again. Moving on!!!

Engineering - Estimate power leveling price of 2000g-2500g. Not terrible, but there isn't anything really benefictial to me. I want my second profession to be a great money maker or makes me a better melter of faces. Unfortuntely, Engineering doesn't do either. It is a shame too because I really want a ROFLCHOPPER.

Jewelcrafting - Estimated to be around 2500-2800g to power level. A little high, but out of the ones that I have talked about so far, this one might be the best due to super gems you get to equip yourself with. Not to mention JCer's can make some decent gold with their cuts. I already have an Alchemist, so again, this seems like a very good option.

Mining - If you want to power level it, it is going to set you back roughly 1400g. However, the good thing about that guide that I just linked, is that it also gives you maps and tells you where to go to level up the profession the farm way. Out of all my toons, I still do not have a miner. It is a sad, sad, thing. Mining will help out my alchemist and my blacksmither. Not to mention make me alot of gold.

So there you have it. Those are my choices. All other professions I already have or don't want to level again, such as enchanting. I could just keep herbalism and level it up from its current level of 250ish. That will be alot less work and it would still help me out with my alchemist and inscriptionist.

Damnit...I have no idea which one to choose, this is going to be tough. If anyone has any suggestions or thoughts on this subject...please comment and help a brother out!

Long post is long...I could probably go on and on about this, but I will end you misery and stop here.

Have a good rest of your weekend and if this is your first time visiting my site, please take a look around. I have alot of posts archieved that you can look up via tags or by date on the right hand side of my blog. Go take a look at it, if you are reading this far into this article, you know you are bored lol....might as well feed the need to be noisy and poke around.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!!

Turkey for you and turkey for me...

2009-11-26T09:21:00.000-08:00

Happy Turkey Day from WTFspaghetti

Patch 3.3 = 1400 new PvE items = WTF

2009-11-24T02:51:00.000-08:00

Hola blog lovers!!

The time has finally come my friends, its Turkey week here in the States. I for one can't wait to eat a bunch of stuffing, green beans, turkey, rolls, while drowning it in some gravy, watching football and yelling gobble, gobble, until I pass out from consuming too much alcohol.

It will be epic and it is what being ~~fat~~ American is all about. I do have to work the next day, but that is neither here or there. For this is a WoW blog and just incase you haven't been playing or keeping up with news, a HUGE patch(3.3) is coming out soon.

I have a HUGE, RAGING, clue right now...

When I say huge, I do mean HUGE. There is going to be three new 5 man instances all dropping item level 219 (Normal) and 232 (Heroic) epic loot. That's right, Blizzard is spoiling us with these three brand spanking new instances. I already wrote about this a couple months ago, so go check out that post and then come back...

Pretty dope right? This is history in the making folks. Blizzard has never released more then one new five man instance unless it was an expansion. Not only that, but if you read my post that I just linked, the return of attunements and a pretty decent and lore-filled quest line?

So why am I talking about it again since I already wrote a post about it? Good question and it is because I have obtained this map of what the new 5 man Frozen Halls are going to look like.

So from my understanding and my best guess, the gate to Icecrown is going to open. I am assuming that the X on the map is the entry point to the Frozen Halls. The skulls on the map represent where the three new 5 mans will be located, Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection. I am also willing to bet that this 17 part quest chain (no link, MMO-Champion is blocked at my work =(...) has us killing stuff within the Frozen Halls as well as in the instances. You know its getting close when stuff like this is being released.

Makes me /giggle in anticipating....

I mean /manlylaugh...ya, that sounds better...

I think the patch would be pretty big just those changes, but no. They are also releasing a new raid. Both 10 and 25 man versions will be available and information about it is everywhere. Check out sites like MMO-Champion for loot tables and more spoilers like that. Interesting thing about the release of this new raid is that it is going to be gated. Check out my post a few days ago about my and other bloggers thoughts and overall how it is going to work.

LFG Tool and my thoughts...

One last thing in regards to the 5 mans and raids is the new cross server LFG tool. I am torn currently with this new addition...I can't tell if I am excited for the change or think its going to ruin stuff.

Before I get into how it works, I want to share a few thoughts on it. WoW, is indeed a fantasy world. One of the biggest things that got me addicted to this game is how huge and how much it is really like world. Let me explain further.

You want to do some raiding or some 5 man instances to kill badies and save the world. Cool, go travel or get summoned to the entrance and do your thing. You want to kill some opposing faction in some pvp? No biggie, go or get summoned to the entrance and do your thing.

But wait...

You see, with battlegrounds and arena...no one goes to the entrance anymore. You go to your battlemaster and get thrown into a pool of hundreds of thousands of players wanting to do the same thing. When the game starts there is a great chance that you are in there with few to no one from your own server, then you do your thing.

This takes away from being in a fantasy world and makes it seem like any other multiple game...such as Halo or Counterstrike. Where you just zone in and start killing people. The lore kinda gets lost and again, the feeling that you are in this fantasy world game in character gets lost. It just feels like a video game rather then a video game experience. Its hard to explain in words...hopefully you get what I mean.

Now, with the cross server LFG tool, you will again most likely not be in a group / raid with anyone from your server. Instead of flying to the entrance or getting summoned there, you just click accept and you are ported to a server dedicated for it with people that you have never seen or will ever see again.

It takes away something from the game for me. Yes, I know that you will still get the option to do it how you currently do it now, the LFG channel is not going away and Blizzard isn't forcing you to do it...so I am just going to have to check it out and see what I think about it.

However, I am not going in with a positive attitude. I was a big fan of non-cross server battlegrounds. The environment was thick and filled with a sense of responsibility to your faction. You didn't just want to win, you wanted to kill the SOBs and make them suffer for all the battles you had with them in the past. When cross-server BGs went live...all of that was lost. You just wanted to win, kill people, and get your marks instead of having that heated rivalry between factions and guilds.

I fear that cross-server LFG might do this too, just in a different way.

However...

It is a god send from the leveling and off hour point of view. Lets dive further into it shall we?

Currently, the level max is 80. That is 80 levels that you have to complete before you can get to the content that the majority of your server population runs. I just leveled up a druid and lock. Druid is 60, Lock is damn near 79. I barely found a group for Ramps and Blood Furnace during my outland leveling process. Before that I could only find 1 group for ZF and before that I coudn't find a group for anything besides level 18 WC.

I missed SM, Mara, BRD, Scholo, UBRS, LBRS, ect. All due to the fact that no one runs these anymore. Couple that with my playing time, off hours / low traffic, and no one is even in those instances.

You would think that it got better when I got out to Northrend. I remember on my Mage and my Shaman that there were people running the new 5 man instances all the time. Not anymore. I found a few groups for Nexus that were super fails and the same thing happened with AN. I kept on trying with AN due to having 4 quests in the instance, but I almost leveled out of the instances level range before finding a group.

Cross server LFG will be amazing in the regard that I will now be able to find groups for lower level instances with much more ease then I can currently. So hooray for that, but in regards to level 80 instances...I think I will stick to the old way of doing it by pugging in the LFG channel or running it with friends / guildies.

Ghostcrawler: 1400 new PvE items in Patch 3.3

Yes, that is correct. Ghostcrawler is a mad man, but atleast he has some humorous personality. Here is his post were he talks about all the new items and jokes around about how all items are going to change in the upcoming expansion.

More importantly, there is going to be 1400 new PvE items in this patch. Holy shit batman! I mean, doesn't that seem a little nuts to anyone besides me?

To put it in perspective when 3.1 dropped, there was 800 new PvE items between Ulduar and the begining of the Argent Tourney. Now we are adding 1400 items in this patch alone. I mean, I am not pissed or upset. I am just shocked more then anything. 1400 is alot of loot to look through for all my toons. That is alot of loot to go through to find the "best in slot" gear.

I am excited and overwhelmed at the same time, but thinking more about it. I guess it isn't too crazy. I mean there is going to be three new 5 mans, both with normal and heroic versions. A new raid with 10 and 25 man versions...not to mention heroic versions of both of them. You can't forget the new craftables and all the new loot for the new badge vendor.

Tis going to be crazy in 3.3 mon...WILD.

I think I have ~~excited~~ bored you enough for one day. Don't forget to vote for you favorite race in my poll. There is only a few days left and the Blood Elfs are still in the lead.

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

ROFLMAO!

2009-11-21T13:35:00.000-08:00

Its Saturday.

On Saturday's I like to post videos.

Sometimes they are about WoW.

Sometimes they are about Muisc.

Sometimes they are about Sports.

No matter what they are about, you can always count on them being random.

So enjoy and have a safe rest of your weekend, CHEERS!

Friday's Food for Thought - Why do you raid?

2009-11-20T04:55:00.000-08:00

Ahh yes, Friday.

Let me say that again because it feels so damn good to say it....

Ahhhhhhhhhhh yes. Tis Friday brother and sisters. Hoo Ray

Ok, I feel better now

Alot of information has been released this week about the upcoming patch, 3.3.

I am not going to go into much detail about it due to half of my blogroll has already talk about it and has some great insight in their articles. Larisa, PvD, and I think Clearcasting will have a post up later today about it...so go read them about the how the new raid, ICC (Icecrown Citadel) is going to work with the gated release.

However, I do want to write down and share some of my thoughts before I get into the subject line of this post.

Basically, a blue post stated that the first wing, 4 bosses, will be released and the rest of the instance will not be accessible for "several weeks". Then the second wing will be released, followed by another break. Then the third wing...and so on and so on.

Not to mention, the last boss of each wing will have only 5 attempts a week! Very interesting stuff and as a casual / mid level raider...I dislike the 5 attempts a week. The WoW forums and the blogmosphere is booming with statements about how this is going to kill so many guilds and ruin their personal freedom on how they want approach progression.

What do I think? I agree that it is going to kill alot of guilds. However, I do not think that this "new age" of gated raiding progression is going to be the smoking gun, it is going to be the raid instance itself.

Just like when Ulduar came out and everyone was QQing about how hard that it was before it got nerfed to the ground. Alot of guilds broke up due to it. Alot of people quit playing because of it, ie fellow blogger "Heal'n Hoofs" . It happens with every major patch that has a new raid instance. Guilds that are struggling with the current or old content and fail with the new content usually break up due to raiders leaving for other guilds that can hang in the new content.

So I am not going to blame any guild breakups over gated progression. In fact, I think its rather ignorant of people to assume that.

I know, ignorant people posting on the WoW forums? Unheard of...

/end_sarcasm

Like I stated before, I didn't really want to get into that much detail about it...so I will stop talking about it.

Now to the good stuff

Why do you raid?

Pretty straight forward question. Why do you raid...is it boredom and because there is nothing else to do? Is it for the phat loots and nothing else?

This question is a GREAT question to use for your guild's application if you are a raiding guild. I have used it before when I was an officer of a guild and it really shows you what type of person you are dealing with.

Now, the majority of people raid to continue the process of upgrading and improving their toon, i.e. MOAR EPICz! The whole concept of WoW since you created your toon was upgrading and improving your gear. You might not have made it your number one priority or a priority at all...but don't kid yourself and think that isn't the foundation of the game.

I know plenty of people that play the game just to mess around at the AH or to be social with friends. Hell, I have a guy on my server that is a level 10 paladin and all he does is joke around and (depending on who you ask) annoy the hell out of people or entertaining and make people laugh in trade chat. He is the most well known character on our server....and he is only level 10. He has been level 10 for well over a year as well lol.

Back to my point...I was reading CriticalQQ's post today and he stated that he only raids for a challenge.

Loot is good and all, but he looks at loot as a way to make the encounter less challenging. Tis an interesting point and I know that the way he feels is the minority, but I know there are hundreds of thousands of players like him out there.

So, what about me? What do I raid for?

Well I am glad you ask! I mean, this is my blog and stuff. If you don't care then you can go BE FEET!

You know, kick rocks, gtfo, ect...

right...

Thats right, I made a visual chart. I kinda rock face like that.

I will say this about my chart. It changes every time I go into a place more then once. Let me explain

I have been playing WoW since URBRS was THE ONLY end game raid. Roughly 2004. I have experienced atleast 90% of the content that Blizzard has put out over the 5 years I have been addicted.

When new content comes out, I fiend for it. I do research and find out if it is going to be possible with my casual / mid level raider playstyle. An example of content that I was knew that I wasn't going to be able to experience was level 60 Naxx at level 60.

One of the reasons why I love the WotLK expansion so much is because Blizzard has made it possible for me to experience and see the content. I only have a handful of hard mode raid achievements, but I have almost all of the normal mode raid content down....haven't killed General V or Yogg in Ulduar =(

However, once I have beaten a boss, that fiend that I felt slowly goes away until I never want to step back into the content again...ie level 80 Naxx.

The "Lore / See Content" portion of the chart overall is 30% for me when it comes to new content. At max, it is only 30% of the reason why I raid and that number decreases by 1-5% everytime I go back after it has been cleared or 80%+ cleared.

Loot is always going to be atleast 50% of why I raid. This number goes up 1-5% as the Lore / Content portion decreases. Say what you will...but here at WTF, we KEEP ITZ REAL! I can not help it, its part of the fun for me. If months go by without a single upgrade or just a small side-grade, I get upgradetis and it takes ALOT to motivate me to raid. Add in the fact that it is farmed content and you have a better chance to find a cure for Pteronophobia (Fear of being tickled by feathers).

The challenge and social part are always an important part and without them I wouldn't like raiding. They are essential to my raiding career and if either one ever gets below the 10% threshold...I lose interest and stop raiding the content or stop altogether. However, to me they are the least important when it comes to the big picture.

I want to hear from you!

You don't have to make a fancy pie chart or anything....just break it down into percentages. I for one am very interested in reading your comments so please, if you have something to say...

SAY IT!

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

Blood Elfs are Winning? WTFmate!?!

2009-11-19T00:00:00.000-08:00

I am not a hater, it is not something that I like to do. However, out of the 170ish votes so far on my poll, Blood Elfs are winning. My poor Dwarfs are damn near last place, but I was ok with that because Taurens were winning.

Now the frost tipped, Napoleon Dynamite dancing, Blood Efls have taken the lead...

I am shocked....I really am...

Refreshing...

2009-11-17T09:01:00.000-08:00

Like the delicious candy "Airheads"

mmm...so delicious...especially the watermelon ones.

Ok, sorry, that was the fat side coming out of me.

This weekend was pretty simple for me. My girlfriend was working all weekend, so I was pretty bored during the day. Without her being there, I didn't feel the urge to do anything productive besides getting a haircut and ended up playing WoW most of the weekend.

I thought you were a MAGE!

I know, my main dps class for the past 2 years has been my pew pew laser beaming Mage. Mages are fun, very direct and simplistic. It is what I love about them. However, all of my alt time...which has pretty much been all of the WoW time minus 6 hours of raiding I do on my Shaman...has been devoted to leveling my Warlock.

/gasp!

I know, this IS coming from an old school Mage. I am suppose to want to kill all Warlocks on sight and them bathe in their tears while making a post on the WoW forums about how lucky I was and that they should be nerfed more.

They want green fire?!? F that! Way too OP!!! /wrist

Well...F that. I never had any hatred towards Warlocks. I take that back, I did hate all Locks during the 4-5 months they were the flavor of the month class back in the day during TBC. It felt like 30-40% of all DPS was fucking Locks.

Anyway...what the hell was I talking about? Ahhh yes, leveling a Warlock.

I did this weekend what the "homies" would call "PUTTING IN WORK SON!!"

I leveled my evil little witch from 67 to 74 and I am truthfully amazed how quickly it is going by. However, I am tired of leveling and I want to get to 80 and melt faces. That sounds bipolar doesn't it?

Eh, that is a whole different post...

Outland - Owned in 3 zones

With the 10% more xp from both the shoulders and chest piece, you only have to do 3 zones in the Outlands.

That is what I did and I started out in the Outlands at level 58 and left for Northrend at level 68.

It is pretty sweet to be honest. I am not a fan of the TBC expansion when it comes to the zones. Some are cool....but mostly it just pisses me off leveling in the Outland. Everything is just weird and out of place to me. A bunch of floating islands with demons, boars, and unflattering / boring environment? LAME.

I got the achievement for doing most of the quests in Hellfire...something along the lines of 90 quests. I then moved on to Zangarmarsh and did 45 out of 54 quests....I didn't get the achievement for that one, but it is only because all of the mushrooms freak me out. That and the fact that I hate Naga infested zones. Lets be honest..."Da Marsh", as my Troll brothers like to call it, is full of fucking Nagas. So I got out of there as soon as I dinged 65.

Then it was off to my ~~favorite~~ least hated zone in the Outlands, Nagrand. This is the only zone where I don't feel out of place and weirded out in the Outlands. Plus, our favorite mass murder Dwarf is there, Hemet Nesingwary.

I completed 60 out of the 87 quests for the achievement in Nagrand. I actually dinged 68 and decided to finish up a chain before making the leap to Northrend.

I didn't do ANYTHING else in besides quest in those 3 zones the whole time I was in the Outland. I didn't do the choose your side quest in Shatt. I was only in Shatt to fly off to Hellfire or Nagrand. It was fantastic.

Northrend - I tried, I really tried...

I wanted to, I really wanted to do the Northrend zones that I haven't touched with my other two max level toons. I had never quested in Grizzly Hills or the Fjord. Come to think about it...I have only leveled in Borean, Dragonblight, the Basin, and finish it up with a few quest in Storms Peak.

So like I stated, the plan was to explore and quest in the areas in Northrend I haven't been yet. However, that just isn't happening. Its 80 time...and I want to get 80 asap!

I don't have time to be confused or lost....I need epic gearz ok?!?

I got the achievement for doing 150 quests in Borean and so far I am at 118 out of 130 quests in Dragonblight. I figured I would rock out the last of them in Dragonblight and hopefully be 75. That way I will be able to go straight to Sholazar Basin, but that is highly doubtful. I will probably have to do some quests in Zul Drak or w/e its called.

Who knows though...I might just get a wild hair up my ass and decide to roll into the unknown. Grizzley Hills is 74-75ish I think...

...I'll probably just stick with the plan and try to power my way to 80, I am a lazy loser like that.

I rock, you guys fail...

I been trying to avoid regular 5 man instances like the plague itself. Mostly due to the fact that most people are idiots and REALLY need to L2Play. Plus, I get more exp per hour if I just stick with my questing thing I got going on.

However, what about if I get quests to go into the instance? I used to love these...currently they piss me off and this is because...

Lately...the people that I have ran with are just PURE FAIL.

Got into a Nexus run with very good dps and a twink level 70 DK tank. Yes, a twink level 70 DK tank. You heard me right....this tank had 20k hp and a ton of level 70 epics from everything besides Sunwell.

We killed one boss before the healer accidentally pulls a group and wipes us due to the tank not picking the pulled group up.

The healer and tank say that our dps sucks and leaves.

Got into another Nexus, we can do anything and dont even make it pass the frozen hallway where the mobs are frozen because our healer is fail.

I give up on the Nexus quests...I abandon them.

I then get 4 quests for AN. SOB!!!

First run...2 wipes and we haven't even made it to the 1st boss. Tank leaves.
Second run...4 wipes and we haven't even made it to the 1st boss. I leave
Third time...OMG I have the same healer that was in the first run. I might as well leave now. He did gain a level, and it showed. We barely got through AN....I was happy.

Also...I rocked 1300 dps as a level 73 warlock with a Felguard through the whole run. Everyone else was around 600-700ish. It made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside that I just logged for the day.

The point of this story? None. Oh oh, you can count me out for regular 5 man runs and overall I suggest the same to you. Like I stated earlier, you can get more xp per hour if you just stick with questing. F the nonsense until you can get into some heroics at 80.

mmmmm.....badges....mmmmmm

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

Winging it

2009-11-16T07:04:00.000-08:00

Morning Blog lovers! I checked in this morning to take a look at the Monday morning Warcraft post but alas, it was not there. It's always disappointing when we have to miss out on the magic that is the doctor. I know the guy in real life and still can't get enough of his wisdom. So I guess we will just have to fill the Monday slot with a story of my weekend in the world... of warcraft.

Before I start with the Wow talk I need an opinion. I am a huge fan of hockey. I love the sport. A coworker sent me a picture this morning and I need to know if it is hot. Not that I don't have my own opinion, I just am curious what everyone else thinks.

It's got to be a little cold.

Trial of the Crusader

So I post last weekend that I have no raided since my last guild folded. Between not wanting to find a guild and the lack of desire to raid, I have just missed out.

I log on Sunday morning hoping to continue my quest to do all the Outland heroics. One of the guys I ran with last weekend wasn't on and the other is on an alt mission. So I figured I'd just finish my dailies and go watch some football. As I am logging off I get a message from a former guildie (who I completely love btw). She asks if I mind tanking 10 man TOC. I told her that I had never been before and not taken the time to read up on the fights either (fail!). She tells me that it is no big deal, they will teach me the fights.

After zoning into the instance I get a nice little surprise. Most of the group is made up of former guildies! By this point I am completely stoked. With all the "how have you been" chat going on in vent and the raid chat it gets lost that I don't know the fights. We buff up and the ready check comes up. I get a message from the other tank telling me he is going to be the main tank. Then he asks, "you no the fights, right?". I respond, "nah, I am just going to wing it. You can imagine how well that went over. Luckily at the same time the raid leader gets in vent and calls me out and starts explaining the fights... Either way I could only imagine what the other tank was thinking at this point.

First impressions

I enjoyed the first fight. The main tank made the fight pretty simple for me. Gormok was exactly like Gluth minus the annoying decimate. After that all I had to do was pick up Acidmaw. I was shown before the fight exactly where to stand. I didn't pay much attention to the debuffs because every time one of us got it the other tank ran to me. Right as Acidscale went down Dreadscale destroyed the other tank and a couple dps. There were some concerns on vent that we might not make it but I was able to step up and we downed Dreadscale and Icehowl with no problems.

Jaraxxus was a lot of fun too. I of course was stuck on adds. I for some reason always get stuck with adds. After a quick wipe I got a tell from my friend telling me that I had actually been invited to their "B group" and that's why the dps was so bad. Which actually explained a lot. I told her it was no big deal, that I was glad to get the opportunity to learn the fights.

The next attempt ended very much the same as the first. This time after the main tank went down I was able to pick up the boss with a mistress on me. Next thing I know I have infernos after me. I love nothing more than to go out in a blaze of glory. We actually got him down to 5% this way. After this attempt the other tank had to leave. Once he was replaced I found myself main tank. Jaraxxus didn't stand a chance at this point and was downed the next attempt.

The faction champion section was a different story. I don't even want to tell you how bad that went. Apparently we got a bad combination. With our lack of dps we gave it a few attempts then called it a day.

Overall I had a great time. I think this may motivate me to start raiding again.

The Brood Mother

After my brief trial in TOC I received an invite to Onyxia. I never attempted this raid before. Well actually I two manned it with a buddy of mine a few months ago but that was the wimpy version. Luckily I read the doctors explanation of this the fight and had no problems with the strategy. After arriving I was informed that I was to be the main tank. This of course made my day. I love nothing more than to be the main focus of the group. Of course I didn't tell them that I had never done this before and I was winging it.

After clearing the original trash I got my first look at the Brood mother. I am not going to lie, I was a little intimidated. Luckily I had the calming presence of the tree standing next to me. I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I love Druid healers. After seeing my hots go up I was all pumped up and charged in head first.

It's a pretty simple fight if you're not a moron. It was a ton of fun too. I am just glad to get it out of the way so I can say I've done it.

So it was a pretty eventful day. Almost enough to get me pumped up to do more than dailies. Almost...

At a standstill

2009-11-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

Sometimes having a real person job can have a negative affect on my WOW career.

I have a job that I am required to do quite a bit of traveling. With the economic slow down things have been slow at work for the last six months and I have had a lot more time at home. This has allowed me to get a lot accomplished in the game. I have got to see a lot of content, get a ton of achievement points, level a few alts and even start blogging a bit.

The last few weeks things have picked up a bit and it couldn't have happened in a worse time. I have come to realize that hotels have some of the worst internet connections ever. Most of them if you can connect at all, you get disconnected at regular intervals. This is devastating to my WOW time. I wish that I wasn't so lazy and short on time. I could probably look around and find a local cafe or some place with real wifi that I can sit and play. Since that hasn't been the case I just haven't played while I am out of town.

Fail

On my first post on this blog I mentioned how I was going to try to get all of my seasonal events done before the Doctor. I even let him miss one so that I could laugh at him later. Due to fail internet during my recent trips I was unable to get all of my drops from the Headless Horseman. I had just the last three days of the event to try to scramble and get it done and it just did not happen. That's right... I completely failed!!! I haven't gotten too much lip from the doctor yet but I know it's coming. I have a feeling he is going to wait until he gets every one of them before he gives me a hard time.

What now?

Since my mad dash to get my Halloween achievement I have logged my account only one time. I have just been way too busy and unmotivated. My only log in was this past Sunday. I spent some time with some real life friends doing Outland heroics for fun. I am not usually one to waste time on nonsense but I am a sucker for achievement points.

I keep telling myself I need to get into TOC and Onyxia. Believe it or not I have still not made the attempt to do either. It's not that I don't want to. I have just been too lazy to find a guild and most pugs I see want you to link your achievements. I also need to spend some times with my alts. I started my Druid shortly after the doctor did. After getting a few levels ahead I have let him collect some dust. I need to get on that before he does so I don't have to do any all nighters to stay ahead.

Until I can get motivated to do all of this I guess I am going to continue to mess around here and there and do misc achievements and my regular dailies.

What fun things are you doing? There has to be something out there for people who are too lazy to raid, bored with heroics and short on time to play...

Tuesday Maintenance Boredom - I have a Disease

2009-11-10T09:40:00.000-08:00

I haven't really been updating my blog with "update" posts that much recently. This is kinda strange for me because I do enjoy reading other people's "update" posts. I find it interesting to get a glimpse into what other players actually do with their 15 bucks a month and due to that fact...maybe people like reading about my ~~fun, interesting, hardcore, and fantastic~~ boring WoW career?

You know you want to hear about it! Plus, there is nothing else to do. If you are reading this then there is a very good chance that you are...

at work and not able to play
at home and not able to play due to the servers being down
in the bathroom dropping a deuce and on your iphone, again...not being able to play

That last one I might edit out, because who really does that??
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Don't you lie! WTFspaghetti is a large group of friends. Telling lies, half truths, and keeping secrets, does not lay the foundation that is WTF....

That was odd, lets get back on subject...MOVING ON!

Shaman Tier 10

Yes, this time I am not F'n around with you. Blizzard has finally released something to shut up all the Shamans who been freaking out. It is not complete...but hey...at least its something.

Pretty cool! Also, very un-Shaman like don't you think? I mean it has bones, antlers, and tusks...all that is pretty normal for Shamans. However, it looks evil. It has some sort of demon-like skull with what to appears to be ghosts of antelopes. Maybe the images of these "antelopes" will appear on random, such as the Warlock's tier 5 (I think?). The one were they had wings pop out at random times.

Overall, I am happy. I think the set so far looks great and I for one will not name call Blizzard. I will now also stop ~~crying myself to sleep every night~~ wrecking my mind on what the set could possible look like since every other class has already been completed.

Altism...

Hi, my name is Tek and I have always been an altoholic. I have tried to change and stick with one main character, but every expansion that comes and goes....I seem to have a new main and a new main alt.
Background

In Vanilla WoW, after the 5-6 toons that I leveled to 25-40ish. I got real and made my warrior, Teknine. This was my first toon to hit a max level and my first toon that I ever raided on.

During non-raiding times, I leveled a lock, Chillibean (yes, he was a gnome =P). I got him to level 46 before I rerolled to a different server and to the horde.

When TBC came out my new main, my mage, Lilwhezzy, was 60 for about 3 months. I raided with my mage through Kara and Gruul when it was the only thing going on...it was fun, but at this point...I quit WoW for about 8 months.

When I come back I leveled a Paladin to 70 and raided up to Black Temple. I didn't really mess around with my mage, but I did use him for farming and pvp. This is where I decided I needed another toon...so I leveled a Shaman.

He was 70 about 3 months before WotLK came out. I made him my main, abandoned my Paladin, and made my mage my main alt.

Currently...

In WotLK, I have been really good in regards to my disease. It has almost been a full year and I have keep with the 1 raiding main, 1 max level alt, platform that so many people in WoW do.

However, I fell to the temptation. Back in August, I started leveling a druid. I was having a blast enjoying leveling through the world one more time before everything changes with the new expansion. I hit 60 about 3 weeks ago and all I have to say....

Flight form = OMFGWOOTWITHSUMTANGYBBQSAUCE

Seriously.

Tangy bbq sauce...I know...it was that amazing. All I did for 15 minutes is fly around dropping in and out of flight form. It was way too much fun.

Then it kicked in overgear...

I got a wild hair up my ass and wanted to play a desto lock. I remember back in the day of Vanilla WoW and playing my little gnome, Chillibean....wrecking faces in pvp.

37 killing blows, 70 honorable kills, 18 deaths, 2 flag returns....not terrible for a level 46.

We lost, but I my stats made me smile. 23 killing blows, 8 deaths, 70 honorable kills.

I have about 15 more screenshots of Chillibean melting faces, but you get the point. After looking at these screenshots and remembering how much fun they are...I decided to do the unthinkable.

I performed a race, server, and sex change on Chillibean. I know right? The altoholism always wins out! DAMN YOU!!!

Chillibean is no longer a gnome, he is now an undead. He is also not a he anymore, he has turned into a she. I figured since I already had a male undead, I'll roll with the female for different animations....which I do like.

Also the name Chillibean just didn't fit with a evil female bitch that steals people souls and uses them to hand out cookies for boss encounters in case they get close to death.

Whats the new name? I think this is quite clever really and I can't believe it was still available. "Triplesix" is her new name.

Get it?

Triplesix = 666 = sign of the devil = underground rap group = I'm a genious

Now what?

I have been having a blast leveling the lock. In three weeks, I have leveled from 46 to 67. That is not counting the time that I have been raiding on my Shaman. I have just devoted all my "alt" time to leveling my lock. Hopefully I can get her to 80 just in time for patch 3.3.

That way when I do my heroic farming, I will be getting triumph badges! Sexy thought I know...=P

The only toon I have abandoned is my Paladin. Poor Bonquesha....all she does is sit in my old guild disenchanting all the greens and unwanted gear that my other toons don't want.

She passes the time by /dancing on the mailbox in her red Christmas costume.

I still haven't given up on my Druid, but I can only do what my altoholism dictates.

Who knows, maybe this new expansion I will have another new main and a main alt...

Thanks for reading and until next time, I'm WTFout!

FYI

2009-11-09T05:49:00.000-08:00

Being sick sucks.

Its crazy...

My girlfriend got really sick and I took care of her for a few days until she got better. The whole time I thought to myself, it can't be that bad...she can't be in that much pain right?

I mean, the last time I was sick was well over 3 years ago. My immune system is just gangsta like that I guess.

Well, sure as shit I got whatever she had plus nasty cough....it is definitely the flu and it sucks hardcore.

This is why I haven't posted in 5 days. My apologies....<3

18 Questions - A Response to a Tag

2009-11-04T04:50:00.000-08:00

Morning blog lovers

Last week I got tagged by Ruhtra over at Holy Shock. Nothing spectacular, just a some questions about healing and my thoughts on the subject. So if you don't like reading about Shaman healing, I will still try to add some entertain value to this post and my answers.

Such as this random quote...

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

I know, I know, that was distasteful...but don't act like you didn't chuckle a little bit.

I won't tell anyone...me promise

Anyway....onward to the questions!

1. What is the name, class, and spec of your primary healer?

Teknizzle, Shaman, Restoration

2. What is your primary group healing environment? (ie raids, 5 man, PVP)

Raiding. I used to be a 10 man healer solely, but I have since moved on to the 25 mans. At this point, all 5 mans are a joke to heal with everyone over geared for them. I usually ask the tank to take off his pants and tank to make things interesting, but most of the time they think I am joking.

So I mostly dps when I heal 5 mans. Riptide + totems are sufficient most of the time.

3. What is your favorite healing spell for your class and why?

My favorite healing spell is Riptide. I know, its not chain heal...

Ok, you're right...its chain heal. I like seeing lots of numbers and in a 25 man raiding encounter like the Twins Val'kyr fight in ToC....it really makes me giggle uncontrollably. Especially if you been stacking haste like a fat kid stacks pancakes during the early morning special at IHOP.

4. What healing spell do you use least for your class and why?

Well, Shamans don't have a ton in there arsenal, but I would say that I use Healing Wave the least.

Riptide + Lesser Healing Wave isn't as fast as it used to be, but it gives me 30% more chance to crit. A crit gives the person I was healing a 10% less physical dmg buff....so I tend to try and kept that buff up at all times.

I use Healing Wave alot, but it would definitely rank lower then my other spells in terms of use.

5. What do you feel is the biggest strength of your healing class and why?

The buffs we bring and how much we rock face in terms of healing assignments. Raid, single target, free lance...we excel at all of them.

Not to mention all the buffs we give people with our totems. Need more haste Mr. Caster? Sure...here is 3% more haste...nbd.

Need 200 more spell power? I got you. What about more strength/ap? Yeah, thats right...you know the big sexy cow has your back.

6. In a 25 man raiding environment, what do you feel is the best healing assignment (in general) for you?

That all depends on your healing core and what classes you have. Truthfully, the best healing assignment for me as a Shaman is the melee group (including healing the tanks, but not on tank duty solely) and free lancing.

When I say free lancing I mean just an extra healer doing whatever is needed. I don't dislike straight raid healing or single target healing, but I think the best healing assignment for me is to take care of the melee group while doing my own thing for everyone else.

7. What healing class do you enjoy healing with the most and why?

I don't really have an opinion on this one really. In a 25 man I like to have atleast one good druid and some sort of priest for fort. Other then that I could care less.

All healing classes bring something to the table and if the player is skilled, it should be smooth no matter the combo.

8. What healing class do you least enjoy (hate) healing with and why?

Well, like I just said...I don't have an opinion. As long as the healer is skilled and knows what to do. If I had to pick one I would say Paladins because there are just too many of them who are down right horrible...atleast on my server.

9. What is your worst habit as a healer?

Not paying attention to my own health bar...lol. Sometimes I just get into that mode of looking at health bars and because of my UI setup....usually in 5 mans...I forget about myself lol.

I used to do this all the time when I first started healing 5 mans, but now it rarely happens.

10. What is your biggest peeve in a group environment when healing?

People killing themselves and then blaming the healing core or myself. Look, I will take the blame if something is my fault. However, when people run out of my line of sight or stand in fire for too long and die. Then they talk shit about the healers?!?

I start seeing red and the nerd rage comes out of me. I am not proud of this, but my nerd rage has single handedly destroyed a 25 man pug before. As well as countless 5 mans and a few 10 mans.

You know the kind...everyone is doing good. We are killing shit for over an hour with no wipes. Then we wipe twice on a boss. Some dumbass wants to blame everything on the healing core.

The other healers (aka normal people) just let it slide because they don't want piss anyone off and have them leave the raid....

WELL F THAT!

I will start it off with a sarcastic comment like..."yeah...you healers fail. I can't believe you let all those people that were standing in the fire die...."

That will get it started and depending on how far the guy who originally made the comment takes it, is how far we are going.

It is a bad habit, but F it....I am a healer. Without me you would still be standing in Dalaran with a thumb up your nose waiting for the raid to find a healer.

ok...end rant....NEXT!!!

11. Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with other healers for PVE healing?

I do. Given the same gear I think I will be able to hang with anyone given the situation. The Druid 4 piece T9 set bonus is slightly OP and even in the best gear I don't think I could touch 7k HPS in a 25 man.

12. What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a healer?

I know a few Shamans on my server that are excellent healers, so I armory them to see what they are doing. I do research at places like "plus heal" and Elitist Jerks. Healing meters, ect...

13. What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your healing class?

That people think that we are not good single target healers and that we can only be assigned to the raid.

You can say what you will about other Shaman failing at it, but that is because they didn't know how to do it or were geared completely wrong.

14. What do you think is the most difficult thing for new healers of your class to learn?

Urm....

I would have to say learning how to balance your stats and how your stats actually work. Basic theorycrafting.

15. What add-ons or macros (if any) do you use to aid you in healing?

I can not live without clique. Seriously....if I don't have that little addon, you might as well consider me dps, because I have gotten so accustom to it that my hps would DROP dramatically.

18. Do you strive primarily for balance between your healing stats or do you stack some much higher than others? Why?

Mostly a balance. I do have several sets of healing gear that I wear depending on the healing assignment and the situation. Such as a mana regen set, throughput set, raiding healing set, ect.

There was a few more, but I didn't like the questions or I felt like I was repeating myself. If I had to tag someone I would be interested to hear Kry over at Casual Hardcore responses. Only because he has a healer of every class I think....

Until next time, I'm WTFout!

Shaman Teir 10 is Finally Here!!!

2009-11-03T10:08:00.000-08:00

Nope

I am sorry for getting you excited and letting you down. I know, that was mean. Here, have a brownie and take 50% off coupon to I.H.O.P. as a token of my apology.

But when I saw this picture here I felt an overall feeling of /sigh

I hope it becomes the most badass out of all of them after keeping us waiting this long. I mean, cmon! We already knew lore, new races, and the destruction of the world as we know was going to happen 2 months before they released the information at blizzcon this year.

Can't we get a glimpse of WTF the shaman tier 10 looks like? Do you think they even started to draw it up yet? My guess is that there first proto-type was fail, so they had to start all over.

Maybe this is a good sign....yes....think positive.

Sunday Update

2009-11-01T09:50:00.000-08:00

Added new poll. I know that Dwarfs are going to win, but I figured that I would leave it up to the people. Again...Dwarfs ftw...fyi
Updated the Shout Out of the Week, Sideshow and Syrana are going to get some love from me. They really run a fantastic blog.
I got tagged by Holy Shock. Expect to see my 20 questions about Shaman healing this week.
I also tried Aion out for a week and will have an article comparing WoW to Aion. What my thoughts and experiences were about them, ect.
Plus, you know that I got a ton of stuff to tell you about what the hell I have been doing in WoW. Pssst...I have come down with a slight case of Altism.
My St. Louis Rams are playing in about 8 minutes and this might be the only chance we have to win a game this season. So with that note, I'm WTFout!

Breaking News!

2009-10-29T04:11:00.001-07:00

Today is Oct 29th 2009.

Exactly one year ago I started my blog and made my very first post.

Larisa over at the Pink Pigtail Inn, which is now blocked by my work, was my very first comment about a month or so after I started writing.

One of the blog's contributor's, P, has since stopped writing for WTFspaghetti after we took about a 2 month hiatus from WoW back in the summer. He is still alive and he stills loves you all. He just isn't motivated to write anything about WoW. Maybe this will make him write something and make a comeback lol.

Around February, P, Potts, and myself started a raiding guild. We wanted it to be a serious-casual raiding guild and for the most part it succeeded...but it was short lived and couldn't stand the test of time. It lasted about 4 months...which thinking back on it now...doesn't seem like that long at all lol.

Guild leadership is fun and I have meet some awesome people that I still talk to to this day because of that guild....but I couldn't even take it after 4 months lol. It took the love that I have for the game away....

It is not as easy as it looks or seems...give your GM, RL, or officers some love for doing it...especially if they been doing it for a long time and have been successful.

I have seen many bloggers quit WoW and / or blogging during my year in the blogmosphere. A few that come to mind that I really enjoyed was a blog ran by a guy in Germany and OneAmongMany. There has been many others...such as Too Many Alts...I refuse to take that blog off of my blog roll until I see the site go down or he says why he quit.

It has been like 6 months since an update though...I hope he is ok....

That brings up a good point. If you have a solid readership of your blog and you decide to quit. Man up and say so.

Moving on

What else has happen in the past year?

Oh yeah....I actually meet a blogger in real life. Fish from gnomewarriorisanoxymoron was in my hometown and he came over to my house and partied with us.

That was probably the craziest thing ever in regards to the past year with my blog. I actually meet a person over the internet because of my blog.

Wild and craziness right?

At some point I decided that it was a good idea to get a 15 man, African American Choir to join me on my blog. They bring the flavor and set the mood for most of my post and DON'T act like you don't like em!

Overall Thoughts....

If you enjoy to write or think you might enjoy writing and you play WoW. There is a huge blogmosphere filled with thousands of people searching google for wow related stuff. I got a solid readership just by commenting, some link love, and trying to atleast write 2-3 post a week.

Before I knew it this site is a year old with 156 posts and over 120,000 unique views.

With all the crazy stuff that went on over the past year in regards to my WoW career...

I wonder what the future holds for WTFspaghetti???

Isn't that a famous quote? I mean without the WTFspaghetti part lol.

Got to throw a random funny picture in here somewhere right? I think that has become my theme some where down the line....

Best Race/Class Combo??

2009-10-27T07:09:00.000-07:00

That is the question people.

There is alot of combos to choose from and in the upcoming expansion there will be even more.

Lets just say that Dwarf Shamans are not going to be high on my list for this lol. I am still scratching my head on that one...

Anyway, right...best race/class combinations. Lets start discussing...

and when I say discussing I mean giving you my opinion...fyi

Horde

Orc

I really don't like any class combined with Orcs. Warlock and Rogues are out of place with this race. Hunters aren't too bad for orcs and neither are Shamans, but when you think of a big, ugly, drooling Orc...what do you think of?

I think of a meat head. So I am going to say the best class combo will be warrior or a DK. Either one really...as long as they are wearing heavy armor and getting beat about the face I am ok with it.

Tauren

Hunters and Shamans make the most sense to me. However, who doesn't love a BIG ASS COW swinging a big bloody weapon at his enemy? I might be bias, but I am going to go with Tauren Shaman for the whole nature, tree-loving thing they got going on. Shamans are the wise man of their tribe...and who wouldn't trust a big furry cow that shares his herbs with you?

Plus, Tauren hunter's animations are weird and awkward.

Undead

Hands down is Warlock. I am not even going to go into the rest of the possibilities. They are Undead...they are suppose to be evil and one in touch with their demons.

Troll

This one is hard. I don't play Trolls and I don't know many that do. I have no idea what the best combo is with this race.

Priest? Mage?

eh...sure?

Blood Elfs

Mages. Isn't that the whole reason why they bounced from the Nightelfs? I do like BE's being Rogues and who doesn't like a high-lighted hair, Ret Paladin?

Overall

For the Horde I am going to say that the best Race/Class combination based on Lore, common sense, and overall badassness has to be...
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Undead Warlocks. Jong the Ret Pally coming in a close second only because he turned into a Human though.

Seriously though, you can't argue with an Undead Warlock can you? I am sure you can, for christ sake if you are a reader of this blog I know you can.

So do it, prove me wrong...what do you think about the Horde and the best Race / Class combo?

Patch 3.3 and My Thoughts in Pictures

2009-10-26T01:35:00.000-07:00

This post is all about patch 3.3 and the pictures of all the new stuff that is going to come out. There isn't any spoilers in this post unless you don't want to know what some of the new tier or bosses look like....So enjoy!

Tier Sets

First off, I think that Warlock's new tier looks amazing. Creepy scare crow, clown, serial killer looking mofos! I mean, they even made the gnome's look creepy. Out of all the tier sets that are out there currently, I think that the green or red version of this looks the best hands down.

Then we have the good old Mages. Hooray! They look ok, not as badass as the locks, but they still look good. I especially like how the Undead and Troll look in the red version. The other versions look too much like Warlocks in my opinion.

Red suits us well...

Paladins...I mean...I don't know what to say. You guys look like a cross between a Ghostbuster, Robo-Cop, and a Firefighter.

I give this a huge thumbs down...

Raid Bosses and How They Look...

All I got to say is WTF is the Lich King doing in that Citadel?!? Jesus...I knew that he was sick, but I didn't know that the Lich King was FREAK!

Look at the madness he is creating! He must be stopped...

Again...IF the Lich King didn't create this freaky looking Jack Rabbit, then where in the hell do you meet someone that looks likes this? In a bar? Night Club? Bingo night? WTF!

Nothing could have of prepared me for the next one....

I am not even sure that if I had the chance to fight this boss that I would....its just too creepy and freaky....

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I was freaked out just as much when I realized she wields a chicken wing as a club...

Damn the Lich King! DAMN YOU!!!!

Saturday's Video Post - Aion, is it worth it?

2009-10-24T06:47:00.000-07:00

As you probably already know, there is a new game out. Rather its a new MMORPG game out that is trying to give WoW some competition.

I was never a fan of the others, such as WAR, LoTRs, or Star Wars. They all have some potential and I am sure that they are fun, but its not enough to break my WoW addiction.

I have a few friends that are playing Aion and overall they love it. It is a grind leveling, just as in WoW. However, the game looks amazing and is really trying to balance the different classes out to make it more of a skill based game rather then a gear or another class owning another.

I just watched this gameplay video on youtube. Its mostly pvp encounters and I must say...

I kinda want to try it out...

What do you guys think

EDIT: I can't get the video to fit correctly, so after 5 minutes of trying I am going to say F it. FYI

Thrusday Throwback! Old School Lag Monsters

2009-10-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

As you all know, I ~~am a loser~~ have been playing this game since roughly 2004.

Yes, I am an old fart in regards to the game. I like to think of myself as an old wise fart though, yeah...that sounds much better right?

Today I am not going to talk about my guild issues, or my alts, or raid encounters. I have been getting a little bored talking about the same ol' shit for the past couple of weeks. I feel like if I keep it up, I am going to lose readers.

Why is readers important? Because when I see a comment or look at my google analytics and see all the views I get...it makes me giggle uncontrollably.

So today is just a fun post about the World of Warcraft and how different it used to be. Its funny when you think about it because in all reality, the things that I am going to mention today, I didn't mind during the time.

However, now that Blizzard has made the change....

I would probably shit a brick and be ranting and raving all day about how much it sucks.

So without any further ramblings, lets get this thing started off.

/music

WTFspaghetii's 15 man Choir:

"OOooooOoooOooOOOOOOh

FO

shizzzzle!"

The Lag Monsters that were Orgrimmar and Ironforge...

Oh yes, young ones...gather around. Today I am going to tell you about a time where the biggest lag monsters were not highly populated areas like AV.

No, no. They were worst then Shattarah and they made Dalaran look like an open ground in Deadwind before Karazhan was was even thought of...

(ooooooo.....ahhhhhhhh)

Yes, its true. See back in Vanilla WoW, if you wanted to use the Auction House, you only had one choice to go. If you were horde, then you would have to go to Orgrimmar. If you were the alliance, then you would have to go to Ironforge.

It was a cluster-fuc...I mean it was THE mecca of the WoW community. On a high populated server during the busy times, sometimes even the best internet connection couldn't with stand the all mighty power of those lag monsters. There were times when I start walking up the hill to Ironforge on my trusted Ram and I could feel the lag creeping on me like a hungry, black spider seeking his next move for its meal...

SPLAT!!

Yeah...a spider...it was that creepy

When I could finally see the front doors of IF, the lag was decent due to all the people dueling each other. However, this didn't phase you because you were harden. You knew it was going to be there and you got used to it.

Once you walk in the doors and moved around the corner to where the main AH was, not even the most harden veterans of WoW couldn't help but to feel its wrath.

lol...

Seriously though...it sucked ass. It wasn't so bad during off times or even when it was semi busy if you had a decent computer. However, during the high times of the server, everyone was lagging. No one complained because that is the way it always was.

That wasn't even the worst part about having one AH for the faction. It was the fact that there wasn't linked trade chat.

Oh yeah...no linked trade chat, no LFG channel that you can jump in and sell your items / services that way. If you wanted to make money in WoW, you had to go to IF or Org because that is where everybody hung out. It would be pointless to sell items in the other cities trade chat because, again, they weren't linked.

There was no way around it. If you didn't want to use the AH and just sell your items via the trade chat, you still had to go there.

Keep in mind there was no dailies, battlegrounds didn't drop any money, and there wasn't a ton of quests you can do for cash. If you wanted money, you knew what you had to do.

Into the lag monster you go....

Diversity Fun and Heroic Trial of the Crusader

2009-10-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

~~Good morning~~ Hola blog lovers!

Yeah...no morning post for me this week. My job, being the big bad corporate power house that it is, decided to make everyone of its I.T employees go through "Diversity Training". So I got moved from my normal shift, 12am-10am, to the dreaded 1st shift...7am-4pm.

Well, yesterday I got hella diversified! After spending 7 hours in a meeting room talking about each other's differences and how to blend and communicate better, I felt like....well, lets not get into how I felt lol.

This is a little off topic, but I still think it is a good story that may make you giggle uncontrollably.

During one of our "games" in diversity training, the facilitator put of very large pieces of paper label with different social and race groups.

Example - Black Male, Black Female, Jewish people, Fat people, Old People, Gamers, East Indians, White Male, White Female...ect

There was probably about 15 of these labels. He then gives us a magic maker and tells us to go to each one and write down a negative stereotypes that you have HEARD before.

Now...

What is someone suppose to do in this situation? This is a meeting room filled with 30+ people, all different cultures and races. Our discussion is suppose to be kept confidential, but still...I don't want to put down EVERYTHING that I have heard about a certain stereotype lol. I have a friend, and I am sure that everyone does, that knows about 50 different names / negative stereotypes for each...I can't write them all down.

Everyone in the room was pretty awkward about doing it, but we all did it. Some of them were silly...such as a white male can't jump and/or dance. Some of them were weird...like fat people are dumb(wtfmate?!?)...and some of them pretty spot on. Such as the generation Y, 1980-2000, was spoiled, lazy, and felt a sense of entitlement...ect.

After everyone was done the facilitator, a college professor in socialogly and communications, spent about 1.5 hours breaking down why we have these views on certain groups of people....it was pretty freaking interesting really. I am just glad I got through it lol. It could have been alot worse for me lol.

Just thought I would share that piece of ~~fantastic~~ useless information with you guys before I get into the real reason why you read this blog.

No, no, I don't have any more of my special brownies. Maybe on Friday...yeah...ok, see you guys then...

...damn druggies

Go Go Gadget WoW

Alot has happened since the last time I talked about my WoW career. I was still a trial member of 25 man raiding guild that has been on the server since Vanilla. After 3 raids and answering some more questions on there fourm I got offically invited to a bench position.

Now, the bench position in this guild is very interesting because it really doesn't mean that your a bench spot. The ranking goes like this..

Alt-->Friends-->Bench-->Raider-->GM

There are only 14 people in the guild with the raider rank...so I am not sure what to think about my "bench" rank. Also, we did a 10 man Ony and 10 ToC run on Friday and they took me over 2 "raider" ranked people that wanted to go. So I am confused on what it means...but so far I am really liking it.

Another thing that is interesting about this guild is that there is no officers, just the GM and co-GM. They are a wife/husband combination and truthfully, I like it alot. One of the best guilds that I was ever apart of during Vanilla WoW was ran by a wife/husband combination.

They decided to take a week off of raiding and realized that they missed taking walks togethers and eatting ice cream. So they quit WoW and ninja'd the gbank lol. The guild quickly fell apart afterwards....maybe 2 weeks before it was completely done.

Hopefully that won't happen with this guild otherwise I feel that I might have to say F RAIDING and go back to leveling my Driud.

Heroic Trial of the Crusader

So yeah...last night my guild decided to roll into the heroic 10 man version of ToCr. I have been reading alot of posts from bloggers about this and it is really split down the middle.

Some don't agree that it is that hard, others think its too hard, and then there is a small percentage that thinks it PERFECT!

...well almost perfect.

Northrend Beast

1st phase - "Big Spear Dude"

I didn't think that this guy was too bad. He has more HP and hits harder and you have to kill him before the two worms come...which is like 3 mins if I am not mistakened. The snoblods and the random fires hurt alot more and must be killed or moved out of ASAP.

We wiped about 3 times here, but after that we were getting him with about 10 seconds left before the worms came. Healers had mana and the tanks didn't have the impale...awesome.

2nd phase - "Two Big, Fugly Worms"

These guys weren't too difficult either. The hardest part was killing the big spear dude and transitioning to the worms with the "impale" debuff still on the tanks. One time our tank, 45khp, went from about 95-96% health and 2 seconds later he was dead. The impale ticked twice and each worm hit him once lol. All I did was move from where I was standing from the first guy to position myself better to heal for the two worms...I look up and bam...dead tank.

We wiped about 3 times here as well, but it wasn't terrible. I think phase one was harder then phase two because our dps had to be in sync and pew pewing its ass off. Where as phase 2 is still more about control and not failing at the mechanics.

3rd phase - "Is that a F'N Yeti?!?"

Yeah, that is a big ass yeti. This is the easiest of all the phases, you just don't get a speed buff and he can / will one shot your tank if he goes enraged.

He was at like 15% and he turned big and red and 2 shotted our tank. The off tank grabbed him and our healing corp kept him alive until we killed him. It was fun and challenged me just enough to make me feel good about completing it.

The gear is also sick...nothing dropped for a healer, but damn...there was some super hot melee dps pieces.

Lord Jaraxxus

Now this, was a very fun and challenging fight. Only thing different really is that you have to dps the nether portals and kill them as QUICKLY as possible so you do not get more then one Mistress out at a time. This does take ALOT of quick and power dps.

We were rocking three healers, but we didn't have the dps to burn the portal down fast enough. We probably wiped about 4-5 times before deciding that I am going to go elemental. I took off my healing gear and put on the ownage gear!

We so got this....

...yeah, still wiped due to not enough heals. But that portal went down with the quickness!!

We tried a couple more times and our 2 healers had the mana...they just couldn't keep up with the damage. Especially during the Inferno phase. So my sexy cow ass decided that...

I was going to stay elemental.
I would pew pew the big bad demon until the portal came
Pew pew the portal and mistress
Continue to pew pew the demon lord with thoughts of hate
Then use my fantastic chain heals to heal during the inferno phase.

Not only did it work, but it was probably one of the funniest fights that I have been apart of. Hands down the funniest 10 man fights I have ever been apart of.

Faction Champs

I am not going to get into too much with this encounter...they just whopped our ass. We killed 2 of them once...but it was too late and too many of us were already dead ><. Overall

I think that the heroic version is pretty difficult and challenging. That being said I absolutely love it and I hope that Blizzard doesn't nerf it in the future. If everyone is paying attention, doing there job, and properly geared...there shouldn't be a reason why you shouldn't beat it...atleast the first few bosses anyway.

I have read that heroic Anub is NO JOKE. I mean you only get 6 ice things the entire fight? WTFmate!

I know there has been some articles over at Matticus's and replys from Larisa and others about how easy the game has gotten.

Well F that...Heroic ToC is not easy mmmk? I am not going to go off on a rant about it, but I am just saying...before saying that game is too easy, please beat heroic toc on either 10 man or 25.

That is all

Until next time, I'm WTFout!!

FreakOUT!!

2009-10-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

Morning people!

It's Saturday and here at WTFspaghetti we like to make fun of people. It's not hateful or mean. We don't drag it on and try make things uncomfortable for the person...but if its funny and there is a video of it...

Well then we are not to blame. We are just media and our job is to let our viewers know WTF is going on in the WORLD!!!

...of warcraft.

In this particular video, the teenager has just found out that his mom has cancelled his WoW account.

It is called the wow freakout...please enjoy, I know I did lol.

But WAIT!

There is more videos of this kid. He really does have an anger issue and his brother loves fucking with him...its kinda mean but I would probably do the exact same thing if I was his brother lol.

You know you would too...enjoy the follow up as well, where he has been up in a tree for 4 hours...

lol

Have a good weekend guys!

I will leave you with one of my favorite bands of all time, Everclear. Here is one of my favorite songs by them...the video makes me laugh on how old it looks lol. Makes me feel F'N old...

Thursday MADNESS...brownies & milk included...

2009-10-15T05:35:00.000-07:00

"You kill the first one and you panic for a few days. You're nervous. But then you kill the second one and that's a kind of a medicine. It takes the pain away that you were feeling after the first killing."

- Columbian hitman, "Red"

Yeah that's right...I started my post off with that quote. I am in that kinda of mood today. Brutal, ruthless, full of RAGE! Ready to kick some ass and get the weekend started. On a serious note, that quote is for real. I was reading an article the other day on cnn.com and they actually interviewed a current, Columbian drug cartel hitman.

Not 100% sure how in the hell they got the interview, but that quote really did it for me. No matter how badass and "hard" you think you are....you don't even compare, not even close to the level of a real badass. It kinda makes me feel like I am a bitch lol. Not that I want to kill someone or anything, but being a man, you have a certain swag about you. You would like to think that you are THE MAN...unstoppable, ect.

Then you read a quote like that and it just grounds you. SOB!

I don't have tooooo much to talk about WoW wise, but I wanted to update my ~~thousands~~ 7 readers on whats been going on the past week with my WoW action.

I did find the scariest picture of a cat I have ever seen...but I was seriously freaked out by it...

When I close my eyes I can still that creppy sob...maybe I will feel better once I get some brownies in me.

wher IZ MAH BROWNIEZ?

I am not sure that everyone will like my brownies. If you have a job/crazy parent/crazy spouse were you get drug tested, I wouldn't participate. For all others, feel free to take more then one.

nom nom nom

10 mins go by...

...and that is why I think that the US never landed on the moon bros. Its was the MAN trying to cover it up...conspiracy and stuff...

WTFspaghetti's 15 man Choir: "woah...our mind is blown...hehehe, we said blown...where the F is the milk?..."

Now that I got your mind right, I am sure I will make more sense...back to the WoWage!

Trial run...again

As I stated in my last article, my current guild assploded. I am still pretty bummed about it because they were really awesome. I also had some good friends in there that made it feel like home really quick.

I filled out another application to the only 25 man raiding guild on the server that I could actually make their raid times. They did a great job of making sure that I was serious about joining them and they also had plenty of follow up questions that tested my knowledge on the class.

I got a trial run last night and it went ok. I ~~embarrassed~~ made an ass of myself a few times during ToC 25 man. One was really bad...I died to the damn spikes in the ground, phase 2, on Anub. There wasn't alot of ice down, but that is still isn't a valid excuse. I noticed that I got picked and ran away from everyone...

...then I noticed that I ran the complete WRONG way and there was no ice anywhere lol. I tried to make it, but I failed. Total nub moment. Other then that I think I impressed them. We did Thorium and Hodir in Uld 25 man and it smooth.

I didn't get a guild invite yet becaue they still had some "questions" to ask me on my application. So hopefully the /ginvite is coming by the weekend.

Random Thoughts...

Leveling Blacksmithing is expensive. Like...really expensive. I hadnumberous thoughts through out the leveling process that I shouldn't have ever started. I am level 320 now and I am really hating life. I know that I will get it maxed out sometime, but I just don't have the gold to power level it on my server. /wrist
F the PTR for 3.3. I can not get that stupid POS to work for me. I downloaded it and installed it twice. Whenever I tried to open it, it just says that some file was currupted and to try and reinstall. No big deal I guess....but I do have to redownload it and that takes like 4 hours on my internet connection. So F it...I guess I am destined to not play the PTR....blizzard sobs.../threat!!
Did you guys check out the new relics that will drop in 3.3? The elemental shaman and the resto totem are OFF DA CHAIN!
- Elemental - Your Earth Shock, Flame Shock, and Frost Shock spells grant 73 haste rating for 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times
- Resto - Your Riptide spell grants 85 spell power for 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times
With the tier 8 2 piece set bonus, you can have 3 riptides rolling at once. It is not that hard to keep them all rolling and it is definitely not going to be difficult to keep 3 stacks substained. So bam...255 spell power...substained.../drool.
Now ofcourse, every healer has something along those lines, its just not shamans, but I am still excited for it.

That is about all the madness I have for today....

I told you it was F'N scary! All I am saying is that if I saw this cat look at me like this...I might think that he is going to pull out his .9mm, point it at me sideways, and start popping caps while yelling THUG LIFE!!!!

Yeah...you feel me....I know you do...

Informational Goodies and Random Asshatery

2009-10-13T04:20:00.000-07:00

So it is 3am in the morning and wow.com has not yet reported that there will be maintenance this morning. I am excited and pissed off at the same time...

My main playing time is in the morning, so when they do maintenance I know that I will not be able to log in and play. This gives me time to catch up on other things or get a few extra hours of sleep. I am usually ok with maintenance for this reason, it forces me not to play.

When they don't have maintenance I am initially excited. I can log in and mess around for an hour before I go to bed. However, I am really bad at just playing for an hour. I have lots of friends on my server that are online in the mornings and I can screw around in Org for 2 hours and not even realize it. Damn the WoW addiction! Damn you!!!!

You see, WoW is like nicotine. You crave it, but when you know that you won't be able to smoke for multiple hours...overall you are ok with it. Think of work as a perfect example...you know that when you clock in for work, you don't get your first break for "X" number of hours. So you know that you won't be able to smoke, feed your nicotine addiction, for those "X" number of hours.

However, when you are hanging out on your own time, you'll find yourself smoking just because you haven't in the pass hour. Same thing applies to WoW...If it is available for you to play, you are more then likely going to play.

That was pretty random...

I will try to get more on point and talk more about WoW.

There are a few things that I want to talk about in this article, I might as well list them now so if your not interested you can just move on lol.

Random picture of a Walrus
Addons that will make you better
Altoholism - Elemental Shaman and Arcane Mage ownage stories of the weekend
Guild Assplodes
Weekly Dumb
Quote of the Week
Nazi Cat

Addons that will make you better...

I am going to go out on a limp and say that more then 75% of WoW players use some sort of addons. I know that number is MUCH higher for raiders and I feel like its my blogging duty to share some addons that will make you a better healer / dps / tank.

Power Auras Classic

This addon is flipping amazing. I knew of this addon for awhile, but I just recently started using it. In a raid environment, there is alot of stuff going on and it is very easy to miss a proc or a special ability.

This is were Power Auras comes in. It allows you to put up an image on your screen to notify you of whatever you set it up to do.

For help configuring this mod there are a few very helpful tutorital videos on youtube...fyi

Example A - On my Elemental Shaman, my lava burst ability is on a cooldown. I want to use this ability every time it is up and like I stated before, sometimes in a raid environment I can miss it...which hurts my dps. I setup power auras to pop a large flashing image on my screen right above my character's head when it is off cool down. This way I know that my next spell should be lava burst.

Example B - On my Arcane Mage, sometimes I don't notice when I get my Missile Barrage proc. I also want to use this proc when I have 4 Arcane Blast debuffs. In a 25 man raid, this is easily overlooked sometimes, so I setup Power Auras. I have one image pop on my screen to notify me that my special proc, Missile Barrage is ready and I have proc come up to remind me when I am at 4 Arcane Blast debuffs. It works wonders and my dps has shot way up after using this addon.

Example C - Lets say that you want to be notified when you get under 15% health or mana? You can setup power auras for that. This works great in a pve raid or a pvp environment. I know sometimes I forget to heal myself because I am so worried about healing everyone else. Power auras helps me remember and that will make you a better all around player.

Clique

Clique is mostly used by healers, but I still use it on my mage for decursing and other abilities. All you have to do is put your cursor over a raid plate and click a particular button that you setup for a spell.

For my shaman...

"shift + right click" = chain heal
"mouse button 4" = cure poison / decurse / cure disease
"middle mouse button" = earth shield
"mouse button 5" = macro for instant heal and trinket usage.

For my mage...

"mouse button 4" = decurse
"mouse button 5" = spellsteal

I am telling you that once you get use to this addon...there is no going back. I really do not think I can heal up to my standard in a raid setting with it. It cuts down on so much time and makes things so much more smooth...its reDONKEYOUS!

Altoholism

Elemental Goodness

I consider my off spec for my shaman as one of my alts because I put alot of time, gold, and effort into his set this past weekend. I was rocking full T7.5 with a few odds pieces from Ulduar 10 and badge gear. Over the weekend I spent 85 triumph badges on the spec and got him two pieces item level 245 gear. I also got 2 pieces of the regular T9 gear and upgraded his main hand weapon. I spent about 1100 gold on enchants and gems and I must say...he is f'n sexy!!

I have yet to try out my dps in a raid, but over a period of 5 minutes self buffed I was rocking 4k dps on the heroic dummy. With my old gear over the same amount of time I was rocking 3k dps. There was moments when I was reaching well over 5k dps and all I can say is that it made me a happy cow. I can't wait to get into a raid and unleash the elemental fury to see what the overall result will be.

I am telling you, the power aura classic mod really, really, helps out with my dps on my elemental. I did the same duration, five minutes, without the power aura mod on and my dps was about 500-600 less...that was with me really paying attention too!

A.D.I.D.A.ARCANE

Mostly due to her rocking face, I usually read clearcasting's blog daily before I go home from work. She is an arcane mage and she always makes me jealous with all of her stories of ownage. So I made it a goal to get on my mage and try to get some purple pixels.

I did the heroic dailies for a few days and I got into a pretty good Ony 10 man. I got no loot, but 3x triumph badges is worth going in my opinion. I also got in a 10 man ToC run with my mage! It is ALOT different dpsing then it is healing that place.

I found out that the second boss, Lord Jarraxus or w/e, that I had no idea what to do as dps lol. I caught on quickly and we after some wiping pains, we finally cleared that place out. A super sexy belt dropped with a TON of delicious haste but I rolled a 4. I tried to buy it from the destro lock that already had a level 232 belt, but he said it was too good of an upgrade for him. The belt he was rocking had alot of crit and the belt that drop had 0 crit, but alot of haste. Everything else was pretty much identical besides the haste belt had 5 less spell power.

Did something change with destro locks? I thought they were all about crit...

I didn't feel like arguing with the guy and he already turned down my off of 500g, so F him.

So again, no purple pixels on the ToC run, but I got a ton of triumph badges and I only need 5 more to get the item level 245 shoulders. I am still rocking the T7 shoulders from 10 man Naxx...so yeah....HUGE UPGRADE

On a side note, my mage was doing around 3.5 dps during the 10 man raids. My gear completey sucks besides the T8.5 head and legs that I got...I can only imagine the type of dmg I can do with Arioch's gear. /jealous

Lucky biatch <3

Guild ASSplodes!

ahahahahahahhhh!!!

You know, I finally get into a guild that is ok with me raiding 2 nights a week and actually has a raid spot for me 100% of the time due to being the only elemental shaman in the guild. The first week I was in the guild we killed everything besides General and Yogg in 25 man Uld and we 1 shotted everything else, 10 and 25 man...Ony, ToC, VoA.

There was no difference in the second week, we still pwned faced just like the previous week. We were about 5-6 members short on the raid, but we still 1 shotted everything 25 man wise. The this past week came and we didn't run any 25 man raids because we only had like 16 people sign up. A few raiders went on vacation and a few had midterms to study for...no big deal, we still ran 2 groups of 10 mans.

Fast forward to Sunday...

I log in and notice one of our officers in Dalaran....and he isn't in the guild! WTFmate! I look at the guild log and notice that the 2 raid leaders and about 12 core members left the GUILD!

...

I still don't know what really happened, but it had to do with people not showing up to raids....you know...that one week. With Icecrown around the corner I was pretty excited that I would get to see the new content with a high end guild and that dream was shot down.

They are in a rebuilding phase now and in all seriousness...we still have some pretty fantasic people in the guild. As for 25 man raids? No chance in those happening...but our 10 man raid roster is still pretty solid.

Just sucks that it ASSploded over one bad attendence week. Its not like we weren't getting applications and we were only seriously 5-6 people away from a full 25 man raid and bench spots. It fucking silly that they decided to leave for that reason and as you can read from my rant....I'm not too excited about it.

I am not sure what to do guild wise now. Since I got expose to 25 man raiding and the pure ownage that we did...I want it back lol. 10 mans are fun, but I want the 25 mans.

I will keep you guys informed as my guild journey unfortuntely continues...../sigh

Dumb of the Week!

Thats right, back by popular demand its WTFspaghetti's Dumb of the Week! Man...this dude has the biggest balls ever. I wont ruin the story for you but seriously...you have to read this article. It is work safe.

Quote of the Week!

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.

-unknown

Thats all from me people! I'm WTFout of here!

Monday Morning Warcraft... kinda

2009-10-12T07:43:00.001-07:00

Morning Blog Lovers!

It's another exciting Monday morning. I usually spend my first few hours of work on Monday getting caught up on my news from the weekend. Since it seems that I can't do anything but play WOW on my home computer, I usually get backed up a couple of days on my blog reading and email.

Thank you to everyone that commented on my first post, I was glad to get that out of the way. I noticed that the doctor decided to skip Monday Morning Warcraft, so I figured I would put something up.

Heroic Failure

So what is the deal with people leveling to 80 and going straight into heroics? I know that the nerf in leveling has everyone under the impression that they are a lot better than they really are but don't they realize that they are a drag on everyone else? It usually happens too that most of them leveled so fast that they don't completely understand their class or the game itself for that matter. I saw some dps this weekend that I can rival with my 71 druid or hunter. It makes me sad.

I usually try not to get annoyed or involved with this kind of group. I usually only run with real life friends, having to grab maybe one person out of the looking for group channel. This weekend was a little differnt. I have a real life friend who used to play the game. While he played he got a few family members involved and I got a chance to meet and play with them. Even though he hasn't played in 6 months I get invites from his family members to groups all of the time. I usually have a great excuse with farming or raiding but with my lack of heroics lately I finally ran out of excuses this weekend.

The fail

I am running around trying to get my dailies done and I get an invite from my buddy's niece for heroic TOC. I am automatically annoyed because I don't prefer Paladin healers. I try to get my Druid buddy an invite to heal but she already has a full group. So reluctently I accept the invite. Before I get a chance to type "hi"in the party chat I see a message from this shammy, "Oh man I think I can get a better tank than that". I don't really pay much attention to this. I assume that he is a noob and that he is looking at my hit points assuming I am acutally going to tank with 22k hps. My friend politely informs him that I am in my ret gear and sends me a tell apoligizing for the noob comment.

This shaman continues to run his mouth my whole ride there. Giving everyone tips about their class or role before we even get there. So as soon as I zone in I inspect his gear. Wouldn't you know, all greens but 2. I ask and he informs me that he is a fresh 80. I thought to give him a few suggestions but he seems like a know it all. So instead, I sigh again and figure there is no harm in trying.

The three champions come out and again it seems like someone is out to get me. (You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge on names) We end up with a rogue /warrior/mage combo. Of course it is a quick wipe. No one seems to understand the concept of kill skull first or avoid the aoe.

We go a second time. The first whirlwind/poison combo and I watch all five of the health bars plummet. I don't really understand because besides the DK and me, we have all casters. The second time around both the shaman and warlock die. The shaman /yells "great healing noob!". I check my dps meter and see that he is barely putting out 1k dps so I kick him. Yeah I know what you're thinking, I am a huge jerk for kicking this guy in the middle of the boss fight but by this time it's him or me. Besides, it's a wipe anyway.

The lock and healer laugh at my annoyance after the fight. The DK had some choice words for me kicking his buddy. I informed him that people that are that bad should never comment on the play of others. Just like his friend he starts to critisize the healer and even throws a few shots at me. I link the dps meter and then kick him from the group as well. I would tell you what I told him after that but then I would get into my rant about tanking classes that don't tank and complain about you (gonna save that for future material).

I added a couple of hunters just be be sure that we had no more issues with the aoe. One of them was a real life friend so I knew that I had at least one other person in the group that wasn't a rtard.

At this point I have nothing left to complain about except the healer. She did a pretty good job considering. It just makes me nervous to see my hps go down that far before I get a heal. I do my best to help her out though. Since we all know that tanking as a pally is stupid easy, I get enough aggro then help her heal. We do fine all the way until the 3rd phase of the Black Knight. Both hunters died and zoned back in twice. After their 2nd death the healer died. I stood there and healed myself and the lock for the last 10%. I gave it a /flex and quit the group without looting.

I later apologized for leaving so quick and even offered to tank the next instance. That story isn't as interesting. I will say that I learned it's possible for a tank to lead a heroic Violet Hold in dps and have two people doing around 1k dps and still not fail.

Potts' noob guide to being 80

So I am going to try to help out and make my own noobs guide of being 80. I won't include the first point which is obvious. If this is your first toon I would suggest trying all of the low level dungeons when it comes time. I know that you level faster without and the gear is worthless a few level later but it's nice to understand the concept of how the group works before you get to the top level and embarrass yourself by not knowing what a tank is.

1. Understand your class. Read a guide and find a rotation. Understand all the spells and the tricks you may need to get yourself out of trouble.

2. Turn 80

3. Gear. Hopefully you have run a few instances before 80 and have a couple of pieces to start with. If not, there are enough craftable pieces out there to get a good start. Hopefully you have a profression that you can make your own or at least made some money to do so.

4. Run regular instances and do some kind of dailies. The money from the dailies can be put toward those craftable items that I was just talking about. Heck while you're at it you may get a cute little pet to go along with it.

5. Start heroics. DO NOT start them if you are not wearing mostly level 80 blue gear. I understand that there are some exceptions but with the craftables and boe gear there is no excuse to come to a heroic green from Howling Ford.

6. Collect a few pieces of badge gear, join a guild and start raiding. Yes join a guild. Find one that is just starting out. Actually learn the fights instead of getting me killed in a pug.

7. Have fun. That is why were here.

note: you can skip steps 3-5 if you have patient friends that want to run you through stuff. However you CAN NOT get around having to learn how to not be a noob. Only you can prevent this.

My suggestions to Blizzard

I realize that there is no real incentive to do a regular instance. Why do pointless grinding if you can go with a skilled group and ride them to a 4 badges a chance at a nice piece of gear? Maybe along with downgrading badges blizzard could do a badge system with regular instances. Offer one badge on the final boss of the instance. This could get the noobs off my back. I mean it's not like we aren't nerfing everything else.

My First Post!

2009-10-07T07:29:00.000-07:00

So it’s long overdue but here I am! My name is Potts. I have been playing WOW since back in the Vanilla days. I am a real life friend of the Doctor and P. After 50 or so drunken comments on how I need to contribute to the blog, I finally got invited to do so. Now all I have to do is not fail. My goals are simple. Say something funny every once in a while and be around long enough to get my toons linked on the main page of the blog. Anyway, here goes something…

(Not sure I'm quite in with the choir, so we can skip that. I'll just insert a random cat pic instead.)

What it do?

Recently I have taken a break from raiding. I was a little burnt out with raiding after that fail guild I was in with the doctor .While he was on his mission to find Jesus I ended up just pugging a few raids and doing some heroic grinding. After I got all of the badge gear worth getting I had to look for something else to do.

I didn’t have to look far. I am lazy but I am a competitive person. I found my calling in all things WOW that I used to find annoying. I have spent an obnoxious amount of time in the last few months grinding achievements and titles. I say competitive because the biggest reason that I do this is just to have more than my friends. The doctor gets his cooking title so I have to get it. He does a couple of the tournament dailies so I go out and get the Crusader title. He gets a new mount, so I go out and get 50 so I can get an Albino Drake.

You can guess where it goes from there. I almost forgot to mention that I didn’t call him during his WOW hiatus and tell him that he was missing one of the seasonal events. I knew that if I could complete it while he was gone I would have a better chance of finishing them all and getting my drake before him. What a friend, right? I just hope this doesn’t provoke him too much. If he did the exploration achievements he would gain a lot of ground on me. Even though I would still be crushing him in titles.

Cooking

The cooking title is coming along pretty well. I am just waiting on enough dailies to buy the rest of the recipes. The only one besides those that seems like it’s going to be a problem is the recipe for tasty cupcakes which is a drop. I need to find some time to go after that. I kind of wish I was paying more attention from the start. I have probably already seen it drop at one time or another.

As far as all of the outland recipes, those were all a piece of cake. I looked at the doctor’s previous post about his chef title and laughed a little. I got all 4 or five recipes I needed in just a few days of doing the Outland cooking dailies. There was only one barrel that I got that didn’t have one. Of course he was on and made fun of my frustration. I love it though because it adds fuel to my fire!

Boredom at it's best

While doing my cooking dailies in Outlands I decided on a whim to go and try some Netherwing dailies. Does anyone remember those? I can remember spending countless hours grinding out these dailies. Then you would almost all of the quests done and spend 30 minutes fighting your way through all the other people trying to find those elusive ravagers.

So I figure I could also use this as an opportunity to level my 2H mace skills. I recently acquired one in a pug and didn’t realize my skill was 1/450. I was amazed to find the ease of doing these quests. Well besides the fact that I could taunt the mobs to death, there was no one out there. I had all of the ravagers and EGGS to myself. The first day I picked up more eggs than I did the whole time I grinded this rep with my priest. Most were out in plain sight and didn’t require a scavenger hunt.

If you get bored and have never done this now is a great time. If you’re one of those fancy, hardcore type you could probably do it in 3 days. Soon I will dance around the doctor with my fancy mount and he will bow in all my glory.

Until then... I am WTF out!

Tuesday Maintenance Boredom - Patch 3.3 and You...

2009-10-06T05:50:00.000-07:00

Morning blog lovers!

If you are anything like me, you had "a case of the Monday's" yesterday. We made it and we are moving on....

It doesn't get much better, now the servers are down for maintenance. SOB! We can't win for losing can we?

So I figured I would take the time and talk about the new upcoming patch, 3.3. There are a ton of changes and new additions to the game and I am especially excited for this patch. Mostly because my two favorite classes, Shamans and Mages are getting a some pretty neat stuff and the Lich King himself is finally showing his punk ass face.

Oh yeah, that means a new raid instance and it also means three new 5 man dungeons with a 5 man version boss fight the Lich King himself. Woot!

Mages in patch 3.3

Arcane Empowerment: This talent now also grants 1/2/3% increased damage done by the mage's party or raid for 10 seconds after the mage gets a critical strike with Arcane Explosion, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, or Arcane Blast. This effect is exclusive with Ferocious Inspiration and Sanctified Retribution.

Lets take a second to take that in

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Ok, so I think that all Arcane mages will agree with me by saying F YEAH! Every time you crit with your 3 main nukes, Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles, and Arcane Barrage, you will grant your entire raid with 3% damage increase? Are you serious? That is f'n amazing! In a 25 man raid, 3 mages ~~will~~ should guarantee that the 3% dmg buff will be up 99.9% of the time. This is a huge pve buff and everyone should be excited, not just Arcane mages.

Shaman

Fire Nova Totem: This totem has been replaced with a new spell, Fire Nova, which is available at the same ranks as the old Fire Nova Totem. Existing characters will automatically learn this new spell in place of the totem. With a Fire Totem active, shamans will be able to use Fire Nova (fire magic) to emit the same area-of-effect damage as the old Fire Nova Totem from the active Fire Totem, not consuming the totem in the process. Fire Nova will activate a 1.5-second global cooldown when used and has a 10-second spell cooldown. The caster must be within 30 yards of the totem to use this ability, but does not need to be within line of sight of the totem.
Improved Fire Nova Totem: Renamed Improved Fire Nova. This talent now provides an additional 10/20% damage to the spell and reduces the cooldown by 2/4 seconds.

Uh...I had to read it a few times too, don't feel bad. So how in the hell is this going to fit in our standard rotation? I don't know and truthfully it probably won't unless there is stuff to AoE. It sounds like a very cool spell, but I have no idea how it actually turn out. The original fire nova totem did ok aoe damage at the level cap, but I never messed with it really. Now that it doesn't require its own totem, but just a fire totem, it will be interesting to play around with, but I am trying to stay positive.

Elemental dps rotation is pretty bland and could use some spiciness added to it. However, I highly doubt that it will make it in our dps rotation. It is another spell that we can use for AoE encounters, which is HUGE because lets face it...chain lighting is pretty lame for an AoE spell.

I hope it looks cool. The post just said it was a spell, so I don't know if its a spell like the Moonkin's typhoon AoE spell or something like a Mage/Lock's channeled AoE spell. I am planning on downloaded the PTR, so maybe I can get some more facts about this instead of just talking about it.

LAWL

Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Halls - Holy F!

First off....before I get into this new raid / 5 man dungeons. I want you to read a quote from Blizzard. Mostly because I can't say it any better then they can.

"Icecrown Citadel will feature a massive five-player dungeon sprawling across three wings of the citadel's foundation. While the Lich King's attention is focused on the Argent Crusade and the Knights of the Ebon Blade ripping through the front gates, players will be tested as they assist Jaina Proudmoore (Alliance) and Sylvanas Windrunner (Horde) in infiltrating the citadel through an alternate entrance.

An epic quest line will present adventurers with the task of weakening Icecrown Citadel's forces, requiring that players defeat the challenges in each dungeon wing before venturing into the next one. Normal and Heroic versions of the dungeon will be accessible to players, although each wing will be considered a separate instance; therefore, on Heroic difficulty, each wing will have its own separate lockout timer. All-new rewards -- including item level 219 (normal) and level 232 (Heroic) loot -- will be offered to those who destroy some of the Lich King's most formidable allies."

Did they just say three new 5 mans with loot tables of 219 for regular and 232 for heroic? Holy F! One part is excited for all the new gear and content and the other part is kinda disappointed for all of the nooblets running around in level 219 / 232 gear.

But lets think more clearly...if you are in a raiding guild, you are going to have way better gear then what is dropping in the 5 man dungeons of IC. You are going to have 10 and 25 man raid gear from IC. So I take it back...I am just excited...

and so are my non raiding alts!

Epic quest line and the return of attunement's?

Oh snap...Blizzard did just say epic quest line. I remember the last epic quest line that I had to and it was for SSC back in TBC. Before that it was to gain entry to Onyixa back in the day. MMO-Champion does have some idea on what the quest line is going to entail and I must say, it doesn't sound that EPIC.

I will say that it looks quite long, MMO listed 17 quests chain. Now this could all change, but currently on the PTR, that is how it is currently.

You might have also read in that quote from Blizzard that in order to each of the three new 5 mans, you must defeat the one before it. So we have a possible 17 part quest that involves gaining access to the new 5 man dungeons. Without doing the quest line you will not be able to continue to the next "wing".

Sounds like an attunement to me. What do you guys think??

The Forge of Souls

First "wing" or dungeon...whatever you want to call it.
Has two bosses, Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls and The Devourer of Souls
The goal is to ruin the twisted engines known as soul grinders found in this portion of the citadel
Seems like a pretty short instance, but only Blizzard knows because it has not yet been up to the public on the PTR.

Pit of Saron

Second "wing" or dungeon. Only accessible to those who have defeated the Forge of Souls "Wing"
Has three bosses - Forgemaster Garfrost, Krick and Ick, and finally Scourgelord Tyrannus
The goal is to free enslaved allies who have been trapped by the Scourge and find out where the Lich King's private quarters is located in IC.
From reading up on the summary, it seems like a pretty linear and normal flowing instance.

Halls of Reflection

This is where it goes down! Again, this is the third wing and you can not access it unless you defeated the other two wings.
Falric and Marwyn are the first boss fight you encounter and then its the big boy himself, the Lich King.
I think what Blizzard is doing is really flipping cool with the Lich King in a 5 man dungeon. That way everyone that plays pve, the 5 man guys, 10 man raiders, and 25 man raiders will all hopefully have some closure in killing this fool!

I know right...lot of information! There is also new Weekly raid quest and new badges. New badges means new badge gear and I was just thinking to myself that I was getting pretty sexy in my T9.

Watch out because that is going to be old news here in a little bit.

What do you guys think about all these upcoming changes? Any thoughts or criticism

Monday Morning Warcraft - New Kid on the Block

2009-10-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

Oh yes...

New kid on the block people! WTF does that mean? It means that here at WTFspaghetti we have a new blogger that will posting from time to time. Pretty exciting news right? OMG I know your excited! His name is Potts and he has also been playing since Vanilla WoW. His main is a sexy female Blood Elf protection paladin, but I suspect that his articles are going to be more about WoW in general.

Who the F knows though...this is WTFspaghetti. So it could be about anything his little heart desires. So stay tuned for that...

Weekend Update

Last week something happened in WoW that hasn't happened in a REALLY long time...maybe ever. Due to me joining up with my new guild, I successfully raided all of the current raids besides the heroic versions of ToC.

Seriously, that is huge for me! Onyixa, VoA, Ulduar, ToC, both version...10 and 25. I logged in on Sunday and thought to myself, shit...nothing really for me to do uh? Which is a good thing, don't get me wrong. I am not trying to complain in any way lol.

I have 80 triumph badges but I am waiting to get a trophy so I can rock the T9.5 gear instead of the regular T9. Hopefully my guild will make me an actual member instead of a trial member and I can get my hands on one. I highly doubt that I will be promoted this week, but at the same time I highly doubt that they wouldn't accept me into the guild. Especially since they have NO elemental shamans and even though I applied as resto, I don't mind pwning it up as Elemental a few days a week.

All I have to do is make sure I am keeping my Resto set up to date. It is definitely up to date, but we have a few resto shamans that have all BiS gear. I'm talking 4 piece T9.5 and the rest level 245 gear.

I have never been out healed by another resto shaman so badly before, not to mention two at the same time. It was embarrassing to say the least, but hopefully they don't find another elemental shaman until I have sometime to get my gear up to par. Right now I am rocking 4 piece set for T7.5 lol....so wish me some luck.

Meeting people on the Internet....

Yeah...I would say that a good percentage of my readers know who Fish is. He writes and manages a blog, Gnome Warrior is an Oxymoron. A few weeks back I noticed that he is coming to my home town for a weekend. I said we should hang out and sure as hell we did.

It was definitely weird thinking that you are going to meet someone that you have never actually held a conversation with other then by comments on our blogs lol...but overall I say it was a success. Fish was exactly what I thought he would be like. He didn't lie about anything he has said on his blog about himself in real life, which was a relief lol.

P and myself thought about fucking with Fish when we first meet him. Nothing that would physically hurt him, but would give him a good WTF did I get myself into kinda thing. We were thinking we could act SUPER GHETTO and see how he reacted.

I am not talking about Eminem or Colt 45 and a blunt wrapper ghetto. I am talking about STRAIGHT FROM THE HOOD ghetto. Talking about I got 3 baby mamas on my ass for my child support ERRRDAY! Shooting dice and having freestyle rap battles type of ghetto lol.

We also thought about maybe freaking him out and had some pretty funny ideas, but decided that it was too mean to do lol. So we missed our golden opportunity to mess with him, but it was still a good time. I think he has some pictures up at his site....I refuse to put them up on my site for a few reasons.

It was his camera
I was entirely too intoxicated and hung over the next day to do anything besides watch football on the couch.

Until next time peeps! I'm WTFout!!@!