Suggested Reading: Of talent trees, variable group sizes, the Curse of Flesh, order and balance, patch 5.3, and more

Posted by Devee on May 23, 2013
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Levelling [sic] and Talent Trees, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 5/20/13.

Rohan thinks we should bring back talent trees with talents every level for leveling purposes. However, he proposes that at max level, you have every talent, but the talents give the abilities that a class gets while leveling currently. This would make it simply a way of choosing what you get first while leveling. It’s a great idea!

Variable Group Size, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 5/19/13.

Another interesting idea, but one that’s likely more difficult to implement.

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The Curse of Flesh, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/121/3.

What if the Curse of Flesh was a way for the natural Azeroth to assimilate the Titan’s external creations?

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Celestials, Ancients and Aspects, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/19/13.

Anne posits that the Ancients and Celestials are Azeroth’s natural response and balance to chaos and the Old Gods. This is a great article, so please read it!

5.3 Escalation Patch Notes, Rygarius, World of Warcraft Blog, 5/20/13.

The official patch notes.

Patch 5.3 PvP changes, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 5/21/13.

I’m just getting annoyed at all the changes now.

All-orc clan leader offers fierce perspectives on RP, world PvP, and Garrosh, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/9/13.

These are true orcs!

Know Your Lore: Gul’dan, Doomhammer, and the nature of the Horde, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/21/13.

Garrosh and Doomhammer are more alike than you might think.

The false memory of WoW’s difficult past, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/10/13.

Was Vanilla WoW more difficult or just more annoying?

WoW Archivist: Launch classes’ 9 biggest aggravations, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 5/10/13.

If you weren’t sure just how much better the game is now, give this article a read.

Ready for 5.3?

Posted by Devee on May 21, 2013
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Patch 5.3 hits today. Every time there’s a patch, I ask myself if I’m ready for it. So far this expansion, every patch has come a bit early in my opinion. Yes, I do feel a bit burnt out lately, but that’s because there’s too much to do, not because it’s boring.

How am I doing in patch 5.2? I’ve finished LFR of course and am 3/12 in Throne of Thunder. I’ve done all the activities on the Isle of Thunder although didn’t get all the achievements, I’ve killed the two world bosses, and I’ve explored the Isle of Giants. I’m exalted with the Sunreaver Onslaught and revered with the Shado-Pan Assault. I’ve finished collecting Secrets of the Empire and Trillium Bars for Wrathion and am working on his quests.

I suppose now is as good a time as any. There’s still more to do, but this isn’t a raid patch. Because I’m no longer doing much besides raiding, it seems like the perfect time for a non-raid patch. I just wish I was caught up with Wrathion! Patch 5.3, Escalation, should be exciting. I have no idea what’s going on with PVP, and I wish I did, so I can’t say much about the new BG. Scenarios have been pretty boring so far, so I’m not very excited for that either. However, I love where they’re going with the story and look forward to helping Vol’jin’s rebellion!

Requiem for a Queen

Posted by Devee on May 15, 2013
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Requiem for a Queen

What’s this? A giant exclamation mark in the raid? Oh, a quest! Seriously, how did I not know there were raid quests in the Throne of Thunder. Admittedly we’re not very far in the raid. We’re only 3/12, so I suppose the randomly quest has always been further in the raid. Still it seems surprising to me that I wouldn’t have heard about this.

RfaQ2

It was a nice change to have something a little different to do between the first two bosses. Maybe we wiped once, sure, but things always go wrong on trash. It wasn’t the only time we wiped on trash that night either.

RfaQ3

Of course, all I received for completing it was 26 gold. Even so, I enjoyed the change of pace and look forward to running into more of these in the future.

Gimme dat mount, Oondasta

Posted by Devee on May 13, 2013
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Oondasta mount
The other day I hadn’t really intended on playing WoW much. I got online to do something really quick, and my friend and guildmate Zetzu announced that Oondasta was up, and that people were about to engage him. Within minutes, Devee and Mooglegem were standing on the beach of the Isle of Giants.

No one was attacking him. Minutes passed, and people were still arguing and trying to group up. I got distracted and ended up downstairs talking to my roommate. About twenty minutes later, I walked into my room. On Mooglegem’s screen, I see that Oondasta is almost dead. Mooglegem casts one spell, and the spell hits just before Oondasta dies. I didn’t even get to enter combat with Devee.

Of course, Mooglegem gets some loot. I forget what it was now, but after looking at the loot, she used a Mogu Rune of Fate.

Reins of the Cobalt Primordial Direhorn.

Too awesome! I think she looks good on it though, don’t you?

Counseled the Council of Elders

Posted by Devee on May 10, 2013
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Council of Elders

On Wednesday we defeated the Council of Elders for the first time! It was a really fun fight in my opinion. I love seeing the various troll tribes act as individuals even while acting as a group. Just as with Horridon, the Council of Elders showcases representatives of each troll tribe (especially if you consider the Darkspear representative in opposition).

We had thirteen failed attempts before our successful kill; the video shows the last few seconds of each failure before the full success. Now it’s on to Tortos!

Suggested Reading: Of Ragnaros, Karazhan, the New York Times, role playing, the Sunwell, and beauty

Posted by Devee on May 9, 2013
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WoW Moviewatch: Lore According to Ragnaros, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 5/7/13.

There are two sides to every story. This is Ragnaros’ side.

Know Your Lore: Karazhan and why we went there, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

I didn’t know much about Karazhan, so this was fairly interesting to me. The comments are good too.

New York Times crossword references World of Warcraft, Robin Torres, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

“World of Warcraft event.” Four letter word. Ah, come on, it starts with ‘R’!

Inside the fabulous world of blood elf roleplaying, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

Selama Ashalanore is an exciting blood elf roleplaying guilds. Themed RP guilds always sound so fun to me!

Know Your Lore: Anveena Teague and the Sunwell, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/5/13.

Who is the girl floating about the Sunwell?

The top 10 most beautiful spots in WoW, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

This wouldn’t be identical to my list, but it still shows some nice locations.

Horridon THE CUTEST BOSS EVER down

Posted by Devee on May 3, 2013
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Horridon

This week we killed Horridon for the first time!

I think I’d look good riding on a Horridon. Sadly, the mount didn’t drop. It would pretty nice to have one day.

It only took us 13 wipes to down Horridon for the first time! That seems like a lot, but I guess it wasn’t so bad. I think it was only two nights. We put some attempts into the Council of Elders as well but didn’t get far. Maybe we’ll progress more next week!