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Suggested Reading: Of Theramore, The Old Republic, Guild Wars 2, free-to-play MMOs, and Mists

Posted by Peter (Devee) on August 3, 2012
Posted in: Guild Wars, Suggested Reading, The Old Republic, World of Warcraft. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 2 Comments

I’ve been a bit late getting this out, so there’s more than usual.

Theramore Tourist Information Guide, Bravetank, 7/26/12.

This hilarious tourist information guide for Theramore will explain why it’s a great place to vacation and totally safe.

The Hidden Sting of a Personal Spaceship, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/18/12.

Rohan explains how personal spaceships sound cool and work well while leveling; At endgame when players are traveling often, they just slow players with a abundance of loading screens.

Operations in The Old Republic, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/29/12.

A nice stroll through “operations,” which are to TOR what raids are to WoW.

‘Guild Wars 2’ and the death rattle of the subscription game, Emily Gera, Polygon, 8/1/12.

Polygon interviews ArenaNet’s Chris Lye about subscriptionless MMOs and Guild Wars 2.

The Old Republic Goes Free-To-Play, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/31/12.

When TOR goes free-to-play, leveling and questing will be unrestricted. Flashpoints and warzones will be limited per week, and operations will only be for subscribers. Rohan’s going to continue playing through class stories but will turn to Mists of Pandaria for a raiding fix.

FarnVille in World of Warcraft? WoW Insider’s first look at The Tillers, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 7/30/12.

Dawn examines The Tillers, the new faction responsible for your personal farm. I’m excited.

The OverAchiever: FAQ on pet battles and early achievements, Allison Robert, WoW Insider, 8/2/12.

You might want to check this out before jumping into pet battles.

Tactical Graveyard Control at Arathi Basin Nodes, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 7/19/12.

If you want to perform well in Arathi Basin, you have to control graveyards. Cyn’s articles are always wonderfully informative.

Resurrection Vectors in Strand of the Ancients and the Problem of South Graveyard, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 7/25/12.

This is a lot like the previous entry I mentioned except that it’s about one the worst battlegrounds rather than one of the best (my opinions).

New Mists of Pandaria Battlegrounds: Silvershard Mine, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 7/31/12.

If you’re as excited about this new battleground as I am, check out this guide.

WoW Archivist: Strat 45 — the original challenge mode, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 7/27/12.

A nice look at Strat 45 (especially for those who didn’t run it when it was current).

Lonesome George immortalized in Mists of Pandaria, Robin Torres, WoW Insider, 7/26/12.

When the turtle Lonesome George died, so did his sub-species. In his memory, he’s been added to WoW as Lon’li Guju.

Mists of Pandaria raids will have staggered release, none available at launch, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 8/1/12.

The first raid of the tier will release one week after Mists launches, and the final two of the tier will release four weeks later. I think this is a good change that puts people on more equal footing. (Of course, I’m too slow to be helped by this.)

Mists of Pandaria Beta: Druids get new default travel form, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 7/20/12.

This news is a couple weeks old now, but I love the new stag travel form!

Conqueror and ICC 25H

Posted by Peter (Devee) on January 30, 2012
Posted in: Devee, Journal, PVP, Raiding. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment

What an amazing weekend in WoW! I suppose that picture gives you a clue about part of my happy weekend, but let’s go through in order.

I knew this weekend was going to be packed with action before it even started. How? Because it was Arathi Basin weekend, of course! The Defilers were the last faction I needed to earn the “Conqueror” title. I was around 18,000 out of 21,000 reputation, and a win gives about 140 reputation. What’s the first step to doing well in a battleground? Scaring your enemy of course, and what better way than wearing the face of a wolf on your head?!

It doesn’t look particularly priestly, but I suppose it looks trolly!

On Saturday, it finally happened; I hit exalted! After all that long grinding, I was finally Conqueror Devee! It was a long grind. Keep in mind that I was around 50,000 HKs when I hit my first level cap at 80. Also of note – it’s a grind. It’s not skill. I’m actually not that great!

As an aside, Cynwise posted a great article called “The Problems of PvP Reputation Grinds in Cataclysm” on “Cynwise’s Battlefield Manual” today. It’s a great read (as is the entire blog), and he even /salute’d me for reaching Conqueror!

Then I called a very important meeting with Mooglegem and other Horde commanders in the Hall of Legends. New plan: Get 10,000 more HKs so I can be “Devee of the Horde.”

Then it was off to Icecrown Citadel for my second week of joining Buzzleetgear’s ICC 25H. That’s my T10 in the picture. It’s what I most often picture Devee wearing because I wore it for so long. ICC was the current raid for about a year, and it was also the first current raid for which I was raid-ready, so that tier is very special for me.

I needed two achievements. I needed Portal Jockey on Valithria, and I needed to be bit on the Blood-Queen. Buzzleetgear was nice enough to set me as the second bite! The first bite was for the person working on Shadowmourne. I’m guessing he set me as second since I needed so few achievements, which was nice of him. Then, on Valithria, I was designated the healer to stay outside of the Emerald Nightmare. It went well! I was so nervous about the achievement that I stayed inside Valithria’s hitbox, making sure to set my camera so I wouldn’t see the portals. It was freaking me out! Luckily, we were successful! And then during the Lich King fight, I was set as the ranged stack point. Quite the honor! It took a couple pulls, but we did it again. By the end of the night, I received three heroic tier tokens (and a Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher that you can see at the top of this post). And that brings me to my final screenshot of the day.

How do I look in my Heroic Sanctified Crimson Acolyte gear? Wonderful? Priestly? Amazing? Yes to all of this. I’m looking forward to running with his  group more in the future even though I won’t need it. ICC is very fun when you haven’t been running it for a year, and Buzzleetgear is a great leader!