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Blog Azeroth: What I want for Winter Veil

Posted by Peter (Devee) on December 10, 2012
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Every week, Blog Azeroth proposes a Shared Topic for World of Warcraft bloggers to discuss. This week’s topic was proposed by Noahdeer of Be MOP.

Winter Veil is around the corner and it’s time to sit upon Greatfather Winter’s lap and answer the important question, “What do you want for Winter Veil?” Is it that expensive grand expedition yak? a nice transmog custom outfit? or a Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock?

What is on your Winter Veil wishlist?

I have to admit, this was actually last week’s Shared Topic. Whoops.

What do I want for Winter Veil? Well, there are two things I check the Auction House. I want a Tabard of the Lightbringer and a Spectral Tiger.

Icecrown Citadel is still the only tier that I raided consistently from start to finish. It was at the peak of my time investment in World of Warcraft, so it’s important in my memory. I still wear T10 because it seems so valorous and priestly, and I think the Tabard of the Lightbringer would go well with it!

As for the Spectral Tiger? Well, it looks amazing. While I like the Swift and regular, I think I like Swift Spectral Tiger a little less only because of the armor.

Hurry up, Greatfather Winter! Bring me my gifts!

The last topic was proposed by Mataoka of Sugar & Blood.

What is one thing, just one thing, you did that was pretty awful in Azeroth, that you wish you could get some kind of redemption or forgiveness for, or even just get off your chest?

You can read the responses here!

Blog Azeroth: True Confession

Posted by Peter (Devee) on October 24, 2012
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Every week, Blog Azeroth proposes a Shared Topic for World of Warcraft bloggers to discuss. This week’s topic was proposed by Mataoka of Sugar & Blood.

What is one thing, just one thing, you did that was pretty awful in Azeroth, that you wish you could get some kind of redemption or forgiveness for, or even just get off your chest?

It bothers me that so many people roll need on things that they don’t really need or are for their OS. Instead of being the bigger person, I sometimes just do it too. In LFR, there were definitely times in which I rolled need on all of my tier pieces, even the ones I already had, just so I could possibly trade them later. I know, I know, it sounds horrible. It wasn’t that I wanted to hold them ransom. But if someone else was doing it, I wanted to have something with which to barter. And that’s likely what others were doing too, leading to this big mess. While it’s true that I’d also freely give it to others at the end if I didn’t end up using it for trading, it’s still a jerky thing to do.

Similarly, I’m also willing to roll need on things that might be for Mooglegem. On the holiday bosses especially, I look at us sometimes like a single unit. “Do one of us need this?” If the answer is “probably,” I might roll need and sort it out later.

Sorry.

The last topic was also proposed by Mataoka of Sugar & Blood.

What are your personal rules you wish others would know about you?

My two favorite replies were from Chris of Confessions of a Grown-Up Gamer and Martha Bechtel of Perish Twice. Most of Chris’ rules boil down “please act intelligently,” a nice rule that people should follow both in and out of World of Warcraft. I liked Martha’s rule that faction hate should only belong in RP. I also like to stop and help characters on the opposing faction (even though I’m on a PVP realm and usually sport the Conqueror title).

Blog Azeroth: Rules of Me

Posted by Peter (Devee) on October 17, 2012
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Every week, Blog Azeroth proposes a Shared Topic for World of Warcraft bloggers to discuss. This week’s topic was proposed by Mataoka of Sugar & Blood.

What are your personal rules you wish others would know about you?

  1. If I’m in a random group, I’d prefer people to speak up if they don’t know what’s happening.
  2. I want to play with my girlfriend, Mooglegem. I know WoW players coming as a pair can be annoying, but I want to play with her.
  3. I like to collect things. In current content, I understand that people who need an item for gearing should have priority over me wanting it for fun. But if we’re running old content, and I’m there just to get something for fun, I should have an equal chance.
  4. I like to be light-hearted and joke around even if (especially if) things are going badly. When I start to joke around, it’s not because I’m not taking the raid seriously.

Last week’s topic (well, the week before last because there wasn’t one last week) was proposed by Ninevi of Flask Half Empty.

Do you think there any faux pas in WoW? If so, please explain your thoughts or maybe share your own memories and experiences!

I enjoyed Malkshake VG’s post on Holy Nova. It’s summarized as “If you wouldn’t do it to someone in real life, don’t do it online.” Good advice. Ninevi posted some great examples as well!

Blog Azeroth: WoW Faux Pas

Posted by Peter (Devee) on October 3, 2012
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Every week, Blog Azeroth proposes a Shared Topic for World of Warcraft bloggers to discuss. This week’s topic was proposed by Ninevi of Flask Half Empty.

A faux pas, noun, \ˈfō-ˌpä, fō-ˈ\ is a violation of accepted social norms (for example, standard customs or etiquette rules).
The term comes originally from French, and literally means “misstep” or “false step”. (via Wikipedia)

Shared Topic:
Do you think there any faux pas in WoW? If so, please explain your thoughts or maybe share your own memories and experiences!
Feel free to include serious ideas (ie: etiquette in LFD/LFR) and silly ones alike (ie: fashion disasters in transmog)!

Rolling need on something that you don’t actually need for an upgrade is a faux pas unless no one else needs it and you’d like it for offspec. Note that this gets bent a lot, I think.

Rolling need on gear that isn’t appropriate for you or doesn’t matter is as well. As a disc priest, there are (limited) times where a cloth piece with hit on it could technically be an upgrade for me, but I should never roll need on it if there’s a DPS that needs the piece.

Winning all the loot. It’s good form to pass if you’ve continually won everything (or to give away the piece you won previously). There’s no specific limit in my mind, but you’ll know when it starts to feel unfair.

Yelling at people simply for not knowing how you were going to do something should be, but people seem fine with it.

Pulling a mob if you’re not the tank unless the tank has asked you to do so.

Initiating combat when your healer is out of mana should also be a faux pas but seems acceptable to a lot of people.

I’m sure there are a lot more, but these are the ones that come to mind!

Last week’s topic was missing, but the previous one was proposed by Mataoka.

But with the new patch, and all the new things coming, what are three things that you will absolutely not leave behind? Consider these three objects your virtual backpack- the twist is, a tiny story to go along with each item.

Steve of razor lemon included his ability to solve practical problems. This is otherwise known as engineering! I thought it was a pretty great response. I also liked Kaleri’s response on Power Word: What? It caught my eye because I didn’t know (or didn’t remember) that the Argent Dawn Commision gave a ligh effect. I hope I still have mine.

Blog Azeroth: Three Must Haves

Posted by Peter (Devee) on September 21, 2012
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Every week, Blog Azeroth proposes a Shared Topic for World of Warcraft bloggers to discuss. This week’s topic was proposed by Mataoka of Sugar & Blood.

But with the new patch, and all the new things coming, what are three things that you will absolutely not leave behind? Consider these three objects your virtual backpack- the twist is, a tiny story to go along with each item.

Hammer of Purified Flame – When Mooglegem and I found a Battered Hilt within the Forge of Souls, we had no idea what we were about to do. With the help of Krasus and the Sunreavers, we discovered that the hilt belonged to the legendary blade Quel’Delar. After we reforged it with Saronite at the Pit of Saron and tempered it in the Crucible of Souls, it came to life on its own within the Halls of Reflection. We subdued it, and following the advice of Uther’s spirit, we took it to the Sunwell to be cleansed. The blood elves and the Sunreavers allowed Mooglegem to keep it. As thanks, I was rewarded with the Hammer of Purified Flame.

When I originally wrote this post, this section was much longer. I realized that I wanted it to stand on its own, so I took it out and posted it separately.

Old Ironjaw – I always enjoyed fishing. It’s a quiet, relaxing activity. However, there was a little more to it. Whispers told of two very old fish that were impossible to fish – Old Crafty and Old Ironjaw in Orgrimmar and Ironforge respectively. I wasn’t sure I believed the stories until I found fished Old Crafty himself from the waters of Orgrimmar. At once, I knew I had to travel to Ironforge to see if the stories were true. I prepared for the worst, because I knew I wouldn’t be welcome. I donned the best armor I could to defend myself from the Alliance and waited until the dead of night.

Slipping into Ironforge as quick as I could, I darted left, travelling around the center forge clockwise. Guards chased me, but I managed to evade them and find a pool of water. Some Alliance members did see me and didn’t take kindly to me entering their city. I chose not to fight back, hoping to show my willingness to cooperate. Most of them didn’t care. However, I then felt a pressure on my mind as a draenei priest took control of my mind. I expected more trouble, but then I felt soothed, and I realized what was happening; She was Mind Controlling me to heal me and protect me from her own faction. I wish I could have learned her name, but I never did. Soon after, I found the legendary Old Ironjaw himself.

If only I could win one of Azeroth’s fishing tournament. Regardless, Old Ironjaw will always be my trophy.

Rusted Proto-drake – After defeating the Lich King with my guild, Carpe Flux Capacitor, Mooglegem and I had a request. We wanted to see the great Titan complex of Ulduar. We had heard many stories from our fellow members who had fought against Yogg-Saron in Ulduar. Eventually our leader, Harley, yielded and took us back there. While Yogg-Saron had been defeated some time earlier, the Old God’s minions still held sway over parts of the complex. We managed to to drive them out. Brann Bronzebeard wrote to me soon after saying that his men found a drake that was likely an Iron Dwarf experiment. As they weren’t trained to ride such a creature, he saw fit to gift it to me as thanks for my help in Ulduar. Can you imagine that? A great dwarven hero gifting me such a magnificent creature as this rusted proto-drake? I was overjoyed.

Seriously, my guild did not want to return to Ulduar. As I mentioned earlier, I hit 80 when ICC was released, so I never got to see Ulduar. Mooglegem and I loved it! It’s so fantastic. I really wish I was raiding when it was current.

Runners up included Sylvanas’ Music Box (which I purchased from the AH because it’s awesome), the Runed Signet of the Kirin Tor (because Dalaran reminds me of home), the PVP trinket (regardless of which one because, come on, how could you go out without a PVP trinket?), my T10 as a whole, and Halion, Staff of Forgotten Love (which I won on our first LK kill).

Last week’s topic was proposed by Noahdeer.

“We all know of the Seven deadly sins (Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy and Gluttony) and we all succumb to aspects of them at one time or another, but is there one particular sin that affects you more than the others when you play World of Warcraft?
Are you a bit too prideful about your armor set? or Do you look upon someone with envy when they have a piece of armor that you don’t have yet?”

I enjoyed ReaperSA’s response on Mending and Mayhem. Like quite a few other people, he amusingly had to admit that he suffered from all of them. Noahdeer on BeMOP and Jstmel on MoMaR both felt quite gluttonous. We all suffer from that I think.