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Trying new specs and classes

Posted by Peter (Devee) on September 6, 2013
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Gilneas

I recently decided to try some other characters. First, I wanted to see the Worgen starting zone. I created a Worgen hunter named Eadgar, and I thoroughly enjoyed his starting experience. I especially loved the building pictured above. After finishing the starting zone, I created a Forsaken warlock. He’s currently level 7 or so; the Forsaken starting experience is definitely not as cool as the Worgen’s!

My Death Knight was in the very low 70s, so I decided to try him again. I did a couple dungeons, and then decided to try my hand at tanking. I was extremely nervous, but it went well. I told the group I was new to tanking, and that I really only heal. They told me I was going a little slower than normal but that I was doing fine. Great!

I also wanted to check how I could mage, so I swapped characters and computers with Moogle for two boss fights in Throne of Thunder. Amazingly, it went really well. I’m confident I can DPS in a raid setting.

Following that, I decided to get a shadow spec for my priest. I created the spec and a set of offspec gear based on what I already had. Sadly, I went into LFR to test it and I was already in the top three or four on DPS. I would expect to be worse than that, but I forgot that you can never underestimate LFR.

Moogle’s Red Primal Raptor

Posted by Peter (Devee) on August 21, 2013
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Red Primal Raptor

Despite the fact that she’s a Blood Elf and I’m the troll, Mooglegem found a Primal Egg in her Shiny Pile of Refuse from Oondasta. We actually didn’t know anything about the egg and decided to look into it. After three days, it hatched. I was expecting a pet, but no, the egg contained the Reins of the Red Primal Raptor!

I looked into it on wowhead and found that the Primal Egg can drop from any Isle of Giants elite, Oondasta’s Shiny Pile of Refuse, LFR’s Treasures of the Thunder King (fail bags), and Spoils of the Thunder King (rewards for Throne of Thunder weekly quests). It’s has a low drop rate but guarantees one of three mounts.

The Red Primal Raptor looks very cool. You can tell how happy Moogle’s raptor is to bond with her. Just look at that big smile! Now I want to head to the Isle of Giants and get farming. I still need a lot of bones.

Congratulations, Mooglegem!

 

Ahead of the Curve: Lei Shen

Posted by Peter (Devee) on August 9, 2013
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Lei Shen

We did it! Two weeks after first having killed the Twin Consorts, we attempted Lei Shen for the first time. After seventeen wipes, we managed to kill him! I’m very excited and extremely relieved. I still want to repeat it for the people who weren’t there, get more gear, and maybe push some heroic bosses for gear, but this was the big moment. Especially considering that there’s no way we’re going to finish heroic mode by the next patch, this was the big “end game” goal for us for this tier.

It’s also special for me. I’ve been raiding this tier with the guild, Carpe Flux Capacitor, since the beginning, and now it’s completed. During tier 14, we finished Mogu’shan Vaults, but we didn’t complete the other two raids. In tier 13, we raided Dragon Soul, but we stopped raiding long before the end. I did manage to complete the raid before Mists of Pandaria was released, but it wasn’t with the guild.

I was taking a break from WoW for much of tier 12. In my first time in the Firelands, I joined a PUG at the request of a guildie. They needed a healer for Ragnaros. I pointed out that not only had I never killed him, I had never entered the raid. They discussed it and let me join. I pulled him by accident before we were all ready. They didn’t kick me. We killed him, and I won loot. The next week, we finished Firelands as a guild. At the time, the guild hadn’t yet killed Ragnaros. When we killed the previous boss, my achievement suddenly popped for finishing the raid. While I completed the raid, I didn’t work for it all tier.

In tier 11 I was with a different guild, Playground Brigade, made of friends I knew from out of WoW just for that tier. We fell apart in the middle of the tier. We were 5/6 Blackwing Descent, 2/4 Bastion of Twilight, and 1/2 Throne of the Four Winds.

Tier 10 was my first current-tier raid. I had just hit level 80 and joined Carpe Flux Capacitor. I was an alternate, and my first boss was Deathbringer Saurfang. Maybe I wasn’t there from the absolute very beginning, but we pushed the entire tier, and yes, we finished the raid (as well as Ruby Sanctum).

I mention all this because it means this is only the second raid tier for which I worked the entire tier with my guild and still completed. Carpe, thanks for being a great guild (and taking me back after my one-tier stint with another guild). Here’s hoping next tier goes smoothly well. Let’s take back Orgrimmar!

 

Wrathion Chapter III Complete

Posted by Peter (Devee) on August 5, 2013
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Wrathion III

After collecting all those darn Titan Runestones, I’ve finally completed Wrathion’s Chapter III: Two Princes. Later this week, hopefully Monday night, I’ll complete Celestial Blessings and earn my delicious new cloak. I’m looking forward to it. The Wrathion questline has been one of the best in the game, and I love how it’s unlocking over the course of the patches. And boy, I love what happened when I turned in this quest. I won’t spoil it in case you haven’t done it!

 

Defeating Iron Qon and the Twin Consorts

Posted by Peter (Devee) on July 29, 2013
Posted in: Carpe Flux Capacitor, Devee, Journal, Mists of Pandaria, Raiding, Videos, World of Warcraft. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . 2 Comments

After getting three new bosses down the week before last, last week we defeated Iron Qon on Wednesday. We wiped thirteen times but got it on the fourteenth. I especially like the last minute or so of the video in which the guild decides to be mean!

One boss just wasn’t enough, so we defeated the Twin Consorts as well! It took us three attempts, but I swear, the first attempt didn’t count! We pulled by accident with people outside the fight.

Hopefully this week we can see Lei Shen.

Throne of Thunder progression, 7/9 and 7/10

Posted by Peter (Devee) on July 26, 2013
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On 7/9 we downed Durumu for the first time. Yes, we wiped fifteen times first, but those wipes aren’t important! What’s important is the kill! I also finally figured out why my videos have stuck frames. I don’t know how to solve it, but it only happens when I trim a clip down to a few seconds. I usually put the last couple seconds of each wipe at the beginning of my kill videos, and I make them short enough, that entire clip will be a single frame. I’ll figure it out.

Primordius went down the following night. It was after only five wipes, so that’s an improvement over Durumu.

Why settle for two bosses when we could complete an entire wing? After killing Primordius, we continued to Dark Animus. After seven wipes, we killed it on the eighth attempt!

You’ll have to wait until next week to learn how we did this week. (Uh, because I haven’t done the videos yet.)

Double progression: Megaera and Ji-Kun killed

Posted by Peter (Devee) on June 28, 2013
Posted in: Carpe Flux Capacitor, Devee, Journal, Mists of Pandaria, Raiding, Videos, World of Warcraft. Tagged: , , , , , , , . 5 Comments

Megaera

We’ve had some good raid weeks the past two weeks! On Tuesday we cleared to Megaera and put in some good attempts. On Wednesday, we managed to kill Megaera for the first time!

Okay, yes, we had 22 wipes before we killed her on our 23rd attempt, but we still did it! It had been 15 days since our last kill; I think two weeks is fine!

Ji-kun

Luckily for us, the progression didn’t end there. We killed Ji-Kun on our second attempt! Here you can see almost all of us. Justin took the portal by accident.

Ji-Kun 2

Here’s all of us, I think. It’s hard to get everyone in the shot when we’re flying. Three-dimensions are too hard for my feeble mind.

And here’s our kill video! I can’t believe it was only two attempts. It was a good week!

Suggested Reading: Of free-to-play, flex raids, Ji-Kun, Golden Lotus, patch 5.4, fanatical paladins, and more

Posted by Peter (Devee) on June 20, 2013
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A Disconnect on F2P, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 6/17/13.

An observation on the disconnect between how players view revenue earnings in a F2P game and how the developer views revenue earnings.

Do I Really Need to Run 3 Raids a Week, Matticus, World of Matticus, 6/12/13.

How will Flex Raids change things?

Chicken Fried Ji-Kun, arvash, The Crimson Hammer, 6/20/13.

It’s always the last pull of the night.

Patch 5.4 PTR: How to get Golden Lotus reputation in 5.4, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 6/17/13.

Warning: Spoilers.

Lore Updates: Characters Page, Warcraft Timeline, Blizzard Entertainment, us.battle.net, 6/14/13 via Lore updates for the official World of Warcraft site, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 6/17/13.

The official site has been updating, including lore on the current and last patch. I love that they divide the story into chapters with short summaries, and it’s great to see Blizzard keeping it up to date.

Fearsome paladin collective crusades for the Light, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 6/13/13.

The Caelestis Templares is an RP guild of fanatical paladins, sort of like the Scarlet Crusade. It sounds like a fun idea.

Tortos shattered

Posted by Peter (Devee) on June 14, 2013
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Tortos

On Wednesday Carpe Flux Capacitor killed Tortos for the first time! It was only our second time reaching him, and it took us 28 attempts across those two nights. It was a hectic fight at time (as they all on first kills) but definitely fun. Hopefully next week we get him down faster!

Recruitment time

Posted by Peter (Devee) on June 12, 2013
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Carpe Flux Capacitor is recruiting!

Recruitment is always interesting. It’s more than just filling a spot for a raid. It’s sort of like saying “we’re a group of friends who love to hang out. Do you want to hang out with us too? If so, let us know!” For the same reason, it’s very exciting. A new member is someone I’m going to talk to a lot, so it’s fun to get someone knew.

Last night we ran our raid with two new team members. Things went pretty smoothly on the first two bosses. We couldn’t kill the council, but we’ve only actually killed the council once (maybe twice), which is fine. Tonight’s are second and final raid night of the week. It’ll be nice to start right on council and hopefully blow past it to Tortos.

We’re done recruiting full raid team members for now, but we’re still accepting non-raiders. In fact, Mooglegem’s been put in charge of recruiting casuals or backup raiders. We’ll see how it goes!

Ready for 5.3?

Posted by Peter (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 Peter (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.

Counseled the Council of Elders

Posted by Peter (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!

Horridon THE CUTEST BOSS EVER down

Posted by Peter (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!

Darkdk #1 (and LFR sucks)

Posted by Peter (Devee) on April 23, 2013
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Darkdk #1

I had very little time this week to play World of Warcraft. Of our two raid nights, one never got going, so we ran LFR instead. Someone in our guild still needed to go through LFR for the first time, so we ran the wing that he needed next before bed. The next raid night we got into Throne of Thunder, downed the first boss, and attempted the second. After spending three days from WoW, I returned Monday night with the goal of doing the final wing of Throne of Thunder for the first time.

When Mooglegem and I zoned into the raid, we had three stacks of Determination and were on Lei Shen. Might as well take advantage of the three stacks, kill him, and then re-queue, right? Well, we wiped two more times. In the others’ defense, there really are a lot of abilities, and you have to know when to run and when to stack. After we finally killed him, Mooglegem and I left and re-queued. We zoned back in to find ourselves about to pull Lei Shen. We pulled, wiped, and dropped group. Time to re-queue, and then we were back at Lei Shen again, although this time there was trash between me and the boss. People seemed to just run past the trash, hoping to reach the teleporter before dying. Fine! But this time, we decided to try dropping group.

Deserter.

Thanks, Blizzard. I wouldn’t say I’m a deserter though. I’d say I’m someone who needed to go to sleep.

We did, however, fight Nalak, The Storm Lord. I didn’t notice at first, but Darkdk was in my raid! Darkdk #1! For people not from Kil’jaeden, Darkdk is a… local celebrity? That’s what I’d call him. Some people might call him a trade troll. I suppose “Darkdk #1” is sort of his catchphrase, and according to my meters, he really was #1.

 

Jin’rokh the Breaker, broken

Posted by Peter (Devee) on April 15, 2013
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Last week Carpe Flux Capacitor managed to enter Throne of Thunder for the first time (besides LFR). It took us eight attempts, but we defeated Jin’rokh the Breaker before calling it. We considered pushing forward to see the next trash at least, but we got a late start and had to end early that night so decided to stop there.

For the first time, I decided to include short clips of the end of each attempt leading up to the successful attempt in the video. I thought it’d be kind of funny.

Sadly, Jin’rokh didn’t give me any loot, the jerk. It was a fun fight though. I’m looking forward to Horridon next!

Divine Star seems confused

Posted by Peter (Devee) on April 12, 2013
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In the Throne of Thunder LFR this week, I noticed something odd. My Divine Star shoots directly behind me rather than in front of me. I wasn’t the only one with problems either. Mooglegem’s Frozen Orb behaved the same way, and I saw it happen to other mages as well. I have no idea what’s causing it, but it only seems to happen in Throne of Thunder.

Photo Op: Versidia the troll priest

Posted by Peter (Devee) on April 9, 2013
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Versidia

Every once in a while I can’t resist a photo op!

I met Versidia from Bronzebeard in a Throne of Thunder LFR run recently. I liked her transmog so grabbed a picture. She looks like she could be a high priestess of the Farraki! I complimented her transmog, and she replied that it took her five months to get the robe.

Photo Op: Hello world!

Posted by Peter (Devee) on March 19, 2013
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hello world horridon

Every once in a while I can’t resist a photo op, even if there isn’t much to say about it!

Horridon wants to say “hello.” Isn’t he cute? I want stuffed animal versions of pretty much every dinosaur introduced in 5.2.

Suggested Reading: Isle of Giants, PVP and PVE, the Isle of Thunder, blind raiding, and more

Posted by Peter (Devee) on March 14, 2013
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Why head to the Isle of Giants?, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 3/8/13.

This is a great overview of what’s offered on the Isle of Giants.

Blind player Ben Shaw on raiding and WoW for the sightless, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 3/7/13.

If you’ve wondered what Ben Shaw, blind raider, has been doing, read this! (And if you’ve never heard of him, you really need to read it.)

Reconciling PvP and PvE, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/11/13.

Rohan if it would have been possible to keep PVP and PVE on the same path, using the same gear. It’d be interesting!

Analysis of the Post-Hotfix 5.2 Battleground Scaling Changes, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 3/13/13.

More information on the funky new battleground level scaling.

Ra’sha <Tender of Sacrifices>, Cymre, Bubbles of Mischief, 3/12/13.

Did you know you can obtain a dagger that allows you to kill yourself? It’s called Ra’sha’s Sacrificial Dagger, and Cymre can tell you more about it.

Oondasta, Cymre, Bubbles of Mischief, 3/11/13.

If you haven’t had the chance to fight Oondasta, reading about it might be good!

#194 First impressions of Stage One and Two of the Isle of Thunder, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 3/13/13.

Another look at the Isle of Thunder.

Know Your Lore: Vereesa Windrunner, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

Why’s that Vereesa Windrunner girl so mad, anyways?

Track your Isle of Thunder to-do list with this handy addon, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

I just installed this, so I can’t yet say how useful it is. Apparently it tracks weekly things on the Isle of Thunder per character so you can know on what to focus.

PvP in Patch 5.2: Gear changes, resilience changes, class changes, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 3/11/13.

Lots of PVP changes.

Around Azeroth: Thunder was his engine and white lightning was his load, Elizabeth Wachowski, WoW Insider, 3/9/13.

I don’t usually share Around Azeroths, but this screenshot was pretty cool.

Spiritual Guidance: Priest gear in patch 5.2 and Throne of Thunder, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 3/7/13.

A list of all the gear you’ll be considering if you’re a priest.

Only one week left to get your Winter Squid, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

If you need it, go get it.

The Queue: Hump day, Alex Ziebart, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

@Dobablo asked, “If white smoke =pope and black smoke = no pope. Then green fire = what?” Ziebart answered, “Felpope.”