Go Druid!

Whoops!

2008-08-12T11:03:00.003-04:00

I was not mauled by a bear in the woods, I just been a bit busy lately.

Only thing really going on in my wow life is some arenas.

I currently do 2v2 with a rogue. Last night we went 17-6 and had a blast! (even though our rating is 1200ish) I just love sneaking around in cat form then pop into moonkin and nuking them. We do fairly well trying to CC and focus fire the other. I have some of the blue rep pvp gear and still working on the Merci Glad gear.

Gone For Awhile

2008-07-27T11:36:00.002-04:00

Like the title says I will be gone for a week camping in the George Washington National Forest. I shall be back!

Give A Nice Warm Welcome For...

2008-07-26T01:09:00.003-04:00

SHINSPLINTS!!

Shins is my very own level 24 female gnome warrior. She lives on the realm of Drenden a PvE server. How far her journey through Azeroth will go is unknown but for now I am enjoying exploring the Alliance side of Azeroth.

So Little Done, So Much More To Do.

2008-07-17T22:37:00.004-04:00

Since I hit 70 I haven't been doing much. I did enough AV to get me the 27k honor I needed for my Merciless Gladiator's War Staff; I got it enchanted with +40 spell damage. I haven't done much PvP since then.

I've been looking for gear upgrades through quests and doing a little bit for the Shattered Sun. I'm a little low on cash so as soon as I can get my gear enchanted I think I will be ready for some heroics.

I don't see me getting my Swift Flight Form anytime soon. I have gotten my leather working to 295. I'm to lazy to go out and get the 60 Rugged Leather I need to get it to 300 so I'm waiting for the prices to drop a bit on the AH.

I have made a few alts and so far the highest is level 10. I don't think I am up to leveling again at least not now.

The Final Level.

2008-07-05T14:47:00.003-04:00

I have achieved my first level 70! Yay!

What do I do now?

I do remember when BBB posted when his wife achieved level 70 and what should she do so I searched his blog and I eventually found it. "Cassieann is driving me crazy" It has helped and I have a few ideas of what I want to do first.

I have to get my leatherworking to 375. It's sitting at a depressing 275 at the moment.
After I get that I may just go ahead and undergo the long process of getting the Merciless Gladiator gear. Then maybe raise some reputation or get my first title.

I am thinking of making an alt. I am going to go Alliance to try something new. I do like to sit back and cast spells. Maybe an elemental shaman, mage, warlock, or a priest. With a shaman or priest I could heal when needed and we all know the world (of warcraft) needs more healers.

Why is it that...?

2008-06-14T21:57:00.004-04:00

Since I've started playing again I have been questing and leveling and I am currently level 65. I have just about finished Zangarmarsh and I am currently working on Terokkar Forest. I am still leveling as a Moonkin and I am loving every minute of it.

Here is a story of my power. (lol)

I was in this group to do Slave Pens, 65 balance druid, 63 enhancement shaman, 65 shadow priest, 70 bear druid, and a 62 rogue. So the debate was to have me heal or have the priest heal. I kept on insisting that the priest heal so I can Dps. They agreed followed by this comment from the rogue, "moonkin over spriest...rofl, watevr". I ignored this comment and was thinking to myself that there is no way I am going to let this rogue out DPS me.

All through the instance I am strongly holding my spot in second.

So we get to the second boss (the giant crab) we take him out and I post the damage meters. I can't remember the exact numers (forgot to screenshot /palm to face) but the order went like this: Druid, Me, Shaman, Rogue, Priest.

I swear after the rogue saw this he snapped. "There is no way your ahead of me" "your damage meter is picking up 1/2 melee hits" "I do 1.5k Dps I know for a fact you did not out dps me." "That includes your damage from questing"

I then recieved a /kick from the group and was sent to Shatt.

ROFL WTF!

This got me thinking about class stereotypes. (I am prety sure thats what you call em.)

So I came up with some questions to ask.

Rogues. Why is it that you think they can kill anybody in PvP and can do more DPS then anybody antime anywhere?

Hunters. Why is it that you think they can do everything? (Don't get me wrong they practically can but I have heard this quite a few times doing instances, "We don't need a tank my pet can tank." That comment has me rofl everytime.)

Well my list is short (and upsetting that I couldn't think of anything else).
I am curious to see what ones YOU can come up with.

Take that as a challenge!

You can post a comment or make a post out of it on your own blog and let me know so I can see what you have to say.

UGH!!11!!1

2008-06-05T20:36:00.002-04:00

If seems as if Blizzard doesn't want me to play again.

I have been having problems trying to access the WoW website and so I have not been able to pay and cannot play at the moment. I will keep trying and hopefully I can log in soon.

Is this a post?!

2008-06-05T02:10:00.003-04:00

Yes it is!

I feel like I have said this before but I am back once again. School is over next week and finals are done. Tomorrow, I will post about the status of Prope since I haven't yet paid to play yet.

I have been reading some blogs trying to catch up what I have missed in the World Of Warcraft.

I see what looks like a hack attack recently. Got the necessary upgrades and scans done and hopefully I'm not naked when I'm able to log on tomorrow.

Whats this? A new podcast. Twisted Nether.
I had to check this out. I have never listened to a podcast regularly so I was very interested in this. So I listened and I am loving it. I am actually listening right now. Call me a fan! I suggest you check it out if you have not already.

PROPE

Hellfire Peninsula!

2008-04-29T18:23:00.003-04:00

Stopping by to say I'm level 62 and 10 bars to 63.

I have finished all the quests I can find in Hellfire Peninsula, I am now off to "The Land of the Shrooms" Zangarmarsh.

Not Much Change

2008-04-26T17:35:00.002-04:00

I've been working on my skinning and leatherworking a bit. (305 skinning 225ish leatherworking)
I should work on my leatherworking more but I can always do that later.

I'm still saving up for that epic mount. I have 400g and I need about 250g more to have a decent chunk left over.

I'm still lvl 61 with 7 bars to 62. Not much changed there from my last post.

I got to get some homework done and then I'm off to continue my journey in the World of Warcraft.

Much to say..

2008-04-21T01:46:00.004-04:00

A lot has been going on in WoW and not enough time to blog about it.

I leveled to 58 and flew straight to Swamp of Sorrows and mounted up to the dark portal.
WOW!! I love it. Loved it so much I quested and quested and leveled to 59! I have only got about 3 greens from quests so far and they are huge upgrades compared to what I had!

Went a little ahead of myself. Before I ventured into Outlands, I decided I was going to do this all as a Balance Druid. Yes I am a balance druid and I don't care what you have to say about it. (Unless it's good things. =P I've all ready been laughed at enough.) So being level 59 I put my questing on hold to do some Battlegrounds and build that rested experiences for a few days.

I'm having a blast doing PvP. Take a look at this Arathi Basin match...

I was planning on getting that PvP mount but I was excited and continued to quest in Outlands. I have chosen to be one with the Aldor. Hopefully I won’t regret my decision.

I would like to stay as a balance druid but I’m getting the feeling I may be persuaded to be a healer. I am currently level 61 and 10 bars to level 62!

I’m doing my best to keep the posts coming.

Edit: Hmm...Pictures not working.

there we go

WOAH!

2008-04-13T14:52:00.001-04:00

/gasp

Times have changed.

2008-04-10T23:04:00.004-04:00

I have been EXTREMELY busy with school, sports, and what not that my WoW time is very limited. I may get on about 1-2 hours on a good week day. We all know that is not enough time to get something major done.

I am becoming a weekend WoW'er.
There I said it.
/cry
No, I am not quitting WoW. You know how hard it is to get an addict to stop?
All I am saying is that I only have time to play on the weekends.

My fear is that this blog may suffer.
I will try to post every now and then if I have enough time.

Ding, 55!

2008-04-07T23:53:00.002-04:00

I managed to get my computer cleaned out and OMG there was SO much dust and bits of potato chips inside! My computer seems a lot faster and not so much of a lag problem since. It doesn't beep at me anymore. :D

After getting chores done and my computer cleaned out I went camping. Camping in the rain is not fun. Well, it was fun but it was cold. I came home Sunday and played WoW hoping to get a couple levels.

Long story short, I am level 55 now! I have just started to quest in Un'goro Crater. I have done Blackrock Depths a couple times and the only good drop I have gotten has been Idol of Ferocity. At the moment it does me no good because I respec'd to balance. I love those tree guys! Too bad they only last for 30 sec. I plan on trying this out again for a few levels and see how it goes.

Drama...

2008-04-04T20:54:00.004-04:00

Some more info on me... I am in high school and I am in the school's musical. My WoW time has been cut for the next month. Rehearsal ends around 6:00 and I come home eat and spend time with my family there is not a whole lot of time available to play WoW.

I am still level 53 with like 2 bars to 54. I plan on getting that and hopefully some more this weekend. My other plans this weekend are to clean my computer. It has been giving me problems lately and I think its just asking for a bit of attention (It beeps at me.), so I'm gonna give it a good cleaning. (I haven't cleaned it since I got it a year and a half ago.)

So the other day during drama class we had to create a character and write a monologue for our characters. My characters name is Ned. He is one of those WoW players that live at home in his mother's basement and plays WoW all day. Here is the monologue I wrote.

What the..!? Disconnected? But why!? Mother can you come down here? Did you pay the internet bill this month?...Why not? I was in the middle of a dungeon! I could have gotten some epics! It's all your fault. Go pay the bill for me please. ... Money? You want me to give you money? I can't give you money I don't have a job and theres no time to go and get one because a new expansion pack is coming out next week. You don't understand, I need time to prepare. I need to play now! ... I know I'm 24 but this is what I do. This is so much better then going outside! It's not just a game mom, It's a world. I can be what I want to be and do what I want to do for only $15 a month! Do you know how much the real world would cost you? Way more the $15 dollars I can tell you that. Don't you want to keep your son happy? Could you pay the bill now?

I'm not an expert but I think I did a decent job with it.
What did you think?

Ding, 53!

2008-03-31T23:53:00.005-04:00

I have totally been slacking lately. I have not been playing WoW much at all. (Been playing the PSP.) After that short week long break I am back and in full swing to 70. Today I leveled from 51 to 53. My play time has been cut a bit, since I don't get home till 6:30 on a good day. I am going to continue to level and hopefully reach Outlands asap (5 more levels!).

Battlegrounds

2008-03-24T22:44:00.003-04:00

Spring Break is over. =( It went by so fast.

Today I did a few battlegrounds after dinging 51.
I did...
Arathi Basin...We won!
Alterac Valley...We lost.
Alterac Valley...We won!
Alterac Valley...We lost.
Alterac Valley...We lost.
Warsong Gulch...Victory!
I ended up with around ~500 kills and ~2000 honor!
I had a blast in the battlegrounds especially learning AV even though I was getting yelled at by someone who stays in the base and studies the map while calling everyone noobs for going to the wrong place.

Banner

2008-03-24T22:08:00.003-04:00

I would like to send big thanks to Bandsidhe for making our new banner and Entrecard logo!
She did a great job with them!

iROFL

2008-03-20T21:47:00.006-04:00

This has to be the most funniest quest I have done!
You got to get this guy in the outhouse 15 silk cloth!
I ROFL'd.
(rofl is my favorite word, sounds like waffles...)

Note to Self #1

2008-03-20T21:18:00.007-04:00

Thats right I am level 50 now. (w00t w00t)
Only 8 more levels till outlands, 20 more levels till 70!

Sunken Temple Run

I was talked into a Sunken Temple run around midnight. I have never done it before and I thought what the heck it can't be that long. OMG was I wrong! It took us 4 HOURS!!! We had no wipes but people did go afk every now and again. We started with 2 feral druids, mage, lock, and a pally as our healer. I was going cat form while the other druid was tanking at the start but later on I went bear form so we had two tanks. Worked great! We did have the suicidal mage that liked to AoE all the time and get himself killed. The other druid got DC (or Alt+f4'ed) and we finished without him. The last boss was sick. We got him down to about half and he flies me into the air and I fall and die. The warlocks voidwalker tanked him successfully and the boss was went down. Other drops: The last boss dropped Darkwater Bracers of Spirit, wasn't an upgrade but that could have been the worst thing to have dropped (of spirit wtf blizzard thinking). I cried myself to sleep at 4:30 am EST. I got out-rolled on a nice ring. I won a one-hand axe (which I vendored), and Slitherscale Boots which I added to my healing set. This is the best PUG I have ever grouped with so far.

Note to Self #1

Do NOT start a late night Sunken Temple run if you have plans the next day.

It is Spring Break but I am off to visit family for the next two days and I wont be able to get any WoW time in. (But I am shooting for 51 tonight)

See ya,

Prope

Just Playing.

2008-03-18T22:31:00.003-04:00

Blog look different?

I was just messing with the color and things.
Nothing is permanent, I was just a bit bored.

News!

IT'S SPRING BREAK!!

Hopefully I can get in some serious WoW time.

I HATE PUGs!!

2008-03-16T21:47:00.002-04:00

I have been leveling quite fast as compared to my other guild mates. I am currently level 47 with only 5.5 bars to level 48. The closest one to me is level 42. We do have higher level people in the guild, but they don't play all that much except this one warlock who is level 58. Well, with me being up a bit higher then everyone else, I have had to start relying on pick up groups. At the time I was working on 5 quests I had in Zul'Farrak and I couldn't get any guild mates to go with me so I joined a PUG.

Group 1

I was the healer in this group. I don't mind healing although it is quite boring imo. We started out fairly well until someone in the group decided to post the damage meter every 5 minutes and it quickly turned into a competition instead of a group effort. I have this addon myself but I don't post for everyone, I use it as a personal reference. We had two rogues in this group and the lower level rogue was bragging at the higher level rogue because he was doing more damage then him. This quickly got ugly group wise. The lower level rogue was determined to stay above the higher level rogue and went ahead and attacked mobs whenever he wanted. He then pulled way to much and caused us to wipe but him. He then went on to say it wasn't his fault because he was still alive. (vanish, I'm not stupid.) I held my anger in but "your a jack@ss" did slip out. I left the group and called it a night.

Group 2

In this group I was tanking. I'm not an expert but I was doing pretty well imo. This group also had a guy that had to post the damage meter every 5 minutes. This group also became a competition. I found it very difficult to keep agro. They ticked me off so much I had to stop and I asked them to wait like 15 seconds till I had enough agro before they attacked. They yelled at me telling me thats way to long and just go in like we are doing. I held my temper in and went on with the group. Later on the shaman pulled agro off me and I let him die. Someone posted the damage meter and he lost the top spot. OMG did sh!t break loose. He went on to say I wouldn't be dead if we had a good tank and its not his fault he died. I had to stop him and tell him that he wouldn't be dead if hadn't pulled agro. He replied with "be a better tank". My temper was rising but I held it in. I only stuck with the group only because I wanted to finish the quests I had (I don't think I could deal with another PUG).

So I end this post with a question:

Was I a bad tank for not keeping up with the DPS?
Was the DPS at fault for not staying under my threat?

Please comment.

Blog Related Information II

2008-03-15T21:01:00.002-04:00

To get away from this dull and boring default we are planning on changes.

Our new banner is being made by Bandsidhe. I'm sure she will do a great job with it.
This could be coming anytime as there is no real rush.

Our template is going to stay the same because it seems to complicated for me. If or when I learn how I will change it. As for the colors, I will change these to go along with our new banner when it is done.

Expect those changes as they will be happening soon.

Blog Related Information

2008-03-10T23:17:00.003-04:00

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
YOU ALL SEE THAT GIRAFFE!!
I found that shocking to find a tree climbing giraffe!

Anyways, this default template is really lame so I'm making some changes. I am working on a new header so expect that within the next week. I'm not sure what I want to do for the template I may or may not change that (mostly because I don't really understand how).

* If you read my blog or have a slight interest in it please post a comment saying I read or something along those lines to make me feel better about myself =P

** I am open to comments and or suggestions, send me an email godruid@gmail.com

Leveling Progress...
Tonight I am level 45! 10/20 bars to level 46.

Bum Weekend

2008-03-10T16:50:00.001-04:00

This weekend was not as fun and exciting as I thought it would be. Starting off with computer trouble. Horrible lag! I couldn't kill a mob 2-3 levels below me without almost dieing. I restored everything to default and got deleted some folders, I believe it was the WTF, Interface, Cache folders. That did not work. I fixed everything back the way I like it and cut down on addons. Now my computer is working fine. I guess computers even have off days.

But overall I managed to get 3/4 the way to level 45.

FRIDAY!

2008-03-07T16:28:00.001-05:00

It's Friday!!

Being a bit busy with quarter tests and schoolwork I have not had much time to play WoW during the week. I have Hot Pockets in the freezer and a 12 pack of Mountain Dew, I am ready for a fun filled WoW weekend! I will post on what I am up to soon. Till then I am off to Booty Bay.

PROPE

WTFis LB?

2008-03-05T19:19:00.002-05:00

Here is some information about some of things I have on my sidebar...

No Gold Member Site? I thought we wanted gold? We do want gold but buying gold is wrong and should never be done.

Taken from NoGold...

"NoGold.org is an organization of MMORPG webmasters who are opposed to the secondary market which exists outside of MMORPG games. Members of our organization have adopted a zero-tolerance policy against gold selling, account selling, item selling, power leveling, exploits, bots, and related "services" which violate the Terms of Service agreement you signed before you began playing."

Feel free to check out their website to learn more.

What is that Don't Nerf Trees all about?

Don't Nerf Trees is a petition against the Lifebloom nerf in upcoming Patch 2.4

I was kind of hesitant on supporting either side of this battle but after reading a post on Bellwether's blog called "Lifebloom 101: A guide for the Saplings, the Unseasoned, and the Stupids" I now know what LB does and I know see how the up and coming patch will hurt LB.

Visit Leafshine's site for more information on the petition.

Mauled Midgets and Steak

2008-03-04T20:00:00.001-05:00

As you know I play on Ursin a low population PvP realm. Am I getting ganked often?
...No, not really. Yes I have been ganked quite a few times but I am usually the one killing the little gnomes or the octo-face draenei. I guess I am just good and/or lucky. The fact I'm playing on a low population server is most likely why I'm not having to much trouble.

My PvP Experiences

Around level 25ish I was questing in Hillsbrad Foothills. Not much killing on my part. Turns out Taren Mill is a nice spot for the Alliance (or as we call them Lice) like to hang out. I was killed every half hour. Questing here was horrible.

Around my lower 30's I took a trip to Desolace and did quite a few quests here. Not many people seemed to be here so it was good for me. A octo-face paladin did try to kill me, /cast entangling roots /cast travel form (run away) /cast cat form /cast prowl, works like a charm. ;)

Stranglethorn Vale isn't as bad as Hillsbrad believe it or not.

My most memorable battle occurred here. I like to call it Mauled Midgets and Steak.
I was killing some panthers and some gnome comes and kills me, I rez and prowl around for my revenge. I find her killing some jungle people and kill her back. I continue killing panthers and about five minutes later I run into the rogue along with a priest. They were in the middle of killing some mobs and were both down to about 50% of health. Perfect timing! I kill the rogue first didn't take long and went away at the priest, took me a minute but eventually he went down. As the priest died the rogue had rez'd and began chasing me. /cast travel form. She chased me for two minutes spam yelling things in Common that I don't understand (I wonder what she was saying). I managed to get away but I ran into a ?? Human Warlock. There was no /cast cat form /prowl, he killed me right then and there.

Bye-Bye-Boomkin

2008-03-04T17:04:00.002-05:00

Hit level 44 Sunday and decided to go ahead and switch back to feral.

I loved being a Boomkin. I did crazy damage and was killing things relatively fast. The down time I was having drove me away. Having to stop and drink after killing three to four mobs felt like a lot of time but as feral I am having little to no downtime. Just shift, heal, shift that simple.

I do plan on going back to balance in the future, maybe a pvp spec?

BA-BA-BOOMKIN!!!

2008-03-02T02:48:00.001-05:00

Dinged level 42 today and decided to try out the balance tree. So I hit up the auction house and bought some gear. I spent about 15 gold. I am liking the new spec but there is way more downtime then when I was feral. I'm gonna stick it out and stay balance for a few levels and if it doesn't work out for me I still have m feral gear sitting in my bank.

KODO!

2008-02-29T09:57:00.001-05:00

I did it! I am now the proud owner of a Gray Kodo! I spent a total of 105 gold when I leveled to 40. The kodo and kodo lessons cost me 90 gold and my new spells cost me 15 gold. I would like to thank my friend for loaning me 65 gold.

I LOVE MY NEW KODO!

Update 2/17-2/24

2008-02-25T01:58:00.001-05:00

Everything is going well. I am currently level 36 and just 4 bars away from level 37! About my gear the only really big upgrades are Harbinger Boots and i got Infiltrator Pants of Power (87 armor +26 attack power) with a +30 stamina +10 agility kit as a gift from a friend. I currently have 10g saved up for my mount. I'm doing as much as I can to make money but I'm not the saving type, the auction house kills me. Questing is going smoothly. I haven't been ganked as much as I predicted. I'm planning on getting to level 40 within the next few days and hopefully be able to ride through Azeroth on a kodo. =D

Leveling & Guild Runs

2008-02-18T02:32:00.001-05:00

I accomplished a lot today. Didn't get to level 30 like I planned but I am level 29 with 13 bars to level 30. I quested throughout the day in Hillsbrad. I was only ganked three times. I did a few PUG's to grind xp and hopefully get some armor upgrades. I joined a group for Razorfen Kraul and got Ferine Leggings from the last boss. I ended the day with the planned guild run of Scarlet Monastery Graveyard. I leveled to 29 shortly after we started the run. We took on this instance with a 24 hunter, 30 priest, 30 warlock, 37 paladin, and me a 29 druid. After that run we tried to take on Scarlet Monastery Library. We did well. We took out Houndmaster Loksey with ease and I got Dog Training Gloves. We did about half the instance till a running mob agro'd more causing us to wipe and thus ending our night. We had fun and had some laughs but overall another successful guild night.

Im Busy... =(

2008-02-15T22:03:00.001-05:00

Well I have been playing a bit but not much to make some real progress. I am currently 4 bars from level 27. This Saturday I will not be home so not much WoW this weekend. Sunday is usually my designated WoW day. I'm planning on getting to level 30 this Sunday unless I am distracted by something else, which as of now nothing looks like it will get in the way.
/knock on wood

Trying out Wowhead

2008-02-14T22:24:00.001-05:00

So If I insert an item name it should come up as a link. Lets try, Scout’s Tabard. The one I am currently wearing.

YAY! IT WORKED! I AM NOW POWERED BY WOWHEAD!

/pats self on back

Professions

2008-02-14T07:46:00.001-05:00

I thought awhile on what professions to choose. I was stuck on skinning and leatherworking or alchemy and herbalism. I decided to go with alchemy and herbalism. I am happy with the choice and I think alchemy is a lot of fun. I currently have 138 alchemy and 175 herbalism. (just got to find more briarthorn!)

Starting off...

2008-02-13T23:39:00.001-05:00

Well, I am currently level 26. I will just fill you in on what I have been doing so far. I started leveling and I decided to join a guild around level 15. Long story short I am now a member of Firesage. We do guild runs every weekend and occasionally some weekday runs. We all are 1-5 levels of each other with the exception of 2-3 that level faster. We have currently 15 members and we all are active. I have done 5-6 runs with them but I can't remember all the details to tell you about each one of them. More posts tomorrow I got to get to bed.

A New Begining

2008-02-13T23:37:00.002-05:00

Hello and Welcome to my new blog!
I plan on posting every couple days and if something exciting happens I will post it ASAP.