tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44618877968363334912024-03-13T23:19:26.044+03:00Lux LegisThis blog is made by Almaster, an officer of the guild of Lux Legis, or server: Arthas-US.
I'll try to post things regarding holy Paladins, and guild progression.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-91703063669923709102010-02-03T18:02:00.003+03:002010-02-03T18:13:44.478+03:00Guess who is back.... back againAlmaster is back... TELL SOME FRIENDS!<br /><br />I'm back, playing wow for the past 2 months, on the EU servers as a shaman, so i am not a paladin anymore, but i am still a paladin in spirit!<br /><br />I'm now on Auchindoun EU server, playing as a shaman with the same name, Almaster!<br /><br />http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Auchindoun&cn=Almaster<br /><br />i will be posting some stuff about paladins and shamans if i have enough time in the future, so spread the word out! i am back!<br /><br />congrats to blood region on thier world first Arthas 10 man kill!<br />http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/lich-king-us-first-10-man-kill-icecrown-citadel-weeklies/msg2099187/?topicseen#newUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-51488974282085853552009-12-05T19:27:00.004+03:002009-12-05T19:37:41.063+03:00Farewell.Well, the time came for me to say goodbye, and farewell.<br />I am having a lot of stuff in real life that made me make a decision to stop playing this game, and stop blogging about it.<br /><br />i will keep this short, thanks for all the readers and fellow bloggers that i had fun with, talking and blogging together.<br /><br />My advice to anyone that wants a good paladin blogs, to keep watching:<br />1- <a href="http://atouchofarcane.blogspot.com/">A touch of arcane</a><br />2- <a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/">Bossy Pally</a><br /><br />i know i will keep my eyes on those 2, they know how to play a paladin and they know how to blog about it, much better than me.<br /><br />for ret paladins, <a href="http://dpspaladin.blogspot.com/">Forbearance</a> is what you need to check every day, Jong is a wonderful person, funny and skilled at playing a facerolling class :P<br /><br />if you are interested in the best blog i have ever seen and read, <a href="http://gnomeaggedon.net/">This gnome </a>'s blog is what you need to read, although its not a healing blog (sometimes it is) its one of the most enjoyable blogs you'd ever see.<br /><br />Farewell my friends, i know i will miss you all, i will keep watching those blogs, but sadly i would not have the time to blog about paladins now a days, unless someone takes me for some guest posting somewhere, which i doubt.<br /><br />Thanks for all the fish, and farewell.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-89644291486277331512009-11-24T19:30:00.007+03:002009-11-24T20:12:48.319+03:00Holy light builds VS Flash light builds.Inspired by Ophelie of <a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/">The Bossy Pally</a> i am going to post the long time due HOL VS FOL+SS builds.<br /><br /><br />I've been a FOL+SS fan from the start of this expansion, thats how i rolled in TBC, my first Heroic dungon, and thats how i started doing TOC 10.<br />Untill i got into the guild that i am currently in, Lets Go Burgling.<br /><br />I've done a couple of TOC 25 man pugs before, i saw the need of HOL spam in some fights, but the first time i stepped into TOGC 10 or 25, i knew that FOL+SS spec won't work, thankfully, i had my stand by Holy build spec and gear, so i equiped them.<br /><br />qouting from Ophelie, because she can spell better than me:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>So, um, what are these Builds you speak of?</strong><br /><br />As the names imply, a Holy Light build revolves around using Holy Light (HL, big heal) as your primary spell and a Flash of Light revolves around using Flash of Light (FoL, little heal) as your primary spell. The Holy Light build is what you’ll see most often in PvE, with Int Gems in every socket save one to activate the meta gem. The key is to this build is to have enough mana to pump out a lot of strong, toe-curling, in yo’ face heals for the whole fight. You’ll still use the Flash of Light spell, but your gear is tuned towards using Holy Light as much as you need to. The Flash of Light build is one you’ll see occasionally, but not as often. Spell Power gems all over with some haste and mp5 gems to get every ounce of Spell Power socket bonuses. The point is to make Flash of Light a powerful, nearly instacast spell. It also gives Sacred Shield some extra oomph, although never having seen an FoL pally in action, I couldn’t tell you exactly how much oomph that is. <br /><br /></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote><strong>Are there talent builds that are connected to each type?</strong><br /><br />Not exactly. There are two common specs for PvE as a paladin, the “crit spec” (holy/ret to get Conviction and sometimes Sanctity of Battle) and the “bubble spec” (holy/prot to get Divine Sacrifice). The crit spec has advantages for both types of play, maximum mana return due to crit (always good) and extra output for a FoL spec. Bubble spec, however, gives you the glorious Divine Sacrifice and delightful reduction on the hand of protection CD. Utility is important as a paladin, if you’re not making yourself useful, you fall into the paladin cliché who does nothing but spam 1-2 spells the entire time. Whats the fun in that? <br /><br />Many holy paladins actually have both specs and swap between them depending on the fight. If you don’t have an offspec you frequently use, this is a great option.<br /><br />Glyphs, on the other hand, change depending on whether you want to go FoL or HL:<br /><br />Holy Light Glyphs<br />1- Glyph of Holy Light<br />2- Glyph of Seal of Wisdom<br />3- Glyph of Divinity, Glyph of Flash of Light, Glyph of Beacon of Light or Glyph of Holy Shock (all depending on your style and raid environment)<br /><br />Flash of Light Glyphs<br />1- Glyph of Flash of Light<br />2- Glyph of Seal of Light<br />3- Personal Choice<br /><br /></blockquote><br /><br />After reading all about ICC instance, and the ''Chill of the throne'' debuff that everyone will be having, i am advicing EVERY Paladin to go HOL spam, tanks will have less dodge, and thats less avoidance, not to mention that bosses hit harder, you'll have to consider your mana though, if you are below 31k unbuffed, you'll have some troubles with getting mana back, even with Divine Plea.<br />Gem int, and keep some haste and most importantly, crit.<br />forget about the MP5 that Blizz is fooling us with, its not worth it.<br />feel free to check my armory, Almaster <lets Go Burgling> of Arthas, i am usually using holy light build with crit from Ret tree.<br /><br />Feel free to throw a comment, if you need more explination.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-90235383770498021092009-11-20T17:53:00.004+03:002009-11-20T18:32:45.315+03:00Shared Topic: Best Change to the GameThe new shared Topic i picked for my readers today, is this one from <a href="http://www.blogazeroth.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1978">Bloz Azeroth</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Many things have changed and improved within the game between Vanilla, BC & Wrath. Which change that Blizzard released, made a fundamental difference to your gaming experience?<br /><br />A possible expansion to this topic would be what really irritates you that they still haven't gotten around to fixing?</blockquote><br /><br />Best Change to the game?<br />Dual spec, hands down.<br /><br />nothing effected players in all aspects of the game like dual spec, all hybards were reqired to respec mostly every day, sometimes twice a day, it was a major loss in gold, and the reason people used to farm so much.<br /><br />Is dual spec the only good change to the game? no way, is it perfect? hell no.<br />I have 3 holy specs (1 PVP, 1 holy bubble spec holy/prot, 1 holy crit spec holy/ret)<br />1 tanking spec, and when i need to farm rep or something, i have a ret spec.<br /><br />a shout out for Blizz, Gimmme 5 dual specs. kkthnxbai.<br /><br />I would like to mention all the changes that i liked in this game, changes from Vanilla to TBC to WOTLK.<br /><br />First change everyone noticed in this game, going from 40 man raids to 25 man raids, this was so sweet, that when i heared about it i started doing my victory dance and shouting Fuck yeah!<br />carrying many bads, starting the fights with 40 man and ending with only 20 that knows how to play, and just the thought of 40 people talking in vent. bad.<br />waiting for 40 people to log online for a raid. bad.<br /><br />2nd change that i really liked, professions being actually helpful for people, on my warrior in vanilla wow, i had enchanting and blacksmithing, enchanting for d/eing items only, with a skill of 25 (back then, at skill of 25, you can disenchant everything from greens to epics) and blacksmithing, just because of my thoughts of the warrior being able to craft plate items.<br />in TBC, i changed enchanting to mining, since they fixed enchanting to actually increase your skill to be able to disenchant items, blacksmithing was really helpful.<br />the 2h and 1h weapons you could craft was awesome, and you can upgrade then while you progress, that was a really cool idea from blizz.<br /><br />3rd change i liked? BOA items, with the 20% xp from killing monsters and completing quests, its awesome, the reason i didn't have many alts back in TBC and vanilla was because i hate doing 1 million quests in 1 area, i like to change areas every now and then.<br /><br />4th change, Haste, for both melee and casters, the haste stat is wonderfull, and i am pretty sure everyone loved it.<br /><br />the things that should have changed, chinese farmers, wait, i am not racist, i just dont like to see a lvl 80 BE going underground or flying and getting my mining nod, i just hate it.<br />and when you make a ticket or e-mail Blizz about it, they'll tell you that they are invistegating about it, and ofcourse, the next day you will find the same BE getting your nods! damn them farmers!<br /><br /><br />Now, the best changes that i liked for a paladin, from Vanilla to TBC to WoTlK.<br /><br />1- <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53601">Sacred shield</a>, plus the effect of SS with FOL, the hot, its really HOT!<br />2- <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53563">Beacon of light</a> we really needed it, especially in WOTLK where you will need 2 tanks for a boss, or 2 tanks for 2 bosses, heal one to heal the other = win!<br />3- <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=25898">Blessing of kings</a> not being in talent, i loved it!<br /><br />I'd really love to see MP5 really working for Holy paladins, and would love to see Ret paladins with skills other than <a href="http://www.dpspaladin.blogspot.com/">Jong</a>.<br /><br />that would be the end of my post today, i know i've been slacking with the posts recently, but as <a href="http://gnomeaggedon.net/">Gnomergaddon</a> said in his post, Palading blogs are boring, they only have 2 healing spells!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-22744394633079991872009-11-15T17:44:00.003+03:002009-11-15T18:15:11.031+03:00The voices in my head<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/2le0381.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><br />Are telling me to post!<br /><br />so i am going to talk about something that has been bothering me the most.<br />My helm!<br /><br />Right now, i am using <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45372">Valorous Aegis Headpiece</a>, for the people who are too lazy to check the link, its T8 helm.<br /><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46180">Conqueror's Aegis Headpiece</a> is an upgrade, however, its not that big upgrade, i can easily get it, i have like 200 badges.<br />I've been running Ony 10 and 25 for a chance of getting <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49323">Judgement Cover</a> from 10 man or <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49476">Judgement Crown</a> from 25 and today i will get enough emblems to get <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47681">Heaume of the Restless Watch</a>.<br /><br />I'm really disappointed with my choices, the only major upgrades that i'd take is <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47681">Heaume of the Restless Watch</a> and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49476">Judgement Crown</a>.<br /><br /><br />thinking i will be getting <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47681">Heaume of the Restless Watch</a>, my guild is at Anubarak TOTGC 25, and i am the less geared holy paladin in the guild, now don't get me wrong, i am trying to upgrade what is needed to upgrade, but still i dont upgrade something that is not a major upgrade, i am not cheap i have around 30k gold on all of my chars, but i just don't like to take a piece of gear if its not a major upgrade for me, i just dont.<br /><br />Almaster and out!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-49014631639691452422009-11-10T18:29:00.003+03:002009-11-10T18:58:06.512+03:00Faction Champs Secrets UncoveredA new day at work means to search websites and blogs that i am following for something new or interesting.<br /><br />Today, I've found something both new and interesting on <a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/">The Bossy Pally</a> blog a post about Faction Champions fight in TOC and how it works.<br /><br />Althought Oph wasn't the one making that project, <a href="http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/">Maintankadin</a> did.<br /><br />Please have a look on both <a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/faction-champs-secrets-uncovered/">Oph</a>'s post and <span><a href="http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?rb_v=viewtopic&f=36&t=26639">Joanadark</a>'s post. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-70416359017725834562009-11-07T17:10:00.002+03:002009-11-07T17:13:04.080+03:00Announcement: World of Warcraft Raid for the Cure!<a href="http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/11/02/announcement-world-of-warcraft-raid-for-the-cure/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/2vbll01.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Read the full article at <a href="http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/11/02/announcement-world-of-warcraft-raid-for-the-cure/">big bear buff blog.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-70967133525507124952009-11-06T18:03:00.004+03:002009-11-06T18:18:14.600+03:00Paladin T10 / Season 8Just saw those pictures on MMO-Champion.<br /><br />the pics are huge, so clicky for full version.<br /><br />Paladin T10.<br /><br /><a href="http://i34.tinypic.com/10fvwnk.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" src="http://i34.tinypic.com/10fvwnk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I actually think its cool, IF IT CAME WITH PANTS AND NOT A GOD DAMN KILT.<br /><br /><br />Season 8.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://i37.tinypic.com/w72h1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" src="http://i37.tinypic.com/w72h1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Finally some big shoulder animation, i am loving it!<br /><br />Soon, i will post about the new set bonus and item bonus.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-65431135138129070982009-11-02T00:58:00.005+03:002009-11-02T02:03:41.971+03:00A Questionnaire?I had comments on my last post from Ophelie from <a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/">The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon</a>, so i decided to check out her blog.<br />Something caught my eyes very quickly, A Questionnaire? (my first thought was WTH does that even mean? :P)<br /><br /><a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/my-first-meme-that-is-not-a-meme/">This post</a> called ''<a title="Permanent Link: My first meme-that-is-not-a-meme!" href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/my-first-meme-that-is-not-a-meme/" rel="bookmark">My first meme-that-is-not-a-meme!</a>''<br />and i wanted to get in!<br />So here how it goes.<br /><br /><ul><li><strong>What is the name, class, and spec of your primary healer?</strong></li></ul><p>Almaster, Paladin, Holy.</p><ul><li><strong>What is your primary group healing environment? (i.e. raids, pvp, 5 mans)</strong></li></ul><p>Mostly raiding, daily heroic and such, wanted to PVP but i was never a big fan of it.</p><ul><li><strong>What is your favorite healing spell for your class and why?</strong> </li></ul><p>FOL, or flash of light, i love the numbers it heals, plus the HOT from FOL and SS.</p><ul><li><strong>What healing spell do you use least for your class and why?</strong></li></ul><p><a href="http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=bossypally.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wowhead.com%2F%3Fspell%3D20216">Divine Favor</a>. Why? Because i crit half of the time already!</p><p>no seriously, i rarely use it, i don't know why, i have it keybinded already, but rarely find the chance to use it for a critical setuation.</p><ul><li><strong>What do you feel is the biggest strength of your healing class and why?</strong></li></ul><p>Burst healing, the ability to keep tanks alive during all the fight, and finishing with more than half of your mana bar remaining. also waering plate with a shield is awesome.</p><ul><li><strong>What do you feel is the biggest weakness of your healing class and why?</strong></li></ul><p>the lack of raid healing spells, and being not able to move casting holy light, some setuations you are casting the big holy light cast, the tank is low on health, and the boss thinks that it would be awesome to throw a big fire under your feet, so its either you stay there and take damage from that fire and you might die, or move and cast holy light again just as the tank dies.</p><ul><li><strong>In a 25 man raiding environment, what do you feel, in general, is the best healing assignment for you?</strong></li></ul><p>Healing tanks, DUH!</p><p>beacon of light and SS are very powerful tools, you can heal both of the OT and the MT with no stress at all.</p><ul><li><strong>What healing class do you enjoy healing with most and why?</strong></li></ul><p>I'd say resto druid or disc priest, i tried resto druid before, but my gear and skill was lacking so i didn't have much fun.</p><ul><li><strong>What healing class do you enjoy healing with least and why?</strong></li></ul><p>Shamans, i had a 70 shaman back when i was playing horde, a TROLL shaman! but all i did was Chain heal, Chain heal, chain heal, chain heal.</p><p>i remember one time i was watching House, and chain pressing 1 untill i heared the raid leader calling my name saying that the boss died and i didnt have to chain heal anymore.</p><ul><li><strong>What is your worst habit as a healer?</strong></li></ul><p>I like challenges, sometimes in heroics, i leave the tank or the dps health to go too low and then start healing them, just to get the thrill of doing something rather than just using FOL every 5 secs.</p><ul><li><strong>What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while healing?</strong> </li></ul><p>I'd say for all healers its - I really hate when people say “so and so needs heals!” over vent.</p><p>i agree with Oph and Jes here.</p><ul><li><strong>Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with other healers for PvE healing?</strong></li></ul><p>As i said, the lack of raid heals might cause a problem for some pallys, although i enjoy it.</p><p>beacon the tank, cast FOL on the raid = full healed raid and tank.</p><ul><li><strong>What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a healer?</strong></li></ul><p>As long as my target or anyone that i am assigned for healing is still alive, i am FUCKING PRO!</p><p>last time i went to TOC 25 man, someone thought it would be funny to die from Icehowl's charge, and the boss went enraged, i remembered one spell that i didn't use since the time me and Headstab were doing arena in last season, so i used it.</p><p>Hand of sacrifise, its awesome with a bubble, mitigates a lot of damage, also i use hand of freedom a little bit too much, since i made a macro when i use it, i yell the phrase from Braveheart movie.</p><blockquote><p><em>''They might take our lifes, but what they'll never take, OUR BLESSING OF<br />FREEDOM!''</em></p><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>:D</p><ul><li><strong>What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your healing class?</strong></li></ul><p>I don't believe there is any misconceptions people have about holy paladins, we are very OP'ed :P</p><ul><li><strong>What do you feel is the most difficult thing for new healers of your class to learn?</strong></li></ul><p>Timing thier heals, big or small heals needs some timing, but i learned fast, as i learned healing when i was doing Illidan lol.</p><p>i was port before i switched to healing, i had SSC/Tk gear and was healing Illidan fight hehe.</p><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><ul><li><strong>If someone were to try to evaluate your performance as a healer via recount, what sort of patterns would they see (i.e. lots of overhealing, low healing output, etc)?</strong></li></ul><p>Well, it depends on the fight, so i don't see this as a valid question for paladins, in TOTGC with major damage for tanks, i usually be the first on healing meters, in lest say TOC 25 faction champion fight, i am usually the last in healing, with 184 dispells lol.</p><p>but anyhow, if you for example check my healing for 1 fight, it will depend on the fight itself, otherwise check my overall preformace, and you'll be happy of what you'll see :D</p><p>i'll make sure to post a screenshot of my recount sometimes soon.</p><ul><li><strong>Haste or Crit and why?</strong> </li></ul><p>both, i'd say, crit was the major mana regen for paladins, but not anymore, it still get us mana back, but not that much, also too much haste can get a paladin OOM fast.</p><p>so a mix of them both will be good.</p><ul><li><strong>What healing class do you feel you understand least?</strong></li></ul><p>Shamans, hands down.</p><p>I've failed on my troll shammy before, but i can see Shamans in my guild owning the healing meters.</p><p>i need to understand them more.</p><ul><li><strong>What add-ons or macros do you use, if any, to aid you in healing?</strong></li></ul><p>I don't have that many macros, addons, i have many, check out my <a href="http://almaster-luxlegis.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-ui-introducing-teh-evilcandy.html">post</a> about my addons.</p><ul><li><strong>Do you strive primarily for balance between your healing stats, or do you stack some much higher than others, and why?</strong></li></ul><p>Right now, i am stacking Int, i didn't want to at the start, as i said before SP is gets your SS OP'ed but sadly with nerfs hitting us, i decided to go for Int, be a good pally is better than QQing all the time :P</p><p></p><p>Now is the hard part, i need to tag another healing class blog.</p><p><a href="http://gnomeaggedon.net/">Armaggedon</a> isn't a new blogger, and he isn't even a healer, but then came Squidly! his alt shammy that from reading his blog, i see he is enjoying playing him a lot.</p><p><a href="http://atouchofarcane.blogspot.com/">A Touch of Arcane</a>, also not a new blogger, but one of my favorites, he really knows what he is talking about!</p><p></p><p>The original post by Jess from <a href="http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-webring-of-healings.html">Miss Medicina</a></p><p>Jes Miss Medicina's <a href="http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2009/10/circle-of-healers.html">Circle of healing</a></p><p><a href="http://bossypally.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/my-first-meme-that-is-not-a-meme/">Ophelie's POV</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-33195878348796541762009-11-01T02:03:00.003+03:002009-11-01T02:23:48.914+03:00Nerfed to the groundI knew this day would come, the nerf hammer just hit us!<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/28kt01z.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a><br /><br /><ul><li>We interrupt our regular programming to bring you a square kick in the balls:</li></ul><ol><li>Sacred Shield can now only occur every 30 sec. (Up from 6 sec)</li><li>Lay on Hands can no longer be cast on yourself.</li><li>Infusion of Light now also reduces the cooldown on the effect of Sacred Shield by 12/24 sec.</li><li>Aura Mastery now lasts 6 sec. (Down from 10 sec)</li></ol><p>4 Nerfs in 1 patch notes, OUCH!</p><blockquote>Sacred Shield can now only occur every 30 sec. (Up from 6 sec)</blockquote><p>Sacared Shield nerf is critical to paladins that focused on SP more than Int stacking, like i used to do, since the absorb effect stacks with SP.</p><p>to avoid this, i started mindlessly stacking Int like other pallys, and guess what?</p><p>i fucking hate it.</p><blockquote>Lay on Hands can no longer be cast on yourself.</blockquote><p>This sucks too, its one of our most used to survive during PVP or even PVE with a shit load of damage happening to both of you and the tank, its also a major spell to regenerate mana, i use it most of the time on myself to get mana back, its awesome, and they broke it! damn Blizz</p><blockquote>Infusion of Light now also reduces the cooldown on the effect of Sacred Shield<br />by 12/24 sec.</blockquote><p>Oh yeah? i want it back to 6 secs kkthnxbai.</p><blockquote>Aura Mastery now lasts 6 sec. (Down from 10 sec)</blockquote><p>This is a big nerf, i used to use Aura Mastery at hodir for the frozen blows, If i used it on the first one,the cooldown would finish right after Hodir uses his frozen blows for the 3rd time, thats half of the healing for 2 frozen blows and maximum healing at the 2nd, its not that big nerf, but still its a nerf.</p><p> </p><p>Well, maybe my LVL 63 hunter will get some lvling and loving now.</p><p>No i am not quiting because of some nerfs that hit us, i just dont want to QQ anymore :P</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-30296145517275747962009-10-29T02:43:00.001+03:002009-10-29T02:53:10.196+03:00Talisman of Resurgence<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/o9egys.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a><br /><br /><br />First of all, I tend to use a very simple calculation to turn a given mana PPM into Mp5. Any mana return happening every minute is included, and <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=54428">Divine Plea</a> is exactly like this. 60/5 = 12. So simply divide the mana PPM by 12 and you'll have it on an exact Mp5 value.Secondly, Paladins need to clearly include their stat buffs (or spell it out if they aren't).<br />We have <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=20261">Divine Intellect</a> (2%/4%/6%/8%/10% talents, all five traditionally used) along with <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=25898">Kings</a> (10%), making up a full 20% buff to any and all Intellect we have. So if we multiply it by 1.2 we instantly figure out the actual total Intellect an item gives to Paladins and this would always be calculated first and be kept in mind.<br />For example, a 20 Intellect gem "is" actually a 24 Intellect gem.These easy numbers will make it more natural for you to know what you're actually getting and also not to do the same mistakes again.<br />Therefore, this trinket's passive Intellect is worth in an average boss fight:<br /><br />153.6 Intellect<br />2304 mana<br />68.736 Mp5<br />0.93% Crit (<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=20215">Illumination</a> regen for this not included above)<br />30.72 Spellpower128 Intellect on this trinket ammounts to 153.6 Intellect which is 2304 mana (1 Int = 15 mana). Divine Plea restores 25% (*0.25) or 1/4 (/4) of that every minute, so 2304 / 4 / 12 = 48 Mp5. 1% Crit takes "around" 166 Intellect each, meaning "around" 0.93 Crit. You could also add how much average mana return you expect from your crits for that ammount, however it involves more intricate calculations involving for example how much Crit you're already stacking.<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57669">Replenishment</a> is essentially 1% of your mana pool as Mp5 and it should be up nearly always, however you may want to calculate it as 90% due to change of targets, movement and other oddities in fights. 2304 * 0.009 = 20.736 Mp5As for Spellpower, 153.6 Intellect gives, with <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31841">Holy Guidance</a> (4%/8%/12%/16%/20% talents), 30.72.<br />You can use the trinket's effect when casting Divine Plea every other minute (just like you would with <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31884">Avenging Wrath</a>) so as to be able to heal for more during the duration even as you keep regening a good chunk of mana.I might also add that the debate over the usefulness of Spellpower for Paladins as of 3.2.2 is essentially about how much you prefer and are able to successfully keep using <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48785">FoL</a> as your main heal, maxing out its performance.<br />At a higher gear level, buffing FoL rather than simply your Intellect is actually a very good alternative to the spending of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=48782">HL</a>'s hefty mana cost and its overhealing (even if it all gets transferred to the beaconed target now, it also mostly overheals him too).<br />We actually have been offered very good new tools to do this, like the HoT from <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53601">SS</a>. It should also be noted both of these spells have high coefficients with SP, namely 100% for FoL and 75% on SS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-73269141340789585602009-10-21T02:36:00.002+03:002009-10-21T02:42:50.839+03:00How to raid ANYTHING. By Mortigan the lock.Found this post while i was surfin' the interwebz, found it extremely funny.<br /><br /><a href="http://mortiganthelock.blogspot.com/2009/10/single-set-of-rules-on-how-to-raid.html">Mortigan the lock said</a>:<br /><br />I find it terribly hard to remember all the nuances of each boss fight. Sorry, but I'm just not hard-core enough to memorize who casts what, and I really don't care if Pixie McNixie in the bottom of some hole is planning to fear me, sheep me, or chop me in half with a big heavy axe. Why? Because overall things are pretty much the same from one boss to the next, so I figured I could come up with a single set of rules on how to raid ANYTHING. I've appropriately named these rules "A Single Set Of Rules On How To Raid ANYTHING."<br /><br />Getting Ready:<br /> Many people go to YouTube and watch Tankspot videos to familiarize themselves with the fights. This is a waste of time, because all you really need are my simple rules. Not 100% sure? Here are some additional reasons for skipping the videos:1. Those people in the videos are ELITE WIZARDS and your raid team is not going to do anywhere near as well as them. It's like watching an Olympic gold medalist do the ski jump and then trying it yourself. Forget about it.2. There are less steps to preparing your taxes than there are to fights like Freya. Watching Tankspot explain it on YouTube will only give you a headache. Your guild is going to wipe on it anyway, so no need to give yourself a migraine. Skip the video and use my rules below!<br /><br />Let's Raid!<br />Ok, so here is my Single Set Of Rules On How To Raid ANYTHING:<br />1. DO NOT stand in anything that wasn't there before the fight started, if it visually looks dangerous. This includes fire, black steaming circles of nastiness, green slimy stuff, purple ooze, etc. If you are not sure, stand in it for a second and see if your health goes down. If it does, MOVE.<br />2. DEFINITELY DO stand in anything that wasn't there before the fight started, if it visually looks beneficial. This includes pleasant rays of fairy moonlight, air with lightning bug / glittery things in it, shiny sparkly spots on the floor, or anything else that a 3 year old girl might want to color. If you are not sure, stand in it for a second. If nothing bad happens, definitely keep standing it it because it MUST be doing something good.<br />3. Do the following based on your function:<br /><br />Tank: Attack the boss with everything you got. Keep doing this and don't stop until your healer drags you away screaming at you, "STOP! STOP! HE'S DEAD ALREADY!" <br />Heal: Keep healing until everyone is either dead and blaming you, or the boss is dead. In the latter case, it is your job to drag the tank away from the bloody corpse.<br />DPS: Do the same as the tank, but wait a fraction of a second before doing so. This way, if you get aggro, you can blame the Tank. Otherwise, he will blame you. That fraction of a second makes all the difference on who gets blamed for the wipe. Use it wisely. Now this next part is important: If adds arrive, you need to make a visual check of how dangerous they look. If they look like they can be ignored, stay on the boss. If they look really nasty, switch to the add. Simple! Or you can always fall back on the "watch what everyone else is doing and copy them" strategy, but I'm training you to be a trailblazer, so get in there and blaze that trail!<br />Off Tank: You're on the adds. Someday, if you ever become cool enough or geared enough, the guild might let you be a REAL tank. But probably not anytime soon. So stick to adds. And if you run like a madman all over the map with a trail of adds behind you, creating a hellish conga-line of death, all the DPSers are going to HATE YOU. So keep your butt in one spot, take your beating, and suck it up.<br />4. DO NOT stand in a Boss' AOE. The crap raining down on your head should be an obvious sign that it's time to pack up and move.<br />5. Should a boss fight require you to operate some sort of vehicle, land mount, or drake, randomly mash buttons as fast as the cool-downs allow. Generally, Button 1 is the biggie one to mash, so mash it more than the others. No one's really going to notice if you did well or not, so just mash, mash, mash! You're a pro!<br />6. If you get aggro, run TOWARD your teammates, not away from them. It's the surest way to get rid of that unwanted boss who's taken serious notice of you. Ideally, run toward (and right through) a mage. Mages are a big, big help with getting rid of aggro. If you're cool enough to be a warlock like me, you can even strategically position yourself right next to a mage throughout the fight, and Soulshatter as needed. Be sure to turn toward the mage when Soulshattering, so that you can watch the look on his face when the boss 1-shots him. If you're a mage, disregard everything I've just said, and take one for the team.<br />7. The laws of the universe that govern comic books, video games, and science fiction in general require that twins ALWAYS have some sort of symbiotic relationship, and a special power will CERTAINLY exist between them. Therefore, any time there are twin bosses (or even twin adds if they're extremely dangerous looking), they MUST be killed simultaneously. Very bad things happen when one twin witnesses the death of the other. Heed my warning, and kill any and all twins at the same time. Further, they cannot be allowed to touch each other or send each other any kind of glowing orb, ray beam, soothing rainbow, etc. You don't want the wonder-twins activating ANYTHING. So keep them apart, kill them apart, and do it at the same time.<br /><br />If you follow these simple rules, you're sure to be a success at your next raid. I advise you to print this out and keep it handy. Review it during the boring buff periods before raiding, or when the tank if off in Dalaran begging for another healer. And be sure to stop back by and let me know how it went! Happy raiding!Your buddy,<br />Mortigan the Lock .<br /><br /><br />Almaster approves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-17472899280270016772009-10-19T01:56:00.003+03:002009-10-20T00:34:22.707+03:00Waiting for ICCDISCLAIMER:<br />This post was on <a href="http://atouchofarcane.blogspot.com/">A Touch of Arcane</a>, i liked it and copied it because god knowss that is what exactly i am feeling.<br /><br />I don't know about you but I'm seriously waiting for Icecrown Citadel. Not that I've finished<br />all the content, I've yet to see Yog Sarron die, but that requires several evenings on Udluar and most people don't spend that amount of time on this raid anymore. Too much "free loot" on ToC (normal) or Onyxia or Lolaron to motivate much people about Ulduar.<br /><br />I still think Ulduar is the best raid from WotLK up to now, despite it being too big, it should have been split in two raids as it was done all along BC. I still have some friends motivated by Ulduar hard modes and we're trying them from time to time, usually one or two nights a week when we are lucky enough to make our suicidal squad (Auriaya with all cats is a crazy fun mess of a fight to heal). If I find ToC hard mode mostly a "gear check", Ulduar hard modes are, at least for some of them, very entertaining.<br /><br />The first news from the next raid Blizzard is giving us are starting to appear, and the first boss was tested on the PTR these last days (report on <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/marrowgar-icecrown-citadel-blue-posts/">Mmo Champion</a>). It doesn't seem super hard, as least on paper, I hope the normal/hard mode gap will be lower then ToC, and my wish is for hard modes to contain more abilities, more strategy than just be a gear check put over a normal difficulty boss.<br /><br />I guess we'll all see that in IC, hopefully not too long from now, but even more hopefully nicely tested and balanced.<br /><br /><br />Post part 2<br />Paladin T10:<br />I guess i have to post something about it, but i don't see the need to.<br />since there is only the set pieces bonus that is out there, and i find them good enough.<br /><br />Going to make a full topic about it when i get more infoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-29566872852100970242009-10-10T01:13:00.002+03:002009-10-10T01:42:21.196+03:00Paladins and the stacking of Intellect.I've been posting of how good stacking intellect is for Paladins.<br />and I think i have something else to say this time.<br /><br />I have 21979 unbuffed mana, and i never get out of it, also, i've topped the healing meters twice yesterday with 2 druids, 2 priests and another holy paladin in both 25 OS 3 drake (old school way, no zerg) and TOTC 25 man, and guess what? my mana never dropped below 75%.<br /><br />Yeah!<br /><br />So I'll say this, Intellect is no more the first stat I would be searching for.<br />I have 2363 unbuffed spell power, 33.05 crit.<br /><br />Whats helping me get all that mana i'm using back?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41401#created-by"><b class="q3">Insightful Earthsiege Diamond</b></a> and <span class="myPurple myBold myItemName"><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47215"><span class="">Tears of the Vanquished.</span></a><br />and i fucking love it.<br /><br />I also tried to have some </span><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40134"><strong class="selflink"><span class="qc-epic" title="Epic"><b>Royal Dreadstone</b></span></strong></a> in my gear, and i'm also loving it.<br /><br />So for now, i'm going to keep stacking on items that returns mana, and i'm going to try it, for the next couple of boss.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, i love having infinite number of mana, but i see its not important when i never drop below 50% of mana, divine plea is wonderful, i usually pop my wings when i use it and i dont lost much of my healing.<br /><br />i just wish i've got a WWS of last night's healing to show you, sadly i forgot all about it.<br /><br />Almaster and out!.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40134"><strong class="selflink"><span class="qc-epic" title="Epic"></span></strong></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-10032372311113384282009-10-10T00:44:00.003+03:002009-10-10T01:48:10.625+03:00Better late than never?I've seen many guilds say that, but i second that statement.<br /><br />I'll give you as example, something i always dreamed of doing, since the start of WOTLK raiding.<br /><br /><br /><br />I wanted to be a Twilight Vanquisher.<br /><br />and i'm finally<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/652y4w.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As getting something i always wanted, i should feel good, and i am not.<br />It felt like Obama wining the Nobel prize.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/28r36rr.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Damn that kayne west.<br /><br />So in my opinion, its never better be late than never.<br /><br /><br />yeah i've said it.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/b8rbwp.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />and i don't care what wonder woman has to say about it!<br /><br />I just hope that in the next patch of ICC, i can do some of the things i want to do.<br /><br />So Blizz,<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/300d1k1.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Almaster and out!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-59247038672570286642009-10-07T00:35:00.002+03:002009-10-07T00:48:59.756+03:00Will the real Lich King please stand up?New news about ICC came out, you can find them all on <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php">MMO-Champion</a> : <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/icecrown-citadel-the-frozen-throne/">Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Throne.</a><br /><br />As i said like 100 times on this blog, I've been playing this game since vanilla wow, and to be honest, I've never seen so much media news about it.<br /><br />Wherever i surf in this Interwebz, i find a new news about ICC or Cata, every where i go, i find a picture of Arthas, or a rumor about the destiny of Garrosh, Thrall or Craine blood hoof (the leader of Thunder-bluff).<br /><br />And to be honest.... its getting me sick and bored.<br /><br />I just hope Arthas wouldn't be an easy boss to kill, I've played on a server named after him, because i loved his story in World of Warcraft.<br /><br />If Blizz made him as easy as TOTGC Anubarak (in 10 man), i will be disappointed.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-77153599570400634132009-10-06T00:40:00.002+03:002009-10-06T00:58:55.225+03:00Shared Topic:WoW Where You'd Least Expect It..This week, the Shared topic of <a href="http://www.blogazeroth.com/index.php">Blog Azeroth</a> is : <a href="http://www.blogazeroth.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1891">Wow Where You'd Least Expect It.</a><br /><br />In our Middle eastern culture, once a month (sometimes more) we go to a local cafe, where you can smoke<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah"> Sheesha</a> (AKA:Hookah).<br /><br />I've been going around once a week, since i turned 20 and started working, at 20 i also just started playing WOW and was still a low lvl troll warrior who knows nothing about this game, my English was a little poor, so i didn't know how to play and i didn't know how to talk to people in-game.<br /><br />So i had my laptop on, smoking some Hookah, and tanking in<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=718"> WC</a>, needing all the green loot that was dropping, just because i didn't know what greed is<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/jhq3hu.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a><br /><br />when suddenly a guy came to me and started talking to me about how i should greed everything that is not mail, since warriors only wear mail till lvl 40, then they wear plate.<br />i listened to him talking about his shaman, and for my surprise he was in the same server i was in, we started lvling together and we became friends.<br /><br />of course when we both hit 60, he was lucky and got into a guild that was running MC, and i slowed down a bit trying to gear myself before i applied to a guild that was raiding.<br /><br />Till now we occasionally talk with each others. :DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-34890097521111561762009-10-05T04:20:00.003+03:002009-10-05T04:39:35.553+03:00The future of paladinsDear Paladins everywhere.<br /><br />I really love playing a paladin, I've been playing one for over 2 years now, and I'm loving every second of it, Paladins are like my heroes.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/iqkaah.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I always ask my self, whats the meaning of being a paladin, being so infused with light, killing all sorts of evil everywhere.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/23mtrau.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sadly, there are some people playing paladins just like me, who make us look really bad<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/282ujn.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and i keep thinking that we are having some bad reputation from all of them nerd raging.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/2csfnl3.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To all the people who changed spec to ret back in late TBC days, and suck at it till now.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/33ngbit.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br />You are not.<br /><br />I don't think it really is that awesome, however people who has been playing a holy paladin since the start of this game, and still doing so.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/2uhn586.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Signed: a nerd raged Holy paladin.<br /><br /><br /><br />This rant has been brought to you by:holy paladin who got his ass given to him by a ret paladins face-rolling in arena.<br /><br />the story of this post is:<br />I played a game of arena with my buddy headstab, a 2 ret pally team came to me, and got me down in 0.5 seconds.<br /><br />sorry for posting while still under nerd rage >_<Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-43689601382795928242009-10-02T08:39:00.004+03:002009-10-02T10:47:11.495+03:00This just in!Blizzard has already released new details about the upcoming five-player dungeon in the Icecrown Citadel. It will supposedly be the biggest one in a "long time", they are also mentioning epic quest lines and 232 ilvl loot from the Heroic mode.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Icecrown Citadel will feature a massive five-player dungeon sprawling across three wings of the citadel's foundation. While the Lich King's attention is focused on the Argent Crusade and the Knights of the Ebon Blade ripping through the front gates, players will be tested as they assist Jaina Proudmoore (Alliance) and Sylvanas Windrunner (Horde) in infiltrating the citadel through an alternate entrance.<br /><br />An epic quest line will present adventurers with the task of weakening Icecrown Citadel's forces, requiring that players defeat the challenges in each dungeon wing before venturing into the next one. Normal and Heroic versions of the dungeon will be accessible to players, although each wing will be considered a separate instance; therefore, on Heroic difficulty, each wing will have its own separate lockout timer. All-new rewards -- including item level 219 (normal) and level 232 (Heroic) loot -- will be offered to those who destroy some of the Lich King's most formidable allies.</blockquote><br /><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:14px;">The Forge of Souls</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Serving as the first wing in this expansive dungeon, the Forge of Souls will quickly put players to the test of carving through the Scourge stronghold into deeper, more treacherous locations. Jaina will command Alliance forces, and Sylvanas will direct Horde forces. The goal is to ruin the twisted engines known as soul grinders found in this portion of the citadel, and then players can advance -- that is, if the Horde and Alliance forces can overcome the foes who confront them. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Bosses</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> An instrument of reckoning, Bronjahm watches over the engines in the Forge of Souls. He must be killed if the soul grinders are to be destroyed. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">The Devourer of Souls:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> As the chief operator of the engines found in this wing, the Devourer stands guard over the souls stolen by the Lich King. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pit of Saron</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Accessible only to those who have laid waste to the Forge of Souls' unholy operations, the Pit of Saron will bring Horde and Alliance forces deeper into the Lich King's domain. Players who venture here will immediately be confronted by the lord of this lair, Scourgelord Tyrannus. But defeating him will not be as easy as it seems. Before they can present a threat to Tyrannus, the adventurers, instructed by their leaders, will need to free enslaved allies who have been trapped by the Scourge. Until that happens, Tyrannus will leave all adversaries to his minions, workers of the citadel's mines. Perhaps the challenges here will lend clues as to the whereabouts of the Lich King's private chambers outside of the Frozen Throne, deep within the Halls of Reflection. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Bosses</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Forgemaster Garfrost:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> A master of Scourge weaponry, the forgemaster hauls stocks of saronite ore and other precious materials to the cold forges where the mechanisms of death are born. With a host of rime weapons and exotic alloys at his disposal, it could get cold in here. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Krick and Ick:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Zombies serve as mindless muscle in the Pit of Saron's mines, stockpiling metals for Forgemaster Garfrost, and Krick -- a devious leper gnome -- supervises the operations from atop Ick, Krick's ghastly means of transportation. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Scourgelord Tyrannus:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Tyrannus is a terrible force who will no doubt demonstrate his powers to those brave enough to enter the Pit of Saron. The scourgelord must die if players hope to make their way into the third and final wing of this dungeon. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:14px;">Halls of Reflection </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With Jaina and Sylvanas leading the way, adventurers who make it as far as these frigid halls will quickly recognize the weapon that lies ahead: Frostmourne, the corruptive, legendary device of the Lich King himself. The Lich King's private chambers are within reach, although they may be the death of anyone who ventures there. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Bosses</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">Falric and Marwyn:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Captains for Arthas Menethil in life, Scourge commanders for the Lich King in death, Falric and Marwyn will be summoned to the Halls of Reflection for one purpose: destroying all intruders. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> * </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:10px;">The Lich King:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Sylvanas, thirsty for vengeance against the corrupted prince who sentenced her to an existence as an undead monstrosity, and Jaina, eager to find a flicker of Arthas's soul locked somewhere within the Lich King, have brought their hand-picked allies to this final confrontation. Arthas's true power may only now be discovered. Is there any hope in this mission, or does only death await.</span><blockquote></blockquote></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/3p3/icecrown.xml">Source</a><br /><br />what i think?<br />Fight with lich king - take 1:<br />At 1 % - bubble and HS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-11447463265056126182009-10-02T08:14:00.006+03:002009-10-02T10:46:01.953+03:00New UI + introducing, Teh Evilcandy!I promised to post my new UI, so here it is!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/29dizv4.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />here it is if you cant see the full sized picture, i uploaded it on image shack, click on it for the full screen<br /><br /><a href="http://img40.imageshack.us/i/1zz5na1.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2585/1zz5na1.th.jpg" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'll have to remove the 2 chat boxes to where they're supposed to be =)<br /><br /><br />What I am using is Spartan UI with bartender, Bagnon2, ForteXorcist, Prat, Pally power, quick mark, recount and SexyMap.<br /><br /><br />post part 2: Introducing the Evilcandwe!<br /><br />Evilcandwe is my DK alt.<br />You might ask me, how did i get that name?<br />Well, lets see, i am not that creative when it comes to getting names for my characters, back at horde i had: Almaster, Elmaster and Zemaster.<br />When i switched to Alliance, i now have: Almaster, Zemaster (my hunter) Stuusx (my newly made priest, i named him after a priest (Stuus) that was guilded with us, i have a lot of respect to that person, he used to top damage meters at almost every fight :P and i always said that he is my elder brother that i never had) and Evilcandwe.<br />Candwe was my best friend on the horde side, a resto druid that knows how to play her class at PVE, in PVP, she sucks :P<br />back to the story, i wanted to lvl a DK and stand with her in Dlaran, as Candwe and her Evil self, but it didnt work out since Candwe server x-fered about 2 months ago.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2ylk1es.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />using the same UI, adding Facesmasher, since i fail at the DK rotation, facesmasher tells me what to use and when to use it :PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-55792040448625886682009-09-30T09:44:00.002+03:002009-09-30T09:49:19.302+03:00FAQs and need some help!Hello everyone,<br /><br />1- I'm going to start a FAQ post every start of the month, so if you have any questions related to me/Holy Paladins/Ret Paladins/Protection Paladins that you'd like me to answer for it, please send me an e-mail at Halqato@gmail.com.<br />2- I'm looking for someone to help me out with this blog, Paladin preferably or any healing class, I'd consider any DPS class that has the will and the energy to keep posting in this blog.<br />if you are interested, please send me an e-mail, my e-mail is mentioned above.<br />3- I'd love to get my blog on other bloggers blog roll, If you add me to your blog roll, I'll add you to mine!.<br /><br />Cheers,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-57471899538556375602009-09-28T11:01:00.004+03:002009-09-28T12:28:42.374+03:00I used to be, for the horde!<a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/b99khu.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />when I started the game, I knew I wanted to be on the Horde side. Being an avid Warcraft fan, I always enjoyed everything about the faction and was a huge Thrall fan. Going on my third year of playing the game, I found myself playing less and less till finally I stopped playing all together. Was it that I hit a plateau in my enthusiasm for the game or was it simply I’ve run my course? Probably both to be honest.<br />Being on a PVP server for 3 years will bring disdain towards the other faction like no other. I hated gnomes and I squirmed in BRD just hearing the dwarfs laughing in the bar. Nonetheless, I decided I was going to level a character to 80 and see things from the other side. Funny enough, as of now, its been the most enjoyable time I’ve had playing the game.<br /><br />To really appreciate the game, you have to see it from both sides and to really appreciate the work Blizzard has done, experience it.<br /><br />always believed that sentiment that the Horde was where the Adults played and the Alliance was simply filled with children. I always expressed that I could never join the faction due to it and at my own remission, I don’t know why I believed that.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/24m8977.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I met up with a group of nobles, if i may say, the guild of Lux Legis, from their Guild leader/Co-leaders, to the newest recruit, they were all kind and welcoming, i've never felt any kind of a stranger that never played this faction before.<br /><br /><br />now, I'm... For the Alliance!<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/17sis4.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now the Alliance is no change from the horde, shapes and names had changed, but nothing else, I have this feeling that i am going to reroll again...<br />I already started a Death knight over Arygos, which is a server a lot of my horde friends transferred into, but every day i see my paladin after the logging screen, i stop thinking of rerolling, and log into Arthas, with my pride of being Alliance, better yet, a paladin of the Alliance... duh! who wants to be a Blood Elf? =PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-45522325064165925442009-09-25T09:36:00.003+03:002009-09-25T09:54:10.969+03:00Your guide to healing TOTC: Anub'arak<a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/2lk9zia.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In 10 man, this is a very easy fight when you compare it with 25 man version or any of the heroic versions.<br />there are simple things to avoid/do, do them right, and you will have no problems downing this boss from try one.<br /><br />PS: if you are pugging this, the first 3-4 bosses will show you if you are having any nubcakes in your raid, get rid of them before this boss, or if you prefer carrying people then that's your problem :P<br /><br />for this fight you need at least 1 ranged DPS, 2 tanks, 3 or 2 healers (i did it as 2 healers and got it just fine, although i was on my toes half of the time)<br /><br />Phase one:<br />1- 1 ranged DPS to shoot permafrost orbs.<br />2- 1 tank for Nerubian Burrower, those adds have an expose armor debuff, the tank needs to make sure that he is tanking them on permafrost.<br />Don't DPS the Nerubian Burrowers at this time, and wait till phase 2, since most of your dps will have nothing to do in that phase.<br />Phase Two:<br />Anub'arak will burrow approximately every 90 seconds, starting phase 2. He will pursue a random target with spikes throughout the phase and when he reaches them he will cast Impale. The spikes will gradually speed up until they hit the target, or hit a patch of permafrost. Standing on the permafrost (or being on the other side of permafrost from the spikes) will enable you to avoid the impale, but the permafrost will despawn. After a few seconds, he will select another target.<br /><br />Swarm Scarabs will spawn rapidly, scarabs have little hp, seem to ignore most threat but stack the same stacking nature damage debuff on their targets, should be range kited and killed, or killed by melee not being chased by them. It is also possible to drag them across permafrost to gain more distance. After about one minute Anub'arak will surface and begin phase one again. He keeps threat from phase one.<br /><br />Phase Three: It is advisable to kill off any adds currently active before pushing Anub'arak over 30%. He will not submerge or summon any more adds at this point. Anub'arak needs to die very quickly after hitting 30% as you will not last long under the effects of leeching swarm. It is not ideal to top off raid members as they will then be taking full damage from the leeching swarm, healing Anub'arak and prolonging the phase. Instead you will want to keep people at ~5,000 HP, so that they do not get gibbed by penetrating cold while also minimizing the amount Anub'arak heals.<br /><br />Anub'arak does not have any other tricks and will die upon reaching 0% HP.<br /><br />congratulations, you can now lewt your pixels.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-72454611954217031342009-09-22T11:34:00.005+03:002009-09-23T09:38:56.948+03:00Shared Topic: Fail.I've been wanting to post something about this for a long time now, you see, even if you are the best player that have been playing WOW ever, you will still have your fail moments.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogazeroth.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1865">Shared Topic: Fail</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/28aomzk.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of my fail moments when me and my guild went to Naxx 10 to get the Undying title, i was the raid leader and made sure we don't have anyone who have a connection problem/old comp/ retardness to prevent us from earning the title.<br /><br />3 wings went smooth, until we got into Grobbulus room, got him to 15% before our Elemental shammy disconnected.<br />I've been guilded with this shammy for over 2 years now, he never disconnects, but because our luck is awesome! he did.<br /><br />I was 1 man healing the instance, so i went back to Evee (the shammy) and kept healing him since he d/c ed in a poison cloud, i had to walk back and forth to heal the tank and melee and in the same time heal the shammy, until he disappeared, and then went back and healed the raid.<br />on vent, i was going crazy, cursing at him and asking him to get back in right now or i am going to go to his house kill his family in front of him, then kill him.<br />he logged back in after we killed the boss, i flamed him all the way until we reached kel'thuzad, everything was going smooth for a 1 healer 10 man group, until...<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2qn0e8h.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />i got in a void zone and died.<br /><br />All of my guildies never fail to make me remember that day, every time i try to do something and someone helping me fails, i get reminded of it.<br />it was fun though, so close to get it, and i failed :(Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461887796836333491.post-89378797473038746262009-09-22T10:21:00.006+03:002009-09-23T09:38:46.766+03:00I R excited!Hello dear readers!<br /><br />I'm really excited today, although it has been a long day at work.<br />Why? you might ask?<br /><br />1- I just read <a href="http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2009/09/paladin-schmaladin-is-hiring.html">Ferrro's post</a> about Paladin Schmaladin blog is hiring, and i apped for it.<br />I know that i deserve to post on such a successful blog, I've been a holy Paladin for a long time now, I've been playing a druid, a rogue, a DK, a Warlock, and a hunter. so i am familiar with most aspects of the game.<br />I mentioned before that i got my strategy form for the first strategies i posted from ferraro, i really liked the way it was done.<br />To be honest, although F is offering money for people posting for her, i am not interested at all in it, i have the will to be posting on a paladin blog, and help others, for free! and since this blog is not attracting much readers (sorry), i am a very active, i love to post alot, on my guild website, i think i am the only one posting paladin stuff in the paladin forums, also i am the only one posting raid strats or strats for officers and guild leaders.<br />I'm also always checking whats new with WOW, i check wowhead, mmo-champion, blog azeroth and much more helpful websites at least 4-5 times a day.<br />so i hope i get accepted :D<br /><br />2- i just read <a href="http://gnomeaggedon.net/2009/09/22/azeroth-united/#more-4591">g</a><span id="sample-permalink"><a href="http://gnomeaggedon.net/2009/09/22/azeroth-united/#more-4591">nomeaggedon's post</a> about <a href="http://www.azerothunited.com/">Azeroth united.</a><br />i registered and hope i can help with the </span>community!<br /><br />3- i got this achievement<br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/rbzamo.jpg" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" /></a><br /><br />25 more mounts for my 100 mounts achievement.<br /><br />2 years of trying to get this mount, and finally!<br /><br /><br />4- I made a new UI, i know all of you will love it, i will be posting another topic about it tomorrow hopefully!<br />yay!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0