tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67862791245655813222011-07-07T21:14:06.181-04:00Level 70 Protection Paladin posts about his experiences tanking, as well as tanking theory and methods. World of Warcraft-related.Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-15502472005809700882009-05-20T19:06:00.003-04:002009-05-20T19:09:31.525-04:00

window.location='http://lore.ftwgaming.com'If you're seeing this, my javascript failed to redirect you. I've moved my blog to a shiny new location. You should click here.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-75560179831743470672009-05-04T21:33:00.001-04:002009-05-04T21:34:12.385-04:00

:D :D :D :D :DGot the left one (Geddon's)! Now to continue farming Garr forever and ever...

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-35929024174667869092009-04-27T13:11:00.003-04:002009-04-27T13:23:50.605-04:00

In 10-man, at least. Fun fight; my favorite in the zone so far, but I'm probably biased since I'm a melee DPS and get to have all the phase 2 fun. Looking forward to working on 10man hard modes so we can wipe on Algalon for an hour every week and cry a lot.My only reservations about the instance so far are cooldown-related. It's somewhat alarming how much we were able to get away with by just

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-86389591797220120172009-04-21T06:56:00.002-04:002009-04-21T07:01:28.596-04:00

...and I haven't slept yet....and instead of going to bed, I'm making a blog post. Oh, the sacrifices I make for the four people who read this!Anyway, in case you're curious, the reason I've been up all night (which is becoming common lately) is that I was working on a video guide for Mimiron. Fun fight, but very complicated. So much talking I had to do! Look for it on Tankspot sometime tomorrow,

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-81789377925849646622009-03-25T00:21:00.003-04:002009-03-25T00:22:59.986-04:00

Seriously, I don't think Blizzard wants me to get this achievement.45%ish on Kel'Thuzad. Entire instance has gone absolutely perfect.Ret Pally gets Detonate Mana. Starts to run out, gets hit by Frost Blast. Catches the two melee near him at the same time. Frost Blast ticks twice, Detonate Mana goes off. Two melee are dead in under 2 seconds.Infuriating.Guess next week we just won't have people

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-47768533457470656332009-03-23T13:25:00.003-04:002009-03-23T13:59:12.955-04:00

So I had a nice chat with my boss at my full-time job the other day, and the conversation eventually pretty much boiled down to "Do I want to pursue a career melting plastic, or do I want to pursue a career in video gaming?" The choice, for me, was pretty easy.However, I can't just up and drop my full-time job without making the cash up somewhere else. I still have a wife and two kittens to feed.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-6245464917293087552009-03-20T19:49:00.002-04:002009-03-20T19:57:07.540-04:00

Don't let my lack of posts lately concern you too much -- I've got a lot in the works for the weeks to come, and this blog is a fairly big part of that. I'll be discussing this quite a bit in the next week or two.In the meantime, if you're wondering what I've been up to (outside of running a raiding guild), I present the following in easy-for-my-brain list form:- Moving! My wife and I finally got

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-45520795106166114842009-01-20T19:08:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:09:08.780-05:00

hughguhgfuhugfhaughughafgf FINALLY

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My account was created at 10:59:03 AM, November 23rd, 2004 - the day World of Warcraft launched. Having had some beta experience, I knew WoW was a game I was going to spend a lot of time playing, and I wanted a Zergling pet so bad, so I dropped the $70 and preordered the Collector's Edition.I did the same on October 28th, 2005, for the release of The Burning Crusade, and again on November 13th,

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-5728661602493656692009-01-02T16:13:00.002-05:002009-01-02T16:21:23.293-05:00

Fair warning: I may get a bit ranty. This is something that manages to drive me completely insane.Every time someone judging Light and/or using two ranks of Shield of Righteousness calls the 969 rotation "unnecessary" I want to stab them through the internet using my own blinding rage.It takes quite a bit to truly get under my skin. Ignorance? No problem, you just didn't know any better.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-20115972597887986462008-12-28T20:19:00.002-05:002008-12-28T20:26:53.861-05:00

Oh, hello.So, I haven't posted an update in a long time. Like, since 3.0. Whoops.Lots has been happening! I got 80 about 4 days after Wrath release (would have been faster but I love sleep too much). We got back into raiding pretty quickly, I've been tanking 10mans and Ret DPS'ing 25mans just because we have a ton of tanks at the moment and I don't mind DPS. It's been pretty interesting; I get to

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-70579111798179935482008-10-28T19:49:00.000-04:002008-10-28T19:50:44.121-04:00

I'm going to put "Rolls very well on important twohanders" on my resumé.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-80010388731835737452008-10-14T11:59:00.001-04:002008-10-14T12:01:02.292-04:00

THE LINKING: clickI wrote an article for Tankspot regarding the 3.0 changes for Paladins. Read is yes. Good for happy.

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o hii can has burthdey?YESSSSSSS

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-54860782242368174052008-09-29T14:06:00.002-04:002008-09-29T14:07:38.966-04:00

I've just posted a compilation of what I feel are the last major issues that the Protection tree needs to be ready for Wrath over on Tankspot. Ciderhelm would throw a big smelly fit if I pasted it here, so here's a link: The Prot Paladin Shopping ListAlso, Ciderhelm smells like old cheese and has a big ugly head.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-15060004183348294972008-09-26T11:50:00.002-04:002008-09-26T11:54:08.369-04:00

Ardent Defender - Increases the effectiveness of your Divine Protection spell by 6/12/18/24/30% while under 35% health.Sounds pretty awesome right? That'd be a pretty significant nerf.Ardent Defender is a great talent. Please stop complaining about it.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-59181518709993015172008-09-10T23:59:00.002-04:002008-09-11T00:01:02.884-04:00

I've posted a news article discussing the new changes in the latest beta build over on Tankspot. If you're interested, give it a read.I'll go ahead and summarize for you here:gjgjakfklklakklaeioaioerioeioeirajijeijwjwwiiwwiiwiwiwiwwiwww

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How you doin?Few items of business today:#1: It occurs to me that I have totally forgotten to mention on my blog that I now have Beta access! Anyone else with access to the Wrath Beta can find me on my Paladin as Loreii (that's Lore II if you didn't catch it) on Horde side, or on my Death Knight, Spiderhelm, on the Alliance side. You can also just /join maintankadin as either faction, as I hang

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-39641408556932355832008-08-04T22:38:00.004-04:002008-08-04T23:52:37.904-04:00

So with the WotLK talents starting to settle down a bit, we're getting to the point where we can start putting some serious thought into what exactly we're going to spec at 80... and as always, one of the more popular topics regarding talents is the "bloating" of the Protection tree.I take a different perspective to the situation. I don't believe our talent tree is bloated, I think we just have a

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-41706176554237593762008-07-30T10:41:00.004-04:002008-07-31T11:52:58.091-04:00

I've written an article for Tankspot with my thoughts on the currently-released updates in the WotLK beta. It mostly talks about the questions that the Protection Paladin faces heading into the expansion, and tries to answer them to the best of my abilities.The article can be found at Tankspot if you'd like to take a read.EDIT: Direct link here. It's still on the front page at the time of this

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-6990247778171183462008-07-29T11:39:00.004-04:002008-07-29T11:40:13.106-04:00

This is all some kind of sick joke, and everything's going to disappear and replaced with healing spells?It's like Christmas underneath the Paladin Tree these days.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-18730040976075600382008-07-23T12:12:00.003-04:002008-07-23T12:37:29.917-04:00

I know you're out there, Blizzard. Gimmeplzkthx.I'm working up an article for Tankspot at Ciderhelm's request regarding the beta changes thus far. It's been hard to get started since more and more changes (and implications caused by those changes) keep showing up. I should be able to put together at least some initial impressions and have it ready in the next day or so, though.A lot of people

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-49796047422056078902008-07-18T13:19:00.001-04:002008-07-18T13:19:38.897-04:00

Long time no see.Allow me to give you my impressions of the newly-released Paladin beta talents:dsaskdkjajfksjfdsjkfksdajkfsdkafdsafisaikAMDSAOMFAFOMEAOFMEADSFMANeanfjewanfdsa AJFEWMAEOWA M OHMYGODSOAWESOME

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-4675270821940284492008-06-13T15:33:00.003-04:002008-06-13T15:47:28.412-04:00

Sorry for the slowness of updates lately; between Sunwell, Maintankadin, forgetting to record podcasts, and the little amount of time I've been able to spend playing Age of Conan, blogging has kind of fallen off of the radar :PThought I'd drop a quick post to bring up my thoughts regarding the Alpha leaks. First of all, shame on you, whoever is breaking your NDA's. Second, yes I've seen them, and

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-84111973568258545932008-05-22T14:10:00.002-04:002008-05-22T14:13:36.104-04:00

I'm sure by now everyone has seen this (I actually saw it a few days ago), but it bears mentioning anywhere it can be mentioned.Thompsowned.I am apparently failing at Blogger at the moment, so click the title for the link -_-

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-29670213537824348292008-05-16T13:24:00.001-04:002008-05-16T13:24:26.111-04:00

I sat out, not because I can't tank it, but because I've been tanking every other fight and wanted to let some of our other tanks get some time in. They died though. Killed Sacrolash first too, so we did it the "hard way." I'm not convinced that it's actually harder.M'uru up next!

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-64225575866906699722008-05-14T16:32:00.002-04:002008-05-14T16:35:44.424-04:00

I look like a beetle now.Sorry for the slow updates lately - been going through a little bit of restructuring in the guild which is absorbing a bunch of my free time. Been pretty busy at Maintankadin too; Dorvan stepped down as a moderator, which left me all by myself for a week or so while we got a couple new mods in place (Worldie and Fridmarr are doing excellent work, by the way).No twins

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-84862464687703833552008-04-29T12:54:00.002-04:002008-04-29T12:54:58.700-04:00

You may all stop asking me why I am wearing so much spell damage now.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-45580595323855671092008-04-23T15:20:00.002-04:002008-04-23T16:34:24.086-04:00

Since Sunwell opened, both on the PTR and on Live, I've seen a lot of discussions where Brutallus is referred to as a "bad fight for a Paladin tank." This boggles my mind, especially when the same people will go extra light on healers purely to make up the DPS difference.The primary reason behind this sentiment is that Paladin tanks will take, on average, 4% more damage than a Warrior tank. This

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-27515176057508147582008-04-16T10:46:00.002-04:002008-04-16T10:48:58.516-04:00

Two new bosses down last week. Kalecgos took a while, but we got Brutallus in a grand total of 6 hours. This week we downed them both on Tuesday and went right back into Felmyst attempts.And I got T6 bracers!

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-10555486435571940192008-04-14T10:30:00.002-04:002008-04-14T10:36:13.740-04:00

Ok, so we got a little longwinded with today's podcast, but there was a lot to talk about. The topic was itemization and gearing choices, and we just kinda kept coming up with important additions to what we were discussing.Also, if you're interested, you can now subscribe via iTunes via the RSS feed. I'm probably not going to continue doing these little blogs when new ones go up, so that's the

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-47850302979216750322008-04-11T11:05:00.001-04:002008-04-11T11:07:54.625-04:00

Check it out here: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/general-discussion/36481-ts-podcast-4-tabula-rasa-made-us-love-wow-cms.htmlI'll be doing these with Cider every Monday and Friday, so be sure to check back at Tankspot.com. If you like, you can subscribe via iTunes by pointing it at http://ciderhelm.libsyn.com/rss/

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-5935402606552554302008-04-10T21:33:00.001-04:002008-04-10T21:34:30.188-04:00

It was a struggle, but we finally figured out the trash mobs on the way to Felmyst, and we're getting some attempts in.(Brutallus down)

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-35098880398728658412008-04-09T10:08:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:09:02.578-04:00

Finally!On to Brutallus. Looks like a pretty straightforward fight so far, just takes a lot of brute force. I like it.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-84766161157230042832008-04-07T09:32:00.002-04:002008-04-07T09:33:04.203-04:00

Tankspot has a new podcast up, featuring Ciderhelm and... yours truly! It's about an hour long and features a fairly lengthy discussion on keybindings, macros, and some hardware.Anyway, take a listen, let me know what you think! We're looking to do more of these in the future

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-20762423410311585112008-03-27T18:17:00.001-04:002008-03-27T18:18:42.635-04:00

Enjoy your wipes.(Kalecgos to 7%, top and bottom, should be down soon!)

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-89317337428991423402008-03-24T12:13:00.002-04:002008-03-24T13:01:41.443-04:00

I had made short mention of this once before, but as time has gone on I think it's worth a full-fledged post of its own."Am I ready to tank ________?" This is a question that pops up quite frequently on Maintankadin. People with varying degrees of progression, with various levels of crit immunity, crush immunity, hit points, avoidance, spell damage, and whatever else happens to be important to

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-80973856064089617352008-03-10T11:52:00.002-04:002008-03-10T12:00:53.362-04:00

I'd actually been meaning to post my thoughts on this issue at some point, but this thread on Maintankadin prompted me. In it, the OP asks "How do you feel about having an assigned Guild MT?" and more specifically, the drama and dissidence it can cause. So, I figured I'd repost my response here.The only thing worse than having a set MT is having tanks who get bent out of shape over not being the

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-87324361332626725082008-02-25T13:17:00.004-05:002008-03-10T12:35:36.132-04:00

Ok, so I've kinda been neglecting this here interblag over the past week or two, and since I can only neglect one thing at a time without feeling bad I figure I should make a post (my wife will understand). So here's a random collection of thoughts about 2.4 in the order I have them. And probably some other thoughts too. No promises.I'll make mention of the attunement lifting again for

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-41382256447330170982008-02-15T11:48:00.003-05:002008-02-18T10:02:10.135-05:00

With the removing of attunement for Black Temple and Hyjal coming in 2.4, there's been a lot of discussion. Most of the discussion has looked at it from the perspective of "Nerfing content so slower progressing guilds can get into it." That's not really an improper way of looking at it, but I'd like to present an alternate perspective.Not a lot of people got to experience Naxxramas. It was a

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-59837833658908249082008-02-14T12:38:00.002-05:002008-02-14T12:39:39.473-05:00

So we've been playing around on the PTR a bit, done a few runs of the 5-man and took some stabs at Kalecgos the other night. Fun fight.That's not important though.What IS important is that I has BAREMOUNT.Also Netherdrake but so does everyone.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-17097064362514597182008-02-06T18:33:00.001-05:002008-02-06T18:59:00.718-05:00

I JUST TALKED TO THIS GUY AND HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS PLACE WHERE THEY DO THINGS THAT INVOLVE STUFF AND NOW I HAVE 2.4 PATCH NOTES!Druid- New Form: Onomatopoeia Form. Causes the Druid to appear as large, floating words that represent sounds (such as "BAM!" or "RAWR!")- Lifebloom now stacks to 9001.- Healing Touch has been removed from the game.- Cyclone now dispels all beneficial magical effects from

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-76021383757664307202008-01-24T13:11:00.000-05:002008-01-24T13:49:04.857-05:00

So apparently my QQ post about lack of 25-man content was interesting enough to be featured on WoW Insider. I'm flattered! To be quite honest, I didn't realize more than a handful of people actually ready this blog >.>I've also been getting a few comments, both here and in the WoW Insider post, and rather than make several smaller responses I think I'll just respond to all of them here.For one,

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-44869734621280540212008-01-21T11:28:00.000-05:002008-01-21T13:43:53.586-05:00

Or, "How Tabula Rasa Made Me Love WoW General"Most of you who check this site probably know me from Maintankadin, the Paladin Tanking forums for which I act as moderator and community manager. What you may not know is that I've been cheating a bit. Yes, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've been having an affair with another game, and another online community related to that game. I'm speaking of

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-91793739445717373002008-01-15T14:44:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:13:33.657-05:00

A little bit more bloggy and a little bit less tanky of an update today.The Black Temple was released with Patch 2.1, itself released in May of 2007. Next week Tuesday will mark the 8-month point of no new 25-man content - 2 months longer than the gap between Blackwing Lair and Ahn'Qiraj, which previously held that record. I honestly don't expect to see 2.4 go live for at least another couple

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-21901010677912797122008-01-11T11:12:00.000-05:002008-01-11T11:34:40.803-05:00

An interesting thought occurred to me the other day: Warrior tanking involves a lot more physical melee attacks than Paladin tanking, and those attacks can be parried. We have a 6% physical damage reduction from Imp. Righteous Fury, where Warriors have a 10% reduction. The question is, how much of that 4% advantage is reduced by the extra damage caused from extra parries?Unfortunately I'm not

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-59854109323146921742007-12-13T13:41:00.001-05:002007-12-13T13:41:56.551-05:00

I'm only mostly dead.There's a big difference between mostly dead, and all dead.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-28789431885276750442007-11-07T10:09:00.000-05:002007-11-07T10:16:53.816-05:00

I get asked this a lot. It's frustrating.Gear progression doesn't have checkpoints or milestones. There's no "I have X hit points and Y armor now, so I can tank boss Z." You can be undergeared, you can be overgeared, but there's a huge area in the middle where you're neither - you're just "geared". Whether or not you're geared adequately depends on a wide variety of factors. How are your healers?

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-35975107573888792042007-10-11T22:39:00.000-04:002007-10-11T22:43:43.920-04:00

No more healing shield!(And yes, gusts of wind make me fly like a kite)

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-43962133330135510822007-10-09T14:31:00.000-04:002007-10-09T16:52:27.838-04:00

So the thought occurred to me, let's figure out just how well the 2k extra HP and 4% more physical reduction Warriors get compares to Ardent Defender. Math inc, pardon my dust:Some base numbers -Warrior max HP: 20k2k HP gap puts the Paladin's HP at 18kArdent Defender threshold at 18k is 6300.Let's start with an incoming hit of 5k. In the absolute worst case scenario that the Warrior can survive,

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-44354107918522373882007-10-08T20:56:00.001-04:002007-10-08T21:02:22.906-04:00

Had everything in BT and Hyjal down by 10pm Sunday this week, went and killed Doomwalker just for the hell of it, and had the rest of the night as well as tonight off. Pretty nice. I've been trolling forums, doing arenas on my Warrior, and generally just enjoying not being in a raid all night 5 nights a week.Looking forward to Zul'Aman in 2.3, and Sunwell in 2.4, but in the meantime we're pretty

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-18711272191879332652007-10-02T15:26:00.000-04:002007-10-02T15:30:40.333-04:00

Illidan down!Loots:Chestguard of the Forgotten Conqueror (to Shylok)Chestguard of the Forgotten Protector (to Stevez)The Skull of Gul'dan (to Wit)Bulwark of Azzinoth (to Float)WTB 2nd shield drop!

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-75549904674282158902007-09-17T21:52:00.000-04:002007-09-17T21:54:15.010-04:00

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I've been busy murdering raid bosses.Reliquary of Souls down last week, Mother Shahraz (aka Martha Stewart) and Illidari Council down this week. Illidan kill inc...

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Aaaannd... I missed it ;_; Got stuck at a family Labor Day gathering and couldn't get back to raid. Just to add insult to injury, they went and killed Gurtogg Bloodboil too.Oh well, at least our main Warrior tank got to spend some of his DKP. Belt dropped off Gurtogg.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-75999826360371055142007-08-31T10:20:00.000-04:002007-08-31T10:32:59.395-04:00

Things have been kinda slow lately, on all fronts. I had hoped to see some more interesting stuff come out of the Liepzig convention. Oh well, it sounds like 2.3 PTR's should be up not long after 2.2 goes live (which in all hopefulness should be this Tuesday).We put some decent attempts in on Archimonde last night, ridiculous fight but a lot of fun. Kind of underwhelming for an "end boss"

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-4537268785108127162007-08-17T11:00:00.000-04:002007-08-17T11:01:42.219-04:00

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Eredar&n=LoreWhee!Somewhat slow this week, due to the downtime. Pretty much just hoping to get all our farm content cleared. Next week: Gurtogg, maybe Archimonde!

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-18243303548557323002007-08-11T19:31:00.000-04:002007-08-12T13:06:36.748-04:00

Alright, as promised, here's my opinions on the stuff announced at Blizzcon.Wrath of the Lich KingDear god, I want this to come out now. New content sounds pretty sweet, some of the flyby's were pretty cool looking, and the expansion has a lot of potential to be far more steeped in the lore (LOL!) than The Burning Crusade was. In fact, come to think of it, the Burning Crusade was pretty

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-23164133955532215702007-08-03T22:37:00.001-04:002007-08-03T22:41:54.368-04:00

No I'm not there, but rest assured I've been paying very close attention to the proceedings through sites like WoWInsider. Once all is said and done I'll be posting a full rundown on my thoughts regarding the whole issue, but even after day 1 I have to say I'm very much looking forward to WotLK and what's in store for the game from now til its release.In the meantime, pay very close attention,

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-45767548302557124162007-07-27T01:52:00.000-04:002007-07-27T01:55:37.888-04:00

Man, I am really loving BT and Hyjal. Both instances have a few nice and easy bosses to kick back and relax after Kael and Vashj.Anyway, Anetheron down (Warrior tanking sword to Peauchute and Feral staff to Timber), as well as Kaz'rogal (BM Hunter shoulders to Seazon and Plate DPS belt to Tankos). Took a look at Azgalor's trash waves also, hopefully expecting a kill Monday. This is the last week

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-41824845754228297692007-07-25T18:01:00.001-04:002007-07-25T18:06:13.593-04:00

Since Kaziel asked, here's a condensed version of the fight:Easysauce fight, pally tanks very useful. Adds come out of the sides of the room for a while, a bunch get killed (most of them are the ones I tank), some get offtanked (druids), some just get burned down by specific people. After you do that for a while, Shade of Akama starts attackingthe real Akama, you've got about a minute to burn

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-32428776430770426012007-07-24T01:01:00.000-04:002007-07-24T01:07:50.060-04:00

Zoned into Hyjal tonight, 1-shot Rage Winterchill and attuned like 8 new people to BT, so we headed over there...4-shot Naj'entus. Loots were:[Eternium Shell Bracers] to Float (our Warrior MT)[Tide-Stomper Greaves] to meeee!Went on to Supremus, along the way we got a couple trash drops... physical DPS ring to Sophi (Enh Shaman) and druid tanking boots to Yajed (one of our Druid MT's)4-shot

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-24781105387791497422007-07-17T16:46:00.000-04:002007-07-17T16:49:46.172-04:00

Or: "MT or Bust, and other myths."I originally posted this on the Maintankadin forums. I see a lot of posts on these boards to the effect of "How can I get my guild to let me tank?" and "I'm backup tank #700, what should I do?" The responses given almost universally favor the "MT or bust" mentality that pervades a lot of Tankadin thinking, and very rarely seems to take in mind a few key tenets of

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-88449472754171780702007-07-16T09:56:00.001-04:002007-07-16T09:59:44.555-04:00

Wheee! Got him finally, we had a GM watching us to make sure it didn't bug out again.Drops:Defender/Champion chestThe Nexus KeyTwinblade of the PhoenixVerdant SphereWe went straight to Hyjal and promptly killed Rage Winterchill, easy bosses FTW.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-83250846198580367762007-07-12T10:48:00.000-04:002007-07-12T10:49:56.899-04:00

Kael at 17%. Would have been a kill, but we didn't kill Capernian, and it turns out if she's still up in phase 5 she evade bugs and resets every time Kael does his gravity thing. Even with her stomping on us the whole time we managed to get him that low. He dies tonight.

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-68718920980465526722007-07-10T12:09:00.001-04:002007-07-10T12:16:11.079-04:00

Getting ridiculously close to Hyjal and its sweet, sweet tier 6. Had some awesome attempts on Kael this week, should have him down next week if all goes well :DThree things of note this week:#1: On the Kael'Thas encounter, I noticed that the weapons don't drop aggro when you DS. Paladin tanks with an advantage? No way!#2: Also on the Kael'Thas encounter, I managed to survive for 31 seconds while

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-88637711551066413682007-06-28T23:49:00.001-04:002007-06-28T23:49:44.406-04:00

:D :D :D

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-91608186754126154982007-06-25T16:42:00.000-04:002007-06-25T16:57:47.784-04:00

Or "How Warriors Are Better Tanks Without Actually Being Better Tanks."(posted on the official WoW-US Paladin forums as well)For those of you who don't know me, I'm a Tankadin. My guild, in which I am the tanking role officer as well as assistant raid leader, is doing fairly well on progression, having recently downed Vashj and currently working on Kael'Thas. As a break from the heavier raids, I

Lorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857724656497796874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786279124565581322.post-82777046390453874452007-06-22T14:51:00.000-04:002007-06-22T15:06:05.574-04:00

So I was in the middle of a post on the Maintankadin forums, and I thought to myself, "Gee, I'd really like to write something up as a guide to this topic we're discussing in this here internet thread, but it'd be awful pretentious of me to just post a guide there and go THIS IS FACTS LOL." So I made a blog.Guess I'll introduce myself a bit. My name is... well, debatable. I started playing WoW (

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