It seems that Swine Flu has crossed the ethereal borders into Azeroth. There I was minding my own business getting the fishing daily in Dalaran when some scruffy looking Night Elf started coughing and spluttering, at least he apologised!
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Breaking News: Swine Flu in Azeroth
It seems that Swine Flu has crossed the ethereal borders into Azeroth. There I was minding my own business getting the fishing daily in Dalaran when some scruffy looking Night Elf started coughing and spluttering, at least he apologised!
Friday, 29 May 2009
And He Did It!!
I give you ...
Ambassador HolyWarrior.
Screenshots to follow, but in summary: Humans get 275 rep for the Champions Writ hand ins, the diplomacy talent works on them :))
Also, you do get rep for the quest to become champion as well!
That means I have 6 totally worthless Champions Writ's as I am now exalted with all 5 home cities.
Unless you can hand them in for Argent Crusade rep? Anyone know?
Ambassador HolyWarrior.
Screenshots to follow, but in summary: Humans get 275 rep for the Champions Writ hand ins, the diplomacy talent works on them :))
Also, you do get rep for the quest to become champion as well!
That means I have 6 totally worthless Champions Writ's as I am now exalted with all 5 home cities.
Unless you can hand them in for Argent Crusade rep? Anyone know?
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Ambasador HolyWarrior ... or ... Argent Tournament Boost to Exalted
...nearly!!
As you can see from my reputation pane, I have all major cities at exalted apart from the Exodar. For them I am 8733 reputation away.
"That's not close!" I hear you cry! But actually for me it is. You see ...
When I do my valiant dailies with them tonight I will get 5 * 275 Exodar Rep (human diplomacy FTW!) which is 1375 taking me to 13642 which is only 7358 rep away from Exalted.
BUT...
I have these little beauties stashed in my bags...
So, handing in my dailies tonight, will give me more than enough Valiant's Seals to ding Champion of Exodar. Well, do the final quest to become champion anyway. Even if that does not give me any more Exodar rep then I can hand in all those Champion's Writs I have been saving. Each one giving 250 rep each. That is 8000 Rep, which is 642 into exalted. YAY! Balls, that's 20 gold I could have picked up instead of writs :P
That will ding me Exalted Champion of the Exodar and Ambassador of the Alliance!!
Then all I have to do is champion Ironforge and Darnassus and I will be Champion of the Alliance and Exalted Champion of the Alliance, and then I have to grind Argent Crusdae rep up from Honoured to get Exalted Argent Champion of the Alliance - does that even exist??
Anyway, check back later!
As you can see from my reputation pane, I have all major cities at exalted apart from the Exodar. For them I am 8733 reputation away.
"That's not close!" I hear you cry! But actually for me it is. You see ...
When I do my valiant dailies with them tonight I will get 5 * 275 Exodar Rep (human diplomacy FTW!) which is 1375 taking me to 13642 which is only 7358 rep away from Exalted.
BUT...
I have these little beauties stashed in my bags...
So, handing in my dailies tonight, will give me more than enough Valiant's Seals to ding Champion of Exodar. Well, do the final quest to become champion anyway. Even if that does not give me any more Exodar rep then I can hand in all those Champion's Writs I have been saving. Each one giving 250 rep each. That is 8000 Rep, which is 642 into exalted. YAY! Balls, that's 20 gold I could have picked up instead of writs :P
That will ding me Exalted Champion of the Exodar and Ambassador of the Alliance!!
Then all I have to do is champion Ironforge and Darnassus and I will be Champion of the Alliance and Exalted Champion of the Alliance, and then I have to grind Argent Crusdae rep up from Honoured to get Exalted Argent Champion of the Alliance - does that even exist??
Anyway, check back later!
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Achievement Update
Hi folks, sorry for the brief hiatus in postings, been busy achievement whoring in the Argent Festival.
First off EvilBastard got his Argent Valor...
Then HolyWarrior finished off the gnomer champion grind...
Followed swiftly by Lance a Lot (hahaha)...
Then EvilBastard (a gnome) finished his first Champion grind and got both champion achievements...
...handing in got him his squire pet; he learnt it and got...
The next day he started his Exodar grind because that was the only non-exalted home faction. Just by handing in that day's dailies he dinged exalted...
"All Hail Ambassador EvilBastard!", who then had to show off and ...
Not to be outdone HolyWarrior had to get in on the act with something far more impressive - shame Blizz couldn't add them up from pre-patch 3.0.2 :( ...
HolyWarrior is now within breast-groping reach off the Ambassador title, watch this space...
First off EvilBastard got his Argent Valor...
Then HolyWarrior finished off the gnomer champion grind...
Followed swiftly by Lance a Lot (hahaha)...
Then EvilBastard (a gnome) finished his first Champion grind and got both champion achievements...
...handing in got him his squire pet; he learnt it and got...
The next day he started his Exodar grind because that was the only non-exalted home faction. Just by handing in that day's dailies he dinged exalted...
"All Hail Ambassador EvilBastard!", who then had to show off and ...
Not to be outdone HolyWarrior had to get in on the act with something far more impressive - shame Blizz couldn't add them up from pre-patch 3.0.2 :( ...
HolyWarrior is now within breast-groping reach off the Ambassador title, watch this space...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Ex-Guild Drama
I may not be in Portugese Porkers anymore but I still have my contacts.
WoW or Runes?
Seems the new leadership are pissing more and more people off. NicePallyClassLeader and most of the original crew who went on extended leave or claimed to have stopped playing entirely are all definitely not coming back. They are happily playing Runes of Magic. *cough* I might have downloaded it and created a character!!
Anyway, so they are gone for good, purely because of the way the guild is being run now.
Fun Guild.
Several others have left, citing, to me at least, that it has gone far too hardcore and it's not fun anymore. Which is exactly the point is it not? It's a game. It's supposed to be fun. We achieved many end game goals and had fun along the way, just behind the hardcore progression guilds. I even posted as such in my goodbye post,
Now for most it's not fun, so they leave.
Return to Hell.
Recently another, relatively old, member of the guild returned from a hiatus. He is/was actually good friends with the 2 main guild leaders who have turned the guild into a concentration camp. He said the guild is really going to pot now. The guild have been told that they cannot PUG VoA anymore because it 'might' be done by the guild. Woah!!! MIGHT!
/gkick for Running VoA?
The punishment is demotion, DKP loss or guild expulsion, all without warning!!
He is planning on leaving.
Removed.
On top of that, I have been removed from the guild forums. No-one ever gets removed from the forums; it is frequently used by ex-members to keep in contact. I haven't posted there since I left the guild, and yet I have been removed???
Tossers!!
I am renaming my anonymised ex-guild from Portugese Porkers to Polish Phuckers!!
I really hope they collapse soon. Maybe I should aid them in their destiny by poaching the good guys into a new guild!
WoW or Runes?
Seems the new leadership are pissing more and more people off. NicePallyClassLeader and most of the original crew who went on extended leave or claimed to have stopped playing entirely are all definitely not coming back. They are happily playing Runes of Magic. *cough* I might have downloaded it and created a character!!
Anyway, so they are gone for good, purely because of the way the guild is being run now.
Fun Guild.
Several others have left, citing, to me at least, that it has gone far too hardcore and it's not fun anymore. Which is exactly the point is it not? It's a game. It's supposed to be fun. We achieved many end game goals and had fun along the way, just behind the hardcore progression guilds. I even posted as such in my goodbye post,
Now for most it's not fun, so they leave.
Return to Hell.
Recently another, relatively old, member of the guild returned from a hiatus. He is/was actually good friends with the 2 main guild leaders who have turned the guild into a concentration camp. He said the guild is really going to pot now. The guild have been told that they cannot PUG VoA anymore because it 'might' be done by the guild. Woah!!! MIGHT!
/gkick for Running VoA?
The punishment is demotion, DKP loss or guild expulsion, all without warning!!
He is planning on leaving.
Removed.
On top of that, I have been removed from the guild forums. No-one ever gets removed from the forums; it is frequently used by ex-members to keep in contact. I haven't posted there since I left the guild, and yet I have been removed???
Tossers!!
I am renaming my anonymised ex-guild from Portugese Porkers to Polish Phuckers!!
I really hope they collapse soon. Maybe I should aid them in their destiny by poaching the good guys into a new guild!
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Sand Crawler - Fishing Pet
Yay, doing my fishing dailies I picked up this little blighter from the fishing treasures reward bag :))
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Patch 3.1.2 Goodbye Outfitter/Itemrack etc and More!
Looks like the long awaited (really? well I have been vaguelly interested as it means I can get rid of another addon) equipment manager is about to hit the live servers.
Equipment Manager
- When enabled from the Interface Options menu, this feature will allow players to store sets of equipment, easily swap between saved sets using hotkeys, and pull items directly from backpacks or bank slots (must be at the bank to equip inventory from the bank). Yippee!!
Paladins.
- Blessing of Wisdom and Greater Blessing of Wisdom: Now grant 92 mana per 5 seconds to prevent being overwritten by Mana Spring Totem. Meh!!
- Exorcism: Can no longer be used on player-controlled creatures. Crap, cos this bothers me ... err .. not really at all!!
- Divine Sacrifice: Damage done to the Paladin while this is active will no longer cause the effect to break early, and if it is dispelled or cancelled early, the damage counter will reset correctly the next time the spell is cast. Whateva!
Warlocks.
- Sacrifice (Voidwalker) redesigned: Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb X damage for 30 seconds. While the shield holds, spell casting will not be interrupted by damage. 1-minute cooldown. Err, is this a good change? Does it just mean that old Voidy doesn't die but gives you the same protection? It's hardly a Sacrifice Voidwalker then is it? More like a Hurt Voidwalker a Little. Meh!
- Demonic Sacrifice: This spell will no longer appear in any Warlock's spellbook. Eh Wot?
Rogues.
- Shadow Dance: Issues with action bars and ability use arising from using Stealth while Shadow Dance is active have been fixed. Nice?
- Tricks of the Trade: To prevent exploits, this ability can no longer be cast on non-player targets. Hmmm!!
Fishing
- Jewel of the Sewers: You can now fish in all parts of the Dalaran sewers for this quest. Woot!! Not really. Meh!!
- Phantom Ghostfish: Can now be caught from Nettlefish schools in Sholazar Basin. Bugfix??
This maybe slightly out of date, these are from the PTR, just researching the live notes now.
Equipment Manager
- When enabled from the Interface Options menu, this feature will allow players to store sets of equipment, easily swap between saved sets using hotkeys, and pull items directly from backpacks or bank slots (must be at the bank to equip inventory from the bank). Yippee!!
Paladins.
- Blessing of Wisdom and Greater Blessing of Wisdom: Now grant 92 mana per 5 seconds to prevent being overwritten by Mana Spring Totem. Meh!!
- Exorcism: Can no longer be used on player-controlled creatures. Crap, cos this bothers me ... err .. not really at all!!
- Divine Sacrifice: Damage done to the Paladin while this is active will no longer cause the effect to break early, and if it is dispelled or cancelled early, the damage counter will reset correctly the next time the spell is cast. Whateva!
Warlocks.
- Sacrifice (Voidwalker) redesigned: Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb X damage for 30 seconds. While the shield holds, spell casting will not be interrupted by damage. 1-minute cooldown. Err, is this a good change? Does it just mean that old Voidy doesn't die but gives you the same protection? It's hardly a Sacrifice Voidwalker then is it? More like a Hurt Voidwalker a Little. Meh!
- Demonic Sacrifice: This spell will no longer appear in any Warlock's spellbook. Eh Wot?
Rogues.
- Shadow Dance: Issues with action bars and ability use arising from using Stealth while Shadow Dance is active have been fixed. Nice?
- Tricks of the Trade: To prevent exploits, this ability can no longer be cast on non-player targets. Hmmm!!
Fishing
- Jewel of the Sewers: You can now fish in all parts of the Dalaran sewers for this quest. Woot!! Not really. Meh!!
- Phantom Ghostfish: Can now be caught from Nettlefish schools in Sholazar Basin. Bugfix??
This maybe slightly out of date, these are from the PTR, just researching the live notes now.
Guild Video Scam
Again Flame Shock has come up trumps with a useful bit of advice.Basically you get an in game email that looks like it is from a guildie*, but notice that "i" in their name? It is really an í - see the extra couple of pixels?
It says to go download a .exe file to view the guild promotional video they have made.
DON'T!!
We should all know by now that you should be really REALLY careful about downloading an running .exe files. They will invariably contain a keylogger - bye bye gold bye bye phat purplz!!
*Obviously not a problem for me :S
Everything You Wanted To Know About The Argent Tournament
Seems I've been writing quite a bit about the Argent Tournament across several posts so I thought it was time to put an index post together...
The Argent Tournament I - Guide for Aspirants.
The Argent Tournament II - Guide for Valiants.
The Argent Tournament III - Guide for Champions.
The Argent Tournament Quest Chain.
And there you have it.
Ooo and while we're here you really have to read Flame Shock's tip for Quickest City rep with Argent Tournament. I'm not going to re-hash it here, go read it, it is very well written.
The Argent Tournament I - Guide for Aspirants.
The Argent Tournament II - Guide for Valiants.
The Argent Tournament III - Guide for Champions.
The Argent Tournament Quest Chain.
And there you have it.
Ooo and while we're here you really have to read Flame Shock's tip for Quickest City rep with Argent Tournament. I'm not going to re-hash it here, go read it, it is very well written.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)