The Delicious Druid

New Cusper

2011-12-15T15:49:00.002-05:00

I still have my 85 Cusper on Muradin, but I have created a new Cusper on Feathermoon. A friend is on that server, and I will be questing up and blogging about the new quests and leveling. Instead of a tailor this time, I will be making an alchemist/herbalist. So here we go again.

Have a delicious day!

I'm Back!

2011-11-19T23:59:00.002-05:00

So, after being gone for some time I have decided to come back to WoW! I have started playing but not nearly as much as I used to. As I posted before, I am in graduate school, finishing up my thesis, and that takes a lot of time. After this semester is over, I will have one class left to finish before I achieve my Master's degree.

So now I am playing again, after my account got hacked. I had everything returned and my account reinstated. So here we go again. Mostly I have been playing on my alts, but I will also being playing Cusper again in order to get more achievements, pets and mounts (of course)!

So continue reading for more updates and fun travels.

Have a delicious day!

What a Long strange trip it has been...

2010-05-25T09:05:00.003-04:00

So I have officially canceled my account, effective during this middle of May. I have not been playing at all lately, but I may start up again when Cataclysm comes out. So you may see me then.

A new chapter in my life is starting. I have been accepted to Graduate school, so I will be leaving in the fall for that, and I really need to start my life. I will always be known to many as Cusper and I that is fine with me. I really enjoyed my years on WoW and I hope to someday come back and play again.

So until then...

Have a delicious day!!!

What a Long, Strange Trip it's been!

2009-09-22T23:11:00.011-04:00

So I finally joined the Brew of the Month club, which therefore got me the title of "Brewmaster." And this was the last achievement that I needed for What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been.

So this is just one that I have now been able to finish, since work and life come before WoW. But I am happy to announce that I am starting to play again, and can officially start going for the rest of the achievements.

The next that I am going for are the ever elusive One that Didn't Get Away and Loremaster. There are others that I am attempting to get, but now since my guild members have all gone their separate ways, there are not as many to come help me as there used to be.

Have a delicious day!

Taking a break.

2009-07-29T19:16:00.002-04:00

So I have decided to pretty much become a very casual player on WoW. I am going to try for those elusive achievements like Loremaster and Salty. Those are just a few to name. I will still be on Muradin but I also have Cusper and Cuspy on a few other servers as well such as Argent Dawn, Uldum and Wyrmrest Accord. I will probably be primarily on Muradin as my main Cusper is there, but who knows. I may transfer, I may not. So keep on the lookout for Cusper, The Delicious Druid.

Have a WoW filled and delicious day!

Raiding no more... at least for a while.

2009-07-06T00:20:00.001-04:00

Well, my guild has decided to stop raiding. I have been in Is Being Repressed for almost 2 years now, and have had a wonderful time with the other raiders and members. There are times that I will always remember and I will never forget those who made a real impact on my WoW life and some in my real life.

So I will most likely be posting a little less as I figure out what I want to do in game as well as in my real life.

Good luck to all of my IBR guild members.

The Argent Tournament

2009-06-14T15:21:00.000-04:00

THE ARGENT TOURNAMENT

So I have become a HUGE fan of this. I love the medieval connotations, but you get to earn new mounts and pets, and of course I collect those, so I love it even more. Along with the new achievements that we can earn, it just makes it fun.

After doing the dailys for some time now I have become a Champion of all the Cities, but mostly I use the title: Cusper of Darnassus. I have finally also earned exalted faction with Argent Crusade and Argent Dawn so I have the title, Crusader, if i desire.

If you still want the dailys for the money, I suggest getting all of the titles except one and just not turning in the last 25 tokens. This allows you to keep doing the dailys. I personally after reaching the desire level of faction, stop with the dailys and go onto another set. My next ones to get are the Oracles and Frenzyheart.

So now I only have the Champion's dailys which are fine with me. I do my 4 jousts; make sure you always have 3 shields up and if not, stay in lancing range. Always easy to find a group for the group quests, and might as well add the scourge to that in the middle. So I do the dailys not for the money, but mainly for the pets and mounts. I have 3 of the 5 pets and 1 of the 11 mounts (which includes the flying mount).

SO keep jousting and have a delicious day!

Bringing HoTs Back!

2009-05-09T13:15:00.004-04:00

So there are many different ways to heal as a druid. Pretty much it depends on what your assignment is.

Raid healing: For the most part a druid will always be on the raid. Only in extreme circumstances will a druid ever be on a Main tank.

This consists of throwing out Wild Growth on every cooldown and casting Rejuvenation as much as you can within the WG 6 second cooldown. Every now and again if someone does not get a bigger heal from a priest of shaman you can throw a Nourish up.

GLYPHS
Glyph of Wild Growth
Glyph of Nourish
Glyph of Swiftmend

With these, your WG hits an addition person, if you need to quickly heal someone, Swiftmend can be used without taking off a HoT and Nourish also heals for extra when there are multiple HoTs on a player.

If you are MT healing, which should be rarely, throw up all your HoTs and then Nourish spam until you need to refresh your HoTs. Lifebloom you do not really have to use, just Regrowth, Rejuventation and Wild Growth.

I did not do the math to prove this, but I find this healing method to be effective.

Patch 3.1

2009-04-14T09:03:00.004-04:00

Ok so 3.1 is a new major release from Blizzard. And the changes include some about swimming mounts, and dual specs. I am going to be a balance/healing druid. WHAT A SURPRISE!

Here are my specs:
Balance 55/0/16
Resto 12/0/59

They have a few talents that are the same, but I go way down into the tree to get what I want out of it. These talents also have the glyphs that I intend to use with the specific specs.

Ok so here are the changes to druids (or at least the ones I care about).

Druids

Abolish Poison: Now ticks every 3 seconds, up from every 2. Now lasts 12 seconds, up from 8.
Faerie Fire and Faerie Fire (Feral): Now decreases armor of your target by 5%. Has a 5-minute duration, and a 40-second PvP duration.
Feral Faerie Fire: The damage generated by this ability in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form has been increased substantially.
Innervate: This spell no longer costs mana.
Lifebloom: Mana cost of all ranks doubled.When Lifebloom blooms or is dispelled, it now refunds half the base mana cost of the spell per application of Lifebloom, and the heal effect is multiplied by the number of applications.
Starfall: Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds.

Balance
- Celestial Focus redesigned: Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Starfire, Hibernate and Hurricane by 23/46/70% and increases your total spell haste by 1/2/3%.
- Eclipse: The benefit to Wrath triggered by casting Starfire has been increased to 30% bonus damage.
- Insect Swarm: The bonus damage from spellpower on this damage-over-time ability has been increased significantly to match similar spells on other classes.
- Mark of the Wild and Gift of the Wild can now be cast while in Moonkin form.
- Nature's Grace redesigned: All spell critical strikes have a 33/66/100% chance to grace you with a Blessing of Nature, increasing your spell casting speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
- Owlkin Frenzy is now properly considered an Enrage effect. Now also does not trigger from spell hits, only physical ranged and melee attacks.
Restoration
- Living Seed: This talent now accounts for total healing including overhealing.
- Improved Mark of the Wild:Now also increases all of your total attributes by 1/2%.
- Intensity: Now grants 17/33/50% of mana regeneration while casting.
- New Talent: Improved Barkskin: Increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 5/10%, and increases your resistance to Dispel mechanics by an additional 30/60% while under the effect of Barkskin.
- Improved Regrowth: This talent is renamed Nature's Bounty. Increases the critical effect chance of your Regrowth and Nourish spells by 5/10/15/20/25%.
- Replenish: This talent is now re-named Revitalize and also works with Wild Growth.
- Tree of Life: Now receives 240% increased armor. You can now use Nature's Grasp and Thorns while within this form. In addition, the discount on heal-over-time spells from this talent is now active at all times, whether or not the druid is in Tree of Life form. Mana cost reduced to match the cost of Travel Form.

So these are some of the changes that will be implemented from the PTR patch notes.
So it looks like Insect Swarm may be part of the rotation again and FAERIE FIRE is a 5 minute spell! YAY! If you can not tell, that makes me very excited.

Now one thing that I am not the excited about is the change to Nature's Grace in the Balance tree. I have not decided if I like it at all. We shall have to see how it goes.

As my guild goes through Ulduar I will be posting some strategies that work for us, as well as things to avoid. So have fun with the patch and dual specs!Lets Raid and gave a delicious day!

I miss Blogging...

2009-04-10T10:45:00.002-04:00

Wow, I must be the worst blogger ever. But I have been looked at for a promotion at work, so that is taking up a lot of my time. As well as my family being very involved in the Masonic Family; my sister will be the head of the Order of the Amaranth in 2 weeks. So I have been very busy, but I will post soon. I promise.

So have a delicious day!

Congrats Phae

2009-03-23T09:15:00.003-04:00

Congrats to Phaelia from Resto4Life! Blizzard acknowledged all of her work and added a leather chest piece for druids into the game. Phaelia's Vestments of the Sprouting Seed also to indicate her sprouting a little Phae!

Congrats!

Happy Birthday!

2009-03-23T09:09:00.002-04:00

Today is my birthday, and my guild had their 3 year anniversary about 2 weeks ago to... And my sister's birthday is tomorrow!

So Happy Birthday to all, and have a delicious day!

Eclipse: Starfire or Wrath

2009-02-27T15:23:00.004-05:00

So, now is the debate on Starfire versus Wrath...

Now this is a serious debate on which rotation actually outputs more dps and which deals more damage. There are many factors that come into play with these two spells.

TALENTS
Here are the talents that help both WRATH and STARFIRE:
Starlight Wrath (5/5) Reduces cast time of Wrath and Starfire
Nature's Majesty(2/2) Increases crit of both Wrath and Starfire
Vengeance(5/5) Increases crit strike damage of both Wrath and Starfire
Celestial Focus(3/3) Increases Haste and gives Starfire a stun.
Moonfury(3/3) Increases damage of both Wrath and Starfire
Improved Faerie Fire(3/3) Increases crit chance of all spells
Wrath of Cenarius(5/5) Increases Starfire damage by 20% and Wrath by 10%
Eclipse(3/3) Procs give Wrath more damage and Starfire more crit chance
Earth and Moon(3/3) Increases spell damage of all spells

Talents that only affect WRATH:
Improved Insect Swarm(3/3) Increases damage of Wrath with target affected by Insect Swarm

Talents that only affect STARFIRE:
Improved Insect Swarm(3/3) Increases crit chance of Starfire when target is affected by Moonfire
Celestial Focus(3/3) Increases Haste and gives Starfire a stun.
Yes I put this as affecting both, but it gives a stun which is helpful for soloing.

IDOLS
Idols are a very big part of a Druid's gear and depending on which idols you have... you may want to change your rotation. Idol of Steadfast Renewal is available through one of the badge vendors. Idol of the Shooting Star is a drop from Instructor Raz in 25 man Naxx. Now I have the Starfire Idol... and have not bought the wrath one yet, even though I probably will to have most of the idols in the game.

GLYPHS
Other items that can put one spell in front of the other are glyphs. There are only a few glyphs for a balance druid.
Glyph of Focus, Glyph of Starfall, and Glyph of Typhoon (even though the typhoon one is a minor glyph) - are three that I will never use because I plan on not having those talented spells.
Glyph of Insect Swarm - This will make Insect Swarm a more viable spell also with the additional crit to Starfire and extra damage to Wrath.
Glyph of Moonfire - This make the DoT portion of your Moonfire higher and reduced the initial damage.
Glyph of Starfire - This allows for your Moonfire spell to last 9 seconds longer without recasting.

So I have actually tested and will continue testing new rotations and such. But when casting Wrath until Eclipse procs and then casting Starfire, I tend to forget that it extends the DoT of Moonfire and I recast it anyway.

Now I have started casting Starfire until Eclipse procs and then casting Wrath. This has actually upped my dps to over 4k on some fights. And when I was just testing it on the dummies in IF, I was getting up to 3k, self buffs... usually hovering around 2.8k. Now with the Wrath spam I was around 2.4k dps.

But remember if you are raiding... only cast Starfire during Heroism, because at that point, I know I have enough haste that I am over the haste cap for wrath, and it doesnt affect it as much as it does with Starfire.

So I have changed my rotation because of more research and it is now.

Faerie Fire --> Moonfire --> Insect Swarm --> Starfire (Eclipse) --> Wrath
Repeat whenever Moonfire needs refreshing.

I still use the othre rotation if it is a fight where a lot of movement is needed, because of the shorter cast time of wrath. So use all of my research wisely and do some of your own, and your own testing. A lot of this also depends on gear.

So I wish everyone Phat Lootz and a Delicious Day!

P.S. Look at Resto4Life as it will be shutting down soon. Good luck Phae!

For you, the reader...

2009-02-15T21:41:00.002-05:00

So I want to make this blog helpful to all of you that read it... and I would love to hear from all of you about what you want me to write about.

I can talk about druid specs, the differences between the trees and what is needed for raiding vs. pvp. I can talk about gear in more depth or instances. I can write about anything ideas you may have. So please give me some feedback and I will take ideas into consideration. I will also keep just writing about things that I research and find interesting.

So write me a comment or an e-mail and have a delicious day.

P.S. I am finally getting a new computer! YAY!

Boom...kin!

2009-02-07T14:25:00.008-05:00

So in a rare change for me, I offered to my guild leaders and officers that I would go balance if we needed it for our raids... and they said we do. Our guild seems to have an over abundance of healers which is good, but then we cannot down bosses when we need to.

So here is my balance raiding spec. You will notice that I do not have typhoon or starfal l in my spec. They are not very useful in raiding circumstances so why spec into them when I do not need it.

The main thing to get when looking for gear as a boomkin is hit and spell power. Those are the 2 main things to get. You can really never have enough spell power but if you are raiding, hit cap is 10% or 263 hit. That is if you have the talents which give you 4% hit, as well as either Imp Faerie Fire for another 3% hit or have a shadow priest in group (Actual hit cap is 17%).

The next that you want to stack is haste. Many people think that crit is the way to go as most of our damage is done by crits, but with talents most of our spells will crit anyway. The reason that I say haste is next after Spell power and hit is because you will get the crit with loot and gear. It is the stat that is on our tier 7 gear so I would suggest trying to get enough to make your wrath a 1.0 second cast instead of 1.5 seconds. This will cause a boomkin to output more damage by being able to cast more spells, especially when Eclipse procs. So as for stats to stack, here is how it goes...

Hit (10%) > Spell Power > Haste > Crit > Intellect + Spirit

The reason is that you do not want to miss any spells being below the hit cap, then Spell power because you can never have too much. Then haste, the more spells you cast the more damage you do. Along with that is crit, the more you crit the more damage you do... Then Intellect and Spirit for more spell power with talents and more mana and regen.

Now the next part of druid raiding is our spell rotation... Because of procs, you cannot always have a set spell rotation. I have looked a lot of different sites, and talked to other moonkins about it and it entails IFF if needed, Moonfire, Improved Insect Swarm (If desired), and then Wrath spam until Eclipse proccs and then Starfire until the buff is over. But NEVER allow Moonfire to expire.

Faerie Fire --> Moonfire --> Insect Swarm --> Wrath -(Eclipse)-> Starfire
Rinse and Repeat

There is also some talk about improving mana efficiency with down ranking spells but since the XPac came out and all the changes to raid mana, I do not see why any druid would sacrifice damage for a little mana, especially when I rarely drop below 70% mana during a raid fight.

So until that time, have fun raiding and have a delicious day!

P.S. My Guild, Is Being Repressed downed Sartharion with 3 Drakes last night! Congrats to all!

Gemz: Aren't they pretty?

2009-01-18T15:56:00.002-05:00

Ok so now that I am doing 25 man raids again, it is time to look at gems and see which ones are the best for a tree specced druid.

Now with the changes in spirit, and intellect and they way that mana is replenished, I am looking at different gems that I used to. During the Burning Crusade I looked at pure healing gems as well as spirit gems. Wrath has given us more choices than we had before.

I am one of those people who tend to use socket bonuses unless they are completely bogus. But There are gems that can be found for any socket color that are useful to a resto druid.

Red
Runed Scarlet Ruby

Orange
Luminous Monarch Topaz

Yellow
Brilliant Autumn's Glow

Green
Seer's Forest Emerald

Blue
Sparkling Sky Sapphire

Purple
Purified Twilight Opal

The purified twilight opal is not actually able to be cut yet... not until 3.0.8 so we still have to wait a little while for that. But as we know, Red = Spell Power, Yellow = Intellect, and Blue = Spirit. So any combination of those make a hybrid gem.

The reason that I picked all of these gemz are for different reasons. The more +spell power a druid has the more their HoTs will tick for and the more healing that will be done for one spell. The more +intellect a druid has the more mana they will get back with replenishment and the more spells they can cast before going out of mana. The more +spirit the druid has the more healing in tree form as well as a higher base mana regen.

So depending on what you actually want from your healing you can gem all +spell power and have huge hots or you can gem all int and spirit for greater mana pools and higher mp5. I like a mix off all the gemz and tend to go for the +spell power +int, or +spell power +spirit gems.

Good luck with the the gems and have a delicious day!

Achievements

2009-01-03T12:45:00.000-05:00

Ok, I admit it. I am an achievement junkie. Though I would have to say that there are people out there that are a lot worse than I am. My achievements are growing, and I am working on a few specific ones.

I have a friend on Muradin who also has a blog Windfury Crits who just wrote about his love/hate relationship with achievements. I on the other hand LOVE them. I love the fact that there is something else for me to aspire to besides just raiding.

As we speak I am currently going back to all the old instances and completing them. I am trying to get eventually get the title of Salty - for completing all of the fishing achievements as well as getting Loremaster for finishing all the quests everywhere.

I find that I get bored doing one achievement, so then I just find another and try to do that one. It sometimes seems like a daunting task to work on some of them, but I enjoy it.

Long Time Gone

2008-12-28T15:39:00.003-05:00

So, I have not posted anything in a few weeks, and there are many reasons why that is. The first is that I live in Massachusetts, and was hit by the really bad icestorm a few weeks back and was without power for a week, i.e. no interwebz, or computer. The next is that work has been crazy because I work in a mall, and my hours for the past couple of weeks have been long and often. More recently however, my sister came home for the holiday and my dad is getting married tomorrow, so there is a lot of events happening in my household.

Also, since it is the holidays and my guild is not a hardcore raiding guild, that we are taking the holidays off and are not raiding.

So until after the new year, I will hopefully have a new computer and time to post more.

Have a happy holiday season, and have a delicious day!

New Raiding

2008-12-08T17:01:00.022-05:00

Ok so my guild, Is Being Repressed has started raiding again! YAY! And even though I did not go to the first night (as I was not 80 yet), I did go to the second night.

There we attempted the Construct Quarter of 25 man Naxxramas. So I am not going to go through all of the bosses that we did, and if you are curious you can follow the link and look at the different strats for each of the bosses. I found that depending on my healing assignment I could heal a few different ways.

Now I am going to give a little background on my spec and my glyphs. My spec is on the Armory so you can go look under Cusper on Muradin but here it is anyway: Cusper's Spec. The other things that are attributed to my new way of healing are the glyphs that I am currently using. I am currently using:

Glyph of Regrowth
Glyph of Innervate
Glyph of Swiftmend

So while I was healing I noticed a huge difference in the style of my healing as a glyphed Regrowth and with the new spell Nourish.

So my rotation ended up being throw a Lifebloom and Rejuvenation on the tank for some first heals, then cast Regrowth and spam Nourish with some more LBs still in there to get to the 3 stacks. I use grid with colors that change depending on how much time is left on a HoT so I can time my casts so that Regrowth is never off the tank.

And now with the Glyph of Swiftmend I can have some burst healing without having to recast on of my other HoTs. Something to also mention is that Swiftmend can use any Druid's spells not necessarily your own. The other resto druid in my guild, Kelar and I figured that out one day when we both realized that we had probably been Swiftmending each other's spells. So now that they do not consume a HoT, then we both do not have to reapply our spells.

So in a nutshell, I use my instant casts, Rejuv and LB first, then cast Regrowth, LB, Nourish, LB, and continue with each spell when they run out until burst healing is needed then and then I can use Swiftmend, or Nature's Swiftmend, Healing Touch.

So now that I have done my main tank healing spell rotation, the only thing you really need to remember for raid healing is Wild Growth. You can rejuv and swiftmend for quick heals, but mainly Wild Growth.

So continue questing, and raiding, and have a Delicious Day!

Leveling in Wrath: LeveL 80!

2008-12-03T00:48:00.007-05:00

So I finally hit level 80! YAY!

So how I finally got to 80... (my guild master says I fail at leveling since I hit 80 right after our first raid ended)

I got sick of Storm peaks very fast. I did not like the quests, so I decided to go to Sholazar Basin, as stated in my last post. I like the quests a lot here. You actually get ported back to Un'goro crater in one of the quests, kill a dude, then port back. It was a lot of fun.

After I finished with all the quests in the Basin, I decided that I would go around to all of the zones and discover all of the sub-zones in order to get the achievement for the title of Explorer. I then proceeded to Icecrown. I actually liked these quests. They were arranged in a logical order and it was very easy to get a few done at one time. The only thing is, if you do not have an epic flyer, I bet this zone would not be as fun. The first bunch of quests that you get are actually on a flying ship around the middle of the zone. It took a while for me to find it because I have to turn my video settings down low so that I do not lag a lot.

But now that I am 80, time to respec resto. I have not decided whether to use the Regrowth or Lifebloom glyph yet, but the other two are good(Innervate and Swiftmend). I am also questioning either Natural perfection and Replenish for a few of my last points. We shall see how that goes.

And since I missed the first raid, my guild, Is Being Repressed, has downed the Plague and Spider wing of Naxx (Grats guys!)

Happy raiding and phat lootz, and have a delicious day!

Leveling in Wrath: Part 2

2008-12-02T15:51:00.013-05:00

So I am 78 at the moment, and have rested XP all the way up to 79, which is a very good thing as my guild is supposed to start raiding tonight, but I probably can not get in yet. Oh well. I will get there eventually. Hopefully sooner than later.

But as I am 78 I went to Storm Peaks, and hated it. I did a few quests, and I just did not enjoy them, but the scenery is pretty (pics above). So as I have all this rested XP, I figure I will go to Sholazar Basin where all the Nesinwary's quests are. Now in the Basin, there are 2 factions in which you have to choose: The Frenzyheart Tribe and The Oracles. I have been told that since I am a pet collector to get to revered with the Oracles to get a pet and then start doing the other faction's quests.

But since I have started in the basin, I am enjoying it. The graphics look a lot like Un'goro crater to me, and I enjoy the more earthy and living sort of zones. So right now I am just grinding out the last level and a half until 80 and hopefully my next post will be at lvl 80.

Leveling in Wrath: Instances

2008-11-25T10:50:00.010-05:00

OK so as of yesterday, I am now a level 77. Yay cold weather flying! Which is amazing, and so helpful because of the increase in flight path prices. So I have only done 3 Instances so far. I have done Nexus, Gundrak, Violet Hold.

I have a few pics from the Nexus, but none from the other instances as I was healing instead of being a boomkin. The nexus was pretty much tank and spank with a few different aspects. Just read about the instances and you will be fine. But I would have to say that the instances are very well done graphically.

Gundrak is sort of a short version of sunken temple. You have a big circle in which after killing each boss you have to activate a stone. The bosses are not that hard. I actually healed it all as a balance druid. The Violet Hold is the new Black Morass but without all the trash in the beginning and without the adds. But the Violet Hold you do need to get a key for. I believe you have to be level 75 in order to get the quest in Dalaran to get the key.

These instances are so much easier than they were in the beginning of Burning Crusade. I almost wish that they were harder. But the one thing I really love about the instances, is that they are all short. No more 4 hour Shadow Labs... these instances probably take about an hour.

So may your instancing be easy, and have a delicious day!

PS. I was mentioned on a Wow Insider Podcasts episode 64! About 20 minutes in about the Magical Crawdad Pet. And I was mentioned in Phealia's Community Spotlight post on Resto4Life!!!

Leveling in Wrath: Part 1

2008-11-20T17:16:00.015-05:00

So I finished Borean Tundra... and might I say I wish I had done Howling Fjord first... for two reasons. One reason is that Howling Fjord was REALLY boring and the Tundra was not, and two was that I did not take the time to appreciate the Tundra because I just wanted to get my quests done to level and I had to wait in line to do so many quests. Since I started leveling I have finished 2 zones (Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord) and am halfway through the next (Dragonblight). Here are some screenshots of my time in the Fjord.

So far I really like this area as the quests are interesting, and I get the reputation needed with the Wyrmrest Accord for the head piece enchant for healers. The leveling is very slow as the amount of XP you have to get through is enormous. I do not even look at bubbles anymore. I use XPFu which shows me percentages as well as the actual numerical amounts. I prefer this to bubbles because, well it is just my preference. I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ANYWAY... back on track. Dragonblight has a lot of quests that say "group" on them... and I am of the opinion that anyway can solo these if they have the will... But then again, sometimes they just hit too hard for a clothy to kill the mob. I have helped a few of my guildies with such quests (they needed someone to heal) even though at the moment I am boomkin specced. But again they are most likely 2 man-able if you have the gear.

I personally really like the way that the Wyrmrest Tower is constructed and the way you have to get to the levels. For those of you out there that were not able to get Netherwing Drakes then you are able to ride dragons without the cost. So far I am able to do many of the quest by myself. I prefer to level with someone else, but most people in my guild are not exactly on the same quests that I am... so I find others around the area and party with them. I just HATE to fight for mobs and that is another reason I disliked the Tundra... because that is all people were doing. Oh well.

Anyway, I have been through The Nexu s and will post about that soon. Happy leveling and have a delicious day!

Northrend... Here I come (all bundled up)!

2008-11-14T15:25:00.004-05:00

As expected on Thursday, I put the Blizzard DVD into my computer and started installing the new expansion. I pre-ordered the collector's editions and the pet, Frosty, is adorable. I do have Stinker and therefore have a large collection of pets. I had to reinstall the last 2 patches which was fine... but still that was probably the longest part of the installation process. And Muradin.. had a queue.... it is a medium population server and it had a waiting line!!! I was so surprised because when I was on Argent Dawn, I had them all the time. Being that it was the first RP server, that was fine. But argh... so annoying. Mind you the queue was really small compared to my sister's (she is still on Argent Dawn and plays a holy priest).

So I take everything that I will most likely not need out of my bags; my pvp gear, most of my pots, elixirs and flasks, many of my trinkets, and my resist gear. So I now have 3 fully clear bags and feel a lot better about that. Then I take the boat to Borean Tundra (that is where I heard you should go if you are a tailor)... but I plan on doing both the Tundra and Howling Fjord. But as I stepped off the boat, I got the flight path and then proceeded to look for the profession trainers. I spent about 300g in order ot train all of the main and secondary professions inot Grand Master and all the spells and recipies that go with them... So I have Grand Master level of tailoring, enchanting, fishing, first aid, and cooking.

As I started questing, I realized that I relied way too much on Questhelper and I should read the quests more carefully (and not annoy my boyfriend, who is holy priest and who happens to be level 73 already and myself a lowly 71). But even so, after I started actually reading the quests they were very easy to follow and to accomplish. But again with any expansion, people are vying for the same mobs and many do not want to group in order to accomplish the objectives. I on the other hand found a few people to get a few quests done and they were very friendly about it. We all want to get to 80. So why not be nice about it? So I am about halfway through the Borean Tundra and I will keep this updated as I level. Hopefully next will be the Nexus.

Well good luck, happy questing, and have a delicious day!

I have Imp Blizzard... why is the company still the same?

2008-11-12T10:21:00.001-05:00

As usually on Tuesday mornings we had maintenance... but Tuesday was yesterday and the realms are still not up... and and as it says... There is not ETA as to when they will be back up... They better be refunding my time. Someone in my guild found a Firefox add on to keep track of realm statuses. I do not know if it is actually working right now, but it will still be cool if it does.

This is one of the worst parts about the expansions, which I think they rushed a little bit. The have too much maintenance and too many hot fixes in order to keep the game running. And now, the day before the expansion, when most people wanted to make a little extra money, or get a few more things in order, they can't.

But if you are still looking for your realm status here you go. I guess that means I will be doing some errands, and working on grad school applications.

Have a Delicious Day!

WOLK - Thursday Nov 13th Release!

2008-11-09T14:23:00.001-05:00

So I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack - which I pre-ordered from Gamestop and will be sent to me some time on Thursday.

I am truly excited for the new content... I was not in Beta so I am unsure of how exactly the questing will go and how fast I will level up, but I will be updating this blog with my current spec and with some pointers as I go along in Northrend.

I have heard that leveling will take a large amount of gold, and leveling professions will take an even larger amount of gold than that. From a friend in beta, just leveling you 71 level spells will take at least 300g. So stock up now if you are planning on leveling more than one character.

But this is also depends on how fast my slow computer installs the xpac, and if it even can withstand the new software, if the servers stay up through all the population (thank the world tree that I am on a medium pop server), and how many people are actually questing and if I am able to get the quests done.

So hopefully my computer holds out til the holidays so I can get a new one, and that people are nice and try to quest in groups...

But until that time, happy hunting and have a delicious day.

WoW 3.0.2 patch

2008-10-20T13:22:00.002-04:00

I am not quite sure that I like the patch as of yet. Ill let you know when it works for more than a day without getting hot fixed.

More to come later.

Have a delicious day!