Well I hate to say it, but I seem to be getting quite burned out while playing WoW, more specifically my warrior. Not sure the reason, although I know part of the problem is complete and utter boredom whenever I log on. I'm not sure if this burn out is directed at WoW in general or just that character, I have yet to really figure that out. In any case I'm trying to take a break and distance myself from the game in some ways to possibly renew that lost spark I had a couple months ago. I'm hoping this is just a sort of 'dry spell' which everyone seems to be going through.
Since the expansion is still months away a lot of people I know on AoS have stopped playing for now only to rejoin when the expansion hits, but I dont think I'd be able to just stop playing until then. Knowing that I could be doing professions, raising moneyzzzz, killing critters and all that jazz within that gap between now and WotLK. I dont really know though, its all up right now.
HELP ME DR. PHIL! Whats wrong with me!?
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Completely dumb
So I feel absolutely dumb about my performance last night. The night started out like a normal night on WoW. I was doing all the Shattered Sun dailies and somewhere between the bombing runs and turning in some quests I completely passed out. I'm talking about completely slumped over my laptop, passed out. Not a big deal you say? Well it wouldn't have been a problem normally but the fact that I had promised Wichita to run some heroic Magister's an hour before. I'm not sure what happened because the last thing i remember is running to one of the buildings, but there's no doubt that I caused some frustration. So in short I feel extremely stupid and I hope there aren't any ill feelings toward this jet lagged warrior. I definitely owe some guildies now. I'm not even sure who was in the group since I passed out before it was formed, but I'd like to apologize to them all. Hopefully it was more humorous then anything. I'm sure my toon just sat there for a couple hours, because when i woke up at 3 am I was already disconnected. I plan on taking some naps and drinking coffee tonight and hopefully I wont embarrass myself again.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Hope for the best
With my vacation coming to a close, only a 2 days left, I've had a lot of extra time to browse the Heroes Inc forums among other WoW related articles. I've been thinking a lot about the expansion and the issues that it might cause the guild. Some of those are sparsely being talked about now but I'm afraid that might get worse as the expansion gets closer. Granted this is all coming from a perspective which has no access to the in game side and only to blogs and forums, so I could be completely wrong in me saying there might be issues. There could be no real problem, it all comes off a little more harsh in text after all. Anyways I really do hope for the best. Heroes is the best guild I've been in as far as progression goes and while former members might disagree; I haven't experienced anything beyond what we've accomplished. So it's all wonderful coming from my eyes. Hell if Heroes splits up completely I'll go back to being an orc ;P.
It seems that the raiding night is set on Wednesday now, which is fine for me. However, I was really looking forward to continuing 25 mans. I know it was an extremely tedious process for the guild admin to put together those groups, plus we almost never had a full 25, which hinders our over all chances for success. But I loved them just the same, perhaps I'll take Ferth's suggestion and put together a daring group of heroes to kill Gruul the potty pusher or Mag fire crotch. BTW those are my names for Gruul and Magtheridon. Here are the reasons why:
Gruul the Potty Pusher- When tanking a boss you always get a nice view of their crotch, feet and muscly legs. When tanking Gruul he often casts cave in and from my view the big brown boulders fall right between his legs giving the impression that well...he is pushing some potty. Another reason for this name is because before the pull Gruul definitiely looks like he is having some trouble getting those brown boulders out. A little immature I know, but these are for my enjoyment only :P.
Magtheridon Fire Crotch- Pretty simple, all I see is flames and big lizard crotch.
ANYWAYS back to the subject of raiding and such. Like I said I loved 25 mans, more so then anything I've seen in the game so far. I guess it's because they're all new to me and the mechanics are more challenging then most 10 mans. Although Zul'Aman is definitely a kicker, and it's pretty high on my list of my favorites instances. The problem I have with leading groups is that I'm often too quite(which I am trying to fix by screaming at inanimate objects daily) and tend to be too nice or not as aggressive as a leader should be in order to push his/her group forward. I know some of you are saying, "What the hell are you a warrior for? Much less a tanking spec'd one?" Well my answer to that is that I don't think you need to have an aggressive attitude to be a tank. Yes, you need to be aggressive in picking up mobs, knowing who is controlling what, whose the most likely to steal aggro(Ferth) and any many other details, but that doesn't include being aggressive in terms of the way I act on vent. I guess everyone has their own ways of doing things but I've definitely heard some very aggressive tanks on vent in a couple Horde guilds I was in long ago. Yelling and screaming, lots of swearing, and the like. It might have gotten the job done, but I'm sure someone other than me just wanted to let the tank crash burn with no heals or any support. In any case hopefully I'll get my foot in the door and start being more assertive.
It seems that the raiding night is set on Wednesday now, which is fine for me. However, I was really looking forward to continuing 25 mans. I know it was an extremely tedious process for the guild admin to put together those groups, plus we almost never had a full 25, which hinders our over all chances for success. But I loved them just the same, perhaps I'll take Ferth's suggestion and put together a daring group of heroes to kill Gruul the potty pusher or Mag fire crotch. BTW those are my names for Gruul and Magtheridon. Here are the reasons why:
Gruul the Potty Pusher- When tanking a boss you always get a nice view of their crotch, feet and muscly legs. When tanking Gruul he often casts cave in and from my view the big brown boulders fall right between his legs giving the impression that well...he is pushing some potty. Another reason for this name is because before the pull Gruul definitiely looks like he is having some trouble getting those brown boulders out. A little immature I know, but these are for my enjoyment only :P.
Magtheridon Fire Crotch- Pretty simple, all I see is flames and big lizard crotch.
ANYWAYS back to the subject of raiding and such. Like I said I loved 25 mans, more so then anything I've seen in the game so far. I guess it's because they're all new to me and the mechanics are more challenging then most 10 mans. Although Zul'Aman is definitely a kicker, and it's pretty high on my list of my favorites instances. The problem I have with leading groups is that I'm often too quite(which I am trying to fix by screaming at inanimate objects daily) and tend to be too nice or not as aggressive as a leader should be in order to push his/her group forward. I know some of you are saying, "What the hell are you a warrior for? Much less a tanking spec'd one?" Well my answer to that is that I don't think you need to have an aggressive attitude to be a tank. Yes, you need to be aggressive in picking up mobs, knowing who is controlling what, whose the most likely to steal aggro(Ferth) and any many other details, but that doesn't include being aggressive in terms of the way I act on vent. I guess everyone has their own ways of doing things but I've definitely heard some very aggressive tanks on vent in a couple Horde guilds I was in long ago. Yelling and screaming, lots of swearing, and the like. It might have gotten the job done, but I'm sure someone other than me just wanted to let the tank crash burn with no heals or any support. In any case hopefully I'll get my foot in the door and start being more assertive.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Meat shield...with spikes?
First off here is a little rant about stress!!! The real post is below that.
Stress is preceived as something unwanted and unneccesary. However, before I begin my rant about WoW I'd like to state how I feel about stress(at least the kind stemming from things your passionate about). The reason behind this paragraph being that I see a lot of people getting so stressed out about things they love to do and the end result being quitting all together. Being an artist I often experience the feeling of stress whenever a sketch doesn't come out exactly how I'd like it, or when the ceramic piece just happens to blow up into a million bits. In any case that stress is normal, and acts like the rising action within a novel. In this case the novel is life(what a big ass book) and the rising action is meant to make us anxious(and sometimes furious) about what is to come. So how in the hell does this relate to anything? Well in the passed couple months, before I took a much needed vacation, I was experiencing just this. Lets just say the chapters in my book consisted of too much 'rising action'. So here I am now about to return home from my vacation, to the place where stress seems to run rampant within the things I love as well as the things I strongly dislike. I would just like to remind myself that stress is just like anything else, if you think of it negatively then its impact will be just the same. However, if you think of stress as a sort of bump in the road, rather then a wall, then it's much easier to get around.
--Meat Shield with SPIKES! OUCH!--
Okay anyways! Something I love very much consists of swords, shiny plate, and crude jokes such as, "Cover for me! I gotta wiz behind a tree!" This would be gaming. More specifically WoW or World of Warcraft. Currently the captivator of millions of people world wide. Some social specialist in a fancy office may say that this is one of many addictions that hinder young people today, but how can I be sure he wasn't paid off by the Horde?
At any rate I love playing WoW and my love for it mainly stems from the fact that I'm an artist and after all WoW is full of pretty colors. That may not be the full reason, but it definitely helps! Being a tank in WoW is nothing easy, just the same as any other class out there, Im sure. And if I may say so it's an extremely rewarding class if accompanied with the right group of gamers coupled with the right classes. In addition Tanks seems to be in urgent need, and with the upcoming expansion the introduction of the Death Knight will possibly lessen that need.
However, as a Protection Warrior the integration of the Death Knight, which is said to be a sort of dps tank doesn't reflect to well with me. One of the many concerns I have is that the warrior class will be pushed the back of the bus so to speak. Specifically the Protection Warrior. After all if a Death Knight can tank as well as do decent damage then why not have 4 Death Knights fighting for aggro on a boss rather then a prot warrior who has minimal damage but takes damage very well? I also realize that some fights call for a prot warrior specifically, however I feel that people will find alternate ways around this.
I have some faith that Blizzard will try to maintain the balance between damage taking and damage making although I can just see the problem to come if they over look this issue. Protection Warriors are the meatshield of WoW, nothing more. If you introduce a meat shield with spikes whose going to need the former? Perhaps this is just me thinking of the worst case scenario, but I guess we wont know for sure until the The Wrath of the Lich King is realeased!
Stress is preceived as something unwanted and unneccesary. However, before I begin my rant about WoW I'd like to state how I feel about stress(at least the kind stemming from things your passionate about). The reason behind this paragraph being that I see a lot of people getting so stressed out about things they love to do and the end result being quitting all together. Being an artist I often experience the feeling of stress whenever a sketch doesn't come out exactly how I'd like it, or when the ceramic piece just happens to blow up into a million bits. In any case that stress is normal, and acts like the rising action within a novel. In this case the novel is life(what a big ass book) and the rising action is meant to make us anxious(and sometimes furious) about what is to come. So how in the hell does this relate to anything? Well in the passed couple months, before I took a much needed vacation, I was experiencing just this. Lets just say the chapters in my book consisted of too much 'rising action'. So here I am now about to return home from my vacation, to the place where stress seems to run rampant within the things I love as well as the things I strongly dislike. I would just like to remind myself that stress is just like anything else, if you think of it negatively then its impact will be just the same. However, if you think of stress as a sort of bump in the road, rather then a wall, then it's much easier to get around.
--Meat Shield with SPIKES! OUCH!--
Okay anyways! Something I love very much consists of swords, shiny plate, and crude jokes such as, "Cover for me! I gotta wiz behind a tree!" This would be gaming. More specifically WoW or World of Warcraft. Currently the captivator of millions of people world wide. Some social specialist in a fancy office may say that this is one of many addictions that hinder young people today, but how can I be sure he wasn't paid off by the Horde?
At any rate I love playing WoW and my love for it mainly stems from the fact that I'm an artist and after all WoW is full of pretty colors. That may not be the full reason, but it definitely helps! Being a tank in WoW is nothing easy, just the same as any other class out there, Im sure. And if I may say so it's an extremely rewarding class if accompanied with the right group of gamers coupled with the right classes. In addition Tanks seems to be in urgent need, and with the upcoming expansion the introduction of the Death Knight will possibly lessen that need.
However, as a Protection Warrior the integration of the Death Knight, which is said to be a sort of dps tank doesn't reflect to well with me. One of the many concerns I have is that the warrior class will be pushed the back of the bus so to speak. Specifically the Protection Warrior. After all if a Death Knight can tank as well as do decent damage then why not have 4 Death Knights fighting for aggro on a boss rather then a prot warrior who has minimal damage but takes damage very well? I also realize that some fights call for a prot warrior specifically, however I feel that people will find alternate ways around this.
I have some faith that Blizzard will try to maintain the balance between damage taking and damage making although I can just see the problem to come if they over look this issue. Protection Warriors are the meatshield of WoW, nothing more. If you introduce a meat shield with spikes whose going to need the former? Perhaps this is just me thinking of the worst case scenario, but I guess we wont know for sure until the The Wrath of the Lich King is realeased!
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