New patch, new tears

The first version of the patch notes for 3.2.o have been released and the forums are drowning in nerf driven tears already. So here is my take on what we know so far. The good: Isle of Conquest, the new 40 vs. 40 player siege-style battleground is now available for testing. – I love big [...]

Pretty in pictures

This week in pictures (yep, any excuse to post pictures!) Even whilst herb gathering in the Hinterlands, its surprising what catchs your eye. The view from above Ulduar on a Wednesday just before raid time. Us preparing to repay Hodir for all that helm polishing, spear thrusting and other such tasteless, tacky and menial tasks [...]

Golden Days and Purple Nights

My attempt at this week’s Friday five. The warrior looked up hearing a muttered curse. A night elf priestess was staggering under the weight of a overstuffed portmanteau, almost falling down the stairs because of its awkwardness. Intervening her, he grabbed the bag and caught her arm to prevent her from tripping. “Going anywhere exciting?” [...]

Semi Afk musings

Random thoughts are random. Glyph of Hymn of Hope — Your Hymn of Hope lasts an additional 2 sec. (Old – Your Hymn of Hope provides 3 times the normal amount of mana per time, but its duration is 50% shorter.) –  So rather than making a glyph improve an ability, lets figure out the [...]

Serendipity and all that

Main Entry: ser·en·dip·i·ty Pronunciation: \-ˈdi-pə-tē\ Function: noun Etymology: from its possession by the heroes of the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip Date: 1754 : the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for ; also : an instance of this Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary I don’t believe in second chances either for myself or [...]

A fresh start

A new server, a new start and as such a new blog. Tonight I finally got my halo. Just as my characters migrated to their new home amongst old friends, I migrated my blog to wordpress. Fingers crossed both moves were the right ones.

Trees, Christmas and otherwise

I can’t help feeling that the Winter Veil decorations committee this year was staffed by a bunch of wizards who just popped down from their Purple Parlour long enough to go “Hmm Winter Veil, that means trees with shiny lights”, promptly conjured up 1000 of them, plonked them down randomly and levitated back upstairs for another glass [...]

Winter wonderland

With the expansion coming soon and all that, Ive changed my header. The troll village is so 2006 really, so its been replaced with the frozen North.

Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near

But at my back I always hearTime’s wingèd chariot hurrying near;And yonder all before us lieDeserts of vast eternity.To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell This has always been one of my favourite poems, but I think im beginning to grasp his point more and more these days. Time is a ticking, Christmas and the [...]

Guide to Leveling on a PvP server

Whilst leveling my little orcling Ive been considering the whole leveling process and how being pvp flagged effects it. This little guide is just for people rolling brand new alts on servers they dont already have any high levels on. 1. Get mining and skinning. Regardless of the profession you want at the level cap. [...]