So I joined the 10-man raid group last night to run Naxxramas. We started it up and began clearing trash. It was fairly uneventful and finally got to Anub’rekan. We make the pull, get a tank to off-tank the two adds as we burn them down and start in on the boss.
Wait, what? 10-man Anub’rekan doesn’t start with adds. Only the 25-man does. Oooooohh . . . .
Yeah, we cleared and began killing Anub’rekan that was intended for 25-people. Silly us. The tank eventually dies, zone out, reset, put it on normal difficulty. Proceed to get loots. And it appears I am on a trend I certainly cannot continue. And that trend happens to be getting lots of upgrades every single night. While most of the run was filled with plate and caster leather (boo) I did manage to grab The Stray and the Pauldrons of Havoc. And while Archimonde and Illidan were stingy, Kel’thuzad gives it up on the first date! I already replaced my Drake-Mounted Crossbow with the awesome Nerubian Conquerer.
And then to round it off, I took the badges I picked up from those bosses and bought the Pendant of the Outcast Hero. Needless to say, the night was pretty good. Killed things fast, cleared the instance, and are looking to dive into 25-man Obsidian Sanctum tonight.
I am going to try and fix the Google Search since it apparently is still indexing the old page structure I had. I am just going to delete it and create it over again to try and prevent any lingering issues. I know I’ve ran into problems where the result it pulls up is a page that’s no longer valid. Hopefully we can avoid that.
Blizzard rolled out some new Armory features, including what appears to be a faster loading interface. I can now point you over here to show you how close I am to becoming “Chef.” I somehow am still missing the Haunted Herring recipe and Awilo Lon’gomba still hasn’t given me the Infused Mushroom Meatloaf daily quest yet. I have 3 Great Feasts ready to disitribute in the battlegrounds, but I have to go farm up some more Shoveltusk Flanks in order to create a couple more so I can get the achievement.
I am going to keep it short today. I am only working about a half day and must accomplish some wory-things before I go out to lunch for barebeque. My wife is got to stay home and sleep-in since apparently the public schools didn’t want to be there today. /jealous
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The new Armory looks pretty nice.
How's the 50/21 working out?
It's actually working out really well. Trinkets, Bestial Wrath, Rapid Fire, Call of the Wild, etc are all blown at the beginning and then immediately pop Readiness to get it's cooldown going. Follow up with a second Bestial Wrath, etc. The DPS numbers have been great. I lost to a DK during AoE packs but on things like Patch, before I picked up my new toys, I was 2nd.
Gratz with clearing Naxx ;)
I am 7 bars away from lvl 80 now ;P My guild has allready started doing naxx and have cleared some of the quarters.
I am going to try out the 50/21 spec now, looks nice :D
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What does your rotation look like these days? With no more auto shot clipping, I'm having a hard time justifying doing anything besides Steady Shot.
By 50/21 do you mean 50 BM, 21 MM ? I can't see any raid dps benefit from that 2nd to last talent in BM (can't remember the name, increase movement speed).
After seeing how your picking upgrades, and then reading BRK's blog (/shudder). I've got to wonder what the hell is going through his mind right now. Taking stamina over hit and crit cause of splash damage is pretty iffy. You have to have a pathetic amount of stamina (… 15k health is to low?) to be making choices like that. Balance is one thing, but his choices are pretty bad.
Just wanted to point that out. :P
I haven't kept on his posts, but I would be curious what splash damage he is referring to. So far, between 10-man Naxx and Obsidian Sanctum (although I had to leave before the kill to grab dinner for my wife and myself), there hasn't been splash damage to be concerned about. I even tanked one of the 4 Horsemen in my gear for the 10-man encounter. And I think he might be confused on what the new hit cap is. Oh well.
I haven't kept on his posts (went to go check them out right now), but I would be curious what splash damage he is referring to. So far, between 10-man Naxx and Obsidian Sanctum (although I had to leave before the kill to grab dinner for my wife and myself), there hasn't been splash damage to be concerned about. I even tanked one of the 4 Horsemen in my gear for the 10-man encounter. And I think he might be confused on what the new hit cap is. Oh well.
It's things like these that make me wonder why people refer to him as "reputable".
It's really just Steady Shot, but maintaining Serpent Sting in order to get the 10% increased SS damage from the glyph. Right now the last 5 are indeed in Kindred Spirits because it does also give your pet 20% more damage. I am tempted to swap it for the mana efficiency talents, but it hasn't been necessary. Other than KT, I have been able to go straight Dragonhawk for every fight, even Patchwerk and what not. (Not counting Gluth kiting)
I too am after the Chef title after getting the realm first grand master cook. However to get the title you need to cook like 45 of the recipes :( and at this stage with the bop one and not off of the ones listed in the acheivement section actually being available yet its going to be some time before you see any "Chef" out there :(
Ain't it the truth. I am afraid I am going to have to suffer through fishing to get it too. Or hope to buy lots of fish.
Thanks. The new design and WordPress switch is working out pretty well.
Haha, that's awesome to hear actually regarding the spec. :D
Dro, if you get a chance try a scorpid. 4.3k on 10-man Patch as a 50/21, and I'm wearing (as our outraged warlock put it) "nasty blues." Pet did 2.2k of that total, scorpid poison is just unreal in a 50/21 with 3/3 long with the high TBW uptime. I'm not a particularly skilled hunter, I'm still struggling a bit with maintaining good sting uptime for glyphy of steady, but the superbug is just nuts.
P.S.: WTB your drops, 10k gold, pst. ;-)
Haha, a scorpid huh? Might have to try it out.
I must admit, WotLK has been kind to me in terms of drops and gear. Tonight, however, 8 more badges and I buy my T7 Chestpiece. :) I've been running heroics like mad. You should check out my heroic achievements in the Armory. Been busy!
One interesting point about heroic t7… it's the same ilevel as the rep epics. I'm using the Argent Crusade chest, which has a boatload of hit on it, in lieu of the t7 chest with its haste, and probably getting the better end of the deal for my particular itemization (I barely reach hit cap with a dranei and 3/3 focused). Of course at some point I'll swap to the t7 for the set bonus, but in the meantime, rep epics and even some blues are deceptively good. Argent Crusade and Ebon Hold Chest/Boots/Shoulders/Gun/2 handed sword is an amazing series of gear you can get without ever winning a roll.
Most definitely true. I plan on using the Argent leather boots until I grab something made out of mail. Some rep stuff is really great.
Hey Dro, haven't written anything here in a while, awesome Job tho, love the new design :).
Anyway, oh how you were right about the BM / readiness spec. Seems like all the Ensidia hunters have been trying things out and picked that one as the new cookie cutter? Well i remember who called it ;-)