Guild Progression
<Inner Demons> is progressing fairly well. We haven't raided much since release, and once we started, we've been on and off because of unforeseen conflicts (losing a healer, losing a tank, family medical drama). We're currently 7/12, which is pretty decent with the amount we've been raiding. Casual guilds similar to ours have been raiding since release and have done about the same amount as us, so I'm feeling pretty good.
I really didn't like Chimaeron, especially as a healer. It's incredibly stressful watching everyone's health be at such a low. I was assigned to tank healing this fight and it wasn't hard, but a constant spam of Nourish, Swiftmend, and a Healing Touch on OoC procs. I'm not proud to admit this, but it was the first time we've done serious raid assignments (we have loose assignments that are kind of givens. Pally on tank, Druid on raid, Priest on everything), so it was odd being responsible for one thing, and not being responsible for others. My guild never points fingers and yells at each other. We point fingers and laugh, which sounds just as worse, but it's all in good fun and it keeps moral up. I really love my guild, and everyone in it. So even though, the leaders have stressed once in a while, that we're behind as a progression guild, I think considering everything (you know, having lives and stuff), we're doing very well.
Deathwing: My Plight with PvP Realms
As I've mentioned before, my interest in WoW endgame has begun to wane. I don't want to level more alts through 5 levels just to have them sit at 85. I don't want to go spend 45 mins in a dungeon that I've had to do over and over. So to pass the time, I've been leveling a worgen druid with my boyfriend and some old friends of ours. Unfortunately for me, they chose Deathwing, a PvP server. This is my first serious time on a PvP server, and I'm not really enjoying it. I know it is my fault for choosing PvP, and I'm not trying to bash on anyone who does PvP. That's the culture I suppose. But it's not for me, and I'm beginning to regret trying this out. Unfortunately, I want to play with my friends, but my allergies to PvP may win.
I've just hit 20 and had entered my first contested area, Ashenvale. I also learned Archaeology, so I thought I'd go earn some gold while my boyfriend caught up to my level.
I have a love/hate relationship with Archaeology, namely because of RNG and Tyrande's Favorite Doll, but for the most part, I do like it. When you start on a new realm, you don't really have gold or the resources you're used to having, and I don't want to ask my friend, whose also still new so he doesn't have a lot of gold. Archaeology was a leisurely way to make a couple pieces of gold while I waited. Well, another thing to add to the list of Archaeology hate is this. Archaeology forces level 85s to be in areas they normally wouldn't be going to if they didn't have this damn profession. So I got ganked because I was just minding my own business digging, and some 85 goblin came into a level 10 area and ganked me.
I had another pissed me off moment when I was leveling my paladin. I was in Elwynn Forest, so I wasn't flagged. I was only level 7 and just doing my quests, when this Troll Rogue started following me. He was level 10 and in heirlooms. He started emoting me and challenging me to duels, which I declined because clearly I was going to lose. He then proceeded to follow me for at least 10 mins, killing everything I tried to, including my quest givers. He finally found some other poor soul to torment and left me, but I was steaming mad.
I keep asking myself, why am I on here? Oh yeah, I like the people here. It's something to do. But I'm kind of losing my cool. I am clearly not cut out for the PvP realm culture, which apparently includes griefing and picking on the lowbies.
I think I avoid PvP because it requires a level of competitive aggression, and I am clearly not a competitive aggressive type. Well, I am. I am proud of my healing and when we were doing rated BGs with my guild, I was having some fun with a rogue, who tried killing me, but could not overcome the power of my Tree form. But I guess, in PvP realms there's a sense of having to be alert, even when you really just want to be left alone. I ran by a levle 30 Tauren paladin in Ashenvale, and he started following me for a long time, before I veered off and stealthed in Kitty form. He looked around confused, then turned the other way. This paranoia is going to drive me over the edge.
Blizzard and Predictability
Patch 4.1 was released on PTRs just in time for Rift Headstart. This was of course a strategically predictable move. Like I could've guessed, they are revamping old dungeons (ZG and ZA) for level 85 and adding some dailies in the opened Firelands. They're also unloading a boat load of pets and mounts. So far, no Resto druid class changes, although if they were serious about it, I'd expect to see our "healing cooldown" make its appearance. I really hope its more than "Barkskin on anyone" fix. I have to admit, this recycling would've have seemed stupid, if it wasn't for the fact that I never got to experience ZG and ZA during Vanilla. So, I won't complain at all. But we haven't completed the raids out at the moment, so I'm kind of not looking forward to it yet. Like I said earlier, we are progressing at a good pace, but we're by no means at the strict raiding level, so we're going to be behind. It's unfortunate, but it's something we have because our lives are not surrounding WoW.
I hope they go through with the War of the Ancients raid like they've been hinting at in Cavern of Times. I think that would be fun. I've noticed that some of the patch notes are moving the lore forward (Blue Dragonflight in Coldarra and Cavern of Times), which I like. It may be a hint at the next expansion.
College and Professors
I've taken a lot of online courses in the past before, and have had extremely difficult courses to extremely easy courses. But this course I am taking might force me to never take online courses again. My professor is horrible. She offers no help, is condescending towards others, and makes tons of grammatical mistakes in her posts and emails to us. It drives me crazy. Most of my class is failing the Discussion Boards, and when I did poorly, I emailed her asking for help, but she didn't offer me any. She just relinked the Syllabus to me, which hello, I've read. It was even more frustrating because she had said she would offer us help after the first DB with an email, which I never received. She also posts assignments, but doesn't tell us it's an assignment. For example, she wants us to practice on a Blackboard Wiki. Well I knew how, so I hadn't really posted anything. I felt that with the Group Assignment we did, which involved using a Wiki, I had shown obvious understanding on how to use one. So she just posts this "Practice Wiki" in assignments, then just says in her Thursday blog, hey, there's a wiki for you to practice on. I look at it, but don't add anything because I don't need practice. Then in her email to us Monday, she goes, I'm disappointed that no one is using the Wiki I posted. You all need practice. Okay...I just don't like her communication skills (is it ironic because this is a communication course?) My DB grades have gone up, and I've been keeping up with assignments and whatever else, but I'm frustrated.
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