I admit, after the news on Monday, I kind of went into a tailspin grief period. Yes, I'm talking about the news that Garrosh Hellscream will be the final MoP raid boss. I'm sure I skipped a few steps here and there, but in general I went from anger, to bargaining, to acceptance.
I haven't logged on since Sunday, which is partially related to midterms and college, but otherwise related to mourning. I've suddenly re-thought my jump back to the Horde, and wonder if sitting in a faction where I suddenly feel wholly unattached to is worth the 25 dollars. I'm angry because breaking into Orgrimmar is not a fair trade for Theramore (ALLIANCE BIAS???!?!?). I'm over Varian and don't understand why I can't take him down instead. But at the same time, I accept that this is what will happen, and while Garrosh Hellscream the Warchief was more entertaining then Garrosh Hellscream the Northrend Conqueror, I kinda miss the nobility and thoughtfulness he was given then (see leader short story and The Shattering).
To be honest, noone really understands my somewhat strange obsession with Garrosh Hellscream. I initially loathed the guy, was upset that Thrall left me to go dance around in Nagrand with Aggra, and was suddenly not all that interested in the Horde. Then something happened. Perhaps it was the questline in Stonetalon Mountains. Or maybe he's inspirational speech while I flew with him to Twilight Highlands. Maybe it was just in my own mind, dreaming up dreams of an orc, lonely and depressed over his father, coming out of that and trying to live up to his father's legacy. It's probably the loading screen, which makes him somewhat an attractive figure. (Yeah, it's that.)
I think it has something to do with being the underdog. He's the Horde leader noone wanted, that everyone hates. He's constantly depicted in strange ways by Blizzard and seems doomed to be that "really smart and intelligent strategist from Northrend" who keeps doing strange and dumbass shit. He's always proven wrong by Sylvanas and Baine. He was dumb enough to fall for Magatha's schemes and killed Cairne. And Thrall went all hormonal rage on him during the Molten Front questline prequel thing.
It's the idea that I see such potential for his character. The complex relationship that could've been with Cairne and Saurfang. The weird friendship between him and Thrall. The oddity of following in the footsteps of an absentee father, who lets face it, aside from legends and stories, he knows little about. It's about this leader who is all about his people, and yet knows very little about the customs they follow. But now, we may never see it.
Still it's too early to tell. My hopes is that Garrosh is given an epic and cool spiral into villian-y and not some lame storyline. I hope his final stand is epic and I hope he is complex and not single-minded. But then again, we are talking about Garrosh Hellscream. He's doomed to be that guy you're supposed to love that does everything wrong. He's the anti-Thrall- a character device for a hippie.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
MoP NDA Lifted: Holy Information, Batman!
Garrosh
First, the biggest news, to me, has been the anouncement that the final MoP boss (in the final MoP content patch) will be Garrosh Hellscream (noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)
He will be part of the raid called The Siege of Orgrimmar, and the goal will be for Alliance and Horde players to take "the mantle of Warchief" from him.
I'm fine if he's not Warchief. It's sad but I'm really just not invested in any of the leaders in general. I used to like Thrall but then he went all Hippie Mary Sue on me.
However, I am invested in my beloved Garrosh Hellscream, and am incredibly sad that he'll be jumping off the crazy ledge of villian-y and into a raid. It's safe to say I won't be partaking in the raid, even if it involves some really cool scenes, fights or whatever. I'll watch it on youtube.
Um can I sack Stormwind?
In all honesty, I could see this coming. Garrosh has become such a hated figure in the community and in the Horde that his doom was just waiting for him. But to partake in the siege of Orgrimmar? That I am disgruntled by. Sure, Orgrimmar is a direct representation of Garrosh, all black metal and red. Fortified for war. A war machine, as said by Metzen in his interview with WoWinsider. But I think it's the coolest city around, and if there was anything Garrosh did right, it was fortify the capitol of the Horde. Unlike a certain King I know who after Deathwing ravaged the gates of his city, built himself a statue (I'm looking at you Varian). Apparently Varian is going to be coming to his own as well, finally becoming the leader he was supposed to be, ala Uther. I never liked Varian. He is like Garrosh in so many ways. I guess we're seeing two sides to a coin, two different paths. Varian and Garrosh both carry that sort of angry, brooding, hotheadedness. The difference is that Varian will be growing out of it (by some miracle. I'm thinking Jaina's lady parts) and Garrosh won't. It's just unfortunate that I'm more attached to the latter.
So, the Horde goes destroys Theramore and Alliance screams HORDE BIAS. But now they get to sack Orgimmar. Um...so can I go sack Stormwind. There's a statue I'd like to take down.
ASIDE: The Metzen interview is fairly interesting read. He mentions that when they decided to take out Garrosh people freaked out saying that they "loved that guy." Really? Where are these people? I would love to meet them since sometimes I feel like I'm the only one. End of ASIDE
Well, I know what I'm playing: Druid
It's safe to say that, unfortunately, the announcement of the new druid Glyphs have cemented my attachment to druids. Yeah, I am that shallow. Give me cool glyphs but force me to be a hybrid and give me no new spells and I'll still play.
My most excited glyph is Glyph of the Treant which has been confirmed to give back our PERMANENT TREE FORM (pause for squealing and running around). Add to that glyphs of Orca (new swim form,) Stars (caster form instead of Moonkin) and Stag (basically...I have officially become a mount) and I'm totally sold on MoP. Forget Pokemon or ...whatever else they're adding...monks, panda, ASIAN STEREOTYPES....TREE FORM YEAHHHH
Hunter
Cool new move for Hunters is Stampede, which is a move that the hunter calls all 5 of his pets out. It's going to be a super move. This, is going ....to be ...SO COOOOOOOLLLLL.....Glad I have a huntard.
Other
-Uh...No more prime glyphs. The glyph system is weird enough as it is. Safe to say all my glyphs are going to be cosmetic if I can do it. DOO EET. YEAH TREE FORM...TREE FORM!
-Speaking of Pokemon rip-offs...HOW ABOUT SOME FARMVILLE!
-Female Pandaren model is curvy and anime-ish. No comments. I dropped out of the Panda wagon soon after Blizzcon-high wore off.
That's all I really read about for now. I was mostly interested in seeing the female Panda model. I was also unfortunately glued to reading every bit about the Siege of Orgrimmar and must now go into early-mourning.
...
TREE FORM!
First, the biggest news, to me, has been the anouncement that the final MoP boss (in the final MoP content patch) will be Garrosh Hellscream (noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)
He will be part of the raid called The Siege of Orgrimmar, and the goal will be for Alliance and Horde players to take "the mantle of Warchief" from him.
I'm fine if he's not Warchief. It's sad but I'm really just not invested in any of the leaders in general. I used to like Thrall but then he went all Hippie Mary Sue on me.
However, I am invested in my beloved Garrosh Hellscream, and am incredibly sad that he'll be jumping off the crazy ledge of villian-y and into a raid. It's safe to say I won't be partaking in the raid, even if it involves some really cool scenes, fights or whatever. I'll watch it on youtube.
Um can I sack Stormwind?
In all honesty, I could see this coming. Garrosh has become such a hated figure in the community and in the Horde that his doom was just waiting for him. But to partake in the siege of Orgrimmar? That I am disgruntled by. Sure, Orgrimmar is a direct representation of Garrosh, all black metal and red. Fortified for war. A war machine, as said by Metzen in his interview with WoWinsider. But I think it's the coolest city around, and if there was anything Garrosh did right, it was fortify the capitol of the Horde. Unlike a certain King I know who after Deathwing ravaged the gates of his city, built himself a statue (I'm looking at you Varian). Apparently Varian is going to be coming to his own as well, finally becoming the leader he was supposed to be, ala Uther. I never liked Varian. He is like Garrosh in so many ways. I guess we're seeing two sides to a coin, two different paths. Varian and Garrosh both carry that sort of angry, brooding, hotheadedness. The difference is that Varian will be growing out of it (by some miracle. I'm thinking Jaina's lady parts) and Garrosh won't. It's just unfortunate that I'm more attached to the latter.
So, the Horde goes destroys Theramore and Alliance screams HORDE BIAS. But now they get to sack Orgimmar. Um...so can I go sack Stormwind. There's a statue I'd like to take down.
ASIDE: The Metzen interview is fairly interesting read. He mentions that when they decided to take out Garrosh people freaked out saying that they "loved that guy." Really? Where are these people? I would love to meet them since sometimes I feel like I'm the only one. End of ASIDE
Well, I know what I'm playing: Druid
It's safe to say that, unfortunately, the announcement of the new druid Glyphs have cemented my attachment to druids. Yeah, I am that shallow. Give me cool glyphs but force me to be a hybrid and give me no new spells and I'll still play.
My most excited glyph is Glyph of the Treant which has been confirmed to give back our PERMANENT TREE FORM (pause for squealing and running around). Add to that glyphs of Orca (new swim form,) Stars (caster form instead of Moonkin) and Stag (basically...I have officially become a mount) and I'm totally sold on MoP. Forget Pokemon or ...whatever else they're adding...monks, panda, ASIAN STEREOTYPES....TREE FORM YEAHHHH
Hunter
Cool new move for Hunters is Stampede, which is a move that the hunter calls all 5 of his pets out. It's going to be a super move. This, is going ....to be ...SO COOOOOOOLLLLL.....Glad I have a huntard.
Other
-Uh...No more prime glyphs. The glyph system is weird enough as it is. Safe to say all my glyphs are going to be cosmetic if I can do it. DOO EET. YEAH TREE FORM...TREE FORM!
-Speaking of Pokemon rip-offs...HOW ABOUT SOME FARMVILLE!
-Female Pandaren model is curvy and anime-ish. No comments. I dropped out of the Panda wagon soon after Blizzcon-high wore off.
That's all I really read about for now. I was mostly interested in seeing the female Panda model. I was also unfortunately glued to reading every bit about the Siege of Orgrimmar and must now go into early-mourning.
...
TREE FORM!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Scrolls and Trials
Scroll of Resurrection
So, the Scroll of Resurrection has rolled out. No one I really know has appeared, but my boyfriend promised me he would accept an invite from me so I can get the mount, and he can join me PvPing. I've been making alts a lot on different servers trying to scout out a new one for me and my friend to play on, so I've accepted quite a few ninja invites into guilds on my low levels. It's strange seeing the News Feeds so full of activity, with people popping from level 10 to 80 in one sitting. But that's the miracle of Scroll of Resurrection.
I have to admit I'm pretty disgruntled by the Scroll. I commit myself to a year and only get a mount and Diablo 3 (which I'll probably get the LE anyways).MoP Beta I don't really care about. But if I had my account inactive, even without the other expansions, I can pay for one month and get all the Expansions (that's almost 90 dollars or more), a free realm/faction transfer (albeit with restrictions to the invitee's realm/faction) and a free level 80 (albeit the toon who does the transfer). You also get 7 free days of game time (which doesn't bother me but I thought I'd mention it). While I can understand why this is being used as a marketing ploy (although it screams desperate to me), it still rubs me the wrong way. I feel like my devotion to Blizzard isn't as much rewarded. Because let's face it-these extras/perks for renewing for a month, kinda seem like rewards for not playing.
Heroics
Anyways, one of my friends did come back but he plays Horde, and while I thought, well now is a great time to jump back on my shaman, it hasn't been that fun. We've been running Heroics, which are a struggle. For some reason, we get the lower end dps who can barely do more then 12k, or the tanks who get smashed in the face in three hits. I've mentioned before that I am baffled by how low the iLevel expectation is for the LFD system, and it just reinforces. Whenever I queue, I am always terrified I'll get either ZA or ZG, and that just simply can't be good news. Luckily it hasn't happened yet.
On my druid, heroics are always smooth sailing. Maybe it's the iLevel thing. I always queue when there's an Exotic Satchel to be earned, although besides pots and gems, the only thing I've gotten is a parrot pet. I really like running the Hour of Twilight Heroics. Certain fights I dislike (cough Tyrande/Mal'ganis cough) but in general, they are interesting enough, not too difficult but not too easy and quick. Thrall still annoys the hell out of me. I can't understand why they didn't give him a mount in the Hour of Twilight heroic, because Ghost Wolf is much slower. I think its funny when Benedictus chains him during the Shadow phase. For being the World Shaman, he still needs our help a lot.
PvP
PvP hasn't been fun at all. Interestingly enough, it seems like queues are longer than on Undermine, and I always get smaller BGs. I got WSG for the first time since I started my PvP rampage. PvP on my druid is funner than my Shaman. I definitely enjoy longer survivability, simply because I understand my toolbox much more. I've always felt that Resto druids have quite a smaller toolbox compared to other classes, but found that my toolbox as a druid in general helped me a lot in PvP. Love sneaking around, watching for incoming forces, and switching to Bear form when I'm serving as a distraction. I like the mobility of being a HoT healer, especially since I'm usually the target.
Gearing hasn't been too bad. I had a few pieces from Season 10, which is like, 10 iLevel lower then the current Season. Still it's better than nothing. I had my 2 set almost instantly, and will probably have my 4 set in no time.
Trial
Been thinking about starting a Trial account so I can create a raids with myself. Isn't that sad? I think so. Lol.
So, the Scroll of Resurrection has rolled out. No one I really know has appeared, but my boyfriend promised me he would accept an invite from me so I can get the mount, and he can join me PvPing. I've been making alts a lot on different servers trying to scout out a new one for me and my friend to play on, so I've accepted quite a few ninja invites into guilds on my low levels. It's strange seeing the News Feeds so full of activity, with people popping from level 10 to 80 in one sitting. But that's the miracle of Scroll of Resurrection.
I have to admit I'm pretty disgruntled by the Scroll. I commit myself to a year and only get a mount and Diablo 3 (which I'll probably get the LE anyways).MoP Beta I don't really care about. But if I had my account inactive, even without the other expansions, I can pay for one month and get all the Expansions (that's almost 90 dollars or more), a free realm/faction transfer (albeit with restrictions to the invitee's realm/faction) and a free level 80 (albeit the toon who does the transfer). You also get 7 free days of game time (which doesn't bother me but I thought I'd mention it). While I can understand why this is being used as a marketing ploy (although it screams desperate to me), it still rubs me the wrong way. I feel like my devotion to Blizzard isn't as much rewarded. Because let's face it-these extras/perks for renewing for a month, kinda seem like rewards for not playing.
Heroics
Anyways, one of my friends did come back but he plays Horde, and while I thought, well now is a great time to jump back on my shaman, it hasn't been that fun. We've been running Heroics, which are a struggle. For some reason, we get the lower end dps who can barely do more then 12k, or the tanks who get smashed in the face in three hits. I've mentioned before that I am baffled by how low the iLevel expectation is for the LFD system, and it just reinforces. Whenever I queue, I am always terrified I'll get either ZA or ZG, and that just simply can't be good news. Luckily it hasn't happened yet.
On my druid, heroics are always smooth sailing. Maybe it's the iLevel thing. I always queue when there's an Exotic Satchel to be earned, although besides pots and gems, the only thing I've gotten is a parrot pet. I really like running the Hour of Twilight Heroics. Certain fights I dislike (cough Tyrande/Mal'ganis cough) but in general, they are interesting enough, not too difficult but not too easy and quick. Thrall still annoys the hell out of me. I can't understand why they didn't give him a mount in the Hour of Twilight heroic, because Ghost Wolf is much slower. I think its funny when Benedictus chains him during the Shadow phase. For being the World Shaman, he still needs our help a lot.
PvP
PvP hasn't been fun at all. Interestingly enough, it seems like queues are longer than on Undermine, and I always get smaller BGs. I got WSG for the first time since I started my PvP rampage. PvP on my druid is funner than my Shaman. I definitely enjoy longer survivability, simply because I understand my toolbox much more. I've always felt that Resto druids have quite a smaller toolbox compared to other classes, but found that my toolbox as a druid in general helped me a lot in PvP. Love sneaking around, watching for incoming forces, and switching to Bear form when I'm serving as a distraction. I like the mobility of being a HoT healer, especially since I'm usually the target.
Gearing hasn't been too bad. I had a few pieces from Season 10, which is like, 10 iLevel lower then the current Season. Still it's better than nothing. I had my 2 set almost instantly, and will probably have my 4 set in no time.
Trial
Been thinking about starting a Trial account so I can create a raids with myself. Isn't that sad? I think so. Lol.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
It actually happened.
After spending Cataclysm being completely devoted to Archaeology, on and off (I received the Professor title long before they added more items or "nerfed" the profession), I have finally obtained what I seeked out most (after the Doll of course, which is now outdated at this point)
BEHOLD
When this showed up, I nearly fell off my bed. I squealed. It was sad since noone but me was around.
The final product.
I now am 3 mounts away from the 100 mount achievement. It sure is a slow process. I'll probably keep digging just to get the Crawling Claw, which is a really neat looking pet. It's amazing to think all I have left are 4 more rares to getting them all. I don't always dedicate myself to the profession, but go in spurts. However, I was incredibly dedicated to it at the beginning of Cataclysm, before T11 content. Had to get that damn doll.
Glad I got the mount though. It's definitely unique and kinda skitters about in a strange way, but I really like it. 3 more mounts. Oh man.
BEHOLD
The final product.
Glad I got the mount though. It's definitely unique and kinda skitters about in a strange way, but I really like it. 3 more mounts. Oh man.
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