http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com Cat form and Pandas and Gnomes, oh my... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:11:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To jump on the bandwagon, or rather, to scramble up using a step-ladder (that's a gnome height joke, folks), my quick thoughts on the expansion: I like the shared loot. It means more time for development of other things. I like the shorter raid instances. I'm not too keen on the ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=600 for allergies and finals. Raids have been happening, loot has occasionally been acquired, achievements have been earned. My plans for updating the site over spring break obviously didn't occur. I think this is partially the normal ebb and flow of the semester, and partly the fact that my enthusiasm is down because of ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=597 Friday night we couldn't muster a full raid. We'd done 1st Quarter (obviously), Plague and Blood the night before. They asked me to come on Tim so we'd have enough healers So, the 9 of us who were there decided to get our free badge from the frost trash. And then ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=589 Good morning! I had good pugs this week! Or at the very least, I head-desked enough that I don't remember the bad ones. I got Halls of Lightning last night on the Gnome, and it was a fantastic run. Towards the end, this little conversation took place: For the record, this was in ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=580 Caliban has now officially completed 3 of the 4 wings of Icecrown Citidel, 10 man. Thursday we did the front quarter, Plague Wing and Princes. We started off Friday with a kill of the Blood Queen, and then went on the Valithria. I had not successfully done either of those fights ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=573 So, Thursday night did rock-eth muchly, despite having some "new" folks in the raid. Timmy got his fancy schmancy ring, which I have still forgotten to get a gem for. One toon down, one to go. Not that Caliban has been raiding lately. On Raiding and the Gnome If it's not clear from the journal, ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=560 [caption id="attachment_557" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Aggro, I has it."][/caption] Hey guild, I'm proud of you. We lost a lot of people at the end of last year and went from 25 man to 10 man progression raiding. That was disheartening. Some good folks left, and some questionable folks didn't. Some weeks, we struggle with the ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=556 Well, once again I neglected to grab a screenshot, but this one is close enough. The Sunday 25 run went really well. And by really well, I mean, we got sloppy on the Good Ship Free Loot, of all things. One-shot Saurfang (I swear they lowered his energy gain...) and then proceeded to ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=548 I need to remember to take screenshots during raid. We had a reasonably successful ICC run this week. Thursday night we one-shot the first quarter, 2 shot Rotface and Festergut, and then said "hi" to the Professor and proceeded to fall apart like a house of cards in a hurricane. We wisely called ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=545 [caption id="attachment_542" align="alignright" width="197" caption="mmm, turnips."][/caption] I don't play a hunter, not even on TV. However, this post over at wow.com has some interesting points in it. Point the first: Aggro Note that in all cases, if you pull aggro it is your fault. It is never the tank's fault, no matter ... http://www.gnomedruid.iamgrey.com/?p=538