Saurfang is sour!

Alright, so we are progressing through the lower wing of ICC-10. We are pretty comfortable, for the most part with Lord Marrowgar, Lady Deathwhisper, and the gunship battle...but this menacing DK is a 'bloody' pain. We know he will go down soon, thats why we call it 'progression' and we will get it together soon enough.

Last nights run saw us roll smoothly through LD and the gunship battle, but we got stuck on Deathbringer (and he did just that) Saurfang.

Notable loot I won tonight was a trinket that was on the top of my wish list:

1. Muradin's Spyglass: True, its more of a caster trinket; and I did make sure the main spec'd casters didn't want to roll before I rolled on it. Very pleased I was able to obtain this.

well, that is all for now. I am also trying very hard to level my cooking up w/o havign to go to Gadz to talk to a goblin that I know will want to throatpunch me.

ICC "stabbing westward"

The guild has been running ICC-10 lately and we are nearly dispatching of Saurfang. The other bosses have proven to be worthy adversaries...one in particular, Lord Marrowgar. He has been noted as being a 'gear check' for most guilds or raiders in general. For the most part we have got his mechanics down and move thru him nicely. The second boss, Lady Deathwhisper was taken down on Jan 10. Her headache mainly comes with her minions and such. As far as the third encounter, The Gunship Battle--a rather interesting twist on 'boss encounters'. Its pretty straight forward, so as long as we don't stand in the 'nicely marked rocket targets on the ground' we should be fine...who doesn't like rocket propelled jet packs?

Not long ago, not sure if I made mention, but I took my second spec back to shadow and plan to stay there. I have had more opportunity to do dps in 5-mans and consistently push 2.8-3k dps.

New gear additions, and I'm guessing this is new to anyone reading:

1. Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner
2. Volde's Cloak of the Night Sky

I have been appointed to Healing adviser for my guild. I have some awesome support with me on the Healing advisory team. We will strive to make confident healers out of anyone that presents interest. Farewell for now.

happy new years!

whoa! looks like ive not made a post in a while...my apologies, but I don't know if anyone reads these so I will entertain myself.

Recent news: I dropped the PVP healing spec to go back to shadow for flexibility in the new dungeon finder system. Of course all I get are healing assignments, no worries there. Still rockin the disc healing spec, may never go back to holy I loves PW: Shield and Penance too much.

with the new shadow spec Ive been spending triumph on dps gear and have a solid set going now...too much hit i must say, but that's the norm. Haven't been raiding all that much with the holidays but the guild has entered the new ICC-10 and we dethroned Lord Marrowgar and attempted Lady Deathwhisper. cant say i enjoyed the Bone Spike Graveyard .

I did do some of the Winterveil stuff only to hit a brick wall with the cooking part. I will never again try to become a Bloodsail Buc, it messed my cooking lvl'n up too much. For those that know what I mean, you understand.

new helm and others...

So, I finally went after the tier Priest helm to match my robe. It looked basically the same as the one before so there isnt much difference in that. I also got a new and fitting holy wand (pretty happy with that one, I get to pew pew with holy power now.

Some recent achievments I've earned.

1. The Antechamber of Ulduar (10-man), 14 Sept 2009, with my guild Link here to website news posting.
2. Koralon the flame watcher (10-VOA), 12 Sept 2009, with a pug group.
3. Got my mind on my money, 11 Sept 2009.
4. Vehicular Gnomeslaughter, 10 Sept 2009.

"/golfclap"

I have renamed the blog to "slashgolfclap" since I am no longer melting shins on Mak. Its a tribute to pvp, especially Blood Elf Pally's and Rogues.

back to pvp discipline - welcome Perdishun to ally

yep yep, once again I have switched my secondary spec to pvp discipline. How many times now? Twice? Three times? I dont know. But I do know that Mak isnt going to be shadow anymore...with that said I introduce my shadow priest Perdishun. He was transferred from the horde side last night. Btw, he is a human...my first 'official' human toon. I nearly made him a night elf...but the faction rep bonus and every man for himself ability was worth it...plus I dont really like the Male NE animations.

This way I will have the full spectrum of the priest prowess. Some thing its insane to have 2 of the same class but I just like the Priest that much.

facion change available

ok, so maybe making a gnome priest isnt a great idea...i like the dwarves too much to betray Mak with that. Besides, that isnt an option at this time.

Still kicking around the idea of bringing Perdishun (from the horde over to ally) since the option is now available for a mere $30. Of course I'd make him a pure shadow since Mak is my healy-bot. Yeah I love the priest class that much!!!

Iron council down / Mak a future Gnome??

I did get my new robe (as I mentioned I was on track to obtain it in the previous post). I also, obtained the emblem pants; Legwraps of the Master Conjurer.

I have to work pretty much all this week so I was only able to sign up for one raid for last night and it was for night 2 of the Ulduar 10. We only tried one boss(es)...that being the Iron Council. Basically, its three bosses in one encounter, and after many an attempt we were able to down them. No loot to speak of, Tony got a casting dagger that was a down-grade for me and Bert got some boots.

I am still building triumph emblems to attain the helm I desire: Helm of Clouded Sight (75 emblems is a lot though). My other possibility are the shoulders: Pauldrens of Reverend Morality (45 emblems). Then again, there are still some pretty cheap rings!

New 3rd expansion mentioned recently, Cataclysm. To be open in a year prolly. Among the changes...2 new races and class/combos. Considering making Makarios into a gnome...but that may be a stretch or a SHRINK?!?!

new 3.2 patch

well, we are well into a week of the new patch now and it appears that Emblems of Conquest are the new 'must haves'. Translation, every heroic in Northrend is chock-full of people farming them. I upgraded my neck piece this past week with 19 of them to obtain Evoker's Charm. It was a clear upgrade in that area. The next item, as I mentioned in the last post, is to upgrade my tattered ol' chestpiece. I am 10 emblems away from the needed 58! Looking at getting Conqueror's Robe of Sanctification.

In other news, we had the 1st ever meeting of guildies in the D.C. area. Had a great turnout...eventhough not all were there, it was a blessing to see the ones (and their families) that were there. Good times.

And, not sure if I mentioned it or not. I have dropped Disc again to have shadow as my off dps spec. I can still use the gear for pvp and be in healing im sure (or shadow). Plus, I have more versitility with playing this guy more either for dps or healing. There once was a thought to bring my horde priest over to alliance to be my dps priest and run with 2 priests...not a wise idea I have led myself to discover. I am working all this week in the evenings so no big raiding for me...

nearly upgraded my robe...

was in the joint BHS/NP Naxx 25 run last night and nearly replaced my robe that I've had for 4 months or so now (Robes of Crackling Fire).

The robe I rolled on was Robes of Mutation. We had some trouble with the dkp loading and other logistical issues with it so I didnt will on dkp (I feel if my pally's points had been added to Mak's I would have fared better) but I have no doubt that Eliya will use it well ;-)

along the lines of upgrading my robe, etc. I haven't been as lucky as most priest's, etc. with the tier gear dropping, but I have been blessed with what I call the (alt Tier) gears. good run last night looking forward to night 2, Lord willing!

new gear updates to pvp and pve!

last night in 10 ulduar i won a few items.

1. Combustion Bracers won with a need roll for my holy (main) set.
2. Conductive Cord won uncontested since Hendoom already had them. For my holy (main) set.
3. Eye of the Broodmother won with a greed roll for my disc-heal (off-spec).

PVP upgrade:

1. Hateful Gladiator's Satin Mantle this brings my resilliance to 665

keep yer feet on the ground...NOT!

woot! after countless alts and shifting gold around, not-to-mention the dailies, thank the Lord I have three 80's to do dailies with...I now have secured my uber flying mount artisan skill.

thanks to all on the AH that bought my herbs and misc. items to make this possible and to Shelle for her encouragement.

Deadly Gladiator's Cuffs of Dominance

new and improved Joker products! j/k. Latest resilience totals: 535! This is my latest addition to my pvp set. And, yes, I bought them for the 31.6 honor (cant get a decent VOA run going these days). They were an increase across the boards stat-wise.

its WSG weekend and for the most part horde has been winning the majority. Its not such a bad bg after all tho. however there are still people that roll in there with no pvp gear on and the such. God bless em, me as a clothie I am thankful I am beyond the days of getting one-shotted.

some pvp upgrades...

so, been doing some pvp a few days now. The AV ones bringing back memories of the days of old! Also, tossing in some EotS and WG. I don't care too much for WSG or AB (unless im in them with friends). My latest addition is: Medallion of the Alliance with that trinket and a few gems I obtained of of AH my resilliance is now up to 513 from the previous 400! More to come...

****nation, son!

ok, so of course I'm not overly excited about the name of the new staff I am wielding from Naxx 25 last nite in the BHS/NP joint run Damnation! I originally considered using it for my PVP build set, and that will likely be the primary, but as it stands...this "bad boy" looks and stats better than my The Soulblade! and Handbook of Obscure Remedies!

PVP gears update: looks like I can make a few lvl 78ish resiliance gear (blues) to get me going in my PVP setup...true statwise my PVE stuffs are better but w/o Resil I shall end up chopped Liver and who wants a dwarf as chopped...*shudder*

back to discipline (but only for some PVP)

So, apparently I can't stray from the discipline side of healing, Penance is just too cool and I must have it, I must. Here is my latest Discipline PVP healing build. 55/16/00! I managed to pick up a few articles of PVP gear recently with with my Helm, Waist and Feet. I may have the link available for these pieces later. I will also be making some gear soon to help with the resilience rating needed, somewhere around 600 would be nice.

I also, did some tweeking to my Holy build as well. 13/58/00! This may also be subject to change as I think I'd like to have Spell Warding and Healing Focus. We shall see. I am, hopefully, going into Naxx 25 tonite with BHS/NP join run this evening.

Last night I ran as a healer with NP's Ulduar 25 and almost got Embrace of the Leviathan! But I didn't have the dkp for it and a Warlock got it. I am still very happy with my gear so no worries. ;-)

Hope to haver more to add soon enough...

Makarios the Noble

I achieved the new title from the Noblegarden event this week. It took me roughly 6 hours to complete it I believe. Was able to loot all the necessary items from the eggs except for the snow bunny. That cost 100 pieces of chocolate. At the end all that kept me from the title was finding a Troll Female...I would have thought finding an Orc Female would prove more difficult, not so it seems. This wasnt all that difficult of a title to attain, you just needed to find a good egg spawn camping area and I chose an area in Kharnos near the hunter trainer. I was in shot of 4 egg spawn points.

25 man Naxx

I have planned to run 25 man Naxx with Narrow Path on 4/28 and 5/1. Still working the Holy main and Shadow offspec. I am halfway to exalted with Sons of Hodir atm. Also, yesterday got the 5 exalted rep status with Argent Crusade while doing the daily Heroic.Picked up the rep reward ring Signet of Hopeful Light.

saw this on a wow forum...

this was too funny not to post:

Normal fight:
Tank: "I tanked good today"
DPS: "Look at my dps meter"
Heal: "Why was I here?"

Wipe:
Tank: "What happened?"
DPS: "I didn't get healz"
Heal: "We told you to run when you get the debuff or you'll damage the whole raid."
DPS: "L2Heal. rez plz"

Difficult fight:
Tank: "GJ heals"
DPS: "Look at my dps meter. My virtual ego is now longer."
Heal: "..."

patch 3.1 and fun with shadow!

Once again I am bringing the shadow pain...or at least almost bringing it. With the new duel spec capabilities we have now for a 'modest' 1000g I can be a healer or a dps'er at the click of a button (with gear swap). Awesome concept, although not so great for my shaman as now I will prolly be investing more time with my priest now that he can do both heal and damage. So nice to be flexible. My shadow gear is not too bad atm. I hope to list my dps gear soon after the tuesday update. I am set to holy on armory atm so I cant see my dps set ;(

The guild cleared KT recently I wasnt in the group but I am glad for them thats a full clear for 10 man now for our guild. I am scheduled to run Naxx 25 with Narrow Path this evening. Of course its on my shaman since i signed up before the duel spec was in effect and they needed dps. Not sure if I can talk them into my subing in the priest or not...looks like i'd be the only elemental dps so they may want me to stay with Pharseer. I invite the opportunity on either toon though..its a blessing to eb able to run that with them. Happy gaming all.