Don’t let the cultists distract you from your true enemies… My guild took a short break from raiding earlier this week to take our raid group on a tour of the Horde cities to take in the views before Cataclysm hits and the world changes. We actually managed to do this on Monday, so we [...]
Yearly Archives: 2010
Baby boomies
I’m so busy with school work this week that I don’t have a lot of time to spend on the types of blog posts I normally write, and so mostly I feel guilty for not spending enough time on my blog. We’re collecting data on an Undergrad’s honors thesis in my lab, and that project [...]
New wow forums and guide links
So, Blizzard released the new official WoW forums as part of their battle.net website features for Cataclysm. My biggest complaint with them is that the coloring makes the text really hard for me to read (ie. gives me a headache). So, one of the things I did was to install an addon for firefox on [...]
The cloth is a trap!
For many years, caster druids have worn cloth gear when they found a cloth piece with better stats than the leather pieces of gear available to them. However, 4.0.1 introduced a new mechanic called “leather specialization“. This mechanic gives you a bonus for having all leather items on your: head, chest, wrists, boots, pants, gloves, [...]
Cataclysm: Resto & Moonkin faction gear at 85
So, someone asked me about reputation items in Catacclysm. Below are the items that are available from various factions that are relevant to resto & moonkin druids. I listed 85 caster leather items that were blue or epic (You only want to wear leather in Cata). I also included all the new enchants you’ll need [...]
Happy Halloween from Restokin
Happy Halloween! This year, Undying Resolution (my new guild) did a costume contest during our ICC raid. We took breaks between wings of the raid dungeon, and people displayed their finest costumes. The grand prize winner was Charredtree, who dressed up as an “Iron Cheff” (in a chef hat with dual-wielding axes for chopping). Here [...]