I still won't have the money for gametime for another few days yet, but if I can get back in time, apparently Jubei'Thos is having free server transfers to help lower its' overflowing population. I think I will almost certainly transfer off if so...although I really haven't had much of a chance to play WoW in general these days, even when I had game time. Christmas is always busy, however.
What I was going to ask though, is...is there any particular server where most of the people who read this blog have characters? It'd be cool if a few of us could meet up on one particular server and do some stuff at some point. Of course, even if some of you had to roll alts, the new experience discounts make doing so much faster than before.
So if we were going to find a server to congregate on, which would it be?
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
New forum thread
I posted the first thread on the forum, since apparently other people are a little shy so far. ;-)
The thread is asking for opinions on whether or not to take the slaying talents (+3% damage to humanoids or monsters) in the Survival tree. I noted that people in the blog comments have been suggesting to do so. Let people know what your opinion on this is. :)
The thread is asking for opinions on whether or not to take the slaying talents (+3% damage to humanoids or monsters) in the Survival tree. I noted that people in the blog comments have been suggesting to do so. Let people know what your opinion on this is. :)
Friday, December 14, 2007
The War on Vermin
Summer's here again, and for me, that means the mice, ants, and white tail spiders are too. I need to get the grass outside my house cut, as I think that is drawing the spiders.
I had to go to the supermarket here yesterday and get some surface spray insecticide, three insecticide fumigation bombs and some rodenticide bait stations. After having a mouse in my bedroom and nearly having a large white tail spider fall on my head near the back of my house, I'm fighting back. ;-)
The mouse hasn't been seen since, and on seeing another large white tail spider earlier this evening, I sprayed down my front door frame with surface spray. It seems I'm going to have to repel them room by room, pretty much.
I greatly envy people living at higher latitudes at this time of year...because not only do I need to endure the heat at this time of year, but I also find myself having to re-assert my position at the top of the food chain. ;-)
I had to go to the supermarket here yesterday and get some surface spray insecticide, three insecticide fumigation bombs and some rodenticide bait stations. After having a mouse in my bedroom and nearly having a large white tail spider fall on my head near the back of my house, I'm fighting back. ;-)
The mouse hasn't been seen since, and on seeing another large white tail spider earlier this evening, I sprayed down my front door frame with surface spray. It seems I'm going to have to repel them room by room, pretty much.
I greatly envy people living at higher latitudes at this time of year...because not only do I need to endure the heat at this time of year, but I also find myself having to re-assert my position at the top of the food chain. ;-)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Another new Survivalist's blog
Got another new one here, Lienna's Log. She apparently just got started this month. Go look, say hi, etc. ;-)
My own forum
I decided to follow in BRK's example. Unfortunately this isn't hosted by me; it's a free site, but still seems to work fine.
The address is http://mirshwow.makeforum.org/ - Go make an account if you want, and start some topics up...I've got an initial announcement there, and will add some more stuff in time. I noticed though that I've been getting some questions in my comments recently, which is really cool...but at the same time, I thought a forum might make things a bit easier...they're a bit better for two way communication than blog comments.
Of course, I will still be posting here, and probably what I will do is copy some of the stuff I write over there back here, in order for it to exist here in a more read-only form...we can do actual discussion etc over there. This should be good though. :)
The address is http://mirshwow.makeforum.org/ - Go make an account if you want, and start some topics up...I've got an initial announcement there, and will add some more stuff in time. I noticed though that I've been getting some questions in my comments recently, which is really cool...but at the same time, I thought a forum might make things a bit easier...they're a bit better for two way communication than blog comments.
Of course, I will still be posting here, and probably what I will do is copy some of the stuff I write over there back here, in order for it to exist here in a more read-only form...we can do actual discussion etc over there. This should be good though. :)
A few different Survival builds
Following my last post, I thought I'd put up a couple of different builds, for use when doing different things.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cEchZZcMGMtrMuAzio
16/0/45. - The "phone booth" spec, dedicated purely to CC and wipe prevention. This is hard core Survival, it's unashamedly non-standard, and most people will think that it's utterly crazy, as it breaks a number of cardinal rules. It also doesn't work anywhere near as well these days as it actually did before 2.0, and prior to 2.0, this was my own full time spec.
The advantages though are rock solid trapping and CC, truly insane health, and a potential dodge rate of close to 40% with 700 agility. It also saved my life numerous times when I got jumped melee in either Desolace or Felwood; the Alliance trying that usually got a very nasty surprise.
The downside is utterly negligible ranged damage. You ideally only want to use this these days in a group support role, where you already have someone else designated as primary DPS, and you're focused on CC, safe pulling via the Perfect Zone of Ultimate Safety, and Deterrence offtanking. For that however, it can work very well.
It however should not be used for soloing, particularly in Outland. I speak from experience there. Just don't; you will die, and it will be messy and horrible.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZVVbRVzZ0GhrtfMhVuh
0/21/40 - Cookie cutter. From what I've seen, this (at least at one point) was probably the forum-approved MM/Surv spec. You get most of Survival's goodness, including the stuff needed for trapping. However, this build also doesn't come with Readiness, and without more points in Marks, before you get to 600 ag, your comparitive raw ranged damage is still going to suck.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZVybRVz0xoZcGbMxcMhV
0/31/30 - "Waiting for Agility." I was using this for a while (or something close to it) until I got my 600 ag, at which point I switched back to something closer to the 0/21/40 build. This is a hybrid, for use when you still want to do decent ranged damage, (which it actually does) but don't want to give up Survival entirely. Personally though, if damage is your focus, I'd probably go with BM in preference to this; simply because BM will still do more damage than it, and you're also not really getting enough of Survival in this build for it to be really useful in terms of utility.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cEchZZcMGMtrMuAzio
16/0/45. - The "phone booth" spec, dedicated purely to CC and wipe prevention. This is hard core Survival, it's unashamedly non-standard, and most people will think that it's utterly crazy, as it breaks a number of cardinal rules. It also doesn't work anywhere near as well these days as it actually did before 2.0, and prior to 2.0, this was my own full time spec.
The advantages though are rock solid trapping and CC, truly insane health, and a potential dodge rate of close to 40% with 700 agility. It also saved my life numerous times when I got jumped melee in either Desolace or Felwood; the Alliance trying that usually got a very nasty surprise.
The downside is utterly negligible ranged damage. You ideally only want to use this these days in a group support role, where you already have someone else designated as primary DPS, and you're focused on CC, safe pulling via the Perfect Zone of Ultimate Safety, and Deterrence offtanking. For that however, it can work very well.
It however should not be used for soloing, particularly in Outland. I speak from experience there. Just don't; you will die, and it will be messy and horrible.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZVVbRVzZ0GhrtfMhVuh
0/21/40 - Cookie cutter. From what I've seen, this (at least at one point) was probably the forum-approved MM/Surv spec. You get most of Survival's goodness, including the stuff needed for trapping. However, this build also doesn't come with Readiness, and without more points in Marks, before you get to 600 ag, your comparitive raw ranged damage is still going to suck.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZVybRVz0xoZcGbMxcMhV
0/31/30 - "Waiting for Agility." I was using this for a while (or something close to it) until I got my 600 ag, at which point I switched back to something closer to the 0/21/40 build. This is a hybrid, for use when you still want to do decent ranged damage, (which it actually does) but don't want to give up Survival entirely. Personally though, if damage is your focus, I'd probably go with BM in preference to this; simply because BM will still do more damage than it, and you're also not really getting enough of Survival in this build for it to be really useful in terms of utility.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
New blog
Added the url of Nomakk, a fellow Survivalist, to the blogroll...his blog is called Scattered Nightmares. He's only got two posts up so far, but I'm sure he will probably add some more. Let's make him feel welcome. :)
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